Left Coast Sports Babe

Well, to be fair to the SF Giants, neither the Raiders nor the 49ers have won a game in September either.

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So who has a better chance of winning a game in September – the Cleveland Browns or the SF Giants?

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Except for a Sunday night game that most people figured was over when Aaron Rodgers was carted off, weekend NFL ratings were up from last season.
I missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

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So will Aaron Rodgers be first NFL player to win Comeback Player of the Game?

Just wondering, Kenner, Louisiana, where that mayor banned Nike gear, is a suburb of New Orleans. What if Drew Brees showed up wearing his official Saints Nike uniform?

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders says it’s “sad” that NY Times Op-Ed is getting so much attention.
Uh, maybe because her boss is obsessed with it?

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Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis has resigned to spend more time campaigning for Governor.
Hmm. can Gov. Rick Scott do the same with his Senate campaign?

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So who had the International Criminal Court in Trump attack bingo?

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Now Trump tweeting “my people just informed me that this could be worst storm to hit the East Coast in years.” “My people?”. Did someone turn White House TV from Fox News to the Weather Channel?

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FIVE angry tweets Monday morning from Trump on the Woodward book.
Where is Queen Gertrude from Hamlet when we need her? “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

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New report says iPhone price would rise 20% if Apple started making them in US.
Well, maybe Americans will still be able to buy phones with the money they’ll have from NOT being able to buy health insurance.

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John Kelly already banned personal cell phones in the West Wing, now he has tightened the rules on government-issued phones. Meanwhile,  Donald Trump keeps tweeting on an unsecured phone. What could go wrong?

We’ve never had a military coup in this country. But Bob Woodward took down one President and might help take down another. The pen IS mightier than the sword.

Breaking long losing streak with a tie is one of the most Browns things ever.

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Meanwhile Saints fans thinking “Could opening weekend have been any worse?”
Packers fans thinking “Uh…”

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So according to Trump, Americans really don’t care about sports, we just want to watch men in uniform stand while patriotic music is played?

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Just wondering, as Donald Trump starts another Sunday with rant against the NFL…. when POTUS plays a round of golf, does he stand for the anthem first?-

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Trump already ranting that “NFL first game ratings are way down over an already really bad last year comparison.” Uh, he sent that tweet before all but two teams PLAYED their first game.

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Andrew Luck now says he had an AC shoulder injury while snowboarding after the 2015 season, although it was the torn labrum that cost him last season.
Well, at least he didn’t say he was washing his truck.

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Seeing all these headlines about Cardi B and Nicki Minaj and feeling no desire to read the story makes me realize what my friends who hate sports must feel when I get worked up over a game.
#IreallydontcaredoU?

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The last time Kentucky beat Florida in football, November 17, 1979, ESPN was a two-month old network.

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Might this be a good time to remind Americans that Cory Booker played football for Stanford?  #NerdNation

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Only good thing for Michigan State fans.  If they rebound their loss to ASU was so late at night playoff committee had to be asleep.

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Having John McEnroe present Novak Djokovic the US trophy shows clearly that tennis will not tolerate emotional outbursts on the court.

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Mike Pence says he spends about “four hours a day” with Donald Trump and “what I see is a tough leader, a demanding leader…”
How sad, I don’t like Mike Pence but it sucks to have macular degeneration.

If Ted Cruz is really against tofu, silicon and hair dye, not only will he lose votes from Texas soybean farmers but a whole lot of Texas women.

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Three days since Cincinnati mass shooting and crickets from Trump.   If killer had been from another country instead of Puerto Rico Trump would be talking about the victims constantly.

Sports Illustrated claims Seahawks have had internal issues over Pete Carroll’s perceived favoritism toward quarterback Russell Wilson.   Maybe it’s as simple as Carroll still trying to apologize for that Super Bowl pass call?

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Several National League teams are still playing for playoff berths.  SF Giants appear to be playing for a higher draft pick.

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On the other hand,  even with two wild card berths, American League teams can almost take all of September off.   #NoDrama

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The Detroit Tigers TV announcers have been suspended for the remainder of the season after a physical altercation in the booth.  Suspended?  Maybe Tigers should have invited both of them into the locker room for inspiration  – they showed more fight than team has all season.

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A trained Dallas Police Officer fatally shoots a man because she says she mistook his apartment for hers and thought he was an intruder.   But yeah, let’s arm teachers.

