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Venezuela: What will happen today?

Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 11:00 UTC
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Venezuela will live a historic day this Saturday, February 23: thousands of people will gather at the borders of the country for a massive mobilization that expects to receive tons of humanitarian aid. Read full article

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  • Chicureo

    I watched the Live Aid Concert yesterday. It was a surprise seeing Colombian TV broadcast images of Guaido crossing a bridge connecting the two countries on foot, in defiance of a travel ban imposed by Maduro. Juan Guaido was shown being embraced by the presidents of Colombia and Chile.

    Today, all the borders are closed and everyone assumes more violence. History is happening, hopefully for change.

    Feb 23rd, 2019 - 01:08 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    TWIMC...

    Whilst Shilean president Piñera is in Colombia..., dangerously pushing the boundaries for an illegal foreign intervention i Venezuela.....
    ... Comunism has legally retaken power in Shile...:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BCFJAix0sZI

    Viva Pichilemu libre..., mierda...!
    :-)))

    Feb 23rd, 2019 - 02:59 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    I have never had a problem for my people having access to our beautiful beaches as it's their right. I do however have a slight concern about uninvited guests showing UN in my avocado orchard just before harvest...

    Anyway... It's nice to see FOUR Latin Presidents and the head of the OEA at the border today. People also have the right to food and medicine, don't you agree?

    I'm very proud of how Piñera is representing my counntry right now.

    Sir Richard Branson deserves a medal, but did you see what was said about my former Madame President yesterday at the concert? It's caused somewhat of a scandal here in Santiago...

    Best newsfeed tody has been curiously by RT - Russian news...

    Feb 23rd, 2019 - 06:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Hermanito...
    There will always be differences between brothers...
    Question is not to let the Yanki Satan provoke Caín into killing Abel...
    Speaking about brothers..., here..., on the “No Kill Zone”..., some very good friends of PIÑERA...
    (Not the Momio one..., the Negro... ;-)
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pzK

    Feb 23rd, 2019 - 09:46 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    Today's attempt was a failure. Maduro probably still has the military and perhaps 35% support according to the sympathetic RT news. No matter what's the outcome, people are going to die.

    Didn't you see the controversial comments about Bachelet? Any comment?

    Feb 23rd, 2019 - 10:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Shicureo...hermanito de la Alargada, Angostísima y Democrática República de Chile...

    Don' you worry..., down here..., in the ”Situation (and only;-) Room“ of my humble Patagonian shed..., we are perfectly informed about the ”Cachete Situation” of la Gordis de la República Democrática Alemana...

    What really worries me...is that Capitalist-Terrorist attack against all things Shilean that recently took place in Pelotillehue...

    Feb 23rd, 2019 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    I've been much too busy about the struggle between la República Socialismo Bolivariana de Venezuela and the Yanki recognized República Socialismo Bolivariana de Venezuela la Asamblea Nacional.

    I don't think however Maduro will terminate his presidency with his personal AK47 like comrade Salvador did...

    Speaking of Kalashnikovs, did you know they're producing a nifty UAV appropriately named the KUB-UAV. Absolutely marvelous wonder!

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 12:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Me dear fanatical milico...

    I Think that..., as the AK47 was clearly inspired in the StG44...
    (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/StG_44)
    ...The whole KUB-BLA concept is clearly inspired in this classical design...
    //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/V1Musee.jpg

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 12:43 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    No, this KUB: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/idex/2019/02/18/russias-kalashnikov-unveils-kamikaze-drone/

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 01:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Yes..., this one...
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SeXDvcRO6BU&t=16&feature=youtu.be

    The whole thing..., starting from the launching ramp seems inspired in Dr. WvB's V1 concept...
    (Wernhers had a jet motor but no avionics though...)

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 01:49 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    Nice video.

    You say: “The whole thing..., starting from the launching ramp seems inspired in Dr. WvB's V1 concept...”

    Again, No.

    The V1 was the mother of the Russian incredibly sophisticated hypersonic new missiles that apparently have far surpassed the Yanki cruise missiles. The Kalashnikov KUB-UAV is the inspired baby of the Sukhoi UAV Okhotnik.

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 12:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Again yes...

