http://thenewstalkers.com/feed/group_discuss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:45:28 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/26577/more-than-a-machine-big-boy-no-4014-sparks-a-nationwide-reunion http://thenewstalkers.com/gregtx/group_discuss/26577 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:14:18 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/25224/the-lost-generation http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/25224 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:38:27 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/25079/trying-to-restore-the-golden-age-of-air-travel http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/25079


Last week the US Department of Transportation rolled out a civility campaign called "The Golden Age of Travel starts with you." It is a drive to restore old school travel etiquette. To our young people: Dress up for air travel, treat others with respect and pull the ugly rings out of your noses.

Will the younger generation get it?

I'm skeptical, but it is worth the try. ]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:59:12 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/25072/american-immigration http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/25072
Immigration works best under the old US conditions which were:

1) That it be diverse and legal. People would come from various places such as various parts of Europe as well as various parts of Asia etc. Those people would go to consulates and fill out applications to be able to enter the US, and it was the US that made the decision on who was eligible to enter.

2) Those coming have certain skills and are willing to learn to speak English. For instance, in 1950 you wouldn't pick up a phone and hear Spanish spoken first or Chinese spoken second. There was only one language, and it was accepted as the norm.

3) There was a background check. You didn't let people in with Tuberculosis of criminal records. Not like what just happened over the past 4 years where people walked into the country and we all woke up one day after Joe Biden left to the reality of another 10 - 20 million people in the country who went completely unvetted.

4) The melting pot: The newcomers understood that they would be integrated into American society and culture. They could bring with them their past traditions etc, but they were not going to be hyphenated Americans, who would be loyal to two countries. Within 3 generations all would be Americanized.

It worked extremely well until 1965 and along came Ted Kennedy, who thought it unfair. His thought was to cease immigration from Europe and extend it to other places. Changing immigration law would be a hard sell, since it was based on those who had come and where they came from. The newcomers wouldn't have to be diverse. All could come over the southern border. They wouldn't need to learn English because the government would supply interpreters. Skills or basic education was unnecessary. Kennedy didn't tell us that right away, his successors took care of it. Kennedy's contribution was simply to get immigration law changed.

The   Immigration  and  Nationality  Act  of  1965 was signed into law was signed into law in October of 1965 by LBJ. It was a significant change in US immigration law. To get it passed Ted Kennedy went before the Senate and promised that the new law wouldn't change the demographics of the US:

“The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society,” Sen. Ted Kennedy stated succinctly. His brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, made the same prediction: “[The bill] would increase the amount of authorized immigration by only a fraction.”

The 1965 Immigration Act: A Little Humility, Please! by Jason Richwine | NAS


In the end Joe Biden would even outdo Kennedy, by simply allowing for massive illegal migration.

Now President Trump is trying to restore legal immigration and remove those who entered illegally. The left through democrat governors, activist judges and a far-left media is trying to obstruct him. One year in and the President has done a reasonably good job. The border is now secure, and criminal aliens are being rounded up but the battle continues.  How did we allow such insanity in the first place? ]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:35:30 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24697/democrats-get-warning-sign-in-new-hampshire http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24697
Sununu has not yet announced his candidacy, but he is expected to launch a bid to return to the upper chamber in the near future.
The race, which has been rated as “lean Democrat” by the Cook Political Report, appears to be tightening sharply compared to earlier polling, suggesting Republicans could be making fresh inroads in the Northeast.
Newsweek  reached out to the candidates in the race for comment via email.
Why It Matters

With the 2026 midterms looming and   redistricting in several states   expected to favor the GOP, Democrats can ill afford to lose ground in districts they currently hold. New Hampshire’s seat has been seen as relatively secure, but a strong showing by Sununu — a popular, moderate Republican — could signal trouble for Democrats nationally as they defend their position in Congress.
What To Know

The latest co/efficient survey, conducted between October 9-13 among 1,034 likely general election voters, puts Pappas on 45 percent to Sununu’s 42 percent. That is unchanged from the previous co/efficient survey, conducted between September 10-12.
But it comes as other polls have put Pappas further ahead of his opponent. A UNH poll, released September 29, showed Pappas leading Sununu 49 percent to 43 percent.
The New Hampshire seat is open after Senator Jeanne Shaheen announced in March 2025 that she would retire rather than seek a fourth term. Since then, several candidates have come forward to replace her.
On the Republican side, former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has announced his candidacy. Meanwhile, Pappas declared his candidacy early for the Democratic primary.
Polls show that Pappas has a much more substantial lead over Brown. The UNH poll showed Pappas leading Brown 52 percent to 37 percent. While the co/efficient survey showed Pappas 10 points ahead of Brown, with 49 percent to his 39 percent.
The UNH poll also put Sununu way ahead of Brown in the Republican primary.
Among likely Republican primary voters, 42 percent said they would vote for Sununu, compared with 19 percent for Brown, with 28 percent undecided. Seven percent chose New Hampshire State Senator Dan Innis, who  dropped out  on September 25 and endorsed Sununu.
Sununu enters the race with several advantages. As the brother of former Governor Chris Sununu and the son of former Governor John H. Sununu, he benefits from strong name recognition across New Hampshire. He’s also viewed more positively among likely Republican primary voters, with a net favorability of +35 compared to Brown’s +8, according to the UNH poll.
The co/efficient poll showed that while Pappas maintains a relatively balanced image among voters, Sununu is viewed somewhat more positively overall, with fewer voters holding strong negative views of him. Pappas’s favorability stands at 47 percent (very or somewhat favorable) against 36 percent unfavorable, while Sununu’s is slightly higher at 48 percent favorable and 39 percent unfavorable.
By contrast, Brown remains less well-known and more polarizing, with only 30 percent viewing him favorably and 35 percent unfavorably, while more than a quarter of voters say they are unsure about him.
What People Are Saying

