Left Coast Sports Babe

Coors Field.  April, 29.  Fortunately the Rockies were in Arizona.

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#NFLdraft was still going live on ESPN through Saturday.  And you followed along for every single pick, you just might need an intervention.

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“Wanna get away” award to the NFL network, for describing QB Chad Kelly, the last pick in this year’s draft, as a “fearless gunslinger.”
Among Kelly’s many off-field issues was a 2015 fight he got into with two bar bouncers, which resulted in a disorderly conduct plea deal. He reportedly stated “I’m going to go to my car and get my AK-47 and spray this place.”

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So with all the stories on NFL teams “overlooking red flags” or “giving a young man a second chance,” too soon to start a pool on which troubled draft pick will be arrested next?

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Well, for one night at least the #SFGiants HAD worked their way out of the NL West cellar. #Nicewhileitlasted

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This Saturday, weekend work on a main runway meant San Francisco International Airport average flights were delayed about an hour. Translation, about normal.

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Poor Simon, the giant rabbit who died after a United Airlines flight from London, apparently was accidentally shut in a freezer. And some of us thought United’s service to humans was cold.

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Now there’s “gas station TV” at pump. So we’ve now become a country that can’t even stop looking at a screen for 5 minutes while we refuel?

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Trump, unhappy with his lack of power. “You look at the rules of the Senate, even the rules of the House – but the rules of the Senate and some of the things you have to go through – it’s really a bad thing for the country, in my opinion. They’re archaic rules. And maybe at some point we’re going to have to take those rules on, because, for the good of the nation, things are going to have to be different.”
“Archaic rules.” Like you know, from the Constitution.

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Trump: My trips to my golf clubs “cost almost nothing” Well, they cost HIM almost nothing.

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Maybe media wouldn’t be so focused on “First 100 days” if Trump hadn’t proclaimed so loudly he’d have everything fixed by then.

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Trump’s first objective tomorrow morning- trying to figure out how to deport #HasanMinhaj

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Hasan Minhaj at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner “Who would have thought that with everything going on in the country now, that a Muslim would be standing on this stage, for the 9th year in a row.”
Only problem, a lot of Americans will nod and go “We knew that.”

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At Trump rally in Harrisburg, PA “I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from the Washington swamp.” Leaving aside the fact that Trump is usually further away on weekends in Mar-A-Lago, does he realize he’s now the head alligator?

Another draft thought from T.C.  “Cincinnati drafted Joe Mixon and presented him the customary ceremonial jersey on stage. They also gave him a Bengals full face guard helmet for his next girl friend.

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Roger Goodell says the NFL sees no medical marijuana benefits,” and that pot “may not be healthy for players long-term.”  Was he speaking on way to league cocktail party?

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Wizards and Celtics win, Jazz and Clippers go to game seven.   Although it does seem this NBA post-season that a lot of teams are spending a lot of energy to get smashed by the Warriors and Cavaliers.

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New Bears QB Mitch Trubisky was greeted with some boos when he showed up at the Celtics-Bulls game in Chicago. Who did they think he was, Jay Cutler?

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Leonard Fournette just said successful rookie season w/ Jaguars would be “going to Super Bowl.” So in his contract will Fournette demand tickets?

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Florida-born Christian Arroyo, just called up this week,  hits game winning home run for SF Giants.  So add to team menagerie think we have a #BabyGator

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Story has emerged that Reuben Foster was on phone with the Saints who planned to pick him at #32, when the 49ers picked him at #31. So prepare for New Orleans stories of “the one that got away” or “dodged that bullet.”

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Ann Coulter spoke tonight in Modesto, and protests were peaceful.   Have to wonder, did Coulter cancel her speech in Berkeley not because it would have been interrupted by protesters, but because no one might have cared?

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Bright side for liberals upset at Obama’s getting $400,000 for speeches as ex-president. Maybe such easy money will prompt Trump to resign?

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Trump at NRA convention “The eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end.”
Right, now that the “Obama will take your guns away” threat is gone, will Trump also take credit for layoffs at gun manufacturers and gun shops due to plummeting sales?

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Tillerson wants to eliminate 2,300 State Dept jobs next year. But presumably they can all be re-employed in coal industry? #JobsJobsJobs!

Now, John Elway said he’d play baseball if he were drafted by the Colts. But other than that, anyone remember a player making a speech saying he was anything but happy to be a member of fill-in-the-blank NFL team?

