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Pompeo has been putting military action on the table, this morning. I’m pretty skeptical, but it’s hard to know how this goes when it all comes down to who has the president’s ear and what Lou Dobbs says.
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Every Venezuelan I know (both living in Venezuela and elsewhere) hates the idea of US intervention, but they hate the idea of continuing to languish under Maduro's regime even more
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theplatypus wrote:Every Venezuelan I know (both living in Venezuela and elsewhere) hates the idea of US intervention, but they hate the idea of continuing to languish under Maduro's regime even more
This is the defining geopolitical viewpoint of our time.
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Bi_3 wrote:
theplatypus wrote:Every Venezuelan I know (both living in Venezuela and elsewhere) hates the idea of US intervention, but they hate the idea of continuing to languish under Maduro's regime even more
This is the defining geopolitical viewpoint of our time.
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Cos US military intervention has worked so well every other time.
Trump needs something to bang on about spreading freedom and democracy in 2020 I guess.
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Factual analysis

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That's a terrible video
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theplatypus wrote:That's a terrible video

They had to animate a red circle.

Around the armoured car crashing into people.

Cos the red circle was really necessary in case you missed the point :)


The report is accurate though.
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There is a group protesting/supporting Venezuela in the park across the street from my hotel in Boston. Thought Burt would want to know
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dimejinky99 wrote:
theplatypus wrote:That's a terrible video

They had to animate a red circle.

Around the armoured car crashing into people.

Cos the red circle was really necessary in case you missed the point :)


The report is accurate though.
Haven’t watched, but gotta assume they blame the Jews at some point in there
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BurtReynolds wrote:This is the saddest thing I've ever read (I didn't read it)

https://www.insider.com/venezuela-crisi ... iopClmyw9Q

Venezuela's economic crisis is now so bad that criminals can't afford to buy bullets
Whoa, the solution to stopping crime has been right in front of us all along: ultrapoverty

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Lots of different threads this could have gone in, but this one is by far the funniest.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Yeah, so did Eleanor Roosevelt.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:Yeah, so did Eleanor Roosevelt.
I think you mean Nancy Reagan.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Mickey wrote:Lots of different threads this could have gone in, but this one is by far the funniest.


Makes sense. That’s the type of person Socialism appeals to.
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Mickey wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Yeah, so did Eleanor Roosevelt.
I think you mean Nancy Reagan.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
Mickey wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Yeah, so did Eleanor Roosevelt.
I think you mean Nancy Reagan.
shit
Eleanor Roosevelt was into getting her palm read apparently. And Harding's wife also had a personal astrologer
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Bi_3 wrote:
Mickey wrote:Lots of different threads this could have gone in, but this one is by far the funniest.


Makes sense. That’s the type of person Socialism appeals to.
Lmao it's fine that you have no idea what's going on in Venezuela but don't post about it homie. Guaidó's party is the right-wing opposition to Maduro.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Mickey wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
Mickey wrote:Lots of different threads this could have gone in, but this one is by far the funniest.


Makes sense. That’s the type of person Socialism appeals to.
Lmao it's fine that you have no idea what's going on in Venezuela but don't post about it homie. Guaidó's party is the right-wing opposition to Maduro.
“What they refer to as socialist in the United States is what we’d call a Social Democrat here" - Juan Guaidó, Social Democrat, Popular Will Party (recognized member of Socialist International)
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