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  1. ben

    It’s official Joe Biden becomes the 46 President of the United States.

    That is not true. The lawsuits won’t succeed, nobody is worried about that. Trump has a very long history - since long before entering politics - of threatening lawsuits, which most of the time did not go anywhere. Either didn’t even get filed, or if they did they were thrown out as they are...
  2. ben

    It’s official Joe Biden becomes the 46 President of the United States.

    When there is not a commitment to facts, argument with Trumpistas almost inevitably descends into “I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I” level of farce. This suits the Trumpie, their goal was only ever not to win the argument, but take a dump on it. The only way to win is not to play.
  3. ben

    It’s official Joe Biden becomes the 46 President of the United States.

    My hopes for why this will turn out better in America than in Argentina revolve around the fact that American institutions still have many more stakeholders than does Argentina. In Argentina, Peronism has completely taken root and permeated all sectors of society. This process is complete and...
  4. ben

    It’s official Joe Biden becomes the 46 President of the United States.

    I’ve been making both these points, is good to see I’m not the only one. It’s also the case that you were arguing this very point very early on. As for your other point - This was argued convincingly the other day by one of the best: America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
  5. ben

    September Flights

    Whoa. I’m not following THAT much, here’s what I know (confirm before using ANY of this info): Brazil: nothing. Free passage. DNI should work same as always. Chile: if you have a close relative there (parent, child, spouse) is OK. Otherwise tough shit. Uruguay: if you’re not a resident, eat...
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    September Flights

    Brazil requires actual Arg DNI (not extranjero) or passport. Chile lets you in just on basis of DNI extranjero. Back in the day when Chile charged reciprocity fee, this was a nice way of getting around it.
  7. ben

    September Flights

    Exactly. Love the line. It is astounding how an actual government responsible for decisions affecting actual people can adopt policies with so little rhyme or reason. With 15K daily infections domestically, they’re opening up to Brazil, but not Canada or Europe. In the name of fighting COVID...
  8. ben

    Erotic act in chamber of deputies session

    And... America’s fourth estate FTW. https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdgm4/new-yorker-suspends-jeffrey-toobin-for-zoom-dick-incident Cue lines on Twitter like Jeffrey Tubin’.
  9. ben

    Cuba Russia and China to Head the UN Human Rights Council....!

    Anybody want to take bets on what country will receive the most condemnation from this enlightened UNHRC?
  10. ben

    September Flights

    1. Any locutorio should have a fax machine. 2. There are countless services online that will take a doc you send them (via email or upload) and fax it for you. Usually costs 10¢ per page. You can also have your own fax number that the stuff will be faxed from. Look for MyFax or eFax.
  11. ben

    I got my citizenship after 6 years

    I swear I was about to repeat a version of a comment I’ve made a few times on this forum, saying basically that I am happy to salute someone that appears - despite our frequent, vocal and substantial disagreements - to be a consummate pro at his job. I am happy I read till the end. Now, I can...
  12. ben

    People who write he ha hemos has etc without the "h"

    Hey, I had a bunch of ANSI codes memorized since I was a kid. Doesn’t compare. Don’t shoot the messenger! Agree that no point in an OS flame war. There are certainly advantages Windows has over Mac. Just saying that entering special characters is not one of them.
  13. ben

    People who write he ha hemos has etc without the "h"

    This does not work on PC’s. It’s a Mac thing. It isn’t only accents, there’s a world of goodies all available in the same manner. Take “curly” quotes, which Microsoft Word handles on its own but most software does not and should not. Want an double opening quotation mark? Option+[. Closing one...
  14. ben

    People who write he ha hemos has etc without the "h"

    ¿ - Option-? ñ - Option-n, then n. Same as for many other accents (Option-e followed by the letter for ´, Option-` for `, Option-I for ˆ, Option-S for ß, Option-u for umlaut ( ¨ ), etc etc etc. This is really easy enough that a special key is not needed. You commit it to muscle memory in no time.
  15. ben

    How much is the Arg. peso really worth?

    This. This is an indicator of something, but not of very much. Back in the day, some associates of mine took a couple hundred thousand pesos with them to the US, looking for suckers who would exchange them at the legal rate. It took some traveling, but they managed to get rid of them.
  16. ben

    Argentina re-opening international flights in August!

    I asked CBP. They made clear that it’s a question of physical presence. I am not addressing whether you can get away with lying (though pretty dubious that that is a strategy when you’re actually landing from Brazil). Just saying that per the rules, a stopover is a no-no.
  17. ben

    Argentina re-opening international flights in August!

    Worth repeating that if you are not a US citizen/LPR/etc, SP is not a good choice, notwithstanding their direct flights. Even if you are just on a stopover, the moment you step on Brazilian soil you cannot travel to the US for 2 weeks.
  18. ben

    Argentina re-opening international flights in August!

    LATAM has no special flights scheduled. Their flights were all “regular” flights. As soon as regular order was repealed for September, everything went bye-bye. As long as the “special flight” regime is in effect, the Aerolineas flights are the most stable by a long margin. And though some of...
  19. ben

    How can an Argentine national leave the country?

    I have not seen anything about 30 days on any French govt. website, or indeed anywhere except the UK govt website you quote. This is what the French govt says: From all this, it sounds like the 30-day rule that the UK page mentions with regard to France is either outdated or never...
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