Trump after the midterms plus a reaction to Texas.....
Saturday, November 07, 2026
Hasan Piker opens the liberal zoo
The Democrats’ foremost spokesman is turning the long knives on those he deems insufficiently radical.
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Who knew that we’d be hearing a lot from Hasan Piker after the election? Well, he is back, and his new target is Governor Newsom of California. I guess that Hasan doesn’t think that Gavin is cool. Let’s check this out:
Anti-American leftist Hasan Piker, the Democrat Party’s favorite podcaster, is shutting the door on supporting California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom and his potential run for president.
During his recent podcast appearance with rapper and activist Vic Mensa, Piker spoke about Newsom — who has been widely considered a possible Democrat candidate for 2028 — and said he just doesn’t like the slick Californian.
“He’s very unappealing to me, he’s terrible, but he’s terrible because of his policies,” Piker told Mensa.
Bad policies. Unappealing. Just another day at the liberal zoo. It reminds some of us of that book “The Bronx Zoo” or the story of the dysfunctional New York Yankees of the late 1970’s. To be fair, those Yankees won back-to-back championships. Wonder if the new Democrats will be that good?
Piker’s return is a shot across the bow that the podcaster will speak his mind. Piker probably doesn’t like Newsom because he can see the damage that “slick,” lousy governor is doing to the Democrat brand. Furthermore, Piker wants to see a more radical choice for president in 2028. He is tired of the establishment, too. He will probably be very loud if the newly elected Democrat majorities do not come through with their promises.
All in all, a pain in the you-know-what for the new Democrat majority. Piker will call them cowards if they don’t come through or try to work with the GOP.
Get ready because Hasan ain’t going away. He plans to hang around and remind everyone that you can be primaried too.
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Happy # 88 Jim Kaat
We say happy birthday to Jim Kaat born on this day in 1938. He was a great lefty who later became a wonderful baseball analyst.
Kaat broke with the Washington Senators in 1959 and became a starter in 1961 now that the team was in Minnesota.
"Kitty", as he was called, pitched 15 years with the Twins and won 190 games with a 3.34 ERA.
Kaat beat Sandy Koufax in game 2 of the 1965 World Series. In 1966, Kaat was named AL Sporting News Pitcher of the Year. Later, he started games in the 1969 & 1970 ALCS but the Twins were swept twice by the Orioles.
Surprisingly, the Twins traded him to the Chicago White Sox where he won 45 with a 3.10 ERA in 3 seasons. It was probably the best pitching period of his career.
Kaat hung around until 1983. He finished with 283 wins, a 3.45 ERA and completed 180 games.
After baseball, Jim Kaat moved to the radio/TV booth and became one of the best game analysts.
Kaat broke with the Washington Senators in 1959 and became a starter in 1961 now that the team was in Minnesota.
"Kitty", as he was called, pitched 15 years with the Twins and won 190 games with a 3.34 ERA.
Kaat beat Sandy Koufax in game 2 of the 1965 World Series. In 1966, Kaat was named AL Sporting News Pitcher of the Year. Later, he started games in the 1969 & 1970 ALCS but the Twins were swept twice by the Orioles.
Surprisingly, the Twins traded him to the Chicago White Sox where he won 45 with a 3.10 ERA in 3 seasons. It was probably the best pitching period of his career.
Kaat hung around until 1983. He finished with 283 wins, a 3.45 ERA and completed 180 games.
After baseball, Jim Kaat moved to the radio/TV booth and became one of the best game analysts.
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Happy # 84 Johnny Rivers
Rivers recorded a very popular live album with covers of "Memphis" (Chuck Berry), "Mountain of Love" & "The Seventh Son". It was great dancing music.
After that, he had a string of great songs like "Secret agent man", "Poor side of town" and "Summer rain".
In the 1970's he came back to the charts with "Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu".
His songs always bring a memory of this or that.
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1972: Nixon reelected in landslide!
The campaign was dominated by the war in Vietnam. However, President Nixon withdrew most of the troops and the war not the issue that the Democrats expected. Also, Senator McGovern was branded as a liberal and flopped in most of the country.
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1956: We can not forget what happened in Hungary many years ago
The Cold War is over. The USSR is the answer to a trivia question. We call them Russia now.
Nevertheless, an amazing thing happened in Hungary this week in 1956. It started with simple protests and then students, workers, and even some soldiers demanded more freedom.
The Soviet tanks eventually crushed the rebellion and the dream was not realized until 1989.
However, we can never forget what the brave citizens of Hungary did this week in 1956. They stood up to communism and we can not forget their bravery.
Nevertheless, an amazing thing happened in Hungary this week in 1956. It started with simple protests and then students, workers, and even some soldiers demanded more freedom.
The Soviet tanks eventually crushed the rebellion and the dream was not realized until 1989.
However, we can never forget what the brave citizens of Hungary did this week in 1956. They stood up to communism and we can not forget their bravery.
Friday, November 06, 2026
Are we ready for more ‘caravanistas’?
They’re heading to Texas, and Governor-elect Hinojosa insisted during Abbott’s tenure that they should be welcomed in.
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The caravans are coming, or so we hear. Yes, the message south of the border is that Trump lost and the border openers won. In other words, will new Texas Governor Gina Hinojosa stop her predecessor’s excellent work on the border? We forget that Governor Abbott defended that border when President Biden was in office.
Governor-elect Hinojosa will soon face a big test on the border. We remember the lady who voted for sanctuary cities and called on Governor Abbott to stop local or state cooperation with ICE.
What happens when the next caravan shows up? It may be sooner than the Governor-elect would prefer. Here is a recent story from FOX News:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a strong warning to a major migrant caravan that crossed into Mexico and was moving north with hopes of reaching the U.S.-Mexico border.
“USBP is closely engaged with its international partners to monitor their movement and any additional developments,” DHS told Fox News in a statement. “[United States Border Patrol] USBP reminds migrants that under the leadership of President Trump and Homeland Secretary Mullin, the border has remained closed and secured for the last 16 months.”
The caravan, numbering in the hundreds as of Monday, is predominantly made up of Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, Ecuadoreans and Haitians.
Well, what do you say, Governor-elect? She avoided these issues during the campaign and concentrated on, you guess it, “affordability.” The campaign is over now and governing is here.
The good news is that the Trump administration will get involved very quickly and put federal troops on the border, if necessary. I assume that the Governor-elect knows that all those border towns are not looking forward to a rerun of those horrible days when the border was a disaster. We assume that, but the immigration activists now have a governor in Texas that they helped elect. All those immigration lawyers want work, and caravans can keep them busy.
Time will tell, but we remember “open borders,” Gina, and my best is that she will soon be ordering the National Guard.
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1532: Cabeza de Vaca landed in Texas
Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca did not set out to find Texas but he landed around Galveston on this day in 1532.
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We remember Glenn Frey (1948-2016)
We remember Glenn Frey who was born in Michigan on this day in 1948.
Back in the 1970's, The Eagles were one of the most successful recording acts in the world. Later, Frey was a solo artist but I loved his work with The Eagles a lot more.
We got some bad news in January 2016: Glenn Frey, one of the founders and principals of The Eagles, passed away. He was 67.
One of my favorite songs was "A new kid in town", a # 1 song the LP "Hotel California".
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