Fidel Castro dead

[ryoder 1,381]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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ryoder

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953

Have you seen that reported from anyone else other than the BBC or quoting BBC yet?

I'm not even seeing that on AP.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[ryoder 1,381]

Congressman Jared Polis tweeted it, so I googled it and found the BBC link.

Another link: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Cubas-Fidel-Castro-Dies-252877991.html

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Okay, seeing it move elsewhere now.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/26/cuban-president-fidel-castro-dies-at-90/

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[ryoder 1,381]

quade

Okay, seeing it move elsewhere now.

Polis full tweet was: "Fidel Castro has died... This time for real"

Fark one-liner: "CIA finally succeeds at assassinating Fidel Castro at age 90"

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[tkhayes 124]

Fidel rode on my toboggan when I was about 10 years old....no shit

[kallend 1,621]

People die, it's a fact of life.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[ryoder 1,381]

tkhayes

Fidel rode on my toboggan when I was about 10 years old....no shit

Where did this occur???

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[wmw999 2,116]

Gander, Newfoundland

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[ryoder 1,381]

wmw999

Gander, Newfoundland

Wendy P.

Oh, yes;
Post #26 is quite fitting now.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[tkhayes 124]

Gander Nfld. His plane was stuck for repairs. There's a pic in the aviation museum there

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ryoder

***Gander, Newfoundland

Wendy P.

Oh, yes;
Post #26 is quite fitting now.

Pretty damn funny! (A little spooky, too.)

[brenthutch 383]

My condolences for the passing of one of your heroes.

[DJL 232]

Oh man, stir it! Ask Kallend if he was crying into his Che Guevara pillowcase. Shit....everyone can read this, can't they....

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[kallend 1,621]

brenthutch

My condolences for the passing of one of your heroes.

Sometimes you even fail to reach your usual level of cognition.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[brenthutch 383]

I know it has been a tough couple of weeks for the left. Trump wins, Castro dies, Venezuela in collapse, record oil and gas find, Obama's legacy is reduced to the closing of Gitmo.... oh wait, as I said a tough couple of weeks.

[gowlerk 1,903]

brenthutch

I know it has been a tough couple of weeks for the left. Trump wins, Castro dies, Venezuela in collapse, record oil and gas find, Obama's legacy is reduced to the closing of Gitmo.... oh wait, as I said a tough couple of weeks.

On the other hand there is all this:

http://addictinginfo.org/2012/05/12/150-achievements-of-liberalism-that-conservatives-seek-to-destroy/

History marches on and progress continues. It's like the tide. And like sea level rise. Can't be stopped.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[brenthutch 383]

gowlerk

***I know it has been a tough couple of weeks for the left. Trump wins, Castro dies, Venezuela in collapse, record oil and gas find, Obama's legacy is reduced to the closing of Gitmo.... oh wait, as I said a tough couple of weeks.

On the other hand there is all this:

http://addictinginfo.org/2012/05/12/150-achievements-of-liberalism-that-conservatives-seek-to-destroy/

History marches on and progress continues. It's like the tide. And like sea level rise. Can't be stopped.

You need to tighten up your metaphors bro.

[nolhtairt 0]

Good riddance. However, some say his brother Raul is meaner. They've been cracking down hard on dissidents in Cuba.

Motherfucker outlasted 10 US presidents, at least... I guess he didn't want to see Trump take the oath of office. "fuck that, I'm done, erk!" (slumps over)

[ryoder 1,381]

It's too bad this wasn't a true statement.

http://www.snopes.com/fidel-castro-said-he-wont-die-until-america-is-destroyed/

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[winsor 186]

ryoder

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953

Castro is a case in point for what may be expected for what fills the power vacuum after a despot is overthrown - the cure is as bad as or worse than the disease.

When Dick Nixon was forced out of office, my father - no fan of Tricky Dick - noted that the fact that we underwent 'regime change' with hardly a ripple spoke volumes for our system of government, flawed though it may be.

Batista was truly dreadful in many of ways, and his government was a study in corruption, but the 'beards' were the kind of people who give revolutionaries a bad name.

Like the recent election, being critical of one side does not imply support for the other. The both suck out loud.

I suspect that Cuba's isolation serves the same purpose as did the Wall between the BRD and the DDR (East and West Germany), somewhat of a social filter between the brilliant achievers in the West and the truly mediocre denizens of the East. After seeing the former West Germany awash in Ossies, South Korea seems to have rethought the benefits of reunification.

It is said that a people get the government they deserve. If so, those who remained in Cuba after the Revolution are the pits.


BSBD,

Winsor