Monday, April 21, 2008

Is Babulú Dead Again?

Is Babalú dead?

I have asked that question before regarding its lack of comments. But now the matter is much more grave. It appears that no one is writing posts at Babalú anymore.

We are used to posts there that have no comments hitched to them. Babalú, after all, is the blog with more contributing editors than commenters.

But have its editors now also quit Babalú in disgust over its increasing irrelevance and unorthodoxy?

Has Babalú's "magnificent cadre of writers," as George Moneo alluded to his fellow contributors on the day he was ousted from their ranks, now refusing to march in lockstep with their generalissimos?

There are 16 of them altogether. Most editorial boards at major newspapers don't have 16 members. There are almost no blogs that do.

Yet between them they managed to put up just 7 post this weekend (2 posts consisting only of pictures without words and the other 5 each under 50 words).

Granted, week-ends are slow at most blogs but few blogs completely shut shop over week-ends.
The writing is on the wall. Or, rather, it is not.


POSTSCRIPT:

Business as usual at Babalú today (that is, practically none), but that didn't stop the dyspeptic Val from booting miramiradePalmira and erasing the comment which got her booted. Longtime commenter JackW presumed that it was he who was booted because Val's eloquent edict of eviction ("Comment deleted and asshole banned by el que más mea) followed JackW's comment. Yes, there appears to be a general panic among Babalú's commenters resembling "The Reign of Terror." And so Val, long-discredited as a censor and now a snitch, continues to preside at Babalú with the same arbitrariness in its decline as in its heyday. The fishbowl may be less populated but the shark's teeth are just as sharp.

107 comments:

bookster said...

MAT, i remember this post month back
Longfellow is Fantoma

Is this still true?

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Corgiguy:

John has already alluded to his moniker being hijacked on this blog as well as on Miami's Cuban Connection. Fantomas is the most likely culprit. There are no doubt many Longfellows (his kind of popularity inspires imitators) but the genuine article is here with us right now.

BTW, why don't you get your pic fixed? As I recall it was a gift from me to you.

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

P.S.:

http://corgiguy.gohds.net/IMAGES/CORGIGUY.GIF

Vana said...

Babalu is dead!

Anonymous said...

LOL, what an entertaining post. :)

As the "Real John Longfellow" i must say that Mat was very accurate in his analysis of me. With a few glaring errors, but mostly accurate nonetheless.

bookster said...

mat, just trying to keep the cast of characters straight, is hard to know who is real or fake here anymore. fantoma seems to many faces.

just i still use that pic that you baptised me with, i have to reset my picture in the blogger profile.

Anonymous said...

Babulu, much like the Roman empire has fallen from within!!

Centurion said...

re: "Is Babulu Dead Again"..

MAT -- They had a chance to shine on April 17th. But, the most interesting post on that important day was a recipe for pastelitos de guayaba.

Ps. I did like their link to La Brigada 2506...

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

fantomasiita:

Linking is Babalú's strongest point.

nonee moose said...

MAT, you know very well that louJIF always uses the "hijacked nick" excuse when he's exercising his demons. The lithium and electroshock can only last for so long.

Otherwise, why not just get a blogger account and foreclose the issue?

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Noone:

We must respect John's autonomy. He cannot be John without it.

Speaking of hijackings, I suspect your own moniker may have been hijacked recently as your name appears in black and not in blue.

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

The coming attractions at the Cuba Nostalgia Convention according to Val's latest post at Babalú:

*** "See Val cry, live and uncensored" (he cries every time he visits RCAB, live and very uncensored)

*** "See Val the Fat Ass make a pig of himself (and these are supposed to be "attractions?")

nonee moose said...

I saw that. It was mispelled, as well. but it was a cut and paste from old MCC posts. several others were c/p'd as well, including AT...

Autonomy, indeed. I can respect it, but I can be critical of it at the same time. Would that the solution to any problem were as simple as this one.

Anonymous said...

lol, mat

Anonymous said...

I hope someone ask Val why he "outs" anti-fidel bloggers.

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

noone:

I've contacted the original AT and apprised her of the return of John in full gladitorial splendor.

We'll see if John's Dulcinea can be lured here to inspire him to new and greater feats of "hardhittingness."

nonee moose said...

No lo desequilibres asi, MAT. No ves que lo tienes casi manso ya?

Fantomas said...

Long fellow is not fantomas
fantomas is not logfellow

Fantomas said...

