Rough day for those who think elections don’t matter: image
I read that Venezuela's vast oil reserves have not really been developed, and that the regime was siphoning off the 15 percent that it had developed for itself and its cronies, basically transnational criminal organizations, while impoverishing the people. So the US will come in with its oil companies and over a few years get it up to speed and extract/make good use of its plentiful and valuable reserves. I would expect *some* of the profits therefrom to flow to the locals, and conditions there to improve, maybe substantially since it’s starting at a low point. But I very much doubt the locals will see the lion’s share of it — I’d expect most of the wealth to flow to oil companies and the American government entities cutting them in on the deal. I could be wrong about all of this, of course, I get my information from the internet like everyone else. But I see it playing out mostly as a benefit to certain US factions, the US economy to some extent and the Venezuelan economy to some lesser extent. The other big issues with Venezuela are the drug cartel/rogue CIA/foreign intelligence agencies that were benefitting, and if what I’ve gathered is true, they will be disrupted/damaged by this. And Venezuela’s alleged involvement (with rogue CIA and foreign intelligence) in stealing US (and other countries’) elections. If Maduro really does have intel on this and spills the beans, that too would be seismic result of his capture. Draw your own conclusions as to whether this is true, and if so whether that makes Maduro’s capture a good thing. I tend to think it’s net positive and might be, but of course it could also go very wrong.
Don’t confuse weakness or ineffectiveness with virtue.
Today is really the first day of the new year.
The gap between what you imagine you will experience and the actual experience is unbridgeablde.
Was discussing the psychotic justifications for forcing people to inject themselves. Someone said, "They'll say you have to do it for their "immunocompromised" aunt. Does your aunt have money? Because im broke, I.e., "financial-compromised," and she should give me some. No? Why not? Because your financial situation is not her problem.
I don't give two shits if Candace Owens is right or wrong. I just want my government that extorts me for taxes to stop giving her so much material to work with.
You guys inviting the unvaxxed relatives to Thanksgiving this year?
I go running rain or shine, even when I have a cold. It's a way to burn off bad karma.