Mexico update, US Hockey team & State of the Union 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
What’s next for Mexico’s president?
So where is Claudia? Well, that’s what some are asking. Was she aware of this operation, or did she get the memo that “El Mencho” was injured and died on the way to Mexico City? No one knows, but her silence is creating a lot of confusion south of the border.
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Happy # 70 Eddie Murray
We say happy birthday to Eddie Murray, one of the Orioles' greats. He was born in LA on this day in 1956.
Eddie broke in 1977 and turned into one of the most consistent hitters in major league history: .287 career batting average, 504 HR, 3,255 hits and 1,917 RBI.
Murray was a key piece of the teams that played in the 1979 and 1983 World Series. He hit 2 HR in game 5 of the 1983 World Series to clinch the title for Baltimore.
Eddie broke in 1977 and turned into one of the most consistent hitters in major league history: .287 career batting average, 504 HR, 3,255 hits and 1,917 RBI.
Murray was a key piece of the teams that played in the 1979 and 1983 World Series. He hit 2 HR in game 5 of the 1983 World Series to clinch the title for Baltimore.
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Remembering Luis Aguile (1936-2009)
We remember that Luis Aguile was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on this day in 1936. He died in 2009. His full name was Luis Maria Aguilera Picca.
Back in the 1960s, our family spent many cold winter nights in Wisconsin listening to “Cuando sali de Cuba“. It always put a tear in my parents’ eyes. As my father told me, Aguile was a pop music star circa 1960 and had no connection to Cuba. What inspired him to write this song? I don’t know but it became a favorite in “el exilio”
Thanks to the late Luis Aguile for that wonderful song!
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1996: A deadly weekend for US citizens over international waters
In Miami, and other Cuban American communities across the U.S., we will remember this weekend the anniversary of the shooting of four Cuban-Americans over the Florida Straits.
It happened in 1996:
It happened in 1996:
Two small planes operated by a Cuban-American group were shot down by Cuban fighters over the waters north of Havana and the four people on board were missing, President Clinton and the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday.Clinton said he had been briefed on “the shooting down Saturday in broad daylight of two American civilian airplanes by Cuban military aircraft.”“I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms,” Clinton told reporters in Seattle, Washington.The two planes with four people on board were twin-engine Cessna aircraft operated by the group “Brothers to the Rescue,” a Miami-based group of Cuban exiles funded by private donations. The group has flown hundreds of missions to spot Cuban rafters attempting to flee their island nations.Group founder Jose Basulto was on a third plane that escaped the gunfire and returned to Miami.Basulto said all three planes had radioed Cuban air traffic controllers to identify themselves and report their intentions to search international waters for Cuban refugees who may be on rafts.Basulto described seeing two Cuban MiG fighters approach them while they were at least 20 miles north of the Cuban coast, 8 miles into international waters. Shortly after that, he lost radio contact with the other two Cessnas.“I kept calling them both and heard no answer,” Basulto said. “At that time we decided to proceed north and go into the clouds for cover, because we feared that something dreadful had happened.”
In response, President Clinton:
…pledged Monday to work with Congress to pass the so-called Helms-Burton legislation which would tighten the existing U.S. embargo against Cuba.The president said he would ask Congress to permit him to use some of the approximately $100 million in frozen Cuban assets in the U.S. to compensate the families of the four missing Cuban-American pilots and crew members.Clinton also announced additional punitive measures, among them:tighter restrictions on the movement of Cuban officials in the United States; efforts to increase funding to help the U.S. government’s Radio Marti overcome Cuba’s jamming of its broadcasts; suspension of all commercial charter flights between the U.S. and Cuba.
This incident was a low point in U.S.-Cuba relations. The U.S.-registered aircraft were destroyed while looking for rafters in international waters. Cuba had no reason to shoot down planes on a humanitarian mission.
Furthermore, Cuba has never taken responsibility for this lawless action.
Nevertheless, a U.S. flag now flies in Cuba, not far from where dissidents continue to be arrested.
And no one reminded President Obama that Cuba has never fulfilled the requirements that the U.S. Congress imposed after the shooting. Then again, did he ever care about the law?
What happens when a hostile country shoots U.S. citizens on a humanitarian mission? I guess that you reestablish relations and don’t demand accountability.
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1868: President Andrew Johnson was impeached
It all happened in the very difficult period following The Civil War.
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Monday, February 23, 2026
The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda
President Trump State of the Union 2026. Iran update. Violence in Mexico. NYCity Mayor Mamdani and the snow storm. Team USA hockey wins gold medal. Click to watch:
The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda
The week in review with Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda
President Trump State of the Union 2026. Iran update. NYCity Mayor Mamdani and the snow storm. Team USA hockey wins gold medal.
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They should play more hockey on Washington's birthday
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Happy # 85 Ron Hunt
We remember Ronald Kenneth Hunt who was born in St. Louis on this day in 1941.
Ron Hunt broke in with the Mets in 1963. He hit .272 with 10 HR and was # 2 in the Rookie of the Year vote behind Pete Rose. He also hit .303 in 1965 and .288 in 1966. However, nobody remembers him for that or his .273 average or 1,479 hits over 12 seasons.
We remember Ron Hunt because he got hit by a pitch 243 times. in 1971, he got hit 50 times with Montreal. The next two guys on that list are Don Baylor (35) and Craig Biggio (34).
As a consequence, Hunt retired with a .368 on-base-pct.
How did he do it? I don't know but he was very effective when you really needed a runner on base.
Ron Hunt broke in with the Mets in 1963. He hit .272 with 10 HR and was # 2 in the Rookie of the Year vote behind Pete Rose. He also hit .303 in 1965 and .288 in 1966. However, nobody remembers him for that or his .273 average or 1,479 hits over 12 seasons.
We remember Ron Hunt because he got hit by a pitch 243 times. in 1971, he got hit 50 times with Montreal. The next two guys on that list are Don Baylor (35) and Craig Biggio (34).
As a consequence, Hunt retired with a .368 on-base-pct.
How did he do it? I don't know but he was very effective when you really needed a runner on base.
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.
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