Posted on 08/24/2007 12:31:34 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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)
Again, I am loathe to publish the title as I did in this post, but I would be remiss in not telling you all what I know, right now. All of my sources are good but the Cuban government, as we all know, is masterful at controlling media and information and we should not rule out that this and last Friday's "news" have been and are feelers to see what the reactions are here, as well as who reacts within the island. If we've been duped we've been duped. If not, then bust out the champagne.
Once again, these may all be rumor to discredit us and other media sources. All we can do is exactly what we've been doing for quite some time now: wait and see.
More from Killcastro, with sources from within Cuba.
Babalu blog is down.
Damn.
And Hugo Chavez?
Chevy Chase?
He was saying that a week ago.
Cuban Mojito recipe
the original authentic recipe from Havana Cuba
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces)
4 mint leaves
1 sprig of mint
Havana Club white Rum (2 ounces)
2 ounces club soda
There are countless recipes for the Mojito (prounced moh-HEE-toh), but this version is for the one Hemingway himself enjoyed at the Mojito’s place of birth: La Bodeguita del Medio in Havana, Cuba. If you are throwing a Cuban theme party (Havana night themed party), definitely plan on serving mojitos.
Place the mint leaves into a long mojito glass (often called a “collins” glass) and squeeze the juice from a cut lime over it. You’ll want about two ounces of lime juice, so it may not require all of the juice from a single lime. Add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (a long wooden device pictured below, though you can also use the back of a fork or spoon if one isn’t available). Add ice (preferably crushed) then add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda (you can also mix the club soda in as per your taste). Garnish with a mint sprig.
** Optional ** While the following isn’t the authentic original Bodeguita del Medio Cuban recipe for a mojito, some people will take half of the juiced lime and cut into into four wedges to add to the glass. Another variation is to add Angostura bitters to cut the mojito’s sweetness, which is a popular version in Havana hotels although not the true Bodeguita recipe. Some Cubans also use “guarapo” in place of the powdered sugar, which is a sugar cane syrup available in some supermarkets or online Latin grocery stores.
Same here - I’ve got to choose between a genuine Romeo y Julieta or a Cohiba.
Note to Satan: make sure that the fires of hell are well-stoked for the new arrival.
Yea, the headline at the link on Drudge:
Cuba Foreign Minister Says Castro Health Rumors Untrue
Couey, Castro, um, who might the third “C” be, if things do, indeed, happen in threes?
Five bucks sez he’ll show up in eeerak to lead the ba’athists and fedayeen saddam to happily ever after.....he’ll sneak in through iran, probably....
Jimmah Cahtah.
There will be dancing in the streets in south Florida if this is true. Fat Mike Moore will be a Paul bearer.
Cuba isn't going to be liberated just because Castro dies. Castro has his brother and other cronies to keep things in Cuba pretty much as they are after he passes.
Reminds of a story from Pat Conroy about his father, the model for Bull Meacham...
Col Conroy was alerted for combat patrol over Cuba, to shoot down anything Castro put up in the air. This combat patrol was to be in support of the Bay of Pigs invasion. Of course it never happened but... As he left to report to the base Mrs Conroy was praying - praying for the souls of all the poor b*st*rds that Col Conroy was gonna blow out of the sky!
Does this mean we can have Miami back now?
;)
I don’t think he’ll ever be OFFICIALLY dead. He’ll be the Cuban Elvis- immortal, sighted at taco trucks 50 years from now.
If he does assume room temp, they’ll probably stuff him and prop him in front of cameras forever.
bttt
CUBA LIBRE!
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