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Tag Archives: Cuba
Be Thankful for Insurance Companies
Don’t like them? Cuba hasn’t any…and thus hurricane damage is forever. Ike is thereby beating down on towns in Cuba still unrepaired from Hurricane Charlie, in 2004. “It’s been four years since Charlie and we’re still waiting for new homes,” … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged 2004, Charlie, concrete, Cuba, hurricane, Ike, insurance, La Contra Revolucion, Rachel Gonzalez Ojeda
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Medvedev’s Caribbean Dream
A depressingly confused analogy from Medvedev on US aid to Georgia: “I wonder how they would like it if we sent humanitarian assistance using our navy to countries of the Caribbean that have suffered from the recent hurricanes.” (AFP) We’d … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged 1898, Caribbean, Cold War, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Grenada, Haiti, hegemony, human rights, humanitarian, hurricane, Medvedev, Moscow, Putin, Putinism, resistance, Russia, United States, Venezuela
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The Gulag
Too often, I have heard people I know laud Cuba’s health care or some other aspect of their nation. If you are someone who admires Castro’s Cuba – please read this
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Armando Valladares, communism, Cuba, Health Care, totalitarianism
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Russia as Rogue
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says “the world can forget about” Georgia’s territorial integrity. Quite a remarkable statement from the former permanent representative to the United Nations. As a statement of purpose or justification in his country’s war, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Abkhazia, charter, conflict, conquest, Cuba, foreign inister, Georgia, irridentism, Russia, separatists, Serbia, Sergei Lavrov, South Ossetia, United Nations, war
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Vaclav Havel Urges EU To Take A Stand Against Cuba
The New Centrist posts a letter from the former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, and other signatories, highlighting Cuba’s systematic violations of individual rights, and encouraging the EU to aggressively address the communist nation: Five years ago, the European Union … Continue reading
McCain in Indy
John McCain is speaking in Indianapolis today. Some high lites * Doesn’t think subsidies are needed for ethanol * Speech was heavy on National Defense * Wants free and fair elections in Cuba, will not provide aid or assistance until … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Keith's Page
Tagged Cuba, ethanol, ExactTarget, Indianapolis, McCain, National Defense
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The Sickening
A Cuban medical office with a sign reading “No prescriptions available.” Photo by: Dr. Darsi Ferrer [via The Real Cuba]. News of Fidel Castro’s retirement has elicited some interesting responses. Chris Bertram’s has to be one of the most arrogant … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Foreign affairs, Health Care, MichaelW's Page
Tagged apologists, communism, Cuba, Education, Fidel Castro, Health Care, Michael Moore, retires, socialism, The Real Cuba
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Visit the People’s Paradise
Communist documents promoting North Korea, which were seized from Cuban personnel during the invasion of Grenada in 1983. Not your ordinary tourist brochures. Click to enlarge: photo: Department of Defense
Posted in History, Lee's Page
Tagged 1983, brochures, communism, communist, Cuba, Grenada, North Korea, paradise, propaganda, tourist
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Silk Purses and Sow’s Ears
(Cross Posted at What if?) We all know that you cannot make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Similarly, an anti-racism conference that features Libya as its chair, with Cuba as its vice-chair, has virtually no chance of achieving … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Media, Peg's Page, Race
Tagged Canada, Cuba, HRC, human rights, Human Rights Comittee, Israel, Libya, racism, UN
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Savimbi Gets Robbed
The tomb of Jonas Savimbi in Moxico has been looted by graverobbers. A number of items were stolen including his bronze epitaph. A bit of a sad addendum for the former US ally and UNITA leader who had battled the … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Angola, Angolan Civil War, Cold War, Cuba, epitaph, Jonas Savimbi, Maoist, Marxist, Moxico, MPLA, Soviet Union, tactics, UNITA, US, Vice Presidency
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Waiting for the Order
Video clip of John McCain recounting his experience as a Navy pilot waiting on alert standby to bomb targets in Cuba during the missile crisis.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged bomb, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, John McCain, Navy, pilot
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Castro Lives?
Brian Ledbetter thinks he may have found the elusive Cuban despot in Cairo.
Own Your Own Communist Dirt Charms
For only six bucks the Revolutionary Lemonade Stand sells necklaces with glass bottle pendants containing soil samples from only the holiest totalitarian shrines. Select your choice of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba, or East Los Angeles (in occupied Aztlán).
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Aztlan, Cuba, dirt, Jewelry, leftists, Los Angeles, Palestine, Venezuela
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