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Trump has cut taxes for the wealthy, wants to increase defense spending to 1.5 Trillion, has slashed domestic social spending, and deregulated a bunch of industries, as well as confronting federal employees on every front, not just striking. (of course, since he dislikes some things, like, say...

Peron was a serving Army officer from 1911 until 1943, working his way up to General. He was a minister of war, minister of labor, and vice president, in other people's governments, and then was elected president 3 times. He was not born rich, did not inherit a half billion dollars. He built...

There are super panchos for 2000 pesos, and milanesas at El Preferido for 50,000 pesos. A lot of mid range sandwiches are in the 8000 to 15000 range these days, so I dont consider 9000 for a miga so big its two meals to be all that steep. Whats a burger at Pony Line these days? Is it still...

I like migas. I eat them several times a week. Of course, like anything else, there are migas and then there are migas. I like the ones on brown bread, and I am a fan of the apio y roquefort, along with hard boiled egg varieties, and the ones that are crudo y tomates seca. La Ciguena, on...

Have you ever tasted Copper River Salmon? King which is cleaned and frozen within hours of being caught? There is a reason that Copper River can sell for close to a hundred dollars a pound in some places. They actually feed the farmed salmon a coloring agent, because other wise it would be gray.

sure, its possible. In Alaska, there are on shore packing plants, including canneries, and plants that just clean and freeze salmon steaks or sides. But a lot of the Alaskan salmon is cleaned and flash frozen on the boat, which can range from a 40 foot boat to a 300 foot processing ship. Farmed...

no, there wont be a warning. It usually happens on very hot days, when the grid is overloaded by everyone turning on the AC at once. Its a good idea to have a flashlight. If you have a gas stove, the piezo starters wont start, so you should have matches. Ours was off last night, in Retiro, from...

this is not about fishing. its about fish farming. Argentina already exports a lot of fish and seafood. but its real, wild fish and seafood. Farmed salmon is an inferior product. And the diseased and weakend farmed fish can actually damage the existing profitable wild fish populations and...

I would agree with you- A- there is no actual need for this, its a libertarian revoking of "green" regulation to benefit imaginary "investors", and probably wont be much of an industry. B- Argentines dont eat much fish. My wife once met a guy who was an argentine wholesale scallop broker- he...

Nixon was pardoned because he had phlebitis. Gil Scott Heron said- Rats bite us, no pardon in the Ghetto. I have found individual doctors here are caring, and nowhere near as expensive as the USA.

sacrilege. I actually know the family of architects who designed this modern masterpiece. When they get done with it, it may be more profitable, but it will ruin the architecture.

Being born and raised in the Pacific North West, I am extremely skeptical. Chilean farmed salmon is tasteless, colorless, and full of chemicals. I wont eat it. Patagonian Trucha, on the other hand, is delicious. In the PNW, I get wild alaskan salmon, dressed and flash frozen on the boat, for...

Casa felix is long gone from BA. I used to go before 2010, but its been closed for many years. Its currently based in California although the do occasionally come back to Argentina and do a popup...

I would agree- start with an escribano. The percentage of the purchase price you pay them is well worth it, and they know how things are working right now.

The very first time I visited Buenos Aires, in early 2007, I walked into a small record store in SanTelmo, and asked the guys working there what I should buy. They asked me what international acts I liked, and we talked about music for a few minutes, and they told me- Buy these three...

People always ask me how to know who is playing. 12 or so years ago, there actually was a website that aggregated upcoming gigs- but it made no money, and the rich guys bankrolling it pulled the plug. So the answer is- you have to work at it. I find Instagram is indispensable- Argentines use it...

thank you. I write to remember. The fact that anyone else appreciates it is frosting on the cake, and makes me very happy.

An interesting interview/review of Impresionante https://www.lacapital.com.ar/zoom/nico-sorin-dara-un-concierto-silencioso-su-banda-el-festival-late-n10155844.html

Right now Sorin has just arranged and conducted a concert at the Teatro Gran Rex called Police Dearranged, in which he combines a rock band, Eruca Sativa, a symphony orchestra, and a trio of female singers, with Stewart Copeland, drummer for the actual band, The Police. This is based on an album...

The next musical event we went to see was another permutation of the everchanging relationships between musicians here. In the USA, where I am most familiar with musicians, there is a lot of Siloing- a musician or fan in a given genre will know very little about other genres. Here, it seems like...