The ICC never indicted Fidel Castro

The ICC never indicted Fidel Castro:

Thumbs up to Secretary Rubio for going after the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Thumbs up to Secretary Rubio for going after the International Criminal Court (ICC).  The ICC has specialized in calling out our friends, such as the PM of Israel, and giving a pass to our enemies, like the late Fidel Castro.  Between the two, who do you think engaged in more human rights violations?  Who locked up more political opponents?  What country has an active free press:  Cuba or Israel?

Secretary Rubio is on target with this:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday issued a new broadside in the U.S. fight with the International Criminal Court (ICC), announcing a diplomatic effort by the Trump administration to dismantle the global tribunal.

Rubio issued the action call in an opinion article in The Wall Street Journal and a video message shared on social media.

His announcement comes after three of the court’s judges filed a lawsuit in New York last month against the Trump administration. The lawsuit argues sanctions levied against them are unlawful.

‘The U.S. is launching a diplomatic campaign with a simple message — sovereign states over globalism,’ Rubio wrote in his op-ed.

‘Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC — brick by brick, if necessary.’

A State Department official told Reuters the diplomatic tools include travel bans, visa revocations, increased sanctions against the ICC and affiliated organizations, and diplomatic pressure on other nations to withdraw from the ICC.

The ICC was established in 2002 to prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. There are 125 countries that have signed and ratified the Rome Statute, the agreement that established the court.  Rubio in his video message accused the ICC of being ‘a global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureaucrats who claim their power is almost unlimited.’

The late Senator Graham left us this gem about the ICC:

‘To any ally—Canada, Britain, Germany, France—if you try to help the ICC, we’re going to sanction you. We should crush your economy’.

The Trump administration is also directing a message to the new so-called Democratic Socialists.  They’ve made an issue of enforcing an arrest of PM Netanyahu, and apparently are strong supporters of these lawless international courts.  Maybe these candidates should explain how an overseas-organization can indict the president of the U.S. over Iraq, Afghanistan, or now over Iran?  Did they ever support indicting Saddam Hussein or Osama Bin Laden?  No.

Like the UN, the ICC may have been a good idea to address legal matters.  However, just like the UN, it has turned into a refuge for anti-American sentiments and leftists who want to use courts to overturn our national sovereignty, and go after Israel.

Thank you to President Trump and Secretary Rubio for unmasking this farce and protecting the American people from enemy intruders with a very selective sense of justice.

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July 15, 1973: Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter

We remember Nolan Ryan's second no hitter of 1973 and career: a 6-0 victory over Detroit with 17 Ks.   It may have been his most impressive performance!   In 1973, Ryan was 21-16 with a 2.87 ERA & 26 complete games.    How do you lose 16 games with a 2.87 ERA?

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Happy # 80 to Linda Ronstadt

We say happy birthday to Linda Ronstadt who was born in Tucson, Arizona, on this day in 1946.   

She started her career with The Stone Poneys in the 1960's.    

Linda went solo in the 1970's and recorded pop, Mexican music and ballroom dancing.   

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1979 and the week that gave us ‘malaise’ and ‘disco sucks’

For many of us, the summer of 1979 was a tough one. It certainly appeared as if President Jimmy Carter was in over his head and radio was saturating us with disco music.

It was no coincidence that two of the most famous days of that summer happened this week.

On the political front, we had “the malaise speech” or the speech that left most people dumbfounded.

On July 15, 1979, a frustrated President Carter gave that famous “malaise” speech that probably sank his presidency.      

Fair or unfair, the speech and the word he didn’t use, defined President Carter.  He spoke of a “new age of limits” and that just exposed him to attacks from Ronald Reagan, the ultimate optimist about the U.S.  The U.S. is not a country of “limits.” It does not seem to like leaders who tell them to “downsize” their dreams.

In other words, the speech did not work.

Then came “disco night” at the old Comiskey Park in Chicago.  By the summer of 1979, disco was here, there, and everywhere. It got to a point that Frankie Avalon recorded a disco version of “Venus” and we heard a disco version of the “I Love Lucy” theme.

On July 12, 1979, the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers were scheduled to play a doubleheader.  The Chisox needed a promotion and they got one by joining forces with Chicago DJ Steve Dahl, one of many rock fans who resented how disco threatened rock ’n’ roll.

The “Disco Demolition” promotion called for fans to blow up disco vinyl 45’s and LP’s between games.

What could possibly go wrong? Everything did, as the Chicago police department will tell you.

It happened one week in 1979.  As for disco, it probably died that night, but, assailed by punk and new wave, it was dying already anyway. 

As for “malaise”, it got worse for President Carter, from the Iran embassy hostages, to the failed rescue, the challenge from Senator Ted Kennedy and the humiliating defeat in 1980.

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July 1969: Junior Walker, "Honky Tonk Women" and Apollo 11

It's July again and time to remember some of our younger days.

Back in the middle of July 1969, everybody was talking about Apollo 11.  We were glued to the TV for the launch, the moon landing, Neil Armstrong walking on the moon and the successful return to earth.    It was so exciting to be alive that week.

Of course, there was also some pretty good music to keep us busy down on the earth.

My favorite songs from that summer were "What does it take" by Junior Walker & The All Stars and "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones.

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"In the year 2525": Another July to remember 'Exordium & Terminus'

 

 (My new American Thinker post)

Back in July 1969, we were talking about Apollo 11 going to the moon and a song on the radio called "In the year 2525" subtitled "Exordium & Terminus."  To be honest, I did not know what "Exordium & Terminus" meant but I figured that it was Latin.  I asked my father, who had been an altar boy when the mass was in Latin, and he told me that it translated to "the beginning and the end."  Then I got more confused because it seemed that the lyrics were all about a future 500 years now.  

