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The worst since Carter

 (My new American Thinker post)

Former President Jimmy Carter left office in 1981 -- 42 years ago, if you remember.  Today, the former president and Mrs. Carter are in Georgia gracefully facing the end.  For the record, I always thought that Carter was a decent man who should have never been president.  He won the "Watergate" election and there is not a lot about his presidency that we care to remember.

Today, we remember President Carter because of President Biden, or Carter II as John Kaas wrote:    

Watching Biden draw unintended but altogether feeble comparisons between himself, and failed President Jimmy Carter, gives me no satisfaction. It offered only dread as if the best course of action would be to pull the covers back over our heads and hide from the world. But we can’t.

At least when Carter was exposing himself to the world as a weak man, when his name became a joke synonymous with feebleness, when the Americans were taken hostage in Iran.  Carter only cemented the notion he was a weakling when he literally panicked and feared he was being threatened by a rabbit near a fishing hole.   

Yet even through that, as inflation tore through our wallets and our savings, as Iran burned our flag, as our hostages waited helplessly because the president was so seemingly powerless, the Democrats were behind him and we called him president. 

Yes, I always felt that Carter was a patriot but weak and at least surrounded by people who loved the country.  I am sorry but that's not how I feel today.  Carter made mistakes, but he was in charge.  Biden is making mistakes because he is not in charge.  Biden allowed climate change fanatics to run his energy policy.  He let immigration activists open the border and create chaos everywhere.  He withdrew from Afghanistan in the worst possible way.  

So Carter was doing his best but Biden doesn't have a clue.  Someday we’ll refer to a president as Biden II the new standard to measure incompetence.

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The electric car and the future of transportation with Frank Burke

The electric car and the future of transportation with Frank Burke 10/23 by Silvio Canto Jr | Politics: 

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Umpires reading minds?

 (My new American Thinker post)

It got rather heated between the Astros and Rangers at Game 5 of the ALCS.  As we hear, these two teams don’t like each other and have had their confrontations over the season.  It’s what usually happens when a team from Houston meets one from Dallas-Ft. Worth.  I like it as a fan and let’s play ball.

In the bottom of the 8th, things got out of control, especially when the umpires decided to read minds. This is the story:

There was plenty to go around in Game 5 between the Rangers and Astros.

Three were ejected after a brawl in the bottom of the eighth — Rangers’ Adolis Garcia and Astros’ Bryan Abreu and Astros manager Dusty Baker.  The fight happened after Garcia was hit by a pitch from Abreu. He immediately turned and yelled at catcher Martin Maldonado, as he believed the hit was intentional. In the sixth inning, Garcia hit a go-ahead three-run homer on the first pitch. His next at-bat, he was hit. On the very first pitch, no less. Regardless, it was a clear ejection.

After a discussion between the umpires, Abreu was thrown out, too, for what was determined a purposeful hit-by-pitch, which is grounds for an automatic ejection. Baker was up in arms about this decision, not understanding how it was ruled intentional. The Rangers were leading 4-2, at this point, with one runner on base and no one out.

There were no punches, but a few words went back and forth.  We’ve seen this a million times in rivalry games.  Garcia got hit by a 90-something fastball that was a little too inside.  Abreu, the pitcher, had no reason to hit the batter and extend the rally.  So I saw it as a pitch that got away.  It happens, but that didn’t stop Garcia from yelling at Maldonado, the catcher with red hair.  I wonder what my late father would say about a catcher with a red hair.  He’d probably say that “eso está extraño,” or that’s strange.  My late mother would have probably yell something labeled as homophobic these days.

Then the umpires decided to gather and talk.  They concluded that the pitch was intentional, an incredibly stupid conclusion.  Just warn both sides and keep playing.

How much of this stoppage hurt the Rangers’ pitcher watching from the dugout?  We will never know that he didn’t look sharp and put two men on base.  Then Altuve hit one over the fence and spoiled the local party.

The series resumes on Sunday night, and we hope that the umpires call balls and strikes rather than read minds.

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Saturday's podcast: Rangers vs Astros, Celia Cruz & Game 6 of the 1975 World Series

Saturday's podcast:   

Rangers vs Astros, Celia Cruz & Game 6 of the 1975 World Series...

