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When people write on social media ‘Beauty is subjective, everyone is beautiful’ and then write on their matrimonial profile ‘Looking for a tall, beautiful bride/groom.’ It doesn’t impress me.When people treat their househelp as dirt, and ask them to drink tea or eat food in a different utensil, it doesn’t impress me.When guests arrive at home and lady of the house is expected to cook and serve for them while the men chit-chat, it doesn’t impress me.When people spend a huge amount of money in prasad/milk/donation for temples, but don’t help people in need, it doesn’t impress me.When people are blinded by their religious/political beliefs, and fight their friends, family, relatives to prove their point right, it doesn’t impress me.When a really good answer on Quora doesn’t get acknowledged, while another answer with no context to the question but with a beautiful picture gets recognition, it doesn’t impress me.When Indians call people of other countries racist, and then call others like ‘Oye Bihari’, ‘Oye chinki’ it doesn’t impress me.When people talk a lot about cleanliness on social media, but then loiter the streets, it doesn’t impress me.When a parent teaches the child to not tell lies, and then calls the boss asking for sick leave, just because he has to watch cricket match at home, it doesn’t impress me.When parents tell kids to respect elders despite how toxic they are, it doesn’t impress me.When people judge you based on your salary, it doesn’t impress me.When a woman says, ‘I am independent and earn, but I will marry someone who earns more than me.’ it doesn’t impress me.When a man says, ‘I want someone educated as my wife, but I don’t want her to work after marriage.’ It doesn’t impress me.When I read essays on women on the Internet and it is written ‘A woman is a mother who cares and gives affection to a child.’ it doesn’t impress me. A woman is an individual as a whole and may not necessarily be a mother to be caring or become complete.When people go gaga over the fact that the man in a house cooks well, it doesn’t impress me. Cooking is a skill after all, and must be learnt by everyone.When a man is assualted, and society mocks him saying ‘You are a man, how come someone rape you? You must have enjoyed it, right?’ It doesn’t impress me.All in all, a lot of things don’t impress me. I suppose it is hard for me to become impressed.Image Courteousy: Google

Pretty much. Even if you’re a Trump fan, watch the fine print.And I really, honestly, and respectfully want any Trump fan thinking about donating to post-election Trump fundraisers to read this. I’m not trying to change your mind specifically about donating. Much of this money is going to a PAC that will enable Trump to keep going as factor, perhaps a strong influencer, on Republican politics going forward. If you’re on board with that, you may be happy to send that cash. I just want to ensure it’s all out in the open… because Mr. Trump likes his fine print.And yeah, I’m not a Trump fan, and you will read a bit of snark in most of my writings. I’ve actually won awards for what was essentially well-placed snark. But I’m just trying to offer information here. Truth. Things you should know before sending your hard-earned money to Trump. Folks, I actually work for a living too, as most of us do. Just read and understand what this is all about. And you don’t need to trust me, though I would never dishonor myself or my readers by intentionally lying to them. Thus my “Read More” references, and the simply fact that I do my research mostly online. You can see all the same information.Trump formed his “Election Defense Fund” to “fight back” against — I guess — his loss to Joe Biden. The Election Defense Fund isn’t an actual fund -- it’s a pass-through. Trump formed a Recount Fund/Recount Committee within the campaign to deal with legal fights and recounts. And when you donate to the Election Defense Fund, you actually donate to the Recount Fund. He’s also got a thing called the “Trump Make America Great Again Committee” taking donations… it’s exactly the same as the Election Defense Fund, another pass-through, with funds going exactly the same places.Only, just a bit. Up to 40% of the money coming in goes into the Recount Fund. The remainder, at least 60%, goes to the campaign itself, to pay off debt. Yes, the Trump Campaign was in debt. To whom? Well, the one that matters to those paying the bills is the Trump Organization. Lots of the campaign’s services were done through the Trump Organization, which has earned tens of millions via services rendered to the campaign. Trump hasn’t historically liked to pay his bills, but he’s been paying this one for sure.It’s also some of his rich friends have structure donations to the campaign as loans. I don’t know this for certain, but that’s exactly how Trump himself did it back in 2016. If so, a loan is converted to