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When Anders and Linda was here we took heaps of photos and I've just started to go through them all uploading them on the website and creating a photo book. It takes heaps of time but I thought I would at least share some of the pics from the great time we had in Adelaide. Follow the link below to go have a look.
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Easter weekend
Easter weekend is over and we're enjoying our last couple of days in Adelaide. We've had a pretty relaxed day today with a visit to the CBD. Well needed after a busy couple of days spent on a Easter family lunch, crabbing in Ardrossan and on a winery tour in McLaren Vale.
We caught 95 blue crabs on our trip to Ardrossan, same spot as we went crabbing on Boxing Day last year. A record catch in my short crabbing career. As always I enjoy catching them more than eating them and Anders and Linda felt the same way. But a couple of freshly cooked crabs are yummy, maybe not 95 of them though.
Yesterday we enjoyed a great day on a tour around McLaren Vale visiting no less than six (!) wineries. My favourite was Wirra Wirra Vineyards which had really good wines. Chapel Hill impressed me the least. The guy that owns Settlement Wines was a real character and I enjoyed the wines there as well, especially the port wines.
The weather has been a bit average so far. Unfortunately it will be really nice and sunny again in Adelaide after we leave and it looks like we'll have a rainy stay in Sydney coming up.
Dont get me wrong it's still good to be on holiday and to hang out with Anders and Linda but if the weather was sunny and a tad bit warmer it would have been the icing on the cake.
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Holiday mood
I'm starting to get into holiday mood and I like it. Anders and Linda arrived on Saturday and we had a nice weekend together visiting the International Flower & Garden show in Carlton, showing them the city and having barbecues on the balcony. I had to go back to work on the Monday and Tuesday but Simon had time off so he kept then busy with some shopping, a trip to Torquay and a visit to Williamstown.
Yesterday, my first holiday day, we flew over to Adelaide to visit Simon's family. A rainy first day offered some more shopping and I bought myself a pair of Merrell shoes so now I'm prepared for all the walking!
Today we've spent the day getting up close and personal with some of Australia's wildlife petting both koalas and kangaroos.
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I discovered something new today, IKEA in Adelaide has pick & mix lollies (in Swedish lösgodis). IKEA in Melbourne doesn't, how unfair is that?! I believe it has to do with the fact that the Australian IKEA stores are different franchise businesses. I discovered this when I tried to use a gift voucher I have from back home but couldn't since it was purchased in Melbourne. Apparently Adelaide and Perth belong to one franchise and the rest of them to another. That explains why the map on the IKEA website looks like below.
All of a sudden it also makes sense why the chest of drawers that I went to IKEA to buy (because it was sold out back home) was on sale in Melbourne when we went there before Christmas and not in Adelaide. Luckily enough it ended up being included in the after-Christmas sale here in Adelaide though so I got the discount in the end anyway.
Happy New Year 2013!
2012 has been a very exciting year for us with lots of twist and turns on our life roller coaster, the biggest of course being the move we made to Australia in July. 2012 has been a year of both joyful meetings and sad goodbyes. A memorable meeting was in March when I met up with Becca in Stockholm, one of the three kids (now a grown up woman though) I looked after as a nanny in Boston back in the day. I had such a great time catching up with her and I hope it won't be 7 years until next time. The saddest of goodbyes of them all was of course when leaving friends, family and animals to move Down Under.
2012 was also the year I made my wedding photographer debut at our good friends Maria & Håkan's wedding. We also celebrated Simon turning 30 and sadly missed out on my brother's wedding at the Canary Islands. We will also remember 2012 as a year of travelling with awesome long weekend trips to Amsterdam, Prag and a not so awesome, but still memorable, trip to see Swedish House Mafia in Dublin.
2012 was also the year when I made a career change when I swapped my job as a Product Manager for a position as a Purchasing Manager, an interesting challenge indeed. I've also been lucky to be able to be involved in starting up the brand new local SWEA organisation here in Melbourne and become part of the board.
It's now time to say goodbye to the year 2012 and welcome the brand new 2013. We're excited to see what it has in store for us and hope it will be filled with lots of joy and happiness. We already know it has a visit from my brother and sister-in-law in store for us as well as a Swedish House Mafia concert so we're off to a good start. We hope you all have a smashing New Year's celebration, toast in the new year in style and we wish you all the best for the year ahead.
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Boxing Day fun
Some go shopping looking for bargains on Boxing Day and others go crabbing. We decided to go crabbing and left early for Ardrossan to get there before the low tide. Ardrossan is a small town about 150 km from Adelaide on the east coast of the Yorke Peninsula.
We weren't quite as successful as on last year's crabbing up in Tickera, outside Wallaroo but it was still fun. This time we were six people crabbing for about 2 hours and "only" caught 37 crabs. Enough for a feed though so I'm not complaining.
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Weekend in Radelaide
Yes, I know it's already Wednesday and my weekend update is only posted today but there have just not been enough time left over to blog. Work is busy at the moment, on Monday night we were invited over for dinner at a couple of friends' house and I've had SWEA stuff I've had to do so I've been flat out. On top of that my back has been hurting, I strained a muscle at boot camp on Thursday it felt alright over the weekend but then went all bad again Monday night. To be honest I'm a little cranky since I've not been able to sleep properly for 3 nights because it hurts when I move and on Monday night even when I breathed.
But enough whinging back to the weekend. We left work early on Friday and it took us about 8-8.5h to drive over to Adelaide. The drive wasn't too bad but there were lots of road works slowing us down which was annoying. We had Simon's cousins wedding on, on Saturday and spent the whole day celebrating. It was a nice low key, budget wedding but nice to catch up with family. Sunday we just relaxed a bit before we had to drive back home. It's a very long drive to do just over the weekend and I don't think we'll be doing it again since half the weekend is spent in the car. But the flights were around $500 return for the both of us and with our trusty Cruze who took us both there and back on less than two tanks we saved probably aroun $350.


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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: Robert Nicholas Blackburn
Born: Ada, OK, USA, in 1982
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Pitcher
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Major League Games: 145
Primary Team: Minnesota Twins
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First major league game: 9/3/2007
Final major league game: 8/17/2012
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Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement on Nevada's unemployment rate falling to 8.7 percent in January.
"Nevada has come a long way during the economic recession. And while this is welcome news, unfortunately far too many continue to look for a job. To help Nevadans looking for work, we need to ensure that we make badly-needed job-creating investments, and provide the lifeline of unemployment insurance to those who have lost their job through no fault of their own–so they can continue to feed their families, and pay their bills.
