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August 29, 2022

Update on my wife and our separation due to COVID and her Green Card

As you all know, we've been separated for, now, over two years due to COVID19 and the insanity and pathetic nature of the American green card process.

I had to leave the States and give up my potential political career in a bright blue district in Arizona because I could not be away from her anymore.

My attempt to get back to her in China was made impossible for many reasons, so we relocated to Bangkok.

I've been here since late June to get settled here and then we started on her.

It took four weeks, but I am happy to report she got her Thai visa on Friday but it wasn't issued to her until today. On September 7th, my wife will fly into Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and we will finally be reunited after over two years of separation.

Added to that, our ninth anniversary is on September 12th, so we will spend our first weekend together in Phuket for our anniversary.

It's almost completely over.

August 29, 2022

MAGAts and wingnuts on Tik Tok make me laugh

When they tell us that the government and Biden sold us out to China, yet Tik Tok is a chinese app that data mines worse than any other app in the world, your information is given to the CCP, and they use it to spread Chinese propaganda.

August 27, 2022

With the Senate looking harder for the GOP to flip, prepare a MSM shift in narrative to

"Republicans look poised to regain the House." The unofficial cheerleading section will dump their senate narrative almost immediately and concentrate on pushing the House to flip.

August 17, 2022

My parents manned the Democratic Party booth at County Fair - deep red New Castle, PA

She sent me this message on my phone:

I must tell you of a funny that happened while we sitting at the Dem. booth at the Fair.

1. Most Democrats who walked by said they didn't want to walk down the aisle where the Repubs/Oz/Mastriano/American Patriots had their booths set up (with an enormous circus elephant statue) for fear of throwing up;

2. We ran out of Fetterman signs and almost ran out of Shapiro signs;

3. We had several Repub. tell us that they were voting straight Democratic ticket; and the funniest

4. Dad was wearing his red " God gave us Donald Trump because He ran out of locusts" shirt. He went across the aisle to check on the Repubs. and was told by 4 of them that they really liked his shirt!!!!!!!!!! We think they didn't understand the sarcasm or they didn't know their Bible stories (as proper Christians) or both. But we all had a good laugh over that one. I guess they aren't as "smrat" as they profess to be. What a surprise!!!

We only had one "patriot" tell us that we stole the election. Otherwise no incidents like the fights from last year.


And this is in deep-red New Castle, PA area. . .The Republicans overplayed their hands if this is happening in Deep Red Lawrence County. BTW, the misspelling of smart was intention (in-joke between my mother and me).
August 15, 2022

Election prediction from non-celebrity pundit who has studied politics for the last 35 years

I know my opinions mean next to nothing since I'm not someone on TV, but here we go.

01: If the US Government didn't deny my wife her green card three times and I kept up my campaign, I believe I would have been elected into the AZ House from my district. The GOP incumbent barely won and the other Democrat was term limited. I believe the other Democrat from Yuma and me from Sells would have been together in Phoenix.

02: With that shameless plug out of the way. . .I believe the Democrats are going to pick up at least two governorships. I do believe Beto will eek out a win in Texas and I believe Maryland will flip. In my backyard, Hobbs is already above water and up by a minimum of 8% over Kelli "fruitcake" ward.

03: I see the Democrats picking up 10-15 seats in the House.

04: I see the Democrats HOLDING all seats they are defending as well as:
A: Picking up PA is definite. Doc Hollywood Carpetbagger is DOA.
B: Ohio is a probable based on trends and the fact that Vance's campaign is pretty much going nowhere.
C: Wisconsin seems to be done with Ron Johnson as he is underwater and can't crack anywhere near 45% in polls recently.

Probable flips:
A: Open Seat North Carolina: Will be a dirty, drag out race and the winner will win by .5% - 2%, but the Democrat is trending up
B: Florida: Rubio is not polling well enough and seems to be taking his re-election for granted. Val Demmings is climbing and Rubio has many negatives again him.
C: Missouri. Highly unlikely since MO has trended red since 2000, but it is an open seat.

Best case scenario: +10-15 in the House, PU six senate seats
Worst case scenario: Hold the house, pick up +3 in the Senate.

Ramification: Trumpism gets nationally rejected, Democrats still control two branches of government, and Manchin/Sinema are completely defanged.

August 11, 2022

Illinois GOP nominee for governor Darren Bailey defends comparing abortion to Holocaust

Source: AOL News

Facing criticism for past comments comparing abortion to the Holocaust, the Republican nominee for governor in Illinois is refusing to apologize — and claiming that a group of rabbis backed the comparison.

“The Jewish community themselves have told me that I’m right,” Darren Bailey, a GOP state senator who is trying to unseat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, said in a radio interview over the weekend. “All the people at the Chabads that we met with and the Jewish rabbis, they said, ‘No, you’re actually right.’”

In a 2017 Facebook video that resurfaced earlier this month, Bailey said that “the attempted extermination of the Jews of World War II doesn’t even compare on a shadow of the life that has been lost with abortion since its legalization.”

Pritzker, who is Jewish, condemned the comparison.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-gop-nominee-governor-darren-190150134.html



What a piece of pig vomit. And of course he would use that comparison, and of course he would double down.
August 11, 2022

Facebook Turned Over Chat Messages Between Mother and Daughter Now Charged Over Abortion

Source: AOL News

Facebook turned over the chats of a mother and her daughter to Nebraska police after they were served with a warrant as part of an investigation into an illegal abortion, court documents show.

The investigation, which was launched in April before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, is one of the few known instances of Facebook’s turning over information to help law enforcement officials pursue an abortion case — but it is also an example of a scenario that abortion rights experts have warned will be more common as all abortions becomes illegal in many states.

Madison County prosecutors say Jessica Burgess, 41, acquired and gave abortion pills to her daughter, Celeste, who was 17 at the time, and then helped her bury and then rebury the fetus. The Norfolk Daily News first reported the case. The two were charged last month and have pleaded not guilty. A lawyer for the two women didn’t respond to a request for comment.

According to a sworn affidavit from Detective Ben McBride of the Norfolk Police Investigations Unit, police started with a tip from a woman who described herself as a friend of Celeste’s who said she saw her take the first pill in April.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/facebook-turned-over-chat-messages-001525289.html



More reasons to hate Facebook and Zuckerborg!
August 10, 2022

I am so tired of conservaturd smug

The delusions in their lives come out in everything they say.

They truly believe they:

01.rise above the fray and never personally attack people.
02.have a monopoly on patriotism and God
03.have a monopoly on facts and truth
04.believe they are superior
05.never get angry and it's liberals that are always angry and complaining
06.win every argument or debate when their opponent rolls their eyes and gives up
07.never move goalposts
08.never have to give an inch because they are the only "real" Americans
09.can do or say anything and accuse people that get annoyed with them of being "triggered" and "woke."
10.are truly great to be around

I remember a bumper sticker: "conservative lifestyle: work, pray, be happy."

Smug. Aloof. Haughty.

It's beyond infuriating.

Profile Information

Name: Aram Katz
Gender: Male
Hometown: Sullivan County, NY
Home country: USA
Current location: Phuket, Thailand
Member since: Tue Mar 23, 2021, 11:44 AM
Number of posts: 5,680

About AZLD4Candidate

Demoralized, depressed, and destroyed by American immigration law written and pushed for in 1952 by two xenophobes determined to keep people out at the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War.
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