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Raised in America, now back in Mexico: ‘The country I loved kicked me out’

Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, 6 September 2017

Three years after she went back to Mexico, a country she barely knew, Maggie Loredo learned that Barack Obama had created temporary deportation relief for undocumented migrants brought to the US as children.

“I immediately wanted to go to the border with all of my things and go back to the US,” she said.

But because she had left, she did not qualify for relief from the threat of deportation under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), the temporary program that the Trump administration now says it will end.

On Tuesday, attorney general Jeff Sessions said the program was introduced unlawfully and the US could not admit everyone who wanted to enter. The US, Sessions said, was enforcing law that “saves lives, protects communities and taxpayers, and prevents human suffering”.

The government was acting with compassion, he said.

He did not say anything about those covered by Daca--so-called “Dreamers”--and the young lives that will now be put on hold or forced on to new and frightening paths.

According to the Migration Policy Institute, 1.3 million people in the US qualify or would qualify when old enough for Daca relief. Federal and state lawmakers and immigration activists have promised to fight Trump’s decision. Nonetheless, since the presidential election most Dreamers, who are mostly Mexican, have been forced to consider a future without it.

Loredo, now 27, was one of several people who spoke to the Guardian in Mexico about what they lost by leaving the US before Daca, what they gained and what might now face those who will lose protection.

They spoke of tough challenges, including the need to navigate new healthcare and educational systems. They spoke of local hostility--typically their Spanish is mocked while some resent their fluent English. They also discussed cultural and emotional challenges, including indefinite separation from family and friends.

One spoke of singing the pledge of allegiance at her US school “with such joy”, only to realise that “those words don’t apply to me, this country that I loved and felt so proud to be from then kicked me out”.

When she was 16, a would-be employer told Loredo she did not have legitimate proof of citizenship. This meant she would not qualify for federal financial aid for university or be able to get a work permit. Her options were to live in the shadows of the only country she had known since she was two, or return to Mexico.

One month after graduating high school in Georgia, she traveled south in a van with six men and sacks of mail, ending up in her grandparents’ hometown, San Luis Potosí. Instead of going to university, she taught English to children. Their parents would ask: “How can you teach English when you don’t speak Spanish?”

She also worked as a translator for the US government--relaying 911 calls, asylum interviews and questions about health insurance. Then she met fellow returnees at a project that has grown to become the group Otros Dreams en Acción, Other Dreams in Action, where she now works full-time.

Loredo said that when Dreamers first arrive in Mexico from the US, they can find it especially difficult to navigate simple bureaucratic hurdles. That is why her group campaigns for legislation to make the return process easier, such as the Mexican national education body’s decision this year to recognize the GED, a US exam that is equivalent to a high school diploma. Previously, people with a GED had to start at the beginning of the Mexican equivalent to high school.

“My plan now is to stay in Mexico,” Loredo said, “even though sometimes I want to live in the US.”

Her brother and sister-in-law are Daca beneficiaries who live in the US. “They’ve never questioned before what it means to be post-deportation and they are questioning it now,” she said.

Etziba Alvarez’s family is also split between the US and Mexico, after some moved from Florida in 2009. Her two youngest brothers are US citizens. One joined the army.

However, like Loredo’s parents, Alvarez’s mother and father are subject to US law that bars people who have lived in the US illegally from re-entry. People who live in the US illegally for more than 180 days but less than one year cannot re-enter for three years. Those who stay for more than one year are barred for 10. The “unlawful presence” count begins after people turn 18.

For many undocumented migrants, deciding to return means giving up seeing family and friends. If they stay in the US, they cannot see those who have gone to Mexico without their own visit becoming permanent.

Like Loredo, Alvarez is not seeking permanent residency in the US. But she would like have her time there recognized by the US government.

“We’re bilingual, bicultural but not binational,” she said.

Returnees can apply for US tourist visas, but the process is subject to the whims of the embassy and can require documents that are only available in the US. The process of applying, and getting rejected, takes a heavy emotional and financial toll.

“Would I go and live in the United States in this moment?,” Alvarez said. “No. Would I like to be able to visit my brothers and family in the US? Yes. Do I think it is a human right? Yes. Do I want my mother to be able to see her sons? Yes.”

Her family moved to Mexico because the recession was crippling her father’s landscape business and because it did not seem that Obama would achieve immigration reform.

Alvarez had one year left of school before university. As a teenager, she joined the Health Occupations Students of America, planning to become a neonatal nurse. She wanted to attend a good US university.

In her new country, where at 23 she now lives in the capital, Mexico City, she learned that her Spanish “was actually Spanglish” and was bullied by students who mocked her accent and called her “la gringa”--a sometimes derogatory term for Americans.

The exam she needed to pass to continue her studies and become a neonatal nurse included Mexican history, which she barely knew, and was conducted in academic Spanish.

That proved to be too steep a learning curve so she worked as a cashier, improved her Spanish and applied to business school. She also started questioning the system that had driven her parents to the US in the first place.

“I felt a failure of both the countries,” Alvarez, said. “Every day at school [in the US] I’d sing the pledge of allegiance with such joy and then I realized those words don’t apply to me, this country that I loved and felt so proud to be from then kicked me out”.

At school, Alvarez studied anthropology and interviewed other returnees. She now works with Otros Dreams en Acción to help returnees find jobs less likely to displace Mexicans.

“I’ve learned that home isn’t a stable place, but I would love to be able to go back to the place I called home and where I got my education,” she said. “Just to be able to walk around and see the swing at the playground I used to play at.”

Vanessa Soto, 26, now lives in Guadalajara. She never imagined leaving California until, at 18, she learned she was undocumented. She had just been accepted to San Francisco State University, where she planned to study pre-med, but she could not afford to attend without federal financial aid.

It was 2009 and her family, like Alvarez’s, had lost hope that Obama would enact immigration reform and were suffering from the economic recession. “My last resort was to move to Mexico,” Soto said.

Her dream of becoming a doctor was put on hold while she helped her family rebuild by working a full-time job. After a few years she was able to enrol in medical school, where she is today. She wants to train in a specialty in the US before applying to work with Doctors Without Borders.

“Over here, by the age of 18, you are already training, you are already going to hospitals, you are in the field because here they know the demand for doctors and that’s what I like,” she said.

Soto said Mexico turned out to be much nicer than she had expected. She was four when her family left for California. She grew-up surrounded by stereotypical views of her birth country, she said.

“I thought: ‘It’s bad, it’s dirty, it’s filled with crime, it’s a third-world country.’ And then you actually come here and that’s dead wrong. You’re in the city, and you see these beautiful buildings. The same technology they have in the States, they have here.”

People who are now thinking of returning should not “feel threatened”, Soto said. “The same way the US gave them opportunities over there, Mexico is going to give them opportunities here. It’s even better because they have more of a voice here.”

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Insurance Calculations Given a patients remaining deductible (Deductible), co-insurance responsibility percentage (CoInsurance), co-payment (CoPayment), and maximum out-of-pocket (OutOfPocketMax): 1)Use those parameters to write an equation to calculate the estimated patient cost for a $1,000 test. (You can use Excel notation if you want.) * 2)Using the same parameters, write the equation for the insurers expected payment, in the case of a $1,000 test. Calculate the patient's responsibility with the following parameters: 1) Deductible=$100, CoInsurance=15%, CoPayment=0, OutOfPocketMax=$1,000. A patient has a PPO plan with a $250 deductible with none of the deductible met. The plan has a co-insurance of 30% with no co-pay for lab services. 1)Solve for this patient's responsibility Thanks for the help!""

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I ask how much cash will the IRS deduct from my refund due to me not having any health insurance? OK I know its bad that I have no health care but I just found a full time job a month ago that provides health care that I can afford and use. I did not have any health insurance for the 2012 year and just learned that the IRS will take cash from you refund due to the poor, i.e, me, not having insurance. So can somebody tell me (who is actuality intelligent and knows taxes) how much cash I will loose for this B.S. Law? P.S. Please don't comment just to tell me I'm a lazy jerk who just won't spend the money to get health insurance. I work very hard and work two part time jobs just to have food and shelter. I understand that insurance is high due to people getting hurt and can't afford the bill so it gets written off. When I get hurt or sick I stay at home and heal myself, I don't abuse the system! I just can't afford the monthly payment for health care with my other bills!""

What if my medical insurance has expired and i still have refills?

if i still have like 4 refills left, has my insurance paid for it before or do i have to pay for the refills now? the insurance was medicaid""

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I'm getting a 2012 Camaro SS 6.2 liter V8 for my 16th Birthday! And wondering how much car insurance cost? I've got my Drivers Permit already..

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What is the best health care insurance for a low income 19 year old who just got cut of the affinity child health plan due to age? Any suggestions?

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Some guy hit my car while it was parked in the road. He knocked on the door and gave me his insurance policy and other information. I live in Rochester, NY and my insurance provider is AIG. If i file a claim, who's insurance pays for the damages (new fender and door)? Will there be a deductible on my part? Will my premiums go up? Doesn't NY have some stupid no-fault law? Or should i just make him pay for everything out of pocket?""

