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• The Best and Brightest explain the Cuban Revolution

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  Santa Clara Cuba in Dec. 1958?.......or Dresden Germany, Feb. of 1945?...The Best and Brightest couldn't tell the difference.
  

  "In a manner certain to antagonize the Cuban people, we used the influence of our Government to advance the interests of and increase the profits of the private'" [...]

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• Chavez must stop helping Assad

  Joel Hirst at Americas Forum:

  Chavez must stop helping Assad

  Few would dispute that Syria’s government has run afoul of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the new norm in international law that United Nations member states approved in 2005 to try and help prevent the worst “mass atrocity crimes” of [...]

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• Got Milk?

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  The humor of Alfredo Pong:

  Translation:

  Sign: "Milk that cow, Commander in Chief!"

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• Build!

  President Obama created a cultural zeitgeist with his careful use of two ordinary words "hope" and "change" to foster a movement. Those words helped launch the political neophyte into the White House. Now in an unguarded moment he's taken two ordinary words and created another movement. The word's are "didn't"' [...]

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• Pepe Billete: ‘I’m not a Latino, I’m not a Hispanic, I’m a Cuban American’ — Part 2

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  In his usual colorful language, Pepe Billete expresses the frustration suffered by Cuban Americans who are consistently branded "Latinos" and "Hispanics."

  Part 2 of Pepe's essay in the Miami New Times (WARNING: Strong Language).

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• Cuban regime lends $14 million

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  Banks in Cuba, which are completely controlled by the Castro dictatorship, report that $14 million in loans have been made to the public in the past six months:

  Six months in, Cuba's first loans equal $14 million

  Cuba said Thursday its banks had loaned out more than $14 million since the' [...]

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• Castro dictatorship’s sharp hike in import tax infuriates Cubans

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  Via Reuters:

  Steep hike in customs fees leaves many Cubans fuming

  HAVANA (Reuters) - A sharp increase in customs duties has angered many Cubans and cast a shadow over market-oriented reforms on the communist-ruled island advocated by President Raul Castro.

  The move, which raises fees many times over in some cases, is [...]

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• You knew this was coming

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  The most beautiful city in America, plagued for decades by the incipient and deadly viruses known as political correctness, liberalism and ''progressivism,'' finally jumps the shark on cigarette smoking.

  SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Smoking anything other than medically-prescribed marijuana at San Francisco street fairs, festivals and other outdoor events held [...]

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