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Miguelito Loveless

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Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #20)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 02:03 PM

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Venezuela closes Norway embassy after Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize [View all] Jose Garcia Oct 13 OP

I am closing my offices in Los Angeles BOSSHOG Oct 13 #1

Don't tell Krasnov the child rapist, he'll close the one in DC too Blues Heron Oct 13 #2

I'm a bit surprised he hasn't already. Ocelot II Oct 13 #4

You know he wants to! Blues Heron Oct 13 #5

Maybe he's ok because the woman that won said good things about Trump fujiyamasan Oct 14 #12

I'm sure Norway is all broke up about this. patphil Oct 13 #3

Laughing at tsf along with the European leaders. rubbersole Oct 13 #6

How trump-like. Turbineguy Oct 13 #7

As they should Cirsium Oct 13 #8

Yup, she is as nasty as pedo Trump Farmer-Rick Oct 13 #10

Those Nobel Prizes Cirsium Oct 14 #13

Hmmm, thanks for the info Farmer-Rick Oct 14 #15

Norway's "right-wing" politicians would be considered moderate Democrats in the US. Ocelot II Oct 14 #23

The current government has destroyed the lives of people JI7 Oct 14 #18

That may be Cirsium Oct 14 #21

Over 30 percent of the people of Venezuela have left JI7 Oct 14 #29

So? Cirsium Oct 14 #37

So the government sucks and has made people's lives misersble JI7 Oct 15 #42

You're a fan of Maduro, then? Ocelot II Oct 14 #24

OK Cirsium Oct 14 #25

Machado isn't a despot or anything close. Ocelot II Oct 14 #27

Not yet Cirsium Oct 14 #30

I guess if you're an old-school Marxist-Leninist like Roger D. Harris, Ocelot II Oct 14 #33

There we go Cirsium Oct 14 #38

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it; just noting where his perspective comes from. Ocelot II Oct 14 #39

Huh? Cirsium Oct 14 #40

I didn't single him out; I commented on him only because he was the first on your list Ocelot II Oct 14 #41

We've made some progress here nycbos Oct 13 #9

One of our Achilles heels hueymahl Oct 13 #11

Yup nycbos Oct 14 #14

Democracy always gets destroyed by capitalism Farmer-Rick Oct 14 #17

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That's just weird word play Farmer-Rick Oct 14 #31

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Communism has never been tried Farmer-Rick Oct 14 #16

The Soviet Union was certainly communist as they owned everything not just the means of production EX500rider Oct 14 #22

There was private property in the old USSR Farmer-Rick Oct 14 #34

"True Communism" is never going to happen on a large scale, to unwieldy EX500rider Oct 14 #32

You maybe correct Farmer-Rick Oct 14 #35

I thought Sweden had the Nobel Committee Miguelito Loveless Oct 14 #19

Norway does the Peace Prize; Sweden does all the others. Ocelot II Oct 14 #20

Learn something new every day Miguelito Loveless Oct 14 #28