Castro Dead; US Cubans Celebrate
Who will be the hardest hit/ Barack Obama, Pope Francis or Colin Kaepernick?
Donald J. TrumpFidel Castro is dead!
Of all communist dictators, probably only Stalin, Lenin and Mao murdered more people.
Fidel Castro died, and Cuban Miami did what it does in times of community celebration: It spilled onto the streets of Little Havana — and Hialeah, and Kendall — to honk horns, bang pans, and set off more than a few fireworks, saved for exactly the sort of unexpected special occasion that proved worthy of their detonation.
The scene across Miami-Dade County, the cradle of the Cuban exile community, was one of pure, raw emotion. This time, after decades of false alarms, Castro’s death was real.
“I wish my dad was here to see this,” 27-year-old Abraham Quintero cried just before 2 a.m. Saturday.
Wearing an “I love Hialeah” T-shirt, he stood on West 49th Street and Ludlam Road, where police quickly set up watch posts to make sure impromptu revelers stayed safe.
“Beautiful madness,” 29-year-old Christopher Sweeney said, describing the scene.
Passing cars honked incessantly. People waved huge Cuban flags. Parents carried their children and puppies. A few people appeared clad in pajamas and, in one case, flamingo slippers, jolted out of bed — and out of their homes — by the late-night news.
Shortly after midnight, Cuban leader Raúl Castro announced on state television, his voice trembling, that his older brother had died at 10:29 p.m.
“Toward victory, always!” he said.
The streets in Havana, where a nine-day mourning period was announced, appeared to remain quiet. Not so in Miami, the city across the Florida Straits shaped by exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution.Calle Ocho remained closed to traffic, from Southwest 35th to 37th Avenues, to accommodate the elated crowds gathered at Versailles Cuban restaurant, the iconic exile hangout, to cheer and wave signs — no matter how unseemly it might be to revel in an old man’s death.
Some even yelled profanities about Castro.
“Fidel, tirano, llévate a tu hermano,” they chanted outside Versailles. Fidel, tyrant, take your brother. There was also a variant: “Raúl, tirano, vete con tu hermano” (Raul, tyrant, go with your brother).
Someone outside the restaurant brought a portable karaoke system, and the crowd sang Cuban star Willy Chirino’s exile anthem, “Nuestro día ya viene llegando” (Our day is coming), as the scent of long-saved Cuban cigars burned at last.
“Libertad!” young and old yelled. Liberty.
People were still popping champagne bottles in the middle of the street after 4 a.m. — an eruption of jubilation that remained peaceful throughout the night and into Saturday morning.
Hat tip: Miami Herald
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Like Francis (and me unfortunately), Fidel Castro was the product of a Jesuit education.
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ot..
How you use your phone and who you communicate with soon to effect your credit score.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-25/no-credit-history-no-problem-lenders-now-peering-at-phone-data
On topic – “Kaepernick” – did that’s jackass just get seen wearing a Castro shirt or something like 2 days ago? What timing that moron has.
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Brexit (sort of)
Cubs
Trump
Castro
Damn, what a year it’s been with a month left to go.
With Castro now dead I’m sure he’s a shoe-in for Time’s person of the year, I mean it’s not like their gonna give it to the blatantly obvious person who earned it.
ot:
Snowden lost his case for trying to safely travel to Norway.
https://www.rt.com/news/368233-snowden-norway-extradition-guarantees/
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From Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit:
GOOD RIDDANCE. HE WAS A BRUTAL DICTATOR, EVEN THOUGH HE REMAINED THE DARLING OF AMERICAN LEFTISTS. Fidel Castro is dead. The New York Times’ obituary seems sad. The only sad thing is that JFK didn’t manage to kill him and spare Cuba decades of slave-state one-man rule. And I feel sorry for the NYT. First Trump gets elected, now Castro’s gone. Their whole world is shattered. . .
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Now if the People of VZ would depose their dictator the world would be free of most of the Socialists.
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Game 10 also a Ruy
game 11 in -3 hours
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From last thread. Vonn instagram from earlier in the year
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCV1Xy3kTr7/
This generation’s female evel knievel
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I say we oblige him — http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/23/ceo-mathew-blanchfield-tells-pro-trump-republican-/ — Another ex-CEO in waiting.
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As I wrote:
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O/T…
From an article at the Daily Beast…a far Left outlet, but good for some unintentional humor for time to time. This is such a time. 🙂
=>> “The president-elect has already flouted conflict of interest rules, national security protocols, normal relations with the press…”
if you said “Huh??” Then that is the correct response!
First of all…those 3 accusations are EXACTLY what Hillary Clinton has done since the moment she became SecState. But I digress.
Trump has “flouted conflict of interest”? He hasn’t been sworn in yet…thus there is NO interest to be in conflict with.
