Monday, July 31, 2006

FIDEL CASTRO RELINQUISHES POWER

Breaking at The Association Press and CNN. The skinny:
Cuban President Fidel Castro is transferring power provisionally to brother Raul while he undergoes an operation, Cuban TV announces.
The official story has Castro all tired out after a lot of travel in the past 10 days. It all sounds very sketchy.

More from CNN's reporter in Havana: Castro expects several weeks of recuperation. Raul Castro will control the party and the military with his "temporary" presidency. After 47 years in power, will Fidel Castro go out with a whimper?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good riddance to Hollywood's favorite tyrant!

Anonymous said...

Oh, for a Navy SEAL with a good sniper rifle...

Anonymous said...

Hasta la revolucion siempre!

I will proudly wear my T-shirt that I bought at Staxx bearing his image (well, I think its him) while I skateboard at the square tonight. Wasn't he in Rage Against the Machine, or was that his brother, Che?

Signed,

Clueless like most everyone else

Anonymous said...

Anon...that's exactly what JFK had wished.

Anonymous said...

newtster,

I wonder if the Kennedys will be sending a nice fruit basket and a floral piece, upon the death of their good friend...

...or if Hillary will weep upon hearing of his demise.

Anonymous said...

Q: What does a Hezbollah zealot have in common with El Presidente's gastroenterologist?

A: Both are devoted to stopping the raging in Fidel.

Anonymous said...

Ooh! That's borderline politically-incorrect! And possibly racist! ;)