tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post8391055053154217933..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Not so random thoughts on Electrodomesticonacht Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-33216094998323638492013-11-13T21:13:34.531+01:002013-11-13T21:13:34.531+01:00"But in chavismo they want to protect you aga..."But in chavismo they want to protect you against yourself"...please replace chavismo with socialism/communism/or any other "ism" from the left...that is the left call in life to protect you from yourself...and to do it with somebody else's money...Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12981548916797058549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77108006328183984822013-11-13T05:55:47.210+01:002013-11-13T05:55:47.210+01:00Excellent post. I am glad I came across your blog...Excellent post. I am glad I came across your blog in researching the events with Daka this weekend. Definitely going to add you to my reading list.Patrick Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322645569799125257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-52842253376684312912013-11-11T19:41:57.398+01:002013-11-11T19:41:57.398+01:00The line will get much longer in the front doors o...The line will get much longer in the front doors of Venezuela's STATE STORES after all the PRIVATE OWNED STORES dissappeared. These thieves will no longer be able to steal but BEG for the stuffs.<br />1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20311129574661758582013-11-11T19:05:05.061+01:002013-11-11T19:05:05.061+01:00Having a home in Venezuela, but living in the U.S....Having a home in Venezuela, but living in the U.S. and reading most of the news media lately, it appears that the media would like us all to believe that a revolution isn't far a way. What do the other readers here on this blog site think...the people (the great folks of Venezuela) think is going to happen within the boarders of your beautiful country? Also, need I be concerned with owning property there, but not currently living there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-60049795429180016712013-11-11T15:43:24.061+01:002013-11-11T15:43:24.061+01:00They do not need an enabling law for that, just to...They do not need an enabling law for that, just to create enough tax brackets......Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20911181374727812152013-11-11T10:35:04.151+01:002013-11-11T10:35:04.151+01:00And now Maduro announces that if the Enabling law ...And now Maduro announces that if the Enabling law is passed he will set minimum and maximum profit margins.<br /><br />Seems like the Giordani faction has the upper hand, por ahora...........<br /><br />Roberto NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-11594935928856671192013-11-11T05:39:32.965+01:002013-11-11T05:39:32.965+01:00Javier Here
You are right, many people, I guess so...Javier Here<br />You are right, many people, I guess some waiting in line to buy, thought of these grabbers not looters but robbers, which is a good thing. I wish there was a way to start putting names on that video that captured all these robbers so their friends and family would know El Suscritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490014150778747927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38746974854673462392013-11-11T04:49:44.399+01:002013-11-11T04:49:44.399+01:00Quite some products are as expensive or more expen...Quite some products are as expensive or more expensive at the state shops. Miguel (Devilsexcrement) was talking about them...obviously, there is a huge mafia there then.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4745488241142152162013-11-11T03:46:49.708+01:002013-11-11T03:46:49.708+01:00I don't know, I would never go to a state owne...I don't know, I would never go to a state owned store. Also they sell chinese junk, I rather go for the Japanese, Korean or US stuff.<br /><br />Again, it is irrelevant whether Daka was expensive: nobody forced anyone to go there to shop. But in chavismo they want to protect you against yourself....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-33692325887658266162013-11-11T03:30:45.711+01:002013-11-11T03:30:45.711+01:00Is it true that prices at the state-owned stores w...Is it true that prices at the state-owned stores were comparable to Daka?GeronLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145189615256636055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-28291643704537156142013-11-11T02:50:25.438+01:002013-11-11T02:50:25.438+01:00Well, after ten years of blogging one develops cer...Well, after ten years of blogging one develops certain skills. Though spelling and grammar may not be the ones.....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-46502873504591841282013-11-11T00:41:26.610+01:002013-11-11T00:41:26.610+01:00Maduro and Giordani truly think that they are doin...<i>Maduro and Giordani truly think that they are doing great and that if the currency has gone from 1 to 0,01 in 15 years it is not because of their lousy policies but because they have been sabotaged all along.Never does it cross their minds that if it where [were] so easy to sabotage an economy Al Qaeda would have bankrupted the USA long ago.</i><br /><br />Zinger! You tell your tales - not "otro cuento de vaqueros" - with a rapier wit.Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-89349859705436508492013-11-11T00:21:01.235+01:002013-11-11T00:21:01.235+01:00With no electricity, those stolen electronics will...With no electricity, those stolen electronics will make better paperweights. Oh, I forgot there is no paper either. As we lose power daily, and have been without today for about 4 hours and counting, I lean more to these events over the last two days as being more for diversions and distractions than any real attack at speculators...whatever that means. Desperate tactics from desperate people. May the end come quickly.<br /><br />concernedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-67812561246758715232013-11-10T22:33:54.821+01:002013-11-10T22:33:54.821+01:00But people courts have already been proposed!!!!!!...But people courts have already been proposed!!!!!!!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-56538730001976359882013-11-10T21:47:34.428+01:002013-11-10T21:47:34.428+01:00Didn't I comment in a previous post that the c...Didn't I comment in a previous post that the cucuteño is a thief? Poofs are accumulating by the day. As an aside, I would really be surprised that sharia law could be declared one day in Venezuela, too many people would be unable to do the military salute anymore.charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25052164494202741982013-11-10T19:41:33.708+01:002013-11-10T19:41:33.708+01:00This morning I went to our local supermarket in El...This morning I went to our local supermarket in El Tirano and low & behold vodka that was Bs.480 on Thursday was Bs.266 this morning with a limit of 2 per person.