Lasars and Sonics and Crap
Okay, I have no idea what the hell Cuba is doing, but I made a trip to Costco for some heavy duty hat making supplies.
A string of bizarre injuries to U.S. diplomats and their families in Cuba has left at least 21 people with a variety of ills including permanent hearing loss, fatigue, dizziness, visual and balance problems and sleeping difficulties, and is now being called an “attack” by the U.S. government. It’s unclear who is behind all of this.
Now, here’s the weird part – US diplomats think pulling out is a real bad idea. They say —
A major US drawdown, or the closure of the recently reopened US embassy, would be a blow to Obama-era policies seeking to increase engagement between the Cold War adversaries.
Trump has repeatedly attacked his predecessor’s agreement with the Castro regime to bring down barriers between the two countries, calling it a “terrible and misguided deal.” While Trump has chipped away at some of the Obama-era policy changes, many components of it remain in place.
So, is the weirdness limited to Trump and his mission to destroy anything that President Obama ever touched?
Oh hell, Trump just found another place to start a war.
Yes, this is a strange one. Maybe we will find out it is just some faulty microwave ovens. This would be normal for a movie, in fact I hope it is and I can leave the theatre soon. I want to go home. I really think anything that has Obama attached to it drives trump just insane. Maybe we should all start carrying signs around that just say ” Obama” just in case it works. Maybe this administration will just explode or implode which ever is correct.
1Are you charging $40 a hat for your foil hats? We could use the cash for a fund raiser.
2This is called “negotiating.”
It’s how Donald opens a Trump Tower and Casino first in Havana.
Golf course constructed in an old sugar cane field to follow.
3Viva La Cucaracha!
I read an article in a reputable source like WaPo or NYT that Castro & other Cuban officials are baffled & upset by this weird thing. I wonder if it’s Russian-sourced?
4Speaking of $40 items, here’s something y’all can get your RWNJ family and friends for the holidays, a ‘Trumpy Bear’! (I don’t know if JJ has covered this yet)
Just imagine them seeking nighttime solace hugging their ‘Trumpy Bears’ while their world crumbles, their SS and Medicare dissolves, their 401K’s implode (a very major market correction is coming), the next climate-related weather disaster rakes them, etc.
I saw an actual TV commercial for this, the spot was hard to figure out if it was legit or a satirical spoof, but it seems to be real. Some of the ad elements are pretty over the top, at least to a reasonably normal viewer, but right on for the target audience I guess (like the old vet on a motorcycle/bike, WTF?).
(this official TB link seems to play the actual teevee comm’l too, it’s a hoot):
http://gettrumpybear.com/
https://www.bing.com/search?q=trumpy+bear&form=OPRTSD&pc=OPER
“Trumpy Bear is a plush 22″ bear with an attached 30″ by 30″ flag colored blanket. $39.90 plus $6.95 shipping. Trumpy has a zippered neck where the blanket is stored.”
5Cuba may be our salvation. Located close to Mar-A-Grift-Hole and hopefully ready to reimburse us for all the CIA tricks against Castro. Something in a nice set of golf balls for Dolt45 would be nice.
6Gotta ask. Are any other embassies having similar problems? I haven’t heard one negative word from my Canadian family concerning health problems with their diplomats stationed in Cuba. But then I seriously doubt that anything would be amiss at their station. Over the years while we boycotted the island, Canada trotted down there and built airports, etc. Great place to be for Canadians during the winter. Much bigger island than Bermuda. And much more colorful than Florida.
7We can’t go to war with Cuba. It is an island out in the middle of the ocean. And it is a really big ocean. It would take Trump four days just to find it on a map.
8Anybody else think that this might be a ‘false flag’ operation? Designed to conveniently unravel another one of President Obama’s better initiatives, the opening to Cuba.
9Operation Wormywoods reprise?
10Initially there were reports that some Canadian diplomats and their families had been affected too, but I haven’t read any really recent reports on them.
11I wish the Centers for Disease Control would send some investigators to Cuba because it is still entirely possible that there was some viral or bacteriological cause for the injuries.
Just another way to reduce the effectiveness of our State Department abroad. And, oh yes, removing our staff from Cuba could only make little Putin all wet and warm down in his jammies while Dotard Trump tracks and erases each footprint left by that most recent President.
12Believing we can blame all this on the GOP come mid-terms and bring about a big change might just be too late folks.
Interestingly, the US has not accused Cuba of doing it. So who is?
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