“Fidel Castro’s government frowned on Western music as a ‘decadent’ influence in the decades after his 1959 Cuban Revolution.Many Cubans recall being harassed for wearing long hair or listening to rock and pop music from Europe or the United States.”
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had a good year at the expense of city residents – and for that he might want to thank President Donald Trump.Despite presiding over a city with rampant money and crime problems, Democrat Emanuel has bolstered his approval ratings and become the rising star of the left by placing himself front and center in the anti-Trump “resistance movement.”Emanuel declared the Windy City a “Trump-free zone,” prevailed in a legal battle against the White House over threats to cut funding from sanctuary cities, and came out in strong support of combatting climate change – an apparent dig at Trump for pulling out of the Paris Agreement.Most importantly for Emanuel, his profile has risen – with political pundits floating his name as a possible Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, even as he openly says he is not interested.
MLB back to back amazing World Series.....Cubs vs Indians in 2016.....Astros vs Dodgers was even better: Baseball was the big winner.......Games 2, 5 made '17 Series truly classic https://t.co/lnKdz89PVq via @MLB— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
The Dems did not win Alabama...the GOP gave it away...Doug Jones never said: "Vote for me if you hate Trump" or "Vote for me if you want to make Obama Care permanent"......Jones avoided the issues and made it a referendum on Moore so he won by 20,000 votes and less than 50%!— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
The Cong Sheila Jackson Lee "seat controversy" raises two issues:— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
1) Do members of Congress get preferential treatment always? I understand in the event of an emergency but......and
2) Black Democrats have played the "race card" so often that it's totally meaningless....
Another day and another batch of emails.........At least four of the documents released Friday marked "classified."..........this whole thing smells very bad....— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
DACA: wouldn't it be something if Dems throw Dreamers under the bus again? They did it twice under Obama.....the big problem is winning the Congress or pushing DACA.....too many districts between coasts where DACA doesn't play well....Dems have to win those to win House!— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
The great political surprise of 2018 will be the size of the Republican victory.After members of the elite media have spent two years savaging President Trump, lying about Republican legislation, and reassuring themselves that Republican defeat was inevitable, the size of the GOP victory in 2018 will be an enormous shock.
H[i]historically … the party out of power makes gains in the first mid-term election after [it] lose[s] the White House.This precedent has fueled recent media and Democratic Party strategists’ anticipations of a 2018 “blue wave.”This tide in blue might still happen, but the genuine signs for it are not yet present.In fact, the signs for now point the other way. Donald Trump not only defied conventional wisdom in 2016[;] he has continued to do so (admittedly with not a few political hiccups) in the eleven months since taking office.
"If there's a diagnosis to be made here, it is this: yet another case of the one other syndrome I have been credited with identifying, a condition that addles the brain of otherwise normal journalists and can strike without warning -- Bush Derangement Syndrome, Cheney Variant."
"Congressional Democrats are voicing growing unease over the Obama administration’s national security policies, including the seemingly open-ended commitment in Afghanistan and the nettlesome question of what to do with prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba."
VP Cheney One on One.....with James Rosen........ https://t.co/OOjjWM2EEy via @amazon— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
"His detractors were willing to risk the country's safety, its economic health, and the very balance of the democratic system of government in order to get at him.It was a massive display of immaturity and a cult of personality!
They were out to bring him down at all costs, or at the very least destroy his personal and presidential reputation.
At this they have been half successful, at a high price for the country and its government."
"After the last eight years, it’s great to have a President who knows what a library is,” McCartney quipped."Is that tasteless or what?
"In fact, "Fair Game," based on books by Mr. Wilson and his wife, is full of distortions - not to mention outright inventions."Thank God that we have an honest liberal newspaper in The Washington Post!
The Trump State Dept is talking about protests in Iran........back in 2009, the Obama administration did nothing.....it was shameful.....Obama total silence in 2009......Trump talking in 2017......— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
Astros Strong: Houston's Historic 2017 Championship Season............. https://t.co/eg7jVehjiH via @amazon— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 30, 2017
Baseball has the best divisional arrangement in sports. It is better than the NBA or NHL, where the season is meaningless and everyone goes to the playoffs.— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 29, 2017
I love the NFL playoff set up but it is difficult to compare a 16 game schedule with the 162 game season.
"The Cuban leader did not show up as anticipated at a Dec. 2 national celebration in Havana scheduled to commemorate his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. In a brief speech at the event, Raul Castro imparted no message from his brother but said that Cuba is willing to open negotiations with the United States "to settle the long U.S.-Cuba disagreement."
In rejecting the offer this week, Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon told reporters that the Bush administration will deal with Cuba's Communist government only when it shows a commitment to democracy.
During the period of uncertainty under Raul Castro, Shannon said, "the regime has actually become harder and more orthodox and is not in a position to signal in any meaningful way what direction it will take post-Fidel."
Fidel Castro is dead and so is the system that he imposed on the Cuban people.— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) December 29, 2017
What's there to improve? Nothing! The entire system has to be uprooted and replaced by something totally new. Cuba needs a total overhaul not reforms intended to sustain the dictatorship!
"Yesterday, Target bowed to the pressure and did the right thing, pulling the offensive merchandise from its shelves.
I congratulate Target on its newfound sensibility to the nature of communist tyrants, or at least one communist tyrant capable of inspiring a boycott by a regionally potent ethnic bloc. May the lesson stick."
I congratulate Target on its newfound sensibility to the nature of communist tyrants, or at least one communist tyrant capable of inspiring a boycott by a regionally potent ethnic bloc. May the lesson stick."
"An epidemic of dengue fever that flooded hospitals and may have killed as many as 100 Cubans has been brought under control by a fumigation campaign involving 300,000 students, pensioners and healthcare workers.Of course, it must be the embargo. Yes, the embargo and the US.
The outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus here was the worst in a quarter of a century and appears to have afflicted thousands during its peak in September and October.
The infection rate has slowed to only a few dozen new cases this month, said a senior doctor familiar with the scope of the epidemic, who added that the response was initially slowed by government secrecy.
Caused by a mosquito-borne virus, dengue produces flu-like symptoms, including fever.
It occurs in most tropical areas of the world and is widespread in the Caribbean basin.
The physician complained bitterly about the veil initially imposed by Communist Party officials.
The ostensible purpose was to avoid panicking the public, but the demand that the epidemic be treated as a confidential security matter was strongest in early September, when preparations were underway for the 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, to be held in Havana.
That gathering of Third World leaders brought 3,000 foreign visitors from more than 100 countries to the capital Sept. 11-16, including about 50 heads of state and government.
The doctor spoke on condition of anonymity because of the possibility of dismissal from his job or arrest for discussing the matter with a reporter."
"Humberto Fontova was born in Havana, Cuba. He and his family of 5 attempted to leave in 1961, but only 4 of them were successful. Humberto Fontova Sr. (author's father) was grabbed by the milicianos. He yelled to Esther (mother) and the 3 kids (Humberto age 7, Patricia age 8, and Enrique age 5) to "Go ahead!....Whatever happens to me, I don't want ya'll growing up here!" The next day, from a cousin's house in Miami, Esther called Cuba and found out that Humberto Sr. was in La Cabana, firing squad central where 2100 men and boys were murdered. Humberto Sr. stayed there for 3 months and then was released and returned to his family in New Orleans."