Democratic Representative Chris Pappas, in a statement:  “Senator Shaheen is a trailblazing leader who has dedicated her career to putting New Hampshire first and working each and every day to protect our communities, strengthen our economy, and keep our nation safe. Her effective and determined leadership as our governor and United States senator has brought people together to solve tough problems and move New Hampshire forward.”
What Happens Next

The Midterms are set for November 2026.
Update 10/16/25, 10:37 a.m. ET: This article was updated with   additional information.
]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:27:53 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24472/opinion-understanding-and-saving-gen-z-to-save-america http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24472
Gen Z’s fragility is shocking to those of us who grew up with brave parents who fought in world wars and who immigrated with nothing but a strong will to live free. Gen Z focuses on perceived harms from words, demanding censorship for protection, with  72% endorsing shouting down speakers and 34% justifying violence to suppress speech . Their  cancel culture  thrives, with  97%  engaging in unfollowing or blocking, the online version of intolerant mob behavior. This betrays a psychological frailty that undermines resilience and prevents discourse necessary for peaceful coexistence.
Gen Z’s dysfunction is undeniable. They average  nine hours daily  on screens, over  three hours  on social media, eroding real-world connections. This fuels asocial behavior,  surging loneliness , and  poor mental health ; only  half  favor personal over virtual interactions.  Financially , they falter: 55% find homeownership harder, 44% struggle to secure jobs, and 55% see promotions as elusive, fostering underachievement.  Employers note  that 65% of recent college graduates feel entitled, 63% are easily offended, and 55% lack professionalism and  work ethic .  Mental health crises are rampant,  with depression, anxiety, and hopelessness spiking, especially among  liberal-leaning youth , driven by a victimhood culture amplified by social media.

Gen Z’s psychological frailty sets the stage for unique vulnerability to social  contagion , suggested by the explosion of gender confusion. Transgender identification among young adults  surged  from 0.59% in 2014 to 3.08% in 2023 – a 422% increase – with non-binary identities up 1260% and transgender men quadrupling (309%), driven by social media echo chambers and peer pressure. Gallup’s 2025 poll shows LGBTQ+ identification  at 9.3%  overall, nearly triple 3.5% in 2012,  doubling in five years , with over 23% of Gen Z (born 1997-2006) identifying as such. The  Williams Institute’s  2025 poll estimates over 724,000 transgender youth. This confusion pushes youth toward drastic measures like mutilative surgeries and fuels mental health crises. Rising  detransition  rates underscore the error; tragically, only  13% of detransitioners  receive support from LGBT organizations versus 51% during transition, a shameful abandonment of distressed young people.

To understand the remedy, we must first acknowledge the causes. Never forget that the COVID-19 pandemic mismanagement inflicted catastrophic damage on Gen Z, an epic loss of society’s moral compass that left Gen Z adrift. Professors, teachers, and doctors backed isolation, disregarding known  lockdown harms  even though Gen Z was at exceptionally low risk from COVID. Mental health crises  exploded : self-harm in teens doubled to tripled vs. 2019, overdoses surged 40-120%, and anxiety skyrocketed. One in four college-aged kids  contemplated suicide  by June 2020. Few discuss that Sweden kept schools open and reported  low damage  to youth mental health.
Inflammatory rhetoric from America’s left has influenced this weakened generation and likely inspired violence. Is it only a coincidence that members of Gen Z assassinated Charlie Kirk, attempted to kill President Trump, shot up schools, and murdered United Healthcare’s CEO? Media bias is stark and  quantifiable : from 2016 to 2025, “extreme right” or “far right” mentions outnumbered “extreme left” or “far left” 5:1 (~12,000, with ~6 billion views, vs. ~2,500 with ~1.25 billion views); some, like MSNBC at 18:1 and PBS at 42:1, were far worse. Extreme demonization of Trump or MAGA conservatives as “ fascists ” or “threat to democracy” – MSNBC’s ~10,500 segments (~5.2 billion views), The New York Times’ ~620 mentions (~310 million views), and President Joe Biden’s 2022 Philadelphia speech, where he declared that “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” a message reiterated in over 15 major addresses from 2020–2025  – has legitimized violent action.
Gen Z is naturally influenced by professors, but today’s professors are steeped in extremism rather than a force for free debate. We should be alarmed at  statistics  like 95% of Stanford faculty voted Democrat in 2020 per  Rabushka ; 63% of students accept shouting down speakers, 34% deem violence acceptable to suppress speech (up from 20% in 2020), and 48% justify political violence.
Elite university leadership continues to abrogate its responsibility by ignoring Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Not a single Top 20 school offered any mental health support despite obvious on-campus impact, in contrast with extensive wellness outreach for their left-favored crises, including George Floyd’s death and both of President Trump’s elections.
Some call for legal, top-down interventions, but ultimately, it is individuals, not institutions, who will save freedom. Despite their damaged psyches, the durable solution is present in Gen Z itself. Charlie Kirk knew that and devoted his life to fearlessly engaging Gen Z in debate. That empowered his audience to think critically about liberty, morality, and truth. Charlie’s death sparked 50,000+ TPUSA chapter requests in six days – their thirst for dialogue is evident.


