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I always saw Castro as yet another creation of us capitalism... We were actively rsping Cuba...with our big businesses down there buying up land and building resorts, with our organized crime running casinos...90 miles off.our coast our rich and famous were running over there to do all the things we.weren't allowed on our shores.

Then after the revolution and nationalizing of the businesses (something that we should.do to all trumps businesses to eliminate any conflict of interest...). We cut them off and did our best to keep them a third world nation out of spite.
 
It's a bit more complicated than that. A lot of people joined Castro's revolution to usher in a new democracy. Only that turned out to be a ruse to use people to help him get into power at which time he assumed a dictator role instead. If Castro had been sincere we would have remained friends with Cuba and their tourist trade would have continued to grow.

We cut them off because he turned into a dictator using communistic tactics to govern; not out of spite. We were just pissed that this dictator didn't do it with American backing! Otherwise history shows we would have been fine with it.
 
Michael Delligatti passed away.

"Who's Michael Delligatti?" you ask?

You might be familiar with "his" sandwich: "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."

Yes, he was the Big Mac "creator".

He also cofounded Pittsburgh's Ronald McDonald House.

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Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine said:
You might be familiar with "his" sandwich: "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."
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I still remember when the "Big Mac" came out in '67. I wanted one, but mom thought 39¢ for a sandwich was outrageous and got me a regular hamburger instead!
 
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Peng Chang-kuei passed away at the young age of 98.

"Who?" you ask?

You may be familiar with a dish that he created: General Tso's Chicken, which he created in Taiwan after he became a Chinese expatriate (he left China after the "civil" war/defeat of the Nationalist government.)

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Senator John Glenn passed away.

He may be better known for his "other" job - astronaut. He was the only astronaut to fly in both an early rocket and a space shuttle, plus he was a contemporary of Neil Armstrong (the first man to set foot on the moon.)

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Dr. Henry Heimlich just passed away. You might be vaguely familiar with him via his famous "maneuver", which has saved thousands of people's lives, including one person living in his assisted-living home earlier this week. He was 93 (I think.)

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Another "unknown" passed this last weekend: Dr. Vera Rubin.

"Who?" you ask?

Just the person who "discovered" what is commonly referred to as "dark matter", nothing "important".

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away a couple of days ago.

"Who?" you ask?

He was a former, if not the first former, Iranian president and one of the few moderates after the former shah was deposed, plus he was the right-hand man of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei iirc. In fact, it was reported that he was one of the people instrumental in the lifting of the trade ban as well as restoring part of Iran's nuclear program.

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Gene Cervantes passed away. He was 82.

"Who?"

The last man to walk on the moon. He hoped that he would see another lunar foray, preferably by an American, but almost any younger person would do. He left the initials of his daughter in the landscape before ascending the ladder, hoping that a future astronaut would see it and wonder about it.

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Gene Cervantes passed away. He was 82.

"Who?"

The last man to walk on the moon. He hoped that he would see another lunar foray, preferably by an American, but almost any younger person would do. He left the initials of his daughter in the landscape before ascending the ladder, hoping that a future astronaut would see it and wonder about it.

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I love his quote: As I take man's last step from the surface, back home for some time to come (but we believe not too long into the future), I'd like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return: with peace and hope for all mankind."
 
Clare Hollingworth, the war correspondent who told the world of the outbreak of World War II, has died at 105.

She died Tuesday evening in Hong Kong, according to long-time friend Cathy Hilborn Feng, who says Hollingworth "had a smile before she left us."

Hollingworth was a rookie reporter when she landed the scoop of a century — she had been a journalist for the Daily Telegraph for less than week when she revealed German tanks were gathered at the Polish border, poised for an invasion. It was the start of an illustrious career in journalism that lasted some seven decades.

The "doyenne of war correspondents" lived the last few decades of her life in Hong Kong, where she was a regular at the Foreign Correspondents' Club. The club mourned her death on Tuesday, with President Tara Joseph calling her a "tremendous inspiration."

Before her career as a journalist began, Clare Hollingworth helped thousands of political refugees fleeing Hitler's forces to gain asylum in Britain.

The BBC told the story in a piece last year:

"In 1938, a year before war was declared, thousands of refugees were flooding across borders looking for asylum.

"In response, Clare Hollingworth, a glamorous 27-year-old political activist from Leicester, booked a Christmas holiday to Kitzbühel in Austria.

"She visited the well-heeled ski-resort in December 1938 to carry out reconnaissance, and returned to the UK with a Nazi-approved visa in her passport."
 
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Clare Hollingworth, the war correspondent who told the world of the outbreak of World War II, has died at 105.

She died Tuesday evening in Hong Kong, according to long-time friend Cathy Hilborn Feng, who says Hollingworth "had a smile before she left us."

Hollingworth was a rookie reporter when she landed the scoop of a century — she had been a journalist for the Daily Telegraph for less than week when she revealed German tanks were gathered at the Polish border, poised for an invasion. It was the start of an illustrious career in journalism that lasted some seven decades.

The "doyenne of war correspondents" lived the last few decades of her life in Hong Kong, where she was a regular at the Foreign Correspondents' Club. The club mourned her death on Tuesday, with President Tara Joseph calling her a "tremendous inspiration."

Before her career as a journalist began, Clare Hollingworth helped thousands of political refugees fleeing Hitler's forces to gain asylum in Britain.

The BBC told the story in a piece last year:

"In 1938, a year before war was declared, thousands of refugees were flooding across borders looking for asylum.

"In response, Clare Hollingworth, a glamorous 27-year-old political activist from Leicester, booked a Christmas holiday to Kitzbühel in Austria.

"She visited the well-heeled ski-resort in December 1938 to carry out reconnaissance, and returned to the UK with a Nazi-approved visa in her passport."
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I can't wait to read her biography. She led an amazing life.
 
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