FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???

[KC9ECI]

http://www.babalublog.com/archives/005912.html

Quote[/b] ]BREAKING: FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD

My cellphone has not stopped ringing for the past ten minutes. Various sources inform that an announcement will come within the next few minutes from the Cuban government on Cuban TV and media. Stay tuned and we'll see if we've been manipulated once again or if today is the birth date of Cuba's liberty.

Update: Here's the deal and what I know up to now, as of 1500 hours, August 24, 2007:

First, South Florida Law Enforcement is on alert. An EOC (Emergency Operations Center) has been set-up and manned somewhere in Homestead.

Im also told Local and State government agencies have food, bottled water, and other necessities - valued in the millions - stored and/or staged in Homestead at or near the EOC.

I am presently verifying whether Coast Guard and DHS and Border Patrol agencies are on high alert. (Verified 01445)

Local News stations are abuzz, mostly on reports very much like the above, with massive law enforcemnt mobilizations throughout Dade county.

Local emergency medical services notified to be on alert by law enforcement agencies.

Im told - and still awaiting confirmation - that buses in Havana have been recalled to terminals and that Cuban workers have been sent home. (still unconfirmed 1500)

[wz9o]

FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???,


If this is true...Jimmy Carter will be heart broken!!!!

[K7DMB]

Castro death rumors crop up again

For the third week in a row, rumors of Fidel Castro's death spread across South Florida.

Posted on Sat, Aug. 25, 2007Digg del.icio.us AIM reprint print email
BY LYDIA MARTIN

lmartin@MiamiHerald.com

The rumors heated up again Friday for the third week in a row: Fidel Castro's death would be announced, first at 2 p.m., then at 4, then at 5.

In the year since the Cuban government announced Castro had ceded power to brother Raúl following intestinal surgery, rumors he's on his deathbed keep boiling over and dying down, creating a roller coaster of emotion for exiles and islanders.

Tearful callers told Ninoska Pérez of Radio Mambí they were sure this was it, and Pérez, as usual, said, ``The moment will come, but this is not the moment.''

At Aaction Home Health in Hialeah, office workers were abuzz because one heard that people in Havana were taking to the streets in anticipation of the news. At the University of Miami, media relations officers worked the phones in search of confirmation. And celebrity blogger Perez Hilton posted an entry insisting Castro was dead.

FALSE ALARM

Friday's round of rumors, like those before them, didn't seem to be panning out.

[al2n]

Rumors been floating around for weeks now.

[blindsquirrel]

he is?

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,13:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???,


If this is true...Jimmy Carter will be heart broken!!!!
Let them go together. As well, give a holler to Jacques Chirac and Hugo Chavez and let them join in the queue. Surely we can add more deserving duets to add to our pas de deux, two by two on a march to Hell. Make it a worthwhile parade, and let the riderless horses leave their own tributes behind them as they march along on the route to their own familiar realm of political perdido.

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 25 2007,11:30)]Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,13:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???,


If this is true...Jimmy Carter will be heart broken!!!!
Let them go together. As well, give a holler to Jacques Chirac and Hugo Chavez and let them join in the queue. Surely we can add more deserving duets to add to our pas de deux, two by two on a march to Hell. Make it a worthwhile parade, and let the riderless horses leave their own tributes behind them as they march along on the route to their own familiar realm of political perdido.
What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Aug. 25 2007,14:57)]What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.
Return the thesaurus and get a refund. It's not working out very well.

Your first chore should be to work on syntax and grammar, and that is always easiest to do when you stick to familiar words and phrases. Then try punctuation as a next step.

[w5klb]

Quote[/b] ]What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.

"Brown-nosing" the socialist leadership doesn't "play well in Peoria." Since you agree with their views, especially Chavez, I would suggest that you brush up on your Spanish and join him to offer direct support.

[ad4mg]

Quote[/b] (w5klb @ Aug. 25 2007,15:50)]Quote[/b] ]What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.

"Brown-nosing" the socialist leadership doesn't "play well in Peoria." Since you agree with their views, especially Chavez, I would suggest that you brush up on your Spanish and join him to offer direct support.
Wow. What's up with you and Albert? So much hatred, unusual for you two. Albert, are you wishing death upon a past president? My goodness.

I despise Bush as much as a human can, but never would I wish death upon him. In fact, were he to fall ill, I would sincerely wish him a speedy recovery, but not necessarily a speedy return to office.

