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| 3 Cuban Athletes Defect at Pan Am Games |
| 2003-08-20 |
| Only three? SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Three Cuban athletes have defected to the Dominican Republic, where they were competing in the Pan American Games, an official said Tuesday. The defections occurred during the international competition, which started Aug. 1 and ended Sunday, said Gen. Fernando Cruz, director of the Dominican intelligence agency. Cruz refused to give further details on the defections. Cubs could use a quality short reliever. And a third baseman, but the Cubs always need a third baseman. Defections by Cuban athletes are |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #14 Or do you enjoy being a two-faced wanker? Not as much as you must enjoy being a dick. |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-20 10:38:20 PM |
| #13 Here is one Canadian that will not be caught dead or alive anywhere near Cuba. Cheap vacations in a prison? |
| Posted by: john 2003-8-20 9:20:53 PM |
| #12 Even if I smoked cigars, I would gladly pay more not to support a fascist dictator. Why don't you just stay in Canada, Raphael? Or do you enjoy being a two-faced wanker? |
| Posted by: Craig 2003-8-20 8:34:30 PM |
| #11 Sure. But I value my relationship with the US far more than a Cuban vacation :) Like a true Canadian, I do want to retire in Florida one day. Or Arizona. |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-20 6:12:04 PM |
| #10 " And you can enjoy those expensive cigars. As for vacationing in Cuba, if I knew I wouldn't be forever hassled at the American border, I'd probably go. Hell, go. Rent a charter boat in Keys and just drop in. The immigration folks in Mariel won't bother you with visas.... they want the tourist bucks. Good fun... but go in the winter. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-8-20 5:59:14 PM |
| #9 "Go ahead and enjoy your cheap bannana rum daquiri" And you can enjoy those expensive cigars. As for vacationing in Cuba, if I knew I wouldn't be forever hassled at the American border, I'd probably go. |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-20 5:19:37 PM |
| #8 Because you can get authentic Cambell's soup with real peices of chicken. Hm Hm good. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-8-20 1:06:00 PM |
| #7 (enable sarcasm mode) I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would defect from a country with universal health care and universal literacy. (disable sarcasm mode) |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-8-20 12:49:15 PM |
| #6 Extra broth for the team members who remain. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-8-20 12:37:14 PM |
| #5 "Just look at that guy run!...Hey, isn't he supposed to stop now?..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-8-20 10:54:42 AM |
| #4 Where else can Canadians find cheap whores so easily? You know, at least back in the Fifties, the brothels were interspersed with casinos and the occasional actual legitimate business... |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2003-8-20 9:58:43 AM |
| #3 JFK is dead but Castro ain't! Go ahead and enjoy your cheap bannana rum daquiri, just keep your eyes averted from the dissident prison camps and shantytowns. |
| Posted by: Craig 2003-8-20 9:48:56 AM |
| #2 The sanctions on Cuba will go down in history as an even bigger failure than communism was. I don't know what you're so afraid of, Kennedy is dead for pete's sakes. |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-20 8:36:45 AM |
| #1 Calling Speilberg, calling Steven Spielberg. Why would priviliedged and pampered world-class atheletes want to leave the island paradise of El Jeffe? Mebbe when you were fellating Fidel you failed to notice the entire place is a Potemkin village? Calling all Canadian tourists. May you catch a vertitable cornucopia of VDs as you prop up this fascist's regime with your vacation money. Can you really justify cheap holidays with the suffering they prolong? |
| Posted by: Craig 2003-8-20 8:25:42 AM |