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• Wisdom from the peanut gallery: WTF?

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  Guy hits bus with Stick, bus explodes.
  trane1423 9 months ago

  single-use special forces unit
  pecypc11 8 months ago

  Terrorists Win
  erenday 7 months ago

  I'm not sure which is worse. Being kidnapped by Chechens or rescued by Russians.
  cobalt545 1 month ago

  3 terrorists, 15 hostages.[...]

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• And now for something completely different

  
  
  

  I could have sworn this video was from "The Onion" when I first saw it. Beware of Pedobear!

  Cartoon "Pedobear" used for luring kids: kasa.com

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• Quote of the day

  
  
  

  Via Café Fuerte, Cuban amputee and Paralympics swimmer Rafael Castillo after defecting from Cuba during a tournament in Mexico and arriving in the United States (my translation):

  "I took this step because I need to improve my life, to feel free and appreciated for my successes" [...]

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• Wisdom from the peanut gallery: Jon

  
  
  

  Grizzly Huntsman is too sexy to be president.

  NotCoach on November 29, 2011 at 5:07 PM

  Obama / Huntsman 2012

  It will happen.

  GardenGnome on November 29, 2011 at 5:15 PM

  They say Jeb Huntsman is the smart one.

  BL@KBIRD on November 29, 2011 at 5:16 PM

  Don Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Huntsman has the [...]

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• Cuban hackers working for Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez

  
  
  

  For years now, we have known that the Castro dictatorship has completely infiltrated the Chavez regime in Venezuela. From military and security advisers, to computer hackers and computer specialists sent by Cuban State Security to help the Chavez dictatorship tighten his stranglehold on the Venezuelan people. Nevertheless, [...]

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• Why the Castro regime has stayed in power for so long: Reason #14,719

  
  
  

  Via Punt de Vista, another reason why the Castro dictatorship has been able to remain in power for more than a half-century.

  My translation:

  'Cubainformación': not with my tax dollars On several occasions on this blog, we have talked about Cubainformacion, a pro-Castro propaganda platform in Spain [...]

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• Cuban Pete

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  The incomparable Desi Arnaz in the timeless classic:

  H/T Zoé Valdés

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• Cuban Catholic Church prays for leopard to change its spots

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  If I had to find something good to say about the Cuban Catholic Church leadership, the only thing I could think of saying is they sure have a lot of faith. Faced with a ferocious and hungry leopard that has devoured countless members of its flock, the [...]

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• Castro dictatorship imports 1,560 brand new Chinese cars

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  In a country where typical citizens are forced to keep their 1940's and 1950's era cars somehow running on sheer will and ingenuity, the news that the Castro dictatorship has just imported 1,560 new Chinese Geely automobiles to Cuba could be seen as good news. After five [...]

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• Photo of the day

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  Via the Baltimore Sun:

  Outside Cuban Interests Section ( Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis / November 28, 2011 )

  Supporters of Alan Gross, 62, of Washington D.C., held a midday vigil outside the Cuban Interests Section, to call for his release as the second anniversary of his [...]

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