Left Coast Sports Babe

Today’s false rumor was that he was on a plane to Toronto…

Well, of course the baseball world is 100% focused on where Shohei Ohtani signs, especially since playing with Mike Trout he brought the Los Angeles Angels so many World Series Championships.

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San Antonio Spurs have lost 16 games in a row. Sigh. The Spurs are 1-9 in games they’ve held at least a 10-point lead. Wemby, is, however, getting better and better. Only silver lining, imagine the lottery pick the team may be able to pair him with next year?

Apparently Senators Rick Scott & Tommy Tuberville are sniping at each other over Alabama being put into College Football Playoff over FSU. Tommy is defending the Crimson Tide. Really not very nice of Tuberville not to support the state where he lives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/10/tommy-tuberville-floridas-third-senator/

Remembering Ryan O’Neal tonight & my 2 favorite lines from underrated “What’s Up, Doc?” B

Barbra Streisland -Judy: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Ryan O’Neal- Howard : That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.” (The comedy movie also has one of the greatest chase scenes ever… set in SF.)

So when are they going to charge Hunter Biden over all those patents he got from China when his dad was in the White House. Oh wait, that was Ivanka. Never mind.

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Understand competence isn’t clickbait. But it would be nice if major media gave even half as much coverage to today’s excellent jobs and unemployment rate, not to mention President Biden’s infrastructure speech in Nevada, as they are to Hunter Biden and polls.

Even the GOP is up in arms after Casey DeSantis asked out-of-state residents to come vote (illegally) for Ron DeSantis in Iowa caucuses.

Silly Casey. You have to live in a state to legally vote in a state. Although as Dr. Oz and others have shown,, if you’re a Republican where you livedoesn’t limit you in choosing a state to run for US Senate

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Today’s GOP – “Donald Trump doesn’t pay taxes, that makes him smart.” Also today’s GOP, “President Biden’s son Hunter paid back taxes that he didn’t pay when he was an addict. Lock him up, lock his dad up too!”

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Poor Hunter Biden. Wonder if GOP would be easier on him if he had just spent some of his money on hush money for a porn star….

Former Russian Ambassador Michael McFaul tonight “It’s tragic, it’s not just about Ukraine…, the whole world is watching…Russia is cheering the Republican party right now…. Even our allies who lament that maybe we are not credible , that we cannot commit for the long haul.”

Have to wonder, is Putin paying many in the GOP, or are they doing his dirty work to destroy democracy for free?

For those who thought the NIT championship was the least relevant in sports… wonder what the IST trophy looks like?

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Someday there will be a trivia question for those who love irrelevance in sports.

Who will be the first NBA player to play in both championships?

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So after Arson Judge are the #SFGiants now the frontrunners for Showy Ohtani?

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill yesterday calling for the complete withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations. Putin must be so proud.

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So now Hunter Biden is being charged with tax evasion over alleged “4-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in federal taxes.” )Which he did pay back, with penalties.)

But well. by Trump & thus GOP standards – “not paying taxes? that makes me smart” it sounds like Hunter is now more Presidential than his father.

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Asked if he had more anti-abortion plans, ex-coach Tuberville “We’re working on something. It’s hard when you just get kicked in the teeth.”

Give me a bleeping break. Tubby got nothing but attention and who know who might have been paying him.. People kicked in teeth were military who had promotions held up for month.

Trump saying now he will no longer participate in the DC federal criminal case and instead will act as if a stay has been granted based on his own understanding.

I wonder how it would go for most of us if we told a police officer who pulled us over that we decided based on our own understanding that we will no longer participate with traffic laws.

Elon not happy w/ CEO Bob Iger after Disney pulled ads from Twitter. “He should be fired immediately. Walt Disney turning in his grave over what Bob has done to his company.” Do you really want to pick fight with a company whose animators can turn you into a movie villain?

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James Comer & Jim Jordan sent letter to White House “expressing concern about subpoena oversight committee previously issued to former WH counsel Dana Remus.”  Of course, Gym Jordan ignored HIS subpoena from January 6 committee. Again, funeral services for satire are pending.

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Ashton is 3 weeks shy of being 17 years old.

