http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091013/business/venezuela_economy_privatization
Quote"The acquisition by force of the real estate, furnishings, and related assets (...) of the Margarita Hilton & Suites Hotel Complex, along with the Marina owned by Inversiones Pueblamar y Desarrollos MBK, have been ordered," a presidential decree in the official register read.
The sprawling complex includes 280 rooms, 210 suites, a casino, stores, restaurants, offices and meeting areas, as well as the adjoining marina.
The assets will be held by the state tourism corporation Venetur, which reports to the Tourism Ministry, as part of an "urgent" effort to boost "the social development side of the tourism and hotel industries in Nueva Esparta state," the Gazette said.
More at link.
Seems old "Anything for a Laugh" Hugo is hitting diminishing returns on his
investments seizures.
Not that I would ever visit someplace south of the Equator for tourism anyway, but I sure as hell aint gonna visit Central or South America. While Chavez is not the face of Socialism, he certainly gives it a very bad name.
But maybe he siezed the joint for the marina? He just wants a special place to play with his dinghy.
Uh, yeah... Because Chavez controls all of the Southern Hemisphere.
You fucking dumbass.
Quote from: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 01:44:08 PM
Uh, yeah... Because Chavez controls all of the Southern Hemisphere.
You fucking dumbass.
THEY HAVE SMUDGY PEOPLE DOWN THERE, LMNO! THEY DON'T WANT NICE THINGS, LIKE YOU AND I DO!
THEIR ENGLISH IS HEAVILY ACCENTED!
Quote from: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 03:28:43 PM
THEIR ENGLISH IS HEAVILY ACCENTED!
THEY SUPPORT
THOSE PEOPLE WALKING!
THEIR SEASONS MOCK OURS, IN REVERSE!
O SHIT!!
Why didn't anyone tell me this earlier?
I don't want to go back to the violence and oppression of which I am only now aware.
Maybe I can get some kind of asylum while I'm still in Canada?
Cain, you managed to escape, how'd you do it?
Quote from: LMNO on October 14, 2009, 01:44:08 PM
Uh, yeah... Because Chavez controls all of the Southern Hemisphere.
You fucking dumbass.
Wrong jackass, I hate hot climates. Yeah, I didn't say so but I was guessing you had three brain cells that would bump together and realize that anyone with a brain wouldn't think Chavez controls the whole fuckin continent of South America, let alone the hemisphere. Excuse me for thinking that you were willing to use that lump of meat in your skull for something other than keeping your ears from flapping together.
I wouldn't go to Venezuela because of Chavez, but its also hot and humid, two things that I tend to avoid as much as fucking possible because I already live in the horrid Southern States where I have to put up with a bunch of OTHER reactionary dickheads who don't like me cause I am hispanic, non-christian and non political.
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 02:34:35 AM
Wrong jackass, I hate hot climates. Yeah, I didn't say so but I was guessing you had three brain cells that would bump together and realize that anyone with a brain wouldn't think Chavez controls the whole fuckin continent of South America, let alone the hemisphere. Excuse me for thinking that you were willing to use that lump of meat in your skull for something other than keeping your ears from flapping together.
Ever see what happens when someone picks a fight in a biker bar?
Ever see that happen?
TGRR,
Just asking.
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 02:34:35 AMWrong jackass, I hate hot climates.
So everywhere south of the equator has a hot climate?
Quote from: Pastor-Mullah Zappathruster on October 15, 2009, 03:15:21 AM
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 02:34:35 AMWrong jackass, I hate hot climates.
So everywhere south of the equator has a hot climate?
I hear Antarctica is a fucking SCORCHER!
I brought a bikini to Tierra Del Fuego, and all I got was frostbite.
Quote from: LMNO on October 15, 2009, 03:32:30 AM
I brought a bikini to Tierra Del Fuego, and all I got was frostbite.
