It’s her privacy, stupid!

 Did the Democrats learn anything from the 2024 results? I think that it’s fair to say that voters sent a clear message on issues like men in women’s bathrooms or competing against their daughters.

Enter Rep. Nancy Mace, who doesn’t want a man in the women’s room even if the person in question is a “trans woman” elected in Delaware. Well, here is the story:

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said Tuesday that her effort to ban transgender women from using female bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol is a direct response to the election of Sarah McBride, who is set to be the first openly transgender person in Congress.

Mace introduced a resolution Monday to prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.” She was asked by reporters Tuesday if the move was in response to McBride.

“Yes and absolutely, and then some,” Mace told reporters, adding, “I’m absolutely 100% gonna stand in the way of any man who wants to be in a women’s restroom, in our locker rooms, in our changing rooms. I will be there fighting you every step of the way.”

Good for Nancy. It’s not about the “trans”; it’s about the male thing down there, if you know what I mean.

My guess is that most men and women agree with Rep. Mace. This is not a civil rights issue but rather a matter of common sense and decency. Who wants their wife, sister, cousin, daughter, etc., to go to a bathroom visited by men wearing a dress? I’m sorry, but dressing up as a woman, mascara and all, does not make you a “she.”

You can’t stop Democrat voters from voting for a “trans” person. He or she won fair and square. Nevertheless, that doesn’t give this person a pass to violate the privacy of women who don’t want a dude in a dress in that private space.

So, let the Democrats fight on this hill. I’m just warning them that this is not the hill that you want to die on. Why? Because you are going to die for lack of public support.

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 23, 2024

We remember Luis Tiant (1940-2024)

We remember the great Tiant.

Luis Tiant was born in Marianao, Cuba on this day in 1940.  He died in 2024

His father was Luis Eleuterio Tiant, who pitched professionally in the old Negro Leagues in the US as well as in Mexico.

Tiant made his debut in 1964 with Cleveland: 10-4, 9 complete games, 3 shutouts and a 2.83 ERA. A few years later, Luis led the AL in 1968 with a 1.60 ERA! By the late 1960’s, El Tiante was one of the best pitchers in baseball. Suddenly, he suffered a series of arm injuries in 1970-71, was released and passed up by several teams who thought that he was finished.

Everything changed when the Red Sox gave him a chance in 1972: 15 wins and a AL leading 1.91 ERA. Tiant won 81 games over the next 4 seasons and became the darling of Fenway Park

We remember Tiant and the 1975 post-season. He shut down the A’s in game 1 of the ALCS, beat the Reds in games 1 and 4 of the World Series. And his aforementioned father had a chance to watch him pitch. It was a wonderful post season for father and son.

Luis Tiant retired with 229 wins, a 3.30 ERA and 189 complete games. In my opinion, he should be in The Hall of Fame. Let’s hope that he goes in the next time around.

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1936: The first issue of LIFE magazine

LIFE magazine was born on this day in 1936. 

It built a great reputation and huge circulation.   TIME was published until 1972 and returned in 2004 as a supplement to newspapers.

I loved the pictures.   The cover pictures were just spectacular.    This is one from 1964 at the height of Beatlemania.    

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We remember Robert Vaughn..........1932-2016

 

Robert Vaughn was born in New York City on this day in 1932.........he died in 2016......the famous Napoleon Solo of The Man from UNCLE.

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2003: President Bush and Thanksgiving in Iraq

Several years ago, I became fascinated with presidential proclamations, from President Washington in 1789, President Lincoln during the Civil War, and President Reagan in 1988.  

So let’s remember one president who spent Thanksgiving in a very unique way.

We’ve had some talk lately about President Bush and the decision to take out Saddam Hussein.  I continue to support the action. 

North Korea is what happens when you leave people in power who have or look to have weapons of mass destruction. The Middle East would look a lot different today if Iraq was conducting nuclear tests or threatening to hit Israel or others.

Back in 2003, President Bush showed up in Iraq for Thanksgiving. It was a great story and must have been quite a treat for the soldiers enjoying some turkey:  

Mr. Bush sneaked out of Crawford on Wednesday in an unmarked car, then flew to Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, where a few advisers and a small number of reporters sworn to secrecy joined him. They then flew on to Baghdad International Airport, arriving around dusk.

