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Snow place like home?

April 15, 2018

‘Chicago WhiteSox & Minnesota Twins canceled last 3 games of 4 game series over a spring snowstorm. Somewhere the ghost of the Metrodome is laughing.

 

At least Trump doesn’t know or care enough about baseball to insult our intelligence by pretending he honors #JackieRobinsonDay

Uf misery loves company then this 2018 season SF Giants and Dodgers may become BFFs indeed.

 

New Eagles CB Daryl Worley reportedly found passed out behind the wheel in a car blocking South Philadelphia highway. So just wondering, when will NFL contracts start banning risky behavior like driving?

Kelly Kraft missed the cut at RBC Heritage by a stroke after a tee-shot hit a bird and landed in water, Kraft’s response later “I got screwed.” HE got screwed? What about the bird?

200 million eggs recalled over salmonella fears with 22 illnesses at least reported so far. But hey, who needs pesky regulations?

Credit where credit is due. Trump has been a disaster in most ways for the country. But he’s revitalized SNL.

With all the stupid things @readdonaldTrump has ever tweeted, wouldn’t you think he’d have at least learned not to use #MissionAccomplished.

Just wondering what Robert Mueller will consider #MissionAccomplished?

Nikki Haley says US remains “locked and loaded” to strike Syria again in response to new chemical attacks. She misspoke – Let me correct – “in response to any new bombshell from Mueller investigation.”

Trump tweeting ” Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision,…& attacking “Fake News Media” at same time White House releases alleged Syria situation room picture w/ VP Pence who wasn’t even on same continent. Once again, lies, damn lies, and Trumpisms

(and hey, when they tweeted out a years’ old picture of Mike Pence at a Colts game, ostensibly to show him before he walked out of another game over an anthem protest…. well we should have know… no lie too petty.)

This live-action Wag the Dog sequel really sucks.

So much “winning with class…”

April 14, 2018

“The 49ers organization is aware of today’s disturbing charges regarding Reuben Foster. Reuben is aware his place in our organization is under great scrutiny and will depend on what is learned through the legal process.”

SF 49ers LB Reuben Foster just charged w/ felony domestic violence Thursday after alleged attack on girlfriend in Feb. And 29 other teams who passed on the star LB in NFL draft have to be feeling pretty good about that decision.

As the Trump housekeeper rumors hit the 24 hour news cycle I remember one of my favorite “Tonight Show” episodes with Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers. They were arguing over whether men or women were better. After a bit of back and forth, Joan said, “Johnny, a woman always knows EXACTLY how many children she has in the world”
Johnny started to respond, stopped, thought about it for a second, and said “You win.”.

 

Maybe it’s just me, but thinking that for 49ers fans giving Richard Sherman a pass on some past behavior is a no-brainer compared at this point to defending Reuben Foster.

I really miss days when troubled relationship between a Kardashian and an NBA player would have been the biggest social media concern of the week

New study found “night owls” — people who prefer to stay up later — had a 10% higher mortality rate than early birds. Well of course, probably stress-related illnesses caused by putting up with morning people.

Amazed how conservatives who talk about “gay lifestyle” and “perversion” seem to have no problem with heterosexuals who cheat on their (plural) wives. #Pompeo

 

Mitch McConnell is married to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. So would they have to retire together to use the “spend time with family” excuse?

If Donald  Trump could make millions on Trump-branded marijuana he’d probably change his mind on legalization too. #JohnBoehner

 

It’s not that a doorman got $30,000 and a porn star got $130,000. I want to know who got the REAL big $$$ from Donald Trump.

Maybe Trump is afraid we’ll find out about an illegitimate daughter because he tried to date her?

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Forget shooting someone on 5th Avenue. Beginning to think if @realDonaldTrump told his fans “Sorry suckers, it was never about MAGA it’s just about making me richer,” they’d respond “Isn’t he wonderful being so honest.”

The bigliest dogs?

April 14, 2018

(and yeah, this post is out of order. Can we blame Trump?)

 

QB Mark Sanchez suspended 1st four games of 2018 NFL season for Performance Enhancing Drug use. Well, whatever he took, it didn’t work.

Sebastian Janikowski, 40 has signed with Seattle Seahawks. Wonder if Adam Vinatieri texted him “Good luck, young man.”

Let’s be real, if Colin Kaepernick was as much of a star now as Reuben Foster he could kneel AND be charged with felony domestic violence and still have a job.

Dez Bryant story today illustrates a sports-truism – you can be an a**hole, only as long as you’re a super-star a**hole. #Cowboys

Derek Jeter won’t attend Marlins games in NY, saying “it would be an awkward situation for me to actually go to Yankee Stadium.” Because he’s no longer in pinstripes,  or because Giancarlo Stanton is hitting .220 with 25 strikeouts?

 

So sad about #HueyLewis losing his hearing and canceling concerts. But these days kind of a relief to see him trending & finding out it’s not for sexual harrassment or dying.

