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Zorro

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25. Keep chortling, grasshopper

Reply to txlibdem (Reply #19)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 11:56 PM

Feb 2012

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Venezuela's Chavez back on TV, squashes new rumour [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2012 OP

Chavez will undergo a new operation (Spanish - chavista state media) Bacchus4.0 Feb 2012 #1

Why didn't you ever chew the curtains over Paraguay's Lugo going to Brazil for treatment? n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2012 #2

When you can't attack the message COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #3

because Chavez is concealing his medical issues by going to Cuba Bacchus4.0 Feb 2012 #4

That is his right to privacy, it's unsual for a President to do that... joshcryer Feb 2012 #5

Making your announcements on your schedule and not the opposition's EFerrari Feb 2012 #11

lying is not concealing??? Bacchus4.0 Feb 2012 #16

Dirty war by scum txlibdem Feb 2012 #6

Twitter rumors that proved half correct = dirty war joshcryer Feb 2012 #7

"Twitter rumors" = your anti-Chavez posts txlibdem Feb 2012 #10

Can you post something substantiative, other than personal attacks? joshcryer Feb 2012 #12

You've never posted anything substantive in your anti-Chavez rantings txlibdem Feb 2012 #13

I find Josh's posts to be cogent and sober Zorro Feb 2012 #14

"I find Josh's posts to be cogent and sober" txlibdem Feb 2012 #19

I am laughing as well naaman fletcher Feb 2012 #20

"clearly shows you (txlibdem) posting useful information" txlibdem Feb 2012 #21

I was kidding. naaman fletcher Feb 2012 #28

Keep chortling, grasshopper Zorro Feb 2012 #25

You are humorous txlibdem Feb 2012 #29

That's a rather bold claim, I don't say anything I can't back up. joshcryer Feb 2012 #15

The rumors didn't come from the opposition. nt ChangoLoa Feb 2012 #22

The post you are responding to said nothing about rumors txlibdem Feb 2012 #24

Yes, you clarified that they were my "anti-Chavez posts." Despite that I posted a pro-Chavez... joshcryer Feb 2012 #26

You're aces, kid, you're a prince. ChangoLoa Feb 2012 #30

I care about freedom and justice for ALL the Venezuelan people txlibdem Mar 2012 #32

What, you don't know about Holden? nt. ChangoLoa Mar 2012 #33

You might as well have just wrote "nt." txlibdem Mar 2012 #34

If you REALLY cared about freedom and justice for ALL the Venezuelan people Zorro Mar 2012 #35

As opposed to the excesses of txlibdem Mar 2012 #36

Your response belies your assertion that you care about freedom and justice for ALL Venezuelans Zorro Mar 2012 #37

Awwww. The poor thieves who stole land from peasants at the barrel of a gun txlibdem Mar 2012 #38

Sure. From now on and for decades, any "opponent" will be declared "a crook, a criminal ChangoLoa Mar 2012 #39

It's really not necessary for you to continue demonstrating your naivet� Zorro Mar 2012 #40

But he did, in fact, secretly fly to Cuba. naaman fletcher Feb 2012 #8

yeah, I am confused. there is a denial and then subsequently an admission n/t Bacchus4.0 Feb 2012 #9

Does "squash" mean "confirm"? ChangoLoa Feb 2012 #17

no, it means to deny the rumor in this context. but the "rumor" has been confirmed Bacchus4.0 Feb 2012 #18

Right. The "rumor" started with this journalist, Bocaranda ChangoLoa Feb 2012 #23

Here is the storified twitter dialog that caused the explosion: joshcryer Feb 2012 #27

Bocaranda is the guy who announced Chavez had cancer 9 months ago ChangoLoa Feb 2012 #31