By Revolter
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's been confirmed, the BoRev's faithful editor has tragically been disappeared by Alvaro Uribe linked death squads.
Anyway, hey look "Hillary Clinton" met up with the Hillary Clinton of Latin America and The Times UK is here to clarify for us which one of them is bullshitting, sortof:
What began as a last-minute change to Mrs Clinton's itinerary on her five-day sweep through Latin America has snowballed into a major diplomatic incident that has emboldened Argentina and caught the US largely un- awares. It could force Britain to reassess the level of international support for its efforts to develop a hydrocarbon industry in the Falklands basin.But wait, there's no need to flip out and send in Her Majesty's Navy again just yet:
US officials said privately that British fears of being abandoned by the US over the Falklands were wildly overblown, but any hope on the part of the Administration of staying on the sidelines looked forlorn yesterday.The UK has mercifully already rejected the US's offer to keep up the neutrality charade, so it's shaping out just like the last time. Yikes.
Comments (58)
BoRev, BoRev, hwaer ert thu?
Posted by QueenBina
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May 17, 2010 12:44 AM
Posted on May 17, 2010 00:44
Could someone please clear up what has happened to BoRev (without satire)? Some people are taking it literally that BoRev was 'disappeared' by Colombian death squads.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x36361
Posted by PeacePatriot
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May 14, 2010 11:01 AM
Posted on May 14, 2010 11:01
Utpal :
You know what I miss?
My weekly exposure to the word "studmuffin".
Like I used to associate Ecuador with a big bully of a banana...now I only associate it with actual bananas...
Et Al. :
Scroll down this page, and you'll recall we discussed Venezuela's growing lack of respect for private property.
Obviously, we were mistaken for Venezuelan opposition bloggers. Because folks up north picked up the story.
No surprise, Venezuela's deeply conservative consumer society has had it with da Borev's antics:
Posted by Paul Escobar
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May 13, 2010 1:49 AM
Posted on May 13, 2010 01:49
WHERE IS ERIC?
Posted by Utpal
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May 6, 2010 3:18 PM
Posted on May 6, 2010 15:18
No good deed goes unpunished
Dozens walk past dying hero, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, on New York sidewalk
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 25, 2010 1:34 PM
Posted on April 25, 2010 13:34
Damn...
First Mr. Ecuador kicks Americans off their base.
Now Studmuffin's straight up violating their diplomats.
I'm talking President Correa's recent meet with Arturo Valenzuela.
Call me pro-American, but I don't think the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs deserves to have his cheeks pulled like a little biatch: Who's your daddy?
That's some fucked up Israeli diplomacy right there.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 24, 2010 4:16 PM
Posted on April 24, 2010 16:16
Reuters is the gift that keeps on giving...
So Chavez just "says" it?
Like it's not fact, just his personal theory?
Tell me Reuters, how does Venezuela continue to be a "transit route to Europe and the United States for Colombian-produced cocaine" if the U.S. & Europe stop consuming drugs?
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 23, 2010 1:52 AM
Posted on April 23, 2010 01:52
Jeezus, I just read that about Valero and thought it was a bad joke. I guess not. :-(
Posted by QueenBina
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April 19, 2010 5:40 PM
Posted on April 19, 2010 17:40
"Thanks" for the news, Utpal?
(for lack of a better word)
Here's the link again:
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/fighttothedeath/video.html
Show this to your friends and kids.
It may help them choose the "beautiful game"...instead of the fucked up brain-damaging, dimentia causing ones.
Though it's highly inappropriate of me to do so...
I'll leave us with this quote from the Simpsons football episode, where Martin Prince told Bart:
"Careful, Bart. You might break my calculator... by which I mean my head!"
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 19, 2010 10:09 AM
Posted on April 19, 2010 10:09
It seems Edwin Valero just killed himself too.
Posted by Utpal
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April 19, 2010 7:43 AM
Posted on April 19, 2010 07:43
On a lighter note...
This Reuters headline works on SO MANY levels:
Chavez marks Venezuela independence, foes unhappy
:)
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 18, 2010 6:52 PM
Posted on April 18, 2010 18:52
Edwin Valero = Chris Benoit?
I highly recommend folks watch this:
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/fighttothedeath/video.html
When the quiet sweetheart wrestler Chris Benoit murdered his family, everyone looked at his body and blamed "roid rage".
But the 5th Estate team went in a completely different direction...they looked at his brain (and those of footbal players) & blamed the sports these guys engadged in.
It's a very interesting watch.
And if you read Valero's bio, you can't help but notice the relevance.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 18, 2010 5:45 PM
Posted on April 18, 2010 17:45
"I wonder what effect this is gonna have!"
----
I don't think its going to have much effect. Colombians are going to Vz to find work and staying there. Those who go to visit will continue visiting, IMO.
