Friday, April 19, 2024

Our beloved grandmother didn't carry the nuclear codes




Our beloved grandmother didn't carry the nuclear codes: Let me put on my grandson hat. President Biden reminds me of my late grandmother. We called her…..
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We remember Gus Gil (1939-2015)


Tomás Gustavo Gil Guillén was born in Caracas, Venezuela on this day in 1939.   He died in 2015.

 We knew him as Gus Gil who played with Cleveland (1967) then the Seattle Pilots who became the Milwaukee Brewers (1969-71).

 Gil's career was very short:  a .186 hitter over 227 games.   He was primarily a defensive replacement in the infield and occasional pinch hitter.

 On August 16, 1970, Gil had the winning hit that scored Davey May.   It was a meaningless game for both teams.    

 However, the victory sparked the post game celebration that brought Bernie Brewer down from top of the scoreboard.   He had been living up there until the team drew 40.000 fans.

 I was there, saw the hit and enjoyed the celebration.

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We remember Rep. Henry Hyde (1924-2007)


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We remember former Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois, who was born on this day in 1924.  He died in 2007.

 He was one of my favorite members of Congress.
Most people remember Rep. Hyde because of the Clinton impeachment proceedings. Yet, I recall his work against abortion and wonderful command of the English language.
We miss Rep. Hyde!

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Happy # 83 Roberto Carlos

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World War II: The great military leaders with Barry Jacobsen


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World War II: The great military leaders with Barry Jacobsen 07/23 by Silvio Canto Jr | History Podcasts:

Guest: Barry Jacobsen, military historian and blogger.......we will remember the Allied and Axis commanders: Ike, MacArthur, Nimitz, Monty, Zukov; and on the Axis side, Von Manstein, Guderian, Rommel, Kesselring, Adm. Yamamoto, General Yamashita.......and other stories of the war............

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Thursday's podcast: The storyteller, NPR madness, The Doolittle Raid 1942 and other stories

 


Thursday's podcast:   

The storyteller, NPR madness, The Doolittle Raid 1942 and other stories.....

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Thursday's video: The storyteller, NPR madness, The Doolittle Raid 1942...


Thursday's video: 

 The storyteller, NPR madness, The Doolittle Raid 1942...

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NPR makes the case for its own defunding




NPR makes the case for its own defunding: The NPR story gets more and more strange.  Some of us were hoping for a little reflection and maybe rebranding from a woke playlist to more bipartisan  information.   Instead, the woke circled the wagons and shot back.   
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April 18, 1942: The Doolittle Raid with Barry Jacobsen

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Ernie Pyle: The man who wrote about the soldiers rather than the war

Before Skype or internet chats, soldiers used to write letters to their parents, sweethearts, or families back home.
Furthermore, families had very little information about their sons at war.  The news reports were about battles and soldier movements.  Often, families would hear about the boys at war when a neighbor would be burying his son.
Enter Ernie Pyle, who was killed in 1945:
Pyle, born in Dana, Indiana, first began writing a column for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in 1935. Eventually syndicated to some 200 U.S. newspapers, Pyle’s column, which related the lives and hopes of typical citizens, captured America’s affection.
In 1942, after the United States entered World War II, Pyle went overseas as a war correspondent. He covered the North Africa campaign, the invasions of Sicily and Italy, and on June 7, 1944, went ashore at Normandy the day after Allied forces landed.  Pyle, who always wrote about the experiences of enlisted men rather than the battles they participated in, described the D-Day scene: “It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn’t know they were in the water, for they were dead.” The same year, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished correspondence and in 1945 traveled to the Pacific to cover the war against Japan.
On April 18, 1945, Ernie Pyle was killed by enemy fire on the island of Ie Shima. After his death, President Harry S. Truman spoke of how Pyle “told the story of the American fighting man as the American fighting men wanted it told.”
Pyle is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
About 20 years ago, or on the 50th anniversary of his death, I took the time to read some of his columns.
One of my favorite columns was “Digging and Grousing” from Africa 1943.  It related the story of some GIs talking about a letter:
To get to the point, it was written by a soldier, and it said: “The greatest Christmas present that can be given to us this year is not smoking jackets, ties, pipes or games. If people will only take the money and buy war bonds … they will be helping themselves and helping us to be home next Christmas. Being home next Christmas is something which would be appreciated by all of us boys in service!”
Ernie Pyle had an amazing gift.  He understood that his war reports would be read by soldiers at war, a wounded GI at a hospital, and a mother back home desperate to know what her son was going through.
I hope that our kids in school are learning about men like Ernie Pyle.
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We remember Barbara Bush (1925-2018)


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We learned in April 2018 that Barbara Bush died in Houston.   We remember her as a wonderful First Lady.   Rest in peace Mrs. Bush.  We love you!

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The story of World War II with Barry Jacobsen, part 1


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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Wednesday's podcast: NPR madness, Chicago convention, Iran vs Israel


Wednesday's podcast:  

NPR madness, Chicago convention, Iran vs Israel, Bay of Pigs 1961 and other stories.....

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Wednesday's video: NPR madness, Chicago convention, Iran vs Israel


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NPR madness, Chicago convention, Iran vs Israel.....

                              
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Can Chicago protect the people going to the convention?

 



Check out this Article from AmericanThinker 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/can_chicago_protect_the_people_going_to_the_convention.html 

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