In that spirit, we must continue to challenge inquisitive students with ideas they may never have heard. And we should identify and mentor Gen Z’s bold, rising leaders in early careers who’ve shown a commitment to critical thinking and free speech, to accelerate their rise into leadership across business, government, media, and beyond.  Efforts like these demand courage – from us and from them – an attribute in short supply today. But as C.S. Lewis noted, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”



Scott W. Atlas, M.D., is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution; co-director of the Global Liberty Institute; former advisor to the president and member, White House Coronavirus Task Force; and author of “A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID From Destroying America” (Bombardier Press).



]]> Sat, 20 Sep 2025 11:39:29 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24250/restoring-reconciliation-monument-is-important-for-the-country http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24250 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:26:09 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24233/10-great-exercises-even-liberals-can-do-babylon-bee http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/24233 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:11:35 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24161/10-questions-you-should-be-able-to-answer-in-order-to-vote-babylon-bee http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/24161 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:42:32 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24049/wrist-slap-for-man-who-attacked-pro-lifers-proves-the-face-act-was-always-a-lawfare-tool http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24049 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:54:25 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24024/fort-stewart-shooter-in-custody http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/24024
Army Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, told reporters that all five people shot were "in stable condition" and "expected to recover."  Soldiers who witnessed the attack subdued Radford, the general said. "These soldiers, without a doubt, prevented further casualties," he said. Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, was apprehended at the scene and taken into custody.

Radford was recently arrested for driving under the influence, Lubas said, but for some reason it wasn't known to his chain of command until the (shooting) occurred. It is sad that the US military which trains and produces men of moral fortitude and courage occasionally has a few that can't be molded into something exemplary. Evidently, Radford was the violent drunk that crossed the line into attempted murder. There are drunks that come out of the military. We already know that, but this individual is part of a separate culture. As Truman Capote might say, he came from the underbelly of America.

I think Radford has earned a firing squad. 


  ]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:43:18 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23926/an-unsung-hero http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23926
This video speaks for itself:




]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2025 06:54:22 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23845/mattel-announces-ice-agent-ken-doll-babylon-bee http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23845 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:21:45 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23736/next-year-will-be-the-best-americas-had-in-a-long-time http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23736 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:39:30 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23662/style-makes-a-comeback http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23662
"The style was inspired by the high-necked lace wedding dress Sophia Loren wore in 1958’s “Houseboat” to marry Cary Grant, she told the mag.
“It went from ‘I want a simple, sexy modern dress’ to ‘I want something that evokes a moment,’ and where I am right now. I am a different person than I was five years ago,” Sánchez added.
“I researched pictures of brides in the 1950s,” she added. “I wanted to reflect back, and I saw Sophia Loren and her hands were [in a prayer position] and she was in high lace, up to the neck, and I said, ‘That’s it. That’s the dress.’”

Lauren Sánchez wears Dolce & Gabbana corset wedding gown to marry Jeff Bezos in Italy


Sophia Loren in the 1958 movie “Houseboat.” Everett Collection / Everett Collection

Yours truly says: A great choice! ]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2025 10:19:48 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23590/barbara-walters-dream http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23590
The other day, one of the women of the view, Alyssa said that nobody would want to go live in Iran if they could live in the US. Whoopie Goldberg fired back with "not if you're black. " After 60 years of racial preferences and affirmative actions, millions spent on LBJ's anti-poverty programs and here is a woman who is a millionaire comparing the US to Iran and claiming that blacks are persecuted. And like the other illiterates on the show she says things about race, that if they were reversed the show would have been taken off the air for blatant racism.

The View's audience is getting smaller. The show gets lampooned regularly by Greg Gatfield and after this latest gaff Guy Benson called it "The daily national insane asylum."

You be the judge:



Even the Aussies are laughing. ]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:44:50 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23532/america-celebrates-the-us-army http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23532
{deleted}  Let us keep this day special. Rain is also in the forecast. It is still a chance to celebrate 250 years of Army service to the American people.

