Tuesday, October 15, 2024
How can you mend a Biden heart?
How can you mend a Biden heart? - American Thinker https://t.co/TqpKQiPfzx
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 15, 2024
Not sure if the Bidens are singing that Bee Gees tune about a broken heart but Jill is probably not saying anything nice about Kamala when she is taking a bath. There is nothing like an angry woman and a bathtub.
The Biden-Harris feud is real. It goes back to 2020 when Senator Harris accused him of being a racist in the story about the little girl on the bus.
According to news reports, it's getting hot and we are not talking about climate change. This is the story:
An Axios report alleged Sunday that there is growing tension and miscommunication between the White House and the Harris campaign.
National political correspondent Alex Thompson reported "many senior Biden aides remain wounded by the president being pushed out of his re-election bid and are still adjusting to being in a supporting role on the campaign trail."
"They're too much in their feelings," one Harris ally reportedly told Axios about the White House.
Thompson wrote the main issue with some Harris campaign members is that White House aides "aren't sufficiently coordinating Biden's messaging and schedule to align with what's best for the vice president's campaign."
Yeah -- those broken hearts are tough to mend.
Honestly, I see two real problems behind this feud.
President Biden is right. She cheated on him by defending his mental acuity on the night of the Trump-Biden debate and then stabbing Joe as soon as the opportunity presented itself. Ambitious Kam was too much for Joe.
The second reason is that she is not ready for the presidency. Honestly, she may win because some people hate Trump that much. It could happen, but I have a funny feeling that Trump will win because she’s so incompetent.
So this feud will keep on feuding. And Joe and Jill will leave with a broken heart and a desire to take Kam & Tim down with them.
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We remember Mario Puzzo (1920-99)
His book "The Godfather" was published in 1999 and the story turned into a movie in 1972.
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Mike Cuellar and Orioles won game 5 and the 1970 World Series
Happy # 79 Jim Palmer
From 1969 to 1978, he was probably the best right hander in major league baseball: 8-time 20-game winner, two ERA titles and 3 Cy Young Awards, It's hard to think of a more consistent pitcher during that period.
Jim won 268 games, completed 211 and finished with a 2.86 ERA. He won a World Series game in 3 decades: 1966, 1970 and 1983.
Palmer was elected to The Hall of Fame in 1991.
October 15, 1951: The first "I love Lucy" episode in the US
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It was the most popular situation comedy TV show of its day. In fact, 72% of US household watched the episode when Lucy went to the hospital to give birth to Little Ricky.
The plot was different or a Cuban bandleader in New York married to one of the craziest housewives in the planet. Add to that Fred & Ethel and you had all of the ingredients for a very funny episode.
"I love Lucy" lives on thanks to reruns and very funny episodes. I think that I've seen all!
1948: Gerald Ford married Elizabeth Bloomer
1991: Clarence Thomas confirmed to The Supreme Court
We remember that Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court on this day in 1991.
I remember watching President Bush introduce Judge Thomas. I felt good for the country and Judge Thomas. What a way to show the progress we had made on racial issues, by nominating a man of integrity and a history of self-reliance. I did not know much about Mr. Thomas but walked away with a favorable impression.
I had no idea what Senators Biden and Kennedy had in store for the country. The confirmation hearings turned into a disgrace when Clarence Thomas was forced to respond to Anita Hill’s charges. It was a low point for the U.S. Senate. I guess a deeper low was reached with Judge Kavanaugh in 2018. Who knew that the U.S. Senate could reach such levels of immaturity?
The whole thing had nothing to do with their relationship, whatever that was. It was a last-minute attempt by the Democrats to “Bork” Thomas before he had a chance to join the Court. The 1987 Borking of Judge Bork was still fresh in our minds.
It was a high-tech lynching, as Mr. Thomas told the committee. For me, it was all about abortion, as we saw in the aforementioned Kavanaugh hearings.
History will judge Thomas. No one will ever question Thomas’s character, which is a lot stronger than all of the feminists and liberals who took cheap shots at him to keep Roe v. Wade in place.
My guess is that Grandpa Thomas is very proud of his grandson Clarence!
1975: Big day for Luis Tiant
A father-son story in the middle of the 1975 World Series
As any baseball fan knows, the 1975 World Series was one of the greatest ever, from Carlton Fisk to Pete Rose to Johnny Bench to Joe Morgan. It was also a great story about a father and his son.