"I'm pleased that last week we finally reached an agreement to extend long term unemployment insurance for 5 months. The Senate will quickly move to act on this compromise when we return to Washington next week. Nevadans who are out of work deserve this peace of mind while they continue to search for work."


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@irontoenail - To some extent I agree with you, but I think there are certain professions where drug testing should be mandatory and expected. Pilots, for example, should not be doing drugs and I don't care if they are only having a joint on the weekend or not. The same goes for anyone who is going to be operating machinery. If they don't like it, they can find a different profession.
I think doctors, nurses, policemen and possibly teachers should be included in that as well. When you are trusted with the lives of other people I don't think doing drugs is a good look.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Wal-Mart Stores (WMT - Get Report) and American Express rolled out the radical Bluebird cash card service in October and now they have made the service so much better.
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This year Contented Calf is proud to be attending and sponsoring the NCT Birth, Baby & Beyond Fair at York House, Twickenham
What will you be doing on Saturday 22nd October between 11am and 2pm?
Well this year Contented Calf is proud to not only be attending, but also sponsoring the NCT Birth, Baby & Beyond Fair at York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AA.
We're really excited about being at this year's fair as we'll really get to showcase the delicious recipes in The Contented Calf Cookbook – yes, you'll be able to sample some of the tasty treats the cookbook has to offer. Plus we'll be having a prize draw, where the winner can win over £165 worth of prizes!!! So please come along, stop by and say hello.
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Big K.R.I.T. took to his Twitter to let us know when his mixtape, "4evaNaDay" is dropping as well as his first single from his debut album, "Live From The Underground," off Def Jam. Both are dropping next month!
K.R.I.T. tweeted, "my 1st single "I GOT THIS" droppin Feb 1st & #4evaNaDay droppin feb.20th its goin down shawty cant wait for yall 2 hear this #Multi"


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The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here Is A Wartime Musical Done With A Minimum Of Plot And A Lot Of Song And Dance.Carmen Miranda Has A Memorable Number, And Benny Goodman Makes An Appearance And Even Sings.
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Wales' defence of their Six Nations crown is teetering on the brink of failure as a buoyant France side visit the Millennium Stadium on Friday.
If Warren Gatland's side are to have any chance of retaining their title and recording a historic hat-trick they must bounce back from their worst Six Nations defeat since 2006 after losing 26-3 to Ireland in Dublin.
Wales have lost only one of the last seven Six Nations encounters in Cardiff, but the inconsistency of their performances in the opening two rounds will give France hope of a rare win outside Paris.
Les Bleus are winless in their last four Six Nations away games - their worst such sequence since 1986 - and have won just once on the road in the Championship since February 2011.
France have not opened a campaign with three successive wins since they went on to take the Grand Slam in 2010 but success in Cardiff will open up the way for tilt at silverware, with a showdown against Ireland at the Stade de France in the last game of the tournament.
Gatland raised eyebrows on Wednesday as he announced Ospreys scrum-half Rhys Webb would make his first start, in place of 82-cap Mike Phillips.
Luke Charteris missed that chastening defeat in Dublin with a hamstring injury but is fit enough to reclaim Andrew Coombes' place in the pack, while Scarlets winger Liam Williams replaced his injured namesake, Scott.
Injuries to Jonathan Davies and Scott Williams have forced Gatland to modify his midfield, which has long been the spearhead of his team's attack.
Jamie Roberts' - the tournament's top ball-carrier to date - partnership with George North will be the seventh different starting combination in the Welsh centres in the last eight games. When Wales won last year's tournament, Roberts and Davies started every game together.
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has made just one change to his team for Friday's Six Nations clash with in Cardiff.
Back-rower Wenceslas Lauret comes in to replace Racing Metro team-mate Bernard Le Roux, who sustained an injury during the 30-10 win over Italy.
Saint-Andre otherwise retains the team that posted a second successive Six Nations victory this season as Les Bleus destroyed Italy with an devastating nine-minute spell.
Changes on the replacements' bench include a call-up for Castres back Remi Tales, while his club colleague - hooker Brice Mach - steps in for an injured Benjamin Kayser.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 George North, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (capt), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 James Hook.
France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Hugo Bonneval, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Yoann Maestri 4 Pascal Pap?capt), 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Thomas Domingo.
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This is an ongoing project of mine for my children and grandchildren. I want them to know their roots and if they could go back far enough, they'd meet Noah. We are one people, one race and all related. On this tree you will find the following surnames: Casselman, Burkmar, Field, Wells-Armstrong, Smith, Hill and Stirling. |
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Almost all cancers can be attributed to known carcinogens and carcinogenic lifestyles, such as tobacco, alcohol, sun, excessive red and processed meats, lack of fruit and vegetables, obesity, bacteria, viruses and lack of exercise. Yet with so many people getting cancer these days, not to mention the apparent increase in fertility problems, allergies, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome and other modern-day maladies, you can't help but wonder about man-made chemicals in our food, homes and the environment. Given the ubiquity of their use, it's easy to blame ingredients in cosmetics. Many substances haven't been well studied, and there are vested interests on both sides ensuring the message about the safety or danger of chemicals gets maximum – and credible – airplay. The US-based health and environment advocacy coalition, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, is lobbying to get the personal care products industry to phase out use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health concerns, and replace them with safer alternatives – already with some successes.
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On October 5 1966 the first James Bond film Dr No was released in the UK, beginning one of the most enduring, if not successful, movie franchises ever.
Soon the 23rd Bond film Skyfall opens worldwide, starring the sixth 007 in the series, Daniel Craig.
With the 50th anniversary of the first film looming, former Bond stars have picked their favorite 007.
For Bond girl Eunice Grayson, who starred in Dr. No. as Sylvia Trech opposite Sean Connery as 007, there was only one obvious choice.
"He has this wonderful masculinity, but he also had this vulnerability, which I always felt that he had, plus of course he had talent," she quipped Grayson about her co-star Sean Connery.
Swedish actress Britt Ekland, who was in The Man With The Golden Gun alongside Roger Moore, has two actors whom she thinks fit the Bond bill perfectly.
"It's him. It's Roger Moore. In my opinion he's the best Bond," stated Ekland. "Because, he has all the qualities that Ian Fleming wrote about in the book, I mean you just have to read the description, in the book and that is Roger Moore."
She added: "Later on I feel that Pierce Brosnan very much presented similar qualities that Ian Fleming wrote about."
Actor Richard Kiel, who played villain Jaws in Moonraker and The Spy Who Loved Me opposite Roger Moore, is a bit more diplomatic in his choice of Bond actor.
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Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson has confessed that he feels "let down" by Simon Cowell, a report has claimed.