There will be a concert at the Ellipse in front of the White House after the parade. The celebration will also conclude with a fireworks show.
]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2025 06:11:34 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23443/karine-jean-pierre-leaves-democratic-party-after-serving-in-bidens-broken-white-house-abc-news http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23443 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:47:07 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23386/russia-bends-to-trump-after-crazy-putin-comments-in-latest-sign-peace-is-on-the-horizon-daily-mail-online http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23386 Tue, 27 May 2025 13:45:46 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23322/breaking-new-inflation-numbers-crush-democrats-narrative-about-trumps-tariff-strategy http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23322 Tue, 13 May 2025 13:18:35 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23272/democrats-face-major-wake-up-call-as-trump-trounces-them-in-polling-newsweek http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23272 Fri, 02 May 2025 10:26:33 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23117/the-scandal-that-wasnt http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23117
The left has made much of this though the app was encrypted and allowed by the CIA. It was a conversation between members of cabinet members concerning the attack on the Houthis, which was totally successful. No secrets were lost, and the administration just got a wakeup call.

Last night Laura Ingraham asked National Security Michael Waltz how it could be that somebody like Goldberg had his number included in the call. Waltz kept saying that another number must have led to his number. Ingraham persisted saying that it was incredible that his number would be included, but Waltz said he trusted his staff and he takes full responsibility:

"I take full responsibility. I built the group," Waltz said on  "The Ingraham Angle"  Tuesday. "It's embarrassing. We're going to get to the bottom of it."
"I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but of all the people out there. Somehow this guy – who has lied about the president, who has lied to Gold Star families, lied to their attorneys and gone to Russia hoax, gone to just all kinds of lengths to lie and smear the president of the United States – and he's the one that somehow gets on somebody's contact and then gets sucked into this group."

NSA Mike Waltz takes responsibility for 'embarrassing' Signal chat leak | Fox News

Hopefully "Big Balls" is getting to the bottom of how Goldberg was in on the call.


In other news:

A deal was reached between Ukraine and Russia  to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea, as well as end strikes on energy facilities, marking one of the more significant steps the Trump administration has seen toward a stop in fighting. The agreement will “ensure safe navigation” and “prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes” in the Black Sea, a critical waterway for Ukraine’s exports.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that promises to bring major changes to the voting process in the U.S. The executive order said the U.S. “fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections” and accused former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department of not prioritizing the vetting of voters’ citizenship in recent elections. The order aims to make changes to the voting registration process, voter records and voting systems. It is likely the order will be challenged in court,  The Wall Street Journal  reported.



]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:19:32 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23109/things-america-has-that-our-neighbors-dont http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23109

1) The US Constitution, which gives US citizens rights. It has even been extended to non-citizens to a certain degree.



2) The world's greatest economy. China has four times the people and they are a distant second. 

3)   The US Dollar is still the currency of choice for world trade.



4) Technologic achievements and exceptionalism.



5) Still the world's finest military

6) A unifying holiday like Thanksgiving.

7) A huge country to explore, with different climates, and endless accents.



8) America uses the superior Imperial system over the metric system.

9) National pride or Patriotism.

10) an alternative to left-wing news.



Let us give thanks. ]]> Sun, 23 Mar 2025 07:19:07 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23104/spine-of-steel-bondi-tells-judge-to-pound-sand-says-admin-will-follow-the-law-instead-of-crony-judge http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23104 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:59:45 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23098/who-would-have-really-won-the-election-if-every-registered-voter-turned-up-to-the-polls-daily-mail-online http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23098 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:52:09 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23085/prisoner-at-war-the-death-of-an-american-hero http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23085 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:16:24 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/23028/flashback-trumps-row-with-zelenskyy-recalls-obama-biden-humiliations-of-netanyahu-fox-news http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/23028 Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:06:55 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/22430/sweeping-doj-indictments-prove-critics-of-giving-ids-to-illegal-immigrants-right-they-lowered-the-standards-the-daily-ca http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/22430 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:20:49 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/22165/democrat-to-file-motion-specifically-mentioning-trump-can-only-serve-two-terms-donald-trump-the-guardian http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/22165 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:07:20 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/21723/joe-biden-talks-up-legacy-but-his-foreign-policy-approach-has-never-seemed-further-off-course http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/21723 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:29:06 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/21517/tim-walzs-family-shares-image-supporting-trump-for-president-the-independent http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/21517 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:04:57 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/21454/why-kamala-harris-is-failing-to-gain-traction-with-the-working-class-opinion-newsweek http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/21454 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:38:15 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/21127/trump-challenges-454-million-fraud-verdict-in-victimless-case-bloomberg http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/21127 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:45:02 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/21074/bob-newhart-everyman-comic-who-elevated-sitcom-to-art-form-dies-at-94 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/21074 He was 94.
Newhart certainly looked the part of the weary everyman that he played so well on the comedy albums that launched his career, and on the two major sitcoms that bore his name — “The Bob Newhart Show,” which ran on CBS from 1972 to 1978, and “Newhart,” which ran on the same network from 1982 to 1990.
But there was as much Stan Laurel as there was Oliver Hardy in Newhart’s repertory, said actor Peter Scolari, a friend and costar on “Newhart” through most of the 1980s. It’s just that Newhart chose to leave most of the wildest slapstick for his scene partners.
By the time he auditioned for the show during its third season, Scolari was already an established television veteran. Still, he was nervous enough reading opposite Newhart that he started stammering.
“And I remember Bob looking at me, he had gotten this little (smirk) in the corner of his mouth,” recalled Scolari. “And he said, ‘You realize only one of us can do the stammering bit.’”
That took the pressure off Scolari. “He kind of set me on my path,” the younger actor said.
Newhart’s own path included plenty of milestones along the way: two hit sitcoms and a major recurring stint on a third, a variety show, 14 feature films and millions of albums sold. He won three Grammy Awards and two Emmys five decades apart, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Not bad for a kid from a blue-collar suburb of Chicago.
Born on September 5, 1929, in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of  a part owner of a plumbing supply company  and a homemaker and the brother of three sisters, there was little in the first 30 years of his life to foreshadow the success that would come over the next six decades.
The product of a Catholic upbringing — one of his sisters, Mary Joan, became a nun — Newhart seemed destined for a proper buttoned-down job, especially after graduating with a business degree from Loyola University of Chicago in 1952.
After serving in the Army for two years during the Korean War, Newhart picked up where he left off, enrolling in law school. Newhart, however, objected to that career path. Dropping out and now in his mid-20s, Newhart logged time first as an accountant and then as a copywriter.
That’s when he found his true passion. Teaming with friend Ed Gallagher, the two started spitballing improvised comedy routines. They tried their hand at recording them, but shortly afterward his partner got a job offer in New York, and the duo abruptly became a solo act.
A local disc jockey, though, had heard enough out of Newhart to make an introduction to the head of Warner Brothers Records,  according to Newhart’s official bio.
The resulting contract led to the album “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart,” and almost instant fame before Newhart evened a chance to establish himself on the stand-up circuit. Not that it mattered: Once the album landed, he became a sellout draw in nightclubs and theaters across the country. “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” became the first comedy album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
“People kept telling me you’re funny, you should go to New York, and I said, ‘I’m going to give this a shot,’” Newhart told “TODAY” in 2017. “I was just about to go back into accounting, and I got this recording contract.
“Most comedians, most stand-ups, spend 20 years in the trenches. I had to learn at the top. It was tough.”