Mueller apparently has found out that despite his disavowals,   Michael Cohen actually WAS in Prague in 2016.  Czech mate?

What Scooter Libby did in exposing Valerie Plame was treason. It endangered her life. But hey, Trump needed to signal – there is no floor on “how low can you go?”

Now that RNC deputy finance chair has resigned over $1.6 million nondisclosure deal for Playboy model he got pregnant, got to wonder, what other biglier deals did Michael Cohen arrange for Trump?

For a man who hates pets Trump sure wagged a really big dog.

I really miss when Friday nights were a relaxing time and a slow news cycle.

If Trump bombs Syria to distract from the Cohen Prague story what is he going to do when someone finally releases the pee tape?

Brian Williams accidentally refers to Trump as Obama in discussing Syria bombing. Standby for Fox News citing this as proof to blame everything on Obama.

At what point does Putin think “Damn we should have just let Hillary win?'”

 

So let this be a lesson to other countries. You can use chemical weapons on your citizens if you want, but don’t do it when US President is worried about impeachment. #Syria

Good and bad seeds

April 12, 2018

If anyone wanted their children to really work on serious math skills they could have just had them work to figure out potential playoff seedings before tonight’s NBA final regular season, or should I say, preseason, games.

If the Warriors win it all will they be first NBA champions to have lost their final regular season game by 40 points.

 

Last time Timberwolves were in NBA playoffs, fans couldn’t even take to social media to celebrate. (Facebook just started Feb 2004, opened to non-students in 2006. Twitter started in 2006)

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NBA announcers feeling the need to talk about four point lead in the last seconds being a two possession game reminds me again just how bad Americans’ math skills are….

LB Aldon Smith had a blood alcohol content of 0.40 last week when he showed up to be fitted last week for an alcohol-detecting ankle monitor….. Clearly the man needs help but one, just how much do you have to drink to hit. 0.40. And two, how was he even walking?

Yeah, I love Gregg Popovich. Before Spurs game for playoff seeding tonight against the Pelicans:
From ESPN – Asked by a reporter if he had read about Andre Ingram’s story: “I don’t read too much about sports. I didn’t read it. I have no idea of what you’re talking about. I did read Maureen Dowd today though. It was very interesting. Are saving animals more important than saving people? Like gorillas, elephants, white rhinos. You know, the last white rhino died in Kenya. So it’s over. It’s probably even more important than this game.”

Happy #NationalPetDay. Worth a reminder that @realDonaldTrump is first President in modern memory without a pet. Because he has enough GOP lapdogs & no cat would put up with him?

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“I loved something I made up… I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it.” Much of the media on our departing Speaker?. Nope, Scarlett O’Hara on Ashley Wilkes. #PaulRyan #prescient
So is there a single person whose reputation has been enhanced by being associated with Trump. Except maybe Alec Baldwin?

Paul Ryan says he’s retiring to focus on his family. Well, after tax cuts and since he’s worth over $6 million BEFORE he takes lobbying jobs guess Ryan wants to teach kids how to manage their trust-funds?

As we watch all these rats fleeing a sinking ship, useful to remember that 62% of first class passengers survived the Titanic, only 25% of those in steerage.  #PaulRyan

 

Ok, I get that good people can disagree on issues. But Trump judicial nominee Wendy Vitter just refused to say if she agreed w/ Brown v. Board of Education.#WTF? Many “fine” people….

If there are any rational Republicans left trying to be the voice of reason that Trump will listen to perhaps they could quickly get a gig on “Fox and Friends?”

Where’s your sign?

April 12, 2018

Did rookie Tyler Beede in his first start not get the SF Giants memo? – “Don’t pitch to Goldschmidt.”

 

Maybe  SFGiants put up a big sign next to the warm-up pitching mound? “WHEN IT MATTERS, NEVER PITCH TO GOLDSCHMIDT. EVER.”

They could create a really tough SAT math question on trying to figure out potential NBA playoff seedings with ONE game left in the regular season.

 

 

Trump today honored Alabama national champions college football team.  Donaldhad attended game but  after he left at halftime Crimson Tide came back from 13-0 deficit. Who said @POTUS never accomplished anything

EPA apparently can’t come up with any ACTUAL death threats against Scott Pruitt. But you know, grizzly bears….

Air Canada has now announced FIVE different fare types for flights within North America, ranging from non-changeable with no seat assignments to fully flexible. And of course all passengers will carefully read the differences so there will be no problems at the airport.

Damn, I missed Tom Bossert in Trump resignation bingo.

I think almost worse than impeachment for @RealDonaldTrump will if be Robert Mueller is named ‘Time Man of the Year.”

How much would we love to see President “Witch Hunt” asked if he could describe what actually happened in Salem?

What do you expect as far as technological knowledge when one of supposedly smartest senators can’t even look at porn online without getting caught? #TedCruz #Zuckerberg

 

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Rand Paul says FBI raid on Michael Cohen office was “a great overstep” in Mueller investigation. Uh, doesn’t he want to see what they found before he says th

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Rod Rosenstein is a Republican. Rod Rosenstein is a Republican. Rod Rosenstein is a Republican. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Apparently @realDonaldTrump is unclear on the subject of breaking into an office. FBI used a search warrent. Watergate was a break-in.

