"So it is night time in hell & the demons are refusing to go to sleep without a bedtime story. Satan, frustrated by his children's behavior, is at wits' end and says "Alright, if you promise to go to sleep I'll tell you the story of how I created Castro!"

- Chavez Said he had "Information Fidedigna" that Castro was doing well, means he could not talk to him directly, very important to note.

- Bush/Whitehouse on a Hurry to put TV Marti UP, and now looking for a way to easy the restrictions to Visits Cuba..? It looks to me that a sign they know more than we do.

- Interest point there was a news in Miami sat morning, that some people spoke to the FBI to turn them selves in as Cuba's Service Members, and I heard FBI gived something like a grace period for those out there to turn in before being charged, (Any one know about this news?) if true, by now FBI knows more than Us, for sure.

- Lets think about this, if The US government does not have the intelligence at this point to at least know if Castro is dead or not, or close to being so, then they should retire at CIA, cause that is unacceptable, being at 90 Miles. Give me a break.

By the way, someone emailed the following to me this morning. I don't know if some of you have already read it, but I just couln't pass it up.

Here it is:

fidel castro dies and goes to Heaven. When he gets there, St. Peter tells him, "Sorry, but you are not on my list. You can't come in ... You must go straigth down to Hell."

So fidel goes to Hell where Satan gives him a hearty welcome and tells him he had been waiting for him for some time so to make himself at home. Then Fidel notices that he left his luggage in Heaven, and tells Satan, who says, "No problem, I'll send a couple of little devils to get your stuff."

When the little devils get to Heaven they find the gates are locked because St. Peter is having lunch, so they start debating what to do. Finally, one comes up with the idea that they should go over the wall and get the luggage.

As they are climbing the wall, two little angels see them, and one angel says to the other, "Jesus! That bastard castro has been in hell no more than ten minutes and we're already getting refugees!"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_castro_138;_ylt=AimfUGinNN0nJVBp4HVahuRhxXsA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Rest assured, there will be no mutual assurances from these idjits and Chavez that they won't "interfere" in the internal affairs of Cuba either. I suppose that in the minds of these fools, only leftist and socialist influences are allowed to influence the fate of nations and the course of history.

Augusto Pinochet, please call your office.

1. raul is nowhere to be seen
a. fidel is dead and he's trying to gain control
b. fidel is alive -whether a game or true surgery- and Cuba does not want to present a different face of Cuba thus perserving castro's whatever.
c. fidel and raul are both dead

2. fidel has not been seen
a. fidel is dead and they are making a transition
b. fidel is alive and is recovering and having a blast with the US
c. fidel is alive and not recovering and raul is taking the reins
d. fidel is alive and not recovering a raul is being displaced
These are probably the only realistic scenarios imho but even if any of these were so we ain't gonna know nothin until the bearded one is buried publicly. And thanks to the US' non-involvement we have to sit and wait it out. There is too much being conveniently talked about. Another interesting issue is that cuban gov't officials are visiting with other countries.
Now this could be a Bolivarian unification as someone has brought up or trying to pass around the warm fuzzies that fidel is either dead or recovering.

- No doctor in the country with the best healthcare system has gone on record and explained the procedure Fidel underwent

- No foreign press allowed into the country, except for Shasta McGranola somehow

- Forged signature on the letter of transition

- Fidel somehow made a statement from his hospital bed follwing surgery

- Two (maybe more) Cuban gov't officials left to Venezuela this weekend

- Only one person (outside the administration) has reported seeing Raul

I agree -- this is a major moment that is practically going un-noticed by the MSM (I do have a small dog in the fight -- my wife is Venezuelan and no-chavez fan, and I think castro's death is going to hurt chavez in the long run. Also I live in Miami which is going to explode once castro's death is confirmed -- so it behooves all of us down here to keep up with the news). Just want to tahnk Val and everyone at Babalu for all the info.