    Imagine those same sweet Russian Kub Bla's powered by a Lilium type electric jet engine..., ~cuadruplicating therewith their speed and range...
    For optimal aerodynamics..., payload... and air intake..., such turbines should be placed at the top...
    Coming to resemble..., even more..., Wernher's brainchild...
    Capisce...?

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    The Vergeltungswaffe 1 should have been the name for my Dackle, but what's happening is all beyond my imagination... ...Jane’s Fighting Ships has an eye opening article about the new Russian Poseidon UUV (unmanned underwater vehicle)

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Yeahhhh...
    Murderous beasts those Dackels...
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Me_110.jpg

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 02:21 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    Sincerely, you never cease to surprise me.

    Obviously impossible for a small dog to accomplish, but in the mind of my Dackle he has the Teutonic personality to pursue nearly everything.

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tarquin Fin

    Gents,

    I am hearing from several Venezuelan people I know, that this “situation” will inevitably lead to a bloodshed in the country. They are desperately telling friends and family there to get out before it's too late.

    Is a civil war inevitable in Venezuela? Has outside military intervention become a possibility if “militia” violence breaks out? What is your take on that?

    I think Maduro will ultimately cave in to the pressure and negotiate a kind of soft exit. However that is not what most of the panas in BA feel like.

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Chicureo

    Tarquin Fin

    I have two Venezuelan neighbors here that we occasionally get together. Both of them are upper class educated professionals that have very successfully transitioned to Chile.

    They both walked away from their homes and businesses 4 years ago and are obviously extremely bitter against the ruinous government there.

    Last time we were together, their pessimistic conclusion was that there were too many hardcore Chavistas that will fight for the death to protect their Revolución Bolivariana. We have a large diaspora of Venezolanos in my country and they all seem to be also very angry.

    It seems the eventual overthrow will result in a bloodbath.

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Uyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....
    Eramos pocos y resucitó la abuela...!
    Pá qué preguntaì si yá estás bién brainwasheado... pebete...
    Par Uds..., esto solo se soluciona metiendo en cana a la chorra esa qué lo mató al Nisman y a Natacha Jaitt también...!

    Dicho lo anterior..., ojalå que este año el ma-burro norteño se retire a pasturas de verano y que nuestra yegua gane la cuadrera del pueblo...

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Chicureo

    Tarquin Fin

    ...The other “Gent” has freely expressed his insightful and enlightening thoughts...

    To answer your earlier question, I think the US and the Lima group are wisely letting the the civil war erupt from within. Certainly agencies like the CIA has every individual military officer's social media account address and is bombarding them with messages to revolt.

    Perhaps an OAS peacekeeping force might unexpectedly appear to support the transitional changes after the successful revolt, but I doubt before.

    If history has taught us anything, it is that Marxism is not an agent of expansion but an acid that burns through everything it touches.


    Estimado THINK


    There is an equivalent to my Vergeltungswaffe Dackel, strangly named a Perdix drone. There small and not as fast, like the bigger dogs, but deadly in large numbers.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndFKUKHfuM0

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tarquin Fin

    Think,

    Creo que me querias decir “eramos pocos y parió la gata ...” La verdad que no me lo esperaba, me hiciste reir un rato.

    Te acordas que yo nunca pensé que la Cris había mandado a matar a Nisman? Revisa mis posts y te vas a dar cuenta.

    Por el resto, bueno, por lo menos no terminaste comparandome con Goebbels, :-)

    Chicureo,

    I understand that the scenario you describe is probably the most likely. We too have been gifted with exceptionally talented Venezuelans that have left everything behind and are building a new life. I had the privilege to work with them both in BA and Cordoba.

    Hopefully -and quite aware of how naive my thoughts are right now- Maduro makes some room so things do not take a turn for the worst. I know this is probably just wishful thinking, but I really want to keep my hopes for transparent and fair elections.

    One thing that Marxism always accomplishes is driving away the best talent out of a country.

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 08:42 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Think

    Pebete...

    Y daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale con los aburridogastadocansados clichés contra el comunismo..., el marxismo..., el socialismo y las rubias tetonas escandinavas...

    El que se quemó con leche..., hasta la cuajada sopla...
    Paz y amor...
    EL Think...