Rand Paul says FBI raid on Michael Cohen office was “a great overstep” in Mueller investigation. Uh, doesn’t he want to see what they found before he says that?

 

From TC on  Lindsey Buckingham parting ways with Fleetwood Mac. “They told him He Could Go His Own Way!

Cold as ice.

April 10, 2018

Cubs home opener snowed out. Only thing colder are SF Giants’ bats.

 

Six of the nine games SFGiants have played they have scored 1 or 0 runs. Clearly they miss Madbum at the plate.

 

Not only do the Giants need to start hitting to stay competitive in the National League’s Western division, they also need to make some effort to claim at their Giants Dugout store that they are selling “game-used bats.”

That moment when you have to outscore the Sacramento Kings by 19 in 4th quarter at home to clinch playoff spot. On brighter note Pop might be so frustrated he decides to run for President?

Packers WR Trevor Davis was arrested when he checked in at LAX & in response to usual questions, asked his companion if “she remembered to pack the explosives.” You almost hope he’s had a concussion. #cantfixstupid

 

GB wide receiver Trevor Brown, arrested for joking about having a bomb at LAX, is a Cal grad. And they wonder why Stanford makes Weenie jokes?

Meanwhile, Lindsey Buckingham has parted ways with Fleetwood Mac. Having a 1980’s flashback.

 

Imagine all you idealistic young law students, you too can grow up to spend $130,000 of your own money on a porn star who accuses your client, and then have your office raided by FBI….

So maybe FBI was raiding Michael Cohen’s office looking for the covfefe?

Trump may be learning the hard way – don’t f*ck with a professional who screws other people for a living. #StormyDaniels

Trump “Many people have said ‘you should fire’ Mueller.” Translation of “Many people” – “Putin plus all the voices in his head.”

If Trump does fire Mueller who will be the first GOP member of Congress to call for “thoughts and prayers?

If a man died & 6 NYFD firefighters were injured at a Clinton owned building, GOP would be saying it was as bad as Chappaquddick.

Meanwhile Trump will bomb Syria to smithereens before he does something drastic like allow some Syrian refugees into USA.

 

 

Is there ANY Republican not retiring who is willing to say firing Mueller is a Red Line? Or is it really $$$$ over all? Asking for a country.

 

Once again, if Mueller is on a Witch Hunt and there is nothing in Cohen’s records that implicates Trump then POTUS should be thrilled for opportunity for vindication…

It’s not easy being pink and green either.

April 8, 2018

Watching The Masters have to ask – has a ball ever listened when spectators scream “Get in the hole?”

 

As some wonder how Americans could have possibly voted Donald Trump into office, useful to remember, last Monday Tiger Woods was betting line favorite to win The Masters.

All Nike golfers had to wear pink today. So has Patrick Reed made pink the new red?

Apparently fans were rooting today for Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy over Reed. Now, while I’m not a big golf fan, have read that Patrick had has some potential character issues in the past.  Fair enough. But have to wonder, seriously, how those fans would have reacted if he looked more like someone who belonged at a fancy country club.

And didn’t everyone have the New York Mets as the last 1 loss team in the NL?

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Will Clark’s legendary home run to centerfield in his first AB against Nolan Ryan was 32 years ago today. Now I feel old. #Yougottalikethesekids
From LA Times “The exhibition season ended with a sewage spill at Dodger Stadium. The actual baseball hasn’t looked much better…” SF Giants fans after a 98 loss season feel your pain. Well, maybe.

In Oklahoma a 13 year-old decided to take a joy-ride in his father’s pickup.  Dad saw the truck being driven. didn’t recognize him and fatally shot the kid.  If only the boy were armed….  #Murica

In Orlando, reports of gunshots at the Florida Mall turned out to be fireworks.   No injuries reported.  But imagine if all the other shoppers had been armed.

Van driver in Muenster reportedly a German citizen with psychological problems. Translation, he was white.

As a real-estate developer, @realDonaldTrump lobbied against sprinklers in residential buildings. Right, more of those regulations that kill… jobs?

Now @realDonaldTrump is tweeting about how awful things are for people in Syria & blaming Obama. Yeah & what about that awful a**hole who banned even refugees from Syria from entering US?

“Animal Assad?” Well, maybe @realDonaldTrump is hoping if “animal” nickname sticks to the Syrian leader, one of his sons will shoot him?

It’s not easy being green, in a jacket

April 7, 2018

And didn’t we all have Patrick Reed leading #theMasters

But hey, good news for CBS and ESPN, Tiger Woods is still playing. For those who get up early on Sunday morning.

 

Yeah Andrew McCutchen can stay. Welcome to  SF Giants  history.  #BeatLA

So is the Warriors strategy to save ALL their remaining wins this year for NBA playoffs?