He spent 2 hours 32 minutes in the country, dining with the chief United States administrator there, L. Paul Bremer III, and sharing Thanksgiving wishes with about 600 troops at an airport hangar. Mr. Bush actually helped serve dinner to the troops, who had been told they would be dining with Mr. Bremer and with Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq.

He also met with four members of the Iraqi Governing Council.

The trip must have raised enormous concerns for the president’s security team. A DHL cargo plane using the same airport Saturday was struck in the wing by a shoulder-fired missile, forcing it to make an emergency landing. Such missiles, reliant on visual contact with their targets, are considered ineffective after dark, however.

For security reasons, the President’s trip was such a secret that even First Lady Laura Bush and his parents were not told about it. It must have been quite a surprise when plans changed from Crawford to Iraq.

Many years later, I say thanks that President Bush took out Saddam Hussein and prevented Iraq from turning into North Korea.  

My guess is that Iraq’s neighbors share my sentiments.

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Hiroshima 1945: Truman and the bomb with Barry Jacobsen

We remember another anniversary of one of the most consequential days of the 20th century.

Back on this day in 1945, many people heard about Hiroshima on the radio or perhaps saw the scenes on one of those newsreels.

In the summer of 1945, President Truman was confronted with one of those decisions that only a president faces.  He looked at the horrible options and made the right call, as my friend Bill Katz explained.   The bomb stopped the war and the killing:

Of course we regret the lives that were lost, as we always regret death and destruction in war, but guilt is not required.  In what is sometimes called the  bloody arithmetic of war, the nuclear bombs reduced the ultimate death toll of World War II dramatically.  And as the late historian Paul Fussell, a soldier in the Pacific at the time of Hiroshima later wrote, recalling his thoughts when he learned of the atomic bomb's use, "We were going to live.  We were going to grow to adulthood after all."  For that we can be grateful.

We will probably hear the usual criticism of President Truman's decision, specially from those who were not alive back then nor have taken the time to study the real options on his desk.   In other words, President Truman was not choosing between war and peace but rather war and more war.   He also knew that there would be huge casualties on both sides, if he decided to invade Japan.

Today's anniversary reminds us that presidents often face awfully difficult choices.  In this case, President Truman made the right decision. 

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The story of World War II with Barry Jacobsen, part 3

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Guest: Barry Jacobsen, military historian and blogger..........we will continue our series about World War II..............the outbreak of war after the invasion of Poland.........the German blitzrieg warfare.........the use of weapons and tactics in The Spanish Civil War...........and more stories.................................

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Martin Dihigo, Hall of Fame baseball player

We remember today the life and times of Martin Dihigo, the great Cuban player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dihigo was born on this day in 1905 and played in the Negro Leagues from 1923-47.

Dihigo was 42 by the time that Jackie Robinson broke "the color line" in 1947.    
We do know that Buck Leonard, the legendary player and manager of the Kansas City Monarchs said this:

"He was the greatest all-around player I know. I say he was the best player of all time, black or white. He could do it all."

He hit .304 over a 12 year career in the Negro Leagues.   He died in Cuba in 1971.

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A 2013 chat with Carlos Eire about Cuba 1959

Carlos Eire, author & historian, joined me for a look at Cuba 2013, 54 years after Castro.

Carlos wrote an amazing article about Cuba today.  Read here!

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MSNBC headed for hospice care

MSNBC headed for hospice care: It appears that MSNBC's future is in doubt. This is what we hear: Comcast on Wednesday officially announced it would spin off several NBCUniversal cable networks, including MSNBC, in a move that will dramatically shake up the landscape ...

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) November 22, 2024

 

It appears that MSNBC’s future is in doubt. This is what we hear:

Comcast on Wednesday officially announced it would spin off several NBCUniversal cable networks, including MSNBC, in a move that will dramatically shake up the landscape of legacy media as the liberal cable outlet will no longer be affiliated with NBC News.

Cesar Conde will continue leading the NBCUniversal News Group, but now that group only includes NBC News, the NBC News Now streaming service, Telemundo and owned-and-operated local stations. Conde loses oversight of MSNBC and CNBC in the process, and the fate of shared resources — and even the cable network’s name and editorial direction — are in question. 

A current MSNBC staffer is “intrigued by the amount of thought that seems to have gone into” the decision from a business standpoint, but said there is a “big concern” about what this means going forward for MSNBC. 

