International letter urges Cuban plebiscite on Castro rule
An open letter signed by 163 figures including Jack Nicholson, Corbin Bernsen, Isabella Rossellini, Federico Fellini, Saul Bellow, and Susan Sontag asks Fidel Castro to allow a free vote. It proposes a monitoring committee, release of political prisoners, and the legalization of human rights groups, noting Chile’s 1988 plebiscite as inspiration.
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1988 co Whiners of the Year Swaggart and Bakker
Detroit based UP I report says television evangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Tammy Faye Bakker were named co Whiners of the Year by National Whining Day founder Kevin Zaborney. He notes Bakker is a crier whiner, Swaggart a different style. Zaborney started the holiday in 1986 and his list includes Stan Laurel and Pee Wee Herman.
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