Phillies 20, Marlins 1. Maybe to really speed up some games MLB doesn’t need a pitch clock, it needs a mercy rule.

Terrible tragedy in Canada with at least 14 dead in junior hockey team bus crash. Absolute crickets from Trump for hours.  Finally a tweet saying he had called Justin Trudeau.    (Did someone from Fox call Trump to tell him to do it?)

Millions of us in US apologize for our President

Sad that a man has died in Trump Tower fire. But I can’t be the only one who immediately thinks “Did he piss off any Russians lately?”

While the thought of pissing off Russians isn’t REALLY a joke. It’s probably wrong to joke about a man dying in Trump Tower. But neither should @POTUS be bragging about his “well-built building” – with no sprinklers.

So do all Trump buildings not have sprinklers in them? Asking for a number of suddenly worried residents & hotel guest.

Spare me any outrage about jokes over Trump Tower fire, please. When Hillary & Bill Clinton’s house caught fire “Some political pundits took to Twitter to joke that the fire must have erupted because the Clintons were burning books or destroying evidence of wrongdoing.

If this keeps up, Scott Pruitt will indeed be fired, not for corruption, but because he is taking headlines away from @realDonaldTrump

Trump talks about death threats to Scott Pruitt. Uh, liberals in general don’t advocate killing their political enemies. He must have been thinking of Ted Nugent.

Awful that someone drove into a crowd in Muenster.   Motive unknown.  But we already know why – if he was white he was mentally ill. If Muslim, he was a terrorist.

Puerto Rico, still not recovered from hurricane, is part of USA. Which means illegal immigrants who make it to the island can fly to US mainland w/o border security. Maybe if we spread this around enough it will scare Trump into sending troops there.

Our long national nightmare is over.

April 6, 2018

Or at least ESPN’s long national nightmare.

Tiger Woods has, barely, made the cut at the Masters.

Although these days it’s also almost hard to believe that the NBA pre-season is almost over.

So Adam Jones gets called out on a pitch with bases loaded in 14th inning that was way off the plate. Alvarez hits a grand slam on very next pitch. Mean bitch Karma cracking a cold one. #Orioles #Yankees

Anyone but me have no idea who #ConorMcGregor was. And thinking I haven’t missed much.

Wonder if it’s occurred to USA enemies that they could completely paralyze the White House just by knocking Fox and Friends off the air?

Jobs report said only 103,000 new jobs added in March. And half of those were due to firings/resignations in Trump’s White House.

As weather service predicts a bad hurricane season have to wonder, if a big one hits Texas will that be enough to recall National Guard from the border?

Blake Farenthold just resigned from Congress. Almost certainly means one thing… there are more women.

Rudy Giuliani’s 2nd wife found out his intentions to end marriage via a press conference. Would have been great karma if 3rd wife Judith Nathan told him she was leaving by text?

Dow down 700, jobs report half of what was expected. Nine West declaring bankruptcy. Where’s the Trump tweet taking credit?

 

I remember a liberal friend saying “I hate Reagan, but he could speak at my funeral anytime.” Can anyone imagine @realDonaldTrump speaking at a funeral? He’d quickly blame Dems & immigrants for the death, then praise himself for the rest of the service.

This was a lot funnier from Nathan Lane as Albert in “Cage Aux Folles” #KevinWilliamson

“The doctors are only doing their jobs. If you’re going to kill someone, better to kill the mothers. That will stop them.
Oh, I know what you’re going to say. “If you kill the mother, the fetus dies, too.” But the fetus is going to be aborted anyway, so why not let it go down with the ship?”

Yes, Parkland shooting has faded from headlines. But in the end, it’s not about headlines, it’s about VOTING in November.  #Marchforourlives #Voteforourlives

Keeping Pace?

April 5, 2018

Okay, who had the Pacers being the only NBA team to sweep the Warriors this season?
(And I bet all you liars had UMBC over UVA too.)

Millions of Americans were watching the Masters when it was interrupted by a movie clip from Tin Cup  #SergioGarcia

 

Tiger Woods, after an opening round 73 left him tied for 29th at #TheMasters , said “I’m back in this championship.” Well, at least he’s back into having a good chance of playing after tomorrow.

Kyrie Irving is out for rest of NBA season and playoffs. And with Celtics at #2, that Eastern Conference #7 seed just got a lot more appealing.

Mid 30’s today at game time for #Twins home opener in Minneapolis today against #Mariners. Wow. That’s almost as cold as it was at Candlestick.

Now Texans owner Bob McNair, who apologized for saying of NFL players “We can’t have the inmates running the prison” says he’s taking back the apology because he’s not sorry he said it. The best people….. #WTF?

YouTube shooter bought her weapon in January; under California law she was limited to purchasing 10-round magazine. Imagine if YouTube was headquartered in Texas.

So if border crossings are at a 46 year low, why do we need an expensive wall? Asking for a country.

A Navy chaplain was fired after video showed him having sex with a woman at a New Orleans pub. Well, the post of White House Chaplain IS open….

