Thursday, September 01, 2022

Gorbachev and Putin plus no lights in Europe and more stories


Gorbachev and the collapse of the USSR......Putin not attending Gorbachev's funeral....No lights in Europe.....Power shortage in California.......Happy # 76 Barry Gibb.........September 1, 1864 Atlanta collapses.......other stories.......

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Thursday's video: Gorbachev and Putin plus no lights in Europe and more stories


Thursday's video: 
Gorbachev and Putin plus no lights in Europe and more stories.....

Gorbachev and the collapse of the USSR......Putin not attending Gorbachev's funeral....No lights in Europe.....Power shortage in California.......Happy # 76 Barry Gibb.........September 1, 1864 Atlanta collapses.......other stories.....


                               

Gibson's Bakery 1, Oberlin 0


 (My new American Thinker post)

Here is some good news.  We've been talking about woke colleges out of control.  It's nice to see the good guys win one and get some money to celebrate their victory. Here is the story:   

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a request to hear Oberlin College’s appeal of a verdict against the private, Ohio school -- meaning the family-owned bakery that won a defamation lawsuit against the institution can finally collect on the multi-million judgment it was awarded by a jury in 2019.

Originally, the judgment against Oberlin was $44 million, but a state law limited the final amount to $25 million, plus $6 million in attorney’s fees. Interest on the judgment has raised the total to about $36 million.

Cut the check because this one is over.  The fat lady is singing in her highest pitch: Pay up Oberlin.   

As you may remember:    

In November 2016, a black Oberlin student was caught trying to steal a bottle of wine from Gibson’s. While chasing him outside the story, a Gibson’s employee wrestled with the student and two other Oberlin students. Police arrived at the scene, and nearly a year later, all three students pled guilty to various crimes.

Despite the students’ admissions of guilt, campus racial grievance groups took action to harm the bakery. Student groups accused Gibson’s of having racially profiled the three students and pushed Oberlin to sever all ties with the bakery, which had supplied its cafeterias with food.

Soon, the Oberlin Student Senate passed a resolution stating Gibson’s “had a history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment.” Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo joined the demonstrations, using a bullhorn to shout that the Gibsons were “racist.”

With Oberlin faculty joining in the push to sever ties with the bakery, the college then suspended its ties with Gibson’s between November 14, 2016 and January 30, 2017.

Sounds familiar.  It's always racism.

What if the college had reprimanded the student for stealing a bottle of wine, turned him over to the football coach for a few extra laps around the field and apologized to the bakers? My guess is that Gibson's would have accepted the apology, moved on and file this one under the "young people do stupid things" archives.

Of course, the college did not move on.  They had to play the race card and turn this into something far bigger than what it was.

Moral of the story:  Don't listen to your woke administrators because they may cost you a lot of money.

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Happy # 65 Gloria Estefan

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We say happy birthday to Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García who was born in Cuba in 1957.   We know her as Gloria Estefan.    She and her husband Emilio founded The Miami Sound Machine and the rest is music history.

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Happy # 76 Barry Gibb

Today, we say happy birthday to Barry Gibb, one of our very favorite songwriters and performers of the pop/rock era.    Barry was born in 1946.

We add that Barry and Linda were also married on this day in 1970.   Happy anniversary to them!

Barry, and his younger brothers (Robin & Maurice), composed and recorded some of the greatest songs of the last 40 years! The Bee Gees sold over 200 million records during their remarkable musical career.

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Happy # 83 Rico Carty

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We remember Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty who was born in 1939 in San Pedro de Marcoris in The Dominican Republic.

We know him as Rico Carty who broke with the Milwaukee Braves in 1963.   A year later, Rico hit .330 with 22 HR & 88 RBI.   It was good enough to come in second to Richie Allen in the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year vote.

Rico had a lot of injuries but did win the 1970 NL batting title with a .366 average, 25 HR & 101 RBI.    He spent much of the 1970's as a DH with Oakland, Cleveland and Texas.

Carty retired with a .299 average, 204 HR & 890 RBI.  We can only wonder what his numbers would have looked like without the injuries.


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