well GD should be "fun" tonight

[matcom]

:eyes:

good thing i have stomach flu and am off to bed soon x(

[ashling]

1. What's goin down

sorry about the flu thing.

[Fuzz]

2. Apparently Saddam

[Crabby Appleton]

3. yep

[UTUSN]

6. As a runner-up selection, may I suggest THIS (albeit LBN):

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2667859

2667859, Cuba slams Costa Rican leader's remarks
Posted by arcos on Thu Dec-28-06 06:22 PM

Cuba slams Costa Rican leader's remarks

Havana.– Cuba blasted Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on Wednesday for comparing Fidel Castro to the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, claiming Arias does the bidding of the U.S. government.

In a statement published in the Communist Party daily Granma, the Cuban Foreign Ministry expressed its "profound indignation" over Arias' comments likening the ailing Castro to his ideological foe.

"There is no difference" between the men, Arias said in an interview in Costa Rica last week. "The ideology differs, but both were savage, brutal and bloody."

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In the statement on Wednesday, Cuba called Arias a "vulgar mercenary" of U.S. officials and said Washington "always had on hand another opportunistic clown ready to follow its aggressive plans against Cuba."

http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=20964


another link:
Cuba slams Costa Rican president for comparing Castro to Pinochet

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The Washington-friendly Arias, who won the Nobel Peace Price in 1997 for helping broker an end to Central America's civil wars, has exchanged salvos with Cuban officials since he was elected earlier this year.

Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage and Arias quarreled publicly in August after they suspended a meeting on re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations. Arias had also wanted to use the meeting to discuss civil rights on the island, but Lage rejected that idea.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/27/news/CB_GEN_Cuba_Costa_Rica.php

2667895, I guess it's inconvenient...
Posted by robcon on Thu Dec-28-06 06:51 PM

... to have somebody point out the similarity among one-party states.

2667909, And it really doesn't matter
Posted by musiclawyer on Thu Dec-28-06 07:13 PM

Cuba's "experiment" is coming to an end sooner rather than later. The Spanish corporations have already mapped out the good assetts. The English speaking corporations anxiously await. Whether the next chapter is overall good for the people or Cuba is anyone's guess.

2667942, HaHAH!!1
Posted by UTUSN on Thu Dec-28-06 07:34 PM

:popcorn:

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[Midlodemocrat]

4. Scotch futures just fell 50%.

:hide:

Sorry you aren't feeling well. :hug:

[graywarrior]

5. GD gives me the flu.