Left Coast Sports Babe

Poor Donald Trump had he only kept Shutdown long enough to close down Atlanta airport next weekend for Super Bowl he’d at least been guaranteed in 2020 to win Louisiana.

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ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Robey-Coleman was fined $26,739 for helmet-to-helmet hit on Saint’s Tommylee Lewis.
Even the loser’s share of Super Bowl is over $55,000.
Going forward NFL doesn’t think players can figure the math?

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Disgruntled Pittsburgh WR Antonio Brown apparently wants to join SF 49ers. And hey, what says winning with class more than player who sits out last game of year with playoff implications because he’s feuding with his quarterback?-

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Imagine if Barack Obama had shut down the government over Mitch McConnell not scheduling a vote on Merrick Garland.

Trump agrees to reopen government without funding for his wall, but adds “As everyone knows, I have a very powerful alternative but I’m not going to use it at this time.”
Translation, I’m not going to declare a national emergency until I know Mueller is ready to release his report.

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Nixon Foundation – Calling Roger Stone “a Nixon campaign aide or adviser is a gross misstatement.”
So yes, we have a new answer for the GOP in “how low can you go?”#DisownedByNixon

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Apparently Roger Stone was arrested by furloughed FBI agents working without pay.
Some statements don’t even need a punchline.

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Trump is upset that CNN just happened to be there when Roger Stone was arrested. Gosh, and who’d a thunk any furloughed FBI agent might have had any incentive to alert the media?

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Thinking “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, which IS marvelous, is almost like “Dirty Dancing.” Except if Baby found that being funny was as good as finding a hot guy to get her out of her corner.

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Your reminder that while none of Obama’s campaign staff, lawyers and confidants were arrested, while he was President, Barack DID wear a tan suit.

As crazy as this world these days, at least there is some consistency.  ESPN devoting headlines after opening round at the Farmers Insurance Open to Tiger Woods… eight shots off the lead.

Now former SF Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland has signed with the Seattle Mariners. So just imagine how mellow he’ll be now that he’ll be in America’s most caffeinated city.

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Apparently ticket prices for Super Bowl have dropped by 17 percent since Sunday’s conference championship games – a “worst-case” demand scenario because Patriots have gone 4 times already and Rams fan base isn’t that interested.
Womp womp.

Maybe some of the big acts who refused to play Super Bowl halftime show should consider a charity concert during the game in New Orleans.

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Look, nothing’s going to change with Rams Saints game result, even though petition is up over 750,000 signatures.
But at a time when NFL routinely acknowledges mistakes after the fact, along with suspensions and fines for targeting, absolute crickets from the league office. Not even a slap on the wrist for Nickell Robey-Coleman who BRAGGED about it again on Monday

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Trump “The grocery store will float you the food on credit until the shutdown is over. That’s how it works.”
And George H.W. Bush was lambasted for not knowing how a grocery store scanner worked? WTAF?

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So will Trump Hotel in DC let all furloughed federal employees put meals and drinks on account?

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What’s tomorrow, Trump will say furloughed workers will can have all the groceries they want, and Mexico will pay for them.

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Interesting that even in the middle of an acrimonious shutdown, Speaker Pelosi refers to him as “President Trump” where he refers to her as “Nancy.” But Democrats need to be more civil.

Trump “Many of those people that are not getting paid are totally in favor of what we’re doing.”
Would he like to trot some of those people out at a Press Conference? Or are they too busy standing in food bank lines?

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Southwest Airlines just announced govt shutdown means their planes can’t be certified for over-water travel and thus has delayed their plans to offer scheduled flights to Hawaii starting this winter. And the delay could be months.

Waiting for Trump to say he doesn’t care about foreign travel.

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Many national parks are in Red States, & small businesses who cater to those parks – motels, restaurants, gift shops, etc, are REALLY hurting with the Trump Shutdown. But it’s okay because they’ll get back pay too. Oh wait, never mind.

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From USA Today – an “on again off again” Indiana girlfriend of Sun Trust Bank killer “I never understood where it started. For some reason (he) always hated people and wanted everyone to die.”
She said he bought a gun last week, but that she and others had shrugged it off because he always liked firearms.”
Right, and who would think an angry young white man would be dangerous?