Chuck is 90.

Grumpy old men of a feather, or in Ashton’s case, a fur?

Thursday night football between Cowboys and Seahawks set a record for the NFL football season – 257 in penalty yards. Because don’t all NFL fans pay the big bucks to watch refs?

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University of Arkansas has rehired former football coach Bobby Petrino to be their offensive coordinator.

They fired Petrino in 2012 over his lying about a motorcycle crash where he (a married father of 4) was with his 25 year old girlfriend, a former Razorback volleyball player who he had hired for the athletic department.And this wasn’t Bobby’s first scandal.

What’s next? Petrino runs for US Senate from Arkansas?-

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Sounds like more advertisers may abandon Twitter after Elon Musk said “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising money, go f— yourself.” –

So will this episode go down in a new category. Not FAFYO – but SGFYAFO?

“Say Go F**k Yourself And Find Out.

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Too soon to start a pool on what George Santos might do after his expulsion vote? Work for Fox or Newsmax? Dancing with the Stars? Become Donald Trump’s Press Secretary?

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Rand Paul used Heimlich maneuver today to save his Senate colleague Joni Ernst from choking during lunch. I can’t be the only one who wonders, what would have happened if the Senator choking was Ted Cruz?

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Gavin Newsom to Ron DeSantis. “We have one thing in common. Neither of us is going to be our party’s nominee in 2024.”

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Open note to all young voters: Yeah, President Biden isn’t perfect. (Nor are your parents for that matter.)

But have you noticed the GOP alternative? The latest from Trump, to do away with Obamacare. That means all of you under 26 get kicked off your parents’ healthcare.

This George Santos expulsion hearing really should be getting more coverage.

Opening statement. “Dear Gawd, Mr. Speaker, my future former colleague is divorced from reality….” Marc Molinaro, REPUBLICAN from N.Y.

Roasting a turkey breast tonight I bought on sale before Thanksgiving. On the cooking instructions. 1. Preheat oven to 325F. 2. Remove outer yellow plastic netting and wrapper…. Some days I really worry for our planet.

CNN actually interviewed a professed liberal who says he’s supporting RFK Jr, because “the Kennedys are really royalty in this country because they do the right thing.” Beam me up Scotty…

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Washington Post reporting that Kevin McCarthy told Donald Trump “F*ck You” in a phone call after McCarthy was ousted as speaker. If only Kevin had the guts to say “F*ck you” to Velveeta Voldemort after January 6, he might still be speaker.

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Jamie Dimon says liberal Democrats should donate to Nikki Haley as a better alternative to Trump. Haley is no moderate. Better idea, besides supporting President Biden, liberal Democrats should donate to Democrats in state/local races so Dems can keep Senate & take back House.

In a world full of transfer portals, where Nebraska’s coach Matt Rhule says in public “Make no mistake that a good quarterback in the portal costs, you know, a million to $1.5 million to $2 million right now, just so we’re all on the same page…” I’m so old when I can remember when student-athletes actually claimed it was about academics.

MAGA Mike Johnson on expelling George Santos “I personally have real reservations about doing this, I’m concerned about a precedent that may be set for that.” Meaning if the House expel all the crooks it won’t have a GOP majority?

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Kevin McCarthy apparently said he didn’t think President Biden was the same President Biden that he used to talk to. Uh after Jan. 6 & McCarthy claiming he went down to Mar-A-Lago because Trump wasn’t eating… don’t think he’s same Kevin that President Biden used to talk to.

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Sometimes someone is trending and you hope it’s not because they have died. My better angels have been overruled so I can say that is not how I felt about Henry Kissinger.

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The world is such a better place for having had Rosalynn Carter in it.

As for Henry Kissinger… my better angels say I should have no comment.

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Elon Musk says of advertisers fleeing Twitter: “What it’s going to do is it’s going to kill the company, and the whole world will know the advertisers killed the company. Go f—- yourself.” Classy. But if he wants to sell….

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Apparently Donald Trump thinks the oath he took on January 20, 2017 was as binding on him as those oaths he took three times about “forsaking all others.”

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Am no fan of Nikki Haley – I think she’ll say or do anything to get elected.

