Congratulations to the people of the USA and Cuba

[AndyDufresne]

U.S. AND CUBA, LONG ESTRANGED, WILL ESTABLISH FULL RELATIONS (NY Times)

Well?


--Andy

[_sabotage_]

Going to buy some property.

[Swifte]

Thanks John Oliver!

[thegreekdog]

Uncle Andy - Is it bad that I don't care about this?

[AndyDufresne]

Uncle Andy - Is it bad that I don't care about this?

No, that is why I included the Kittens option.


--Andy

[Metsfanmax]

Uncle Andy - Is it bad that I don't care about this?

No, that is why I included the Kittens option.


--Andy

That is absolutely not why you included the kittens option.

[BigBallinStalin]

Does this seem like a red herring? Presumably, the negotiations on this have been ongoing--beyond public view, so if I was busy-body bureaucrat or politician, then the ongoing, underground negotiations would provide a range of time to release the news. It would seem best to release news of the negotiation (or to speed up the negotiation) whenever bad news about government occurs (e.g. CIA torture programs).

[Metsfanmax]

Does this seem like a red herring? Presumably, the negotiations on this have been ongoing--beyond public view, so if I was busy-body bureaucrat or politician, then the ongoing, underground negotiations would provide a range of time to release the news. It would seem best to release news of the negotiation (or to speed up the negotiation) whenever bad news about government occurs (e.g. CIA torture programs).

Or, soon after your party got shell-shocked in an election because it didn't do anything notable

[thegreekdog]

Does this seem like a red herring? Presumably, the negotiations on this have been ongoing--beyond public view, so if I was busy-body bureaucrat or politician, then the ongoing, underground negotiations would provide a range of time to release the news. It would seem best to release news of the negotiation (or to speed up the negotiation) whenever bad news about government occurs (e.g. CIA torture programs).

Or, soon after your party got shell-shocked in an election because it didn't do anything notable

+200 Saxbucks (are we still doing that?)

[betiko]

And Obama rpoves again what a great leader he is! Go Obama!!!!! Go Castro!!!!

[_sabotage_]

Yeah when someone stops kicking me, I think, what a great guy.

[notyou2]

I have been to both countries.

I felt safer in Cuba.

[DoomYoshi]

Does this seem like a red herring? Presumably, the negotiations on this have been ongoing--beyond public view, so if I was busy-body bureaucrat or politician, then the ongoing, underground negotiations would provide a range of time to release the news. It would seem best to release news of the negotiation (or to speed up the negotiation) whenever bad news about government occurs (e.g. CIA torture programs).

Well, it's funny you write the CIA torture programs specifically. I would suggest that both the CIA torture programs and the relationship "normalization" share one common trait. In both cases, the current government admitted that past governments were failures in their policies. Shouldn't governmental incompetence be punished by death? Nope, it results in re-election. Democracy sucks; hopefully Cuba shows the US the error of its ways. Is the freedom to be a fat, lazy slob who wears cargo shorts really all that much better than living in the paradise of Cuba?

[_sabotage_]

My wife's going out on the 29th. Any requests on the property?

[betiko]

so guenuine question..... what's the plan after fidel and raul over there anyway?

[DoomYoshi]

so guenuine question..... what's the plan after fidel and raul over there anyway?

Pitbull

[DaGip]

Many Republicans support the lifting of this archaic embargo...however, Senator Marco Rubio opposes it. Oh well.



Does this mean I can buy and smoke Cuban cigars in the United States now without going through middlemen in Switzerland?



Never had a Cohiba, want one really bad now!

[betiko]

so guenuine question..... what's the plan after fidel and raul over there anyway?

Pitbull

the singer? I'm sure he'd do an amazing job!

[_sabotage_]

Dagip, Cohibas are sweet all the way through. Please use Canadian middlemen, thanks.

[DoomYoshi]

Many Republicans support the lifting of this archaic embargo...however, Senator Marco Rubio opposes it. Oh well.

He's a racist.