Ball drop

Posted May 10, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Sunday is the NBA ping-pong ball draft lottery

Let the conspiracy theories begin.

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When Buster Posey shipped Patrick Bailey to the Cleveland Guardians he couldn’t get them to take Ryan Walker too?

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Media has forgotten something:

Under the Trump administration, federal government employees, no matter how productive they had been, were ORDERED to return to the office full time or lose their jobs.

But DOT Secretary Duffy says he did “some work” on his seven month road trip….

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(Now, he’s adding that most of this was done on weekends and spring break for the kids. – Apparently United Airlines gave them free tickets to and from many of the destinations. How nice for them.)

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Duffy’s statement on the man who managed to get over a fence and onto a runway where he was killed by a Frontier plane “No one should EVER trespass on an airport.”

He made no reference to the death of the trespasser. Nor did the DOT secretary issue a statement on the death of a Delta worker when a tug hit the jet bridge at Orlando Airport.

(Side serious note, as it turns out 12 people were injured, when the plane hit the man. But how much worse could it have been. What if the trespasser were armed? Or carrying bombs?)

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VIrginia has a blue state legislature.

Don’t like what Tennessee has done in gerrymandering.

But if this is how GOP wants to play it, why can’t the Virginia legislature just do the same thing and impose
same 10-1 map voters approved?

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Meanwhile, hard not to think that DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth and Dear Leader are treating attacks on small boats in the Caribbean like some sort of combination of video game and snuff film:

“U.S. Conducts Third Boat Strike in 5 Days, Killing 2 and Leaving a Survivor”

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The only problem with Colin Jost and Aziz Ansari’s as hard-drinking Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel on SNL is sometimes it’s hard to tellt they’re not the real thing.

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But NOT the SNL cold open

Donald Trump talking about paving the White House Rose garden

“Brooke Rollins (Sec of Agriculture) would get up & start making magnificent speech & she’d be standing in mud, her speeches would never be as good as they could have been, because she was always concerned about ruining her shoes.”

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Forget running Cabinet departments, is there a single member of the Trump administration most Americans would trust to water their plants?

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Sky high

Posted May 8, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Ticket prices on the resale market are falling and there are reports that many tickets remain unsold

FIFA tripled the price of its best available tickets to the final , offering $32,970 seats for the July 19 match

Hoping to get some millionaires and billionares to make up for the empty seats?

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If someone had said preseason that the NY Mets and SF Giants would have the same records on May 7, SF Giants at least would have been pleased.

But that’s where we are.

Except both teams have a record of 14-23..

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President Trump said retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets “It’s just a love tap.”

“Just a love tap?”

Anyone still don’t think he’s an abuser?

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Marco Rubio is getting positive media coverage for his recent press conference and meeting with the Pope.

How long until he really upsets Trump for stealing Donald’s limelight?

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Too soon to think seriously about 2028. Have to survive 2026 midterms first.

But what delightful karma if Hegseth’s attacks on Mark Kelly helped vault him to the Presidency.

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Why isn’t it a bigger national story that World Cup hotels are not only not full, their business is way below expectations. 12.5 BILLION lost in inbound tourism for Americans in 2025 2026 will be much worse. #ETTD

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So RFK Jr, who insists that even puberty blockers are bad, has just blocked a proposed FDA rule banning children under 18 from using indoor tanning beds.

Puberty blockers are temporary and reversible.

Skin cancer not so much.

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If Trump had been told hanavirus was airborne would he have told Americans?

Asking for a country that went through this before.

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Ted Turner never minced words.

If he didn’t have Lewy body dementia in his later years have to think Ted have spoken out about CNN, the network he created, increasingly bending the knee.

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Ace in a hole

Posted May 6, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Bad enough that Adrian Houser, Wednesday’s starting pitcher for the SF Giants has a 7.12 ERA.

Sadder though that as of May 5 the second worst ERA for SF Giants starting pitchers at 5.06 belongs to Logan Webb?!

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Meanwhile, “Project Freedom” didn’t even last a Scaramucci.

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Marco Rubio says “Operation Epic Fury” is over.

Well, I’m sure that’s very comforting to Americans who can’t afford to fill up their cars with gas these days.

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New Washington Post / ABC poll finds 59% of Americans don’t think Trump has the mental fitness to be President

And that’s with about a third of Americans getting most of their news from Fox News.

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Does ANYONE think Trump could pass his new schoolchildren’s Presidential Physical Fitness Test?

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Trump is now saying that he thought oil would have gone to $300 a barrel (last week he said up to $200, and it’s ONLY over $100 a barrel.

So you already can’t afford gas for your car but it’s okay because you might have been able to afford it less?

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Marco Rubio today on the Iran War “The President’s preference is peace.”

Because doesn’t any President who wants peace start out by bombing a country and killing its leaders?

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You know…if Donald Trump had talked during 2024 campaign about the need to tear down part of the White House and rebuild a massive ballroom, then would have to sadly say, well, Americans voted for this. But he didn’t. And we didn’t.

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Timing is everything

Posted May 5, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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So NBA has a generational talent (& interesting young man) Victor Wembanyama with the Spurs.