The young breakdancer, who won the contest in 2008, told The Sun that he believes that Cowell has "lost interest" in him.
Sampson revealed that he was unhappy to learn that he owed Simon's company SyCo money despite having a hit with his DVD Access 2 All Areas.
George said: "Things aren't going so well with me and Simon. I suppose he's realised he can make more money out of other people.
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"But I've just found out that Simon's company takes ninety per cent of the revenue. I get ten per cent.
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Kerr Drug's decision to sell its retail and specialty pharmacy businesses is another milestone on the road to consolidation that community pharmacy has been on for more than two decades.
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In one sense, the sale of Kerr, a company that demonstrated that a regional chain can be an important innovator in pharmacy care, to Walgreen Co. is a satisfactory conclusion to the company's history.
Founded in 1951 by Banks Kerr, the organization took its current form in 1996, when Tony Civello and other executives left Thrift Drug to found the "new Kerr." That designation was intended to distinguish the chain from the one Banks Kerr sold to J.C. Penney (also the owner of Thrift) in 1995. The quick termination of Penney's tenure was necessitated when the Federal Trade Commission objected to the concentration of drug stores it would have had in North Carolina and South Carolina following its acquisition of Eckerd Corp.
Civello and his colleagues began almost immediately to push boundaries, working to transform the drug store from a place where consumers went to have prescriptions filled into a true neighborhood health care center.
As early as 1998, Kerr introduced its enhanced pharmaceutical care format. Rolled out to select stores, the concept gave customers convenient access to such clinical services as screenings for hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, osteoporosis and thyroid disease. Programs focused on asthma management, smoking cessation and weight control were also instituted. Since then the company has continued to enlarge its vision of retail pharmacy, adding such services as medication therapy management and immunizations.
Kerr's concentration on carving out a bigger role for pharmacy in the nation's health care system makes it an excellent fit for Walgreens, one of whose core principles is to advance pharmacy to the point where such professionals are practicing at the top of their license. As Walgreens president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson noted when the Kerr acquisition was announced, the alignment between the two companies extends to their commitment to transforming the traditional drug store format to deliver a new kind of shopping experience for consumers.
Viewed in another light, the sale of Kerr points to the intense competitive pressure that regional drug chains contend with every day. Not only do they face the likes of Walgreens, CVS/pharmacy and Rite Aid — multibillion-dollar companies with drug stores across the country — regional chains fight for customers with major discounters and food/drug combination store operators.
In North Carolina, where all of Kerr's 76 retail outlets are located, national retailers command the lion's share of drug stores sales. In the state's two biggest markets, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid hold the top three spots, followed by Walmart.
The clout of the big retailers is especially difficult to counter when it comes to the front end, since the scale on which those companies buy merchandise allows them to offer sharper pricing than their smaller competitors. The move toward restricted networks on the part of pharmacy benefits managers and other health care payers further complicates matters.
While the halcyon days for regional drug chains may be over, there are still a number of companies that leverage their roots in the community and knowledge of local customers to stay in the game. Bartell in Washington state; Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Lewis; Kinney in upstate New York and Vermont; and Navarro in south Florida are a few of the companies that fall into the category that come readily to mind.
And regional chains are still a source of new ideas. Thrifty White, which has stores in Minnesota and five other states, has inherited the mantle of regional pharmacy innovator from Kerr.
Thrifty White's Medication Synchronization and Healthy Pack Rx programs are delivering impressive results in the battle to increase patient compliance with prescription drug regimens, and thus enhance outcomes and eliminate unnecessary health care costs. The retailer recently updated a favorable study about Med Sync originally conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The new data shows that people in the program refill their scripts 2.8 times more each year than those who are not, reflecting a substantially higher rate of compliance.
Such initiatives make a real difference in the lives of customers and earn their loyalty. Regional chains that come up with such concepts have the best chance of making a go of it.


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Not all Hollywood stars are knee-jerk "limousine liberals," "Cadillac communists" or "Penthouse Bolsheviks" (to use a term coined in the Thirties to describe the excessive admiration many chic New Yorkers had for Stalin). And one of those exceptions is Andrés Arturo Garcia Menéndez, known to the world as Andy Garcia.
Of course, Andy – who has been a friend of mine for about ten years – had good reason to wander off the Hollywood liberal reservation. He was born in Cuba in 1956, just before the revolution, to a family opposed to Fidel Castro. They left the country when Andy was five and he has been fighting for his people against the Comandante/Caudillo's totalitarian rule practically ever since.
When I first met Andy, I was a lefty myself, so we didn't discuss politics much. We came together over a screenplay I had written called The Gardener, about an illegal alien living in LA, that Garcia wanted to star in. We never found the money, but remained friends, staying in touch often in an attempt to revive the movie that never got made. I also had an interest in things Cuban, having gone to see the seemingly-heroic, at least at the time, Castro speak in Central Park when I was thirteen-years old. Later (1979), I was a delegate to the first festival of the "New" Latin American Cinema in Havana. It was one of my first brushes with communism from the inside and some of my early disaffection with the left (yes, it took a long time for me to divorce myself) must stem from that trip. Cuba was like an island-sized jail to me then and, despite its beauty, I couldn't have been more eager to leave.
But I maintained my interest in the subject and when I read last week that a demonstration was planned – led by Andy Garcia – in LA's Echo Park in honor of Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White who fight for the freedom of family members incarcerated by the Castro regime), I phoned Andy to tell him I would like to come for PJTV. Not that it would have mattered. When the cameraman and I arrived at Echo Park on Sunday, we were surrounded by Cuban-Americans eager to tell their stories.
You can see that all on PJTV, but I would like to underscore how politically aware the Cubans at this demonstration were. And how sick they were of Hollywood, especially the love affair many of my colleagues have with Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. That love affair is reminiscent of the attraction those "Penthouse Bolsheviks" referred to in my opening graph had for Stalin, as in Steven Soderbergh's endless encomium to Che and Oliver Stone's semi-sexualized crush on Castro, not to mention on Hugo Chavez.
But those are only obvious examples. This twisted love for totalitarians permeates much of the Hollywood culture. A director friend of mine told me with amusement that while on one of those Eighties cultural exchanges to Cuba, his wife couldn't resist planting a big kiss on Castro's cheek when the dictator made a surprise appearance at a reception they were attending. Such stories are typical.
I doubt Soderbergh or Stone or certainly the director's wife ever spoke with Huber Matos, perhaps the most moving speaker at the Echo Park demonstration. In his nineties now, Matos was one of Fidel's original comrades in the fight against Batista . But he made the mistake of voicing concern that the revolution was turning communist. For that, Che, in his typical fashion, wanted to put Matos in front of a firing squad (Al paredon!), but Fidel, not wanting to turn him into a martyr, intervened. Instead, the Caudillo incarcerated his former comrade for his views in the notorious prison at the Isle of Youth. There, Matos was tortured and had his cojones cut (quite literally) as he waited for twenty years to get out.