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We are all #plaidshirtguy

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So Rand Paul wants White House staffers to take a lie detector test.  Can he start by answering what happened with his neighbor?

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Nike sales are up, Amazon has record profits. Wonder how many other companies will try to get attacked by Trump?

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Fox News complaining about Obama’s criticizing Trump in his speech yesterday, saying he was “breaking norms.” Irony, your table is ready.

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John Cornyn saying Cory Booker’s release of “committee confidential” docs is “likely a matter for the Senate Ethics Committee.” When they get done reviewing what happened with Merrick Garland?

If Trump only hires “best people” and the NY Times Op Ed isn’t real, why does Trumpcare so much about finding the mythical writer?

For years I’ve been saying “If you don’t vote forfeit all bitching rights.” Now thinking, if you don’t vote, forfeit all democracy rights.

Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka, age 20, for the US Open championship. And Serena’s about to prove that mothers can serve, as well as know, best.

If Bob Woodward’s book is even partially accurate we have a President who isn’t even capable of choosing the team captain for a White House softball team let alone a Supreme Court Justice.

But maybe Trump COULD resign and become GM for the Mets?

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Apparently Donald Trump has narrowed his list of suspects on that NY Times OpEd.   He thinks it happened in the library, with the wrench, Colonel Mustard.

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Some wonder why that “Anonymous White House” official, who claims to be a Republican, went to NY Times instead of Fox News.  What if they DID go to Fox News first, and were ignored or dismissed?

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For anyone who said Cory Booker should have played by the rules. Yeah, that worked out so well for Democrats and Justice Merrick Garland.

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Open note to Donald Trump – before you go after Cory Booker remember that Cory played football at Stanford.   He can kick your a**.

Seriously, how easy would it have been for Trump to have laughed off  the NY Times Op Ed and Bob Woodward book by saying he doesn’t comment on fiction?” Instead, by his anger he’s confirmed both.

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Rudy now says Trump will not answer investigators’ questions on obstruction of justice. As if he was ever going to tell the truth anyway

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So Kavanaugh thinks we need to “harden” the schools? As if it’s not “hard” enough in school these days without working about guns on campus.

Anyone who considers birth control to be “abortion-inducing drugs” is respectfully speaking, too clueless about science to be a Supreme Court Judge.

Who knew we might miss days of “I want a President I can have a beer with,” now that some Republicans are going – “I want a President who sounds like he has drunk a six-pack.”

Rafael Nadal – Dominic Thiem US Open match lasted 4 hours and 49 minutes. Wow. That’s almost as long as the average Red Sox-Yankees game.

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SF Giants Dereck Rodriguez  on Coors Field: “I forgot how fun it is to pitch here. I love this mound here. It’s just really fun pitching here.”

Forget the Giants losing game. Hope that statement isn’t enough to get D-Rod drug-tested.

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Trump says Nike made “a terrible mistake,” Serena Williams lauds their Kaepernick ad. How long for the Presidential tweet saying “Serena is overrated?”

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So are the people cutting the Nike swooshes off their socks and other athletic wear replacing the symbol with a more appropriate snowflake?

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So how many MAGAers are burning their Nikes and replacing them with cheap shoes made in China?

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Nonpolitical thought for the day. Cruise ships love to see bears, it’s like real-life Nature Channel. Bears love to see cruise ships, it’s like real-life Food Network.

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Theranos is formally shutting down. The whole thing was such a con you have to wonder if Trump was somehow involved?

Looking good for all those with John Kelly in Trump firing bingo

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Presidential tweets on Typhoon in Japan – zero, Presidential tweets on Tropical Storm hitting Gulf Coast – zero. Presidential tweets on Woodward book Trump claims is fake – about six. So far today. #priorities

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If we can’t confirm a Supreme Court judge eight months before an election, how can we possibly confirm a Supreme Court judge eight WEEKS before an election?

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If “elections have consequences”  then Democrats would have a whole lot less problem with Brett Kavanaugh being confirmed. Because Merrick Garland would have been confirmed.

Fred Guttenberg wishes HE could still be a great carpool dad for his daughter.#Kavanaugh

How many 49ers fans are torn between desire to support Colin Kaepernicik and Nike and still really glad Kap is no longer San Francisco’s QB?

