Marc in Calif

Your loss, bub! Best stick to the sex tourist areas of the Kuta-Seminyak-Legian beaches. 😁

Colombian Spanish is considered a standard for South America. I guess it depends on what the Amazon book bases its terms on. Why not try it?

I know them well. You can find them too! I first visited Bali in 1971 and have visited regularly ever since to witness the (ahem) "changes."

For a language like Spanish, you'll want to be sure that you know the sex terms for the specific variety of the language where you're located: Mexican Spanish, Columbian Spanish, European Spanish (Castellano), etc.

Van Gogh Alive was the biggest kitsch event of 2022 in the United States and, before that, the UK and elsewhere. But YMMV with these projected images and the accompanying hyped giftshop trinkets.

https://queenseagle.com/all/2023/3/30/queens-man-indicted Queens man indicted March 30, 2023 By Ryan Schwach A Queens man was indicted Thursday for allegedly making hush money payments to a porn star shortly before he was elected president of the United States in 2016. Although the exact charges against former president and Queens native Donald Trump are still unknown, Trump will be the first former president to ever face criminal charges and is expected to be arrested, fingerprinted and quite possibly handcuffed in the coming days, the New York Times reported. Court sources told the New York Daily News that the grand jury handed up their indictment vote around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The grand jury had been deliberating in lower Manhattan as part of an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg into hush money payments the former president raised in Jamaica Estates made to porn star Stormy Daniels just before the election in 2016. Trump allegedly made the illegal payments as a way to keep Daniels from going public about the alleged affair he had with her in 2006. Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen first brought the story to light in 2018, saying that he handled the illegal pay off, and that Trump did it “for the principal purpose of influencing” the 2016 presidential election, the Daily News reported. The $130,000 payoff was taken out by Cohen through a home equity line of credit, the Daily News said, and wired to Daniels. The charges come about a week after Trump called for protests outside of Bragg’s office and threatened “death and destruction” if charges were to be brought against him. Trump became the first man from Queens to be impeached in 2019. Two years later, he became the first man from Queens to be impeached twice.

Why shouldn't a domestic terrorist — who attended a religious school as a child — also be transgender? Domestic terrorists come in all varieties of gender, gender expression, and sexuality. That's America! 😰 But the most consistent feature of our domestic terrorists is their "race." The great majority are white. And an even greater majority are right-wing and anti-government/anti-authority.

A quick start is a simple Google search, which will probably show you the Nomadic Boys site in the search results.

No, that is not ALL we can do. We can and must do better. We've done so much else to change our society for the better. Giving up implies that we don't care anymore.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) Complicating Dominion Voting Systems’ effort to make Tucker Carlson testify when its case against Fox News goes to trial, the T.V. host has produced a doctor’s note claiming that he would be unable to raise his right hand in court. According to the note, signed by his New York orthopedist, Carlson sustained “a severe injury to the rotator cuff when he was a Little League pitcher and, as a result, has been unable to raise his right hand for the past forty-five years.” “Any attempt to raise said hand would result in excruciating, unbearable pain,” the note continued. The doctor’s note failed to convince Dominion, however, which responded by releasing dozens of photos showing Carlson raising his right hand, including during a mass salute at a Trump rally. The company also called into question the credibility of Carlson’s orthopedist, Dr. George Santos.

Those with grandchildren in school seem to worry more about which health topics are taught. They appear have no complaints about the second amendment (at least not voiced in these forums).

That's not called "gender studies" at all. It's a topic in science and health. What's the name of the class/course where they heard about puberty blockers? It's similar to people foaming at the mouth when children learn some historical facts about slavery. They cry, "Our children are learning Critical Race Theory!" Please calm down. 😇

The subject "gender studies" is not taught in K-12 schools in the United States. It was developed exclusively at the college level.

I think it's hilarious — but not at all surprising — that you extrapolated from "Rio boys" (in the original conversation reported by andygchicago) to any and all "Brazilians." So whether you're talking about native language, race, or cultural identity, your assumption is still way off. You're evidently unaware that the word Latino has several interpretations. But that too is not at all surprising.

I hate to tell you this, but there is much more to a theater work's "plot" than just the words.

On August 26, 2022, you already knew about -- and posted above-- this rather complete description of plot and theme changes: Without changing a word of text, this visionary 21st-century reimagining allows the classic musical to be seen in a whole new light. Among its themes are hotly-contested conversations about gun violence, Native American land rights, climate change, xenophobia, and toxic masculinity. Yet you still bought tickets and saw the show on September 21. That's what is so perplexing.

Your internal logic here is missing some synapses. 😘

I'm still laughing at how many words you used -- in a lame attempt to try to put me down! 🤩😂🤩

Yep -- it's so easy in Los Angeles County! Records are available for marriages where the license was issued in Los Angeles County since 1852. In addition to certificates on file, there are indexes of marriages available for public inspection as follows: Marriages from 1852 to the present Records of confidential marriages performed pursuant to Family Code Section 500 are not available for public review. Certificates and indexes may be examined at no charge unless an employee is requested to search and/or retrieve more than five records. Random searches of the indexes or the certificates are not allowed. An application is required for each record searched. Information sufficient to identify the requested record must be provided. You will be asked to provide identification. Make an Appointment Appointments can be scheduled up to three (3) weeks in advance.

I get those phone calls all the time. They're easily recognizable, so I try to keep the scammers on the phone for as long as possible with questions and answers that confuse them. When I'm ready to end the call, I make an x-rated quip about their wife.

Or when the reader doesn't want to read a verbose and unfocused comment — about a revised travel guide, no less — that would "land better" if it were about 250 words shorter

I first read this as "nipple effects" and instantly wanted to know more. I would have joined those spot checks! 😁

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump claimed that the failure of the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, to indict him thus far is “quite frankly, a conspiracy” to keep the Republican Presidential candidate from attracting campaign donations. “Alvin Bragg, who is a disgrace, should have arrested me by now,” Trump said. “He has treated me very unfairly.” Trump said that he had made repeated calls to Bragg’s office to demand that he be arrested but has received no response. “There’s something going on,” Trump said. “Obviously George Soros is telling Bragg not to arrest me. This should never be allowed to happen in this country.” Issuing an ultimatum to Bragg, Trump said that, if he is not arrested by Friday, “I will perform a citizen’s arrest on myself.” “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Trump said. “The easy way would be for Alvin to keep his promise and arrest me, but time is running out.”

Just came across this old thread... So knowing all about this new production, you and your partner DID decide to go to Oklahoma! last summer in LA. And after you saw it, you complained about it over on that other site, calling it "Wokelahoma." 🙄 After you complained about the production that you paid to see, I responded as follows: Any theatergoer would have known the details of this (by now) well-known production. Are you saying that you were completely clueless about it before you purchased tickets? So you did know the details beforehand — and you went anyway? You clearly knew all about the new production and its changes. I think you have yourself to blame if you purchased tickets to something that you already knew you wouldn't like or appreciate. But maybe you decided to see it just so you could come online to complain and make one of your favorite political points? 🤷‍♂️