{"id":2995,"date":"2010-08-26T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/"},"modified":"2010-08-26T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:06:08","slug":"2995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe (past) waves the old flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/\">via Power Line<\/a> More at the link.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We missed an important moment at the Miss Universe pageant on Saturday night.  The outgoing Miss Universe made a little political statement on her final catwalk that was visible to Venezuelans but probably no one else, holding up an obsolete seven star pre-Chavez era flag. She did it to signal distress in her country, and nowhere is that move evident than in Venezuela&#8217;s violent crime. This week the news came out that Caracas is the <a href=\"http:\/\/english.eluniversal.com\/2010\/08\/25\/en_pol_esp_caracas-has-become-t_25A4380891.shtml%20\">most violent city in the world<\/a>,  a distinction it holds over Kabul, Baghdad, Sao Paulo and Ciudad Juarez.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.investors.com\/image\/ISS2c0826_ph100825_345.jpg.cms\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2995\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2995\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2995\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/26\/2995\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via Power Line More at the link. We missed an important moment at the Miss Universe pageant on Saturday night. The outgoing Miss Universe made a little political statement on her final catwalk that was visible to Venezuelans but probably no one else, holding up an obsolete seven star pre-Chavez era flag. 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