Merged Hugo Chavez Esta Muerto

[WildCat]

I so wish they'd make those abusive PMs public. We need the lulz.

I never get abusive PMs!

 

[Darth Rotor]

Granma. It's a Cuban newspaper.

It's my mom's mom.

Maybe Saturday Night Live can have a new version of the classic "Francisco Franco" routine.....

That would be nice.

Are you genuinely interested in a debate or just trying to provide us with comic relief? McHrozni

This is the politics forum, right?

I know that the verb in the OP is correct, but even so, the impermanent nature of estar makes this post a little bit funnier

La verdad

 

[dudalb]

Well, not any more. It's America's fault.

I can't say I am surprised. He was obviously headed in that direction. Just thought it might take a little more time.

 

[dudalb]

I wonder if that PM included his trademark looming threat of invoking forum rules.

I am betting that habit of his did not exactly make the mods look kindly upon him.

 

[timhau]

I am betting that habit of his did not exactly make the mods look kindly upon him.

When combined with his usual behavior, probably not. Yet another example of someone who wants to be treated with kid gloves while dishing it out himself.

In other news, Hugo takes another step towards leading the Glorious Bolivarian Revolution from beyond the grave.

 

[Puppycow]

When combined with his usual behavior, probably not. Yet another example of someone who wants to be treated with kid gloves while dishing it out himself.

In other news, Hugo takes another step towards leading the Glorious Bolivarian Revolution from beyond the grave.

He said Mr Chavez was undergoing "intensive chemotherapy, as well as complementary treatments".

As in, some kind of woo "complementary treatments"?

Isn't Chavez a believer in various kinds of woo?

E.g., he once claimed that the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was caused by a US weapons test.

 

[timhau]

Yeah, he's made that sort of statements lots of times, but with a blowhard like Chavez, it isn't easy to determine what he really believes.

 

[Puppycow]

Anyway, it sounds like might die any moment now.

 

[McHrozni]

As in, some kind of woo "complementary treatments"?

Isn't Chavez a believer in various kinds of woo?

E.g., he once claimed that the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was caused by a US weapons test.

He is, yes. Complimentary treatments in a patient recieving cancer chemotherapy could also be to counter sickness, boost the immune system, vitamins and whatnot. It could also be drops of pure water and sugar pills. It could also be both.

I'm suspecting embalming fluid however.

McHrozni

 

[dudalb]

Anyway, it sounds like might die any moment now.

Yeah, looks as if he will soon be an ex Dictator.

 

[McHrozni]

Maduro made a big speech today, didn't tell much, and blamed the US for Chavez getting cancer in the first place. It's pathetic, and would be extremely funny if it weren't this tragic.

McHrozni

 

[WildCat]

Will he be buried next to Simon Bolivar, or will they encase him in glass and put him on display like Lenin?

 

[dudalb]

Maduro made a big speech today, didn't tell much, and blamed the US for Chavez getting cancer in the first place. It's pathetic, and would be extremely funny if it weren't this tragic.

McHrozni

So it will be a case of New Boss, Same As The Old Boss?

 

[McHrozni]

Will he be buried next to Simon Bolivar, or will they encase him in glass and put him on display like Lenin?

I'm guessing both.

So it will be a case of New Boss, Same As The Old Boss?

Almost certainly not. There is no one within Chavizmo that could succeede him, he made sure to keep competent and charismatic people (who could pose a threat) out. The new boss will be a lot less competent and will rely on repression much more than on religious loyalty of his subjects. It is entirely possible that the worst is yet to come.

McHrozni

 

[dudalb]

Danger is in an attempt to keep power, Chavez's sucessors might play the Anti Yankee card and really do something stupid.

 

[A'isha]

Anyway, it sounds like might die any moment now.

And now it's official.

 

[commandlinegamer]

Apparently he's really dead now.

 

[Cylinder]

Apparently he's really dead now.

As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her, and she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.

 

[Alferd_Packer]

As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her, and she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.

Not just "mostly dead?"

 

[Arcade22]

I'm not saying that the Americans used their cancer ray guns, but I'm not saying they didn't.