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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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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1966: "The Ballad of Green Berets" by Staff Sergeant Barry Sandler was # 1 this week
We remember Patsy Cline (1932-1963)
In the 1980's, I discovered "Crazy", a great country song and interested in Patsy's music. Today, I'm a big fan of her music.
She also recorded "I fall to pieces" and several other country hits!
Let's remember Patsy Cline's "Crazy", a # 1 hit.
1946: Churchill and the Iron Curtain speech
In the 1930’s, Winston Churchill warned the UK and the world about Hitler’s Germany. After World War II, he warned us about the USSR and communist expansion.
On this day in 1946, former PM Winston Churchill of the UK spoke to the American people about the Soviet threat. It turned out to be one of the great speeches of the 20th century. This is one of the most remarkable lines:
From what I have seen of our Russian friends and Allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness.
Mr. Churchill, who was a private citizen because of his defeat in 1945, did not speak to a joint session of Congress. Nevertheless, the impact of “The Iron Curtain” speech was awesome.
From that day forward, Churchill’s words about the Soviet threat were quoted by every president and Western leader. They inspired a new generation of leaders to contain the communist threat.
We remember Andy Gibb (1958-1988)
Andy Gibb was born on this day in 1958. His career started in 1977 and then rode the Bee Gees' wave in the late 1970s.
Andy's hit songs were written and produced by Barry Gibb, his older brother. His first 3 singles were all # 1 in the US. Andy faded in the early 1980s and eventually died in 1988 at the very young age of 30. His music brings back a lot of memories from the late 1970's.
Tuesday, March 04, 2025
Mr. Chief Justice, please spank Judge Amy
Anyway, another federal judge has misread the U.S. Constitution. They think that Article 2 only exists when a Democrat is in The White House.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) March 4, 2025
Mr. Chief Justice, please spank Judge Amy - American Thinker https://t.co/nem2o3AgfZ
Here we go again. Another liberal activist judge needs a “legal” spanking. Yes, I wrote “legal” so that I don’t get a visit from whoever protects the judges.
Anyway, another federal judge has misread the U.S. Constitution. They think that Article 2 only exists when a Democrat is in The White House. Let’s check the story:
Not unexpectedly, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has ruled that unelected bureaucrat, Hampton Dellinger, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel head has more unilateral power within the executive branch of government than President Donald Trump.
This ruling stems from the same mindset as former AG Bill Barr, former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy AG Sally Yates, former IC Inspector General Michael Atkinson, and the entire organization of professional Lawfare activists that includes Mary McCord, Andrew Weissmann and Norm Eisen. The collective belief is that in the modern “continuity of government” framework, the bureaucracy of government controls things, not the elected and plenary President.
Basic constitutional civics has been destroyed in the modern era by progressive advocacy saying the executive branch is an omnipotent organism that is not controlled by the duly elected President of the United States. Current Lawfare activists and activist judges seek to retain this bastardized view of constitutional government.
Let us hope the Supreme Court finally puts an end to decades of this ridiculous nonsense. The earlier ruling in the Presidential Immunity decision indicates SCOTUS is positioned to do exactly that.
Let’s hope that the SCOTUS 9 is positioning to act. I’d be happy with SCOTUS 6-3!
As my old 6th-grade school teacher used to say when the kids were full of themselves, the situation is out of control. Well, the judges are out of control. Too many liberal judges seeking some attention or trying to confront the Trump White House.
I guess that these judges is all that they have, but it’s time to stop it.
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Happy # 77 Tom Grieve
Tom Grieve came to Texas when the Senators moved here in 1972. His best season was 1976: 20 HR & 81 RBI.
The team finished second in 1991 and was in first place when the strike shutdown the 1994 season. Grieve was dismissed after that season when ownership brought in new management, from the front office to field manager.
In 1995, Grieve joined the team's TV crew and has been a fan favorite ever since.