Wolf Pangloss's Fish Taco Stand: Cuba Privatizes Some Abandoned State-Owned Farmland

"But, reverend father," said Candide, "there is horrible evil in this world."

"What signifies it," said the Dervish, "whether there be evil or good? When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?"

"What, then, must we do?" said Pangloss.

"Hold your tongue," answered the Dervish.

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The Chronological Koran. Read the Koran in the order that it was narrated. Understand the doctrine of abrogation, that states that everything that comes before is rendered meaningless by that which comes later. Then read the last three books and understand the problem.

John Stuart Mill, The Subjugation of Women. A seminal work, from 1869, by one of the greatest moral philosophers of all time, explaining why women should no longer be subjugated. This needs to be part of everyone's education, especially those who are poisoned by gynophobic Moslem dogma.

With the Fjordman Files, Fjordman exposes the cancer that is eating Western Europe alive.

The Euston Manifesto, working toward a revival of the classically liberal, anti-totalitarian wing of the so-called liberal movement.

Manifesto Against Islamic Totalitarianism, from the Jyllands-Posten.

Choose Your Friends Wisely, the impact of those with whom you associate on your own emotional health.

I, a Muslim, from Czech Television

12 December 2007

Cuba Privatizes Some Abandoned State-Owned Farmland

Fidel Castro, 81, has been out of the public eye for the past 16 months after his intestinal surgery. Recently he phoned Elian Gonzalez.

Elian Gonzalez, who as a boy was the focus of an international custody battle, said ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro called him Thursday and told him he is doing well.
"It was a very exciting moment," said Gonzalez, who turned 14 this month.

Ho hum.

More importantly for the prosperity of Cubans, Marc Frank reports the state is privatizing some farmland.

The weekly economic publication Opciones recently reported that sickle bush and other weeds have become "a plague", covering one third of Cuba's 3.6 million hectares (90 million acres) of arable land.
A group of Raul Castro's aides is drawing up a plan for what to do with the large tracts of vacant state land, with a deadline set for the end of this year, Communist Party sources say.
Local farmers say they are the key to any reform.
"When I was young I joined the revolution because my father and I worked like slaves for an American dairy company right here," said family farmer Alfredo Fernandez. "Our lives are much better now, but the truth is the area used to produce 1,000 liters of milk a day and now maybe 200 liters."

Finally, Tomás Estrada-Palma has a video showing a Cuban mob, organized by the state to attack peaceful protestors.