Another example of the Democrats moving in the wrong direction.
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Friday, June 05, 2026
June 5, 2004: President Reagan died
We remember this weekend another anniversary of President Reagan’s death. It was not a shock because the President’s health had declined. Nevertheless, it was a sad day and the funeral was worth watching it.
By now, I’m sure that you’ve heard everything about President Reagan, from his sense of humor to those wonderful speeches that he left us. What’s better than Reagan’s 1964 speech supporting Senator Goldwater?
I did not catch up with this one until I joined the Reagan 1976 campaign as a volunteer. I went out to hand out some brochures and my partner that day mentioned the speech. We did not have videos back then, so I read it. Frankly, every freedom-loving American should read it. A line from the transcript hit home and I remember sharing it with my parents:
Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, “We don’t know how lucky we are.” And the Cuban stopped and said, “How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to.” And in that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Isn’t that the truth? What about his nomination speech from 1980? I watched this one on TV and it was very good. Or his D-Day speech from 1984? My favorite Reagan speech. I learned later just how important this speech when I met Bob Jagers, author, church friend, and D-Day veteran, who died in 2021. Or his “Tear down this wall” speech from June 1987? I watched this one holding our first son, who was about 20 days old. Even the “I knew Thomas Jefferson” speech from the 1992 GOP Convention still cracks me up! I think that this was his last public appearance but he brought down the house with that line.
My very favorite Reagan story has a special meaning because my mother died a year ago. Back in 1984, she worked very hard to become a U.S. citizen. She studied and memorized everything. We finally took her down to the convention center for the swearing in ceremony. She became a U.S. citizen and in Spanish said something like: “I’m ready to vote for Reagan”.
Today I’ll remember President Reagan and my late mother who admired him so much.
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Thursday, June 04, 2026
It would make a beautiful convention center
Doesn't New York need a nice a conference center with a great view of the river?
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he UN is worthless when it comes to getting something done. Should we pull the plug and turn the building into an apartment building or maybe a convention center? I say yes. What we see at the UN every day is not making the world safer or anything worthwhile. Unplug the cord and let's send everybody home. Let them take their parking violations to another country. What country would accept them anyway?
Issues & Insights is on target:
The United Nations is going broke? Please, say it is so. The world’s largest parasite, the running cocktail party for despots, apparatchiks, terrorists, climate fanatics and Americanophobes, should be shut down -- with prejudice.
News reports tell us the U.N. is facing imminent bankruptcy, headed toward a financial collapse and is at risk of insolvency. It’s “expected to officially run out of money in mid-August.”
The best part is “the United States is a big reason why.”
“The United States owes roughly $2 billion to the organization’s regular budget on top of another $2.2 billion for peacekeeping missions, a portion of which has accrued over decades -- far and away more than any other country that is in arrears,” reports Politico.
And what has the U.S. gained, as the largest contributor -- the American taxpayer generously provides 70% of the U.N.’s budget -- from the criminal-infested organization? Headaches… and worse.
More than six decades ago, American historian and journalist William Henry Chamberlin noted that the U.N., then not even 20 years old, had “a distinctly bad influence on American foreign policy,” with member states drawing the U.S. “into vendettas and one-sided positions which conform neither with principles of elementary justice nor with America’s own interests.”
America's own interests? Our interests are not promoted by an organization pandering to their people back home with attacks against the U.S., or, let's not forget, Israel. Like NATO, we are doing too much of the "paying" and getting too much criticism without consequences.
Iran is a good example. They criticize U.S. actions, but don't have the defenses to stop an Iranian missile going their way. Let them defend themselves, because they obviously don't appreciate what we do.
Maybe the idea of a UN made sense after World War II or whenever. I don't mind having a place where people can argue rather than fight each other on the battlefield. Unfortunately, that's not what the UN has turned into. Just tune in and watch one of their sessions and see what I mean.
So let them go somewhere else and pay the rent when they scream their anti-U.S. grievances. My guess is that no one will pay a dollar and the entire organization will collapse in five minutes.
