Real Time Socialist Train Wreck (again) Happening Now in Venezuela - page 9.

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Quote from: Wilikon on July 02, 2014, 09:02:33 AM

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Quote from: Wilikon on June 28, 2014, 12:19:45 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 28, 2014, 11:59:19 AM

I don't understand. Venezuela produces 2.5 million barrels of crude a day (913 million bbl / yr). It exports some 620 million barrels, equivalent to some $65 billion. Where is all this money vanishing to?

Any remote possibilities the title of this very thread includes some kind of a clue to an answer? Wink

This is no more a trainwreck is more like a landslide.
At least their trade deficit might go down now that every Venezuelan has a plasma TV.

Too bad they can't use those without power:
http://www.local10.com/news/much-of-venezuela-goes-dark-after-blackout/26728910

If only those Plasma TVs were produced locally by Venezuelan companies, with Venezuelan engineers. But hey! As long as they keep "producing" those amazing looking Miss Universe winners... Cool

Why keep "producing" those girls....
To end up killed by bandits in front of their daughters?

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Quote from: stompix on July 02, 2014, 08:36:47 AM

Quote from: Wilikon on June 28, 2014, 12:19:45 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 28, 2014, 11:59:19 AM

I don't understand. Venezuela produces 2.5 million barrels of crude a day (913 million bbl / yr). It exports some 620 million barrels, equivalent to some $65 billion. Where is all this money vanishing to?

Any remote possibilities the title of this very thread includes some kind of a clue to an answer? Wink

This is no more a trainwreck is more like a landslide.
At least their trade deficit might go down now that every Venezuelan has a plasma TV.

Too bad they can't use those without power:
http://www.local10.com/news/much-of-venezuela-goes-dark-after-blackout/26728910

If only those Plasma TVs were produced locally by Venezuelan companies, with Venezuelan engineers. But hey! As long as they keep "producing" those amazing looking Miss Universe winners... Cool

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Quote from: Wilikon on June 28, 2014, 12:19:45 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 28, 2014, 11:59:19 AM

I don't understand. Venezuela produces 2.5 million barrels of crude a day (913 million bbl / yr). It exports some 620 million barrels, equivalent to some $65 billion. Where is all this money vanishing to?

Any remote possibilities the title of this very thread includes some kind of a clue to an answer? Wink

This is no more a trainwreck is more like a landslide.
At least their trade deficit might go down now that every Venezuelan has a plasma TV.

Too bad they can't use those without power:
http://www.local10.com/news/much-of-venezuela-goes-dark-after-blackout/26728910

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 28, 2014, 11:59:19 AM

I don't understand. Venezuela produces 2.5 million barrels of crude a day (913 million bbl / yr). It exports some 620 million barrels, equivalent to some $65 billion. Where is all this money vanishing to?

https://mises.org/books/socialism/contents.aspx

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on June 28, 2014, 11:59:19 AM

I don't understand. Venezuela produces 2.5 million barrels of crude a day (913 million bbl / yr). It exports some 620 million barrels, equivalent to some $65 billion. Where is all this money vanishing to?

Any remote possibilities the title of this very thread includes some kind of a clue to an answer? Wink

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I don't understand. Venezuela produces 2.5 million barrels of crude a day (913 million bbl / yr). It exports some 620 million barrels, equivalent to some $65 billion. Where is all this money vanishing to?

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Quote from: Wilikon on June 28, 2014, 10:05:47 AM

....
http://news.yahoo.com/blackout-hits-venezuela-interrupts-presidential-broadcast-204030360.html

Bitcoin can help Venezuela, but only if they can keep the power flowing.
Time to add solar panels?

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http://news.yahoo.com/blackout-hits-venezuela-interrupts-presidential-broadcast-204030360.html

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Quote from: SunBin on June 19, 2014, 06:19:20 PM

Problem with socialism is people take without contributing in return.

In return for bigger government telling you how you don't give enough... In return.

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Problem with socialism is people take without contributing in return.

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Quote from: Wilikon on June 16, 2014, 11:32:33 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/16/us-venezuela-funerals-idUSKBN0ER1IN20140616?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

I'm pretty sure that this is staged by the enemies of the government.
They are committing suicides or starving to drive the needs for coffins beyond the numbers the government planned for.

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Cuban, Venezuelan Dissidents Harassed at UN Panel
Dissidents testified on arbitrary arrests, torture of detainees

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/cuban-venezuelan-dissidents-harassed-at-un-panel/

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Price control, if set too low, will cause shortage; if set too high, will cause over stock.

