[DUMBGRUNT]

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery. Thou’art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy’or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

John Donne

[tinyowl]

Socialism is a war crime against one’s own people. When it comes to the leaders -> it’s deliberate, they know exactly where it leads. You have to be very dumb or very sociopathic to support socialism. Still maybe not quite clear which Cortez is. I suspect both.

[FatherofFive]

They just don’t know how to do Socialism. We’ll get it right. Better than Cuba. Better than Zimbabwe

[ConjunctionJunction]

Only 22 pounds at age 19????

[TigersEye]

Venezuelans voted for socialism, that is to say, this is an example of "democratic socialism."

It is easy to vote socialism in but the only way out is to shoot your way out!

[jonsie]

Thanks for reminding me of that lovely sonnet from my college days. Eternity beats death!

[blueplum]

did I read right that the 19yo was 22lbs? and she was in a care center prior to being thrown out because of no power?

[Slyfox]

Venezuela sounds like one big concentration camp.

[PghBaldy]

Given how many threats the US has made recently (Bolton & Pompeo), I do not know who is behind these power outages.

[Seruzawa]

I can think of a very good use for some precision munitions about now.

[Dogbert41]

[knighthawk]

And the Dems want to do the same to the USA...

[joma89]

Folks, if you are not prepping for this potential reality happening in the US, you are wrong. Prepare, folks. Leftists want you dead and starvation is as effective as a bullet to the head. Stalin proved that with the holodomor in Ukraine.

JoMa

[Vermont Lt]

I am sorry for this woman’s loss. But it’s not worth one US soldier’s life.

I’ve heard the “we will be treated as liberators” before. Call me heartless, but everyone should be hands off. That is the message we need to send around the world.