There go my nipples again.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 15, 2009, 02:36:06 AM
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 02:34:35 AM
Wrong jackass, I hate hot climates. Yeah, I didn't say so but I was guessing you had three brain cells that would bump together and realize that anyone with a brain wouldn't think Chavez controls the whole fuckin continent of South America, let alone the hemisphere. Excuse me for thinking that you were willing to use that lump of meat in your skull for something other than keeping your ears from flapping together.
Ever see what happens when someone picks a fight in a biker bar?
Ever see that happen?
TGRR,
Just asking.
hey, someone calls me a dumbass when they are the ones jumping to conclusions I'm gonna call em on it, as for the rest, I swing with the best of em baby. The Antarctica thing was funny, and I deserve that one for the glowing generalization.
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 03:39:11 AM
hey, someone calls me a dumbass when they are the ones jumping to conclusions I'm gonna call em on it,
Sure, and you're being perfectly reasonable.
Won't help, of course...Because reasonable doesn't cut it. Yeah, we're monkeys like everyone else. We just KNOW we're monkeys.
That's really the only difference between us and everyone else. No shit. So you're gonna be perfectly reasonable in defending yourself, and everyone is gonna shit on you for it, because you're picking a fight with LMNO, and he is Of The Tribe, and you aren't (at least not yet). Isn't that some fucked up shit? I mean, here you found the Discordian Horde, and we aren't any more fair minded or objective than the shitbirds that surround you every day.
There's probably some valuable insight in that whole meandering rant, but if so, it's totally unintentional.
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 14, 2009, 07:34:21 AM
Not that I would ever visit someplace south of the Equator for tourism anyway, but I sure as hell aint gonna visit Central or South America. While Chavez is not the face of Socialism, he certainly gives it a very bad name.
But maybe he siezed the joint for the marina? He just wants a special place to play with his dinghy.
Where's your sense of ADVENTURE?
Quote from: yhnmzw on October 15, 2009, 03:49:10 AM
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 14, 2009, 07:34:21 AM
Not that I would ever visit someplace south of the Equator for tourism anyway, but I sure as hell aint gonna visit Central or South America. While Chavez is not the face of Socialism, he certainly gives it a very bad name.
But maybe he siezed the joint for the marina? He just wants a special place to play with his dinghy.
Where's your sense of ADVENTURE?
GAH! My eyes! Stop that shit! :argh!:
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 14, 2009, 07:34:21 AM
Not that I would ever visit someplace south of the Equator for tourism anyway, but I sure as hell aint gonna visit Central or South America.
YOUR quote, buddy. Not mine.
But please, continue.
Nah, TGRR is right, I aint of the tribe, and I don't think I can be. It's cool tho man, I'm used to it. I gave up being a part of any group a long time ago.
I like the sense of Adventure thing. Reminds me of what i always say about my trip to the Middle East when people ask me what I was thinking.
Martyr alert, section 5a.
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 04:44:42 AM
Nah, TGRR is right, I aint of the tribe, and I don't think I can be.
Sorry to hear that. Not everyone can survive the adjustment period.
Someone fetch a bobbie to clean up this mess, hmmm?
Quote from: LMNO on October 15, 2009, 04:51:51 AM
Martyr alert, section 5a.
Fuck, stop being right damnit! yeah yeah, I got pretty self pitying. Wah, wah, wah. There, out of my system.
I don't like hot climates, southern Argentina might be nice, maybe the uplands of Peru. But when I think of South America all I can see are those goddamned rain forests with their heat, humidity and huge fucking spiders that eat birds.
I liked the desert better, it was hot sometimes but if I saw a spider noone bitched when I shot the lil sonuvabitch.
Quote from: Halfbaked1 on October 15, 2009, 05:30:11 AM
Quote from: LMNO on October 15, 2009, 04:51:51 AM
Martyr alert, section 5a.
Fuck, stop being right damnit! yeah yeah, I got pretty self pitying. Wah, wah, wah. There, out of my system.
I don't like hot climates, southern Argentina might be nice, maybe the uplands of Peru. But when I think of South America all I can see are those goddamned rain forests with their heat, humidity and huge fucking spiders that eat birds.
