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Warpy

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4. I am deeply suspicious of stories like this
Sun May 15, 2016, 09:45 PM
May 2016

that howl about the PORE BAYBEES DYIN' LIKE FLIES! It smacks too much of the PORE BAYBEES being thrown out of incubators onto the cold hard floor in Kuwait.

I have no doubt that supplies are critically short there and that Maduro's hamfisted rule is not helping. However, the steep decline in oil prices, which have as yet not recovered, is the main reason Venezuela is in serious trouble.

I do seriously doubt whether the right wing would have done much better except they would have allocated resources upward and prevented any news of shortages getting out.

Contra-Bushism went probably WAYYYY to far. ericson00 May 2016 #1
hard to believe sweetapogee May 2016 #9
they shoulda been taking care of their own country ericson00 May 2016 #11
I actually sweetapogee May 2016 #13
It's the CIA's fault! Maduro and his buddies can do no wrong! Archae May 2016 #2
The international financial community are under attack and I'm sick of it too! LiberalLovinLug May 2016 #5
This smacks of what the U.S. did in Chile in 1973, destabilizing and supporting Allende's overthrow SharonAnn May 2016 #15
So are you accusing Obama of intentionally destabilizing Venezuela? Cuz that's what it sounds like Marksman_91 May 2016 #18
What, no babies thrown out of incubators? No mobile chemicals labs? Right wing bullshit. GoneFishin May 2016 #3
Says the one who actually doesn't come from Venezuela or lives there Marksman_91 May 2016 #8
lizard people? they have a doctrine? reddread May 2016 #12
Yes, yes, we've heard the story of how Nixon made Chile's "economy scream" Marksman_91 May 2016 #16
never let a US sponsored coup set precedent reddread May 2016 #17
I am deeply suspicious of stories like this Warpy May 2016 #4
You do realize that Venezuela has been experiencing rolling blackouts TexasMommaWithAHat May 2016 #7
Red-baiting hyperbole mwrguy May 2016 #6
food shortages in Venezuela ? Angel Martin May 2016 #14
Gotta be bad for the NYT to notice. Octafish May 2016 #10
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