But give the devil her due for one thing. She seems to be seriously getting under Ron Desantis’s skin.

Once again, the SF Giants are linked to signing a superstar . This time Shohei Ohtani. If this turns out to be another “close but no signing” deal, maybe SF Giants fans should show up opening day in bridesmaids dresses.

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The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons played a incredibly ugly game Sunday. Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings on MNF “Hold our overpriced beer.’

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If you weren’t already Nancy Pelosi fan, when she appointed Liz Cheney to Jan 6 Committee, the Speaker’s team “pulled together list of 10 worst things Liz had ever said about her.

“Pelosi took one look at list & asked staffer ‘’Why are you wasting my time with things that don’t matter?’”

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Does anyone believe Trump wasn’t eating after January 6? Now, maybe Donald wasn’t eating hamburgers much because he broke all the ketchup bottles?

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The National Christmas tree apparently toppled this afternoon in gusty Washington DC winds. Waiting to see how this is Joe Biden’s fault.

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George Santos says he will not resign,and claim he is innocent until proven guilty and this is all because people don’t like him. Uh…for starters, George Santos confessed to theft and agreed to pay restitution and fines, in Brazil this year in deal to drop charges.

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George Santos increasingly ranting and complaining against everyone and anyone he perceives to be against him. Getting close to the point that besides his other crimes, Santos could also be accused of plagiarizing Donald Trump.

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Tommy Tuberville claims that “Admirals and Generals” called him over Thanksgiving to thank him for what he is doing with military holds. Were they “big strong men with tears in their eyes?”

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Although on serious note, remember, GOP wants us to distrust government and think all politicians are bad. They win if we don’t bother to vote. So while we can be disgusted by the ex-coach in Alabama don’t forget to pay attention to and amplify (in person, to friends, on social media) the good people in Washington.

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Who came up with the wonderful idea of a book tree?

Indiana fired football coach Tom Allen w/ $20 million buyout.

Texas A&M paid $76 million buyout to fire Jimbo Fisher.

Tuberville only got $5.6 million when Auburn fired him.

Tommy’s a bad Senator but maybe $$$ will tempt him to leave Senate & try to be fired again as bad coach?

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Headlines Monday about an AFC South NFL coach fired. And fans of all four teams, Buccaneers, Falcons, Saints and Panthers probably all wished it was theirs.

(Turns out to have been Carolina’s Frank Reich)

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Most terrifying words now for New Orleans football fans: “#Saints are in the red zone.”

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Here we go again: Washington Post Headline: “American girl, 4, among hostages released on 3rd day of pause, Biden says”

Just below this headline “White House grapples w/ internal divisions over the war.”

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No credit to Biden

AND no mention of Trump. Des ANYONE think he could have handled delicate negotiations?

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Far-right led anti-immigrant riots in Dublin after 3 children & teaching asst stabbed outside school. Suspect, naturalized Irish citizen did come from Algeria in 2003. But child in critical condition is child of immigrants & man hailed as hero for stopping attack is a delivery driver who is a recent Brazilian immigrant

After a weekend flurry of emails on boot prices, including five on Saturday including with one saying “sale ends tonight!!” a few hours later on Sunday, Easy Spirit changes sale prices on boots- to about 15% lower. And corporations wonder why consumers hate them.

Washington Post headline “Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party’s finances.” Well, maybe if the party weren’t in thrall to a con man who sends several fundraising emails a day for his personal benefit….

Velveeta Voldemort now claiming he’d replace Obamacare with that big beautiful fantasy healthcare plan he’s been talking about a years. A plan which is as real as his three sets of marriage vows.

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Whatever their political affiliation pretty sure that almost anyone if they saw an aging relative posting or saying things like Donald Trump has lately they’d be looking into assisted living options.

Iowa-Nebraska and Alabama-Auburn games Saturday. Just two more example why you don’t bet on college football

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As a New Orleans Saints fan who suffered through Minnesota Miracle and more than a few late football game collapses, I thought I’d seen it all. Auburn – rushing 2 on 4th & goal at the 31 with time running out & then leaving a receiver open. Hold our beer.

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Without going into details on too many college football games Saturday, however, there’s a reason why the axiom about the prevent defense is that it prevents you winning..