And Anthony Edwards returning from injury sooner than anyone expected.

And they’re starting round 2 of NBA playoffs at nearly 9pm in San Antonio.

Even though they’re playing another central time zone team in the Timberwolves.

Almost 10pm on the East Coast. And only on Peacock

Game finished after midnight on the East Coast. After 11p on a school night for local fans of both teams.

Way to grow the game Adam Silver especially with children.

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The Giants win a game, the Giants win a game.

This should not be as exciting as it is in May.

Or as surprising that the game stars were Casey Schmitt and Trevor McDonald..

We SF Giants fans in 2026 take all the good days we can get.

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Apparently this United flight from Venice to Newark that hit a light pole and a bakery truck as they approached the runway, the first time a US commercial plane that was still in the air has collided with a vehicle on a highway.

Has Sean Duffy explained yet how this is Joe Biden’s fault

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Anyone heard lately about ..

Those two rescued pilots?

The big beautiful healthcare plan?

The Epstein files?

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So US military says they have sunk six smalI Iranian boats as they are trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

And the UAE says they are being attacked by Iran.

Trump’s campaign for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going well…

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-Oh, how much would I have loved to hear Camilla talking privately with Charles over that room while sharing a nightcap.

King Charles looked a lot happier in a brief conversation with Senator Amy Klobuchar than he ever did with Trump

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The Supreme Court this morning restored mail access to mifepristone.

That’s the headline.

But the truth is they restored mail access for ONE week.

This isn’t over.

Our rights are NOT safe.

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Finally, it’s now may 5. But for all the star wars jokes, May 4 was also the date that many of us first learned that the US Government could shoot and kill US Citizens.

#Kentstate

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Powerless?

Posted May 4, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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SF Giants on Monday will bring up star prospect Bryce Eldridge, who started the season in AAA, supposedly because the team didn’t think he could hit major league pitching.

After a roadtrip where the SF Giants scored 9 runs in 6 games. (5 in the 2nd game of a rain delayed double header0 thinking it’s pretty clear at worst he’ll fit right in..

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So the Montreal Canadiens, with nine shots on goal, beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, who had 29 shots on goal, 2-1 in game seven to advance in the NHL playoffs.

(Second fewest shots on goal in a playoff game every, and fewest by a winning team.)

To put this in baseball terms, this is the hockey equivalent of a team winning when they are no-hit

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Congrats to Cherie Devaux, the first woman trainer to win the Kentucky Derby

Has Trump said yet he could have trained a horse to win the Derby?

Or does he think he could have been a jockey.

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Donald did attend a PGA event at his Florida Doral golf course

Even with all the extra security, the venue was at least as open as the Washington Hilton.. Almost as if he’s just lying about the need for his ballroom.

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Trump gleefully told the story of how Queen Camilla saw his Oval Office redecorating and said “wow.” For non-Anglophiles… “Wow” in British slang is similar to “bloody hell”

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Trump’s Iran war & fuel price hikes ultimately put Spirit Airlines out of business.

But of course Donald is blaming Biden administration blocking JetBlue – Spirit merger in 2024.

Except w/ Spirit’s customer service woes, merger might have put JetBlue at risk of bankruptcy too!

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Don’t get me wrong, wasn’t a fan of Spirit Airlines.

But US major carriers didn’t like them as competition that forced lower fares.

And United and Delta both donated $1 MILLION to Trump’s inaugural.

Can’t imagine that helped Spirit’s cause as re a possible bailout.

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Asked on MSN,. California GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton refuses to say Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

Siri, what is a cult?

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Despite their being a dentist in the White House, Trump claimed Saturday that he had an “emergency dental appointment.” So how long until he claims that his “dentist” says he had the best teeth ever?

Sunday Jeanine Pirro said the DOJ is still open to investigating Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Translation. Now that they got Senator Thom Tillis to agree to confirm Powell’s replacement, they’ll reopen the investigation as soon as Kevin Warsh is seated.

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Keeping score

Posted May 1, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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16 Games, 16.1 innings, 1-1 record with 0.55 ERA, 0.73 WHIP, 10 strikeouts.

Would be nice to have someone like that in SF Giants bullpen.

But SF Giants didn’t make a competitive offer to now Blue Jays pitcher Tyler Rogers.

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The Orlando Magic were up 62-38 at half time with a 97.9% chance of winning in a close-out game 6.

And they lost to the Detroit Pistons 93-79.

Magic scored 19 points in the 2nd half.

Most embarrassing performance in Florida today not involving Trump’s speech at the Villages.

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We all know Donald cheats at golf.

We have only HIS word for what his doctor actually has told him after the tests.

Does Trump think if he keeps taking that cognitive test for Dementia he’ll somehow raise his score?

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Trump says hostilities with Iran have “terminated.”

But the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.

(and gas prices continue to skyrocket)

Explain it to me like I’m six years old.

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Good to hear United & American plan SHORT TERM to help Spirit Airlines fliers if they shut down.

But United CEO Scott Kirby has long said budget airline model is unsustainable.

And certainly budget airlines have put pressure on United fares.

Stand by for even higher fares!

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Sex is dangerous for many older men, especially anyone with heart conditions.

