Look at this page from the CIA World Fact Book and look at the relative positions of the US and Cuba.
The U.S.. and a bunch of exiles still pissed about losing their wealth...
When Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1988, he and Fidel Castro went on a boat tour of the harbor in Havana. About half way through the tour, the boat sank. Fidel picked up the pope and carried him back to shore, walking on the water the entire way.
The next day, the newspaper headline in Tribuna de La Habana read "Castro Displays Superiority of Socialist Man".
The newspaper headline in L'Osservatore Romano read "Pope Helps Fidel Perform Miracle".
The newspaper headline in the Miami Herald read "Fidel: Can't Even Swim".
The ultimate object in politics is to WIN.
And in the end, what does that get you? What do you "Win"? When you are dead and gone, what difference will any of it make?
The world today sees "enemies" in far too many places. Our enemies are across the field in a football stadium, applying for the same job we want, working at a competing company, immigrating to our towns or just members of a different political party.
And the truth is that real enemies, those that want to see you dead, benefit from you seeing everyone as an enemy. When you see most everyone as an enemy you have far fewer friends. You fail to see what that you have far more in common with your perceived enemy than those things that make you see a Democrat or Republican or Libertarian as an enemy.
The truth is that there is a difference between an enemy and an opponent, between those that want to destroy you and those that you will have to live with and cooperate with once the football game, job interview, work day, naturalization ceremony or political campaign is over. This country was founded on the idea that we could disagree, put it to a vote and still live peaceably with each other once the decision has been made.
Stop acting surprised if one party or another engages in devious activity to reach that goal. It's been happening for thousands of years. It's never going to stop.
No one is really surprised by this, but we can be disappointed. And we can demand better, that those that want our votes show us that they can be trusted to act in a decent and ethical manner most of the time. We can't expect perfection but we can ask that the ultimate object in politics is to govern well and honorably.
...that's going to leave many readers unable to buy DRMed ebooks.
Oh no, it won't. They'll be able to buy all the DRMed books they want, just with the new DRM. And they'll have to, because they won't be able to use the old ones they purchased from a company that no longer exists. Do you think this isn't what they had in mind? You insisted on buying a copy instead of a license to use the content for a set time, so the publishers have found a way to make you pay again...
To be more detailed, the black hole is creating (in this fanciful theory) a new universe that is the size of the black hole from the outside but that is the size of a universe from the inside.
So what you're saying is it's larger on the inside?
...hires prostitutes to do his bidding
Doesn't everyone that hires prostitutes hire them to do their bidding?
Everything old is new again.
God help those who do not help themselves. -- Wilson Mizner
