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5 minutes ago, F250 said:

An American journalist was arrested in the middle of a broadcast which is pretty much the exact same thing that happened in that tweet.

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Do you think the arrest above (where he was treated cordially and let go within an hour) was "pretty much the exact same thing" as police tracking down a youtuber in a residence and taking them god knows where for who knows how long?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/minneapolis-cnn-crew-arrested/index.html

Stop trying to f up this thread.

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For those that dont know, things have gotten BAD there.   Getting close to the “dark days” post soviet union collapse.    You get like one bag of rice a month if you are lucky.   In the past th

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Does he have any eligibility left?  I think we have some money in the wreath fund that we could use to bring him here and have him run our grid.

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Just now, Enchubben said:

Do you think the arrest above (where he was treated cordially and let go within an hour) was "pretty much the exact same thing" as police tracking down a youtuber in a residence and taking them god knows where for who knows how long?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/minneapolis-cnn-crew-arrested/index.html

Stop trying to f up this thread.

Considering we have the first amendment and are not under a Communist dictatorship. Yes. You except it in an authoritarian regime.

 

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On 7/11/2021 at 9:18 PM, atomheartbevo said:

They are definitely fucking with cops and getting ballsy

Also, saw some pretty good throws.  Hopefully David Pierce has some folks looking at tape and can get some scouts down there.

  Yes. No shirt and yellow shirt throwing side by side, in unison, look like those baseball improvement tapes from back in the day. Cuba is probably the last place you ever want to be stoned.

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4 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

  Yes. No shirt and yellow shirt throwing side by side, in unison, look like those baseball improvement tapes from back in the day. Cuba is probably the last place you ever want to be stoned.

Bullshit. Its the first place you want to be stoned.. you get knocked out on the first throw. 

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1 hour ago, blacklab said:

Yes Cheesewheel and baba, if you want to talk about communism go to the CR thread. 

It is worth noting in this thread that commies think the capital of Texas is Austin, when every red-blooded American kid fighting a Soviet-backed Cuban invasion on U.S. soil knows that it's Houston.

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7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It is worth noting in this thread that commies think the capital of Texas is Austin, when every red-blooded American kid fighting a Soviet-backed Cuban invasion on U.S. soil knows that it's Houston.

oh please darling, I'm tired just want to sleep.

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9 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It is worth noting in this thread that commies think the capital of Texas is Austin, when every red-blooded American kid fighting a Soviet-backed Cuban invasion on U.S. soil knows that it's Houston.

Either way, when you cross that ol' Red River hoss, that just don't mean a thing, once you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king!

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Yes Cheesewheel and baba, if you want to talk about communism go to the CR thread. 

At least it's an ethos | bavatuesdays

 

And the reddit explanation:

Walter is talking about the Nazi party in Germany, he is saying that although they had awful and misguided views, at least they have opinions, Nihilists on the other hand care about nothing. So "Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism but at least it's an ethos" is commenting on the fact that nihilists don't believe in anything.

A way to rephrase it: Say what you will about the views of the Nazi party, but at least they had views.

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At least it's an ethos | bavatuesdays

 

And the reddit explanation:

Walter is talking about the Nazi party in Germany, he is saying that although they had awful and misguided views, at least they have opinions, Nihilists on the other hand care about nothing. So "Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism but at least it's an ethos" is commenting on the fact that nihilists don't believe in anything.

A way to rephrase it: Say what you will about the views of the Nazi party, but at least they had views.

And Reddit for felt the need to explain that pretty obviously self explanatory bit of dialogue because .........? 

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4 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

Such a pitiful state of affairs that this is all it takes to buy loyalty.  

People will do plenty of things to keep their family fed.

I think it's probably true as well - if the cops/soldiers were on the same rations that civilians are, pretty sure the cops/soldiers aren't going to be keen to keep the government in power.

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4 hours ago, The Dog said:

are the videos from today or yesterday?

I'm being careful about who I get the videos from, and they are being posted the same day as far as I can tell.

One complication is that a lot of the videos are passing through multiple hands to protect identities of those filming them - apparently there are some clever ways to get them out of Cuba.

Really makes me wish we could air drop thousands of hot spots that can use SpaceX's orbital cluster fuck Starlink satellites or whatever.

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4 hours ago, The Dog said:

this is what North Korea does too. 

I can't blame the Nork cops/soldiers for that.  That place makes Cuba look pretty free, and it would take a massive amount of troops/cops to bail on the government to make a change, and there would be a horrendous amount of bloodshed..  Cuba...it's a little different because I don't think it would take as many cops/troops to bail on the government and make it fall.

Look, we'd all do things to protect our families - I'm sure most of us have had to maybe kill a stripper because our efforts to use different hotels around Sugar Land, Katy, and Rosenberg to give the impression we were from the Fort Bend area instead of Austin were foiled and she discovered our real name and somehow tracked down our address in Austin, and we didn't want our wife to find out, else the kids would be devastated from the resulting divorce...anyways, you get the picture, people do things to protect their family that maybe mean they can't sleep well a few nights out of the year.

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There are a lot of rumors on social media that the cops and soldiers have joined with the civilians in the province of Camaguey, but it's hard to verify.

This is clearly Cuban cops letting them march, so this is pretty fucking huge, but no idea where it was taken (whether Camaguey as claimed or not)..

This is the kind of shit that sets of the sirens about the movement having some actual legs.

 

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With all of the rumors about Venezuelan troops being sent to Cuba, along with Nicaraguan as well, a little reminder that Cuba did the same thing for Venezuela

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/14/venezuelan-democracy-was-strangled-by-cuba/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-cuba-military-specialreport/special-report-how-cuba-taught-venezuela-to-quash-military-dissent-idUSKCN1VC1BX

I think it would actually be pretty fucking stupid to bring in Venezuelan troops.  The people are already really fucking pissed at the lack of food, medical care, electricity (they are having a heat wave, and no power = no A/C) and internet. 

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46 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

There are a lot of rumors on social media that the cops and soldiers have joined with the civilians in the province of Camaguey, but it's hard to verify.

That same video is being shown as Santa Clara (different province).  No idea, I only speak American fluently.

 

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Raul's daughter is the head of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education whose mission is "the development of a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable and responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual rights."

Now that's nepotism I could get behind.

His only son is a Colonel in the Interior Ministry (secret police, security, etc.) so yeah, if I'm the Castros, I'd be working overtime to shut this down.  Tomorrow is probably going to be bloody as hell.

And there's a major holiday on July 26 marking a big event in their rise to power, and I'm sure that's circled on everybody's calendar.

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8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Raul's daughter is the head of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education whose mission is "the development of a culture of sexuality that is full, pleasurable and responsible, as well as to promote the full exercise of sexual rights."

So "Fuck Cuba" is a slogan used by both sides?

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7 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

I wonder why that is…(I know why but saying it CRs the thread)

My only speculation would be that we want them to stay and fight instead of coming here. I hope that if the position of the protestors becomes untenable, we will alter our position. 

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6 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

My only speculation would be that we want them to stay and fight instead of coming here. I hope that if the position of the protestors becomes untenable, we will alter our position. 

This article best explains it…unless the AP News is no longer considered a credible source. 
 

Spoiler

Votes. Haitians and Cubans in Florida will tend to vote a certain way. 

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-health-government-and-politics-cuba-coronavirus-pandemic-9d2fabbad8c5d12edfa4fe5cd4f4f1a7
 

 

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