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• Thank God for Che Guevara or get the hell out of town…

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  A young Cuban Jehovah's witness and her family have been forced out of their town over the kid's refusal to follow her teacher's instructions to write a prayer in praise of Che Guevara and the "Cuban Five." (Story in Spanish)

  Cuba: Niña Testigo de Jehová reprobada por no redactar oración del [...]

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• “Gimme Shelter!”….we got it…..

  
  Oh, a storm was threatening...
  but we got shelter.
  and didn't fade away.
  
  

  Now it's time to: Pick up the Pieces! (with proper refreshment, of course.)

  ' [...]
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• Porno Para Ricardo – Pre Antecedentes Penales

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  New (new to me, at least) song from Porno Para Ricardo.

  Enjoy.

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• Excuse the naughty language, but you’ve got to see these shirts…

  Friend and artist Emilio Carnero (a.k.a. Mr. Toxico) is always coming up with great t-shirt designs. These are his latest gems.

  Nothing in it for me or Babalú. Just saw this and thought some of you might want to snatch a few up before they're gone. Apparently, by "limited" edition, he' [...]

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• The Venceremos Brigades without the cane-cutting

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  “These programs are not vacations. Every hour must be accounted for and involve meaningful interactions with Cuban people. . . . Participants attend a full daily schedule of activities that include lectures, roundtable discussions and break-out sessions, private performances, artistic demonstrations and interpretations, and informal conversations, all delivered [...]

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• Iowans: Welcome To The Sux, Obama

  They didn't even bother with an empty chair...

  SIOUX CITY, Iowa - President Obama received a less than warm welcome and a warning upon arrival at the airport here on the second stop of his Iowa visit, which was aimed at recapturing some of the magic the state gave his' [...]

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• Axelrod: Let Me Answer Your Direct Question With A Complete Deflection

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  Axelrod is griping this morning on FOX News Sunday that Mitt Romney didn't offer a 'plausible alternative' to Obama during last week's RNC Convention...

  I seem to recall all obama kept telling the American voter in 2008 was "hope" and "change" and a "fundamental transformation" of our country ...NO DETAILS, except [...]

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• Video from a gas station fire in Santiago de Cuba

  In this video acquired by UNPACU (follow them on YouTube here), onlookers in Santiago de Cuba rush toward a damaged gas pump to collect whatever gasoline they can sell on the black market. As the video notes, just a liter of gasoline can sell for about 20 Cuban pesos [...]

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• Required reading for the final exam on November 6

  Final exam will be worth 100% of your grade.  True/False format.  Exam required for graduation.  Location: your local polling place.

  Liberalism, as we know it

  By George F. Will, Published: August 31

  With Americans, on average, worth less and earning less than when he was inaugurated, Barack Obama is requesting a second term [...]

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• But let’s send more money, and TVs, and yet more money!

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  Capitol Hill Cubans: The Sad Truth "Desde la Habana."

  ''Castro is only interested in the money that comes from emigres. That they come to Cuba and spend lots of money. That they bring more dollars each time. But he wants them at arms length. Forget about business in strategic sectors. [...]

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