Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers legend who
sparked ‘Fernandomania,’ dead at 63
Posted By: Dreadnought, 10/23/2024 12:25:08 AM
Dodgers legend and six-time All-Star Fernando Valenzuela died on Tuesday night, Major League Baseball announced. He was 63. No cause of death was given. "Fernando Valenzuela was one of the most impactful players of his generation,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement on Tuesday night. “With his distinctive pitching style, the Dodgers left-hander’s rookie season generated so much excitement in the U.S. and his native Mexico that it became commonly referred to as ‘Fernandomania.’ His 1981 season ranks among the most decorated pitching years of all-time as Fernando was the National League Rookie of the Year, the NL Cy Young Award winner, a Silver Slugger and a World Series champion.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday that it had killed a Hamas commander who led the attack on dozens of civilians on October 7, 2023, who had fled the Nova music festival and hidden in roadside shelters.
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Yesterday (Wednesday), in a joint IDF and ISA operation, the IAF struck
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“We’re leading by a lot
The more you get to know Kamala Harris ...
Two big media polls dropped today, and both of them look like bad news for Democrats -- especially Harris. Despite the shrieking hysteria coming from the campaign and the media (but I repeat myself!) about how dangerous Donald Trump is, voters like Trump more ... and Kamala less.
Let's start with the Wall Street Journal poll, where Trump has "opened a narrow lead" among registered voters, who usually lean a bit more Democrat. Duane mentioned this poll at the end of his post about the CNN town hall, but it's worth exploring a little further:
The national survey finds that Trump is leading
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Asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would consider pardoning the younger Biden, Trump said “I wouldn’t take it off the books.”
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Matt Taibbi and Paul Thacker have the scoop, and it is just as scary as you think. The campaign to destroy free speech is in full swing, and they are executing the plan. I have written a lot about censorship because, in the long run, it may present the greatest threat to our freedom. If we have free speech, we can at least fight back.
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(And, she did find the opportunity to bring up that talking point - video at the bottom of this story.)
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The sixth one just came true.
Here’s what I wrote on Oct. 21:
I guarantee you that large numbers of the Harris-Walz campaign staff is talking off-the-record to the media every day. (Hey, they’re all on the same side. Many of them have even worked for the same bosses.) There’s a 100% probability they’re sharing tales of frustration, disappointment, fear, confusion, and anxiety — yet we haven’t really seen any stories about it.
Nothing’s been leaked.
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That is, until lately.
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Former President Bill Clinton complimented Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake’s looks while describing Vice President Kamala Harris as “extremely vulnerable” during campaign stops in the swing state Wednesday.
Clinton, 78, was commenting on the race between Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) – comparing it to Harris’ contest against former President Donald Trump – when he made the bizarre remark.
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They’re one step closer to freedom.
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The final decision will be left to a judge — but