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AriesWarlock Level 18

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29 minutes ago, Volt said:

That's not really what happened in Venezuela. Aries explained the technicalities of it, but the fact is that Maduro straight up fixed the election and blocked international overseers.

 

Supporting Maduro is outright a bad move, even if you don't support the opposition.

 

As for that second sentence... yeah, pretty much. Especially on Venezuela's case since even back at the Chavez era, if something went wrong there, the US would get the blame for "running interference" even if they had nothing to do with it, so the best move for the US is really to just stay out of that mess.

 

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Ah, I see you are knowledgeable about what's happening there. And that's no surprise. I would dare say the majority of immigration in the last years in Brazil is from Venezuelans, am I correct? And this is not merely politics what I am going to talk about, this is a sociopolitical disaster that has affected the lives of many.

 

it's also true that international overseers are blocked. But when chavez was alive, he didn't allow international overseers, only, the name escapes me right now, but something more like international guests or something like that, and they were not allowed to say ANYTHING. Then WTF is the point if one can't denounce an irregularity in an election? lol.

Chavez always had this dream of making his own Soviet Union with the Americas and the Caribbean. He was following the agenda of the Foro de São Paulo, where all the radical leftists convene on how to advance their communistic ideas, sorry, socialistic. I am sure @Volthas more insight since he gets the news directly about it.

 

 

 

Chavez helped politicians from different countries arrive to power. In Peru there was an earthquake years ago and Humala was running from president. Chavez sent some food as help, like tuna cans with political propaganda:

 

YWTKRHAOTPCIHJLFUCNBRJTELI.jpg

 

 

And btw, Argentina's actual government is also taking the steps from the agenda of Foro de Sao Paulo.

 

Chavez funded his own elections voting machine company through which they cheated in almost all of their elections - chavez did win his candidacy for president fair. He lost one plebiscite. They took VERY LONG to announce the results, they were trying to figure out how to make arrange the numbers but they couldn't. That day chavez was pissed, and being a good sport and illustrious he said on national TV that the opposition's victory was full of shit LOL

 

 

Then he funded a company, SMARTMATIC, that would provide the voting machines, all fixed of course, and ensured his victories. UNTIL he died. I suppose they SMARTMARTIC was feeling remorseful from all the shit they helped allowed in Venezuela, and from abroad, away from vengeful chavistas, the president of SMARTMATIC said the first time maduro ran for the presidency there were at least a million votes manipulated:
 

https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-40804551

 

 

 

The tentacles of chavez and maduro's regime are so vast it's a real danger to people. So when I see people talking about how the rich right in Venezuela are "lobbying Washington" for an intervention, that maduro was elected legitimately, that che guevara - killer of innocents and gay people, was a justice fighter, all I can think in my head is "you don't what the hell you are saying 😒".

 

 

 

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DoctaMario Level 17

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7 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

 

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Ah, I see you are knowledgeable about what's happening there. And that's no surprise. I would dare say the majority of immigration in the last years in Brazil is from Venezuelans, am I correct? And this is not merely politics what I am going to talk about, this is a sociopolitical disaster that has affected the lives of many.

 

it's also true that international overseers are blocked. But when chavez was alive, he didn't allow international overseers, only, the name escapes me right now, but something more like international guests or something like that, and they were not allowed to say ANYTHING. Then WTF is the point if one can't denounce an irregularity in an election? lol.

Chavez always had this dream of making his own Soviet Union with the Americas and the Caribbean. He was following the agenda of the Foro de São Paulo, where all the radical leftists convene on how to advance their communistic ideas, sorry, socialistic. I am sure @Volthas more insight since he gets the news directly about it.

 

 

 

Chavez helped politicians from different countries arrive to power. In Peru there was an earthquake years ago and Humala was running from president. Chavez sent some food as help, like tuna cans with political propaganda:

 

YWTKRHAOTPCIHJLFUCNBRJTELI.jpg

 

 

And btw, Argentina's actual government is also taking the steps from the agenda of Foro de Sao Paulo.

 

Chavez funded his own elections voting machine company through which they cheated in almost all of their elections - chavez did win his candidacy for president fair. He lost one plebiscite. They took VERY LONG to announce the results, they were trying to figure out how to make arrange the numbers but they couldn't. That day chavez was pissed, and being a good sport and illustrious he said on national TV that the opposition's victory was full of shit LOL

 

 

 

The tentacles of chavez and maduro's regime are so vast it's a real danger to people. So when I see people talking about how the rich right in Venezuela are "lobbying Washington" for an intervention, that maduro was elected legitimately, that che guevara - killer of innocents and gay people, was a justice fighter, all I can think in my head is "you don't what the hell you are saying 😒".

