Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Wednesday's video: Trump and media, and more stories...

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The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

 


The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

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Barack ‘Luca Brasi’ Obama

Barack ‘Luca Brasi’ Obama: Maybe you remember this one from The Godfather movie: Michael Corleone: My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Kay Adams: What was that? Michael Corleone: Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that….
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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Tuesday's video: Biden and the 25th and more stories

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Don't be surprised if there is a Walz on the ticket

 

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The best Lennon-McCartney song?


They say that a good song gets better and better with age....does it?

What was the best of all of the Lennon-McCartney tunes?

Over time, I've grown to love "In my life".

It was released in "Rubber Soul", my favorite of all of The Beatles' albums.

This is such a nice song, specially as we get a little older and remember all of the places that "have changed".

According to "songfacts":
"The lyrics about friends refer to Stu Sutcliffe, an early Beatle and great friend of John's who died in 1962, and another friend named Pete Shotton.

Lennon also thought of his Aunt Mimi and wife Cynthia, as well as other friends."
John & Paul do some great vocals:

 


"There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more..."
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Monday, July 29, 2024

Monday's video: Fraud in Venezuela, VP options and more stories....

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Well, Jill liked the Olympic ceremony

Well, Jill liked the Olympic ceremony: Well, we finally have a White House response to the Paris show. Someone liked it and her name is Jill: First lady Jill Biden had high praise for the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics this weekend, despite widespread criticism that….
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Sunday, July 28, 2024

Sunday's video: The 25th & the VP, Venezuela and more stories....

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Sunday's video: The 25th & the VP, Venezuela and more stories....

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In Paris, there’ll be no Charlie Hebdo repeat over the blasphemous open ceremonies

In Paris, there’ll be no Charlie Hebdo repeat over the blasphemous open ceremonies: Once upon a time, the athletes marched into a stadium without so much fanfare or production. It’s an introduction of teams, after all. Unfortunately, Paris decided to go woke this year and convince people like me to turn off the TV and skip…
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We remember Vida Blue (1949-2023)

Vida Rochelle Blue, Jr. was born on this day in 1949 in Louisiana.   He died in 2023.

 He broke with the A's in 1969 at age 19 and then became the pitching story of 1971:   24-8, a 1.82 ERA, 8 shutouts & 301 Ks.   It earned him a Cy Young Award & MVP!

 Overall, he won 209 with 143 complete games and pitched with the A's in the postseason, 1971-75.    

 I saw Vida shutout the Orioles in game 3 of the 1974 ALCS, a dominating 2-hit shutout!   He beat Jim Palmer, 1-0 with Sal Bando hitting a home run for the only run of the game.
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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Saturday's video: Mocking the Last Supper in Paris and more stories

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California or Texas that is the question

California or Texas that is the question: We probably won't get it in 2024 but the country really needs a debate about the future. Do we want to be Texas or California? New York or Florida? Why? Because the country is having that debate and voting with its feet. The voters here are ahead...
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We remember Leo Durocher (1905-1991)

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The legendary Leo Durocher was born on this day in 1905.     

 Leo broke with the Yankees in 1925 but did not start playing on a regular basis until 1928 when he hit .270 in 102 games.   

 Durocher had a pretty good career with the Yankees, Reds, Cardinals and Dodgers.   He was primarily a short stop and finished with a .247 career average.

 As a manager, Durocher won 2,008 games, 3 NL Pennants and the World Series with the 1954 Giants.   

 In the spring of 1947, Leo and the Brooklyn Dodgers took their spring training camp to Havana.  It was a real treat for Cuban fans to catch major league exhibition baseball games.

 We remember him as a very colorful figure on and off the field. 

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Friday, July 26, 2024

Friday's video: Kamala Border issues, California vs Texas and more stories

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Move over Michael, Joe is singing your song

Move over Michael, Joe is singing your song: On one hand, it was sad to see a defeated man forced to read a speech he never planned to read.  What happened this weekend?  Did Nancy and the gang threaten to pull the curtain on the family scandals?  On the other hand, this is what ...
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1965: The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" was # 1 this week


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Mick Jagger got a big gift for his 22nd birthday in 1965, or the # 1 song on Billboard USA.    It was also the song that turned The Rolling Stones into huge rock superstars.

"Satisfaction" was released on the "Out of our heads" LP.    It was also included in various compilations LP's, specially "The singles".