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 08:56 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Tarquin Fin

    Peace and love, precisely ... that what's lacking in Venezuela.

    I have two overwhelming feelings about this:

    1. I know and appreciate a lot of Venezuelan brothers working and living here. I'm not making things up because of media manipulation. These people have witnessed the regime abuse. In fact, one Venezuelan I worked with, was quite supportive of chavism until he had enough.

    2. Fake news: Take a look at this. Your favorite news outlet is right in this one:
    https://www.pagina12.com.ar/176713-fake-news-el-puente-de-venezuela-aid-live
    Brainwashed or not, I still have the ability to detect rotten fish.

    Just don't bother yourself retorting to my cliché remarks about comunism. I will never agree with comunism, socialism, social justice and all that meaningless jargon. I've had enough of enlightened burgoise intellectuals during college to know better. They all thought they were intellectually superior because they could cite gramsci, lenin, marx almost textually.

    Atorrants!!!


    So, obviously, I guess you could think that I have been brainwashed against communism. And you would be absolutely right. I was in fact one of them in my youth.

    Don't you think it is quite remarkable for a 22 yo sucker to completely turn around his entire belief system at that tender age?

    I think it is quite remarkable indeed. And I'm very proud about myself because of that.

    I fucking brainwashed myself out of communism!!

    Dang!! I should be listed in the Guinness Book!!

    Abrazo.

    PS.: Scandinavians girls are not the ones with the biggest tits in the world. They of course are absolutely beautiful!

    Feb 24th, 2019 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Pebete....

    A couple of thoughts about yours above...

    1) Fake news...: Take a look at this. My favorite news outlet is right in this one too...:
    https://www.pagina12.com.ar/177046-otro-montaje-de-cambiemos-con-guion-y-actriz-repetidos
    Brainwashed as you are..., I still hope you won't vote them rotten fishes come october...

    2) Seems to me that you went in and out of “Communism” at a tender age for the same reasons... The wrong ones...
    I don't Think though..., it is anyhow remarkable for a 22 yo sucker to completely turn around his entire belief system...
    As a matter of fact the world is full of such turncoats... and with a bit of luck you can make it into the llightyear long Guinness list of them..., right besides Pato Bullrich...

    3) In my very limited experience... the chicks of the SOCIALIST paradises of Island..., Norge..., Sverige..., Suomi..., Danmark and Holland DO have the biggest silicone free boobies on Earth....

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 12:14 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Tarquin Fin

    Think,

    3) Careful sample taking would prove you wrong about the accurate sizing of such geographical features. Believe me, I used to keep a detailed control chart back in my days as a young collectivist fool (To be fair, Gramsci sometimes proved handy in order to drive my prey home after a thrilling chase).

    2) No wrong reasons. Just questioned what my environment trusted as a given. Quite a mindful exercise. Numbers and facts above all. A handful of proven economic principles and a burning desire to defend truth, freedom and the American way.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 12:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Pebete...

    1) As a good gentleman angler...I made my best fishing spots public...
    Why are you keeping yours secret...?

    2) People above numbers and facts... pebete ... A proven principle of the Scandinavian way..., where truth.., freedom and hygge are paramount...

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 12:41 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Tarquin Fin

    Think,

    1. My spots were pretty much Cleveland, Detroit, Rosario and Baires. Florianopolis as well. Domestic and Imported produce, relative to my stay. I statistically support the hypothesis that England does have a clear advantage cleavage wise.

    2. I love people. But we humans are learning and sentient beings. You let the rich run wild and you get monopolies. You let commoners like us believe that the state has got your back and you get angry, selfish, mediocre mobs.

    After all, it is just a matter of equilibrium. And size.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 01:14 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Well..., pebete...

    1) Seems to be that the mighty Google agrees with me on the “big boobies” question...
    https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/700107/world-average-breast-cup-size-revealed-map

    2) you say...:
    ***“ You let commoners like us believe that the state has got your back and you get angry, selfish, mediocre mobs.”***
    - Suuuuure..., I say... Angry, selfish, mediocre mobs like in the whole of Scandinavia...right...?!?!?

    Te falta calle..., pebete...