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A anti-“liquor wall” bill, pushed heavily by stores like Walmart. just passed the Florida legislature. This would end a rule that requires liquor to be sold separately from groceries and other retail items.
Great. So now Floridians can buy booze with their guns, what could possibly go wrong?

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Trump appointed Charmaine Yoest, former president of “Americans United for Life” as assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS. Yoest is a staunch opponent of abortion and Planned Parenthood.
Look, nobody is “Pro-abortion,” but I would take some of these so-called “Pro-life” people more seriously if they also supported efforts to reduce unwanted pregnancies.

Two Stanford players taken in top 10. And before a single Alabama player. #McCaffrey #Thomas #NerdNation

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It can be hard for a rookie QB out of college replacing a beloved franchise figure. Mitch Trubisky with Chicago Bears will not have that problem.

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Raiders drafted Gareon Conley at #24, even though the cornerback  was accused of rape earlier this month. But maybe for long-time Raider fans it makes sense.   It it works out great, if not, Conley ends up being Las Vegas’s problem.

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Overheard by a friend with her daughter at a SF Bay area formal wear store. Millennial walks in Friday afternoon at 3pm. Tells a salesperson, I’m supposed to pick up my dress tomorrow but I’m going to be busy so want to pick it up now.” Women politely tells her “it’s in process.” The response “Can you make it ready?”

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Coca-Cola is fighting a lawsuit from a man who said he found a mouse in his Coke that if the animal really had been in the can it would have been “much more decomposed.”
So just imagine what the drink does to our stomachs. #whatdoesntkillyoumakesyoustronger?

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Now #Delta under fire for removing passenger for bathroom emergency while plane on tarmac. Has someone told airlines about the concept of  cellphone video?

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Thinking this Facebook top 10 band list isn’t really fair to those who came of age during the 60s. Because if you did the 60s right, you may not remember which bands you saw.

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Ah, Michael Flynn is now Obama’s fault. Give Trump administration points for consistency.

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Should we be surprised that an overly simplistic tax cut proposal comes from a President who sees world 140 characters at a time?

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Wow, latest (&) longest tweetstorm from @realDonaldTrump puts all blame on Democrats. Amazed he couldn’t somehow include blame for Hillary.

Can understand Trump doesn’t particularly like Democrats, but he does realize GOP controls House and Senate?

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Trump tax plan eliminates all deductions for state & local taxes. Does that mean entire Trump family will soon claim residency at Mar-A-Lago in Florida?

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Trump is speaking before the NRA in Atlanta. No guns allowed though Georgia is an open carry state with a permit. Where are the protests?

Dr. David Dao has apparently reached an “amicable settlement” with United Airlines. Wonder how many rea$on$ they gave him to settle.

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Apparently Obama will accept $400,000 to speak at a health care conference this year sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald. How dare he enrich himself after leaving the Presidency? A real leader would have enriched himself DURING his Presidency.

Bill Cosby says he is “completely blind,” Donald Trump said he thought being President “would be easier.” Time for a violin concert?

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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says Trump not releasing tax returns: Pres “has given more financial disclosure than anybody else” And he said it w/ straight face.

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United says they will now offer up to $10,000 for volunteers on overbooked flights. Here’s, in all seriousness is a simple suggestion that would reduce their need to overbook: Stop having change fees of at least $200 for fares less than $200. The system encourages anyone with a really low fare ticket to just buy another ticket and not show up for the first one.

Plenty of NBA teams seem to be working awfully hard in tightly contested series for the eventual right to be destroyed by the Cavaliers and Warriors.

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Denard Span is latest SF Giants player to go on DL. This isn’t a team, it’s a baseball version of survivor.

Who said #SFGiants fans would never get over seeing Romo in a Dodgers uniform?  (Christian Arroyo, first home run in the big leagues.)

And who knew a hanging slider could be such a thing of beauty?

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28 years ago today Kevin Mitchell made his famous barehanded catch in the outfield. The way things are going this year, if Mitchell did it as a member of the 2017 SF Giants he’d probably have broken his hand.

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ESPN is purging their big names so quickly that soon the faces on the network will be as recognizable as the average San Diego Padre.

Now Jayson Stark too?  Will the last person to leave ESPN in Bristol please turn out the lights? #WTF 

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White House – call from Trump to Trudeau on tariffs was ‘very “amicable” Canada – “I do not think that word means what you think it means.

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Marissa Mayer walking away from Yahoo with $186 million. Imagine how much she’d have made if she actually did a competent job.

