damn!

I wasn't even going to believe any Northern Hemisphere reports on this, but I really do feel I can rely on the veracity of Al Jazeera. So. Well. Damn. Just damn. I really like that guy. On the one hand, I can understand the desire to hold on to power, because Venezuela doesn't stand a chance without very strong leadership that will not buckle to plutocrats, but on the other, of course, he can't be doing it at the expense of civil liberties.... Now I just have to track down what that kid meant about the loss of civil liberties.

Other news reports said "80,000" protesting youth. I don't see it. And isn't it cute how they will wildly inflate the numbers where they want the protest, and not only underestimate them, but flat out not report them here.