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According to AI:



"Most Europeans hail from wealthy, stable nations in the Visa Waiver Program—over 40 countries, nearly all European (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Poland, and more). They can slip into the U.S. visa-free for up to 90 days on tourism or business with just an ESTA approval. No embassy interview, no refusal stamp, no proving ties to home. It's effortless entry, a teasing taste of America that Africans—from no VWP country—can only dream of. Every African visitor must apply for a B-1/B-2 visa: grueling interviews, high refusal rates (often 40-70% in many African nations due to fears of overstaying), financial proofs, and endless waiting.
And permanent paths? Europeans often have stronger family or employer ties in the U.S., shorter backlogs in some categories. The Diversity Visa lottery, meant for low-immigration countries, now heavily favors Africa (Nigeria ineligible due to high numbers, but many others benefit)—yet Europeans from over-represented nations rarely qualify. Visa approval rates tell the tale: Western Europeans enjoy 85-95% success; many African applicants face denials rooted in economic disparities and perceived intent.
So, formally similar? Perhaps. But in practice, Europeans glide through with privilege and ease, while Africans navigate far stricter barriers, higher rejections, and deeper suspicion.

Not Bulgarians. We are still being viewed as Russia-adjacent.

Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk
Michigan man received kidney transplant from donor who had fought off a skunk and was later found unresponsive


"A Michigan man has died of rabies after receiving a kidney from another man who died of the disease when he was scratched by a skunk while defending a kitten, in what officials are describing as an “exceptionally rare event”.

According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Michigan patient received a kidney transplant at an Ohio hospital in December 2024.

Around five weeks later, he began experiencing tremors, lower extremity weakness, confusion and urinary incontinence. He was soon hospitalized and ventilated, then died. Postmortem testing confirmed rabies..."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/rabies-kidney-donor-skunk-kitten


Note To Self: Never accept organ transplants from people that died of rabies.

That’s some bad luck right there. With a plot twist too.

You'd think they'd screen for shit like that.

Considering the circumstances, they should’ve.

Not Bulgarians. We are still being viewed as Russia-adjacent.

The Italians are always coming and going like they have places to go in Italy and then they come back and say they're staying with relatives. I wonder if it's like some kind of temporary visa or something where they have to leave every so often. I don't know anything about it though. I'm not even sure what a visa is.

"..Trump lifts more sanctions on Putin:

This time companies delivering equipment to Putin’s war machine get taken of the US sanctions list.

You read that right: In the oval office sits a president who wants to help companies delivering equipment to the Russian military.

I truly hope the American people stop the Russian collaborator at the midterm elections in 2026.."

"The super flu strain is spreading widely around the country and to make matters worse, it is not included in the flu vaccine this year, experts say.

The nation’s hospitalization rate went up by 14.3 % as of Friday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Public health officials say the flu is spreading especially quickly in New York, Louisiana and Colorado, The Hill reported Friday. New Jersey and Rhode Island are also seeing high rates of the flu, as of the latest data from Dec. 13. Georgia, New Mexico, Idaho, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland and Washington, D.C. have elevated hospital visits for flu symptoms.

Between now and the end of flu season in February, the disease will be spreading in every state to varying degrees, experts say."

I'm sick as hell and we don't have insurance