Posted by Bosque
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April 17, 2010 5:39 AM
Posted on April 17, 2010 05:39
Just chimed in to say George Crist is getting pounded in his Fla campaign.
Lose baby, lose!
Posted by Bosque
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April 17, 2010 5:28 AM
Posted on April 17, 2010 05:28
I can remember doing a photo essay on graffiti and mural art for the Ryersonian when I was photo editor there. Snapped some awesome shots, although there wasn't anything politically tinged; it was just great art that happened to be lurking in back and side alleys here and there.
Posted by QueenBina
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April 16, 2010 10:14 PM
Posted on April 16, 2010 22:14
One of the things I used to find strange when I moved to the "west" was that graffiti was considered, almost like, murder. Where I grew up, homeowners just take it as part of life. In Bengal, for example, political parties "reserve" space on the walls (occasionally leading to turf wars, but mostly gentleman's agreements).
Posted by Utpal
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April 16, 2010 6:18 PM
Posted on April 16, 2010 18:18
Speaking of petty vandalism & the simpsons...
I'm sure the Venezuelan oppos don't like the graffiti.
But I beg them to reconsider their war on stenciled depictions of molotof-wielding, topless, anarchist youth.
We should all learn from a little town called Springfield:
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 16, 2010 5:36 PM
Posted on April 16, 2010 17:36
I think this is the shit! :
http://guerrillacomunicacional.blogspot.com
I so envy these people.
Obviously, because they get to do their thing out in the open without rags & 5-0.
But also because their work reminds me of that Bart Simpson line: "So many wasted nights..."
And it's not because of what Homer said: "See boy, the real money is in bootlegging, not your childish vandalism."
It's because I wasn't really saying anything of value by spraying the Charlotte Hornets logo on the side of my neighbourhood Dominions (big grocery chain here in the T-Dot).
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 16, 2010 5:23 PM
Posted on April 16, 2010 17:23
BTW, the old militia lady looks like my dear departed grandma. Who never handled a gun in her life!
Posted by QueenBina
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April 15, 2010 10:55 PM
Posted on April 15, 2010 22:55
Probably gonna send a stampede of Colombian campesinos toward the Venezuelan border.
Posted by QueenBina
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April 15, 2010 10:54 PM
Posted on April 15, 2010 22:54
Globovisión: Cancillería colombiana advirtió a sus ciudadanos que eviten viajar a Venezuela.
I wonder what effect this is gonna have!
Posted by Utpal
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April 15, 2010 8:44 AM
Posted on April 15, 2010 08:44
Another one is Marta Colomina (who used to be director of VTV, the state TV channel in the 80s), and who is now a very strident antiChavez radio personalities (she used to be at Televen, before they decided to tone down after 2004) -- she apparently has the most money.
Posted by Utpal
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April 14, 2010 9:14 PM
Posted on April 14, 2010 21:14
Have ppl seen some version of this news in the English language press?
http://abn.info.ve/noticia.php?articulo=229521&lee=1
Apparently a bunch of ppl are being accused of fraud in the US in a Stanford Bank related case, which includes a whole lotta Ven oppos, including an Eduardo Lapi (ex-governor of Yaracuy state), who is one o' their favorite "political prisoners" who fled to Peru.
Posted by Utpal
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April 14, 2010 9:10 PM
Posted on April 14, 2010 21:10
(Dancing with myself...Dancing with myself...)
The most BAD-ASS BoRev picture EVER:
http://www.daylife.com/photo/02zz8hffLLbbd
That's some immortal & symbolic shit right there. If that was a white dude holding the sword, you know it'd win some photography prize.
As it stands, browny needs to be sad, mad, or emaciated to get any photographic respect.
Followed by the most BAD-ASS BoRev groupie EVER:
http://www.daylife.com/photo/04GZ6j1eqVbj4
I don't know whether to pull her cheeks...or bend over and spread mine.
(OOOoooo! Audience groans!)
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 14, 2010 3:18 PM
Posted on April 14, 2010 15:18
OT...
Speaking of Twitter & the internets (of course we weren't, and I'm merely having a conversation with myself)...
So here's some important news about "Net Neutrality":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/06/net-neutrality-us-court-r_n_526972.html
I don't come here to bore you, kids. Let's just say that Paul Escobar supports "Net Neutrality" & you should too.
Anyways, the article is pretty serious & factual. Lots of great analysis & a nice summary of events.
HOWEVER, NEAR THE END...
We get a taste of what metaphorical flourishes await us when your video-game addicted kids take over the world:
PWNED!
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 6, 2010 1:18 PM
Posted on April 6, 2010 13:18
Seriously Chavez?
You've got people doing WORK in the streets...many in neighbourhoods that the Crips would be scared of...and you're worried about competing online with a bunch of trust fund cases?