 It is not my favorite song by The Rolling Stones.  Frankly, I'd rather hear "Jumpin' Jack Flash".     Nevertheless, "Satisfaction" was huge. 
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1775: Happy birthday to the US Post Office

We say happy birthday to the US Post Office.    It was created on this day in 1775 when the Congress established it and named Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster General.

 Wonder what it cost to post a letter in 1775?

 The Post Office changed the country in many ways, from commerce to personal correspondence to the distribution of political ideas.

 Say hello to your postman today!
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A word about The Rolling Stones!


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The Beatles were the greatest rock band.  Unfortunately, they broke up in 1970 and we've been playing old stuff ever since. 

 McCartney had a great solo career. Lennon did OK and was killed just as he was coming back to the charts.  Harrison and Starr had limited solo careers.

 The Rolling Stones are a different story. They are still going.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts are still in the band. Bill Wyman retired a couple of years ago. Brian Jones died in 1969. He was replaced by Ron Wood and Mick Taylor.

 Bottom line: The Rolling Stones are the longest running band of the rock era.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Thursday's video: Biden speech and burning the US flag and more stories

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But Josh is pro-Israel

But Josh is pro-Israel: The VP short list includes a few interesting names like Governor Josh Shapiro. I don't live in Pennsylvania but they tell me that the governor is popular. I hear that he could deliver that important state to the Democrats. But why would the…
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"Brief encounter" is intense but very nice

A few years ago, I caught a portion of Noel Coward's "Brief encounter" on TCM.   It is a movie from 1945.

It is the story of a married woman who meets a doctor at a train station.  It's a chance meeting and they begin to see each other.    She is Celia Johnson and he is Trevor Howard.

 I had no idea that the movie is considered a romantic classic.    

 Also, the movie's soundtrack is fabulous, or Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto exquisitely dropped in at different moments of the story.

 Very nice movie.     What happened to the married woman and the doctor?   Watch the movie and find out!

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Wednesday's video: PM speaks before Congress. no VP Harris, VP Shapiro and more

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Kamala you have some ‘splainin’ to do

Kamala you have some ‘splainin’ to do: Maybe a reporter will ask VP Harris about the 25th Amendment and President Biden.  After all, all we’ve heard about the ailing president is a phone call and a memo retiring from the election.  Is it too much to ask about the president...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Tuesday's video: Kamala the candidate and more stories

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She’s always Kamala to me

She’s always Kamala to me: It’s official now and VP Kamala Harris is heading to Chicago to pick up the nomination.  We will follow her trip and see if the vice president can persuade Democrats that she is the one to beat President Trump.  Some have doubts. 
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Monday, July 22, 2024

Monday's video: Harris on to Chicago and more stories

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Claudia is a feminist

Claudia is a feminist: Up here we may have VP Kamala Harris but down in Mexico they've gone full feminist girl, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. As she said, she is a feminist on a mission. Check this out: México’s president-elect, Claudia...
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We remember Bobby Sherman (1944-2025)


Between 1969 and 1972, Bobby Sherman sold millions and millions of records.   As I recall, he was on the radio, TV and maybe a movie as well.  He died in 2025.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Sunday's video: Biden is out and more stories

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Looking like a five-run lead

Looking like a five-run lead: The late Earl Weaver, Hall of Fame manager of the Orioles, once told a journalist that he loved five-run leads. 

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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Saturday's video: Biden in or out, Trump looking good, Apollo 11 and more stories

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A look back at the GOP convention with George Rodriguez

 

A look back at the GOP convention with George Rodriguez

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Let the delegates decide

Let the delegates decide: The GOP convention is over and it's on to Chicago. What will Democrats do if President Biden steps aside? I don't know, but I would like to see the delegates decide. This is from the Chicago Tribune: At the very least, the DNC owes ...

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July 20, 1969: It was great to be alive on the day that Apollo 11 landed on the moon!







It was July 20, 1969 or many years ago today. 

 Like most families, we sat around the TV and watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon.

 I can remember much of it, from Walter Cronkite's countdown to the lunar landing to President Nixon's speech to the astronauts.

 We remember Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins and congratulate the crew and everyone down here who made this amazing mission possible.

 Wonder whatever happened to that US flag and landmark that we left up in the moon?

 Wonder what the next visitors will say about us?