I really would have loved to be in law school class where they taught if your client is accused by a random porn star just pay the woman $130,000 of your own money but don’t tell the client.

Trump’s latest lying rant – “In many places the same person in California votes many times.” Uh, if Dems were smart, and evil, enough to do that, wouldn’t you think they’d have had those multiple voters in swing states?

Maybe if someone had tried to convince @realDonaldTrump that immigrants were trying to sneak into Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria he would have rushed and kept the National Guard there?

Scott Pruitt is proving to have been so brazen and corrupt, Trump can’t decide whether to fire him or adopt him.

So some of the same conservatives who defended Kevin Williamson seriously saying he would hang women who had abortions are flipping out over this joke from when Ellen Degeneres asked Kamala Harris: “If you had to be stuck in an elevator with either President Trump, Mike Pence or Jeff Sessions who would it be?”
And Kamala answered “Does one of us have to come out alive?”
#snowflakes

Finding lost bats?

April 4, 2018

But didn’t everyone have the SFGiants up 3 to 0 after 1 inning against Felix Hernandez?

And then knocking Hernandez out of the game with 8 runs in the 6th.

SFGiants scored ten runs tonight  in a game started by future Hall-of-Famer Felix Hernandez.  Even the eight they scored against him was more than they have in all five previous games this season.#baseballisafunnygame

Since we all know how much Trump hates being upstaged, can only imagine what he’ll do if Tiger Woods has a good first day at the Masters.

Police believe YouTube shooter had only recently bought the 9mm handgun she used. California has reasonably tight gun laws, imagine if she could have gotten an AR-15.

If MLK , or somewhat like him, were alive today, wonder what nasty nickname @RealDonaldTrump would use for him on Twitter?

 

If Jeff Bezos were a Trump supporter, @realDonaldTrump would be touting Amazon as an American success story. And would have nominated Bezos to his Cabinet.

As Trump attacks immigrants, important to remember he had to hire temporary foreigner workers because he couldn’t find enough Americans to do the work at Mar-A-Lago. Sort of the same problem he’s had looking for wives.

Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen says Trump will “soon” sign order deploying National Guard troops to United States’ southern border. Hmm, maybe on May 4? Anniversary of Kent State.

Two GOP members of Congress have called for EPA Sec. Pruitt to be dismissed. So apparently most greed and corruption is fine, but a $50 room in DC is beyond the pale.

 

Trump says mission in Syria is “coming to a rapid end.” But won’t say when troops will leave. Probably about the time he releases his tax returns.

Rudy Giuliani is heading for his 3rd divorce. Hope this doesn’t get in the way of his attacking Hillary Clinton over her marriage.

Of course it’s a free country, but anyone but me have just a bit of a problem listening to Melissa Ethridge shilling for Applebee’s? #Cometomywindow?#WTF?

Win like a Pirate?

April 4, 2018

After less than a week in MLB,  Pittsburgh is the last undefeated team.  As we all expected.

 

Giancarlo Stanton was booed after 5 K’s in his Big Apple debut for Yankees. At least he’ll get more understanding from that warm fuzzy New York media.

Madison Bumgarner says #SFGiants estimate on his return might be “a little conservative.” Which is potentially great news. The team needs his bat.

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia bought out entire Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto for a week. Hope what he paid includes some compensation money for bartenders.

Despite all the Twitter jokes, of COURSE Trump knows where Baltics are. They are on the board right next to Mediterraneans.

Official TrumpStore, which sells Trump organization branded items and DonaldJTrump store, which sells political merchandise, BOTH use USPS for shipping. But I am sure they only pay the highest rates….

Trump (falsely) tweeting that Amazon shipping costs with USPS should not be bourne (sic) by the American taxpayer. Beginning to see how this man thought Betsy Devos was qualified to lead education.

If Americans get angry when the price of food or gas goes up a few cents, imagine how if they’d feel if Amazon suddenly stopped Amazon Prime?

Trump attacking Amazon in part he says because they are hurting mom-and-pop retailers. As opposed to his beloved donor Walmart?

White House is now strongly backing EPA head Scott Pruitt. I wonder who Trump lets stay at his DC hotel for $50 a night?

Getting really tired  of resetting the US mass shooting clock. #YouTube

Who knows for sure, but the father of Nasim Aghdam, alleged YouTube shooter who allegedly fatally 3 other people then shot herself, reportedly “hated” the company.

Conservative men – “if only she were armed” No, wait….


Nasim was armed with a handgun.  Imagine if California had the same gun laws as states like Texas, then she could have settled her imagined scores with an AR-15.

Now it’s Cheatin’ Obama?!! But somehow I’ve missed the derisive nickname Trump has for Putin?

Trump reportedly to meet with Peter Thiel at White House dinner in hopes of learning how to attack Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google. Ladies and gentlemen, your President of the United State

 

 

Last men standing?

April 2, 2018

Ok, who had one of the last two undefeated teams in MLB for 2018 being the Pittsburgh Pirates?

