Posted on 02/11/2014 11:38:19 AM PST by lowbridge
Last week, we were walking near a Bicentenario (large, government-run markets offering products at reasonable or “friendly” prices) and saw a number of people walk out with cans of milk.
“Hey, look!” said my partner, who’s always on the lookout for these kinds of things, as though she were the one from Cuba.
When we went inside the market, we were somewhat disappointed: there wasn’t a single can of milk left on the shelves, even though purchases are restricted to one can per person.
Someone said to us: “Stay close to the chekout counters. When one person tries to buy two cans, they take one away from them and you can have one of those.”
Team work is always more productive, so I stood in line to buy something while my partner went out to hunt, that is, to stand by the check-outs to see if some unfortunate soul was forced to part with one of their cans of milk.
It took nearly two hours to get to the check-out counter and, during this time, I was able to see and hear a bit of everything.
Standing in line ahead of me was an elderly gentleman who had left his home early in the morning to go shopping at the opposite end of Caracas and had to walk a very long distance to get his hands on some milk for his granddaughter (the child’s father could not take on such a journey, for he was bed-ridden, recovering from a gunshot wound).
While we were talking, a man arrived, stuck his hand into a pile of bags of bread on a shelf and “found” a can of milk. He darted off with it, in the direction of a check-out.
The people in line immediately reacted.
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“Maybe they WANTED to use crowd control pellets.”
Those are plastic or rubber, what was in the photos were plain lead.
The cops went nuts with that buckshot.
“My bet is on hard rubber shot used for crowd control shot at closer than recommended range.”
But I think that is brown, these are the color of lead.
The plastic ones are yellow or white.
There shouldn't be any problem with milk and the people shouldn't have to buy it in cans.
Apparently, the citizens of Venezuela are victims of their own rulers, who apparently decided to regulate and restrict production, distribution, packaging and price.
We in the U.S. are headed there if we don't wake up.
Vacuum pack with oxygen absorbers. Can or glass. You might try getting some from your locale LDS cannery/pantry, a good price and well canned.
Russia had elections the whole time the communists were in control, with 98-99% voter turnout. They were so efficient the people didn’t even have to go to the polls.
If it’s really in a can, it could be evaporated milk.
A country where the laws/regulations make it impossible to even produce toilet paper while imported toilet paper is selling for big bucks.
A Venezuelan blogger recently said starvation was a month away
Apparently, there is a certain mindset of people who think they are in control to just suck all the joy and enjoyment out of life.
We've seen it happen in other places, but apparently don't care when it happens in our city, county, state or nation.
Imagine hanging out for HOURS to buy a can of milk
That's debatable. It depends on the supplier for the Venezuelan authorities plus the shot is covered in blood and bodily fluids so brown or black would be hard to determine unless you actually saw it in person. Judging from the size and condition of the wounds I really doubt lead as that would tear open the victim and there wouldn't be pics of people staring back with large circular objects lodged in their face or body.
The State Government has been dictating the retail price of milk in Pennsylvania since 1934!
There are stories of people who have been pulled over and had their vehicles impounded for bringing in cheaper bootleg milk from Ohio.
True.
By South American standards Venezuela was once a fairly well off country thanks to their oil and natural gas production.
If only their government could spread it out just a little better.
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