Left Coast Sports Babe

Wow .Washington State Cougars upset USC Trojans. Now for bigger challenge, finding somewhere in Pullman to celebrate late night.

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More outrage over players kneeling than hit by Bears LB Danny Trevathan on Packers Davante Adams? What’s wrong with this country?

In case there is a hurricane in Pacific, can someone please tell @realDonaldTrump in advance that Hawaii is comprised of 8 islands?

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Acting DHS Sec. Elaine Duke on Puerto Rico “”I know it is really a good news story.” Imagine what Trump WH would have said during Katrina.

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So will Trump also claim his Trump Golf Club went bankrupt in Puerto Rico because it was hard for golfers to get to an island?

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Florida AG Pam Bondi is objecting to OJ going to FL upon release because he’s a “danger.” As opposed to good citizens like George Zimmerman?

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Open question: who do you have in pool of next Trump administration official who’ll we learn has been using private planes for flights?

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As much grief as United Airlines has gotten this year maybe they could redeem reputation by dragging Tom Price, now that he has to fly commercial, off of one of their planes?

Trump says he will decide on Federal Reserve leader w/in 2-3 weeks. But alas that private jet perk is off the table.

You know, one solution to keep politics out of sports is to stop playing the anthem before games.

Before Trump starts “Loser Gregg Popovich” tweets hope someone tells him Pop is now coach of USA Basketball Men’s National Team.

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Tough times for many liberals who have been turning away from football over concussions & off-field issues, but now feel a need to watch to defend civil rights.

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Meanwhile this Tweet “All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK”

from that commie pinko Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Nine suspended Gators including WR Antonio Callaway are facing “multiple third-degree felony charges after a UF Police Department investigation into alleged credit card fraud.”
Sure glad they cleaned the program up after Urban Meyer left.

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Anthony Weiner was sentenced today to 21 months in prison. Disappointing Democrats who hoped he had been locked up until Nov 4, 2020.

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Who knew, Trump has made visiting White House as attractive to most basketball players as the idea of dating a Kardashian.

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Gregg Popovich “There has to be an uncomfortable element in the discourse for anything to change.” Btw America, he’s a veteran. #Gospursgo

More from Popovich

.  “The bar has been lowered so far that I think it’s more important to be thinking about what to do in a more organic roots, base level Thinking about the efforts to restrict voter registration, comments that demean cultures, ethnic groups, races, women. Those sorts of things.”

“You have got a choice — we can continue to bounce our heads off the wall with his conduct or we can decide the institutions of our country are more important, that people are more important, that the decent America we thought we all had and want is more important, and that we get down to business at the grassroots level and do what we have to do.”

If you’re more disgusted by NFL players kneeling than you are by Trump attacking former POW Senator with  brain cancer, then yeah, deplorable.

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Senators Collins and Murkowski have more cojones than most men in the Senate

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Susan Collins – “If senators can adjust a funding formula over a weekend to help a single state, they could just as easily adjust that formula in the future to hurt that state. This is simply not the way that we should be approaching an important and complex issue.”
Sanity and logic. What concepts.

Trump tonight in Alabama, condemning play protests  during the anthem “even if it’s just one player, leave the stadium. I guarantee things will stop. Things will stop. Just pick up and leave.”
So how do fans do that in Los Angeles and Santa Clara, where most of them haven’t shown up in the first place anyway?

Uh @realDonaldTrump, if player could lead Crimson Tide to win over Clemson, Alabama fans would cheer him if he wrapped himself in the flag and slept on the field during anthem.

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Trump on @SenJohnMcCain decision on Graham Cassidy. “Unexpected. Terrible. Honestly terrible.” A simple vote was  “unexpected and terrible?”

Uh no that would be brain cancer.

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McCain says he cannot “in good conscience” vote for Graham Cassidy bill. And most of rest of GOP senators are going ‘”what’s a conscience?”

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Maybe GOP is so casual with human lives because they view them like their efforts to repeal Obamacare – zombies that will never die.

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If healthcare shouldn’t cover women’s issues like birth  control &maternity care, assume it surely shouldn’t cover Viagra & prostate exams.

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Whatever you think about @HillaryClinton pretty sure if she were President she and Kim Jong Un wouldn’t be name calling like 10 year olds

The Los Angeles Dodgers have lost 19 of their last 24 games. Who do they think they are?  The 2017 SF Giants?