a donation after the election, except that the FEC allows up to $250,000 to be paid back on such loans, if the campaign has the funds. That could also be where some of that money goes.And this was all nearly two weeks ago... last week, they changed the pass-throughs. Trump formed a Leadership PAC last week, and now 60% of donations go to the PAC, 40% now go to the RNC, leaving nothing for the Recount Fund as of around November 9, 2020. All political action committees have specific sets of rules, depending on their type. A Leadership PAC is basically a vehicle for a political power broker. They’re not allowed to donate directly to any political campaign, but they can provide support for such campaign, including consultants, travel, and personal expenses. A Leadership PAC can also do these things for “leaders”… so Trump can basically use this money to travel around the country and do political things. He can use to buy spray tan, get his hair colored, or fly to a golf course. But he can’t use it to pay for a recount.So how is that going anyway? Georgia is nearly done with their recount, the results are expected today. Georgia did not have an automatic recount trigger, but the margin between Biden and Trump was low enough that the Secretary of State could order a taxpayer-paid recount, which he did. That’s the only freebie. Wisconsin is asking for $7.9 million up-front for a recount, and today’s the cutoff day. The Trump Campaign has to pony up the cash or lose the opportunity. This one will be interesting, as it’s unclear if their Recount Fund has enough to pay for this, or much of anything.In other curious news, in the weeks leading up the election, and the week after, Trump had secured the services of several white shoe law firms for his election defense: Snell & Wilmer, Jones Day, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, and perhaps a few others. Between November 8 and 12th, each of these law firms quit the Trump cause. Why? They couldn’t properly represent their client. Trump was asking them to claim fraud without evidence. Lawyers who lie to judges become non-lawyers, and simple professional ethics forced them out.So a day after the last one quit, Trump put Crazy Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s “TV Lawyer,” in charge of his election fight. He’s assembled team of other Fox News conspiracy nuts and TV Lawyer refugees: Sidney Powell, Joseph DiGenova, and Victoria Toensing to conduct this “fight.” If it’s not obvious, no one, not even Trump, brings in Rudy to head any sort of real legal fight… that’s kind of like bringing in Dr. Oz to do your brain surgery. Rudy is a TV Lawyer, a propagandist and a “fixer”, here to fan flames, incite the rabble, scream conspiracy theories on TV (and, apparently, in Federal Court, at least once), and basically to help keep this all going.Not to overturn the election. But because Trump has someone figured out how to line his pockets, legally, by not conceding the election and continuing to pretend to fight it. As long as he’s making bank, he’s going to “fight”. And as he’s structured this right now, the RNC is also making money on this, so they’re actually being paid to “give Trump room to cope with his loss.” Neither is anxious to acknowledge reality right now, though some individual Republicans in office are getting sick of this.Oh, and that 1000% match? Does he have a block of his rich buddies ready to chip in based on the donations of the regular people? No… actually, that 1000% is YOU. Seriously. If you were to fill in these donation forms, printed or on-line, you automatically opt-in to ten payments of whatever it is you check or write-in as a donation. You can opt out, but you have to explicitly do that, otherwise, you’re the 1000%!The graphic here is a screen capture of his latest version… the image of Trump is intentionally overwhelming, and the countdown timer there suggesting you have only so long to donate before … what exactly? You lose the change to donate? Not in a million years. If you let the clock run your, your time is extended.The psychology behind this is to get you through the site quickly enough that you don’t notice that the pre-checked first box obligates you to monthly payments… not just ten anymore, but far as I can tell, until you quit. And the pre-checked second box obligates you to an additional payment in December. I didn’t select the $250 box, that’s just the default. So I’d be on the hook for $500 in December and $3,000 in 2021 if I were a Trump donor and used these settings.THIS JUST IN: Apparently, the Trump Campaign has wired the State of Wisconsin $3 million for a partial recount, limited to Milwaukee and Dane counties. Biden won with 69.4% and 317,270 votes in Milwaukee county, 79.7% and 260,185 vote in Dane county. So I guess if you’re looking to overturn Biden’s 20,565 vote margin and avoid the usual embarrassment of recounts often backfiring, you’d pick