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Started by Phillip V, January 11, 2013, 01:53:14 PM

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Neil

#345
January 31, 2013, 09:48:43 AM
Quote from: Tamas on January 31, 2013, 03:21:32 AM
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There's nothing he has to show me.  I'm sure he's fallen in love with another backwards, inferior culture because that's what he does every six months.  That doesn't make him authorative.
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derspiess

#346
January 31, 2013, 10:21:04 AM
So has Fidel Castro announced yet that he's pulling out of Angola?
"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

#347
January 31, 2013, 10:22:14 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 31, 2013, 10:21:04 AM
So has Fidel Castro announced yet that he's pulling out of Angola?

wut?

Grey Fox

#348
January 31, 2013, 10:33:57 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 31, 2013, 10:21:04 AM
So has Fidel Castro announced yet that he's pulling out of Angola?

Raoul is in charge now. Also, never.

(July 1991)
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derspiess

#349
January 31, 2013, 10:48:08 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2013, 10:22:14 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 31, 2013, 10:21:04 AM
So has Fidel Castro announced yet that he's pulling out of Angola?

wut?

I'd expect you of all people to get that one.  All my hopes are on Seedy now :(
"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

PDH

#350
January 31, 2013, 11:06:11 AM
But will be there to comfort Angola?
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CountDeMoney

#351
January 31, 2013, 01:36:31 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 31, 2013, 10:48:08 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2013, 10:22:14 AM
Quote from: derspiess on January 31, 2013, 10:21:04 AM
So has Fidel Castro announced yet that he's pulling out of Angola?

wut?

I'd expect you of all people to get that one.  All my hopes are on Seedy now :(

How quickly people forget Cold War proxy adventures.

Admiral Yi

#352
January 31, 2013, 01:52:48 PM
Is that all there is to get?  That Cuba used to have troops in Angola?  :huh:

If so, I repeat: wut?

Barrister

#353
January 31, 2013, 02:03:14 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2013, 01:52:48 PM
Is that all there is to get?  That Cuba used to have troops in Angola?  :huh:

If so, I repeat: wut?

Indeed.  I'm aware of thje Cuban troops in Angola, fighting a cold-war proxy battle against US-backed UNITA, headed up by Jonas Savimbi.

But what does that have to do with anything?
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CountDeMoney

#354
January 31, 2013, 02:22:34 PM
There was always the conspiracy theory for years that that's how AIDS was introduced to the Western Hemisphere:  Cuban troops who acquired HIV via unprotected sex or eating bushmeat and returning home, spreading the infection and passing it on, of which some of the infected participated in the Muriel boat lift.  And lo, Castro defeats the United States and Jimmy Carter with biological warfare.

Very popular theory with the right wing for quite a while in the 80s.

mongers

#355
January 31, 2013, 02:47:20 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2013, 01:52:48 PM
Is that all there is to get?  That Cuba used to have troops in Angola?  :huh:

If so, I repeat: wut?

Yeah I'm not getting it, many wars involve proxy fighting.
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derspiess

#356
January 31, 2013, 02:52:04 PM
Seedy, you failed me.  You were my last, best hope :(

Can't show you the clip unless you have Hulu Plus, but from Season 1, Episode 22 of SNL:

QuoteGood evening! I'm Chevy Chase, and so are you!

Our top story tonight: Cuban premier Fidel Castro announced that he is pulling out of Angola. A frustrated Angola could not be reached for comment.
"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

#357
January 31, 2013, 03:01:16 PM
I was in Korea during the Chevy Chase era and Armed Forces television only got episodes intermittently.  :sleep:

derspiess

#358
January 31, 2013, 03:28:06 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 31, 2013, 03:01:16 PM
I was in Korea during the Chevy Chase era and Armed Forces television only got episodes intermittently.  :sleep:

So what-- I was 3 at the time.  It's a classic Weekend Update line.
"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

CountDeMoney

#359
January 31, 2013, 03:44:48 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 31, 2013, 02:52:04 PM
Seedy, you failed me.  You were my last, best hope :(

Cuban foreign policy is no laughing matter.
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