So Indians appear like they may have fewer losses in September than either Browns or Bengals.

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Kevin Durant has apologized profusely for tweets under an alter-ego account where in talking to a fan and dissed the Thunder and coach Billy Donovan. And no doubt KD is sorry, though not sure if for the sentiments or for getting caught.

People can argue over the reality of science all they want, but seems pretty clear Mother Nature is pretty pissed off at us for something.

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Matt Fuller reports Lindsay Graham noted CA & NY are “big blue states. “I’m not out to hurt them—but Im trying to, you know, create parity here”
So in other words, if South Carolina has third-world healthcare, EVERYONE should have third-world healthcare?

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Apparently Trump advisors told him not to use term “Rocket Man.” Thus providing memories for parents who had tantrum throwing toddlers.

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Trump’s tweet attacking Emmy’s came 2 days after show. So he did like most Americans and just recorded it to watch later?

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“Why don’t we take $$ for wall & give it to Mexico for good post-earthquake construction jobs; keep people working at home. @realDonaldTrump”

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Tweets from @realdonaldTrump, rational-angry-rational, fit definition of cycle of abuse – calm, tension building, incident, reconciliation….

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From Roberta  “If Bob Mueller is successful in bringing down Trump, we all may be singing a chorus of “Someone Saved My Life Tonight”

Had Stanford gone for it on 4th & 1 and gotten TD, last SDSU drive would be for a tie at best. No guts, no glory. #preventoffense

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Stanford did play a great football game for those who have become fans of the SF Giants “no offense” offense.

If Stanford had pulled this win out could they make team slogan “Love is all you need?”   #BryceLove

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Nothing is certain except death, taxes, and that the #SFGiants should NEVER pitch to Paul Goldschmidt.

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On the other hand,  Nebraska also looked like they might have the most embarrassing performance of the day in college football.   Until LSU stepped up tonight against Mississippi State. #holdmybeer

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Stanford’s Keller  Chryst against SDSU – 8-19, 56 yards, 2 INT.   So bad an NFL team whose QB had those number would almost be tempted to sign Kaepernick

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Nebraska paid Northern Illinois over $800,000 to come to Lincoln. NIU won 21-17. Love watching schools choke on high-priced cupcakes.

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Meanwhile, teams often say “God was on our side.” Maybe after Irma He/She really was on Florida’s side with that Hail Mary against Tennessee.

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So about that number one draft pick… SF Giants about to be on the (long) clock. @mlb

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Seeing all these cute pictures of the President with an 11 yr-old boy cutting White House lawn…. Are we sure Trump didn’t think it was Barron.

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says transgenders can continue to serve in the military, while the Pentagon convenes “a high-level panel” to determine how to enact Trump’s ban.
Possible translation, put the ban in committee for a while & maybe the President will forget about it.

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British police apparently have been searching the house near Heathrow Airport of a couple in their 70s who have taken in over 260 foster children, and were recognized by the Queen in 2009 with an MBE for their work.
Fox News headline: “Police raid home of couple who took in young Syrian refugees.”
Uh, these wonderful people were taking in kids before there WERE Syrian refugees.

NFL Players’ Association named Colin Kaepernick its week 1 MVP. Well, he had a better week than Andy Dalton.

We may argue about mixing sports & politics . But maybe man with nuclear codes should be able to shrug off a sports anchor dissing him?

So nobody really expected this would be another #SFGiants team to win 100 games. But 100 losses, alas, is attainable.

Of course “stick to sports” folks calling for ESPN to fire Jemele Hill want FoxSports to fire Clay Travis over “1st Amendment & boobs …. Ooh wait, never mind. #WTF?

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MLB has fined Red Sox for using Apple Watch to steal signs. So team will have to go back to stealing signs old-fashioned ways. The horror.

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Taxpayers paid $1092 for an unidentified someone to stay at Mar-A-Lago 2 nights in March. “Rack rate,” not “corporate” or “govt” rate. Run the country? This administration can’t even run a good travel agency.

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In Paris, residents of the 10th arrondissement are hiring falcons to combat a pigeon problem. The plan is for the birds to scare the pigeons off, but not to eat them. Hmm, wonder how falcons feel about the potential taste of small dogs.

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Expecting the WH to demand CNN cancel “Parts Unknown” as soon as they figure out who Anthony Bourdain is.

