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Thursday, June 17, 2021
The Texas border wall and more with George Rodriguez
Thursday’s video: Biden meets Putin and memories of previous meetings
Wait to see if Russia, China, or Iran makes a move down the road
(My new American Thinker)
As expected, the media are obsessed with the Biden-Putin meeting. They are already telling us that the world loves Biden because he is not Trump. It's only a matter of time before we hear that the world's bad guys will confess their sins and release all their political prisoners because Biden is not Trump.
Well, it's not that easy. In fact, we may not know for a while what Putin really thinks of Biden. It may take a bit of time before we see the results of this meeting.
Back in 1961, Soviet leader Khrushchev met President Kennedy, and nuclear missiles showed up in Cuba a few months later. It happened because the Soviet leader concluded that the American president could be pushed around. By October 1962, the world was on the brink of nuclear war because of a perception in Vienna 15 months earlier.
Back in 1986, Gorbachev of the USSR met Reagan of the USA. It was obvious from the photos that Reagan was the alpha male that day. It did not take long for Gorbachev to tell his team that Reagan could not be pushed around. Three years later, the Berlin Wall fell. Five years later, Gorbachev and his wife were under house arrest because of a coup.
So let's wait a few months to judge the Biden-Putin summit. Unlike the aforementioned meetings, there are other parties that will watch the meeting — i.e., China and Iran.
At the moment, Iran has a couple of warships headed to Venezuela. My guess is that these are not cruise ships of Iranian tourists looking for sunshine at Isla Margarita.
This week, China sent 28 military planes into airspace controlled by Taiwan.
In a couple of weeks, the Putin-Biden meeting will be largely off the front pages. We will be chasing other topics. We will see what really happened at the Biden-Putin meeting when our adversaries make their move down the road.
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A word about June 17
We remember June 17:
On this day in 1885, The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York. It came by ship from France in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases. A year later, President Cleveland dedicated the Statue.
We remember David Concepcion who was born in Venezuela on this day in 1948. Dave was more than a great defensive infielder: He hit .267 with 2,326 hits.
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Happy # 78 Newt Gingrich
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Happy # 78 Barry Manilow

Manilow started his career writing music jingles for commercials.
In 1974, he hit the charts with “Mandy” and went to sell over 80 million records worldwide.
We remember Manilow as a great performer and songwriter.
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Happy # 73 David Concepcion

We remember David Concepcion who was born in Venezuela on this day in 1948. He turned into one of the greatest shortstops in NL history.
Dave broke in with the Reds in 1970 and was one of the key parts of the teams that won 4 NL titles and the World Series in 1975 & 1976.
In my opinion, Dave should be in the Hall of Fame, as Tyler Duma wrote in 2012:
There are 22 shortstops in the Hall of Fame as of 2012. When placed in that group of players, Concepcion ranks ninth in HR, 10th in SB, 11th in hits and RBI, 15th in SLG and 19th in AVG and OBP.He won five Gold Gloves (four straight from 1974-77), back-to-back Silver Sluggers (1981-82) and made nine all-star teams (eight straight from 1975-82).