So GOP would be good if a liberal circuit court for “health reasons” outlaws mail order Viagra in the US?

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Wait. Trump says Iran is a “great victory” like Venezuela.

But he also says that we need to be patient with Iran because Vietnam went on for years.

So which is it?

Donald Trump went to going to the Villages retirement community in Florida supposedly to talk about his “no tax on social security” before yet another golf weekend.

Alas no reporter asked him about GOP candidate Sununu’s plan to institute work requirements for seniors on Medicare?

(or for that matter than the “no tax on social security” is temporary and only a relatively small tax credit.

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Never enough

Posted May 1, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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NCAA is expanding March Madness to 76 teams.

Can’t wait to hear the screams in March 2027 from fans of the teams who end up rated 77th or 78th

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SF Giants lose a doubleheader by blowing leads in the bottom of the 9th inning in both games and finish April 13 and-18 aftter being swept by the Phillies.- who came in 9-19

Could be worse, but most fans had higher expectations for April than “at least we aren’t the Mets.”

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In 2024 56% of voters ages 50-64 voted for Trump & gave GOP control of House & Senate.

Now GOP Senate candidate John Sinunu says he will introduce legislation for Medicare work requirements for able-bodied Seniors!

None of those voters really wanted to retire anyway right?

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I would like to challenge even the most Trump loving Americans to find a single instance in 2024 when he campaigned on building a ballroom

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As Donald said goodbye to Charles today he was seen asking the King, ‘Are you going to come to Turnberry in a few months? The King said no.

But Trump added “I’ll be coming over for a couple of weeks.’

So taxpayers will be subsidizing another expensive paid vacation.

And it’s not just subsidizing Trump and family.

Secret Service must stay at Turnberry too and he charges them high prices… all the profit goes into his pocket..

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Donald’s new nominee for Surgeon General appears to be at least SLIGHTLY saner than the last one.

But, Nicole Saphier, a Fox News contributor, “sells a line of supplements called DropRx, including herbal tinctures for stress relief & focus.”

Will she divest? Or be another grifter.

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy says Trump has “oranges the size of beach balls.”

Is “oranges” his slang for diapers?

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And so it begins for US travelers. Due to fuel prices, United Airlines cancelling many flights today for summer travel on popular routes- SFO- Dulles, SFO to Chicago, etc & rescheduling ticketed travelers earlier or later.

Fewer flights. Higher fares. Thank you Donald Trump

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So Graham Platner supposedly is disavowing his most misogynistic and racist comments, some of them quite recent, and we’re supposed to accept that.

At the same time immigrants are being deported for transgressions 10-20 years ago or more.

“Siri, what is White Male Privilege?”

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There’s no difference between Democrats & Republicans.

The Supreme Court doesn’t matter.

Abortion rights are safe.

Any compromise on climate change is as bad as not believing in it.

Vote your conscience.

Just a handful of the far-left’s lies that have crippled democracy.

Jimmy Kimmel tonight

“I want to commend the handful of Republicans who have spoken out to defend our 1st Amendment rights. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and James Comer

Everyone of them I have made fun of repeatedly and viciously. And none of them have pressured ABC to fire me for it.”

Seems like King Charles and Queen Camilla had a successful US visit. If nothing else millions of Americans now know the British slang “Bell end.”

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Can’t buy me a series?

Posted April 29, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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The lowly Miami Marlins have a 2026 payroll of $79.3 million (30th in MLB).

The Los Angeles Dodgers paid free agent Kyle Tuckerr about $60 million in 2026 by himself.

And the Marlins just won 2 of 3 from the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Just saying

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PGA Tour is at Trump’s Doral resort this weekend. For the first time since 2016. Yes, 10 years. Since then only LIV events have been held here. But at Doral a new golden statue of Donald has been erected.

On top of the North Korean feel about this, the President is attending the event. Which is open to the public. Isn’t he claiming he cannot possibly attend events without a fortified ballroom?

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SCOTUS saying Constitution doesn’t protect against racial discrimination in voting.

Founding Fathers didn’t believe black people, nor women, should even vote.

Is that where we’re heading?

And why didn’t anyone ask Clarence Thomas or Amy Coney Barrett that question.

King Charles brought Donald Trump part of a bell, called a “bell end” as a gift

If you don’t already know British slang, have fun

But short version, it’s British for d*ckhead.

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SCOTUS sying Constitution doesn’t protect against racial discrimination in voting.

Founding Fathers didn’t believe black people, nor women, should even vote.

Is that where we’re heading?

And why didn’t anyone ask Clarence Thomas or Amy Coney Barrett that question?

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Cost for PEPFAR, program started by George W Bush in 2003 to fight AIDS in developing countries has recently been $6 billion a year.

Has saved about 26 MILLION lives,

Hegseth just admitted Iran war has cost $25 BILLION so far.

I know how I’d prefer my tax dollars be spent.

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Moving on up

Posted April 28, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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NCAA just announced they will expand March Madness basketball tournament to 76 teams next year.

Can’t wait to see the first fans of teams ranked 77-80 scream that they were unfairly excluded.

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Plenty of places to see it online, and if you haven’t you should. But Victor Wembanayama blocked and launched the ball so far tonight the basketball should be an honorary part of the Artemis mission.

