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• SHAME

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  Rare is the evening where I sit down to watch the local news broadcast. I just can't stomach them for the most part as what you're getting is recycled news regurgitated by a talking head with poundcake thick make-up.

  But I felt compelled to monitor our local news broadcasts last night, [...]

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• Quel Dommage

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  The Sarasota Herald Tribune today carried the news that the Sarasota-Havana Regatta being planned by the Sarasota Yacht Club has been postponed due to lack of permit.  After being clued in by Ziva, I had limited myself to posting about it in my blog, but to read the stupidity being spouted by [...]

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• Murdered by castro on February 24, 1996

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  The roster of castro's victims continues to grow, as does our grief, but it is our duty to remember each and every one of them, and to never forget who is responsible, and to never, ever give up on insisting that  justice be served.

  Here is the video [...]

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• “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”

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  Maggie at Infidels paradise has very interesting story. It seems that loony lefty loudmouth Alan Grayson's sorry ass was saved by Blackwater operatives in Niger when a coup took place during his visit. I'll link to her but not to the red rag that reported it:

  Earlier today I reported' [...]

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• A murderer and his pal

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• “Generation Zero”

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  I can't wait to see it...

  Generation Zero - Trailer from Citizens United on Vimeo.

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• The fine folks who constantly caterwaul about the diabolical “Blockade!” utterly mum on Tamayo’s MURDER

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  "Official reaction was muted in Latin America, whose governments this week held a "unity summit" that included Cuban President Raul Castro and that unanimously denounced the U.S. embargo of the island. South America's leading political figure, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, himself a former political" [...]

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• PAGING PHIL PETERS!!!

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  Super duper Cuba expert supreme extraordinaire Phil Peters has yet to even mention the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo.

  Oh, dear me, I wonder why?

  What could possibly be the cause of such reticence? Especially over such a very very important issue.

  PSSST!!! PHIL!!! PAGING PHIL PETERS!!!! Hey, where are you [...]

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• Visions of a post-embargo Cuba

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  It seems that the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is the constant thread of the narrative here at Babalu Blog and wherever the issue of Cuba and its dictatorship is discussed. It feels like every day someone new comes along and says, “well it hasn’t worked in fifty years so [...]

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• A mother’s pain (Updated)

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  Orlando Zapata Tamayo, 1967-2010

  UPDATE (1:08pm): RTVE reports that there have been at least 25 arrests and/or detentions following the death of Tamayo Zapata for the purpose of preventing their attendance to his funeral.

  This is not only outrageous but maddeningly infuriating.

  Reina Luisa Tamayo [...]

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