counties with large, pro-Biden tallies.Of course, dig a little deeper and you’ll find that these are also the two counties with the highest percentage of black folks voting… so of course Trump is going after these counties. The Republicans have been trying to prevent our black brothers and sisters from voting pretty much my entire lifetime, so why stop now?The other thing, of course, is that while this is still tilting at windmills, it serves to keep Trump’s donation money flowing — still pretending to fight — for a lower cost, and potentially less embarrassment potential, than going for the full Monty in Wisconsin. And in particularly, because it’s going after black people, it’ll resonate with Trump’s base.UPDATE 2-Dec-2020: Those nice people at the Trump Recount Committee, it turns out, paid that $3 million in order to find an additional 87 votes for Joe Biden. Wasn’t that sweet of them!I was wondering about Trump’s ability to pay for recounts… silly me! As above, Trump’s various fundraising passthroughs were only sending 40% of their haul into the Recount Committee for a little over a week. Sure, once all his real lawyers quit, it can’t be that expensive to have Crazy Rudy and the Fox News triplets running around the country spewing barking mad conspiracy theories from parking lots and Holiday Inns conference rooms. But did they collect enough for recounts?Oh boy did they! That’s why Trump figured out quickly how he could pocket most of the cash — there was just too much to ignore. According to the New York Times estimate earlier this week, Trump has brought in as much as $170 million from his MAGA Army.And that’s just round one. He’s been evolving the fine print. The PAC now gets 75% of the money coming in, the RNC 25%, and the Recount Committee anything that overflows the $5,000 individual donation allowed to the PAC. Most, perhaps all of these are small donations. And yeah, if you didn’t uncheck the box, you’re doing a 1000x match. Except not anymore. First they added one additional matching payment, kicking in this week sometime, with the excuse of supporting Trump’s rally in Georgia. Maybe a grab for more cash before they all figure out they’ve been scammed? And now, while you still see the 10x, well now, 11x numbers on the web site, if you actually dig down, you’re signing up for a monthly payment with no expiration date.This is what Trump thinks of his supporters… picking their pockets, and their bank accounts, on his way out. I have to give him credit. He was the worst all-around President in US history, but as a conman, he really does live up to the title of Con Artist. This was a work of criminal art the likes of which we haven’t seen in a long time. If not on the scale of Bernie Madoff, if not quite the level of pure artistry of Victor Lustig, he’s closing in on the haul brought in by Charles Ponzi on just this one scam, which hasn’t even run a full month just yet. Ponzi’s $15 million would be about $225 million in 2020 dollars. I’ll bet Trump surpasses that in a week, two at the minimum! And he’s doing in out in the open and possibly even legally!UPDATE 5-Apr-2021: We now have a bunch more information about Trump’s Campaign debt! Well, it turns out, the post-election campaign wasn’t the only time Trump was money-bombing his supporters.Trump had a problem with fundraising in 2020 that he didn’t have in 2016: he didn’t have enough dedicated big donors. So he was increasingly counting on small donors, and they weren’t coming through. So in March of 2020, they started pushing out donor emails linking to donation web pages, many of which were funded through “WinRed”, a for-profit corporation set up with help from Trump as the evil twin of the Democrat’s Act Blue non-profit. WinRed gets 3.6% of every donation.So now, with the desperation of the Trump campaign and the financial incentive for WinRed, they really started honing these ask letters. At the peak, over the summer, Trump supporters saw as many as fifteen emails a day from the Trump Campaign asking for money. They honed the money bombing — those multiple opt-out check boxes that signs you up for more payments. Trump was having to cut back on ads, on rallies, etc. in critical locations, due to a lack of funds. And by September, when Trump saw that Biden was still out funding Trump, he practically went scorched earth. Where before, the money-bombs signed up unwitting donors for monthly payments, he was no going weekly. So you had some small donors thinking they had tossed Trump a couple of $20 bills, when in fact, they had spent $250-$400.So of course, it wasn’t until after the election that these people started getting their credit card bills. In November, the Trump Campaign was responsible for a full 3% of a credit card fraud in the USA. They wound up liable for over $120 million in refunds in November. So that $200+ million Trump brought in over post-election November didn’t go anywhere near