The reason I ask is that every once or so often I stumble across a tweet or a post of someone going “Man I love ass-to-mouth burgers from DogTown, Alabama” and I’m left speechless.

Meet a horseshoe from central Illinois. It's typically Texas toast on the bottom, two burger patties side by side, French fries, and then topped with a white cheese sauce. You can use other meats as I quite like it with a fried pork tenderloin. And there is a breakfast version of it as well.

New rule - if your weird dish contains another weird dish you have to explain that to.

What is different about Texas toast vs regular toast?

It's double the thickness of regular bread.

Stunning.

As a Marylander I am obligated under state law to bring up

also we have very strong opinions about The Only Correct Crab Cakes, which are the ones made The Way We Make Them Here

indiana doorstopper. the middle is cored out and theres a pickle in it keeping it upright. if you try to use a fork or knife to eat it you are asked to leave the restaurant.

turns them into a furby

takes a screenshot

polycule

OBSESSED with the idea of calling tumblr blaze a pvp feature

people should really read the whole article both for context of the economic crises in Puerto Rico but also about what the above quote really means. LMM didnt just support a shitty bill, he comes from an enormously influential family in NY, PR, and WDC politics that at every turn has sought to privatize and exploit Puerto Rican industry, infrastructure, and people. He is literally being instrumentalized here as the cultural arm of his father’s many foundations and political goals. fuck this man for so many reasons.

“In 2017, Lin-Manuel announced his intention to perform a limited run of Hamilton at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, under the pretext of raising funds for the performing arts through the creation of the Flamboyan Arts Fund with his father’s Flamboyan Foundation. This proposal was met by fierce protests, as students rebuked him for his advocacy of the PROMESA bill. Students would later stage a second and third protest in the beginning of 2019, this time joined by faculty, to protest the musical that celebrates the same settler-colonial power with its neoliberal boot at the neck of Puerto Rico. In response, the performance was moved to the Centro de Bellas Artes, a change of venue facilitated by Governor Rosselló himself.

This all occurred amid the University of Puerto Rico’s desperate attempts to fend off privatization efforts, in part by doubling tuition costs. Primary schools were also facing similar economic restructuring under Secretary of Education Julia Keleher, who was brought to Puerto Rico to consolidate public primary schools while implementing a charter school system. Luis Miranda’s Flamboyan Foundation is listed as a client and collaborative partner of Keleher’s firm, Keleher and Associates. She is currently under federal investigation for conspiracy to commit fraud, theft, electronic fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to money launder during her time in Puerto Rico in this role. While Lin-Manuel proposed a palliative performance of mainland U.S. history played by people of color, his father was in the wings collaborating with a corrupt conspirator seeking personal gain from Puerto Rico’s economic crisis. ”

This article has some very serious allegations, which can be summed up as “Lin-Manuel Miranda and his father are participating in a “soft coup” against Puerto Rico, their charity work is a front, they are trying to control the Puerto Rican economy in order to turn it into a US colony.” 

I was very interested about this so I decided to do some further reading. I looked for articles in major news sites like NBC news, CNN, the Atlantic, the New York Times, and even Huffington Post. I used the keywords “Lin-Manuel Miranda, Puerto Rico, scandal and economic control” After 30 minutes of searching, I did not find any stories that were even remotely similar to this article. 

I then emailed the writers of the article through their website, asking them to recommend other articles, or to show me their sources. This was on the 22/7/2020 and they have not replied yet, but perhaps they have access to information that is not available to me, or the journalists of the aforementioned news companies. 

I find it very strange that something as big as this is not widely reported, or even appears to be reported at all. Their 2019 article is the only article that exists about the topic, and they do not seem to have written anything further in the following year. 

One last word, this is not from a news site, it is a “literary and social critique” site. This is not a news article, it is an opinion piece. The writers are not writing to inform, but to persuade. They offer only one side of the story and I strongly recommend seeking a more balanced perspective before passing judgement. 

I read the PROMESA Act’s Wikipedia page, and while it has some pretty serious flaws, its main purpose was to save Puerto Rico from its imminent default on over $123 billion of debt. It also included funding to PREVENT Puerto Rico from having to privatize its social services. It’s entirely plausible - likely, even - this bill was the best of bad options that PR’s advocates could get through a Congress controlled by Mitch McFuckstick McConnell.

Whenever you see an incendiary claim on here, especially one whose only source is a random blog post, always do your own research to see if it’s backed up by the facts.