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“Silence of the Lambs” director #JonathanDemme has passed away. At his funeral will they be serving fava beans, liver, & a nice Chianti?

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So some in GOP want to do away with mandatory calorie labeling at chain restaurants. Excessive regulation? Maybe. But at a Friday’s tonight (long story) and how many people would guess that chicken caesar with kale has more calories than a 8 ounce steak with potatoes and broccoli. Or than fried shrimp? And that a veggie cheeseburger with avocado has more calories than a meat one?

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Trump told the Washington Examiner he is “absolutely” thinking about breaking up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Guessing someone skipped class on 3 branches of government.

15-9 in the 8th between Nationals and Rockies. Do you even have to ask if the game is at Coors Field?

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Tonight’s game in Denver featured a 15-5 lead for #Nationals in 7th turns into 15-12 win over #Rockies. Maybe time for rule change – 6 run or less lead is Coors Field save?

If MLB wants to speed up games maybe they should cancel bottom of 9th when #SFGiants are home. Giants don’t use it anyway.

(Last time the Giants came back when trailing in the 9th was 2015.  Seriously.)

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So  SF Giants get just one run against Kershaw after a leadoff double by… Ty Blach? Guess he takes this filling in for Madbum seriously.   Although today the Giants might have missed Bumgarner’s bat more than his arm.

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Shouldn’t getting your first major league hit off Clayton Kershaw count double? #ChristianArroyo #SFGiants

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10 pts -for Vince Carter & Manu Ginobili. 16 for Tony Parker. On Tim Duncan’s 41th birthday. So w/ Grizzlies & Spurs, tonight WAS a country for old men

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In an April of misery for the #SFGiants at least Santiago Casilla blew the save for someone else. #As

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So will the Miami baseball team now be known as the “Marlins!”?  #JebBush

(my friend Al Quint says instead of “Let’s Go Marlins” the scoreboard will urge “Please Clap.”)

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#Nordstrom is selling jeans with fake mud on them for $425. So at Nordstrom Rack do they just put real mud on jeans & sell them for $200?

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Serena Williams said that photo announcing her pregnancy was shared on Snapchat by accident. “On social media, you press the wrong button and… ”
And a lot of us in the clumsier less-high tech generation are smiling.

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Apparently three Islamic State militants in northern Iraq were killed by a herd of stampeding boars, Yeah, guess pork really is dangerous

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Former ‘Bachelor’ Chris Soules has been arrested for an alleged fatal hit-and-run collision in Iowa last night. And gals, he’s still single.

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There is a certain logic in Trump’s picking fights with Canada. At least he knows they won’t nuke us

Police say projected 1st round draft pick Gareon Conley from Ohio State has been accused by a woman of raping her in a Cleveland hotel earlier this month.
Conley says he is innocent and has witnesses. And it IS innocent until proven guilty. But just maybe if you’re approaching an NFL draft that might be one of the most important events of your life, it might be a good idea either to stay home or just hang out with friends you know?

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Trump during his Holocaust Remembrance speech said “we’ll never be silent, we just won’t, in the face of evil again.”
Of course crickets on the subject of Anne Frank’s family being repeatedly turned down for U.S. refugee visas.

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How long until Trump starts accusing any reports on Michael Flynn’s tenure with his campaign and administration as #Fakenews?

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#IvankaTrump may be getting booed. But unlike her father she’s actually traveling overseas.

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SF judge ruled against Trump’s sanctuary city funding ban. After that “island in the Pacific” comment can’t wait to see what AG Jeff Sessions calls San Francisco.

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The World Trade Organization just ruled in Mexico’s favor in a trade dispute over tuna. Anti-WTO Trump tweets in 3.2.1…

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New poll shows only 32% of millennials approve of Trump’s performance. Maybe some of them will get mad enough actually to vote next time?

Caleb Brantley, a DT out of Florida, considered a 1st-2nd round pick in NFL draft has been charged with “misdemeanor simple battery” for allegedly knocking a woman unconscious during a fight this month in Gainesville.
Misdemeanor? What do you have to do in Florida for a felony? Kill someone?

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You know what kind of year it’s been for #SFGiants when Matt Moore entered last night’s game with 11.74 ERA at Coors and manages to raise it.

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As SF Giants limp to a 6-13 start at least maybe they inspire 49ers fans who dream of their team making it to a .333 winning percentage.

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And yeah, it’s only April, but who had the Giants starting pitcher with the best ERA as Matt Cain?

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Of course, who had the Dbacks dueling it out for the NL West lead with the Rockies?