Trump has flouted “national security protocols”? WTF? When…how? Again, WTF?
Trump has flouted “normal relations with the press”?? OK, I nearly snorted coffee out of my nose when I got to that part. Define “normal”. Yes, the darlings missed a dinner Trump had with his family, and yes, he doesn’t invite them up on his lap either.
Oh oh well, the Left’s angst does have some humor value anyway.
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10,
That is funny cause according to sources I have read Trump has refused to look at security briefing books or have discussions with the intel community so far.
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DR #8 In case you have not checked out the new Tucker Carlson show it is pretty good especially the A block.
Here he destroys Matthew Blanchard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYWjltZpqKA
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JR #10 –
There’s a reason why The Daily Beast and most other leftist websites (Cnn< National Uninal, Time, Christian Science Monitor, The Week, etc.) have dropped comments. I have not visited The Daily Beast since they did
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Thinking more about the recount thing. Soros has made a fortune by creating political drama, and trading currencies and securities futures accordingly. The Trump Bump has caused the US stock market to rise by 2.3%. With US stock market valuations at roughly $30T, that amounts to about a $750 Billion that US investors have made in the 2 weeks since the Nov 8th shocker.
Fact: The markets HATE uncertainty, and react strongly to it.
Fact: $750 Billion is a lot of cheddar.
Fact: A sudden panic that the US election could be overturned would reverse the bump.
Fact: What happens in the US markets impacts global markets
So, an unscrupulous character like Soros doesn’t need to actually overturn the election to make a shit load of money. Maybe that’s not what he’s trying to do. All he has to do is make a big short bet, then throw a monkey wrench into the works and let nature take it’s course. Get WI to actually overturn, then pay off a few people to leak fake news that irregularities have been found in MI and PA. Spending $10mm to $20mm to bribe the right folks could create a massive selloff, which he would profit from handsomely.
Thoughts?
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Interesting posting — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__4BDDbaDLQ — Steins funding for recount has some fine print that has libs asking for refunds.
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JBoz interesting thought there. Set up a FX spread between the USD and the Euro and see what can be made of it.
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JBoz – You are making George Soros out tro be some unethical bastard, the kind of guy who would have ratted on his fellow Jews to the Nazis.
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Texas fires Charlie Strong:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2016/11/26/charlie-strong-fired-texas/94149314/
When you are making $5 million a year, three straight losing seasons doesn’t cut it.
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WATCH: The Biggest Media Meltdowns to Trump’s Win
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BC,
Considering that they lost to TCU that alone would have got him fired. Shame, Charlie is a good man and his kids on the team love him to death.
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Hat tip: yahoo.com
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BC #21 – allow me to paraphrase Trump.
“The guy was a major prick. Good riddance.”
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Finally Fidel and Che can compare wall paintings in Hell.
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Is Stein recounting Florida as well?
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ah it appears Florida was certified this past tuesday so Stein missed that boat.
Hillary would basically have to run the table overturning the other three states to win whereas if Florida was in the picture, it would still be unlikely but less unlikely.
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Would have needed a 120K votes to change Florida.
http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/florida/
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Michigan has certified as well.
Were I Trump I would go directly to California and challenge the voting there. We know that illegals voted in the state. Having found massive fraud at the polls the state would then not be able to certify their election results and their Electors balloting would be challenged. 55 EV’s might very well drop on the cutting room floor in Congress. Such a result would wipe out any possible gain. Then where will Stein be?
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OBAMA waxed poetic regarding the death of Fidel Castro:
“recalling the countless ways in which Fidel Castro altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the Cuban nation. History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him.”
TRUMP explained a few of the “countless way” in which Castro altered the lives of the Cuban people:
“Today, the world marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades. Fidel Castro’s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.”
Obama is sad because he lost a hero…Trump realizes the world, and especially Cuba, lost a DICTATOR!
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26,
That would fit conveniently in the trunk of a ’55 studebaker.
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drdog, I agree 100% on challenging the vote in Kalifornia, Southern Kalifornia is the target!
MILLIONS of illegal aliens were ENCOURAGED to vote there.
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Florida election certified
#27 if anything would be nice to know who is committing felony voting fraud that way if congress eventually does “comprehensive reform” we know who not reward for illegal activity.
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btw I suppose the Secretary of state in California would likely have to agree to the challenge. That’s how it works in florida unless, I read, it’s within 1/2 percentage point then recount is autotriggered.
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Ok I guess she can request recount after certification in michigan
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I think the dems could find 10K ballots in a car trunk somewhere i bet.
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http://www.270towin.com/
Take away Wisconsin and Michigan and Trump is still at 280.
PA seems like the least likely of the three to be taken?
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Trump may as well be asking for Nevada, Colorado, NH, Minnesota recounts as well.
