President Maduro of Venezuela has spent the last few months warning his people that "los imperialistas"  (i.e. US) are out to get him. He blamed the US for everything under the sun, from high inflation, shortages, imaginary invasions from Colombia, and even an acute shortage of toilet paper. He also expelled US diplomats and jailed a US filmmaker. Does that sound like a responsible friend of the US to you? So why is the US throwing President Maduro a "lifeline"? The Washington Post reports this: "Last week Secretary of State John F. Kerry took time to meet Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua on the sidelines of an Organization of American States meeting, then announced that the Obama administration would like to "find a new way forward" with the Maduro administration and "quickly move to the appointment of ambassadors." Mr. Kerry even thanked Mr. Maduro for "taking steps toward this encounter" -- words that the state-run media...(Read Full Post)