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• The Bay of Pigs—An Anniversary of Heroism and Shame Wed Apr 17
  Humberto Fontova
  "Wimps,” sneers Michael Moore in his book Downsize This, referring to men (and boys, some as young as 16) who 52 years ago this week hit a Cuban beach now known as the Bay of Pigs. ... more
• Mr Hugo Chavez, You Were NO Fidel Castro Fri Mar 8
  Humberto Fontova
  Events this week showed that in the pantheon of heroes for America’s liberal elite Hugo Chavez was a pathetic D-lister. The Venezuelan buffoon never amassed even a teeeeeenzy fraction of Fidel Castro’s U.S. celebrity, tycoon and politician fan-base. ... more
• Loudmouthed Latino Demonstrators Cow American-Owned Hotel Sat Feb 16
  Humberto Fontova
  This week some “Latinos” in Florida detected an “ethnic slur” on the wall of the ritzy South Beach Hotel W’s lounge. Within minutes all hell broke loose. A few stormed over to the manager and DEMANDED it be taken down, promptly and ceremoniously! ... more
• Venezuela's Chavez improving after tough cancer fight: Fidel Castro Mon Feb 4
  Reuters News
• Happy Holidays, Saudi Arabia Sat Jan 5
  Bill O'Reilly
  With Christmas now in the rearview mirror, it is perplexing that some far-left bloggers are still bemoaning the fact that Newsweek magazine proclaimed that folks who respect the traditions of the Christmas holiday "won" the battle against secular progressives who want to diminish the birth of Jesus in the public square. ... more
• Thanksgiving Terror from Fidel and Che Mon Nov 26
  Humberto Fontova
  Furious at failing to start a worldwide nuclear war and incinerating millions of people 50 years ago last month, the bosom chum of “peace candidate” George Mc Govern tried again 50 years ago this month. In fact, the terror plot to incinerate and entomb thousands of New York holiday shoppers came 50 years ago last week. ... more
• Hotel official: Fidel Castro appears in public Sun Oct 21
  AP News
• The Cuban Missile Crisis—Kennedy’s Second Backstab Tue Oct 16
  Humberto Fontova
  That Khrushchev swept the floor with Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis was a mainstream American view throughout much of the Cold War. Nixon and Goldwater, for instance, represented opposite poles of the Republican establishment of their time. ... more
• “Don’t Shoot!—I’m Che!” (A Glorious Anniversary) Sat Oct 6
  Humberto Fontova
  Forty five years ago this week, Ernesto "Che" Guevara got a major dose of his own medicine. Without trial he was declared a murderer, stood against a wall and shot. If the saying "What goes around comes around" ever fit, it's here. ... more
• Communism on Parade? High School Marches to Marx and Lenin Fri Sep 28
  Paul Kengor
  “What do you think of this?” So began a phone call from Todd Starnes of FoxNews radio. Starnes asked me for a comment on a shocking story: A band at a high school near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania performed a halftime show titled, “St. Petersburg 1917,” a musical commemoration of the Bolshevik Revolution, replete with hammers and sickles, military uniforms, and red flags. ... more
• The Fallacy of Redistribution Thu Sep 20
  Thomas Sowell
  The recently discovered tape on which Barack Obama said back in 1998 that he believes in redistribution is not really news. He said the same thing to Joe the Plumber four years ago. But the surfacing of this tape may serve a useful purpose if it gets people to thinking about what the consequences of redistribution are. ... more
• A Vote For Romney is a Vote Against Socialism Fri Sep 7
  Diana West
  Back in 2008, during the peak illusory powers of Barack Obama as the post-partisan hopester-and-changer, the media consistently failed to report that the statist beliefs of the Democratic presidential nominee came straight from the socialist playbook. ... more
• “I Would Vote For Obama!” Squeals Castro’s Daughter Sun May 27
  Humberto Fontova
  “If I were a U.S. citizen I'd vote for Obama for president," said Mariela Castro during her San Francisco conference this week. "I think he is sincere, I think he speaks from the heart." ... more
• Che Guevara Adorned Reno-Tahoe Airport Sun May 13
  Humberto Fontova
  A painting of Che Guevara subtitled <i>“Revolucion!”</i> by a Mexican–American artist was on display for over three months at the International Airport in Reno, Nevada, USA. On May 9th it was taken down by airport officials as originally scheduled. Complaints by outraged airport patrons had nothing to do with this removal. ... more
• 'Fidel Castro is Macho!' Squeals A Smitten Bill Maher Tue Apr 17
  Humberto Fontova
  As his audience clapped and squealed like seals last week a smirking Bill Maher gushed that: “Castro is a Bad*ss because we (the U.S.) have been trying to kill him for 60 years!” His trained seals howled and clapped --not at the (alleged) assassination attempts, obviously-- but at their failure against the mass-murderer who had craved to nuke them. ... more
• Why Would a Pro-Castro Sentiment Only Offend Cubans? Tue Apr 17
  Dennis Prager
  As all baseball fans and many other Americans know, the manager of the Miami Marlins, Ozzie Guillen, told Time magazine that he loves Fidel Castro. ... more
• On Ozzie Guillen, Fidel Castro, and Baseball in Cuba Sun Apr 15
  Paul Kengor
  “I love Fidel Castro,” said Florida Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen to Time magazine. “A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that [expletive] is still here.” Guillen “respects” the Cuban despot. ... more
• Strike Two For Marlin Manager Ozzie Guillen Wed Apr 11
  Humberto Fontova
  Last week Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen told Time magazine that he “loves and respects” Fidel Castro. This week, reacting to outrage by Americans of Cuban heritage (i.e. a huge chunk of Marlin ticket-buyers,) the MLB suspended Guillen for five games. Apparently eager to head-off worse retribution (and damage–control ticket sales) on April 19th a moping Guillen issued a groveling apology at a Miami press Conference. ... more
• Dancing with the Stars is Hot—(on Historical Truth) Sun Apr 8
  Humberto Fontova
  For historical truths you’ll never get from the New York Times, NPR, The History Channel, CNN NBC much less your history professor click on Dancing With The Stars nowadays. ... more
• Pope Blesses Castroism Fri Mar 30
  Humberto Fontova
  “Viva Christ the King! –Down with Communism!” the defiant yells “made the walls of La Cabana prison tremble,” wrote eyewitness to these firing squad massacres, Armando Valladares, who suffered 22 torture-filled years in Castro’s prisons and was later appointed by Ronald Reagan as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission. ... more
• Fidel Castro asks for 'modest and simple' meeting with pope Wed Mar 28
  Townhall.com Staff
• Pope available to meet with Fidel Castro in Cuba Fri Mar 16
  AP News
• Jim Belushi Rushes from Obama Fundraiser to Fidel Castro Fundraiser Tue Mar 13
  Humberto Fontova
  “I love Cuba!” bellowed comedian Jim Belushi last week from a Havana stage. The comedian who cashed-in on his comedian brother’s name was giving a stand-up routine as guest of honor of a regime whose “constitution” mandates two years in prison for any subject overheard cracking a joke about his host. ... more
• Vetting Obama's Pastor Fri Mar 9
  Humberto Fontova
  “I have been affiliated with the Cuba Council of Churches since the 1980s,” boasted Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a sermon on July 16th 2006. ... more
• Could Breitbart, Limbaugh and the New Media Have Saved Cuba By Vetting Fidel Castro And His MSM Champions? Tue Mar 6
  Humberto Fontova
  "In all essentials, Castro's battle for Cuba was a media public relations campaign, fought in New York and Washington." (Paul Johnson, Modern Times) ... more

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