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• House Appropriations Committee language repeals Obama Cuba policy loosening

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  Capitol Hill Cubans is reporting that the House Appropriations Committee has adopted language in the must-pass 2012 Financial Services Appropriations bill that will repeal the Obama administration loosening of restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba.

  Committee Repeals Obama Travel Regs

  The House Committee on Appropriations [...]

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• Message to Cuba Experts and Cuban Opportunist Moneybags: Too Bad, So Sad

  
  
  

  This just in:

  The House Committee on Appropriations has adopted language in its must-pass FY'12 Financial Services Appropriations bill, which funds the Treasury Department, to repeal the Obama Administration's regulations on Cuban-American travel and remittances and restores the reasonable caps and limitations in existence prior to' [...]

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• Imagine how we feel

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  From Forbes: Bernanke Admits He’s Clueless On Economy’s Soft Patch:

  [...] With markets at a crossroads, amid a cooling economic recovery and a dangerous Greek crisis threatening the euro and the global economy, reporters grilled Bernanke and asked many of the right questions.

  Brutally honest, Bernanke [...]

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• Geert Wilders acquitted of all “hate” charges

  
  
  

  Geert Wilders acquitted of all "hate" charges in The Netherlands:

  In a great victory for decency and sanity, the Court of Amsterdam has acquitted Geert Wilders of all charges.

  Wilders remarked:

  “I am delighted with this ruling. It is a victory, not only for me but for [...]

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• Cuban Catholic Church says it did nothing wrong: Trying to cover the sun with a finger

  
  
  

  There is an old Cuban adage that says no puedes tapar el sol con un dedo (you can't hide the sun with a finger); in other words, you cannot hide the obvious simply by stating it is not there. Nevertheless, desperation leads many to attempt' [...]

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• “Che Guevara an emblem of freedom,” says U.S. State Dept

  
  
  

  
  It's sad how often we're forced to use this pic on Babalu posts!

  Imagine the MSM snarkiness and uproar if somewhere in Sarah Palin’s e-mail garbage bins they scrounged up an item where she equates Internet freedom with the co-founder of' [...]

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• Not so fast removing the State Sponsor of Terror designation from the Castro regime

  
  
  

  The numerous Castro regime lobbyists in Washington D.C., along with their "Cuba Expert" counterparts, have spent an inordinate amount of time, effort, and money trying to convince the U.S. State Department to remove the State Sponsor of Terror designation from the murderous [...]

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• Have you registered at Cuban Search?

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  If you haven't done so already, take a moment and register at Cuban Search, a wonderful and important project launched by our good friend George Utset to help Cubans in the diaspora find lost relatives.

  Cuban Search is dedicated to reuniting' [...]

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• More democracy activists arrested in Cuba: Raul Castro’s reforms keep rolling along

  
  
  

  The so-called reforms of the tyrannical Castro dictatorship -- the ones the "Cuba Experts" in the U.S. keep promoting as positive developments -- continue to take their toll on dissidents and democracy activists in Cuba. In Guantanamo, Cuba, several activists were arrested yesterday when they [...]

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• Cuban hunger striker hospitalized after fall

  
  
  

  Cuban political prisoner Walfrido Rodriguez Piloto, who has been on a hunger strike since June 5th, was hospitalized for injuries he received in a fall while in the notorious Combinado del Este prison in Cuba. The prisoner of conscience initiated his hunger strike in protest [...]

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