The entire globe knows the US war machine is out of jet fuel. Things are about to get ugly.
The joys of Socialism, Venezuela edition
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I suspect this is true:
Angelo Giuliano
@angeloinchina
A revolution will return to Venezuela. Mark my words.Not tomorrow. Maybe in 1, 2, or 5 years. But it will come.Chavismo left something the powerful still fear: political consciousness, education, and the habit of thinking for yourself.The crowds look quiet. They are watching the deals, the humiliations, the overconfidence.Let them celebrate for now. Arrogance and betrayal have a way of writing their own ending.Timing is everything. Some plates are eaten cold.Mussolini was hanged, Hitler committed suicide....Delcy Rodriguez will not end well.
Angelo Giuliano
@angeloinchina
A revolution will return to Venezuela. Mark my words.Not tomorrow. Maybe in 1, 2, or 5 years. But it will come.Chavismo left something the powerful still fear: political consciousness, education, and the habit of thinking for yourself.The crowds look quiet. They are watching the deals, the humiliations, the overconfidence.Let them celebrate for now. Arrogance and betrayal have a way of writing their own ending.Timing is everything. Some plates are eaten cold.Mussolini was hanged, Hitler committed suicide....Delcy Rodriguez will not end well.
What do the people who took CIA money passed around in Venezuela think when they find out the the Empire tried to do the same thing by passing around over a billion dollars to buy off the IRGC Iran.....and failed?
Maybe that they should have held out for more?
Maybe that the Iranians are better?
Maybe that they should have held out for more?
Maybe that the Iranians are better?
HealthRanger
@HealthRanger
Trump is of course a liar about using Venezuelan heavy crude oil to refill the SPR.The SPR has strict quality requirements such as a maximum of 1.99% sulfur content. Venezuelan oil is 5.7% sulfur, which is considered insanely "sour." It also happens to be highly acidic which would eat away at the storage cave walls, likely causing cave-ins and collapse.There are other requirements, too, such as API gravity. Venezuelan oil doesn't qualify. If you pour it in, you can never get it back out. Too sludgy. It basically just becomes a giant "tar cave" of sludge that's unpumpable.So once again, Trump is lying about the whole thing. There's much more to this story, too, such as the fact that the 65 billion barrels of oil can't possibly be tapped without at least A FULL DECADE of infrastructure investment in Venezuela, and at least $100 billion in investment funds, plus you have to find all the experts around the world who know how to do these things and somehow entice them to move to what is effectively a war zone where local resistance groups will be targeting them constantly.So nope, your gas prices aren't going to get any better tomorrow. It's all just smoke and mirrors. As usual.
@HealthRanger
Trump is of course a liar about using Venezuelan heavy crude oil to refill the SPR.The SPR has strict quality requirements such as a maximum of 1.99% sulfur content. Venezuelan oil is 5.7% sulfur, which is considered insanely "sour." It also happens to be highly acidic which would eat away at the storage cave walls, likely causing cave-ins and collapse.There are other requirements, too, such as API gravity. Venezuelan oil doesn't qualify. If you pour it in, you can never get it back out. Too sludgy. It basically just becomes a giant "tar cave" of sludge that's unpumpable.So once again, Trump is lying about the whole thing. There's much more to this story, too, such as the fact that the 65 billion barrels of oil can't possibly be tapped without at least A FULL DECADE of infrastructure investment in Venezuela, and at least $100 billion in investment funds, plus you have to find all the experts around the world who know how to do these things and somehow entice them to move to what is effectively a war zone where local resistance groups will be targeting them constantly.So nope, your gas prices aren't going to get any better tomorrow. It's all just smoke and mirrors. As usual.
Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
Question: The oil deal is between President Trump who will be gone in a couple of years and the unelected leader of Venezuela. Do companies see this as lasting?@ChrisSabatini of @ChathamHouse: “I really wouldn't put much chance of this really ever happening…there's the unconstitutionality, her lack of popularity and uncertainty in her future…many from the opposition who are understandably upset…I can't imagine if elections were to be held, that they would uphold this agreement. So, no, I can't imagine that any of the major oil companies are going to rush in.”
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
Hmm. so the "tree huggers" and "communist/socialist librals" were correct in trying to stop fracking in the USA by American corporations?Possibly, but unlikely. Of course, it was the Chinese who were doing the fracking there under Chavez and Maduro so...
Fracking in Lake Maracaibo: Ecological Gamble Beneath a Seismic Faultline - EnergiesNet
Foreign rigs, corroded pipelines, and a lake on the edge of collapse. Elio Ohep – EnergiesNet PHOENIX, AZEnergiesNet.com, September 28, 2025 Two powerful earthquakes jolted Venezuela’s northwest on September 24 and 25, shaking cities from Zulia to Caracas and reigniting scrutiny over the...energiesnet.com
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
No, they weren't.
Taichiliberal
Shaken, not stirred!
So you're establishing a double standard to justify your ragging on Venezuela. I'm not saying that there are truths in the OP, but on this particular point you're trying to have your cake and eat it too.
Correct, T.A.
What's causing the earthquakes in Venezuela?
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Venezuela rocked by 7.5, 7.2 earthquakes: What happened and ...
The earthquakes in Venezuela are caused by tectonic activity along the boundary where the Caribbean plate moves eastward past the South American plate. This horizontal sliding creates friction and stress along major regional fault networks like the San Sebastián fault system, which eventually slips and releases stored seismic energy.
There are weapons that cause earthquakes.