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¡En La Cuarta, La Gente Comía Perrarina!
¡En La Cuarta, La Gente Comía Perrarina!
02 AUG 2013
Caracas. Yesterday, Venezuelan state media unveiled what it seems indisputable evidence of what they called the "psychological torture used by the cuarta republica" fourth republic. Apparently, these photographs would serve as proof that, before Chavez, Venezuelans lived in an utter state of savagery, that forced them to eat "perrarinou", a brand of dog food.
Reuters
The UN-sponsored International Moose Census got o to a ying start today with hopes for an increase in the worldwide moose population compared to last years disapointing
gures. Among the traditional early reporters were Egypt, returning gures of six moose, a twenty percent increase on 2011s gures of ve, and Uruguay whose moose population remains stable at eleven. According to Robbie McRobson, head of the UN Moose Preservation Council, worldwide moose numbers are expected to grow markedly on last year due to the traditional moose strongholds of Canada and the United States, with the larger developing moose ecologies also poised to make gains. The largest percentagege increase in moose will likely come from China, says McRobson, The Chinese government has invested heavily in moose infrastructure over the past decade, and their committment to macrofauna is beginning to pay dividends. Since 2004 China has expanded moose pasture from 1.5 of arable land to nearly 3.648 and moose numbers are expected to rise to 60,000 making China a net moose exporter for the rst time. This is good news for neighbouring Mongolia, a barren moose-wasteland whose inhabitents nonetheless have an insatiable desire for the creatures. The increase in Beijing-Ulanbataar trade is anticipated to relieve pressure on the relatively strained Russian suppliers, but increase Mongolias imbalance of trade with its larger neighbour. Historically the only competitor to China in the far eastern moose markets has been Singapore but the tiny island nation is set to report a net loss, expecting a decrease of more than ve percent on last years 50,000 moose counted. The head of Singapores Agency for Agriculture, JingFeng Lau, explained to an incredulous Singaporean parliament yesterday that bad weather had contributed to this seasons poor showing, most notably when a cargo of 150 moose were swept out into the Indian ocean in a monsoon. Yet again the global demand for moose will be met largely by the US and Canada. The recession-hit
States is taking comfort in its moose growth gures with gross production expected to break 700,000 and net exports to grow by 2. The worldwide dominance of Canada shows no signs of abating though with this years moose population expected to match last years record gures of one hundred million billion. Europes rise as an international moose power will slow slightly this year as a response to the European Unions move towards standardising the European moose. Stringent quality controls are holding back the development of the eastern european populations compared to last year when they contributed signicantly to europes strong growth gures. Norway, which is not an EU member but has observer status, strengthed in numbers relative to the Euro area with numbers of Norweigian moose, known locally as elk expected to rise for the tenth consecutive year, particularly thanks to a strong showing in the last quarter. As moose season reaches its close, researchers world wide are turning to science in an attempt to boost next years gures. NASA stunned the scientic community today with the announcment of their discovery that the moon is signicantly smaller than previously believed. This conclusion, which is the conclusion of a tenyear collaborative project, will have profound implications for the moose community as the gravitational eld is now known to be of the right strength to support moose in orbit. According to John Johnson, head of the NASA Moon Sizing Experiment the rst delivery of moose into low moon orbit could be achieved as early as the third quarter of next year. The technology to nurture moose in space is available now, he said, all that is needed is political will.
2 scores tied at 2-2 time ran out and the contest went to a panel of judges to be assessed. They awarded Thompson a C grade whilst Johnson received an A, becoming the rst grandmother to ever win the title. The new champion explained her success as the result of a strict training regimen instituted by her coach and grandson ve-year-old Sammy Johnson. "Ive been drinking ten raw eggs for breakfast every morning, sprinting fty miles a day and carrying my daughters car to the end of the road and back whenever I felt my arthritis was OK" she said. Sammy added "I always knew she could do it. Shes my grandma.". The youngster is also her manager and has reportedly arranged sponsorship deals which will dwarf her one million dollar prize fund. Her new contract with headband designer Nike alone is set to earn her fourteen billion dollars over the next year. She will also be promoting Tupperware, Halliburton, the Republic of Macedonia, and Gala Bingo. Her continued participation in the sport is not assured as she wants to spend more time on her bungeejumping business, and knitting. Everyone here at the World Championships, however, hopes for her return.
Championship
By ROY MCROYSTON
Records were smashed in Nicaraguas World Wrestling Championship last night as 78-year-old Maud Johnson, grandmother of ve, became the rst woman for fty-six years, and the oldest competitor ever, to claim the gold medal. She walked away with her million dollar share of the prize money, runner up Tommy Thompson from Nigeria taking half a million, and third place New Zealander John Smith receiving a warm handshake from the umpire. Having started the tournament a rank outsider she began to impress in her second match when she took US number three Ron Ronson by surprise and subdued him in twenty seconds with her unique move that has been dubbed "Mauds Death Grip". The injection of a new wrestling style into the tournament was welcomed by spectators and Johnsons pre- and post-match breakdances have proved entertaining to fans. However, she was still not expected to win in round three last Wednesday, facing o against title-holder Paulo "Spine-
Snapper" Lutti, of Vatican City. Underdog Johnson was soon showing her worth with stamina and agility easily matching last years winner. Luttis experience paid o initially as he took the rst two rounds, but as Johnson became more condent her superior strength came to the fore and she clawed back two rounds to take the contest into a decider. By this time Luttis body language indicated that he already felt overawed by the pretender to his crown, and the newcomer took advantage of this to engage a mutual headlock which she held for three hours until the Vatican man retired from exhaustion. The next seven matches were barely a contest as the news of Johnsons supremacy overawed all her opponents who became too indimidated to ght properly. Nigerian Tommy Thompson is also a relative newcomer to the wrestling scene, but with his 210lb frame he was expected to fare well against Johnson who weighs in at only 90lb. However Johnsons lithe and slender, some would say scrawny, gure belies her agility and strength which she demonstrated by holding Thompson above her head several times during the bout and throwing him into the crowd once. With the