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Fidel Castro, former President of Cuba, dies at 90.

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After serving as the Prime Minister and President of Cuba for nearly 50 years, Fidel Castro died on Friday.

According to The Guardian, the controversial leader's death was announced on Cuban state television by his brother, Raúl Castro, who has been serving as President since Castro stepped down permanently in 2008.

Cuba has announced that there will be nine days of mourning leading up to Castro's funeral on December 4; however, news of his death has already incited mixed reactions from Cubans, Americans and people around the world. While some saw him has a revolutionary leader, many see him as a dictator who is responsible for the death of thousands of his people.

Castro was probably best known for overthrowing Cuban Prime Minister Fulgencio Batista in 1959, igniting the Cold War, and establishing the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. His embracing of Communism led to America's unsuccessful invasion in 1961, The Bay Of Pigs, and also resulted in a long-lasting economic embargo. The embargo was revisited recently by President Barack Obama, who spoke out against its necessity, as well as Cuba's status as a state sponsor of terrorism, in 2014. Obama also lifted the travel ban between the U.S. and Cuba in 2016.

In March of 2016, Obama visited Cuba, making him the first sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba in 88 years, but Castro reacted coldly to his efforts to improve relations between the two countries. His stubbornness is an indication of the independence to which he clung while ruling the country, which is perhaps best embodied by the CIA's inability to kill him during his reign. The leader managed to survive 638 attempts at his death.

Well, if one thing can kill Fidel Castro, it's 2016.

You can watch the video of Raúl Castro announcing his brother's death here:

Christmas Season

The internet's 10 best reactions to Fidel Castro's death.

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Perhaps no recent death has been as controversial as that of Fidel Castro. Some are remembering him as a revolutionary leader, others as a dictator who denied the Cuban people of basic rights.

One thing is certain, his legacy will continue to be debated. For now, we bring you some of Twitter's best reactions to the news of his death.

1. Some are speculating the cause of death:

2. Some are reveling in the irony:

3. Some think 2016 killed him:

4. While others are speculating on where he'll end up:

5. Of course Trump had to say something weird:

6. And someone had to make fun of that:

7. Maybe it was the CIA's plan all along:

8. Man, first Bowie, then Prince, now Castro?

9. Somebody had to point out the hypocrisy:

10. And it wouldn't be Twitter if we didn't bring up the email scandal:

It's happening: Wisconsin prepares for a recount.

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As if this election hasn't caused everyone enough stress, on Friday, November 25, the Jill Stein for President Campaign submitted a petition for recount in Wisconsin with mere hours to spare, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Stein, the presidential Green Party candidate, garnered 1.2 million votes in the election, and many have made the case that she diverted votes away from Clinton. Maybe she's been racked by guilt for the past weeks. Maybe hasn't slept since the night we all learned Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States. Whatever the cause of her manic fundraising energy, Stein somehow managed to come up with more than $4 million since Wednesday. Independent candidate Rocky Roque De La Fuente also submitted a petition. Now, a recount will begin in Wisconsin.

On Saturday morning following the news of the recount, Marc Erik Elias, an attorney for Hillary Clinton's campaign, announced that the Clinton Campaign plans to participate in the recount as well, though they had not planned to pursue it themselves.

The Commission has assembled an internal team to direct the recount, which Commission Administrator Michael Haas explains is more thorough, expensive and time-consuming than just an audit: "In a recount, all ballots (including those that were originally hand counted) are examined to determine voter intent before being retabulated." Plus, they only have until the federal deadline of December 13 to complete it. Get ready for some long nights and weekends, vote counters.

The real question here is whether or not the recount will have any affect on the results of the election. Elias noted that the margin by which Trump won in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania (the three states Stein is hoping to petition), is larger than any outcome that has been successfully reversed by a recount. At the very least, a recount helps maintain a standard of election integrity.

If you want to get involved, you can donate money for the recounts in the other two Midwestern states whose deadline for petition are fast approaching. Or, you can sit back and watch the last month of 2016's madness unfold. Jesus, take the wheel.

People are wondering if the deaths of Fidel Castro and Florence Henderson are somehow related.

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No sooner had the world lost actress Florence Henderson, age 82—best known for playing America's mom, Carol Brady, on The Brady Bunch—than the news of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's demise at 90 triggered some pre-written obits.

Probably the only connection you could draw between Castro and Henderson is that they were both big in the 1960s. Yet that hasn't stopped people from finding the closeness of their deaths somewhat strange and even, yes, suspicious.

Here are some theories as to what may have happened.

Hang on, world—2016 is almost, really, truly over.

Some of the most dramatic tweets from 'Gilmore Girls' fans who have watched the revival.

