Laundrie's Remains Confirmed

After the "partial human remains" were found in a Florida swamp yesterday, it didn't take long for the medical examiner to identify them as belonging to Brian Laundrie.

According to NBC New York:

The partial human remains recovered at the Florida environmental park where Brian Laundrie was last believed to have been a day ago were described as "skeletal," a North Port police spokesperson confirmed to News 4 Thursday.

Two senior law enforcement officials also tell NBC News that the apparent human remains discovered yesterday at the Carlton Reserve during the search for Laundrie include a portion of a human skull.

Apparently, there was enough of the skull to make a positive identification through dental records. The remains were in an area that was submerged until recently. 

I find it interesting that only a portion of a human skull was found, if the report is correct, since Laundrie would have been dead for a little over a month at most. One would think the skull would be intact, unless an animal, like an alligator, crunched it in its jaws. Alligators, snakes, coyotes and other wildlife is known to inhabit the area.

It will be interesting to see what the details are once they are released.

Biden Would Reverse Trump's Cuba Policies...Without Concessions

Above, El Capitolio, or the National Capitol Building, in Havana. Photo by Armand Vaquer/

When President Barack Obama re-established full diplomatic relations with Cuba, he did so without getting any concessions from the communist government.

Naturally, the influx of U.S. tourist dollars helped the Cuban government fund their military and aid the Venezuela's oppressive government.

President Trump reversed many of the Obama policies in June 2019 and restricted travel to Cuba. I just made it to Cuba in April 2019 before the restrictions were imposed.

Former Vice President Joe Biden says he'll reverse Trump's policies, again, without getting any concessions from the Cuban government that would help the Cuban people.

NBC New York reported:

America’s approach to Cuba, under a Joe Biden administration, would be very different than it is today.  

That’s what the former vice president said in an exclusive interview with NBC 6 Anchor Jackie Nespral. 

“I’d try to reverse the failed Trump policies, it inflicted harm on Cubans and their families,” Biden said. “It’s done nothing to advance democracy and human rights, on the contrary, the crackdown on Cubans by the regime has gotten worse under Trump, not better.” 

Some are critical of Obama’s efforts, saying it resulted in no progress for the Cuban people.   

“What he basically did was give Raul Castro a number of concessions and Raul Castro did not give any concessions to the US in terms of more freedom for the Cuban people,” said Jaime Suchlicki with the think tank Cuban Studies Institute. 

Above, yours truly at the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky.

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