I liked the desert better, it was hot sometimes but if I saw a spider noone bitched when I shot the lil sonuvabitch.
We have spiders the size of Yugos, here. Also, google "tarantula hawk". Turns out God's a psycho.
I am never going to Arizona.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on October 15, 2009, 06:59:33 AM
I am never going to Arizona.
Motion seconded, Arizona gets the award for creepy place.
GAH! I just fuckin Wiki'd the Tarantula Hawk! That's the lil fucker that the Xenomorph from Alien was based on. jeebus, you got those fuckers there? Criminey man...no wonder you can be a mean codger. Fuckin bug as a 1/3 inch stinger
QuoteUp to two inches long with a blue-black body and bright rust-colored wings, tarantula hawks are among the largest of wasps. The coloring on their wings warns potential predators that they are dangerous.
...well, that and the fact that it's a
two-inch long wasp.
Try southern brazil, argentina, paraguay, uruguay, and chili for some south american winter fun.
I swear, no one knows even basic geography and climatology these days.
If I had access to my Flikr account from work, I would post pics from my honeymoon. Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Santiago.
Well, it's Central America but Belize was a nice place to visit. And it wasn't unbearably hot either. The only disgusting part was listening to hundreds of fat, greedy Americans complain about stupid first-world problems while we were driving past slums. Oh, but they speak Creole there so I don't imagine halfbaked would want to visit.
This thread is awesome.
I learned that i live up here in the chilly north-of-the-border Texas,
that all of S. America is a rain forrest,
but most of all
i learned about the 'Schmidt Sting Pain Index'
how fucking awesome is that?
it apparently doesn't have a 'unit name' though. (Presumably it would be a 'Schmidt')
halfbaked received, in my estimation, two schmidts from this thread:
'Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.'
Quote from: Iptuous on October 15, 2009, 02:30:28 PM
This thread is awesome.
I learned that i live up here in the chilly north-of-the-border Texas,
that all of S. America is a rain forrest,
but most of all
i learned about the 'Schmidt Sting Pain Index'
how fucking awesome is that?
it apparently doesn't have a 'unit name' though. (Presumably it would be a 'Schmidt')
halfbaked received, in my estimation, two schmidts from this thread:
'Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.'
We definately need to use this index more often.
Yeah, I saw that index too. The descriptions were great.
Quote from: Iptuous on October 15, 2009, 02:30:28 PM
This thread is awesome.
I learned that i live up here in the chilly north-of-the-border Texas,
that all of S. America is a rain forrest,
but most of all
i learned about the 'Schmidt Sting Pain Index'
how fucking awesome is that?
it apparently doesn't have a 'unit name' though. (Presumably it would be a 'Schmidt')
halfbaked received, in my estimation, two schmidts from this thread:
'Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.'
No, units of pain should be in Utahs.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 15, 2009, 05:02:14 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on October 15, 2009, 02:30:28 PM
This thread is awesome.
I learned that i live up here in the chilly north-of-the-border Texas,
that all of S. America is a rain forrest,
but most of all
i learned about the 'Schmidt Sting Pain Index'
how fucking awesome is that?
it apparently doesn't have a 'unit name' though. (Presumably it would be a 'Schmidt')
halfbaked received, in my estimation, two schmidts from this thread:
'Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.'
No, units of pain should be in Utahs.
As an engineer i am disposed to having the unit be named after the inventor, like Ohms Amperes, Volts, Teslas, Hunekers, etc.
Fine. Call them "Palins".
Quote from: LMNO on October 15, 2009, 08:08:19 PM
Fine. Call them "Palins".
SECONDED!
And I gave my experience a solid 3 Palins, at least until we decide how far the scale goes.
Quote from: LMNO on October 15, 2009, 08:08:19 PM
Fine. Call them "Palins".
That should be for units of insanity.
Yeah, I was gonna say: 1Palin = 3 trillion wingnuts