CANTO TALK

Guest:  George Rodriguez, conservative Hispanic activist in South Texas....we will look at the elections in San Antonio, Texas......a surprise result....any lessons from these election results?...a review of the large GOP field now that Gov Bush is in & Governor Kasich will soon be in......more thoights about the Pacific trade agreement rejected by the Democrats last week.......What are the voters saying?........ Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......  

Guest:  Frank Burke, co-author of "A Law Unto Themselves: The Media and the Criminal Justice System"........this is from the book...."From society scandals to juvenile mass murderers and serial killers, from the birth of the Mafia to white-collar crime, from the Lindbergh case to O.J. Simpson, “A Law Unto Themselves: The Media and the Criminal Justice System” traces the interplay between the media and the justice system as played out in the most significant crimes and cases.." Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL 

Guest:  Bill Katz, editor of Urgent Agenda.....we will look at President Obama, Democrats and the trade agreement.....no strategy to fight ISIS in Iraq.....the Iran nuclear deal.....the leader  of Iran does not want inspections.....Hillary Clinton is in.......Jeb Bush will be in on Monday......national security and foreign policy look like big issues in 2016......another article about Senator Rubio in The NY Times........... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

We look at some of my American Thinker posts of the week.............President Obama and indecision in Iraq....midterm elections in Mexico turn out ok for President Pena-Nieto......Caracas and alarming crime rates........Romania 25 years after communism............Rubio and those "hit pieces" by The New York Times.............plus we look back at President Reagan's Berlin Wall speech in 1987....one of the highlights of his presidency....... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guest:  Barry Jacobsen, military historian and blogger.........we will look President Obama's decision to send 400 advisers to Iraq a few days after saying that we had no strategy...........is this a case of "mission creep"?....Is President Obama killing the clock and pushing the problem to his successor?.....US-Russian tensions over Ukraine and Iran..........US-China tensions over international sea lanes around Taiwan & Japan...........the Iran nuclear deal....... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guest:  Barnard Thompson, editor of Mexidata.info............we will look back at the mid-term elections in Mexico.....the impact of the results of the Pena-Nieto presidency......the emergence of "El Bronco", the independent who won the election for governor of Nuevo Leon, a very important state in the North.......did any party win or lose?  and a look at The New York Times articles about Senator Rubio...... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guest:  Comandante Cazorla, opposition leader, joins us for a discussion of the situation in Venezuela....the economic crisis plus the political problems.....the state of the opposition .....the polling data on upcoming elections......the food shortages all over the country......crime in the streets of Caracas and other cities.....the relationship with Cuba......US-Venezuela relations after the sanctions......and other issues about the situation in Venezuela.... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guest:  Dr Ileana Johnson, author and economist, will join us for a chat about her trip to Romania.........she came to the US from Romania in 1978 and has been a couple of times.....we will discuss the state of Romania 25 years after the communist dictator was toppled......the economy.......concerns about Russia.......perceptions about the US and President Obama......plus some lessons that we may learn about life in her homeland..... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guest:  Bill Katz, the editor of Urgent Agenda......Our week in review.......we will discuss perceptions about the US around the world under President Obama.......is the US more respected now or before?.......the "traffic violations" story about Senator Rubio, and his wife......apparently no one was concerned when then Senator Obama had a few traffic violations.......the Iran nuclear deal.....ISIS and Iraq......the rising US-China tensions.....Hillary Clinton plays the race card in Texas and still not talking to the media.......Governor Perry is in.....there is talk that Governor Bush will soon be in......a new poll shows that President Bush is now more popular than President Obama.......a more problems at our schools.....teachers, administrators and sex toys..... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......    

Guest:  Jim Yardley, contributor to American Thinker, Canada Free Press and editor of "Patriot Dreams".......we will discuss perceptions about the US around the world under President Obama.......is the US more respected now or before?....a new poll shows that Americans now see President Bush better than President Obama.....also the timing of the FIFA investigation is interesting.....why is the DOJ looking at FIFA at this time?...... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guests:  Barry Jacobsen, military historian and blogger, joins me for a review of President Obama's foreign policy......the Iran nuclear deal.......Ramadi and ISIS threatening an important dam...........Russia and Ukraine.......US-China tensions in international waters.......US-Cuba negotiations but what concessions is Cuba making?.......also President Obama said that we are more respected now than when he became president...... Also, Jorge Ponce, Cuban American writer and contributor to Babalu Blog, joins me for an update on US-Cuba talks...... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guests:  Fausta Rodriguez Wertz, editor of Fausta's Blog, joins us for a discussion of US-Latin America stories of the week......we will look at the collapse of Venezuelan currency ("bolivar"), Ecuador and the US dollar, Colombia and FARC, Uruguay and the GITMO 6 plus other stories...... Our special guest this week is Andrea Amosson, Chilean author, who has written a book of short stories about women......the English version is "Told from the hips".... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guests:  A look at the stories of the day.......from the political situation to FIFA.......the 2016 is up in the air......too much uncertainty at the moment on both sides......FIFA is a mess and I don't see how it gets better.....O'Malley and Sanders running against Obama's record but not Obama.......a grim future for Germany with very low birth rates.....a scary outlook as Germany loses population and economic power..... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......

Guest:  Barry Casselman, The Prairie Editor, joins us for a look at the US and international scene......we will look ahead to some of the elements of the upcoming 2016 election.....how reliable are past results?  will 2016 redraw the Electoral College map?  the UK elections and what it means in the US.........and the unsettled state of the 2016 nominations....... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......  

Guest:  Bill Katz, editor of Urgent Agenda.....We will look at some bad US economy reports......0.7% is a very bad number........we will discuss Iraq and the confusion over strategy.....the Iran nuclear deal is coming or is it?...."no fly zones" and US-China tension in the Pacific......Russia and Ukraine....another week and more scandals from the Clintons......the GOP side is crowded...Obama's immigration executive order is shot down again....a lot of interesting cases before the Supreme Court that could impact the Obama legacy...... Click to support some of our friends.... ...CLICK AUDIBLE.COM, YOUR SOURCE FOR AUDIO BOOKS! CHECK OUT MY BOOK:  CUBANOS IN WISCONSIN..... FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER...... GET MY POSTS BY E-MAIL HERE......