Reason why government should leave it up to market to self regulate non-essential items.

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Quote from: Tzupy on June 17, 2014, 05:02:19 AM

Quote from: Wilikon on November 16, 2013, 12:16:32 AM

Quote from: lucaspm98 on November 15, 2013, 04:20:57 PM

Ridiculous, socialism has been proven time and time again to fail. People keep falling for the same mistakes, if you don't learn from history you are doomed to repeat it.

I agree. Plasma TVs are a terrible choice in 2013 Wink

Sorry for the necro-post, but I couldn't resist: in 2013 plasmas were THE BEST choice for quality TVs, same picture quality as best OLEDs, at a fraction of the price.
The problem is with the article saying someone wanted a 'Sony plasma', which is retarded: Sony quit the plasma business years ago, at that time it was still possible
to buy Panasonics (very good), but now only Samsung (still good) and LG (meh). Sorry for not reading the whole thread, maybe someone already pointed out the oddities.

You are right. Writing "I agree. Plasma TVs are a terrible choice in 2013 " and even adding that " Wink

" at the end was a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake. Although I enjoy my brand new 50" LED HDTV I got from Walmart and how that whole capitalism thing helped me purchase it for only $399, let us not forget Plasma is still King in 2014. It was obviously clear that Venezuelan who wanted a Sony Plasma TV, in 2014 no less, was retarded. I mean come on! Everybody knows Sony stopped making Plasma TV years ago... Even though Plasma TVs are still the BEST in Image quality. Too bad for Sony. Their lost! Stupid!

Thank you for your important input regarding that crucial Venezuelan point, above and beyond basic stuff like higher food price and a crash and burn economy...

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Quote from: Wilikon on November 16, 2013, 12:16:32 AM

Quote from: lucaspm98 on November 15, 2013, 04:20:57 PM

Ridiculous, socialism has been proven time and time again to fail. People keep falling for the same mistakes, if you don't learn from history you are doomed to repeat it.

I agree. Plasma TVs are a terrible choice in 2013 Wink

Sorry for the necro-post, but I couldn't resist: in 2013 plasmas were THE BEST choice for quality TVs, same picture quality as best OLEDs, at a fraction of the price.
The problem is with the article saying someone wanted a 'Sony plasma', which is retarded: Sony quit the plasma business years ago, at that time it was still possible
to buy Panasonics (very good), but now only Samsung (still good) and LG (meh). Sorry for not reading the whole thread, maybe someone already pointed out the oddities.

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man, what is it with those central/south american countries and violence and contraband? it's like most governments either have too much control on the people (like venezuela), or not enough control on its people (like mexico).

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/16/us-venezuela-funerals-idUSKBN0ER1IN20140616?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt

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This is one interesting article I found while browsing for news about Venezuela.

Sorry to see that this thread is no longer updated and most poeple are focused only on Ukraine.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/venezuela-pays-price-for-smuggling-1402271308

When controlling the price of goods backfires:

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With its heavy intervention in the economy, Venezuela now imports three-quarters of what it consumes but loses a third of its goods to illegal cross-border trade, its government estimates. Some economists say Caracas exaggerates the smuggling problem to mask its own inability to keep supermarkets stocked.

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Quote from: practicaldreamer on May 12, 2014, 08:25:57 AM

Quote from: Wilikon on May 09, 2014, 05:33:48 PM

The most amazing thing is, whether you question my motives, if I am getting paid or not, is the total lack of the "big media" covering the situation in Venezuela... No matter your political position.

I might ask the same question about the Lonmin mine deaths near Johannesburg Wilikon.

Don't simply ask. Share it. Post it. Let people know about any event you believe is not covered well enough. I am thanking you for letting me know about that subject, without questioning your motivations or how big the check you got from the National Union of Mineworkers was...

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Quote from: Wilikon on May 09, 2014, 05:33:48 PM

The most amazing thing is, whether you question my motives, if I am getting paid or not, is the total lack of the "big media" covering the situation in Venezuela... No matter your political position.

Although isolated deaths are occurring, the rate of increase in the death toll has been slowed down in Venezuela. Now the MSM is mostly focusing on Ukraine, with most of the remaining time and space taken up by the Syrian conflict. We can say that the Venezuela riots have been overshadowed by the Ukrainian crisis and the Syrian civil war.

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