Zager and Evans recorded the song and it quickly became a "one-hit wonder." Nevertheless, it had a lot of people talking.  Even today, people are trying to figure lyrics like these:

In the year 2525, if man is still alive

If woman can survive, they may find In the year 3535

Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie

Everything you think, do and say 

Is in the pill you took today.

Are you still confused?  Probably.   

Anyway, I found this by Bruce Kauffmanninteresting:    

While half a million young people attended the Woodstock Music Festival in the summer of 1969, the number one song on the charts that summer -- from July to this week (Aug. 22) -- wasn’t on the Woodstock playlist. That song was “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus),” by Denny Zager and Rick Evans.

Wow.  That's something to think about.  So nobody remembered the song at the Woodstock festival in late summer.  Maybe those people were too "whatever" to think about anything deeper than Jimi Hendrix playing the National Anthem.  Back to Mr. Kauffman:

The song begins, “In the year 2525 / If man is still alive / If woman can survive, they may find …” And then Zager and Evans take listeners to a dystopian future in which humans are zombies who don’t work, think, make choices, or even use their senses -- sight, smell, speech -- because medical and technological advances have taken over their lives.

In the second verse, the human race is “In the year 3535,” where we, “Ain’t gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie / Everything you think, do and say / Is in the pill you took today.” A thousand years later, “In the year 4545 / You ain’t gonna need your teeth, won’t need your eyes / You won’t find a thing to chew / Nobody’s gonna look at you.”

And a thousand years after that, “In the year 5555 / Your arms hangin’ limp at your sides / Your legs got nothin’ to do / Some machine’s doin’ that for you.”

So if, in 1969, millions of people were moved by a song about a world doomed because technology controlled our lives, imagine if the song came out in today’s world, where machines have taken over entire industries, we take pills (legal and illegal) for nearly everything, Google and other search engines, including our user-friendly “Siri” and “Alexa,” answer our questions, tell us where to go, what to do and how to do it, and government agencies such as the FBI, CIA and NSA keep a constant eye on our daily lives.

The song "In the year 2525" always raises a few questions based on today's headlines.

For example, "if woman can survive" may be a reference to men winning beauty pageants or winning female sporting events.  Anyway, imagine hearing "Some machine’s doin’ that for you" today when we rely so much on a machine, an I-Phone, a calculator, etc.  

Anyway, I found a copy of the original RCA 45 in a garage sale recently.  I asked the homeowner why she was selling it.  She said that it was from her late father's collection and she had no use for it.  I laughed and kept looking, knowing that most people probably have no use for it either.

Of course, this song could be like Nostradamus 500 years from now with all those predictions about the future.  So hold on to your 45.  It may mean something in the year 2525 if man is still alive and woman can survive.

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July 15, 1964: Goldwater was nominated for president

Many years ago, I saw an interview with the late Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona.  He joked that he kept meeting people who voted for him and should ask for a recount.

It was many years ago that the GOP nominated Goldwater for president.   He went on to lose big against President Johnson.  However, his conservative ideas survived and the GOP went on to win 7 of the next 10 presidential elections.

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Mick Jagger sugestion, ICE strategies and more

 Mick Jagger sugestion, ICE strategies and more.....

Mick wants rockers to get off of your cloud

Mick wants rockers to get off of your cloud: 

Mick Jagger says what we are all thinking.

Click to read: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/mick-wants-rockers-to-get-off-of-your-cloud/

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Mick Jagger has a message for his fellow rockers:  Stay out of politics.  Fans don’t wanna hear it.  Mick wants them to remember that song about leaving people alone, i.e., “Hey (hey), you (you), get off of my cloud, get off of my cloud.”

It’s refreshing, and a realistic message from a man who’s performed before, thousands of times.  Let’s check it out:

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger says concertgoers want to escape from politics and everyday worries rather than sit through political speeches.

Jagger made the remarks during an interview on The New York Times podcast after being asked about Bruce Springsteen, who has repeatedly used his current tour to lambast President Trump.

Host David Marchese noted that Springsteen ‘clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth’ with audiences before asking Jagger what his own relationship with fans means to him.

Jagger said his priority is giving audiences a break from the outside world.

‘The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is [for] those people that come is to [sic] have the best time they possibly can,’ Jagger said.

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‘For two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and whatever, just to give them the best time they can have.’

Forget their problems?  Yes, that’s true; fans don’t spend a lot of money to hear someone “virtue signal,” or whatever they call it.  In my case, I want politics out of musical concerts and sports.  Furthermore, I paid for a ticket to hear you sing, not hear your political views.  Who cares what Mick Jagger or Bruce Springsteen have to say anyway?

Another big problem is going overseas and taking a shot at the American president.  Remember the (former) Dixie Chicks, who took a shot at President Bush in London over Iraq?  It didn’t work out well, especially in the country music world.

Last, but not least, the real problem with many of these artists is that they can’t control themselves.  They feel like you need to know their valuable opinion, then they can’t handle the reaction when fans say that they don’t care about their opinions.  Again, the Dixie Chicks.

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July 1958: "Patricia" by Perez Prado was # 1 for 3 weeks

Damaso Pérez Prado was born in Matanzas, Cuba, on December 11, 1916.     In the 1950's, he was "The King of Mambo" with hits like "Mambo # 5" & "Mambo # 8".

In July 1958, Perez-Prado competed with Elvis for the # 1 song in the US.   

"Patricia" is one of his greatest tunes.

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