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 01:32 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Heisenbergcontext

    I doubt Nicolas Maduro has the grace, the wit or the common sense to make a graceful exit. He is undoubtedly terrified, very angry and clueless about what to do next. The photo of his sumptuous Turkish restaurant experience amply demonstrated his tone deafness. In any case there are so many other people who have much to lose when the PSUV exists, I can't see how bloodshed can be avoided. And I have no doubt most are not true Bolivarian believers - just cynical opportunists happy to bleed the state dry and indifferent to the consequences, except insofar as their personal safety is concerned. I doubt that people like Diosdado Cabello have much respect for Maduro. I guess if they could shift enough of whats left of the nations capital reserves to Cuba they might find refuge there. Forgive my cynicism.

    One can only hope that there still honourable military officers with the muscle an.d courage to do the right thing.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 02:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Tarquin Fin

    As a teenager I experienced first-hand my country's embrace the glorious dreams of the altruistic Unidad Popular and witnessed the malevolence of Marxist-Socialism. One favorite quote: “Socialism sounds like a nude beach until you get there.”

    As I'm writing this, I'm watching the Oscars on TNT Direct TV Chile and there are a few Venezuelan adverts promoting consumer goods from several retailers. ...You would think everything is fine in Caracas...

    I'm convinced anything is possible including a fabricated bridge hoax, but if true, it was brilliantly played. Most certainly the serendipity of the Richard Branson concert happening simultaneously in a specific time period with the presence of 4 presidents, etc... is certainly the consequence of an intense and sophisticated large number of coordinated PSYOP activities along with tremendous economical pressures orchestrated by the US administration in conjunction of Brazil and Colombia.

    When successful, along with the people of Venezuela, this is obviously a huge win for the Trump administration and numerous petroleum multinationals. ...Russia, China and Cuba are probably not so enthusiastic.

    Sometimes when a nation self destructs it eventually re-emerges far greater from the ashes. I hope the Venezolanos will also too.

    Finally I truly believe Scandinavian women are fabulous, but those beer serving Fräuleins in low cut dirndls win the prize for ample bosoms...

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 02:29 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Tarquin Fin

    ”“Socialism sounds like a nude beach until you get there.” I've just got to love that phrase. ;-)
    The bridge photo is surely a glitch but it enables the zurdos to cry wolf. China went so far into Vzla as to get a special economic zone within the territory. I was just starting to wonder when Trump's administration would start to notice the chiming.

    “I can't see how bloodshed can be avoided. And I have no doubt most are not true Bolivarian believers - just cynical opportunists happy to bleed the state dry and indifferent to the consequences, except insofar as their personal safety is concerned.” This certainly sums up the becoming of the poors' defenders into consolidated self sustaining elites pretending to do good for capitalism's victims. I just think of the FARC, starting as the peasants' savers, ending in profiting from the white gold.

    “- Suuuuure..., I say... Angry, selfish, mediocre mobs like in the whole of Scandinavia...right...?!?!?”
    You put the people first in Scandinavia and you get Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. You do the same in Sudacaland and you get Peronism and some fertilizer as a byproduct.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 04:31 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Geeeeeeeeeee....

    Three roineks in a row...!

    Too many classic right wing preconceived notions for an old frail Patagonian to cope with...

    I Think I will have to make do with just posting a funny video for welcoming back the newly resurrected poster...: Mr. Heisenbergcontext...

    - Its about Mr. Tarquin Fin's referenced angry, selfish, mediocre, big titted Anglo South Pacific feminine mobs life..., ruined by the diabolic communistic permisive welfare system that..., apparently only works in Scandinavia...:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDdvFQIAfM

    Enjoy.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 07:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Heisenbergcontext

    @Think

    That video was clearly inspired by Housos, and as such is pretty much a documentary lol.

    As to nude beaches, I've always thought they were overrated; there are some things one might witness in that environment that no-one needs to see...

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 10:56 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    Just when I think I'm worldly and informed, I discover just how damn ignorant I am.

    What the hell is a Bludger I thought... (Yea, I knew what a Sheila was...)
    ...so I looked it up...

    Sheila — Australian slang for “woman”, is derived from the Irish girls' name Síle (IPA: [ʃiːlʲə], anglicised Sheila). Bludger — A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull his weight.

