Keep the monkey and Hitler out of our politics

 

Keep the monkey and Hitler out of our politics

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So, it was stupidity all around. What else can we say? Keep monkey and Hitler out of politics.https://t.co/6hes95NzzB

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 9, 2026

Happy # 84 Carole King

We say happy birthday to Carole King, who was born in New York City on this day in 1942.

In the 1960's, Carole King and her husband Gerry Goffin wrote one hit after another: “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” for the Shirelles, “Take Good Care Of My Baby” (Bobby Vee, 1961), “The Loco-Motion” (Little Eva, 1962), “Up On The Roof” (The Drifters, 1962), “Chains” (The Cookies, 1962; The Beatles, 1963), “One Fine Day” (The Chiffons, 1963), “Hey Girl” (Freddie Scott, 1963), “I’m Into Something Good” (Herman’s Hermits, 1964), “Just Once In My Life” (with Phil Spector for The Righteous Brothers, 1965), and “Don’t Bring Me Down” (The Animals, 1966).

In 1971, she went solo with her LP "Tapestry" and it became a huge smash.

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Happy # 83 Barbara Lewis

Barbara Lewis was born on this day in 1943.   She has a great voice and quite a few good songs. 

Some of her big hits were "Baby, I'm Yours", "Hello Stranger", and "I'll Make Him Love Me".   I saw on the Internet that they've released a collection of her hits! 

Like Dionne Warwick, Barbara Lewis had a great voice and very easy songs. They sound just as good today as they did in the 60s!

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The Beatles that we didn't get to hear in Cuba

The world is celebrating another anniversary of The Beatles landing at JFK Airport and appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show.

It was one of those events that changed music, radio playlists and the length of our hair.  My mom used to call them "los bitles" or her "Cuban accented" pronunciation.  It was also her disapproval of the hair or my desire to look like that.  

However, I did not know a thing about Beatlemania until our family got here. 50 years ago we were in Cuba but The Beatles in New York, or Ed Sullivan, was nothing we knew a thing about. 

The Castro dictatorship censored The Beatles and their music was not heard on local radio.  The "ban" came from the to the top:

"Fidel Castro's government frowned on Western music as a 'decadent' influence in the decades after his 1959 Cuban Revolution.   Many Cubans recall being harassed for wearing long hair or listening to rock and pop music from Europe or the United States."

Eventually, the Castro regime liberalized rules so Cubans finally got their taste of The Beatles.   It was 40 years late.

We arrived in the US in September '64 and all of those Cuban kids in Miami were singing their songs.  I remember "A Hard Day's Night" movie signs everywhere. 

In a few days, I heard that it was a British group and a girl showed me her copy of "Meet the Beatles."  It was the first time that I had seen a picture of the group or heard their music. 

A few years ago, I spoke with a 50-something Cuban who left the island recently.  We spoke about the repression, censorship of the press and the food shortages. 

Then he said this: "You know one more thing I hate the Castro dictatorship....they denied me The Beatles"....I never got to enjoy it like you did in the US"

Thank God for freedom was all I could say!  All of a sudden I realized that freedom is "a free press" and my copy of "Abbey Road."

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A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative

 

A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative

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A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative. https://t.co/mQF0kr7FgZ

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 8, 2026

James Talarico talks about the pro-choice angel and billionaires

We’ve been watching the Texas primary battle between two Democrats: Rep. Jamine Crockett and Texas state Rep. James Talarico. To refresh your memory, Rep. Talarico is the one who quotes the Bible more often than a Sunday preacher. If he were a GOP candidate, they’d call him a religious fanatic.

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We’ve been watching the Texas primary battle between two Democrats: Rep. Jamine Crockett and Texas state Rep. James Talarico. To refresh your memory, Rep. Talarico is the one who quotes the Bible more often than a Sunday preacher. If he were a GOP candidate, they’d call him a…

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 8, 2026

We remember Jules Verne (1828-1905)

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France.  He started writing while attending boarding school.   Verne died in 1905.

Most of us read his books in school.  We also saw the movies based on his books:   "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), "The Mysterious Island" (1929 and 1961), "From the Earth to the Moon" (1958), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959), and "Around the World in 80 days.

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We remember Laura Ingalls Wilder (1860-1957)

Most of us learned of Laura Ingalls Wilder when we got hooked on "Little House on the Prairie".    We fell in love with the cast, from Pa to Ma and the cute girls.

The real Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Wisconsin on this day in 1860 and died in 1957.  The Ingals lived in Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota.  In 1885, she married Almanzo Wilder and they had one daughter.  

Frankly, I never read the books but the TV shows were fantastic.

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The “Lion King” video and lots of selective indignation & Winter Olympics.

The “Lion King” video and lots of selective indignation & Winter Olympics. https://t.co/QauRp8BE7t

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 8, 2026

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The kids should not be marching

 Have you noticed all of the young ones marching against ICE?  I have, and it has all of the look of a manufactured operation.  It’s hard to believe that a bunch of high schoolers suddenly decided to get out of class and march for something.  Forgive me for being skeptical, but these marches smell like someone let the kids out for something other than walking for a little exercise.

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https://x.com/silvio_canto/status/2020110134404424055?s=46&t=_XcW8Uclr_H1JKY4oMxwZw

The real story here is that these anti-ICE marches are manufactured to create the impression that Minneapolis is the country.
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 7, 2026