 

So how did Villanova lose 4 games this year?   #NCAAChampionship

No disrespect for Sister Jean and Loyola-Chicago, but Donte DiVicenzo is a Catholic guy playing for a Catholic school. #EvenGodLovesAHotHand

Police in Philadelphia greased utility poles to prevent fans climbing them in anticipation of  Villanova winning  #MarchMadness championship. I’m so old I remember when the biggest sports hooligans were European soccer fans.

Twins players were upset when Orioles catcher Chance Sisco bunted against the shift for a hit in the 9th when Minnesota was leading 7-0. Uh, if they thought game was over, then why did the Twins shift?

Donald Trump is so enamored of Sinclair Broadcasting; it’s like he’s cheating on “Fox and Friends.”

So how long until Sinclair news anchors start having to blink out messages in Morse Code?

In Texas, a black woman was sentenced to 5 years in prison for mistakenly voting when she was on probation. Meanwhile, Ethan Couch serves 720 days in jail for violating HIS probation for killing four people while driving drunk.  #WTF?

Too soon to start a pool on the date of Couch’s next arrest?  #Affluenza

Amazing, Trump is praising leaders who won sham elections in Russia and , Egypt. And attacking the lawfully-elected-in-a-landslide Governor of California.

Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow says he has no plans to stop advertising on Fox News and Laura Ingraham show. Not sure if @KNBR will run those ads again, but just guessing when most @SFGiants fans hear this Mike might not want to bother.

FoxNews supporting Laura Ingraham “We cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts.” Unless those voices are black or teenagers – then they should just shut up and dribble or go to class.

Again, a reminder, Trump created the DACA crisis, and has refused every Democratic and bipartisan deal to fix it. The term, ladies and gentlemen, is “gaslighting.”

 

On a positive note, not only are Parkland kids articulate and engaged, they will outlive all the GOP trolls bashing them. #MarchForOurLives

 

Opening daze

April 1, 2018

So after 2017 many might not have been surprised SF Giants scored 2 runs in 4 games in LA against Dodgers.   That they WON two of those games on the other hand…

Looks like God may have decided to abandon Sister Jean in favor of Notre Dame women’s team. #MarchMadness

All things being equal I think I want to be rooting for the women’s basketball team with a woman coach.

Really glad for the Fighting Irish’s underdog Final Four victory.  On the other hand, I think I have fulfilled my lifetime quota of rooting for Notre Dame.

Wolverines coach John Beilein believes school will officially honor the complete Fab Five sometime in future. And then will Michigan vacate the honor?

David Hogg today got an Twitter apology from… Frank Stallone. And millions of Americans are going “who?”

 

Steven Bochco has passed away. RIP. And “be careful out there.”

So Melania has separate bedroom, plus Secret Service has to make it lot harder to meet porn stars & Playboy bunnies. Maybe that explains the late night cranky Trump tweets.

Uh, think anyone at the White House will dare tell @realDonaldTrump that new potential immigrants have nothing to do with DACA?

Jesus – “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ @realDonaldTrump – “NO MORE DACA DEAL.”   and yeah “Happy Easter!”

 

Democrats right now – Pro-DACA, pro-education, pro-environment, pro-healthcare, pro-gun control, pro-higher minimum wage.
GOP right now – pro “anything-Trump-sees-on-Fox-and Friends.”

Cats almost rule?

March 31, 2018

That moment when you realize,  whoever wins, your most successful March Madness effort is going to be a 1:00am Cat Bracket. #Villanova   #Wildcats

 

Congrats to Houston Rockets for securing #1 seed & home-field advantage throughout playoffs. If they want to stay out all night celebrating before tomorrow’s game w/ San Antonio, Spurs will no doubt chip in for bar bill.

 

I guess God wanted Sister Jean to be able to focus on Easter. #marchmadness

Ready for someone on #SFGiants besides Joe Panik to get an RBI.

So if Amazon really WERE evading taxes , by Trump standards wouldn’t that make them “really smart?”

So on the holiest weekend in the Christian calendar, @realDonaldTrump is celebrating by going after Amazon and Jerry Brown. #JesusWept

Well, we all know why Trump really attacked Jerry Brown – He’s jealous of the California governor’s budget surplus, approval ratings, and hand size.

 

$521 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in New Jersey last night. Assume winner’s first plan with all that money – get out of New Jersey.

My generation sadly misses the Sears Roebuck Christmas catalog. Now millennials will have the experience of missing Toys R Us.

Ted Nugent just said the Parkland survivors have “no soul.” Many fine people….

 

My friend Ezra asked if this meant Nugent was “hollow inside.”  Uh, hollower than a Dollar Store Easter Chocolate bunny…

Groundhog Night

March 30, 2018

Until tonight, no MLB team had won back-to-back 1-0 games w/ same player hitting home run in each. Ever. But hey, we all knew if it would happen it would be the SF Giants’ Joe Panik against Dodgers.