    ¡Saludos!

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 12:58 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Back to Ven iz Whale-uh (as Mr. Trump, the all American Dream champion pronounces it...)

    It has been mentioned above that the picture of that closed bridge priding this article and dozens of front pages of the socalled world's best newspapers..., is no more than fake news...

    Honest guys..., How many of you bothered to check before gagging on that false story...?

    And how many of you did uncritically accept the news yesterday that the baaaad Chavistas had burned that truck with “humanitarian help”...?

    For your education...,I include some footage from the most important COLOMBIAN TV news programm about that episode...:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5ybTCxcJM

    Judge by yourselves..., mates...

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 04:22 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK


    Not a surprise at all...

    You'll note my scepticism to Tarquin Fin about the contrived serendipity of the concert happening simultaneously... ...of an intense and sophisticated large number of coordinated PSYOP activities...

    The blocked bridges and the large concert attendance was all orchestrated beautifully. Hill & Knowlton would certainly approve, if not probably being involved.

    Even some of the conservative US media is aware of the contrived misinformation:
    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-24/wapo-secretly-deletes-bransons-venezuela-concert-article-after-fake-attendance

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Heisenbergcontext

    I look forward to the day when the phrase 'fake news' disappears from the lexicon. I'm not optimistic that that day is imminent.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Tarquin Fin

    Think,

    What a disgusting display. The images from that video are shocking. Maduro must go, but not this way.

    Feb 25th, 2019 - 11:55 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • imoyaro

    You are right, Tarquin, he needs to be given a “Gualberto Villaroel Sendoff.” You know , lynched by a mob of students, teachers, and market women...

    https://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/bolivia1946robertohinoj.jpg

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 04:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    TWIMC..

    The fairy tale of the three little pigs...

    Once upon a time there were three little pigs and the time came for them to leave home and seek their fortunes...

    The first little pig was named Mohammad Mosaddegh and he did his best to run his pigsty...
    But..., one night of 1953 the big bad Anglo-American wolf came along and smelt the first little pig's oil.... He said ”Let me in, Let me in, little pig or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in...
    The rest is history... we all know what kind of troubled pigsty Iran is today..., don't we...?

    The second little pig was named Muammar Gaddafi and he did his best to run his pigsty...
    But finally..., in 2011..., after years of huffing and puffing..., the big bad Anglo-American wolf succeeded in getting the second little pig's oil...
    The rest is history... we all know what kind of troubled pigsty Libya is today..., don't we...?

    The third little pig is called Nicolas Maduro and he does his best to run his pigsty...
    Currently..., in 2019..., after 20 years of huffing and puffing..., the big bad American wolf is working very hard to get the third little pig's oil...
    The rest will history... we all should know by now what kind of troubled pigsty Ven iz Whale-uh will become..., don't we...?

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 08:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • imoyaro

    The only thing true about your little allegory is the word “pig.” Well done, you inadvertently spoke the truth, something I would have thought impossible, Borracho. :)

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 08:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tarquin Fin

    What good has Maduro done, or Chavez before him for that matter? Appart that you would admire these two just because they are communists, let's be objective for a second: Have they made Venezuela rise amongst the nations? Have they provided peace, justice and prosperity for its people?

    Please don't start blaming the empire, the oligarchy, or any other daemons. Those certainly qualify as the most lame excuses of the left.

    For about 15 years Venezuela has been left alone, doing as it pleased, benefiting from high oil prices and an unusual political stability for this region of the world. If chavistas were any good, Venezuela should be rivaling Brazil by now. Did the IMF tell them to print so many Bolivares as to render them worthless? Did the empire ordered them to arm loyal delinquents to defend the 'patria'?

    You see the evidence right before your eyes, and still blame the wolf.

    The thing is that the PSUV could have built a home of concrete but they just settled for hay and sticks.

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 01:08 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    SHAME on you!

    I am deeply disappointed in your horrific HATE SPEECH declarations. I should remind you that there are several countries, notably Sweden, that aggressively prosecutes that specific evil crime including posting it on social media.

