"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1902: Another anniversary of Cuba's Independence Day
Monday, May 19, 2025
The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda..
Taxing remittances?
Taxing remittances? - American Thinker https://t.co/OlPqNFVmju
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) May 19, 2025
A word about May 19
We remember May 19:
Music files: Estela Raval was born May 19, 1935 in Argentina. She was the lead vocalist for Los Cinco Latinos, a great Spanish pop group from the 1950's and 1960's. She died on June 6, 2012.
Cuban history: Jose Marti was killed on May 19, 1895. His death on the battlefield came after years of speeches, articles and contributions to the cause of Cuban independence from Spain.
Rock history: We say happy birthday to Pete Townshend, who was born in London on this day in 1945.
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
The Texas Report with George Rodriguez
A confused man named Joe
A confused man named Joe - American Thinker https://t.co/VgW3IqrRlB
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) May 18, 2025
Bit by bit, we are learning that President Biden’s elevator didn’t always go to the top floor. It’s a sad thing to imagine because there was a nuclear button around this man. Well, we think that it was around him, but maybe the famous “football” followed someone else.
The latest is this Biden-Hur audio tape. Some of us remember how Mr. Hur was ridiculed for revealing that President Biden wasn’t all there.
This is from James Lynch:
Newly released audio from then-President Joe Biden’s lengthy interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur captures Biden’s diminished mental acuity in his failure to recall the year his son Beau passed away, the year his vice presidency ended, the year President Donald Trump was first elected, and why he possessed certain classified documents.
Biden’s long pauses and incoherent ramblings in response to light questioning from Hur are apparent in over four minutes of audio first reported by Axios on Friday night. The partial release fulfills expectations that the Trump administration would finally disclose the long-anticipated interview tape after Biden’s administration obstructed its disclosure at every turn.
President Biden was so confused. He got the dates wrong, and his rambling was scary. Nevertheless, the real issue here is who ran the country. Who signed the pardons or told him to sign them? Or the executive orders? Who would have answered the dreaded 3 a.m. call and given the Secretary of Defense the orders to fire the missiles?
And where were the media? I can understand that some Democrats were just being loyal to the President. I get that. However, we expect the media to look beyond that.
Remember that line from Shakespeare’s Macbeth? It went something like this: “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.” As my old English teacher in high school explained, it was a profound moment of realization and despair.
Yes, that sounds about right. Maybe today we would say that the you-know-what hit the fan.
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A word about May 18
We remember May 18:
Vatican history: We remember that John Paul II was born on this day in 1920 and died in 2005. He was born Karol Józef Wojtyła in Wadowice, Poland.
US history: The GOP nominated Abraham Lincoln on this day in 1860, He was selected in the 3rd ballot of what we would call today a very contested election.
Old Russia: Nicholas II was born on this day in 1868. He was the last Russian emperor (1894–1917). In 1918, he and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks.
Country music: We say happy birthday to George Strait, the modern king of country. He's sold over 100 million records and hit the # 1 spot 60 times.
Mr. October: We say happy birthday to Reggie Jackson, who was born in Pennsylvania on this day in 1946. Jackson came up with the A's in 1967 and put together quite a career: 561 HR, 1,701 RBI, AL MVP 1973, 18 HR in 77 post-season games and 3 HR in game 6 of the 1977 World Series. Jackson was selected to the Hall of Fame in 1993.
Orioles history: We say happy birthday to Brooks Robinson, who was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on this day in 1937. Overall, he hit .267 with 2,848 hits, 268 HR & 1,367 RBI. Brooks had a reputation for being a great clutch hitter. In his prime, he could hit a HR, a double or make a great play at third. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983 and continues to be one of the most popular players of all time. He died in 2024.
Super lefty: On this day in 2004, Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game. According to Robby Hammock, who caught the game, the whole team sensed it right away. Great night for the future Hall of Famer.
Music history: We remember Pierino Como who was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, on this day in 1912. We remember him as Perry Como, one of the most successful male vocalists ever.
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