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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.True, but it's also the case that wars force innovation in medicine and technology. Modern plastic surgery, for example, started with...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.In addition, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Uruguay have filed applications to join the partnership. The US used to be a member but withdrew...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again President Donald Trump may have made a major...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to Betty P's post in the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026 with
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A minor correction: Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976. It successfully ran the industry on its own for many years... -
MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.US oil companies were working in Venezuela for decades before the Chavez government came to power in the late 1990s and nationalised the...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.That's the problem, though. The profit on Venezuelan oil is poor because the nature of the oil itself means that extraction and...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.Do we know that any actual civilians were killed? I gather that there was a fire-fight which presumably killed some Cuban security...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to airportwoman's post in the thread Switzerland - 41 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026 with Like.
Some places have also been known to do that, so people won't let their friends in for free via the exit doors.
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 41 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.It may lead to at least some venues banning them indoors. These "sparklers" are effectively a handheld blow torch which burns for up to...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> Given Trump's age it's no doubt something that those surrounding him will be keeping a watch for...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026.From comments I've seen elsewhere, it seems China was going to rely on supplies of oil from Venezuela to support a planned invasion of...
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro & his wife "captured and flown out of country" by U.S. Army Delta Force during "large scale attack" - Jan 3, 2026."Let's bomb Georgia" "Er, no, Mr President. Not that one"
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MMelmothTheLost replied to the thread Switzerland - 41 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026.Apparently those convictions dated back 20 years so would have been considered "spent" in the UK and would not, on the face of it...
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MMelmothTheLost reacted to Sarahlou's post in the thread Switzerland - 41 dead and 116 injured in fire in bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss ski resort, 1 January 2026 with
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The owner of the Swiss ski bar at the centre of a New Year's Day inferno that claimed 40 lives and left 119 injured spent time in prison...
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