The eyes of a human being are able to tell an entire life’s story with a single glance. This I believe. I have in my possession, two photographs taken during the same week a few years back, that speak... [...]
America 1933: "All we have to fear is fear itself." America 2009: "All we have to fear is... EVERYTHING!" Remember those days of yesteryear when liberals accused conservatives of fear-mongering over Islamic fascism and the threat of terrorism around the... [...]
Forced to shut down. WSVN reports: Former employee robs bakery; owners forced to shut down CORAL GABLES, Fla. (WSVN) -- Coral Gables police have released surveillance video of a suspect who robbed his employee. The suspect took much more than... [...]
The Miami Herald: on standby for fidel: "At Miami Herald Media Company, Fidel Castro is the journalistic equivalent of a kidney stone -- a constant pain who never seems to go away, and you pray that he passes, soon," Manny... [...]
Maureen Dowd likens the Daschle Debacle to the murder of 3000 innocent Americans: On 9/11, President Bush learned of disaster while reading “The Pet Goat” to grade-school kids. On Tuesday, President Obama escaped from disaster by reading “The Moon... [...]
Otherwise Katie Couric wouldn't have been able to find the time to prepare an interview special with all the big Grammy-nominated stars. No recession. No bailouts. No pesky tax cheat nominees. Just stars, stars, stars. The height of frivolity, From...' [...]
In this article announcing the death of Jorge Serguera Reuters makes it sound like his greatest sin was banning the Beatles from Cuba's airwaves. Buried in the piece is this little line: Serguera fought in the 1959 revolution that toppled... [...]
Photo by Julio Zangroniz Nombres. The names. They strike you the second you shut the car door after parking at the Cuban Memorial. The names. Bienvenido Fuentes Leonard. Manuel A. Fuentes Lima. Alcadio Fuentes Martinez. Each read aloud. Booming... [...]
By Yoani Sanchez The rejection of what is different, of the foreign, looks equally bad as discrimination and humiliation. The strange “endophobia” displayed in excluding that which is similar, in denying equal rights to your own compatriots, is common on... [...]
So our president declared in response to Daschle's withdrawal, but the question is, why did he choose him in the first place? Is he failing to properly vet his nominations, or does he believe that the elite are above the...' [...]
Victor David Hanson, Via Instapundit: “Millions of Americans don’t have either Daschle’s or Geithner’s resources, yet they pay dearly to go to accountants, honestly turn over all their records, and then pay the full amount of taxation in accordance with... [...]
According to our local supplier of fish wrap, birdcage liner, and occasionally news, the Miami Herald reports that a new poll will be released today that indicates that the majority of Cuban-Americans support the embargo against Cuba's totalitarian dictatorship and... [...]
Over the weekend Gorki Aguila and his bandmates were arrested and then released by the regime. There's a good piece about the band which was produced by the CBC and aired yesterday. The correspondent does an admirable job in portraying... [...]
The New Man and the same old story. My brother clued me into this one which was published in February and is officially titled Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip to the Tune of... [...]
Our good friend Jose from Cubanology has a great article on the impact Babe Ruth had on baseball in Latin America, and in particular, Cuba. It's a very interesting read, especially for all you baseball fans out there. Enjoy it... [...]
In keeping with the recent protests lodged against the Cuban regime, blogger Alexis Romay of Belascoaín y Neptuno is currently planning a protest scheduled for March 1st outside the Cuban Mission to the United Nations in New York City. Romay... [...]
You know things are really going bad for the left and for El Presidente when the NY Times comes out and says that his pick for HHS has got to go. I got to give them credit here, in... [...]
You know things are really going bad for the left and for El Presidente when the NY Times comes out and says that his pick for HHS has got to go. I got to give them credit here, in... [...]
I have to admit that there are times when I truly wish I was a liberal. As most of you know, it is tiresome to constantly view the world for what it is and deal day-in and day-out with the... [...]
As the first African American to hold the highest office of this great nation, President Obama has a unique historical opportunity to further fulfill the dreams of the great Dr. Martin Luther King by demanding that all people of color... [...]
John Roche AKA songuacassal AKA the founder of CubanAmericanPundits.com has posted an essay there that's really worth reading: Come one and come all and come quickly before it’s gone! That’s right, you too should visit the world’s finest circus that... [...]
Doesn't it scare the shit out of you that the French -- the effing French, for Christ's sake! -- have rejected an Obama/Socialist style bailout program? Folks, when the biggest "Social" Democrats in Europe reject it and we embrace it,...' [...]