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As he gets indicted AGAIN by Donald’s DOJ James Comey has to wonder if he gave the most ungrateful man ever the Presidency.

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Violence is wrong.

But Donald says after WHCA dinner “People came together. Democrats that truly can’t stand me were saying, ‘Sir, could I just shake your hand? I’m leaving & seeing people, high-level people saying, ‘Sir, great job.”

“Sir” is code for “this did not happen.”

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Wrap your head around this one:

GOP Senators insisted President Biden didn’t have power to forgive some student loan debt.

Also GOP Senators, President Trump has power to start war, put his likeness on currency, buildings & withhold billions appropriated by Congress.

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Every minute media spends talking about Comey and what DOJ wants to turn into Seashellgate is a minute we aren’t talking about Trump being in the Epstein files.

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Fortunately just got my passport renewed about a month ago.

Paid to expedite it.

Will Americans now have a option to pay not to see Velveeta Voldemort’s faceon their passports?

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Will someone explain to me how even a fortified bunker ballroom will protect Donald Trump from the awful damage he apparently suffers from late night comedians’ jokes?

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As the US prepares to take stakes in struggling discount airlines am sure a man who managed to bankrupt casinos will do just fine in the highly competitive airline industry.

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So at least some GOP Senators think that while taxpayers can’t afford healthcare subsidies for Americans we can afford to subsidize a hideously huge ballroom for Donald and his rich donors and friends

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As ballots are mailed out NEXT WEEK, a major issue for me with Tom Steyer is his trying to do what hasn’t been done for a major race in California – buying an election.

Rick Scott & Bernie Moreno both started out largely self-funded. Eric Hovde came close to winning a Senate seat in Wisconsin

If Steyer wins, even if he isn’t awful, now many other multi-millionaires and billionaires will feel emboldened to buy their own elected office?

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Could be worse

Posted April 26, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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So yes the SF Giants are still looking up at .500

But who had the worst teams in MLB as of April 26, at 9-19 being the Philadelphia Phillies and the NY Mets?

(and yes, two of the highest payrolls in baseball.)

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Meanwhile the Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora after a 10-17 start including an embarrassing three-game sweep at Fenway Park to the NY Yankees.

Wonder if a sweep by any other team would have given Cora another month.

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How many college football and NFL games has Trump gone to as President?

Are we going to need to start playing bowl games in his ballroom?

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Got news for so many in the media following Donald’s bidding and amplifying his call for the ballroom.

If Velveeta Voldemort gets the ballroom built he’s not going to invite media to events there.

Well, except for maybe a few from State TV.

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Peter Doocy immediately after the WHCA dinner incident to Trump “Why does this keep happening to you?”

In all seriousness why was the instant media narrative that the suspect was after Donald and not one of the other political figures or media personalities in the room?


There were actually almost a dozen assassination plots against Obama. The reason most Americans don’t know about them is that the Secret Service and FBI and DHS were better under President Obama.

So how long until Velveeta Voldemort announces he’ll attend the first reinstated firing squad execution?

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Stumbling into the weekend

Posted April 24, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Dylan F*cking Harper. That is all. #Porvida

#GoSpursGo

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Meanwhile yes, the joys of multitasking with sports. This was a good Friday night to be a San Antonio Spurs as well as an SF Giants fan.

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(Adrian Houser, signed for $11 million a year, supposedly a bargain basement pick. Now 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA. How many of us would love to be that bad at our jobs for $11 million a year. Even one million a year.?)

So Trump wants Iran out of the World Cup and replaced with Italy.

Now as awful as Iran is, they didn’t start the war. Maybe FIFA should substitute Italy for the USA?

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All it needs is palm trees to look like a Florida motel pool….

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And now Velveeta Voldemort fell asleep on camera, again at one of his events.

it’s as if the Emperor was not only naked but stumbling disoriented through town.
GOP would be just smiling and admiring his dancing.

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Same meeting

Trump: Spirit were going to merge with People Express or one of them and Obama decided it was a bad idea. How did that work out? I think we just buy it.

Uh, People Express went out of business in 1987

Spirit Airlines started in 1992.

Another symptom of dementia, your memory goes but long term memory details linger longer.

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The last time Spirit Airlines was profitable was 2019

They have filed for bankruptcy twice in a year.

Maybe Trump wants the government to buy them because they remind him of his failed casinos. Or Trump Shuttle, which was never profitable either?

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Daily Mail headline

“Trump forced into humiliating retreat as probe into nemesis Fed chair Powell is dropped.”

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Fox News headline on same news:

Pirro closes investigation into Federal Reserve over building project

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Thom Tillis said he wouldn’t confirm a Trump nominee until DOJ dropped the sham investigation into Jerome Powell

And DOJ backed down..

See, Senate GOP, it can be done.

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Let’s put one simple condition on the US Government buying Spirit Airlines.

First Trump and his entire family and cabinet need to FLY on Spirit Airlines.

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Just what we expected.

Posted April 22, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Okay, Tyler Mahle beating Shohei Ohtani gives me Barry Zito over Justin Verlander vibes.

(And now, I didn’t expect that either.)

