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    • jegga
      jegga last edited by taniwharugby

      Latin America & Caribbean

      Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader of revolution, dies at 90

      Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader of revolution, dies at 90

      Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, dies aged 90, prompting both condolences and cheers.

      http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/86910212/he-could-live-to-140-i-am-not-exaggerating-secrecy-always-shrouded-fidel-castros-health

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          reprobate last edited by

          was it gastro?

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            Cracking thread

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              • Stockcar86
                Stockcar86 last edited by

                He got close, almost outlived the United States

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                • Sapetyvi
                  Sapetyvi last edited by

                  This thread had more deleted posts than not deleted

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                  • jegga
                    jegga @Sapetyvi last edited by

                    @Sapetyvi I put up a link on the first post to a comment from his doctor saying recently Castro was so healthy he could live to 150 but I doesn't show up because I fucked up somehow.

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                    • antipodean
                      antipodean last edited by

                      Like all Communist dictators, he inflicted misery on his countrymen. Good riddance to the arsehole.

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                      • MN5
                        MN5 last edited by

                        I guess they'll be Havana state funeral.

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                        • Nepia
                          Nepia @Sapetyvi last edited by

                          @Sapetyvi said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                          This thread had more deleted posts than not deleted

                          Going by this post we could be lucky more are deleted:

                          @MN5 said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                          I guess they'll be Havana state funeral.

                          Although I must admit I did chuckle.

                          @antipodean said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                          Like all Communist dictators, he inflicted misery on his countrymen. Good riddance to the arsehole.

                          Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

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                          • jegga
                            jegga last edited by

                            Jeremy Corbyn on Castro http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/fidel-castros-cuba-beacon-light-says-ex-london-mayor-ken-livingstone/

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                            • jegga
                              jegga @Nepia last edited by

                              @Nepia I had a chat to a guy last year who was backpacking through Chile when Pinochet took over, him and his mate were herded into a soccer stadium and given some beatings to see if they were spies. He said they were pretty bewildered about the whole thing and the other Chileans there kept telling him theyd be safe because they were gringos and they were eventually released. Believe it or not his wife ended up becoming NZ ambassador to Chile and they went back after Pinochet was gone. He wrote an e book about it I haven't read yet , this article gives the gist of what happened at the stadium though http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-pinochet-affair-i-saw-them-herded-to-their-death-i-heard-the-gunfire-as-they-died-1179543.html

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                              • Crucial
                                Crucial @Stockcar86 last edited by

                                @Stockcar86 said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                He got close, almost outlived the United States

                                As in "close but no cigar"?

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                                • NTA
                                  NTA last edited by

                                  Close but no exploding cigar.

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                                  • Baron Silas Greenback
                                    Baron Silas Greenback @Nepia last edited by

                                    Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

                                    You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
                                    I will start with 2..
                                    Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.

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                                    • Kirwan
                                      Kirwan @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                                      @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                      Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

                                      You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
                                      I will start with 2..
                                      Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.

                                      I have another left one, Pol Pot in Cambodia = up to three million.

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                                      • jegga
                                        jegga last edited by

                                        Trudeau makes a cock of himself , twitter is merciless
                                        http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/86929308/canadas-pm-justin-trudeau-mocked-over-sorrow-after-fidel-castros-death

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                                        • Baron Silas Greenback
                                          Baron Silas Greenback @jegga last edited by

                                          @jegga

                                          Your NZ Green MP Steffan Browning.

                                          "I’m saddened by the death of Fidel Castro. He represented so significantly the battle against the worst of the forces of capitalist greed and the tyranny of oppression by the USA industrial military complex. Cuba has problems but its achievements and humanitarian reach have been significant too, especially considering the blockades and measures against it. I was disappointed by this Stuff announcement that has so much about those celebrating Fidel’s passing, when millions will be mourning."

