Ray Castro
@rpcastro.bsky.social
https://www.substack.com/@raycastro
Looking to examine and share ideas about music, sports, leadership and culture. Home base is Cincinnati; The Wife and The Cat keep things warm, sane, and tidy.
Looking to examine and share ideas about music, sports, leadership and culture. Home base is Cincinnati; The Wife and The Cat keep things warm, sane, and tidy.
US goalkeepers...sigh. I thought we'd have 5-10 top level playing in Europe. Sweeper keeper trend could be part of it. I wonder how the change in NCAA rules re: payment of players may affect poaching basketball talent. You'd think the spill over of talent would keep the pipeline full.
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
US goalkeepers...sigh. I thought we'd have 5-10 top level playing in Europe. Sweeper keeper trend could be part of it. I wonder how the change in NCAA rules re: payment of players may affect poaching basketball talent. You'd think the spill over of talent would keep the pipeline full.
Reminded me of the 1970's. Growing up I used to hear about how this or that guy had a brother or an uncle who didn't get on the police or fire dept because of quotas and racial preferences. Then I'd ask what explains so many Kelly, Kennedy and Flanagan in the NYFD ranks? It was ever thus.
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reminded me of the 1970's. Growing up I used to hear about how this or that guy had a brother or an uncle who didn't get on the police or fire dept because of quotas and racial preferences. Then I'd ask what explains so many Kelly, Kennedy and Flanagan in the NYFD ranks? It was ever thus.
A man cosplaying Joko Willink. And to be fair to Willink he actually did something in the military that deserves respect. Ugh..at least we might get "Patton" based parody on South Park.
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A man cosplaying Joko Willink. And to be fair to Willink he actually did something in the military that deserves respect. Ugh..at least we might get "Patton" based parody on South Park.
But I thought comedians were were at the vanguard of telling truth to power; fearless in shouting, "the emperor has no clothes!"🤔
Bill Burr-don't want to hear any more blue tie/red tie rants, and screeds against bankers.
Bill Burr-don't want to hear any more blue tie/red tie rants, and screeds against bankers.
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
But I thought comedians were were at the vanguard of telling truth to power; fearless in shouting, "the emperor has no clothes!"🤔
Bill Burr-don't want to hear any more blue tie/red tie rants, and screeds against bankers.
Bill Burr-don't want to hear any more blue tie/red tie rants, and screeds against bankers.
Will the leader of antifa please raise your hand...(tick, tick,tick)😒
September 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Will the leader of antifa please raise your hand...(tick, tick,tick)😒
Ray Castro
Recent events should hopefully dissuade pundits from dismissing this as corporate America getting caught showing its ass in deference to Trump. To quote Kara Swisher from her book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story: "As it turned out, it was capitalism after all.
Recent events should hopefully dissuade pundits from dismissing this as corporate America getting caught showing its ass in deference to Trump. To quote Kara Swisher from her book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story: "As it turned out, it was capitalism after all.
The 80 Years War
It has always been about one thing: destroying the New Deal
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September 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ray Castro
Recent events should hopefully dissuade pundits from dismissing this as corporate America getting caught showing its ass in deference to Trump. To quote Kara Swisher from her book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story: "As it turned out, it was capitalism after all.
Recent events should hopefully dissuade pundits from dismissing this as corporate America getting caught showing its ass in deference to Trump. To quote Kara Swisher from her book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story: "As it turned out, it was capitalism after all.