Q&A: United Nations; Venezuela

~ Clarissa ~ 9 Comments

I have somewhat disregarded my Q&As and the time has come to catch up, especially since there are good, juicy Qs coming in.

There must be a way to supply radioisotopes that does not involve paying for a gigantic bureaucracy whose Security Council this month is presided by Russia, of all evildoers. Why are we paying for a platform for Russia to lecture everybody on world peace and how to be a real democracy when with that money we could be glutting ourselves on radioisotopes? A quarter, I believe, of what we give in Foreign Aid goes to the UN. But why? We can bypass this unwieldy colossus and give the money directly to needy foreigners if the desire to do so overcomes us.

Also, Guterres is such a woke, pro-Russian sicko that it would be a blessing never to hear from him again.

I’m from the USSR, so I despise socialism. Chávez and Maduro impoverished the nation to such an extent that people leave in droves. Over 7 million left the country, which is staggering. Hunger, repression, torture of dissidents. Young people raped with sticks for protesting peacefully. The revolutionary government lets gangs of lumpen supporters rob, loot, and humiliate normal people. In short, it’s a socialist dictatorship. Nasty, brutal and at war with anything that isn’t gross, ugly and mean.

It would be great if Venezuela finally learned the lesson of socialism and moved on. Hispanic societies are historically enamored of socialism and will not relinquish this dream until they get to imbibe every last drop of its poison. And maybe not even then. Trying to prevent them from doing it for their own good only makes them mad. The US spent the entire Cold War preventing them, and they only pout and screech about imperialism. I say, give them complete freedom and accept zero refugees because other people’s experiments with socialism is not our problem.

More and More Narrative

~ Clarissa ~ 13 Comments

These people, honestly:

Narrative, narrative. It’s all about narrative. It’s all about finding the right words. The possibility that it isn’t about words but actions doesn’t even cross their minds.

I will confess that I did not manage to read the article in full because I got to the part where the author informs us that “illegal immigration rates are now lower than they were during the Trump administration”, and there’s a limit to how much lying anybody who is not a Democrat can process.

Reaction to Venezuela

~ Clarissa ~ 10 Comments

Yes, let’s totally do it and ensure that the socialist regime survives for the next 100 years in Venezuela.

Latin Americans despise the US and feel very contrarian to it. Whatever the US supports, they will oppose, and vice versa. The only good strategy is to stay out of it and let Venezuelans decide for themselves if they are fed up with the Bolivarian revolution or want more of it.

Also, a country where two elections in a row a large chunk of the population believes that the results were stolen or manipulated should truly stay away from discussing anybody else’s election results.

Woke Alcoholics

~ Clarissa ~ 1 Comment

Alcoholics Anonymous is not what it used to be, it seems. At least not in the UK. After attending for over 20 years, one recovering alcoholic reports that the organization excludes people it deems unsafe and spends time…

… agonizing about how to encourage more alcoholics from ethnic minorities because the membership of AA “is predominantly white.”

A debate noted the need to explore “the barriers to entry” for black and Asian people. Well, the main barrier to entry is Muslims not being allowed to drink by their own culture, I would have thought. So unless they’re suggesting we get religiously teetotal people drunk in order to then get them into AA, they should let that disparity go…

I first became aware of the changing tone a few years ago, when the preamble started being adapted in meetings to get rid of “men and women.” I noticed a lot more members than usual were closing meetings by inviting people to join them in the serenity prayer “using the word God as they understood Him, Her, It, or Them.” So stupid.

Get With the Program

Apparently, one cannot even be an alcoholic in peace without getting high on the woke supply.

Straight Edge

~ Clarissa ~ 17 Comments

Yeah, but how many were on anti-depressants, Adderall, fentanyl, or cross-sex hormones?

I’m not sure if the dude who posted this is a comedian or a recluse.

Love and Money

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Oh God, they are doing it for money, thank God, thank God.

But wait, have they been told about the inflation? Those $150 will not go too far.

In any case, I’m glad people have not simultaneously lost their ever-loving minds and are simply trying to make a buck.

My faith in humanity has been restored.

Historically Accomplished

~ Clarissa ~ 6 Comments

OK, this is genuinely funny. I subscribed for the humor, unintended as it may be.

I will now refer to myself as historically accomplished. I have no idea what it means but neither does the pleasantly buzzed author of this tweet.

Venezuela Is Free

~ Clarissa ~ 15 Comments

The Maduro regime in Venezuela seems to have ended. A massive effort to get out the vote and elect the opposition leader took place, and exit polls show that Maduro lost.

That’s incredible news if true.

Venezuelan Conundrum

~ Clarissa ~ 2 Comments
https://twitter.com/juanfloreschaar/status/1817665662115828208?t=ZasKxJWo45nMJeHH-i_pvw&s=19

Translation:

Do you believe that dictator Nicolas Maduro will remain in power today or will Venezuela recover its freedom?

Answers:

Yes

No

Show results

Look at the number of people who voted. I checked the results. “No” is winning at 48%. “Yes” came in second with 30%.

This explains the reasons why Venezuelans need to be asking such questions in the first place.

Mothers-in-law

~ Clarissa ~ 11 Comments

I got married at 19 the first time. We went to buy the wedding dress, and after observing the interaction for a while, the store owner took me aside.

“Child,” she said, “please think twice about marrying into this family. You are so young but I, at my age, understand people well. Your future mother-in-law is toxic. Do reconsider this marriage.”

“This isn’t my mother-in-law,” I explained. “She’s my mother.”

“God help you, child,” said the store owner.

She’s lucky she never saw my mother-in-law. The woman was an almost comical evildoer. Not to me because my life journey includes no contact with MILs to speak of, but to her husbands, married lovers, and sons.