truth bombs

I thought they reported that the parents weren't super-rich, though.

This reminded me of an old joke about robbing banks because that’s where the money is. Damir grinned. “My father has a quote,” he said. “It’s really dope: ‘You can rob a bank with a gun, but you can rob the whole world with a bank.’ ”

oh maybe they did

not that it's not far fetched, it's just the kind of thing where you're like "ok, if this were to happen it would be some asshole stuy kid with really rich parents". my girlfriend went to stuy and she rolled her eyes when she heard about this and was like "of course"

http://underdesign.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/bankrobworld.jpg?w=700&h=345

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http://thewoodchips.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Give-A-Man-A-Gun-r12-450.jpg

https://hateandanger.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/give-a-man-a-gun-and-he-can-rob-a-bank-give-a-man-a-bank-and-he-can-rob-the-world-white-house-this-way-homeless-people.jpg

~some lying ass kids dad

note to self don't give a man a bank

helen hunt was doing so well

now she prbly makes about $66k as a credit officer I hope she has good bennies

give a gun a bank who knows how much robbing it'll do

and paul reiser is the loan officer of that bank

my dad said, "i gave a bank to rob. he meant the world to me"

you don't understand, bank is the name of my dog

a bankrupt bank robber robs a bank with a gun; a gunner banks rob and runs

-- robin banks

http://www.robinbanks.co.za/

His provocative suggestion is that the authorities would find a self-consciously simulated (i.e. not real) bank robbery more dangerous than the "real" thing. The latter merely transgresses the law of property, which in turn reaffirms the ediface of the criminal justice system. The simulated robbery, however, makes visible the law of simulation; it exposes the absence of a basic reality and the constructed nature of the hyperreal.

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I'm glad I've been to Cuba multiple times before the Starbucks and whatnot. I wish there was a middle ground between people having basic freedoms and not being rampaged by lots of Wal Marts.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 2:40 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A bit simply put, perhaps, but on point

just spitballin here but maybe cuba could be turned into a museum for americans disgusted at their economic system to tour multiple times

btw idk how starbucks became the symbol for the excesses of american capitalism but its inadequate to the point that it makes you think maybe people are just complaining about their consumer options

I've seen one Walmart in my life. Until you get to about $15k GDP per capita most multi-nationals dgaf.

walmart is fwiw a much better symbol of the problems w 21st century capitalism, anyway i heard a similar sentiment as van horns expressed multiple times on twitter today and it comes off mostly as a complaint about a big store ruining the view

is starbucks a bad corporation? i've never heard a lot shitty about them

would they sell Cuban rum at this Walmart in Pinar del Rio?

Starbucks brownies are good

they pay shit (but who doesn't). can't remember if they offer any kind of insurance or benefits. ime the worst aspect of working there was dealing w/ the preening fussiness of the customers.

iirc they are known for offering pretty good insurance/benefits

the left-wing critique is usually on fair trade stuff / killing small businesses

They paid a total of $15m in tax over the course of 14 years in the UK, despite sales of about $750m a year.

Also known for predatory / anti-competitive tactics that haven't really worked very well.

Frappes are good, though.

http://neilyoung.com/?frontpage=true

people fretting about this stuff at this moment need to take a seat imo

that said i've heard there's almost no coastline in jamaica that doesn't have a resort on it

No Starbucks though. Have to give them that.

actual facebook post in my news feed today from a HS acquintance:

"Cozumel is the only place I can get Starbucks in the Caribbean. Hence, my favorite port. ‪#‎itsthelittlethings‬"

I think Starbucks could also stand for wealth inequality and/or a kind of tourists/natives divide, IDK, do they have Starbucks in like tourist areas of DR?

But yeah concerns about capitalism and consumerism entering Cuba address more than just the sense that we'll lose photogenic old cars and rustic weather-beaten houses and buena vista social club or whatever

kinda depends on what you mean "on it" re jamaica and resorts

*should address

ha marcos answered my question I guess

Cafe con leche, cortadito (especialmente con espumita) are the best ever -- Cuba don't need no Starbucks

I don't really have a good sense of how much, say, Riviera Maya development really benefits *The Local Economy* as opposed to putting money in international investors' pockets while providing shit jobs to people who lost their fishing docks or whatever.

There's an unbelievably huge tourist / resident divide and dozens of large resorts in Cuba already. The tourists just aren't American.

most ppl prob rather work at a resort than fish tho obvs thats not nearly the whole picture, the characterization of them at "shit jobs" is certainly debatable too

Those who can stay thanks to wet foot/dry foot often travel back and forth and leave relatives money (e.g. my abuela's caretaker).

went to cuba on a very brief trip (10 days or so) about a decade ago, it was very fascinating. this is otm:

There's an unbelievably huge tourist / resident divide and dozens of large resorts in Cuba already. The tourists just aren't American.

― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Wednesday, December 17, 2014 5:06 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also what specifically is being changed - diplomatic relations or the entirety of the economic embargo?

both supposedly, see what happens with the republican hissfit