But back to the demonstration, the many Castro prisoners of today and Andy Garcia. These days, Cuba seems to be pretty much off our radar, except where Fidel's health is concerned or for debates about the degree his brother Raúl is loosening things up (answer: not much). And given the interests of the current administration – its seeming disinterest in the activities of totalitarian regimes – this is not likely to change. All the more reason Andy Garcia – actor and Laker fan – is to be praised and supported. And, as you will see in the video, in LA's Echo Park last weekend he was getting plenty of that praise and support from his fellow Cuban-Americans (and from Perez Hilton!). He deserves it.
[See the video - FIGHTING FIDEL IN LA WITH ANDY GARCIA & PEREZ HILTON]
51 Comments, 51 Threads
1. David Thomson
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was a racist. Why isn't this better known? Take a look at these following quotes:
"Ernesto "Che" Guevara
"We're going to do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the revolution. By which I mean: nothing." -Che Guevera
"The Negro is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent."- Che Guevara
"Mexicans are a band of illiterate Indians." – Che Guevara
"Given the prevailing lack of discipline, it would have been impossible to use Congolese machine-gunners to defend the base from air attack: they did not know how to handle their weapons and did not want to learn," – Che Guevara
Che Guevara also railed against "long hairs," "lazy youths," and homosexuals."
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2. Roger L Simon
David, the reason we produced this video is,in part, to start the ball rolling in correcting the record on Che. More to come.
March 31, 2010 - 1:07 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
3. David Thomson
"David, the reason we produced this video is,in part, to start the ball rolling in correcting the record on Che. More to come."
I strongly recommend Humberto Fontava's book, Exposing The Real Che Guevara. Our Ivy League elites were also indispensable in helping Castro to become dictator of Cuba. The CIA from its very beginning was substantially a left-wing organization. Many of its top leaders were naïve utopians. CIA officials during that era thought Castro and Guevara were committed to democracy. They destroyed any viable opposition to the so-called great revolution of liberation.
March 31, 2010 - 1:34 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
4. misanthropicus
RE #1/ Thomson -
David, the communism doctrine is a raw Darwinistic view of history – yet, somehow, commies can advance imune of punishment unspeakable tenets for today, like "superior cultures – like communism – will always engulf and destroy inferior cultures, and this is good", self-evident truth in Moscow (and Bel Aire & Manhattan), since Stalin's time 'till…
… my bet is that this view is still cherished today in the same quarters.
Weltraum, anyone?March 31, 2010 - 1:35 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
5. cfbleachers
Hollywood is filled with sufferers of arrested adolescence.
They are in love with rebellion. Or the facade of being a "rebel".
In order to facilitate the fantasy that Che or Fidel were "heroic" as opposed to despotic…they need to romanticize the "rebel" and evaporate the brutish, murdering, dictator actions.
Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Jane Fonda and the rest can then slobber over any murderous thug…and those who lick the boots of matinee idols can follow those who lick the boots of mass murderers.
March 31, 2010 - 1:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
6. vza
I have the greatest admiration fro Andy Garcia. It cannot be easy being among the few in Hollywood who do not romanticize the dictator, Fidel and his "revolution".
March 31, 2010 - 1:46 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
7. ElMondo
Andy Garcia is The Awesome. Period. I liked him before simply as an actor, but when he faced down the specter of being called "pariah" for his stance on Elian Gonzales and Cuba, and answered Matt Lauer as directly as he did on TV, he became a hero to me:
"Lauer: "You shared a little of your personal story about coming here when you were about to turn 6. Let me ask you to take this and make it a personal issue. You've got three children, is that right?"
Garcia: "Yes, yes."
Lauer: "So if you were in Cuba and Elian was your child here in the United States could you honestly say that you'd rather have him stay here than be reunited with you in Cuba?"
Garcia: "With complete conviction Matt. I would never, it's a fate worse than hell to have my children, to think that my children would be growing up in that system over there. I mean I was a product of that. I was singing the International when I was about to turn six years old before we left Cuba and I can tell you first hand by many experiences the situation in Cuba for a young man is not a good one. We had a terrible issue in 1994 with 72 Cubans who left on a tugboat from Cuba and the Cuban fireboats or coast guard approached this vessel and with fire hoses proceeded to drown and to capsize these boats where 41 of the 72 died and amongst them were ten children. So this personal obsession that Fidel has over this child is obviously for political reasons. And this child if he goes back will become sort of a pendant around, you know, Fidel's, you know, neck as his trophy and his anti-American sort of mantle."
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8. Poor Citizen
Thats another thing that is long overdue. The U.S. should welcome the 21st century and change its relationship with Cuba. The time has come. It was reasonable to play the political football in the 20th century but I think both parties, and the cuban cronies in florida have milked have milked that coconut for all its worth. Do it as soon as fidel kiks. And I think it would be something for this president to do in his second term, or when the next repub gets the job in '20. Pubs did ok with the china move in '72 though, so maybe its the dems turn to open doors eh?
March 31, 2010 - 2:05 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
9. Bohemonjd
9. Sure. And while we're at it, why don't we normalize relations with North Korea, and send an ambassador to al-Qaeda.
"As soon as Castro kicks." You do realize that Raul is at least as bad?
March 31, 2010 - 2:41 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
The poverty and repression in Cuba is not the fault of the United States, and/or the trade embargo imposed by it upon Cuba.
After all, Cuba is free to trade with Canada, Mexico, and most EU countries.
The poverty that has resulted in Cuba is strictly at the feet of the Castro brothers, and their evil Marxist theology.
It is Fidel, and Raul, that keeps their countrymen as prisoners, and pawns on the international stage.March 31, 2010 - 2:49 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
11. Rebel
Che Guevara died as he lived, a filthy little murdering coward only idiots and fools would admire and emulate. As long as Cuba is ruled by this kind of barbaric, jackbooted anti-American communist scum, they should be shown nothing but contempt for the millions of innocent lives they have destroyed.
March 31, 2010 - 3:12 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
12. VoxUnpopulari
This has absolutely nothing to do with Cuba, but I think Andy Garcia would've made a great "Godfather" and I wish they would make a fourth film in that series. OK, I'll add something about Cuba now, Fidel eats boogers!