Yes, Ohtani didn’t get the loss.. But he blew past his pitch count. No decision.

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Not going to lie, I’d mentally pencilled in tonight’s Giants Dodgers game with Tyler Mahle vs Shohei Ohtani as a loss.

Baseball is the best sport.

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel says he is getting counseling and won’t be with the team during the NFL draft, after the NY Post published pictures showing him looking affectionate with formerr Athletic reporter Dianna Russini at a resort in Arizona.

Am not the morals police and their marriages are their own business. But who in these ubiquitous camera phone days actually thinks they can get away with ANYTHING?

Guess at least they weren’t outed at a Coldplay concert

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Lindsey Graham just compared Donald Trump to a cross between P.T. Barnum and Ronald Reagan.

Barnum was a charlatan and Reagan had Alzheimer’s in his second term.

Okay then!

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Trump attacking the Supreme Court again.

Not a lot of gratitude for the people who kept him out of prison.

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There’s no proof of the rumor that a general stopped Trump from using the nuclear codes

What’s scary though is that it’s completely believable.

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The UAE, including Dubai, are some of the richest countries on Earth.

But Trump is now looking at paying them restitution for their losses during his war.

At the same time he’s telling us America can’t afford childcare and healthcare.

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Amy Klobuchar points out today 100 senators, all of them, agreed to fund all of DHS except extra $$ to ICE.

All of them – from Bernie Sanders to Ted Cruz!

House Republicans rejected deal. “Not a profile in courage.”

And $70 billion MORE will go to ICE, which is already funded.

What we could do with that money otherwise…

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Senator Adam Schiff also pointing out the insane cost of this insane war… $1000 for every single American family.

Could have paid for pre-K for every child in the country.

For starters..

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Xavier Becerra: “The governor’s office doesn’t come with training wheels.”

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Raining and reigning.

Posted April 21, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Still early in the MLB season, but how about these stats?

4-1, 2.28 ERA

And who’d expect they’d belong to Landen Roupp?

(Yes, he has 4 of the 10 SF Giants wins.)

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So is tonight a sign that things are improving? Or will it be the high water mark of the SF Giants season? #BeatLA

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When the SF Giants were up 3-1 in bottom six and it started raining, how many Giants fans hoped for a downpour to call the game?

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Sucks that Wemby has a concussion. But hoping he’ll be back within a week.

Although actually Spurs were ahead of the Portland Trail Blazers in game 2 until Harrison Barnes and Dylan Harper also got hurt.

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“Trump says the U.S. will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request”

Well, it is TACO Tuesday

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Have seen Democratic and Republican administrations.

Never seen ANY administration so incapable of talking about their own accomplishments, whether legitimate or not, without bashing their predecessor(s).

Is Biden and Obama bashing mandatory in every Cabinet member’s speeches?

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“Five months. I would have won Vietnam, very quickly. I would have, if I were president. I would have won Iraq in the same amount of time”

Cadet Bone Spurs is speaking.

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Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee as Fed chair, has said that he will be an “independent actor, not beholden to the President.”

If that’s true he won’t last a Scaramucci

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Your reminder that no one was interested in redistricting for the 2026 election until Velveeta Voldemort ordered Texas to get him more GOP congressional seats.

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A Twitter friend shouted out the Atlantic reporters for posting their story about Kash Patel instead of waiting to put it in a book.

Amen.

Et Tu Bob Woodward?

(How many died because he sat on Donald’s admission that they KNEW Covid was airborne?)

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As Xavier Becerra surges & Dem Gubernatorial prospects in California seem better, thinking again of friend’s idea:

She thought Swalwell allegations just after he became frontrunner maybe weren’t leaked by GOP but by Democrats worried they’d come out in May, or worse, October.

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So Lori Chavez-Deremer is out as Labor Secretary.

Guess in the Trump administrations you can get away with drinking and misconduct allegations only if you’re male.

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Have no problem with Sade in the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame.

But again and not for the last time, Carpenters should be in there too.

Not just for all the hits, but how influential their music and arrangements turned out to be.

And Karen had one of the best voices, EVER.

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Focused

Posted April 19, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Victor Wembanyama and Tim Duncan, watching courtside late in Game 1 of the Spurs-Blazers game..

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NBA is not like March Madness… 7 of 8 favorites won game 1.

But then the #1 Detroit Pistons lost to #8 Orlando Magic..

Unlike March Madness however, Cinderella has to do it 4 of 7

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After the Dodgers lost 4-3 to the lowly Rockies Saturday, Dodgers catcher called Colorado’s hitting performance “a little fishy”

Wonder what their excuse was Sunday after losing 9-6 to those same Rockies.

(And yes, am aware, the Giants are not good so far this year. But the next best thing to a Giants win is a Dodgers loss.)

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A small milestone this week.

We are now under 200 days from the midterms!

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“Long term follow up of a phase 1 trial of an mRNA tumor vaccine shows that 7/8 patients with pancreatic cancer, who mounted an immune response to the vaccine, are still alive 6 years later.”

And yet RFK Jr. is cutting funds for mRNA research.

We need to emphasize “Vote blue as if your life depended on it.”

Because it very well may!

