Somebody better hide Assata. The idea that Cuba is off limits because of some beef many of us weren’t born to entertain while folks can run over to the Middle East and come back, MAYBE, without an arm or whatever is just beyond crazy. We act like we’re not able to have beef and party hard somewhere. Obviously a whole bunch of other countries let their folks in Buena Vista Social Club.

Cuba expels elderly US fugitive
By Stephen Gibbs BBC News, Havana

A man who fled to Cuba after being convicted of mail fraud in the United States has been expelled from the island after 42 years.
His expulsion from Cuba is highly unusual. Both the US and Cuba accuse each other of harbouring fugitives from each other’s justice systems.
Joseph Adjmi, now 70, has returned to the US after spending more than half his life on the run from US justice.
The US and Cuba do not have diplomatic relations, or an extradition treaty.

‘Living quietly’
In 1964 Mr Adjmi was convicted in Florida of mail fraud, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. But he failed to turn up to his final court appearance and fled to Cuba.
Mr Adjmi spent several years living quietly in Cuba, until he got on the wrong side of the law here.
In early 2006 a message was sent to American officials at the US Interests Section in Havana that he was in a Cuban prison and would be expelled from the country when he had served his term.
On Wednesday, he was put on a regular charter flight to Miami. He was taken into custody on arrival by agents of the US diplomatic security services.
Several other fugitives from US justice remain in Cuba. They include hijackers and convicted murderers.
The financier Robert Vesco, accused of embezzling $220m by the US securities and exchange commission, is understood to be still in Cuba, although he also fell afoul of the Cuban authorities.
He is currently believed to be under house arrest in Havana.
For its part, Cuba says that the US is harbouring a far more serious fugitive from justice.
The exiled Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles, whom Cuba accuses of bombing a Cuban airliner in the 1970s, is currently free on bail in Miami awaiting trial on immigration charges.

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6595731.stm
Published: 2007/04/26 13:20:10 GMT

Peep: Mail Fraud. I got cousins running around the hood out for less.

I’ve decided to add a segment to my blog that actually brings to light some stories that often go unnoticed between verbiage about what actress is wearing coke on her dress and what short sighted message Bush Junior is spewing…

There’s no rocket science here but you will be reading some things that put the world in contect hopefully and will stretch your thought process beyond the “Chicken Noodle Soup” dance. I’m specifically interested in black people for a bunch of reasons. One, cause I’m black. Two, because I believe the news we read is often only geared towards us which, in some instances is excellent since nobody else cares unless there’s a captial slant, but mostly it’s just down right ignorant. Three, there’s a lot of information out there and if you can contemplate rims and Tims, you can digest global context. You can. I promise.

The first installment of our News You Don’t Know Can Hurt You comes from the BBC and is about some shenanigans that happened on our own soil (at this point you should know that you can’t trust our news sources over here completely….I mean come on).

False fax allows US prison escape
A prisoner in the US state of Kentucky was mistakenly freed after a phoney fax ordering his release was sent from a nearby grocery store.

Timothy Rouse, 19, was being held on charges of assault and robbery.
The fax ordering his release claimed to be from the state supreme court, but was riddled with spelling errors and had no letterhead.
Police found Rouse two weeks later at his mother’s house after prison authorities realised their mistake.
“It’s outrageous that it happened,” said Fulton County attorney Rick Major. “I’m just glad nobody got hurt, because he’s dangerous.”

‘No routine check’
Rouse was being held at the Kentucky Correctional and Psychiatric Center near Louisville for mental evaluation when he was released on 6 April.
Prison officials said the fax was received from a nearby grocery store. Police are investigating who faxed the document.
The prison’s director said their policies do not require them to check the source of faxes.
“It’s not part of a routine check,” said Greg Taylor, “but certainly, in hindsight, that would perhaps have caused somebody to ask a question.”
Mr Taylor said spelling mistakes are common on court documents.

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6583043.stm
Published: 2007/04/23 10:00:26 GMT

Peep: “Mr. Taylor said spelling mistakes are common on court documents.” Somebody needs to reach out to the Akeelahs chilling in the Bees so they can fix that shit.