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Offline Beerus Maximus

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Cuban spies received secret messages by old-time short-wave (HFU media hit)
« on: February 16, 2014, 2216 UTC »
Our own esteemed numbers expert Chris racks up another media hit, interviewed in this nice piece in the Miami Herald today:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/16/3939953/cuban-spies-received-secret-messages.html

Nice work Chris!
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Re: Cuban spies received secret messages by old-time short-wave (HFU media hit)
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 0050 UTC »
He's famous now. Roll out the red carpet!
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Re: Cuban spies received secret messages by old-time short-wave (HFU media hit)
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2014, 0112 UTC »
Quote from: atrainradio on February 17, 2014, 0050 UTC
He's famous now. Roll out the red carpet!

Chris has actually appeared in numerous mainstream press articles over the years. They always seem to find their way to him when writing about numbers stations.
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Re: Cuban spies received secret messages by old-time short-wave (HFU media hit)
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2014, 0606 UTC »
I just hope he remembers us little people, now that he's made the big-time.

Quote from: atrainradio on February 17, 2014, 0050 UTC
He's famous now. Roll out the red carpet!
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Re: Cuban spies received secret messages by old-time short-wave (HFU media hit)
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2014, 0231 UTC »
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“I guess most things there don’t run very well,” he chuckled.

Should've used instead:
"Pedro is insufficiently dedicated to the revolution."
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