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bedpan: Apr 23, 2008

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The lease treaty agreed to from February 16�23, 1903 stipulates that the Republic of Cuba lease to the United States specific lands in Cuba, notably the land that surrounds Guant�namo Bay, for the purpose of coaling and naval stations, for as long as necessary. The lease stipulates that the United States "shall exercise complete jurisdiction and control", while recognizing "the continuance of the ultimate sovereignty of the Republic of Cuba". Cuban vessels involved in trade will have free passage through the waters. The United States has the right to modify the waters as necessary.

Under the lease treaty signed on July 2, 1903, the U.S. must send $2,000 in gold as payment to the Cuban government each year. After the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 removed the U.S. gold standard, lease payments were unilaterally changed to a cardboard check backed by paper dollars. The payment due on July 2, 1974, was made by check in the amount $4,085. With inflation, $2,000 of 1903 dollars would have been worth about $4,085 in 1934 and would have further increased to over $52,000 by 2013; however the payment remains at $4,085. Since the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban government has cashed one of these checks, and only because of "confusion" in the early days of the revolution. The other checks, made out to "Treasurer General of the Republic", a position that has not existed since 1959, were once shown stuffed in a desk drawer in Castro's office during a television interview with him.

bedpan has issued a correction as of 21:56 on Sep 12, 2023

# ? Sep 12, 2023 21:53

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# ? May 26, 2024 11:30

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

By "cardboard check" do they mean like, a big novelty check, because I loving hope so

# ? Sep 12, 2023 21:59

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

https://twitter.com/DavidGriscom/status/1701631344881623369?t=glHEVOksLsnyxcnmak2BlQ&s=19

# ? Sep 12, 2023 22:56

HootTheOwl: May 13, 2012; Hootin and shootin

Shame Boy posted:

By "cardboard check" do they mean like, a big novelty check, because I loving hope so

How do you even deliver it? We don't have relations so do once a year a guy shows up at Random Cuban embassy and if they let him in the deal is still good?
Do they put it in a giant envelope and once a year a painting-sized package shows up at Havana?

# ? Sep 12, 2023 23:05

Jazerus: May 24, 2011

they send the publisher's clearing house guy on a motorboat and throw it onto the sand in the bay of pigs

# ? Sep 12, 2023 23:09

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

HootTheOwl posted:

How do you even deliver it? We don't have relations so do once a year a guy shows up at Random Cuban embassy and if they let him in the deal is still good?
Do they put it in a giant envelope and once a year a painting-sized package shows up at Havana?

I assume they could just fold it into a giant paper airplane and toss it over gitmo's main gate

# ? Sep 12, 2023 23:17

Centrist Committee: Aug 6, 2019

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/DavidGriscom/status/1701631344881623369?t=glHEVOksLsnyxcnmak2BlQ&s=19

sir this isn�t the guillotine thread

# ? Sep 12, 2023 23:44

Centrist Committee: Aug 6, 2019

edit: ok I see this was also posted in the guillotine thread :cool:

# ? Sep 12, 2023 23:45

Tiggum: Oct 24, 2007; Your life and your quest end here.

ekuNNN posted:

They should have provided them from 9:11 till 11:09.

# ? Sep 13, 2023 09:23

SplitSoul: Dec 31, 2000

Centrist Committee posted:

sir this isn’t the guillotine thread

Every thread can be the guillotine thread if you're brave enough.

# ? Sep 13, 2023 11:50

Bald Stalin: Jul 11, 2004; Can't post for 2 hours!

SplitSoul posted:

Every thread can be the guillotine thread if you're brave enough.

# ? Sep 13, 2023 11:51

Whooping Crabs: Apr 13, 2010; Sorry for the derail but I fuckin love me some racoons

# ? Sep 13, 2023 16:51

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Could make a lot more if you just go all-in and become a Certified Cuddle Party Coordinator

# ? Sep 13, 2023 16:56

DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

tokin opposition posted:

Just eat their hairy rear end as an intimidation tactic, duh

# ? Sep 13, 2023 18:39

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Things getting a little cool in Berkeley

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Protest at landlord party devolves into physical fights

Physical fights erupted at a protest of the Berkeley Property Owners Association�s (BPOA) celebration of the end of the eviction moratorium on Tuesday.

About 100 advocates from the Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC), Berkeley Tenants Union and other groups gathered outside the Freehouse Pub on Kittredge Street at around 5 p.m. to picket the private event, which was open only to members of the BPOA.

...

About an hour into the rally, the picketers entered the venue in a stream and began circling around the patio where the landlords were gathered inside the pub. Witnesses said the picketing went on for about a minute and a half before tensions flared and multiple fights broke out.

