Cuba.

[JohnnySavage]

I got this from a North Korean hacker, so I'm not going to take blame or responsibility for it and I will delete it after a while:

I heard that ISIS, is funded by BP and half a dozen or so really huge European corporations, with the ultimate aim of knocking off the House of Saud.

But that wouldn't be right, would it, Mansour?

(PS, I am not Edward Snowden)

Are you looking for the iso blurt thread

 

[Ishmael]

Jews, big oil, conspiracies, Australian. I wonder if he's really Mel Gibson?

Ishmael

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Really? I suspect that the food is going to high quality no matter who owns the resort. I love Cuban cuisine, it's what I miss the most about Miami.

As far as partying goes, all of the Latins know how to party. Miami's Calle Ocho, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Bogata, The night life is great.

Ishmael

Cuban cuisine is RICE WITH BLACK BEANS or RICE WITH WHATEVER THE CAT DRAGS HOME. I love Cuban sandwiches and crab croquettes but Cuban cuisine is seriously limited. Most Cuban restaurants in Tampa went outta business for no variety. The fucking Mexicans have a bigger menu.

 

[Ishmael]

Cuban cuisine is RICE WITH BLACK BEANS or RICE WITH WHATEVER THE CAT DRAGS HOME. I love Cuban sandwiches and crab croquettes but Cuban cuisine is seriously limited. Most Cuban restaurants in Tampa went outta business for no variety. The fucking Mexicans have a bigger menu.

Stop eating at the roadside stands.

Ishmael

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Stop eating at the roadside stands.

Ishmael

1/4 of my kin are Cuban, it what they eat. The few Cuban restaurants in Tampa serve RICE AND WHAT THE CAT DRAGS HOME. You musta wandered in to a Spanish restaurant.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

It will be nice to be able to get something better than a Chingado-brand cigar.


High fructose corn has long since done in the cane industry anyway.


All that's left is to perfect the funny ways to spell "Rah000l"

 

[Disgustipated]

Cuban cuisine is RICE WITH BLACK BEANS or RICE WITH WHATEVER THE CAT DRAGS HOME. I love Cuban sandwiches and crab croquettes but Cuban cuisine is seriously limited. Most Cuban restaurants in Tampa went outta business for no variety. The fucking Mexicans have a bigger menu.

You've never eaten real Cuban cuisine, dummy.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I'm constantly told that no black alive today was a slave so is the argument we should have waited a few decades?

 

[Ishmael]

It will be nice to be able to get something better than a Chingado-brand cigar.


High fructose corn has long since done in the cane industry anyway.


All that's left is to perfect the funny ways to spell "Rah000l"

Fuentes has a couple of cigars that are the equal of anything that ever came out of Cuba. That being said, it will be nice to get some good Cuban's without having to smuggle them in through Canada.

Ishmael

 

[Ishmael]

1/4 of my kin are Cuban, it what they eat. The few Cuban restaurants in Tampa serve RICE AND WHAT THE CAT DRAGS HOME. You musta wandered in to a Spanish restaurant.

Obviously you don't like rice. They don't serve Yucca as an alternate choice in Tampa? Ever had Cuban style Paella?

Ishmael

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Fuentes has a couple of cigars that are the equal of anything that ever came out of Cuba. That being said, it will be nice to get some good Cuban's without having to smuggle them in through Canada.

Ishmael

I smoked my last Cubans in the Caribbean, way too long ago.

 

[Disgustipated]

Obviously you don't like rice. They don't serve Yucca as an alternate choice in Tampa? Ever had Cuban style Paella?

Ishmael

He's a liar, Ish. You should know that. Takes one and all.

 

[Beco]

So the administration is tracking to 'normalize' relations with Cuba.

Why bother?

The reason for not doing so is that Cuba still hasn't paid the US owners of the property they 'nationalized.'

The people live in abject poverty and the US embargo is blamed for this. Strange, Cuba can, and does, do business with any other nation on the face of the Earth and their economy is still for shit. Why? They don't have anything to sell that will support their economy. Sugar and cigars just aren't going to pay the bills.

They've tried international tourism and that isn't getting it done either. Prior to the revolution Cuba was getting by, even starting to prosper, by selling drugs, prostitution, and gambling. Of course the corruption that came along with that was one of the reasons for Castro's revolution to begin with.

