I was in the international airport in Havana, Cuba.
I went into the washroom.
There was no toilet paper there.
I had been waiting about twenty minutes for toilet paper.
I learned that they literally had no toilet paper left in the entire airport.
I'm not kidding.
I thought they were kidding so I offered to pay for whatever toilet paper they had.
They weren’t kidding.
I think the facilities manager was running home to get me a roll from his personal stash.
Where there is communism, there is a lack of the most basic items that a functioning society relies on.
That toilet paper detail is one indication of how bad Cuba was -- once really wealthy Cuba, the crown jewel of the Caribbean.
That manager took a long time to get back.
Anyway, I was happy that I had that morning’s copy of The New York Times with me.
It seemed fitting.
The New York Times loudly backed the Castro regime — for years.
The oppressive, impoverishing, evil Castro regime was backed by what was once the most important newspaper in the United States, The New York Times, for years.
Many years.
Thankfully, partly due to such goofy ideas, that newspaper can no longer claim that same position of importance.
That morning I tossed a copy of The New York Times in my bag as I left New York City. Wasn’t sure what good it would do me, since I had never been to Cuba before, but I figured it would be useful for something.
You see, I wanted to go to Cuba because a few days earlier, Fidel Castro’s death had been announced.
I was there to see the last tyrant of the old era get put in the ground.
I was there to celebrate the end of a regime.
Hillary had just been defeated, the once invincible Bush dynasty had been vanquished, Trump had just been elected and Castro had just gone to meet his maker.
Things were looking up in the world.
Some of the best folks I know for bouncing ideas off of are not the people I know who work in the media.
Too much fake news.
It’s not the people I know in Washington, D.C. or New York City.
Too much arrogance developed from spending too much time in a bubble.
Some of the best folks I know for bouncing ideas off of congregate at Project Pureblood.
It is a great place with great people.
Only it comes with a catch.
You have to take a vow.
You have to promise to remain unvaccinated and unmasked.
Then you can be part of the crew.
If that describes you, tap here to join.
Allan Stevo
Long before they had The New York Times, they had obsolete Sears Roebuck catalogs to use in the outhouse, which wasn't plugged by it like modern plumbing is. There is a reason why that trash container is next to toilets in Mexico.