We remember Michael Collins who was born on this day in 1930 and died April 2021. He was a part of the Apollo 11 mission along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
We remember Michael Collins (1930-2021)
We remember Dave McNally (1942-2002)
Dave McNally was one of my favorite Orioles. He was born on this day in 1942 and passed away in 2002.
McNally broke with Baltimore in 1962 and won 184 games. Along the way, Dave pitched in 4 World Series, 2 LCS and won 87 games over 1968-71.
Just a great lefty who kept you in every game.
Just a great lefty who kept you in every game.
McNally won game 4 of the 1966 World Series with a 1-0 shutout of the LA Dodgers. He hit a grand slam in game 4 of the 1970 World Series against Cincinnati.
He was 7-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 9 post seasons series with Baltimore.
He was 7-4 with a 2.49 ERA in 9 post seasons series with Baltimore.
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Our 2016 Halloween chat with Leslie Eastman
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Guest: Leslie Eastman joins us for our annual Halloween show......we will the website that Leslie has been the Project Manager for, which Girl Scout Emma Kahn created as part of her Gold Star Project: Black Cats Need Love! The purpose of the site is to encourage people to adopt black cats from animal shelters.............and a few stories about the 2016 election.......
Happy Halloween, and don't forget to vote
(My new American Thinker post)
Halloween was totally new when our family came to the U.S. The idea of kids wearing masks and asking for candy was totally new to us. I mean totally new. I don't remember watching a Disney cartoon about it, and we learned a lot about the U.S. in Cuba watching Disney cartoons.
So we went out on our first Halloween and could not help laughing whenever my mom said "trick or treat." She couldn't get the pronunciation down and said "tree ka tree." The three of us couldn't stop laughing at my mother's accent until she got mad and said that if we didn't like her accent, then we could eat breakfast somewhere else. We did not laugh anymore after that because we really didn't have another place to go for breakfast. I should add that the McDonald's across the park did not serve breakfast in 1964.
My kids have grown up, pursuing their careers, interests, and other things. Therefore, Halloween just doesn't mean as much as it used to. I still enjoy seeing the little kids in their costumes, but it's different. My grandkids are cute wearing their costumes, but they're still too young to get into the Halloween spirit. I'll wait a couple of years to take them trick-or-treating.
A few years ago, I had Dr. Ileana Johnson, author and native of Romania, on my podcast. We spoke about her book Echoes of Communism, her story about growing up in communist Romania. We found a lot in common about leaving communist countries and settling in the U.S. She is also a wonderful economist who has a lot to say about socialism and what's going on in our colleges.
Dr. Johnson wrote about Dracula and the castle during a recent trip to Romania:
Bram Stoker chose Transylvania, the western province of Romania, as the location of his 1897 gothic novel "Dracula" because of the dark, foreboding feel of the area even when it was bathed in sunshine. The myth of Dracula was so attached to Vlad Tepes and Bran Castle that the locals, when asked about it, shrugged their shoulders with amused looks, and went about their business.
The real Vlad Tepes, the inspiration source for Count Dracula, was known for his strong resistance and valiant battles against the advancement and occupation of the Ottoman Empire. "Voievode" Vlad was a real hero and founding father to the local population.
Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476), was named posthumously "Vlad the Impaler," for his habit of impaling his enemies and those condemned for capital punishment. Tepes was his Romanian moniker for "Impaler." He ruled mainly from 1456–1462, the incipient period of the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Of the house of Draculesti, Vlad III, son of Vlad II Dracul, was born in Sighisoara, Transylavania and died in Bucharest, Wallachia.
Dracula is Romanian for "the son of the Devil." Historians argue over the meaning of the Latin "draco" (dragon). Vlad was of the order of the dragon bestowed on his father to defend Christianity. However, the Romanian word for dragon is "balaur." "Dracul" is identified in modern parlance as the "devil." The Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III, c. 1560, is reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime.
I catch this article every year and and enjoy it a lot. Who knew that Dracula and a castle could be so interesting? Well, it is, and I hope you read her full article about Dracula before the kids come to your door.
