Left Coast Sports Babe

Don’t sound so bad.

Such a small thing, but yeah, it made me sad. Tomorrow’s Sunday Night Baseball game at 8:30pm was actually going to be Dodgers vs SF Giants.  Next scheduled Dodgers-Giants Sunday night game. July 16. And that seems like a longshot.

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Trump said today  “Americans want to see basketball & baseball & football & hockey. They want to see their sports. They want to go out onto the golf courses and breathe nice, clean, beautiful fresh air.” Translation “I WANNA GOLF!!! WAAAAAA”

Trump tweeted “To all of our youth who are missing start of their @LittleLeague  seasons, hang in there! We will get you back out on the fields, & know that you will be playing baseball soon…” Uh, does anyone think Donald ever has been to little league game? (Mets don’t count.)

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“He’s stuck in his room. He’d like to be playing sports,” pause, “Barron” Does Donald want credit for remembering his son’s name?

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As Trump acts like sparsely populated states don’t need #StayAtHome orders, your reminder, in 1895 the state of Ohio only had 2 registered vehicles in it. And they crashed into each other.

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South Dakota state representative Bob Glanzer, 74, died from coronavirus Friday night. Your reminder that South Dakota is one of 8 states without a #StayAtHome order. And Trump says those Governors are doing a great job.

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For those looking for a reason to smile – how about this, Joe Biden has promised that in the VP debates, Mike Pence is going to have to be alone with a woman this fall.

Franklin Graham said people are dying of the Coronavirus because man has sinned against God. Right, because no church congregations have had cluster outbreaks with many dead. Oh, wait, never mind.

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Who knew Shakespeare might have predicted coronavirus task force press conference with Jared Kushner? “A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

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Just imagine if in a performance review your boss criticizes you, and you respond by blaming the guy who had the job three years ago.

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Saturday math: Combined population of states led by 8 GOP governors without #StayAtHome orders, approx 18.5 million. Population of New York state. approx 19.5 mill Electoral votes for 8 states – 41 Electoral votes for New York – 29 Anyone doubt Trump will help those Red states?

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To be fair, if Coronavirus had become a global health problem during Obama’s presidency, sure Barack would have worked with WHO, scientists, governors and other world leaders to limit the pandemic. But admittedly he might have done all that wearing a tan suit.

Have to wonder, when sports start up again, will they need tests for all fans, maybe temperature at least,  on entrance, to try to make sure no one transmits Coronavirus?  And logistically how would this work with big crowds, how early might fans need to arrive, and how much could the testing delay games?

Thinking maybe the first baseball team cleared to play home games might be the Miami Marlins.

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Okay, you know you and your friends are adapting to #StayAtHome when you try to schedule a phone cocktail hour with someone and they’re already booked through the week.

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As hospitals overflow and people worry about rent, it sure would be nice if POTUS knew anyone with empty hotels or resorts that might be able to be used to house Americans in need.

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So how long until Trump fundraising team starts soliciting donations for the chance to win a beautiful signed anti-coronavirus scarf?

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Trump “In many cases a scarf will be better, thicker.” than a medical mask.
Translation “Ivanka has millions of scarves she wants to sell. Beautiful scarves…”

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Kushner says Trump heard THIS MORNING from “friends” that NY hospitals were running low on supplies. Because Cuomo and De Blasio screaming at the top of their lungs didn’t count????!!!!!!

Thought it was a joke, but no, Jared Kushner really did say “The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use.” “L’etat c’est moi.” at least sounded pretty in French.

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If heat killed coronavirus how do you explain Florida?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has bowed to church leaders, and overruled local city and county power to ban large religious gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. So when parishioners get sick can they be treated with prayer and isolated within those churches?

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Again, now that CNN and other networks have  decided that they aren’t covering all of Trump’s vanity press briefings, WHY don’t they give Joe Biden and other  Democratic leaders equal time during the gaps????

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Brian Kemp claimed he had no idea until today people without coronavirus symptoms can still spread virus. Don’t forget Amy Klobuchar – “My friend Stacey Abrams would be governor of Georgia right now if it wasn’t for voting violations.” Voter suppression is a civil rights issue.

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Noticed on a package of ground chicken today “always cook to well-done.” Is there ANYONE who thought rare chicken was a good idea? (Suppose, seriously, that a whole lot of the younger generation is going to suddenly learn basic cooking skills.)

