Orange man fact checks David

Orange man fact checks David: 

Orange man fact checks David - American Thinker https://t.co/05t2IG6Ja9

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) September 19, 2024

As you may remember. David Muir of "The Ambush," a new ABC TV series about presidential debates, confronted Pres. Trump over crime statistics. It was one of the "fact checks" during the hour.

A few days later, it's Muir who is getting fact checked. Let's see:

Muir interrupted Trump, something he never did to Vice President Kamala Harris, retorting, “President Trump, as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”

To which Trump responded, “The FBI -- they were defrauding statements. They didn’t include the worst cities. They didn’t include the cities with the worst crime. It was a fraud. Just like their number of 818,000 jobs that they said they created turned out to be a fraud.”

Muir is right that FBI data show violent crime is down. However, Trump is also right that there are major problems with the FBI’s data. The comparison with problematic jobs data from the Department of Labor is a good one. The agency was forced to lower the number of jobs created during the Biden administration by almost a million, which showed that its previous figures were consistently misleading.

Trump said he would target migrants who committed crimes, noting that “crime here is up and through the roof.”

So the fact checker got fact checked! I like that.

Common sense confirms that crime is up. I don't need a manicured report. All I need to do is talk to someone who lives in Washington, D.C. or Chicago. Or watch the local newscast and see for yourself. The killings have not stopped. It's the reporting that is misrepresenting the crime numbers.

So a double win in this post. Down goes the dishonest fact checker. Up goes the truth, a reality that anybody living in the world can confirm without reading any statistics. 

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Happy # 84 Paul Williams, great songwriter

We remember Paul Williams who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on this day in 1940. 

Paul Williams won "the lottery" when Richard Carpenter heard one of his songs.  Richard played it for Karen and we know the rest of the story.     

"We've only just begun" was The Carpenters' 2nd big song and included in their "Close to You" album.  It become The Carpenters' signature song and a very popular tune for newlyweds.

The Carpenters also recorded "Rainy Days and Mondays", a truly magnificent vocal performance by Karen Carpenter.

Three Dog Night kept the streak going with "An old fashioned love song", my favorite song by that group.

Last, but not least, Kermit the Frog also recorded one of Williams' songs.  It was "Rainbow connection".  

Enjoy them because they are wonderful songs from a great songwriter.

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We remember David McCallum. (1933-2023)

We say happy birthday to David McCallum who was born in the UK on this day in 1933.  He died September 2023.

Many of us remember him as Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."

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Happy # 84 Sylvia Tyson

We say happy birthday to Sylvia Tyson who was born in Ontario on this day in 1940.  

She was the other half of the wonderful Canadian duo "Ian & Sylvia".

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We remember Joe Morgan (1943-2020)

We remember Joe Morgan, another member of The Baseball Hall of Fame.  He was born on this day in Bohnam, Texas and died in 2020.

Morgan broke with the expansion Houston Colt-45 in 1961 now the Astros.   He was traded to the Reds before the 1972 season and enjoyed incredible success:   MVP 1975 & 1976.    In 1990, Morgan was selected for The Hall of Fame:  2,517 hits, 1,650 runs scored, 268 home runs, 689 stolen bases and 1,865 walks!

Without question, one of the best second basemen in the game's history.  After baseball, he turned into a fabulous baseball TV analyst.   We will always his leadership role with The Big Red Machine.

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We remember Mama Cass (1941-1974)

Ellen Naomi Cohen was born in Baltimore, Maryland on this day in 1941.   We remember her as Mama Cass of the Mamas & Papas.    

How about this little fact?  She and Jim Morrison attended George Washington High School in Virginia.   Wonder if they knew each other?

In the 1960’s, Cass joined John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips and became The Mamas & Papas.   In 1968, Cass went solo and had some hits until her death in 1974.

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Happy # 75 Twiggy

We say happy birthday to Twiggy, a face from the 1960's.   She was born Dana Lesley Hornby in England on this day in 1949.

As I recall, she was a famous model and became more than that.  

Does anyone remember that 1971 movie "Boy Friend"?  What about those TV appearances?

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September 19, 1985: The Mexico City earthquake

Where did the years go?   It seems that it was only yesterday that we heard about the Mexico City earthquake of 1985.

It started at 7:18 local time and centered around 250 miles west of the city.  It lasted 3 minutes.  After the fact, 3,000 buildings in Mexico City were demolished and another many more suffered serious damage.

Sadly, thousands died and were injured.    

Days later, groups in Dallas raised funds and medical supplies for the victims.  It was nice such an outpouring of love and support for the victims of Mexico City.  

Again, where did so many years go? 

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