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• “In an otherwise unmemorable second inaugural speech…”

  Bill Kristol perked-up his ears during Obama's snoozer of an inauguration speech yesterday to something that has him a bit worried...

  I was struck by one sentence: "But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest" [...]

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• Hugo Chavez will not go quietly into that good night

  Jackson Diehl in the Washington Post:

  Chavez is not going quietly

  Imagine that Barack Obama failed to appear for his swearing-in Monday — and had not been seen or heard from in a month. Imagine that Vice President Biden informed the nation that Obama, though sequestered in a foreign hospital, [...]

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• Quote of the day

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  Today's quote of the day comes from Arturo Lopez-Levy (AKA Lopez-Callejas), a member of the Castro family and suspected former intelligence officer of the Castro dictatorship who now in his role as "sensible Cuban American," is a rabid defender and propagandist for the Cuban regime here in the U.S. Upon [...]

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• Your Tuesday Babalú Ajiaco for January 22, 2013

  Operations at the Babalú kitchen have been sporadic at best lately, so take advantage of this rare opening and serve yourself a heaping bowlful of our world famous news ajiaco!

  With all the talk about Cuban American poet Richard Blanco being featured at President Obama's inauguration yesterday, those of here in [...]
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• Chavez death watch: oh, yeah, he’s joking, for sure….

  .... and his lackeys are still taking orders from King Raul and his ministers.

  From CBS News

  Hugo Chavez "shared jokes and laughed" with Venezuela foreign minister in Cuba hospital visit

  CARACAS, VENEZUELA Venezuela's top diplomat said Monday that he shared jokes and laughed together with President Hugo Chavez during a meeting [...]

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• On a day like today, Val ‘El Machete’ Prieto was born

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  On a day like today, several decades ago, Val "El Machete" Prieto was born. Join us in wishing the founder of Babalú a very Happy Birthday as he celebrates his 39th year on earth for the umpteenth time.

  The machete may be showing its age and isn't as sharp as it' [...]

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• The latest ‘reforms’ in Cuba: Electroshock for dissidents

  The Cuban dictatorship is not holding back when it comes to its "reforms." The latest one is electroshock for dissidents.

  Via Uncommon Sense:

  Cuban police threaten anti-Castro activist with electroshock

  Omar Suarez Campos, in front of his home.

  No threat or intimidation is beyond the pale for the Castro dictatorship when it [...]

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