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erronis

(23,542 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:24 PM 7 hrs ago

Living through another Cuba: A filmography -- Dennis Hartman

https://digbysblog.net/2026/03/07/living-through-another-cuba-a-filmography/

There's just something about (Castro's) Cuba that affects (U.S. presidential) administrations like the full moon affects a werewolf. There's no real logic at work here.

-an interviewee from the documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro

If I could only live to see it, to be there with you. What I wouldn't give for twenty more years! Here we are, protected, free to make our profits without Kefauver, the goddamn Justice Department and the F.B.I. ninety miles away, in partnership with a friendly government. Ninety miles! It's nothing! Just one small step, looking for a man who wants to be President of the United States, and having the cash to make it possible. Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel. - From The Godfather, Pt. II, screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo

Which reminds me of a funny story...

"End of the line"? Would you care to...elaborate on that, Mr. Preznit?

. . .


Hard to capture all the editorial jumps in this article. In any case, movie reviews are at the link.
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