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How bad is it in Venezuela? Soldiers are stealing goats
CNBC ^ | May 4, 2016 | Fred Imbert

Posted on 05/04/2016 10:01:43 AM PDT by C19fan

The situation in Venezuela has become so bad that even soldiers are struggling to support themselves.

Over the weekend, six members of the Venezuelan military were detained by local authorities for stealing goats, the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional reported Sunday. It said the soldiers confessed to stealing the goats and said they did it to feed themselves, since they had no food left in their barracks.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Cuba; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bhosouthamerica; cuba; hugochavez; marxism; nicaragua; nicolasmaduro; russia; southamerica; venezuela
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No food in the barracks...watch out Maduro.
1 posted on 05/04/2016 10:01:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I hate when soldiers steal my goats.


2 posted on 05/04/2016 10:05:57 AM PDT by DannyTN
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How bad is it in Venezuela? Soldiers are stealing goats

Food crimes, or sex crimes...? ;)

3 posted on 05/04/2016 10:06:04 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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Feel the Bern!


4 posted on 05/04/2016 10:07:06 AM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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Cue “screaming goats” video collection.


5 posted on 05/04/2016 10:10:51 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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Elmo song -

“THAT’S BERNIE’S WORLD” !!!


6 posted on 05/04/2016 10:11:19 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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Oh, dear. In a police state the army is usually the last to starve before Bad Things start to happen. In Rome it was the Praetorian Guard, and a wise Emperor kept them very happy...or else.


7 posted on 05/04/2016 10:11:37 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Based on economics, my guess would be if food is scarce and the economy sucks, there will be an increase in supply of prostitutes and a decrease in the demand for prostitutes.

So probably just food crimes.


8 posted on 05/04/2016 10:12:12 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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I don’t care.

Chavez and Maduro aren’t aliens from outer-space sent to conquer Venezuela. They are from that country and reflect its culture. In the past, they would have rec’d great support for their tyranny from the Soviet Union, but this is no longer the case. For the great part, Venezuelans chose this for themselves.

It seems many Latinos have the Caudillo, collectivist mind-set preprogrammed into them. They should get to enjoy the direct fruits of their thinking - long and hard.

At least their stupidity can be a lesson to others in the world.


9 posted on 05/04/2016 10:13:23 AM PDT by PGR88
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...stealing goats...

Foraging, not stealing.

10 posted on 05/04/2016 10:13:54 AM PDT by Stentor ("Hiding behind 'conservative' while America goes down the toilet is not acceptable anymore." LS)
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Hey, under socialism, the goats are free anyway, right?

At least that's the way Bernard Sanders is selling it.

11 posted on 05/04/2016 10:13:59 AM PDT by HotHunt
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..So probably just food crimes...

And toilet paper delivery truck hijackings.
Ain’t socialism wonderful?


12 posted on 05/04/2016 10:14:57 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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Food crimes, or sex crimes...? ;)

Yes.

13 posted on 05/04/2016 10:19:37 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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And toilet paper delivery truck hijackings. Ain’t socialism wonderful?

I wonder what they do in Arab socialist countries? Instead of toilet paper delivery truck hijackings, maybe they steal people's severed left hands.
14 posted on 05/04/2016 10:21:42 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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The Soldiers have no food?

I guess that means they aren’t getting paid, either.

Send every American professor to Venezuela for a one year sabbatical.


15 posted on 05/04/2016 10:22:14 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Will somebody please buy these poor girls some food???


16 posted on 05/04/2016 10:27:47 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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“It seems many Latinos have the Caudillo, collectivist mind-set preprogrammed into them. They should get to enjoy the direct fruits of their thinking - long and hard.”

That’s why both the US and Canada have been (until recently) the only two countries predominantly populated by Northern Europeans, and as a consequence, embraced Capitalism. They rest of the Western Hemisphere is run by Southern Europeans (mostly Portugese and Spaniards) and you can see they are Marxist/Socialist in their “leanings.” Without a Donald Trump Presidency, we may continue to sew the seeds of the complete destruction of our two countries. Surely the worthless turd (Trudeau) isn’t a good move to keep Canada in the Capitalist fold. Maybe Trump should consider a Northern Wall as well!


18 posted on 05/04/2016 10:32:44 AM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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Muslims do the same thing....but they usually marry the goats first. What do the Venezuelans do with them????
19 posted on 05/04/2016 10:33:39 AM PDT by mastertex
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My favorite socialism joke:

A politician was trying to explain to a farmer the wonderful benefits he would have under Socialism and tells him “Under Socialism, if someone has two tractors and someone else has none, we take one of the tractors from the person who has two and give it to the person who has none, see?”

The Farmer smiles happily and nods his head yes.

Then the politician says “...and if someone has two cows, and someone else has none, we take one of the cows and give it to the person who has none, see?”

And once again the farmer smiles happily and nods his head Yes.

“And, under socialism, if someone has two chickens and someone else has none, we take one of the chickens away and give it to the person who has none, OK?”

At this the farmer looks very unhappy and shakes his head no...

The Politician look at him surprised and asks “why? He liked the part about the 2 tractors and the 2 cows?”

And the farmer says “yeah, but I have 2 chickens”


20 posted on 05/04/2016 10:51:13 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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