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How much would car insurance be for a 1993 Toyota Celica? I will be 21 in August, have a clean driving record, no accidents, married with a child. I am a full time college student with a 3.2 GPA. How much should I expect for car insurance per month? The car has 160,000 miles on it. Please, no advertising websites, just real answers. Thanks!""

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My 22 yr old sons car was repossessed. He cancelled his car insurance policy since he no longer owns a car. He was required to carry an SR22 because of a bad driving record. The California DMV will suspend his license if he does not have proof of car insurance. Hes not driving and plans to not own a vehicle for the next 6 months. How does he meet the California DMV requirements without purchasing a car insurance policy? Also, if were able to get an older vehicle and get liability insurance only on it and add the SR22 can it satisfy the California DMV? My son is desperately trying to clean up his driving record too. Even if literally purchases an older vehicle and never drives it just to meet his DMV requirement. Will his past actions of too many tickets and accidents ever stop haunting him? Finally, his car was stolen in mid 2013. The car was reported stolen and it was eventually recovered and the insurance did repair significant damages does this also count against his driving record? The damage to the vehicle all occurred after it was stolen. I'm sorry I have so many questions I'm just at a loss. I need to get him back on his feet within a year but I need to know he will be able to drive too. He realizes now he messed up. He's got a great job and makes good money but I want to make sure that these past mistakes do not haunt him forever. The good news is there are no DUI's or reckless driving. Thanks for any help!""

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We're bought a toyota corolla for $9,500 and its going to cost $1700 just to insure it, we've heard of putting it in the parents name but if you name an under 25 year old as a driver the price goes up so i was wondering if anyone knows a way to beat it""

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i live in bromley south east london/ kent i have recently bought a Gilera Runner VXR 180 Reg as 125, im using it for college and seeing family, i have completed my C.B.T Bike is road ready MOT&Tax could anyone give me a guestimate on how much it would be on your previous experience and any good companies that insure young drivers ? thanks alot (P.S if you would like too right a smart ar*e comment please dont do it on my post, im asking for advice not a lecture)""

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How important is medical payments coverage auto insurance coverage. I currently have at as $10,000 coverage. Is this over kill? I have health insurance (HSA) that has a $5000 deductible per year, after that it's covered 100%. thx""

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I want to buy a mustang GT. I prefer a 99-01 year. Which would probably cost me about 400-500 a month paying car payments and car insurance. I'm only 16 years old. But I plan on getting a job when i'm 18 and buying a car. I also need to get my GED, which I start taking classes for that next fall.. because I dropped out of school for specific reasons I wont talk about here. If I work 6 hours a day and earn 7.40 an hour for 5 days a week, thats about 880 bucks a month. Plus my parents could help me out a little. I would use all the money I get from work for the car payment, insurance and gas. Would I have enough money?""

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I am getting a mini suv probably a 2006 chevrolet equinox or a 2006 tuscan hyundai for my 16th birthday. I am going to have to pay the insurance on it though, I would be cosighning with my parents. They have perfect credit and also I have a 4 month old daughter who will be riding with some of the time. About how much would the insurance cost me? I'm clueless when it comes to these things. Thanks in advance. Also what is the best mini suv to buy that is under 25 thousand?""

Is it true that in PA if you don't own a car you don't need car insurance but could still drive someone's car?

I have my own car now and insurance, but I want to get rid of it and just drive my bf's extra car around. Is that legal because he has insurance on his cars? This is in Pennsylvania. Thanks.""

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Fill In The Blank Words -assigned-risk insurance, blue book, bodily-injury insurance, car pooling, collision insurance, comprehensive insurance, deductible, depreciation, financial responsibility law, leasing, liability insurance, mass transportation, no-fault insurance policy, policy, premium, property-damage insurance, warranty- 1. Decrease of vehicle value due to its age. 2. Written guarantee that the seller will make repairs for a time period. 3. Lists the average price paid to dealers for various used vehicles. 4. Requires you to prove that you can pay for damages you may cause with your vehicle. 5. Specified amount you pat to an insurance company for insurance. 6. Set amount of money you personally pay for damages that is not paid by your insurance company. 7. Written agreement between you and your insurance company. 8. Type of insurance that is not concerned with who is to blame. 9. Provides minimum coverage for high-risk drivers. 10. Several methods of moving large numbers of passengers. 11. Several people commuting to work or school in one vehicle. 12. An alternate method of obtaining a vehicle other than by purchase. 13. Protects you against claims for another person's injuries or property damages when you are at fault. 14. A type of liability insurance that covers drivers who are at fault for injuries to other people up to specified limits. 15. A type of liability insurance that covers drivers who are at fault for damages to another person's property up to specified limits. 16. A type of insurance that provides coverage to pay the costs of repair or replacement of your vehicle up to specified limits. 17. Insurance that covers damage to your vehicle from non-collision events. One word per statement. I already have some answers but I just want to be 100% sure I'm right, thanks any answers are appreciated.""

What does no-fault auto insurance mean?

I live in California which, I think, is a no-fault state. What ramifications does that have if I'm in an accident? Does it matter, in any way, whether the accident is my fault or the other driver's fault? Thanks you.""

""How much is renters insurance in Salem, Oregon?""

How much is renters insurance in Salem, Oregon for a five bedroom house?""

What is the best maternity insurance? ?

my husband and i are ttc and i am trying to find some maternity insurance for when i get pregnant. he cant apply for insurance through his work for another 5 months. so in the even that i do get pregnant, i would need insurance right away. we make too much to qualify for medicaid or any government funded insurance. ive looked at a few different companies but im wondering which is the best. monthy price isnt an issue, quality is whats important. thanks!""

""Car Insurance, please read?""

Basically I live in the UK and it's my 17th birthday in July, and I want to start driving as soon as I get to my birthday, however I am looking at what car to buy by looking at the what cars give me the cheapest insurance. However if I go to a website such as www.comparethemarket.com (not to mistaken for comparethemeerkat.com ;P) I can't get a quote as it says the date of birth is invalid (as obviously I can't drive yet) so I'm just wondering if it is illegal or something to put my date of birthday as february instead of july just to get a quote. Please don't just say things like pass your test first as I really am interested to see an estimate on how much I will be paying Also, if it is not illegal, should I put a false name and address on too, or is that part illegal while the date of birth bit it. Many Thanks""

How much does health insurance in the UK cost on average?

Btw, I live in the UK, I know we have the NHS, but my Aunty has health insurance as part of her benefits package at work and she says private healthcare is way better than the NHS. So I'm just wondering how much health insurance costs on average in the UK?""

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My EX boyfriend went behind mine and my moms back and illegal put insurance on his car in my mothers name. I guess he knows a employee at a insurance automotive and illegally put it in her name without her consent. His friend who was driving the car hit some car today and called my mom and told her everything and now she wants to claim fraud. Who gets in trouble? My ex boyfriend for doing it illegally? The employee who let it happen? His friend who hit the car? Or my mom because they may not believe he did it illegally? BTW; my ex boyfriend owes money to his insurance thats why he couldnt put it in his name

""Hi,argos 3 year insurance cover?""

I'm asking about the insurance cover on some earphones,say if they are damaged within one year then they would be replaced under the manufacturers one year guarantee,what would happen to my insurance cover? would I be refunded the insurance as my earphones would be replaced anyway/ Thanks in advance :)""

Will my insurance cover someone else's car that has no collision insurance?

Will my collision insurance cover someone else's car that has no collision insurance when I get into an accident while driving that car?

Who do you have for car insurance? open!?

looking for a cheap car insurance, buut not to cheap were if i get into a car crash they'd give me 10 cents. any suggestions?""

How can I put my girlfriend (8 1/2 years and still going strong) on my health/dental insurance?

Hi guys, so I have asked my job and it seems the only way I can add her to my health/dental insurance is if 1) we are married or 2) if i provide proof of living with her for a certain amount of years. There has to be some loophole because I really think it is ridiculous that we have been to together since we were 16 and I cant add her or help her in such a way. There is no possible way, in timeline, for us to qualify for such rules. 16-18 years old (in high school and lived with parents), 18-23 years old (Attended separate universities and lived in different cities), 23- 24 1/2 years old, (both living with parents back home, we alternate and stay at each others place, so have no set home or bills in our name, such as direct tv, electricity, internet, you name it. we are blessed with awesome parents) and yes we have though about just getting married, but no way... we are waiting until we are established and can fend for ourselves to make a decision like that, but yes we do want to get married some day, but not over screwing the government or other reasons. Also we live in california if that helps, since i know every state varies, thank s guys!! ^_^""

How much does a filling cost with insurance? like an estimate?

I'm 19 and clueless, and well i decided to get Metlife insurance, (safeguard) anyways , i know it depends where i go and etc, but i want an idea... just typically speaking

Who's car insurance pays for an accident?

I lent my grandson my car one day while his car was in the shop and he had an accident. Who's insurance covers it

Any suggestion base on your experences with Health and dental insurances?

