Things going on in Cuba...

[El Diablo 4232]

56 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Did someone put music to that video or is that just what’s playing in the background.

I don't know. I just keep hearing this in my head.

 

[Nicole44 22060]

If one of y’all tells me this is not in Cuba…lol

 

Edited July 13, 2021 by Nicole44

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13 minutes ago, bolverk said:

That's awesome and all, but does the Cuban military let them enter their waters, land on shore, and distribute the aid? I fucking hope so but have my doubts.

The Cuban military is on the look out for these boats:

And not these boats:

[InkaUtexas 25940]

2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

If one of y’all tells me this is not in Cuba…lol

 

Well I do see a Canada shirt. 

[Rip76 4928]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

Well I do see a Canada shirt. 

That’s an old Rush tour shirt.

[GRHorn 105]

Looks like things are really escalating now. A friend from Cuba just sent me this still shot. I could use some help finding video from Twitter to confirm @Nicole44

 

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

He can’t 

Can't you (the editorial you) just sit back, and applaud the fact that these folks who've been so oppressed for decades are finally saying fuck you we want a better life without making some political statement about it here.  Enjoy the historical moment it is.

I'm betting he was pissed the wall came down, and opened East Germany up to exploitation by the west.... 

[Rip76 4928]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

The Cuban military is on the look out for these boats:

And not these boats:

Or this one.

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25 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

That one is. I am sitting with a buddy right now who verifies the building. 

Can he understand what they are saying in the video?

My Spanish (and Vietnamese, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, and Greek) is very limited and consists of the normal, generic tourist comments:

• Can I drink the water?
• Where is the shitter?
• What do you mean wrong hole?
• What do you mean she's your sister?
• Please don't kill me!
• My family has money!

[InkaUtexas 25940]

Libertad. Freedom. Also made famous in Scarface. 

 

[Zepol87 9186]

13 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Yeah, not sure what the end game is hear. Maybe get close and let current float it over to Cuban fishermen?? No idea.

Agree but I don't see the people changing this shit without support like this from others but if anyone can figure out how to get it to the island I believe they can. Smuggling shit in/out is their thing and hopefully the military chills out as well. This type of stuff always amazes me, participating always has a hell of a risk of being rounded up and I am not sure I know the despair it would take to make it happen.

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29 minutes ago, twosheds said:

How do I link an article. Maybe I am old.

"This Randall's Supermarket is just like we have in Russia - if you aren't a member, the prices are very expensive!"

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9 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Or this one.

I'm not going to lie.  If that thing showed up on Craigslist, I'm tossing out a best offer to the owner.

[InkaUtexas 25940]

Just now, atomheartbevo said:

I'm not going to lie.  If that thing showed up on Craigslist, I'm tossing out a best offer to the owner.

Surly navy. 

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These are harder to verify (versus people protesting across from the Capitol), and sound just like the kind of thing people would use to stir shit up.

Then again, those are Cuban police, and it is the kind of thing the Cuban government would do.

The bottom video looks legit, and it's surprising that they are fucking with those cops, since those cops could clearly destroy them (then again, something is keeping the cops at bay and who knows how many people are behind the person filming).

Spoiler

 

 

[Zepol87 9186]

1 minute ago, bad_teammate said:

The fact that you think THIS is the demonstration against oppression is a political statement.

The Cuban people have been suffering under American economic sanctions for well over 3 decades. You deciding THIS moment is the time to actually give a shit about them IS you taking a political position.

Yes I am pretty sure most of us understand this. It sucks that it was the case and I for one am a lazy fuck that says hell yea handle your shit Cuban people when this happens while eating tacos and watching the home run derby. Hell I played baseball in Puerto Rico and saw crazy poverty while drinking and hollering at chicks  cause I didn't care about anything else. Was I an asshole for not recognizing what I was seeing in 2008? I definitely was and I was also a shitty baseball player compared to them. Your post and mine don't matter shit in this situation. Good on these people for doing this, I only hope it works out in their favor cause the alternative is probably not great. 

/csb while high

[InkaUtexas 25940]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

These are harder to verify (versus people protesting across from the Capitol), and sound just like the kind of thing people would use to stir shit up.

Then again, those are Cuban police, and it is the kind of thing the Cuban government would do.

The bottom video looks legit, and it's surprising that they are fucking with those cops, since those cops could clearly destroy them (then again, something is keeping the cops at bay and who knows how many people are behind the person filming).

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well we all know Cubans can throw. 

[gsoda3 3261]

Who's the opposition to the government? If there is no clear cut opposition, much less a leader of the opposition, this isn't going to go anywhere.

[Cajun 11705]

1 hour ago, workswithseed said:

God damn. Those magnificent tits.

She is why the term "knockers" was invented.

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1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

well we all know Cubans can throw. 

Yeah, like I said every one of these videos seems to have some folks who clearly played baseball.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 minute ago, Trey3216 said:

I’ll never cry to a moderator.  Just find it amusing and sad how you continually deride our country and fucking derail anything that remotely looks like people from another country attempting to achieve something more like what we have than what they have.   

Maybe he wants to keep it all to ourselves. I mean if those poor bastards find out how good we got it they may want some of that shit for themselves instead of $4.00 a month, and a little red book.

[InkaUtexas 25940]

1 minute ago, gsoda3 said:

Who's the opposition to the government? If there is no clear cut opposition, much less a leader of the opposition, this isn't going to go anywhere.

The leaders tend to be in jail or exile. At least we don't have Mas Canosa to listen to. 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

12 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Agree but I don't see the people changing this shit without support like this from others but if anyone can figure out how to get it to the island I believe they can. Smuggling shit in/out is their thing and hopefully the military chills out as well. This type of stuff always amazes me, participating always has a hell of a risk of being rounded up and I am not sure I know the despair it would take to make it happen.