Newhart approached comedy with economic precision, honing his craft by watching other comedians and seeing what they did well — especially his idol, Jack Benny.
One of Newhart’s trademark schticks was doing phone calls in which only his half of the conversation could be heard, allowing the audience members to fill in the blanks with their imaginations.
His first album notched three Grammys (album of the year, best new artist and best comedy performance: spoken word) in 1962.
NBC handed the budding star his own variety show, the “Bob Newhart Variety Show,” which earned high praise — it won the Emmy for best comedy series in 1962 — but low ratings. The show was canceled after just one season.
Newhart had better fortune offstage: He married Virginia “Ginny” Quinn on January 12, 1963, a marriage that would last the rest of his life and produce four children — sons Robert and Timothy, and daughters Jennifer and Courtney.


He also became good friends with another popular comic of the era, Don Rickles, with whom he would travel across the globe on shared vacations with their wives over the ensuing years.
Newhart released seven more comedy albums and continued to dabble in television. He hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for a three-week stretch during one of Johnny Carson’s salary disputes with the network. Newhart  later said  that he thought he was being groomed as a potential replacement for Carson.
The perfect TV vehicle that had to date eluded him came in 1972 with the premiere of “The Bob Newhart Show.” Playing Dr. Bob Hartley, an exasperated psychiatrist and husband to a much more emotionally stable school teacher (Suzanne Pleshette), provided the opportunity to perfect the straight-man role that would mark much of the rest of his career. Over the show’s successful six-season run, he even got to use his trademark one-sided phone call schtick.


Four years after the end of his first major sitcom hit, “Newhart” debuted. The titular star played Dick Loudon, a do-it-yourself book author who is running a Vermont inn with his wife, played by Mary Frann. Once again, the joke was usually on him, as a collection of oddball friends, neighbors and guests came and went from his orbit.
But for all the joking going on in front of the studio audience, he was a “consummate professional” backstage, said William Sanderson, who played the local bumpkin Larry, whose brothers Darryl and Darryl perpetually followed in his wake.
“I had years of subsequently working for different bosses and you really appreciate Bob’s professionalism, not to mention his incredible sense of humor,” said Sanderson, who had been bartending as much as acting in the New York theater scene when he landed his big break.
“I quickly saw the way he treated the crew, which had a lot of the same people from his first show. He didn’t believe in keeping the audience late at night. He would try to finish by 10 or 11 o’clock to get them home.”


Scolari, who played the producer of Loudon’s television show in “Newhart,” became a real-life friend and golf buddy with his mentor over the course of the show. But he never stopped trying to keep up when the camera started rolling.
“If you made Bob Newhart laugh, I mean come on, you must be somewhere in the right direction,” said Scolari. “And you don’t get that just anywhere, because there aren’t too many iconic geniuses around.”
The similarity between the two lead characters he would be most associated with was so obvious that Newhart played it for laughs in the 1990 “Newhart” series finale. In that episode, Hartley wakes up next to his original onscreen wife — a role reprised by Pleshette in one of the most memorable cameos in television history — to realize that the whole eight seasons of the story set in Vermont had been just a dream.


