Tag Archives: Cuban Embargo

Shane Battier, Vasily Alekseyev and the Cuban Embargo

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Jorge Costales

As the supposed death watch on the Cuban Embargo unfolds, fear not my fellow reactionary bitterly exiled heartless souls, all is not lost. In fact, given octogenarian and nonagenarian actuarial tables, the probabilities still favor the Embargo being in effect … Continue reading →

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Ichiro reminds us why we are fans

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Jorge Costales

The only embargo being lifted in Miami in 2015 relates to an islands nation with a proud baseball tradition dating back to the 19th century, Japan.  As such; I, generic Marlins fan of Hispanic background, being of some mind and … Continue reading →

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Another one bites the Embargo’s dust?

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Jorge Costales

https://twitter.com/CPA_thinkgood/status/553604818456301568 C.S. Lewis in the The Great Divorce: There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.” … Continue reading →

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Wired like Sgt. Carver about the Cuban embargo

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Jorge Costales

There is more than a little Ellis Carver, part of Baltimore’s fictional finest in The Wire, in me about the recent Obama administration changes to U.S. policy towards Cuba. In a memorable rant atop an unmarked police car, [then] Sgt. … Continue reading →

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The Cuban Embargo’s other purposes

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Jorge Costales

People happy about the Obama administration’s change in policy towards Cuba had a remarkably consistent theme in their comments during the day, ‘the Cuban Embargo has failed.’ You won’t be surprised to learn that the actual current legislation — Cuban … Continue reading →

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How Do I Lift Thee, Let Me Count The Ways

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Jorge Costales

To say that getting the United States to lift their economic sanctions against Cuba is an article of faith to some on the left, is a comical understatement.  Perhaps fueled by guilt, given their complicity in giving Fidel Castro a … Continue reading →

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Dear Straw [Hat] Man: Ni Tu Te Lo Cres

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Jorge Costales

The straw man argument defined: An informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent’s position. To “attack a straw man” is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the “straw man”), and … Continue reading →

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