Friday, March 07, 2025
No case of Nancy, with the laughing face
So to Nancy, and all of the others posting nonsense about Trump being a maniac, please look at yourself in the mirror and see what you’ve turned into.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) March 7, 2025
No case of Nancy, with the laughing face - American Thinker https://t.co/nwFkHjeyky
Once upon a time, Frank Sinatra sang of a “Nancy with the laughing face”. Frank was so impressed because no angel could replace Nancy with her laughing face. I guess they used to make songs like that in 1945.
Well, there was no angelic Nancy with a laughing face watching the president’s speech. I saw a Nancy with an angry face and wearing a mask at one point. Not sure what virus was in the chambers, but the mask was on.
Nancy was joined by angry Democrats as Politico reminded us:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wanted a ‘solemn’ response to President Donald Trump’s congressional address Tuesday. His members had other ideas.
Moments after Trump began speaking, Texas Rep. Al Green rose and interrupted the president until he was ejected from the chamber. Other members held signs blasting Trump and his policies. Repeatedly they met Trump’s partisan provocations with chants and jeers. Many simply walked out of the chamber, leaving the Democratic section increasingly empty as the speech went on.
The minority party is still trying to find its footing and a winning message after losing control of government last fall, and the protests and walkouts underscored just how difficult it will be for Democratic congressional leaders to effectively harness the anger of their party’s voters, activists and elected officials.
Effectively harness anger? Yes, that’s about right. It’s anger in the air and maybe that’s why Nancy Pelosi was wearing a mask, and another one was calling on someone to pay his taxes.
In the end it did not work because no one likes to watch this nonsense. There is a time for political debate and a time to cheer a young man who just got accepted to West Point, or a cancer survivor who was made an honorary Secret Service agent.
So to Nancy, and all of the others posting nonsense about Trump being a maniac, please look at yourself in the mirror and see what you’ve turned into.
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Happy # 74 Jeff Burroughs
He was born in California on this day in 1951 and drafted by the old Washington Senators who moved to Texas in 1972.
In Texas, he became an instant sensation: 30 HR & 85 RBI in 1973.
A year later, Jeff hit .301 with 25 HR & 119 RBI and was named the 1974 AL MVP beating out Reggie Jackson and Rod Carew.
In 1975, Jeff hit 29 HR & 94 RBI but his strikeouts jumped to 155 and batting average dropped to .226!
He was traded to Atlanta and did well, hitting 41 HR with 114 RBI in 1977.
Overall, he retired with a .261 average, 240 HR & 831 RBI.
My memory of Jeff is mammoth home runs!
Last, but not least, he wrote a book for Little League coaches after retiring from baseball.
Happy # 89 Galen Cisco
Once upon a time, my brother and I collected baseball cards. In fact, we still have most of them in a box.
Let us say happy birthday to Galen Cisco, who was born in Ohio on this day in 1936. I remember Cisco because of his name. After all, how many ballplayers are named Galen Cisco?
Galen broke with Boston in 1961 and joined the expansion Mets for the 1963 season. Cisco went 18-43 in 4 seasons but he pitched better than his record would indicate. After all, how often does a pitcher go 6-19 with a 3.62 ERA? Cisco retired after the 1969 season. He pitched for two expansion teams, the Mets of the NL and the Royals of the AL.
Cisco turned out to be a pretty good pitching coach for Toronto and developed young arms like Jimmy Key, Dave Stieb, Todd Stottlemyre, and David Wells.
March 1970: "Let it be" released this month!
We remember "Let it be" released this month as a single in 1970. The B-side "You know my name" a rather bizarre song to say the least.
There were two versions of the song:
The single was shorter.
The album version (released later) was longer and it included a nice guitar solo.
I like the single version better but both got a lot of airplay on the radio.
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World War II: A look at the political leaders with Barry Jacobsen
Guest: Barry Jacobsen, military blogger and historian......we will look at some of the political and military figures of World War II..........President Roosevelt, President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill, USSR leader Stalin, Chancellor Hitler........................plus many more.....click to listen:
Thursday, March 06, 2025
When you lose Doug...
Happy # 86 Octavio “Cookie” Rojas
Happy # 88 Valentina Tereshkova
On June 16, 1963, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space. She flew 48 orbits and 71 hours.
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We remember Willie Stargell (1940-2001)
We remember game 7 of the 1979 World Series. Willie Stargell hit a 2-run homer to turn the game around. Eventually, the Pirates went on to win the game and the Series.
Willie Stargell was born on this day in 1940. He broke with the Pirates in 1962 and became one of the great power hitters of our generation: .282 average, 475 HR, 1,540 RBI plus the 1979 NL MVP. Stargell was in the top 3 for NL MVP in 1971, 1972 and 1973.
Stargell was a great team leader and was inducted into The Hall of Fame in 1988. Stargell died in 2001 and there was a lot more to Stargell than numbers!
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1941: Germany launches the invasion of USSR....with Barry Jacobsen
World War II: Germany invades the USSR....with Barry Jacobsen....
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Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda
The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda.....Trump and Ukraine, Europe and Ukraine, The State of the Union coming up this week...click to listen:
Indiana wants me
Indiana wants me - American Thinker https://t.co/WLEqwAGhCr
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) March 5, 2025
click to read:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/indiana_wants_me.html
Did you hear that Indiana has a new employer? It is coming and bringing some economic development. Let’s look at the story:
Honda opens new tab has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The change underscores how manufacturers are scrambling to adapt to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada. While several automakers have expressed concerns about the levies, Honda’s move is the first concrete measure by a major Japanese car company.
Japan’s second-largest automaker had initially planned to manufacture the next-generation Civic in Guanajuato, Mexico, according to the three people. Production was slated to start from November 2027, according to one of the people.
Mexico was chosen because rising costs were making it tough to produce the car in Indiana and Canada, one of them said.
It now plans to build the new Civic model in Indiana from May 2028 with an expected annual production of around 210,000, one of the people said. Honda would look to import from nations not hit by tariffs if production in Indiana falls short of demand, one of them said.
This is very significant and I think it goes beyond tariffs. I’ve heard from foreign businessmen that Mexico is no longer the cheap labor option that it used to be. Have you tried renting an apartment in Mexico City or Monterrey?
And I wouldn’t be surprised if the overall security situation was a factor here too. In other words, many of these executives move to Mexico with their families and some of their wives may not be thrilled with all the violence around them. We just learned that Guanajuato is called “Mexico’s most violent state, according to official homicide statistics.” My guess is that Indiana does not have that problem.
So maybe it’s all a coincidence and not related to the tariffs or the violence. Time will tell. In the meantime, don’t be surprised if you favorite oldies stations plays a song called “Indiana Wants Me.” It was not about cars but rather love and someone running away from the law.
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