Posted on 08/17/2007 7:49:31 PM PDT by tlb
There's an strangely ominous post on celebrity news site PerezHilton.com tonight wondering aloud if Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has died. Mr. Hilton has piqued our interest — as intrepid night reporter noted, "He's never wrong!" (Well, at least when it comes to celebrities, anyhow.) Here's what he wrote:
Is Castro Dead???
We are hearing very loud rumblings that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has died, though it could be just a flare-up of the health rumors that have dogged the tyrant recently.
No official confirmation yet, but we will be following this story closely.
Post reporter Katie Rook spoke with Mr. Hilton and files these quotes:
"I've been hearing rumblings for days coming from Miami and now finally, I am hearing even louder rumblings. Take that for what it is. Hopefully, their will be some announcement either way: a confirmation or a denial."
"I am working every angle. I work hard and hard work gets good results."
"I've been hearing a lot of things coming from Miami for a couple of days now and then today, I just got some new information that is leading me to believe that he is [dead.] But, you know, it may just be rumours. He had his birthday on Monday, so maybe it's just a new flare-up of rumours."
Mr. Hilton, whose celebrity gossip site receives about 6 million to 7 million hits daily, says it would be "awesome" if Castro was dead and he was one of the first media outlets to report it.
"It would be awesome because I am Cuban. I have a real connection to this story. My family had to flee his dictorial, totalitarian, oppressive, communist, evil regime.
(Excerpt) Read more at communities.canada.com ...
Yeah, Paris Hilton thinks he’s the guy who invented the “Castro Convertible”, but she got a little confused about that, too, because she thought it meant she was supposed to pull HER top down.
LOL...rrrrrr...I meant to type (ahem) NOT that I read...but, Freudian? Or just tired? LOL...Perez is one of my guilty pleasures (he is really snarky towards the beautiful people).
“The best thing that could happen to change Communism in Cuba is for the US to change its policy regarding Cuba. Once the Cuban people have a chance to cater to US touists en masse, bringing big bucks to the island, there will be no stopping unabashed capitalism.”
Plenty of Europeans, Canadians and Central/South Americans visit Cuba all the time. Hugo loves Cuba and Fidel. Why does Fidel need help from the U.S.? Don’t all those other locales know, oh so much, about worldly matters?
He’s dead, Jim. HA
IMO, Castro has been dead for about a year.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1666405/posts
Castro’s Overseas Doctors Fleeing Venezuela
AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS! 1.) Light the match; 2.) Drop the match in the bottle; 3.) Place the head on the mouth; 4.) Vacuum created sucks head into bottle.
he’s been dead a few of times!
Excellent graphic Phil.
I keep having to buy new bottles of champaign because I have to drowned my sorrows after the news of his demise turns out to be untrue.
Especially since Raul's going to take over and continue the tradition.
Awesome...
I was about to post that!
LOL... That’s what I “read” at first as well! LOL Just goes to show how many times she is in the news that we read her name as a “sight” word now!
As for Castro... Well, what can one say??? I don’t think the populace has much hope that even his death will turn things around. I would hope they could use this to their advantage, but I’m sure there are many other communists waiting in the wings to take Fidel’s place — besides his brother!
When I get tired of “political” trash, I read “celebrity” trash. See, my life is so pristine I need some trash for balance.
;)
Priceless!
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