Give him points for honesty. A-Rod on Clemens and Bonds and the Hall of Fame. “Of course I want them to get in, because that would mean that I have an opportunity to get in one day,”

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As New Orleans fans plan Super Bowl boycotts and keep signing a petition in protest of Sunday’s missed call that gave Rams the NFL Championship Game win, interesting to note in LOS ANGELES, more viewers watched the Chiefs-Patriots game than the Rams-Patriots.

(Btw, the petition won’t change anything, but it will upset Roger Goodell —   so please feel free to share and add your name, over 700,000 as of tonight.  https://www.change.org/p/we-want-an-nfc-championship-rematch-sunday-jan-27-after-refs-missed-call)

Don’t have to look picture to know suspect in latest mass shooting in Sebring, Florida is a white man. Donald Trump hasn’t tweeted about it.

According to his FB page, suspect in Sebring Florida shooting, with at least 5 dead, is a fan of both Milo Yiannopoulos and Alex Jones.
So where is GOP outrage on how he was radicalized?

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About building that wall to stop crime. Don’t suppose it would be possible to recreate that cask of amontillado story in the White House…?

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In one sentence from Nancy Pelosi: “There is serious and justified concern that this president would shut down the government any time he does not get his way legislatively. That is why we must hold the line on this shutdown.”

Can Secret Service tell Donald Trump no one is now available to inspect his fast food and thus for safety reasons he can’t have any hamburgers until shutdown is over?
Government would be open tomorrow.

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For that matter, so how quickly would the shutdown end if military pilots who are taking Melania to and from Mar-A-Lago tell Trump it’s not safe to fly?

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Fox News claims “a poll finds a slim 51 % majority says Trump is responsible for the shutdown, while 34 % blame congressional Democrats.
17 points is “a slim majority?” Guess it’s the same math that says losing popular vote by almost 3 million is a landslide win.

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Actually, if Donald Trump wants to give a SOTU speech on Hannity’s show, let him go ahead. But NO other network should cover it.

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Trump SOTU statement basically tonight.
“If I can’t give it in the House, I will not give it with my spouse.
I will not give it in a box, I will not even go on Fox.”

and then

Build A Wall
Crime Will Fall.
Fooled you All
It’s About MY Haul
$$$

Mike Mussina just elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. About time. Go Stanford.

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Chiefs have fired their defensive coordinator after loss to Patriots on Sunday. Well, of course, he neglected to tell players they weren’t allowed to TOUCH Tom Brady.

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Saints have been criticized a lot for play-calling and not going for 3 running plays before kicking a FB late in 4th, when Rams would have had it back with about a minute left. Actually the play calling was vintage Payton, going for the game-winning TD. Which looking at videos they would have had easily. …

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More people in Los Angeles watched Chiefs-Patriots game than Rams-Saints.  Hope the Super Bowl doesn’t conflict with a Lakers game.

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Now at least one airline warning “customers traveling from US airports may experience longer wait times than usual at security TSA checkpoints due to current US Govt. shutdown. We strongly recommend customers arrive at US airports at least 3 hrs before departure time of their flight.”
Are we great yet?

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So now that the birthers have started in on Kamala Harris, suppose it would save time if Cory Booker brings a copy of his birth certificate with him when he announces he is running for President.

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And now that Supreme Court has let Trump transgender military ban stand can’t wait to see all the MAGAers stampeding to recruiting offices to take transgender troops’ places.

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As Senate prepares to vote Thursday on a bill to open government until Feb. 8 while working on border security funding, your reminder – with McConnell’s blessing and support, they passed “near-identical legislation on bipartisan lines before the shutdown began.”

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So Donald Trump is insisting he still wants to do SOTU next week. Fine, why doesn’t he do it from real center of his government -Fox News Studios?

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Trying to imagine if a liberal public school had organized a field trip for students to DC for the purpose of marching for abortion rights….

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I’m so old I can remember that even the worst Winter or Spring break behavior from high school or college students didn’t require a PR firm.

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Lara Trump to furloughed workers “It is a little bit of pain, but it’s going to be for the future of our country….”
So is she going to send them some lovely Trump branded cake to eat during the shutdown?

Not only did ref no-call screw Saints yesterday, also denied fans a chance for a GUARANTEED record breaking Super Bowl. Up until now oldest QB to win the game was Peyton Manning, 39. Brees is 40, Brady 41.

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Your reminder that the NFL, a multi-billion dollar operation, still uses part-time officials.

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Referee Bill Vinovich who chose not to flag Rams’ Robey-Coleman for PI or helmet-to-helmet works most of the time as certified public accountant. Wonder if he pays the same careful attention to tax returns?

