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    Some Are More Equal Than Others in Socialist Venezuela

    If you listen to anyone from liberal to socialist you hear mighty bewailment of how unfair capitalism is and how much better their way would be.

    Alas, it's another lie.

    http://Some Are More Equal Than Othe...list Venezuela

    ...And so it is in Venezuela, where a socialist regime once praised by The New York Times as both successful and sustainable is teetering on the brink of collapse while its leaders are dining at fine restaurants.

    A video recently surfaced of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, once democratically elected but now clinging to power through brute force and fraud elections, eating at one of the most expensive restaurants in the world.

    In the video, celebrity chef Nusret Gokce, who goes by the name Salt Bae, carves meat for Maduro and his wife in a stylized way while they dine at Salt Bae’s world-renowned Turkish steakhouse, Nusr-Et.

    ...As many point out, what makes this so galling is that in Maduro’s country, once one of the most prosperous in South America, the average Venezuelan starves in abject, state-created poverty.

    A poll released Monday found 84.3 percent of Venezuelans want international assistance to solve their food shortage....
    These a video in the link but this one plays here:

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    That is one wacky server cutting the meat.lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimmyz View Post
    That is one wacky server cutting the meat.lol
    He's world famous! "Nusret Gökçe nicknamed Salt Bae, is a Turkish-Kurdish chef and restaurateur who owns Nusr-Et, a chain of Turkish steak houses." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Bae

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    He's world famous! "Nusret Gökçe nicknamed Salt Bae, is a Turkish-Kurdish chef and restaurateur who owns Nusr-Et, a chain of Turkish steak houses." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Bae

    Only the best for the rich.
    Okay, I find it creepy in the extreme, the way the sweaty guy in the low cut t-shirt is carving the meat in a "stylized manner". That definitely does NOT make me hungry.
    Cutesy Time is OVER

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Okay, I find it creepy in the extreme, the way the sweaty guy in the low cut t-shirt is carving the meat in a "stylized manner". That definitely does NOT make me hungry.
    Yea but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro liked it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Yea but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro liked it.
    Good for him, lol. I'm guessing he's quite find of show tunes as well.
    Cutesy Time is OVER

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