Marco Rubio's big trip plus more thoughts on the GOP convention.....
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Marco’s big trip
Once-failing, leftist countries in Latin America have now turned right, started thriving, and are strong American allies.
Click to read:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/marco-s-big-trip/
We remember Barry White (1942-2003)
Barry White was born on this day in Galveston, Texas. In the 1970’s, he sold 100 million of records with tunes like “Love’s theme” and quite a few other dancing songs. He died in 2003.
1979: Yaz got # 3,000
The 1967 season was Yaz's greatest season.
We remember Mickey Lolich (1940-2026)
We remember Mickey Lolich who was born in Portland, Oregon, on this day in 1940. He died in 2026.
Lolich broke with the Tigers in 1963 and turned into one of the best pitchers in the AL. His career had two highlights:
1) Lolich won 3 games, including game 7, to beat Bob Gibson and the Cardinals in the 1968 World Series; and,
2) He won 25, completed 29 and threw 376 innings in 1971.
Lolich was one of the toughest pitchers in baseball history: 217 wins, 3.43 ERA plus 195 complete games.
July 2010: A chat with Jack Kelly about national security
We spoke with Jack Kelly, national security expert and journalist.
You can read Mr. Kelly's articles by clicking here!
This is the show:
A good day for Jack and Nikita
A good day for Jack and Nikita - American Thinker https://t.co/B8fyChebRo
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 12, 2024
In early June 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and USSR Chairman Nikita Khrushchev had an important meeting in Vienna. There are many viewpoints about what happened, but the consensus is that the Soviet leader pushed his way around the new U.S. president. In his book about President Kennedy, Richard Reeves concluded that Kennedy was totally unprepared for the summit. It's hard to believe, but apparently no one told President Kennedy that Chairman Khrushchev was testing him.
Wonder if the two men joked about September 12th or an important anniversary that they shared?
On this day in 1953, John F. Kennedy, then a new senator from Massachusetts, and Nikita Khrushchev, of the USSR, had something to cheer about:
Jack married Jackie. Cardinal Richard Cushing officiated the wedding ceremony at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. They had a huge reception later. Of course, JFK was elected president in 1960.
Over in the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev was elected leader. He replaced Stalin who died. Khrushchev tried to reform by denouncing Stalin's totalitarian policies at the 20th Party Congress and released millions of political prisoners. He tried to present a new image to the world but the invasion of Hungary by Warsaw Pact tanks in November 1956 ended that.
Years later, the two met in Vienna as the leaders of their two nations. They went head-to-head in the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
They had something to cheer about on this day in 1953! Wonder if anyone reminded them about it?
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Friday, September 11, 2026
Guess who is walking around with those US weapons?
Remember all that weaponry Joe Biden’s administration ordered our soldiers to leave behind when we pulled out of Afghanistan? Well we just armed terrorist groups around the world.
Click to read:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/guess-who-is-walking-around-with-those-us-weapons/
We remember Jackie Hernández (1940-2019)
We remember Jackie Hernández (Jacinto Hernández Zulueta) who was born in Central Tinguaro, Matanzas Cuba, on this day in 1940.
Jackie broke with the Angels in 1965. He played 9 seasons and hit .208 over 618 games. His best season was 1969 when he played 145 games with the expansion Royals. Jackie played for the Pirates in all 7 games of the 1971 World Series.
On September 1, 1971, Jackie made history as one of the 8 black position players who took the field for the Pirates.
After the majors, Jackie played in Mexico and died in Miami in 2019.
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