Cuba to Launch Televised Political Education

By airing the Sopranos:

Cuba will air the award winning US television drama "The Sopranos" and ongoing series "Grey's Anatomy" beginning this week, the Communist youth newspaper, Juventud Rebelde, said Sunday.

... Rebelde said the new offer demonstrated the state television's "proven rigor in the selection of dramas of high ethical quality and powerful presentation."

Sure, the Sopranos is brilliant TV on its own. But, in its picture of a violent, hierarchical syndicate that nevertheless justifies itself in moral terms, it's spot-on as a picture of your typical communist regime.

And yes, what I'm really saying is that Raul is Silvio.