Saturday's video: Rangers vs Astros, Celia Cruz & Game 6 of the 1975 World Series

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How low can you go?

 (My new American Thinker post)

On the day that Gallup reported bad news for the U.S. news media, the folks in the newsrooms lost their common sense over a hospital story.    

 

In a heartbeat they confirmed why the public doesn’t trust them.

 

Let's look at Gallup first:    

 

Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low.    

 

Not good.

 

And then the hospital story or should I say the fiction about the Israeli Air Force bombing a hospital in Gaza and killing civilians.

 

So what's going on in those newsrooms populated by the best and the brightest?  

 

The New York Post has a good idea:

 

It really shouldn’t need repeating, but the tale of the Gaza hospital explosion again shows: Don’t. Believe. Hamas. 

 

The terror group claimed Israel had leveled Al-Ahli Arab hospital with an airstrike, eliciting outrage from around the world as its allies screamed war crime and the media rushed to prop up Hamas’ story. 

 

Now, after a frenzied stretch of Israel-blaming, hard evidence shows that 1) the hospital was not leveled but just had its parking lot hit by a rocket and 2) the rocket was fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, not Israel. 

 

But don’t take our word for it! 

 

The IDF has released audio of two Hamas operatives saying, quite literally, that the rocket is “from us” (i.e. Islamist combatants trying to destroy Israel). 

 

We’re not sure why any reputable journo ever believed Hamas in the first place.  

 

But they did.  The reputable "journos" bought it without any hesitation.  Why?  I am not sure but maybe it was too easy to fall for those videos of ambulances dragging people out of the area.  

 

A video speaks louder than the truth?

 

Maybe they like badgering Israel rather than doing any serious reporting about how Hamas is actually hurting the Palestine people.   

 

Or maybe they are not serious people which is why more and more Americans are not trusting them anymore.  

 

Again, back to Gallup:  "the current assessment of the media the grimmest in Gallup’s history." 

 

Like that song goes, "How low can you go"?  Not too much more because the reputation of the media is crashing to the bottom faster than a sinking ship.

 

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Friday's podcast: The media and the hospital, Biden speech, Victoria's Secret dilemma & more

The media and the hospital....Biden speech...Victoria's Secret dilemma...Mickey Mantle (1931-1995)...Happy # 86 Juan Marichal...And other stories....

Friday's video: The media and the hospital, Biden speech, Victoria's Secret's problems

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Victoria wants her secret back

 (My new American Thinker post)

Like some of you guys, I've made a few stops at Victoria's Secret to purchase a surprise for my wife.  I usually did it coming home from a business trip.  The store clerks were always super helpful in figuring out such important things as size.  It's no secret that most guys don't know their wife's size or number or other details.  In my case, I would show the clerk a photo of my wife and she knew exactly what her size was.  Perfect batting average, I'll say.  I never told my wife that the clerk figured out her number so keep my secret.

Sadly, the company decided to go woke and appeal to the crazies.  The good news is that the experiment failed and the company learned that sexy lingerie is for real women, not for men dressing up as a woman.

This is the story:

Lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret plans to withdraw its attempt at being more inclusive with its marketing , reverting to its original reputation in the wake of decreased sales.  The brand, known for hiring beautiful models, has tried to diversify its models over the past few years, including plus-size and transgender representatives. However, the rebrand attempt has not translated to increased sales , with the outlet's projected revenue for this year at $6.2 billion, down by almost 20% compared to 2020's $7.5 billion .

"Despite everyone's best endeavors, it's not been enough to carry the day," Victoria's Secret CEO Martin Waters said.

Part of the attempted rebrand included hiring Megan Rapinoe , an athlete and activist who has advocated transgender women competing in women's sports, and Valentina Sampaio, who became the outlet's first transgender model. In the wake of Sampaio's hiring, Ed Razek, former chief marketing officer of Victoria's Secret, resigned from the outlet.

Goodbye Megan and Valentina -- hello common sense.  I guess their perverted view of the world did "not carry the day" or pay the rent.  

Once again, we see the disconnect between some of these corporations and the people who shop at their stores or drink their beer.  The secret is that these corporations are not listening to their customers or showing much respect for them.  So the result is no secret at all or that they can't "carry the day."  

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