I'm ambivalent on the subject. It just isn't worth the press that it's getting and I think that the views of those that think Cuba is a Carribean shit hole is all the fault of the US are gong to be dashed on the rocks of reality soon enough.


Ishmael

They cant open up Cuba soon enough! Its about damn time.....screw the rest, open the island. Its the one thing I was hoping Obama would do and he did it.....

Stop the nonsense, stop the old fashion embargo which isnt working.....open the society and down goes The Beard...

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Ishmael - Fuentes cigars...

You are totally right.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Obviously you don't like rice. They don't serve Yucca as an alternate choice in Tampa? Ever had Cuban style Paella?

Ishmael

My wife suspects I'm Chinese I love rice so much. My last paella was in Spain, you cant get it at a Tampa Cuban restaurant. Forty years ago paella was a staple at all of Tampa's Spanish restaurants but most of the Spanish restaurants are gone. I captured a cookbook from the closed SeaBreeze Cuban restaurant and can make my own. Tampa is too proletariat (wings, burgers, frozen barbecue) for exotic fare.

 

[Conager]

I picture Cuba like the 50's, but nothing is like the 50s anymore. It isnt like you can go down to spanish harlem and see orchestras now. Probably pretty run down.

 

[Not His Toy]

I picture Cuba like the 50's, but nothing is like the 50s anymore. It isnt like you can go down to spanish harlem and see orchestras now. Probably pretty run down.

I picture Desi Arnaz and Lucy type of acts.

 

[Conager]

BahbahLOOOO!

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Send some of the to LA. They speak the language and they can explain to the new residents the eventual joys of socialism.

Did you hear? The health care system that cannot treat basic conditions of their leader is actually far superior to the US system. I can't wait for single payer and doctors on salary for $20 a month.

There are a lot of people who think doctors have been on a pedestal for far too long who are eager for a little Social Justice.

 

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[Wat_Tyler]

I picture Cuba like the 50's, but nothing is like the 50s anymore. It isnt like you can go down to spanish harlem and see orchestras now. Probably pretty run down.

This picture kind of pictures it that way, too.


Apparently, their car mechanics are very adept at improvisation.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10441202_10204427828088830_3247352993243383139_n.jpg?oh=4d6e30c4a6471f96a566db2a3dffce71&oe=553E57FC&__gda__=1430055914_fdf5f1ff3a7bb8380004ef8888f43b74

 

[Ishmael]

Query brought up a good point that I hadn't gotten around to addressing. With their much touted health care system it would be a natural for them to fire up a 'medical treatment tourism' trade.

Unfortunately for them Costa Rica is already firing that up with the construction of world class clinics staffed by US trained physicians and specialists. And Costa Rica has LOT more going for it than Cuba.

Ishmael

 

[RobDownSouth]

Query brought up a good point that I hadn't gotten around to addressing. With their much touted health care system it would be a natural for them to fire up a 'medical treatment tourism' trade.

Unfortunately for them Costa Rica is already firing that up with the construction of world class clinics staffed by US trained physicians and specialists. And Costa Rica has LOT more going for it than Cuba.

Ishmael

It's not a "good point".

Cuba is very good at churning out General Practitioners, but not specialized doctors.

Kinda the reverse of the United States, where there is a shortage of GPs.

Ergo, specialized medical clinics such as those being built in Mexico, India and Costa Rica would be more difficult to establish in Cuba.

What I can see happening is Cuban-trained GPs alleviating the shortage in the US, while US-trained specialists set up shop eventually in Cuba.

Nice try though.

 

[Beco]

I picture Desi Arnaz and Lucy type of acts.

I know it was you Fredo......happy New Year!

 

[Beco]

Query brought up a good point that I hadn't gotten around to addressing. With their much touted health care system it would be a natural for them to fire up a 'medical treatment tourism' trade.

Unfortunately for them Costa Rica is already firing that up with the construction of world class clinics staffed by US trained physicians and specialists. And Costa Rica has LOT more going for it than Cuba.

Ishmael

Not for long.....a two hour flight, good beaches and loosely clad ladies...mimosa's and restaurant out of locals homes....bring it on!