March 31, 2010 - 3:14 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
13. dcmatthews
Whoa, whoa, waitaminnit:
Perez Hilton? The same Perez Hilton who vowed to "destroy" Carrie Prejean because he didn't like her stand on gay marriage?? That Perez Hilton???
*brain explodes*
March 31, 2010 - 3:25 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
I don't think Michael Moore Buffets, would approve of this opinion.
It's NOT http://www.Indoctrinate-U.com sanctioned.
March 31, 2010 - 4:00 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
VIVA FIDEL! I want him to do a http://www.LIVESHOT.cc on CNN with me.
March 31, 2010 - 4:34 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
16. tommytruffle
I applaud your work and am grateful for the energy you put forth for this cause. But I have to ask you–Why wasn't it apparent to you and so many other young leftists what fools you were to fall in love with the left? I am 54, and I can assure you in 1979 I had no illusions about who Castro was, or the Russian communists, or Ho Chi Minh, or the Black panthers, or Tom Hayden, the Weathermen, or any number of other left leaning thugs. Were you so self-righteous then that it never occurred to you and your fellow travelers at the time that history was replete with examples of how your ideology led to streets running in blood?
I wasn't a political junkie either, but it was just so easy with a little diverse reading to find out who these people really were. Are you not a bit dismayed at the damage your naive leftist leanings has done, and how obvious it should have been to you that you were misguided? Glad to have you with us for sure, but is there any wondering on your part how your careless embrace of the left led–somewhere, somehow–to freedom delayed or denied?
Men like you, David Horowitz, Michael Medved, Ron Radosh, are wonderfully articulate and helpful today in fighting the leftist agenda. But don't you ever wonder: how could I have been so shallow as to help the enemy's cause for so long when it was so easily seen where it leads? I would hope so, and that your energies will guide an occasional young leftist today to examine his heart and head and ask how he could believe the egalitarian drivel that covers their crowd.
March 31, 2010 - 4:36 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
17. Gary Ogletree
Andy's movie, the Lost City is really good as entertainment aloner. I suspect they had so much material illustrating the weirdness of the Castro minions that editing took a huge effort. Worthy of a series.
March 31, 2010 - 4:42 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
18. Tournefort
Is there any way we can contact Andy and express our support and admiration?
And while I'm asking … Jon Voight? Gary Sinise?
March 31, 2010 - 4:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
20. Banned by Huffpo
One of the women that cleans our building at work escaped from the worker's paradise of Cuba about 20 years ago, still not that great at English, but we communicate just fine.
I asked her if she missed Cuba, and she actually started to weep. "Is it that bad there?" I asked. All she could do was nod her head.
Always liked Andy Garcia too, now I know why. He has guts.
March 31, 2010 - 5:25 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
21. Terrye
Garcia has never forgotten who he is. I think a lot of those Hollywood people Roger speaks of, never knew who they were. They are always playing a role.
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22. Stephen Worboys
To tommytruffle:
You are asking something that many of us ask. Like you I was never "tempted", if that's the right word, by the Left. Of course I grew up in a conservative household with lots of books on the shelves, like Orwell's Animal Farm and Koestler's Darkness at Noon, that I read before I left grammar school. My parents were not ideologues, and when I came home from my public school filled with the anti-Viet Nam War slogans of the day, repeated by my teachers, my parents didn't just lampoon them or counter with slogans of their own, instead they calmly produced counter-arguments, they challenged me to ask my teachers various follow-up questions, they instilled the idea of analysis in me… sounds like you grew up that way too. As I got older I got a bit tired of my parents' certainty about things, I softened my "conservative" view on a lot of things, and in time turned the guns they had forged against them, taking great pride in "winning" arguments that they weren't equipped or interested enough at the time to win anyway, against a passionate, cocky college boy. I went through a "liberal" phase; gosh, I recall even voting for a Democrat a couple of times.
Look, Simon and others acknowledge that they were ambitious people with progressive attitudes and backrounds. Politics was something that sort of crept up on them. But give them credit for looking squarely at them when they couldn't be avoided, and choosing apostasy over conformity. Personally, I find Radosh and Roger too centrist (Horowitz, definitely not), but I am delighted to have them on our side of the fence, and without their insights into the psychopathology of the Left we would be less equipped to deal with it. The Left isn't powerful just through hypnosis – it does have some arguments in its favor which any healthy young person might get passionate about. That the Left is essentially cynical and exploitative and tyrannical does not mean it has no arguments.
March 31, 2010 - 5:42 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
23. irishbeauty
18. tommytruffle:
What a wonderful wonderful and thoughtful post!
I'm going to "steal" it because it expresses my experience and sentiments exactly!The "theft", if done, will include your name as the author, of course!
Beautiful! Sweet, and beautiful!
March 31, 2010 - 5:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
24. rich Vail
6. cfbleachers:
Hollywood is filled with sufferers of arrested adolescence.That in a nutshell is what is wrong with Hollywood.
March 31, 2010 - 5:50 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
25. Rich Vail
6. cfbleachers:
Hollywood is filled with sufferers of arrested adolescence.that in a nutshell is what is wrong with Hollywood. They need a cause…unfortunately they've chosen an evil path.
March 31, 2010 - 5:52 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
26. Brad
Here in Washington DC Andy Garcia was a real classy guy a couple years ago when the great Redskins safety Sean Taylor was murdered in his home down in Tampa FL. Taylor's girlfriend and mother of his child is Garcia's niece. The funeral, or at least a public service, was shown on local cable and Garcia was a stand-up guy all the way.
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27. tommytruffle
Thank you, Stephen W and Irish Beauty.
I honor the conversion of liberals like Roger back to the cause of liberty, and am thankful for their insights into the leftist playbook.
I fear for my children's future in this corrupted nation of ours. A place where leftists idolize butchers like Che and lampoon brave men like Reagan is hard for me to comprehend as my own country. The speed with witch our leviathan government has used its well-meaning but soft-headed electorate to capture 55% of the economy, debase the currency, and obligate generations in thrall to entitlements is–simply stunning.
To regain for my children and grandchildren a nation NOT headed for Cuban despotism will require the statists in charge to cut the size of government by 30-40 percent. It will not happen. And the pernicious leftward tilt will accelerate as we struggle to pay our bills.
I cheer those committed to rolling back the gargantuan state. I regret that I judge myself guilty of being right for most of the ride, but having done far too little personally to stem the tide. I will not choose to hand over to my heirs a USA that more resembles Cuba or Russia than the one Washington and Madison handed my ancestors. I will fight, and, I am afraid, the fight will come to all of us whether we wanted it or not.
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28. nolan
Tom @29 "I will fight, and, I am afraid, the fight will come to all of us whether we wanted it or not."
Amen, brother.Mr. Simon, thank you for all you do.