And then play "The Monster Mash" to make Halloween complete.
Happy Halloween, and don't forget to vote.
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Happy Halloween!
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Our boys have grown up and left home.....so we've been out of the "trick or treat" business for a few years. However, we still enjoy all of those kids coming to our door looking for candy.
Happy Halloween. Enjoy your day!
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Happy Halloween: Our first Halloween in the US many years ago
(My new American Thinker post)
Another Halloween and another time to remember our first Halloween in the U.S. Back in Cuba, it was "El Dia de los Santos" or All Saints Day on November 1st. Of course, it was a "day of obligation" or don't forget the mass today. And there was no candy on All Saints Day!
We had been in the U.S. about six weeks when Halloween came up on the calendar in 1964. My Uncle Orlando and family told us about the night. They suggested wearing a costume, walk around and say “trick or treat” when standing at the door.
We followed his advice and got lots of candy, especially the lady in the neighborhood who made the brownies that reminded us of the Cuban chocolate cake we had before food shortages and rationing spoiled everything in the island.
Our mother came along to help our little sister who was dressed up as Cinderella. My brother and I went as cowboys. It was a wonderful night. My favorite part of Halloween is hearing my mother say “trick or treat.” It sounded a lot like “tree ka tree.” And explaining to her why there were so many “calabazas” or pumpkins.
So many Halloweens have come and gone since that night in 1964. Things changed and then it was our sons' turn to dress up as Indians or should I say indigenous people so no one is offended. Another year it was Dallas Cowboys about to play the Washington Redskins, another thing of the past. Or one year they just took off with their friends and came home with lots of bags full of everything. Of course, everyone remembers the morning after when all that chocolate had kids saying that they couldn't go to school because their stomachs were upset.
Today, our Halloween is hearing about the little grandchildren going "trick treating" and watching videos and photos by phone. Last but not least, we have candy ready in case the new generation knocks on the door.
Nothing will replace that first Halloween and especially explaining so many things to our mother who was proud of my sister's dress and had no clue of what the holiday was about.
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Our Halloween 2019 show with Leslie Eastman
Guest: Leslie Eastman, contributor to Legal Insurrection.......we will look at the big stories of the day. and other stories....
Our 2015 Halloween show with Leslie Eastman & Daisy Viktoria.
2015: Our annual Halloween show with Leslie Eastman & Daisy Viktoria....
Friday, October 30, 2026
Hey hey, Ilhan I wanna marry you
The Democrats have had a rough week with scandals.
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he Democrats have had a rough week with scandals. First, it was the Dan Sullivan story in Alaska and the report that they were looking all over the state for someone with that name. Who came up with that one?
And now we hear that the federals have evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar entered into a sham marriage with a man believed to be her brother. Well, this is weird, to say the least:
Federal investigators found evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar had entered into a sham marriage with a man believed to be her brother during a 2016 investigation by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, but the case against the Minnesota Democrat stalled after prosecutors concluded that any potential crime occurred outside the five-year statute of limitations.
The 2016 investigation into Omar’s marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by The Post, with a source familiar with the probe claiming the “Biden US Attorney in Minnesota shut it down” shortly after taking office in 2021.
It is not immediately clear what specific evidence was uncovered about Omar’s marriage to Elmi.
Let the process continue. She is innocent until proven guilty, and that's the way it is. However, I've had many doubts about this lady from Day One. Her responses were always the same: Trump is bad, or the investigation is racist, or done by people who hate immigrants. or by right-wingers who don't want women in public office.
In other words, once she started playing the race/gender/immigration card then I suspected her innocence. All she had to do is open the files and prove her innocence. Instead, she started playing "the cards" and not answering the questions.
So let's see where all this goes. I'd love to know where they went for their honeymoon. They have some lovely lakes in Minnesota -- 10,000 or so they tell us. Or maybe they have one of those proposal videos where the guy drops to his knees and says: "Hey Hey Ilhan I wanna marry you Hey hey Ilhan no one else could ever do."
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