Monday's podcast:
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda........
Monday, May 08, 2023
Monday's video: The coronation and pageantry plus Trump rising and Biden fading
Monday's video:
The coronation and pageantry plus Trump rising and Biden fading
We all work in a narco submarine, narco submarine...
(My new American Thinker post)
We can say two things about the drug cartels. First, they are deadly and second, they are very creative in reaching their customers.
Nick Beake, BBC News Europe correspondent, reported on the new submarine fleet carrying drugs to Europe. It is a remarkable story:
I'm about to climb into the first "narco-sub" known to have brought cocaine from South America to Europe.
It's 20 metres (65 ft) long, built out of fibreglass and -- remarkably -- homemade.
After clambering on top, I lift up the wonky manhole cover and descend into the hull where three men survived for 27 long days and nights, as they voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean just under the surface of the crashing waves.
It's cramped, claustrophobic and incredibly primitive.
The sunlight tries to creep in from faint cracks in the walls. There is a steering wheel, a couple of basic dials and a rusted key still wedged in the ignition.
You can understand why one prospective skipper took one look at the vessel and concluded it was a death trap.
The heat and noise would have been intense as the engine in the back of the sub burned through the 20,000 litres of fuel stored onboard.
The crew of two Ecuadorean cousins and a former Spanish boxer set out from the Brazilian rainforest and first travelled along the Amazon river.
They had energy bars, cans of sardines and plastic bags they used for toilet facilities.
That was about all they had. Apart, of course, from three tonnes of cocaine worth more than $150m (£121m).
Death trap probably. Profitable trip for sure. After all, how often do a couple of Ecuadorean cousins and a former Spanish boxer get to deliver something worth that kind of money? It reveals why so many people are willing to participate in this business – it’s risky but very lucrative.
As we try to battle the drug crisis on our border, let's remember that supply will always meet demand.
To remember the Beatles: "In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea....." Yes, the man who sailed to sea to deliver cocaine in a homemade submarine, homemade submarine.
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May 8, 1884....We remember that Pres Truman was born on this day.
May 8, 1884....
We remember that Pres Truman was born on this day....
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A word about May 8
We remember May 8:
VE Day 1945 and the end of the war in Europe: Remembering V E Day 1945 with Barry Jacobsen.
May 8, 1884: Let's talk about Pres Truman.....click to listen. In 2009, we spoke with Susan Medler and Bill Katz. Susan is the Director of Communications at the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Bill is an author and blogger of Urgent Agenda, one of the most popular political blogs.
Humor man: We remember Don Rickles who was born in New York City on this day in 1926. He died in 2017.
Orioles baseball: We remember Miguel Angel Santana Cuellar today. Mike was born May 8, 1937 in Las Villas. During his brilliant career, he won 185 games to go with a 3.14 ERA. He also completed 172 starts! He died in 2010.
Rangers baseball: On this day in 2012, Josh Hamilton made history and we got to watch it on TV: The 16th player to hit 4 HR's in a game. He did it in Baltimore!
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We remember "Victory in Europe Day" 1945
As we discussed with Barry, the end of the European war happened very fast. Let's remember that D-Day was the year before and The Battle of the Bulge happened over the Christmas holidays."On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.The eighth of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms: In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists, after the latter had lost more than 8,000 soldiers, and the Germans considerably more; in Copenhagen and Oslo; at Karlshorst, near Berlin; in northern Latvia; on the Channel Island of Sark—the German surrender was realized in a final cease-fire. More surrender documents were signed in Berlin and in eastern Germany."
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Click here for our chat with Barry Jacobsen, military historian:
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