And I will now rent an Andy Garcia movie!
March 31, 2010 - 7:22 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
29. Vaughn
Hollywood has saved me many dollars over the years. Andy Garcia and Gary Sinese are about the only 'stars' that receive any support from me. The rest can go straight to hell.
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30. Stu
What I have never understood is this. Do these actors, director's, and Hollywood types understand that if they lived in a Stalin-like or Castro-like totalitarian state, they would be some of the first to be executed and purged?
March 31, 2010 - 8:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
31. Taqiyyotomist
Please forgive the OT and let it stand:
(*link to Flopping Aces)Rev. Wayne Perryman on race in America, and the sad, sorry way that it is taught to America's kids.
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32. Pedro
Roger if you contact me I can give you some added information on the capture of Che in Bolivia.
March 31, 2010 - 9:47 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
33. Marko
I went to the demonstration last Sunday, and as I expected it was a gathering of warm-hearted, freedom-loving people. I commiserated with some of them about Cuba and about the cold shoulder given them by so many in my generation of Americans – spoiled children who have never learned a single hard fact about life. May they who were there live to visit a Cuba Libre. This is of course not in the vision of our current regime, but this too shall pass.
I was surprised by the appearance of Perez Hilton, and half tempted to say something about it, but for this moment he was human. Go figure.
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34. Jay Getty
Revolutionaries like Castro, stay "revolutionaries" forever because it is one thing to perpetually complain about the "man" as justification for your ineptness; it is quite another to become an effective "establishment";
Castro is just another "tyrant dictator", just like the ones in Iran/Saudi/Syria et al, but he did not have the good sense to have what Americans bow down to: crude oil…so no invitation to the White House for Castro…
You keep buying that oil and financing the war against yourself every day at the gas pump…Soon the draft is coming! Oil ! oil ! Anything just give us oil! That is you!
Blogs are great! I get to tell the truth and you got no idea who the messenger is that you…
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35. Ohiolad
I generally detest Hollywood movies and their continual attempts to rewrite history, but I found Andy Garcia's "The Lost City" about Havana right before and during the revolution to be exceptionally poignant and moving. It struck me as a balanced, very truthful depiction of the events at that time. Sure, there was the corrupt leadership and some allusion to the heavy influence of organized crime, but there was also a thriving middle class and recognizable prosperity, in stark contrast to the way things have been ever since. The movie doesn't shy away from showing the ruthless, cold-hearted brutality of both sides. On the other hand, it does portray the revolutionaries as mostly young, idealistic, often well-educated who truly loved their country. Doubtless few among them could have envisioned that their revolution would be hijacked to create a cult of personality and an island prison. The left in this country who were severely critical of the film are still caught up in the romantic, idealized vision of the youthful revolutionaries. How else could they continue to wax so lyrically about Fidel and Che when in a sane world they should be ridiculed mercilessly for doing so. The left in Hollywood and elsewhere are incapable to this day of confronting the reality that their leftist ideology has been tested many times on the world stage and has only led to misery and never to the promotion of human happiness. And yet, here we are in this country on the path to test these Marxist theories once again.
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36. J.J. Sefton
18 – tommytruffle:
Bully for you that you were a patriotic conservative in the 60′s. But is there a point to your beating up on Roger for what he believed in the past? Unless he did something that actually led to bloodshed, I think your comments are out of line.
If the Museum of Tolerance can have a former skinhead be one of its leading exponents (he goes to schools and lectures the kids with death camp survivors), surely you can cut Roger a bit of slack.
I applaud him for who he is and the message he brings in helping America overcome the extreme challenges it faces TODAY.
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37. Gina I. Sosa
Andy Garcia is the BEST!!! I am working on a film project to expose the TRUTH about Cuba! Take the mask off of Castro and Che, for all they have done is make false accustations on my Father who fought against communism heading to the homeland.
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38. David Thomson
"What I have never understood is this. Do these actors, director's, and Hollywood types understand that if they lived in a Stalin-like or Castro-like totalitarian state, they would be some of the first to be executed and purged?"
These poorly educated and naive individuals don't have a clue. They fail to realize that hard-core leftists perceive them only as useful idiots—to be pushed to the side once they have obtained unquestioned power. Fidel Castro was helped by the sons and daughters of more affluent Cuban families. These versions of America's own Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden were played for suckers.
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39. pelaut
""Penthouse Bolsheviks" (to use a term coined in the Thirties to describe the excessive admiration many chic New Yorkers had for Stalin)"
Talking in your sleep again, eh Roger? "Excessive"? So just a little admiration for old Joe Stalin is ok. Right? You, like most grown-older lefties, haven't really shed the knee jerk cover-your-bases expressions which show those that didn't live through the terrors that there was, after all, some good to it all.
If the Right had the inquisitions of the Left, you wouldn't survive the cull.
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40. pelaut
I've traveled in Cuba during Batista and a couple of times under Fidel.
Armando Belladares has a pretty good read on the whole rotten saga.
Americans don't because of the media of the 60s onward.So-called Miami Cubans have gone under the mind scythes of the Hollywood moguls and their high school drop out "actor" sex toys as well. Cuban-Americans go to rallys to "support" Cuba, but when you talk with them, at least half will blather on about "reforms" needed in the U.S. which precisely track the history of all Socialism turned tyranny.
But they can't get beyond racial politics themselves. They practice Democrat minority politics, loving the poseur in the White House as they would a cane cutting slave freed by José Martí (with American money and American soldiers, lest we forget!).
Sadly, Cubans in America have assimilated. They follow the Chicago mob wherever it leads them.
Is it "chic" now, Roger, to go to rallies for Cuba in the park — after the hundreds of thousands have got tortured, bled and buried — is it now ok to say something?
I'm glad you do. But I'm still waiting (with the dead) for some ashes and sackcloth, gnashing of teeth — to salve the wounds with which you Lefties of the 60s-90s pilloried us. Like Cubans in Cuba, we wait too.
April 1, 2010 - 7:06 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
41. R Nelson
Maybe Andy could knock some sense into all the beltway and hollywood libs who like to go down to cuba and sing its praises (see youtube video of same). Andy, WTF? Can you talk to Sean Penn and Danny Glover or are they too nuts to even talk to you?
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42. pelaut
#18 Tommy Truffle: God bless you, Sir, for so perfectly having the right of it.
#24 Stephen Worboys: "Simon and others acknowledge that they were ambitious people with progressive attitudes and backrounds. Politics was something that sort of crept up on them."