“No mas” as boxer Roberto Durán once said. At the same time, I am not surprised that a news channel obsessed with President Trump and calling his voters racist would eventually lose its affiliations. Imagine working at NBC and having to react on a daily basis about what Rachel, Joy, and the others said last night. I don’t know anybody at NBC, but I have to believe that this is a welcome separation. Who wants to be with people who hate?

The moral of the story is that hatred will eventually destroy the hater. Unfortunately, MSNBC became a hate machine airing nonsense and lies nightly. At the same time, how many times can you hear about Trump before you switch the channel and want something else?

I guess it was a few years ago, circa 2000 and the Bush-Gore campaign, I used to catch Chris Matthews on my office computer. It was a good show and informative as well. I knew he was a Democrat but never felt that he hated me because I wasn’t.

MSNBC is headed for hospice care. It will cease to exist soon and we wish all the haters over there a happy Christmas. I have to think that the late Tim Russert, a decent man who would often speak with Matthews on the aforementioned broadcast, must be giving management a thumbs up for unplugging this unwatchable garbage that the network turned into.

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We learned who shot J.R., but will we ever learn who voted for Biden?

The "Dallas" TV series was a huge success in the 1970s, 1980s, and even 1990s.  On March 13, 1980, the season ended with someone shooting J.R. Ewing, the Texas oilman that everybody loved to hate.  

The show's fans spent most of the summer wondering "Who shot JR"?  In fact, it was millions, and around the world:  Who shot J.R.?  Some 83 million people in the country saw the show or an amazing 76% of all of the TVs in the US.   As I recall, it was Kristin who shot him and the mystery was over!     

Forty years later, many of us are asking a different question:  Who voted for Biden?   How did this man win the election given the red wave that swept the U.S. House and state legislatures?   The GOP won everything that mattered, and specially so, looking ahead to redistricting.

 

Biden may be taking the oath of office in January but the numbers just don't add up, as David Catron wrote:  

 

In the end, to accept Joe Biden as our legitimate chief executive, we must believe the voters hammered the Democrats in congressional, state, and local elections, yet decided to elect the “leader” of their party president. 

 

We must believe that Biden dramatically underperformed among minority voters, yet received 10 million more votes than Barack Obama. 

 

We must believe that virtually all of the reliable election bellwethers were wrong. 

 

We must believe that all of the elections in the swing states were conducted honestly and that the Venezuelan software used to tabulate the votes was secure. 

 

All of this beggars belief. 

 

Yes it does.  We learned who shot J.R. because someone actually did.  In the case of 2020, we "elected" a president but no one can tell you how he won.

 

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1980: Who shot J R Ewing of the Dallas TV series?

The "Dallas" TV series was a huge success in the 1970's.  

On March 13, 1980, the season ended with someone shooting JR Ewing, the character that everybody loved to hate.  

The show's fans, and a few others spent most of the summer wondering "Who shot JR"?

On this day in 1980, millions of people around the world tuned in to answer the question:  Who shot JR?  

83 million people in the country saw the show or an amazing 76% of all of the TVs in the US.

As I recall, it was Kristin who shot him!

1963: It’s time to take a second look at JFK

We remember another anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination this week. 

It's time for another look at President Kennedy’s legacy as Alan Brinkley wrote a few years ago: 

President Kennedy spent less than three years in the White House. His first year was a disaster, as he himself acknowledged. The Bay of Pigs invasion of Communist Cuba was only the first in a series of failed efforts to undo Fidel Castro’s regime.
His 1961 summit meeting in Vienna with the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was a humiliating experience. Most of his legislative proposals died on Capitol Hill.
Yet he was also responsible for some extraordinary accomplishments.
The most important, and most famous, was his adept management of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, widely considered the most perilous moment since World War II.
Most of his military advisers — and they were not alone — believed the United States should bomb the missile pads that the Soviet Union was stationing in Cuba.
Kennedy, aware of the danger of escalating the crisis, instead ordered a blockade of Soviet ships.
In the end, a peaceful agreement was reached. Afterward, both Kennedy and Khrushchev began to soften the relationship between Washington and Moscow.

So how long will this “sainthood” of President Kennedy continue? Or are we finally going to get a more objective view?

Maybe it will start now as more allegations of sexual misconduct come out against politicians. It’s obvious that President Kennedy had a problem with women, too.

My bottom line is that President Kennedy should be viewed as a politician and not as a saint, as he has been for many years.

A second look at the Kennedy record is overdue and necessary.

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