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RottenK posted:his foreign policy is just as monstrous as obama's/bush's/clinton's/etc, but he's dumb and lazy so it fails True, but I only care about measuring by results, regardless of intent.
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caps on caps on caps posted:She has to buy the hot dogs somewhere. It's completely normal for someone not to be able to afford the products they sell, so why would it not make sense if she gets some margin? That or 40k is the minimum wage not average wage and that there minimum wage effectively doesn’t exist in Venezuela because of hyperinflation.
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dirty lousy tramp posted:"this guy who found me out is the creep not me" is a bold strategy but it might work Lmao Im the one who found the posts and found them in two minutes by searching to see if he quoted himself
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Noshtane posted:Don’t worry, I don’t think anyone feel sorry for Maduro, him trying to starve Venezuela. silly noshtane, i'm talking about juan guaido, who should spend the rest of his life in jail for treason :]
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Jun 22, 2019 22:16
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using a fake account to create fake support for your side and then getting mad at people who caught you red handed is pretty appropriate for pro-imperialism crew, IMO
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Jun 22, 2019 22:19
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RottenK posted:i don't think that you should be sorry for greedy traitors that tried to get their country massacred Eh, from reading that New Yorker piece I really get the impression that he’s just a dumb patsy. Read that article and tell me that’s a guy who understands the consequences of his actions.
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Jun 23, 2019 02:19
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RottenK posted:using a fake account to create fake support for your side and then getting mad at people who caught you red handed is pretty appropriate for pro-imperialism crew, IMO baby's first psyop
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Jun 23, 2019 10:38
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fnox posted:You're simultaneously bashing America for meddling in Venezuela's affairs and bashing America for not meddling in Venezuela's affairs. It's insane. You bash America when they do rape and torture Nicaraguan children and assassinate healthcare workers, then you turn around and bash America when they don't prosecute financial crimes that occur on their own soil! It's insaaaaaaane that you treat these two perfectly identical situations differently, really crazytown stuff.
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brugroffil posted:Trump hasn't actually pulled out of Syria and does more drone strikes with less concern for collateral damage Don’t forget going over Congress to sell arms to Saudi Arabia who then use them loose and easy in Yemen and soon Sudan, where SA is literally supporting the same faction that committed the Darfur Genocide.
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Majorian posted:Eh, from reading that New Yorker piece I really get the impression that he’s just a dumb patsy. Read that article and tell me that’s a guy who understands the consequences of his actions. yeah it's adjusted my opinion of Guaiod's Stupid vs Evil proportion maybe he's less crazed with opportunism, greed, and his ability to lead Donald Trump's gutted State Department around by the nose, and more just kinda a stupid flailer like most historical MUD leaders
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Jun 24, 2019 02:05
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GreyjoyBastard posted:yeah it's adjusted my opinion of Guaiod's Stupid vs Evil proportion The easiest possible interpretation is that guaido's push to the forefront was equipped by neoliberal interests that he self-selected for by being gullible enough to act as an agent for their agenda. It necessarily excludes anyone who would be smart enough to look at the current American administration and think "maybe I don't want to bet the horse on this particular group's backing" His general haplessness is probably all about that.
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Jun 24, 2019 15:00
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Venezuela’s oil crisis destabilises Colombian black marketsquote:The business was just as lucrative as trafficking cocaine. Looks like Maduro's brilliant strategy to fight organized crime is paying off! edit: I was trying to make to guess at what proportion of total Venezuelan gas was being smuggled out of the country, and I think it's more than 10%. That's effectively a huge subsidy on the Colombian economy generously provided by Venezuela. Squalid fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jun 24, 2019 |
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Jun 24, 2019 20:27
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Kavros posted:The easiest possible interpretation is that guaido's push to the forefront was equipped by neoliberal interests that he self-selected for by being gullible enough to act as an agent for their agenda. It necessarily excludes anyone who would be smart enough to look at the current American administration and think "maybe I don't want to bet the horse on this particular group's backing" Also the haplessness of the Trump admin who did decide to back him - I doubt they have a much more positive opinion of him than you do at this point.
