Daniel Penny not guilty in New York City, Cuban doctors & Mexico and the free trade agreement, Obama losing his appeal and US $ 750 million to Juan Soto.......
Monday, December 09, 2024
We remember our friend Tersi Bendiburg
Our friend Tersi Bendiburg passed away this weekend. We had Tersi on our show several times and loved her personality and stories. Click to listen:
Mexico cheating by using Cuban doctors
Mexico cheating by using Cuban doctors: For some time, we've argued that Mexico bringing Cuban doctors to work is immoral. Why? First, these doctors are nothing but a source of foreign exchange for the communist regime. They don't negotiate their salaries or work conditions.
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Mexico cheating by using Cuban doctors - American Thinker https://t.co/8cympmbfx7
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) December 9, 2024
For some time, we’ve argued that Mexico bringing Cuban doctors to work is immoral. Why? First, these doctors are nothing but a source of foreign exchange for the communist regime. They don’t negotiate their salaries or work conditions. Second, they are “rentals” and their families are held hostage back home. So this stinks all over.
According to Arturo McFields, the whole thing may put Mexico in violation of the U.S.-Mex-Canadian trade agreement. Check this out:
Mexico has not played fair. It had already violated the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade by allowing China to use it as a back door for its exports. The new Mexican government is also weakening the legal framework of the country and undermining its own institutions.
And now, in the field of labor, Mexico is violating the agreement once again by receiving 199 Cuban doctors this month in a modern slavery scheme.
The USMCA is clear about its commitment to the protection of labor rights. Its preamble establishes the decision to “promote the protection and enforcement of labor rights, the improvement of working conditions, the strengthening of cooperation and the Parties’ capacity on labor issues.”
The Cuban medical missions are a direct violation of Article 23 of the USMCA which calls for “the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor.”
There you have it. Is Mexico aware of this? Maybe they didn’t read the agreement or some other stupid reason. More than likely, they knew exactly what they were doing and it’s time to call them out.
Mexico is not negotiating with the Biden administration anymore. It’s Trump now and all the talk about tariffs confirms that. So challenge Mexico on this violation and demand a termination of this. It’s about time.
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Happy # 67 Donny Osmond (If you can believe it)
Happy Birthday DONNY OSMOND.....if you can believe it!
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1965: The day that Frank Robinson became an Oriole!
Frank joined Brooks Robinson and the Orioles became the best team in the AL. They played in 4 World Series, winning in 1966 and 1970. They lost to the Mets in '69 and Pirates in '71.
The Reds thought that Frank Robinson was "old" but he proved them wrong in Baltimore. He won the Triple Crown in 1966 and MVP that year.
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We remember Kirk Douglas (1916-2020)
We remember Issur Danielovitch who was born in New York City on this day in 1916. We know him as Kirk Douglas or one of the most popular actors ever. He died in 2020.
Some of his acting roles were in “Ace in the Hole” (1951), “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952), “Act of Love” (1953), “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1954), "Lust for life" (1956) and “Spartacus” (1960).
Let's put his life in some perspective. He was born during World War I and made his first movie when President Truman was in The White House.
He was a great actor.
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Happy # 75 Nando Parrado who survived a plane crash in The Andes (1972)
Nando Parrado was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1949.
In 1972, Nando was one of the passengers on a flight that crashed in The Andes. He was travelling with a rugby team on the way to a tournament.
Nando survived and the story became a book as well as a movie. You can get the movie HERE.
It's an amazing story!
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John Lennon and the number 9
We remember another anniversary of John Lennon's tragic death in 1980.
In my case, I heard it in a Mexico City hotel when the clock radio woke me up at 6 a.m.
After The Beatles broke up, John went solo and recorded a lot of songs.
After The Beatles broke up, John went solo and recorded a lot of songs.
Some were good ("Instant Karma") and others were not, like the woke "Imagine" or "How do you sleep," a nuclear attack on Paul.
George, Ringo and John had spent the 1970s watching Paul record one hit after another.
As I remember, it was really rare to hear anything by John, George or Ringo on the radio at that time.
I'll never forget shopping for music for my parents in early 1980 and seeing George's and Ringo's LPs on the sale rack. I asked the store manager and he said "nobody is buying that stuff anymore."
Blame it on "Disco Duck" or some bad solo from a couple of guys who used to play with a band called the Beatles.
Back to John, "# 9 dream" was one of my favorites.
Back to John, "# 9 dream" was one of my favorites.
It turns out that John Lennon had a fascination with the number nine.
According to The Beatles Bible, there were many references to the number nine in John's life:
According to The Beatles Bible, there were many references to the number nine in John's life:
Lennon travelled on the number 72 bus to Liverpool Art College, where he was friends with Stuart Sutcliffe.His first meeting in 1957 with Paul McCartney proved a pivotal role in Lennon’s life. McCartney’s surname has nine letters, as does Sutcliffe’s.The group became The Beatles in 1960, and Lennon left in 1969, nine years later.The Beatles’ first appearance at the Cavern Club was on 9 February 1961.Brian Epstein, The Beatles’ manager, first saw them perform on 9 November 1961.The group’s contract with EMI was confirmed on 9 May 1962.The Beatles’ debut single, ‘Love Me Do’, was on Parlophone R4949.Their record-breaking debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was on 9 February 1964.
Keep reading because it gets better:
In April 1969 he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. There are nine ‘o’s in the combined names of John Ono Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon.Lennon and Ono lived for a time in an apartment on West 72nd Street, New York City.Their first apartment in the Dakota Building was number 72.Their son, Sean Lennon, was born on 9 October 1975, John’s 35th birthday.#9 Dream was a song on Lennon’s 1974 album Walls And Bridges. The album was his ninth non-Beatles album, and was issued in the ninth month of the year.The album’s cover featured a painting done when Lennon was 11 years old. It depicts a footballer with a number nine on his back.When released as a single, #9 Dream peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The refrain in the chorus – ‘Ah! Böwakawa poussé, poussé’ – featured nine syllables.Mind Games and Rock ‘N’ Roll, the albums released before and after Walls And Bridges, each contained nine letters in their titles.After he was shot, Lennon was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital on 9th Avenue, Manhattan. Roosevelt and Manhattan both have nine letters.
He was killed late night December 8 but when it happened, it was December 9 in his native U.K.
Remember that when you hear that famous lyric "Number 9, number 9" from the White Album.
Number 9, Number 9 - American Thinker https://t.co/rcmpE3w6us
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) December 10, 2023
Sanctuary cities and a few other stories
The Texas House Speaker battle heats and North Texas legislator is in the lead; Sanctuary cities vs the Trump administration, Syria collapses; Trump on Meet The Press; FDR calls on Congress to declare war vs Japan 1941; and, John Lennon was killed 1980
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