Friday, October 23, 2026

1993: Carter wins it for Toronto


 
Let’s turn the clock back to 1993 and remember a very happy night in Canada.   Joe Carter hit a walk off HR to win the World Series.  It was the first walk off HR since Mazeroski in 1960.
And yet it was a back to back championships for Toronto.   They beat Atlanta in 1992!
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October 23, 1983: Beirut and many Marines dead

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US presidents can not control what happens in other countries.  Nevertheless, they have to react to them or get that "famous 3 am phone call" about this crisis or that.

On this day in 1983, President Reagan was getting ready for reelection and talking about the economic recovery underway.   However, he woke up learning of a major terrorist attack in Beirut:  The explosion killed 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers!

It was a terrible day for President Reagan and the nation.  It was also one of the early signs of terrorism.

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Remembering Ellie Greenwich (1940-2009)


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As we wrote a few years ago, Ellie Greenwich died in 2006.   She was born in Brooklyn on this day in 1940.

Along with her husband Jeff Barry, they wrote a bunch of pop songs in the 1960's, such as "Be my baby" and "Chapel of love".  Ellen Greenwich was a big part of the "girl groups" era of pop-rock music. Her songs were generally about girls singing of love and that man of their dreams! (Again, great songs that still sound great!)







We remember Jim Bunning (1931-2017)



We remember US Senator and Hall of Famer Jim Bunning.   He was born on this day in 1931 and died in 2017.


Bunning broke with the Detroit Tigers in 1955.   He won 118 games over 9 seasons in Detroit.  He moved to Philadelphia in 1964 and won 89 games.   Overall, Bunning won 224, or 118 in the AL and 106 in the NL.

His best season was 20-8 & 2.69 ERA in 1957.      He did not pitch for a lot of winning teams and or miss a start in 11 years.    

Bunning was perfect on June 21, 1964, also Father's Day, in a 6-0 victory against the New York Mets.   In 1958, he threw a no-hitter for Detroit on July 20, 1958, against Boston, winning 3-0.

In 1996, Bunning was inducted into The Hall of Fame.    He was also elected to the US Senate from Kentucky.

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Happy # 70 Dwight Yoakam



We say happy birthday to Dwight Yoakam.  In 1993, he released "This Time", a great country album. It still sounds years later.  It hit # 2 in the country LP charts and 3 hits singles, including "A thousands miles to nowhere."

We have a lot of country music in Texas.

Yoakam is one of my favorites because of the guitar rifts!

Yoakam has recorded about 20 albums and charted 30 singles. He was also recognized by CMA for his contributions to promoting country music outside of North America.






October 2010: The Rangers won the AL pennant!



On this day in 2010, the Texas Rangers ended almost 4 decades of frustration for baseball fans in North Texas.  It still feels like it was yesterday.

Who could have written a better script?

The Rangers beat NY, the same team that swept them 3 times in the late 1990's!

Feliz, the young closer, struck out A-Rod to finish the game and put the Rangers in the World Series.

Great memories!

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

A chat with Rosine Ghawji about France




Listen to "A chat with Rosine Ghawji about France" on Spreaker.

France violence out of control, Congresswoman Omar has problems, Neil Bush supports Talarico & we remember the Cuban Missile Crisis......

 


France violence out of control, Congresswoman Omar has problems, Neil Bush supports Talarico & we remember the Cuban Missile Crisis......


Are radicals training in Paris?




Are radicals training in Paris?:

Guess who is traveling to Paris for a training seminar on how to commit terrorist acts and destroy historic sites?

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Guess who is traveling to Paris for a training seminar on how to commit terrorist acts and destroy historic sites? I'm sure that the first class is about destroying all of those statues of Lincoln and Jefferson. Let's check this report from Kamal Sultan in the NY Post:

A Minnesota rapper who traveled to France to join escalating riots has urged white people to “raise hell” and “f–k s–t up” as part of a revolution on American soil, The Post discovered. And communist-linked groups in the US may be working to bring that hell to the nation’s capital.

Artist Tufawon, whose real name is Rafael Gonzalez Jr., joined Swedish activist Greta Thunberg outside Paul Éluard, the high school at the heart of the leftist protests marred by violence, looting and arson.

He addressed balaclava-clad protesters before performing his song “No One Is Illegal,” and riling up the crowd with chants of “f–k ICE” and “ICE out.”

“All power to the people,” the 40-year-old from Minneapolis boasted to his fans on Facebook. “After returning home from France I can clearly see how we need to become far more radicalized in the states.

“We have to be more enraged. Our comfort is hindering our progress. It really and truly needs to be white people that go outside and raise hell if we want to see revolution.

We want to see revolution? As the song goes, you say you want a revolution, well you know, we all want to change the world. But I thought that the Paris protests were over school supplies, not changing the world. Am I the only one who is asking about who is financing these "trainees" traveling to Paris? Rent is expensive over there, you know.

Watching France from my seat in Texas makes you wonder what ever happened to the country that used to be France. How much longer will we call it French fries? It makes you wonder whether President Macron even cares that his country is burning. He was apparently at a concert cheering his favorite Celine Dion tune while the mob was destroying small businesses a few blocks away.

So I hope that Secretary Marco Rubio is keeping track of these "students" traveling to Paris to learn terrorism. Let's cancel their "student" visas if they go to Paris to pick up some new skills for the next anti-Israel march at the university. And let's hope that the FBI keeps track of the Americans on the trip and whoever is financing the trip.

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We remember Annette Funicello (1942-2013)







We remember Annette Funicello.  She was born in Uttica, NY on this day in 1942 and died in 2013.

Annette was the cute girl next door who went from The Mickey Mouse Club to all of those sweet movies with Frankie Avalon.  Honestly, the movies were pretty good and you can catch them on retro TV.

I guess that life was less complicated back then.





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