Woman, 80, trampled to death in Venezuelan supermarket stampede

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/11832443/Woman-80-trampled-to-death-in-Venezuelan-supermarket-stampede.html ^ | By Reuters 5:16AM BST 29 Aug 2015 | By Reuters 5:16AM BST 29 Aug 2015

[Kartographer]

An 80-year-old Venezuelan woman died, possibly from trampling, in a scrum outside a state supermarket selling subsidized goods, the opposition and media said on Friday. The melee at the store in Sabaneta, the birthplace of former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was the latest such incident in the South American nation where economic hardship and food shortages are creating long queues and scuffles.

The opposition Democratic Unity coalition said Maria Aguirre died and another 75 people were injured – including five security officials – in chaotic scenes when National Guard troops sought to control a 5,000-strong crowd with teargas.

“Due to the shortage of food … the desperation is enormous,” local opposition politician Andres Camejo said, according to the coalition’s website. It published a photo of an elderly woman’s body lying inert on a concrete floor.

Camejo said thieves had also attacked the crowd, members of which were seeking to buy cheap food on offer at an outlet of the state’s Mercal supermarket chain in Barinas state.

[Flick Lives]

Socialism: you wait for bread
Capitalism: bread wait for you

[Secret Agent Man]

People need to save themselves from communism before it gets this desperate.

[SkyDancer]

Welcome to the socialism of Venezuela ....

[867V309]

People need to save themselves from communism before it gets this desperate.

Know what? This is the goal of the elites.

Anybody who pokes the eye of the elite is a fighter for me. Wonder who does that?

[beethovenfan]

Ain’t communism wonderful?

[NonValueAdded]

So by all means, vote for Bernie!

[onedoug]

Bolivar vendría dar la vuelta en su tumba.

[GeronL]

When some bureaucrat is in charge of all imports and payment schedules (nobody getting paid)

You know starvation is coming

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

And what if, via Executive Order, Obama declares all gold ownership, sale, or transfer to be illegal, just as FDR did in 1933?
When my grandmother passed away, I helped my father clean out her house (I was a pre teen then). She lived through the Depression and the gold ban. There were gold coins hidden everywhere, in books, boxes,etc everywhere. Guess she never turned them in!
No one will turn their gold in, but rather use it under the table as currency. There will be a currency, it is necessary.

[justa-hairyape]

No blood for oil. .... Oops. Wrong situation..... Wait a minute.....

[jy8z]

They are finger printing anyone who buys food.

The best they can do with me is to photograph the backside of my very large middle finger.

[demshateGod]

Prepping will only get you so far. When your neighbors find out you got some good stuff, you’ll thank me.

[familyop]

"Anybody who pokes the eye of the elite is a fighter for me. Wonder who does that?"

No one of mankind.

[PA Engineer]

"When civilization ends, it ends fast"

Fear the Walking Socialists

[GeronL]

Who could tell. It is very possible the whole vote count was fraudulent.

[Vermont Lt]

It’s coming here no matter who is in the White House. It’s the Congress that has to act, and they are all beholden to K street—be the D or R.

We can pick up the pieces, but it will be a while.

[867V309]

"Anybody who pokes the eye of the elite is a fighter for me. Wonder who does that?"

No one of mankind.

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Hmmm. Trump called Huma's husband Weener a perv.

That's flying pretty close to the flame.

[PA Engineer]

Care to say who that is?

?

Liquid Smoke. Don't drop and break the bottle on your kitchen floor. Your entire house will smell like a wood stove back draft.

You can probably find it in the local spice section of your grocery store.

[Kartographer]

"Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working." "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty Klingon."
Quark from: The Siege of AR-558 Star Trek Deep Space Nine

[familyop]

Home invasions would be done mainly in cities and not happen for long. With fuel very expensive if not virtually impossible to get, invasions against homes far from cities would not be feasible. Rural people also know their own places very well, have relatively well secured places and are nearly all armed. As for the “without-rule-of-law” fantasy, laws have always been and always will be. And the less law enforcement, the more brutal punishments await thieves, kidnappers and murderers.