Sunday, February 02, 2025
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Cover-up of Joe Biden’s senility finally getting some play
Cover-up of Joe Biden’s senility finally getting some play - American Thinker https://t.co/rQmGPm7dDs
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 2, 2025
It took too long, but some in the media are admitting what we all knew: President Biden’s elevator didn’t go all the way up to the top floor. This is what we are hearing now:
The unprecedented cover-up of Joe Biden is finally seeing sunlight.
Critics of the legacy media have long accused news organizations of shielding the 46th president from bad press, particularly when it came to revelations of his family’s shady financial dealings as well as his cognitive decline, which was put on full display at last year’s CNN debate resulting in his exit from the 2024 presidential race.
Efforts to cover up for Biden began as early as May 2019 as the primary race for the 2020 Democratic nomination was underway. Last week, former Politico reporter Marc Caputo shed light on a report he had written at the time that stemmed from opposition research from the campaign by one of Biden’s Democratic rivals. The report involved a “tax lien” on Biden’s son Hunter pertaining to his work at Ukrainian energy company Burisma. At the time, the former vice president held a substantial lead over Democratic candidates in the polls.
Yes, it started in 2019 and ended with that Biden-Trump performance in June 2024. We saw on the TV screen that night what we had suspected: that the president of the U.S. was not up for the job.
Many of us suspected why then-V.P. Biden ran a campaign from his basement. We were told that it was COVID, but he didn’t even do a virtual press conference. His campaign was reduced to a weekly trip to buy ice cream, an interview with a friendly reporter, and letting the media continue obsessing with everything Trump.
It continued as president, with little press access or just reading from a script. It couldn’t go on after that fateful debate with Trump.
Why did so many reporters go along with it? That’s the cover-up, we say. However, this effort to deny Trump’s election ended up hurting the media beyond repair. Just ask Jorge Ramos, Jim Acosta, and Chuck Todd.
Maybe Woodward and Bernstein will write a book called All the President’s Men in the Media. Maybe they’ll make a movie out of it.
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Happy # 88 Don Buford
Don Buford was born in Linden, TX on this day in 1937.
Buford was the O's lead off hitter and left fielder when they won the AL pennant in 1969, 1970 and 1971. They won the World Series in 1970.
Don started out with the Chicago White Sox and traded to Baltimore for the 1968 season. Overall, he was a very professional player and productive lead off hitters in 5 seasons with the O's: .270 BA and a .385 OBP. He stole 200 bases for his 10-year career with Chicago and Baltimore.
In other words, he did his job by getting on base for the power hitters coming up down the lineup. By all accounts, he was a great team guy and fan favorite.
We remember Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)
In the 1970's, she became a TV superstar as Jill Monroe in "Charlie's Angels". It was a show about 3 beautiful girls battling crime and bad people. She left the series and enjoyed a lot of success in other movies.
1974: Barbra Streisand's "The way we were" was # 1 this week
As far as I'm concerned, this is Streisand's finest song. Alan Bergman and his wife Marilyn wrote the lyrics to this song, and Marvin Hamlisch wrote the music.
Her voice is incredible.
Baseball and memories of Cuba
Let me share two childhood memories of growing up Cuba.
The first one is the political turmoil and upheaval that turned Cuba upside down in the early 60's. It finally led to our departure in '64.
My second memory is more pleasant or baseball.
It seems that my dad took my brother and I to the baseball doubleheader every Sunday.
I don't remember a lot but I do recall Orestes "Minnie" Minoso getting booed because the fans did not think that he was running out a ground ball.
My favorite player was Camilo Pascual, who would go on to win 174 games in the majors with the Senators/Twins.
There were many young Cuban players who who were destined for the majors----Cookie Rojas, Leo Cardenas, Pedro Ramos, Mike Cuellar, Tony Gonzalez, etc. I remember watching them before they left the island and pursued careers in the majors.
Before Castro, great players like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Satchel Paige played in the island.
The Yankees played spring exhibitions. The Negro League teams were very popular because many Cubans were on the rosters.
In the 50's, Tommy Lasorda, Willie Mays, "Rifleman" Connors and Brooks Robinson played winter ball in Cuba.
Every Cuban baseball fan should check out this great book about the history of Cuban baseball. Better than that, buy your Cuban mom or dad an "Almendares" or "Habana" baseball cap!
“Ricky Ricardo” and growing up in Wisconsin
It was fun playing football in snowstorms and answering questions about “Ricky Ricardo”, or the only Cuban that any of my friends knew anything about.