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Reminder as Kash Patel again claims he is going after people for rigging the 2020 (!) elections..

In 2016, with Barack Obama in the White House, Trump won the election.

In 2024, with Joe Biden in the White House, Trump won the election

Wouldn’t you think if Dems were criminal enough to rig elections they’d do it when they were in charge?

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How many Trump cabinet members still have jobs because Donald cannot admit he made a mistake?

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Sunday afternoon headline:

“President declares ‘victory’ over Iran after Strait of Hormuz is reopened.”

So just how many times has Trump declared victory in “Operation Distract from the Epstein Files?”

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I miss having Presidents who spent quiet weekends with their wives.

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And they’re off..

Posted April 18, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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NBA playoffs got underway today. April 16.

This year’s playoffs were adjusted to end a little earlier than last year. Game 7, if it comes to that, would be June 19

So not quite boys of summer.

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SF Giants and Washington Nationals played a game that is giving many former Little League parents painful flashbacks. #sloppy

Walker blew the save but got a scoreless 10th after Nats loaded bases in with no outs,- and no score

How many bobbled balls, errors, missed opportunities, etc?

And just plain weirdness. Ever seen a shortstop field a ball with a runner at 1st, step on second too late, then throw to first to get one out.

Baseball is a funny game.

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Reported on Fox News – “FBI Director Kash Patel vows to sue The Atlantic over bombshell report.”

Apparently no one ever told Kash about discovery.

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Thinking of all the causes and elections moderate and liberal billionaires spend their money on, sure would have been nice if some of them had banded together to buy Twitter.

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Headline at “The Guardian”

“Middle East crisis live: ships report attacks as Iran closes strait of Hormuz; Trump says deal still possible”

Deal still POSSIBLE?

I thought he ended the war yesterday. Again

How many market manipulation cycles is he gonna have over Iran?

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Seeing more nonstop Tom Steyer commercials this weekend

But maybe if Steyer, who has only ever run for President and Governor wants to try his hand at actual government he could move to the East Bay and run for Eric Swalwell’s Congressional seat?

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Remind me of how many Senators voted to confirm Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner as part of Trump’s cabinet?

So how many times will Trump claim to have ended the Iran war he started?

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Trump said US strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment program.
In summer 2025.
And the Strait of Hormuz stayed open

So now Donald is saying same thing.
And is bragging about reopening the Strait.
And it’s only cost $50 billion & 13 US lives.

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Humiliating defeat for his endorsed “friend” in Hungary.

Not to mention many smaller defeats in special elections in the US

Is it just possible that people are now deserting Trump because he looks like a LOSER?”

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So media not even going to mention that Donald wrote in all caps on Truth Social, “IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE.”

The Strait of Iran?

Leaving aside that it didn’t stay open,

If Biden had made that mistake it would be headline news

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Steve Bannon: “If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.”

If you didn’t already have enough motivation to vote in November

Who knows whether the Butler assassination attempt was staged. But you don’t shut down an investigation if you want to quiet the questions. The scary thing – who doesn’t believe that Donald would be evil enough to try it?

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Stephen Colbert on Trump’s picture as Jesus (or Doctor Jesus?)

“Dude you can’t compare yourself to Jesus. For one thing, Jesus had a father who loved him”

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The Doordash Grandma testified before the House Ways and Means committee last year in Nevada & said she was from Nevada.

Now she says she’s from Arkansas.

If so, who paid for her travel – flights and lodging- to DC for her McDonald’s White House stunt?

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Hey big (and not so big) spenders…

Posted April 16, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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SF Giants pitchers combined on a one-hitter today in Cincinnati.

And anyone who’s been watching this team lately and hearing that stat had to wonder “Did they win?”

(As it turns out, yes, 3-0)

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ESPN Headline “Dodgers smashed MLB’s spending record at $515M in 2025

Buried lede. Like paying Ohtani $1 million… Despite several contracts discounted to reflect deferred payments, the Dodgers’ total was seven times the $68.7 million payroll of the Marlins, the lowest-spending team, and more than the payrolls of the bottom six clubs COMBINED.

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Meanwhile in Las Vegaas…

Trump: I cater to the seniors, but I don’t happen to be a senior myself. Thank you very much

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News flash. Man who will be 80 years old in less than two months now forgets how old he is… Sad.-

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But yes, Trump has a hotel in Las Vegas. Which means that not only will he stay there, but he’ll spend a LOT of our taxpayer money at a hotel that the public could get rates tonight for $139 a night. (Wanna guess how much he is billing for Secret Service rooms.

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Would like someone to ask these GOP members of Congress still supporting RFK Jr. if their own children and grandchildren are vaccinated?

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Even the Daily Mail has this headline:

“Pete Hegseth reads fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon prayer service”

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Mike Johnson actually said both the Pope and President Trump “have lanes and he hopes they stay in them.”

So the Speaker is saying Donald has a lane? And he should stay in it? Would he like to elaborate on those boundaries?

Preferably on camera.

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I understand why Fox News hides Trump’s dementia, but why isn’t this a top headline with other media?

“Powell is a bad chairman, and I was surprised when Biden extended him”

Donald appointed Jerome Powell.