So Aaron Rodgers, who claims he hopes to return in 2023s is using both common advanced and rare cutting edge medical treatments to treat his torn ACL. And yet he avoids a vaccine used by billions of people. Make it make sense.

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Black Friday seems to have started at the beginning of November. Cyber Monday emails coming in Saturday. So guessing after Christmas sales should start about December 1?

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Mitch McConnell claims he’s against Tommy Tuberville’s drop his petty and destructive holds on military promotions. If he REALLY wanted to stop the ex-coach all Mitch had to do was threaten to call a mandatory GOP Senate meeting today during the Alabama-Auburn game.

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As NY Times makes a tentative stab at jumping on the Nikki Haley bandwagon, has it occurred to them that besides her weather-vane statements, that Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley, born to immigrant Sikh parents from India, just might have a problem in today’s GOP?

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Mitt Romney indicated in an interview that if Donald Trump is the nominee he’ll vote for Joe Biden. Glad he said it, but living in Utah, Mitt can vote for anyone he wants. Last time the state voted for a Democrat for President was LBJ in 1964.

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George Santos apparently gave an interview where he accused members of Congress of voting drunk and having inappropriate relationships with lobbyists.

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Some do not “show up to vote because they’re too hungover or whatever the reason is, or not show up to vote at all and just give their card out like f—ing candy for someone else to vote for them.”

“This s— happens every single week. Where are the ethics investigations?”

Uh George, if you want to talk more about this, I am sure Rachel Maddow can open up some time for you on Monday

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Thanksgiving weekend in US is good time to be thankful for many things:

Family, friends, & yes, despite bad headlines & vitriol directed at those in public service & elective office, many good people are trying their best to help Americans & defend democracy. Competence isn’t clickbait.

Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and the Detroit Lions, even in their best year, playing a turkey game on Thanksgiving.

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Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. Whether we agree or not…. and I know my readers and friends vary across the political and sports spectrums, glad to have you all in my online and real (or should I say in-person) life. You are the reason I write.

Indianapolis Colts owner owner Jim Irsay said his 2014 arrest for DUI was a result of police prejudice against him for being “a rich, white billionaire.”

During Irsay’s arrest, Police discovered various prescription drugs – oxycodone and hydrocodone, plus an anti anxiety drug in his car, along with more than $29,000 in cash.

Yeah, he got different treatment as a “rich white billionaire alright. Were Jim Irsay black he might well have been shot.

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60 years ago the NFL received a lot of criticism for playing football after Kennedy was shot.

These days the league and its advertisers would probably have run commercials during JFK’s funeral

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Probably forgetting a few, but have any celebrities who haven’t killed someone fallen further in most people’s estimation than Susan Sarandon and Brett Favre?

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Hey media, do your job. From Google on Dr. Bruce A. Aronwald who just raved about Trump’s health “He received his medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine.” (?!) He has a D.O. Not an M.D. Imagine headlines if Biden’s Doctor wasn’t an MD

(And yes, there are some fine Osteopathic doctors out there. But, again, imagine if it were Joe.

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The Rolling Stones are going back on tour in 2024. One of the best parts. The tour is sponsored by AARP. No joke.

After the Rolling Stones, led by octogenarians Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, finish their newly announced 2024 Hackney Diamonds tour, perhaps they could add one more gig – Playing for President Biden’s second inauguration.

Joe Biden ordered all flags at U.S. government buildings & military bases to be flown at half-staff starting Nov. 25 in honor of former FLOTUS Rosalynn Carter. Flags will be flown at half-staff from Sat until sunset on day of Carter’s interment. It’s so nice having a President.

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As someone in SF Bay Area who got 15lb turkey deal for $8 at Safeway, I’ve still seen $5 a lb organic turkey at expensive boutique grocery stores, & $550 to-go dinner at local Four Seasons. Guess these GOP trolls are telling us where THEY shop. And they claim they need tax cuts

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A US listeria outbreak has prompted a recall of fresh peaches, plums and nectarines sold in retail stores between May 1 and Nov. 15, 2022 and between May 1 and Nov. 15, 2023. If you still have fruit in your fridge from 2022 listeria may be the least of your worries.