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Watching Apollo 11 and wondering if our family was watching it in Cuba

It was many years ago.  I keep asking where did 51 years go?  As I recently checked, “In the year 2525” by Zager & Evans was # 1 on Billboard USA that week.  Talk about a “one hit wonder” and a song that no one will admit to buying today.
Like most families, we sat around the TV and watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon.  
At one point, my father commented that Cubans in the island were probably not permitted to watch this historical event.  
My mother then added something colorful:  “Ese HP de Fidel no le quiere dar merito a los americanos que llegaron primero que los rusos.”   Let me give you a PG translation: something like that SOB Fidel is not going to admit that the Americans got there before the Russians.
I can remember much of it, from Walter Cronkite’s countdown to the lunar landing to President Nixon’s speech to the astronauts. And the departure from the moon!
We remember Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins and congratulate the crew and everyone down here who made this amazing mission possible.  It was an amazing week from launch to the successful return to Earth.
Wonder whatever happened to that U.S. flag and landmark that we left up in the moon?  I’m hoping that a future mission will answer that question.
Furthermore, I was very lucky to be living in the U.S. where I could watch the whole thing.  I learned later that my family in Cuba did not get to see it.
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Friday, July 19, 2024

Friday's video: A look back at the GOP convention with George Rodriguez

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Friday’s podcast: The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

 

Friday’s podcast:    

The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda…

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No more flowers for Joe

No more flowers for Joe: Cue that song

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Happy # 83 Vikki Carr

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 We wish Vikki Carr a very happy birthday.........she was born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas-Martinez Cardona in El Paso, Texas, on this day in 1941...........a very popular bilingual pop singer......her first big hit was "It must be him".......

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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Thursday's video: Vance speech, Biden with COVID, Trump tonight and more stories

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Why doesn't AMLO close the border?

Why doesn't AMLO close the border?: President Andres Lopez-Obrador is leaving in a few months.  As you know, he will be replaced by…

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Wednesday's video: Secret Service mess, the shooting and more

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Adios Jack, love Aileen

Adios Jack, love Aileen: Another bad day for the banana republic operatives out to get President Trump.  Down in Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon nailed it when she dismissed the documents case.  This is the story: On Monday morning, special counsel Jack Smith…
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We could use another Joe DiMaggio streak




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On this day in 1941, the streak ended in Cleveland.  Joe DiMaggio's amazing 56-game hitting streak was stopped when third baseman Ken Keltner made two terrific back-handed stops.

During the streak, DiMaggio hit .408 (91 for 223), with 15 HR & 55 RBI.  No one has come close except Pete Rose 44 in 1978 and Paul Molitor 39 in 1987.

What makes the streak so amazing is how often DiMaggio got only one hit in the streak.  Also, he did not sit out double-headers, as many players do.  He got hits off Hall of Famers Lefty Grove and Bob Feller (twice), plus Venezuelan Alex Carrasquel.  Alex won 50 games but made one of the most important lists in baseball history.

The streak was a symbol of consistency, as Lawrence Baldassaro wrote at The Society for Baseball Research:

On May 15, the day the streak began, the Yankees were in fourth place, and DiMaggio had batted a lowly .194 over the previous 20 games. 

On June 17, DiMaggio broke the Yankee hitting-streak record of 29 games, set by Roger Peckinpaugh in 1919 and equaled by Earle Combs in 1931.

As DiMaggio's streak continued to grow it gradually became a national obsession. Day after day, across the country, the question was: "Did he get one today?" 

In its July 14 issue, Time magazine wrote: "Ever since it became apparent that the big Italian from San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf was approaching a record that had eluded Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and other great batsmen, Big Joe's hits have been the biggest news in U.S. sport. Radio programs were interrupted for DiMaggio bulletins."

On June 29, in the seventh inning of the second game of a doubleheader in Washington, DiMaggio hit a single to pass George Sisler's 41-game streak set in 1922, commonly referred to as the "modern record" to distinguish it from Wee Willie Keeler's 44-game streak, the "all-time record" set in 1897. 

The New York Times reported on June 30 that the fans "roared thunderous acclaim" to "one of the greatest players baseball has ever known," while his teammates 'to a man,' were as excited as schoolboys over the feat." 

On July 2, DiMaggio broke Keeler's record with a fifth-inning home run off Red Sox pitcher Dick Newsome.

Fifteen days later, on July 17, the streak ended in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium in front of 67,468 fans — at that time the largest crowd ever to see a night game — when Indians third baseman Ken Keltner robbed DiMaggio of hits with two spectacular plays. 

