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  1. ben

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

    This is true but also misses the point, in a big way. Which opens the gate for takes like this one: The salient point - and the one worth repeating - is not that they haven’t proved voter fraud. There are a lot of things in life that you can’t prove with absolute certainty, and but for which...
  2. ben

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

    Spot on, all of this. In fact, multiple bills to beef up election security were passed by the House; they all died in the Senate, where Mitch McConnell refused to even take them up. If there was a scintilla of evidence that fraud anywhere near the alleged scale was taking place, of course Bill...
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    It’s official Joe Biden becomes the 46 President of the United States.

    When you’ve lost Tucker Carlson, you’re in trouble. He says they asked her for evidence to support her election fraud claims, but “she never sent us any evidence despite a lot of requests, polite requests, not a page. “When we kept pressing she got angry and told us to stop contacting her.”
  4. ben

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

    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...
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    I’ve been stuck in migraciones 2 hours..won’t let me enter

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

    I’ve been stuck in migraciones 2 hours..won’t let me enter

    Where is the original? Can someone get it to EZE?
  7. ben

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

    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...
  8. ben

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

    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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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.
  11. 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...
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  15. 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...
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    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’.
  17. 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?
  18. 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.
  19. 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...
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