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demoleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:01 AM Original message |
US urges Cuba to release 'spy suspect' Alan Gross |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. What Was Alan Gross Doing in Havana? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Tremendous article. The picture is coming into focus, isn't it? Looking forward to more on this.n/t |
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peggygirl (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
144. The Jewish/Iraeli connection in Cuba is very strong. Remember Elian ? |
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whatsthebuzz (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Hmm... |
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tb1988 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. When will the US normalize relations with Cuba |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. When Cuba opens up corporate sweatshops making cheap shit for US consumers. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Cuba is not poor due to U.S. sanctions |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Pardon? That's not remotely correct. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. It would be messed up if you were correct |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. It would be good if you were correct. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. You are posting utter BS |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #62 |
93. There are exemptions - that is what the OFAC permit process is for. How about Bayer AG? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Absolutely vicious economic warfare on Cuba. We all know it. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Try to form a free union in Cuba. You can't. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Link please. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Here ya go: |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Try these... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. So, they claim to comply, and then arrest those who try to create unions. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
91. Link? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #91 |
127. Some of those in custody: |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. Well, some people say it, so it must be true. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. GIYF |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. Right. They were on the payroll of the declared enemy of Cuba that has perpetrated terrorism against |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #137 |
146. No nation has the right to silence free political speech, IMHO. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. So, the US is wrong to "crack down" on Al Queda operatives in the US? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. Yes, the US is wrong to crack down on political speech (as it has done). |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. That's compelling. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. Yes, astroturfing is (and has always been) a problem. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. Choose a link from a source which wasn't formed to destroy leftists, as a token of good faith. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #136 |
151. Thanks for that link! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
138. When there are enough Senators who don't aspire to win Florida's electoral votes in the future |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. I'm sure if he was a fast food worker, he would be labeled as an expert in infrared technology.... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Please. It's all almost as obvious as you. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Got to watch out for those Joos. They tried to kill Zelaya with high-frequency radiation too. nt |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Are you off your meds? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Let's see Crestor, Trilipix, Nexium, Hydroclorosomethin'.... No, I'm good. Thanks! |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Shrouded in secrecy Reasons unclear for Cuban's detention of local Jew |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Delivering equipment to Cuban "dissidents" under contract of a Bethesda based company. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sounds like a CIA lapdog at work |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Not at all apparent this guy was innocent. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Internet access = mercenary? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. The internet access being the cover story, and all. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Unauthorized internet access is a crime in Cuba. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Hijacking hotel Wi-Fi is illegal in Cuba? OMG! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Hijacking is nowhere in the article. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #65 |
92. Can you read? Article is about Cubans can't use the private WiFi of hotels. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #92 |
128. Cubans can't use WiFi in hotels they're *staying at*. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Just like the USA. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Should be easy to point us to a few Cuban chatrooms then. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. Surely you could have read some of the links posted here. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Ah, the ole better things to spend their money on line? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Glad you posted that picture. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. So the only rafters are hardened criminals? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. More likely that rafters have been denied a legal US visa by the US. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #133 |
143. Nice strawman, too bad that it's so obvious. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. In Cuba, I think it's a crime for a USAID contractor to be muckin' about. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. I'm all about freedom of speech and internet access, yes. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. A real freedom fighter. Reagan talked like that. n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Reagan and I can agree on free speech, yes. It's kind of part of the US Constitution. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Absolutely odd! Many of us know Reagan to be a genocidal asshole |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Ah, so 80's policy justifies denying even basic human rights for an entire population. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. 80's policy? Try over a hundred years thru the present. n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Reagan's still around? eep! eom |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #79 |
89. The murderous, racist, classist right-wing policy started well before Reagan, as most of us know. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
132. The murderous, racist, classist politics of the americas predate european interaction. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And there's more from the same article . . . |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
103. The cockroaches scurrying for cover when the lights are turned on. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. LOL |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Urges ? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Will the US release the Cuban Five? |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The Cuban Government's favorite topic |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I was thinking that this morning |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. are they holding him in an illegal prison on US soil? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Cuba Blasts US Leaders for Meeting With Dissidents |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. How many DUers know that Cuba's opponents are homophobic, misogynists, and anti-Semitic? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I just think the US government is going to have to make up its mind one of these days. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. All of Castro's opponents share the same beliefs? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
107. Former rebel commander Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo is a rare exception |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #107 |
116. He moved to Cuba to start his own reform group, Cambiar Cubano |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo leads an opposition party in Cuba. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #120 |
130. I am reminded of the terminally nasty Marta Beatriz Roque, as well. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. They were virulently racist toward the large black population, as well, |
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Holy Moly (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Free the Cuban Five and Jail Luis Posada Carriles |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Free the Cuban Five and waterboard John Bolton and John Yoo |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. +1000 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Free the Cuban Five and keep your hands off Cuba. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yeah, it belongs to the Castro family. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That is the Official Story. Thanks for your service! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Real story. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
