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Fidel Castro "retiring" as Cuba’s dictator in chief isn’t the end of the story. Nothing has changed, and chances are … Continue reading

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Dictator Resignation Roundup

It seems like every second or third post that’s come across the feed reader has the news of Cuban dictator Fidel Cast… Continue reading

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Castro Resigns

He hasn’t been seen publicly in over a year, ceding power to his brother Raul in July of 2006. Now it has been offici… Continue reading

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Another Dictator Heard From

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Not President "Tom"

This evening it’s F. "Bernie" Castro, and… Continue reading

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What I Didn’t Post About Today

I had planned to post more today. I should have had the time. It just didn’t work out that way. Of course the big news is the cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. To discribe this as fragile would be overstating reality. Also in the Mid East is the story of the two … Continue reading

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Raul Appears?

Forgive me if I quote the whole story, but this is the shortest AP piece I’ve ever seen: HAVANA – Raul Castro made his first public appearance since being named Cuba’s provisional president, greeting Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez at the airport Sunday. I’m guessing that further details will be forthcoming. Tweet Sphere: Related Content

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Birthday at Bernies?

I guess he looks alive. He’s probably getting ready to take a little jog on his 80th birthday. The picture is just ripe for some fisking, photoshopping (if it hasn’t been already) or captioning. Continue reading

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State Department: Castro Seriously Ill

CNN is reporting this from the U.S. State Dept.: The prolonged disappearance of Fidel Castro from public view indicates that the Cuban president is confronting “serious” health problems, a senior U.S. State Department official said Friday. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, briefing reporters, also said he believes that Castro’s attempt to turn over power … Continue reading

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The Legend of San Antonio María Claret

The story of an obscure Cuban legend is being reported in today’s Miami Herald: News of Fidel Castro’s illness has renewed interest in an obscure legend involving Cuba’s patron saint and her prediction to a priest 150 years ago that one day Cubans would be enslaved by a bearded young leader — who then dies … Continue reading

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First Cup 08.04.06

The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) There’s Gotta Be Irony In Here Somewhere — “Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has told an interviewer that he wants German troops in any international force protecting the Jewish state.” Iowa Voice (Brian) Senate Dems Block Minimum … Continue reading

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