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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Poll Chart: Too Much Noise, Not Enough Signal
Quico says: You asked for it, you got it:Click to expand A few things to note: IVAD is more and more “the government pollster.” A month before the 2007 constitutional reform referendum, they had the Sí ahead 64%-28%. This time … Continue reading
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Poll Chart: Too Much Noise, Not Enough Signal
Quico says: You asked for it, you got it:Click to expand A few things to note: IVAD is more and more “the government pollster.” A month before the 2007 constitutional reform referendum, they had the Sí ahead 64%-28%. This time … Continue reading
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Stagflation’s just another word for Catch-22
Quico says: One vital question that’s getting virtually no attention is what the correct policy response would be to the economic crisis likely to hit Venezuela later this year. By all accounts, we’re looking at a recession, with economic activity … Continue reading
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Stagflation’s just another word for Catch-22
Quico says: One vital question that’s getting virtually no attention is what the correct policy response would be to the economic crisis likely to hit Venezuela later this year. By all accounts, we’re looking at a recession, with economic activity … Continue reading
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PDVSA Maula
Quico says: This Dow Jones wire story, by-lined Raúl Gallegos, makes for compelling reading. The entire thing is really quite stunning, but if I had to pick just a couple of grafs: Oil company executives say PdVSA stopped paying service … Continue reading
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PDVSA Maula
Quico says: This Dow Jones wire story, by-lined Raúl Gallegos, makes for compelling reading. The entire thing is really quite stunning, but if I had to pick just a couple of grafs: Oil company executives say PdVSA stopped paying service … Continue reading
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Anything is possible in a country…
…where even the bagres are climbers.
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Anything is possible in a country…
…where even the bagres are climbers.
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Huffo-ing and puffing
Quico says: The Parable of the Leaves is up on Huffo. Take a minute to write a comment over there, would you?
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EIA Settles the Matter
Quico says: The US Department of Energy’s well regarded Energy Information Administration has just put out its latest Country Analysis Brief on Venezuela. After acknowledging methodological and opacity concerns (even they can’t figure out what “other liquids” means!) the EIA … Continue reading
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EIA Settles the Matter
Quico says: The US Department of Energy’s well regarded Energy Information Administration has just put out its latest Country Analysis Brief on Venezuela. After acknowledging methodological and opacity concerns (even they can’t figure out what “other liquids” means!) the EIA … Continue reading
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Two nuggets of truth from my inbox
Juan Cristobal says: – Excerpts from some email conversations I had yesterday. ————— From: Juan CristobalTo: My friend Roger, roger@deepinsidechavistabureaucracy.gob.veSubject: What have you heard? Dude,Tell me about the Referendum. Is it true that they are telling government workers they have … Continue reading
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Two nuggets of truth from my inbox
Juan Cristobal says: – Excerpts from some email conversations I had yesterday. ————— From: Juan CristobalTo: My friend Roger, roger@deepinsidechavistabureaucracy.gob.veSubject: What have you heard? Dude,Tell me about the Referendum. Is it true that they are telling government workers they have … Continue reading
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The elevator speech
Juan Cristobal says: Imagine you’re working to get someone elected and you run into an undecided voter in an elevator. You have thirty seconds to convince this voter to support your candidate before she gets off. What do you tell … Continue reading
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The elevator speech
Juan Cristobal says: Imagine you’re working to get someone elected and you run into an undecided voter in an elevator. You have thirty seconds to convince this voter to support your candidate before she gets off. What do you tell … Continue reading
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