it IS nepotism:
Cuba’s ailing leader Fidel Castro has defended naming his brother Raul to stand in for him last year, saying no one in the communist country’s national assembly saw it as nepotism.
Of course no one in Cuba’s national disassembly sees Raul Castro taking over for brother Fidel as nepotism. Fidel himself told them […]
Archive for December, 2007
To the rest of us, those with common sense and brains,
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Posted in Castro Is Dead, Politics, Raul Castro | No Comments »
Ya gotta see this…
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Babalu Blog has posted an editorial cartoon that says it all.
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Vote the December poll
Friday, December 21st, 2007All I want for Christmas is…
A free Cuba (and Venezuela)
All of the above
A box of fine cigars
Time off
Lechon, moros, turron, yuca, and family and friends
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Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet calls Castro apologists at UN to account
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Well, in a hypothetical post by Henry Gomez of Babalu Blog, anyway, the Useless Nations and the media are called to account for their tacit–and in some cases, wide open–support of Castro’s regime. Here’s a choice snippet:
But this body is not just guilty of inaction when confronted with deplorable crimes. Sadly it’s much […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Castro hints at retirement
Monday, December 17th, 2007The news comes, oh, about 48 years too late, but it nevertheless is there. Fidel Castro dropped hints he might be retiring soon, according to Reuters:
“My elemental duty is not to hold on to positions and less to obstruct the path of younger people,” the 80-year-old Castro said in a letter read on […]
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Vote in the December poll
Friday, December 14th, 2007All I want for Christmas is…
A free Cuba (and Venezuela)
All of the above
A box of fine cigars
Time off
Lechon, moros, turron, yuca, and family and friends
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Int’l Human Rights Day marches in Cuba, Miami, elsewhere
Monday, December 10th, 2007Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty (BUCL) and Babalu Blog are reporting a number of protest marches today–which is International Human Rights Day–in support of freedom for Cuba.
Some of the marches will take place in Miami and Los Angeles. Some are scheduled to take place in Cuba. Naturally, the Castroite dictatorship […]
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Venezuela “Just Says Freaking NO!” to Hugo
Monday, December 3rd, 2007In case you missed it, Fidel Castro’s hand-puppet Hugo Chavez got punked at the ballot box by Venezuelans who voted against a proposal that would’ve made him dictator president dictator nearly for life. The proposal would’ve also given a “full-steam ahead” to a number of socialist measures.
The proposal was narrowly beaten. Surprisingly, Chavez […]
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December Castro Death Watch poll
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007All I want for Christmas is…
A free Cuba (and Venezuela)
All of the above
A box of fine cigars
Time off
Lechon, moros, turron, yuca, and family and friends
View Results
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