<br />Obviously old stock that they had marked up & were afraid that INDEPABIS would catch them.<br />Looks good on them.Island Canucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-3736840257206242762013-11-10T19:28:24.173+01:002013-11-10T19:28:24.173+01:00I think we can safely say that without a question ...I think we can safely say that without a question we're now zimbabwe with oil (which in fact is sadder because even though we have lots of oil we're on the same path).<br /><br />Unlike zimbabwe, we do not have an "inflation police" (yet), but the speeches and actions of the last 48 hours seem to work along that direction. Its like our implicit libreta de racionamiento, we don't have one as cuba, and yet we're limited to how many items one can buy on a store<br /><br />Now, new targets have been announced, JVG, IMGEVE, Direct Import, Dorsay, if I recall correctly, those were announced by INDEPABIS, and Maduro told yesteday on cadena that "not only electric appliances businesses are on this, food businesses too", add to that the statements (I think also from maduro) that "this is just the tip of the iceberg" and voila!<br /><br />I see the potential beneficial effects for chavismo/madurismo of this tactic as follows:<br /><br />- pressure release valve: instead of having a full blown caracazo, they rather be the ones that start it in order to avoid being consumed, and they are the ones guiding the movement to the next targets, chosen for tht purpose<br /><br />- improving the "sensacion de bienestar" (wellbeing) of the people, by having a brand new 50" tv on your house, or the big bucks made by selling the loot, should diminish even a tiny bit the pressure on the government related to the peoples discomfort, pan y circo at is best<br /><br />- smoke curtain: waiting for the next target and thinking what to loot or what to do with the loot makes people distracted from the true problems, although not that this really matters because this has been a government's favorite tactic since forever<br /><br />- if the looting goes out of control, they can always size the opportunity to suspend elections, and worse, suspension de garantias, and they will do as they please, specially against whatever they perceive as opposition.<br /><br />May this situation turn against the government? certainly<br /><br />- let's assume that the looting having place now is against non-enchufado owned stores, what will happen if the looting gets spontaneous and enchufado-owned stores are looted as well? then it'll be a free-for-all, caracazo style.<br /><br />- what if food supplying businesses are targeted? then a severe shortage of food might be created and the black market for food will soar even more, when people's food stock is gone and getting new one is close to impossible, then the situation will blow like it has never been seen before in venezuela.<br /><br />- let's say the looting continues and the operation is miscalculated, then the sensacion de bienestar may fade too quick for the government to take advantage of it on the 8D elections (but every day it passes it seems that the government cares less and less about that outcome)<br /><br />- if indeed this is a mafia war between factions of chavismo, then it's only a matter of time until someone gets really really mad for getting served and a literal mafia war may occur.<br /><br />In conclusion, this seems as an all-or-nothing strategy, just like igniting the Saturn V, if it works, it'll take you to the moon (succesfull cubanization of venezuela), if it doesn't, it'll be a blowup only second to an actual nuclear blast.kernel_panicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-35866337060078650182013-11-10T19:26:22.649+01:002013-11-10T19:26:22.649+01:00All of the happenings of the past days have made m...All of the happenings of the past days have made me review the history of kristalnacht and the development of the Nazi justice system leading to the ultimate horror of the January 20, 1942 Wannsee conference which formulated the final solution. Is history repeating itself? The similarities are frightening. All that is needed now is the development of "people's courts" ......<br /><br />On 20 August 1942, Hitler promoted Otto Georg Thierack to Reich Justice Minister, replacing the retiring Schlegelberger, and named Freisler to succeed Thierack as president of the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof). This court, set up outside the frame of law, had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offences", including black marketeering, work slowdowns, and defeatism. These actions were viewed by Freisler's court as Wehrkraftzersetzung (undermining defensive capability) and were accordingly punished severely, the death penalty being meted out in numerous cases. The People's Court almost always sided with the prosecution, to the point that being brought before it was tantamount to a death sentence. Not surprisingly, it was viewed as a kangaroo court.<br /><br />Where is Venezuela on this path????<br /><br />Caracas CanadianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47048848994826382252013-11-10T19:19:29.051+01:002013-11-10T19:19:29.051+01:00Could teh Daka legalise dlooting have been an inte...Could teh Daka legalise dlooting have been an intentional ploy to defuse the #9N?Span Owshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144861546996033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61758929482173392382013-11-10T17:38:39.183+01:002013-11-10T17:38:39.183+01:00The regime's actions went further than affront...The regime's actions went further than affronting private businesses, even if it was a staged action in concert with Daka owners et al. Masburro and his clan wanted to A. send a message: Electrodomésticos trump autoconvocatoria. and B. show how the population runs, bends to the government's will. If in the process, the government manages to break down social morals, then all the better for it; the society will be weaker because of it.<br /><br />For me, it all smacks of pre-planning on a larger scale, the likes of which the opposition forces, be they grass roots or not, are incapable of overcoming. Por ahora.<br /><br />The next few weeks will reveal more. sydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57059185129683034622013-11-10T17:32:27.475+01:002013-11-10T17:32:27.475+01:00A video being posted everywhere this morning is sh...A video being posted everywhere this morning is showing 2 groups.<br />The thieves & those that were waiting to buy.<br />The second group is really angry with the first group with lots of name calling & destroying of stolen merchandise.<br /><br />http://youtu.be/3D4Zktt_dCEIsland Canucknoreply@blogger.com