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Do you realize some day we all may be telling our grandchildren “Yeah, we used to do these things called hugs and handshakes.”

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Direct quote from Trump Monday on the Klobuchar-Wyden #VoteByMail bill: ‘They had things-levels of voting that if you ever agreed to it you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” When you say the quiet part out loud.

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Not that it really matters… but anyone have any idea who Trump’s “infected friend in a coma” is?

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Fox News reports Joe Biden has offered to call Trump to discuss a strategy to combat coronavirus pandemic. So has White House replied with a list of compliments for dear leader that must be included in first minute of the call?

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Ron DeSantis just ordered #StayAtHome for Florida. Talk about locking the door when not only the horses are out, but also the barn is already engulfed in flames.

As Joe Biden decides on a running mate who he wants to be a strong enough woman who is qualified to be President, your reminder that Donald Trump picked Mike Pence precisely not in spite of Pence being weak, but because of it.

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Per Rachel Maddow,   Oklahoma and Kentucky received more medical equipment than they requested. Illinois, Massachusetts and Maine got only a fraction of their requests. When punishing blue states gets dangerously close to murder…

Saw ESPN story that Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin will give Tom Brady his #12 and switch to #14.
Godwin told the Bucs website that no compensation was involved. No compensation?. Uh.Chris Godwin is in the last year of a 4-year, $3.2 million contract, Brady just signed a 2-year $50 million guaranteed contract. Has someone checked Chris for concussions?

Toronto’s has cancelled all city-led and permitted events through June 30 but the mayor said it doesn’t apply to professional sports teams.   So the 67-95 2019 Blue Jays might squeak by.

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It would be wrong to refer to “Diamond and Silk” as “Cubic Zirconia and Rayon.” So I won’t do it. But “Cubic Zirconia and Rayon” are what fakes are made of.

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“It’s a really rough time for the United States but I’m so thrilled to hear Lindsay Lohan has a new single” said… no one?!

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Have to wonder, if the late, great Molly Ivins were still alive, would she have shamed Texas Governor Greg Abbott into more stringent #StayAtHome measures?   Either way, tonight I REALLY miss Molly Ivins.

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So now that it’s “30 days to slow the spread” there’s a new postcard almost certainly coming to most Americans. “President Trump’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America.” Uh, Donald, this time can the postcard be printed on softer stock? We all could use more toilet paper.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s talking to White House’s coronavirus task force, but they haven’t yet recommended stay-at-home order for Florida: “If they do, obviously that would be something that would carry a lot of weight w/ me.”
So DeSantis is saying the equivalent of “Mom never told me not to play in traffic?”

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Anyone who saw the first part of Trump’s press conference and thought he was adopting a new Presidential tone (again) must have watched the first half of Titanic and thought it was just a costume drama about shipboard romance.

Per Maddow tonight:   SIX states have no statewide stay-at-home orders. Nevada, North . Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska., Iowa, Arkansas.   Eleven other states Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Wyoming have partial orders.

What do all those states but Nevada and Pennsylvania have in common?

“One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.” Donald Trump, talking in February about coronavirus. Americans, talking in January 2021 about the Trump Presidency.

How much as an SF Giants fan did I dread the idea of seeing Madison Bumgarner in a Diamondbacks uniform this year?
How happy as a baseball fan will I be to see Madison Bumgarner play a real MLB game in any uniform this year?

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And open note to KNBR, the Giants’ flagship station : I love the SF Giants and can’t wait for baseball to come back but if you ever air an ad for “My Pillow” again I may have to find another way to listen to games. Thank you.

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On a lighter note – love this Twitter exchange. Drew Brees @drewbrees

· 15h The baby rattlesnakes were out today… Saw them on the late afternoon walk with the dogs. https://instagram.com/p/B-V3WleHMXp/?igshid=na4dleo0jf2o… Sean Payton

· 13h Let’s find a different route. Ok?

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Who knew that one day “what you could do for your country” would be being a couch potato?

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Winston Churchill to President Roosevelt during the London Blitz “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.”

Donald Trump to Governors during the Coronavirus pandemic “I haven’t heard about testing being a problem.”

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Trump really really wants a holiday named after him. Can I suggest April 1?

Gavin Newsom on “the Daily Show with Trevor Noah” saying California only received 400 ventilators from Feds, all broken, down in Los Angeles, but that they shipped them to Silicon Valley, got them fixed & returned them to LA. Almost think Trump is disappointed the ventilators were fixable.

