Panic is thine enemy
Recent shenanigans at the National Assembly have created a sense of panic in certain opposition circles. To recap: following the defection (which sounds curiously like defecation) of two...
Politics
Yesterday on NPR: Me and Kimi vs. Every Leftie in the Bay Area
So I was on a Bay area NPR show up against a couple of random chavistas yesterday: you can listen to the recording here. Listen closely at 4:44 to...
A bizarre Goebbelsian spectacle
I don’t have a lot to say about yesterday’s bizarre Goebbelsian spectacle with Diosdado Cabello (of all friggin’ people) accusing Primero Justicia of widespread corruption except that it confirms...
Gran Mision Mad Rush to Catch Up After Years of Broken Promises
Even after the home-buidling boom of the year ahead of the 2012 presidential vote, chavismo still hasn’t caught up with the puntofijo years’ pace… [Hat tip: Transparencia Venezuela.]
Fourteen years on
Oh geez, has it really been fourteen years already? Who knew?! Time flies when your country is going down the toilet. Dígalo ahí, Santos, Cuando empezó la revolución, las...
Annals of historical name-changing
The new Chavista governor of Mérida Alexis Ramírez has decided to roll up his sleeves and do some serious work, with the help of the State Legislature (controlled...
The crowded bandwagon (cont)
Note: Long-time reader Dago takes the Torres/Monaldi/Morales/Rodríguez proposal for handing out oil rents to citizens and then taxing them, and frames it in an interesting, approachable way. He...
Games people play
When the final chapter in chavismo is written (and I’m one of the few that think this will happen sooner than most think) one of its most glaring...
Local elections to be postponed (Updated)
The CNE is set to announce that the date for the already-delayed municipal elections is to be moved again, this time from May 26th to July 14th. The...
The #1 Defender of Diosdado Cabello’s Rights
Opposition Twitter celebrity Diego Arria is mad as MUD, and he’s not gonna take it anymore. He is frustrated that the opposition umbrella group (following its leader, Henrique...
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