Weasel Zippers posted a You Tube video of the White House celebrating "Hispanic" music. It's hilarious watching the Obama's dance like white folks, but I was taken aback at the Google banner ad running at the bottom of the screen.
Here's a screen shot.

I watched the video several more times and the ad has not shown [...]

From the always succinct and delightful Michael Ramirez:

H/T:  Jorge

Tio Chano vs. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" brought to by you Joe Lima at Big Hollywood:

Good stuff from friend Joe Lima at Big Hollywood:

...you shoved him down our throats and got him elected, asswipes.
I warned you, said it many many a time. Under socialism, the free press is the first victim.

OK folks, after tons of hard work and running around and phone calls and emails galore, among lots of other things, we have put together a schedule of events for this year's Cuba Nostalgia Convention:
Friday, May 15th:
Cigar Rolling and Buy Val Mojitos day, sponsored by Cuban Crafters Cigars
Swing by the Babalu Pavilion today and [...]

Let's see where we stand today on the following issue:
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but there's always time to meet with a Hollywood celebrity!

Don't worry folks, the fire is not going anywhere. Once they are done fawning over Brad Pitt they will get right back to work.
Really.
I'm not kidding.
Stop laughing already!

Get a load of this: Iran is now saying that unless Hollywood -- and I think they mean the visiting dignitaries in the story below -- apologizes for the way in which it has portrayed Iran, it will not grant Iranian filmmakers the right to meet with them.
The art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged [...]

I bought a used near mint condition Nissan Pathfinder about three years ago for a great price. Never gave me any trouble except for three weeks ago when it just refused to start. As the saying goes, when it rains it pours.
And believe me, it's been monsooning lately at the Prieto household. Not [...]

Val beat me to it, as I wanted to be the one to post the Friday funny.  Since we are only hearing bad news, and now we have even former presidents asking the current president to be more optimistic, I figured the time was right for some diversion sana.  I got this in my email [...]

Happy Friday infidels. Today's lesson in Babalu Psychology 101 is mental disorders. Please open your DSM IV to the following section:

Paranoid Personality Disorder
A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated [...]

UPI reports that El Burro Chavez is instituting new currency in Venezuela:
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 31 (UPI) -- Venezuela will introduce a dual currency to alleviate pressure from a devalued bolivar and record-high inflation, a government financial adviser said.
"The intention is to finish with the parallel market and instead allow the dollar to trade through a [...]

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Scientists at the University of Havana studying recent developments in evolutionary theory have announced a startling new discovery that could change forever, past conceptions of evolution and man's development over the course of thousands of years.
Analyzing DNA samples obtained from Foreign Minister Felipe Perez-Roque, scientists have officially announced that the 42-year-old is in fact, the [...]

A buddy of mine out in the Big Apple just forwarded me a link to this - pretty much sums it up for a lot of the folks walking around with this brute's face on their chest.

Who is this guy?

Babalusian, Chuckwalla just couldn't help himself.
Following yesterday's post titled "Chavez's Never-Ending Delusions," we received this example of interpretive photo-shopping after having referred to Venezuela's "maximum leader" as a "banana-head." Enjoy!
-Anatasio Blanco