Mat take a look at the new changes impulsados por Raul

www.therealcuba.com con fotos

www.notihabanacuba.com

mas represion

Anonymous said...

corgiguy= chivato y huele tranca

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

noone:

Bueno, no me ha contestado ni se ha visto por estos lares. Me da pena decir que creo que ya no está interesada en él.

Fantomas said...

coño mat primer comentario tuyo en español aqui, espero que continues de vez en cuando para tus fanaticos de habla hispana no pares

Fantomas said...

Viste lo de las damas de Blanco?

escribe un post acerca de eso, tu sabes como

Anonymous said...

opiano licario // Apr 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm

Esta serie de fotos deberían publicarse en todos los medios a nuestro alcance. Si fuese posible que todos los blog y medios las enlacen para que se divulguen lo más posible, estaríamos haciendo algo para echar a rodar la bola de nieve.

Vana said...

It wouldn't be worth flying to Miami to see Val cry and make a total fool of himself, he does it every day at Babalunia.

Fantomas said...
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Anonymous said...

henry gomez=chivato

Fantomas said...

It wouldn't be worth flying to Miami to see

It would not be worth flying to se los van van etc in California

Anonymous said...

Val is back to deleting becuz he's el que mas mea.

"Hey, isn't that Obama in there beating those women up?

Posted by JackW at April 21, 2008 01:51 PM

Comment deleted and asshole banned by el que mas mea.

Enough with the pseudo-Cuban elitist partisan bullshit, miramira."

Val

Posted by miramiradePalmira at April 21, 2008 02:08 PM

Anonymous said...

While the Ladies in White are being attacked by the police, this blog's only concern is Henry Gomez and Babalu.
What a piece of shit!
Support the Cuban people in their struggle! It seems that this piece of shit is being financed by Castro.
It only tries to divide while ignoring the struggle of the Cuban people against the regime.
You are the real chivatos!

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Anonymous & 5:07 PM:

Thank-you for your vigilance.

I had supposed that with so very few commenters left at Babalú Val would not pick petty fights with the remaining ones.

But it must be one of those days for him.

Like 365 out of the year.

Keep monitoring the censors. As I have always said, RCAB welcomes all of Babalú's orphaned comments and evicted commenters.

Anonymous said...

anon said: "Hey, isn't that Obama in there beating those women up?

Posted by JackW at April 21, 2008 01:51 PM

Comment deleted and asshole banned by el que mas mea.

Enough with the pseudo-Cuban elitist partisan bullshit, miramira."

Val

Posted by miramiradePalmira at April 21, 2008 02:08 PM






Ok, first, what was the reason Val deleted, and banned him. Please explain!!

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Anonymous @ 5:55 pm (aka Val):

And while Castro attempts to silence the opposition in Cuba, you continue to do the same thing at Babalú. If you are not beating them up it's only because you can't reach across cyberspace.

Fantomas said...

Mat how do you know certain people when they write the comments do you have a crystal ball or are you using sitemeter as your main source of info which is not very reliable

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

I know, fantomas.

I know.

Fantomas said...

Bueno te veo muy atrasado con lo de las noticias de cuba , es verdad lo que te dijeron concentrate mas en lo que nos afecta alla en cuba no en las opiniones personales de opinantes que opinan en una democracia desde su propia perspectiva

Anonymous said...

Val,


Frustrated, because there is nobody left to "out."

Anonymous said...

Val rushing to the defense of La Diva Gomez...

Fantomas said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Manuel A.Tellechea said...

NOTE:

A "Postscript" has been added to the post regarding Val Prieto's expulsion today of miramirapalmira.

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Are you next, fantomas?

Fantomas said...

next what?

Fantomas said...

did you read my note about the yohandry blog at el pais newspaper?

no te hagas el polaco, el sueco

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

fantomas:

The next to be fallen by Val's ax at Babalú?

Be afraid, fantomas. Be very afraid.

Fantomas said...

Mat whomever lucha contra la tirania castrista es amigo de fantomas regardless if his or her approach or their vision is different than mine , que quede claro esto

Fantomas said...
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Vana said...

fantomas:

Don't be a fool, I'll go see the van vans or whoever I see fit, I don't boycott my fellow Cubans, obviously you have been to Killcastro where I posted that comment, I'm ready to boycott you though.

Ms Calabaza said...

iborbaci2Fantomas,
your multiple personality disorder is out of sync. Time to up the psychotropics dear. . .