Israel has agreed to a hostage deal and temporary cease-fire with Hamas. Out of habit will the media blame President Biden? Oh, wait…

So now that Fox News admits Rainbow Bridge car explosion was not a terrorist attack how long until they and other right-wing media try to blame it on Hunter Biden?

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For those who don’t dare to dream of a Blue sweep in 2024, keeping the White House and Senate, winning the House:

It doesn’t hurt less when you aim low and miss. And I’m aiming high…for saving democracy.

#VoteBlue

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This Thanksgiving going to have a lot of people in Republican districts and red states giving thanks for things like infrastructure and insulin price caps…things their members of Congress voted against.

Thanks Democrats

Thanks Biden

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Yes, Travis Kelce fumbled in a big spot, but waiting to see how those two dropped passes by other players at end of 4th quarter that probably finally cost Kansas City game against Philadelphia Eagles were Taylor Swift’s fault.

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Broncos’ Kareem Jackson was suspended for a second time this season, this time hit for a hit on Joshua DDobbs hit. He also has four fines for unnecessary roughness and two ejections. Who does Kareem think he is, Draymond Green?

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CNN’s John King claims “Young people claim they don’t see President Biden enough.” Also CNN, let’s do wall-to-wall coverage of Velveeta Voldemort and instead of showing Joe Biden traveling the country as he has in the last month, let’s do yet another story on his poll numbers.-

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Rosalynn Carter back in 1976s interview asked about being controversial. “There are so many things that I see that need to be done… I don’t think Jimmy and I have ever shied away from controversy. The only way not to be criticized is to be mediocre and never do anything.”

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And then this lovely quote “Asked if winning a Nobel Peace Prize or becoming President was the most exciting thing that happened to him Jimmy Carter responds, “when Rosalynn said she’d marry me — I think that was the most exciting thing.”

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ERCOT, the Texas grid operator’, plan to add generating capacity has failed and so the state faces a risk of winter blackouts.. Wonder if Ted Cruz has his travel plans set for Cancun yet?

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, who recently made clear his endorsement of Donald Trump for 2024, met with the former president on tonight. Did MAGA Mike bring pads for all the time he spent on his knees?.

Media loves to report how younger voters are uncomfortable with Biden’s age & think Joe is too pro-Israel with Israel-Hamas war. But why doesn’t MSM give equal weight to Trump being 77 & Donald’s stated plans to deport those who protest on behalf of Hamas PLUS having Muslim ban?

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On December 14, 2023, Donald Trump will officially be 77 1/2 years old, more than half way through the year to 78 years old. I do hope the media will spend as much time on this milestone as they are on President Biden’s birthday.

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Why isn’t this quote from Rick Santorum getting more attention? “ “Thank goodness that most of the states in this country don’t allow you to put everything on the ballot because pure democracies are not the way to run a country.” Saying the GOP mission statement out loud.

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In 2018, Manchin told Meet the Press he’d considered leaving Congress but ran for re-election because he thought he could “contribute to bringing people together.” And media started treating Joe like most important man in Congress. Are we shocked it went to his head?

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As Foghorn Leghorn trends on social media for a misogynistic racist remark about VP Harris,, your reminder that Louisiana Senator John Kennedy was not only a Democrat until 2007, he was a Phi Beta Kappa at Vanderbilt, an editor of the Law Review at University of Virginia, and went to Oxford.

He’s not stupid, but he thinks voters are.

My sister, a Minnesota Vikings fan, told me last week after the Vikings hung on to beat the Saints, that a popular t-shirt is “The Vikings almost always almost win.”

In snatching defeat from the jaws of victory against the Broncos, today the VIkings lived up, or rather, down to that slogan.

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As a (still first place) Saints fan was nice at least knowing the team couldn’t blow the 4th quarter to the “bye week.” #WhoDat

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Meanwhile, big headline about “Ohio State jumping Michigan to be #2 in college football in AP Poll, while the Wolverines fell to #3.

Michigan and Ohio State play next week. If only all controversies were so easy to solve.

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“Does technology make us stupid?” (driving edition.)

