Hasan Piker opens the liberal zoo

Hasan Piker opens the liberal zoo:

The Democrats’ foremost spokesman is turning the long knives on those he deems insufficiently radical.

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Who knew that we’d be hearing a lot from Hasan Piker after the election? Well, he is back, and his new target is Governor Newsom of California. I guess that Hasan doesn’t think that Gavin is cool. Let’s check this out:

Anti-American leftist Hasan Piker, the Democrat Party’s favorite podcaster, is shutting the door on supporting California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom and his potential run for president.

During his recent podcast appearance with rapper and activist Vic Mensa, Piker spoke about Newsom — who has been widely considered a possible Democrat candidate for 2028 — and said he just doesn’t like the slick Californian.

“He’s very unappealing to me, he’s terrible, but he’s terrible because of his policies,” Piker told Mensa.

Bad policies. Unappealing. Just another day at the liberal zoo. It reminds some of us of that book “The Bronx Zoo” or the story of the dysfunctional New York Yankees of the late 1970’s. To be fair, those Yankees won back-to-back championships. Wonder if the new Democrats will be that good?

Piker’s return is a shot across the bow that the podcaster will speak his mind. Piker probably doesn’t like Newsom because he can see the damage that “slick,” lousy governor is doing to the Democrat brand. Furthermore, Piker wants to see a more radical choice for president in 2028. He is tired of the establishment, too. He will probably be very loud if the newly elected Democrat majorities do not come through with their promises.

All in all, a pain in the you-know-what for the new Democrat majority. Piker will call them cowards if they don’t come through or try to work with the GOP.

Get ready because Hasan ain’t going away. He plans to hang around and remind everyone that you can be primaried too.

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Happy # 84 Johnny Rivers

We say happy birthday to Johnny Rivers.    He was born John Henry Ramistella in New York City on this day in 1942.   

Rivers recorded a very popular live album with covers of "Memphis" (Chuck Berry), "Mountain of Love" & "The Seventh Son".    It was great dancing music.

After that, he had a string of great songs like "Secret agent man", "Poor side of town" and "Summer rain".    

In the 1970's he came back to the charts with "Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu".

His songs always bring a memory of this or that.     

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1972: Nixon reelected in landslide!

In 1968, Richard Nixon was elected with 42% of the popular vote in a very divisive presidential election.    In 1972, President Nixon enjoyed one of the greatest landslides of all time.    He got 61% of the popular vote beating Senator McGovern by 18 million votes.     

The campaign was dominated by the war in Vietnam.  However, President Nixon withdrew most of the troops and the war not the issue that the Democrats expected.    Also, Senator McGovern was branded as a liberal and flopped in most of the country.

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1956: We can not forget what happened in Hungary many years ago

The Cold War is over. The USSR is the answer to a trivia question.  We call them Russia now.

Nevertheless, an amazing thing happened in Hungary this week in 1956. It started with simple protests and then students, workers, and even some soldiers demanded more freedom.

The Soviet tanks eventually crushed the rebellion and the dream was not realized until 1989.

However, we can never forget what the brave citizens of Hungary did this week in 1956. They stood up to communism and we can not forget their bravery.

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The border now and good jobs report

Are we ready for more ‘caravanistas’?

Are we ready for more ‘caravanistas’?:

They’re heading to Texas, and Governor-elect Hinojosa insisted during Abbott’s tenure that they should be welcomed in.

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The caravans are coming, or so we hear. Yes, the message south of the border is that Trump lost and the border openers won. In other words, will new Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa stop her predecessor’s excellent work on the border? We forget that Governor Abbott defended that border when President Biden was in office.

Governor-elect Hinojosa will soon face a big test on the border. We remember the lady who voted for sanctuary cities and called on Governor Abbott to stop local or state cooperation with ICE.

What happens when the next caravan shows up? It may be sooner than the Governor-elect would prefer. Here is a recent story from FOX News:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a strong warning to a major migrant caravan that crossed into Mexico and was moving north with hopes of reaching the U.S.-Mexico border.

“USBP is closely engaged with its international partners to monitor their movement and any additional developments,” DHS told Fox News in a statement. “[United States Border Patrol] USBP reminds migrants that under the leadership of President Trump and Homeland Secretary Mullin, the border has remained closed and secured for the last 16 months.”

The caravan, numbering in the hundreds as of Monday, is predominantly made up of Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Ecuadoreans and Haitians.

Well, what do you say, Governor-elect? She avoided these issues during the campaign and concentrated on, you guess it, “affordability.” The campaign is over now and governing is here.

The good news is that the Trump administration will get involved very quickly and put federal troops on the border, if necessary. I assume that the Governor-elect knows that all those border towns are not looking forward to a rerun of those horrible days when the border was a disaster. We assume that, but the immigration activists now have a governor in Texas that they helped elect. All those immigration lawyers want work, and caravans can keep them busy.

Time will tell, but we remember “open borders,” Gina, and my best is that she will soon be ordering the National Guard.

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1532: Cabeza de Vaca landed in Texas

Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca did not set out to find Texas but he landed around Galveston on this day in 1532.

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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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Reagan 1980 many years ago this week!

As we count the 2020 vote, let me tell you a story about another election that meant a great deal to me.   Like many Cuban Americans, I had grown up hearing that it was better to vote Republican.  It was Ronald Reagan who took it to the next level.  He made it cool to talk about free markets and small government.

Back in November 1980, I was a volunteer on the Reagan-Bush team.  On Friday night, I worked a phone bank and all the senior people were talking about a close election.  A few days before, we had seen Reagan debate President Carter but the impact of “there you go again” was still unclear.  I guess we did not see the impact of that debate until real people voted.

On election day, I voted early, went to work, and then listened to the radio for any detail I could find.  

At 7:00 P.M., I tuned in to the TV, expecting to stay up all night, as I had in 1976, when the Ford-Carter contest literally went into the middle of the next day.

Around 7:00 P.M., the Eastern results came in, and President Carter looked weak.  By 9:00, the Southern results started projecting a Reagan victory.  By 11:00, the Western results made it a landslide.  

The Reagan-Bush team got 489 electoral votes and almost 44 million votes.  It was amazing, to say the least.

Of course, the next part was even better.  The GOP picked up Senate seats and ended up with a majority for the first time in years.

A few days later, I moved to Mexico City to start a banking assignment.  Down south of the border, everyone in Mexico was curious as to how Reagan did it.  I had a lot fun explaining the victory.  Last, but not least, President Carter was seen as a very weak leader and many remembered that Reagan had been a good and popular Governor Reagan of California. 

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1860: Abraham Lincoln became president

On election day 1860, a very divided country went to the polls.   

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. 

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