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  • Jeep Carrying Fidel Castro Ashes Breaks Down Mid-Funeral

    12/04/2016 3:07:03 PM PST · by rhett october · 26 replies
    Breitbart ^ | December 4, 2016 | Joel Pollak
    The Russian-made jeep carrying the ashes of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro broke down in the middle of his funeral procession on Saturday, forcing soldiers to push the vehicle until it could be repaired. Nearly every major news website buried the news, though it was perfectly symbolic of the Cuban regime’s economic failures, and those of socialism in general.
  • Fidel Castro and His MSM Sycophants

    12/04/2016 7:02:33 AM PST · by Sean_Anthony · 8 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 12/04/16 | Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh
    Freedom has a very strong magnet and no man has the right to take lives and freedom away from others just because of divergent political opinions Forbes estimated Fidel Castro’s wealth at $900 million while the country he ruled with an iron fist, 11.39 million people, lived in poverty and dignified squalor under his boot. The deceased “El Comandante” Castro left behind a huge fortune, a private island called Caya Piedra, mansions, a marina with his private yacht called Aquarama, bank accounts, an alleged gold mine, and thousands of worthless Marxist speeches.
  • Thoughts on the Death of Dictator Fidel Castro

    12/02/2016 12:47:07 PM PST · by Sean_Anthony · 6 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 12/02/16 | Obie Usategui
    I shall continue to cherish, relish, enjoy, celebrate the death and passing of worthless brute, Fidel Castro It was about 1:00 a.m., Saturday night, when my wife woke me up to tell me of the passing of Fidel Castro. As I was still half-sleep, and in lieu of the fact that, in our wishful ways, we, the Cuban-Americans in exile, had killed Castro many times over in the past, the “Cry Wolf” syndrome kicked-in as a ‘defense mechanism’ to spare me the emotional roller coaster, which had made us, time and time again, go from exhilarating highs to lugubrious downs...
  • Rafael Cruz Remembers Life in Cuba

    12/01/2016 6:48:41 AM PST · by Kaslin · 43 replies
    American Thinker ^ | December 1, 2016 | Bob Weir
    To shed some light on the death of Fidel Castro, I did an interview with Senator Ted Cruz's father Rafael, who lived under the oppressive regime of the Cuban dictator. Have you ever had experiences in which you felt as though your government was taking unfair advantage of you, and it seemed as though you had no power to do anything about it? Have you written your congressman, senator, or county commissioner several times and only received form-letter responses? I suppose that everyone has felt that way from time to time. On the other hand, after you've finished complaining, did...
  • Detained Cuban artist who mocked Castro’s death ‘was badly beaten,’ family says

    11/30/2016 7:08:28 PM PST · by bryan999 · 7 replies
    Cuban dissident artist Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado, who was detained by authorities on Saturday after mocking Fidel Castro’s death, was severely beaten, according to relatives who saw him at the detention center in Guanabacoa. “Danilo's mom saw him,” the artist’s girlfriend, Miami resident Alexandra Martinez, 24, said late Tuesday. “He was badly beaten upon entering Guanabacoa and suffered a severe asthma attack.” Authorities also confiscated his cell phone, she said. Martinez said Maldonado’s mother, Maria Victoria Machado, was allowed to visit her son at a Guanabacoa police station, on the outskirts of Havana, for the first time since he was...
  • Even in Death, Castro Still has 'Useful Idiots'

    11/30/2016 4:35:15 AM PST · by Kaslin · 12 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | November 30, 2016 | Jonah Goldberg
    Fidel Castro died as he lived: to the sound of useful idiots making allowances for his crimes. (That's not my term: It was Lenin who called liberal apologists for Communism "useful idiots.") The gold medal in the Useful Idiot Olympics should probably go to Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada. In a statement, he expressed his "deep sorrow" upon learning that "Cuba's longest serving president" had died. One can only imagine what George Orwell could do with that one word, "serving." Castro did not serve; he ruled a nation of servants, often cruelly, while making obscene profits for himself...
  • Fidel Castro: The Life & Death of a Monster

