Well, that needs a little explaining. I found out I was pregnant at 41. Every month I went to the obstetricians' (I had two) office until childbirth I was pressured to have "the test". Every month I refused. I didn't need to know. I didn't need to judge my child on his or her predestined [...]
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The little Chinese girl Yue Yue passed away a few days ago. The bloody stain she left behind on China is a stark example of the stripping away of even the most basic humanity within the perfect structure of Communism and its control through fear. China, in this modern technology/internet world they find themselves entering [...] Yesterday in a discussion in comments on my previous post I expressed a stark difference between "politeness" and "consideration". Politeness is a means by which civil control can be expected, imposed, or even demanded. Politeness can be used as a protection defense (step on the mean guy's toe and immediately you apologize) or an offensive [...] 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 [...] Not much is uglier than people vacationing in a Potemkin village while ignoring human rights atrocities right under their noses. However, I think Congressmen Jeff Flake and Charles Rangel naming a bill allowing just that the "Export Freedom to Cuba Act," is an affront to all those in Cuba struggling for freedom. Ugly Americans indeed. Inspired by Cuba's [...] But Chavez is not happy with what he perceives as the "horrible repression" of the wonderful protesters ... By whom I'm not sure, because all the abuse and repression appears to be coming down on the heads of innocent New Yorkers by the protes--- squatters (and I mean that literally, folks). This from the same [...] Berta Antunez, Women's rights activist in Cuba speaks at the Global Summit against Discrimination and Persecution. En espanol here. Share Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke before Netanyahu at the U.N., and made the usual incitement rhetoric about Israel while asking the U.N. to recognize it's statehood but was adamant about not recognizing Israel as the Jewish state. Share Cuba - Disbarred lawyer and Human Rights activist Rene Gomez Manzano spoke to Cuban-American congressional representatives by telephone during a Human Rights briefing hosted by the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) in Washington DC. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart, David Rivera and Albio Sires participated in the briefing. In Cuba, for those in need of home repairs, there is nothing, and you can go to prison for attempting to illegally acquire building materials. So much for the "revolution" providing. Jane Fonda (warning) likes to fancy herself a righteous activist. We all know Jane from her romantic NVA gun-straddling days during the Vietnam War as those pesky American POWs insisted on being tortured, starved, beaten, and killed. But what you probably don't know is dear Jane is pining for the one she let get away. [...] Frances Martel at Mediaite has written a lengthy article interviewing CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Havanna, Cuba. Dr. Gupta is in Cuba to investigate for himself the facts about Cuba's healthcare system that everyone seems determined to hold up as a prime example of a successful government/state-run system. Democrats, Hollywood celebrities such as Michael Moore [...] This is one incredible Cuban woman of valor, what a great patriot! She and her husband were in Los Angeles over the weekend, hosted by the Junta Patriotica Cubana. In spite of all she and her family has suffered and endured her strength of character and sprit remain intact. Zapata Vive! Videos from the luncheon:
Share Yves Schladenhaugen is French, as Havana Club's international marketing director, he enjoys the elite life in Cuba. His daughter attends the "very international" French School, and I'm sure his family doesn't live in the kind of crumbling unsafe dwelling without adequate plumbing and electricity that the average Cuban family must endure. More likely, they live in [...] Media complicity with the brutal Castro dictatorship is why we are bombarded with articles promoting Tourism to Cuba, Healthcare in Cuba, Gay Rights in Cuba, et al, while members of the "Ladies in White" and other peaceful dissidents are attacked and beaten in broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of A.P., CNN, and other MSM outlets. They enjoy [...] This is how peaceful dissidents are treated in Cuba, and these images are of victims who got away with minor injuries. Share My friend, Israeli journalist Alexander Maistrovoy on Palestinian statehood. Press release: Holding Iranian Human Rights Abusers Accountable: (My emphasis) You know, I distinctly recall hearing, for years, those who support liberal/leftist/democrat politicians, like Obama, griping about how the U.S. has always done business with and/or catered to the world's dictators, and that was/is the core of our problems around the world. But with Obama he's sorta kinda like Cyrus from that 1970s cult movie [...] |
      
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