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."
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Sounds like a plan.
I guess you're saving North Korea, Zimbabwe and Yemen for next year?
Without guns, people are without power. That is why every dictatorship begins with removal of guns from the hands of the people.
Well, hair washing and showers are overrated.
Laz, Take a case of TP with you as hold baggage. You could score some of the best “hits” of your life in Venezuela.
Maduro and Venezuela finally reached the socialist utopia achieved by East Germany and the Soviet Union.
Sean Penn please pick up your jackass phone. I am calling and want to knock your damn teeth out. Regards you damn Homo.
You forgot North Korea.....
Wear sun screen.
Just spreading the misery.
I’m really surprised that this guy is leaving the country. Does he actually think that the new government will let him back in a free man :)
But seriously, I’m wondering if he’s crazy enough to actually sell China “futures” on his oil, or even sell some rights to the oil fields. Should be interesting...
Look if you dont have food your soon not going to need TP... there kinds of linked
Even Russia and Cuba weren’t this bad.
It depends on “when”. There were clearly times, not that distant, when Cuba and Russia *were* this bad.
I recall, only about 20 years ago, when Cubans were being told not to eat their cows because they were needed to plow the fields, and Cuba had no fuel for its fishing boats.
Please don’t give our resident socialist any ideas. But then again, it’s probably already on his agenda.
Buffalo gourd, soapwort, yucca, and several other plants contain saponins and can be used for soap.
Bidets can reduce the need for TP. If the plumbed-in kind are impossible to get, try a spray bottle. It takes practice.
Hoping I never have to depend on this kind of knowledge, but it’s fun to learn.
You know you’re in Caracas when: you see butt-wipe drying on clothes lines.
A good source of fibre. /sarc
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