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Who knew that answer to “Who Dat say Gonna Beat Dem Saints?” was the refs?

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NFL apparently spoke to Sean Payton on the phone less than an hour after the game and admitted that should have been a pass interference.
Well, hey, not like it was game changing or anything.

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Has anyone told the Rams that not only can they not get away with pass interference during the Super Bowl, it’s roughing the passer if they get close enough to muss up Tom Brady’s hair.

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I’m so old I remember having a President who spent MLK day volunteering in DC soup kitchens, instead of rage tweeting from his bedroom.

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(and the same President who wants to be known for creating Space Force  was in his bedroom last night rage tweeting during a full lunar eclipse.)

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Look, we all know if MLK Jr. was alive today Donald Trump would have given him a nasty nickname and attacked him as a radical leftist.

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Trump did visit MLF  Memorial day in DC today for about 2 minutes, and said not a word about Martin Luther King Jr. At least he didn’t give a speech about himself. #smallmercies

Rudy Giuliani told Fox News today that his team & Robert Mueller’s “communicated” about Cohen-Trump BuzzFeed News article and “agreed a significant portion of it was false.”

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Fox News pundit Mark Levin… “I keep hearing it’s day 29 of the government shutdown. It’s amazing how we count weekends, Christmas, New Year’s, Martin Luther King’s birthday on Monday as the government shutdown.”
Right, because nobody has to eat or pay bills on weekends and holidays.”

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Trump claiming Nancy Pelosi thinks walls are immoral. Uh no, Pelosi didn’t say all walls are immoral – she said YOUR proposed wall was “immoral, ineffective and expensive.”
And Nancy is right.

Thinking in spirit of the city, New Orleans residents should deliver one big gooey filled King Cake to each member of Los Angeles Rams tonight. And challenge them to eat every bite before the game.

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Lakers hoped to keep James Harden under 50 tonight.   Well, even in overtime – mission accomplished. And it was about as successful as George W. Bush’s version.  Los Angeles 134, Houston 138.

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Uh, for a reaction to this Trump quote, paging Spurs coach Gregg Popovich (and have him bring a map)
“Everybody knows that walls work. You look at different places, they put up a wall, no problems. You look at San Antonio, you look at so many different places. They go from one of the most unsafe cities in the country to one of the safest cities immediately, immediately”

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Covington Catholic — per Wikipedia the “only all-male high school in northern Kentucky. Maybe not coincidence it’s located on “Dixie Highway.”

But Rogers and Hammerstein were right  “You have to be carefully taught.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZ8yOFFbAc

Today is 15th anniversary of Howard Dean scream. You know, when Americans decided a man who sounded like that was too emotional and unhinged to be President.

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No sympathy at all for furloughed federal Federal Workers in Trump speech. Guess he figures they can all ask their parents for a little million dollar lo

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Considering Donald  Trump has his own plane, wouldn’t it have been nice gesture to send Melania on it to Mar-A-Lago this weekend, instead of spending taxpayer dollars for military jet while federal worker are lining up at food banks?

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Your reminder that while trashing Buzzfeed, Donald Trump yesterday acknowledged the greatness of Robert Mueller. “A very sad day for journalism, but a great day for our Country!”

Finally, once again, mention of the California police officer killed by an undocumented immigrant. But crickets on officer Natalie Corona, 23, from a Mexican immigrant family, ambushed and murdered by a white man.
F*ck you, Donald Trump

Kansas City fans – We hope Mahomes can end our 49 year Super Bowl drought.
Boston fans – We really are the underdogs, promise. In fact, they should deflate our footballs to make it more fair.
New Orleans fans – Sorry, what, we can’t hear you? Who Dat! Who Dat! Who Dat!
Los Angeles fans – Is there a big game this weekend? Is Lebron back?

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Weather forecast in Kansas City this Sunday night for the Chiefs Patriots game has improved from near zero to temperatures in the 20s. Gosh, by Midwest winter standards that’s practically shorts weather.

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Another Southwest plane slid off the runway today. Fortunately no injuries but never thought “Wanna Get Away” meant getting off the tarmac.

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Apparently 376 Central Americans have just requested asylum after crossing US border in Arizona through tunnels. So yeah, about that wall.

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Over 10,000 furloughed federal employees have now applied for food stamps. And sadly some of them are probably at the US Dept of Agriculture that oversees food stamps.

