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The rumor mill is spinning?
2007-08-25 01:05:00 …like a windvane during a hurricane, with news that Fidel Castro is really, finally dead. Spanish- (and English-) language radio and TV, newspaper websites, blogs, even Drudge. Everyone’s talking about it–but acknowledging it as a rumor at this point. I myself saw little activity in Miami (related to celebrations, or anything similar), ... More About: Rumor , Spinning , Spinn
Take the August poll now, one week left
2007-08-24 14:03:00 The poll question is… Finish this sentence: A year without Fidel Castro is like a year without… More About: Poll , Left , Week , August
Shame on Brazil
2007-08-24 13:58:00 Sending two Cuban boxers back to prison over a technicality instead of letting them find asylum in another country, such as Germany, where they had applied for such: Two Cuban boxers who abandoned the Pan American Games were deported from Brazil because of problems with their visas and not political pressure from Cuba, Brazil’s justice minister ... More About: Defection , Useful Idiots , Sham , Shame
Even in death he won?t shut up
2007-08-24 13:47:00 Yet he remains quiet about his health… possibly because his body temperature is now the same as room temperature? A new newspaper column signed by Fidel Castro and published Thursday again attacks U.S. policies toward the island but does not address his health. Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque told journalists in Brazil on Thursday that the 81-year-old ... More About: Death , Shut , Shut Up
First person to be arrested under new law: Fidel Castro
2007-08-24 13:42:00 Anti-corruption laws toughened in Cuba Acting leader Raúl Castro has ordered harsher penalties for public officials who break labor rules. Ratcheting up his fight against corruption and mismanagement in Cuba, interim leader Raúl Castro has signed a decree requiring tough, swift and long-lasting punishment for public officials who violate labor rules. If slavery is illegal under this new ... More About: Economy , Arrested , Fidel Castro
Castro is ?fine?
2007-08-24 04:42:00 So says his parrot, Felipe Perez Roque. The fact that Castro ’s lackeys have to deny his death tells me he’s probably already roasting at very high temperatures. In any event, Perez Rockhead’s “Castro ‘is fine’” comment has inspired me to write the following song parody, based on the Beatles’ “I Feel Fine .” ...
Art imitating the reality of Cuba
2007-08-23 14:07:00 Before today, I’d never heard of the artist Victor Huerta Batista, who is based in Cuba . But I like the theme of some of his work, as it reflects the reality of Castro’s Cuba: In Huerta’s “rampant imaginative world”–as (University of Arizona Museum of Art) curator Lisa Fischman calls it–the whole population of Cuba ... More About: Reality , Ality
Dictator 4 Life
2007-08-22 03:36:00 Venezuela’s rubber-stamp congress moved closer to allowing Fidel Castro’s parrot, Hugo Chavez, to become dictator for life (or for a very long time at least). They gave the initial thumbs up to a series of so-called “reforms” that would allow Mini-Me, er, Chavez, to stay in office for a seven-year term rather than the ... More About: Politics , Life , Venezuela , Dictator
Cuban journalist ?freed? from prison
2007-08-22 03:10:00 Of course, when you’re talking about Fidel Castro’s Cuba, being “freed” from prison is a relative term. After all, Cuba under the Castro brothers is nothing but a huge, open-air prison. But I digress. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt Reina was released Monday. ... More About: Media , Human Rights , Freedom of the Press , Prison
Shyeah, this?ll win the Cuban-American vote
2007-08-21 15:25:00 Obama, Obama, Obama. It takes more than a speech in Little Havana to endear yourself to Cuban -American s. You’re already starting out with a handicap: you belong to the wrong political party. And now this? ”We regret that Sen. Obama has been so ill-advised as to assume that lifting sanctions against Cuba’s dictatorial regime will bring about ... More About: Politics , Vote , Yeah
A year without Fidel Castro is like a year without? (August poll)
2007-08-21 13:46:00 Don’t forget to take the August poll. The poll question is… Finish this sentence: A year without Fidel Castro is like a year without… More About: Poll , Fidel Castro , Year
Is Castro (finally) dead?
2007-08-20 15:25:00 Lots of rumors floating around that Fidel Castro is finally dead. Babalu Blog has a few posts dedicated to the topic, here’s the latest one. The Caudillo Maximo hasn’t posted any new blatherings on his propaganda website. Castro’s Mini-Me, Hugo Chavez, is denying Castro is dead (and we all know how good a commie’s word is). The fact that, ... More About: Dead , Finally , Fina , Ally
Aww, poow widdle babies
2007-08-20 14:10:00 The five CONVICTED (that’s right, CONVICTED) spies Castro sent to the U.S. (disclaimer: link goes to a website I own) are appealing their prison sentences. Why? Because, {sniff, sniff} they say their sentences are {whine, whine} too long: Almost nine years after their arrest, five Cubans convicted of spying on the U.S. government and South Florida exile groups ... More About: Babies , Anti-Communism , Babi
Help Jamaica - Hurricane Dean
2007-08-20 14:01:00 Now that I’m married to a Jamaica n-British beauty, I’m taking a greater interest in happenings on the island. So I’d like to take this opportunity to ask you to help those harmed by Hurricane Dean . If you live in South Florida, you can drop off non-perishable (canned) food, batteries, flashlights, bottled water and ... More About: Hurricane Dean , Cane
Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, ho?
2007-08-16 04:45:00 Either these guys are kissing major butt, or they have the most deliciously wicked sense of sarcasm: The Cuban Journalists Union (UPEC) granted “President” Fidel Castro the Prize to (sic) Dignity for his exceptional merits and his work in favor of the Cuban press. Prize of Dignity?!?!?! To CASTRO!?!?!?! Har, har, I’ve been ...