Drove from Sacramento to Palo Alto today. Because I don’t love often chaotic highway interchanges in California & it was a pretty day to cross the Bay Bridge, I ignored the Google Maps lady to take Highway 80 & 101 the whole day.

Left the sound on for fun, got the voice telling me repeatedly not only just to do the more complicated East Bay routing, but also then to try 280 PLUS go off the highway onto surface streets maybe a dozen times.

I stayed on my planned route. It was simple & great views of SF: 2 hours and 15 minutes

The “faster” routes, at best estimate were 2 hours and 2 minutes….

(Seriously though, how often do the ‘fastest routes’ require so many road changes, each of which is a possibility for a delay or problem. Ditto some of the transit suggestions, which might have two connections where a single connect is almost as fast.)

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RIP Rosalynn Carter, 96.. Not unexpected but still sad.

Hard to explain to this generation how groundbreaking (and controversial) it was for Rosalynn Carter as First Lady to be such a close and influential partner for Jimmy.

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On junk fees, “Airlines claim ‘it would be too difficult to disclose charges more clearly” Doug Mullen, deputy general counsel at Airlines for America. Uh, airlines can & do change their prices, including for extra legroom etc, every 5 minutes. They don’t WANT to disclose fees.

Inflation at lowest point since 2021, gas prices are falling, unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for longest stretch since 1960s… Wonder how many Americans know these & other Biden positives. Media would rather run stories on Joe’s poll numbers. Competence isn’t clickbait.

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Golden showers is trending and not only does everyone on both sides of the aisle instantly know who we’re talking about, he’s the GOP front-runner for the 2024 Presidential nomination. As my late great stepmother used to say “We’re not perfect but they’re nuts.”

New Mexico State, 26 point underdogs, just beat Auburn 31-10. This is the most embarassing thing to happen to Auburn football except for every time their ex-coach Tuberville opens his mouth.

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Class action suit filed against Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix on behalf of 35,000 who bought tickets for Thurs practice session cancelled after 8 minutes when car damaged by loose drain cover.

Biggest waste of money for a lousy few minutes since Trump hired Stormy Daniels.

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Great sign in the elevator of the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento:

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Also on one of their mirrors. “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

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Good to see some big name advertisers saying “enough” & leaving Twitter after their owner’s “actual truth” reply to an anti-semitic tweet. But uh, Elon has already threatened to sue Anti-Defamation League, and compared Justin Trudeau to Hitler. When someone tells you who they are…

Muskrat furious with advertisers fleeing Twitter over his agreeing with really anti-semitic tweet: “Many of the largest advertisers are the greatest oppressors of your right to free speech.” Oh, Elon has free speech all right. The companies who advertise are just free to disagree with it & leave.

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Joe Biden gets blamed for everything that goes wrong with prices. How about some Dark Brandon love for this one? A blip on CNN – Gas prices are tumbling, just in time for Thanksgiving.

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The House Ethics Committee chair has filed a motion to expel Santos. Headlines don’t say it and wonder how many know- the chair, Michael Guest, is a Missisippi Republican?!!

Apparently Velveeta Voldemort today took credit for helping Chuck Grassley get elected in Iowa. Uh when Grassley first got elected Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson thought Jesus was still riding around on a dinosaur.

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You know it must have been a good APEC for President Biden. Mainstream media barely covered it. Now if he’d made a gaffe on mispronouncing a name or had stumble, it would still be front page news.

Not an Oakland A’s fan but proposed move to Las Vegas sucks. John Fisher has done nothing but hurt team since he bought them.

And the land alloted for the stadium, on one of the busiest corners in Las Vegas, between Excalibur, New York New York, and MGM, doesn’t have space for a roof. Of course, they might get more land. Or they could play without a roof…. hey, it’s a dry heat.

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Jm Harbaugh and Michigan agreed to accept the remaining two games of his suspension “Coach Harbaugh, with the University’s support, decided to accept this sanction to return the focus to our student-athletes and their performance on the field.

Or maybe Harbaugh has decided hotel room is a comfy place to watch a game. or even more likely, that missing two regular season games is better than risking being banned for a bowl game.

