Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative.......The shooting of the National Guardsmen in DC and questions about vetting; There is backlash over the video about "illegal orders"; Will Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett file for the US Senate Democrat primary in Texas....We remember PM Winston Churchill (1874-1965).......plus other stories.....
Sunday, November 30, 2025
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When young Winston met Cuban cigars
We remember that Winston Churchill was born on this in day in 1874. Churchill was one of the great leaders of the 20th century and UK Prime Minister (1940-1945) and (1951-55). Churchill was also a great author and won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his six-volume history of World War IIand for political speeches. (I remember when Santa brought me that paperback box years ago).
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Churchill apparently fell in love with Cuban cigars during a visit to the island circa 1895.
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 30, 2025
When young Winston met Cuban cigars - American Thinker https://t.co/E3NokiwDpm
We remember Dick Clark (1929-2012)
We remember Richard Wagstaff Clark who was born in Mt. Vernon, NY, on this day in 1929. On April 18, 2012, Dick Clark died of a heart attack. He was 82.
Dick Clark's American Bandstand was on the air until the late 1980s. He went from one generation to the other, from Elvis to U2. I guess that he connected so well because he never "aged". He looked as young in 1987 as he did in 1967 when we used to watch those Saturday shows.
Dick Clark was great and we thank him for all of the memories. I used to love that "rate the record" segment and the interviews.
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We remember President George H W Bush (1924-2018)
We remember President George H. W. Bush who was born in 1924 and died in 2018.
To my knowledge, President John Quincy Adams never wrote a book about his father, President John Adams.
Our generation is very lucky. President George W. Bush, the 43rd president, wrote a book about his father, President George HW Bush, the 41st president.
It is historic and about the special relationship between a father and son.
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We remember Rob Grill (1943-2011)
If you recall Top 40 AM radio then you probably purchased a few 45's by The Grass Roots.
We remember Rob Grill who was born in Los Angeles on this day in 1943. He died in 2011. He was the founder, composer and lead vocalist.
The Grass Roots had a great sound and a dozen Top 40 hits, from "Let's live for today" to "Midnight confessions".
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Churchill and socialism
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
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"Young Winston" is a must for anyone who wants to learn more about Winston Churchill
Barry Jacobsen and I rememberd "Young Winston" with Simon Ward and Anne Bancroft playing his mother. It is a great movie. It will introduce to Churchill who was born in 1874.
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Remembering what Winston Churchill said in 1936........
Terrorism is the threat that we face in the West.
Our friend Scott Johnson of Power Line reminded us of a speech that Winston Churchill delivered in 1936:
"Watching the horrifying events in Paris this week, I have found Churchill’s great speech of November 12, 1936, coming to mind. It is one of Churchill’s prophetic speeches — I believe in the Prophet Churchill — decrying the complacency of the government in the face of the gathering storm in Germany.“So they go on in strange paradox,” Churchill asserted in Parliament of those responsible for the defense of the land, “decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent. So we go on preparing more months and years – precious, perhaps, vital, to the greatness of Britain, for the locusts to eat.”
Toward the end of his speech, Churchill rendered this judgment: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”"
History does not have to repeat itself. I fear that it may, specially given the lack of leadership in Europe.
1874: Winston Churchill was born
We love “leadership” and great leaders to run our countries. Today, we remember Winston Churchill, one of the giants of the 20th century who was born on this day in 1874:
“Churchill came from a prestigious family with a long history of military service and joined the British Fourth Hussars upon his father’s death in 1895. During the next five years, he enjoyed an illustrious military career, serving in India, the Sudan, and South Africa, and distinguishing himself several times in battle. In 1899, he resigned his commission to concentrate on his literary and political career and in 1900 was elected to Parliament as a Conservative MP from Oldham. In 1904, he joined the Liberals, serving in a number of important posts before being appointed Britain’s First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911, where he worked to bring the British navy to a readiness for the war he foresaw.In 1915, in the second year of World War I, Churchill was held responsible for the disastrous Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaigns, and he was excluded from the war coalition government. He resigned and volunteered to command an infantry battalion in France. However, in 1917, he returned to politics as a cabinet member in the Liberal government of Lloyd George. From 1919 to 1921, he was secretary of state for war and in 1924 returned to the Conservative Party, where two years later he played a leading role in the defeat of the General Strike of 1926.Out of office from 1929 to 1939, Churchill issued unheeded warnings of the threat of German and Japanese aggression.After the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Churchill was called back to his post as First Lord of the Admiralty and eight months later replaced the ineffectual Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of a new coalition government. In the first year of his administration, Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany, but Churchill promised his country and the world that the British people would “never surrender.” He rallied the British people to a resolute resistance and expertly orchestrated Franklin D. Rooseveltand Joseph Stalin into an alliance that eventually crushed the Axis.In July 1945, 10 weeks after Germany’s defeat, his Conservative government suffered an electoral loss against Clement Attlee’s Labour Party, and Churchill resigned as prime minister. He became leader of the opposition and in 1951 was again elected prime minister.Two years later, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his six-volume historical study of World War II and for his political speeches.In 1955, he retired as prime minister but remained in Parliament until 1964, the year before his death.”
