Thursday's podcast: Ukraine and the US, A lot of money to baseball free agents & Trump tax returns

Ukraine and the US.....A lot of money to baseball free agents....Trump tax returns?.....Romania 1989.......And other stories....

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No Feliz Navidad card from Peru to Mexico

 

(My new American Thinker post)

Don't look now, but a couple of our Latin American neighbors are not very happy each other.  As you may remember, President Pedro Castillo of Peru was impeached and replaced by Vice President Dino Boluarte.  Apparently, the Peruvian Congress had enough of their President's attacks on the legislature.  They impeached and arrested him and that should have been the end of a local matter.

Not so fast.  President Andres Lopez-Obrador of Mexico, the self-appointed leader of everything, publicly criticized Peru and that's when the back and forth began.   

The latest in the crisis is that Peru has told the Mexican ambassador to go home.  This is the story:   

Peru declared Mexico's ambassador to Lima "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country on Tuesday, Peru's foreign minister announced, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two nations after Peru ousted Pedro Castillo as president.

The abrupt order, a severe measure in the world of diplomacy, gives Mexico's envoy to the South American country just 72 hours to exit.

The Peruvian government's decision came hours after Mexico's top diplomat announced that his country had granted asylum to the family of Castillo, who faces rebellion charges from behind bars after attempting what critics have labeled a coup on Dec. 7.    

Peru's foreign ministry posted on social media that the ejection of Mexican Ambassador Pablo Monroy was due to "repeated statements from the highest authorities of that country regarding the political situation in Peru," a thinly veiled reference to the support Mexico's president has offered fellow leftist Castillo since his ouster by an overwhelming vote of lawmakers and his subsequent arrest.

Mexico's foreign minister took to Twitter on Tuesday night to blast Monroy's expulsion, deriding it as "unjustified and reprehensible."

We don't know if Mr. Monroy is Mexico-bound but it won't be long.

So what's going on?

First, this is not Mexico's business.  This is a Peruvian matter.   The Peruvian Congress acted within its constitution to change presidents.  Right or wrong, it's their country.

Second, Mexico has always subscribed to the idea that one should not intervene in someone else's affairs.  So why are they violating their own principles?

The bottom line is that AMLO has a very high opinion of himself or his importance in international affairs.  Furthermore, President Biden's unwillingness to tackle the border mess has allowed Señor AMLO to get distracted on Peru's internal affairs.  We should be demanding of President LO to worry about Ciudad Juarez, on the other side of El Paso, rather than Lima.

Glad to see someone tell AMLO to stick his nose out of Peru.

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Wednesday's video: The Biden administration and the Border crisis?.....January 6 and Trump.......Peru and Mexico

The Biden administration and the Border crisis?.....January 6 and Trump....Peru and Mexico........PAN AM 103......RIP Franco Harris.......And other stories.... 

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Monday's podcast: The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

Guest:   Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda..........The Border and Title 42..........Trump and January 6th committee......Next Speaker who?.....The FBI and Twitter.........Apollo 17 in 1972.....and other stories......

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Tuesday's video: Title 42 and Justice Roberts.......Mexico violence....Elvis drafted 1957...

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A note from Mexico

 

(My new American Thinker post)

Down in Mexico City, a major television news anchor survived an attack by a couple of guys on motorcycles.   

This is the story:   

One of Mexico’s most prominent news anchors has survived an apparent assassination attempt near his home in the capital, in one of the most brazen attacks against a journalist the country has seen in recent decades.

Ciro Gómez Leyva, a news anchor for the national news network, Grupo Imagen, was driving a bulletproof SUV when the pillion rider on a motorcycle opened fire on him late on Thursday.

Gómez was unharmed, but the attack highlighted the dramatic escalation in violence against Mexican journalists under the administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as Amlo.

Forty-two journalists were killed during the first three years of Amlo’s term as president, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. That compared to forty-five journalists killed in the entire six-year term of the last president, Enrique Peña Nieto.

Gómez's own news report on the attempt, in Spanish, can be viewed at YouTube here.

What complicates this case is that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had just criticized the news anchor at his morning press conference.  AMLO has a daily meeting with journalists and a special segment called "the media’s lies of the week,” or his version of fake news.   

We don't know if the guys on motorcycles were inspired by the president's words or something else.  We do know that 12 journalists were killed this year.   In this case, the famous news anchor was riding in an armored car and it probably saved his life.

To his credit, President AMLO criticized the attack and Mexico City officials dispatched police to investigate the crime.  Nevertheless, Mr. Gómez came very close to being #13 of journalists killed this year.

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Monday's podcast: El Paso, Texas emergency status......Twitter FBI....Argentina 2022 champion

El Paso, Texas emergency status......Twitter FBI....Argentina 2022 champion.....Apollo 17 in 1972.........And other stories...

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So stealing hurts businesses?

 (My new American Thinker post)

We learn something obvious every day.   If you don't lock up people who steal from stores, then the businesses will close or lose money.  Well, more big city governments are learning the lesson the hard way.   This is the story:   

During the recent midterm election, Republicans claimed crime was becoming a significant problem in the country. Democrats responded with a claim that Republicans were exaggerating for political purposes. Do they still believe that the crime problem is exaggerated for political purposes when… America’s biggest retailer, Walmart, is threatening to make major changes because of crime?

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that theft is higher than what it has historically been.

Why is it higher?  Is it because we tolerate crime or shoplifting or don't prosecute thefts under a certain amount? The answer is yes, yes, and yes.   

Of course, the problem is not just Walmart. They can close a store and pay their bills next month.   The Walmart CEO can go to CNBC and talk about it.  The real problem is that the out-of-control thefts will mean fewer stores all over the country.  In other words, fewer places and fewer retail jobs.   

How is any of this helpful to consumers or merchants?  It is not, but local government leaders don't seem to care.  It does not help that people keep reelecting them.

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