 

 

 

Just curious, did you grow up around there? You seem pretty knowledgeable about the situation.

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Volt Level 15

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11 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

Then he funded a company, SMARTMATIC, that would provide the voting machines, all fixed of course, and ensured his victories.

Not this nonsense...

 

Simpnaro won on Smartmatic voting machines. It's a perfectly safe voting machine publically tested (at least here).

 

And didn't Venezuela go back to paper last election? I think I remember watching voting footage with huge transparent ballots and people casting paper votes in them.

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Sonero Level 17

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1 hour ago, AriesWarlock said:

Untrue. That's some BS that radical leftists like to say.

 

Not really. Dude flapped his gums, declared himself democratically elected, said that troops going into Venezuela, they got BTFO and then the US media stopped covering it hella quick.

 

All that was in...2018 I wanna say?  Worst insurgency ever.

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MillionX Level 16

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yeah, I don't have hope regarding the whole covid situation.  That thing has likely mutated several times over at this point....so even when we do have a vaccine, it will work against what... one strain that we know of at the time?  Meanwhile the virus itself is out there laughing like "Oh....oh YOU THOUGHT that would work?! hahahaha nah bruh I'm unstoppable.  Deal wit it." 

 

The human species in general has been spoiled by things usually just "working out" somehow...we expect there to always be an inevitable happy conclusion to the various problems in life.  Sometimes, things are just fucked up and that's it....no happy ending at all....just like if there was a thick-ass meteor that was about the size of Alaska headed towards Earth...or if hostile aliens appeared.... most foolishly optimistic people would think we would somehow survive that and life would go on.  Nope.

 

Often I've suspected that this is also related to why we've tended to make sure the various works of fiction have a happy resolution at the end of a story....as a species, we're in a collective state of denial about just how depressing and shitty certain things in reality can be....we don't like to think about such things, which is likely why it's always expected that the protagonists will prevail somehow, and things will always magically work out for the better.  One can pray and hope all day but honestly I seriously doubt "He" cares....assuming "He" is even there in the first fucking place.

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Volt Level 15

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1 minute ago, MillionX said:

yeah, I don't have hope regarding the whole covid situation.  That thing has likely mutated several times over at this point....so even when we do have a vaccine, it will work against what... one strain that we know of at the time?  Meanwhile the virus itself is out there laughing like "Oh....oh YOU THOUGHT that would work?! hahahaha nah bruh I'm unstoppable.  Deal wit it." 

I expect the vaccine to be a seasonal one like the flu because CoVid, like a ton of other viruses, has mutations.

 

The fact that we're close to A vaccine is already great because it staves off the biggest problems of it, which are how easily it spreads and how many people need to be hospitalized (Note that I'm not referring to raw lethality rate here).

 

This already puts us back into "normal" state instead of having to constantly worry about social distancing and wearing those annoying masks.

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iStu X Level 18

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I woke up feeling great today. On Monday I slept like absolute garbage. Just had really bad anxiety all night and didn’t fall asleep until 5am only to wake up around 830. 
 

But I went to bed around 11pm last night and just woke up about 15 minutes ago. 
 

thankfully I also have a fun day ahead of me. Grabbing lunch with some friends and then spending all day baking. It’ll be a good day. 

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AriesWarlock Level 18

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1 hour ago, DoctaMario said:

Just curious, did you grow up around there? You seem pretty knowledgeable about the situation.

 

Yeah, I was born there.

 

1 hour ago, Volt said:

Not this nonsense...

 

Simpnaro won on Smartmatic voting machines. It's a perfectly safe voting machine publically tested (at least here).

 

And didn't Venezuela go back to paper last election? I think I remember watching voting footage with huge transparent ballots and people casting paper votes in them.

 

The president of Smartmatic himself said there was one million manipulated votes. He doesn't know his shit?

 

Do you know about the underwater cable from Venezuela to Cuba? Do you know what it is for?  They send fixed voting numbers from Cuba to Venezuelan voting sites directly to the perfectly voting machines in real time

 

 

But I can go even further. The ex-director of the bureau of elections said it herself there has been fraud in all elections but two, and that the current voting administration controls the voting numbers however they want:

 

https://youtu.be/whFRxVCj6IQ

(the first 5-10 minutes)

 

I can go further and more personal. A friend of mine, when he was still living there, went to a voting site, and in the process I think the screen on the voting machine had a YES or NO question. He selected one option, the machine recognized the other option (the option that favors the government). He complained about it but they didn't do anything.  But sure, they are perfectly safe voting machines.

