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• Senate confirms Hagel the Bagel as Defense Secretary

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  Rome didn't collapse because of a single bad decision, but rather out of thousands of them.   No wrong turn can make a mighty superpower go off the cliff' [...]

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• The Cuba terrorism two-step

  Jose R. Cardenas in Foreign Policy's Shadow Government:

  The Cuba terrorism two-step

  Floating policy trial balloons is longstanding Washington custom. Not so common is when that balloon gets blasted out of the sky by the "senior official" leaker's own administration. That's what happened last week when the Boston Globe reported that, [...]

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• Image of the day – Ñangaras on parade

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  Outside the Cuban Interests Section in Washington D.C. this past Sunday: Ñangaras on parade.

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• Quote of the day

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  The sycophancy messily dripping from this quote provided by "Cuba Expert" (or analyst, or scholar) Phil Peters regarding Cuban dictator Raul Castro is simply breathtaking. You have to give credit where credit is due: Not everyone has the talent and ability to be this servile. Congratulations, Phil! Te la [...]

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• A trip down Memory Lane with Cuba “Experts”–OOPS! we mean: “Analysts” –OOPS!–we mean: “Scholars”–OOPS again!–we mean: “Specialists!”

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  From NPR's expert and scholarly and analytical program MARKETPLACE specializing on the Castroite succesion dated Jan. 18, 2008:

  "In March, (2008) Cuba's National Assembly will name Cuba's president and Cuba experts uniformly predict that for the first time in'" [...]

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• Cuba’s ‘true and pluralistic democracy’

  The humor of Santana:

  Translation:

  "Who here agrees that we live in a true and pluralistic democracy that embraces a rich debate with diversity of opinions?"

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• February 26, 1993

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  Twenty years ago today, I happened to be in New York City on the last day of a consulting gig with a large international bank. As I left the offices of the bank to walk to my hotel to checkout, I decided to stop for a bite to eat on [...]

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• Bad policy, bad politics: Governor Scott’s Medicaid Expansion Folly

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  Last Wednesday Florida's Governor Rick Scott said that he'd ask the state legislature to approve a Medicaid expansion that is fully funded by the Federal Government during the first three years. This is part of the Obamacare plan that aims to provide some sort of health coverage to every [...]

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• What CNN’s Candy Crowly didn’t ask Leahy

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  Via Capitol Hill Cubans:

  What CNN's Candy Crowly Didn't Ask Leahy

  During an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who just returned from a visit with Cuban dictator Raul Castro, said it will require "give and take on both sides" and "quiet negotiation" to secure the' [...]

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• Sign of the day – Dead leadership

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  As seen on Facebook:

  Translation:

  "Cuba is run by the 'brother of a dead man...' Argentina is run by the 'wife of a dead man...' North Korea is run by the 'son of a dead man...' But Venezuela has them all beat: the country is run by an actual dead man!"

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