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There is the formality, and there is reality. The reality is not only that in modern US history, never has the US government - or anyone else for that matter - waited until the electoral college to meet before assuming who the next president will be, but that the law explicitly endorses this...

After a consulate had expressly authorized you to stay?! Insane. No words.

Where is the original? Can someone get it to EZE?

You remind me of an old Russian joke. Loosely translated: Question: Is it true that Professor Stapleton won $100,000 in the lottery? Answer: 1. It wasn’t Stapleton, it was Baskerville. 2. He isn’t a professor, he fixes shoes. 3. It wasn’t $100,000, it was $100. 4. It wasn’t the lottery, it was...

Lost in all this is that the same people that bash the media calling election results, exult - and tweet out the AP confirmation - when it’s in their favor. That the same people deriding the election results as fraudulent, have no objection to the Senate results that worked out in their favor...

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...

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.

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...

Not worth responding to.

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

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...

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.

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...

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’.

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

¿ - 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.