Doesn't New York need a nice a conference center with a great view of the river? I think so.
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1876: Coast to Coast train in 83 hours
On this day in 1876, a train left New York and arrived in San Francisco 83 hours later. This is the story:
The arrival of the Transcontinental Express train in San Francisco on this day in 1876 was widely celebrated in the newspapers and magazines of the day. With this new express service, a businessman could leave New York City on Monday morning, spend 83 hours in relaxing comfort, and arrive refreshed and ready for work in San Francisco by Thursday evening. The powerful agent of steam had effectively shrunk a vast nation to a manageable size.It must have been a wonderful feeling to travel across North America in days. It opened up the West to thousands of immigrants seeking a better life.
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June 4, 1974: "10 cent beer night" was a disaster for the Rangers and Indians
In 1971, my brother and I attended “10 cent beer night” in Milwaukee. It was crazy and we weren’t old enough to buy one! At one point, the police had to intervene and arrest several fans in the parking lot to stop them from driving home under the influence. It was a disaster.
Many years ago or this day in 1974, they tried it in Cleveland and it did not work out again. It was a disaster in Cleveland and the game forfeited to protect players from drunk fans. We are happy to report that the idea was never tried again!
Wednesday, June 03, 2026
It’s the dirty story of a dirty man
Graham Platner continues to torpedo his own chances, and I’m not sure how Susan Collins got so lucky.
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Like that song by The Beatles, this mess in Maine, “It’s the dirty story of a dirty man and his clinging wife doesn’t understand.”
The latest from Maine is really something, and one wonders how Senator Collins got so lucky. Glad she did. This is from The Hill:
A sexting scandal is threatening to torpedo the insurgent Senate campaign of Democrat Graham Platner, who may represent the party’s best chance of ousting longtime GOP incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (Maine).
Planter reportedly sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women, something his wife, Amy Gertner, discovered in spring 2025.
Gertner notified Platner’s campaign last year, and the campaign decided to deem it a private matter, a campaign official told The Wall Street Journal.
Now the issue is public, and it’s become the latest threat to a campaign critical for Democratic chances of winning back the Senate. The party needs to gain four seats to win back the majority, and doing so without winning back Maine is an exceptionally high hurdle.
Platner is now blaming the media, saying something like they want to destroy his marriage. Or I’ve heard some of his supporters say that this stuff is irrelevant because it’s all about Senator Collins allowing rich people not to pay their fair share of taxes. It reminds some of Democrat women going on TV and defending President Clinton’s Oval Office behavior (remember Monica?) on the grounds that it didn’t impact their mutual funds or stock market investments.
Platner may be dropping out soon, but Governor Mills is not exactly the one that Democrats want to send to D.C. to fight Trump. I don’t get the impression that the governor is the screaming type, or the type of candidate who wants to go to D.C. and call Trump a bunch of names.
Again, Susan Collins looks more and more like she’s returning for another term. I’ve had a lot of respect for her ever since she gave that speech defending Judge Kavanaugh back in 2018.
Maybe Platner should consider becoming a paperback writer. As for his wife, I'm sorry to see our politics turn into that but then, as Bob Dylan wrote, “Love is just a four-letter word.”
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June 3, 1941: Joe DiMaggio extended the streak to 20...
June 3, 1941:
Joe DiMaggio extended the streak to 20.....went 1-for-4 against Dizzy Trout..........
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1937: Josh Gibson's 580 ft homerun!
Josh Gibson never got to play in the major leagues because of his skin color. He did play for Santa Clara in Cuba, 1938-39.
On this day in 1937, Gibson hit one of the longest HRs of the 20th century or an estimated 580 feet in the old Yankee Stadium.
Gibson was born in 1911 and became the best power hitter of the Negro Leagues. Unfortunately, the Negro Leagues did not keep complete records. Nevertheless, they say that he retired with a career batting average over .350 and probably hit 800 HR.
Gibson went into The Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
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