My Health and Dental Insurance from my old employer (under cobra with Kasier) will expire soon. I plan on buying my own Health and Dental, any suggestions in Northern California?. Thanks

Is getting the cheapest possible car insurance a good idea?

Like SafeAuto.

17 Year Old Motorbike Insurance?

What would you estimate the insurance costs are for a 17 year old riding a C.P.I Sprint 125CC?

How do i get affordable health insurance in new york?

I make 40k a year but i live in nyc so i cant afford a standard plan. Just need for myself 37 yr old male Thanks

I need Health Insurance Tips?

Hey there, I was hoping to get some input from families in WA State, or anywhere if you want to help me. I just need ideas on where to get affordable health insurance for my family? If anyone has advice for me that would be great. Thank-you!""

Will my Car Insurance rates go up for 1 speeding ticket?

I just got a speeding ticket this morning (66mph in a 50). I have a really good record. Will my insurance go up? I have State Farm in Ohio. Thanks!

Do you have to have car insurance for all of your vehicles (California- read more for details)?

I live in California and I understand that by law here you have to have car insurance; at least minimum coverage that is. But does this apply to all cars regardless of whether you even drive them on the street or not? The reason why I ask this is because I have a 1971 Chevy Camaro SS which I bought from my father about a year ago (He basically gave it to me, but I didn't want to look spoiled in front of my sister so I gave him $2,000 for it). I did have it insured for the first year thinking it probably wouldn't cost me much, but now I really regret getting it insured since it costed me nearly a fortune this year alone. And the thing that really sucks is that I've never even driven it yet since it still needs a lot of tuning up (and unfortunately I don't have enough time to fix it up since I'm usually a very busy person). Do you think it's possible to uninsure my camaro since it's not even drivable yet? I mean it's not like I'm going to hit a car or something with it since it's just sitting in my garage the whole time. I would ask my insurance agent about this, but I never really trusted them. (They were the ones that persuaded me to get it insured in the first place without even telling me whether I had to or not)""

Need help picking car insurance?

I'm 18 years old and live on my own with no dependants. Which method of car insurance is most dependable and best choice cost wise (Basically .. what can I afford haha)

""Poll: Hey, can I borrow your car?""

Poll: Hey, can I borrow your car?""

How do insurance companies make money?

i know not everyone is going to be sick at once, and that they assess risk, but what's their model for actually making money?""

Can I get my own car insurance on a learners permit?

I am purchasing a new Altima on Wednesday. I am buying the car completely out but to take it off the lot you have to have insurance. Can I get car insurance on a learners permit? I'm 18. (Please don't answer if you don't know the actual answer. I don't need any opinions I need facts) Thank you in advance.

What is the average cost of health insurance?

I'm doing homework and I need some help. What would be the average cost of health insurance for a 27 year old? The monthly cost would be the most helpful.

Can I get my car back from the impound using anothers insurance?

Recently my car was impounded due to no insurance - stupid I know - and now I can't retrieve it without insurance. The problem is the only way I can get insurance now is if I pay for a full year, can't afford that much so I have very few options now available, if any. What I want to know is can I insure myself using someone else's insurance and retrieve the car that way? Will the police and impound accept this type of insurance? And will I even be insured due to what happened? Because of what happened I now have 6 points so I realise it will be difficult to get insured. Thanks and hope someone can help. By the way this happened in the UK.""

Car insurance is it legal?

would I be able to drive my wifes car that she owns but has no insurance on the car. I have my own car and are fully comprehensive so would I be breaking the law.

So I'm a little confused about car insurance.?

So when the feeloaders who are generally poor and cannot afford car insurance, don't buy car insurance, which way is cheaper??? The gov't taxing me to purchase car insurance from the insurance companies for these freeloaders ? OR the insurance company simply raising my rates to cover the freeloaders ? You see, it seems to me that adding an additional layer of gov't beauracracy would cost more, but I have been told I am wrong. Am I wrong?""

I can't get insurance because I'm not a full time college student what can I do to get insurance?

Ok I'll try to explain this as best I can...so I'm a part time college student and I can't get insurance because I'm only a part time student and I have to be a full time student taking 12 credits to get insurance. I think my doctor is talking about health insurance. I don't know anything about insurance because my dad takes care of that. I can't afford to go to school full time and I don't know what to do.

Where can I find a good car insurance?

I leave in Los Angeles. at the present time I have insurance with Farmers but I want to change it because it is expensive. I'm thinking about Progressive Insurance, What do you think and what else do you suggest? Thanks""

I got pulled over in someone else's car that doesn't have insurance but I have my own?

Ok so I'm driving one of my friends car and I got pulled over for making an illegal u-turn. The car had no insurance and the cop told me to just show up to court and show them that I have proof of insurance on my own car and the ticket will be dropped? I currently have State Farm insurance and I live in the state of California. The officer told me that as long as I had permission to drive the car and my insurance covers me driving other cars I Should be fine. Is this true? Please help, I'm really worried and I don't wanna pay a big fine.""

What is the best affordable health insurance for students out there?

I am thinking about changing my provider and was wandering if anybody has any recomendations?

Where can I find the cheapest car insurance?

I'm living in Arkansas (working in Texas and in Arkansas). I'm an 18 year old male. I need to obtain FULL coverage on a 2000 Mazda Protege. The cheapest quote I had found (through Geico I believe) is $585/month for full coverage.. that's over $7000 a year... I have two tickets on my record. That quote was done without listing any tickets at all. I work 65 hours a week, so the only place I really drive is to my jobs and back. Unfortunately, I need a car in a hurry.. which means I'm going to finance one, which means full coverage is required. Any recommendations on places to get quotes from aside from geico and progressive?""

What cars would be cheap to buy and on insurance for a 16 y/o driver?

my years i like are 1995-2004 and i dont want to spend more than 2000-3000 and more than 100-150 on insurance

Where can i get health insurance?

I'm a 21 year old male and im live in sacramento california i just want to know where i can obtain some freaking insurance to go the dentist or doctors to get checked up on my health got darn it

Best Ways to Reduce Car Insurance?

I found this article on ForbesAutos.com about best ways to reduce my car insurance. Is this true? http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/ten-ways-to-lower-your-car-insurance.html?partner=yahooa

Whats the cheapest bike insurance for a 1st time biker - 21 yrs - 125cc only CBT done?

Any gd experience to pass on? (Honda CG125)

Whats the cheapest way to get car insurance for a 17 year old male?

im a 17 year old boy learning to drive whats teh best car for me to get and cheapest way to insure it cheapest companies best cars for my age to insure thanks

What's the average cost of a Health insurance plan in New york?

I am moving from Europe to work in New York, can someone explain to me how the system works, and if it is age depending cost.""

Any suggestion base on your experences with Health and dental insurances?

My Health and Dental Insurance from my old employer (under cobra with Kasier) will expire soon. I plan on buying my own Health and Dental, any suggestions in Northern California?. Thanks

What insurer would insure me for around 200?? And what car would that be?

My friend had a ford fiesta as her first car and her insurance was 180 a month There are now kids in my school and their insurance varies between 210-250 Their cars are peugeot 3 doors and stuff I've been looking at cars between 300-700 to buy and every time I check the insurance is HUGE I am talking 800 a month nearly!!!!! The lowest I found was 360 once but then the car was sold Does anyone what car I can get so that the insurance will be around 180-250?? All the people at school I've asked don't want to tell not does my friend. I need serious help ;( The cats I've been looking at are peugeot, Nissan, ford All between 1998-2002 years 3 doors - anyone have any ideas? Or can help me with posting links?? Of cars and then insurance I am a new driver, passed my test YESTERDAY I live in the UK West Middlands Thank you!!""

How do i set up a car insurance company?

im looking to set up a car insurance company in the uk. I am quite business minded but am not in a position to be spending thousands of pounds to set it up. would be greatful of any info on how I go about things thanks

Where can i find insurance for a barber shop?

what are the best insurance companies for barbershop insurance? where should i look?

Will a medical suspension raise car insurance rates?

My wife has a medical suspension and is trying to get her license back. She has 0 points on her record. I know if you are suspended for stupidity (DUI, reckless driving, ect) then your car insurance rates go up, but do they go up for a medical suspension??""

Will the color of an automobile effect the cost of insurance?

What is the penalty for driving with no insurance?

""How and how much for car inspection, title, insurance, and tags?""

I am getting a car from someone, and I need to know what all I need to do to get it registration (tags), it inspected, it with insurance, and with the title transfered over. The car is just sitting in a driveway right now with nothing on it, so how do I get everything I need done to it when it can't legally drive anywhere?""

Does California state law not allow insurance companies to increase rates for $750 or less claims?

I heard California Sate law prohibits insurance companies from raising your rates if you have a total accident claim of $750 (not to include deductible amount)? Is this true?

Car accident and lapse of insurance...?

