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• The Looming Dark Ages in Egypt That Obama Helped Foster

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  Is this what democracy looks like? Is this the Egypt the Obama administration anticipated when they supported Morsi, and continue to support and praise him?

  Pharaoh Morsi has taken a dictator's throne in his recent power-grab. This understandably has alarmed Egyptians, and once again they have [...]

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• The Adults Are in Charge, Comrades

  After last summer's stunning tribute to Astronaut Neil Armstrong's death, Obama now commemorates the 57th Anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It is so much better than just photo-shopping himself into this picture...

  I guess we should be grateful he took time out [...]

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• ObamaCare: The Bloated Booby-Trapped Gag-Gift That Keeps on Taking … and Taking

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  It's from a November 26th Forbes issue, but it's not like ObamaCare has gone away, or anything, in a week... Or looks to, anytime soon.

  Couched in the most terms describing a generous cornucopia of benefits, the new rules demonstrate – inadvertently, no doubt – how we are headed for [...]

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• The price of dignity in totalitarian Cuba

  Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:

  The price of dignity in totalitarian Cuba

  "Totalitarian regimes are the denial of human dignity and the violation of all fundamental rights of our societies built upon democracy and the respect of the rule of law." -Viviane Reding
  
  Ulises González Moreno

  
  Extortion [...]

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• This House is On Fire

  Bernie Goldberg's analogy puts the "fiscal cliff" and the supposed "leaders" and the alleged watchdog media of this nation in blunt layman's terms...

  Imagine that you’re standing outside on the street, in the bitter cold of the night, dressed in your pajamas. In horror, you’re watching your home engulfed in [...]

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• When Cuban “Presidents WELCOMED(!) advanced Communications equipt. for Cubans

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  Let's see:

  Alan Gross' crime consisted of attempting to provide sophisticated communications systems to Cubans. For this a totalitarian regime that transplanted Stalin's judicial and penal system convicted him of horrible crimes and sentenced him to 15 years in Soviet-designed prison-cells that held the longest -suffering political prisoners in modern history.

  The' [...]

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• Cubans Americans are everywhere: Eddy Cue at Apple

  Another Miami Cuban American makes it big; this time it is Eddy Cue with Apple.

  Via the Wall Street Journal:

  Eddy Cue: Apple's Rising Mr. Fix-It

  As Chief Executive Tim Cook shifts executive responsibilities around at Apple Inc., AAPL -0.69% Eddy Cue is emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries.

  A member of Apple's' [...]

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• Give the Castros 20 years and maybe they’ll erect a statue in your honor

  The humor of Santana via Guamá:

  Translation:

  Cuban authorities announce laws against vulgarity in music

  "Maybe in 20 or 25 years they may even erect a statue in your honor."

  [...]
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• Cuban regime delivers ransom note to White House for American hostage Alan Gross

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  The Cuban regime of the Castro brothers have delivered a ransom note to the Obama White House laying out the price for the release of Alan Gross, the American aid worker they captured almost three years ago and have been holding him for ransom ever since.

  Via NBC News:

  [...] Today, [...]

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• Lady in White imprisoned for past 8 months is injured and being denied care

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  Via Martí Noticias (my translation):

  Lady in White imprisoned for past 8 months is injured and being denied care

  Lady in White Sonia Garro Alfonso and her husband Ramon A. Muñoz were arrested this past March, 2012, during an [...]

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