- Hey Latin America, meet your new douchebag overlord.
- Oops, turns out the military bombings of Vieques posed serious health risks after all, sorry guys!
- Voice of America has expanded its reach throughout the Andes in order to
instill democratic valuesneutralize "a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington"
- Oh crap Hugo Chavez has just declared war! On clouds.
- Argentine gays mar historic moment with ridiculous outfits.
Comments (31)
Ooooooo, fresh meat. The Israeli nuke, you say? (scurries off to google and chow down on that one...)
Posted by QueenBina
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November 19, 2009 5:08 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 17:08
Paul Escobar is not a genius.
He may be a speed reader, a subversive, an intellectual, a genius, but he is not a porn star.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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November 19, 2009 4:41 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 16:41
In other news, I don't know how significant the "Juegos Bolivarianos" thingie is, but Vzla is beating Colombia good.
Posted by Utpal
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November 19, 2009 4:10 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 16:10
Paul Escobar is a genius. He finds the weirdest stuff on the web -- the Conan-Twobreakfasts newstory is funny :)
Posted by Utpal
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November 19, 2009 3:47 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 15:47
Bina: he's the politician behind Israel's atom bomb. (Apparently he was the point man to get financial aid from Germany and technological knowhow from France for Israel's a-bomb). He was a protégé of Ben-Gurion and advocated provoking war with the Arab neighbors to get more land in the 1950s. Like most Israeli politicians, he is a ridiculous figure.
Posted by Utpal
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November 19, 2009 1:45 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 13:45
Eew eew eew. Shimon Peres has been senile all his life.
Posted by Utpal
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November 19, 2009 1:41 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 13:41
At the risk of sounding anti-Semitic...
I'll boycott BoRev & Israel if we're shown nude pics of Shimon Peres in the shower.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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November 19, 2009 1:34 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 13:34
Shimon Peres really doesn't know which he wants to be when he grows up: a mid-east peacemaker, or the guy who finally succeeded in wiping out Palestine. So it doesn't surprise me that he also can't tell his head from a hole in the ground over Venezuela. (Or for that matter, Iran...)
Posted by QueenBina
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November 19, 2009 1:17 PM
Posted on November 19, 2009 13:17
http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/israeli-president-peres-predicts-the-fall-of-chavez-and-ahmadinejad
Evil communist dictator Shimon Peres defend's Chavez's shower statement, and says some stupid shit too.
Posted by www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=13616316
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November 19, 2009 11:13 AM
Posted on November 19, 2009 11:13
On Paraguay/Venezuela...
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Is the implication that Venezuelans are spying on Paraguay?
So their plan was to land a giant foreign military aircraft, have two guys sneak out, while risking capture by the airports cameras & Paraguay's intelligence services?
If so, that means Venezuela has the dumbest intelligence services on the planet! And there's really nothing to fear from such buffoons.
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There are two logical possibilities, in my opinion.
1) The Venezuelans were *unofficially* invited by Paraguay, perhaps as advisors.
Keep in mind that this visit took place in the aftermath of coup rumours & Lugo's huge shake-up of the Paraguayan armed forces.
For a refresher, here's Al-Jazeera's Teresa Bo interviewing Lugo about coup rumours:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/americas/2009/11/07/paraguays-lugo-coup-rumours
2) The Venezuelans were defectors, or were captured.
With weird situation of Lugo hanging with ALBA, & the Colorado party still controlling vast levers of power...It's a perfect place for American's to roam & poach Venezuelan turncoats.
As the CIA's Robert Baer explains, the American's do it all the time:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1601814,00.html
Posted by Paul Escobar
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November 18, 2009 11:02 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 23:02
Smarmy and smug? Checkeroonie. I also love how they jump to a completely unfounded conclusion, based on the flimsiest of "evidence". Facts? Who needs those when you have something sensational, sexy and nastily dictatorial sounding?
