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Squatters should be shot! (in Spanish)

José Luis Espert (left guy) is an Argentine politician known for being quite trigger-happy and not being very tolerant of criminals. The Argentine Congress is voting for a law that will ban evictions in <i>villas miseria</i> for 10 years. Around this time, he praised Rodríguez Larreta (one of the key figures of one of the parties voting in favor of this law). People were expecting Espert to vote against this law, <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/diputados-media-sancion-al-proyecto-que-suspende-por-una-decada-los-desalojos-en-barrios-populares-nid12102022/">and he did not</a>.

José Luis Espert (left guy) is an Argentine politician known for being quite trigger-happy and not being very tolerant of criminals. The Argentine Congress is voting for a law that will ban evictions in <i>villas miseria</i> for 10 years. Around this time, he praised Rodríguez Larreta (one of the key figures of one of the parties voting in favor of this law). People were expecting Espert to vote against this law, <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/diputados-media-sancion-al-proyecto-que-suspende-por-una-decada-los-desalojos-en-barrios-populares-nid12102022/">and he did not</a>.

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The Argentine government always focusing on important matters (in Spanish)

Translation of the text/dialogue:
<blockquote>
* The Government is working on a plan against time to ensure the availability of Messi stickers
* Rest assured that there will be stickers for everyone
* I'm hungry...
</blockquote>

<a href="https://twitter.com/LANACION/status/1573476026268745728">The original tweet</a> was deleted.

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Every World Cup, Argentine kids (and for this edition, adults too, <a href="https://twitter.com/DerechaHippie/status/1572378252920098824">something that was mocked</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/therealbuni/status/1572650875499458566">in certain circles</a>) have the custom of buying the current official World Cup sticker album which is usually made by Panini. Even the <a href="https://www.infobae.com/politica/2022/09/16/el-embajador-de-eeuu-en-argentina-se-sumo-al-furor-por-el-album-del-mundial-y-desafio-al-representante-argentino-en-washington/">American embassador in Argentina</a> bought one.
Given that this is likely Messi's final World Cup and that Argentina has been having a winning strike (it hasn't lost since <a href="https://www.pagina12.com.ar/411823-cual-fue-el-ultimo-partido-que-perdio-argentina-y-el-record-">July 2, 2019</a>), there has been a <a href="https://www.rionegro.com.ar/sociedad/que-esta-pasando-con-la-escasez-de-figuritas-del-mundial-en-los-kioscos-2470378/">shortage of stickers</a> for said album. Even <a href="https://www.dw.com/es/por-qu%C3%A9-toda-argentina-se-pelea-por-el-%C3%A1lbum-de-qatar-2022/a-63174761">Deutsche Welle from Germany</a> covered this.
The <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/tras-la-mediacion-de-la-secretaria-de-comercio-hubo-acuerdo-entre-kiosqueros-y-la-empresa-de-las-nid20092022/">Argentine government has decided to step in</a> and talk with Panini and kiosk owners to make sure people can buy stickers.
The domestic reception for most people was that the government should take care of improving the ever-worsening economy of the country.

Translation of the text/dialogue:
<blockquote>
* The Government is working on a plan against time to ensure the availability of Messi stickers
* Rest assured that there will be stickers for everyone
* I'm hungry...
</blockquote>

<a href="https://twitter.com/LANACION/status/1573476026268745728">The original tweet</a> was deleted.

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Every World Cup, Argentine kids (and for this edition, adults too, <a href="https://twitter.com/DerechaHippie/status/1572378252920098824">something that was mocked</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/therealbuni/status/1572650875499458566">in certain circles</a>) have the custom of buying the current official World Cup sticker album which is usually made by Panini. Even the <a href="https://www.infobae.com/politica/2022/09/16/el-embajador-de-eeuu-en-argentina-se-sumo-al-furor-por-el-album-del-mundial-y-desafio-al-representante-argentino-en-washington/">American embassador in Argentina</a> bought one.
Given that this is likely Messi's final World Cup and that Argentina has been having a winning strike (it hasn't lost since <a href="https://www.pagina12.com.ar/411823-cual-fue-el-ultimo-partido-que-perdio-argentina-y-el-record-">July 2, 2019</a>), there has been a <a href="https://www.rionegro.com.ar/sociedad/que-esta-pasando-con-la-escasez-de-figuritas-del-mundial-en-los-kioscos-2470378/">shortage of stickers</a> for said album. Even <a href="https://www.dw.com/es/por-qu%C3%A9-toda-argentina-se-pelea-por-el-%C3%A1lbum-de-qatar-2022/a-63174761">Deutsche Welle from Germany</a> covered this.
The <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/tras-la-mediacion-de-la-secretaria-de-comercio-hubo-acuerdo-entre-kiosqueros-y-la-empresa-de-las-nid20092022/">Argentine government has decided to step in</a> and talk with Panini and kiosk owners to make sure people can buy stickers.
The domestic reception for most people was that the government should take care of improving the ever-worsening economy of the country.

