Archive for August 23, 2026

In sight of the finish line

August 23, 2026

The last time SF Giants lost 100 games in a season

The next year “You gotta like these kids” – Uribe, Thompson, Clark.”

Heck of an infield. Almost made the playoffs in 1986.

2027 may not happen due to a lockout. And, yes, some veterans wll remain due to contacts.

But when the next season starts, at least manager Tony Vitello has had good success in dealing with just college level talent…

Seriously going to be tough for fans of amateur sports next weekend. The SF Giants have a homestand. And Stnaford kicks off their foodball season at home against Hawaii.

As Trump starts an economic war with Canada, and makes bilingualism an issue -including Quebec’s mandatory use of French as well as English on products sold there…

Le mot, mesdames et messieurs, est “connard.”

Dr. Oz was asked about Trump’s comments on MMR vaccinne

He said that “the MMR vaccine is not a lethal vaccine.”

If Oz weee a woman he’d be moving up in Trump firing bingo.

Nancy Pelosi at a local Democratic event in Mountain View CA talkng about the 2026 midterms.

An underappreciated point “This is not a Presidential election.” Candidate need to know THEIR constituencies.

-As Trump starts an economic war with Canada, and makes bilingualism an issue -including Quebec’s mandatory use of French as well as English on products sold there…

Le mot, mesdames et messieurs, est “connard.”

Imagine if you got hired to replace someone supposedly not doing a great job.

And two years later when things are objectively worse, you blame your predecessor.

How would that go over with your boss?

(American taxpayers & VOTERS are Donald’s boss.)

All these stories, about Melanie and Donald’s on camera “spat” Will keep saying this. Whether or not Melania wants to be around him, NO one wants to be publicly humiliated.

British upper class royal married couples often have separate discreet lives… but the emphasis is on discreet.

Canadian PM Mark Carney “We’ve recognized from the start that America has changed We recognize that sometimes, its signature is written in pencil.”

He’s too kind to Donald

Should have said “its signature is scrawled in crayon.”

And the last could be first?

August 23, 2026

The Baltimore Orioles at 63 and 67 are the 5th and last place team in the AL East.

And they are 1 game out of the 3rd wild card.

4 SF Giants pitchers didn’t wear Pride Night caps

Ryan Walker: gone.

Landon Roupp: 5.57 ERA in Aug -has lost 6 in row.

J.T. Brubaker: 7.11 ERA in Aug.

Sam Hentges: 1-6. Blew 2-0 lead in 9th & took 3-2 loss.

So much for a place where there isn’t any trouble. Over the rainbow?

Dave Flemming Friday night on SF Giants pre-game in Boston pointing out that Fenway Park opened five days after the Titanic sunk.

A sadly apt metaphor for the 2026 Giants season.

Walmart just announced their slowest sales growth in six years.

Well, it’s a good thing for Trump and GOP that rural working class people don’t shop at Walmart.

So thousands of people in Indiana are still without power after a major storm as are people in Hawaii after damage from Hurricane Lala.

Has Trump said a single sympathetic word to any of them?

I’ll wait.

RIP former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum, 1st woman elected to U.S. Senate without having her husband serve in Congress before her.
Nancy had just turned 94 in July. Making her a year and a few months older than current US Senator Chuck Grassley, who will be 93 in September.

Remember when George W. Bush used to go to his ranch in August?
And media dubbed it the “silly season” because nothing much happened & W. just mostly biked and cleared brush.

I miss slow news months. I miss slow news DAYS?

Just think, a week ago only us political nerds knew who Natalie Harp was…

Wonder how much it will cost taxpayers to dismantle Trump’s ballroom?

At Safeway in California, less than a year ago their Friday specials might include basic ground beef for $2.50 a pound if you bought 6 pounds or more (so I’d buy and freeze some)


Now the “special” price if you buy 6 lbs or more is $5.99 a pound. Otherwise close to $10 a lb.

Fox News “Pentagon taking aim at military newspaper chief over job performance, insubordination.

Translation: “Stars and Stripes” broke story about horrific conditions & mental health issues for military aboard Abraham Lincoln.

They broke the rule – cannot make Trump & Hegseth look bad.

So when the Abraham Lincoln gets back to the USA what measures will Trump and Hegseth use to keep those onboard from speaking to the press?

So the Natalie Harp story has gotten so bad that to distract Trump decided to start an economic war with… Canada?