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Good question. Actually, we have never quite figured this out: what, exactly DO the police do?

I appreciate your use of the name 'daesh." Since they hate it, I think it should be the word we use.

We're Number 35 -- http://blogs.wsj.com/expat/2015/09/22/expats-say-singapore-new-zealand-and-sweden-are-the-countries-to-beat/

Ed, I sure hope you meant the recipient of the Manners Lesson, rather than Miss Manners herself!

[ Bajo_cero2, on 17 December 2015 - 02:43 AM, said: I m not a native speaker, if you got offended, this is your problem.] Apologies to the rest of the forum for diverting attention from this otherwise very important and interesting thread. I just feel the need to respond to Bajo's Personal...

Wow, Henry Nisental. What an amazingly thorough process you used. "Impressive" doesn't begin to cover it.

This is a pathetic and weak excuse instead of an apology. You ( singular) tried to bitchslap me (singular) and I take serious offense.

EXCUSE ME??? I asked you to clarify a simple statement that I didn't understand, and you replied "I always criticize you for vomiting hate instead of doing serious criticism?" 1. You don't "always criticize me" because you and I have never engaged in any kind of exchange. Nor would you be...

Bajo, please explain? I don't understand. By "public officers" do you mean that people appointed by Cristina worked the system for personal gain?

Yeah, EdRooney, I'm feeling left out too! But I absolutely love your New Rules.

Exactly! When I hear that, I always burst out laughing. And never apologize about derailing a theme of mine -- I always enjoy a mental trip through the unexpected? Thanks, Ed!

Good points, all. And that's why I raised the question for consideration. People in earthquake-prone countries sometimes say they couldn't bear living in countries with hurricanes. Sweden has wonderful social services, though financed by very high taxes, and it is cold and dark in the winter...

A favorite refrain of people in the U.S. when a presidential election approaches, is "If _____ is elected, I'm leaving the country." With the thought of a possible President Trump, I started wondering which countries people who really meant that, might choose, and what the criteria might be...

Read this awhile back, and it stuck with me. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/opinion/sunday/stop-googling-lets-talk.html?emc=edit_bg_20150929&nl=booming&nlid=35167394&_r=2 Until someone writes an Emily-Post-style rule book, we are relying on people's innate sense of good manners, when it...

When Obama was elected in the US, there were many who wanted him to prosecute Bush and Cheney for war crimes. Wisely, he did not, because he chose to put the country's energy into repairing the economic damage and on concentrating on the future rather than the past. Macri is in the same...

Calling Geraldo Rivera! For those too young to remember: The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults,” was one of the most hyped TV events in history — and one of the biggest busts. In the two-hour special, Rivera finally opened the famous gangster’s secret vault, but instead of finding Capone’s money...

Gringoboy, this love letter to Cristina was so beautiful I just had to quote it in its entirety, to keep it alive on the forum. It moved me to Crocodile tears.

This is such a "down the rabbit hole" situation. Just when you think she couldn't make things more bizarre, she surpasses herself.

Macri has released the chronology (times AND locations) for Thursday's events, thoroughly making the point that, as of Dec 10, she is no longer in charge. Period. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1851973-el-cronograma-de-mauricio-macri-para-el-traspaso-presidencial

i was thinking the same thing. Surely yes. Here's an interesting explanation for her behavior. though how could she think that throwing this protracted tantrum might favorably affect whether she will be legally pursued for her, um, unofficial activities...