Alright, this is part two of my question. To recap, on March 25 I was in a two car motor vehicle accident in California. I had no idea that my insurance had lapsed because I had moved before the notice was sent out. Therefore, I told the police that I had insurance under my current holder. Both parties feel the other person was at fault for this accident. My car was totaled while his only had minor damage. Myself and my passenger were hurt, while the other car's passengers werent. Now, my questions are as follows: 1. Do I need to call the police and let them know that I had no insurance, but just reinstated it yesterday? 2. Will I be facing jail time or just fines? I am willing to pay anything in order to clear this up. 3. Will I lose my license? 4. What other steps do I now need to take to resolve this issue? I've never had a wreck before and I have a clean criminal record, so I am a newbie to this process. Please help me!""

What are 3 reasons why insurance rates are higher for driver's under the age of 25?

What is the cheapest car insurance company for an 18 year old learner driver?

Thanks xxx

Car insurance increase...?

My regular insurance (just liability) is $70 a month. but I just bought a 2001 audi s4 and am adding collision to it. i guess you could say its a sports car because its fast, but its still a sedan. any idea on how much my insurance will go up?""

What is long term care insurance?

Please help me with this one. My parents are in badly need of assistance. I found this reliable website http://www.infolongtermcare.org/what-is-long-term-care. However, I need more help as much as possible.""

Car insurance ?????/?

Well.I have permanent general car insurance they used to charge me 60 dollers it when up to 80 a month. Idk I found a cheaper insurance what should I tell permanent general

How does car insurance work?

Okay, I'm 17 and I'm getting my first car this summer, maybe June. Thing is, I am only going to have my car from this June until March or April of 2009. The reason for that is that I'm moving to Mexico on one of those months. I would actually have liked not to buy my car now but I'm going to have to because where I live, there's absolutely no public transportation. (I live in the northern part of Texas.) I graduate high school in a couple of weeks and need to get to and from work. Up to now I had been working but work was pretty close and my aunt (which I live with) gave me rides. She's getting a job now too so I can't really be dependant on any one and I don't want to at all either. My big question here is... when I get my car, does car insurance come with a contract or something? I won't be here for a year so if it does, what's the minimum plan available? I will also be with my aunt's insurance so I will be included in their plan or however that works..""

Estimated car insurance cost for an 18 year old beginner driver?

I waited until I turned 18 until I went to get my drivers permit. I've had my permit since November 18 2009. I plan to stay on the permit until its expiration date. I'm not sure what car I plan to purchase after that, something affordable (nothing over the top) and that will last quite awhile. Now assuming all that, can any of you share with me what your car insurance payment is monthly, just an estimate of course. And throw in what type of car you have in so I can get a better idea. I'll be 19 at the time I finally get my license. My parents will not be adding me to their insurance, I have to pay for this on my own and I'd like to start putting some money away towards it so that I can make the payments with no problem later on. Are their any other things I can do to lower the cost of my car insurance as well?""

Whats the cheapest auto insurance for someone in Texas?

Can i get car insurance.?

my boyfriend and i broke up,and we bought a car together, hes the one with the name on the title,but i pay for the car payments as the co signer,his credit was better htan mine,the car was for me.though.he no longer will help pay for it,the insurance is for the both of us,am i able to get the car insurance under just for me if he doesnt drive it at all.""

UK - Insurance for Teenagers?

Hello, Does anyone know where newly qualified drivers can take advantage of low insurance prices. I have tried a few of the price comparison sites, but find that the price of the insurance cover is more than the car. If I purchased a car for about 800, how much should the insurance be. What is the cheapest way of buying it. Is it better to Telephone a local Broker ? Or online.""

""Need cheap auto insurance, Arizona?""

only drive 2 miles a couple times a week, never had a accident or ticket; 63yrs old,Mesa,AZ""

Car insurance in massachusetts?

im gonna buy a $700(ive checked it out its a good deal, shutup) 1996 honda civic dx(its a first car, i hate hondas but im not rich like half of the assholes that are gonna make fun of me for getting a honda) anyway i live in massachusetts and i know insurance will be a variable but does anyone know how much itll be when i start driving? thanks""

Car insurance for new license holder?

what will be the prize of normal car insurance??? (i meant % of car prize) If the license is new what will the prize?? Im from dubai.. so i want to according to dubai market rate..

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Car buying/drive test/insurance question.?

By June 16th, the first day of my job, I will need to not only buy a car, but purchase insurance and schedule/complete/pass my drive test. Now, this could be my young naive mind talking, but I am a very alert driver, maybe a little fast, but VERY alert. When doing behind the wheel, I went on the freeway after only 1 hour and the guy said I'm only the second person he's felt comfortable with doing that. But my question is, in what order should i do this (car, test, insurance) and how much preparation/time does each take. i'm hoping for my parents to stop fighting so my dad can buy a new one and give me his truck, but there are no guarantees. By the way, I am 16, and don't think this is some worthless endeavor by a kid with no money. I have saved for over 3 years (I know have over 10000$ but I have to buy everything, but my parents will pay for half of the insurance costs. THANKS""

Do i need to be on the insurance?

im going to take my drivers test and my grandpa is going to let me use his car.do i need to be on his insurance to drive his car for the test?i live in connecticut

Any suggestion base on your experences with Health and dental insurances?

My Health and Dental Insurance from my old employer (under cobra with Kasier) will expire soon. I plan on buying my own Health and Dental, any suggestions in Northern California?. Thanks

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[CN:Silencing, gaslighting, rape and abuse, rape culture, white supremacy, racist erasure, white privilege, male privilege. This is the first in a 4 part series.]

At first I thought, "Maybe Bernie Sanders has a woman problem."

It boggled my mind to think it. I'd always heard him spoken of as a liberal lion progressive honey badger, a guy who courageously took on unpopular stances, and simply did not give a fuck about conservative detractors. Go Bernie! Like a lot of people, I knew he was a socialist, and an Independent. From the snippets I'd gotten, he seemed to be a mix of Eugene Debs, and Rosa Luxemburg and Tommy Douglas combined, with a little bit of Alice Paul, Harvey Milk, and A. Phillip Randolph sprinkled in.

I thought I knew him. And what I knew, I liked very much.

["Bernie Sanders-Caricature" by Donkeyhotey is licensed under CC 2.0.]

But then came the release of his 1972 essay from the Vermont Freeman, a strange, free-wheeling reflection on relations between a man and a woman that included references to the man sexually fantasizing about women being abused, a woman sexually fantasizing about being raped, everybody wanting to read articles about the sexual abuse of 14 year olds, and a 13 year old girl with a "sex friend." Whut.

As someone who teaches women's history, I know enough about gender relations in 1972 to take it in context. It wasn't totally atypical of the crap some (but not all) male radicals were writing when it came to sexuality and "the revolution." That didn't make it any less awful, or more feminist. I assumed (from what I—vaguely—knew of Sanders) that he'd acknowledge the hurtful language, explain that he'd changed, and apologize. Problem solved.

I was wrong.

Instead his campaign trumpeted every brogressive excuse in the book. "It's a joke!" (But jokes can be harmful, and intent is not magic.) "It's bad 50 Shades of Gray fiction." (But 50 Shades of Gray glorifies abuse.) Then his fans got in on it. "Sanders has good votes!" (True! Which is why I'd expect him to understand the criticism.) "Don't crucify him!" (Criticism from feminists is not a violent attack.)

Silencing, gaslighting, minimizing. Huh?

Then there was his campaign appropriating #BlackLivesMatter to talk about jobs. Then there was Bernie Sanders whitesplaining not only how POC vote, but also how POC should be voting: "You should not be basing your politics based on your color." Here was Bernie Sanders' former chief of staff and close advisor talking about how Democrats really need to be courting white people. And here were his internet fanboys, on Facebook and twitter and in the comments of articles which ask why Sanders doesn't talk about race and gender, telling us to STFU because Bernie is THE MOST PROGRESSIVE. (Since when is that a productive way to evaluate a candidate?)

I changed my question. Does Sanders have a privilege problem? To find out, I went looking for Bernie.

(If you're not familiar with privilege, and its effects, you'll need to educate yourself before reading the rest. If the term only means economic privilege to you, and you've never heard of [among others] white privilege or Christian privilege or thin privilege, or the places where privilege and oppression intersect, then this essay will be incomprehensible to you.)

I went looking in the history, because that's how I understand things. I started at the beginning and went forward. I didn't want to rely on other bloggers' accounts. So as much as possible, I dug into old newspapers. There aren't any archive-only documents here; everything is online, in one place or another. But as much as possible, I've used news stories and items from the time of the events involved, or close thereafter.

I went looking for the activist and politician. So you're not going to find any irrelevant and intrusive nonsense about his personal life, his partners or other family, who deserve their damn privacy. This isn't a hit piece. But maybe it's a corrective, an attempt to bring some reality to the overinflated claims about his psychic ability to always be right about everything progressives care about in 2015. I wanted to look at his story through the lens of intersectional feminism. From that perspective, it matters, a lot, how candidates talk about marginalized groups; it's not enough to have some good votes in Congress if you're also legitimizing oppression in other ways. I've got some particular questions, especially (but not solely) around race and gender; not everyone is equally interested in those questions, but they are central to the purpose of this space.

I went looking for Bernie. And here is what I found.