the pocket-lining that was expected. And the even more comical thing is that they used exactly the same tactics to raise that money as they used to scam the money they’re forced to pay back. Where does it end? I do kind of wonder if Trump’s going to be spending most of his time running this perpetual Ponzi scheme!Looking up Trump on Open Secrets is telling! With all of these hundreds of millions supposedly coming into Trump’s Leadership PAC, you’d rather expect that PAC to be full of money. And it is, but at $31.5 million, it’s clear that Trump actually didn’t pocket much of this incoming cash. And looking at the fact that refund requests started as a flood in late May, I’d claim that a great deal of Trump’s fundraising since July has been simply to pay back refunds, which of course he’s been doing by the same tactics, leading to even more refund requests. It really is a Ponzi scheme!Read MoreSTAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP! (warning: Trump’s actual fundraising page).Donations under $8K to Trump ‘election defense’ instead go to president, RNCWhere Trump’s recount fundraising dollars are really goingDonations under $8K to Trump ‘election defense’ instead go to president, RNChttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/17/trump-keeps-losing-court-he-keeps-losing-his-lawyers-too/Trump lawyers withdraw on eve of key hearing in Pennsylvania election caseTrump’s lawyers are becoming desperate and ‘clearly planning something crazy’Trump Campaign To File For Partial Recount In WisconsinTrump falls short in Wisconsin recount he paid $3 million forTrump Takes His Donors to Graduate School at Trump UniversityThe entire Trump campaign was a scam — and it is not over

I moved to New Zealand over 22 years ago. It’s important to note that I have been married to a New Zealander since 1988 so it was easy for me to do so.The reasons:Universal Health Care. The American health care system holds people hostage in so many ways. One of them is that the average working person will quite often base his choice on where to work, or even to remain in a job he/she may intensely dislike, simply because they need the health insurance they get through their employer. Imagine spending 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week in a job that makes you bat shit crazy simply because without it you would face bankruptcy if hit with a major illness.You can’t even choose your own doctor because your insurance company tells you which doctors you can see. Here I can see whatever GP I want to.I have had numerous stays, procedures and tests in hospital. Doesn’t cost me a dime. Even my ambulance trips are inexpensive because the government pays 70%.I could go on and on but I won’t.Low Crime Rate - In the States, with the exception of Vermont, I never felt safe. I am not an easily scared person nor am I paranoid but the most scared I have ever been - and I have been to some scary countries - is the U.S. Meanwhile, here in New Zealand, I am at home all day due to illness. I sit here with my windows and doors open and not even think about it.Our cops do not carry guns.Mass shootings are extremely rare.We have sensible gun laws.Laid Back Lifestyle - New Zealanders really value quality of life. There are numerous public holidays and a mandatory 4 weeks vacation time per year. The company my husband works for, a land surveying firm in a small town, has often been quite happy to let it’s employees take off even longer than that and even when they have been with the company for a short period of time.Every weekend during Spring, Summer and Autumn, the roads are full of people heading off for their holiday homes or a day at the beach or fishing.Many shops are closed on Sundays so that everyone can chill out and relax.Better Pay - My husband makes far more money here than he ever did in the States. New Zealand’s minimum wage is $15.25 per hour and the living wage is $19.80 per hour.Excellent Social Welfare Programs- New Zealand is a world leader in this respect. Among the early forms of welfare was the old age pension which was introduced in 1898. A decade later a widows’ pension was introduced for women with children who had lost their husbands. The Workers Dwelling Act in 1905 allowed the government to buy land, build houses and rent them to workers and their families. This was a precursor to the much larger state housing introduced in the 1930s where architect designed homes were built to a very high standard - so much so that they are a very good buy to this day if one comes up for sale. The government builds more and more houses and they are quite nice. A regular unemployment benefit was introduced with the passing of the Social Security Act in 1938. It was one of many benefits introduced during that time. There are also Sickness Benefits, Invalid Benefits and the Domestic Purposes Benefits. There is also Superannuation or when you retire, support for