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As Miami Marlins stagger to the end of their seasons, they would like to thank the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes for distracting Florida sports fans this weekend.

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Unhappiest people right now besides Roger Federer fans have to be advertisers who bought time with ESPN for the US Open’s next’s men’s round.

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Meanwhile for all those little girls who wanted to grow up to be ballerinas AND rule the world….

So what do you do if you’re a MAGAer with Tiger Woods Nike merchandise and you want to keep it because Trump is supporting Tiger but now Nike is supporting Colin Kaepernick?
Hatred is so confusing.

Guessing Donald Trump would be threatening to boycott Nike if he’d ever bought Nike shoes or work out gear in his life.

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John Kerry will not rule out a run for President in 2020. Because we don’t have enough candidates to represent the demographic of old white men?

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Seahawks owner Paul Allen gave $100 to GOP to help them keep the House this November. Because billionaires didn’t get a big enough tax cut?

Dr. Gary Tigges apologized after being quoted in the Dallas Medical Journal as saying about women doctors’ salaries “Yes, there is a pay gap, Female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients as male physicians”
Was Tigges hoping to be hired as White House physician?

John McCain was no saint. And he made a number of mistakes in his life, most damaging perhaps his choice of running mate.
But he loved his family and he loved America.
Can anyone honestly say the same about Trump?
(lusting after your daughter doesn’t count.)

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Another reason Trump is so upset today. Millions of Americans ADMIRE the relationship John McCain had with HIS daughter.

Bottled water has an expiration date?! So what happens when it expires?

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From Trump fundraising email. (Yeah, I know, who put me on this list?)
“You only have until TOMORROW at 11:59 to get 40% OFF all OFFICIAL TRUMP MERCHANDISE for our Labor Day Sale”
Gosh, who knew this stuff wasn’t selling out?

Official Trump merchandise from the MAGA committee store is shipped by the USPS. Wonder how their negotiated rates compare to Amazon’s?

As a liberal, I supported McCain’s right to have all the people HE wanted to eulogize him and attend.
And I will support Trump’s right someday to pick people to eulogize him and attend his funeral. Both of them.

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This is the last weekend of the year without professional football. Well, not counting the SEC.

SF Giants now gone from only getting 1-2 runs a day to 1-2 hits a day? This is NOT progress.

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Trump started out Sunday morning praising TIger Woods. Who does he think he is, ESPN?

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Nick Saban called a reporter personally to apologize after being nasty over a question on his quarterback situation,   Imagine how cranky he’s going to be after Alabama’s first loss.

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GOP Senator Chuck Grassley tweeted out a “prayer”  that “our President can be as disciplined in his discourse and speeches like last two [weeks before] his election.”

Because “thoughts and prayers” have worked so well?

I miss having a President who spent Saturday nights enjoying life with his wife and family.

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What this morning’s McCain Memorial reminds us is that decent people can disagree about politics. And that America still has decent people. Even if not right now in the White House.

Yeah, Stanford had an opening night crowd at kickoff that would have embarrassed the Oakland As.
But seriously, what do you expect when you sell your soul for TV rights and the first game is against San Diego State, three weeks before classes start, and at 6p on the Friday of Labor Day weekend

So is Aramis Garcia one of the power hitters SF Giant fans have been dreaming about? Or is this just another AAA game but against the Mets?

And who knew the SF Giants offense was capable of scoring a touchdown?

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Urban Meyer says he “did not condone domestic violence” or “lie to reporters” but “my fault was in not taking action sooner against a troubled employee about his work-related issues.” So how long until Meyer leaves coaching to run for office?

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JetBlue raised their first checked bag fee to $30 on Wednesday. Today United changed their fee to $30 effective immediately.
So congratulations to all those who had “48 hours” in the pool.

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So the “sniveling coward” Donald Trump who is “worse than Hillary” has endorsed “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz, whose dad killed JFK. Ain’t politics grand?

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Some questioning why Trump’s poll numbers haven’t fallen more in a week with Manafort verdict & story of Cohen flipping. One reason, Fox News watchers probably haven’t heard either story.

So let’s see, this week  Trump has angered veterans over his disrespect for John McCain, and over 2 million federal workers with a wage freeze. Good thing he doesn’t need either group to be re-elected…..

