It's Groundhog Day, and if Punxsutawney Phil is correct, we are in for six more weeks of winter before we can look forward to spring.  Sadly, the weather's temperature is not the only measure of warmth for humans.  As it is, there is no need for a weather predicting rodent in Cuba, because there is [...]

If you agree that Obama is a Saul Alinsky radical, then how is Mitt going to defeat him if he doesn't recognize, or is not willing to call him what he is?

It's not just economy stupid, it's the constitution.  Live free or die!
 
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Combating the icon isn't easy, but friend Christina Molina is tireless when it comes to debunking the myth of Castro's executioner, whether painted on the side of a food truck, or the t-shirt.
 Here's her latest from The Tolucan Times:
 From Pop Culture to Slop Culture: The Importance of Educating Yourself Before Jumping on a Bandwagon

Pop culture icons have [...]

Unfortunately, this is about the Cuban prisoner caught working against the U.S., not the exile accused of "terrorism" fighting for the freedom of his homeland.  I'm sure you've seen the articles celebrating that one of the "Cuban Five" was granted his requested transfer to a Florida prison to make it easier for his mother to [...]

Under a huge portrait of Che Guevara, Mercedes' Dieter Zetsche touted a vision of car-sharing. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET
This image has been used sell everything from watches to baby clothes, and considering the number of t-shirts, and other items we see emblazoned with the murderous mug, you might wonder, why bother getting upset? 
I'll tell you why.  [...]

Of course they do, because:
"Cuba is Canada's largest market in the Caribbean and Central American region, with two-way trade topping $1 billion in 2010. A Canadian oil and gas company, Sherritt International, is the largest foreign investor in Cuba."
From this article wherein the Canadian minister for Latin America trips all over herself  trying to display concern [...]

Really folks, you couldn't make this up.
From Capitol Hill Cubans:
U.S. Bishops' Absurd Foreign Policy
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has unveiled its 2012 legislative agenda.
Among its priorities is ensuring that U.S. trade with democratic Colombia doesn't violate human and labor rights, while lobbying to expand trade with totalitarian Cuba despite no existing human and [...]

Friday night thinking about Cuba, these lyrics came to mind.
How many freedoms must Cubans be denied
 before their humanity is recognized?
How many must die at sea
Before they’re allowed to sail free?
Yes, how many times must the executioner prevail
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
 Yes, how many [...]

This New Year's Day marks fifty-three years of Castro's iron fisted rule in Cuba. Fifty-three years of repression and misery for the Cuban people, a reality usually ignored by the press and so-called Cuba experts.  However, occasionally the truth slips through the wall of propaganda.
Good friend Roland Alum, a political anthropologist, wrote this timely article on [...]

So far this isn't part of the tourist tour in Cuba, but at the rate violent repression is increasing who knows, perhaps those seeking "Forbidden Fruit" in Cuba will someday share the very real Cuban experience of having your head cracked open by one of Castro's mobs.
Photo captured from video posted below at [...]

In the spirit of the season, a very Happy Hanukkah gift from Bibi Netanyahu.  It's a thorough dressing down of the unethical rag--enjoy!
From Aish.com
Bibi Rejects the New York Times
by Ron Dermer, Senior Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister
Why Netanyahu refuses to publish an op-ed in the so-called “newspaper of record.”
 Ron Dermer is a senior [...]

Gorki Aguila Carrasco, Yoani Sanchez, and others on Twitter and Facebook report that popular Porno Para Ricardo guitarist Ciro Diaz has been arrested in Cuba.

Also rounded up on eve of Human Rigts Day, Guillermo Fariñas, Antúnez and his wife Yris Perez, Darsi Ferrer and his wife, Librado LInares, Angel Moya, José Ferrer, Jorge Cervantes, and many many [...]

This was taken November 24, 2011 around 10:30 am, on the corner of 23 and L in La Habana.

By marisolmarquez1:

"Protesters were trying to express their ideas and support the "Damas de Blanco" and Laura Pollan. Everyone was supportive except for one lady who decided to rip the sign apart. The police [...]

While the MSM continues to parrot Cuban state press run by a murderous outlaw dictator, they ignore the brutal violent acts of repression against Cuba's peaceful dissidents. 
The life of Cuban opposition leader Jorge Luis García Pérez (Antúnez) is in danger.

I am pleading with the MSM and international human rights organizations to please speak out [...]

The pile of mierda from official sources in Cuba gets higher every day.  Now that Cubans can supposedly buy and sell cars and real estate, it seems they now also need to respect the image of their cities.  (The article is printed on toilet paper;  I won't link, but you know where to find it.)
Cuba, to [...]

I came across this comment in response to Peggy Noonan's article, The Divider vs. The Thinker, in the WSJ.  It perfectly coalesces into words the reason for the unease, fear and anger I think many of us feel about the direction our country has taken.
Justin Harp wrote:
The battle of the next century for America will [...]

En Paz Descanse Elvira Marquet, fallecida el pasado jueves - 20 de Octubre.
Velorio: jueves 27 de Octubre a las 10:30 a.m. Seguido de Los Servicios Fúnebres a las 11:30 a.m.
Entierro: a las 12:00 del día, en el cementarlo contiguo a la funeraria (privado)
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3801 W. Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90305
Ph. 310-412-6811
Esq. de Prairie Ave [...]

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I will forever hold in my heart the image of Laura Pollán, dressed in white, carrying gladiolus, leading the column of  Las Damas de Blanco. How many of us waited every Sunday for news of their weekly act of brave resistance, their peaceful, dignified walk down Havana’s 5th Avenue, as we prayed for their [...]

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.
Jose Marti
Laura Pollan, founder of Las Damas de Blanco has died. Her death has been confirmed from [...]