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"Now There's Not Even Soap" Maduro Heads To China To 'Save' Socialist Utopia Venezuela
Zero Hedge ^ | 1/4/15

Posted on 01/04/2015 6:37:55 PM PST by Kartographer

Social media is awash with striking images of #EmptyShelvesInVenezuela (#AnaquelesVaciosEnVenezuela) as the evaporation of basic human staples such as toilet paper has now been hyperinflated to total chaos at warehouses and supermarkets. As President Maduro decries the loss of $100 oil "stability", vowing to return oil prices to their rightful places (and heads to China for help), lines reach for miles for milk and soap... and the people defy governmental bans on photographing empty market shelves... "We couldn't find shampoo, so we washed our hair with soap. Now there's not even soap."

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Government
KEYWORDS: china; maduro; oilprice; socialism; tp; venezuela
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I guess they ran out of other peoples money.
1 posted on 01/04/2015 6:37:55 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer
I guess they ran out of other peoples money.

BINGO.
You've hit the proverbial nail on the head.

2 posted on 01/04/2015 6:39:28 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...
Preppers' PING!!


3 posted on 01/04/2015 6:40:55 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Reminds me I should stock up on more TP!


4 posted on 01/04/2015 6:41:59 PM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: Kartographer

I’m really surprised that asshat Obama hasn’t already jumped in the middle of this giving Maduro what he needs out of our pockets to prop him up.


5 posted on 01/04/2015 6:42:00 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: Kartographer

It is true: “socialism works until you run out of someone else’s money.” Now the clown Maduro is looking for a source of “someone else’s money.” The idiot is a silly, silly fool, a dangerous fool as are all dictators.


6 posted on 01/04/2015 6:42:51 PM PST by Fungi (Fungi--the reason we have antibiotics, cheese, bread, and wine.)
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To: Kartographer

I was thinking of vacationing in Venezuela, right after my vacation in Syria. After that, I head off to Somolia.


7 posted on 01/04/2015 6:43:12 PM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: rockinqsranch

Obama is to busy working to bring Maduro’s plan here to America.


8 posted on 01/04/2015 6:43:37 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Twotone
Reminds me I should stock up on more TP!

TP only works if you have food you can poop.

9 posted on 01/04/2015 6:44:03 PM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: Kartographer

Well, at least the store shelves are clean, that’s utopian isn’t it?


10 posted on 01/04/2015 6:44:26 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Lazamataz
The important part of your post: I 'head off' to Somolia.
11 posted on 01/04/2015 6:45:02 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Fungi

Well over 60% of America wants this. They vote for socialists in both parties every election.


12 posted on 01/04/2015 6:45:40 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (1`)
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To: Lazamataz

Will trade TP for food! ;-)


13 posted on 01/04/2015 6:46:34 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Collectivism survives as long as there are handouts from larger sponsor states.


14 posted on 01/04/2015 6:47:43 PM PST by lurk
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Collectivism survives as long as there are handouts from larger sponsor states.

Which is why Cuba went looking for a new buddy.

15 posted on 01/04/2015 6:49:07 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Kartographer

Even Russia and Cuba weren’t this bad.


16 posted on 01/04/2015 6:52:18 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Kartographer

When one is socialist, TP is food.


17 posted on 01/04/2015 6:52:20 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (1`)
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To: Kartographer

When will they ever learn?


18 posted on 01/04/2015 6:53:19 PM PST by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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“...*MADURO SAYS PLANS ON DEVELOPING OIL PRICE STRATEGY ON TRIP...”
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The clueless El Presidente Maduro apparently is too stupid to realize that part of OPEC’s strategy is to put up with low oil prices so countries such as Venezuela will be bankrupt and not have the means to develop their potential oil resources. Mr Maduro, face it, you’ve run out of other people’s money and nobody wants to give you any more to carry your beloved “workers’ paradise” that you’ve created.


19 posted on 01/04/2015 6:55:19 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: Kartographer

This is what happens when pour people get a hold of soaps and shampoos.

They pour too much...and run out...

Not a big deal if you’re an Amway distributor.


20 posted on 01/04/2015 6:55:40 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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