You portray them as poor innocent little girls. But when the monster creeps up on poor innocent little girls they get RAPED and EATEN. These guys never suffered an IOTA! David Horowitz pays penance every day in every way he can, though his hippie commie parents twisted him into a mental pretzel from babyhood. He doesn't whine. He pays for them too. As he should.
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43. Turk
#44 & 45 pelaut
How long have you been off your medication?April 1, 2010 - 7:58 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
44. tommytruffle
38 J.J. Sefton
"Unless he did something that actually led to bloodshed, I think your comments are out of line."I do commend Roger and others for what they are doing TODAY. We need all liberty-loving Americans to continue speaking out.
I suppose part of me IS actually concerned about bloodshed, here in my own country, as a consequence of the leftist destruction that has led to bloodshed everywhere else it has run its course. And though I hold current and past leftists as ultimately responsible for it when it comes, I too am responsible for it to a lesser degree.
I did see its dangers earlier than recent converts to the cause of liberty, but did not dedicate a bigger part of my life to challenging and defeating leftists in my homeland. As I watch the devolution to an Atlas Shrugged nightmare here, I know that I was complacent–that I was happy to go about my life while the evil of collectivist politics marched on, taking whatever it wanted of my productive countrymen's property, in the name of fairness. I figured the ebb and flow of politics would give us capitalists a shot at righting wrongs once in a while, and I merely looked at leftists as looney, not ultimately dangerous.
But, you see JJ, when the myriad government promises are repudiated (as they must be), bonds will default, fiat currencies will crash, and services to all the entitled dependents will be cut off–while the producers flee or go underground, hunted as criminals by the ruling class. There will be blood, and that future is a consequence of too many stylish lefties trashing the fabric of our freedom decades ago. And too many men like myself, who knew they were wrong, but did little to stop them.
April 1, 2010 - 8:34 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Kudos to the heros who bravely resist tyranny, wherever it may be found. A princely crown for Andy Garcia; note how Andy stressed the humanity of what he was trying to commend – a universal humanity that has been the effect of having a spiritual foundation, so that it becomes grace really, that is animating mr garcia – his sincerely and graceful catholic faith, which is deeper than any mere strictly rightwing ideology. there should be no litmus test on how far to the right or how long held. It is sin which is the root cause of human misery and degradation, and those who are proudly in denial of sin that are the most dangerous politically of all people. We can't say that sin has never weaved its destructive course through those who on the right may view themselves as impeccable and more worthy than prodigal son converts. And on the other hand, i do celebrate a perception that the views of a genuine conservative philosophy are more mature and wise; i sense this even in today's comments here – as opposed to the vile and barbaric comments that go through the huffington post or the new york times or the washington post or the la times. Liberals have too often lost both decency, morality and civilized discourse; wheras the conservative hasn"t. the Democrats often follow this pattern, using vile swear-words, indecencies, and perverted manners that reveal very much that man is a FALLEN being, who in many or most areas is not free. The conservative can see this and adopt it as a part of his slowly received but increasingly accurate and mature portrayal of reality outside of himself; though he may be somewhat slower in recognizing let alone acknowledging that this enemy of FALLENESS is also within himself too – cutting through the hearts individually, said Solzhenitsyn, of every last one of us. Don't think for a moment that rightest dictators haven't arisen nor tortured arbitrarily, and may do so again throughout the globe.
its just that the Left's refusal to even consider (instead of lampooning and mocking traditional Judaic or Christian values) the reality that man is morally corrupt and ethically poisoned within his own heart. THAT is the chiefest blindness of the Left and the greatest danger of creeping government on behalf of the Left and leftwing causes, because that is the false utopian cinderella land that will wind up being the worst and final tyranny and the greatest revolution of all, the revolution of an Antichrist dictator & an antigod orwellian "1984″ system. And yes God help us because we are nearing its overthrowing us, not so easily identified as Leftwing, although is appears now that such is the case, but the revolutionary ideology of Antichrist and the final generation which says, "Non Servium" – I will NOT serve (God)! I am opposed to God – indeed, they will say, that THEY are God. And THEN will commense the Day of Doom – the firey Day of Judgement, when all will be judged by the returning Christos Pantocrator, with fire in his sword, his eyes, and his words!April 1, 2010 - 11:29 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
46. Bill Heuisler
Mr. Simon,
Two U.S. Marines were recruited out of Quantico in 1962 to help train anti-Castro Cubans. One died in the effort and one wrote a book about the struggle.
When we joined Alpha 66 there was already some sense of treachery from the CIA. We all knew Playa Jiron had been a betrayal, but we couldn't believe our United States would side with Fidel. Three years later we were sold out and many of us died. The book is "Mercenary's Tale: fighting Fidel Castro". Published by Booksurge, it's on Amazon and well reviewed. Anyone interested? Maybe more Americans will demand real justice for Castro if the real story of the Gusanos becomes better known.
I wonder if Andy Garcia's family was one of those we smuggled out of Cuba in '62 or '63. How would I find out?
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48. redrosieposie
Interesting article Roger, thank you!
With regards to Perez Hilton, I might have a different perspective given that I checked his gossip blog daily pre-Prejean.. I have a weakness for celeb gossip
Anyway, if you'd spend any time reading his blog you'd realize that 1) he's a COMPLETE idiot and 2) he attaches himself to anything that makes him "special" or "unique" (ie: gay, and Cuban). The combination of those two characteristics is the reason he was at the rally. He'll post things about the struggles of the Cuban people, yet he has zero understanding of the history behind those struggles. Because.. he's a belligerent idiot. In typical leftist fashion, he ignores facts and creates his own historical scenarios that justify his beliefs. So, in short, I wouldn't get your hopes up about Mr. Perez. The only reason he was there was so he could feel "special".April 1, 2010 - 6:51 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
49. J.J. Sefton
Listen, I understand where you're coming from and I agree that the seeds of our own destruction were sown in the 50′s and 60′s. And so, okay, Roger was a liberal. Jeez, I grew up as a liberal kid in NYC but as I grew and survived Jimmah Carter I changed my tune.
David Horowitz is one of the most tireless and effective voices against the leftists and he not only grew up as a communist he was a comrade (literally) of William Ayers! But his expertise and experience about how the left operates is absolutely invaluable to us. But should we just dwell on his past and shun the guy?!
Come on now. Show the tolerance that the left never does!
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50. RKae
Hollywood is filled with sufferers of arrested adolescence.
They are in love with rebellion. Or the facade of being a "rebel".
The pot is a big contributor. Marijuana does this in two ways: 1.) Chemically. It stunts emotional growth by "taking care of" your stress and problems, allowing you to be 14 years old forever. 2.) Culturally. When the legalizers win their battle, it will be "Look! We got our pot! Our rebellion was right! Therefore, all our other little rebellions are right!"
