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"President" Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is dropping even the pretense of multi-party rule.

He's on his way to becoming a permanent Líder Máximo, just like his hero Fidel.

This might shake a few more people out of their complacency regarding their faux-populist dictator. Resistance isn't futile, but it will be dangerous. Dictators don't give up easily.

Let the purges begin!

Expect some folks to 'disappear' soon.

Hopefully his mischief won't last long and won't spread beyond his own borders.

Stuff like this (pt. 1, 2) doesn't inspire confidence, though.

Word of the Day (Dirty Commie Bastard Scum Edition)

Gobsmacking.

(I'm not sure which causes me to smack my gob harder, that there are still crazed despots who think nationalizing industries is a good idea, or that anyone for even half a second thought that Venezuela would deal fairly with the companies whose assets they're pillaging, or that this isn't bigger news (partly understandable given what's dominating the news cycle at the moment))

Word of the Day (Once Again, Blows To My Gob)

Gobsmacking.

(It should be Hugo Chavez getting smacked, and not my tender gob, but oh well, like Brownfield's response, dislike AP's fawning over Chavez)