Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen

Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by kcplate on Saturday January 03, 2026 @10:04AM (#46477476)

Ahh yes, the old “the president will declare martial law to remain in office” prediction. Didn’t happen when it was claimed by folks in 1992, 1999, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. It also won’t happen in 2028.

You can bookmark my comment along with the one above.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by sigmarule on Saturday January 03, 2026 @01:17PM (#46479756)

Seems silly to ignore that the last date in your list had an event closer to what OP is referring to than any other year, no? Considering he was already crying election fraud in 2016 you could certainly view this as a line with upwards slope…

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by kcplate on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:46PM (#46480760)

I’m sorry…did I miss martial law being declared in 2021? Did I miss Trump being president from 2021 through 2024?

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by sigmarule on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:02PM (#46480933)

You are considering them binary states while I’m considering it a continuous scale. I prefer my way.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by kcplate on Saturday January 03, 2026 @04:19PM (#46481690)

My preference is reality.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by sigmarule on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:03PM (#46482163)

Perhaps learn how to model it, then.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by kcplate on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:03PM (#46482654)

Alrighty then, in a few years you can test your model’s accuracy against my prediction based on history and an understanding of how our laws and civics actually work.

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