Recent content by ben

Thanks to you jeff for bumping this, I had been off the board for a very long time and hadn’t seen this. He was quite the character, and his absence is indeed noticeable.

You say whataboutism, I say rank hypocrisy. Tomato, Tomahto. If a cop stops an African-American for jaywalking and has never stopped whites for doing the same, pointing that out - literally going “hey, what about all THOSE people, why are you ticketing just me?” is not “whataboutism”. It’s...

...do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance One would assume not, AJ being the state organ of a nation which almost entirely funded by a state which - by the metrics advanced in the article - is orders of magnitude more backwards than any Western state has been for an awfully...

Appreciate the kind words! Not doing travel for the time being, though - really should update my signature. That said, if there’s a straightforward question I can help resolve, I am more than happy to - just that I don’t check back here all that often these days. Hope everyone here is doing well!

I was honestly hoping this part would have links embedded.

1. Technically it’s not a “red eye”, just a regular overnight flight - because unlike a LA-NY flight, you’re not covering 9 hours in a 6-hour flight. 2. Last time I paid the overstay fee anywhere, it was 300 pesos, and it was actually easier to pay it at the Buquebus terminal than at an airport.

If you want an actual cell phone that simply works, use Simple Mobile. They’re an MVNO that run in the US on T-Mobile’s network, but roam seamlessly about just about all of Latin America.

As opposed to suggesting that Javier is like *checks notes* HITLER, because *cups hand to earpiece* a magazine listed them both on its cover. True clarity. Be ashamed Rich, for muddling the water.

I used this for a nice couple of years, worked very well. Tiny and cheap: https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/wa-850#D[A:wa-850] Once I needed a multi-floor setup, I bought 3 eeros and never looked back. Pricier but worth it.

As a child of emigrés from the Communist bloc, it is difficult to distill into words the extent of the eye-rolling posts like this induce. Sure, theatre, classical music, opera, ballet were indeed all subsidized. There was merely the issue of procuring food. Black markets were not just for...

Because people with a real life with no interest in discussing politics with English speakers who happen to be in the same country... won’t?

Also, the process cost 600 pesos. Good times.

Yes and yes, question of funniness notwithstanding. This list is absolutely moronic, it reads like something coming from the Forbes contributor network. From the first paragraphs: OK, let’s go with that analogy. How many people would go with adding up a person’s BMI, pulse rate multiplied by...

This sounds positively insane. I got my PR in the early 2010’s, my home country doesn’t do apostille so had to jump thru extra hoops with getting my documents authenticated/legalized at the local Arg consulate. Once I had the docs in hand, I made a turno online for a few weeks later. Came in...