Rockets up 3-1 in their series with the Thunder after 113-109 win. And of course one call never really decides a game.  But James Harden’s end of game push-off might have even been flagged by NFL replacement refs.

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Steve Kerr could be out for season. If  Spurs don’t make finals maybe Warriors could borrow Popovich?

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So France seeming to prefer the reasonable guy with no experience in elected office. Right about now lots of Americans would take that.  With the emphasis on reasonable.

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Trump’s approval rating lowest in over 60 years at this stage of Presidency, at 42% If this keeps up we’re going to need #marchformath

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#NorthKorea says they might strike US Aircraft Carrier to show military force. Will they have any better hope of finding it than we have?

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Jeff Sessions defends saying “a judge on an island in the Pacific. “Nobody has a sense of humor anymore.”

Says the Attorney General for the President who angrily tweets about SNL skits.

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota is the latest to say “Roger Ailes sexually harassed me.”
At this point maybe it would be faster for any woman at Fox who WASN’T sexually harassed to come forward.

Who knew T.S. Eliot was a #SFGiants fan? “April is the cruelest month.”

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Sharks were two minutes away from going up 3-2 & now are out of the playoffs. SF Giants having worst April ever.  Apparently sports gods feel Warriors are enough for Bay Area

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SF Giants don’t think Christian Arroyo is ready to be a major league hitter yet. And two-thirds of their starting outfield tonight is Chris Marrero and Gorkys Hernandez. Sigh. Before Span crashed into the wall.

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And Span didn’t even go dirt bike riding. #SFGiants

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Bruce Bochy took 2 games off from #SFGiants because of heart condition. Guessing doctor didn’t approve of him taking that call from #Madbum

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At some point during NBA playoffs both Warriors and Cavs will probably have to show up for four quarters.

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As a Spurs fan have to hope they make it through to Western Conference finals, not because they have enough stars to match with the Warriors. But because more people really should watch Kawhi Leonard.

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The Hawks’ Paul Millsap & the Wizards’ Markieff Morris are trash-talking each other during the playoffs. And many casual NBA fans are going “who and who?”

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Happy #EarthDay Waiting for the GOP rebuttal.

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So someday will we tell our children that we remember when science used to be nonpartisan. #marchforscience

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Sign seen at #marchforscience “Trump. – No Science. No Rogaine. No Hair.”

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United Airlines has had one of the rougher months for U.S airlines in public relations history. American Airlines “Hold my beer.”

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Report says more than 8,600 US brick & mortar stores will close their doors in 2017. Where’s Trump tweet taking credit? #jobsjobsjobs!

Trump to hold rally night of White House Correspondents Dinner. Fine, no one cover it. What happens if a Trump rants in a forest…?

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Trump, personally giving out a Purple Heart today  “Tremendous, tremendous job, congratulations.”    This is the same man who said last August.  “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.”

Maybe just a BIT unclear on the concept?

From Marc Ragovin  “Following the Predators’ sweep, many Blackhawks fans were seen being taken away kicking and screaming from the United Center.”

Well, not the smartest thing in the world to be riding a dirt bike on an off-day.  On the other hand, how many players get hurt doing every day things… or falling down the dugout steps.  Paging Jeremy Affeldt.

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Give  Madbum credit for not claiming to have been washing his truck.

Clearly he should have stuck to riding horses. Aren’t there stables in Denver?

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If baseball wants to speed up game maybe there should be a sign like IBB sign for hitters like Gorkys Hernandez at this point –  “Automatic out”. #SFGiants

Since it just might be a “misery loves company” year for #SFGiants, Sergio Romo in relief for LA just balked in go ahead run for Dbacks.  And gave up 5 earned runs in a third of an inning.

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Well on a brighter note for #SFGiants not like they were scoring any runs for Bumgarner anyway. Maybe they will for Ty Blach.

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Massive #poweroutage in San Francisco. But this time it’s not the #SFGiants. They are out of town in Denver.

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Russell Westbrook was fined $15,000 for saying in a postgame news conference. “I don’t give a f— about my line. We lost.”
Wow. $15,000.  Whatever  happened in the NBA to the dollar jar?

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An air  marshal forgot her gun in lavatory on US flight. Passenger turned it in.   Once again, USA has much more to fear from stupidity than terrorism.

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Jeff Sessions, backtracking on Hawaii slam, says he thinks state is “fabulous” place.  Fabulous?  Hmm, enough to question the AG’s sexual orientation?