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Open note to Donald Trump, if you’re going to be upset about “off the record” insults to Canada being leaked maybe you should stop tweeting on an unsecured cellphone.

Trump cranky about his leaked “off the record” comments – but “at least Canada knows where I stand.”

Right, they shouldn’t have leaked that I acted like a petulant child but I am doubling down on my tantrum.

Really like Andrew McCutchen and have enjoyed watching him play. But couldn’t SF Giants have traded him to a team Giants fans could tolerate?   #DamnYankees

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Now Trump is saying actual tapes that everyone has seen (but he doesn’t like) are “fudged.”

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As an SF Giants fan can we be Presidential and say all those game tapes blown saves and 1 run losses this year were fudged and the team is on their way to clinching the NL West?

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Now 145 former Ohio State students have come forward to accuse late sports doctor Richard Strauss of sexual abuse, the abuse Jim Jordan now denies knowing about. So another “he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he…. said” situation

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Must be killing Donald Trump that even Fox News is devoting the morning to John McCain’s funeral.

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As crazy as Betsy Devos’ idea to spend school money to arm teachers sounds, suppose with enough guns teachers can get all the school supplies they want.

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I remember days when Phyllis Schlafly was biggest traitor to her gender we could imagine. Now Betsy Devos’s new rules for sexual violence investigations on campus “Every complainant’s sexual history, if relevant. may be introduced at the hearing…” #WTF?

Trump today cancels pay raises for most federal employees set to take effect in January, citing budget concerns.
Got to pay for those billionaire tax cuts somehow.

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Not only did Trump at his Indiana rally say “Democrats want to raid Medicare to pay for Socialism,”  but Breitbart doubled down on it by making the statement a headline

And here Trump complains Democrats claim his supporters are stupid – he’s the one acting like they are.

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So if the US economy has never been better why does Trump need to cancel pay raises for federal employees because our budget cannot afford it?
Asking for a country.

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Trump bragging today about 401k’s and stock market. Wasn’t one of reasons MAGAers said they voted for him is that all the economic gains were going to the elites – ie stockholders?

Miami Marlins will allow noisemakers in designated section of Marlins Park next year. Apparently they want to make 300 fans sound like 30,000?

Packers signed Aaron Rodgers to 4-year, $134 million extension. In related news expect Green Bay to announce beer and brats can now be paid for with an interest-free loan.

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Cleveland releases LB  Mychal Kendricks after he was charged for insider trading over making over  $1 million in illegal investments in 2014.  Well, at least Kendricks didn’t do something obvious like betting against the Browns.

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Betsy Devos wants to use federal funds to arm teachers in schools, which means taking the money from things like school supplies. On the other hand, with enough guns, maybe teachers can demand all the pencils they want.

Ted Cruz must be getting scared, Texas GOP running an ad referencing a DUI arrest Beto O’Rourke got over 20 years ago.
But considering George W. Bush and Cheney had 3 such arrests between them, maybe Republicans are trying to say O’Rourke is Presidential material.

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So who’s going to be one to break it to Donald Trump that Republicans generally win Republican primaries?

Meanwhile, in Arizona,  over 140,000 people STILL voted for Kelli Ward, and over 94,000 voted for Joe Arpaio. Hillary was right about deplorables.

ICE agents detailed 160 allegedly undocumented workers after a surprise raid at Load Trail Trailers in Texas, but no “criminal arrests” were made.
Uh, why not? If Feds REALLY wanted to stop businesses hiring illegals, lock the executives up.

Johnny Manziel now saying when he got to Cleveland I was like, ‘Can I go back to college?’
And soon Browns fans thought the same thing.

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USA Today has college BOWL projections out today. And we thought Pumpkin Spice Lattes in August were jumping the gun.

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SF Giants these days are doing a great impersonation of a really good baseball team.  Either that or the lousy act went on a little longer than intended.

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Another day, another airline travel waiver for severe weather in Chicago. As a travel agent, can’t wait for winter and better weather.

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Elon Musk has been acting so crazy lately you almost have to wonder if he’s considering a Presidential Exploratory Committee.

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Catholic Charities of Buffalo is shutting down adoption services because state of NY says they cannot refuse to place children with same-sex couples.  Guess they think better the children should be looked after by priests?

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Al Gore – “I invented the internet.”

Donald Trump- “I am trying to eliminate the internet.”