“A one-trick pony should not be underestimated,” said Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University. “Because if the one trick that that pony does is good enough, it can last an entire career. If at the end of the act, it sprouts wings and flies away, you don’t need any more tricks than that.”
Newhart struggled to find the same level of success in the 1990s with his next sitcom, “Bob” (1992), which lasted only one and a half seasons. Five years later, his next attempt at a signature show, “George & Leo,” proved an even bigger disappointment, canceled in the midst of its first season.
But Newhart managed a third act. He found renewed popularity in the 21st century with a memorable supporting role in the 2003 movie “Elf,” playing opposite Will Ferrell, and then a recurring role as a former child-science-how host named Professor Proton on “The Big Bang Theory.”


“What was important about ‘Big Bang Theory’ is that it brought that Newhart character that he had perfected over his entire, long career and brought it to a whole new audience,” said Thompson. “There were a lot of people who saw him ... who probably never had seen an episode of either of his two previous sitcoms.”
The role also gave him a long-overdue actor Emmy, for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series.
This article was originally published on   NBCNews.com ]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:12:23 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/20905/lindsey-graham-warns-accountability-coming-to-biden-if-trump-wins http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/20905 In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, Graham, a staunch Trump ally, said without evidence, “The Democrats keep calling president Trump a felon. Well, be careful what you wish for. I expect there will be an investigation of Biden’s criminality at the border.”
In May, Trump was   found guilty   on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a historic criminal hush money trial that involved adult film star Stormy Daniels and Trump’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential elections.
Speaking to Bash, Graham continued: “This country is going to have a reset here and using [Joe] Biden’s standard of glorifying political prosecutions, a Pandora’s box has been opened. Whether he steps down or not, accountability is coming to him.”
Bash, who co-hosted the first presidential debate between Biden and Trump earlier this week, replied: “Sir, you just warned of retribution.”
In response, Graham said: “Yeah. I warned that the Pandora’s box opened by the Democrats is going to be applied here.” The senator went on to point to the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis, saying, “I think the criminality of the Biden border policy should be looked at.”
He also pointed to the Democrat-led House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, saying, “A January 6 committee looking at what happened on January 6, I hope there’ll be a committee looking at border policies that have led to the rape and murder of lots of Americans.”
In Sunday’s interview, Graham also defended Trump’s performance during Thursday’s presidential debate in which Trump repeatedly lied while Biden stumbled through his words.
“I thought he had a very good night… At the end of the day, he was strong, he was clear, he was coherent,” said Graham.
Bash went on to ask Graham if he felt comfortable with Trump’s response to her question on whether he would accept the 2024 election results, regardless if he wins or not. During the debate, Trump said he will accept the results if they are “fair and legal”.
In response, Graham replied, “Yeah, I mean, what are you supposed to say? ‘You all accept it no matter if I thought I was cheated?’ I’m not worried about him accepting the results of the election. I’m worried about between now and November. Does Iran get a nuclear weapon because they think Joe Biden is so compromised, he is not going to do anything about it?”
During Thursday’s presidential debate, Bash and her co-host Jake Tapper took a   hands-off approach   in factchecking statements from Trump and Biden, which prompted   criticisms   towards CNN for letting false claims –   mostly from Trump   – go unchallenged.
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Richards had been in poor health in the last few years, having undergone a series of surgeries after he broke his hip in 2022, his brother Doug tells  the Deseret News .

"He has left us and gone to a better place," Doug Richards told the paper. "He fought pretty good there to the end, until it was his time."

A star at BYU, Golden Richards spent five-plus seasons in Dallas. Richards finished his career playing for the Chicago Bears in 1978-79 and then for the Broncos in 1980.

He is survived by two adult sons, Goldie Jr. and Jordan, and a 2-year-old grandson, Jett.
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 "largely because of bogus findings that it was all "foreign disinformation."

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The reason, of course, as the entire world now knows is that The Gaza health ministry, which is run directly by Hamas said at least 500 people were killed on Tuesday night in what it said was "an Israeli airstrike" on al-Ahli al-Arabi. Left wing media and even here on NT broadcast it just that way. Even though we all know that Hamas is NEVER to be trusted. Israel, on the other hand, took a bit of time to investigate.


"The Israel Defense Forces said it had reviewed multiple sources of information, including its intelligence systems, before determining the source of the rocket."
“It is clear that the IDF did not strike the hospital in Gaza,” it said in a statement that also said 450 rockets had fallen within Gaza since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “The hospital was hit as a result of a failed rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.”

Israeli military says Palestinian rocket struck Gaza hospital where hundreds were reported killed - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org)

The video can be seen on X.

In the meantime, all of the middle east bought the obvious nonsense. Embassies around the world are under siege. An MSNBC show hosted by Nicolle Wallace was in a quandary when an Israeli guest told them that Israel does not target hospitals.  It was sad to see it here posted as truth on NT. While I am on the subject of lies, let me get something straight that occurred here yesterday.

