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Post by Touchable on Nov 29, 2016 7:01:03 GMT -5
Let's also not forget the role Cuba played in the international drug cartel. Castro was quite willing, for the sake of money, to let the cartels use his country for safe harbor and money laundering. Castro and the Medellin Cartel were partners during the 1980s and 1990s. Fidel had zero tolerance for drugs within his own kingdom, but had no problems with cocaine trafficking to other harbors
Also, quite telling, was the steady stream of desperate citizens, braving anyway possible to leave his country, even if it meant drowning on makeshift rafts. The exodus got so bad and public that Castro agreed, for one time only, to let those who wish leave safely to the United States. It was all a ruse of course. He used this event to empty out his mental asylums and send his most vicious criminals all in the pretense of humanitarian largess. This was called the Mariel exodus of 1980, touched upon in the film Scarface with Al Pacino
Cuba was also the destination for hideout for American murderers and felons such as cop-killer Joanne Chasimard. Any killer of American authority was a friend of Fidel's. Planes being hijacked to be taken to Cuba for refugee by criminals became a weekly event in the early 1970's, forcing airlines to institute searches of passenger carry-on's and undergo x-ray machine scanning for the first time. Fidel welcomed them all (but they had to share some of the booty with him).
Like Mussolini, he had the trains run on time.
Like Hitler serving milk and cookies at his youth camps, he was a friendly Uncle Fidel.
And as documented by the recently released book by his personal bodyguard for 17 years, Fidel enjoyed the rich life on his own private mansion and numerous estates. Such a man of the people.
Roast in Peace Fidel.
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Post by Mond the Bagnificient on Nov 29, 2016 7:24:21 GMT -5
AND, don't forget, he may have had a hand in killing JFK.
Fuck him.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Nov 29, 2016 8:39:14 GMT -5
I went to Cuba, very nice people and great mojitos.
I've been to poor countries where people don't have shit but Cuba was sad. You could tell they used to be rich ...then it was as if life stopped 40 years ago. Havana is falling to pieces, people had to go from motor engines, back to horse and mule.
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Post by DDNYjets on Nov 29, 2016 9:05:03 GMT -5
I went to Cuba, very nice people and great mojitos. I've been to poor countries where people don't have shit but Cuba was sad. You could tell they used to be rich ...then it was as if life stopped 40 years ago. Havana is falling to pieces, people had to go from motor engines, back to horse and mule. I have never been but I hope to go someday and find myself a nice Cuban wife.  I think most people dont realize the horrors of full blown communism. Young people today will probably never meet someone that grew up in and fled Cuba or lived under the Soviet Union. And they are even less likely to meet anyone who was in a concentration camp which is why they can call Trump "Hitler" so easily. My mother has friends that their families fled Cuba when they were infants and my father had a Jewish business partner that was in a camp as a child. Hearing the first-hand accounts definitely gives you a different perspective than if your only knowledge is what you were taught in school. |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Nov 29, 2016 9:14:59 GMT -5
I went to Cuba, very nice people and great mojitos. I've been to poor countries where people don't have shit but Cuba was sad. You could tell they used to be rich ...then it was as if life stopped 40 years ago. Havana is falling to pieces, people had to go from motor engines, back to horse and mule. I have never been but I hope to go someday and find myself a nice Cuban wife. I think most people dont realize the horrors of full blown communism. Young people today will probably never meet someone that grew up in and fled Cuba or lived under the Soviet Union. And they are even less likely to meet anyone who was in a concentration camp which is why they can call Trump "Hitler" so easily. My mother has friends that their families fled Cuba when they were infants and my father had a Jewish business partner that was in a camp as a child. Hearing the first-hand accounts definitely gives you a different perspective than if your only knowledge is what you were taught in school. I always roll my eyes when I see a Che shirt, or hammer and sickle on some dooshbag. It's alwyas those that use the rights they'd never have under those regimes who seem to embrace them. |
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Post by Touchable on Nov 29, 2016 9:20:46 GMT -5
I have never been but I hope to go someday and find myself a nice Cuban wife. I think most people dont realize the horrors of full blown communism. Young people today will probably never meet someone that grew up in and fled Cuba or lived under the Soviet Union. And they are even less likely to meet anyone who was in a concentration camp which is why they can call Trump "Hitler" so easily. My mother has friends that their families fled Cuba when they were infants and my father had a Jewish business partner that was in a camp as a child. Hearing the first-hand accounts definitely gives you a different perspective than if your only knowledge is what you were taught in school. I always roll my eyes when I see a Che shirt, or hammer and sickle on some dooshbag. It's alwyas those that use the rights they'd never have under those regimes who seem to embrace them. And it's always the biggest hipster faggots of the college crowd wearing them. |
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Post by Trades on Nov 29, 2016 10:29:50 GMT -5
I went to Cuba, very nice people and great mojitos. I've been to poor countries where people don't have shit but Cuba was sad. You could tell they used to be rich ...then it was as if life stopped 40 years ago. Havana is falling to pieces, people had to go from motor engines, back to horse and mule. I have never been but I hope to go someday and find myself a nice Cuban wife. I think most people dont realize the horrors of full blown communism. Young people today will probably never meet someone that grew up in and fled Cuba or lived under the Soviet Union. And they are even less likely to meet anyone who was in a concentration camp which is why they can call Trump "Hitler" so easily. My mother has friends that their families fled Cuba when they were infants and my father had a Jewish business partner that was in a camp as a child. Hearing the first-hand accounts definitely gives you a different perspective than if your only knowledge is what you were taught in school. My kids' high school had Holocaust survivors come in and speak to the students and another event for families. It was an excellent view for the students from those that experienced it which brings it into reality instead of just being on a page or screen. |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Nov 29, 2016 10:33:25 GMT -5