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The real reason Donald Trump is mad at Google?. He probably figured out he’s a lot less popular than most cat videos.

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Anyone remember that old party game Twister? The modern version is Trump apologists trying to explain how every insane thing he says or does is part of a rational plan.

Trump apparently in talking to Shinzo Abe told Japanese PM
“I remember Pearl Harbor.”
No wonder the aging President, born in 1946, hates Google. It tells people the date of Pearl Harbor.

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What’s next, we’re going to hear that Trump told Angela Merkel he remembers when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? #AnimalHouse

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Trump ranting today about Google. Wait until someone tells him both Kim Kardashian and Barack Obama have more Twitter followers than he does.

Whatever you do now don’t google “Imbecile.” It would really upset Trump.

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But okay fellow Democrats, to make sure that #BlueWave happens in November we HAVE to get over “I’m not voting for ‘anyone endorsed by Hillary, Bernie or fill in the blank’ for whoever failed your purity test.”

Angels and Rockies combined for NINE runs in the 8th inning Monday night. The shocking part, it wasn’t at Coors Field.

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You know it’s been a rough year when the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals have both been eliminated from the playoffs.  And it’s only August.

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Larry Fitzgerald, who will speak at John McCain’s funeral, on the Arizona Cardinals deciding to lock arms in the end zone during the anthem last year. “Everybody has a different opinion. You get 60 guys from different religions, different backgrounds, different races together, there’s going to be some differences of opinion. But the thing I liked about it is we were able to stick together as a unit, and that’s what it’s about.”
If anyone had doubts why Senator McCain wanted a football player at his funeral instead of the President of the United States.

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A man who can’t figure out that flag should be at half-staff for a war-hero Senator is not someone who should be lecturing athletes on the anthem. Period.

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Whatever you can say against Hillary Clinton, it’s pretty certain as President she would have lowered the White House flag immediately for John McCain, as well as issuing a gracious statement.

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Too soon to start a pool on when the alleged deal between the U.S. and Mexico will collapse? “Who knew trade could be so complicated?”

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I refuse to believe an actual deal with Mexico has been reached until I see the commemorative coins.

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Vanity Fair reports White House counsel Don McGahn thinks pardoning Manafort is a bad idea, so Trump might hire a new lawyer. At this point, who’d take the job?

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Safeway has Halloween candy, Starbucks is bringing back “Pumpkin Spice Latte” tomorrow. It’s AUGUST.
Can we blame Trump?

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So Fox News, which devoted their front page for days to the murder of a young woman in Iowa, seems to have no concept of the fact that two young men were murdered in a mass shooting yesterday in Florida.
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

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Uh,  Marco Rubio.  About Florida’s latest mass shooting –  “The Baltimore native, who used two legally purchased handguns, had a history of mental illness, authorities announced during a press conference Monday.”

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Melania Trump in a fundraising email “Democrats and the opposition media are doing everything they possibly can to discredit Donald with false accusations by spreading their fake news and making it appear that he does not have the support of America’s voters.”
Hmm, guessing at least she didn’t plagiarize this one from Michelle Obama.

Three games into the NFL pre-season. Have the Browns been officially eliminated yet?

Tiger Woods had a bad day putting. Guess it would be childish to make jokes about Tiger no longer finding it so easy to put in the holes.

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SF Giants, along with the NY Mets, are having disappointing seasons.  On the other hand, the Baltimore Orioles will just miss losing their 100th game of the year… in August.

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Congratulations to Hawaii for winning the Little League World Series. Waiting for Trump to tweet next year he hopes winner is an US team.

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Neil Simon “I can’t think of a humorous situation that does not involve some pain. I used to ask “What is a funny situation?” Now I ask “What is a sad situation and how can I tell it humorously?  R.I.P.

That moment when a President of a Foreign country, in his second language, far outclasses our US President. Tweet from Emmanuel Macron  “John McCain was a true American hero. He devoted his entire life to his country. His voice will be missed. Our respectful thoughts go to his beloved ones.”

One young woman killed by an immigrant and Trump rants about the border and his wall. Multiple people killed by a man who lost a video game tournament and crickets…

Admittedly, girls, young women, and grown women can be nasty.   But we don’t tend to shoot a bunch of people when we don’t get our way.

