U.S. officials send 79 migrants stopped at sea back to Cuba

Keep sending the illegals back and drown the smugglers at sea. These alien invaders are no more than economic terrorists that drain our domestic resources. Embargo Cuba until the Fidel slaves stop trying to sneak into the U.S. Thanks.

Thank you! If only they'd intercept ALL of them and send them back. The wet foot/dry foot policy needs to be revoked NOW. We have way exceeded our capacity to take these people in. They don't appreciate it by any means. They are causing much tension and create overcrowding. No more hispanic and "islander" immigration. Cap it and be done already.

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Ridiculous wrote:

Thank you! If only they'd intercept ALL of them and send them back. The wet foot/dry foot policy needs to be revoked NOW. We have way exceeded our capacity to take these people in. They don't appreciate it by any means. They are causing much tension and create overcrowding. No more hispanic and "islander" immigration. Cap it and be done already.

I concur

Cuban rolls cigar said to be world's longest

Both of you stick the above up where the sun don't shine!

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http://www.topix.net/forum/world/cuba/TOM00V8...

We are the sons of a dead epoch, aliens blessed with ingenuity and abilities far beyond those of others, A gift to America, given by our beloved fatherland Cuba.
We are a simple people who still can't get over the crowd in the subway, or how fast people walk without ever looking up. We are blessed with a strong work ethic, and unrelenting loyalty, a gift from our European forefathers that traversed the oceans to the New World!!!
We have crossed sharked infested seas, dared the waves and the tides, just to be here, in the Land of the Free, our new Motherland, The United States of America!

Cubans (Spanish: Cubanos) are people inhabiting or originating from Cuba. Most Cubans live in Cuba, although there is also a large Cuban diaspora, especially in the United States.

Contents [hide]
1 Population
2 History
3 Culture and traditions
4 Cuban Spanish
4.1 Symbols
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Population
The largest urban populations of Cubans in Cuba are to be found in Havana (c. 3,073,000), Santiago de Cuba (c. 404,100), Camagüey (c. 294,000), Holguin (c. 242,100), Guantanamo (c. 208,000), Santa Clara (c. 205,900). According to Cuba's Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas ONE 2002 Census, the population was 11,177,743,[1] including:

5,597,233 men and
5,580,510 women.''''phycho twat'........Link title
The racial make-up was 7,271,926 whites, 1,126,894 blacks and 2,778,923 mulattoes.[2] The Chinese population in Cuba is descended mostly from indentured laborers who arrived in the 19th century to build railroads and work in mines. After the Industrial Revolution, many of these laborers stayed in Cuba because they could not afford return passage to China.

[3]is one of the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. Its overall population has increased continuously from around 7 million in 1961 to over 11 million now, but the rate of increase has stopped in the last few decades, and has recently turned to a decrease, with the Cuban government in 2006 reporting the first drop in the population since the Mariel boatlift. Immigration and emigration have had noticeable effects on the demographic profile of Cuba during the 20th century. Between 1900 and 1930, close to a million Spaniards arrived from Spain. Since 1959, over a million Cubans have left the island, primarily to Miami, Florida, where a vocal, well-educated and economically successful exilecommunity exists (Cuban-American lobby).[4]The emigration that occurred immediately after the Cuban Revolution was primarily of the upper and middle classes that were predominantly white, thus contributing to a demographic shift along with changes in birth rates and racial identifications among the various ethnic groups. Abroad, the United States is home to the largest number of Cubans outside Cuba, particularly in Miamiand other major cities in Floridaas well as in Union Cityand New York City. Smaller numbers of Cubans live in many other countries around the world, especially in Latin Americaand Europe(especially in Spain- 82,596, see Cubans in Spain, and the United Kingdom- Around 10,000, see Cubans in the UK.

History
This section requires expansion.

Main article: History of Cuba
The first people known to have inhabited Cuba was the Ciboney, an Amerindian people. They were followed by another Amerindian people, the Taíno who were the main population both of Cuba and other islands in The Antilles when Christopher Columbus first sighted the island in 1492. He claimed the islands for Spain and Cuba became a Spanish colony. It was to remain so until 1902 apart from a brief occupation by Britain in 1762. before being returned in exchange for Florida. Towards the end of the 19th century, Spain had lost most of its American possessions and a series of rebellions had shaken Cuba. This, in combined with calls for annexation of Cuba in the United States, led to the Spanish-American War, and in 1902 Cuba gained formal independence.

During the first decades of the 20th century, US interests were dominant and in Cuba, leading to large influence over the island. This ended in 1959 when de facto leader Fulgencio Batista was ousted by revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. Quickly deteriorating relations with the US led to Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union and Castro's transformation of Cuba into a declared socialist republic. Castro has remained in power since 1959, first as Prime Minister then from 1976 as President of Cuba.

