Members GMac Posted December 17, 2014 Members Share Posted December 17, 2014 Just read that the travel embargo will not be completely relaxed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 17, 2014 Members Share Posted December 17, 2014 It's thrilling. But it's just one in a series of wonderful things Obama has done that people said he couldn't do, starting with my rights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted December 17, 2014 Members Share Posted December 17, 2014 Damn. I really wanted to visit before all the American money turned it into Hawaii. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GMac Posted December 17, 2014 Members Share Posted December 17, 2014 Love this. And Our President. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 18, 2014 Members Share Posted December 18, 2014 There's no way it could be, anyway, as Congress wouldn't allow it. He'll be lucky if they, or the courts, don't make it worse than what we have now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GMac Posted December 18, 2014 Members Share Posted December 18, 2014 Rubio and Jeb are all over the news this morning saying how "thoughtless" President Obama is for doing this. Camera whores. Really, at this point Obama could [!@#$%^&*] sunshine and they'd find something to complain about. A recent example is when Clinton resumed diplomatic ties with Vietnam in the 90s. Politicans on the left had a hissy fit. 20+ years later the sky still hasn't fallen. These right wingers will be among the first to invest in Cuba to make a quick buck. I am sure of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 19, 2014 Members Share Posted December 19, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?_r=1 http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nebraska-oklahoma-sue-colorado-marijuana-legalization A great example of just how meaningless the "small government" line is with the GOP. It's only small government when big business wants it. That they are suing to kill a law in another state, that the people of that state voted on, is jawdropping. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 19, 2014 Members Share Posted December 19, 2014 Paul Krugman talks about the woes of Putin. Remember when those America-haters like Palin and Guiliani were gushing over him? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/opinion/paul-krugman-putins-bubble-bursts.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 How David Gregory lost his job. It couldn't have happened to a more devoted stenographer. Chuck Todd may be a screaming bottom for conservatives, but at least he knows who he is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) I don't know why people would be clamoring to go to Cuba when they can just go to Puerto Rico. I think it should be our 51st state. Edited December 23, 2014 by alphanguy74 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted December 23, 2014 Members Share Posted December 23, 2014 Michael Grimm, the charming fellow who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony then break him in half "like a boy" for asking about allegations of financial impropriety is pleading guilty to...oh look, financial impropriety! Specifically tax evasion. I'm not naive enough to think he'll get jail time but it's nice to see this rageaholic brought to heel a little bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 24, 2014 Members Share Posted December 24, 2014 I am dying to go to Cuba. I guess mostly because I want to drive around in a 1940s car and pretend I am a character in a black and white movie. There is a romanticized notion of Cuba that sort of reminds you of Hemingway or men in white linen suits in a casino while a glamorous showgirl is singing a song. It's all fantasy but the fun is chasing the fantasy. In Cuba I want to wear white linen and smoke a cigar before nazi spies try to kill me or something. I have spoken to people who would fly to Cuba back before Castro and they said it was literally like living in a movie. Everyone got glammed up to go to the casinos. Puerto Rico has no romantic fantasy attached to it, nor does it have cars from the 1940s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GregNYC Posted December 24, 2014 Members Share Posted December 24, 2014 Ceding to Florida, New York Falls to No. 4 in Population http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/nyregion/new-york-falls-to-florida-dropping-to-no-4-in-population.html?_r=0 After years of staving off population challenges from the Sunshine State, New York has finally ceded its position as the nation’s third most populous state, falling to fourth, according to figures released Tuesday by the United States Census Bureau. The numbers, which reflect population estimates for July 2014, show that Florida now has about 19.9 million residents, overtaking New York and its 19.7 million. (California and Texas remain in first and second place, respectively.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 25, 2014 Members Share Posted December 25, 2014 That makes me sad. NY used to be the biggest state in the country and now for politics it's electoral vote are about as exciting as Indiana's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 30, 2014 Members Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Majority Whip spoke at "white nationalist" group in 2002. Ugh. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-scalise-david-duke-wat Edited December 30, 2014 by DRW50 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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