 

#GroundhogDay. Panik for only HR of the game, Strickland for the save. Just like we all expected.   As we expected Panik to be on pace for 162 home runs.

Mickey Lolich was in a wheelchair as Detroit #Tigers honored him on 50th anniversary of 1968 World Series. And even so Lolich probably would have pitched better today than Tigers’ bullpen.

Kevin Durant says he’s getting additional T’s & ejections due to wanting to repeat last year “What we did as a team was special & and I want to experience that again.”

So if the Warriors were .500 this year KD would be acting like Tim Duncan?

Somehow I have missed all these conservatives who now love Roseanne explaining how that crotch grab during national anthem was just her free speech.

Whatever you think of David Hogg, he has a lot more cojones than any Republican in Congress.

 

Let’s be real here, advertisers not leaving Laura Ingraham show because they’re liberal or snowflakes. They’re leaving because they think staying will cost them $$$, meaning they think most Americans support David Hogg.

EPA Head Scott Pruitt reportedly rented room on Capitol Hill from a health care lobbyist who is married to an energy lobbyist- for $50 a night! But wait – he didn’t stay at Trump hotel? Move him up in Trump firing bingo!

 

Teachers in 4 states are striking or threatening to strike for better wages and benefits. Does the GOP still want them to be armed?

 

I’m old enough to remember when not wanting to be shot at school wasn’t considered to be a political opinion.

As much as I hate to see Trump spend so much time on the golf course, it might keep him from doing even more dangerous things.

Trump has declared April “sexual assault awareness” month So his latest campaign is to put @TheOnion out of business?

 

Laura Ingraham has announced she is taking a “vacation.” Well, the job of White House Communications Director is open.

 

 

From Marc Ragovin  “Claiming executive overreach, Ryan Zinke has announced that he plans to reduce the dimensions of Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park by 71%”

Beat LA

March 29, 2018

Just thinking that over-under on number of days SF Giants might be in first place in 2018 could have easily been zero.

 

 

Yeah without Madbum and Melancon everyone had SFGiants beating Kershaw and Dodgers on Opening Day.

So yeah, we all had first run given up by Clayton Kershaw in all of 2018 be a home run by Joe Panik….

Happy #OpeningDay Have the Marlins been eliminated yet?

Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers postponed their Opening Day game. So they remain undefeated until Friday.

Who had Kevin Durant ejected twice more this year than Draymond Green?

RIP “Le Grand Orange,” Rusty Staub. The reason many Canadians fell in love with baseball. He really should have been Monsieur Expo.

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that coffee sold in California should have cancer warning labels.  Uh, if we’re talking about dangers, how about a warning that says talking to a coffee drinker before they’ve had their first morning cup might be suicidal?

So Laura Ingraham has attacked immigrants, gays, basketball players, etc.. Learning the hard way that you don’t go after white kids #Followthemoney

Bernie Sanders sent me a fundraising email including that we need to “energize the working families of this country to come out and vote for Democrats.”
Okay, Bernie, can you start by becoming a Democrat yourself?

If Trump has such a problem with Amazon using USPS for delivery at cheap rates, shouldn’t he quit whining and help the post office negotiate a better deal?

“Orders process and deliver within 10-14 business days via the United States Postal Service for delivery within the Domestic U.S. only. ” Amazon? Nope, the “official Donald J. Trump Store.”

 

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says April 30 will be hearing to determine if Trump has to testify under oath. Hmm, so who will @realDonaldTrump fire over prior weekend?

 

James Mattis to John Bolton “I heard you’re actually the devil incarnate and I wanted to meet you.” Well, some do say Mattis is the smartest man left in White House.

Oh, sh*t….

March 28, 2018

The final spring training game  between  the Angels and Dodgers ended in the fifth inning because of a foul-smelling sewage leak onto the field.  Some punchlines just write themselves.

 

KC catcher Salvador Perez will be out at least a month after reportedly spraining his MCL carrying a suitcase up stairs at his house. Was Perez returning from washing his truck?

LiAngelo Ball is declaring himself for the 2018 NBA draft. And who wouldn’t want a middling talent with a shoplifting record AND an interfering dad from hell? #WTF?

Yes, we know corporate America can be pigs. But when TransUnion only gets your email because email because of a data breach…and then they try to sell you something….. Bigliest pigs.

So if 2020 #Census can ask if you’re a citizen, can it also ask if you own a gun?

Reports that Israeli PM Nethanyahu rushed to hospital with “a very high fever.” Hope he hasn’t had tea with any Russians lately.

In recent CNN poll had 21% believe Trump’s denials of affairs. But guessing that 21% believe every woman who accused Bill Clinton

Congrats to all those who had David Shulkin in Trump firing bingo!

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer “We don’t have a dress.” So time to open the pool on what they DO have?

Has someone told @realDonaldTrump this is not Presidential Apprentice – you don’t need to fire someone EVERY week?

When Trump finally decides he wants a younger wife will he tell Melania he is divorcing her by tweet?