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School where Karen Pence teaches doesn’t just forbid LBGT students, they reserve “right to expel student if they, their parents, or someone in their household engages in homosexual or bisexual activity, or supports or condones that behavior.” “Supports or condones that behavior?” What, like playing Elton John music?”

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Got it, so Donald Trump only hires “the best people” but they become weak and stupid liars after they quit or he fires them.

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New Trump rule. “Under no circumstances during a government shutdown will any government owned, rented, leased or chartered aircraft support any Congressional delegation, without the express written approval of the White House Chief of Staff.”

But FLOTUS needing a spa weekend, THAT’s essential.

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Why Saturday for Trump important announcement? Does he know that even his cult member don’t want their football games interrupted? Or is he trying to end shutdown so Melania can avoid criticism when she takes a government plane back from her Florida spa weekend.

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Democrats have now passed 9 separate bills to open government. Just saying.

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Your reminder that the 9 bills Democrats have passed to open the government are almost the same bills the GOP-led Senate passed UNANIMOUSLY before Christmas.

DeMarcus Cousins to join Golden State Warriors this weeekend. Just in time to heat up the NBA Preseason.

Washington Wizards beat the NY Knicks Thursday in London 101-100.
As if Britain doesn’t have enough to worry about with Brexit issues think NBA could have sent them two real professional teams?

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Phil Mickelson, 48, shot a 12-under 60 in the Desert Classic Thursday tying his career low. Hope this is a good omen for that youngster Drew Brees, 40 on Sunday.

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Does Michael Cohen have good security and a food taster? Asking for a country.

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As the Trump shutdown continues, one group not asking why Nancy Pelosi isn’t giving in to appease Donald is women who’ve ever had a toddler. (Because we know – give into one tantrum, and worse ones follow.

On the same day Trump canceled Nancy Pelosi’s congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan,  he sent Melania in an Air Force Jet to Mar-A-Lago.

That last line doesn’t even need a punchline. But presumably with cake for local residents to eat?

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That moment when Donald Trump’s personal attorney reportedly paying to rig pools in Trump’s favor is only 2nd biggest bombshell story involving Michael Cohen today.

Sigh, posted on Twitter that Nancy Pelosi couldn’t go commercial as a government employee because no US airliner flies to Kabul.
Some MAGAer snarkily sent me a screen shot showing Emirates Airline flights. Right, no US airline, which government employees are supposed to take. But hey, why let laws get in the way of supporting a good tantrum.

I’m so old I remember waking up and not even giving a thought to what insanity President of the United States had done already this morning….

Now former Alabama and Texas quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Shane Buechele are the latest to have decided to enter the graduate transfer portal, which would allow them to play for their new universities next season.

Just once, I’d love to hear one of these guys announce what in graduate program they’re supposedly going to study.

New Dodgers President of Business Enterprise Tucker Kain has some big ideas – including “night clubs and sports bars inside Dodger Stadium.”
Well, it might be one way to get fans to stay past the 7th inning.

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Bill Belichick says he’s not concerned about the freezing weather expected in Kansas City for AFC championship. Well, and even if Patriots HAD played well enough for #1 seed, forecast is for snow and sleet in Boston this Sunday.

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Interim Michigan State President John Engler was forced to say he’ll resign today after telling Detroit News that Nassar’s victims had been in the “spotlight” & are “still enjoying that moment at times, you know, the awards & recognition.”
How long until Engler gets offered a job in Trump White House?

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Trump said he bought 1,000 hamburgers for Clemson football team, White House said it was more like 300. Does this mean he’s got 700 burgers stored in fridge to survive a long shutdown?

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Possible major flooding expected with storms in California over next two days. How long until Donald Trump somehow blames the state for it?

Note to SF Bay Area drivers. Rushing across the train tracks as signals start flashing and crossing arms start coming down is never smart. Doing that when it’s raining hard with slick roads is Darwin Award material.

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Trump tweets today that “radical Democrats are the party of open borders and crime” while his cult members in Senate vote against sanctions on criminal Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. #NotTheOnion

So with SOTU being possibly delayed does that mean White House can stop work on translating it from the original Russian?

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Apparently Chris Christie’s new book eviscerates Jared Kushner. But really, did Jared ever think the man who shut down a bridge over a perceived slight would forget being kicked out of a role in Trump administration?
Womp womp.

We cannot find him in the House.
We cannot find him with his spouse.
We cannot find him in a chair
We cannot find him anywhere
#WheresMitch.