Over the course of the streak the Yankees moved from fourth place, 5 1/2 games back, to first, seven games ahead of Cleveland. DiMaggio went on to hit safely in his next 16 games, and the Yankees went on to win the pennant and then beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series.

One of the fascinating sidelights of the streak is that in his 223 times at bat, DiMaggio struck out only five times. In fact, he struck out only 13 times in the entire season. The late Harvard paleontologist and essayist Stephen Jay Gould, noting the streak, called it "the most extraordinary thing that ever happened in American sports."

DiMaggio batted .357 for the 1941 season and led the league in runs batted in and total bases. He won his second MVP Award, receiving 15 first-place votes, while Ted Williams, who hit .406 and led the league in home runs, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and runs, received eight.

The streak had another impact.  It kept us busy during that summer of war in Europe.  Not long after getting that MVP award, Pearl Harbor happened, and Joltin Joe was wearing a different uniform.

"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?"  He didn't go anywhere, especially for me, who grew up hearing about DiMaggio from my late father and read about the streak on the anniversary.  My father was 15 in 1941 and checked the living room radio in Cuba every night to hear about the streak.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Tuesday's podcast: GOP off to a good start and more stories

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GOP off to a good start and more stories

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Tuesday's video: GOP off to a good start and more stories.

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Don't forget to calculate in a surprise

Don't forget to calculate in a surprise: My late Cuban father used to say that life had surprises and to calculate for them in your plans. I guess that someone who saw his country go communist overnight understands surprises. So the last two weeks have reminded me that your best laid…
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Monday, July 15, 2024

Monday's video: It's Vance and Trump's new opportunity

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A chat with Bruce Piasecki, author of "Wealth and climate competitiveness"

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Squeaky and Sarah Jane memories

Squeaky and Sarah Jane memories: It was a close call for President Trump. It reminded me of another close call or when President Ford had his two moments back in 1975. This is the story: Ford faced two assassination attempts within weeks in 1975 and was not hurt in either ...
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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Sunday's video: The GOP convention with George Rodriguez

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Alive by an inch

Alive by an inch: On Saturday afternoon, I was watching the Trump rally on my tablet and listening to the Rangers vs. Astros baseball game.  Our second grandson was visiting and rushing out to the little pool in the backyard.  It was another hot Texas…..


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Imagine that: Voters still care about the economy

Imagine that: Voters still care about the economy: Who knew that voters would be voting based on the Biden economy or his overall record?  It turns out that people did before and will again.  Our pal James Carville’s famous slogan lives for another cycle. 
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Saturday, July 13, 2024

How many more starts will he get?

How many more starts will he get?: To use a baseball example, Joe Biden got to the 5th inning, gave up a few runs and walked away without a decision. After the game, the press asked the manager about his pitcher. Will he get another start? The manager would not commit. That's w…
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Friday, July 12, 2024

Friday's podcast: Biden press conference day after, Disco night 1979 and other stories

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Biden press conference day after, Disco night 1979 and other stories

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Friday's video: Biden press conference day after

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Chicago hates disco

Chicago hates disco: It was 45 years ago today and the Tigers were in town for a doubleheader at the old Comiskey. Nobody remembers the 1979 White Sox or Tigers. They were pretty much out of contention at this time. We don't remember that day for baseball but rather ...
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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Thursday's podcast: Biden turmoil and more

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Biden turmoil and more

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We came, we sued, and we did not conquer

We came, we sued, and we did not conquer: They say that old Julius Caesar authored a great line:   
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Wednesday's video: Blaming Nixon, Biden in or out, and other stories....

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Wednesday's podcast: France after the election

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Blaming Nixon?

Blaming Nixon?: Chicago had another bloody weekend. And then Mayor Brandon Johnson blamed it on President Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the U.S. This is what he said: “We had a chance 60 years ago to get at the root causes and people mocked…..
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Happy # 70 Andre "The Hawk" Dawson

We say happy birthday to Andre Dawson.      He was born in Miami on this day in 1954.

 Dawson played for Montreal and then the Chicago Cubs where he was the 1987 MVP. 

