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This whole idea of reclaiming the motherland sounds a bit suspect, but I can't imagine it has ever gone wrong historically.

The Beaverton is my only source for Canadian news.

Trudeau brags about having perfect gender balance among people he’s thrown under bus

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Posted by: FLATCH

BCHydro was one thing, but now Gordo got caught with his hand up someone’s skirt?

Well, he got that ambassadorship after a DUI, I suspect he's going to be knighted now.

It must be nice to be able to fail your way to success.

Posted by: tungsten

You'll have to click the link to access the bolded hot links... https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/15/the-siege-of-venezuela-and-the-travails-of-empire/

What a rabbit hole.  Don't you get a little suspicious the CounterPunch and GlobalResearch just link to each other to back up their claims?  They use a lot of dodgy sources too.  What makes you think they are reliable?  It is so hard to find any sources to back their claims that it is like reverse engineering a research paper based on stats from various Twitter feeds.  

I am not going lie, I don't know much about Venezuela, but I do know that when a country is going through an extreme shortage of basic needs and a mass exodus into neighboring countries, the incumbent doesn't usually get 68% of the vote for his/her bang-up job leading the nation.  It is also troubling that the turnout of the vote dropped by almost half from the election before.  

Something stinks in Caracas my friend and it can't all be pinned on Uncle Sam.

Posted by: tungsten

I only root for the Russkies insomuch as they are a fly in the buttermilk of Amerikan hegemony. My "support" of Russia/Putin is more nuanced than you'll admit because it's easier to bash me otherwise

This is why you are a fool.  You hold America to a high standard, as we all should, but you don't hold the opposing forces to any standard whatsoever and you are blind to the fact that despite its flaws, western media is the freest in the world.  Maduro dissolved the national assembly which is what dictators do to stay in power, but you just assume he would hold fair elections?.  Why?  What in his past would make you believe that?  He is fully corrupt and nothing the west does changes that fact.  American bad guys could be in the streets with CNN right now claiming the country actually wants Geraldo Rivera to lead them, but that doesn't change the FACT that Maduro/Chevez have been a total disaster to the country.  People are leaving in the largest mass migration on the planet, and it's not because of Canada.

Posted by: tungsten

A bunch of videos bla bla

I actually never mentioned the election, I said he has subverted democracy which is the plain truth. I also said that I am fully aware that the US messes with other countries leadership and both can exist in the same universe, so you are just setting up a strawman.

You, my friend, are predictable. If Russia supports it, so do you. Why I don't know, but it could have something to do with your belief that the "mainstream news" always lies. Of course, that must mean that Putin, Jinping, and Erdogan are valued sources of truth.

So that is great that there was a line of tens of old people that love Maduro. Cool story bro.

Is it not possible that the US aims to make Venezuela capitalism-friendly using typical CIA "methods" AND that Maduro is illegitimate?  I have no reason to trust America's intentions in South America, but I don't trust Russia and China in this regard either.  Maduro's government is a total disaster and he has obviously subverted democracy to win the election.  I know your default opinion is whatever Russia supports but that election is highly suspect.  From what I have seen it is difficult to pull off a second term when people across your country are starving, so I have my doubts that a halfwit like Maduro pulled it off.

Posted by: Adam-West

we expected a bit of wind but none showed up.

I only ask because I camped in a similar location once.  The view was great and we had a million stars above us but it howled that night and we did not prepare as you did.

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Posted by: FLATCH

Bruno Gerussi was the town drunk when I was a kid.

You're from the Coast too? I remember seeing him drag himself out of an old piece of shit Civic at Sunnycrest and thinking "Holy shit Nick! What happened?"

Born and raised. Bruno used to have a regular table at the Omega restaurant. I saw him pissed there a fare bit. I remember when they blew up a boat in the harbour for a shot during Sea Cavalcade. Blew out a number of windows around the government wharf.

I grew up in Pender so I was unaware that he was a mess.  I just assumed he was a rich guy living on a hillside mansion somewhere drinking aged whiskey with Relic.

Posted by: Adam-West

Snow? What snow?

Are the trucks your wind blockers?