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beachdude
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Nope. I lived through it as an adolescent and teenager growing up in SoFla. We had Cuban friends whose parents were all middle class and left Cuba because Fidel Castro was a communist dictator. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale had a lot of cross-cultural exchange with Havana that had zero to do with wise guys and casinos. We had swimming and diving meets, baseball tournaments, tennis matches and other athletic activities plus academic exchanges. Those of our Cuban friends’ parents who had gone to college in the United States (Ga Tech, U of F, Miami, LSU, etc) got out as soon as Fidel announced he was a Marxist. In the late 1950s everyone in the West knew what came with communism and its mind numbing totalitarianism: government suppression of the truth, police state, collectivism, and nationalization of businesses. Most of those who became political refugees in the beginning of the 1960s had originally supported the revolution, but once the march toward Soviet style authoritarianism began, they left and left the island fast.
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re: Polk Country FL sheriff catching heat for mocking tranny prostitutes caught in sting
Posted by beachdude on 5/22/26 at 8:58 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Hell, Grady needs to be governor.
Much as I’d like to keep him in Florida, I’d love it if we could make him Governor of New York.
I believe that dad absolutely meant what he said and that guy would be well advised to stay clear of those children otherwise he will in fact be dead. Unless he’s completely crazy, I have to assume he got the message.
re: Dozens of UFO's Have Been Recovered & 4 Different Types of Aliens Identified!!
Posted by beachdude on 5/19/26 at 10:15 am to Hangover Haven
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Insectoids
“Edgar. The skin’s falling off your bones.”
“Bring me sugar. In water.”
re: Voting procedure yesterday, had to sign a form
Posted by beachdude on 5/17/26 at 11:06 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Pick a side a-hole.
And learn how to write.
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They were electioneering…
Once upon a time, you went to the polls at your local precinct to cast a vote in maybe a public school gym or a local firehouse. It was a civic duty and quasi religious occasion. You saw friends, neighbors or maybe other voters you hadn’t seen since the last election. If there was anything said at all, it would be limited and might involve the weather, family, or sports. You were there to exercise the franchise and reaffirm your devotion to what separates us from the pagans. I would not have acquitted myself as well as you managed that situation.
re: Oregon is planning to REBOUND with a Republican leading the race for Governor.
Posted by beachdude on 5/15/26 at 10:09 pm to Colonel Angus
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Most of Oregon east of the Columbia River…
Point of geography. The Columbia River flows east to west in Oregon at the very northern part of that state along the Washington border. Most all of Oregon essentially is south of the Columbia.
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experiencing homelessness
Ah, four years of experiencing studiness at college of journalism.
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experiencing homelessness
Ah, four years of experiencing studiness at college of journalism.
The Dutch should have given up and moved to higher ground eight or nine centuries ago.
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The FBI forgot to video him…
No they didn’t. There was video and audio. The political decision was made in D.C. to shitcan the evidence. I’ll let someone else speculate who ordered it or suggested it be done.
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I didn’t know we had these in Vietnam.
Yes, there was a battery (maybe two) of them attached to my mechanized infantry unit in Quang Tri province, operating out of FSB Charlie 2 near the DMZ and Laotian border. Great things to have around and they were very accurate , or at least the men operating them were. I did not know that they were still in service all these years later.
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Was that lady driving from the right side of the car?
Image reversed.
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New AirPods …won’t be here until morning.
It’s very likely that your old one will be back in the morning too when you let Buffy out to do her business.
re: Sir David Attenborough turns 100 today
Posted by beachdude on 5/8/26 at 11:00 am to DavidTheGnome
He has been around so long that Monty Python was satirizing him in 1970 on the BBC. “The Walking Tree of Dahomey.”
re: Post Interesting Facts About Famous People
Posted by beachdude on 5/7/26 at 11:22 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Keith Richards is still Keith Richards and alive.
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Nixon too.
Maybe I misread this, but Nixon was never Governor of California. He ran in 1962 for governor after his defeat in the 1960 Presidential election, but lost the gubernatorial race.
I wonder if her constituents in Washington state are clamoring for her to help Cuba and communist authoritarian rule? I think not. If you had any doubt whether this United States congresswoman was a communist or not, here’s your proof.
Did she get that coat from David Byrne or Max Headroom?
Ft. Lewis WA 1969. Drank beer all day and night with my friends. Woke up 24 hours later in Cam Ranh Bay.
re: Some numbers ($) related to trophy hunting in Africa
Posted by beachdude on 5/3/26 at 4:57 pm to weagle1999
I’ve got no problem with hunting animals for food. But, expending exorbitant sums of money to pick off a lion with a high powered rifle from 300 yards away is unbelievably stupid. If you’d like to be adventurous, take the lion on with a big knife or a spear from 3 feet away.
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