Witnesses said a male attendee of the BPOA event then slapped a female TANC member in the face and pushed her. Another video shows a protester knock eyeglasses off the head of someone who appears to be a party attendee. Another man who appears to be a party attendee then swings a punch at the protester.

BPOA President Krista Gulbransen said she didn�t witness who began the skirmish, but videos show Gulbransen being shoved when she stepped in to interrupt one physical altercation. She said she then stepped out to request the presence of the police, who had been observing the protest, but they refused to enter the pub.

# ? Sep 14, 2023 00:04

ekuNNN: Nov 27, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Ham Equity posted:

Things getting a little cool in Berkeley

good

edit: i mean, to be real someone should have maced that party, but its a start

ekuNNN has issued a correction as of 00:17 on Sep 14, 2023

# ? Sep 14, 2023 00:08

Centrist Committee: Aug 6, 2019

I can�t type what I think should have happened without getting banned

# ? Sep 14, 2023 00:41

skooma512: Feb 8, 2012; You couldn't grok my race car, but you dug the roadside blur.

Centrist Committee posted:

I can�t type what I think should have happened without getting banned

One might think this; I couldn't possibly comment.

# ? Sep 14, 2023 00:42

ikanreed: Sep 25, 2009; I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Centrist Committee posted:

I can’t type what I think should have happened without getting banned

Oh yeah, well my honest opinions would bl get a perma

# ? Sep 14, 2023 00:45

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

e: Wait misread nevermind

# ? Sep 14, 2023 02:16

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

We can't say erfurt latrine disaster?

# ? Sep 14, 2023 02:23

ekuNNN: Nov 27, 2004; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Fitzy Fitz posted:

We can't say erfurt latrine disaster?

Erfurt latrine disaster is the name of my future black metal band, dont steal

# ? Sep 14, 2023 02:28

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

ikanreed posted:

Oh yeah, well my honest opinions would bl get a perma

I just hope to see that article in a history book someday, under a header of "Early Indicators."

# ? Sep 14, 2023 02:32

mycomancy: Oct 16, 2016

All it'll take is that exact scenario with some handguns mixed in. Not really an if but a when.

# ? Sep 15, 2023 00:58

Bald Stalin: Jul 11, 2004; Can't post for 2 hours!

The local government reps denouncing all violence in their city lmao evictions and homelessness IS violence you fuckin arrgghhhhh

# ? Sep 15, 2023 01:43

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Bald Stalin posted:

The local government reps denouncing all violence in their city lmao evictions and homelessness IS violence you fuckin arrgghhhhh

Clearly the tenants are committing violence against the property by not paying and refusing to leave

# ? Sep 15, 2023 02:12

Saraiguma: Oct 2, 2014

Shame Boy posted:

Clearly the tenants are committing violence against the property by not paying and refusing to leave

https://twitter.com/TikTokInvestors/status/1702450936348660152

# ? Sep 15, 2023 02:14

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Saraiguma posted:

https://twitter.com/TikTokInvestors/status/1702450936348660152

I somehow doubt a landlord is actually named Larry Landlord :colbert:

# ? Sep 15, 2023 02:17

Too Many Birds: Jan 8, 2020

Saraiguma posted:

https://twitter.com/TikTokInvestors/status/1702450936348660152

setting off bullshit alarms in my head

# ? Sep 15, 2023 02:22

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)

I choose to believe it's true

# ? Sep 15, 2023 02:25

Soap Scum: Aug 8, 2003

it's technically fake (los angeles landlord league does not exist) but spiritually true

# ? Sep 15, 2023 02:28

Ham Equity: Apr 16, 2013; The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.; Grimey Drawer

Soap Scum posted:

it's technically fake (los angeles landlord league does not exist) but spiritually true

# ? Sep 15, 2023 03:14

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

Soap Scum posted:

it's technically fake (los angeles landlord league does not exist) but spiritually true

Do you think the league not existing would stop a landlord trying to collect money allegedly on its behalf?

Definitely true in spirit though

# ? Sep 15, 2023 06:52

Votskomit: Jun 26, 2013

GotLag posted:

Do you think the league not existing would stop a landlord trying to collect money allegedly on its behalf?

Definitely true in spirit though

This is true though:

https://x.com/sunraysunray/status/1630308311361892352?s=20

Tiktok Source:
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7199658726557797678

# ? Sep 15, 2023 07:53

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Votskomit posted:

This is true though:

https://x.com/sunraysunray/status/1630308311361892352?s=20

Tiktok Source:
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7199658726557797678

Every lease I've ever signed has a provision in it about how they're not responsible for your house being safe and if someone breaks in that's your problem lol

# ? Sep 15, 2023 08:17

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