A "Superior Electoral Offer"
I guess this is what Oscar Schemel is talking about when he drones on and on about how we need a "superior electoral offer." On some level, deep...
Another ad meets Chabuki watch
Since we’re fair and balanced, time to show some Government ads. This one seems particularly effective. From what we hear, the message that an oppo majority means chaos has...
Another Ad: I Hate It, So It's Probably Brilliant
I can hardly overstate my visceral revulsion at this kind of vapid, contentless pap…so, trusting my finely tuned Backwards Populism Radar, I’m sure it’ll be crushingly effective: http://www.youtube.com/v/BhntRGef2eo?fs=1&hl=en_US
481 Years on, We Salute the Maracucho Nation
The 481st Anniversary of the founding of Maracaibo is a perfect excuse to repost this classic Brian Nelson hatchet job on that Pit-of-Pestilence-by-a-Heavily-Polluted-Lake y’all call home… Some fun...
A Modest Proposal
These days, the government faces two seemingly intractable crises: there are far too many guns in the streets, and there are far too few bonds in the BCV-regulated SITME...
On Ballot Stuffing, I'm a Glass-99.86%-Full Kind of Guy
On this blog, we’ve always stressed the difference between "Hard Rigging" an election – actual, Persian-style numerical fraud – and "Soft Rigging" it through an accumulation of unfair...
Another Ad, Don't Vote!
The best ad of the season, so far, is this Don’t Vote! ad, pa que cojan mínimo los abstencionistas. http://www.youtube.com/v/CA5IPFSDVcs?fs=1&hl=en_US The ad was put out by the...
Another ad, Aminta and the gang
A reader sends me a series of ads the opposition MUD is putting out. In them, ordinary Venezuelans speak directly to an over-zealous camera to talk about the...
Carlos Escarrá: Yeah, we're Communists
The video of this interview of chavista head-honcho Carlos Escarrá is pretty illuminating. After weeks, months even, denying they are communists and demonizing people who, like Caracas’...
With Respect
Hunger striking is a peculiar form of protest. Superficially a desperate plea for recognition from those with power over us, its logic hinges, paradoxically, on the striker’s recognition...
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