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                                          • jegga
                                            jegga @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                                            @Baron-Silas-Greenback how is he my green mp ? I am triggered

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                                            • Baron Silas Greenback
                                              Baron Silas Greenback @jegga last edited by Baron Silas Greenback

                                              @jegga

                                              here .. have a safe space.... |__________________________________|

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                                              • jegga
                                                jegga @Guest last edited by

                                                @Baron-Silas-Greenback phew cheers.

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                                                • Hooroo
                                                  Hooroo last edited by Hooroo

                                                  These have come in after the Canadian presidents gaffe this morning.

                                                  
                                                  "Mr. Stalin's greatest achievement was his eradication of obesity in the Ukraine through innovative agricultural reforms."
                                                  
                                                  "Today we remember Adolf Hitler, whose vision for the autobahn changed the face of vehicular transportation forever."
                                                  
                                                  "Let us remember Osama Bin Laden. He was a thief and a terrorist, but he had a marvelous singing voice."
                                                  
                                                  

                                                  That last one made me LOL for a bit

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                                                  • Baron Silas Greenback
                                                    Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                                                    My favorite was the one about Freddy Kruger making kids dreams come alive.

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                                                    • Donsteppa
                                                      Donsteppa last edited by Donsteppa

                                                      Ah yes, that wonderful paradise Cuba where so many Stefan Browning's and other like minded people are trying to immigrate to that they have to turn them away...

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                                                      • jegga
                                                        jegga @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                        @Donsteppa said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                        Ah yes, that wonderful paradise Cuba where so many Stefan Browning's and other like minded people are trying to immigrate to that they have to turn them away...

                                                        Its been interesting seeing the reaction to his death, Claire Curran called him a legend on twitter for example. A lot of leftards have that weird anti american thing going on that makes them overlook what the likes of Castro got up to because he "stood up" to the US.As you say there's zero chance of them giving up their prius and house in Wadestown to move over there and become part of the revolution.

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                                                        • jegga
                                                          jegga @Hooroo last edited by

                                                          @Hooroo Let us remember Jack the Ripper as a great benefactor who worked tirelessly to get female prostitutes off the streets

                                                          Osama Bin Laden was certainly a controversial figure, but his contribution to airport security is unparalleled

                                                          And my winner so far
                                                          While a controversial figure, Pol Pot will be fondly remembered as the creator of Skull Jenga

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                                                          • Catogrande
                                                            Catogrande @jegga last edited by

                                                            @jegga said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                            Trudeau makes a cock of himself , twitter is merciless
                                                            http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/86929308/canadas-pm-justin-trudeau-mocked-over-sorrow-after-fidel-castros-death

                                                            Didn't his Mum have a bit of a thing for Castro at one time?

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                                                            • jegga
                                                              jegga @Catogrande last edited by jegga

                                                              @Catogrande there's been an online rumour circulating this week that Castro is the Canadian pms dad, apparently it's impossible but his parents were so obsessed with trying to appear "right on" it's hardly surprising that he attracts rumours like that.

                                                              His dad met his mum when she was a 22 year old and he was 50 odd and may or may not have boned a porkys era Kim Catrall , not a bad effort there on his part.

                                                              Michael Barclay  /  Mar 7, 2016  /  Canada

                                                              How Kim Cattrall got a date with Pierre Trudeau - Macleans.ca

                                                              How Kim Cattrall got a date with Pierre Trudeau - Macleans.ca

                                                              Amid a 60 Minutes controversy over a photo mix-up, we dug into the archives to hear from Kim Cattrall on how she met P.E.T.

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                                                              • jegga
                                                                jegga last edited by

                                                                Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 (Published 2016)
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                                                                • Nepia
                                                                  Nepia @Baron Silas Greenback last edited by

                                                                  @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                  Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

                                                                  You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
                                                                  I will start with 2..
                                                                  Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.

                                                                  FFS, you really are a new level of tiresome.