    The Qur'an prohibits any association of swine, and for you to associate adherents to them is truly hateful. “The pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. In America, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; i.e. many say ”you sleep with my wife and I will sleep with your wife.“ If you eat pigs then you behave like pigs.”

    I have attached an instructive video that correctly explains the true story.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtffv9bpB-U

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Tarquin Fin

    Chicureo,

    I find that the closing captions are most significant:

    “And the moral of the story is that bands with no talent can easily amuse idiots with a stupid puppet show ...”

    The irony within is outstanding Bands with no talent: who would that be?

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Heisenbergcontext

    Think, the US doesn't need Venezuelan oil. Once the Saudi's and Russians stop their contribution to the glut South Dakota will start pumping again, and the reserves discovered in Guyana are massive, likely to require less refining that those of it's neighbour, and a good deal easier to negotiate.

    There's also the fact that Venezuela's debt with China is tied to it's oil production - they get first dibs on it. And then there's the Russians: PDVSA is obliged to deliver 88 000 barrels a DAY to service it's debt and unsurprisingly have fallen behind. Then there's the state of PDVSA's infrastructure, which is falling apart. Firing 18 000 employees 17 years ago - the ones who actually knew what they were doing - was not such a good idea in retrospect.

    The pressure the US is exerting is definitely having an effect, but the situation the country is in now is entirely of it's own making, the facts are obvious to anyone other than an ideologue.

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 08:37 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Chicureo

    Tarquin Fin

    It's been a favorite of mine for a long long time. For a deeper dive behind the video:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs_(song)

    Meanwhile, I've sent a screenshot of THINK's horrendous HATE speech to Swedish and Danish authorities. Someone needs to bring his Islamophobia public?

    Feb 26th, 2019 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Thanks hermanito...

    You make me feel like a mix of Salman Rushdie and Julian Assange on the run from the fatwa imposed over me head by the HEZBOLLAH/CIA infiltrated SÄPO...

    ( Pssssst.... Don't tell nobody but I moved preemtively to a Big Metropolis nearby..., were it will be virtually impossible for those Swedish copper pigs and them Libyan gendarm svines to locate me... ;-)
    https://www.comunabuenpasto.gob.ar/sites/default/files/styles/imagen_destacada/public/galeria.jpg?itok=NIWw5iuD

    Feb 27th, 2019 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    Good to see you're taking serious countermeasures against those Säkerhetspolisen Vallhund bloodhounds...

    The good news is the Säpo is not as efficacious as the Mossad, Rushdie escaped the Khomeini fatwā and your Big Metropolis certainly looks far roomier than the Ecuadorian embassy.

    ...However, if you're sitting in a restaurant one day and notice stranger at a nearby table ask if they have strömming available, I suggest you run...

    Feb 27th, 2019 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tarquin Fin

    A proof that dirty tactics do not work anymore (in spanish, sorry).

    https://www.lapoliticaonline.com/nota/117905-exclusivo-pence-cruzo-reproches-con-guaido-en-la-cumbre-de-bogota/

    Maduro soft exit. Crystal clear elections in Vzla. That should be the way out.

    Feb 27th, 2019 - 07:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Shicureo...

    If they ordered “Strömming” i wouldn't run from such sissy hogs...
    But..., if they ordered “Surstrőmming”..., then I would start considering it...
    A good auld hunting tradition in Sverige..., compulsory after having shot ones first moose...
    A tradition taken..., I can see..., to new..., wuthering heights by YouTube and some Engrish Humour (and cleavage)...

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQJa3OB4r4

    Enjoy...

    Feb 27th, 2019 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

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    Herregud! It can't be that bad, but I've never had the pleasure. (The cleavage however looked delicious.

    Madame Lafarge actually makes a delicious faux “gravlax” using frozen salmon when it's on special offers from the Jumbo. Nothing perhaps to your standards, but it's delicious for us heathens.

    To insult your high distinguished opinion, I've included a recipe:
    https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2018/06/beet-cured-salmon-gravlax-easier-and.html

    Also, she uses slightly defrosted frozen salmon as it's easy to cut in cubes to mix with cubes of firm ripe avocado for a ceviche as it's so reasonable in price. We also use sweet red onions in the mix.

    Skål!!

    Feb 27th, 2019 - 10:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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