Thanks, Slobodan. I'm sure the Cuban people have to be resilient and stoic to survive and remain sane. What you've just posted is a classic example of the results of socialism -- even after decades of Russian support.
And Dave, I grew up in a suburb of Detroit and I used to work in the auto plants during summer vacations from U of M. I never worked in the Fisher Body plant, but I worked in Ford plants making universal joints and in a Dodge plant making fenders and hoods. Most of that stuff is derelict now.
The building that almost brings me to tears, though, is the ruins of the Michigan Central railroad station. When I was a kid I sometimes used to travel out of that stunningly beautiful station to visit an uncle and aunt up state. Detroit, which once was beautiful and where I sometimes used to take dates downtown for dinner and a show at night, nowadays, after decades of left-wing governance has been thoroughly vandalized and at night is deadly dangerous.
