Venezuelans report big weight losses in 2017

Reuters ^ | FEBRUARY 21, 2018 | Vivian Sequera

[BeauBo]

Venezuelans reported losing on average 11 kilograms (24 lbs) in body weight last year and almost 90 percent now live in poverty... Venezuelans said they had lost an average of 8 kilograms during 2016.

[BeauBo]

I wish I had that kind of will power.

But seriously, another triumph of Socialism.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Socialism - it may crush personal freedom and create untold human misery, but at least the ladies will be able to fit into their little black dresses.

[goldstategop]

I just mentioned that on the last thread.

When you lose your freedom, you lose the right to defend your life.

Sad that our kids don’t really get what the 2nd Amendment is all about.

An armed people will never be starved to death by their own government.

The AR-15 is our front-line against tyranny.

[BlessedBeGod]

A lot of children there have lost so much weight, they're dead.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

You think the Venezuelan diet would go over well with the Hollywood elites? Winestain could use to lose a cpl. (sp error on porpose)

[BradyLS]

How they like socialism now?

[digger48]

The Bernie Sanders Weight Loss Program

Won’t need to choose between 23 kinds of deodorant when you’re too weak to move enough to sweat

[Nateman]

Venezuelan parents leaving children in orphanages to avoid starvation

[Robert DeLong]

I wish I had that kind of will power.

Just move to Venezuela, having that kind of will power is unavoidable.

[Gene Eric]

Reported by Reuters... oops.

[guido911]

A possible diet plan for Michael Moore?

[Slyfox]

Can’t the millionaire taxi-cab driver share a few of his pesos?

[Hugin]

What a headline. Make mass starvation sound like a new diet plan. How about “Venezuelans Are Starving”?

[SIDENET]

What a headline. Make mass starvation sound like a new diet plan. How about “Venezuelans Are Starving”?

Very good point.

Of course, the outfit that wrote the story was Reuters. No shock there.

[faithhopecharity]

my doctor’s pills sure haven’t worked that well!

[SpaceBar]

The remarkable thing is the absence of any recognition or acknowledgment by the media regarding the true cause of this tragedy. They are in full lockstep tape-over-mouth mode over any mention of the dreaded “S” word that they secretly admire in their respective newsrooms.

[wastoute]

They really figured out how to conquer the modern disease of obesity!

[clearcarbon]

Comrade dictator obama's vision for America is Venezuela.

[snoringbear]

“Socialism - it may crush personal freedom and create untold human misery, but at least the ladies will be able to fit into their little black dresses” Lol, yah, for sure. Wonder how the calorie squeeze could be applied here in the US without the socialism and crashing the economy 🙄?

[Clutch Martin]

Meanwhile in Hollyweird:

I WANT THAT DIET!!!