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• Define “Irony”…

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  Pro-Hamas Arab students protesting in the streets interrupted by sirens warning of approaching Hamas rockets.

  I am he as you are he as you are me
  And we are all together
  See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
  I'm crying

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• Egypt: The Evolution of The Revolution

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  Now that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi decreed himself Pharaoh some other voices are joining the "unrest" in the streets.

  First, the judges, whom Morsi particularly stomped on in his power-grab, are calling for a nationwide strike...

  Egypt’s judges have called for a nationwide strike in protest against [...]

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• International Day to End Impunity

  Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:

  November 23: International Day to End Impunity

  "The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity."- Cicero

  Cuba is a country in which the culture of impunity has ruled over an entire people for over 53 years. Nonviolent human rights defenders [...]

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• Well Played, Sir Guy, Sir Consiglio and Lady Michaels … Well Played

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  Apparently today's self-proclaimed "journalists" just can't seem to help themselves in losing their objectivity and unbiased approach to reporting on current events and the news in general much the way they would lose their car keys. They typically expose themselves in their media outlets, but of late many step into' [...]

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• A symbol of resistance in China

  An inspiring symbol of resistance in China:

  Home Amid Chinese Highway a Symbol of Resistance

  In the middle of an eastern Chinese city's new main road, rising incongruously from a huge circle in the freshly laid pavement, is a five-story row house with ragged edges. This is the home of the [...]

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• Quote of the day

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  The Cuban Apostle, José Martí, on those who know the truth but choose to conceal it (my translation):

  "Those who out of fear hide their opinions, concealing it deep within them as if it were a crime, and tyrants are favored with this concealment, are as cowardly as those who retreat" [...]

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• A Cuban story of gratitude for American freedom

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  Another Pedro Pan alumni, Lino Piedra, tells his story of escaping the tyranny of Cuba for the freedom of the United States.

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• Image of the day — Communism vs. Capitalism

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• FARC leaders ask U.S. to release imprisoned terrorist to assist in ‘peace negogiations’ in Cuba

  Leaders of the Colombian terrorist organization FARC have asked President Obama to release one of their terrorists currently serving a 60-year sentence in the U.S. to assist them in "peace negotiations" being held in Cuba.

  Initially, the request seems preposterous. Then again, we are talking about the Obama administration and as [...]

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• Meanwhile, in Hell, amidst the flames, a delighted Goebbels breaks into song

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  Danny Glover defends the Cuban Five at Howard University forum

  Yeah.  He's at it again.  Ñangaroid thespian and charter member of the Hug-a-Dictator Club Danny Glover made an impassioned plea for "justice" at Howard Univesity, calling for the release of the five Castroite spies imprisoned in the United States.

  At this [...]

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