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On other hand, showing that no party has a monopoly on mean and stupid,  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posts a nice tribute to John McCain and  many of her most liberal supporters immediately attack her because of bad things he did in his life. This is why we can’t have nice things.

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This would, however, be a time for Marco Rubio or another GOP senator praising John McCain to have a maverick moment and actually introduce some reasonable gun control legislation.

Or Lindsay Graham “I had always viewed him as indestructible. It never crossed my mind that there would be political life without John McCain, until now.” Well, how about honoring him by remembering where you put your spine?

We knew it was coming, but still, too soon. RIP John McCain.

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A great way for one of John McCain’s GOP colleagues to honor him would be trying to emulate him some time by putting country over party.

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Even Fox News loved John McCain more than they will ever love Donald Trump.

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Susan Collins said John McCain’s death meant we have “lost the last lion.”  Perhaps it is time to look to the lionesses.

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Hawaii will play South Korea for the Little League World Series Championship. Waiting for hard-core MAGAers to protest that there’s no US team involved.

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Urban Meyer’s lawyer said the Buckeyes football coach “fell on the sword” in accepting Ohio State’s “punishment.”
Uh, please, a three-game suspension where only conference game is vs. Rutgers? More like fell on a semi-sharp pencil.

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Urban Meyer Friday “Let me say here and now what I should have said on Wednesday: I sincerely apologize to Courtney Smith and her children for what they have gone through,”
Translation, someone heard from his wife or lawyer.

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Does anyone doubt that if the Buckeyes were a .500 football team, Urban Meyer would have been fired weeks ago?

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Apparently Maryland AD Kevin Anderson used department money to hire a lawyer for two football-players accused of sexual misconduct.
Ah, for the days that the Terps were only embarrassing on the field….

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Does GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, who just threw his wife under the bus by blaming her for his misuse of campaign funds, realize women have the right to vote?

Three people shot, one fatally, at a Florida high school football game. Well, clearly all football fans need to be armed.

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Mike Pence has been so invisible lately you figure Dick Cheney must have given him the key to his undisclosed secret location.

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Now it’s the White Sox’s Michael Kopech apologizing for racist homophobic teenage tweets. Think Jon Lester has it right – “…scrub your account of anything you wouldn’t want plastered next to your face on front page of newspaper. Better yet, don’t say stupid things in the first place.”

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And didn’t we all have the reeling SF Giants managing to beat Jacob deGrom?

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According to ESPN “upon learning about accusations made by Courtney Smith… Urban Meyer and a fellow football staffer discussed how to adjust settings on Meyer’s phone so that text messages more than a year old would be deleted.”

Maybe Kathy Bates was right “foosball is da devil.”

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Just for the heck of it – the Who’s Roger Daltrey, interviewed last week & talking about his avoidance of hard drugs. “All I ever did was pot. I was f*cking boring. You try getting three people on acid from the Monterey Pop Festival to London.”

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Rudy Giuliani said the American people would “revolt” if Trump is impeached. Only the revolting ones.

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Duncan Hunter spent $600 of campaign funds on an airline ticket for a rabbit? Forget representing his constituents, the man isn’t even smart enough to find a decent travel agent.

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It has been over a month & Donald Trump hasn’t mentioned another incredible young woman murdered in July #NiaWilson
Wonder why?

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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he warned “Trump that firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions “would be a very, very, very bad idea.”
And what if Trump does it anyway? Sasse will be “very very” troubled?

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Lindsay Graham, who in 2017 said if Trump fired Sessions “there will be holy hell to pay.” now says “The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in…” Forget coal, we could power much of the US with wind power from spinning Republicans.

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What times we live in when a President can’t even rely on his Pecker.

As Trump tweets late night again with a false brag about his election, who knew that 3am phone call POTUS would be ready for would be from Vladimir Putin or Sean Hannity?

Ohio State suspended Urban Meyer for games against Oregon State, Rutgers and #16 TCU. Means one thing, Buckeyes think TCU is overrated.
You do have to wonder, why didn’t Ohio State suspend Urban Meyer for four games? Game four is in Columbus, against that powerhouse Tulane.

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Four games for covering up an assistant coach’s domestic violence. But hey, it’s not like Meyer would ever protect a murderer…. .  Oops, sorry, never mind.

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Cleveland Browns assistant coach Bob Wylie, not into modern training ideas, on “Hard Knocks”: “We won two World Wars without stretching.”
But seriously, how can a Browns head coach claim to be an expert on anything involving winning.