Republican Senators have been asking for the $ 6 Billion that Joe Biden offered for hostages to be frozen. Some have argued that the request has been granted or that it is an old story since I submitted one from October 9th. Please look at the date of this story:

"More than a dozen senators led by Sens.  Jacky Rosen  (D-Nev.) and  Joni Ernst  (R-Iowa) are calling on the  Biden  administration to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds as the “official policy” of the U.S. so it will be harder to change the status of the assets at a later date."

14 senators demand ‘official policy’ freeze of $6B in Iranian funds | The Hill

And please note: They are not satisfied with the flimsy block Biden recently placed on the money:

A  Treasury Department official told  House Democrats Thursday that the administration will block Iran’s access to the $6 billion, which is now being held in Qatar. But a bipartisan group of senators want additional barriers to the money. 
“While we understand that there are reports of an agreement with Qatar to freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets, we urge you to make this decision official U.S. policy and continue your efforts to limit Iran’s ability to provide support to Hamas,” the 14 senators wrote in a Thursday letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The signatories included several Democrats facing tough reelection races next year, including Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Bob Casey (Pa.), Jon Tester (Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio). 

14 senators demand ‘official policy’ freeze of $6B in Iranian funds | The Hill

I don't like dishonesty, nor do I like personal attacks.
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For the first time in American history there is a vacancy for the Speaker of the House. It is the first federal official position mentioned in the Constitution. The 2022 midterms left Speaker McCarthy with a tiny majority. The election defied conventional wisdom and democrats managed to hold on to more seats than anyone ever expected. I still don't understand it, but time may provide an answer.

Yesterday McCarthy was ousted as Speaker by Trump sword bearer Matt Gaetz. McCarthy and Gaetz were enemies, but there is more to this. McCarthy had made a lot of promises during his Speaker election. One was to return to regular order when considering appropriations. He also went along with one member being able to call for a motion to vacate. After McCarthy was ousted gave a speech which touched on the institution, it's rules and the way Nancy Pelosi has made it more partisan.



We don't know what will happen now. The Republicans still have a miniscule 9 vote majority.  To give McCarthy his due, he was able to accomplish quite a bit. The bills the House produced were ideal, they finally got some much-needed investigations going and at the very least they slowed down the radical left's agenda. McCarthy was also great at getting people elected to the House. In the past few elections, he was able to increase the size of the GOP membership. 

Oddly enough it was the 18 Republican moderates who stood tall passing Conservative measures. The hard right members voted against them.

Who would want to be Speaker when a single member can call for a motion to vacate?

Steve Scalise is most likely the one.


And then there is this:


GOP Representative Patrick McHenry is acting as interim speaker as the chaos continues to unfold, including an  push  from Republican Representative Troy Nehls to nominate former President Trump as speaker. The House is in recess until next week.

Kevin McCarthy Bows Out of House Speakership Rerun after Historic Ouster | National Review

Last night Sean Hannity indicated that Donald Trump might be willing to step in and help out temporarily. ]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:20:15 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19111/tim-wakefield-dies-due-to-brain-cancer http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19111 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:32:54 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19087/democrat-led-city-inundated-with-unregistered-cars-illegal-drivers-and-violence-america-insider http://thenewstalkers.com/just-jim-nc-ttth/group_discuss/19087 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:32:59 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19074/taylor-swifts-popularity-is-a-sign-of-societal-decline http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19074 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:34:54 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19065/sexual-revolution-a-successful-movement-thats-failed-women http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/19065 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 08:21:39 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/18968/an-impeachment-inquiry http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/18968

There is a huge difference between Articles of Impeachment and an Impeachment Inquiry:

"An impeachment inquiry is an investigation of possible wrongdoing by a federal official, such as the president of the United States, Cabinet officials or judges. The process is written into the Constitution and is the most powerful check that Congress has on the executive branch."

What’s ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden | The Hill

The House does have an obligation to move forward with this. An Impeachment Inquiry does not need to be voted on and I hope the Speaker does not take it to a vote. For people who don't watch Fox News and merely watch the basic leftist media such a move may come as a surprise. They may ask where all this is coming from. The facts are that the House Committee investigating Hunter Biden has uncovered thousands of pages of financial records involving various members of the Biden family, which they had to subpoena from the Treasury Department. I doubt many Americans even know that.

The Committee has also interviewed whistleblowers who worked at highest echelon of the IRS who were investigating Hunter Biden. They claimed their investigation had been limited by the Justice Department limiting who they could interview, with Hunter Biden being tipped off on a pending raid and the prosecutor in the case (now the Special Counsel) sitting on serious charges against Hunter while the statute of limitations ran out and eventually arranging for a sweetheart deal that would allow Hunter Biden to walk away from all past & future charges.

