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Thaw in US - Cuba relations

Started by Jacob, December 17, 2014, 12:17:45 PM

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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Jacob on December 17, 2014, 03:17:36 PM
Yeah, my friend just sent me a (bulk) FB event invite to celebrate the release of the Cuban 5 heroes in front of the US consulate.

Strong work, guys.

Wait a minute: is your friend celebrating the release of five Cuban spies, or five Cubans held as political prisoner in Cuba?

Grey Fox

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 17, 2014, 05:08:07 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 17, 2014, 03:17:36 PM
Yeah, my friend just sent me a (bulk) FB event invite to celebrate the release of the Cuban 5 heroes in front of the US consulate.

Strong work, guys.

Wait a minute: is your friend celebrating the release of five Cuban spies, or five Cubans held as political prisoner in Cuba?

It is, the righteous, lefty stance that the Cuban 5 are not spies.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.


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Jacob

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 17, 2014, 05:08:07 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 17, 2014, 03:17:36 PM
Yeah, my friend just sent me a (bulk) FB event invite to celebrate the release of the Cuban 5 heroes in front of the US consulate.

Strong work, guys.

Wait a minute: is your friend celebrating the release of five Cuban spies, or five Cubans held as political prisoner in Cuba?

The spies. She's pretty hardcore into revolutionary socialist anti-war stuff. Like... she basically fits the caricature. Very earnest. Would not fit in at languish.

Jacob

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 17, 2014, 05:11:46 PM
Fantastic.

I thought you'd appreciate it, and the fact that they think their occasional movie screenings in funky coffee houses and 20-person protests in front of the US consulate had anything to do with the release.

derspiess

Jake won't admit it, but he's going to this event.  I just know it.

Quote from: Jacob on December 17, 2014, 05:16:00 PM
She's pretty hardcore into revolutionary socialist anti-war stuff. Like... she basically fits the caricature. Very earnest. Would not fit in at languish.

The hell she wouldn't. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Admiral Yi

Quote from: Jacob on December 17, 2014, 05:17:39 PM
I thought you'd appreciate it, and the fact that they think their occasional movie screenings in funky coffee houses and 20-person protests in front of the US consulate had anything to do with the release.

Do you remember how she responded to Cuba jailing those guys who were getting signatures on a petition?

Razgovory

Took a look at Breitbart's site to get the idea of what real conservatives thought.  Apparently we just "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory".
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Jacob

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 17, 2014, 05:20:26 PM
Do you remember how she responded to Cuba jailing those guys who were getting signatures on a petition?

She is primarily concerned with evil Western imperialism, like intervention in Libya and Syria. Not sure how she feels about Ukraine.

I have not, for the record, discussed any of this with her - I'm basing this on her various FB posts and event invites. Were we to run into one another I'd be happy - she's a sweet girl - but I would avoid discussing politics. I'd probably talk about food or something, and find out what's up with her sister.

Jacob

Quote from: derspiess on December 17, 2014, 05:19:17 PM
Jake won't admit it, but he's going to this event.  I just know it.

The people at that demo would look at my politics the same way I look at yours.


Jacob

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 17, 2014, 05:25:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 17, 2014, 05:23:21 PM
she's a sweet girl

Most cult members are.  :lol:

I've known a bunch of revolutionary socialist types who were right assholes, so I don't know if I can agree with that.

Admiral Yi

I defer to your greater experience in these matters.

Jacob

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 17, 2014, 05:29:13 PM
I defer to your greater experience in these matters.

:hug:

I wish they were all mostly sweet natured good looking girls. Then I'd probably still be a revolutionary socialist.

EDIT: edited to remove the implication that I'd be a sweet natured good looking girl. It's clear that I'd never be sweet natured.