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M1903A1
12-10-2010, 06:26 PM
This came out of the Wikileaks cables. Nothing particularly surprising (and we've heard it at least a few times), but still....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101211/ap_on_bi_ge/cb_wikileaks_cuba

markem
12-10-2010, 06:56 PM
I like this part:

Cuban parliament chief Alarcon, who often speaks on U.S. issues, told The Associated Press the cable did not contain anything new or interesting. "It seems to me Jonathan Farrar was a little depressed that day" that he wrote the dispatch, Alarcon said.

icehog3
12-10-2010, 06:58 PM
I believe I read that the article was written in February, before some of Raul's programs were put into effect.

markem
12-10-2010, 07:01 PM
c'mon, Tom. Diplomats are allowed to "cable drunk" aren't they?

In my opinion, the next US presidential election will be the most important for US-Cuban relations.

icehog3
12-10-2010, 07:11 PM
c'mon, Tom. Diplomats are allowed to "cable drunk" aren't they?

In my opinion, the next US presidential election will be the most important for US-Cuban relations.

Vote Ricky Riccardo!!! :D

markem
12-10-2010, 07:15 PM
Vote Ricky Riccardo!!! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAV3bOJaQuY

longknocker
12-10-2010, 07:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAV3bOJaQuY

WOWWWW!:tu

Ogre
12-10-2010, 07:28 PM
Yea wwwooooowwww

M1903A1
12-10-2010, 10:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAV3bOJaQuY

NICE!!!!! :tu :banger

sikk50
12-11-2010, 02:25 AM
Vote Ricky Riccardo!!! :D

Win.

Blueface
12-11-2010, 07:02 AM
Gotta love this part:
The government's "direction and leadership remains muddled and unclear, in great measure because its leaders are paralyzed by fear that reforms will loosen the tight grip on power that they have held for over 50 years," it said.

Of course we all know that IS NOT true.
The true cause is the Embargo!:rolleyes:
Yeah, that's the ticket!!!:r

Starscream
12-11-2010, 07:48 AM
Vote Ricky Riccardo!!! :D
Lucy would be a hell of a first lady!:r

icehog3
12-11-2010, 09:21 AM
Lucy would be a hell of a first lady!:r

She'd have some 'splainin' to do.....

Skywalker
12-11-2010, 09:24 AM
I vote for this Cuban Joker!!!
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2130/batromeroqj7.jpg

boom
12-11-2010, 12:30 PM
I vote for this Cuban Joker!!!
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2130/batromeroqj7.jpg


:r

Blueface
12-11-2010, 01:14 PM
I vote for this Cuban Joker!!!
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2130/batromeroqj7.jpg

Funny thing is he was a very good and serious actor but will forever be remembered for this role in Batman.

I guess best to be remembered at all.

He was one of the lucky Cubans that got out.

icehog3
12-11-2010, 02:42 PM
Funny thing is he was a very good and serious actor but will forever be remembered for this role in Batman.

I guess best to be remembered at all.

He was one of the lucky Cubans that got out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qj1U2-WfTM

M1903A1
12-11-2010, 06:26 PM
Funny thing is he was a very good and serious actor but will forever be remembered for this role in Batman.

I guess best to be remembered at all.

He was one of the lucky Cubans that got out.

I just hope he wasn't as bitter about such circumstances (re. his memorable role) as Alec Guinness became about his role in Star Wars....

M1903A1
12-11-2010, 06:27 PM
I believe I read that the article was written in February, before some of Raul's programs were put into effect.

I wonder what (if any) effect that's had since then....

icehog3
12-11-2010, 08:08 PM
I wonder what (if any) effect that's had since then....

Enough to keep them solvent for at least 10 months, apparently! :r

M1903A1
12-11-2010, 08:16 PM
Enough to keep them solvent for at least 10 months, apparently! :r

Who knows...in the wake of "recent developments", they may start hurtin' too!

(Picture some Havana commissar screaming "whaddaya mean cigar sales just dropped almost forty percent"!) :r

icehog3
12-11-2010, 08:26 PM
Who knows...in the wake of "recent developments", they may start hurtin' too!

(Picture some Havana commissar screaming "whaddaya mean cigar sales just dropped almost forty percent"!) :r

Wouldn't they appear to be going up with all the replacement boxes that need to go out? :r

M1903A1
12-11-2010, 09:55 PM
Wouldn't they appear to be going up with all the replacement boxes that need to go out? :r

Yeah...until reality sets in and people start saying "aw f*^& it"....:td:td:td

icehog3
12-11-2010, 10:16 PM
Yeah...until reality sets in and people start saying "aw f*^& it"....:td:td:td

Have faith, My Brother.