Get well...uh...eventually.

With everyone zigging on the Saddam rope-a-dope, I thought I'd zag with an Uncle Fidel update. It seems the old rascal has issued a New Year's greeting to "his people". In the message he thanks them for their "courage" and their "calm and maturity" during his long illness. He also assures them that he still has a finger in the blood pudding through regular updates from his henchmen. And of course no Fidel message would be complete without the obligatory harangue against global imperialists for consuming things and destroying the environment (as if greater Havana's anything to brag about).

But what I found curious about the story, was the accompanying photo:



According to the caption, the graffiti translates as: "Long live Fidel and his recuperation". Hmmmm. Not exactly "Get well soon", is it. Maybe it's just a Commie thing. They're like totally into heroic struggles, so that must apply to getting sick too. And actually, I share the sentiment. I hope the recuperation lasts the rest of his life.

(Cross-posted at Scatbug's Scatterings)