families including maternity leave, a Working for Families package of benefits and assistance if you need help with accomodation. There are Community Services Cards for those who qualify which entitle you to, among other things, cheaper medical care (GP visits are already subsidised). If you are out of work because of injuries, ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation) will pay 80% of your income as well as provide home help, medical care, etc. There is more but I will leave it at that.Better Political System -no two party tyranny here and the main political parties are flaming commie bastards compared to the United States. Overall, parties which agreement relatively quickly and ultimately do what is best for the country. Not always - but most of the time. We operate under Parliamentary MMP system. In addition, there are limits to what any one person or organisation can donate to a political party. The maximum amount that an individual or body can donate to a political party between two successive elections is $NZ45,627.00. And it is very easy to vote. I have voted in every general election and local body election and it has never taken me more than 5 minutes to go in to the polling station, tick a box for my Party Vote and my local MP, put my ballot in the box and leave.Friendly People: People smile and say hello to you even if you don’t know them. They are also very community minded.Stunning Scenery: Now the U.S. is a beautiful country with every type of scenery you could want. But is also a very big country so seeing that scenery often involves a long drive or expensive plane ticket. New Zealand has everything you could want scenery wise and it’s small size means you can get to it relatively quickly.Here is one of my favourites - The Bay of IslandsHere is a typical rural sceneHere is our highest mountain - Aoraki/Mt. CookHere is Queenstown, the jewel in New Zealand’s tourist crownAnd lastly, the staggeringly beautiful and other-worldly Milford SoundNew Zealand is also a very multi-cultural society. There are European/Pakeha (Pakeha basically means white person in Maori and Maori are the indigenous people), Pacific Islanders, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, African, Arabic, etc. New Zealanders are pretty tolerant people and don’t mind where you are from. We even help out refugees by slowly getting them acclimated to life in New Zealand at a purpose built complex where they learn about all things New Zealand. And there are lots of good people who volunteer to continue helping you out once you have flown the nest and are settled in your own home.There are definitely things that I am not so happy about. For example, the cost of housing, whether renting or buying, is extremely expensive in the main centres, especially Auckland and Queenstown. It is a major issue here which our new Prime Minister is working on. By the way, here is our new PM, Jacinda Ardern. She is 37 years old, Agnostic and lives with her boyfriend. She is also our third female PM in 20 years. Can’t see that happening in the U.S.The cost of living, as in general day to day expenses, is also high thanks to the economies of scale, our remote location and a 15%GST. Having said that, our top income tax is 33%.There is not as good a selection when it comes to clothing and other everyday stuff for the home. Many Kiwis hop across the ditch to Australia and do some serious shopping. I stock up when I visit family in the States.The high cost of living and housing has resulted in a homelessness crisis but new housing for the poor is being built all of the time.The sun (when it’s out and even when it isn’t) is seriously strong. New Zealand has the highest rate of melanoma in the world.It rains. A lot. Winter is a difficult season to get through. Days and days of clouds and torrential downpours. Then there is the gale force winds.But I am happy with the choice I made, along with my husband, to move to his country and moving back to the States is not an option for me, mainly because of my health - nobody would insure someone with as many health problems as me. Here, I am guaranteed health care no matter what. The same goes for everyone who lives here.I would also not return because of the crime and the gun issue.Ditto for the political situation. It’s a two party tyranny which has reached a state of total stagnation, greed and hypocrisy. I don’t see that changing in my lifetime, if ever, but I hope it will as do I hope that the U.S. will adopt universal health care. But I am not holding my breath. Fear mongering, apathy, and a poor education system has resulted in a shitload of people who put party first and call anything outside the norm as “socialism”which is the same as “communism”.So I will remain here in my nice home on 10 beautiful acres in a country that reflects my values. (And it was also the first country in the world to give women the vote).Kia Ora from Aotearoa