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“Redneck Woman” country singer Gretchen Wilson was arrested for causing a disturbance on an airplane. Well, if nothing else she should be able to get a new song out of the incident .

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If it had come out President Hillary Clinton had directed her lawyer to pay off one of Bill’s ex-mistresses with campaign funds just before election, am sure GOP would shrug it off….

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We really shouldn’t already be politicizing a young woman’s death. But since Trump started immediately… the alleged undocumented killer of Mollie Tibbetts apparently was working (illegally) for 4 years on Iowa farm owned by GOP politician. Making the employer an accessory to murder. #LockHimUp

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Sarah Sanders ends her opening statement by expressing condolences to the Tibbetts family. “Sadly, the individual believed to be responsible for the murder is an illegal immigrant.”

She forgot to add, “Sadly, the individual who illegal employed her alleged killer for four years is a Republican who ran for Secretary of Agriculture in the state.”

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Wonder why we’ve never heard Trump say that Nia Wilson was an incredible young woman?

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Did Shakespeare imagine Michael Cohen? To paraphrase “Nothing in his life (covering for Trump) so became him as the leaving of it.”

Someday we’ll tell our grandchildren about 2018, the year that a President of the United States gave a porn star and some sleazy lawyers the moral high ground.

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Trump continues to ignore Stephen Tyler’s request to stop playing “Living on the Edge” & “Dream On” at his rallies. Maybe people could start playing another Aerosmith song for him – “Hole in my Soul.”

If Hillary Clinton had won election would that mean Manafort, Cohen etc, could have lived out their guilty lives in peace?

This seems like a good day to remind Americans that Manafort was the one who pushed Trump to chose Mike Pence as his running mate.

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Donald Trump absolutely humiliated Michael Cohen at his son’s bar mitzvah, showing up late and saying his lawyer had “begged” him to come. Who’d a thunk such presidential behavior might not engender loyalty?

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Looking like it’s the payments to mistresses that result in Michael Cohen’s guilty plea, at the same time Omarosa releases tapes and videos. Cherchez la femme!

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Dear SNL. Any way you guys can come off summer hiatus early for a short show at least featuring a cold open this weekend?

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In addition, the Daily Show is on vacation until Sept 4. Well, yeah, because nothing important ever happens in August.

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But open note to any political reporters on vacation this week. Vacation’s over

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Well hey, don’t all Republicans donate to their Congressman so he can spend a quarter of a million dollars on vacations?

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Median income in California’s 50th congressional district $61,533. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s salary $174,000, plus expenses and benefits. And he needed to spend $250,000 of campaign funds on family vacations….

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Two women today were proved in court to be telling the truth. At least 16 other women have accused Trump of sexual assault. Just saying.

So sad about Mollie Tibbets. But Nia Wilson was a beautiful girl too. So were Shanann Watts and her little girls. The value of your life shouldn’t depend on your skin color nor who kills you.

While Trump rails against illegal immigrants with the murder of Mollie Tibbits why isn’t he suggesting that any American who illegally hired her killer in the last several years be charged as an accomplice?

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How could Americans possibly feel safe from crime in a country run by criminals?

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Sports taking 2nd place tonight…

Per ESPN – Dodgers tonight didn’t score with runners on 2nd and 3rd and no outs .In last 2 games against Cardinals they are 3-for-19 with runners in scoring position with 20 LOB.
Who do they thinking they are, the SF Giants?

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Caesar’s Palace Sports Book reports there are more bets on the Browns to win AFC North than the other three teams combined. Beam me up Scotty….

The Cactus Bowl has been rebranded the “Cheez-its” bowl. So now we are about 4 months away from hearing “This is for all the Cheez-its!”

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There are baseball games that can turn casual observers into serious fans for life. Tonight’s SF Giants Mets matchup was NOT one of those games.

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Winning rally in the 13th.  0-2 Single, errand pick-off throw, wild pitch, and dropped pop-up. In other words,  a 2018 SF Giants offensive explosion.

It just me or did SF Giants really have their 2018 season circle the drain when Pablo Sandoval got hurt?

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AP Top 25 Preseason Poll is out and Ohio State is #5.
Even Pete Rose wouldn’t bet on Urban Meyer being fired.

