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Gitmo Assassins defeated: Bah humbug!
by Mark Silva
The GTMO (as in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station) Latinos defeated the GTMO Assassins this yearand we're not talking about terrorism or detention here.
We're talking volleyball.
The latest news from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, courtesy of the appropriately named magazine of the Guantanamo Joint Task Force"The Wire''features not the travails of emptying a military-run prison for detainees in the "war on terror,'' but rather the triumph of the GTMO Latinosseason champs in the base men's volleyball league.
"The final match-up in the single elimination tournament took place at G.J.Denich Gym, Nov. 12, between the two teams,'' The Wire reports. "The third-seeded GTMO Assassins won the first game 25-14. The fourth-seeded GTMO Latinos came back in the second game with a 25-17 win. The GTMO Latinos took the championship by taking the third game 16-14.''
In the women's league, the Sparkle Monkeys finished first, MP Battalion second, Lady Pirates third.
The edition, which comes to us courtesy of the good archivists at St. Lous University, also features a rough review of the film, A Christmas Carol, by a Naval petty officer. "For a movie starring Jim Carrey ("Yes Man," "Liar Liar," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"), I was expecting more laughs from "A Christmas Carol,'' the reviewer writes "Actually, I was expecting a comedic movie in general, but I was left wondering how this was from Disney/''
The review is headlined: "Bah Hambug.''
Back here in Washington, they're forecasting snow tonight, and no, that doesn't mean the global warming crisis is finished. Down in Cuba,where it surely will not snow, the president may have vowed to close the military prison at Guantanamo, but the Naval Station lives on -- "Safe, humane, legal, transparent,'' as The Wire notes.
Maybe they can start a magazine at the Thomson prison in Illinois when they move some of Guantanamo's detainees there for detention and military commission trials.
So on this festive note, The Swamp, which will be slowing down considerably for a long Christmas week remember, this is the last night of Hanukkah!wishes a happy holiday and no climate change for all.
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