Say What? Venezuelan Dictator Maduro Has Moved Christmas to October by Decree – Absurd Comes as Repression on Dissent Goes Into Overdrive

In a dictatorship, there’s not always room for common sense, and the absurd can become the letter of the law depending on the will of the strong man in power.

And while Venezuela did have some poor imitation of an election this year, there’s little doubt that the Bolivarian ‘President’ Nicolas Maduro is an autocratic leader in the South American country – a thinly disguised socialist dictator.

And as such, Maduro can afford to make political decisions that would be a laughing stock in any normal country ...