I always thought you two were the most reasonable of the right wingers on here. I'm a bit disappointed in both of you.

Off to the corner, and no dessert for either of you. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[k4kyv]

There were rumours some time ago that Ashtabula Bill was dead. But that was just wishful thinking. I had a very nice QSO with him about a week ago on 40m.

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (w5klb @ Aug. 25 2007,12:50)]Quote[/b] ]What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.

"Brown-nosing" the socialist leadership doesn't "play well in Peoria." Since you agree with their views, especially Chavez, I would suggest that you brush up on your Spanish and join him to offer direct support.
First of all I never said I agree with Chavez. This is very typical of the conservative approach to an argument. You disagree with something someone says so you equate them with being a communist, a devout and absolute socialist, anti-American, or being in complete agreement with Castro, Chavez, etc.

It is almost like arguing that someone is supportive of Son of Sam and Charles Manson and other murderers simply because the person may feel that marijuana possesion shouldn't be an imprisonable offense.

What I DID say is, what direct harm has Chavez or Chirac inflicted upon the United States other than not befalling into complete and absolute compliance with the militaristic wishes of our leadership and with the desires of our corporate interests. It appears that more and more our judgement of a leader of a nation as "good" or "enemy" is less and less dependent upon actions within his own country or attitude towards other world nations and more and more dependent upon compliance. If you comply with the whims of Bush and corporate you are a good leader. If you don't you are the enemy leader.

That strikes me as a scary proposition. It matters little if the leader in question is good or bad for his country, aggressive or non-aggressive towards other world nations. Instead it hinges primarilly on compliance with specific interests.

[G0GQK]

Is the last battle of the Spanish -American War about to take place in Dade County ?

G0GQK

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (ad4mg @ Aug. 25 2007,16:00)]Quote[/b] (w5klb @ Aug. 25 2007,15:50)]Quote[/b] ]What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.

"Brown-nosing" the socialist leadership doesn't "play well in Peoria." Since you agree with their views, especially Chavez, I would suggest that you brush up on your Spanish and join him to offer direct support.
Wow. #What's up with you and Albert? #So much hatred, unusual for you two. #Albert, are you wishing death upon a past president? #My goodness.

I despise Bush as much as a human can, but never would I wish death upon him. #In fact, were he to fall ill, I would sincerely wish him a speedy recovery, but not necessarily a speedy return to office.

I always thought you two were the most reasonable of the right wingers on here. #I'm a bit disappointed in both of you.

Off to the corner, and no dessert for either of you. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
No hatred involved. Purely political realism. Simple balance-of-power equation. I do not hate anyone; it is not worth the emotional involvement. We can easily do without any of them on the world scene; none contributes anything other than provocations; they are marbles on the dancefloor of diplomacy.

I wouldn't include Bush simply because he is a lame duck and increasingly marginalized by the reality of that draining of influence and power. He is less and less an object of importance on the world scene. That, and, of course, the "inheritance factor." The shock might overwhelm Cheney and give us Lucrezia Pelosi.

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Aug. 25 2007,16:08)]What I DID say is, what direct harm has Chavez or Chirac inflicted upon the United States other than not befalling into complete and absolute compliance with the militaristic wishes of our leadership and with the desires of our corporate interests. It appears that more and more our judgement of a leader of a nation as "good" or "enemy" is less and less dependent upon actions within his own country or attitude towards other world nations and more and more dependent upon compliance. If you comply with the whims of Bush and corporate you are a good leader. If you don't you are the enemy leader.
Without doubt or question, that is an amazing paragraph.

[K4GUN]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 25 2007,11:30)]Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,13:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???,


If this is true...Jimmy Carter will be heart broken!!!!
Let them go together. As well, give a holler to Jacques Chirac and Hugo Chavez and let them join in the queue. Surely we can add more deserving duets to add to our pas de deux, two by two on a march to Hell. Make it a worthwhile parade, and let the riderless horses leave their own tributes behind them as they march along on the route to their own familiar realm of political perdido.
I'm no fan of Chirac, but I can't see lumping him in with Chavez and Castro. Maybe Daniel Ortega and Kim Jong Il could join the party.

[n6hcm]

Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,10:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???
only his hairdresser knows for sure . . .

