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44. Extreme hyperbole. Calm down nt

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Young ‘Chavista’ lawmaker Robert Serra killed in Venezuela [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2014 OP

Before the "Blame the CIA" crowd arrives... Archae Oct 2014 #1

Bzzt. The CIA did it. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #2

I wouldn't put it past the CIA. It's what people in the spy business call "wet work." Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #28

Yup. It's not that difficult to get murdered in Venezuela. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #3

Accurate post. Feral Child Oct 2014 #11

Substitute immediate outrage with common sense? FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #4

They never arrive as fast as the ''Protect the CIA'' crowd, though. Octafish Oct 2014 #5

I have no interest in protecting the CIA, but most often a cigar is just a cigar. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #6

1947 and CIA Witch hunts seveneyes Oct 2014 #8

This write-up is about policies from the Eisenhower Administration through Nixon... brooklynite Oct 2014 #9

History since then: CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces (2007) Octafish Oct 2014 #10

This doesn't even prove the existence of the memo it describes. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #13

Sure, and all the underhanded State Department crapola that WikiLeaks revealed doesn't exist either. Octafish Oct 2014 #17

This thread has to do with one Venezuelan man Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #20

The death of one person makes all the difference in the world. Octafish Oct 2014 #25

Now I know why the murder rate is so high in Venezuela Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #35

Until then, you should read more. Octafish Oct 2014 #36

Ad hominem is my only option Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #37

''What would Goldman think?'' Octafish Oct 2014 #40

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #41

Only a character assassin would label someone as a 'CTer' Octafish Oct 2014 #47

Said the person who attends JFK CT conventions. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #48

You say that as if it was a bad thing. Octafish Oct 2014 #50

I guess I'd have thought you guys would have reached a consensus by now. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #52

No consensus. Not all guys. Octafish Oct 2014 #55

Every year, from now til forever. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #56

BUT CHILE 1973!!!!!! EX500rider Oct 2014 #58

Thanks for the reminder. It was all too familiar when we heard about it the first time. Typical. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #26

Before damage control arrives....nt Zorra Oct 2014 #7

You're assuming the Company couldn't have recruited "home invaders" to do it. Ken Burch Oct 2014 #45

To the extent that the US government . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #12

VZ is wrecking their own economy just fine by themselves hack89 Oct 2014 #14

I doubt the US really cares about Venezuela anymore. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #15

Washington often does "break butterflies upon the wheel" in Latin America MisterP Oct 2014 #16

Or we can consider that in a country with VZ's sky high murder rate hack89 Oct 2014 #18

How is it the US gives millions of US taxpayers' $ to the Venezuelan opposition during elections? nt Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #30

Haven't seen any hard proof of that claim. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #31

You haven't seen anything because you never bothered to look. Simple. Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #32

No, the US is not to blame for Venezuela's crime rate. Try blaming, I dunno, the geek tragedy Oct 2014 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Oct 2014 #19

So Just to be perfectly clear . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #21

There are no 'righties' in this entire entire post and its sub-threads. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #22

Maduro is driving that bus into a ditch just fine on his own. Throd Oct 2014 #23

You don't imagine someone who mocks a man who drove a bus as a young man, at a Democratic website, Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #34

I'm sure he's a fine bus driver. Calm down. Throd Oct 2014 #42

They can't very well deny it, can they? US taxdollars are loaded into Venezuelan right-wingers' Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #33

Extreme hyperbole. Calm down nt geek tragedy Oct 2014 #44

If you think it is acceptable for the USG . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #24

Your comments have real value. People who are democratic by nature can see that easily. Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #27

Pro-government Venezuela lawmaker slain at home Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #29

Robert Serra was the chavista paramilitaries' guy in Congress. Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #38

Which makes it more reasonable to wonder if he was killed for political reasons. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #39

Or simple vengeance. Nt hack89 Oct 2014 #46

OK, so here is Bacchus . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #49

Well the picture of the two together I posted, here is more about the criminal Santana Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #51

The Agency's Anti-Chavista long-knives are out, again. ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #54

The Agency appears to be ramping up it's "Anti-Chavista" crusade. 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #53

Sure Baccus, so purely by accident you happened to come across . . FairWinds Oct 2014 #57

Oh it wasn't by accident, here is another one for you. Hugo asks for actions against Satana Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #59