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There is increasing anxiety among commentators about a possible victory of Andrés López Obrador in the Mexican presidential elections Sunday. He will supposedly expand state ownership, spend irresponsibly, roll back free trade and divide the country -- leading to a spike in illegal immigration in the United States. Letras Libre magazine editor Enrique Krauze called him a "messianic populist" in a New York Times op-ed piece. John Fund, a Wall Street Journal columnist, has claimed that immigration will triple in a few months if Obrador is elected. Communications consultant and strategist Alan Stoga has stated that López Obrador is "instinctively...

DU Thread - I would love to go to Canada but it seems we may be too old by the time we are able to leave in about two years. I am also considering Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico but any civilized non-fascist country will do. Please, any suggestions, help and/or links are greatly appreciated. I am hoping for no "stay and fight" or "coward" responses. I have two young boys who deserve to have a real future. That is not going to happen in this country.

To many observers, clutter reflects the mind-set of the modern household - overburdened, disorganized and compulsive. To others, clutter is a broader symbol of a ravenous culture dependent on easy credit, piling up debt and consuming a lion's share of the world's resources without considering the consequences. "People's homes are a reflection of their lives," says Los Angeles psychologist and organizational consultant Peter Walsh. "It is no accident that people have a huge weight problem in this country, and clutter is the same thing. Homes are an orgy of consumption." The obesity analogy isn't a joke. While personal spending drives...