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• Senator Rubio delivers remarks on middle class opportunity at Kemp Foundation Dinner

  
  SENATOR RUBIO DELIVERS REMARKS ON MIDDLE CLASS OPPORTUNITY AT KEMP FOUNDATION DINNER

  Remarks On Middle Class Opportunity
  As Prepared For Delivery at the Jack Kemp Foundation Dinner
  Senator Marco Rubio
  Tuesday, December 4, 2012

  I am so honored to be receiving this award tonight, named after one of the great visionaries [...]

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• Define Irony: The Plight of Obama-Worshiping Hollywood’s Golden Idol Makers in Chicago

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  I doubt I need to spell out the elements of this story that make it fit into the ironic category: A Chicago based company. Those unwashed worker bees that manufacture the coveted golden false idols the rich Hollywood elitist limo-libs treasure. Hollywood's breathless campaigning and selling of the fool's gold [...]

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• Cuban regime prioritizes the manufacture of disposable diapers

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  With an average salary of only $20 a month and monthly food rations that barely last a week, the Cuban people must struggle on a daily basis to find enough food to feed themselves. Housing on the island is in shambles and those lucky enough to have a roof over [...]

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• U.S. news agency reports on Cuban teen who was viciously attacked with a knife for defending dissidents

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  At least one American news organization has picked up the story of Berenice Hector Gonzalez, a fifteen-year-old girl in Cuba who was viciously attacked by the knife-wielding daughter of a Castro State Security official for defending dissidents on the island.

  Via Fox News Latino:

  Cuba Teen is Brutally Attacked for Defending [...]

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• R.I.P., Dave Brubeck

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  I can credit the man who passed away today at 91, Dave Brubeck, with my discovery of jazz.

  Born out of a post-adolescent loathing and hatred of all things disco, I discovered an album at my local record store that I still have to this day: "Adventures in Time," a [...]

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• Viva the donation of underwear!

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  The humor of Garrincha in El Nuevo Herald:

  Translation:

  "Underwear donated from Kentucky and the reduction of fees on calls to the U.S.... Viva the revolution and down with the criminal blockade!"

  "Keep an eye on her in case she decides to start dancing reggaeton style."

  [...]
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• UN sponsors concert for women’s rights in Cuba, ignores regime’s violence against women

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  At the risk of sounding redundant, the United Nations is completely useless. While Cuba's all-female human rights group, the Ladies in White, have been violently and consistently repressed by the Castro dictatorship, the UN sponsors a concert on the island denouncing violence against women without once mentioning the Cuban regime.

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• Cuban opposition group denounces increase in violent repression

  Via Latin American Herald Tribune:

  Cuban Group Denounces Spike in Police Violence Against Dissidents

  HAVANA – The opposition Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation warned Tuesday about “a growing trend toward increased police violence” against dissidents.

  “Recent years have seen a growing trend toward police violence during detentions, despite the [...]

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• Guest Column – The 99% Solution: A Modest Tax Proposal

  My friend Ed over at Vox Clamantis in Deserto has a column this week on the subject of the "the rich should pay their fair share of the taxes" Liberal mantra.

  It's a great read, and I thought I would share it with you all.

  Warren Buffett thinks billionaires like [...]

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• If Only!!!…..

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  From Kathleen Donnelly of the Heritage Foundation:

  If the Castro regime wishes to gain the respect of the international community and earn a valuable position on the world stage, it should free Gross immediately and without further chicanery.

  "IF"?!?!?!?!?!

  "Gain"?!?!?!?!?!

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has once again voted [...]

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