PART 1: SANDERS '72

[Picture originally published in the Bennington Banner, Tuesday, Sept 17, 1974.]

Let's start with the late 60s and early 70s, since there have been a flurry of pieces recently discussing more of Sanders' early 1970s essays, his general participation in Vermont's radical scene, and his early political life. If you want to know about his earlier years, his time at the University of Chicago, including his anti-segregation work and other activities, has been covered elsewhere. I'm interested in his early political life in Vermont. He wrote for several alternative publications, did some community organizing, and ran for office on the Liberty Union ticket. Like others in his cohort, he was broke a lot, and lived on unemployment, his carpentry, or the sale of his educational filmstrips. Or his writing.

His writings ranged over a broad range of subjects, but when he got the chance, he frequently turned to revolution. Against the establishment, against class restrictions, and against government restrictions on the individual rights. A rejection of Vietnam and other wars, using those monies to address class inequities. The decriminalization of drugs, abortion, and other areas where the government infringes on individual rights. The essays certainly touch on gender issues, but most often as related to broader themes of liberation, including sexual. Sometimes, yes, they are downright creepy. In every case, they seem to reflect a Sanders who cares about equality generally, but hadn't engaged with feminism, or considered his male privilege, at all.

For example, in "The Revolution is Life Versus Death," published the Vermont Freeman in November 1969, Sanders ruminates on the film I Am Curious (Yellow), apparently concerned that those under 18 were not permitted to view the sexually explicitly movie. I think his concern is false modesty and sexual ignorance, because he then muses (in response to an incident at a Vermont beach): "Now, if children go around naked, htey [sic] are liable to see one another's sex organs, and maybe touch them. Terrible thing! If we bring children up like this, it will probably ruin the whole pornography business, not to mention a large portion of the general economy that makes its money by playing on people's sexual frustrations." I really wish he'd put something about teaching children to ask before touching someone else. I don't want to be disappointed so early in my quest.

He goes on to note that "[t]he Revolution is coming, and it is a very beautiful revolution... The revolution comes when two strangers smile at each other. …when a commune is started and people start to trust one another, when a young man refuses to go to war and when a girl pushes aside all that her mother has 'taught' her and accepts her boyfriends [sic] love."

The rape-y logic that a woman "accepting" her boyfriend's pressure for sex is somehow revolutionary was not uncommon at the time. But there were plenty of feminists out there at the time fighting back; the earliest version of Our Bodies, Ourselves spends a lot of time trying to help women work through pressure from both patriarchal tradition and the male entitlement of the Sexual Revolution. Suggesting that a woman is brainwashed by her parents just because she doesn't want to have sex with a dude, as Sanders does, is simply the inverse of suggesting she's a slut if she does. (Bonus gross points for equating patriarchal control with her mother!) I don't see much understanding of feminism here.

Sanders' additional claim that many social ills were related to the sexual repression of young people was also suggested in another 1969 essay, "Society, cancer and disease," in which he muses over a 1952 study that correlated the inability to orgasm with breast cancer; he also discusses a 1954 study suggesting that women with cancer of the cervix tended to have a dislike of sexual intercourse. These aren't Sanders' fantasies; they're scientific studies (albeit minority opinions). But the conclusions he draws are all his own:

…What do you think it really means when 3 doctors, after intense study, write that 'of the 26 patients (under 51) that developed breast cancer, one was sexually adjusted.' It means, very bluntly, that the way you bring up your daughter with regards to sexual attitudes may very well determine whether or not she will get breast cancer, among other things…How much guilt, nervousness have you imbued in your daughter with regard to sex? If she is 16, 3 years beyond puberty, the age at which nature set forth for child bearing, and spent a night out with her boyfriend, what is your reaction? Do you take her to a psychologist because she is 'maladjusted,' or a 'prostitute,' or are you happy she has found someone with whom she can share love? Are you concerned about HER happiness, or about your 'reputation' in the community?

The reference to 13 years being at the age when nature prescribed childbirth is gross. His concern, that teenage women "share" or "accept" love from men, for their own good (cancer!), is some pretty amazing trolling. If the revolution includes this much patriarchy, count me out, Bernie.

Sanders voices concern over men getting cancer as well, but apparently they don't have to blame their sexual attitudes. Rather, it's female authority figures who are to blame:

A child has an old bitch of a teacher (and there are many of them), or perhaps he is simply not interested in school and would rather be doing other thing. [sic] He complains and rebels against the situation, which is the healthy reaction. When a person is hurt, no matter what age, he SHOULD rebel��. Outwardly, he becomes the "good boy", [sic] conforming to the rules and regulations of the system. Inwardly, his spirit is broken, and his soul seethes with anger and hatred, which is unable to be expressed. He has learned to hold back his emotions and put on the phony façade of pleasantness. Thirty years later, a doctor tells him he has cancer.

So, men's anger is suppressed by old women, who represent the oppressive power system that gives men cancer. Considering that anger is one of the few emotions (white) men are traditionally allowed to express in a patriarchal society, this doesn't sound so much revolutionary as reactionary. Was he serious that *men* are the ones obliged to bury their anger "under a façade of pleasantness"? I'm sorry, but this is not the fearless feminist I was looking for.

In fact, Sanders was so far removed from feminist analyses of oppression that he suggested women bore some responsibility for it. While the rapey sexual passages of his 1972 Vermont Freeman essay have been thoroughly quoted, this passage has drawn less attention:

Women, for their own preservation, are trying to pull themselves together. And it's necessary for all of humanity that they do so. Slavishness on one hand breeds pigness on the other hand. Pigness on one hand breeds slavishness on the other… On one hand "slavishness," on the other hand "pigness." Six of one, half dozen of the other. Who wins?

Presenting the oppression of women as somehow resulting from "slavishness," seems to put the responsibility for gendered oppression on women's acquiescence. Women have to take responsibility for bootstrapping themselves out of patriarchy! (The particular use of the word "slavish" is also wince-inducing, considering the racial history embedded in the term. That sort of erasure and appropriation was something that white feminists (like Robin Morgan) were doing a lot, so Sanders isn't uniquely gross here. Ugly white privilege all around.)

Sanders' essay also includes another classic 101-level bit of false equivalency: women's mistrust of men, based on their experiences with oppression from men, is "misandry," and therefore somehow the equivalent of male oppression:

…"But in reality," he said, "if you ever loved me, or wanted me, or needed me (all of which I'm not certain was ever true), you also hated me. You hated me—just as you have hated every man in your entire life, but you didn't have the guts to tell me that…. You hated me not because of who I am, or what I was to you, but because I am a man. You did not deal with me as a person—as me. You lived a lie with me, used me and played games with me—and that's a piggy thing to do.

This kind of false equivalency (addressed by Liss at this blog in "The Terrible Bargain We Have Regretfully Struck") is probably something that 70s Sanders would have immediately recognized, if it were in a class-based analysis. No intelligent leftist of his generation would have accepted to idea that a poor person's suspicion of the rich was equivalent to their oppression of the poor! Yet here we find women being "piggy," a not-too-subtle word choice in an era when "male chauvinist pig" was entering the lexicon.

So, based on a limited sampling of his essays, Sanders is sounding a bit like a Shakesville troll crying misandry. I do not think I would have enjoyed being at a party with early 70s Bernie Sanders! But more importantly, would I have voted for him?

Sanders ran as a candidate in a number of elections for governor and for Senator from 1971-1976, on the Liberty Union Party ticket. (These included two different elections in 1972: a January vote for senator and a November vote for governor.) His campaign rhetoric, as recorded through his own writing and newspaper reports, centered on concerns with the Vietnam war, economic injustice, and Nixon-era government infringements on civil liberties—a fiercely social libertarian stance that rejected government interference in personal liberties. Frequently, these concerns overlapped with gay liberation (as it was then known), anti-racism, and women's rights. So it's important to put those concerns in full context of time and place in order to understand what Sanders was supporting.

For example, Salon recently re-published one of Sanders' 1972 letters to the Vermont Freeman, under the truly embarrassing headline, "Bernie Sanders Supported Full Marriage Equality 40 Years Ago." The article lauds Sanders for being so far ahead of his time and tut-tutting President Obama and Secretary Clinton for not supporting full marriage equality until 2012. Why is this embarrassing? Well, aside from the fact that Sanders was still squishy on his support for civil unions as late as 2000 (more on that in Part 4), it's a terribly ahistorical reading of Sanders' letter.

The goals of most participants in early gay liberation didn't include marriage. Although some same-sex couples did indeed pursue marriage licenses many more activists rejected marriage as an oppressive institution. And also? They were fighting simply to survive, to exist in peace without being jailed or beaten or tortured by "treatment" or locked in asylums. Marriage, that conservative institution, became a more widespread goal in the 1980s. (Here's a brief history of that evolution.) Although some of Sanders' current fanboys seem to view him as a Progressive Messiah, I don't think anyone has seriously suggested he has psychic powers, able to discern that ONE DAY this seemingly conservative cause would become a progressive one. So what was he supporting in the letter?