You back Obama all over the blogosphere yet you deem to comment at Babalu against him.

Either you are very screwed up or you are a phoney. You go from blog to blog as "lleva y trae" and then after you throw the "proverbial" stone you hide your hand.

You were already uncovered as playing both sides and that is why you call KC and CB "chivatos". You forgot that you play, you pay.



Why don't you try to be as bold at Babalu as you are here. Today you called Vana, scum. The other day you called Manuel the lowest form of scum and you said Farinas belongs in the sewer. Let's hear you try your shenanigans at Babalu tough guy.

By the way, Mat, Vana and Farinas may not agree with you but at the very least they stick to their guns. You are like the wind. You have no shame.

Take your false outrage and sanctimonious outrage elsewhere.

Vana said...

So Val banned another commenter, what else is new, he does not learn does he, el que mas mea is an idiot, pretty soon he wont have anyone to push around, except of course the writers.

Anonymous said...

Yah, ok, buy "why" did Val delete and ban another commenter?

Anonymous said...

longfellow: looks like the commenter was defending Obama because it came right after a slur about him. then this:

Enough with the pseudo-Cuban elitist partisan bullshit, miramira."

Anonymous said...

lol ok

Anonymous said...

Val Prieto=self-loathing Cuban

Fantomas said...

Take your false outrage and sanctimonious outrage elsewhere.


No dear pumpkin iam here for the long run
ask Mat

Ms Calabaza said...

MaT,

I just read the post that caused Val's banning of miramira. Sheesh, what a classy response for the Editor in Chief. However, I did then read an excellent post by Cigar Mike Elite vs.Elitism where there was actually an intelligent, respectful discussion with no name calling. Check it out... What a difference. But then, I've always thought Babalu has some great folks as contributing writers I'm just amazed they don't object to Val and Henry's actions.

Old Sicilian saying: “The fish starts stinking from the head”

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Val:

Nice try to introduce racism in order to benefit by it.

To The Madhouse with that comment.

Fantomas said...

Donde esta mi gente?

MAYONESA Y CAFÉ

Cuando las cosas en la vida parecen demasiado, cuando 24 horas al día no son suficientes...recuerda el frasco de mayonesa y el café.

Un profesor delante de su clase de filosofía sin decir palabra tomo un
frasco grande y vacio de mayonesa y procedió a llenarlo con pelotas de golf.
Luego le preguntó a sus estudiantes si el frasco estaba lleno. Los estudiantes
estuvieron de acuerdo en decir que si.

Así que el profesor tomo una caja llena de
canicas y la vació dentro del frasco de mayonesa. Las canicas llenaron los espacios
vacíos entre las pelotas de golf. El profesor volvió a preguntar a los estudiantes si el frasco estaba lleno, ellos volvieron a decir que si.

Luego...el profesor tomo una caja con arena y la vació dentro del frasco.
Por supuesto, la arena lleno todos los espacios vacíos, así que el profesor pregunto nuevamentesi el frasco estaba lleno. En esta ocasión los estudiantes respondieron con un 'si' unánime.

El profesor enseguida agrego 2 tazas de café al contenido del frasco y efectivamente llenótodos los espacios vacíos entre la arena. Los estudiantes reían en esta ocasión.

Cuando la risa se apagaba, el profesor dijo: QUE SE DEN CUENTA QUE ESTE FRASCO REPRESENTA LA VIDA'
Las pelotas de golf son las cosas importantes,como Dios, la familia, los hijos, la salud, los amigos, todo lo que te apasiona. Son cosas, que aún si todo lo demás lo perdiéramos y solo éstas quedaran, nuestras vidas aún estarían llenas.

Las canicas son las otras cosas que importan, como el trabajo, la casa, el auto, etc.

La arena es todo lo demás, las pequeñas cosas. 'Si ponemos la arena en el frasco primero, no habría espacio para las canicas ni para las pelotas de golf. Lo mismo ocurre con la vida'.

Si gastamos todo nuestro tiempo y energía en las cosas pequeñas, nunca tendremos lugar para las cosas realmente importantes presta atención a las cosas que son cruciales para tu felicidad. Juega con tus hijos, tomate tiempo para asistir al doctor, ve con tu pareja a cenar, practica tu deporte o afición favorita.

