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Cuban State Media Confirms: Havana Runs Out of Toilet Paper
Breitbart ^ | 4 Dec 2017 | FRANCES MARTEL

Posted on 12/06/2017 10:41:50 AM PST by rhett october

A Cuban state media outlet confirmed last week that the nation’s capital, Havana, is suffering significant shortages of toilet paper. While the absence of common goods in the communist nation is not uncommon, such acknowledgment of a problem is rare. The state newspaper Juventud Rebelde (“Rebellious Youth”) reported on Wednesday that toilet paper had “disappeared” from stores in Havana, announcing that the government’s state-run producer of toilet paper had acquired new machinery to generate toilet paper.

“They are not the super-machines, but they have an elevated technology level,” toilet paper engineer Manolo González García told the newspaper. One advantage of the new machines, he explains, is that they can simultaneously churn out two types of toilet paper rolls: a high-quality one for tourists, and an “ecological” one to sell to Cuban citizens.

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Communism has failed everywhere it's been tried.
1 posted on 12/06/2017 10:41:50 AM PST by rhett october
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To: rhett october

So many punchlines...


2 posted on 12/06/2017 10:44:00 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or ywour own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: rhett october

Use Venezuela’s cash.


3 posted on 12/06/2017 10:44:03 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: rhett october

Well, they still have Juventud Rebelde newspaper...


4 posted on 12/06/2017 10:44:17 AM PST by NorseViking
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a high-quality one for tourists, and an “ecological” one to sell to Cuban citizens.


5 posted on 12/06/2017 10:44:45 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: rhett october

That’s $hitty


6 posted on 12/06/2017 10:44:47 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: rhett october

“Toilet paper engineer”


7 posted on 12/06/2017 10:44:54 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: rhett october

Just send a boat over to costco or sam’s club. Problem solved.


8 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:18 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: rhett october

Unfortunately, they still have an ample supply of sh___.


9 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:22 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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When are Jay-Z and “Bey” going back???

*spit*


10 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:32 AM PST by simpson96
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First, you force in Socialism/Marxism.

Next, you run out of stuff.


11 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:34 AM PST by Jim W N
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To: dirtboy

:) Fried brains and sore butts. Can’t beat that. Welcome to the worker’s paradise!


12 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:37 AM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: rhett october
The old Marxist standby


13 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:49 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: NorseViking

Cuba has a toilet paper engineer.

Hmmmmm


14 posted on 12/06/2017 10:45:57 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: rhett october

The tourists get the good toilet paper—some pigs are more equal than others!


15 posted on 12/06/2017 10:47:02 AM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: rhett october

I would suggest that the cubans contact their comrades in venezuela to replenish their toilet paper, but.....


16 posted on 12/06/2017 10:47:17 AM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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“They are not the super-machines, but they have an elevated technology level,” toilet paper engineer Manolo González García told the newspaper. One advantage of the new machines, he explains, is that they can simultaneously churn out two types of toilet paper rolls: a high-quality one for tourists, and an “ecological” one to sell to Cuban citizens.

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Those whacky liberals are always thinking of the environment.


17 posted on 12/06/2017 10:47:26 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Vaquero

Sure to leave a mark, if not Marxist. Smelly in either case.


18 posted on 12/06/2017 10:47:44 AM PST by Combat_Liberalism
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To: rhett october

Just how it started in Venezuela.


19 posted on 12/06/2017 10:47:53 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: Vaquero

There is also the Muslim solution.


20 posted on 12/06/2017 10:48:17 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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