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ironchefchris

Yet legal immigrants who speak Spanish (to bring it back around to the OP) are still being discriminated against (or shown disdain) just for speaking in Spanish instead of English. As far as legal vs. illegal immigration you have a point, yet fail to acknowledge that blaming illegal immigrants for l...

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At the Trump rallies and on the campaign trail I didn't see Trump try to convince his working class base that automation is the source of their problems and lack of work. The blame was squarely put on immigrants and his supporters clearly lapped it up instead of countering that it's Silicon Valley o...

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Must be that ubiquitous red trucker's hat.

But if you've got a point to make I'm not going to play 20 questions and attempt to make your point for you.

ironchefchris

Thanks for proving the point, jumpinjack, that many Americans need to blame others with little power and no voice instead of those actually responsible for the situation. As if poor immigrants have more power and control over the US economy and jobs than the employers who take advantage of them. Bla...

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Blaming people or countries without power or a voice instead of those actually responsible for their problems is the American way. http://static2.politico.com/dims4/default/05d7708/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff2%2F9c%2F7310e42e451f9640a68b6ea73b85%2F...

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I saw that posted on another forum. Some funny things said in the questions and comments sections. Wouldn't be surprised if like the steel he used to build his buildings, his Trump line of clothes, his 'Make America Great Again' hats, and a whole bunch of other 'Trump' branded merch that's made in C...

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I'm changing one of my cravings to breakfast at a Greek run, NY diner. If I have to give up one of my previous cravings to stay within five it would be the Philly soft pretzels.

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What could cause "year long gaps"? - Travel. Especially travel abroad. The sub title of the book you referenced is "Tales From A Decade Abroad." Another reason could be that he's a writer which means he's probably more of a freelancer than a typical 9-5 type employee. Not that ye...

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Why? Because I think white supremacists and white nationalism are a far greater threat to the Republic and it's citizens than Rosie O'Donnell, the former Miss Universe he spent days going after, the handicapped journalist he ridiculed, the P.O.W.'s he's insulted, the Gold Star Family parents he insu...

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Sure, but what I just posted is major news, reported on not just nationally, but internationally from respected journalist organizations. It's not some little story reported on by some little known website in some far off corner of conspiracy land on the internet. The video and photo and Trump's own...

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I was referring to the link in the OP from the writer who has noticed the change in the states since Trump started running for President. My link works fine for me, but I see you need a subscription so maybe that explains why it didn't work for you. If you bother to take a quick look you'll see that...

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I didn't see in the linked article any blame being directed towards Trump, just the reporter noting the amount of incidents increasing since Trump's candidacy. It would be nice to see Trump condemn the white nationalists throwing "sieg heils" with as much vigor as he condemns Rosie O'Donne...

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This exposure of the dark side of American society is less surprising than it is sad. All sorts of creeps are coming out of the shadows now that blatant racism and other forms of hatred are being normalized as just "speaking one's mind."

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Interesting article. I liked the writer's attitude. Many Americans are so strange when it comes to speaking any language other than English. "There is a strange hysteria in this country about a person’s right to speak only one language, and a misconception that people who are bilingual somehow ...

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More of an advocate for a clean and healthy environment, but since we all consume drinking water I guess that label would fit in this case as well. I'm an advocate for the little guy who wants to consume clean drinking water, and especially those who are willing to stand up to large fracking compani...

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I'm just one of those people that's more interested in looking out for the little guy and clean water supplies over big government and giant corporations.

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It's ironic that Americans are celebrating a day to commemorate the people native to America feeding the immigrant refugees to keep them from starving to death when Native Americans today are being tear gassed, shot with rubber bullets, sprayed with cold water in sub-freezing temperatures, etc., at ...

ironchefchris

Really? All the major companies have pages on their websites with prices and information for landline only service, so it does exist. We looked into it and both Claro and Movistar (didn't check other options) offered landline only service to where we live. You just gotta ask and tell them that's all...

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http://www.movistar.com.pe/hogar/telefono-fijo

http://claroplanes.pe/telefoniafija/?ts ... hgodlaUOeQ

http://www.entel.pe/fijo/

My in-laws had a landline only plan through Movistar. They never had any complaints. There might be other companies other than those linked.

ironchefchris

I'm always torn in Mexican restaurants whether to order aqua de jamaica or horchata. Horchata usually wins out, but if they're out I'm never disappointed in aqua de jamiaca. My preference may have more to do with drinking hibiscus tea so I go for the variety.

ironchefchris

Or you could just view the inside of any random Trump rally. Trump and others urged his followers to take to the streets if he lost. Four years ago he suggested people march to Washington and that it was time for a revolution and several other things that would fit in the category of what you're no...

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True, they were acquitted. Just because the prosecution couldn't make their case stick doesn't negate the fact that the Bundy's and crew took over a Federal facility, were armed, and left a big mess behind. If they were black odds are they would've been shot and killed and never had the chance to go...

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Or you could just view the inside of any random Trump rally. Trump and others urged his followers to take to the streets if he lost. Four years ago he suggested people march to Washington and that it was time for a revolution and several other things that would fit in the category of what you're now...

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I'm sure had Hillary won the electoral vote and not just the popular vote we'd be seeing much the same, since Trump and others had suggested his supporters take to the streets as well in the case of a Trump loss due the fix being in for Clinton. Here's some (since deleted) Tweets from Trump that sho...

