Cuba's Fidel Castro dies aged 90

BBC ^ | November 25, 2016

[Jim Robinson]

Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro has died aged 90, state TV announces

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[bigredkitty1]

No need to thank me, just have a drink or three for me.

[annalex]

Forgive our enemies’ sins, o Gracious Lord.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.

[luvie]

😂👏🏻

The devil is going to be busy!

[Vaden]

Something happened today that marked a change for my thinking. I had sort of half-hearted rooted for Putin due to his standing up against homosexuality and his fight against terrorists. However, his response to Castro’s demise was way too positive-almost laudatory. He called Castro a “great friend of Russia.” Putin said Castro was “a major and important figure of the 20th century.” Really?? This murderous, dictatorial, oppressive animal is one of your “great friends?” No mention of his crimes? Whitewashing his history?

My feelings toward Putin have definitely shifted.

[Syncro]

Here is something else that is quite revealing, from another thread:

Jim 0216

5 posted on 11/26/2016, 9:29:39 AM by Bon mots

Click on the "5" at the bottom of that message to see the thread.

[Bon mots]

[grey_whiskers]

+1

[OddLane]

I listened to nearly an hour of the BBC hagiography last night. It was sickening.

[sodpoodle]

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/11/26/fidel-castro-dies-on-anniversary-of-elian-gonzalez-rescue-at-sea/

[Gluteus Maximus]

Yeah. As the Catholic prayer goes “lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy.” If I want that for me (and I do) then I gotta want it for everybody else, including Fidel Castro.

[M1903A1]

Castro knew he was in the catbird seat, that the Russians would support him no matter what due to his place in the Main Adversary’s front yard, and he often acted like it, stirring up unwelcome trouble in places where Moscow was trying to accomplish things behind the scenes...and frequently pulling them into the thick of it.

The Kremlin publicly backed him, but privately considered him a major pain in the ass.

[Carl Vehse]

Fidel is probably sucking sulfur fumes and neck deep in brimstone with "Uncle Walter."

[Impala64ssa]

"I got my job through the NY Times"
-Fidel Castro

[Volunteer]

Amen.

[Dead Corpse]

Lifted from a book. Cannot remember which one...

[Impala64ssa]

Just for sh!ts and giggles, what does Castro’s fanboi Sean Penn has to say about his butt buddy’s passing? Actually he’s been MIA for some time. Maybe, unlike his colleagues he really DID leave the US?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Burn in hell, Fidel. You should have stuck with baseball.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Actually, it started with Brexit.

[Syncro]

Thanks to a good friend of Free Republic!

Obama wins! Outlives Castro to become Western Hemisphere's last iconic Socialist comandante. #fidelcastroisdead— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 26, 2016

[Liberty Valance]

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Hasn’t appeared there yet. He’s in Hades, awaiting the judgement day. Sadly, he sees the need for repentance now (like the rich man who disregarded Lazarus), but it’s too late.