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NH has same day voter registration, which invites open fraud. There are reports of busloads of Massholes illegally voting in NH.
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http://chess-teacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/karjakin-and-carlsen-2006.jpg
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From earlier this year: The Secret Life of Fidel Castro – lots of wives and mistresses:
http://nypost.com/2016/03/20/hidden-wives-mistresses-and-kids-fidel-castros-secret-life/
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As you can see, they are childhood friends so this thing must be rigged. Putin did it.
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FYI – PA would require court action at this point.
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Here is what is going to kill the NFL. — http://footballconcussionfacts.com/ — Watch the video. Note that the focus is on HS and college ball overall. The two institutions that will be most suit sensitive.
When the talent pool that dries up, the NFL will not have personnel to play with. Game over. The video is playing on the TVee here.
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KH, There is a reason that ‘Philadelphia Lawyer’ has a notorious ring to it.
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The Clintons slink out from under their rock — http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-26/clinton-attorney-announces-plan-participate-recounts-despite-no-actionable-evidence- — Now slink back will ya?
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Heh
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Drdog, the Clintons have slunk out on cue…the Dems are starting to feel they can steal this in broad daylight.
The GOP and Trump need to stay focused…the Capone Mob isn’t going down without a fight, and a LOT of criminal activity.
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And they risk destruction of the party at a minimum and possibly civil war at the worst.
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And a full blown investigation needs to be put right back on the table. F-ck em.
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agree completely with 48 and 49
and Trump should announce that he is funding recounts in a variety of States where fraud was almost certainly a factor…New Hampshire, California, Nevada, etc…
But IF Hillary does manage to steal this…then We the People need to push back TWICE as hard. I don’t know how it will start, but it will NEED to start somewhere.
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JR –
You’re destroying everyone in college football picks this week.
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Bc3b…if I’d only started making my pics with my eyes closed sooner in the season! 🙂
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Hypothetical…what if the Dems DO steal the election at this point?
How DO We the People fight back?
Looking for real ideas…I intend to spread them IF the worst happens.
We don’t march, chant or vandalize shopping centers…and that wouldn’t help anyway.
So what?!?
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Saw the following over on SHTFPlan, was originally on Zero Hedge.
http://www.shtfplan.com/conspiracy-fact-and-theory/shtfplan-and-other-alt-media-are-now-being-targeted-as-sophisticated-russian-propaganda-tools_11252016#
The report from PropOrNot, provided to the Post, identifies more than 200 websites that routinely pushed Russian propaganda to at least 15 million Americans, and found that false stories pushed on Facebook were viewed more than 213 million times. You may be surprised by some of the sites on the list (it seems even satirical fakes news sites are propagandists too)…
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The link has a LONG list of sites (unfortunately we aint on it) that are deemed fake news.
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JR – like you I am not sure what form of resistance I will take BUT it will be something. Wont be seeing you in Hut 1369 as I will be dead first.
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* Blues are concentrated in the cities for the most part. Eliminate water, power, food entering the blue zones, and well things take on a life of their own.
* Cheat on elections. Not our style, but this is Bürgerkrieg, take the opponent out.
* Make them live up to their own standards as low as they are.
* Arrange your affairs to legally reduce your taxes.
* Demilitarize. By that I mean organize to reduce recruitment. Go to high schools, recruitment centers, community centers to discourage recruitment. Without personnel the DoD can’t go on foreign military adventures. Individuals like yourself JR are prime for that mission. Get bad enough such efforts might force the Dims to institute the draft again. There would be consequences for that event.
All lead up to things going hot.
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drdog – my brother a Navy veteran & retiring is doing exactly what you said in #55 by telling everyone he encounters to NOT enter the military. That they don’t have your back. Before my Father In Law died (30+ years in the army) would say the same to every young person he met.
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See ya’ll on the next thread…and tomorrow I’ll post a full hothetical: “How Does Atlas Shrug?”
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46 – lol excellent
47 – yes
48 – It was never ‘off the table’.
53 – It’s ok to be annoyed by this crap, it’s even ok to be concerned, but given the margins in wi and pa (they could maybe steal Michigan ~9.5k votes), it seems success is very unlikely in all 3. Petition congress to reject all elector’s votes based on the fact 3 million non-citizens voted and let the house vote. 🙂
I almost don’t want to give it and them the attention they are seeking with it, but then again I don’t want to leave them to their own BS devices cause then they will steal it, and since the media is probably gonna gorge on it whole hog I guess there is no ignoring it.
As for ‘direct action’… let’s discuss that only if we get that far, we wouldn’t want discuss it prior to then, might look like we’re alt-right or something /s/s/s 🙂
But you know that fiction writing the good Dr. treats us too on occasion – that’s the broad strokes of it.