                                                                  Right and left dictators are as shit as each other, if you and your cronies want to flap on about the degrees of shitty-ness then go for you life.

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                                                                  • Kirwan
                                                                    Kirwan @Nepia last edited by

                                                                    @Nepia said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                    @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                    Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

                                                                    You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
                                                                    I will start with 2..
                                                                    Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.

                                                                    FFS, you really are a new level of tiresome.

                                                                    Right and left dictators are as shit as each other, if you and your cronies want to flap on about the degrees of shitty-ness then go for you life.

                                                                    Really isn't true, left wing dictators easily top the body count. Of course, dictators by definition are awful but you can't ignore the political leaning and it effect on the populace.

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                                                                    • Baron Silas Greenback
                                                                      Baron Silas Greenback @Nepia last edited by

                                                                      @Nepia said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                      @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                      Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

                                                                      You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
                                                                      I will start with 2..
                                                                      Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.

                                                                      FFS, you really are a new level of tiresome.

                                                                      Right and left dictators are as shit as each other, if you and your cronies want to flap on about the degrees of shitty-ness then go for you life.

                                                                      FFS you really are a bullshit artist. All mouth no substance. I am sure it is tiresome when people call you on your nonsense... but maybe you could stop talking nonsense?

                                                                      There is no equivalence, left wing dictators have an order of magnitude higher body count, you can just ignore that if you like, but dont expect other to swallow your bullshit,

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                                                                      • Rancid Schnitzel
                                                                        Rancid Schnitzel @Nepia last edited by

                                                                        @Nepia said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                        @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                        Yeah, if only he was one of those rightie dictators like Pinochet there'd be no misery. 😉

                                                                        You really want to compare left wing communist dictators with right wing ones?
                                                                        I will start with 2..
                                                                        Stalin and Mao. Death count in the tens of millions........ your turn.

                                                                        FFS, you really are a new level of tiresome.

                                                                        Right and left dictators are as shit as each other, if you and your cronies want to flap on about the degrees of shitty-ness then go for you life.

                                                                        Then why on earth did you react to the wording "communist dictator" in the first place? That was plain weird.

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                                                                        • booboo
                                                                          booboo last edited by

                                                                          Kind of a weird argument ...

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                                                                          • taniwharugby
                                                                            taniwharugby @booboo last edited by

                                                                            @booboo you know where you are right?

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                                                                              reprobate @Nepia last edited by

                                                                              @Nepia spot on, but ideologues will attempt to seize on anything to "prove" they are right. In this case, Stalin and Mao means that right wing politics is better than left. Not often you get to hear something so blatantly stupid said in absolute seriousness, I suggest you enjoy it for the joke that it is.

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                                                                              • Kirwan
                                                                                Kirwan @reprobate last edited by

                                                                                @reprobate said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                                @Nepia spot on, but ideologues will attempt to seize on anything to "prove" they are right. In this case, Stalin and Mao means that right wing politics is better than left. Not often you get to hear something so blatantly stupid said in absolute seriousness, I suggest you enjoy it for the joke that it is.

                                                                                I know this doesn't fit your world view, but it's just a fact that left wing policies taken to their extreme have killed many millions more people.

                                                                                Not a controversial point at all, just history.

                                                                                Dictatorships were just the mechanism in place to deliver those ideas.

                                                                                This all started because Nepia bristled at the distinction of a communist dictator, claiming a false equivalence with the damage done by right wing dictators. Not even close.

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                                                                                  reprobate @Kirwan last edited by

                                                                                  @Kirwan how did Hitler go?

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                                                                                  • Kirwan
                                                                                    Kirwan @reprobate last edited by

                                                                                    @reprobate said in Add Fidel to the 2016 body count:

                                                                                    @Kirwan how did Hitler go?

                                                                                    He was comparable to Pol Pot, but an amateur compared to Stalin or Mao. He's also an outlier, can you name another right wing dictator that compared with these guys?

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