PHOTO of THE DAY:
California
Burns, State of Emergency
The southern California wildfires
are shown in this satellite image provided by NASA on
October 23, 2007. Wildfires burned unchecked today in
southern California with hundreds of thousands of people
forced to evacuate, and at least 700 homes destroyed.
 ¿Mintió
E.E.U.U. a la O.N.U. sobre P.R.?
¡Ay!
SAN JUAN—El gobierno estadounidense debe decir si mintió a la ONU cuando le
aseguró, en la década del 50, que el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico era el
fin del régimen colonial en la Isla. Así lo expresó el lunes el gobernador
puertorriqueño Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, quien llevará ese reclamo el martes a una
reunión con un comité interagencial creado por la Casa Blanca para analizar el
estatus de este territorio estadounidense.
 Cliquea
Aqui
Puerto Rican lawyer Juan Mari Bras (L) and Raul Colon Cordoves (93)
become the first two Puerto Ricans to receive Puerto Rico's Citizenship
Certificate from the Puerto Rico's State Department in San Juan, Puerto Rico,
September 14, 2007. Good show, Debra! —REUTERS/Ana Martinez
"Del agua mansa líbrame Dios
que de la brava me libro yo."—Tio Genaro
DO YOU WANT LA PERLA? DEPT.
Puerto
Rico's
Orphan Ghost
 by Don jibaro Barbanegra
When I was
a young man living in San Juan in the 1960s, if you wanted something illegal,
immoral or indecent you went to la Perla to get it. So we got it... because we
knew the password. Password? Yes, you need that to get outta there alive. What?
Am I being dramatic?
Little Iraqi boys "tease" a third one as he
cries in a mock
execution... "YOU'RE A DIRTY AMERICAN" —they taunt. Kids games relates
much to the on going violence in Baghdad. One of the most popular games
is to stage executions in which "Infidel Americans" are killed. ¡Ay, Visnen Santa... dejde chiquitoj ya van matando!
IT's A MIRACLE DEPT.
Puerto Rican Coquís Breed at Ohio Zoo
 HALLELUJAH
- Twenty endangered toadlets are a success for Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
After they morph from tadpole into toadlet, Puerto Rican crested toads
look tiny compared to a single nickel. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo recently
welcomed 20 of the endangered amphibians, which seem to be thriving
after...
Who in The World Was Juan Tizol?
One
of my favorites jazz tunes of all times is "Caravan" but I never knew that the
composer was a Puerto Rican. Juan Tizol was born in San Juan Puerto Rico on Jan.
22, 1900, started music lessons early, was trained as a
valve trombonist and as a teenager played in the San Juan
Municipal Band.
and see video
See
photos here
Don Jíbaro's Seven Bytes
 A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness"
Some give and forgive, others get and forget.
Plan your work - work your plan.
What matters is not the difference between rich and poor, but
between those who care and those who don't.
Its better to be hated for who you are - than liked for who
you are not.
Anger is one letter short of Danger.
God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.
 Photo of the Week
The Puerto Rican sidewalk vendor
is a common sight in PR, but sometimes it's just too much
HEREE
 LENGUA DEPT.
Speak Fluent Americano
by Don Jibaro Barbanegra
We read "Dick and Jane" and learned to pronounce the words
properly in case we ever...
The Amazingly Remarkable Dave Valentín!
DON JIBARO's NOTE: "As a professional musician for over 45
years, I don't get impressed easily... until I hear Dave.
His remarkable talent and mastery of the instrument just
blew me away! Period!" Oh, the signing of Don Jibaro's...
Here
"It's better to live on the corner of the roof than
share a big house with a nagging wife." (Proverbs 25:24)
Mi gente le mete mano al Chow en Iraq...
READ STORY HERE
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Who Kill'd The Dog Dept.
¿Doggicide
or Dogslaughter?
Horror by Don Jibaro Barbanegra
I
was wasn't going to say a doggone thing... oops, but the buzz is reaching my
mailbox in hordes of twenties. The slaughtering, assassination, bloodshed,
bumping off, carnage, execution, extermination, homicide, manslaughter,
massacre, dogslaughter, and just plain killing of dozens of dogs in Puerto Rico
has the whole world spinning, pun intended.
As it would have done anything, angry pet owners and
protesters demonstrated outside a town hall in a northern
Puerto Rican city on Monday, as outrage grew over the
killing of dozens of animals seized from residents of
housing projects...
Advocates seek to ban cockfights in Puerto Rico
BUT the Governor Makes Cockfighting the National Sport
(Report in Spanish only)
AQUI
Dancing Baby
—"If my people get humble and look to me in prayer without
their evil ways, I'll hear them and heal their land"— (2 Chronicles 7:14)
CELL PHONES
Was Jesus Puerto
Rican?
 didn't make it so, you didn't either, but that's just the way
faith is; and nothing is going to change that... not even statehood or
independence, should it either ever come.
GET
OUTTA TOWN DEPT.
¿A Longest Page on the Internet?
by Don Jibaro Barbanegra
It happens with ice cream and many other desserts... you start eating and it's
very hard to stop. With me still?
In what appears to be the longest page of the whole Web, Don Jibaro has compiled
a "maj larga que'l cará" collection of useless information, but that once you
start reading it's hard to stop... Do you care to know who was the first man to
fly a flag in Puerto Rico?
Did the Cuatro Festival Survive in L.A.?
Report by Don Jibaro Barbanegra
 uerto
Ricans have been trying to establish Puerto Rican traditions in Los Angeles for
many years in one way or another but somehow they all get blown away with...
 OUR
MEN in IRAQ:
The all Puerto Rican Charlie Company, First
Battalion, 295th Infantry, PRNG. See remarkable
photo...
HERE
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Jíbaro’s Recipe for Roasted Turkey
Preparation of a 15 –20 lb. turkey one day before
roasting:
Coquinator Wallpaper