Siempre habrá tiempo para limpiar la casa y reparar la llave del agua. Ocúpate de las pelotas de golf primero, de las cosas que realmente importan. Establece tus prioridades, el resto es solo arena.

Uno de los estudiantes levantó la mano y pregunto que representaba el café. El profesor sonrió y dijo: 'Que bueno que lo preguntas... Sólo es para demostrarles, que no importa cuan ocupada tu vida pueda parecer, siempre hay lugar para un par de tazas de café con un amigo.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr_m4VU_GNM

Anonymous said...

Val Prieto=chivato

Anonymous said...

Babulu is one boring blog.

Anonymous said...

Fantomas: "Mat how do you know certain people when they write the comments do you have a crystal ball "

MAT doesn't have a crystal ball or any other kind of balls. He is a paid chivato whose job is to divide and try to sabotage anyone who is working on the Internet against the Cuban regime.
It is very clear for anyone to see. Only the blind can follow this chivato.

Fantomas said...

Fantomas: "Mat how do you know certain people when they write the comments do you have a crystal ball "

MAT doesn't have a crystal ball or any other kind of balls. He is a paid chivato whose job is to divide and try to sabotage anyone who is working on the Internet against the Cuban regime.
It is very clear for anyone to see. Only the blind can follow this chivato.

KUDOS.....nice comment
Mat te sonaron duro , a ver parate del suelo y defiendete

Anonymous said...

boring thread... MAnuel is time to close this one... me duermo

Abre otro post please , hurry

Anonymous said...

MAT doesn't have a crystal ball or any other kind of balls.

"Quote of the century"

Anonymous said...

so Mat is ball less?

Anonymous said...

Ay que rico esta esto , que clase de solar tenemos montaito aqui, yo soy nuevo aqui soy el primo de fantasmos, si ese mismo, el Fantomas que mas mea y caga

Anonymous said...

Val calling folks "elitist " when he shows off pictures of his new kitchen.

Ha

Anonymous said...

anon aka henry said: boring thread... MAnuel is time to close this one... me duermo



Henry is waiting for everybody to go to bed, so he can post without rebuttal.

lol

Anonymous said...

Hey Val, were you paid handsomely by the Cuban communist government for your "outing" of KC.

Anonymous said...

Hey Val, is Henry laying next to you right now?

Anonymous said...

Hey Val, when you were getting your freak on, with that woman, you looked very "uncomfortable."

Vana said...

Val should have the balls to comment under his own name, instead he hides behind an anonymous comment, what a coward!!

Anonymous said...

Lol,


Babalu is dead. Now the cadre of babalusians are lurking around here knowing the wrath of Val will be unleashed upon them



Again , Babalu has fallen from within


lol

bookster said...

Hey RCAB Nation, looks like the sopranos made the cut with raul Read More

Tony Soprano is cool!

Fantomas said...

nice pic corgy, but same old yourself, no changes

Anonymous said...

Oh my god

We have The Babaland ( babalusians)

Now we have RCAB Nation

What will next be

Fantomas Universe?

Anonymous said...

Almost 100 comments again Mat

You are the new undisputed king of kings

The best blogger of all time

Manuel Tellechea , Rock on baby

Poor Joani, here comes MAT

bookster said...

wtf fantomas, i detect a jab? please elaborate!

Vana said...

Corgiguy:

Yes we know that the Sopranos will now be playing in Cuba, guess Raul wants to show the people what real Americans are, a bunch of mafiosi.

bookster said...

Hello Vana

Common this is a fictional story, i think our cuban borther and sisters can figure that out!

Have you ever watched the sopranos? Granted is about a mafia family, but the theme goes deeper.

Vana by the way found a good cuban restaurant in riverside 5180 Arlington Ave Riverside CA, great food!

Anonymous said...

Qué manera de hablar mierda desde un blog!

A la manigua , patriotas!

Fantomas said...
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Fantomas said...

pedido urgente de fantomas...

en vista que nos hemos convertido en expertos a los ataques personales entre cuban bloggers, en vista que nos hemos convertido todos en chivatos, reveladores de nombres, de e mail privados,reveladores de conversaciones anteriores, expertos en amenazas, en vista de todo eso, LES PIDO DE FAVOR QUE COGAMOS UN TIME OUT Y ME AYUDEN A COMBATIR LOS ESBIRRROS CASTRISTAS EN ESTE BLOG below. AHI PODEMOS ATACAR AL ENEMIGO QUE SON ELLOS .

http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/yohandry8780/posts

los espero alli

su amigo fantomas

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

fantomas:

The fact that you are representing the anti-Castro position in internet forums such as Spain's El País, should, indeed, give us all cause to pause.

