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Ramon Castro, Cuban leader's older brother, dies at age 91
Associated Press ^
| Feb. 23, 2016 8:44 PM EST
Posted on 02/23/2016 5:57:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:22:11 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
To: Olog-hai
Who’s going to be Bernie’s running mate now?
To: Kickass Conservative; FlingWingFlyer
Well, as the old saying goes, “The devil takes care of his own”; and as the Gospel says, “They have their reward.”
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:22:58 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Widely known by his nickname “Mongo,” the white-bearded Ramon Castro preferred tending crops and livestock to the revolutionary political life embraced by his younger siblings Fidel and Raul,
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He was the white sheep of the family.
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:25:21 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: AFreeBird
To: ClearCase_guy; exit82; Argus
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:47:24 PM PST
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:50:58 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: Olog-hai
In a land of communes how is it that he has land to ranch and farm on?
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posted on
02/23/2016 7:06:38 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: fella
To: fella
It’s for the same reason that Mao Tse-tung owned such aristocratic cars as the Mercedes-Benz 600.
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posted on
02/23/2016 7:11:29 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
That wasn’t Ramon who died. It was Fidel but Raul wants a little more time to get his footing.
To: ClearCase_guy
Mongo no go. Mongo stay with Sheriff Bart. Sheriff Bart first man never whip Mongo. Mongo impressed. Have deep feelings for Sheriff Bart.
To: VerySadAmerican
At Raul’s age, he should want a little more time to get his Depends.
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
02/23/2016 7:58:40 PM PST
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: Tax-chick
Batista should’ve taken out the trash in 1958.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/23/2016 10:26:57 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
02/24/2016 2:37:02 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Four teenagers at once. I'm ready to lead the Forlorn Hope now.)
To: Olog-hai
To: fella
His father was an exec at the United Fruit Company that was raping Cuba before the revolution. It is just classic populist rot. “I am just a poor farmer who lives in a multi- billion peso house”
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posted on
02/24/2016 5:33:55 AM PST
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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