I know a couple of dudes that can make that run. 
 

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(Bottom video) People are keeping each other from being dragged off by the cops, and the cops aren't gunning them down and even seem like they want to be elsewhere.

 

[InkaUtexas 25940]

This was I was saying earlier and the best solution is rank and file just say nah, we are not going to arrest our families. Regime sees the light, raids the coffers and scamper off to exile via Caracas. 

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I sent this guy a note:

[Rip76 4928]

Crazy.  Imagine all of those years with no one standing up to you, and now they are.

They don’t know what to do with this.

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3 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Crazy.  Imagine all of those years with no one standing up to you, and now they are.

They don’t know what to do with this.

Just like the Russian hockey coach in Miracle...

played by Bad Teammate of course.

Edited July 13, 2021 by Onboard 2.0

[Not a cat 5657]

So what's the NCAA eligibility situation for the newly liberated?  Asking for a friend.  Named David.

[Nicole44 22060]

 

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13 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

This was I was saying earlier and the best solution is rank and file just say nah, we are not going to arrest our families. Regime sees the light, raids the coffers and scamper off to exile via Caracas. 

9 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Crazy.  Imagine all of those years with no one standing up to you, and now they are.

They don’t know what to do with this.

Check the bottom video: (the "Tonight the people are just not afraid anymore") video

 

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Those are women having a go at the cops.

[InkaUtexas 25940]

Yeah, hard to stop something like this when the people are this pissed. I hope the people are able to win this damn thing. Don't know how the regime survives this type of anger. 

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Seeing lots of clips of civilians interfering with the cops/military when they try to arrest somebody.

 

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[InkaUtexas 25940]

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

inspired by a famous song which came out about 9 months ago. 

 

[Zepol87 9186]

39 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Yes I am pretty sure most of us understand this. It sucks that it was the case and I for one am a lazy fuck that says hell yea handle your shit Cuban people when this happens while eating tacos and watching the home run derby. Hell I played baseball in Puerto Rico and saw crazy poverty while drinking and hollering at chicks  cause I didn't care about anything else. Was I an asshole for not recognizing what I was seeing in 2008? I definitely was and I was also a shitty baseball player compared to them. Your post and mine don't matter shit in this situation. Good on these people for doing this, I only hope it works out in their favor cause the alternative is probably not great. 

/csb while high

Actually fuck that what are you doing about it that matter? For my gf Venezuelan family we had to create fake cash app accounts for people in Aruba who ride a boat every day to Venezuela so we could send money for her grandpa's heart medicine since the stiipend or whatever was only worth a 1/4 of his prescription. Stop thread shitting about bitching about the dumb shit. Sorry now I'm high and drunk 

Edited July 13, 2021 by Zepol87

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Same with this one - looks like a complete loss of control if they are openly looting these stores.

 

They learned that from America.

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Twitter is saying that Venezuelan soldiers are going to be brought in.

I have my doubts, as that's an easy rumor to spread, but if it turns out to be true, that means the leaders have lost faith in the military, and that will also energize the people like nothing.  All it takes is one massacre by foreign soldiers, and the gloves will truly be off.

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6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

inspired by a famous song which came out about 9 months ago. 

 

Interesting song and easy to see how it could catch on, but wow auto-tune sucks in any language.

Edited July 13, 2021 by atomheartbevo

[InkaUtexas 25940]

1 minute ago, Parliament said:

They learned that from America.

Dude, people all over the world know how to loot. 

[GRHorn 105]

Just now, atomheartbevo said:

Twitter is saying that Venezuelan soldiers are going to be brought in.

I have my doubts, as that's an easy rumor to spread, but if it turns out to be true, that means the leaders have lost faith in the military, and that will also energize the people like nothing.  All it takes is one massacre by foreign soldiers, and the gloves will truly be off.

You would still have the problem of protestors with baseballs vs a now emotionally unattached military ready to dispatch them. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

6 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Actually fuck that what are you doing about it that matter? For my gf Venezuelan family we had to create fake cash app accounts for people in Aruba who ride a boat every day to Venezuela so we could send money for her grandpa's heart medicine since the stiipend or whatever was only worth a 1/4 of his prescription. Stop thread shitting about bitching about the dumb shit. Sorry now I'm high and drunk 

And talking to yourself apparently..... bravo...

[InkaUtexas 25940]

If Venezuela sends troops it is just payback for the support Cuba has given them. And what of it? With the growing insurgency in the west I don't see Venezuela sending their best troops.

 

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1 minute ago, GRHorn said:

You would still have the problem of protestors with baseballs vs a now emotionally unattached military ready to dispatch them. 

If they have to bring in Venezuelans, it means they've lost the military.  I doubt Cuban soldiers are going to stand by and allow the Venezuelans to start gunning down Cuban civilians, particularly the women.

I put it at about 50/50 - it seems like something the Cuban leadership would do if they were running out of time, and something the Venezuelans would do, but that's assuming Venezuela can afford to spare the troops.

[InkaUtexas 25940]

They might send in some intel people, however that is a role Cuba has been providing to Venezuela. 

If anything they are going to count on Venezuela to back them up in international entities just like Nicaragua. 

[Zepol87 9186]

7 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

If Venezuela sends troops it is just payback for the support Cuba has given them. And what of it? With the growing insurgency in the west I don't see Venezuela sending their best troops.

 

The Venezuelans will probably chill in Cuba and try not to go back

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"The outbreak was so unexpected and so massive that we Cubans do not know how many of us participated and how many of those are now missing. The absentee lists have begun to be drawn up."

[InkaUtexas 25940]

Just now, Zepol87 said:

The Venezuelans will probably chill in Cuba and try not to go back

Better rum.... Better Baseball