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The BBC is reporting that over the last 24 hours New Zealand's immigration info website has received 56,000 hits from the US. On the night of the election traffic from the US crashed Canada's immigration info website.

It's a good time to be an expat. I feel like I'm ahead of the curve.

ironchefchris

I went the last day of the deadline and didn't realize until I got to Migraciones that I had left my CE on my desk. Guy told me no worries and it was fine for me to come back the next day. Was busy and couldn't make it so only got there today. All I had to do was give my receipt from the bank, a pho...

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Last night a talking head on one of the cable networks told a story about how he was talking to the owner of a local sandwich shop who said he had a lot of "leaners" come into his place. When he'd ask his customers who they were going to vote for, a lot of customers would 'lean in' close a...

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LOL :lol: That's the spirit that will help bring the US together instead of stay divided! Too bad things in the post-election US won't be like they are here where after a few days everybody just gets back to life as normal instead of spending their time hating on the half of the population with a d...

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I'm always amazed that some company in China will ship to my door for only 99 cents some impossible to find in Perú cable or other doo-dad. Amazon almost always seems to have much more expensive shipping costs which I'm thinking reflect a more realistic cost of what it costs to ship. I would guess t...

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I don't think I've heard anything but bad experiences when receiving things via DHL or FedEx. I wonder if it's the same p.i.t.a. situation when using either company to send things out of Perú?

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A situation that "might" be considered an "honor killing" (your use of quotation marks suggests and reinforces that "might"), without any proof offered whatsoever, sounds like the very definition of - hearsay. It's like saying I've gotten tons of pm's from anonymous peo...

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Not that it has anything to do with the current election, but since the convo's taken a turn (and one towards a locale in S. America) and like just about everyone else, I wish the election would be over and done with.... I have a weird interest in strange events from the 70's. I remember eventually ...

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I have often wondered why it is that Conservatives are called the right" and Liberals are called the "left" Ignoring the rest of the message since it was actually making me stupider just by reading it, the origin of "right" and "left" in politics occurred during t...

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Another reason I'm glad not to be in the US now. Gone are the days when people merely had differing opinions on topics and how to best go about running the country and solving problems. Now the politicians and pundits have people so divided that instead of having civil discussion, they call each oth...

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The Wikileaks emails don't bother me at all and just confirm what I've pretty much knew all along. All they show is a typical politician acting like any other typical politician. It's wishful thinking to believe that Trump is somehow above corruption - he's just as involved only on the other side of...

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As someone who could be described as generally being anti-establishment, I have no problems at all with the idea of someone like Trump stirring the pot, questioning the status quo, or challenging the establishment and dominant paradigm. My objections to Trump are more about practical matters related...

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Trump wasn't my favorite primary candidate but Hillary is just so absolutely corrupt, its quite the election cycle.. I disagree, but even if all the terrible things said about Hillary were actually true (which, for the most part, they're really not), I'd still prefer her over Trump. Much better to ...

ironchefchris

This is one of the reasons I'm so glad not to be living in the US. Especially now with the seemingly perpetual election seasons. So much angst and irrational fear among the people there. Too bad they can't be more like the Peruvians who are more aware and don't get so emotionally bent out of shape o...

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Oops, my bad. Apologies for confusing you with another poster, or another poster with you, or whatever the case may be for whatever reasons.

ironchefchris

Do organizations who contract volunteers make any effort to arrange visas and length or have any pull (compared to a foreign individual just entering on a tourist visa) when it comes to how long their volunteers can stay? Did this person mention to the immigration officer that they had arranged to v...

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I'm not going to be drawn into making generalizations about Isalam or Muslims, nor am I going to try to explain, justify, or condemn the actions of a very small subset of Muslims and somehow extrapolate that to explain the whole of Islam. IMO, it's as futile and invalid as cherry picking events and ...

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This is like asking an atheist to explain/justify the actions of the Westboro Baptist Church or other extremist Chrtians (even Christianity itself) because he knows and is friendly with mainstream Christians. As if the atheist can't differentiate between mainstream and extremist members of a religio...

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If the "When in Rome" philosophy is practiced; "Honor killings" would be accepted in Peru.' Are honor killings now accepted in Perú? Have they ever been? If not, then how does the 'when in Rome' philosophy even apply? Unless the entirety of Perú itself is now in another country ...

ironchefchris

Dave's not here man :lol: they should have at least kept the marijuana for medicinal use. That would be illegal. Weed, including medicinal is illegal in Peru. doesn't mean you can't get it. That sounds dishonest and law breaking. Law breaking? Illegal? The legalities of it are not as absolute as yo...

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Sent you a pm, caliguy.

ironchefchris

Good ideas, Alan. I don't have anything as useful or interesting at the moment, but something small might be the ability for forum members to like/thumbs up posts.

ironchefchris

At every single party I've been to in Perú people are too busy having a good time to complain. Since you're tired of trying to do everything by yourself, have you tried recruiting the fellow complainers at the parties you go to for help? Based on the lack of replies that you can't believe you haven'...

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Authentic NY thin crust pizza from John's or Ray's. Soft pretzel with accompanying mustard bar - must be from the Philly area. Thai food - I have some favorite places, but at this point I'm not picky as long as it's good. Mexican food - Same as above. With all the mentions of missing Mexican food, y...

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I've only used the official, in airport taxi service which I believe is called Taxi Green. The rates are clearly posted and I've never had anything but good service. But that's just my personal opinion based on my personal experiences, and I'm not a frequent flyer. I've taken taxis going to the airp...

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