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Latin America

Demeter

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18. Give it up, JL. I appreciate the defense, and the need to clean up DU, but

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 07:18 AM

Jan 2015

Any post authored by a hobbit-reference name is a troll, and out for my blood. Don't know what attracts him/her/them....but it can't be anything to their credit.

I'd hate to think that somebody's livelihood depends on beating me up on DU. I get enough of that on the condo board.

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American businesses preparing to flood Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2015 OP

I hope they find no markets there Demeter Jan 2015 #1

US retirement community is what I see. Businesses will cater to tourists and expats Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #2

So we should keep the embargo? FrodosPet Jan 2015 #3

Pity you don't communicate with people who go to Cuba. Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #4

I got banned on my first and only post at FreeRepublic! FrodosPet Jan 2015 #5

It's funny how hardcore leftists are going crazy over this whole US-Cuba approximation Marksman_91 Jan 2015 #6

Cuba has already BEEN a "capitalist dream." Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #8

So what's your take on this then? Marksman_91 Jan 2015 #9

One American business which operated freely was the U.S. American Mafia. Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #11

Judy, do you think the embargo should stay in place then? Oele Jan 2015 #17

Still waiting for a clear and concise answer Marksman_91 Jan 2015 #22

I am guessing, since they won't explain, that it would involve trade but without US business Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #20

You didn't realize?You're unaware that attempting to claim posters are commie-lovers is name-calling Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #7

When have I used the term "commie lovers?" FrodosPet Jan 2015 #10

Sulk, if you must. That's fine. We all recognize dog-whistles. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #12

It's no surprise you can recognize a dog whistle Zorro Jan 2015 #13

Totally predictable comment from the guy who was deleted for calling DU'er women "old biddies." n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #15

I was deleted? Zorro Jan 2015 #21

Your post was deleted. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #32

Seriously? polly7 Jan 2015 #25

Yet another wrong assertion from the LatAm forum's touchy resident pedant Zorro Jan 2015 #37

lol nt Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #19

'lol' at 'dog whistle' towards a woman ....... you stay classy now! nt. polly7 Jan 2015 #26

sorry, I didn't realize JL was a woman n/t Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #30

What's that supposed to mean? polly7 Jan 2015 #24

If you recognize it, then it is not a dog whistle FrodosPet Jan 2015 #14

How could you have ever avoided learning what "dog whistle" means in this context? Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #16

Give it up, JL. I appreciate the defense, and the need to clean up DU, but Demeter Jan 2015 #18

Their posts always resemble crank calls. Pathetic way to try to waste other people's time, isn't it? Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jan 2015 #27

Do take the time to point out the whoppers and half-truths. Put y'r money where is thy pie hole. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #28

New York Times: U.S. Companies Clamor to Do Business in New Cuban Market Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #29

McDonalds are very popular in Latin America n/t Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #31

If and when I go to Cuba FrodosPet Jan 2015 #33

Me too. Just saying they are popular. KFC too. I eat at local places or regional chains, Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #34

They've been wearing these shirts in Cuba for years: Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #35

Why not let the Cuban people choose? hack89 Jan 2015 #36