[edit] Culture and traditions
This section requires expansion.

Main article: Culture of Cuba
The culture of Cuba reflects the island's influences from various different cultures, such as European (particularly Spanish). After the Cuban revolution in 1959, the island's brand of socialism has had an influence on its culture while Cuban-Americans residing in the US have received influences from this country.

Arguably the most distinctive part of Cuban culture is the Cuban music and dancing, being well-known far outside the country. Latin-American music styles such as salsa and son trace their roots back to Cuba, while reggaeton has become increasingly popular, especially among the younger generations. The origins of much of the Cuban music can be found in the mix of Spanish and West African music, while more modern music from the US has added to the mix. Cuban literature includes some of the most well-known names of the islands, such as writer and independence hero José Martí in the late 19th century. More contemporary Cuban authors include Daína Chaviano, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Zoé Valdés and Leonardo Padura.

The Spanish language is spoken by virtually all Cubans on the island itself. Cuban Spanish is characterised by the reduction of several consonants, a feature that it shares with other dialects of Caribbean Spanish as well as the Canary Islands. Many Cuban-Americans, while remaining fluent in Spanish, use American English as one of their daily languages. In addition, a spoken mix of both languages is called Spanglish

Thank God! Too bad they don't return ALL of them.

Cuban Spanish

The flag of the Canary IslandsOf all the regional variations of the Spanish language, traditional Cuban Spanish is most similar to, and originates largely from the Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands. Cuba owes much of their speech patterns to the Canarian migration, which in the 19th and early 20th Century was heavy and continuous. There was also migrations of Galicians and Asturians as well, but they did not leave a mirror image on their accent on the Cuban accent like the Canarian people did. Much of the typical Cuban replacements for standard Spanish vocabulary stems from Canarian lexicon. For example, guagua (bus) differs from standard Spanish autobús the former originated in the Canaries and is an onomatopoeia stemming from the sound of a Klaxon horn (wah-wah!). An example of Canarian usage for a Spanish word is the verb fajarse[5]("to fight"). In standard Spanish the verb would be pelearse, while fajar exists as a non-reflexive verb related to the hemming of a skirt.

[edit] Symbols

The flag of CubaThe flag of Cuba is red, white and blue and was first adopted by Narciso López on a suggestion by the poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón. The design incorporates three blue stripes, representing the sea that surrounds the island of Cuba, and two white stripes symbolizing the purity of the patriotic cause. The red triangle stands for the blood shed to free the nation. The white star in the triangle stands for independence.

We are the sons of a dead epoch, aliens blessed with ingenuity and abilities far beyond those of others, A gift to America, given by our beloved fatherland Cuba.
We are a simple people who still can't get over the crowd in the subway, or how fast people walk without ever looking up. We are blessed with a strong work ethic, and unrelenting loyalty, a gift from our European forefathers that traversed the oceans to the New World!!!
We have crossed sharked infested seas, dared the waves and the tides, just to be here, in the Land of the Free, our new Motherland, The United States of America!

YES THROLLS! WE ARE THE BEST THERE IS WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! THAT"S A FACT!

A Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the forum!

correction of erratta:

We are the sons of a dead epoch, aliens blessed with ingenuity and abilities far beyond those of others, A gift to America, given by our beloved fatherland Cuba.
We are a simple people who still can't get over the crowd in the subway, or how fast people walk without ever looking up. We are blessed with a strong work ethic, and unrelenting loyalty, a gift from our European forefathers that traversed the oceans to the New World!!!
We have crossed sharked infested seas, dared the waves and the tides, just to be here, in the Land of the Free, our new Motherland, The United States of America!

YES TROLLS! WE ARE THE BEST THERE IS WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! THAT"S A FACT!

A Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the forum!

http://www.topix.net/forum/world/cuba/TOPQEFI...

It’s a depressing situation all right, a situation he has been pondering for a while.

He has almost finished writing a book called Tampa’s Delicious History: Restaurants and Culture in the Twentieth Century and recently lectured on “Feast and Famine in Ybor City: 1885-1930” at the Southern Foodways Alliance at Oxford, Miss.

Next fall he expects to teach a new history class on Florida gastronomy at the University of South Florida, where he is employed as an assistant librarian.

Hungry students who expect to earn A’s should avoid buying convenience store Cubans. They should look for a sandwich assembled with the proper pork, the proper ham, the proper salami. For heaven’s sake, students, get your salami right!

***

Andy Huse, on the hunt for the perfect Cuban sandwich, looks like a gourmet. In other words, he watches his calories, his cholesterol and tries to eat more whole grains and fruit.

He parks a mile from the office and rides his bike to his job at the library. His ambition, one might say, is to eat well while not looking like a fellow who might attract attention at the carnival.