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Bourdain btw, when asked if he had to cater a dinner for Trump and Kim Jong Un what he would serve. He responded “hemlock.”  Though later said he was joking and corrected it to kale.

But really, some of us would just as soon eat hemlock as kale.

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Does anyone think Trump actually realizes Americans live in the USVI? #Irma?

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Scary but fortunately no fatalities in London subway attack.  But somehow  Trump knows the bomber was “in the sights of Scotland Yard.   Good for those with England in Trump insult bingo.

Theresa May says Donald Trump is not “helpful”, police call him an “unhelpful source of speculation.” Is this British for “ignorant fuckwit?

Wonder if Scotland Yard has Trump in their sights?  #Dangerous

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From Marc Ragovin.  “Ann Coulter is reportedly so depressed by Trump’s flip flop on DACA, she has started eating.”

Since the Cleveland Indians are never going to lose again, guess baseball fans can make plans without worrying about watching games 5-6-7 in 2017 World Series?

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Oakland As have  announced that 4/17/18 home game will have free admission for all fans.  Of course, pay toilet entrance fees will start at $10.

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#SFGiants secret motto for 2017 – “Hold my beer.”

(but hey, , I always wanted to know what watching the 1962 Mets was like. #SFGiants)

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Danica Patrick is looking for “competitive ride with a team that believes in her.” Given her record, isn’t that kind of an oxymoron? #NASCAR

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Texans LB Brian Cushing suspended for PEDRs, this time 10 games because it’s his 2nd offense.
Okay, maybe once you don’t know, or think you can get away with a certain substance. Twice? This isn’t just a PED suspension, it’s a stupidity suspension.

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Who says there’s no good news these days? Martin Shkreli’s bail has been revoked and he’s going to jail.

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Reports are that Motel 6’s in Arizona are calling ICE on guests they suspect to be undocumented. Who knew that light they were leaving on was to help illuminate white hoods?

How long until #JoeArpaio signs a contract to replace Tom Bodett as spokesman for #Motel6?

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Los Angeles getting 2028 Olympics. Angelinos hearing this news while stuck in traffic can only hope by 2028 we all have self-driving cars.

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Jimmy Carter’s advice to Trump – ‘Keep the peace, promote human rights and tell the truth.” Carnac Trump response “Name 3 signs of hell freezing over?

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White House says ESPN anchor Jemele Hill, who called Trump a white supremacist on Twitter, should be fired. Now I REALLY want some NFL to sign Kaepernick. #passthepopcorn

But never stop the snark. My motto anyway.  If we stop laughing and being satiric, the bad guys win.

#SFGiants & #Dodgers have both been awful lately. Now it’s raining in San Francisco. Maybe God didn’t even want to see these teams play.

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So wait a minute, didn’t #Saints fire their ineffective defensive coordinator…? The more things change. #MNF

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Some horrendous QB play this weekend makes it hard to believe Kaepernick doesn’t have a job. Heck by comparison, Tebow should have a job.

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Male privilege. Beth Mowins made her MNF debut tonight and Sergio Dipp gets all the headlines.

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So many people lauding Al Gore now about Climate Change.   What if he had just shut up & gone away after losing Presidency. #HillaryClinton #misogyny

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#WSJ reports some of Trump’s lawyers thought Jared should have stepped down over Russian contacts issue. #FakeNewsWSJ tweets in 3.2.1..

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Problem w/saying that people shouldn’t rebuild in flood zones, is that climate change means we don’t really know where flood zones will be.

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What was Steve Bannon doing on 60 minutes. What these clowns need is a new reality show on Fox – “Dancing with the Truth?”

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Bannon – Firing of James Comey was the biggest mistake in “modern political history.” Trump “Hold my beer.”

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Pope Francis: “The President of the United States presents himself as pro-life and if he is a good pro-lifer, he understands that family is the cradle of life and its unity must be protected.”
Time to start a pool on timing of #FakePope tweets?

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8 shooting victims in Plano TX. Alleged killer reportedly unhappy wife filed for divorce. A 32-year-old white man. If Muslim-undocumented Trump would tweet condolences. And say it’s why we need a wall and immigration changes. #Sad.

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A real man of the people: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently passed new rules that would have barred Equifax and a number of other financial services companies from using forced arbitration clauses in consumer contracts. However the Trump administration is currently attempting to stop those rules from going into effect.”