An article on This Day In History was about the Rosenbergs. It trots out tired, leftist arguments desperately trying to counter information about the all-too-real Communist infiltration throughout the US government stepped up in the 1920s and facilitated by FDR.

This article uses typical terms and weasel words:

• "Red Scare" as if there was nothing to be frightened about,
• "alleged" as if the trial hadn't come to a verdict,
• "McCarthy era" as in paint with a red brush but nothing real to worry about,
• "popular thought of the day" as in what did those fools know,
• "only somewhat solid evidence" as if the prosecution had no case, and
• "Commies were all Soviet spies after all..." with a smiley,

all to diminish what happened and promote the leftist view of "Nothing to see here. Move along."

It characterizes the Rosenbergs as stoic heroes, meeting "their deaths calm and composed" like good martyrs should, concluding by stating there is still "some dissension over what happened" in "this sad situation."

Really?

Is the leftist brain damage so extraordinary as to entirely ignore Venona? The article doesn't mention Venona anywhere. The Rosenbergs' code names and plain names were identified. Open your eyes to what really happened:

While reading about the origin of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," I found out that the songwriter, Jack Norworth, was married to Nora Bayes.

Nora Bayes was a very interesting entertainer. I remember first finding out about her when I was a child and watched "Yankee Doodle Dandy." She was the singer played by Frances Langford who sang "Over There" written by George M Cohan. Frances Langford entertained the troops during WWII and after with Bob Hope. Nora Bayes entertained the troops during WWI.

Nora Bayes was portrayed by Ann Sheridan in the movie, "Shine On, Harvest Moon," which song was also written by her husband, Jack Norworth. With Sheridan in the movie was the great Dennis Morgan and his best buddy, Jack Carson. The buddies teamed in several movies. Morgan portrayed Jack Norworth. This movie presented several songs by Norworth and others, songs popular in the early 20th century, although there were some songs written special for the movie.

"Over There" was not only recorded by Enrico Caruso, but also recorded by Billy Murray, another popular singer in the early 20th century. Murray, a baseball fan, had a version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" recorded but it seems he didn't actually sing it.

Wanting to hear Nora Bayes's voice, I played the recording on her bio site, but it was a recording of Billy Murray and Ada Jones, she using an accent. Billy Murray worked with Ada Jones, who made several recordings, including of "Shine On, Harvest Moon." Her accent on one recording, but not on another, made me want to find out more about her. That's when I read about the "Yama Yama Man."

The title of that song was very familiar. Bessie McCoy's original rendition of it in a clown costume became popular and much imitated, including by Irene Castle and Ginger Rogers, who played Irene Castle in "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle." In that biopic, Ginger Rogers, portraying a young Irene Foote, performs the "Yama Yama Man" imitating Bessie McCoy's performance. So, Ginger Rogers imitating Irene Foote imitating Bessie McCoy. That's the bizarre song and dance burned into my mind. This was popular? Must have been. I remember cringing as Fred Astaire's did portraying Vernon Castle reaction, trying to be polite and not have his brain hurt too much.

I wish I could watch more of those great old movies again. I have copies of the Astaire/Rogers movies. Don't subscribe to cable any more; hundreds of channels and only a couple worth watching. One of those worth watching is TCM, but no cable, no TCM. Netflix barely has a clue about old movies. Curious, I looked up Dennis Morgan. Nothing. Jack Carson? Nope. Ann Sheridan? "I Was a Male War Bride." That's the only one! These people made a lot of good movies. Where are they? Netflix supposedly has a huge film library, but you can only get them doled out, and not often. Very annoying to a film fan like me.