Writing in support of his own bid for governor, he lists three points of concern. Point 1 is Vermont's regressive tax structure, which Sanders criticizes for taxing consumers more than corporations. Point 2 is about the war in Vietnam, which he acknowledges as a moral and financial problem, specifically calling for its funding to be transferred to affordable housing, dental, and medical care. In point 3, he states that "[p]robably the most alarming concern of the Nixon administration has been the gradual erosion of freedoms and the sense of what freedom really means." He calls for the abolition of "all laws that impose a particular brand of morality," listing among these "all laws dealing with abortion, drugs, sexual behavior (adultery, homosexuality, etc.)" His letter ends asking for support from "all people who are disgusted with the basic status quo and who demand basic social change in this state and this country."

It's notable that Sanders addresses the decriminalization of homosexuality and abortion on a par with drug use, as part of a wider concern for civil liberties generally. That's consistent with his description of Liberty Union's platform in a Bennington Banner article from Saturday, December 11, 1971. (This and most of the other newspaper articles I am referencing are available behind a paywall at Newspapers.com.) In "What the Other Party Offers," John Leaning reports that LU candidates Sanders for Senate and Doris Lake for Congress have four areas of concern. First is the economy, and wealth inequality; Sanders is quoted as saying that "the interests of the 2 per cent directly and entirely control the economy." Point 2 is labeled as "decision making: 'Who makes the decisions in this country…the same handful of men who control the power and wealth. That has to change, because no 10 men should ever be able to control the lives of the rest.'" Third is foreign policy; Sanders decries the post-World War II imperialism of the U.S. Point 4 is freedom: "Sanders said he would seek an end to abortion laws, legalize all drugs, eliminate restrictions on birth control, and end all discrimination based on sex, race, or anything else." Sanders is then quoted going into drug decriminalization in some depth, suggesting that decriminalizing drugs (he specifically discusses heroin) would end the "kick of doing something against the government" and allow "us to know the dimensions of the problem, and be able to deal with it rationally."

Sanders addressed many other issues that campaign, and some of his out-there ideas even won praise from the "establishment." For example, he argued that hitchhiking should not be illegal, and in fact, there should be regular parts of the roadway widened so that those who wanted a ride, and those who wanted to stop to give one, could safely meet. Needless to say, I can't find any other candidates addressing this topic, although it was at that time a very common form of transportation, especially for young people without money for bus or train tickets. The Bennington Banner not only reported this, it wrote an editorial commending Sanders' idea; why have a law that everyone winks at? Sanders and Liberty Union may have been on the fringe, but they did get some positive attention for their original ideas on occasion.

The Bennington Banner also featured stories on Sanders opposing Nixon's bombing raid in North Vietnam on December 30, 1971 (an opinion shared by all but one of the other House and Senate candidates). On January 4, 3 days ahead of the special election for Senate, Sanders toured a state prison in Windsor and made remarks afterwards blasting environmental pollution and saying "...that the 'real criminals' are 'the people who allow and even promote the unemployment which enables corporations to make large profits.'"

He then gets around to the actual prisoners, blaming "the government's economic policy" and racism for joblessness: "He says that when a man who can't get a job because of the government's economic policy or because he is black, steals to get food for his children, that person is put in jail. 'It says a great deal about our country…that the richer our country gets, the more of us there are behind prison bars and that an overwhelming number of those who are in jail are poor, non-whites.'" Then he reportedly moved on to his opponent, Robert Stafford, blaming him for continuing to "vote for every major military appropriation in the last 10 years while he has been in Congress" and adding:

"The criminals who made this war will never be prosecuted," he continued, "but one soldier who massacred two dozen people is put in jail. Why is it a crime to kill one person or several dozen but not a crime to kill 200 people a day in Southeast Asia with American bombs and planes as we are doing right this minute?"

Taken in context, I can only conclude that his remarks refer to Lt. William Calley, who had been convicted in March of the premeditated murder of 22 Vietnamese civilians in connection with the My Lai massacre. The suggestion that Calley was not the only guilty party is nothing extraordinary; numerous other, more senior officers got off scot-free. But the suggestion that Calley did not deserve to be in jail (like the man who steals to get food, apparently), and the math-playing with Vietnamese lives ("One person," "several dozen" "200 people a day") are absolutely cringe-inducing. It's also strange, to say the least, to derail a very important and relevant statement about the racial injustice of American prisons to focus on a white man's imprisonment.

Let me be clear: I'm not saying that Sanders in 1972 was George Wallace, nor that his problems in speaking about race weren't a common problem for white progressives of all stripes at the time. (And it should be acknowledged that Sanders himself, a Jewish man who lost relatives in the Holocaust, has dealt with a wide range of ethnic bigotry. As Paul Kivel has explored, white privilege is complicated for European-descended Jews.) My point is this: Sanders'72 has a hard time keeping his focus on race, or addressing it intersectionally; he immediately goes back to economic hegemonies. And the result? Awkward as a basset on a surfboard.

[Picture originally published in the Bennington Banner, Friday October 16, 1976. Attributed to "Woolmington."]

Racial hierarchies aren't the only ones he has trouble on. He supports an end to abortion restrictions, an incredibly relevant topic in 1972. Roe v. Wade was scheduled to be re-argued that October. In Vermont, the landmark Beachy v. Leahy case had struck down state restrictions on the procedure earlier that year. Beachy v. Leahy was exactly the sort of case that one might expect Sanders to be interested in, since its reproductive rights issues were strongly wrapped up in class: a welfare recipient, in need of an abortion, could not afford to cross state lines to obtain one. Although Vermont law did not make it a crime for women to have an abortion (self-inducement, for example, was quite legal), any Vermont physician providing her medical care could be prosecuted.

But the intersection of class and gender is absent from Sander's remarks on abortion when quoted in a September 1, 1972 article in the Bennington Banner. Instead, he hits on the civil libertarian argument that politicians have no right legislating another person's body: ("[i]t strikes me as incredible that politicians think that they have a right to tell a woman what she can or cannot so with her body." He acknowledges that abortion "brings out deep feelings in people, and I respect the feelings of those who are opposed to abortion on moral grounds," but rejects the idea those are valid grounds for legislation. And then he ends noting that Women in Vermont will have abortion regardless of legal status: "The question is whether they will be forced to go to those states where abortions are legal, or whether they can be treated in their home state."

That's an extremely puzzling conclusion when an entire court case had been built around the fact that some Vermont women could not afford to travel out of state. So why focus on the social libertarian argument about government control?

Even when ostensibly addressing women directly, Sanders '72 seems to have had trouble connecting and staying focused. In a 1972 feature, Crittenden magazine provided A Feminist View of the Democratic and Liberty Union Candidates. (The magazine had previously interviewed other candidates in a separate issue.) There seem to have been some differences in the precise questions asked each candidate, but each responded to broadly similar topics deemed to be of feminist interest:

Bernard Sanders, Liberty Union Candidate for Governor.

ERA-Strongly for it.

Daycare--Should be available to anyone who wants it, with sliding fees based on income. "Day care is important, not only for parents but for kids."

Abortion--a "civil liberty" that government has no business restricting.

Consumer Rights--His view is like Ralph Nader's; he would like to see consumers on the boards of all major corporations.

Welfare Reform--The entire system should be scrapped and replaced with a $6500 income for a family of four. "Poverty is obsolete and should not be allowed."

Women's Liberation--A manifestation of blacks, women, gay people, and others "demanding control over their lives." As for women in politics, he points out that he has a female running mate--Elly Harter--and that the highest vote ever received for a Liberty Union candidate was received by Doris Lake in her campaign for Congress last year. Would he mind having a woman governor or attorney general? "Are you serious?" As for working under a woman's supervision, he points out that he's supervised by Liberty Union Chairman Martha Abbot, and has no objections. Women should have opportunities for top governmental and industrial jobs, but he would "not support someone just because she's a woman." Among steps he would like to see to bring equal pay for equal work is to raise the minimum wage to $2.50 an hour.

(Sanders also responded to a question on the Vietnam War [end it, for economic reasons] and a local environmental initiative.)

It's an interesting collection of responses. His support for the ERA, consumer rights, and abortion rights are clear—but the latter is, once again, very much a "civil liberty" issue. Women's liberation is framed entirely as an aspect of a wider revolution. His welfare reform suggests a commitment to minimum guaranteed income. And he can point to women in his own party with genuine leadership positions—more than the Democratic candidates were able to do. Well done, Sanders '72!

It's also weirdly disconnected. Women should get opportunities in government and industrial jobs, but apparently they needed no special consideration to overcome the overwhelming structural biases stacked against them. Should they bootstrap themselves out of patriarchy? And I'm not clear on how raising the minimum wage was supposed to "bring equal pay for equal work."

But perhaps the female voters responded better to Sanders. Unfortunately there are few records of his interactions with female voters, or any voters for that matter. A December 11, 1971 story about a Liberty Union campaign event, "An Evening with Sanders and Lake," details a first-person account of a reporter's encounter with the two Liberty Union candidates at a small information session. The reporter, Greg Guma (who would cover much more of Sanders in future) mostly discusses his own interactions with Sanders, who was already displaying his now-famous grumpitude:

In answer to a question about his personal political viewpoint, Senatorial candidate Sanders replied: "Obviously you haven't been listening to me. Do you know what the movement is? Have you read the books? Are you against the war in Vietnam?"