    11/30/2016 1:02:15 AM PST · by detective · 12 replies
    Frontpage ^ | November 30, 2016 | Humberto Fontova
    The third of six children, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 (although some sources claim that he was born a year later), in Cuba's eastern province of Oriente. His father, Angel, was a wealthy sugar plantation owner originally from Spain.  Raised in affluence while surrounded by poverty, Fidel Castro was educated in private Jesuit boarding schools. He attended El Colegio de Belen and pitched for the school's baseball team. After graduating in 1945, Castro entered law school at the University of Havana and immersed himself in the political climate of Cuban nationalism, anti-imperialism, and socialism. In 1947 Castro...
  • The Left's Love Affair with Fidel Castro

    11/29/2016 4:31:46 PM PST · by Kaslin · 10 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | November 29, 2016 | Cal Thomas
    In a statement following the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, President Obama spoke of "the countless ways in which (Castro) altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the Cuban nation." That's an understatement as the thousands who have risked their lives over the years to escape from Cuba have testified. The president added: "History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him." Why wait on history? We can judge him now. For six decades the left has lauded Castro as a secular savior, seeing only what they...
  • Obama won't send official delegation to Cuba

    11/29/2016 11:20:40 AM PST · by ColdOne · 32 replies
    washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 11/29/16 | Sarah Westwood
    President Obama will not send an official delegation to the funeral of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, but he will send a senior White House official and ambassador, the White House said on Tuesday. "There's a formal process" involved in naming a presidential delegation, spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. "That will not be taking place this time, but the United States will be represented at the event."
  • CASTRO'S IMPACT ON CUBA WAS THE SAME AS EBOLA'S ON WEST AFRICA

    11/29/2016 6:07:26 AM PST · by massmike · 9 replies
    http://grasstopsusa.com ^ | 11/29/2016 | Don Feder
    Fidel Castro was a monster who tortured and murdered his people for over half-a-century. He was Stalin with a beard, Hitler with a stogie. His passing will be celebrated by freedom-loving people everywhere and mourned only by the evil and the credulous. I was in Cuba in 1997, not on a Beyonce/Jay-Z celebrity tour, but as a journalist who met ordinary Cubans. I've never been to a sadder place, or one more beautiful in a decaying way. Like North Korea, Cuba is a family business. In the former, the scepter was passed from Kim Il-sung (Glorious Leader) to Kim Jong-il...
  • Nets Fret Trump Will ‘Roll Back’ Obama’s Cuba ‘Legacy’

    11/28/2016 2:54:22 PM PST · by Kaslin · 20 replies
    NewsBusters.org ^ | November 28, 2016 | Kyle Drennen
    Amid the media mourning and eulogizing of Fidel Castro, on Monday, the network morning shows turned to worrying about the impact President-elect Donald Trump would have on American/Cuban relations, declaring the opening of diplomatic relations with the authoritarian regime to be the “centerpiece” of President Obama’s “legacy.” On NBC’s Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell – who on Sunday fondly reminisced over her past meetings with Castro – proclaimed: “The White House sees Obama’s opening to Cuban as the centerpiece of his legacy. Direct commercial flights starting this week, postal service with the U.S., credit cards and banking, internet service. Cracks in...
  • MSNBC: Cuban-Americans Humiliated by Obama’s Comments on Castro’s Death

    11/28/2016 12:59:45 PM PST · by ColdOne · 33 replies
    freebecon.com ^ | 11/28/16 | Madeleine Weast
    Many Cuban-Americans residing in Florida are ashamed of the statements that some world leaders like President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made after the death of Fidel Castro by refusing to condemn the former communist dictator, MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio reported Monday morning. Atencio, an MSNBC correspondent, discussed the reactions of Cuban-Americans to the news over the weekend of Castro’s death. “Many Cuban-Americans here in the political epicenter of this community in Miami telling me this morning they cannot believe some of the world reaction from figures like Justin Trudeau and Jill Stein about Fidel Castro,” Atencio said on...
  • Eugene Robinson: Castro Didn't Like "Income Inequality," A "True Believer" Of Communism

    11/28/2016 12:50:55 PM PST · by i88schwartz · 42 replies
    RealClearPolitics ^ | November 28, 2016 | RealClearPolitics
    ROBINSON, WASHINGTON POST: The inequality of income and the division of society into haves and have-nots, and the way some people are getting rich. He didn't like it one bit. So he was, indeed in that sense, a true believer in the decrepit, antiquated, oppressive, communist system he put in place. As long as he drew breath... there were limits beyond which Raul Castro in any attempt to modernize or reform, limits beyond which it was difficult for him to go.
  • The Left's Lionization of Fidel Castro Is Sick

