Hello, fat man!
Katy says: Every Monday I get in my inbox the abridged transcript from the previous day’s political reality show, “Hello, Mr. President!” While I wouldn’t be caught dead...
Life
The French Dieterich
Quico says: I’m starting to think of Bernard Henri-Lévy as the French Heinz Dieterich: a writer who combines deep insights with flashes of baffling idiocy in seemingly random...
Keller says
Quico says: Keller’s first quarter poll slides are making the rounds, and I took the liberty of translating the most interesting one below. (Click to enlarge:) In other...
Dato mata paja
Quico says: So, Minister Rodríguez Chacín, care to guess which is the only large economy in the region that has deepened its dependence on the US market since...
Dear Enemy, here's your $80 million...lets do this again tomorrow.
Quico says: More and more, I think the defining trait of chavismo is its penchant for deforming language; the capacity of words to transmit meanings that correspond to...
I say six
Katy says: The Catholic Church has announced a list of seven “social” sins, to add to its list of seven Cardinal sins. They are: 1. “Bioethical’ violations such...
The SSOT scenario
Katy says: Last week’s bizarre diplomatic/military crisis left many uncovered manholes. One of the biggest comes from the information supposedly contained in Raul Reyes’ computer, showing the deep...
Things that make you go plop
Quico says: From the Wall Street Journal’s perdida-less exposé on Franklin Duran, of Venoco and Maletazo fame: Mr. [Guido] Antonini even drove a Porsche Boxster with a bumper...
Caption Competition, Rio Group Style
Quico says: Is it just me, or did that meeting today make no sense at all? After a half-day summit where they called one another everything from green-belly...
La Vanguardia deconstructs Chávez's Mechanized Reality Show
Quico says: Have you noticed yet? I love good journalism. There isn’t much that gives me a bigger thrill than finding a perfectly crafted bit of reporting. Like,...
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