Unhappy birthday to you
2007-08-14 02:48:00 After last year’s song-and-dance over Fidel Castro’s 80th birthday, there isn’t much talk about his eighty-worst now. Granma’s English website just has a silly cartoon and some kiss-up letters from the five convicted spies serving their sentences in the U.S. Funny, I wonder if they’d publish letters from the political prisoners languishing in Cuba’s prisons. For that ... More About: Birthday
Brothers to the Rescue documentary in the works
2007-08-06 03:25:00 At a time when the most visible movie related to Cuba is a sick(o), twisted propaganda piece on Castro’s so-called “health system,” here’s a breath of fresh air: Now, more than a decade later, (niece of Brothers to the Rescue shootdown victim Armando Alejandre, Jr., Christina) Khuly wants to make the tragedy real for a ... More About: Media , Documentary , Anti-Communism , Works
August Castro Death Watch poll
2007-08-02 13:01:00 Wow, where has July gone? In case you’re wondering, other than a very brief (as in, WAAAAAAY too brief) honeymoon (yes, I got married, on July 7th), I did not go on vacation. I’ve just been extremely busy and will probably be just as busy this month. But at least I got ... More About: Watch , Poll , Castro , Death , August
Tie goes to? (July poll question)
2007-07-03 03:16:00 Okay, last month’s poll question was quite lame (yes, I know, and it’s not the only lame post I’ve ever done here). In case you’re wondering, last month’s poll question was simply a list of suggestions for this month’s poll question. And we have a tie. Because one of the winners (When ... More About: Question , Poll , July , Goes
As Castro?s health improves,
2007-06-21 02:45:00 the health of journalists unjustly condemned to Castro ’s Gulag during the Black Spring of 2003 suffers: Families and friends of eight independent Cuban journalists who have been unjustly imprisoned since 2003 say that the health of their loved ones has seriously deteriorated in recent months amid poor prison conditions and insufficient health care. In a series ... More About: Health , Human Rights , Freedom of the Press , Rove
Si Dios fuera negro, mi compai*
2007-06-21 02:38:00 He wouldn’t want to live in Cuba: “Their rights and protection from potential genocide and violence depended on them never trying to organize politically as blacks,” said Mark Sawyer, a UCLA professor who spent 11 months in Cuba researching his recently published book, Racial Politics in Post-Revolutionary Cuba. That kind of talk also likely scares ... More About: Human Rights , Dios , Negro , Compa
Heard on ?The Tonight Show with Jay Leno?
2007-06-21 02:28:00 According to a new study 30 percent of Cubans are overweight. The other 70 percent are still in Cuba. Heh, heh, good one, Jay! More About: Tonight Show With Jay Leno , Funnies , Show , Leno , Tonight
Letter from a friend to Today?s Matt Lauer
2007-06-08 04:48:00 Babalu Blog and a few others have been watching closely as Matt Lauer (of NBC’s Today Show) reports from Cuba this week. As can be expected of the MSM’s coverage of Cuba, Today’s reportage has left viewers with an inaccurate impression of the island and the 48 years of Castroite destruction of the Pearl ... More About: Letter , Friend , Matt Lauer
June poll, as it were
2007-06-06 04:31:00 As you can see from the previous post, I’ve been quite busylately. So I couldn’t think of anything more imaginative for this month’s poll than to ask… What should next month's (July's) poll question be? When will Castro die already? WHY won't Castro die already? Where will Castro die? How will Castro die? Who cares about Castro, it's summer! Add ... More About: June , Poll
Wowzers, it?s been ages?
2007-06-06 04:15:00 …since I last posted. A lot has been going on in my life lately, from the miniscule to the humongous: My recent spat with the phone(y) company, as detailed here I’m getting married in a little more than a month I moved to a new place–rather, I’m still in the process of moving in (just got furniture ... More About: Been , Ages
Happy Birthday to me (plug for our poll)
2007-05-24 11:32:00 Yep, it’s my birthday today. The best gift you can give me (aside from this coming Saturday’s winning numbers in the Florida Lottery) is to vote in the May poll: Why did Fidel Castro miss May Day this year? Hugo Chavez wasn't up to the task of putting his hand up Fidel's wazoo and speaking without ... More About: Poll , Happy , Birthday , Plug , Happy Birthday
Castro says he?s ?better??
2007-05-24 04:42:00 That must mean he died, right? I mean, that’s the ONLY way he could truly be better. Well, at least the latest Granma press release, er, ASSociated Press dispatch says he’s doing “better.” But according to this photo my brother sent me, I don’t know… One thing’s for sure, now he looks like one of ... More About: Castro , Bett , Astro
Screw Spain?s Socialists
2007-05-23 04:34:00 The Socialist government of Spain wants to relive the days of concentration camps and the like for Cuba. But a group of bloggers called Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty is doing everything it can to expose José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero and his ilk: The Spanish government is being denounced by Bloggers United for Cuban ... More About: Anti-Communism , Screw , Crew , Cialis
Short answer: ?Cause they?re a couple of stinkin? commie pinko a-hole dicta
2007-05-16 02:47:00 Why Chávez, Castro bash U.S. ethanol plan More About: Politics , Answer , Venezuela , Couple
Bloom(berg)in? Idiots
More articles from this author:2007-05-16 02:38:00 Reporters are taught to question everything. That is, unless they’re dealing with Castro ’s government: Cuban President Fidel Castro is exercising daily and has regained the 40 pounds he lost after surgery last summer, and his health crisis is “definitely behind us,” Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told Mexico’s daily newspaper Reforma. And… Perez denied that Cuba ... More About: Politics , Media , Idiots , Bloom 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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