Eagles coach Doug Pederson said yesterday “Carson Wentz is the quarterback going forward.” Guessing Wentz might be forgiven for not being too unhappy New Orleans Saints came to beat Philadelphia last week?

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Brandon Wimbush is transferring from Notre Dame to UCF “I am excited to announce that UCF has granted me an awesome opportunity to play my last year of collegiate football for their great University.”
Well, at least he isn’t even pretending it’s about academics.

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So do hamberders go well with covfefe?

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The official White House story is that Trump fed the Clemson team fast food because of the shutdown. Gosh, if there were only a hotel near the White House where Trump knew the catering staff….

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British Parliament rejects PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union – 432 votes to 202
Gosh, who knew a country could get a vote so wrong?

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So maybe Britain can just do a mulligan and have the whole country revote on Brexit?
Millions of Americans wish they could do the same with 2016.

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This 2020 election cycle is going to be tough for Donald Trump. So many women running for President, so little time to think of childish nicknames for them all.

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Open note to IRS workers, if Donald Trump calls you back to work without pay it might be an understandable error to accidentally release his tax returns.

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Surest sign things are not going well for Donald Trump? Fox News has headlines about another caravan again.

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Historically Presidents have loved to visit children’s classrooms. Guess we can be sure though Donald Trump won’t visit the new school where Karen Pence will teach,  which bans LGBTs.  They don’t allow anyone guilty of “moral misconduct” – including “heterosexual activity outside of marriage (e.g., premarital sex, cohabitation, extramarital sex).”

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Seriously, how hard would it be for Donald Trump to end the shutdown, declare he will privately fund the wall as a profit making operation and then lie about it being done?

From Marc Ragovin  “Now that Steve King has been stripped of his committee seats, he will probably announce his retirement to spend more time with his klan … I mean clan.”

Tom Brady  – “I know everyone thinks we suck “I know everyone thinks we suck and, you know, can’t win any games.”
Not quite Tom, everyone knows the Patriots can win football games. Most of them still think you guys suck. #cheaters

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As Trump buys fast food for Clemson players, have to wonder, how many restaurants in DC are hurting big time now because furloughed federal workers aren’t eating lunch or stopping by after work?

A tanker carrying 20 TONS of liquid chocolate overturned near Flagstaff today, spilling its contents over the highway. All we need is a truck full of chilis for the world’s biggest mole party.

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While Trump spoke in New Orleans today, originally he was confused and said he wsa going to Nashville. They both start with N. What’s the problem?

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Trump praised Saints once he figured out he was in New Orleans & not Tennessee. Guess no one told Donald this comment last season about him from Sean Payton “I think we need a little more wisdom in that office. Seems like every time he’s opening his mouth, it’s something that is dividing our country & not pulling us together.”

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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who criticizes socialized medicine as much as anyone in Congress,, will travel to Ontario, Canada later this month to get hernia surgery.    Is this a stealth move to try to get Canada to build a wall to keep him there?

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While Donald Trump rants about “Angel moms” & falsely limits them to moms whose children were killed by undocumented immigrants, your reminder he has still said NOTHING about police officer #NatalieCorona, 23, from a Mexican immigrant family, murdered by a white man.

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When asked to comment on Steve King racist remarks, Donald Trump responded “I haven’t been following it.”
Translation: the story hasn’t been covered on “Fox and Friends.”

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Donald Trump, ignoring his merit-based immigration claims from the past today to farmers – “people aren’t going to come, except for the people we want to come, because we want to take people in to help our farmers.”
Uh, one of the people he used as a racist dog whistle last fall was the killer of Mollie Tibbetts, who had been a reliable  and good – albeit undocumented – immigrant worker for four years in Iowa.

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Former Trump campaign advisor, Barry Bennett who has a political consulting firm with Corey Lewandowski, about furloughed workers “It’s inconvenient that they’re not getting paid. But it’s for time they’re not even going into the office.”
So the question of the day “Evil? Or just amoral?”

Today’s 14-point New Orleans Saints comeback was the largest in the team’s playoff history. Of course, last year in Minnesota coming back from 17-0 would have been the record. Not, not still bitter.

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Much talk of how Saints might have drafted Mahomes if KC hadn’t.   Yeah, Patrick was on the Saints raider. Right below the guy Sean Payton did draft, and said he wanted more – Marshon Lattimore.

