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The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recarga

Where all infielders and/or outfielders position themselves clockwise or counter-clockwise from their usual positionThe most extreme case was the famous "Ted Williams shift" (also once called the "Lou Boudreau shift"). Cleveland Indians manager Boudreau moved 6 of 7 fieldersNow we have the "Trump Shift"

Gone was “Lyin’ Ted.” In its place was “Senator Cruz.” Gone was the long-winded speech that went nowhere. Donald Trump 2.0 made his official debut Tuesday night following his sweeping victory in New York, a win that looks to net him 90 delegates and reestablishes him as the man to beat in the Republican presidential race.Chris Cillizza WP

"I am really concerned about the conduct of the voting process in New York state, and I hope that process will change in the future," Beriie Sanders

The damage to Clinton from her battle with Sanders is borne out in the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll. The longer this race has gone on, the more she has shown vulnerabilities. The top-line number that caught the eyes of so many analysts shows her now in a dead heat with Sanders nationally — ahead of him by just two percentage points, 50 to 48 percent. Those numbers have no influence on the state-by-state results but offer a window into both the success of Sanders in generating enthusiasm and Clinton’s inability to capitalize on all her political advantages. Since October, when her candidacy began rising again after several months of controversy about her use of a private email server, she has been on a downward slide. Her lead over the senator from Vermont has dropped from what was then a 31-point advantage to the current two points.Dan Balz WP

Breaking up large banks will make the financial system safer, but suggested that the design of the breakup could be left to the banks themselves.,Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more WBRN radio. bostonred.org

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más. bostonred.org

 

In Memorial of Jerry Pippin 1939-2015

Show Notes:

Bernie Sanders scored a decisive victory Saturday in Colorado http://www.denverpost.com/election/ci_29775876/bernie-sanders-bests-hillary-clinton-at-colorado-democratic-convention

Today is Opening Day -- a day that brings back a lot of memories of my father Jackie Robinson.They are memories that my mother and I carried with us when, last week, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited us to join them on a trip to Havana, Cuba. It was an experience of a lifetime. We were thrilled and honored to be in their company and to witness our President extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people. Sharon Robinson Whitehouse Website

Eleven years before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in the major leagues, Laster Rodney, a Jew from Brooklyn, turned the sports page of the "Daily Worker" into a launching pad against organized baseball's Jim Crow exclusion of African-Americans. "Nobody was making any fuss about the fact that the great black players -- we called them Negroes at that time -- were not allowed to play in the big leagues," Rodney said in a 1996 interview with ESPN.

The past week's political events that help shape American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense

he political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recarga

 

Show Notes:

Crystal Ball http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/house-2016-how-a-democratic-wave-could-happen/

“Brothers and sisters, thank you for your courage in standing up for justice against corporate greed,” Sanders told workers  in Brooklyn. “Today you are standing up not just for justice for Verizon workers, you are standing up for millions of Americans who don’t have a union. “I know you thought a lot about it and I know your families are gonna pay a price for going out on strike, but you have chosen to stand up for dignity, for justice." Bernie Sanders

"Our families and customers deserve more from Verizon," Isaac Collazo, a technician and CWA member from Brooklyn who has worked at Verizon for 19 years, said in a statement. "Through our hard work, Verizon is making record profits while our families are left with threats to our jobs and our customers aren't getting the service they need. Striking is a hardship for our families, but we need to remind Verizon executives that the people who build their profits are a critical reason for the company's success."

Bob Mudge, president of Verizon's wireline network operations, said they were expecting the strike."Let's make it clear, we are ready for a strike," said Mudge.Verizon has trained thousands of  Scubs (non-union workers) and moved staff to other locations to fill spots made vacant by picketers.

Yesterday Facebook and Microsoft announced that they have reached gender pay parity, hoping, I imagine, to get ahead of today’s Equal Pay Day discussions. The gender pay gap in America is still significant, ranging from the average of 5.4% to as high as 28% in some occupations. Glassdoor pegs the adjusted pay gap among computer programmers at 28.3%. Equal Pay Day is the point at which the average woman has met the earnings of the average man from the previous year. That is, at $0.79 to $1.00, the average woman in America must work 15 and 1/2 months to meet the earnings of what the average man takes in 12.Pay Gap’s Complexities Megan Purdy

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more WBRN radio. bostonred.org

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más. bostonred.org

 

In Memorial of Jerry Pippin 1939-2015