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Jun 24, 2019 20:30
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Ex-Venezuelan oil minister asks U.S. court to set aside $1.4 billion judgmentquote:HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez asked a federal judge in Houston on Monday to set aside a $1.4 billion default verdict against him in a fraud suit brought by a defunct Houston oil company, according to court documents. is the court ruling Ramirez PERSONALLY owes the company $1.4 billion?  He couldn't possibly have that much net worth could he? What with PDVSA being corruption free and all Or at least I'd hope with even the Venezuelan government accusing him of corruption if he really had that much somebody would have taken away from him already
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Jun 25, 2019 06:28
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Anyone know if joint ventures typically include terms and conditions for one party's exit?
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Corky Romanovsky posted:Anyone know if joint ventures typically include terms and conditions for one party's exit? Pretty much always. Which isn't to say it's easy to do it - there will be things there designed to protect the continuing party's interests (the lowest cost to comply with would be where a replacement party can be found who the co venturer agees is suitable).
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Squalid posted:Ex-Venezuelan oil minister asks U.S. court to set aside $1.4 billion judgment afaict he was the ringleader of the scheme and i can't quite tell if it's solely personal liability quote:Harvest’s suit claimed Venezuela had refused to allow the company to sell its assets in the country since 2012, leading it to lose $472 million. It accused Ramirez and others of seeking a $10 million bribe to approve the transaction. also lol: quote:“Given that Ramirez was not properly served and that he lives in Europe out of the public eye, his default was not willful, and he has acted as expeditiously as he could to address the default in light of the issues caused by his being abroad,” a court filing said.
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Jun 25, 2019 15:58
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zapplez posted:This is pretty interesting video. This is a travel youtuber who just went to VZ and profiled his experience. Its a good video because this guy is just a travel vlogger and has no political blogging experience. Check out how the prices are as of June 2019. A loving hotdog is 10,000 bolivares. A hamburger is 25,000. The minimum wage for the month is 40,000. Second video in this series just came out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYVkFcWqcIo
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Jun 25, 2019 20:25
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Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, he former head of SEBIN who defected in April Just turned up in the US and has a lot to talk about. https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...m=.f3f644bb06d3
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interesting read. comical series of fuckups from a guy whose job was to be able to do intel poo poo. laughing like hell that their codename for their US handler was "The Child Eater." somebody knew who he was getting in bed with.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:interesting read. comical series of fuckups from a guy whose job was to be able to do intel poo poo. laughing like hell that their codename for their US handler was "The Child Eater." Come now. It was a nickname like Cornelius Tacitus, or Tiny (for an exceptionally large fellow). The handler was probably known for feeding starving children. Who was this handler anyway?
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MullardEL34 posted:Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, he former head of SEBIN who defected in April Just turned up in the US and has a lot to talk about. Is the whole, 'The Cubans and Lebanese are involved in Venezuela!' supposed to be damning in some way? It gets brought up constantly along side assurances that Maduro is isolated from the international community. Does it just play differently to a US audience?
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Is the whole, 'The Cubans and Lebanese are involved in Venezuela!' supposed to be damning in some way? It gets brought up constantly along side assurances that Maduro is isolated from the international community. Does it just play differently to a US audience? explaining why requires more detail and effort than it frankly deserves, but short answer yes, it plays differently to specifically conservative amurkans edit fine i'll give the super-short version - Cuba has been exporting communist revolution across the hemisphere and is on the brink of taking over Mexico - the Hezbollah Stuff is pretty weird but venezuela is obviously a major hub of international islamic terrorism Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Jun 26, 2019 |
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It's amazing that world leaders are still afraid of Cuba, the island nation that's been under economic sanctions for three generations now , runs everything on a shoestring budget, and yet still has better life expectancy and access to healthcare for the poor than the US, and a way better maternal mortality rate than the US.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Is the whole, 'The Cubans and Lebanese are involved in Venezuela!' supposed to be damning in some way? It gets brought up constantly along side assurances that Maduro is isolated from the international community. Does it just play differently to a US audience? It's a reminder that Venezuela is totally in thrall to an array of foreign interests, chiefly Russia and China, and the notion that reintroducing democracy and civil liberties would be bad because it would lead to the U.S. exercising influence over Venezuela is always something put forth in bad faith, as the people making the argument have no problem with Venezuela being a colony of the "anti-imperialist" bloc right now.
