How Havana is collapsing, building by building

http://viraltrendyuodate.info/how-havana-is-collapsing-building-by-building/ ^ | December 2, 2018 | dipu786babu

[Enterprise]

"In Havana, some of the same architectural gems that draw tens of thousands of American tourists crash to the ground every year. Causes range from weather and neglect to faulty renovations and theft of structural beams."

[Jeff Chandler]

Sounds like New Orleans.

[llevrok]

oth being skimmed into the commie ruler’s account. Those cuban commies are better capitalists than our own

We call our government capitalists the IRS. Not much difference.

[yesthatjallen]

Thanks.

[bray]

Give Commiefornia a few more years.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

HavaBanana,
We ain’t got Havana!

We do have Obama
but I’d rather have the Bahamas!

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Jou want to play some jenga meng?

[Celtic Conservative]

Well played sir. I applaud you.

CC

[Paladin2]

"In the last few years, there have been many developments which in retrospect look like small blocks being pulled from the base of our economy, and placed on top to “help it grow.” Some of them are now infamous: the growth of the housing bubble, the deregulation of the financial sector in the 1990s, and predatory lending by banks. The last block, which left the tower in pieces, was likely the subprime mortgage crisis. There is also one largely unknown factor: the system of international banking secrecy, which was yet another block pulled from the bottom of our world’s economic foundation."

Seems like I'm already playing,,,,

[Lean-Right]

Or can be used to build a boat...

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The 90's was all about branding, marketing, and IP (Intellectual Property).

The "smart" people didn't want to deal with actual products which had to be manufactured, stored, shipped, etc.

They just wanted to "add value" via branding, or make money by selling the rights to other people who were "dumb" enough to dirty their hands dealing with real stuff.

Many companies went belly up by exchanging real stuff for stock options that ended up being worthless. Cisco was extremely close to selling off that part of their business that actually made stuff in exchange for being an IP only company, but was saved by the dot.com collapse beginning before they concluded the deal.

[joma89]

Good! The stupid migrant workers of cuba who supported castro can live in the hole they created.

JoMa

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

In 1960, Cuba had a higher standard of living than Mississippi. More Cubans vacationed in the U.S. than the other way around.

From island paradise to hellhole in a lifetime. Next stop: California.

[VTenigma]

Causes range from weather and neglect to faulty renovations and theft of structural beams.”

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The actual cause was the destruction of the free market by communism.

[2nd amendment mama]

Try this link...

How Havana is collapsing, building by building

[Jimmy Valentine]

Excellent lol 👍

[Hot Tabasco]

Cuba has two currencies, one for the tourists

A friend was on a cruise last winter and they had a single day stop over in Cuba.

I think he said that when you convert your U.S. currency to Cuban, they skim 13% and when you convert it back when leaving, they skim another 13%.......

[fungoking]

On my 1st mission trip to Havana in 2012 i saw scaffolding around the capital.
I was there last month, still scaffolding around the capital.

[EnquiringMind]

CUCs, their dollar is called. We were there in August, on a cruise. We converted less than we thought we’d need, just in case we had leftover. The Cuban people are happy to take American $$, regardless of what they tell you on the ship. Another ripoff is the special visa every visitor requires, $75 pp if purchased on the ship. Without it you cannot get off. Visiting the ruins of Cuba should be required for every voter in the US. It is an eye-opener, mainly to commie-type American liberals.

[SeeSharp]

Can’t say much other than they aren’t as good as Honduran ones.

Both Cuban and Virginia tobacco are of a variety that was originally discovered in Honduras in the early 1600's and brought to Virginia. The native Virginia tobacco was harsh and unsmokable. There was no native Cuban tobacco. What is called Cuban tobacco is Honduran tobacco grown in Cuba.

[ml/nj]

they [Cuban cigars] aren’t as good as Honduran ones.

Agree. Communists can f**k up anything.

ML/NJ