Let’s say that he was one of the “toughest outs” in major league history:   438 Hrs, 1,591 RBI & a very strong .279 lifetime average. 
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The Battle of the Britain 1940.....with Barry Jacobsen



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Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Tuesday's podcast: Blaming Nixon, Biden vs Democrats, and other stories

Tuesday's podcast:    

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The ghost of the future sends U.S. voters a message from Paris

The ghost of the future sends U.S. voters a message from Paris: Leave it to the French to make things interesting. Two weeks ago, it appeared that the right would win. Today, God only knows what happens next. This is how the AP describes the situation in France:  Election results show French…..
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We remember Ed Ames (1927-2023)


Edmund Dantes Urick was born in Massachusetts on this day in 1927.    He died in 2022.

We know him as Ed Ames.  For many of us "baby boomers", Ed Ames was "Mingo' or Daniel Boone's sidekick in the very popular TV series.

 Who knew that this guy could sing like this? I didn't know! I learned later that Ames had performed professionally with his brothers over the years.

 In the spring of 1967, Ed Ames shook up the charts with "My cup runneth over", one of the most remarkable performances by a male vocalist ever!

 It was popular enough to compete with the heavyweights in the charts: The Beatles' "Penny Lane", The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" and The Turtles' "Happy together".

 It was a great song.

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Monday, July 08, 2024

Monday's video: Biden on offense, The French mess, and other stories...

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Monday's podcast: The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

 


Guest:   Bill Katz the editor of UrgentAgenda...........President Biden and Democrats, VP Harris, the President Trump campaign and other stories..

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Should have known better with a girl like Jill

Should have known better with a girl like Jill: Fair or unfair, the consensus is that Jill Biden is the villain of the Joe has dementia story.  I say fair or unfair because Jill is not the only Biden riding the last name to fame and fortune.     Nevertheless, all the sign...
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Sunday, July 07, 2024

Sunday's podcast: Biden mess continues, Kam blues and Happy # 84 Ringo and other stories

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Sunday's video: Biden mess continues, Kam blues and Happy # 84 Ringo Starr

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And now for the Kam blues

And now for the Kam blues: Well, it's happening so fast that God only knows what's about to happen in the next few days.  Everything is on the table and your guess is as good as mine.   We do know this.  Vice President Kamala Harris is not an asset...
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Happy # 84 Ringo Starr


Happy birthday to Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) who turns a year older today.  Ringo is one of the two surviving members of what we used to call “The Fab Four“.
Ringo will probably go down in history as one of the luckiest men ever born.  Talk about “being in the right place at the right time” or winning the biggest lottery of all time.
In the fall of 1962, The Beatles, and new producer George Martin, walked into a studio to record their first single.  Martin settled on “Love me do,” a Lennon-McCartney tune, and it did reach the top 20 in the UK.  It did not chart in the US.  The B-side was “P.S. I love you”, one of their most underrated songs!
The rest of the story, as Paul Harvey used to say, is that Martin replaced drummer Pete Best, an original member of the band and lifelong friend from Liverpool.  Martin replaced Pete with Ringo. 
Pete Best was out.  Ringo Starr was in.   Pete ended up with 9 to 5 job and sadly no one remembers his birthday.  Ringo has a big mansion and everyone remembers his birthday.
Within a year of the roster change, the Beatles had two # 1 songs in the UK:  “Please please me” and “She loves you”.   Eighteen months later, Ringo and his pals were on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and their songs dominated the U.S. charts.
In a few months, Ringo went from being a Liverpool drummer to playing behind John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
He had a great sense of humor and the media loved him.  Ringo had critical roles in the Beatles’ movies, such as his “ring” in “Help” and that funny walk to “This Boy: Ringo’s theme,” in “A Hard Day’s Night”.
Ringo did a couple of “lead vocals”, such as the # 1 song: “Yellow Submarine”.  However, his greatest contribution was being a professional drummer, exactly what George Martin had in mind back then. 
We remember Ringo’s birthday and I hope that he is doing well.
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Spring and summer of 1968 with The Rascals


The Rascals had a nice run of big hits.   Some of their hits are real classics, like "Good lovin'" and the ballad "Groovin'".   

They were Eddie Brigati (vocals), Felix Cavaliere (keyboard, vocals), Gene Cornish (guitar) and Dino Danelli (drums).  Felix and Eddie wrote most of the hits.  Dino looked a lot like Paul McCartney, i.e. look at the picture.

 In the spring of 1968, The Rascals released "A Beautiful morning" and it was another big hit.  It was upbeat and fun to sing along.    Their next big hit was "People gotta to be free", a song that was released the summer that Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia.

 I just can't believe that it was so many years ago!
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