Several things, but diet control was the main key. I started do drinking a large glass of water before each meal to prevent overeating.

I just returned from Istanbul and food was fairly cheap from an American perspective. There are definitely some touristy places that charge quite a bit for beer, but I found it to be overall affordable.

Was chatting with some anti war Russians... they felt that he sounded like a Russian spy because of how and what he was saying.

Lol, I'm the spare human. I just got back after 23 days and cat is trying to get me to nap and cuddle... as soon as his dad gets out of a meeting, cat says screw you, I got better things to do! I still love the cat.

I read this recently. Usually banana flavored products use gros michel. We usually have Cavendish in stores. I read this cause I love the 7 11 banana cream pie ice cream.

I'm so behind... Wasn't the chief pushing hydrogen replaced? Have they not adjusted strategy?

They'll claim permit issues or a family member is/ was a terrorist. I hear they rarely give Palestinians permits to build.

The Leahy Act? Correct me if I'm wrong, but read somewhere that low level State Department officials can made the determination, but the Secretary has to evaluate if Israel is involved?

So funny that we will look at Belarus and claim it's a illegitimate government like we, Americans, have some in other regions including Latin america... now we are doing some mental gymnastics to justify killing children. Have a heart and decency.

Too real to be a joke. I laughed initially and then...

I flew in on May 1 and my hotel is in Taksim. It took so long to get there because of the road closures. It was woke to learn what was happening earlier in the day.

Last night in Istanbul. It took a bit to realize that you have to jump in front of traffic to cross.

I've been a minority wherever I've lived. I've faced my fair share of racism so I do my best to support anyone, including Jewish people dealing with anti semitism. What's really getting under my skin is how disingenuous many young progressive Jews are in foreign countries. In America, they are starting to parrot bibis this feels like the 1930s comment. Only want to discuss campus protests and tell me I missed the point when I ask about admin detention, settlers, dehumanization campaigns, land grabs, executions, yeshuda, etc. One even asked me ti post on social media because it wasn't good enough to offer him support. What a clown.

That was the most frustrating aspect of this conflict at the onset. Supporting innocent Palestinians was conflated with supporting Hamas.

I can't remember how far back, but after a meeting with Bibi, Zuckerberg decided to censor videos illustrating Israel's horrendous treatment of the Palestinians. They felt the videos could incite violence.