Cara dura.

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Cara dura.

ER — 2/26/2017 1:24:58 AM (archived)

cara = face
dura = hard.

Literally, it means "hard face", but in Cuban slang it is a phrase that means capable of shameless and unrepentant straight-faced bullshit.

Somewhere between the English "He's got some balls." and the Yiddish "Chutzpah".

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The fake news factory. - hank - 2/24/2017 9:54:59 PM
- Cara dura. - ER - 2/26/2017 1:24:58 AM
  - Dude. - TB - 2/26/2017 2:03:20 AM
    - You talkin' to me? - hank - 2/26/2017 2:33:39 AM
- Second followup. - TB - 2/25/2017 10:26:29 PM
  - In teeny, tiny print on the banner of the Buzzfeed article. - hank - 2/26/2017 12:58:33 AM
    - TB just posts the links, you can't expect him to read them too! - RL - 2/26/2017 1:07:04 AM
  - It really is cute to watch you spin... - RL - 2/26/2017 12:47:01 AM
    - You're a little right... Russians probably don't need Macedonian kids with poor English to spread propaganda... - RL - 2/26/2017 1:02:00 AM
- Followup. - TB - 2/25/2017 2:09:59 AM
  - George Soros, eh? - hank - 2/25/2017 3:03:52 AM
    - It's not a "conspiracy" if it's marching down the road with a brass band. :) - TB - 2/25/2017 3:21:38 AM
      - Again, this has been reported on by numerous independent news organizations, the local Macedonian officials acknowledge it is happening and approve of it... - RL - 2/25/2017 3:44:56 AM
        
        He asked about a specific source and possible motivations. - TB - 2/25/2017 5:56:35 AM
        
        You're a spent force here, tb. - mcfly - 2/25/2017 11:15:29 PM
        
        I think its all starting to make sense. - hank - 2/25/2017 4:36:00 AM
      - I did read it. - hank - 2/25/2017 3:35:02 AM
        
        I didn't recognize myself. - TB - 2/25/2017 5:58:14 AM
        
        Years of compromising your ethics and values in order to be a partisan shill will do that to a guy... - RL - 2/25/2017 6:12:08 PM
        
        This administration has appointed more billionaires and almost billionaires than ever before... - RL - 2/25/2017 4:45:09 PM
        
        Let me remind you... - hank - 2/25/2017 2:42:02 PM
  - The Macedonian fake news business is well documented by many sources, TB - RL - 2/25/2017 2:58:26 AM
- Goebbels' Incompleteness Theorem - Robert - 2/25/2017 1:12:50 AM

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