On behalf of said trust fund cases, & those who threaten coups like my girl threatens to leave me...let me say that we're just a bunch of overhyped PUSSIES.
- We declare a douchebag blog with a 140 character limit a "human right".
- The evil child abuse enabling mom from Desperate Housewives is our international celebrity spokesperson.
- We secretly buy plane tickets to Miami, the night before calling for uprisings in Caracas.
So: "NO!"
No declaring online "flame wars".
No arresting oppos for talking smack like Sylvester the cat.
And: "YES!"
Yes keep flooding the streets with those doctors from Cuba.
Yes keep flooding the streets with that thang Busta Rhymes, Akon, & Lil' Wayne call "ARAB MONEY".
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 4, 2010 3:06 PM
Posted on April 4, 2010 15:06
I just wonder when the lamestream media plans on reporting that Chavecito actually encouraged PSUVistas to use the tweeter. They're still saying he's trying to shut down the Internets. (rolls eyes)
Posted by QueenBina
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April 3, 2010 10:28 PM
Posted on April 3, 2010 22:28
Its almost Easter Sunday and no "peeps" display?!!! Damnit to hell!!!! (Pardon my foul language but shit, WTF?)
Dayum employment!
Posted by Bosque
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April 3, 2010 3:42 PM
Posted on April 3, 2010 15:42
Ya know, I never thought I'd find anything good about twitter, but the Chavista-escualido twitfights are kinda entertaining (and may actually be something positive)
Posted by Utpal
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April 3, 2010 3:37 PM
Posted on April 3, 2010 15:37
Venezuela no haz help from teh gringoz.
Posted by QueenBina
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April 3, 2010 1:11 PM
Posted on April 3, 2010 13:11
I get worried when I read fair summaries of BoRev events:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7086427.ece
Hannah Strange, you got alot of balls pointing out that the revolution is severely militarily underfunded:
"...but the Venezuelans still spend less than half as much on arms as Colombia."
Posted by Paul Escobar
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April 2, 2010 8:41 PM
Posted on April 2, 2010 20:41
Should we be worried?
Posted by QueenBina
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April 1, 2010 9:50 PM
Posted on April 1, 2010 21:50
Didya guys know that Lina Ron tweets?
Posted by Utpal
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April 1, 2010 6:21 PM
Posted on April 1, 2010 18:21
Meanwhile, you're all invited to a little celebration:
http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/2010/03/somewhere_in_bogota_el_narco_i.html
Another Chavecito-supported peace initiative bears fruit. And another black eye for El Narco.
Posted by QueenBina
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March 31, 2010 11:06 PM
Posted on March 31, 2010 23:06
Bosque,
That's what happens when Paul Escobar mixes his morning VeneZeLAya news with Dirty South RAP.
The repressed curse words, sexism, & mild racism just burst out...while I crank dat soulja boy, then superman dat HO!...there I go again.
You're lucky I wasn't listening to Anya Marina singing "Whatever you like" while I typed that.
Or else you would have been reading a porno scene titled: The Penn is harder than the Ho!
Posted by Paul Escobar
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March 31, 2010 7:38 AM
Posted on March 31, 2010 07:38
No, Utpal, I think Eric has a job now. A donde va Revolter the trusty side kick?a
Posted by Bosque
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March 30, 2010 11:03 PM
Posted on March 30, 2010 23:03
Oye! Pablo, you okay?
Posted by Bosque
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March 30, 2010 10:59 PM
Posted on March 30, 2010 22:59
¿Donde está la BoRev?
Posted by QueenBina
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March 30, 2010 4:07 PM
Posted on March 30, 2010 16:07
I so miss the Borev! We need him back. :-(
Posted by Brasil66
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March 30, 2010 11:56 AM
Posted on March 30, 2010 11:56
And meanwhile, what new and groundbreaking acting has Conchita done, lately?
(crickets)
Posted by QueenBina
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March 29, 2010 10:04 PM
Posted on March 29, 2010 22:04
Valero vs. Alcoholism?
Fuck dat.
Maria Conchita Alonso's lookin for a FIGHT:
http://newsbusters.org/blog/46776
(Newsbusters the best you could do? LOL! that shits embarassing)
BoRev's gotta do the play-by-play for: Hoochie Coochie VS. Sean Penn
I'm talkin: Saggy vaggie VS. Spicoli
Rumble in the post-menopause jungle: Stanky mammary glands VS. I am Sam
Seriously, Sean Penn needs to do the heizman on dat ho:
Ho you stank (you stank!), so why you tryin'? (why?!)
If you don't step back (step back!!), I'm gonna crank that heizman!
(Do the heizman on dat ho!!)
Posted by Paul Escobar
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March 29, 2010 7:18 PM
Posted on March 29, 2010 19:18
I miss the Borev.
