Wednesday's video: We remember Mariel 1980 with Marcos Nelson Suarez, author

Wednesday's video: 

We remember Mariel 1980 with Marcos Nelson Suarez, author....

                            

This is not your 1992 Democrat Party

This is not your 1992 Democrat Party: Back in 1992, then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton had his Sister Souljah moment when he publicly confronted a black woman who made a racist remark. Clinton was right in challenging such a remark and benefitted politically because those were...

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 24, 2024

Happy # 57 to Omar Vizquel

Omar Enrique (Gonzalez) Vizquel was born in Venezuela on this day in 1967.   He was too young to watch Luis Aparicio play in the major leagues but I'm sure that he heard a lot about him growing up.    Every kid in Venezuela knows about the great Aparicio.

Omar was an outstanding shortstop.   However, let's not overlook his bat:  .272 BA, 2,877 hits, 456 doubles and a very good .336 On Base Pct.

Will he make the Hall of Fame in a couple of years?   Probably not but he will eventually.    

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Iran 1980: The morning we got the news that the mission had failed

For my generation, the Iran hostage crisis is one of those news stories that brings back bad memories.

It started when the so called students crashed the US embassy in Tehran and held about 50 diplomats hostage.   It ended a few minutes after President Reagan was sworn in January 1981.

Between the takeover and the hostages’ release, the story was a daily grind of rumors and more bad news.   Many of us got hooked to an ABC nightly hostage show that ended up being “Nightline”.

The low point was April 24, 1980:

On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued. With the Iran Hostage Crisis stretching into its sixth month and all diplomatic appeals to the Iranian government ending in failure, President Jimmy Carter ordered the military mission as a last ditch attempt to save the hostages. During the operation, three of eight helicopters failed, crippling the crucial airborne plans. The mission was then canceled at the staging area in Iran, but during the withdrawal one of the retreating helicopters collided with one of six C-130 transport planes, killing eight soldiers and injuring five. The next day, a somber Jimmy Carter gave a press conference in which he took full responsibility for the tragedy. The hostages were not released for another 270 days.

What a horrible morning.

As I recall, the failed mission did not become a big issue in the campaign.  I recall then-Governor Reagan holding his fire and simply expressing sympathies for the soldiers.   Democrat challenger Senator Ted Kennedy did not say much either.

There were many bad mornings in the Carter presidency.   This one was one of the worst!

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2014 podcast: World War I & Spanish flu with Leslie Eastman & Barry Jacobsen

A show from 2014 with Leslie Eastman & Barry Jacobsen....

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Tuesday's podcast: Campus madness and Biden response

Tuesday's video: Campus madness and Biden response

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 Campus madness and Biden response...........

                            

It turns out that the young care about the economy, too

It turns out that the young care about the economy, too: Another poll, and more good news for former President Trump.  It turns out that young people care about the economy, too.  Via RedState, this is the story: A Reuters/Ipsos poll in March showed Americans age 18-29 favoring Biden…..

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

The last player from the Negro League hit his first major league homer in 1954

(My new American Thinker post)

There are many angles to the Hank Aaron story.  He retired with 755 home runs and passed Babe Ruth in 1974.  He was an amazing player who was always around the top of the league in HRs, hits and batting average.  And he could play defense too.  

I finally got to see him play in 1971 when the Braves came to Milwaukee for an exhibition game.

We remember that Aaron hit his first home run off of Vic Raschi on April 23rd  in 1954. 

However, his greatest accomplishment is something that few people talk about.  Aaron was the last player from The Negro Leagues to play in the major leagues.   

I think that it's fitting that the man who broke the cherished home run record was the last player from the old Negro Leagues.  It was the perfect way to close a sad chapter and begin one where all Americans could play ball.

It was also landmark moment in the progress that we've made on civil rights.

Sadly, too many self appointed civil rights leaders promote victim-hood or don't want us to see the progress we've made.  Yet, the progress is all around us.   We see successful African Americans, from my sons' outstanding high school principal to the wonderful athletes who dominate sports to the growing number of entrepreneurs.

It's not perfect and indeed a work in progress.   But a lot of progress has been made.   

After all, the man who beat Babe Ruth's record was the last man who played in the Negro Leagues.

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Monday's video: Madness at Columbia, a VP for Trump and the state of the race

Monday's video:

Madness at Columbia, a VP for Trump and the state of the race, Earth Day 1970 plus more stories.....

                            

 

The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

NPR...Anti-Israel protests....and other stories.....

Remembering my first bumper sticker: A word about President Nixon who died on this day in 1994

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

Happy # 69 to David Clyde

David Clyde was born on Friday, April 22, 1955, in Kansas City, Kansas.    

In 1973, 18-year old Clyde made his major league debut with the Texas Rangers.   To say the least, Clyde, who had pitched in a high school game a few weeks before, was rushed to sell seats.   Sadly, he was out of baseball in 5 years:  18-33 with a 4.67 ERA.

Wonder how different it would have been if Clyde had gone through the minors and brought to the Rangers later?   We will never know but my guess is that a hard throwing lefty like Clyde would have succeeded, as a starter or closer.

Sad story.

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Happy # 73 Peter Frampton

We say happy birthday Peter Frampton who was born in the UK on this day in 1950

In the summer of 1976, Peter Frampton was on top of the musical world.   His double LP "Frampton comes alive" was # 1 on Billboard USA.    It sold 6 million copies in the US and a lot more elsewhere.

Rolling Stone Magazine ranks this LP # 41 in the top 50 "live" albums.      Frankly, I'm surprised that it ranks that low considering the album's influence on radio.

It featured 3 Top 10 hits:  "Baby, I Love Your Way," "Show Me the Way" and "Do You Feel Like We Do".    The last one was 14 minutes long on the LP version!

Great LP and one of those that you should get on CD for your rock collection.

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