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United missed deadline for answering questions from senators about dragging incident. Will they blame weather, mechnical or “operations”

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In Germany, a terrorist who bombed Dortmund soccer team bus was trying to make money on the team’s shares falling after the attack. And he was going to blame it on Muslims.
So can we start cracking down on capitalist extremists?

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Jason Chaffetz on rumors he might leave Congress before his term is up “I’ll take a little bit of time to sort out. I’d be thrilled to have a television relationship. ..”
Hmm, the Chaffetz Factor?

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Apparently Trump’s comment “Korea used to be a part of China,” has not won him friends in South Korea. College student Ahn Hong-seok, if Trump “is a person capable of becoming a president, I think he should not distort the precious history of another country.”
If it makes them feel any better, Trump also distorts the “precious history” of his own country.

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Biggest threat to Democrats in 2018 and 2020 is not the GOP. It’s party infighting. That is all.

Let’s be real, Fox News is not firing Bill O’Reilly for harassing women. They are firing him because advertisers left.

So far NBA playoffs 1st round has so little drama seems only logical function of including 16 teams is television $$$.   Oops, never mind.

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A’s new 2017 slogan “Rooted in Oakland.” With their plumbing issues at the Coliseum maybe it should be “Roto-Rooted in Oakland.”

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Serena Williams expecting a baby in August, meaning she was pregnant when she won Australian Open in late January.  Four words: Weaker sex my ass.

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Aaron Hernandez apparently hanged himself in his jail cell. A sad waste, but hard to be sad he’s gone.

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Tom Brady skipped Wednesday’s  Patriots White House visit to attend to “personal family matters.” Meaning Gisele wouldn’t speak to him if he goes?

Would accuse #SFGiants offense of being criminally bad, but case might be dismissed for insufficient evidence.

Sorry, when so many MLB pitchers who face #SFGiants pitch best game of season/career maybe it’s not just their stuff. #offensewhatoffense?

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Marshmallow Peeps 1/2 price after Easter. Shouldn’t stores wait to put Peeps on sale until they are near their expiration date in 2100?

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Bill O’Reilly met the Pope Wednesday in Rome. Well, at least His Holiness is one person in a skirt we know O’Reilly won’t grope.

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UC Berkeley called off an Ann Coulter speech due to worries about potential violence, but she and the students who invited her said she’ll come anyone and “speak on or off campus.”
Now, I’m for free speech, even in this case.
But before we allow Coulter to take the moral high ground thinking just maybe a woman who doesn’t want violence shouldn’t say things like “N Korea will make nuke capable of hitting Seattle! Situation will be dire as soon as they can hit a city worth saving.”

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Trump supported O’Reilly, but Bill is still out. So where are the tweets slamming #FakeNews Fox News?

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Trump praises Patriots & slams “the good ol’ pundits, God they’re wrong a lot, huh?” Uh, actually pundits all expected New England to win.

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From my funny friend Alex Kaseberg  “Tom Brady decided to skip the White House Super Bowl winner ceremony. It’s not a big deal. Brady has won five Super Bowls. He’s been to the White House more than Melania Trump.”

Hope everyone had a happy Easter. And enjoy Monday – “Half-price chocolate bunny day.”

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On perhaps a less exciting note, it’s also national “egg-salad sandwich for lunch day.”

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Golden State Warriors probably figured they only needed to play one quarter to beat  Trailblazers. Fans might have preferred they made it the first.

On the other hand, television advertisers want to thank the Warriors for keeping it close enough not to have viewers turn off the fourth quarter.

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Golden State considered to have 99% probability of beating Portland in their series.  Hardcore Trail Blazer fans going  “So you are saying there’s a chance?”

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Early days but 2017  SF Giants seem to be able experts at playing JUST poorly enough to lose .

SF Giants  don’t look like themselves this spring. But San Jose Sharks are in their usual playoff form.

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Per the Wall Street Journal United’s CEO Oscar Munoz has “pledge to empower gate agents and other employees to use their common sense to defuse tense interactions.” Good idea. If common sense were only more common.

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#BeeGees trending. You know you’re getting older when your first thought, oh, no, did Barry die too?

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Apparently Melania & Barron to move to White House this summer. But where will Trump spend his summer weekends? Guessing not DC or Florida

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Trump now tweeting “Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens!”

So when the problem gets “solved” they go back to being manipulators?

(Someone HAS told the President China might have people who read English and follow him on Twitter?)

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One of Trump’s Easter tweets: “Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!”

