Posted on 08/06/2015 11:46:13 AM PDT by Kartographer
It was in Macaracuay, in front of a small shopping center called CC Macaracuay which has the misfortune of its grocery store (former C.A.D.A.) become a public shop, Bicentenario after the expropriation of EXITO chain. I drove in front around 7:30 and the line was much bigger. Driving in front again around 10 AM I was so surprised at the remaining extent of the line that I filmed it.
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The Unprepped
short story
http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2015/08/short-story-unprepped.html
The Prepped, short story
http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2015/07/short-story-prepped.html
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
There’s a land that’s fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
And the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There’s a lake of stew
And of whiskey too
You can paddle all around it
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
The jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again
As soon as you are in
There ain’t no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws nor picks
I’m goin’ to stay
Where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
I’ll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
The subsidised gas benefits those who are wealthier or well-connected and can afford cars if course.
Here’s the point where we get to see the great benefit of socialism: Food shortages, long lines, Maduro eats very well.
People are tired of standing in line all day to get something, now they stand in line all day and get nothing.
There is little to nothing on the shelves for the people in these lines.
The socialists want this. It puts the masses in their place.
Thanks for posting. Citizen journalists BUMP!
Venezuela needs more labor Unions. That will fix everything. Just ask Bernie Sanders.
Preppers’ PING!!
to Diana in Wisconsin Post #18 this thread
That’s not chocolate in the rivers.
I am not Mormon, but I take advantage of the LDS Church's prepacked foods with a 30 year shelf life. Top few for stockpiling in my mind:
1. Carbs: I have their spaghetti/macaroni, rice, quick oatmeal, and potato flakes (dried mashed potatoes). I wish they had cornmeal too, just for another source of carbs. We have some, but it's just from the store with a limited shelf-life, and there isn't much of it. Throw in sugar, and you've got enough calories to supplement whatever else you can come up with.
2. Protein: Their dried milk has a 20 year shelf life, which is long enough. It tastes just like regular dried milk. Unfortunately. But it's protein, and it helps in cooking. They have black, white, and pinto beans. Throw in some .22LR ammo for squirrels, and that's a long-term source of protein until we get things stable again.
3. Vegetables: They now have canned carrots (10 year life) and onions. It's enough to offer a little variety and flavor, and a few cases will go a long way in a crisis. Throw in a working garden with seed that can be replanted, and that's enough vitamins to stay healthy, plus lots of variety.
4. Fruit: They have dried apples. It's $9.75 a pound, but again it's variety. Throw in berries in my garden and a few fruit trees, and you have vitamin C, plus sweets.
5. Non-LDS storage. I have a couple hundred cans of ready-to-eat soup. I often have one for lunch, and replace it the next time soup is on sale. In an emergency, a can of soup over a pound of pasta would make a decent meal, and again give as much variety as there are kinds of soup. I have a "30-day supply" of MREs, which would probably be used when under pressure and to extend other foods. We go through 4 jugs of cooking oil a year, and corn oil has a three year shelf life. We have almost a three year supply, and we just take the next one from storage and put a new one in the back. Finally, we have a two-year supply of multivitamins (and I'd go to alternate days on those if needed).
There are other issues besides food, but I'm in good shape when it comes to feeding my family. We (a) store what we eat and eat what we store, (b) look for calories, variety, and nutrition, and (c) watch for shelf-life and ease of preparation to make sure we can cook anything even without electricity or natural gas.
No pie in the sky when we die / we want pie NOW !
Great ideas!
What amazes me is how few people would even THINK to do this, or even KNOW how to grow a simple food crop. I’ll bet your average Joe doesn’t even know where potatoes come from. (Just came in from digging Red Gold taters. Yum!)
However - I watched a documentary the other day titled, ‘Just Eat It’ and while most can’t produce their own food, they sure can waste it!
I am amazed at food waste. The amount of food my family wastes is so small that it's not noticeable in our compost pile. Bread doesn't get moldy if you eat it when it's fresh. Fruit and vegetables don't rot if you eat them when you buy them. Food doesn't get thrown away at the table if people are expected to take small servings and know they can have seconds later if they are still hungry. I still have enough teenagers that leftovers never go bad.
It is immoral to waste food, or anything else, and my kids have accepted that value without us making a big deal about it. In a tight situation, we would already have good habits. In the same situation, many other people couldn't conserve if they thought they were trying to be frugal.
What would really help this situation are more bicycle lanes!
"You've identified yourself publicly as a socialist ... How would you straighten out Venezuela if you were their president ? "
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