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Media is all over what Ruben Gallego may or may not have known about his good friend Eric Swalwell.

Fine, can media at least simultaneously talk about what Donald Trump knew about his good friend Jeffrey Epstein. Don’t think Gallego sent a birthday card like this…

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So now Trump is saying that for national security we NEEDED to…

Start a war with Iran
Take over Greenland
Build a ballroom-bomb shelter next to the White House

If we needed these things so badly why didn’t he campaign on them?

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I’m so old I remember when Jocelyn Elders, MD had to resign as surgeon general after saying “masturbation is “a part of human sexuality and… something that perhaps should be taught.”

Maybe it should have been better taught to a lot of men in Congress.

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US Senate, 50-49, approved resolution to end ban on mining near Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

It was 20 yr ban imposed by President Biden.

Thought GOP believed in unlimited Presidential power?

But now they’ll have no problem with Dems in Congress overturning many Trump actions?

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Before Trump’s lackey commission advanced his arch today, per NY Times “panel’s secretary, informed members that they had received a deluge of nearly 1,000 messages from the public: “100% of the comments were against the project.”

Just saying.

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JD Vance just said publicly:

“Stopping funding for Ukraine is one of the things I’m proudest we’ve done in this administration.”

Hey, Roger Wicker, Lindsey Graham, Joni Ernst, Lisa Murkowski and John Cornyn.

You’ve all been pro-Ukraine..

Heck so was Rubio.

Why the silence?

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ox News loves to cover Donald.

But for some reason they didn’t cover Trump’s claims:

“I started Artemis II”

“Biden nominated Jerome Powell.”

“It should be the Strait of Trump”

“Tillis is no longer a Senator.

Not to mention his “Arch de Trump”

Sure it’s just a coincidence.

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Difficulties

Posted April 15, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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In all seriousness, even when the SF Giants trade for or sign good hitters, they seem to forget how to hit when they come to San Francisco.

Aren’t there ANY good hitting coaches out there?

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Meanwhile the first win or go home play in game tonight between Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets, and with 46 seconds to go in a tight overtime game, the Amazon Prime broadcast shows

For a good couple minutes or more (at least there was a timeout) returning 26 seconds left in the game.

Almost as if letting billionaire Jeff Bezos’ streaming service instead of an experienced network carry an important game was a bad idea.

Metaphor for what’s going on in our country?

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Pretty stunning to hear GOP Senator John Cornyn talk about defunding (not even renaming it) anything connected with Cesar Chavez because you can’t have a predator associated with a monument.

Uh. He does realize Trump was actually CONVICTED of sexual assault by a jury?

Is there a smugger and less charismatic person in US politics than JD Vance?

Oh please oh please can someone ask Trump about Eric Swalwell and sexual assault allegations on camera?

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As big of a mess as the Eric Swalwell situation is, it could be much worse for Democrats.

Imagine if these allegations came out in mid May. Or worse, mid-October?

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“Be careful.’ Vance issues warning to Pope Leo when discussing theology”

So man who was an atheist until he converted to Catholicism 6 1/2 years ago is now WARNING the Pope?

Very on brand for the most narcissistic adminstration in history.

United & American Airlines both often have high prices at airports where they have majority of flights (For examples, SFO & Dulles for UA, Dallas & Charlotte for AA.)

And UA CEO Scott Kirby reportedly floated idea of UA-AA merger to Trump in Feb?

Heaven help consumers.

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Serious thought on Doordash.

Leaving aside idiocy w/ Trump photo op, if you want to support local businesses, they keep much more of what you pay if you can pick food up.

Apps take a hefty fee. (15-30%!!) And restaurants often have to cover food costs if a client complains about anything.

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Choices

Posted April 14, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Some pundit claimed “If San Antonio loses to Denver in round two, sitting Wemby will go down as one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen an NBA team do.”

(San Antonio’s loss made Denver the three seed instead of four, so they could play both the Nuggets and the Thunder in the playoffs.)

Uh, how about playing Wemby, have him aggravate his ribs or ankle, and be out for the playoffs. In a game that didn’t matter that much. THAT would have been one of the stupidest things he’d ever seen an NBA team do.”

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It’s NEVER not about him. Trump did congratulate Rory McIlroy in a post. And of course had to say “I look forward to watching him compete in two weeks at Doral,” (It’s Trump National Doral… sigh.)

As much as the California gubernatorial primary has exploded these last few days at what feels like the last minute, one thing many of us political junkies need to realize…

A whole lot of California voters don’t even realize there’s a primary coming up.

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Yes women aren’t saints, and yes there have been cases of women in power having affairs.

Can I remember a woman being involved with a staffer? Yes

But can’t think of a single woman politician accused of having an affair with a staffer about half her age.

Just saying.,

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“Doordash Grandma” Sharon Simmons, who joined Trump for a photo op delivery at the White House, is apparently from Arkansas.

But last July she testified before the House Ways and Means committee and said she was from Boulder City, Nevada,

Who’s paying for HER travel?

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So you think you had a bad week at work.

JD Vance came home empty-handed from peace negotations with Iran,

And may well have contributed to a historic defeat for Viktor Orban.

What’s next?’