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Anyone else noticed time never goes as slowly as it does when your team has a 4th quarter lead. #WhoDat #Saints

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As for the Chargers against Patriots, well, at least they helped cover the over.

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Not a Cowboys fan, but Terrell Owens calling out coach Jason Garrett as “not the answer” after their loss to Rams yesterday.
Because TO knows all about winning a Super Bowl?

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Jeanine Pirro asked Trump if he ever worked for Russia.
“I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked.”

Uh, wasn’t there a possible one word answer?

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Lots of snow in DC. Hope it doesn’t shut down the government.

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A 21-year-old man playing hide-and-seek in an abandoned building in Detroit with friends died last night when he ran to hide and fell down an elevator shaft.
Let me guess, alcohol might have been involved. #DarwinAward

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Lindsey Graham complaining about New York Times story on alleged FBI probe of Donald Trump after he fired Comey, “That story came from somebody who leaked it with an agenda.”
That’s like blaming Deep Throat for Watergate

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Now Trump tweeting that “Border is eventually going to be militarized and defended or the United States, as we have known it, is going to cease to exist.”
Uh, in many ways the United States, as we have known it, has ceased to exist since Donald moved into White House.
I miss having a President.

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More from Trump tweet storm “Best line in the Elizabeth Warren beer catastrophe is, to her husband, “Thank you for being here. I’m glad you’re here” It’s their house, he’s supposed to be there!”
Uh, where’s Melanie?  (sic)

Lawrence Taylor reportedly sent prostitutes to his opponents’ hotel rooms before big games

Thinking on a more PG level  Saints  fans should be hospitable hosts and send King Cakes to Eagles’ hotel rooms tonight. Lots of big King Cakes with gooey icing, maybe pecan and cream-cheese filled too.

Okay, who had Colts scoring first TD in 2nd quarter, before they had a 1st down?

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At times like this with bombshells about Trump rvealed by Washington Post and NY Times, it is important to remember that Barack Obama once wore a tan suit.

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Trump may have gotten rid of records from his private meeting with Russia’s leader. But I’ll bet Putin kept his.

California police officer Ronil Singh, 33, fatally shot by an illegal immigrant, tweeted about and eulogized repeatedly by Donald Trump.
Natalie Corona, 23, fatally shot by a white man with a battery conviction, and crickets.
Sad, and pathetic.

Tim Tebow is engaged. So guess he’s finally been completing his passes.

Two-years, $20 million for Jed Lowrie, 34, with Mets. Nice deal. And maybe at his age Lowrie is tired of dealing with playoff pressure?

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Congratulations to Gregg Popovich, now #3 on all-time NBA coaching wins list.  The Spurs this year have EIGHT new players on their roster and no real point guard. It is just possible Pop is GOAT coach.

And 56 points from Lamarcus Aldridge and an NBA record 84% (16-19) on 3-pointers, and 154 points in double OT.  Just like everyone expected for the second game of a back-to-back.

Unidentified person reportedly decapitated by a helicopter at a small Florida airport. The local sheriff called it “a “very serious aircraft accident.”
I think I prefer- a serious Darwin winner.

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Iowa GOP Rep Steve King -“White nationalist, white supremacist… how did that language become offensive?”
But hey, a Democratic woman Rep. called Trump a “motherf*cker” and another woman danced. #priorities

Someone registered officialsecuretheborderfund.com

Worth a click.

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If Donald Trump wants to prove Democrats are lying about meetings why doesn’t he just televise all meetings he has with them?

A police officer was shot and critically injured in Davis tonight. No comment from Donald Trump – and no doubt there won’t be. Unless it turns out shooter was undocumented.

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Trump fundraiser of the day:
“Look at just a few examples of what the Liberal Elites had to say about the Presidential Address:
Jim Acosta: “Trump address hazardous to the truth.”
Jimmy Kimmel: “Rarely does a president of the United States interrupt primetime television to warn us about a completely made up thing.”
Chuck Schumer: “This president just used the backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis.”

Clemson DT Dexter Lawrence, who was suspended indefinitely over PEDs and missed Tigers’ postseason games, has announced he will leave early for 2019 NFL draft. Makes sense, because in NFL a positive drug test only costs you 4 games.

Eight NFL head coaches fired, six white men – so far hired. How’s that “Rooney Rule” working out?

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More from our well-regulated militia:  A former LSU offensive lineman lost a leg in a duck hunting incident after his dog reportedly jumped on his gun and, the weapon went off.    Well, dog-gone it.

