Left Coast Sports Babe

So who had the only halfway decent first-round playoff game Sunday being between the #1 seed Oklahoma Thunder and the #8 seed (and Zion-less) New Orleans Pelicans.

(94-92 OKC, and New Orleans had chance to tie or win at buzzer.)

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Okay, kudos to those Mike Johnson and Mike Pence on in the pool of “unlikeliest Republicans who would someday do the right thing

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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, often mentioned as being on Trump’s VP list, said Sunday there should be no exception for rape or incest with abortions. It barely even made news cycle.

GOP hopes we won’t notice their extremism.

Intentionally or not media is helping them.

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Look, I love Dionne Warwick

But if she’s now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame why not the Carpenters?

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We’ll never know… but on gay rights, their children changed many GOP opinions. Have to think Mike Johnson’s son potentially having to go to war against Putin played a huge part in Speaker’s conversion.

“He thought about his son, set to attend U.S. Naval Academy in fall.”

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Lindsey Graham on the passage of Ukraine aid: “This wouldn’t have passed without Donald Trump.”

Could he get any more craven? When John McCain died he took Lindsey Graham’s soul with him.

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Increasingly obvious that the worst fear for major US media is not that Trump will get back in the White House and destroy democracy. But that Biden will be re-elected and we will have four more years of a competent caring no-drama man in the White House.

Worst sports headline of 2024?

“NBA star’s family nightmare continues as brother gets 6 years for DUI crash.”

Uh, it’s been a bad month for Nuggets Michael Porter Jr, whoses brother Jontay banned for gambling. Now brother Coban got 6 yrs in prison for killing woman w/ young child in a DUI case where he was allegedly over twice the limit.

HER family has the real nightmare.

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Early days but sure seems like SF Giants could have saved a lot of money on Blake Snell and spent a little more to keep Renel Brooks-Moon.

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It was Patrick Bailey bobblehead daily Saturday at Oracle Park. He’s 4-4 with a splash hit. Giants won 7-3.

How quickly can SF Giants manufacture bobbleheads for the entire lineup?

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So maybe it’s time to ask the question with some of these former “Never Trumpers” who have fallen in line behind Donald as the GOP nominee. Are they being paid? Or are they scared of falling out of windows

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Can the media also STOP covering Velveeta Voldemort whining about not being able to campaign. With their nonstop coverage on his every gesture and every word he says outside the courtroom, why would he want to campaign? Trump getting far more attention where he is.

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Air traffic controllers mistakingly directing 2 planes to same runway resulted in near collision at DC National Airport. Hate calling it Reagan, but reminder, Ronald was one who decided to play cowboy & fire all air traffic controllers for going on strike. Air Traffic Control is still recovering.

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Another rewrite of CNN headlines: “In passing Ukraine aid, the accidental speaker became an unlikely Churchill.” How about “By belatedly passing Ukraine aid, Mike Johnson showed he ultimately cared about democracy .. or having his Naval Academy son pressed in to combat?”

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NBC News making their pitch for worst out of context headine of the year. “Muslim Americans who soured on Biden see Israel aid package as further betrayal.” Without mentioning that President Biden’s opponent would institute a Muslim ban and deport Palestinian protesters.

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As longtime volunteer been lucky to have heard our last 4 Democratic Presidents speak, & countless candidates. Biden will never win speaking awards. Didn’t vote for him to be President of Toastmasters, Voted for him to be President of United States. And Joe’s a damn good one.

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Dear Climate activists shutting down Democratic events: Trump promises to reduce energy prices by increasing domestic production, he plans to end delays in federal drilling permits & leases. “We’re going to ‘drill, baby, drill’ right away,” Please pay attention & grow up.

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Sometimes I think I could devote a whole blog to fixing CNN headlines.

“Trump caps off an unprecedented week with North Carolina rally.” How about “After a week in NY and nonstop rants about being a criminal defendant, Trump returns to his regular rallies.”