He is 33, born in that toddling town of Chicago, where folks value good pizza and celery salt on their hot dogs. When he was 6, his family moved to Clearwater, a place better known for the quality of its sun rather than cuisine.

He graduated with degrees in history and English lit from USF and then got his master’s. If he goes after a doctorate one day, research might require eating Cuban sandwiches and other delectables.

The dark-haired bachelor recently hosted a dinner party and did all the cooking. He smoked hot Italian sausage and a London broil, into which he rubbed coarse pepper and rosemary-flavored olive oil. He created a bean pate and a spinach salad featuring mozzarella medallions.

He made sweet potato risotto; he marinated shrimp in Cognac and broiled them with prosciutto and fresh sage leaves. Dessert was coconut ice cream served over sauteed cinnamon bananas.

He is looking for the righ

He is looking for the right girl.“Haven’t found her yet.’’ She doesn’t have to cook, and she doesn’t have to like Cuban sandwiches, but it would be a plus.

“A lot of women these days don’t know how to cook and are not interested in cooking,’’ he says, tapping his fingers impatiently on the steering wheel.

“Some women don’t read. Some don’t have much to talk about. How can someone without any interests be very interesting?’’

***

He ate his first Cuban sandwich at the Silver Ring Cafe in Ybor City in 1992. He was about 20, a poverty-stricken student looking for something tasty but cheap.

The Silver Ring sold authentic Cubans, that is, sandwiches performed on elongated Cuban bread dressed with mustard, sour pickles, Swiss cheese, mojo pork, sweet ham and Genoa salami, and then mashed in an electric press that melted the salami fat over other ingredients.

“The Silver Ring was the benchmark,’’ he says fondly.

The original Silver Ring closed in 1996. Other restaurants remained but somehow changed, in his opinion, and not for the better.“I am not saying they don’t make tasty sandwiches,’’ he says.

“I’m saying they don’t make authentic Cuban sandwiches. I had a Cuban that was made on a sesame seed bun! At some restaurants, they’ll give you a Cuban sandwich that has not been pressed. How can you make a Cuban sandwich and not press it?’’

The Silver Ring recently reopened on Seventh Avenue. But will it serve authentic Cubans? And if it doesn’t, will anyone in the 21st century notice?

The Cuban sandwich, as Huse defines it, based on his extensive research and interviews with sandwich-eating old-timers, was developed about a century ago, not in Havana, not in Key West, not in Miami, but in Ybor City.

Originally known as “mixto’’ sandwiches, they were assembled with available cold cuts. But Ybor’s culture of Spaniards, Cubans and Italians each brought something, an idea or an ingredient, to the evolving sandwich.

It pains Huse to say this, but he figures somebody should speak the obvious:

“Cuban sandwiches seem to be getting worse.’’

***

At lunchtime his stomach is growling, muttering, pleading:“Feed me!’’ Driving through Tampa in his 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe, feet tap-tap-tapping in anticipation, Huse tries to pacify his digestive system by talking about food.

He admits he had a good meal the other night at a Chinese restaurant on Armenia.“I especially liked the snow pea tips steamed in garlic.’’ He likes barbecue but believes there is a shortage of good barbecue in west-central Florida.

“Tampa was once known for sun, cigars and soup — the Spanish bean soup put Ybor City on the map,’’ he says, sounding like professor. As for Cuban bread, he begins at the beginning, with La Joven Francesca Bakery , operated by a Sicilian, Francisco Ferlita, and opened in 1896. Now the tradition is carried out by La Segunda , a third-generation, family-owned bakery. They place a long palmetto leaf along the spine before baking, giving the loaf a crease when it is released from the oven.

“Eat it immediately. Cuban bread goes stale overnight. Then you have to soak it in water and use it in the breading for deviled crabs.’’

Foot heavier on the accelerator, he speeds north along the Suncoast Parkway past ranches and cattle, past pines and cypress trees. When the road ends, he turns west toward the Gulf, then careens north on U.S. 19 past depressing gas stations and fast food emporiums.

He can almost smell it now. The perfect Cuban.

Almost there. Turn west on Central Street. After a few miles, hang a right on W Yulee.

Finally, he slides into the parking lot of the Museum Cafe and pronounces himself a happy man.
Hail Homosassa, the Cuban sandwich capital of Florida!

***

A 1924 Model T truck is parked in the dining room of the Museum Cafe. There are antique typewriters and antique printing presses in working order. The owner of the cafe, it turns out, is a lifetime printer who values old over new.

“I love history,’’ the owner says.

He says he grew up outside of Tampa eating Cuban food. He says he wanted to sell Cuban food at his printing press museum. He says he wanted to make sure his Cuban cuisine was authentic because that is the way he thinks.

Cubans are ingrates and leaches.

Hey COWARD liger you are alone today. Where are the others deformed?