Monday, June 24, 2024
Monday's podcast: The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda
Guest: Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda...Israel and the war, Trump vs Biden debate, Former Gov. Cuomo and NY Trump trials, Berlin and President Truman 1948 and other stories..
Hur was right -- kind of
Hur was right -- kind of: You may remember that the DoJ dropped the…..
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Happy # 77 Mick Fleetwood and great music
Happy birthday Mick Fleetwood who was born in London on this day in 1947. We remember Mick as the founder and drummer of Fleetwood Mac.
Back in the summer of 1982, or many years ago, we were in the early days of MTV and VH-1. We used to hear our songs on the radio, LP's, 45's and cassettes in a car player. We had no idea that DVDs would replace VHS videos or that CD's would do away with tape and vinyl.
Yes, the summer of 1982 seems like a long time ago. Nevertheless, the music was great, specially Fleetwood Mac and "Hold me".
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Berlin 1948: Another sad day in the brutal history of communism
We've reported on this blog about the violent and ugly story of communism, from the USSR to Cuba to North Korea to China. In a nutshell, it is an ugly story where the state dominated the individual.
On this day in 1948, President Truman confronted a serious communist challenge in Berlin: The Berlin Blockade.
He responded with The Berlin Airlift or one of President Truman’s finest moments! It was a wonderful demonstration of US presidential leadership.
It also gave us the story of “the candy bombers” or US pilots who dropped candy for the children of Berlin.
On May 12, 1949, the Soviets officially ended the blockade and the citizens of West Berlin were saved.
The good guys won in Berlin in 1948-49 and later when the wall came down in 1989.
On this day in 1948, President Truman confronted a serious communist challenge in Berlin: The Berlin Blockade.
He responded with The Berlin Airlift or one of President Truman’s finest moments! It was a wonderful demonstration of US presidential leadership.
It also gave us the story of “the candy bombers” or US pilots who dropped candy for the children of Berlin.
On May 12, 1949, the Soviets officially ended the blockade and the citizens of West Berlin were saved.
The good guys won in Berlin in 1948-49 and later when the wall came down in 1989.
P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk).
We remember Don Mincher (1938-2012)
We remember Don Mincher, who was born on this day in 1938. He died in 2012.
Don had a good baseball career: .249 average, 200 HR & 646 RBI in 1,400 games with the old Senators who became the Twins in 1961, Angels, the Pilots who became the Brewers in 1970, the Senators who became the Rangers in 1972 and finally the A's.
In 1965, Don played first for the AL champ Twins and hit 23 HR with 65 RBI. He hit a HR off Don Drysdale & Sandy Koufax in the '65 Series.
He is also remembered for this:
On June 9, 1966, Mincher was part of baseball history again when he was one of five Twins who hit home runs in one inning, an American League record. The Kansas City Athletics were the victims; the others besides Mincher to go deep in the seventh inning that day were Rich Rollins, Tony Oliva, Zoilo Versalles, and Harmon Killebrew.
A few years ago, I reconnected with those '65 Twins by reading Jim Thielman's "Cool in the evening". He wrote the book in 2005 or the 40th anniversary of that wonderful team that lost to the LA Dodgers in 7 games.
P.S. You can listen to my show. If you like our posts, please look for ”Donate” on the right column of the blog page.
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