    11/28/2016 12:42:22 PM PST · by Kaslin · 10 replies
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | November 28, 2016 | Rush Limbaugh
    BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: And we've got still to discuss Castro. Look, this is a teachable moment, a big-time teachable moment, the death of Fidel Castro and the way that death was treated by many, if not most, of the American media and the Democrat Party with a couple of noted exceptions, one of the exceptions being Pelosi. But the most accurate take, the most accurate reaction, the most dead-on public statement about the death of Fidel Castro came from Trump. Obama's was neutral. You know, Obama, Castro, that's the kind of thing Obama, all these leftists, these Social Justice Warriors,...
  • Obama, Biden to skip Fidel Castro's funeral

    11/28/2016 11:35:32 AM PST · by PROCON · 89 replies
    thehill.com ^ | Nov. 28, 2016 | JORDAN FABIAN
    President Obama and Vice President Biden will not attend the funeral of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the White House said Monday. White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters to “stay tuned” as to which top U.S. officials, if any, would attend the funeral, scheduled for Dec. 4. Top Republicans have urged Obama not to attend the ceremony for Castro, 90, who died over the weekend. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) tweeted Saturday that Obama, Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry should “under no circumstance” go to Cuba for Castro’s funeral. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a...
  • When will Hillary denounce her recount partner’s support of a mass-murdering tyrant?

    11/28/2016 10:36:39 AM PST · by Sean_Anthony · 9 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 11/28/16 | Robert Laurie
    Jill Stein praises Fidel Castro: 'Fidel struggled for justice' If we’ve learned anything from the 2016 election, it’s that every candidate must answer for and denounce the words of their allies and supporters. For Trump, this was true no matter how tenuous the connection was. Even if there was no connection, he was asked - repeatedly - to reject statements made by every last weirdo who said they were voting for him. Heck, even after Trump denounced the crazies, he was badgered to denounce them again.
  • NYT Helene Cooper: Criticism Of Obama Statement On Castro Reveals An "American-Centric" View Of Cuba

    11/28/2016 10:05:05 AM PST · by i88schwartz · 18 replies
    RealClearPolitics ^ | November 28, 2016 | RealClearPolitics
    New York Times Pentagon correspondent Helene Cooper said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press that the American people see Castro as a "satanic demon" but that President Obama's statement accurately reflected what the world thinks. Cooper said Obama's statement expressed the "ambivalence" the rest of the world feels about Castro. The Times scribe praised Castro's role in taking down apartheid in South Africa, a regime she noted that the U.S. was propping up. "What President Obama's statement reflects is that nobody in the rest of the world sort of agrees with you," Cooper told her fellow MTP guests.
  • A Monster and his Suck-Ups

    11/28/2016 10:00:55 AM PST · by Twotone · 13 replies
    Steyn Online ^ | Nov. 28, 2016 | Mark Steyn
    Who knows when Fidel Castro actually kicked the bucket? But this weekend his brother decided to let us in on the secret. His presidential term lasted, gosh, an awfully long time, as The New York Times reminded us: Fidel Castro had held on to power longer than any other living national leader except Queen Elizabeth II. That's one way of putting it. But in the end, when it comes to ruthlessly holding on to power, no one can compete with Her Majesty, and so that piker Castro got relegated to second place, while millions of English, Canadians, Jamaicans, Bahamians, Barbadians,...
  • Trump Threatens To 'Terminate' Cuba Deal

    11/28/2016 6:27:25 AM PST · by Helicondelta · 38 replies
    sky.com ^ | 28 November 2016
    Donald Trump has threatened to "terminate" the diplomatic relationship with Cuba negotiated by President Obama. In a tweet, the President-elect said: "If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the US as a whole, I will terminate deal."
  • Why all that Dancing in the Streets of Miami?

    11/28/2016 6:59:14 AM PST · by Kaslin · 18 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | November 28, 2016 | Humberto Fontova
    Fidel Castro jailed and tortured political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin during the Great Terror. He murdered more Cubans in his first three years in power than Hitler murdered Germans during his first six. Fidel Castro shattered — through mass-executions, mass-jailings, mass larceny and exile — virtually every family on the island of Cuba. Many opponents of the Castro regime qualify as the longest-suffering political prisoners in modern history, having suffered prison camps, forced labor and torture chambers for a period three times as long in Fidel Castro’s Gulag as Alexander Solzhenitsyn suffered in Stalin’s Gulag.Fidel Castro...