There are several lessons from Churchill’s life:
1) Failure is a part of life. Mr Churchill failed but never gave up;
2) “Call out evil”, as he did over and over again when he spoke about Hitler in the 1930’s; and,
3) Take time for your hobbies, from writing to painting.
Winston Churchill was a giant of a man. I hope that the young people are reading about his life and how he used words.
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Churchill 1874-1965: The Battle of Britain 1940 with Barry Jacobsen
We remember PM Winston Churchill, 1874-1965.
We discussed The Battle of Britain 1940 with Barry Jacobsen.........
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We remember Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Today, we say Happy Birthday to Sir Winston Churchill:
"He was born on November 30th, 1874. We remember him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Churchill was one of the most important leaders in modern British and world history."
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Songs named after days of the week
What's your favorite song named after a day of the week? Is it Chicago's "Saturday in the park"? Or The Mamas and Papas' "Monday Monday"? According to this great article, Sunday and Saturday have inspired more song titles than any other days. Thursday is the least popular. Only "Sweet Thursday" by Johny Mathis has hit the charts.
Here is the full article:
1. Sunday (30 songs)
“Sunday Barbecue,” Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1958
“Never on Sunday,” Don Costa and His Orchestra and Chorus, 1960
“A Sunday Kind of Love,” Jan & Dean, 1962
“Sunday and Me,” Jay & The Americans, 1965
“Sunday for Tea,” Peter and Gordon, 1967
“Sunday Will Never Be the Same,” Spanky and Our Gang, 1967
“Pleasant Valley Sunday,” The Monkees, 1967
“Sunday Mornin’,” Spanky and Our Gang, 1968
“(The Puppet Song) Whiskey on a Sunday,” The Irish Rovers, 1968
“Sunday Sun,” Neil Diamond, 1968
“Will You Be Staying After Sunday,” The Peppermint Rainbow, 1969
“Sunday,” The Moments, 1969
“Sugar on Sunday,” The Clique, 1969
“Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” Ray Stevens, 1969
“(One of These Days) Sunday’s Gonna’ Come on Tuesday,” The New Establishment, 1969
“Sunday Mornin’,” Oliver, 1969
“Sunday Morning Coming Down,” Johnny Cash, 1970
“What Are You Doing Sunday,” Dawn feat. Tony Orlando, 1971
“Beautiful Sunday,” Daniel Boone, 1972
“Sunday Morning Sunshine,” Harry Chapin, 1972
“Another Park, Another Sunday,” The Doobie Brothers, 1974
“Like a Sunday Morning,” Lana Cantrell, 1975
“Sunday Sunrise,” Anne Murray, 1975
“Like a Sunday in Salem (The Amos & Andy Song),” Gene Cotton, 1978
“Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,” Thelma Houston, 1979
“On a Sunday Afternoon,” Lighter Shade of Brown, 1991
“Sunday Morning,” Earth, Wind & Fire, 1993
“Raining on Sunday,” Lighter Shade of Brown, 2003
“That’s What I Love About Sunday,” Craig Morgan, 2005
“Sunday Morning,” Maroon 5, 2005
2. Saturday (23 songs)
“Lonely Saturday Night,” Don French, 1959
“Jukebox Saturday Night,” Nino and the Ebb Tides, 1961
“Another Saturday Night,” Sam Cooke, 1963
“Saturday Night at the Movies,” The Drifters, 1964
“I’ve Got Five Dollars and It’s Saturday Night,” George Jones and Gene Pitney, 1965
“On a Saturday Night,” Eddie Floyd, 1967
“Saturday Night at the World,” Mason Williams, 1969
“Come Saturday Morning,” The Sandpipers, 1969
“Saturday Morning Confusion,” Bobby Russell, 1971
“Saturday in the Park,” Chicago, 1972
“Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” Elton John, 1973
“Dancin’ (On a Saturday Night),” Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids, 1974
“Saturday Night Special,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1975
“Saturday Night,” Bay City Rollers, 1975
“Almost Saturday Night,” John Fogerty, 1975
“Saturday Nite,” Earth, Wind & Fire, 1977
“Livingston Saturday Night,” Jimmy Buffet, 1978
“Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,” Thelma Houston, 1979
“Saturday Night,” Herman Brood, 1979
“Saturday Love,” Cherelle feat. Alexander O’Neal, 1986
“Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!),” Ludacris, 2002
“American Saturday Night,” Brad Paisley, 2009
“Saturday,” Rebecca Black, 2013
3. Monday (13 songs)
“Fell in Love on Monday,” Fats Domino, 1961
“Stormy Monday Blues,” Bobby “Blue” Bland, 1962
“Monday, Monday,” The Mamas & The Papas, 1966
“Rainy Days and Mondays,” The Carpenters, 1971
“Come Monday,” Jimmy Buffet, 1974
“If You’re Not Back on Love by Monday,” Millie Jackson, 1977
“I Don’t Like Mondays,” The Boomtown Rats, 1980
“New Moon on Monday,” Duran Duran, 1984
“Manic Monday,” The Bangles. 1986
“Blue Monday 1988,” New Order, 1988
“Blue Monday,” Orgy, 1999
“I Don’t Have to Be Me (‘Til Monday),” Steve Azar, 2002
“Monday Morning Church,” Alan Jackson, 2004
4. Friday (11 songs)
“Friday’s Child,” Nancy Sinatra, 1966
“Friday on My Mind,” Easybeats, 1967
“Black Friday,” Steely Dan, 1975
“Thank God It’s Friday,” Love & Kisses, 1978
“Livin’ It Up (Friday Night),” Bell and James, 1979
“Friday I’m in Love,” The Cure, 1992
“Keep Their Heads Ringin’ (From Friday),” Dr. Dre, 1995
“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” Katy Perry, 2010
“Friday,” Rebecca Black, 2011
“Last Friday Night,” Glee Cast, 2011
“Friday Night,” Eric Paslay, 2013
5. Tuesday (5 songs)
“Ruby Tuesday,” The Rolling Stones, 1967
“Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon),” The Moody Blues, 1968
“(One of These Days) Sunday’s Gonna’ Come on Tuesday,” The New Establishment, 1969
“Everything’s Tuesday,” Chairman of the Board, 1970
“Tuesday,” iLoveMakonnen feat. Drake, 2014
6. Wednesday (2 songs)
“Wednesday,” The Royal Guardsmen, 1967
“Waiting for Wednesday,” Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, 1996
7. Thursday (1 song)
“Sweet Thursday,” Johnny Mathis, 1962
To say the least, this is great stuff the next time you play Trivial Pursuits!
We remember Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri, on this day in 1835. We know him as Mark Twain.
In 1875, he published "Tom Sawyer". He followed with "Life on the Mississippi" in 1883 and "Huckleberry Finn" in 1885.
A great American writer. A true American original. He died in 1910.
In 1875, he published "Tom Sawyer". He followed with "Life on the Mississippi" in 1883 and "Huckleberry Finn" in 1885.
A great American writer. A true American original. He died in 1910.
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Nov 30, 1874: Winston Churchill was born!
We remember today one of the great men of the 20th century:
"Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, is born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England." (History)
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1963: The UK version of "I want to hold your hand" was released by The Beatles
By mid-January, the song was # 1 on Billboard and "Beatlemania" was off and running. The group appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th and you know the rest of the story.
In the UK, the B-side was "This boy". In the US, it was "I saw her standing there".
A few weeks later, "Meet the Beatles", the first Capitol LP was also released.
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Saturday, November 29, 2025
Texas beats Texas A&M, Black Friday sales up & more
Texas upset # 3 Texas A&M and spoioled the Aggies going to the SEC championship game; NY Times has a story about President Trump looking old; Afghan refugees and people letting their permits or visas expire; Change is coming to Venezuela plus remember Vince Scully (1922-2022)
The old man and the press
The old man and the press: Who would bet that this article would be published by The New York Times in the first year of the second Trump presidency? I mean, the people who looked the other way when President Biden couldn’t even answer a question in public are….
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The old man and the press — Suddenly, the NYT finds “aging” presidents a newsworthy subject. https://t.co/pqaSeQKZpx
— American Thinker (@AmericanThinker) November 29, 2025
November 1981 and still talking about Natalie Wood's death
How did Natalie Wood die or drown? Was she killed or what?
