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• Interview with the creators and cast of “Wassup en LA?,” a Cuban American family sitcom

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  Just a little while ago, I joined three of the people behind "Wassup en LA?" for a Google+ Hangout. "Wassup en LA?" is a sitcom about a Cuban American family that moves from Miami to Los Angeles when one of the kids decides to chase his acting dreams.

  We talked about [...]

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• Oops! #$@!&%$#!@!

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  Straight out of a Mr. Bean film....   unbelievable.  Life imitates art.  Or is it vice-versa?

  From the nation that keeps Castrolandia full of tourists.  This "restorer" must also be in charge of Cuban affairs at the Spanish foreign ministry.

  (Pero mira que descarado este Babaluero nieto de Gallegos y Catalanes, como [...]

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• You Go Girls! (Three more Runaways from Cuba’s Women Baseball team in Edmonton)

  Three more Cuban players have disappeared from the World Cup of Women’s Baseball in Edmonton.

  Ron Hayter, executive director of the Edmonton Baseball Federation, confirmed Tuesday the players were missing when the Cuban delegation showed up for closing ceremonies at Telus Field on Sunday evening.

  Last week, the team [...]

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• It’s Just Another Day

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  Every Day She Takes A Morning Bath To Wet Her Hair,
  Wraps A Towel 'round Her
  As She's Heading For The Bedroom Chair,
  It's Just Another Day.
  Slipping Into Stockings,
  Stepping Into Shoes,
  Dipping In The Pocket Of Her Raincoat.

  Ah, It's Just Another Day. Du' [...]

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• People-to-People charade very quietly smothered by Washington bureaucracy

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  Whoa.  %$#@!^!  Great news!   It seems that the People-to-People tourist junkets to Castrolandia are in deep trouble.   The application process has suddenly become much more complex, and the licensing of these shameful tours seems to be in limbo.  Read all about it here. But why hasn't this story' [...]

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• Lions, leopards and buffalo: latest punchlines in the running joke of Cuban “economic reform”

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  As we've heard so many times since Raul Castro took the helm in Cuba, the younger of two Communist dictators is a pragmatist. A reformer. He's brought changed to the island's dated, no-longer-sufficient economic system that everyone has known were long overdue.

  There are signs that the changes Raul has made' [...]

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• As The Worm Turns: ABC’s Jake Tapper Speaks Truth to The Media Schlepping for Obama

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  Before we jump into this, were you aware that close to half a million dollars of "Stimulus" money was used by the Obama Labor Department for ads “green training” jobs aired during commercial breaks on two MSNBC cable shows, hosted by Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann in 2009? This [...]

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• FYI: meeting in Tampa on struggle for Cuba’s freedom on August 30 (with the Diaz-Balarts and David Rivera)

  If you're in Tampa on August 30, this might be of interest to you. If you make it out, please do let us know how it goes and send us any photos of videos you can get.

  From Diaz-Balart, PLLC:

  PRESS RELEASE

  WHAT: Meeting with the Cuban community in Tampa, Florida / Reaffirmation' [...]

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