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Formula One’s $500 million Las Vegas Grand Prix had to cancel their first practice day, after a driver drove over a loose drain cover “- F1 later said “a single water valve cover on the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit failed” – The race only had three practice days scheduled.

“For want of a nail…”

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Not sure if latest sordid details will make any difference in having George Santos expelled. But today is a lot of free publicity for OnlyFans.

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List of alleged crimes committed by George Santos is so long you almost wonder if he was angling to be Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate.

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ICYMI, as media didn’t spend much time on GOP late night efforts to stop ex-coach’s blockade. Lindsay Graham warned he’d vote w/ Democrats to temporarily change rules, allowing Senate to bypass hold, if Tuberville continues to block quick confirmations. In Biden’s words “A BFD.”

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CNN is mocking Tuberville’s “there’snobody more military than me.” Fine, but they constantly talk about the ex-coach. Instead of headlining REAL military politicians like Mark Kelly & Jack Reed, even GOP’s Joni Ernst & Dan Sullivan who are fighting back. Gives Senate a bad name.

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Tommy Tuberville claims he is “reviewing” options to end his hold on miitary nominations. Oh give me a bleeping break. All Tommy is probably reviewing is the college football schedule this weekend.

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SCOTUS rules 5-4, with Amy Coney Barrett the deciding vote, that Ron DeSantis’s Florida law that limits drag shows in the state will remain blocked. Suppose we don’t need a reason for good news. But maybe Justice Barrett went with her kids to Kinky Boots?

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Apparently Kahlua and Absolut Vodka are partnering on a new espresso martini perfume, which will cost over $100.

Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to spill a drink on yourself?

Draymond Green has been suspended five games for putting an opposing player in a headlock. If he weren’t black and a public anti-Trumper, thinking Draymond might be approached by GOP to run for office.

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One of many lies told by ex-coach Tuberville is that military is fine having many assistant leaders & doesn’t need people in top positions he is blocking.

By that token, NCAA football teams can have 10 assistant coaches, so Tommy is saying they really don’t need head coaches.

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Never want to root for someone to get hurt. But if a QB had to be out for year, fact it’s Deshaun Watson, who served only 11-game suspension for following accusations from about 30 women of sexual assault & sexual misconduct during massage sessions… well, I can live with that.

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Sounds like discussions with Xi were important and productive. And yeah, Biden said “woke up dead” from fentanyl. So what? Joe has stumbled with phrases since he was in his 20s. We know what he meant. At least Biden doesn’t still think Obama is President.

(also apparently that IS a slang phrase for dying.)

Senate passed CR bill 87-11 to keep government open. 10 GOP and 1 Dem voted no (Cornyn and Tim Scott were absent.) This after Dems saved the House bill yesterday. So basically this year Democrats have kept U.S. government open & saved Thanksgiving. Why isn’t this a headline?

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Unexpected quote of the day after GOP Senator threatened to punch a witness. “Never thought I’d say this, Bernie Sanders seems to be voice of reason here. Everything you just saw was complete & utter embarrassment & shouldn’t be what is projected to kids from our capital. Reminder to all of you: The children are watching.”

Noted liberal Laura Ingraham

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Joni Ernst still at it at 2:30a on Senate floor reading biographies of military heroes who ex-coach is blocking… Whether you agree with her or not, Ernst is combat veteran. Tuberville is failed football coach. Joni should at least be getting more media attention than Tommy.

And now Dan Sullivan is taking up the charge at 3:00am…

Even GOP on Rules who voted against rule change to advance military nominations say they disagree w/ Tuberville’s blockade. Imagine if intransigent Democrat held up nominations over an issue & Schumer couldn’t stop him/her? Would be nonstop media coverage of Dems’ ineptitude.

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Eemember Jay-walking? When Jay Leno used to walk around Los Angeles in hopes of finding people who gave really stupid answers to questions? But smart people never got on camera.

Media now interviews people & if they’re positive & enthusiastic about Biden THEY don’t get on camera.

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Meta says they will not allow ads that “call into question legitimacy of upcoming or ongoing election.” Meta WILL allow ads saying 2020 was rigged. Ok then. Like standing up during wedding & not saying groom will have affairs but accusing him of cheating on past girlfriends.