"But what do you think?" was the reply from myself. "You're an individual, not a movement."

"You don't understand. It's the movement that's important. Are you for it? If you're not, I don't want your vote."

After Sanders repeated "I don't want your vote," Guma apparently left the meeting. He concludes his article with a comment from an attendee:

The result of the rap session was summed up by Ruth Levi. "You've lost my vote," she said with a smile.

Sanders left his own record of the campaign trail, in a piece for Crittenden magazine, Fragments of a Campaign Diary. It contains sketches of his life on the campaign trail and his own blunt assessments of himself. If your picture of early 1970s Bernie Sanders is informed only by those slightly psychedelic essays for the Vermont Freeman, I'd recommend this to round out the picture. It's a straightforward series of vignettes and reflections that are very human. Here are Sanders and another candidate frugally splitting a fish dinner, down to their last few dollars. Here is Sanders enthusiastic about a "beautiful, toothless old man" telling him tales of Depression-era the socialist meetings. Here's a Vermont Labor Council delegate demanding to know where Sanders' beard was—after all, didn't all radicals have beards? Here is Sanders' frustration with a television interview where he addressed corporate greed at length, and the station "only" played back his responses on marijuana and abortion.

And here is Sanders being hard on himself when he feels he's done poorly.

Spoke to students of St. Anthony's in Bennington—and I did terribly… Spoke right off the top of my head, didn't put two coherent sentences together, and made very little allowance for the fact I was speaking to 17 year olds… I consider talking to young people very important, and it bothers me that I was unable to convey my feelings to them.

…Appeared on "You Can Quote Me" and did horrendously. It was just one of those times that I never got started and was on the defensive throughout…. It was defensiveness from thereonout…I felt disgusted with myself when I left the studio—I didn't handle myself well at all.

...the entire last week of my campaign…was directed toward telling people that they should vote what they believed in and not for what they considered the lesser of two evils. I guess it didn't work, though. On election day I expected 3 percent and was very disappointed with what I got.

(Sanders received 1 per cent of the votes.)

Perhaps the most interesting anecdote, for me, was his encounter with a group of working-class women in a factory—women with whom Sanders might expect to connect, given his interest in economic justice. It didn't quite go that way. He reports:

---Went through a factory in Bennington with endless rows of middle-aged to elderly women sitting behind sewing machines. Horrible. "Excuse me, I'm Bernard Sanders, Liberty Union candidate for governor. Have you heard of Liberty Union? Well, if you get a chance I'd appreciate it if you read this." And out goes the leaflet. A very deadly place. Barely made it through. As I left I heard a few women making snickering comments about Dr. Spock running for president. [ed: Spock ran on the Progressive Party ticked and was supported by Liberty Union in Vermont.] And I thought everybody liked Dr. Spock. I knew I wouldn't get one vote from that place.

I don't know why, exactly, Sanders flopped with this audience, and I'm not sure he did either. Perhaps he was uncomfortable with older women. Perhaps his revolutionary fervor was annoying to women just trying to get through the workday. It's interesting that Sanders thought "everybody liked Dr. Spock," when conservatives were already blaming the doctor-turned-activist/public humanist for ruining America's youth. Maybe these women agreed with that critique. Or maybe they just thought Spock was a mansplaining jackass who could keep his childrearing ideas to himself, thanks very much. But somehow, they connected him with Sanders. And I suspect he was correct—he didn't get one vote from that place.

Sanders would spend several more years running for office and not getting very many votes, before a successful election to the position of Mayor of Burlington in 1981. What happened to turn him from loser into winner? And how did his "white male" problems continue? Those will be featured tomorrow in "Looking For Bernie, Part 2: Mr. Sanders Goes to Burlington."

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Brand basics: How to name your new business!

Hello! The Limeadestand Works/Creative Liberation Lab blog has moved to Tumblr! If you’re looking for articles published in prior to Dec. 1, 2017, don’t worry--they will be republished here (after some updates) soon!

This article is a condensed excerpt from my Creative Liberation Lab educational program for aspiring and new entrepreneurs. Subscribe to this blog for more “Brand Basics” series!

Without a doubt, one of the most exciting aspects of starting a new business is the naming of it. It’s almost like giving birth to a baby!

While the law allows you to name your business — whether or not it is incorporated — however you see fit within the limitations of law and to an extent that you are not misleading or deceiving the public, there are certain formulas that every new business must follow.

The naming of a business is as much of a science as an art form. Many aspiring entrepreneurs make mistakes that they will regret by not following these formulas.

Branding versus business name

Brand and business name are two separate things, even though they can be the same. Some companies, for a variety of reasons, choose a corporate name that is very different from the brand(s) by which they will be known to the consumers. Often this happens because they hope to expand their business beyond their initial or key brand offerings.

For example, the company that owns the series of Google-branded digital services is “Alphabet.” It was named so because the company hopes to be the “A to Z” of everything. Yet, very few people refer to this company as “Alphabet.” The Verizon subsidiary that owns the Yahoo search engine is formally known as “Oath.”

Some companies choose to have a business name that differs from their product brands because they have multiple lines of goods or services and they treat them as all equally important.

Do: Research, research, research.

You cannot name your company or business to look or sound similar to an existing business. Also, in general, you cannot use a trademark or servicemark of another company.

Be sure to use a search engine such as Google or DuckDuckGo to look up whether the business name you’re thinking of has been already taken.

Also: Check the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website and use the TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) database. If the name you want is already registered and is “live,” stop and think up something else — or you will be getting a cease-and-desist letter from a lawyer.

It is also helpful to do a “WHOIS” search on domain name registries (at the very least, .com, .net., .org, .biz, .info, .pro, and your own country’s country code such as .us).

Another research you must do is whether the word or words — and associated ideas and connotations — are culturally appropriate. Certain words — especially foreign language words that you may not be very familiar with — come with meanings that are not necessarily shown in a dictionary (e.g., sexual slang). On another note, using a word, words, or imagery that evokes Native American or other ethnic minority culture should be avoided unless you already have a significant immersion in that culture and you know exactly what you are talking about (An example: A fake Japanese-sounding name for a “Teriyaki” fast-food restaurant that actually is a phonetically-impossible gibberish in Japanese).

Do: Keep your business/company name short (ideally 2 words, 3 words max)!

Many entrepreneurs make this mistake of making their business or company name long.

Most people do not remember or have the patience to say more than three words — so ideally, keep your business name two words, or at most, three words (with the following exceptions: of, the, a, an, and, for, with, to, from; as well as a geographic name reference; and of course, if applicable, Inc. or LLC — these words don’t count).

Examples: How many people in their common colloquial speech refer to the Amazon-owned natural food supermarket chain as “Whole Foods Markets”? Almost everyone simply says “Whole Foods.”

Pay attention and you will soon discover this: most companies/businesses are referred to by three words or less (again, with the following exceptions: of, the, a, an, and, for, with, to, from; as well as a geographic name reference such as “of Oregon”; and of course, if applicable, Inc. or LLC). Anything longer will be either chopped off from the common speech, or be turned into an “alphabet soup” (example: HSBC, not “The Hongkong (sic) and Shanghai Banking Corporation” — which eventually adopted “HSBC” as its official name in 1991).

Another important thing to remember is that as a business you will have to fill out lots of forms. Many forms have a character number limit, so if your company name consists of 50 characters it could be possibly rejected or yield an error (it’s also bad for search engine optimization if you put the entire business name in the website title line).

Do: Make it easy to read and pronounce

Try saying your proposed business name 10 times, very fast. If it sounds like a tongue-twister, it’s a bad idea. Your business name should be easy to read both visually and phonetically.

Don’t: Name your business after your own full name or your initials

It’s boring and cringeworthy. It looks clearly like a work of an amateur when I see something like “Jennifer Jones Enterprises, Inc.” or “JDJ Innovative Solutions, LLC.”

And don’t get me started on “Anne Cooper & Co.” It sounds like you’re stuck in the 19th century.

In general, I recommend against using any part of your personal name as your business name. (A very well-known example is The Trump Organization, founded by a man who just loves to plaster his last name on everything imaginable to boost his ego.)

One notable exception: I know many creative types such as illustrators, artists, caterers, and photographers name their business after their first name and/or middle name. This seems to work okay, as long as you are a woman/femme. (Examples: Lillian Rose Photography, Gretchen’s Catering, Lara Allison Studios, etc.)

Don’t: Use restricted words in your business name

Certain words are restricted or controlled by state or federal law in order to protect consumers. If your business is not incorporated (i.e., just an assumed business name or DBA), you cannot use the word “Incorporated,” “Corporation,” or “Inc.” (In Oregon, “Company” can be used as part of an assumed business name, however.)

Other words that require cautions include university, college, school, academy, government, cooperative, bank, banking, financial, law office, notary, attorney, credit union, clinic, hospital, massage, and co-op. Check your state laws to see if these words are restricted to certain licensed or permitted businesses.

