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• Diaz-Balart Commends IKEA’s Transparency in Slave Labor Controversy

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

  November 16, 2012 

  Diaz-Balart Commends IKEA’s Transparency in Slave Labor Controversy

   Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) offered the following statement on IKEA’s release of the results of the investigation after IKEA was accused of working with the Cuban regime to use prisoner slave labor to manufacture furniture.

  “Yesterday, IKEA released the [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 2:18pm in Cuba

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• Elections have consequences, part 45,760

  This is your life under Obamacare.

  Thanks, Obama voters. You just imposed on the rest of us degraded medical care and rising costs. This is no longer hypothetical or abstract. It's real. It's the law.

  Here are some of the bad repercussions of your vote:

  1. Decline in pay for doctors [...]

  2. [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 2:04pm in Cuba

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• Marking your territory

  The humor of Garrincha at CUBAENCUENTRO:

  Translation:

  Peaceful opposition members detained in Cuba

  "So everyone knows who the national territory belongs to."

  [...]
  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 1:17pm in Cuba

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• Stephen Vermillion III, RIP

  This morning we learned the sad news that Steve Vermillion, a friend to the cause of freedom in Cuba and a friend of Babalú, passed away last night. Val and I last saw Steve during our a visit to D.C. back in February and we were encouraged that it appeared [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 12:47pm in Cuba

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• Why Nuclear Missiles in Cuba?

  Pedro Roig at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at UM:

  Why Nuclear Missiles in Cuba?

  Over the course of the past 50 years, many have wondered what motivated the Soviet Union to push the world to the brink of nuclear war by placing its nuclear missiles in Cuba. A [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 12:00pm in Cuba

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• Jonestown, redux?

  A great article on the 'why' of the brainwashed vote.

  At first, the numbers seemed too absurd to be true: did Mitt Romney really receive zero votes in 59 Philadelphia voting districts? Did Barack Obama really outpoll him by a combined 19,605 to votes cast in these 59 districts.

  According to [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 11:43am in Cuba

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• #FreeRodiles

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  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 10:46am in Cuba

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• Thank you, Unions!

  Twinkies maker Hostess going out of business.

  “We deeply regret the necessity of today’s decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike,” CEO Gregory F. Rayburn says.

  I'll refrain from uttering my usual invective. More from Fox in Dallas-Fort Worth:

  IRVING, Texas - Say' [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 9:15am in Cuba

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• Coincidentally…

  Victor Davis Hanson on the second-term scandals and implosion we'll be thoroughly enjoying...

  The second-term curse goes like this: A president (e.g., Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, etc.) wins re-election, but then his presidency implodes over the next four years — mired in scandals or disasters' [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 8:30am in Cuba

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• Amnesty International: Cuba Man Targeted for Government Criticism

  Via Amnesty International:

  Document - Cuban man targeted for government criticism

  UA: 333/12 Index: AMR 25/026/2012 Cuba Date: 15 November 2012

  URGENT ACTION

  cuban man targeted for government criticism

  Government critic Antonio Rodiles has been charged with “resisting authority”. It is believed the charges may be used to punish and prevent his peaceful [...]

  From Babalú Blog at November 16, 2012, 7:44am in Cuba

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