[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

I didnt know they did that in the former soviet union. I doubt Cuba would though. I would bet if died tonight CNN or Fox news would know before the people of cuba did.

We can send Chevy Chase, Dan rather and Harry Belefonte as our official delagation to the state funeral

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, let's send Cindy Sheehag, and make them keep her. She can flop down on his grave and clutch the grass between her fingers . ..

I guess I'm showing my age, but back when the Soviets were losing Politburo members right and left, the regular programming would go off the air and they would play solemn music for hours before they finally worked themselves up to the announcement of somebody's death . . .