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Billy Budd

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57. You have figures from who ?

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 10:38 AM

Sep 2014

From Forbes ?...if it is Forbes made it up ...Castro does not have Swiss accounts ...he lives in a modest house ..... you won't like my debunk once you put up....

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Cuba cracks down on goods in travelers' luggage [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 2014 OP

But...but...how can this be? A Round Tuit Sep 2014 #1

Really? heaven05 Sep 2014 #2

you do not know a thing about Cuba Billy Budd Sep 2014 #3

Get a grip on reality A Round Tuit Sep 2014 #5

so two relatives in Cuba Billy Budd Sep 2014 #8

A trade embargo is not "Blockading Cuba" EX500rider Sep 2014 #11

Yes, but the US is the closest and biggest market cosmicone Sep 2014 #14

"Bautista's cronies" have all been dead for awhile.... EX500rider Sep 2014 #15

Their progeny and DNA lives on ... cosmicone Sep 2014 #17

We see one daily on msnbc flamingdem Sep 2014 #20

No they are not free to do that ....The US Empire is quite evil Billy Budd Sep 2014 #22

"most countries fear the consequences of relations with Cuba" EX500rider Sep 2014 #41

the US creates consequences to strangle Cuba's economy Billy Budd Sep 2014 #48

Cub'a command economy is what strangles Cuba's economy. EX500rider Sep 2014 #55

so in your opinion Billy Budd Sep 2014 #73

For the 3rd time is no blockade. That would involve the US Navy keeping all ships away from Cuba. EX500rider Sep 2014 #77

There is a blockade for the fourth time Billy Budd Sep 2014 #80

Wrong EX500rider Sep 2014 #81

Cuba has suffered economic damages Billy Budd Sep 2014 #82

There is NO blockade...there IS a trade embargo EX500rider Sep 2014 #83

Have you actually been to Cuba? Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2014 #71

Lift the embargo, yes Babel_17 Sep 2014 #4

The biggest obstacle are Castro and the "Cuban Exiles" Archae Sep 2014 #6

Castro never gunned down students on the street Billy Budd Sep 2014 #29

That is a damned lie. AngryAmish Sep 2014 #44

There are no Castro death squads Billy Budd Sep 2014 #47

Thanks! I was wildly confused about how Somoza got in there! Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #74

Los Tigres de Manferrer Billy Budd Sep 2014 #75

Great post, couldn't agree more. eom eissa Sep 2014 #65

the US is not the whole world quadrature Sep 2014 #7

They don't have a ton of relatives in other countries. MADem Sep 2014 #9

OK, so smuggling is good or bad ..?..nt quadrature Sep 2014 #18

What does smuggling have to do with any of this? MADem Sep 2014 #19

The US Government punishes those who trade with Cuba Billy Budd Sep 2014 #28

"The US Government punishes those who trade with Cuba" EX500rider Sep 2014 #62

look at my links Billy Budd Sep 2014 #68

Lazily following A Policy Billy Budd Sep 2014 #23

Of course, someone will be along to tell me how Castro and/or Raul blah blah blah MyNameGoesHere Sep 2014 #10

LOVE, love, love your avatar eissa Sep 2014 #60

Shame he was overshadowed by MyNameGoesHere Sep 2014 #70

Funny. Last yr all three major kitchen shopping guides said "don't buy any new toaster." kickysnana Sep 2014 #25

You got it! Outstanding. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #36

Cuba can't afford to buy anything so we aren't losing much trade Bacchus4.0 Sep 2014 #43

Cause our propaganda is much, much better than our reality. kickysnana Sep 2014 #45

They wouldn't need to have friends and relatives bring them goods if their standard of living was Bacchus4.0 Sep 2014 #46

Let me guess, FR is down today and you're feeling lonely. n/t Monk06 Sep 2014 #31

The US should blockade your house next. /nt Ash_F Sep 2014 #76

That's the best you got? A Round Tuit Sep 2014 #78

Castro condemned and rejected the US economic model Zorro Sep 2014 #12

Because no one suffers under the US economic model..... ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2014 #13

Not to the extent the Cuban people suffer Zorro Sep 2014 #16

Today, not in the past I would beg to differ. n/t kickysnana Sep 2014 #27

There are no homeless people in Cuba. What can you say about the U.S.? Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #37

Cuba sounds like a wonderful place Zorro Sep 2014 #40

Uhh... yeah, actually there are. Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2014 #72

you are correct sir ...See Ferguson, Missouri Billy Budd Sep 2014 #26

Racism in Cuba is far worse. joshcryer Sep 2014 #33

and your metrics are ? Billy Budd Sep 2014 #34

N.Y. Times: Best of Friends, Worlds Apart Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Billy Budd Sep 2014 #49

Not as a natural result Billy Budd Sep 2014 #24

Cuba's shitty economy is the fault of the "US Military Industrial Complex Empire"? Zorro Sep 2014 #42

here are some metrics Billy Budd Sep 2014 #50

Your bolded text is not a metric Zorro Sep 2014 #52

not really Billy Budd Sep 2014 #53

Again, the US has no "blockade" of Cuba. EX500rider Sep 2014 #63

The only sense this makes is that the flamingdem Sep 2014 #21

I can see why they would do this. Demand for goods from the outside in a closed society can be jwirr Sep 2014 #30

Increasing expectations are dangerous to the Cuban government hack89 Sep 2014 #32

It certainly leads to a more polarized society flamingdem Sep 2014 #35

Why is no one concerned the United States FORBIDS TRAVEL TO CUBA for ordinary citizens? Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #39

Always interesting to see non-capitalism in action, Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #51

Castro speaks Truth to power so he is hated Billy Budd Sep 2014 #54

What is Fidel's net worth? Throd Sep 2014 #56

You have figures from who ? Billy Budd Sep 2014 #57

"...he lives in a modest house ....." EX500rider Sep 2014 #64

Sanchez [alleged bodyguard] is the spy who came in to be sold Billy Budd Sep 2014 #66

So a Russian Shevchenko was lying seems non-applicable. EX500rider Sep 2014 #67

its how the CIA uses defectors a template Billy Budd Sep 2014 #69

Castro per Forbes Billy Budd Sep 2014 #58

Castro speaks like a populist, but eissa Sep 2014 #59

and you know this how? Billy Budd Sep 2014 #61

You Sir are correct warrant46 Sep 2014 #85

I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to fly with a flat screen TV anywhere either. Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #79

I don't see why any Cuban would have any use for Yanqui cachivaches. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #84

USA airlines will miss those extra bags fees! Sunlei Sep 2014 #86