Saturday's video:
5-way race and other stories...
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Friday's podcast: Israel vs Iran, NPR reacts, Mexico debate and AMLO, The flag & more
Friday's podcast:
Israel vs Iran, NPR reacts, Mexico debate and AMLO, The flag & more....
Thursday's podcast: Mayorkas and impeachment, FISA debate, Truman vs McArthur 1951 and other stories
Thursday's podcast:
Mayorkas and impeachment, FISA debate, Truman vs McArthur 1951 and other stories
Wednesday's podcast: Inflation on the march, NPR unmasked, Remittances to Mexico and other stories
Wednesday's podcast:
Inflation on the march, NPR unmasked,
Remittances to Mexico and other stories....
Tuesday's podcast: A chat about Texas politics with George Rodriguez
Tuesday's podcast:
A chat about Texas politics with George Rodriguez..........
Monday’s podcast: The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
Guest: Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda...A busy weekend in New York, Israel attack, and other stories...
NPR, where all things are not considered
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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 13, 2024
We remember Tony Dow. (1946-2022)
We remember Tony Dow who was born on this day in 1946. Dow was "Wally" or the older brother in “Leave it to Beaver”, one of the most popular TV shows ever.
The show had four characters that everyone could love: Dad Ward Cleaver, Mom June Cleaver, Wally and Beaver. And let’s not forget Eddie Haskell, who probably drove every mother crazy.
He died in 2022.
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We remember Butch Cassidy (1866-1908)
Butch Cassidy 1866-1908....also known as Robert Leroy Parker, partnered with the Sundance Kid to rob banks and trains in the early 1900s.
Most of us learned about Cassidy from the great Paul Newman film.
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We remember Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
Thomas Jefferson was born on this day in 1743. He wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the 3rd president.
Quite a Founding Father to say the least.
Quite a Founding Father to say the least.
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April 13: # 1 and # 4,000 for Pete Rose
Pete Rose accomplished two big things on April 13:
“1963 – After eleven hitless at bats, Cincinnati second baseman Pete Rose records his first major league hit, a triple off Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend.1984 – Pete Rose lashes a double off Jerry Koosman in a 5-1 Expos victory over the Phillies to join Ty Cobb as the only player to reach 4,000 career hits.”
A year later, Rose passed Ty Cobb for the all time lead in hits.
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1954: Hank Aaron made his major league debut
20 years later, Aaron passed Babe Ruth's 714 career home-runs record.
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April 13, 1970: "Houston we have a problem"
Many years ago, Apollo 13's oxygen tank exploded and the world came together around 3 astronauts named James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise.
It happened a few days after launch and on their way to the third moon landing in a year.
On April 17, or 4 days after, the capsule hit the ocean water and the world was relieved. The men were safe and we saw them transported to the ship.
It was a textbook case of team work at NASA and conclusive evidence that these astronauts were men of incredible talent.
Yes, the movie was good. I also remember the real incident.
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1970: Apollo 13 before it was a movie
We remember today another anniversary of that "oxygen tax explosion" on Apollo 13 that glued most of their world to their TV or radio:
I had a personal connection to Apollo 13. My school buddy was related to Jim Lovell.
Our school teachers let us watch the TV coverage and it was topic #1 in every class or lunch time conversation. We clapped like crazy when that capsule hit the water! My guess is that millions did the same all over the world.
Apollo 13 taught me two big lessons:
Many remember a great movie. I remember a great moment in recent history.
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"On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission.A couple of days before, Apollo 13 launched from Florida a few of us were watching the mission on TV. On April 17, the whole world watched as the capsule hit the water somewhere in the Pacific. Between the 13th and the 17th, it was 24/7 news coverage of Apollo 13.
Astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise had left Earth two days before for the Fra Mauro highlands of the moon but were forced to turn their attention to simply making it home alive.
Mission commander Lovell reported to mission control on Earth: "Houston, we've had a problem here," and it was discovered that the normal supply of oxygen, electricity, light, and water had been disrupted.
The landing mission was aborted, and the astronauts and controllers on Earth scrambled to come up with emergency procedures.
The crippled spacecraft continued to the moon, circled it, and began a long, cold journey back to Earth.
The astronauts and mission control were faced with enormous logistical problems in stabilizing the spacecraft and its air supply, and providing enough energy to the damaged fuel cells to allow successful reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
Navigation was another problem, and Apollo 13's course was repeatedly corrected with dramatic and untested maneuvers."
I had a personal connection to Apollo 13. My school buddy was related to Jim Lovell.
Our school teachers let us watch the TV coverage and it was topic #1 in every class or lunch time conversation. We clapped like crazy when that capsule hit the water! My guess is that millions did the same all over the world.
Apollo 13 taught me two big lessons:
1) "Failure is not an option". I don't know if that was a NASA or movie line but teamwork is essential to getting anything done; and,
2) The astronauts were incredibly talented men. It took a lot of "thinking outside the box," as they say today, to bring that capsule back to earth.
Many remember a great movie. I remember a great moment in recent history.
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