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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:19 AM Original message |
Lula discusses economic crisis with 'lucid' Fidel Castro |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Judi, when do you predict Castro is going to croak? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Did you know that we are all going to die? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Let's see... Fidel opposed apartheid while the US Christian Right supported it |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Some seem to hate these two as much as Cheney does. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
89. You might want to check the status of human rights, freedom of the press etc. in Cuba... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Become a candle in the night: provide some links testifying to Fidel Castro's great brutality. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Croak, you say? |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well regardeless .. the second Fidel is six feet under, |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You're referring to the Fidel Castro Luis Inacio Lula da Silva just said seems to be doing o.k.? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Looks like you are brainwashed. Have you been to Cuba? |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. That's a very open-ended statement. It doesn't take a brain |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Fidel resigned as president 1 or two years ago. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Oh that's right. His brother is in control now. Why Fidel |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Lots o' blather and uninformed speculation, as usual. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I don't blame them for loving the Castro brothers. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. "It's all they know." |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:15 AM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Yes. The old American cars are quite rare now in Cuba. |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. I find your posts condescending and insulting |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. I do know the Cuban people are brainwashed and |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Well this Cuban has only one thing to say to you... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. And what's that Eryemil? |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I've said my piece in this thread.... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. In fact, things are so great in Cuba, why you've decided to |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. You've not read anything I've written, have you? I am done with you. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Much as are we. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. If this is about Cuba's treatment of gays, they've changed that. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. What the hell?!? Where did I say my dislike of Castro has |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. You didn't say either of those things. I made an assumption |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Actually, I don't wish for Castro to kick the bucket.....my position |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. Look, it's kind of hairsplitting between saying "I wish Fidel was dead" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. That's just beneath you. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I care far more about the people of Cuba than I do about |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And you think that the pro-life, anti-Semitic, and anti-gay Miami Cubans are the answer? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. That's an interesting belief. The people of Cuba may |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Gee roody....why do you think it might be that the people of |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Don't you want to see for yourself how miserable they are? |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That would be fun, if not for the fact you and some of the |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. 'Miserable' is a spectrum |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
76. It works like this: |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I most certainly agree with your assessment of Cuba. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Reuters: Brazil's Petrobras to search for oil offshore Cuba |
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fla nocount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. WTF, Adidas wear, flashing the peace sign, |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. If you were his age |
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fla nocount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Preaching to the choir there Edward, I hope you realize that. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
87. Fidel had major abdominal surgery and probably has chronic pain from post-operative flesh adhesions |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. At last, we now know why you've never seen Fidel and Willie Nelson together... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Oh, I FINALLY realized what you were saying. It's the photo snapped by Lula! |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Both legends in their own lifetimes |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Server reset, n/t |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Here is Fidel's latest (brief) essay |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Glad to see both articles. Sounds like the guy does a whole lot more reading that some pResidents |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. Are the Associated Pukes now going to write: "Lula da Silva, friend of Fidel Castro..."? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. South and Central America are in the process of building a regional |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you for the great pictures, Judi Lynn. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Lula really seems to like him, doesn't he? I was surprised to see the photos, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Me, too. Jack Kennedy was putting out feelers to Castro |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Heard only in the last few years about that part of Kennedy's work, learning he sent an emmissary, |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Excellent photos. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
70. That steadfast look struck home with me, too. It's a photo which will stick in your mind. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's hard to respect a dictator |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. He's not presiding over anything, as you should read a couple of years ago. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Accusations already? |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Often, the price for retaining one's dignity and sovereignty can seem high. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Not entirely accurate, and a bad excuse |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
63. "If you want to use that as a reason to keep them under a dictatorship"?? |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I love the pronouncements here, from the DU Cuba experts. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. You don't have to be an expert. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Obviously, you aren't. Why don't you read up on the second link. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Obviously you aren't either. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Re: cynicism |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. The late 70s is a long time ago |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. You assume the Cuban people care about Democracy |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Domestic political diversity is part of Cuba's political landscape. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Excellent description, thanks. "From the grass roots on up:" There's the key. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
91. Wasn't that just what Castro did? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
90. Where does this love on DU for a brutal dictator comes from? |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Well |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. Viva Lula! Viva Fidel!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. Just learned people can download "Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History" |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Thanks. Check this little bit of info from your link. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. You've dug up something they had buried, Billy Burnett! My God. The VOTE WENT AGAINST IT, |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. "...the responsibility of rich countries ..." |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
78. You gotta be pretty "lucid" to survive going on fifty years now against the |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
80. More dated pictures of a man who has been dead for months.. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. So now Brazil's President is caught up in the nefarious scheme to keep Fidel Castro's death a secret |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Just show me... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Brazil's President is involved in a massive lie about Fidel Castro's death? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Do you not understand the question? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. You didn't ask a question, did you? Did you read the original article? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. The fact that you don't see this as odd really worries... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Fidel is out of power. Why does it even matter if he's alive or dead? |
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