SF Giants changing name from AT&T Park to Oracle Park. And it’s only a coincidence if fans suddenly end up with a major increased in dropped calls?

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FDA issued recall notice for “Modjeskas” candy, sold by Kentucky company and QVC as it might be contaminated with Hepatitis A. Okay, MAGAers, you know what to do. Defy science, buy more of the candy and “own the libs.”

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Trump argues we need wall to stop migrants driving right across in their “unbelievable vehicles… stronger, bigger, and faster vehicles than our police have, than ICE has” So Trump is TRYING to get more Americans to buy cars made in Mexico?

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Maybe if someone told Donald Trump that until the shutdown is over, health inspectors won’t be able to vouch for the safety of his fast food orders…

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Trump insists walls work.   But curiously a wall didn’t work to stop Dorothy, a tin man, scarecrow and lion.   Speaking of REALLY successful witch hunts…

Coast Guard suggested their employees consider a garage sale during their furlough. Hmm, or maybe some private sales of stuff they might happen to find on boats trying to sneak into the US?

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So when the next hurricane destroys parts of Florida, Louisiana or Texas, will Trump withhold FEMA money until people stop building near the shoreline?

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None of the headlines today seem to have real Trump Oval Office Tuesday speech message right. “My campaign manager shared political polling data with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence but I REALLY hope you won’t notice.”

Warriors haven’t beaten up on a team in recent memory. Tonight they beat NY Knicks  by 27, and it wasn’t that close. A message to Kevin Durant just in case he’s thinking about “trying to make it there” to prove he can “make it anywhere…?”

Give Trump some credit for distraction. While we were focused on his train wreck in Washington,  Wizards outscored the 76ers by 9 in the 4th quarter and still lost by 17.

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Actually, Trump has something in common with the hapless Washington Wizards.  For the forseeable future, they’re both going to be Wall-less.

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So after Dabo Swinney’s description of where they were last night will Santa Clara change their name to “wherever-the-heck California?”

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On a brighter note for 49ers fans last night at Levi’s Stadium, with Trevor Lawrence they may have gotten a glimpse of the QB they can draft in 2021 if they keep s*cking.

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So no smugglers will ever bring drugs in by boats or planes ever again if we put up steel slats. Got it.

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Nothing Donald Trump hates more than being upstaged. So please, next time he demands airtime for a “National emergency” can some celebrity have a friend drive them slowly on LA freeways in a white Bronco?

So Wednesday morning Rush Limbaugh, arrested for abusing oxycodone and hydrocodone, will commend Donald Trump, who abuses Adderall, for Trump’s speech condemning illegal drugs in this country.

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This SHOULD have been the #Pelosi #Schumer rebuttal. From Dec. 11, “I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck. … I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it.”

Serious note.  Few things get me as genuinely livid as the fact that in this country if you are a police officer killed by an American citizen, or a woman killed by a husband or boyfriend, or a child killed by a family member, you will get crickets from Trump. But ah, if your killer is undocumented, then you are a posthumous saint.

Trevor Lawrence said he hopes to win “at least 3” more championships at Clemson. If he were a basketball player he’d be packing up his dorm room tomorrow.

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Your reminder that Clemson senior QB Kelly Bryant transferred to Missouri this year after he said starting job was unfairly taken away from him & given to Trevor Lawrence.

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Hard to believe but this Clemson team needed a 4th quarter comeback led by 3rd string QB Chase Brice earlier this year to beat Syracuse.

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Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa sure looked like an NFL quarterback tonight. Unfortunately the QB he looked like was Mark Sanchez.

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Carl Grove, 90, was stripped of his gold medal in cycling he won at Masters Track National Championships after testing positive for a PED.
He blamed the result on “bad meat.” Really, wouldn’t it have been more believable to claim a tainted supplement? Like Ensure?

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Nonpolitical rant of the day: If you have about 10 items in a “10 items or less Express Line” AND you have two return items for credit requiring manager approval, AND you want to complain because you spent 25 cents for a bag last time and the handle broke… just maybe you shouldn’t be in the Express Line.

If it was a REAL national emergency , why didn’t Donald Trump have his press conference preempt the National Football Championship?

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That moment when the Bachelor is ready to start up another season tonight and you realize it’s much more reality-based than the show coming out of the Oval Office.