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It's about time that I admit publicly on the internet that I have only seen a handful of Gilmore Girls episodes. I know, I'm sorry.

Despite my lack of in-depth knowledge of the show, I can absolutely say with confidence that fans of the show have already watched the revival that was released on Friday, and boy do they have some things to say. Emotions ran high, second revival seasons were demanded, and honestly some of them sound like they are speaking a different language to me.

Here you have it, some of the internet's best responses to the Gilmore Girls Revival, A Year In The Life, plus everything I've learned about the show along the way.

Gilmore Girls is our savior from Black Friday:

Some people watched it in one sitting!

Some people even think they might die if there aren't more episodes.

I'm no expert but seems like people are dissatisfied with the ending?

From what I can tell, Jess is the good guy (possibly too good??).

And we are NOT into a guy named Logan (who is probably a classic bad boy).

Plus, Jess totally still loves Rory! Rory, what are you doing?!

Seems like Rory needs to get her sh*t together.

But then again, Logan knows how to buy a shirt that fits well, so can I blame her?

Unlike, Luke, who CLEARLY doesn't care about appearances.

Here is a math equation that might make sense to you:

But apparently, no one truly knows. Because something was said in the last four words that messed everybody up pretty bad.

Will I ever watch the show from the beginning and figure out if I'm #TeamJess or #TeamLogan? If I do, one thing is for sure: I'll need a lot of snacks.


The 31 most relatable tweets from people still eating their Thanksgiving leftovers this weekend.

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It's been two days since y'all gorged yourselves at Thanksgiving dinner with the fam, but odds are your fridge is still bursting with leftovers. There are cold turkey and stuffing sandwiches to be made, green beans and mashed potatoes to be microwaved, and pies that remain barely touched. You've got some work to do.

Yes, whether you love 'em or hate 'em, leftovers are the most relatable part of the weekend-long Thanksgiving hangover. And you'll probably take some to work for lunch on Monday, too. (Pro tip: they're good as long as there's some gravy left.)

This reminds me, I should really finish eating my Halloween candy.

Catherine Zeta-Jones one-upped some nosy paparazzi by posting much better bikini shots on Instagram.

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A stunning movie star like Catherine Zeta-Jones has to deal with paparazzi wherever she goes—even on vacation with her family in Mexico. But it seems the 47-year-old actress has decided that if the world is going to see what she looks like in a bikini, it's going to be on her terms.

"Pissed the paparazzi photographed my ass, thus sharing the photographs my husband took of my ass," wrote Zeta-Jones in an Instagram post, showing off a pair of pictures snapped by longtime beau Michael Douglas, age 72, whose bathing suit bod is the subject of far less interest. "Always a better option for viewing," she added with an emoji wink.

If celeb-stalking photographers want to do better than that, they're going to need some pretty fancy camera lenses.

There's nothing cuter or crueler than this guy repeatedly tricking a toddler into thinking she's getting ice cream.

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Toddlers are so easy to fool, you'd think there'd be no real joy in it. But you'll change your mind once you see this little girl remain ever optimistic in the face of continual, ruthless adult deception.

Her tormentor's idea is simple—grab a pint of ice cream and eat it slowly, letting the spoon hover near the kid's mouth each time so she thinks she's about to get a delicious bite. Then, at the last possible moment, pull it away for yourself. Repeat until you finally incur god's wrath.

Baby Thinks She's Getting Ice Cream

This baby's face is too much! So cruel 😂😂

Posted by UNILAD on Saturday, November 26, 2016

As so often happens, this tyke is a victim of her own cuteness: that expectant face is just too perfect, and we need to see it again. Still, we're hoping her patience was rewarded with a few scoops after this video was recorded, otherwise it's the kind of trauma that could haunt her for life.

Has Hillary Clinton just been wandering the woods since she lost the election?

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Shortly after losing the absolute garbage nightmare of an election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton was spotted by a mom and daughter out for a hike in Chappaqua, New York—and had Bill Clinton take their photo. It seemed that Hillary was optimistic and resolute even in defeat, looking to the future.

Then, because god forbid we have something nice go unruined for two seconds, the poor mom started receiving death threats from Trump supporters, and said she wished the story would just go away. This, however, did not deter another mom and daughter from getting a pic with the almost-first-woman-president while out for a hike over the week of Thanksgiving.

It's another cute story, and we're glad Hillary is making the most of her free time as a civilian—even as Green Party candidate Jill Stein mounts an vote recount in several key states that narrowly went to Trump. But some are becoming concerned that the long-suffering Democrat is permanently lost in the woods.

What could it all mean?

Is there any way we can... get her back?

Is she in danger?

Should we hike out there and seek her counsel?

Is she destined to become a myth?

Has she made a home out there?

Should we follow her lead?

