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Okay, this really is my final post on this. I only mentioned the domestic because that's the most common crime that people plead out on when there's little evidence against them. And more broadly - I truly don't mean to be offensive. Especially if you're an older gentleman from the south of...

I mean, thanks for the props on my storytelling skills, I'm glad you "follow" me. If you google around enough, however, or even just review my past posts carefully, you'll discover my qualifications and background. I'm thinking out loud with many of my posts, like most of us, but it's not like...

I guess I can see a situation where this guy is driving along, fighting and arguing with his GF, the police spot it and stop the car to see what's up. She's all hysterical and says "he assaulted me." Guy might have, or might not have, but probably whatever he did, he doesn't think it's a...

I'm not going to argue with you, but with so few incidents (two or even ten is absolutely negligible) when, as you say, everyone has phones . . . to me this indicates that this behavior is nowhere near as prevalent as some people claim. You're the one who brought up race - frankly, it would...

You're very touchy. Personally, I don't care whether or not you were guilty of the domestic, and you're right that I don't buy that an innocent guy is happily driving along "while black" when suddenly a bunch of jackbooted cops jack him up, and pop him for four fake domestic charges, to which...

Why would you plead no contest (which is guilty, and is really only an effective alternative to guilt in the context of civil liability) to a crime you are "completely innocent"? You were involved in a domestic in your car? What actions is your attorney taking here in the US? Which state...

The main thing is that if she plays hardball with custody, Fiscal can hint that he'd walk away from the whole thing (ie. playing hardball with the money).

I mean, I get this thinking, and definitely this is something Fiscal should threaten but, in the end, you want the kid to grow up in a nice flat, with all the luxuries, and don't want him to be poor or exposed to poor kids. I don't have kids, but it seems to me to be a pretty important thing...

Yeah, $1,500 a month to the mother for the next 20 years is going to keep her set, there's no question about that. it's probably double or more the maximum amount that a middle class Argentine would pay in a similar situation, considering they didn't marry. And of course he should negotiate...

Yeah, assuming you can pay that, going to war for 1500 clams a month to support your kid for sure isn't worth it. If you're earning a US professional's wage and living in South America, that's a hit, but worth it to keep visitation rights, etc. Ie to keep the kid in the picture. If I were you...

Based on income to protect against inflation, according to that guide. But I don't know anything more than that, and obviously have zero knowledge compared with an Argentine divorce attorney.

Mr. Donald - it looks like you and I posted about the exact same time, and said very similar things. I'd say that great minds think alike, or call it serendipitous, but I'm not sure that we'd agree on much else, considering you post under the sobriquet of Mr. Donald Trump or whatever it is...

No! Fight fire with fire. Gain the upper hand to maximize negotiating position. Compare to acquiring a position in a company at the best price, or purchasing from a given company - same basic logic, namely, to make it clear to the other side that walking away is a less desired but possible...

Man, Fiscal, that's rough. Sorry to hear it. In your situation, she may have the "power" by weaponizing custody of your kid, but you have more power, namely, the threat that you can simply vanish and leave her in a permanent economic pit without your income and as a single mother. To give...

I don't know - he seems totally unhinged . . .

Latin America’s Outbreaks Now Rival Europe’s. But Its Options Are Worse. An analysis by The New York Times found some cities in Latin America have seen increases in death matching the worst of the pandemic anywhere else. The devastation there offers a glimpse into the damage the virus can...

More than anything, this is the issue: https://time.com/5825485/coronavirus-risk-factors/ We're not all in this together. Some people are a lot more vulnerable. We need to do a better job of making it clear who is and isn't vulnerable, and ensure that the vulnerable aren't exposed. I still...

It was approximately 10 days ago, but I just now learned of it. As my other posts on here indicate, I believe that we should follow the data, and as the data are coming online, it's becoming more clear that this disease is a lot less deadly that we currently realize, probably no more than...

So, onto solutions. For America, way different. I'm on Russian Hill, in San Francisco, California. We have a totally different situation. Back down in Argentina, assuming that the data continue to show that we're at the ~0.1% of infected death rate: 1) federal government should announce...

It's looking like the mortality rate is probably a touch over one tenth of one percent of those who become infected. Not insignificant. But, you know, worth possibly a lost decade?