It's a great mystery but some people are still looking for clues.
See this headline: "Natalie Wood's bruises were consistent with her being 'the victim of assault,' says detective on star's death"!
Will they re-open the case? Can they re-open case? We will follow the story.
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We remember Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso: (1925-2015)
We remember Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso. He was born in Cuba on this day in 1925 and died in Chicago in 2015.
As a boy growing up in Cuba, and later in the US, I remember hearing Miñoso stories from my father . Orestes, as he was known in Cuba, played for Marianao and was a top draw in the Cuban winter leagues.
We say thank you to Minnie Miñoso. He was more than a baseball player for his fans in Latin America.
He retired with a .298 average, 186 HR, 1,963 hits & 1,023 RBI in 1,835 games. His best years were in Chicago: 304 in 12 seasons with the White Sox.
We say thank you to Minnie Miñoso. He was more than a baseball player for his fans in Latin America.
He retired with a .298 average, 186 HR, 1,963 hits & 1,023 RBI in 1,835 games. His best years were in Chicago: 304 in 12 seasons with the White Sox.
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We remember George Harrison (1943-2001)
George Harrison was born in Liverpool on February 25, 1943 and died on November 29, 2001. He had been battling cancer for a few years.
George was part of the group from the early days. He added a few songs to the group's repertoire over the years but his biggest contribution was playing a great lead guitar and singing background vocals.
He did sing or write some tunes, such as "Something" and "Here comes the sun".
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We remember Vin Scully (1927-2022)
We remember Vin Scully who was born in The Bronx, New York on this day in 1927. He died in 2022.
Back in 1950, the Brooklyn Dodgers hired a young sports announcer named Vin Scully. He joined Red Barber and Connie Desmond in one of the most important radio networks in baseball history.
Vin replaced Ernie Harwell who went to work with the New York Giants but is better known for all of those great years calling Detroit Tigers' games.
Over the years, I've lived in cities with good announcers like the late Chuck Thompson (Orioles) and Mark Holtz (Rangers). I never heard Scully on a daily basis but did pick him up in post season games. He was great and very elegant.
We remember Vin Scully, the legendary voice of the LA Dodgers.
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Vin replaced Ernie Harwell who went to work with the New York Giants but is better known for all of those great years calling Detroit Tigers' games.
Over the years, I've lived in cities with good announcers like the late Chuck Thompson (Orioles) and Mark Holtz (Rangers). I never heard Scully on a daily basis but did pick him up in post season games. He was great and very elegant.
We remember Vin Scully, the legendary voice of the LA Dodgers.
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1963: Ernesto Lecuona died and left us a legacy of great songs
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He was born on August 6, 1895 in Guanabacoa, near Havana.
We remember him for "Malaguena", "Siboney," "Always in My Heart", "Andalucia" and so many others.
He is buried in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY.
Back in 2013, we recalled Lecuona's life and music with Fernando Hernandez, author.
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We remember C S Lewis (1898-1963)
We know him as C S Lewis, the author of many books like "The Screwtape Letters", "The Chronicles of Narnia", and "The Space Trilogy". The "Narnia" books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.
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We remember Louisa May Alcott (1832-88)
We remember her book "Little women", a best selling story about the March sisters from 1869. She followed up that successful publication with "Little Men" (1871).
In the 20th century, her book was turned into a very popular movie in 1949 and later in 1994.
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Friday, November 28, 2025
Happy (day after) Thanksgiving
Cheers for Cowboys and it's great to see Texas vs Texas A&M again. Good news now that Fani Willis is history. NY Times talking about President Trump getting old.
Don't be tender with Fani
Don't be tender with Fani: Well, Fani's case is history. Hopefully, the Trump team will send a bill to get some of the legal fees refunded. Talk about a miscarriage of justice brought to you by some who drank a bit too much of that TDS wine passed around Democrat circles.
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Don't be tender with Fani — Fani's case is history. https://t.co/lyombS8cKg
— American Thinker (@AmericanThinker) November 28, 2025
We remember Gato Barbieri (1923-2016)
He was born Leandro Barbieri in Rosario, Argentina, on this day in 1923. He died in 2016.
Leandro got the nickname "Gato" because he would go from one club to another in Buenos Aires.
Over time, he recorded over 30 albums and won many awards, including a Latin Grammy lifetime achievement.
Your music was excellent! By the way, he composed the music for "Last tango in Paris".
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