It's what you do, not what you say.
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Trickle of Oil Starts Flowing in Venezuela. PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela, Dec. 28 Nearly a month into Venezuela's devastating national strike, all systems were back up and running close to normal this week at the refinery here that supplies gasoline to the eastern half of this country. Night shift workers were bursting with the pride of war heroes. By Ginger Thompson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

I can't confirm whether this is true or not, but I can say this: There is a General Strike in this country not just an oil strike. The government may manage to produce gasoline to fill the country's need (though it hasn't so far) and maybe export some, but the rest of the strike continues unabated. There is no beer in the supermarkets! Because no beer is being produced, while there are contingency plans to produce basic food (and once there is gasoline, fruits and vegetables should be plentiful), there will be no industrial production until the government negotiates. Or is a government that hasn't been able to do the easy stuff the government has to do going to be able to do everything? I think the government is denying reality, but it is clear one side is doing just that... The truth will triumph in the end...
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Check out this amazing iPod handbag, going for ¥10,800 ($90) in Japan.

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