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (k4gun @ Aug. 25 2007,16:50)]Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ Aug. 25 2007,11:30)]Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,13:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???,


If this is true...Jimmy Carter will be heart broken!!!!
Let them go together. As well, give a holler to Jacques Chirac and Hugo Chavez and let them join in the queue. Surely we can add more deserving duets to add to our pas de deux, two by two on a march to Hell. Make it a worthwhile parade, and let the riderless horses leave their own tributes behind them as they march along on the route to their own familiar realm of political perdido.
I'm no fan of Chirac, but I can't see lumping him in with Chavez and Castro. #Maybe Daniel Ortega and Kim Jong Il could join the party.
Unless you put the loveliness of an alliteration above mere partisanship, politics and personalities.

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[wv6z]

Looks like his lover, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, is denying the claim.

[W3MIV]

Quote[/b] (ku4my @ Aug. 26 2007,06:59)]Looks like his lover, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, is denying the claim.
Of devotion or death?

I can't stop! I just can't help myself. I must seek help...

[N2RJ]

Even if he's dead, is that going to change anything?

[KC9ECI]

Sadly not. We should have made nice with Cuba a long time ago.

[w5klb]

Comrade IZE tells me:

Quote[/b] ]First of all I never said I agree with Chavez.

Well for someone who doesn't agree with Chavez, you seem to come to his defense quite a bit.

Quote[/b] ]This is very typical of the conservative approach to an argument. You disagree with something someone says so you equate them with being a communist, a devout and absolute socialist, anti-American, or being in complete agreement with Castro, Chavez, etc.

Not true! I call Chavez and his bud Castro a communist because that what they are. As a former "Cold Warrior", I have studied the tyrannical nature of communism/ socialism and Chavez meets the criteria.

Quote[/b] ]It is almost like arguing that someone is supportive of Son of Sam and Charles Manson #and other murderers simply because the person may feel that marijuana possesion shouldn't be an imprisonable offense.

Marijuana doesn't make one commit murder. That's just plain silly. Marijuana has some medical uses. But I feel that people who use it solely for "recreational" purposes have some serious mental issues that needs to be addressed. It's like they can't find enjoyment out of life unless they drink, smoke, or ingest some kind of mind altering substances just to get through the day. How sad it is that these individuals #can never find the simple joy of watching beautiful sun rise or sun set, or listening to some good music or hearing a child say, "I love you." These are NATURAL highs for me and are the BEST kind.

Quote[/b] ]What I DID say is, what direct harm has Chavez or Chirac inflicted upon the United States other than not befalling into complete and absolute compliance with the militaristic wishes of our leadership and with the desires of our corporate interests.

[sarcasm mode *ON*] Yep, that war monger Bush. How dare he do his job and protect our national interest and security. We should let the <s>terrorist and communist</s> er... &quot;freedom fighters&quot; come in and take over. [sarcasm mode *OFF]

Far left liberal/socialist will never understand. It is beyond their mental capacity grasp the security concept or to think. So for the um-teeth time, this is MY thinking on Comrade Chavez:

Although not an immediate threat to us now, Chavez could be later on. He has suppressed free press, free speech, and freedom of assembly. He wants to pass a law that will make him a permanent &quot;President&quot; of Venezuela. His own people HATE HIM. The reason why you don't hear it is because he is SUPRESSING their opinion with threat of imprisonment. He's not a nice guy. They elected a TYRANT! The people of Venezuela regret ever electing Comrade Hugo Chavez.

Quote[/b] ]It appears that more and more our judgement of a leader of a nation as &quot;good&quot; or &quot;enemy&quot; is less and less dependent upon actions within his own country or attitude towards other world nations and more and more dependent upon compliance. If you comply with the whims of Bush and corporate you are a good leader. If you don't you are the enemy leader.

Free market and their corporations have historically done far better than socialism. The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is one prime example of how communism and especially socialism failed catastrophically. And take a look a Cuba's infrastructure. It's in ruins, all due to Castro's socialistic economic policies. Venezuela is sure to follow soon.

Quote[/b] ]That strikes me as a scary proposition. It matters little if the leader in question is good or bad for his country, aggressive or non-aggressive towards other world nations. Instead it hinges primarily on compliance with specific interests.

