Cuba

Cuba's Bold Path

February 28, 2008 - Yielding to U.S. threats that he resign immediately or face the possibility of death from natural causes, 81-year-old Communist strongman Fidel Castro has stepped down. Acknowledging that America was fully committed to doing absolutely nothing to prevent the robustly ailing tyrant's life from endin...

Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Potential Castro Successors

February 20, 2008 - Tottering Cuban leader Fidel Castro annnounced Tuesday he's resigning as Cuba's president and commander-in-chief. On Sunday, when Cuba's [rubber-stamp] National Assembly meets, it's widely expected his...

Insert obligatory "Communist party" joke here

February 21, 2008 - The ailing Fidel Castro, an incessant gnat in the ear of the U.S. for nearly 50 years, is retiring from the presidency of Cuba. To show the capitalist world that he's still got it, Castro will be going out in style. 23/6 has intercepted and translated the...

Candidates React to Castro's Resignation

February 19, 2008 - Now that Fidel Castro has resigned from office and ceded his spot in the "CIA's 10 Most Embarrassing Assassination Attempts" to MLK, the time has come for the candidates to acknowledge their communist constituency (you heard me Obama...

Thought Process Flowchart: Fidel Castro

February 19, 2008 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is finally stepping down after 49 years in power. The frail 81-year-old Communist revolutionary has announced he will not seek a new term, provoking mixed reactions among Cuban-American...

Say It Ain't So, Fidel!

February 19, 2008 - I was sitting in my Che Guevera cabana wear sipping some Havana Club Riservo and enjoying the sweet inhale from my Cohiba Robusto when I got the news: Fidel Castro has resigned. It's over. El Presidente is dead-ish. You selfish bastard! Always thinking of numero uno. When the...

Geopolitical Gangbang

November 19, 2007 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran would not use oil as a weapon if attacked. First off, oil is only an effective weapon when you dump it on troops who are taking a battering ram to the gate of your castle, and even then you need to light it...