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Well, at least being near JD Vance didn’t actually kill Orban like it did Pope Francis.

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Who’d a thunk that Viktor Orban, in conceding, would prove himself a better man than Donald Trump will ever be?

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And the sane-washing continues:

Fox News “Pope Leo and President Trump are at odds over immigration in the U.S. and the Iran war.”

Uh, more like Donald spewed venom on Truth social then said to reporters ‘I’m not a fan of Pope Leo,”

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Then Monday morning Trump was doubling down on attacking Pope Leo… “Very weak on crime… Not a fan…”

The 55% of American Catholics who voted for Donald must be so proud.

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Am all for paying employees decent wage w/ benefits, but can’t be only one tired of seeing restaurants add “surcharge to support employee benefits.”

Why not surcharge to pay for electricity, or higher food prices, or whatever else?

Just seems unfair to “blame” it on employees.

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Based on many discussions with women friends over the years PSA for men, in politics and otherwise.

NOBODY wants to see a texted picture of your junk.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Spurred on

Posted April 12, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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“75% of the games, in my opinion, would be a logical thing, and that would be… 61.5 games, so 62 games.” – Wemby on the 65-game rule, casually giving a math course to the media…

Hey fellow baseball fans. I know baseball is the “thinking person’s game.” But if care about other sports and you’re not already a Spurs fan….

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Wemby needed to play 20 minutes to qualify for post season awards. He played 26. And scored 40 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists.

Apparently “take it easy” is not in his vocabulary.

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I became a Spurs fan with Pop and Becky and Tony and Tim and Manu. But Wemby is something really special . Now he’s donating money to environmental causes because of what that all their private jet flying does to the environment.

And I think that Gregg Popovich also made an impression on him in the year plus before Pop’s stroke, and is very proud.

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Meanwhile, while Iran peace negotiations collapsed, our President and Secretary of State left Washington DC today for a UFC fight in Miami.

At taxpayer expense.

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Let’s hope JD Vance is as successful with his election efforts in Hungary as he was with the Iran war negotiations.

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Treasury Secretary Bessent shrugged off high gas prices as ‘”a temporary blip.”

This is the same Scott Bessent who said “Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes.”

Wonder how many cars he thinks most people own?

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Two highly publicized recent affairs in two years -one for many years w/ woman he pressured a donor to hire, then one that prompted his wife to file for divorce.

Not Swalwell or a Democrat.

But Ken Paxton, who might get elected US Senator from Texas – with Trump’s endorsement.

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While it’s a wild news weekend, especially in California, let’s not forget:

Millions of Americans are suffering with high prices.

And Trump is offeringconomic support to Hungary, if the nation votes for his buddy Viktor Orbán.

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Allegations against Swalwell & many prominent Democrats have immediately rescinded their endorsement.

While Mike Johnson took two weeks to ask Tony Gonzales, who had an affair with a staffer who later committed suicide, not to run for re-election.

Both parties are NOT the same.

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When anyone says it’s too late for Dem to coalesce around another candidate for CA Governor I am reminded of 2020.

Amy Klobuchar was going to win Minnesota primary easily. She dropped out day before Super Tuesday & endorsed Biden, who had not campaigned in the state.

He won Minnesota!

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Scoreboard watching

Posted April 10, 2026 by left coast sports babe
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Oakland/Vegas/Sacramento A’s ptichers combined to one hit the Yankees today to win 1-0

How long until the Dodgers just try to buy the As pitching staff

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Random fun sports comment:

Saw this MLB final score headline tonight from San Diego

Rockies 3 – Padres 7 – Final/12

How many sports can you see one line – and know EXACTLY how the game ended?

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Not sure how many know/remember but in July 1974, on House Judiciary Committee, 6 Republicans voted to impeach Nixon for obstruction of justice, 7 for abuse of power, 2 for contempt of Congress.

GOP members of Congress USED to have a backbone.

Must admit having Melania talk about Epstein to distract from the Epstein files is a heckuva flex.

-Is she trying to throw him under the bus first before he does it to her?

Small in the grand scheme of things but it is striking how bad Melania Trump, who has been in the US for decades, is still so bad at English. Especially as Donald has made attacks on immigrants, even legal immigrants, who don’t speak English well a cornerstone of his hateful rhetoric.

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Fox News Headline “Iran’s Supreme Leader urges Arab nations to abandon west in dire warning.”

Yeah, that sure confirms Trump’s Iran statement: “We’d have a different group of people & they are in control, but they’re much more moderate and, I think, much more reasonable.”

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If only we’d listened to Hillary…. I’d forgotten this part ofo one of her speeches . “So it really matters that Donald Trump says things that go against our deepest-held values. It matters when he says he’ll order our military to murder the families of suspected terrorists. During the raid to kill bin Laden, when every second counted, our SEALs took the time to move the women and children in the compound to safety. “

Trump and Hegseth had no problem killing women and children in their attacks on Iran.

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And now Trump is back fixated on Greenland – Remember Amy Klobuchar tweeting in August 2019 that the difference between Trump and Greenland is that Greenland is not for sale.

Like a woman who keeps saying no..

Donald takes that as a challenge. Predators are gonna predator.

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