Tariffs & new plants plus a word about caravans

 

Tariffs & new plants plus a word about caravans....

What about those tariffs?

What about those tariffs?:

Do we really want to cancel the tariffs? Which plant do you want to close? 

Happy # 81 Neil Young

We say happy birthday to Neil Young, one of our favorite rock performers.   Neil was born in Toronto on this day in 1945.   He recorded with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and on his own.     

"Heart of gold" is one of my real favorites....

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1967: "Incense and peppermints" on the radio

We remember Strawberry Alarm Clock, a one-hit wonder, and "Incense and peppermints".    We called it "Psychedelic music".   The song is a fantastic arrangement:    2 minutes & 55 seconds.    The intro is super and I love the ending.

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We remember Grace Kelly (1929-1982)

We remember Grace Kelly who was born on this day in 1929.  

Back in 1956, "High society" was released.    It was Grace Kelly's last movie before marrying Prince Rainier of Monaco.    She was one of the most popular ladies of Hollywood in the 1950s.

She died in 1982 after an automobile accident.   It was quite a shock.  I remember hearing about the car crash and the death the next day.    

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The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda

 

The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda...

Will they still cheer for the Cubs?

Will they still cheer for the Cubs?:

Chicago is a city that has a state. 

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llinois is a state where a major city runs the show and elects the two U.S. senators. Chicago has the microphone, and the rest of the state is left to pay taxes and talk secession. Let's look at the details:

The blue wave that has delighted so many in the Chicago area has been more complicated for downstaters, many of whom do not align with the ascendent Democratic super-majority in Springfield.

In the midterm election Tuesday, 12 more downstate and western Illinois counties voted to explore seceding from Illinois. These counties are: Coles, Ford, Gallatin, Hamilton, Henderson, Macoupin, McDonough, Monroe, Piatt, Saline, Warren and Washington.

They join 33 counties that have already voted for such an exploration.

With these latest votes, 45 of Illinois' 102 counties, or 44%, have approved referendums exploring separation.   

Obviously, this is very far from 44% of our state's residents. The 12 rural counties that voted Tuesday to explore separating from Illinois have a combined population of just over 252,000 people, according to 2025 Census estimates, roughly 2% of Illinois' population. That's a fraction of Chicago's 2.7 million people.

But that doesn't mean individual voters in Saline County should be heard less than the individuals up here in the Chicago area. In Saline County, they were able to separate -- no pun intended -- a national blue wave from single-party politics closer to home.

Incoming Springfield Democrats ignore this sentiment at their own peril. Not because they need these votes -- clearly and demonstrably they don't. But choosing to write off legitimate (and peaceful, we'll add) votes of discontent risks fracturing our state even further.

Well, 44% is not 51%, but Rome wasn't built in a day. The problem is obvious, as we see in Washington and Oregon and elsewhere. A large city runs the state legislature, and candidates for the U.S. Senate just pay attention to urban interests. The rurals get the short end.  

I don't see a quick fix. The rurals are a small minority and don't have the votes, no matter how legitimate their complaints are. On a larger scale, I don't see that the "direct election" amendment will be reversed soon so Senator Jon Ossoff will continue to be the U.S. senator from Atlanta rather than Georgia.  

In the meantime, the people from the rural counties will continue to accumulate their anger, and the folks in Chicago will write them off. Sooner or later, it will explode, but it will be later rather sooner, unfortunately.    

Maybe this is what the Founding Fathers feared when they designed the Senate differently than the House.   

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We remember George Patton (1885-1945)

Am I the only one who finds this historical fact interesting? There is something very interesting about this story.

We remember George Patton, one of the great military men in US history.   He was born in San Gabriel, California on this day in 1885.     Coincidentally, we remember this day as Veterans Day, or the day to recall those who served.

During WWII, Patton led the Allies to victory in the invasion of Sicily, and was instrumental to the liberation of Germany from the Nazis.

He died on December 21, 1945 in Heidelberg, Germany.

In 1970, a great movie came out about ‘Patton”.    Just recently, Bill O’Reilly wrote about “Killing Patton“.

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Happy Veterans Day

We take a minute and salute the veterans Veterans' Day.

The history of Veterans Day is as follows:

"Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.'"

As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.

In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress -- at the urging of the veterans service organizations -- amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans."

With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars."

It's a special day to salute a veterans and say "thanks"!   And we remember the "citizen soldiers":



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Impeachment fever, immigration and Trump plus others

 

Impeachment fever, immigration and Trump plus others....