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Leftists when they win elections and when they lose them (in Spanish)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">🇨🇱 | URGENTE: Grupos violentos del Apruebo no aceptan los resultados y protestan en Alameda, hay barricadas. <a href="https://t.co/6ttBuzReRB">pic.twitter.com/6ttBuzReRB</a></p>— Alerta Mundial (@AIertaMundiaI) <a href="https://twitter.com/AIertaMundiaI/status/1566599225579814912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chile's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NuevaConstituci%C3%B3n?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NuevaConstitución</a> will provide greater support for climate justice and democracy. This could help change the tide. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprobarEsHumano?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AprobarEsHumano</a> ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/6X5dMjdCfn">https://t.co/6X5dMjdCfn</a></p>— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRuffalo/status/1564997879391043585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">🇨🇱 | URGENTE: Grupos violentos del Apruebo no aceptan los resultados y protestan en Alameda, hay barricadas. <a href="https://t.co/6ttBuzReRB">pic.twitter.com/6ttBuzReRB</a></p>— Alerta Mundial (@AIertaMundiaI) <a href="https://twitter.com/AIertaMundiaI/status/1566599225579814912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chile's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NuevaConstituci%C3%B3n?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NuevaConstitución</a> will provide greater support for climate justice and democracy. This could help change the tide. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprobarEsHumano?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AprobarEsHumano</a> ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/6X5dMjdCfn">https://t.co/6X5dMjdCfn</a></p>— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRuffalo/status/1564997879391043585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Carlos Maslatón on the 2022 Chilean national plebiscite (in Spanish)

Complete translation:
<blockquote>Chile: Communists are so dumb. How can they think of writing so many nonsense together in a Constitution. They would have made one with Peronist content and it would be approved on a cakewalk. Bolshies do not learn from their mistakes.</blockquote>

<a href="https://twitter.com/CarlosMaslaton/status/1566580384464130049">Tweet #1</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CarlosMaslaton/status/1566594812425383937">Tweet #2</a>.

Complete translation:
<blockquote>Chile: Communists are so dumb. How can they think of writing so many nonsense together in a Constitution. They would have made one with Peronist content and it would be approved on a cakewalk. Bolshies do not learn from their mistakes.</blockquote>

<a href="https://twitter.com/CarlosMaslaton/status/1566580384464130049">Tweet #1</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CarlosMaslaton/status/1566594812425383937">Tweet #2</a>.

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Carlos Maslatón: "2022 will be a great year for Argentina" / 10 August 2022: "People paid $50 ARS ($...

There's one guy who said his income for that very day was <a href="https://tn.com.ar/sociedad/2022/08/10/instalan-carpas-con-baldes-como-banos-en-la-marcha-piquetera-y-cobran-100-gane-20000-en-un-dia/">20,000 ARS</a> (<$70 USD). He called it a success.

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There's one guy who said his income for that very day was <a href="https://tn.com.ar/sociedad/2022/08/10/instalan-carpas-con-baldes-como-banos-en-la-marcha-piquetera-y-cobran-100-gane-20000-en-un-dia/">20,000 ARS</a> (<$70 USD). He called it a success.

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The largest bill in Argentina can't even pay for >10 oz. of tuna (in Spanish)

Issuing a larger bill would mean that the government recognizes inflation, and it would also encourage people to use cash more often.

Issuing a larger bill would mean that the government recognizes inflation, and it would also encourage people to use cash more often.

