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 [...]

 
Photo: Michael Appleton for the NYT, taken in Times Square @ Newsweek
HT: Weasel Zippers

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Everyone knows what castro's idea of May Day is - tanks, turbas, thugs and long, long, long speeches about dictatorship of the proletariat and yanqui imperialismo. It's hard to mess up a holiday to the extent he has.
castro and Allende: Love
But over in Chile, a nation that in 1973 escaped castro's grasp, fought him off [...]

Disappointed in the Superbowl ads this year. But we all were rolling over this one at my son-in-law's Superbowl party.
It IS my 5 yr. old Grandson Mickey ... The kid runs around in his various 'hero' costumes (usually Transformers, and accessorized with whatever sunglasses and whatnots he feels adds to the strength and weapons [...]

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 Marta Darby -  author, blogger extraordinaire, and more importantly just about the best person I know, has shared her family's story in The Orange County Register!   Super congratulations Marta!
Cuban, with a detour in Mission Viejo
By MARTA DARBY
I was born in Havana, Cuba. My family left Cuba on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1961. I know the date because it is [...]

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Cuban prisoner of conscience, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, was arrested March 18, 2003, as part of the "black spring" roundup of 75 journalists, librarians, human rights activists and other dissidents.  He was convicted under the abhorrent and arbritary Law 88 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The Internet is a powerful instrument,  disseminating information of a quantity and [...]

Mark the date: July 25!
Raices de Esperanza will be hosting a domino tournament for all who want to spend time together with your 300 closest friends! We will be playing dominoes while discussing all about Cuba and enjoying great food and music and of course, dancing.
The event will take place from 10am to 5pm. Regustration [...]

In case you've forgotten, or are too young to remember, Armando Socarras had his 15 minutes of fame back in the 1970's 1969 when he hitched a ride to freedom in the wheel well of an Iberia DC 8 heading to Madrid from Havana.  It's an incredible story; recounted for us by Jose Reyes in this [...]

Get a good dose of Rock + Roll with Cuban Soul on Friday, May 8th, 11 PM with Delexilio, at Crash Mansion, in SoHo/Lower East Side, 199 Bowery @ Spring. www.crashmansion.com
$5 cover with RSVP to New York Underbelly, $10 without RSVP
(arrive before 11pm, FREE with RSVP, $5 without)
Visit the bands website:  www.delexilio.com.  Cuba Companioni did a [...]

FWIW - Blogger Perez Hilton, who gets seven million hits a day for his coverage of celebrities, tells us he's hearing very loud dead-castro rumors from his Miami sources. He hasn't been able to confirm it for sure either, but he says it's never been like this before. National Post tracked him down and got [...]

Lech Walesa, a leading destroyer of communism and the Soviet Empire from Poland, has come out swinging against Cuba's brutal dictator. Drawing a bead on the bearded maggot, Walesa said that the world must "force" the scumbag to change. Associated Press has it right here:
The former Polish leader also said Cuba's Fidel Castro must be [...]

Iberia Airlines has YANKED its obscene-content ads promoting Cuban sex tourism, as Babalu and its Cuban allies - Abajo Fidel,