It hinges on COMMUNISM and SOCIALISM which has kept people from enjoying their LIBERTY. Once again, Chavez, and his old COMMUNIST buddy Castro, are TYRANTS. You forget that in the 1960's Castro let the Soviet Union park a dozen or so NUCLEAR warheads a mere 90 miles from our shore. Chavez is following his fellow comrade's lead AND GOING DOWN THE SAME PATH. Like I said, he may not be an IMMEDIATE THREAT but if he continues to follow Castro, his mentor and friend, Chavez will become a threat, not only to OUR NATIONAL SECURTIY but to EVERONE ELSE'S security in the region also. I fear, as does Chavez's neighbors, that we may be faced with another Grenada type situation in the future.

Security experts from all over Latin America and the Caribbean have a reason to be concerned about Chavez. The linkage between Chavez and Castro is UNMISTAKEABLE, except to far left/liberal socialist.

Ear.

[KC7ATO]

Castro is not dead! He just smells that way. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[ka5s]

Quote[/b] (n6hcm @ Aug. 26 2007,04:49)]Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,10:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???
only his hairdresser knows for sure . . .
Konstantin Chernenko had been dead for MONTHS before Moscow admitted an embalmed corpse had been running the USSR. Heh!

Cortland
KA5S

[ka5piu]

Hello.

As of 1703 hours, Sunday, August 2007, central time, Fidel Castro is still alive, or at least a recording of him saying so.
He was on radio Havana for the 5/6 o' clock show aimed at the Latino community.
He did state the time and date as well as reading some reports over the air about his death.
Radio Marti had nothing to say one way or the other.
al Jazeera, a network with an office in Havana, likewise, nothing.

[AB8RU]

Check this out


http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2156349,00.html

Still Alive Man #Still Alive

I did a Google Search, to anyones surprise.

anyone wanna shovel snow in the middle of the summer ?

[W1GUH]

Quote[/b] (ka5s @ Aug. 25 2007,11:27)]Quote[/b] (n6hcm @ Aug. 26 2007,04:49)]Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,10:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???
only his hairdresser knows for sure . . .
Konstantin Chernenko had been dead for MONTHS before Moscow admitted an embalmed corpse had been running the USSR. #Heh!

Cortland
KA5S
We had a corpse running this country in the 90's. # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Now, we've got someone dumber that a corpse. # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[KI4PEQ]

I don't like Castro or Chavez.

But I do like a good Cuban sandwich, pressed. And Citgo diesel makes my Ford diesel truck go.

[W0UZR]

Quote[/b] (ad4mg @ Aug. 25 2007,14:00)]Quote[/b] (w5klb @ Aug. 25 2007,15:50)]Quote[/b] ]What did either Chirac or Chavez do that was so terrible other than not get on their knees in osculation to our majesty's posterior. Typical neocon hokum, when one doesn't brownnose the leadership or the corporate elite they fall to utter condemnation by the uber right. Can't get more ipso facto than that.

&quot;Brown-nosing&quot; the socialist leadership doesn't &quot;play well in Peoria.&quot; Since you agree with their views, especially Chavez, I would suggest that you brush up on your Spanish and join him to offer direct support.
Wow. #What's up with you and Albert? #So much hatred, unusual for you two. #Albert, are you wishing death upon a past president? #My goodness.

I despise Bush as much as a human can, but never would I wish death upon him. #In fact, were he to fall ill, I would sincerely wish him a speedy recovery, but not necessarily a speedy return to office.

I always thought you two were the most reasonable of the right wingers on here. #I'm a bit disappointed in both of you.

Off to the corner, and no dessert for either of you. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
I was going to say something, but you did a nice job....

[VO1GXG]

I bet these ones are real too

http://fidel.castro.swellserver.com/news/top_stories/auto80.php

http://fidel.castro.swellserver.com/news/top_stories/arrested.php

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (ka5s @ Aug. 26 2007,10:27)]Quote[/b] (n6hcm @ Aug. 26 2007,04:49)]Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,10:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???
only his hairdresser knows for sure . . .
Konstantin Chernenko had been dead for MONTHS before Moscow admitted an embalmed corpse had been running the USSR. #Heh!

Cortland
KA5S
We've had embalmbed corpses running this country for YEARS!

[n2nh]

Quote[/b] (aa9ya @ Aug. 25 2007,13:11)]FIDEL CASTRO IS DEAD???,
Naw, he was on the UFO with Bigfoot, binLaden and Elvis.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[kg4kww]

I haven't heard anything offical on this rumor.

[ad4mg]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Aug. 27 2007,16:41)]I haven't heard anything offical on this rumor.
Should we all just stand by until you do?