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Why you shouldn’t exterminate all the “brutes”

i need more people to realize that the second you create a categorical group that deserves to be killed no matter what you have sentenced marginalized people to death queersatanic Follow Jul 10 "That may be true, but it doesn't include pieces of s--- domestic abusers." Cue the counter accusations against Amber Heard. "OK, but not pedophiles." Cue all of the "groomer" accusations from reactionaries looking to eradicate trans and queer people from public life. "All right, but that doesn't include LITERAL NAZIS. That's just a warmed up version of the paradox of tolerance." Cue how Russia sought to justify its invasion of Ukraine and the justifications of war crimes done there. If someone didn't support the invasion and occupation of their country, surely that meant they were one of those Ukrainians in need of de-Nazification, which justified all violations of them up to and including torture and death. The USA did similar things with "terrorists" and "enemy combatants", and huge portions of the USAian population forgave it if not actively supporting it. When you say, "These people lie outside of humanity and they deserve anything that happens to them," you are guaranteeing people with power will shove their victims into that category. That doesn't mean pacifism. It doesn't mean that individual abusers and fascist movement ought to only be stopped "civilly" or through debate. It does mean that "exterminate all the brutes" will follow existing power dynamics like water flows downhill, and the people least able to defend themselves will be the ones targeted.

i need more people to realize that the second you create a categorical group that deserves to be killed no matter what you have sentenced marginalized people to death queersatanic Follow Jul 10 "That may be true, but it doesn't include pieces of s--- domestic abusers." Cue the counter accusations against Amber Heard. "OK, but not pedophiles." Cue all of the "groomer" accusations from reactionaries looking to eradicate trans and queer people from public life. "All right, but that doesn't include LITERAL NAZIS. That's just a warmed up version of the paradox of tolerance." Cue how Russia sought to justify its invasion of Ukraine and the justifications of war crimes done there. If someone didn't support the invasion and occupation of their country, surely that meant they were one of those Ukrainians in need of de-Nazification, which justified all violations of them up to and including torture and death. The USA did similar things with "terrorists" and "enemy combatants", and huge portions of the USAian population forgave it if not actively supporting it. When you say, "These people lie outside of humanity and they deserve anything that happens to them," you are guaranteeing people with power will shove their victims into that category. That doesn't mean pacifism. It doesn't mean that individual abusers and fascist movement ought to only be stopped "civilly" or through debate. It does mean that "exterminate all the brutes" will follow existing power dynamics like water flows downhill, and the people least able to defend themselves will be the ones targeted.

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I Voted

A proposal for an "I Voted" sticker in Ulster County, New York, submitted by 14-year-old Hudson Rowan. According to him “Politics right now in the world is all kinds of crazy, and I feel like the creature that I drew kind of resembles the craziness of politics and the world right now.”

It got over 90% of the votes.

A proposal for an "I Voted" sticker in Ulster County, New York, submitted by 14-year-old Hudson Rowan. According to him “Politics right now in the world is all kinds of crazy, and I feel like the creature that I drew kind of resembles the craziness of politics and the world right now.”

It got over 90% of the votes.

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Citizens protesting in Argentina, the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka

Translation:
* “Please, do something, or go away, I'm starving” / @*increase taxes*@
* “I don't like your government” / @*almost his entire government resigns and leaves*@
* @*sets his politicians fire*@ / [A series of articles about the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka resigning (<a href="https://www.ambito.com/mundo/sri-lanka/crisis-manifestantes-irrumpieron-palacio-presidencia-y-renuncia-el-premier-n5482492">Ámbito Financiero</a>, <a href="https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2022/07/09/incendio-en-la-casa-del-primer-ministro-de-sri-lanka-policia/">Infobae</a>)]

"Sri Lanka: Primer Ministro está dispuesto a renunciar tras la irrupción de manifestantes a residencia oficial" was one of the many titles <a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1545674271325769730">this Twitter event</a> had.

Translation:
* “Please, do something, or go away, I'm starving” / @*increase taxes*@
* “I don't like your government” / @*almost his entire government resigns and leaves*@
* @*sets his politicians fire*@ / [A series of articles about the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka resigning (<a href="https://www.ambito.com/mundo/sri-lanka/crisis-manifestantes-irrumpieron-palacio-presidencia-y-renuncia-el-premier-n5482492">Ámbito Financiero</a>, <a href="https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2022/07/09/incendio-en-la-casa-del-primer-ministro-de-sri-lanka-policia/">Infobae</a>)]

"Sri Lanka: Primer Ministro está dispuesto a renunciar tras la irrupción de manifestantes a residencia oficial" was one of the many titles <a href="https://twitter.com/i/events/1545674271325769730">this Twitter event</a> had.

