One week, the administration declared that eggs would now be sold for no more than 30 cents a carton. The next week, eggs had disappeared from supermarkets, and still have not come back.
Hannah Dreier on Venezuela’s end-stage socialism.
One week, the administration declared that eggs would now be sold for no more than 30 cents a carton. The next week, eggs had disappeared from supermarkets, and still have not come back.
Hannah Dreier on Venezuela’s end-stage socialism.
Beatings should continue — until morale improves.
Not to worry Venezuelans ! Your Dear Leader now has the (revised) Constitutional Authority to declare that nobody is hungry. You are ordered to disperse from the bread lines (don’t want the Capitalists to get the wrong impression) … because you do not NEED bread. So, your Beloved Socialist Dictatorship declares that you have all the bread you need! and that you are NOT hungry! Congratulations Comrades !! Loaves and Fishes provided miraculously by your Dear Leader.
The “Bolivar” has lost about 1000:1 in value to the American dollar each day of this work week, last week closing at about 10,000:1 and today trading at 13,700:1
https://dolartoday.com
The local’s take on last weekend’s vote fraud, with a surprising entrant among the opinions, Smartmatic … that operates the voting machines.
“A little comment: in spite of all that electronic speedy voting the CNE is not publishing complete and detailed results. Yet it is declaring those who won seats. The problem? The total 8+ must match the sum of all the individual votes. If indeed “at least 1M” were added, who got them? Which candidates were favored? Which wing of chavismo got ahead?
Interesting hours ahead.”
http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.ca/2017/08/smartmatic-confirms-electoral-fraud-venezuela.html#more
The BBC surprisingly reports on the fraud in spanish:
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-40804551
and more commentary on the fraud, in english from Caracas Chronicles:
https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/08/02/fraud-actually/
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It’s unfortunate that though fraud can be sliced and diced, it cannot be eaten…
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Interesting watching some commentary from a foreign affairs expert on FOX the other day.
His suggestion was that the US should consider deposing the corrupt Maduro on humanitarian grounds. That, or watch the Russians or Chinese cozy up to the thugs.
And I’m sure the opposition are simply more radical communists. They haven’t yet seized the breeding stock and next years seed grain from the farmers so they’ve got a ways to go to match Lenin and Stalin.
would that be the egg marketing board or the government? how about milk? do they have a dairy marketing board?. Just more stupidity. It has become the only word that applies to damn near everything. memo to all, socialism kills.
Those who are enticed by socialist Bernie’s promises of free healthcare and free college should pay attention to what happened when Venezuela mandated just a *lower* (not zero) price for eggs.
the Venezuelans need to do what I did when I was a kid at easter. pop 2 holes in the eggs and blow the innards out, then substitute whatever. in this case, some sort of toxin or explosive to throw at the gubbamint thugs.
n.b., waste not want not, I still savour scrambled eggs and beans in a blue moon.
I do feel sad about the Venezuelans. ya, they brought it on themselves, a big part because of the enticing propaganda; ‘everyone wins the lottery with socialism’ is just. too. tempting. for the uneducated.
I think when this is over, the leftist death toll will have increased by 10s of thousands if not 100s.
and finally, maybe the world gets a bit of respite from the push for leftism, but that’s doubtful given that sheeple are just way, way to ignorant of the ways of the world, those economic ‘laws’ that are like gravity and WILL assert themselves with time.