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M. Discordia posted:It's a reminder that Venezuela is totally in thrall to an array of foreign interests, chiefly Russia and China, and the notion that reintroducing democracy and civil liberties would be bad because it would lead to the U.S. exercising influence over Venezuela is always something put forth in bad faith, as the people making the argument have no problem with Venezuela being a colony of the "anti-imperialist" bloc right now. Are you suggesting that it is better to force Venezuela to associate with the US than allow them to seek alternative partners?
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Corky Romanovsky posted:Are you suggesting that it is better to force Venezuela to associate with the US than allow them to seek alternative partners? I think "partner" is a generous term, "patron" is probably closer to the mark. And all of them will eventually call in their debts. I don't see one imperialist power as "better" to align with - they're all creatures of violence and capitalism. YMMV.
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Rust Martialis posted:I think "partner" is a generous term, "patron" is probably closer to the mark. And all of them will eventually call in their debts. thank heaven that The Child Eater is doing such an excellent job fighting off imperialist Cuba
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GreyjoyBastard posted:explaining why requires more detail and effort than it frankly deserves, but short answer yes, it plays differently to specifically conservative amurkans I find the Hezbollah stuff far more interesting viz a viz Maduro & Pals' potential involvement in organized crime and international drug trafficking. If they have any relationship it at all it would most likely be one of convenience, IE, the PSUV needs hard currency and Hezbollah needs some cocaine to sell, not some wingnut fantasy Breitbart headline like MADURO WELCOMES HASAN NASRALLAH TO BUILD ISLAMIC TERROR BASES IN SOUTH AMERICA!!! Hezbollah has been involved in the glamour profession for a long time now. MullardEL34 fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Jun 26, 2019 |
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notice that wapo put this in the article about the hezbollah and cuba stuff:quote:El Aissami has publicly denied any wrongdoing. Neither he nor the other officials named by Figuera for this article responded to requests for comment submitted to Venezuela’s Ministry of Communications. The Washington Post could not independently confirm Figuera’s allegations. so they have no idea either if this stuff is true, but are willing to publish anyway.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Second video in this series just came out: Was pretty funny that he couldn't understand how a convenience store w/gas station works when gas is free/a loss-leader, and that it might be dickish to not buy anything from the store or tip the attendees.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Is the whole, 'The Cubans and Lebanese are involved in Venezuela!' supposed to be damning in some way? It gets brought up constantly along side assurances that Maduro is isolated from the international community. Does it just play differently to a US audience? Countries that defy us are mustdies. Why don't you understand this?
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Is the whole, 'The Cubans and Lebanese are involved in Venezuela!' supposed to be damning in some way? It gets brought up constantly along side assurances that Maduro is isolated from the international community. Does it just play differently to a US audience? Its racism OP 
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well this sounds horrifying https://twitter.com/ReutersVzla/status/1146829068329000960?s=19 quote:GENEVA (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces are sending death squads to murder young men and stage the scenes to make it look like the victims resisted arrest, the United Nations said in a report issued by its human rights chief on Thursday.
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Jul 4, 2019 18:18
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Acebuckeye13 posted:well this sounds horrifying Sigh.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:well this sounds horrifying cops... bad??
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These death squads are obviously American plants made to make Maduro look bad.
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punk rebel ecks posted:These death squads are obviously American plants made to make Maduro look bad. Probably all white
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fnox posted:Sigh. It's appalling, but 20 deaths are still not the same as ~3,000.
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Majorian posted:It's appalling, but 20 deaths are still not the same as ~3,000. quote:GENEVA (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces are sending death squads to murder young men and stage the scenes to make it look like the victims resisted arrest, the United Nations said in a report issued by its human rights chief on Thursday. How's 6000 sound? Let's give you the benefit of doubt. Let's say out of those who died resisting arrest, only 10% were extrajudicial executions. 600 deaths caused by government security forces executing people. You're still alright with that right? It's under 3000 after all, so we're still in the clear. Should I maybe note that this number is 6 times higher than in the US, a country with 12 times the population?
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