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Eddy and Rolf having a serious political discussion

The joke is what Rolf says immediately afterwards:
"Rolf would love to talk *politics*, but I must see your invitation!"

The joke is what Rolf says immediately afterwards:
"Rolf would love to talk *politics*, but I must see your invitation!"

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I want to invite you to my first hyperinflation with gender perspective (in Spanish)

QUIERO INVITARTE A MI PRIMERA HIPERINFLACIÓN Con perspectiva de género ARGENTINA 2022-2023 ¡No faltes!

QUIERO INVITARTE A MI PRIMERA HIPERINFLACIÓN Con perspectiva de género ARGENTINA 2022-2023 ¡No faltes!

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January 2019: "I'm bored"; "Not anymore" / July 2022: "I'm no longer bored, my family is starving, p...

On <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/economia/dolar-blue-hoy-a-cuanto-cerro-este-viernes-1-de-julio.phtml">July 1, 2022</a>, the <i>dólar blue</i> (the dollar as sold in the underground) was 235/238 ARS. On <a href="https://twitter.com/Martin_M_Guzman/status/1543335683133095937">July 2, 2022</a>, Martín Guzmán, the minister of Economy, resigns. On July 4, 2022, Silvina Batakis took office. Guzmán's resignation deeply troubled the markets, and the <i>dólar blue</i> <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/economia/expectativas-ante-la-apertura-del-dolar-blue.phtml">reached highs of 285 and 300 ARS</a>. Eventually ended up at <a href="https://www.baenegocios.com/finanzas/Dolar-blue-hoy-a-cuanto-cotiza-este-lunes-4-de-julio-del-2022-20220704-0009.html">260 ARS</a>.

On <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/economia/dolar-blue-hoy-a-cuanto-cerro-este-viernes-1-de-julio.phtml">July 1, 2022</a>, the <i>dólar blue</i> (the dollar as sold in the underground) was 235/238 ARS. On <a href="https://twitter.com/Martin_M_Guzman/status/1543335683133095937">July 2, 2022</a>, Martín Guzmán, the minister of Economy, resigns. On July 4, 2022, Silvina Batakis took office. Guzmán's resignation deeply troubled the markets, and the <i>dólar blue</i> <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/economia/expectativas-ante-la-apertura-del-dolar-blue.phtml">reached highs of 285 and 300 ARS</a>. Eventually ended up at <a href="https://www.baenegocios.com/finanzas/Dolar-blue-hoy-a-cuanto-cotiza-este-lunes-4-de-julio-del-2022-20220704-0009.html">260 ARS</a>.

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The main economic goal of government should be to lower the cost of living

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In the legislature we rule! / So, why don't you lower taxes and stop voting in favor of all Kirchner...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">En la legislatura mi espacio tiene mayoría e impone la agenda que quiere. Tu bloque no tiene peso y no podes cambiar ni el nombre de una plaza. Lo mismo les va a pasar en el Congreso. Espero que acompañen;en nuestras reformas</p>— Martin Tetaz (@martintetaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/martintetaz/status/1527033027511177217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">En la legislatura mi espacio tiene mayoría e impone la agenda que quiere. Tu bloque no tiene peso y no podes cambiar ni el nombre de una plaza. Lo mismo les va a pasar en el Congreso. Espero que acompañen;en nuestras reformas</p>— Martin Tetaz (@martintetaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/martintetaz/status/1527033027511177217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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♫ Al que todos en el barrio llaman el censei ♫ (in Spanish)

Empieza el ritual / nadie dice nada porque / ya lo hicieron virtual.

It's a pun on the likeness between "sensei" and "<i>censista</i>" (census taker, Argentina had a census). The title is part of the song <i>El Sensei</i> by Las pastillas del abuelo, a popular song to play at parties by someone who knows how to play guitar.
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Empieza el ritual / nadie dice nada porque / ya lo hicieron virtual.

It's a pun on the likeness between "sensei" and "<i>censista</i>" (census taker, Argentina had a census). The title is part of the song <i>El Sensei</i> by Las pastillas del abuelo, a popular song to play at parties by someone who knows how to play guitar.
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"Works on contingency? No, money down!" meme about the Argentine rental law

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