Could the wilderness hold the answers?

Are there connections we're not seeing?

Is it worth the trek to see her?

How the hell is she still smiling?

Most importantly, does she just want to be left alone?

Also, what does the future hold?

It's hard to say what sort of enlightenment she's looking for out there, or how long it'll take to find it. But when you're ready, Hillary, civilization will be waiting here for your return. Uh, probably.

Everyone's roasting the Canadian prime minister's praise for Castro with #TrudeauEulogies.

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The world is struggling today to strike the right tone in describing the legacy of Cuban revolutionary and dictator Fidel Castro, who died at the age of 90 on Friday. Even as Cubans who fled his oppressive regime celebrated his demise, political figures on the left praised his accomplishments as a leader, and no head of state's remembrance has proved more controversial than that of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.

Trudeau's statement read, in part:

Fidel Castro was a larger than life leader who served his people for almost half a century. A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation.

While a controversial figure, both Mr. Castro’s supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for “el Comandante.”

Aghast at how Trudeau had swept Castro's worst abuses of power and nuclear brinkmanship under the rug, Twitter users quickly came up with #TrudeauEulogies and began imagining similarly whitewashed views of history.

We should all be so fortunate to receive such a send-off.

People are already roasting Trump's inauguration day by inventing parodies of band names.

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Musicians are not exactly lining up to perform at Trump's inauguration. After a member of his transition team incorrectly announced that Elton John would be performing, and then Elton John set the record straight and said "absolutely not," the question turned to: who actually wants to play at this thing?

According to The Guardian, when Elton John found out that "Tiny Dancer" and "Rocket Man" were frequently played at Trump rallies, he suggested they, "ask Ted f*cking Nugent," so maybe we have a clue there as to who could grace the stage on inauguration day? Other clues include that it's probably not Arrowsmith or Neil Young.

Naturally, with all this speculation, people couldn't help but jump in and use it as an opportunity to roast Trump on Twitter. And their roasts come in the form of parody band names, updated to suit the likes of Donald Trump and his cabinet. You gotta make meaning out of this life somehow.

Here are some of their best pun-filled takes on musicians who would want to associate with the President-elect's platform.

Good work, people.

Cards Against Humanity raises $90K to dig a massive hole in the ground for no reason.

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Wow, how existential: Everyone's favorite crass party game, Cards Against Humanity, has raised more than $90,000 to dig a hole to nowhere.

They're calling it "Holiday Hole," according to the Miami Herald, and it is just the latest of the company's anti holiday spending stunts. You can watch the mesmerizing live stream, which is like performance art commentary on Black Friday, as an alternative to staring into the abyss, or watching a yule log burn.

On the site launched for the stunt, they tout the amount of cash raised as "Money Thrown In Hole." Some individuals have donated more than $1,000 to this effort! Maybe that's their way of acknowledging that they have a lot of money, and that it doesn't bring them happiness?

Maybe the point is that none of us can really control how anyone else spends their money, and all of us are pawns in a battle between corporations.

Or maybe the point is that we are all collectively digging ourselves into a hole by wrecking the planet with our use of fossil fuels, electing political leaders who only have preservation of the 1% in mind, and continuing to exploit the most defenseless people to make our own lives more comfortable.

Or MAYBE the point of the hole is that we are all stuck in a Sisyphean nightmare, toiling away at pointless tasks as our only defense against the fact that life is meaningless and we're all gonna die.

The game creators won't claim the hole has any meaning at all, which is perhaps the greatest artistic statement one could make. But they'll keep digging as long as you keep donating. Really, the hole only exists as long as you're sad enough to throw money into it.

Head to the card game's site, and you too can help fill a hole with your hard-earned dollars and maybe feel something. If you do, you'll get a great email with some hard truths:


Tom Hanks finally settles the 'Billy Murray or Tom Hanks?' photo debate.

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Earlier this year, the internet drove itself insane trying to figure out who was in a picture posted to the Facebook group "Reasons My Son Is Crying" back in 2013. Was it Bill Murray? Or wait, was it Tom Hanks?

He met Bill Murray. Submitted by: Laura R. Location: St. Andrew’s, Scotland

Posted by Reasons My Son Is Crying on Sunday, May 19, 2013

Just when you felt sure that it might be Murray, you'd find yourself thinking, "wait, but he does look a bit like Tom Hanks around the mouth." It was madness of the "black and blue or white and gold?" variety.

Luckily, Tom Hanks settled the hot debate for everyone this weekend on The Graham Norton Show. And the answer (are you ready for it?) is that (are you sure you can handle this?) it's not Tom Hanks.