You legalize pot and you feed a monster.
April 1, 2010 - 9:17 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
51. Jorge
"Che's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom, we will always honor his memory." — Nelson Mandela
… Screw Gusanos like Andy
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By DIANE GASPER-O'BRIEN
Coach Keith Sides and his Phillipsburg prep boys' basketball team were the center of attention Saturday as the Panthers stood near the Tiger logo at center court of Fort Hays State University's Gross Memorial Coliseum.
The Panthers just accomplished something a PHS boys' team hadn't done since 1975 -- win the Mid-Continent League tournament.
Less than a week later, it was Sides' wife who took center stage in front of the crowd in GMC.
Robin Sides was one of the people pulled out of the crowd Wednesday to participate in some sort of shenanigans with a member of the Harlem Globetrotters.
"He was sitting on my lap, and I didn't even realize he had my purse until he got out there on the floor with it," Sides said of Kevin "Special K" Daley.
She realized it was all in fun and was able to keep an eye on her purse up close when "Special K" took her out to mid-court to dance with him.
Tim Callahan, assistant athletic director at FHSU, said more than 2,500 people attended the Globetrotters' performance, the second at GMC in three years.
"It's a lot different people than those who come to Fort Hays games," said Callahan, holding his 10-week-old son, Keegan -- one of the youngest fans to attend Wednesday's performance. "It's nice to be able to bring them to campus.
"And they were well-entertained."
Besides the high-flying dunks and nifty ball-handling during the actual game, the touring exhibition basketball team dazzled the crowd during all the breaks as well.
Several parents other than Callahan were seen with small children, ones who wouldn't remember the trip but who their family wanted with them on this night nonetheless.
"I saw (the Globetrotters) when I was 20, and we had a chance to come and bring the family," Joel Kuchera from Quinter said as he balanced his 4-month-old daughter, Clementine, in one hand and a camera in the other.
Kuchera said he wanted his grown son, Chase, and the rest of his family -- wife Valerie and stepchildren, Millicent Brown, 10, and Dashiell Brown, 6 -- to get the opportunity to see the group in person, too.
Fans who purchased a "Magic Pass" ticket arrived an hour and a half before the game to shoot lay-ups and learn ball-handling tricks and take pictures with the Globetrotters. One of the most popular Globetrotters was Jonte "Too Tall" Hall, who at 5 feet, 2 inches wasn't all that much taller than most of the youngsters who stood alongside him for photos.
"Special K" was the main showman for the Globetrotters. And he made the night special for 8-year-old Joey Meyers, who made the trip from Goodland along with his mom, Ann Myers, and one of his good friends, 8-year-old Eli Greene.
Joey, who his mom said "breathes basketball," was excited before the game when he got to do a ball-handling trick with Darnell "Spider" Wilks.
"Both their birthdays are in February," Ann Myers said of her son and his buddy. "So we thought this would be a fun trip for them."
Numerous youngsters got the chance to perform right alongside the stars of the show when they were picked from the crowd by one of the Globetrotters.
There was 10-year-old Mason Perez from Larned, who won a game of musical chairs and brought cheers from the crowd when, as one of the last two left in the game, he pushed the team's mascot, Globie, off the chair and plopped down on the chair himself.
"Yeah, (the Globetrotters) told me to do that," Mason said with a grin. Mason's dad, Allen, had bought his son a Globetrotters' jersey at their memorabilia stand, but he won a wristband for participating -- and winning -- the musical chairs game.
Seven-year-old Macy Eberle from Ellis might have gotten the loudest cheers when she passed an NBA-sized ball through her legs without ever dropping it and got to spin a ball on her finger with Herbert "Flight Time" Lang. For her efforts, Macy was handed a miniature Globetrotters ball, which she promptly dribbled while she made her way back to her family.
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Dan Schmidt from Hays never had seen the Globetrotters before and decided to bring his two grandsons, 8-year-old Connor and 2-year-old Cooper Schmidt, to the coliseum.
"I thought they'd like it," he said. "I'm sure I will, too."
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Student organizations compete in many of the events throughout the week, including the Spirit Board and Spirit Banner competitions, S.O. Sing, and the parade float contest. Homecoming king and queen will be announced during halftime of Saturday's football game.
The week's schedule of events follows:
- Spirit Board Competition
- Spirit Banner Competition
- Homecoming Kickoff
- Line Dance Flash Mob
- Cactus Creations
- Campus-Wide Scavenger Hunt
- Custom Leather Bracelets
- S.O. Sing
- Tamale Fest
- Techsan Memorial
- Rowdy Raider Rally
- Presidential Lecture and Performance Series
- Homecoming March, Pep Rally and Bonfire
- Homecoming Parade
- Raidergate
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Broadway Ave. & University Ave.
Student organizations' spirit boards will be displayed at the Broadway entrance to campus.
Student Union Building (SUB)
Spirit Banners made by Tech's student organizations will be on display at the SUB.
Monday, Oct. 8
SUB North Plaza, noon
Kickoff will feature guest speaker Kirby Hocutt and will announce the homecoming queen and king candidates.
SUB North Plaza, immediately following homecoming kickoff
A line dance flash mob will occur in the North Plaza outside of the SUB.
Tuesday, Oct. 9
SUB West Basement, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Students can plant their own cactus for home or dorm decoration with a valid student ID.
Memorial Circle, 4 p.m.
Students may participate in a photo scavenger hunt featuring significant items around campus.
Wednesday, Oct. 10
SUB North Plaza, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Students can create custom leather bracelets (with a valid student ID).
United Spirit Arena, 8 p.m.
Student organizations will contend in a dance-and-sing competition.
Thursday, Oct. 11
Urbanovsky Park, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ
Memorial Circle, 5:30 p.m.
Chancellor Kent Hance and Interim President Lawrence Schovanec will join with other university officials in remembrance of Texas Tech students, alumni, faculty and staff who have passed away in the last year.
Friday, Oct. 12
SUB North Plaza, noon
The top 10 homecoming king and queen candidates will be available for a meet-and-greet.
President's Reading Program Author: Timothy Egan
SUB Allen Theatre, 7 p.m.
Speaker presentation followed by a book signing.
Urbanovsky Park, 9 p.m.
The homecoming pep rally and bonfire will begin with the inaugural homecoming march, as the Goin' Band from Raiderland and spirit squads will march along 18th Street to Urbanovsky Park. The pep rally and bonfire will feature performances by the spirit squads and band, Raider Red, the Masked Rider and guest speakers.
Saturday, Oct. 13
Texas Tech Broadway Entrance, 9 a.m.
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