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RayDog

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  1. In the Philippines people mostly borrow from relatives and friends (and foreigners who are suckers). Someone goes in and hands over the money with the name of the recipient and a 5% processing fee. They get a code that the other person can use to retrieve it. The person can pick it up anywhere by showing id and the code. It is like Westen Union but far more efficient and popular. I think it is a much better approach to microlending. The companies could probably still make a profit with a 2% fee.
  2. If McCain retires next month the Democrats could pick up two senate seats in AZ.
  3. I am sensing bigotry against age gap relationships.
  4. Kampala has been emailing her updates to Democrats all over the country. I am pretty sure she will be running for president.
  5. I am wondering if Trump goes to Russia to avoid jail time.
  6. But Cruz is not the only reason to break from straight ticket voting with Patrick and Miller be two other reasons at the state level. There are plenty of other US and state congressional races and local races that should also get more people to split their ticket. The more people who do the worse for Cruz.
  7. I wished they had polled voters on interest since the latest national figures are 66% for Democrats and 49% for Republicans. We need that information to gauge potential turnout. If 10% more Democrats vote then normal it could put Beto over the top.
  8. Great lady. Sadly I have a bad feeling that they may be one of those couples that die within days of each other.
  9. I watched the live stream from Georgetown on facebook. If you have any interest in this race do yourself a favor and watch him live. If nothing else he passes the I want to have a beer with that guy test.
  10. They like to treat chip and pin transactions as a cash advance and charge higher interest.
  11. Where is your data to support that a lot of women are trafficked into the country? I would think it is a small percentage. That data should also consider whether they willingly agreed to sell sex services in exchange for transportation to a new country. There was a case in Angeles a few months ago where some Korean bar managers where charged with trafficking for bringing in Russian girls as tourists to work in their bar. (They made the mistake of not paying of the cops) In their case a Russian whore to might make $50 a pop at home makes up to $200 off a Korean guy in Angeles, and gets a lot more customers. Is such a person really being trafficked?
  12. Trump has a 40% approval with a good economy. If things start to get worse and more people realize they have not been helped his approval rating could be in the 30s come election day.
  13. It will be interesting to see if Cohen has a record of a payoff or other records on the woman who claimed Trump had sex with her when she was 13. She dropped her lawsuit within days after the election saying it was due to threats, but there could have been a payoff.
  14. I was talking to a 76 year old Australian this morning who said he is probably one of the few men his age who has sex with two girls together at least once a week. It is good to have goals in life.
  15. In studies like this they arbitrarily define anyone in the sex industry as being trafficked when that is not true. A lot of the woman decide to do it voluntarily. An acquaintance told me about a group of 30 people who decided to offer free education to girls here in Angeles City in order to get them out of the business. After 2 months and talking with over 1000 girls they convinced 2 to leave the industry (they probably came back). Yet in any of these studies they will point to the Philippines as a terrible place for sex trafficking. Girls arrive weekly from the provinces and they all do their job willingly, although most are shy at first. Usually they find out about the jobs from a friend or relative who goes home and talks about how fun the lifestyle is and how much money they make. The friend usually has to give them bus after since they cannot even afford the $10 por $20. Theses woman (and some men and ladyboys) will never find a way to earn more money for themselves, and many support children and help their family. Many are lucky enough to find a foreign boyfriend or husband, and will keep them as long as they are not trying to screw the guys over too badly. In many ways it would be beneficial to all parties if prostitution in the Philippines were expanded. I fail to see it as a bad thing.
  16. If they were serious about stopping sex trafficking they would legalize prostitution and register the prostitutes. Then they could more easily identify those that are actually being trafficked. But they are afraid since the results would not support their narrative.
  17. I don't know, but it sounds like Hannity prefers getting lap dances from 50 year old strippers.
  18. Someone does not raise $6.7 million from 141,000 donors in 3 months without "magnetism."
  19. Living in the Philippines the past few months has taught me that the differences in measured intelligence are very real. In one world IQ chart the US is listed as 98 and the Philippines 86, which is similar to Mexico. The differences do appear that great, but are magnified by the extreme poverty and terrible education system here. I suspect that 86 is not even a representative sample. A racist acquaintance of mine likes to ask Filipinos how many weeks are in a year. Not once in over 20 times I have seem him ask this did anyone know the answer, although one woman guessed 48 after multiplying 4 x 12. That in itself is amazing as most Filipinos struggle with doing simple multiplication like that in their head. Most businesses insist on sales staff using calculators when they do not have a cash register that handles it. On the other hand, kids can pick up a smart phone and figure out how to use it very quickly, no different from the states from what I can tell. And, bar girls are every bit as good as manipulating customers to make money as strippers in the states. At this point I am not even sure that IQ tests are a valid way of measuring intelligence. The effects of poverty, terrible education, and the general lack of interest and incentive to exercise the mind are so profound here, it would be extremely difficult to figure out all the causes for differences in IQ. and assign reasonable numbers to them. I still stare at the world IQ map from time-to-time and wonder, how can that be?
  20. His approval rating in Texas is less than Roy Moore's was in Alabama after the allegations came out. So Cruz rates below a child molester.
  21. He should be impeached now but republicans are doing nothing. So yes, both sides.
  22. The best lamb I ever had was smoked lamb breast. The meat is fatty like pork belly with small bones through it. I would sprinkle garlic salt on both sides and start it at 300-350 for the first 30 minutes so the fat starts to brown and render and reduce the heat to 220 after that. I wrap them in foil after 2 hours and do another 1.5 or 2 wrapped. Then unwrap them to firm up the last 20 minutes or so and reserve the juice for dipping. Eat with Naan, tortillas or whatever pocket bread you may have handy. It drips tasty fat juices. Tear it apart with your hands and knaw on the riblets.
  23. No. It is only that the Democrats may have to use their own extreme tactics to overcome republican gerrymandering and equalize things. In other words to achieve equal and unprejudiced representation.
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