Friday, April 17, 2009

King of the Dipshits

Hugo Chávez, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and host of ALBA's Trolling the 2009 Summit of the Americas preparatory seminar, presents the organization's new common currency to its members.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Bells

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

No Justice, No God

Sadly, Prince Octopus Dzanie has been eliminated from Olympic boxing competition. A just god would never allow this to pass. Not only is he named Prince Octopus, but he's 4' 7"!

Friday, February 29, 2008

Nazi vegie sauce is red hot

Yes, we got it for sale.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Swallowed by the Jungle

As in Rivera's La vorágine.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Bochinche, bochinche

Luis Vicente León of Datanálisis, the Venezuelan polling outfit that has called correctly every vote since Chávez's first election in 1998, had lunch with Francisco Peregil of El País. They talked over prawns, lentils, pasta, and lamb. León asserted that Chávez knows the Venezuelan DNA better than any other politician. When asked what exactly is Venezuelan DNA, he elaborated:

"Somos una sociedad muy desconfiada, porque hemos vivido muchas frustraciones económicas y políticas. En cuanto a valores, aquí el 58% de la gente te dice que el futuro está decidido por la suerte. El resto te dice que está decidido por el propio esfuerzo. Tú sientes que cuando eres viejo, alguien resolverá. Es paradójico eso en un país sin seguridad social. Por otro lado, ésta es una sociedad muy alegre. Las grandes protestas contra Chávez terminaban en una bailoterapia. Tus amigos te llamaban... ¡Vente para acá que esta marcha está buenísima! ¿Pero cómo coño puede estar una marcha buenísima? Pues así es".

Ellipsis in the original. And props to El País for leaving the Venezuelan vernacular untouched. Its redaction would have altered the Venezuelan idiomatic DNA.