Fantomas said...

manny embullate and give me a hand against those cuban communistic goons and trolls

Fantomas said...

Manny one of my favorite movies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_iVqtvG94

I identify myself with Alex

Fantomas said...

MANNY MIRA COMO TRATAN A tU AMIGO FANTOMAS alli en el pais no piensas ir a defenderlo, estan barriendo el piso con el

Tres Paticas dijo
Caballeros, no sean abusadores con los nalguipelados y déjenme algo. Llego tarde y me encuentro piltrafa nada más, escombros indignos de un buen ciberentoye... Les han dado hasta con el cubo a la morralla batistiana, lameculensi, lacayona, mamífera del yuma y pedigüeña. Los han dejado con el culo al aire...ah, ahora caigo, si se quedaron con el culo al aire es mi turno:AGHHHHHHHHH, UHHHHHHHHHHH, ZUAVANANNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAA...MAMMAMBOOOOOO

FANTOMAS, RECOJE TU CAJETILLA DEL SUELO. MADAME RUBALCABA , PÓNGASE CORRECTAMENTE LA PELUCA... Y A LLORAR CON TRES PATICAS....GLUBBBBBBBB
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Te di dijo
Fantoma y tropa, les di con todo, voy a tomarme un jugo de naranja, que tengo más detalles de atentados y asesinatos contra nuestro pueblo...

Toma Fantoma, que esta batalla de ideas la perdieron desde que este blog les peteó el ano a la Chiqui y el Fan-culo.pelao.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Para Fan dijo
Seguro que estás en esta listica de gusanos y terroristas Fan, que mano de pataitas te están dando estos chamas de la UCI, no te da pena.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Toma tu toma Fan dijo
Ven Fantomita, que te estaba esperando, mira que linda tus damitas de negro con el mister, comiendo jamon del bueno, mira que brazos, que piernas, que tetas, que culos tienes estas damitas, con buenos salarios que llega desde el norte, p´a mi que el mister lo que tiene es un relajo de madre, seguro que se las está metiendo a todas, jijijiji, aunque p´a fumarse la más vieja, se necesita un higado de madre.....

Anonymous said...

At Baulu:

Free Biscet= 1 comment
Bash Obama = 10 comments


LOL, that is why America does not take the Miami Cubans seriously. Because they do not take themselves seriously.



P.S.

Henry smartly tries to illuminate Biscet for the world. Too bad the Babulu community doesnt even respect Biscet to bother with a kind word of support.


Struggle, what struggle?

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

Anonymous:

You give Babalú too much undeserved credit.

Henry once got the bright idea that Oscar Biscet should run for president of Cuba from his jail cell against Fidel Castro under the Socialist "Constitution." Henry even appointed himself Biscet's voluntary campaign manager. The only problem was that he never bothered to inform Biscet. When news reached Biscet's wife in Havana, she begged Henry to desist immediately because he was going to get her husband killed.

I do not doubt Henry's admiration for Biscet, but such is his inexpertise in Cuban affairs that his campaign to "save Biscet" would have in fact resulted in his martyrdom.

Men like Biscet must not only be protected from Castro's goons. They also need to be protected from well-wishers whose zeal on his behalf will give us another martyr, precisely what Cuba doesn't need.

Anonymous said...

mat,

Listen, Biscet represents everything that Mandela did. And that is freedom from an oppressive racist system.

The difference is that the South Africans (white and black) never let the world forget Mandela.

Hence, Americans, (except Cuban-Americans) supported Mandela, and took him and his cause under our wing, and making it our own.

Letting the South Africans know that, 1) no harm should come to him 2) he should be release 3) free elections must be immediately held

Henry, on this issue, is smart to inform America about this courageous Cuban who remains imprisoned.

It is tragic, that "Henry" appears to be the only Babuluer with the vision to understand the importance of Biscet.

However, due to the lack of support from other Babulu, "especially" Val, and your response. The Biscet posts from Babulu, appear to be superficial, and only from the "mouth out."


I could expect nothing less from self-loathing Cuban-Americans!!

Anonymous said...

henry and val have no cuban pride

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

John:

Biscet would be deeply offended to be compared to Nelson Mandela.