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Ohio State announced Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday to discuss Urban Meyer investigation. There will be no public documents. “No public documents.”

Because Urban Meyer can never ever be seen to be wrong.

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Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off Asian Games team and sent home Monday after they were caught “spending the night in a hotel with women.” So did they have NBA ambitions?

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Ted Cruz attacks Beto O’Rourke for not condemning NFL anthem protests. Somehow I missed Ted’s condemning food stamp cuts affecting veterans.

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Melania Trump speaking out about cyber-bullying makes those days of joking about Laura Bush pushing literacy seem so quaint.

I’m about ready for the part in the Trump show where Americans wake up and say “Honey, you won’t believe the dream I just had.”

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Latest Trump fundraising email “Never in my life have I seen the Democrats this angry. They’re hoping to turn their RAGE into votes and seize control of our majority.” Well, he’s more right than usual.

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So which band is going to be first to copyright the name #AngryDemocratThugs?

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Tonight Trump attacked counter-terrorism analyst Phil Mudd, a former intelligent agent for 25 years, saying “he is in no mental condition to have such a Clearance. Should be REVOKED? Projection much?

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Question, if  Trump can’t learn difference between “Councel” & “Counsel” how does he expect us to believe he could learn about stuff like foreign policy & the economy?

Asking for a country.

A man faces up to life in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a Spirit Airlines flight.
Worse, he could be sentenced to a lifetime of flying Spirit Airlines.

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Who said it better?
“Truth isn’t truth.” -Rudy Giuliani
“I’m not crazy, my reality is just different than yours.” the Cheshire Cat.

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Interesting that the President who screams “McCarthyism” had McCarthy’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, for a lawyer.

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Former DNI James Clapper says “Brennan’s rhetoric is becoming an issue in and of itself.” Would someone please ask him what he thinks of Trump’s rhetoric?

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Georgia GOP state Sen. Michael Williams, who is white, said today “it is “always wrong to use that (N) word,” but that Trump, as President, has not used that word.
To quote Pete Rose “Wanna bet?”

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“Mainstream Media” enabled and normalized Trump, now he’s trying to destroy them. You’d think accordingly they’d have more sympathy sometimes for women in abusive relationships.

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Trump won’t endorse in AZ Senate primary between Martha McSally. Kelli Ward, and Joe Arpaio. Not because he can’t decide, but because he has to claim victory… and doesn’t know who will win.

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Looking forward to SNL return next month. So we can once again ask when watching something crazy with Trump – “Is it real, or is it the cold open?

ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said today that network has not regularly televised the national anthem during Monday Night Football and does not plan to start this season.
Disappointing probably only fans who used the time for convenient kitchen or bathroom breaks.

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Of course, if Trump or his supporters feel THAT strongly, they could buy up commercial time during the pre-game, and use it to show the National Anthem, unedited and without ads interrupting it…..

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SF’s rookie star pitcher Dereck Rodriguez on DL with strained hamstring sustained in Dodgers-Giants brawl when Puig went after Hundley. To quote Bull Durham’s Annie Savoy “Don’t be such GUYS.”

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University of Alabama is going to spend about $300 million to upgrade their football stadium. Only about 5% of the state’s public school budget for a year. #priorities

Elon Musk has gone so nuts on Twitter have to expect he’ll soon be launching a Presidential Exploratory Committee.

Estimates for Trump’s now “postponed” parade had gone up to $92 million from original $12 million estimate -due to expenses for aircraft, equipment, personnel and security, not charges from city of D.C. In other words, Trump lied.

Trump says of cancelled $92 million military parade “Now we can buy some more jet fighters!” Uh, I’m no expert but per Google says F-22s cost “$339 million per plane. Incremental cost for additional F-22 estimated about $138 million in 2009.”

But hey, it will cover more golf weekends.

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Judge & jury in Manafort trial have received threats, President of the United States calls the defendant a “very good person” & says trial “very said.” That moment when a Grisham thriller novel seems more plausible than reality.

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Now Omarosa may have video as well as tapes. Who’d a thunk when you hire a reality-show villain, then fire and trash her, she’d behave like a reality-show villain?

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A bipartisan group of 12 former intelligence officials released a statement on “the ill-considered and unprecedented remarks and actions by the White House regarding the removal of John Brennan’s security clearances.”
How long until Trump declares “intelligence is over-rated?”