How does Hanks know that it's not him? "I know that it's not me," he tells Norton, "because I did not take that picture." Oh, well that's a pretty good way to rule it out. Other photos of Murray wearing the iconic orange rain jacket help confirm that the photo is indeed of Murray and were taken on a golf course in Scotland, according to InStyle.

Hanks did, however, grace us all with his attempt at a reenactment of the photo with the other two guests on the show, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and and Gemma Arterson, with Levitt playing the role of crying baby.

Not bad for someone who is not Bill Murray.

Thank you, Hanks, for restoring our sanity until we inevitably flip out over another image we find in the depths of the internet.

You can watch the clip of The Graham Norton Show here:

Latest 'Bad Lip Reading' features Yoda singing about some really bothersome seagulls.

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Bad Lip Reading is at it again, and their latest masterpiece is a take on a scene from The Empire Strikes Back.

I don't remember what was said in the original movie scene between Luke and Yoda, but in this version we get a great song about this one time Yoda went to the beach and a seagull kept trying to peck his head. Yoda manages to dispense some sage advice to a hesitant Luke, like the time he realized that a stick was a log's son, but eventually it somehow always comes back to the seagulls.

You can watch the video here to learn more about Yoda's bird anxiety:

New Orleans shooting leaves 1 dead, 9 injured during annual Bayou Classic celebrations.

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Ten people were shot, one of them fatally, in a shooting that occurred in the French Quarter, a tourist destination in the heart of New Orleans, early on Sunday morning. This is the latest tragedy in the major problem that is mass shootings in America.

Police are currently investigating the motivations behind the event, during which eight men and two women between ages 20 and 37 were shot. The New Orleans Police Department received a call that shots had been fired at 1:30am near the 100 Block on Bourbon Street, according to CNN, and two men were arrested on scene for illegally carrying weapons.

One of them was identified as a victim and is currently being treated for injuries, and the other "may or may not be affiliated with this event," as stated in a press briefing by Police Superintendent Michael Harrison and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

The French Quarter is already a very popular part of the city filled with bars, restaurants and music venues, and was even busier this weekend due to festivities surrounding the Bayou Classic, a college football game that is played every year during Thanksgiving weekend between two rivals, the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars.

The NOPD had prepared for the weekend by ensuring a robust presence of police officers were present in the French Quarter, and the Mayor expressed his disappointment in the presence of firearms at what should have been a joyous event. "The violence just continues to spin out of control, with people brandishing weapons whenever they think they can," Landrieu told reporters.

Unfortunately, these types of tragic events will continue to occur with too much frequency because of our country's current gun control policies. And considering we just elected a man who has said, "I am a second amendment person," it's hard to believe those laws will change any time soon. Plus, with the way that the media frequently fetishizes shootings, it can often feel as if we are stuck within a cycle of tragedy porn.

The shooting is still under investigation and Harrison has asked that anyone with information call the NOPD.

Princess Beatrice slashed Ed Sheeran's face with a sword while 'knighting' James Blunt at a party.

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In what will surely go down as the most British party foul in history, singer Ed Sheeran had to be rushed to the hospital for stitches after Princess Beatrice of York slashed his face open with a ceremonial sword at a party. Why was she swinging an antique blade around? Because she was trying to "knight" singer James Blunt as a gag. Obviously.

Sources said Blunt had joked about wanting to become "Sir James," and that the Princess obliged, doing a great impression of her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II—right up until she failed to realize that Sheeran was standing behind her when she raised the sword off Blunt's shoulder, and almost put the poor guy's eye out. Apparently she was distraught, but Sheeran, because you're well-advised not to criticize someone who's seventh in line to be your country's monarch, insisted it was no big deal. And truthfully, he didn't seem bothered as he showed off his little gash the following day.

Ed with a fan (📸 MagazineBrian) #edsheeran

A photo posted by Ed Sheeran EU (@ed_sheeran_eu) on

Ed with fans today! (📸 DarcyBourne) #edsheeran

A photo posted by Ed Sheeran EU (@ed_sheeran_eu) on

Sure, this was supposedly just an accident, but isn't it more likely the Princess was sending Sheeran a serious warning after he made fun of her hat collection? The truth is out there, people.

Dudes started the #GreySweatpantsChallenge to show off their junk. Then it just got silly.

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Gather round, folks, and hear the tale of a hashtag that was destined to become legend.

The first usage of the #GreySweatpantsChallenge appeared more than a year ago, but it was only in the last week that dudes started earnestly posting photos of themselves in sweats that seem to reveal the bulk of their manhoods. Of course, it's impossible to verify any of these dongs, but for some people, the dickprint is enough.

Yet because of the first law of hashtag thermodynamics—for any thirst, there is an equal and opposite meme—it wasn't long before dudes were stuffing their pants.

And that, friends, is how you completely derail a parade of horny selfies for something much better.

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