I have never been but I hope to go someday and find myself a nice Cuban wife. I think most people dont realize the horrors of full blown communism. Young people today will probably never meet someone that grew up in and fled Cuba or lived under the Soviet Union. And they are even less likely to meet anyone who was in a concentration camp which is why they can call Trump "Hitler" so easily. My mother has friends that their families fled Cuba when they were infants and my father had a Jewish business partner that was in a camp as a child. Hearing the first-hand accounts definitely gives you a different perspective than if your only knowledge is what you were taught in school. My kids' high school had Holocaust survivors come in and speak to the students and another event for families. It was an excellent view for the students from those that experienced it which brings it into reality instead of just being on a page or screen. My grandfather was in the resistance during WW2. I was 15-16 when he died and he wasn't all there either. I would have loved to be able to talk about that time with him now. |
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Post by DDNYjets on Nov 29, 2016 10:58:57 GMT -5
My kids' high school had Holocaust survivors come in and speak to the students and another event for families. It was an excellent view for the students from those that experienced it which brings it into reality instead of just being on a page or screen. My grandfather was in the resistance during WW2. I was 15-16 when he died and he wasn't all there either. I would have loved to be able to talk about that time with him now. Some of my best memories as a kid were hanging out with my gramps at the VFW and listening to some of the old war stories. Also talking about their life in the old country. Its a shame that in the very near-future there won't be any of them left. |
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Post by flushingjet on Nov 29, 2016 11:44:06 GMT -5
I went to Cuba, very nice people and great mojitos. I've been to poor countries where people don't have shit but Cuba was sad. You could tell they used to be rich ...then it was as if life stopped 40 years ago. Havana is falling to pieces, people had to go from motor engines, back to horse and mule. Well, here's a question: If every other country besides us didn't stop trading with them, or stop tourism, or giving them $, or took a cut of drug $ Where's their $ |
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Post by flushingjet on Nov 29, 2016 11:47:58 GMT -5
Let's also not forget the role Cuba played in the international drug cartel. Castro was quite willing, for the sake of money, to let the cartels use his country for safe harbor and money laundering. Castro and the Medellin Cartel were partners during the 1980s and 1990s. Fidel had zero tolerance for drugs within his own kingdom, but had no problems with cocaine trafficking to other harbors Also, quite telling, was the steady stream of desperate citizens, braving anyway possible to leave his country, even if it meant drowning on makeshift rafts. The exodus got so bad and public that Castro agreed, for one time only, to let those who wish leave safely to the United States. It was all a ruse of course. He used this event to empty out his mental asylums and send his most vicious criminals all in the pretense of humanitarian largess. This was called the Mariel exodus of 1980, touched upon in the film Scarface with Al Pacino Cuba was also the destination for hideout for American murderers and felons such as cop-killer Joanne Chasimard. Any killer of American authority was a friend of Fidel's. Planes being hijacked to be taken to Cuba for refugee by criminals became a weekly event in the early 1970's, forcing airlines to institute searches of passenger carry-on's and undergo x-ray machine scanning for the first time. Fidel welcomed them all (but they had to share some of the booty with him). Like Mussolini, he had the trains run on time. Like Hitler serving milk and cookies at his youth camps, he was a friendly Uncle Fidel. And as documented by the recently released book by his personal bodyguard for 17 years, Fidel enjoyed the rich life on his own private mansion and numerous estates. Such a man of the people. Roast in Peace Fidel. Cuba trains run on time? On Caribbean time no less? Har-dy-har-har! Cuba's railroad: The slowest, cheapest and least reliable way to cross the country mashable.com/2015/05/23/cuban-railroad/#3aV6_5EIgkqDwww.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/the-death-of-cubas-railro_b_9118364.htmlDon't forget this SOB wanted Khruschev the Red Nosed Russian to preemptively nuke us www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-attack/ |
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Post by Mond the Bagnificient on Nov 29, 2016 11:49:24 GMT -5
I went to Cuba, very nice people and great mojitos. I've been to poor countries where people don't have shit but Cuba was sad. You could tell they used to be rich ...then it was as if life stopped 40 years ago. Havana is falling to pieces, people had to go from motor engines, back to horse and mule. Well, here's a question: If every other country besides us didn't stop trading with them, or stop tourism, or giving them $, or took a cut of drug $ Where's their $ It's all sitting with the Castros. Don't let the embargo talk fool you. The country isn't poor because of an embargo with one country, it's the concentration of wealth to the Castros and the military, and a Socialist way of running the economy. |
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Post by flushingjet on Nov 29, 2016 11:55:33 GMT -5
Well, here's a question: If every other country besides us didn't stop trading with them, or stop tourism, or giving them $, or took a cut of drug $ Where's their $ It's all sitting with the Castros. Don't let the embargo talk fool you. The country isn't ooor because of an embargo with one country, it's the concentration of wealth to the Castros and the military, and a Socialist way of running the economy. Oh I'm no ways fooled but our (D) generate and crypto-liberal comrades are |
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Post by Trades on Nov 30, 2016 9:25:38 GMT -5
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Post by DDNYjets on Nov 30, 2016 11:50:49 GMT -5
Castro was larger than life and a hero. Trump is the devil.
"You have to be highly educated to be this stupid."
Love that line.
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