California Chick-fil-A franchise had 3 cow mascot costumes stolen from shed this week. What an udder nightmare.

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Headline  – “Cavs feel disrespected as #1 seed.” Guessing game 1’s close call against the Pacers  isn’t going to do much to disabuse that notion.

Ohio State spring inter-squad spring football game attendance today – 80,134. And guessing more of them stayed until the end until most 49ers fans during a regular game.

Arrests were made when protestors & supporters clashed at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley. And who saw that coming? #ifonlytheywerearmed

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Not sure how many of the local Berkeley protesters were arrested for taking down Trump fans. But after their release on bail maybe some of the more successful ones might be offered tryouts for the Cal football team?

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Well played SNL for  TRULY live tonight. Probably better ratings too as West Coast viewers can’t sometimes say “meh reviews, going to bed.,,,”

Although Melissa McCarthy may be one of the few liberal Americans wishing that Spicer stays on. #jobsecurity

Casey Anthony is reportedly pregnant again. This might make even the most ardent conservatives question defunding Planned Parenthood.

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VP Mike Pence and wife Karen in Seoul. CNN photos show her wearing leggings. Guess they didn’t travel on United Airlines.

Trump has been quiet about North Korea failed missile launch. Maybe he doesn’t want to think about idea of blowing something up & failing?

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Reports are that when he visits England this fall, Trump has indicated that he wants to ride, not in a motorcade, but in the Queen’s Coronation carriage.   Well, it makes a certain amount of sense for a President who has clearly shown that starting now,  leadership should be hereditary.

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Apparently Melania Trump and Barron ill be moving into the White House this summer, and FLOTUS has hired an interior decorator. Based on Trump Tower pictures, that interior decorator may make Americans long for the days of just spending money on NY security.

Yeah!  Massero’s home run against Colorado tonight now means that SF Giants left fielders have half as many home runs as Madison Bumgarner.

A jury found Aaron Hernandez not guilty in his most recent murder trial. Does that mean the Patriots might offer him another contract?

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The Seattle Mariners have sold out of toasted grasshoppers in each of their first three home games. Just wondering, how many beers on average has each buyer of grasshoppers consumed?

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So is saying a radio station plays “adult hits” somehow supposed to make us feel younger than calling it an oldies station?

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United Airlines’ pilots union has issued a letter saying they were “infuriated” over the O’Hare incident: “this occurred on one of our contracted Express carriers, separately owned and operated by Republic Airline, and was ultimately caused by the grossly inappropriate response by the Chicago Department of Aviation.”
Guess they didn’t need to add “and this isn’t helping our stock and thus pensions.”

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United say they will  stop having police take psgrs from planes. Instead w/ overbooked flts they’ll send all on board & play airline Hunger Games?

Delta Airlines apparently will now authorize employees to offer up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up seats on overbooked flights. Will this be known internally as the “Take that, United rule”?

The Texas State Supreme Court struck down a request by “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, to get out of prison a year early.
Who says there’s no bipartisan agreement in this country?
“I feel so sorry for him.” said nobody.

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So Canada already has Justin Trudeau and now they add legalized marijuana?. Now that’s just piling on.

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Trump loves publicity & signing ceremonies, but he signed bill allowing states to defund #PlannedParenthood in private, #Profilesincowardice

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North Korea’s Vice Minister Han Song Ryol told AP that the country has determined that Trump administration is “more vicious and more aggressive” than Obama’s. What was their first clue?

Trump, who’s been attacking NATO regularly,  “I said it was obsolete, it’s no longer obsolete.”  So on top of all his other “successes” Trump has now made NATO great again?

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Melania Trump flew down separately with Barron from New York to join Donald in Mar-a-Lago for Easter.   At a cost to taxpayers of over $100,000.   Even now might it have been cheaper to have her and Secret Service fly United and pay whatever other passengers demanded to give up their seats?

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Then Melania will head up to DC, possibly with a stop in New York, certainly returning to New York, for the annual White House Easter Egg hunt Monday.

Even Woody Hall is going, hmm, do we really need the eggs?  (Annie Hall joke for youngsters.)

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Trump is being uncharacteristic vague about whether he personally authorized #MOAB strike. Translation – he wants to make sure it’s popular and doesn’t backfire

Trump refuses to release White House visitor logs to public. No GOP outcry. They do realize there might be another Dem President someday?

From T.C.  Tim Tebow has now homered twice in the minors. He is not so happy with his fielding though, complaining that his throws from the outfield to home plate keep getting intercepted by the shortstop or second baseman.