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President Obama will use his Veterans Day platform to push Congress for a broad slate of new legislation and reforms, including plans to squeeze for-profit colleges' ability to accept GI Bill benefits.

The commander in chief is also touting progress and reforms at the Department of Veterans Affairs at a time when public confidence in the agency is still shaky, and lawmakers’ criticism of operations continues to rise.But White House officials said progress on a number of veterans priorities has been steady and laudable, including a dramatic reduction in the benefits claims backlog in recent years and improved aid for homeless veterans.

On Wednesday, Virginia officials will announce they will be the first state to end veterans homelessness, just a few weeks after Connecticut became the first state to end chronic homelessness within its borders.MilitaryTimes

The late Jerry Pippin recalls his service during Vietnam War recorded in 2011

On the surface, Missouri's two most powerful athletics officials did that in a press conference here on Monday. Gary

Pinkel, the football coach, talked of supporting his players. Mack Rhoades, the athletics director, talked of using an

extraordinary last few days to improve life on campus.But underneath all of that is a layer of fear, which is an

awkward look for those used to power. The fear is here at the state's flagship university the same as it is growing at

Kansas and Kansas State and every other school across the country in the billion dollar business of major college

sports.This is a major moment. College sports, or at least the power dynamics within college sports, will never be

quite the same. Coaches and administrators can be divided into two categories: those who adjust the way they deal

with athletes, and those who will struggle and even lose their jobs because they refuse.Kansas City Star Sam Mellinger

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.

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

Kansas City Star  http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article43706070.html

"Just a week ago, before the off-year elections, Democratic strategists were feeling bullish about their prospects in the South. In Louisiana, a Democrat had surpassed the state’s senior senator on October 24 in the first round of voting for the next governor. In Kentucky’s gubernatorial race, opinion polls showed Jack Conway, the state’s Democratic attorney general, holding a small but consistent lead over tea-party Republican Matt Bevin. Democrats had high hopes they could take advantage on November 3 of the divisions Bevin has caused among Republicans.But that wasn’t how things played out.Had the Democrats won in Kentucky and prevailed in Louisiana, my guess is we’d be hearing a lot of talk about a Democratic comeback, but it would merely have meant that Democrats in the South had returned to pre-Obama levels of toxicity. As it happens, it looks like Obama remains toxic in Kentucky and possibly—we’ll find out—in Louisiana, too. If Vitter wins, as a scandal-plagued Republican, we can declare Louisiana’s Democratic Party dead and gone. Suffice it to say, Democrats have a very long road back in the South, and it’s unclear when—or whether—they will take the first step."Charlie Cook

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

 

Show Notes:

Ben Carson’s Past Faces Deeper Questions http://www.wsj.com/articles/ben-carsons-past-faces-deeper-questions-1446861864

Carson claimed West Point 'scholarship' but never applied  http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/ben-carson-west-point-215598

Ben Carson Resists Challenges to the Life Story He Rode to Political Prominencehttp://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/06/ben-carson-west-point/?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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

 

Episode  #2027

 

Show Notes

Sabato's Crystal Ball http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball

http://www.thenation.com/article/warning-from-kentucky-managerial-democrats-can-lose-to-extreme-republicans/

North Carolina Republican Presidential Primary

http://elon.edu/images/e-web/elonpoll/11_5_15_ElonPollEXEC.pdf

Iowa GOP Poll

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ia/iowa_republican_presidential_caucus-3194.html

Matt Bevin(Eastcoast Con Man), a Republican political novice, wealthy Louisville businessman and Tea Party favorite, was elected Kentucky’s next governor on Tuesday and swept fellow Republicans into statewide office with him.Of the six statewide offices in Kentucky, Republicans currently hold one; Tuesday’s results mean they will hold four — and Mr. Bevin’s running mate, Jenean Hampton, will make history as Kentucky’s first African-American to hold statewide office.Mr. Bevin had won 52.5 percent of the vote with Mr. Conway taking 43.8 percent of the vote. An independent candidate drew about 4 percent of the vote statewide.NYT

In a single stroke, Ohio voters rejected a ballot proposal Tuesday to legalize marijuana for both recreational and medical use.WANE

Tacoma voters decided to raise the city’s minimum wage to $12, according to results Tuesday evening, and advocates across the board agree that wouldn’t have happened if not for 15 Now Tacoma.“Congrats to 15 Now (Tacoma),” said Kevin Hayes, co-founder of the $12 for Tacoma campaign, on Tuesday night. “They got this in front of voters, and they did a good job to at least raise the question about wages and fairness here in Tacoma.”www.thenewstribune.com

 Three controversial Jefferson County Board of Education members have been recalled. Julie Williams in District 1, John Newkirk in District 2 and Ken Witt in District 5 have been ousted from their seats two years after they were elected to the school board.Jefferson County voters overwhelming approved the recall, with 60+ percent voting "yes" on three recall questions.Denver Channel

Locked in the fight of his political life, veteran City Councilor Charles Yancey said yesterday he believes aggressive door-knocking will be enough to record a “resounding” victory in tomorrow’s election over surging rival Andrea Joy Campbell, who trounced the 31-year councilor in the September primary.Boston Herald

Ohio voters could make history when they head to the polls Tuesday. Depending on the outcome of the election, Ohio could become the first state to legalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use in a single vote. The decision comes down to votes on two issues, though. Issue 3 on the ballot led to the creation of Issue 2, which could keep Issue 3 from actually happening. It’s easy to see how this can get confusing, but here’s how it all WANE

Tacoma,Washington is stepping into the spotlight as voters on Election Day decide on two minimum-wage measures, including one that would immediately bump pay in the city to at least $15 an hour — one of the highest minimum wages in the country.Seattle Times

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.

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

The 5-4 Royals win in 14 innings — tied for the longest game in Series history — was heartfelt and historic. One for the ages. It featured the sorrowful scene of a pitcher (KC’s Edinson Volquez) starting the game just hours after the death of his father. It featured the first Series inside-the-park homer (KC’s Alcides Escobar) since the immortal Mule Haas turned the trick against the Cubs in 1929. It featured the first Series game delay (fourth inning) owed to a television power outage. It featured the first series late-inning go-ahead run due to a first baseman’s error (Eric Hosmer) since Bill Buckner’s gaffe-for-the-ages in 1986. It featured a game-saving, bottom-of-the-ninth homer by KC’s Alex Gordon off Met closer Jeurys Familia — a Kirk Gibson-esque moment for sure. It featured an 11th-inning Dwight Evans-like running catch by Met right fielder Curtis Granderson.Boston Globe

The New York Metropolitans claimed decisive possession of the National League base-ball pennant on enemy turf here at Wrigley Field on Wednesday night, sweeping the Sisyphean Chicago Cubs in four games to earn their ducats to next week’s World Series championship.New York Times D. FRANCIS BARRY