Besides, Grand Theft Auto is sooooo much fun...
"¡Con mis prostitutas no te metas!"
Posted by QueenBina
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November 18, 2009 9:22 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 21:22
To Bosque and Bina: by «chirpy» I meant «smarmy», «smug».
It's how Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone always come off.
Now, I respect the folks at www.fair.org and www.mediamatters.org. I think that it was FAIR in their magazine EXTRA! that exposed the B.S. about Chavez's supposed anti-semitism and persecution of Jews in Venezuela.
On the Media passes itself off as a media analysis program, but it is nothing of the sort. It is tepid, not intrepid. It is banal, venal and trivial.
Now as for Michelle Malkin, she is a hottie...
I just thought I'd post that as an example of "Titulares and Asininity," a fine section I always look forward to reading in this blog.
Posted by Brasil66
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November 18, 2009 6:39 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 18:39
So danco samba so danco samba,
Vay vay vay vay ...
Posted by Utpal
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November 18, 2009 6:03 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 18:03
The SAMBA? Oh, the HORROR!!!
Yes, heaven forfend that democratically elected leaders should know how to dance. Or at least, do something other than that robotic chicken-thing that Dubya does...
Posted by QueenBina
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November 18, 2009 6:00 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 18:00
@Utupal,
This all depends on which news network is reporting.
Posted by Bosque
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November 18, 2009 5:36 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 17:36
So what is *really* behind the two Vzlan defense personnel in Paraguay? Discuss.
Posted by Utpal
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November 18, 2009 5:27 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 17:27
Intervention time!
Faux News. That shit will make a sane persons head explode or have them in the basement masturbating to a snap of Michelle Milkin.
Don't do it Brasil66!
Posted by Bosque
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November 18, 2009 5:26 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 17:26
Bina,
It's worse than that article.
Maybe a year ago, Marisabel was interviewed on a CBS morning show (whatever it's called).
And the interviewer kept fishing for a domestic abuse angle...Marisabel didn't go there, but threw the "dictator" canard around alot.
But the funniest thing, during the entire interview...they had a clip where Chavez did the samba with a group of women...RUNNING ON LOOP.
By the end of it, you'd be forgiven for thinking of Chavez as a stereotypical macho male...who possibly abuses his wife, is a dictator, & might be too horny for his own good.
The Soviet's couldn't have done it better. You don't know whether to laugh, or cry.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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November 18, 2009 2:41 PM
Posted on November 18, 2009 14:41
Well, it is Naím's rag, so of course a certain...um...TONE is to be expected of it. Namely, one of hardcore stupidity.
As for the "testosterone-charged politics", that's just a faux-feminist gloss. The unglamorous truth is that women's rights are moving forward more in Venezuela under you-know-who than all the previous imperial flunkies combined. There's more female participation now in Ven. politics than ever. Lots of female elected officials (no beauty crowns required!), and I'll bet the PSUV membership roster is at least half female as well.
This whole Marisabel thing is just another stupid smear campaign. Ever notice how we heard NOTHING about her in the lamestream media once she was handed her resounding defeat?
Posted by QueenBina
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November 18, 2009 10:52 AM
Posted on November 18, 2009 10:52
Who is that Rebecca Frankel person? If she gets what she knows about Venezuela from Moises Naím, umm that would explain plenty. Wtf is "Venezuela's testosterone-charged politics"?
(Marisabel lost to a woman, btw, so that can't have been remotely an issue)
Posted by Utpal
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November 18, 2009 4:58 AM
Posted on November 18, 2009 04:58
She actually came in 3rd, not even second. The winner Amalia Saez got 55.36% (PSUV, backed by the communists PCV, and smaller groups), the second Alfredo Ramos got 41.23% (AD, supported by Primero ajusticia, Causa R, etc.). Marisabel comes in 3rd with 1.97% (PODEMOS, with some support from Bandera Roja, COPEI and UNT).
