Fidel has died

[lincolnboy]

Maybe Hillary can get a job down there now. Lol at Trump saying it as it is. Can't wait til he gets much older and really says what he thinks. Like a drunk uncle at thanksgiving

Trump opened a can of worm on that subject. Within time, there will be more thanksgiving drunk uncles

[sc281]

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[Broncojohnny]

Hopefully his sorry mother fucking ass is burning in fucking hell right now.

[orphan Shelby]

And having pineapple shoved up his ass

[slingshot]

Hopefully his sorry mother fucking ass is burning in fucking hell right now.

This...

[Strychnine]

Fidel has died...


And so has his jeep.

Jeep Carrying Castro’s Body Breaks Down – Has To Be Pushed Through Procession

December 4, 2016

The Russian-made jeep ferrying the ashes of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro broke down and needed to be pushed on Saturday en route to the late leader’s final resting place.

Castro’s ashes were interred in a private ceremony Sunday morning, ending nine days of official mourning, Fox News is reporting.

The breakdown of the jeep in the midst of adoring crowds chanting “Long live Fidel!” was symbolic of the dual nature of Castro’s Cuba. While his legacy inspires fierce adulation by many of the nation’s citizens, others continue to grumble about Cuba’s autocratic government, inefficient bureaucracy and stagnant economy.

Rural Cubans’ lives have improved with the arrival of doctors and teachers in once-ignored backwaters, however, it has been a struggle to earn a living under the island’s one-party socialist government and its stifling economic rules.

But those realities were seemingly not at the forefront of the minds of the throngs crowding the two-mile route the Russian jeep traveled to Santa Ifigenia cemetery.

Castro’s tomb stands to the side of a memorial to the rebel soldiers killed during a 1953 Castro-led attack on Santiago’s Moncada barracks. Castro’s final resting spot is in front of the mausoleum of Cuban national hero Jose Marti.

The Cuban military fired a 21-gun salute and crowds at the entrance to the cemetery sang the national anthem as the ashes entered about 40 minutes later. The ceremony lasted more than an hour and took place out of the public eye after Cuban officials made a last-minute cancellation of plans to broadcast the events live on national and international television. International media were also barred from the ceremony.

The decision to hold a private ceremony came the morning after Castro’s brother, President Raul Castro, announced that Cuba would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after the former leader, and bar the construction of statues of the former leader and revolutionary icon, in keeping with his desire to avoid a cult of personality.

“The leader of the revolution rejected any manifestation of a cult of personality and was consistent in that through the last hours of his life, insisting that, once dead, his name and likeness would never be used on institutions, streets, parks or other public sites, and that busts, statutes or other forms of tribute would never be erected,” Raul Castro told a massive crowd gathered in the eastern city of Santiago.

http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/awesome-jeep-carrying-castros-body-breaks-down-has-to-be-pushed-through-procession

[BradM]

So fitting.

[GrayStangGT]

Fidel has died...


And so has his jeep.

Saw this on Drudge this morning and it gave me a good chuckle.

[LANTIRN]

The jeep is pretty funny. It is kind of interesting that he didn't want any kind of cult-like following of himself; no streets or monuments or buildings named after him, no statues, etc. Completely opposite of most Socialist, Communist and other Dictator style leaders. The Kims of North Korea, Lenin, Stalin, Saddam, Mao, and many others all wanted that stuff and encouraged or demanded cult followings to increase their control and power. Very interesting that Castro seems to have shunned that aspect.