Posted by Nolan
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March 29, 2010 2:01 PM
Posted on March 29, 2010 14:01
We haven't discussed Inca Valero in a long time, but looks like he is in alcoholic rehab:
http://aporrea.org/actualidad/n154020.html
Posted by Utpal
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March 28, 2010 4:24 PM
Posted on March 28, 2010 16:24
Of course da BoRev's busy:
http://www.daylife.com/photo/02uAbndgJWdhP?q=hugo+chavez
http://www.daylife.com/photo/069q7v2g8z6k9?q=hugo+chavez
Busy gettin' down with dat Belarus Beefcake.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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March 17, 2010 12:53 PM
Posted on March 17, 2010 12:53
So Eric has pretty much abandoned the blog, eh?
Posted by Utpal
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March 16, 2010 8:22 PM
Posted on March 16, 2010 20:22
Oops, I meant Cambio, yes.
Posted by Utpal
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March 15, 2010 9:34 PM
Posted on March 15, 2010 21:34
Meanwhile, in the Savior of Democracy in the Best Democracy Ever in the Hemisphere, this:
But I understand how this could happen, because I hear the paramilitaries use only the most stylish, beautifully hand-woven ties.
Posted by El Cid
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March 15, 2010 7:07 PM
Posted on March 15, 2010 19:07
Utpal: Semana is still very much active.
You may be thinking of Cambio, which was likely shut down because its revelations of the U.S.-Colombia base deals agreement and agricultural funds fraud irritated their owners, the Santos family, of which Uribe's vice-president is a member.
In addition, El Espectador continues to do outstanding work as a daily newspaper.
Posted by El Cid
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March 15, 2010 7:01 PM
Posted on March 15, 2010 19:01
@El_Cid: Btw, Semana magazine was made to fold by the owning company; so no more significant Uribe critics left anymore.
Posted by Utpal
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March 15, 2010 1:24 PM
Posted on March 15, 2010 13:24
El CID - funny how General Fraser's announcement has met with the most resounding of media silences. Can't find stories about in any mainstream media.
Posted by JoeEM
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March 15, 2010 8:28 AM
Posted on March 15, 2010 08:28
El Cid, don't tell me you missed Otto's birthday?!
http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2010/03/feliz-cumple-ikn.html
That news was brought up...in between the kitty cat dance!
Posted by Paul Escobar
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March 14, 2010 4:55 PM
Posted on March 14, 2010 16:55
Hey, this seems like a good place for this U.S. military calling of Colombia defense ministry / Washington Post screaming as the anti-Chavez rumorific bullshit it was:
Here's a look back at the Washington Post's Jackson Diehl turning the editorial page into a propaganda front for press releases from Colombian military officers, and here is a reminder that Diehl and Hiatt are such liars that they literally made up words not in original documents to support their bullshit anti-Chavez charges that Venezuela was arming the FARC rebels.
Posted by El Cid
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March 14, 2010 10:21 AM
Posted on March 14, 2010 10:21
(puts on Maple Leaf t-shirt, struts)
Posted by QueenBina
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March 13, 2010 8:09 PM
Posted on March 13, 2010 20:09
w00w00!!!
Uh ah! Chávez no se va!
Posted by Utpal
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March 13, 2010 6:04 PM
Posted on March 13, 2010 18:04
Canada represents da BoRev BITCHES!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PhRfxSbGsw
Arkells win breakthrough award at CRMAs
Not only did Hamilton, Ont., soul-blues rockers Arkells deliver the best live performance at the Canadian Radio Music Awards on Friday in Toronto, but they also took home a trophy for the FACTOR breakthrough award.
“Thank you for playing a song about a socialist president in Venezuela,” said lead singer Max Kerman on stage with his bandmates, in reference to The Ballad Of Hugo Chavez.
“We snuck that one past you,” he quipped, before the group rocked the house with another tune, Oh, The Boss Is Coming!
Other notable CRMA winners at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel ceremonies, which are part of Canadian Music Week, included Metric for best new group (rock) and Drake for best new solo artist (dance, urban, rhythmic), while Nickelback won for Chart Topper Award, and Hedley for Fan’s Choice.
Posted by Paul Escobar
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March 13, 2010 3:24 PM
Posted on March 13, 2010 15:24
Sounds to me like you're egging him on.
Posted by QueenBina
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March 4, 2010 11:57 AM
Posted on March 4, 2010 11:57
Oh I do hope he is found in time for Easter to make another Peep display. Easter just isn't the same without a "peep" show!
Posted by natfame
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March 3, 2010 9:50 PM
Posted on March 3, 2010 21:50
Frist!!!
Meanwhile, Las Malvinas son Argentinas.
Posted by QueenBina
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March 3, 2010 4:14 PM
Posted on March 3, 2010 16:14