Posted by Utpal
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November 18, 2009 4:52 AM
Posted on November 18, 2009 04:52
LOL--that's pwnage for ya. I'm surprised they left them up.
They're not a very popular blog, either--no one else commented. Double pwnage!
BTW, just for more lulz (en español):
http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/a45918.html
Everytime some idiot tries to trot her out as "evidence" of his "tyranny", I'm tempted to translate that. Or any of the other "shut up, Marisabel" posts on Aporrea.
Posted by QueenBina
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November 18, 2009 12:57 AM
Posted on November 18, 2009 00:57
Utpal,
I had a good time with that one, over at the FP website.
One post before the election. Another post after.
Preserved for posterity:
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/11/17/ex_wifes_mayoral_campaign_embarrasses_chavez
Posted by Paul Escobar
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November 17, 2009 8:40 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 20:40
Yeah, I can see why she's an ex. Also why her campaign was an epic fail. What a drama queen. (rolls eyes)
Posted by QueenBina
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November 17, 2009 8:38 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 20:38
Oops, I meant ex-wife :P
Posted by Utpal
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November 17, 2009 7:27 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 19:27
Chavez's wife ran for office, didn't just attempt to run. She failed in her attempt to win, getting only 6696 (1.97%) votes.
Posted by Utpal
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November 17, 2009 7:14 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 19:14
"...this is proof positive that his regime is in its death throes..."
They predicted impending collapse & election losses before/during/after:
- the coup
- the strikes
- the recall vote
- the oil sector restructuring
- the food distribution problems
- the Argentine suitcase mystery
- the Colombian laptop forgery
- the regional elections
- the attempt by Chavez's ex-wife to run for office
These continuous assertions beg mockery.
Possibly in the form of a mathematical concept similar to the "Friedman Unit":
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Friedman#.22The_next_six_months.22
Critics of Friedman's position on the Iraq War have noted his recurrent assertion that "the next six months" will prove critical in determining the outcome of the conflict.
A study by FAIR first pointed out this phenomenon in May 2006, citing 14 examples of Friedman's declaring the next "few months" or "six months" as a decisive or critical period...
The blogger Atrios coined the neologism "Friedman Unit" to refer to this unit of time in relation to Iraq
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I present the "Rosemary Formula":
The opinion of a disgruntled street vendor, extrapolated across Venezuela.
Not to be confused with the "Carroll Calendar":
A calendar which ends abruptly at the year 2012 - the date at which Venezuela collapses & Brazil finally lives up to the hype.
(Economists at CEPR express skepticism)
Posted by Paul Escobar
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November 17, 2009 5:57 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 17:57
The President of the Honduran Congress says "We're gonna keep talkin' about this whole 'restitution of the elected President' until like December 2nd," which happens to be several days after the elections, tee hee.
Democracy, whiskey, sexy, yay!
Posted by El Cid
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November 17, 2009 4:06 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 16:06
Chirpy? Well, if by "chirpy" you mean full of inane shit, yeah, they're chirpy all right!
They completely forget to note that the OTHER thing Chavecito did to keep the barrios safe was to CALL OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PATROL THE STREETS. It's working, apparently, because these whore media types are silent as the grave about it.
Or silent as the shotgun about the other, as the case may be.
Posted by QueenBina
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November 17, 2009 3:56 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 15:56
Meanwhile, the good folks at WNYC's faux news analysis program--On the Media--pontificate about Chávez's taking aim against violent video games (actually the Venezuelan National Assembly) and how this is proof positive that his regime is in its death throes, seriously:
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/11/13/06
Aren't they a chirpy bunch the folks over at On the Media!
Posted by Brasil66
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November 17, 2009 3:14 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 15:14
And people wonder why there's a Puerto Rican resistance/independence movement? One word: Vieques. That's why!
Posted by QueenBina
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November 17, 2009 12:53 PM
Posted on November 17, 2009 12:53