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• My Super Bowl Picks

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  A lot of fun to be had on the social media during the power outage in a lopsided first half Super Bowl game. My Facebook friends made the power outage after the start of the second half (after the lame halftime show) very enjoyable. But here are a [...]

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• Growing Pains in “The State”

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  It would seem America's Nanny Mayor is at it again in New York City...

  Plan B has become Plan A in the Bloomberg administration’s stealth war on teen pregnancy.

  Handouts of the “morning-after pill” to sexually active students have skyrocketed under an unpublicized project in which health centers in public schools [...]

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• A short note about tonight’s Superbowl to the fine people of Cleveland, Ohio

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  I don't care who wins tonight as long as the Ravens lose.

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• Quote of the Day

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  Council for Foreign Relations  member and Cuba Study Group "expert" Julia Sweig, an unapologetic apologist for the Castro dictatorship in Cuba, tries her best to put a happy face on the farcical elections taking place in Cuba today. Turns out Ms. Sweig's  best is not good enough, but what' [...]

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• All animals are equal, some just more than others…

  The humor of Santana:

  Translation:

  "And remember... All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

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• Castro’s U.S. business Partner-in-Crime seeks to (further) fleece U.S. taxpayers

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  Oh, we've heard it a billion times from Cuba "Experts": how the Cuba "embargo" costs U.S. businesses "$billions(!!!) in lost opportunity!" blah...blah....

  “The new air service from Tampa International to Cuba is great news for our community’s economic future!" (Gushed Florida Rep. Kathy Castor in 2011 when Tampa-Cuba flights'" [...]

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• Daniel Pipes on the Hagel Nomination

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  From Lion's Den, Daniel Pipe's blog:

  Chuck Hagel at Defense?

  Three thoughts as the U.S. Senate gears up to consider on Jan 31 the nomination of Chuck Hagel for the position of secretary of defense:

  It's more than a bit curious that Barack Obama should nominate a politician of no distinction, with [...]

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• Photo of the Day – A satanic apparition in Cuba

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  Via Café Fuerte, former president of Brazil, Lula "Cuba's political prisoners are just common criminals" da Silva witnesses a satanic apparition in Cuba:

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• One step forward, two steps back

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  From Deutsche Welle, a rare (honest) assessment:

  Cuba: A look back at five years of Raul Castro

  Cuban President Raul Castro wanted to update socialism when he took up office, but, five years on, little has changed. Change is not expected after Sunday's elections with 612 Communists running for 612 [...]

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• Some Disney animation magic to wash away the crap we deal with

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  Man cannot live on politics alone...

  Beautiful.

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