 

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Volt Level 15

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23 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

Snipmatic

 

Huh. Guess that's how they rig elections there. And why there's this persistent nagging about Smartmatic machines.

 

Hell, Bolsonaro called voter fraud on an election he clearly won AND KNEW THE RESULTS. 🤣

 

Whatever happens in Venezuela, doesn't happen here. The voting system there already sounds wildly different to begin with.

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AriesWarlock Level 18

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Sad news. Kanye West Concedes the 2020 Election, Sets Sights on 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 minutes ago, Volt said:

Huh. Guess that's how they rig elections there. And why there's this persistent nagging about Smartmatic machines.

 

Hell, Bolsonaro called voter fraud on an election he clearly won AND KNEW THE RESULTS. 🤣

 

Whatever happens in Venezuela, doesn't happen here. The voting system there already sounds wildly different to begin with.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, dude. Just remember Smartmatic has had links with the Venezuelan government.

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Dayaan Level 13

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9 minutes ago, Lantis said:

That's why I unsubbed from Cross Counter TV

 

Well that, but mostly because Mike Ross left and the channel has been shit ever since.

It always felt awkward to me when Mike Ross was on because it seemed like he was always limited or censored. Compare that to him in venues for Marvel 2 grudge matches or on call for SF4, and he was much more entertaining!

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Lantis Level 14

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1 minute ago, Dayaan said:

It always felt awkward to me when Mike Ross was on because it seemed like he was always limited or censored. Compare that to him in venues for Marvel 2 grudge matches or on call for SF4, and he was much more entertaining!

I dunno man, it's like SF V came out, Mike had an existential crisis, dropped off the scene, and started playing GG and DOTA.

 

Like goddamn....

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Dayaan Level 13

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1 minute ago, Lantis said:

I dunno man, it's like SF V came out, Mike had an existential crisis, dropped off the scene, and started playing GG and DOTA.

 

Like goddamn....

Also the fact that he hasn't had an easy go of things in his personal life. I don't even care anymore. I just want him to have a better life, that's all.

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RSG3 Level 18

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4 minutes ago, scorp said:

Maybe his friends and family are this way.

You generally surround yourself with people who have similar belief systems.

Its actually more like you as an individual average out to the 5 people you hang out with most. The people you surround yourself with shape who you are. 

 

Which is basically what you just said so tomato tomato lol. 

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TheInfernoman Level 16

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5 minutes ago, Sonero said:

 

There was only a major social event just yesterday. World of difference between making a dedicated space for it and temporarily talking about stuff that just happened.

 

No ballot initiatives banning furries anywhere. That is the real scandal.

And your stance on cosplay? or is that an extension of your furry statement? 

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RSG3 Level 18

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3 minutes ago, DoctaMario said:

😂😂😂 Thanks bruv! How's it look? 

 

You know, the irony of my having this handle for ages and also bring a puzzle game fan is that I'm terrible at Dr.Mario lol

As a Puzzle Game Doc Mario aint that great. Not saying its bad cuz its deffinitly not, but it aint Tetris or Puyo Puyo. Rather play Bust-a-Move honestly. 

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Sonero Level 17

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Opened up my sketch pad to draw something. Flip through the pages for a new blank one. While doing that see the attempt I made at drawing my mom while during one of her chemo appoints.

 

She was wearing a hoodie and a face mask. Only problem is I cant draw well. What I got out of it was MK ninja.

 

What was there: woman asleep at her chemo appointment in the middle of a pandemic.

 

What I drew: the start of a bust of MK1 Scorpion.

 

FML 😂😂😂

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DoctaMario Level 17

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31 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

As a Puzzle Game Doc Mario aint that great. Not saying its bad cuz its deffinitly not, but it aint Tetris or Puyo Puyo. Rather play Bust-a-Move honestly. 

Tetris will always be the king imo but Puyo is growing on me. It's satisfying watching big chains of them pop! I might try to get into Lumines sometime too.

 

4 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

Supreme leader of Iran making fun of U.S. elections 🤔

 

 

What kind of crazy fucked up world are we living in when Khamenei of all people has the take on US elections that makes so much sense?

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