My View by Silvio Canto, Jr.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
A Man for all seasons
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 6, 2024
Remember the Olympics and that boxing match between the young woman from Italy and someone who looked like a man from where ever he was from? The young woman walked away in tears.
It turns out that he was really a he. Let’s get the details:
A shocking new development has emerged in the case of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif after a French journalist reportedly gained access to a damning medical report revealing Khelif has “testicles.” The news comes months after Khelif seized a gold medal in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics.
The report was drafted in June of 2023 via a collaboration between the Kremlin-BicĂȘtre hospital in Paris, France, and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers, Algeria. Drafted by expert endocrinologists Soumaya Fedala and Jacques Young, the report reveals that Khelif is impacted by 5-alpha reductase deficiency, a disorder of sexual development that is only found in biological males.
Okay. Let me confess that I don’t know anything about alpha reductase deficiency. That sounds like the reason that I only took basic biology in school. I got my requirement out of the way and signed up for a history or political science class.
All I know about men and women is that they are different and it’s very easy to tell the difference. Furthermore, boys are bigger and stronger and girls are smaller. Just go to a high school football game and check out the quarterback and the head cheerleader. I don’t need any biology expert to tell which one is a guy or gal.
Of course, the scandal here is that such a match was allowed in the first place. This is what happens when woke runs the show and a young woman is threatened by it.
Here is the scandal. Someone in the Olympics decided that the narrative was better than having a real woman win a medal. That is a disgrace and maybe there is someone in the media who wants to take it further. Of course, I am assuming that there is someone in the media who wants to write about something that isn’t Trump this or Trump that.
At the very least, a future President Trump should challenge the people running the Olympics and demand a correction.
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1532: Cabeza de Vaca landed in Texas
We remember Glenn Frey (1948-2016)
We remember Glenn Frey who was born in Michigan on this day in 1948.
Back in the 1970's, The Eagles were one of the most successful recording acts in the world. Later, Frey was a solo artist but I loved his work with The Eagles a lot more.
We got some bad news in January 2016: Glenn Frey, one of the founders and principals of The Eagles, passed away. He was 67.
One of my favorite songs was "A new kid in town", a # 1 song the LP "Hotel California".
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1860: Abraham Lincoln became president
Lincoln got only 40% of the popular vote but defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois.
The election did not settle any of the differences. By inauguration date on March 4, 1861, seven states had seceded, and the Confederate States of America had been formally established, with Jefferson Davis as its elected president.
One month later, the Civil War began when Confederate forces under General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
Nixon 1968 and 7 of 10
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Trump or Harris ask Mexicans
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 5, 2024
Happy # 83 Art Garfunkel............
We say happy birthday to Art Garfunkel, who was born in Queens, NY on this day in 1941. His career had two episodes: Simon & Garfunkel and several solo hits and LP's.
Garfunkel's version of "I only have eyes for you" was one of the best romantic ballads of 1975-76.
1977: Happy anniversary to President & Mrs. Bush
We say happy anniversary to President and Mrs. Bush. They were married on this day in 1977. The couple lives in Dallas today.
Mr. Bush was governor of Texas, 1995-2001, and President of the US, 2001-2009.
P.S. You can listen to my show. If you like our posts, please look for ”Donate” on the right column of the blog page.Is it time to revisit the Electoral College?
Republicans have a new strategy for 2016: Change the rules of presidential elections in order to swing the Electoral College in the GOP’s favor.On Wednesday, Virginia’s Republican-controlled legislature became one of the first to advance a bill that would allocate electoral votes by congressional district. Last week, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus endorsed pushing through similar proposals in other states with Republican legislative majorities.The strategy would have states alter the way they translate individual votes into electors — thereby giving Republican candidates an advantage. Had the 2012 election been apportioned in every state according to these new Republican plans, Romney would have led Obama by at least 11 electoral votes.
1968: Richard Nixon won the presidency
In the end, Nixon got the Electoral Votes to become the 37th president.
Nixon wrote a lot about his 3 presidential elections: defeat in 1960, victory in 1968 and the landslide of 1972. It is one of the best presidential memoirs that I've read.
Monday, November 04, 2024
Voted Trump for my grandkids
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 4, 2024
Like some of you, I voted early: Trump/Vance and Senator Ted Cruz. I feel confident that they will win.
What makes this election cycle so confusing is that this election is too close, especially when you compare the performance of the incumbent with what Trump accomplished. I’ve never seen such a contrast and yet the polls are telling me that it’s too close to call.
Let me share what Scott Jennings of CNN wrote about his choice to vote for Trump. It speaks for me.
And today, millions of Republicans like me — who nearly upchucked a time or two on this crazy ride — are prepared to vote for him one more time as a bulwark against the cultural and governance excesses of the American left.
Simply put, I’m more worried about the country’s future than any problems I’ve had with Trump in the past.
I’m worried about the impulse to restrict political speech, which some on the left (including Harris) have embraced.
I’m worried about the left’s demonization of America’s origins and the future of Western civilization, as many conservatives feel that the basic tenets of society as we’ve known it are under attack.
I’m worried about the Democratic Party’s bait-and-switch tactics. First, it was: Trust us, Biden is a moderate and he’s totally with it. He turned out to be neither.
And now, it’s: Trust us, Harris no longer holds all the crazy positions that she clearly and passionately campaigned for in 2019.
Scott is right on. We now have five grandchildren. The oldest one will start pre-K next year and the two youngest ones born this year will graduate from high school some time in 2042.
So what kind of country will they inherit? I feel responsible and would rather put the country on Trump’s hands than the other side obsessed with race, gender, and something called “green energy.”
Trump is the one and I think that my grandkids will thank me for it.
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