The Committee also revealed that Joe Biden spoke with Hunter Biden's associates on at least 20 occasions over a decade:

"Mr. Archer told lawmakers during the session that Hunter Biden had put his father on speakerphone to talk to his business partners about 20 times over a decade, according to both Republicans and Democrats in the room.
Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and chairman of the Oversight Committee, said Mr. Archer had testified that Mr. Biden was put on the phone to sell “the brand.” The phone calls were made during a range of events, including a dinner in Paris with a French energy company and another in China with the executive of an investment fund, Mr. Comer said.
“Devon Archer’s testimony today confirms Joe Biden lied to the American people when he said he had no knowledge about his son’s business dealings and was not involved,” Mr. Comer said in a statement."

Biden Spoke With Hunter Biden’s Associates Repeatedly, Devon Archer Testifies - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


I have to use the term obviously to describe the influence peddling of Hunter & Joe Biden. The problem is that the key evidence that we now have mainly points to a coverup by the DOJ. Merrick Garland never recused himself from this case. He lied to us when he claimed that David Weiss had all the authority of a Special Counsel when he was investigating Hunter Biden as US Attorney in Delaware. That required a written confirmation from Garland. We now know that there never was any such documentation. So now the question is will we ever have the direct evidence that democrats claim we should have concerning Joe Biden's involvement?

Clearly people don't take checks made out to them from a foreign government buying influence. That kind of evidence simply & logically does not exist. The evidence like the LLC's that link Biden family members to the scheme is likely all we will ever get. Anything that would be damning has most likely been destroyed by the corrupt Merrick Garland. Speaker McCarthy should not put this Impeachment Inquiry to a vote because everyone knows how hard it will be to get additional evidence or to get vulnerable Republicans to vote for it. What happens now is very predictable. The leftist media will continue to ignore the story. David Weiss as Special Council will once again sit on this case until hell freezes over. All the House Committee can do is try and make the public aware of how these faux investigations have been handled.


Maybe if democracy and an honest media ever return, future generations will learn about the era of the left and how they kept the truth from the American people. ]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:15:33 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/18924/the-treasure-chest-known-as-you-tube http://thenewstalkers.com/vic-eldred/group_discuss/18924

You Tube has always been the unique site on the internet.  In the beginning it survived by advertising alone. Those were the great days when you could watch a quality movie for nothing. Although that has changed since Google bought it and most of its fine jewels require a subscription to You Tube Premium. However, as just about everyone knows there is still a lot of good stuff for free. I have developed a long list of uses for You Tube, especially now that I get to watch it via my TV.

On Saturday mornings I get my some of my favorite handicappers with DRF's Race of the Day:





If I miss a anything of interest, I can see it the following day without the need to record anything. Here is yesterday's episode of ABC's "This Week :



Not always a good thing for me to watch. On yesterday's spin show, George Stephanopoulos had Vivek Ramaswamy on as a special guest. Stephanopoulos being the true progressive hack that he is did not ask his guest a single question about his policies or his campaign. Stephanopoulos was only curious about Vivek's oath to support whoever the GOP nominee was. As many times as Ramaswamy told him that the alternative was worse than anyone the GOP could nominate, George just kept saying "I just don't get it." It was kind of infuriating to watch, but I've been trying to watch it since the unbiased David Brinkley launched "This Week," when it was still a news show.



Then there all those little items that people post. (The strange & unusual)



I don't know who that guy is or where he came from, but I get a kick out of watching him and his little daughter make things out in their big back yard.



During the pandemic I got to listen to the Chicago mob stories of a dying Frank Cullotta. It really was coffee with Cullotta!



Covid eventually got him. He testified against his lifelong friend Tough Tony Spilotro. What is amazing is that he actually outlived the "Outfit," and was able to come out in the open and make money off it.



There are also old TV series that are not yet on You Tube Premium.  I believe many of those great comedies from the 70's are free. Recently I read an article about the numerous TV series supposedly about WWII that sprang up on TV in the 1960's. The key question was why did the series "Combat" outlast the others?  I doubt anyone old enough remembers some of the others. For instance: who remembers "The Gallant Men?"

As I recall, I didn't care for any of them. I was in the minority on "Combat." I couldn't sit through an episode. After I read that article, I was wondering what it was that I didn't like about it. I can only recall doing homework and that thing would be on. Out of curiosity, I checked You Tube and there were all the seasons and episodes listed. So being unable to sleep, I went back and watched the very first episode. Usually, the very first episode has to sell it. It was directed by Robert Altman. If you are old enough to remember the series it takes place in France in 1944, when the German skeleton Army of the West was in full retreat, although you would never know it watching those episodes. The two stars were Rick Jason (the Lieutenant who was seldom in it) and Vic Morrow as Seargent Saunders.

Here is that 1st Episode (circa 1962)

https://youtu.be/szu1hOeqCHc?list=PLfQk6ph47fOzjRNdlvAtWO_GtkZmUiJuZ

I was kind of surprised at the simple yet entertaining script. It has a kind of a not so surprising, surprise ending, and it dealt with something that we didn't realize happened via the hands of US forces in WWII. Of course, there is that moment when the tiny squad is confronted by a tank incredibly dispatched to get them. That's when it all came back to me...what I didn't like about it.




That is my small sample of what I like about You Tube. Of course, it is that unlimited variety of You Tube that made it so popular for the young & old.

A rare moment of change that actually produced progress.

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