82. You are sitting in a country that spies on its citizens, |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Why do you defend a dictatorship so hard? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #83 |
102. Your dark fantasies about Cuba are very revealing. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #102 |
121. Calling me some type of troll. I means you've failed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #83 |
115. Cuba is a testament that American corporate interests don't rule the planet. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. And you side-step with the best of them. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Obviously, if I'm insecure, your Cuba argument is vindicated. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Sure. Tell that to the 614 elected reps in the Cuban National Assembly. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. How many leaders have not been named Castro in the last 40 years? nt |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Dozens and dozens |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I meant leader of the country of course. Thank goodness that Raul could take up the reins.. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Go ahead and continue with childish preconception... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'm still betting on the Fidelodroid as the next Cuban leader. nt |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. And I'm willing to bet that your anti Cuba diatribes ... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. 5$ on the Fidelodroid or I get 3$ if it's a son/nephew of Fidel/Raul? nt |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. anyone who supports socialism in Cuba |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Who all do that a Castro tells them to. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yes. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. Really? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Might help to understand the topic you're "debating". |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. about as many heads of state as the UK had in the same time frame. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. That's different. The Crown is a paid entity. n/t |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #71 |
95. LOL. The crown shut down Canada's parliament last year (to prevent a legal coalition gov forming) |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Who all march to a Castro's tune. |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why are we so affraid of this island and it's people. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Castro is a VERY scary evildoer. Some examples of his work.... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. Interesting that you posted photo of Nelson Mandela, who the US had on the terrorist list |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
84. Why don't you post some pics of him when he was sentencing groups of people to death. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Why don't you post some respectable FACTS instead of insinuations, and unsubstantiated claims? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #90 |
123. Translation: |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Translation of 123: |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #126 |
160. So you're ignorant of history? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #84 |
174. Like the butcher Colonel Jesus Sosa Blanco |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Why is Cuba so afraid of the Internet? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Huh? Why, then, isn't Yoani Sánchez under arrest |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I can't find the link to CubanUnderground. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
75. Why don't you just get on a boat or airplane and go to Cuba to ask them |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:12 AM Response to Reply #75 |
86. Tourist rights are not Cuban rights. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. There are posters who have lived and worked in Cuba, have Cuban friends, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
114. Sweet... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Cuban-Americans have more rights (can travel to Cuba) than native born Americans (who can't) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. Where can native born Cubans travel to? nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #75 |
113. Why can't you just post it? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. "Cuba cutting Internet access" |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
80. This article is a year old and was proven to be BS, Cubans can use hotel internet service nt |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Then why don't they own home computers? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #85 |
100. Do you know how to use The Google? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Where is home service? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #87 |
97. Get to know the subject. You don't know what you are talking about |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. So the hotels have it, but not the average people. Interesting. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. That is a LOT of bullshit |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Sweet...please point me toward some Cuban chatrooms.... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #97 |
155. Cisco owned? Hah. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
81. This guy sounds like an ideologue who doesn't "get" Cuba |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #81 |
96. The US gov (and Miami terrorist groups) funding operatives in Cuba is like - |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Forgive me for asking, but are you suggesting that Cuba and the USA |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. I have lived in Cuba, and I have family there. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #101 |
112. This them? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. The immigrants coming to the US from Haiti traditionally are put in prison, then deported. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. And your point is what exactly? Do you have those links to some Cuban chatrooms? |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
166. I agree with you with respect to your comment regarding terrorism. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
108. Cuba and USA are not morally equivalent. Cuba has universal health care. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Yep.... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #108 |
125. So, can I get unfettered internet access in a hospital, then? |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #108 |
167. Huh…? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. We are the slaves! |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. You should ask someone with first hand experience. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Not everyone shares the same first hand experience |
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warm regards (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #170 |
173. You went from "We are the slaves" to Cuban-American Freepers... |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
119. The trolls/disinfo agents swarm out of the woodwork when one of their own gets nailed. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #119 |
129. Indeed. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #129 |
140. Come come, how can you be a real country without chatrooms? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. and really what Cuban would want to talk with some right wing teabagster |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #140 |
149. No 80, 992, 993, 22, 995, 443... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #149 |
156. I am all in favor of letting Cuba and Cubans have strong encryption. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Encryption is actually pretty essential to their national security, as well. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. I always assume I am being monitored unless I use encryption. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #149 |
157. For people wondering what boppers is talking about: |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
158. Obviously Castro likes jailing Jews. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #158 |
162. The Cuban government isn't accusing Jews of spying, |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. Are you saying a person's religion or race renders them incapable of spying? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #163 |
171. "The Cuban government is not racist" |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 03:34 AM Response to Reply #171 |
172. Definition of "yanqui" from Wikipedia. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #172 |
175. In the same way that "Cuban" is inherently racist. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #158 |
164. Since when has it ever been believed there are no Jewish criminals? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #158 |
165. That's a fraking lie and a smear! |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-24-10 06:24 AM Response to Reply #158 |
176. Ah, the great worker's paradise of Cuba. |
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