Mandela was never declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International because he advocated violent means for the overthrow of the South African regime. In fact, more than advocated, since he was prosecuted as a terrorist bomber.

Biscet does not advocate the use of violence. Unlike Mandela, he has been designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International and is very proud of that honor.

In fact, he always makes that distinction when a well-wisher like you thinks to "compliment" him by comparing him to the terrorist Mandela, who, incidentally, is one of Castro's most influential supporters in the world and as such an enabler of Cuba's tyranny.

Anonymous said...

val prieto=chivato

Vana said...

Corgiguy:

Hello back at you, do you have the name of the restaurant, my family and I ate at one recently in Riverside, but I do not remember the name, I will save the addy you give me though.

Yes I have watched every episode of the Sopranos, good show!

Vana said...

Si ahora mismo te doy una mano fantomas, una mano pa' hundirte..lol

nonee moose said...

louJIF knows what "from the mouth out" means? Perhaps he knows a little more español than he lets on.

You know, el caballo era el que mas meaba, once. Now we have this.

bookster said...

Hello Vana

here's the website it has all the info http://www.mycubancafe.net/

Fantomas said...

Si ahora mismo te doy una mano fantomas, una mano pa' hundirte..lol

Ave maria Vana , que mala eres, quien te enseño esos modales

Vana said...

Thank you corgiguy, I'll check it out.

Vana said...

corgiguy:

Yes that is the same restaurant I went with my family, we are planning to go back, we loved the food!

BTW the Cuban bread they serve there is from a Cuban bakery close to me in San Bernardino, is called Noyes, they are on Baseline good bread.

Anonymous said...

Nonee,


LOL, Mat has my home state via my ip. And rest assure, i live in the reddest of the red states. In my state there is not a Cuban in sight, including myself.


Most Cubans, as most Spanish-speakers would find my home state very inhospitable. Even though, it is nearly all Republican!!

Hence, Mat's silence about your baseless assumptions.

Anonymous said...

Mat,


You know i dont recall Nonee being this cynical in the ole days of MCC. It seems like Nonee has been influenced by Henry and Val.

Too bad really, Nonee wasnt that bad of a guy. Now he reminds of a baby who has soiled diapers, and just wont stop crying.

nonee moose said...

Who's crying, louJIF? All I said was that you might know more spanish than you let on. Why is that offensive to you? Unless, of course, all that huffing indignation is obfuscation.

I never said only cubans should discuss Cuba issues. On the contrary, if more non-cubans would do it intelligently and sincerely, some solutions might be had to so many issues that plague us as a community, not just the four corners of the Cuba issue itself.

The Biscet posts from Babulu, appear to be superficial, and only from the "mouth out."

Throw one more cubanism, please? C'mon...

Don't worry, knowing a little spanish doesn't make you cuban. Just like your little man-crush on MAT doesn't make you a girl. Just, don't get hysterical. (You should mention this episode to your gynecologist. He might dial back the estrogen.)

Fantomas said...

Noone suenalo duro

Anonymous said...

nonee said: Throw one more cubanism, please? C'mon...


Actually, i learned that from my bitch Ecuadorian ex-girlfriend. She always said my feelings towards her was from the mouth out. Being the intellectual that i am, i immediately pocketed that quote for future use, as i thought that quote was kind of cool.

As far as your remark about my alleged man-crush on Mat. Well, i dont have a crush on Mat. I flog Mat as needed, as i do others. He needs less flogging, as i largely agree with him on most issues.


Finally, as for your remark about me being "hysterical." Nonee, you are the one who comes into RCAB in need of a diaper change, not i!!

Anonymous said...

"obfuscation"

There you go again using big words, for riddles. Just talk plain English.

Manuel A.Tellechea said...

John:

Do I find Nelson Mandela's unconditional support for Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution cretinous and highly offensive? Of course I do. So would any Cuban with an ounce of dignity.

Do I think that Mandela's support for Castro demeans him? Yes, of course, as would his support for Hitler or Stalin.

Do I think, as Mandela obviously does, that Castro is his equal?

No.

Mandela, despite his terrorist antecedents, did not do to South Africa what Castro did to Cuba or Mugabe to Zimbabwe.

I would commend him for that except that he has endorsed the enslavement of my people.

In that sense he is no different from or better than Fidel Castro.

The irony is that Mandela would consider that a compliment.

Anonymous said...

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