1975: Father Tiant watched his son Luis pitch beautifully in The World Series
Monday, October 14, 2024
Those terrible Spaniards and their conquests
Those terrible Spaniards and their conquests - American Thinker https://t.co/EeZ6A7Gmzj
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) October 14, 2024Down in Mexico, the new "Presidenta," as she likes to be called, is off to a confusing start, as a friend told me this weekend. The country is dealing with a massive crime wave including a mayor being decapitated. Yes, I mean that his head was cut off. The poor man had been on the job for five days. There is a new man on the job.
So what is the new "presidenta" focused on these days? Well, "la presidenta" is continuing her predecessor's fight with Spain over an apology for crimes committed centuries ago. Let's check this from our friend Allan Wall:
In 2020, then-President AMLO changed the name of the celebration in Mexico to DÃa de la Nación Pluricultural, Day of the Multicultural Nation.On October 12th, 2024, on her Twitter X account, President Claudia Sheinbaum posted this (my translation throughout): “The 12th of October is neither the DÃa de la Raza nor the DÃa de la Hispanidad. Christopher Columbus discovered America for the Europeans, but in our continent (Western Hemisphere) and particularly in what we now call Mexico, there were already great civilizations and cultures of which we females feel proud and we males feel proud [it’s awkward in Spanish too]. The arrival of the Spaniards more than five centuries ago represented subjection and even elimination of the original peoples. To offer apologies for the crimes committed is not shameful, on the contrary, it makes peoples greater and brings them nearer.”
Well, no one denies that mistakes were made in the colonization of Mexico. Colonizing usually doesn't happen after a referendum or plebiscite. It's usually done by force and it's not pretty. Yes, the Spanish were often brutal, but that's history, ugly and uglier. At the same, it’s not as if Moctezuma’s police read your Miranda rights or his opposition had their own newspapers.
Of course, what does what happened 400 years ago have to with today? A lot, according to "la presidenta" who can't resist showing her devotion to the former president on a daily basis.
So the murders are tearing up Mexican society. Small-town politicians are learning the hard way that criminal elements will decapitate you if you refuse to play. Nevertheless, "la presidenta" is on a mission to get Spain to apologize for what those terrible conquistadores did years ago.
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Good news: Hello Columbus Day
Happy days are here again. It's another Columbus Day and an opportunity to remember everything that sailed with him.
In 2017, President Trump signed a proclamation for Columbus and it did not blame Christopher for a darn thing. Let’s see the text:
Five hundred and twenty-five years ago, Christopher Columbus completed an ambitious and daring voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. The voyage was a remarkable and then-unparalleled feat that helped launch the age of exploration and discovery. The permanent arrival of Europeans to the Americas was a transformative event that undeniably and fundamentally changed the course of human history and set the stage for the development of our great Nation. Therefore, on Columbus Day, we honor the skilled navigator and man of faith, whose courageous feat brought together continents and has inspired countless others to pursue their dreams and convictions -- even in the face of extreme doubt and tremendous adversity.
More than five centuries after his initial voyage, we remember the “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” for building the critical first link in the strong and enduring bond between the United States and Europe. While Isabella I and Ferdinand II of Spain sponsored his historic voyage, Columbus was a native of the City of Genoa, in present day Italy, and represents the rich history of important Italian American contributions to our great Nation. There can be no doubt that American culture, business, and civic life would all be much less vibrant in the absence of the Italian American community. We also take this opportunity to reaffirm our close ties to Columbus’s country of birth, Italy. Italy is a strong ally and a valued partner in promoting peace and promoting prosperity around the world.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus’s historic voyage, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as “Columbus Day.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 9, 2017, as Columbus Day. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on the appointed day in honor of our diverse history and all who have contributed to shaping this Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-second.
Glad to see it. I’m sure that President Trump was called a racist or this or that. However, his point is correct.
The Europeans brought a lot to the New World, such as the rule of law and eventually the Bill of Rights that allows uninformed people to protest Columbus’ monuments.
Blaming Columbus for every native woman raped or village destroyed misrepresents what actually happened after he landed here. After all, most of today's Columbus critics would not last a second under Moctezuma, Geronimo, or the others. The "indigenous people" crowd has created this romantic view of what was here before Columbus.
As for me, I’m delighted that I was born in a New World discovered by Columbus. In the meantime, the attacks continue.