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This is just a guess, but the Israeli lobby in the US is extraordinarily influential

I can only imagine how frustrating that is Larry, and I'm sure it's little consolation that there are other options because they involve uprooting yourself. But at least they do exist.

Fair point. If your city has a direct flight to BA (like LA), that airline will charge a big premium because they know most people will pay it rather than take two flights. If there's no direct then they're competing with other routes so it's quite cheap. However, that is even more the case...

Yes sorry, I meant total cost of the trip, and believe me it's not even close. Italy is really expensive for a country with so many great locations to visit (not like all touristss are going to the same few spots) and whose economy isn't that great.

Night and day.

That is the NY Times. Very different source from the WSJ.

From a tourist's perspective BA is still quite cheap. Flights and accommodations are your biggest expense for families and those are far cheaper for BA than anywhere in Europe. Flights to Europe are about 50% more than BA and accommodations in Italy are probably 4x. I've heard Spain and...

It used to be respected by everyone but it's too biased and opinionated to be credible today. They knew about Biden's dementia, they knew inflation was bad and that opinion polls were heavily against Biden, they knew Harris was a weak candidate and that many in the party were against her, but...

The US has a 16% vote but pays much more than that because (like all these global organizations) many member countries don't pay their bills and for some reason that's been acceptable until now. So I think the US will get their way.

Some of this may be true but I would consider the source. The NYT used to be a left-leaning paper that prioritized news over dogma, but over the past 10-15 years it has devolved into a hard-left rag and I don't trust them like I used to.

Do you mean if the US pulled out of the IMF?

https://www.reuters.com/world/what-are-imf-world-bank-what-happens-if-us-pulls-support-2025-02-27/ Decent article explaining the IMF and World Bank, what if US pulls out, etc. Pie charts need some work and it doesn't show who actually pays their share (many don't fulfill their obligations and...

I mean no disrespect here, but what Argentina thinks about Ukraine could best be summed up as "who gives a ----"

Interesting, when I stayed in SoHo last August there was poop on every block almost. Recoleta had very little but I saw fewer dogs there too.

I hear you Larry but of course it's going to feel good while you're outspending your means for decades on end. Argentina ran up a tab with every lender in sight until they ran out of rope and the bill came due. This hangover is going to last awhile and I doubt the era you described is ever...

We did combine a couple of pozo units. It's pretty common to do that here in the US.

Absolutely Johnny, would very much enjoy celebrating with you all when it's complete. We combined a couple of units into a 3br, Nicolas at GyD was really great to work with on that. As always the proof will be in the pudding but looking at those photos of yours sure gives us confidence. Enjoy...

Indeed, congrats Johnny! Really great to see photos of a GyD project, makes me excited about the next one.

It sure is odd, Betsy. This is much bigger than family or any other deep belief system. Every day he doesn't do the obvious, it gets harder and more costly.

Couldn't agree more Mike. I'm surprised Milei could be that small-minded. If he had kept his nose clean, a long list of highly paid board memberships and speaking engagements was waiting for him after government. His life would consist of giving speeches, rubbing elbows with interesting...