Dave Cannon

Writer. Videographer. Tennis addict. Rock, soul, folk. Cook. Parent of politically astute offspring. At home in NJ, Austin, Miami, Badlands, Yellowstone, DC.

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I had the pleasure of videotaping Willie Mays with my son @JesseCannon for a Topps promotion many years ago. Script said “backed by great advertising” but Willie Mays Fried Chicken had recently been launched and he kept reading the word “advertising” as “appetizing.” (3 takes)

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@huckster_trump Jon Stewart
John Oliver

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@BeckyQuick I’ve watched CNBC for decades and find the new graphic layout horrendous! Information I once could take in with a glance now requires scanning across a vast wasteland of white space. And where is the red indicating losers. Please have the designer take another look!

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Thank you, Lee, for posting Chapter 1 from More Ruthless Than the Enemy at https://t.co/jh54UP1daH

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Strike 2 against JFK

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Imagine that Washington summer day in 1961 as William Douglas Pawley walked from the White House where the 64-year-old former Ambassador had been welcomed through multiple administrations. On this day his thoughts must have been aswirl with anger toward the neophyte president who had just thrown him out of the Oval Office.
How the hell does this inept young man whose father handed him the presidency ignore the recommendations of an international troubleshooter trusted by presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower?

Who does Kennedy think is more well-versed in the potential danger Castro poses to the U.S. than the man who had served as Ambassador to two South American countries--Peru and Brazil--and had witnessed Castro's evil during the 1948 Bogotázo in Colombia while the heads of nations gathered for the 9th Pan-American Conference?

Who better knows Cuba than someone who spent his childhood there as his father sold merchandise to U.S. sailors at Guantanamo Naval Station? Who better than the entrepreneur who had formed Cuban National Airlines in the 1920s and had manufactured fighter planes in China and India for the Flying Tigers in the 1940s. The man whom Cuban President Batista called upon to run Autobuses Modernos--the Havana bus company taking tourists to Mafia-run casinos in the 1950s. The man Ike, Vice President Nixon and CIA Director Allen Dulles relied upon to organize thousands of exiles fleeing Castro. The man who helped establish a Cuban government in exile focused on retaking the island from the communists.
Who better recognizes the potential dangers the Western Hemisphere faces from the Soviet missiles in Cuba than the man who had warned of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor a year before it happened?
And who better knows the strengths and weaknesses of the Central Intelligence Agency than the man who helped the CIA overthrow President Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala during Operation PBSUCCESS in 1954--and then was called upon by President Eisenhower to assist General James Doolittle in examining the effectiveness of the CIA in counteracting an implacable communist enemy globally and recommended that the Agency be transformed into an "aggressive covert psychological, political and paramilitary organization more effective, more unique and, if necessary, more ruthless than that employed by the enemy?"

As he returned to his office in Miami where an Army of three hundred Cuban exiles awaited their next marching orders to retake their homeland, it became apparent to William Douglas Pawley that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his cadre of liberals in the State Department and the adoring press were allowing the communist menace to thrive in the Western Hemisphere.

This weak, inexperienced president already had one strike against him when he blew the Bay of Pigs invasion by not providing the air cover essential for success. Now this joke of a president was failing to listen to the wisdom of a successful, adept warrior who knew that airstrikes against the Castro regime were essential to ending his threat.
Pawley knew his mission; he must discredit this empty suit. If The New Frontier doesn't include a free Cuba, then President Kennedy should never serve a second term.
This goal must be pursued with the same determination that he had brought to the Caribbean, Far East and Europe as the éminence grise of the American Century.

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Which black & white logo cost the most? Which do you like?

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Grizzly the Bernese Mountain Dog demands action, saddened by all the dogs who have lost owners to gun violence. #MomsDemandAction #Everytown #WearOrange #EndGunViolence @MomsDemand @Everytown

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How Molly Jong-Fast Tweeted Her Way to Liberal Media Stardom
https://t.co/z8XV4cn4kG

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Anti-miscegenation laws were common in the United States for centuries. Would Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas consider them part of the “nation’s historical tradition”?

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Perhaps the greatest communication failure of 2021 is calling the mRNA, J&J, and other shots “Covid vaccine” instead of “Covid severity-shield shots.” What say you, @FrankLuntz @washingtonpost @nytimes @ScottGottliebMD ?

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@BriVannozziNJ Flashback to 2015: Chris Christie announces candidacy for President in Livingston and NJTV correspondent Briana Vannozzi covers the crowd reaction.

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2021 Wear Orange Social Media Toolkit for Supporters | Everytown Support Fund | Everytown Support Fund https://t.co/fIA7eYFHuU

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@Joe_D_EssexExec A great number of very senior citizens using walkers, canes, scooters or human support are required to walk up to 3/10ths of a mile from their parked cars near Mt. Hebron Rd. to enter Presby Iris Gardens. A second or center entrance would ease their trek.

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Facebook continues the ban of President Trump out of fear of him rousing the Trumpinistas who disrespected the nation by storming the Capitol: "there was a clear, immediate risk of harm and his words of support for those involved in the riots legitimized their violent actions."

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@andrewrsorkin Please ask Gov. Greg Abbott what role the CPAC poll played in his decision to abandon Covid prevention restrictions. Does he believe he can regain popularity lost during the Texas deep freeze by acting like Governors DeSantis & Noem?

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CPAC has turned into the Capitol Riot Apologists Convention.

https://t.co/etAk6APgxV

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If you love cats, you will love them even more after reading this superb description of their wondrous nature in the Montclair Local by writer KIRSTEN D. LEVINGSTON. https://t.co/aM1N4kBq2N

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@andrewrsorkin Happy Birthday! Please share with Joe this new Science article about changing magnetic fields and the impact on climate change. https://t.co/z3eDjIGs7Z