So since Ronny Jackson can say with a straight face that Trump weighs 239 pounds I am sure he will declare all the VA problems over by April.

For all that Trump and GOP love to claim that Democrats are going to take everyone’s guns, Obama didn’t, even in the short time he had a Democratic congress. It’s gun CONTROL, folks.

Oklahoma Senate decided to hike some taxes to raise salaries for teachers, who were about to go on strike because they are some of lowest paid in US. Maybe they didn’t like the idea of angry teachers bearing arms?

Extra voltage

March 26, 2018

Matt Harvey says the Mets will “shock a lot of people” this season. Is there an electrical  wiring issue at Citifield we don’t know about?”

Miami Marlins – 300 to 1 to win the World Series.  “So you are saying there’s a chance…?”

But hey, if the Yankees win the WS with Stanton do the Marlins get a playoff share?

So was last night’s OT between Kansas and Duke the highest rated in NCAA history? #SixtyMinutes 

 

For years Facebook has been saying “Help keep your account safe, please provide your phone number.”. Now feeling extra glad my response was NFW.

Police now say the Maryland high school shooter fatally shot himself in the head. So this time it was a bad guy with a gun stopping himself with the gun.

So many Americans love to hate Grayson Allen & Duke; really would have been fun to have #MarchMadness final between Sister Jean’s Ramblers & Blue Devils. #GoodvsEvil

 

As badly behaved as Bill Clinton could be remember he also had many friends including women who stuck up for him. With @realDonaldTrump – crickets.

Maybe @realDonaldTrump should have thought about getting into a battle with a professional who screws other people for a living. #StormyDaniels

Waiting for someone in GOP to claim that Trump’s affair problems are all a result of US legalization of gay marriage.

 

RIP #LindaBrown. No doubt given stats on voting & education GOP would prefer to overturn Brown v. Board of Education right after they take care of Roe v. Wade.

Not that Facebook hasn’t apparently done some scuzzy stuff, some really scuzzy stuff.   But who really thought they had any kind of privacy with what they posted?

 

As in, DID YOU NOT WATCH “THE SOCIAL NETWORK?”

 

I’m a luddite, but if only there were a generation of people really good at social media… Might be tempted to advise them to make fake Facebook posts referencing illegal acquaintances to send ICE on bigliest wild goose chases ever….

The time’s they are a changin’

March 25, 2018

Robert Kraft used his team’s private jet to fly the Parkland survivors and their families to #MarchForOurLives.   Now on top of everything else I have to say something nice about the Patriots?

But well played New England, well played.

Grayson Allen’s shot rimmed out and kept Duke from heading to San Antonio for the Final Four. Why do I think Gregg Popovich will make sure there’s not much chance Allen will be heading to San Antonio next year to play for the Spurs?

#Michigan over #FSU 58 to 54. Many casual fans are thinking “I didn’t know bowl games were played in March.”

Patriots safety Duron Harmon arrested Costa Rica Friday for trying to bring marijuana into the country, along with THC candy and marijuana oil.. Uh, Harmon couldn’t have just gone to Jamaica? #cantfixstupid

Expecting teenagers to seriously change the political dynamic in USA is like expecting Loyola-Chicago & Michigan to end up in Final Four. #MarchMadness#MarchforourLives

 

Difference between Donald Trump and his porn star lover – at least when Stormy Daniels screws people she gives them value for their money.

That moment when a porn star has the moral high ground over the President of the United States. #StormyDaniels

Apparently when @realDonaldTrump returns to DC, Melania will stay at Mar-A-Lago through Spring Break. Assume she’s trying to figure how to say Spring Break lasts until the 1st day of summer.

 

If you say that @realDonaldTrump’s cheating is a non-issue between him & Melania then I sure as hell hope you didn’t condemn @HillaryClinton for staying in her marriage.

Rick Santorum said students should learn CPR instead of protesting against gun violence. Again showing the intelligence & sensitivity that caused him to lose his Senate seat by 18 points.

No wonder @realDonaldTrump left town this weekend. Since he’s still sensitive about his inaugural, it would have upset him to see what a real DC crowd looked like. #MarchForOurLives

WTF is this crap that liberals & “the left” are “using” these young people? This is THEIR #MarchForOurLives Many of us grownups are just watching in awe.

 

John Kasich today on #MarchForOurLives “people should be held absolutely accountable at the ballot box.” So where’s pool for date Ohio Gov. announces he’s primarying Trump?

Only 46.1% of eligible voters under 30 voted in the 2016 election.#MarchForOurLives #MarchToThePolls

Neil Young on Trump “He has no balls. He hasn’t got one ball. All the bravado, all the you’re fired, you’re fired, all that s—, he doesn’t have the balls to look anybody in the face & tell them anything.” “Neil Young overrated” tweet in 3.2.1?

Finally… last but not least… “No one would know your names” if your classmates hadn’t died…. We wouldn’t know the names of many heroes if not for tragedies. Tragedies often create heroes. And the NRA can go f*ck themselves.