Don’t: Use misleading, deceptive, or confusing name

While some playful business owners take creative license to use evocative names that allude to something that is not what their business is really about, this practice is strongly discouraged due to possible confusion and misunderstanding.

In Portland, Oregon, there is a bar called “The Liquor Store.” It is so confusing that even the storefront window and website say “{not a real liquor store}.”

This kind of practice is also really bad for search engine optimization (SEO) — if you look up “Liquor Store in Portland,” search engines, Google Maps, and Yelp all display real liquor stores located in Portland first and you’d have to scroll down to find the bar on Southeast Belmont Street.

You can be creative and playful, but don’t be misleading.

Do: Register your business name

In many states, you are required to register your assumed business name (sometimes called “doing business as” or DBA) with the secretary of state or at the county courthouse. In Oregon, this process is easy and costs $50 for two years, payable to the Oregon Secretary of State.

Additionally, it also helps to register your trademark, but often this requires some documented proofs of usage.

Branding is a serious business!

Your brands and business names will stick for a long time. Changing them later because you made a mistake can be very costly. More importantly, your brand must be consistent, persistent, and clearly communicated both internally (within your business, with your business partners or employees) and externally (in public advertising and communications). Investing your efforts, time, and money to get this right at the earliest inception stage is worthwhile.

If you require any further assistance, contact Limeadestand Works.

Photo credit: Pixabay/Free-Photos, cc0 public domain.

#branding #entrepreneur #startup #brands #brand #smallbiz

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The poetic and comic spy tips of declassified CIA documents

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The poetic and comic spy tips of declassified CIA documents

A good deal of what intelligence retailers do is no doubt pretty gruesome, but a set of hints from CIA declassified documents indicates that the sinister . All had been to start with declassified in 2011, even though they don’t all have their actual date of introduction. They’re divided into 15 report collections, the maximum interesting of that’s titled “Mystery Writing.”

It contains six special files, totaling 16 pages. most are typewritten, even though the steerage on sealing and unsealing letters without detection is in part scribbled in an indecipherable hand that appears to were intentionally evolved through the writer—an expert on prying—to thwart comprehension. And whilst maximum are in English, there are two documents approximately Mystery German ink formulation written in French. Each boasts cryptic suggestions which might be impractical, old-timey, and delightful—they examine like noir excerpts from the difficult-boiled detective stories of Dashiell Hammett. Right here are a few highlights: Invisible photography and writing, sympathetic ink, and so forth.

Display Shot CIA Secret writing files.

Invisible snap shots of writings and printing—Make a silver print, fixed and bleached in mercury chloride. To make visible, dip in hypo [a photography Sympathetic Ink—Chloride of Cobalt—convey out with warmth.

Letters written with a susceptible solution of the soluble chloride of platinum or iridium increase black when fumed with mercurial vapor. This ink is used for marking lines and is referred to as indelible. This ink is sold in large bottles to laundries, etc. It’s miles regularly used for smuggling throughout the frontier, whilst the writing is put on handkerchiefs, shirts, underclothes or on paper surfaces. … Soluble compounds of antimony will increase crimson writing by the use of hydrogen sulphide vapor.

Dip a toothpick in commonplace milk and write among the lines of an regular letter. The writing will appear with the aid of being ironed out with a warm flatiron. Mystery writing

For Secret writing may be used: First: A solution of nitrate of sea and starch in water x/may be carried as an example in handkerchiefs or starched collars, starched shirts or something else starched. These things being laid on this solution after which ironed. The article as a result dealt with is afterward once more installed water and An answer obtained which may be used for invisible writing.

Authorities Is permitted To Undercover agent On You Without Your Understanding – Why?

It seems that our Authorities Is authorized to Secret agent on us residents for nearly any purpose they could give you, and but, we are not allowed to head in the back of their closed doorways and spot what our elected representatives are up to? Hmm, what about equity I ask?

There has been an interesting article within the Wall Avenue Journal no longer long in the past; “Decide Aspects With Technology Firms in Case Over Justice Department’s Gag Orders – Choose denies 15 Authorities applications for gag orders in opposition to service vendors, ruling they lacked enough information,” written by means of Joe Palazzolo and Devlin Barrett – published on May also thirteen, 2016 which stated:

“A Brooklyn magistrate Decide has rejected the Justice Department’s exercise of getting gag orders in opposition to Generation companies,

saying federal sellers must have to provide a particular reason why clients of Facebook and different Corporations shouldn’t be told while the Authorities searches their statistics.”

Oh and it gets worse, take into account this; if our Authorities has all your facts and shares it with other governments round the world, which it does, as we’ve global and inter-organization Secret agent offers. Accordingly if these different governments and our Government are routinely hacked – then each person and every person can probably have your information. See that point? If everything you do in the world is now non-personal as you are forced to surrender your data or they may simply take it and give it away or leak it, then should not all governments and all leaders right here and abroad be a totally open book for all to look?

After all, what’s truthful is truthful. And, this will put off any conspiracy theories too, as if all governments, political leaders and worldwide corporations had been transparent then we’d have a degree playing subject wherein The People and the Authorities have been equal, and inside the U.S.A. on the grounds that we’re the Government and we are alleged to be one, why no longer one set of guidelines for each? Sure, this is probably a intellectual masturbation philosophical conundrum, but, I dare to invite; What If?

This is to say, what if the entirety had been out in the open for all Aspects?

Possibly this isn’t this kind of silly query to pose as we circulate ahead into the future?

What say you? Are you able to imagine any such future? Ought to it ever come to fruition? What will be the positives and negatives if it certainly did?

Okay so, I’m able to leave you with this notion nowadays – please think on it.

Pills, CIA, And America – Mena, Arkansas Coverup

I watched a totally annoying and enlightening video approximately Tablets, the CIA, and American governmental corruption remaining night time. The identify is CONSPIRACY, The name of the game History, Secret HEARTBEAT OF The united states – The C.I.A. & Drugs. New Technological know-how Thoughts is the producer. Every American must watch this video.

It appears people remote places realize greater about the CIA than maximum Americans. Of route there is a motive for this. Our media is censored in the call of “countrywide safety” subjects. national security, as you’ll research, is a subject that indicates up inside the most weird locations.

The drugging of America expenses us more than $sixteen billion a year and has killed greater humans than the Vietnam warfare. Who income and who is accountable? Comply with the money.

Paradoxically whilst first lady Nancy Reagan become saying “Simply say no to Tablets.” the CIA and Barry Seal have been bringing them in from Medellin, Colombia. The company used the cocaine cash once sold within the Usa to shop for and convey hands to the contras to Nicaragua. Oliver North become closely concerned within the fiasco.

Anyone in Mena, Arkansas who attempted to show this circle of corruption, along with the pinnacle prosecutor, become threatened or killed. while two younger guys noticed a drug drop by using the teach tracks in Arkansas, they were at once knocked off. The cover-up ran during neighborhood and kingdom government. President Clinton become the Governor of Arkansas at that time. He played alongside retaining quiet and in a while got masses of drug cash donated to his presidential campaigns.

President Bush I was no much less responsible as former director of the CIA.

His watchful eye and reading of the CIA briefings, which he as a former President still reads day by day, makes him similarly in charge in the course of his tenure as Vp. As a minimum they were given that word vice right?

The folks who induced the cocaine epidemic that swept the state throughout the Nineteen Eighties wasn’t African People within the ghetto. Lots of them in those days may want to slightly coins a paycheck, a good deal much less smuggle Drugs through planes into the united states of america. whilst the usa has satellite tv for pc generation able to studying the writing on a golfing ball, there have to be no issue tracking down the likes of drug smugglers and Bin Weighted down. This is unless you’re covertly working with them.

Facts Control – While Does a File Grow to be a Document?

The solution is straightforward: “A Report turns into a File While the description of the File’s content material may be discovered at the organisation’s respectable Facts retention schedule.” To be extra particular, “A authentic Document will become an reputable Report While the content material of a Document fits words and terms at the organization’s authentic Records retention schedule.” Observe that a duplicate of an reliable Document is called an unofficial File.

Be aware the words, “original,” “official,” and “copy.” Ah, for the tough selections of a Statistics supervisor. Now you can start to see the demanding situations of being a Information supervisor. As an instance, if the respectable File (original) is destroyed or deleted, the reproduction will become the professional Report and need to be nicely covered and saved. But what if the unique is destroyed and there have been 10 copies produced. One of these 10 copies is the original, However which one? In an appropriate situation, the Statistics supervisor keeps song of all electronic and physical documents and Statistics. Preferably, the Information supervisor must be able to contact those people that own acknowledged copies When the original is destroyed.

Complicated? Yes, it is. And i realize of NO Statistics supervisor who has ever been capable of efficiently follow the paper trial of a Document from creation to use and to disposition. Now it is possible to manipulate these files and Information tightly if the Information manager has a large group of workers, if the business enterprise is small, and if the funds are limitless. If everyone has a very good solution, please go to my website and e mail me.

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