Thursday, July 23, 2020

Baseball back butNFL & NBA will face backlash political plus Trump talks schools

Baseball back butNFL & NBA will face backlash political plus Trump talks schools 07/23 by Silvio Canto Jr | Politics:

The baseball season is here but I see a real backlash against the NFL and the NBA....President Trump and school refunding parents the money.....Former VP Biden plays the race card......Apollo 11 flying back from the moon 1969 and other stories....click to listen:


Thursday’s video: The NFL and NBA have gone “woke”




COVID-19 is having an unexpected consequence down in Colombia

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Like many countries, Colombia is fighting this terrible virus that everyone south of the border calls “El maldito corona” or something like the terrible corona.  This is a fascinating report from PanAm Post:   
In communities across Colombia, armed groups have violently enforced their own measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” said José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch. 
“This abusive social control reflects the government’s long-standing failure to establish a meaningful state presence in remote areas of the country, including to protect at-risk populations,” he added.
So armed groups run the countryside in the absence of government?  They are also enforcing the rules, from washing hands to social distance.
As the article points out, the ELN, one such armed group, is not playing games.  They’ve killed people not following rules and made it clear that everyone must stay home unless they work in food stores, bakeries, and pharmacies.   
In Miami, they give you a fine if you don’t wear a mask, or so I just heard.  In rural Colombia, it’s more lethal.
What’s sad here is that we are seeing how the government has once again lost control of the countryside to armed gangs.  My Colombian friends tell me that President Uribe protected the farmers with more military presence and support. Unfortunately, COVID and a weaker president have lost segments of the country to the armed groups.
I don’t applaud any of this.   It is further proof that Colombia needs another round of the policies that worked so well under President Uribe.
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1983: President Reagan wrote a book about abortion


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Once in a while, we seek President Reagan's wisdom and common sense.  
Can we admit that abortion is bad for women and the nation?    This what motivated President Reagan to write a book about abortion in 1983, or during his first term.

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We remember Paolo Stanzani (1936-2017)

We remember Paolo Stanzani who was born in Bologna, Italy, on this day in 1936.  He died in 2017.

Paolo is known as the father of  the Lamborghini Miura.  

He worked with engineer Gian Paolo Dallara and stylist Marcello Gandini to create the Lamborghini Miura, or the machine that helped give birth to the modern super car.

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We remember Luis Aloma (1923-1997)


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We remember Luis Aloma Barba who was born in Havana on this day in 1923. He was known as "Witto".

Aloma made his major league debut with the Chicago White Sox in 1950.  

Over the next four seasons, Aloma was 18-3 in four big league seasons and holds the highest career winning percentage (.857) among all pitchers with at least 20 decisions.  He saved 15 and had a 3.44 career ERA.

Sadly, Aloma was forced to retire after the 1953 season due to chronic bursitis.

After baseball, Aloma ran a restaurant. In the 1960's, he was active working with fellow Cuban refugees in Chicago.

Aloma died in 1997.

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