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About this national emergency Trump wants to declare to build the wall: he had over 700 days with GOP in control of House and Senate when he could have passed almost anything he wanted….

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So POTUS who refers to media as “enemy of the people” just got all major networks to give him free time for an immigration speech, when those same networks turned down Obama’s request for same thing in 2014.
But yeah, Democrats need to be more civil.

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Just guessing Tuesday night that Trump will
1. Declare a national emergency giving him power and unlimited money to build his wall.
2. Declare he will sign a bill to open government and take credit for it.
3. Declare victory
4. Declare he has earned a vacation.
And then, like with the caravan and his middle-class tax cut and most everything else and drug prices, he will do nothing except search for the next shiny distracting object.” 

Any Bears fan blaming Cody Parkey for the loss today has to ask themselves – if you couldn’t contain Nick Foles and Eagles when it mattered how the hell did you expect to stop Jared Goff and the Rams?

What went wrong for Ravens?  Waiting for media to ask Ray Lewis to take a stab at it.

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Seriously, anyone but me really tired of seeing Ray Lewis being honored and over at football games. Heck, NFL pretends OJ Simpson doesn’t exist. 

#JacinthBaker #RichardLollar

Thinking all Sean Payton and Drew Brees have to do to keep Saints from getting too complacent against Eagles is show a replay of New Orleans last play against the Vikings from 2018.

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Poor Sebastian Janikowski, injured in first half of Saturday’s wild card game.. Suppose it’s not much consolation for him and Seahawks that his medical bills should be covered by Medicare.

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At least 49ers and Raiders fans didn’t have to deal with playoff drama. #smallmercies

Trying to remember the last time a male Presidential candidate was referred to as “unlikable.”

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Fox News top story about funeral for California police officer Ronil Singh “who was gunned down after stopping an illegal immigrant.”
47 officers were killed in line of duty in 2018. Wonder why Singh is the biggest headline?

(And somehow Fox didn’t mention that Singh himself, while legal, came here as an unskilled immigrant from Fiji, and trained at various jobs  for 8 years to become an officer.)

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Trump today on furloughed government workers, 16 days into the Trump Shutdown ‘I can relate and I’m sure that the people who are on the receiving end will make adjustments, they always do.”
He can relate? What, because he hasn’t been able to golf in Florida?

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From today’s Trump fundraising email “Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer shut down YOUR government by choosing illegal immigrants over hard-working American patriots like YOU. NO MORE!
The only reason Democrats shut down the government is because they know they can’t win in 2020. They don’t care about your safety, they only care about Presidential Harassment!”

Again , Dec. 11, “I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck. … I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it.”

QB Joe Flacco, now the backup to Lamar Jackson for tomorrow’s Ravens wildcard game against Chargers. “It’s definitely not the most fun position in the world.”
As opposed to a tee-time to get Joe home in time to watch his team watch Steelers play instead?

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DeMar DeRozan, on his first triple-double to help the Spurs trounce the Raptors, who traded him for Kawhi Leonard despite his desire to stay in Toronto – “It wasn’t emotional at all for me. … It was just a fun game for me.”
Good thing for San Antonio that DeRozan is a better player than he is a liar.

So about halfway through the NBA regular season, and basically every in the Western Conference still has a realistic shot at the playoffs.

Well, except for the Phoenix Suns, aka “Chopped liver.”

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Georgia QB Justin Fields is leaving the school, reportedly for Ohio State. Fields will apply to NCAA for a hardship waiver so he can be eligible to play in 2019: The hardship, he lost his starting job to another student-athlete. What a system.

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Can we declare a national emergency to deal with a President who thinks he can declare a national emergency over a stupid wall?
Asking for a country.

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When I woke up and read someone called Donald   Trump a “motherf*cker” my first thought was “Now which member of his Cabinet?”

Trump now threatening to keep government closed for “months or even years.”
So over 800,000 workers will continue to go without a paycheck because of his tantrum. Rep Rashida  Tlaib, who called him a “Motherf*cker”  may have been too kind

Trump said of Rhasida Tlaib’s “motherf*cker” comment “she dishonored herself and dishonored her family using language like that in front of her son and whoever else was there.”
Right, the correct way to honor your son is to sleep with both a porn star and a Playboy bunny while he’s an infant….

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Trump also today “I want Apple to make their iPhones and all of the great things that they make in the United States.”
Wonder if MAGAers would cheer quite so loud if they realized this would mean needing a mortgage for a phone.

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