You MUST READ Yoani Sanchez' latest post. Sanchez was the recipient of the Ortega y Gasset Award for digital journalism. The award is the Spanish equivalent of the Pulitzer. She took her award and left in the shrine of Cuba's... [...]
I made a recent post about the picture of the coma andante with the President of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner. The post linked to a couple of articles claiming that the photo was a fake. Well a good friend of mine... [...]
...And the confiscatory tax rates. Groundhog bites Bloomberg at ceremony Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid a visit to an apparently-disgruntled constituent nicknamed 'Staten Island Chuck' on Groundhog's Day -- and got bit for his trouble. Staten Island's famous groundhog, Charles G.... [...]
Captain Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com brings us the lovely news: Obama to meet with Chavez I was just talking with a Venezuelan co-worker today about how little coverage Chavez and his antics get in the U.S. MSM. I asked rhetorically... [...]
When asked by lefty blowhard Peter Kornbluh Benicio del Toro said: First of all, the protesters hadn't seen the movie. They were protesting Che, or Fidel Castro, or Cuba, or the revolution. But they hadn't seen the movie, you know.... [...]
Fausta has reported on her blog that El Burro Chavez and El Presidente Obama will have a one on one in Trinidad when the two leaders will be among three dozen heads of government and state at the three... [...]
Does Obama support Tom Daschle? "Absolutely!" President Obama "absolutely" stands by Tom Daschle's nomination to be secretary of health and human services even though the former Senate majority leader dodged paying more than $128,000 in taxes until he after he... [...]
There is something to be said about the thrill involved in discovering one’s roots. A few years ago I had the pleasure of accompanying a young man who had arrived in Havana on just such an expedition. The story... [...]
"Del Toro won best actor for his role as Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara," reads the BBC Story. Why I'll have you know some of my best friends are Spaniards (they love hunting too. And are usually better wingshots than...' [...]
A scathing editorial on today's WSJ on how Tom's income tax evasion is being ignored and referred by the MSM as "mistake", "tax errors," ... BS. A must read folks ... This one is going to be fascinating to... [...]
One day after Spain celebrates the revolution, thousands protest against the regime in Madrid: photo: AP MADRID (AFP)--Thousands gathered Sunday in central Madrid to protest against Cuba's Communist regime, one day after a large rally in support of President Raul... [...]
A superb piece in The American Spectator on the reasons for the demise of the newspaper business. Here's a taste: The politics of the breed of reporter who entered the business after Watergate was, most of the time, liberal. That... [...]
A superb piece in The American Spectator on the reasons for the demise of the newspaper business. Here's a taste: The politics of the breed of reporter who entered the business after Watergate was, most of the time, liberal. That... [...]
Of course! Spain celebrates the 50th anniv. of Cuba rendered into a despot-ruled pesthole. They just CAN't live down the fact that Spaniards CLAMORED, STOOD in Line, and BEGGED (!!) to immigrate to Cuba PRIOR to it's Communist subjugation and...' [...]
I've been meaning to post this item for a while. Via George of therealcuba.com and also our good friend freedom4cuba we get this report about the most recent photo of fidel, the one with Argentina's president. George summarized the item...' [...]
32 days into the new year and, believe it or not, we already have a winner. And I quote, Democrats are sometimes harder on their own than conservatives are. Ladies and gentlemen, the unvarnished stupidity of that statement, the blatant... [...]
Happy Super Bowl Sunday infidels. Football is a great sport that is a favorite to us infidels. Only in America. Since my team is not in this one, I'm rooting for Arizona. It is my favorite state in the...' [...]
One of my pet peeves is the effing recycling bin. I've always thought that recycling was just another bullshit scam perpetrated by liberal administrations as an experiment in the obedience of the ignorant masses. I hate it. I am dragged...' [...]
It seems interesting that our response to raul’s visit to Russia has been to virtually ignore it, even as it has been ballyhooed in the international media. I think I know why… Russian officials promised the delivery of 25,000 tons... [...]
Infidels, this is pathetic --- Despite being even a bigger tax cheat than the Secretary of the Treasury, the HHS Nominee has Obama's "Confidence." Tom Daschle, who has amended his U.S. tax forms to pay back taxes with interest,... [...]
Well, well, well. I think the bloom is off the rose when it comes to Obama merchandising. His lawyers are looking to "limit" the use of his image and likeness in commercial endeavors: Barack Obama’s popularity makes him a marketer’s... [...]
Tuesday morning's ad on Craigslist read: 9am to noon. No items available before 9. 63XX SW XX Drive, two blocks south of XX Dr, one block west of SW 62 Ave. A variety of household goods, some furniture, electronics, tools,... [...]