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So how much would we all give to see some reporter at tomorrow’s  CoronavirusPress Conference ask Donald how he gets his spray tan person declared “essential?”

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Serious question, is Trump looking at the way coronavirus is ravaging some urban areas now and figuring that he’s fine because it will kill more blue voters?

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Glossary for those who need help translating Trump Press Conference “That’s a snarky, nasty question.” Translation – “You just pointed out one of my obvious lies.”

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As Rachel Maddow points out, among the states in the US with the highest number of coronavirus, Florida alone has no statewide #StayAtHome order. Missouri, with a 600% increase in cases, doesn’t have one either. Wonder what these two states have in common?

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I’ve been a passionate Democrat all my life. This means 2 things.

 1. I have cried, more than once, over a really good candidate who didn’t make it through the primary.

2. I have then put on my big girl pants & voted for the winner in the general. Period. #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

As a number of college basketball players say they will declare early for the NBA draft, wondering what kind of youthful optimism makes them think there WILL be an NBA draft.

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We all have to do what we can to get through this crisis, but have a certain amount of respect for a Saints fan I know on Twitter who is spending all his stay at home time trolling the Atlanta Falcons and their fans.

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For all these folks predicting a Coronavirus baby boom, have to think thought of HAVING to visit your doctor regularly soon then knowing a hospital visit is coming in 9 months would be enough to talk millions into safe sex.

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And now Trump is rage tweeting that he won’t pay for security for Harry and Meghan? Uh, all those cities Donald has never paid back for covering his ego rallies say “Hi.”

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Now Trump says he’ll be keeping the social distancing guidelines until April 30. So how long until Donald attacks media who repeat his quotes about opening by Easter?

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Since Trump is so concerned about television ratings could we all promise him that he could get the highest ratings ever recorded for this resignation speech? I promise to watch, RT if you agree.

Pretty sure in retrospect that we saw Trump’s re-election strategy today in Rose Garden – announce that 2 million Americans could die. Then with death toll anything below that he will personally take credit for saving the others.

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Yeah, it’s an indecent proposal, but since it’s all about ratings with Donald could we pay someone to have sex with Trump in a windmill if he’d stop these inane press conferences? #TheBachelor

How long until Trump says it was Hunter Biden’s idea to ship all US PPE to China?

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Ket me ask a simple question, if Bernie Sanders had 1,217 delegates, compared to Joe Biden’s 914 delegates, and of the 171 remaining pledged delegates, most of them were pledged to Sanders endorsers, would Bernie and his supporters be urging Biden to stay in?

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Another longer post:. This post is not about whether Joe Biden is the very best nominee the Democrats could have chosen. (And hey, I still think Bill Bradley was better than Al Gore, and Howard Dean would have been better than John Kerry. For starters.) But the fact remains, if it were not for this Coronavirus pandemic, Biden would either already be the official nominee by now, or over the top on April 28. And I have more than made my peace with that.
So it increasingly strikes me that soon, Biden should name his running mate, his first SCOTUS pick, and those he has chosen, assuming they agree, for his cabinet. This is not to insult Bernie Sanders, but to give those women, and men, higher stature, and more of a platform to speak out as part of a Democratic alternative to the current sh*tshow we see daily with Trump’s task force. And it will give the media less of an excuse not to cover that alternative.

Usually at this time of year the most obnoxious people, who don’t know NEARLY as much as they think they do, are those who somehow have guessed their way into near-perfect March Madness brackets.

Well, two days after MLB Opening Day a record number of teams are still undefeated.

Just finished my 2020 Census form. One of the questions is basically – “will you be living or staying at your residence on April 1, 2020? “Staying” has a whole new meaning than it did a couple weeks ago.

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Getting an on-line ad for “People Magazine,” where the current cover story is all about Coronavirus, with the tagline “Pick up your copy today.” Uh “pick up?” Maybe rethink that.

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A little gallows humor, I’m past this problem but how many women in this country wake up at night and worry “Coronavirus or hot flash?”

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You know which Governors are doing the best jobs dealing with Coronavirus pandemic. They’re the ones Donald Trump is attacking.

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With so few drivers on the road, California Highway Patrol says they have been issuing an increasing number of citations for driving over 100mph. On brighter note, such drivers may be increasing potential pool of organ donors.

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This week ave watched heartbreaking videos of Amy Klobuchar, talking about her husband, and Joe Biden,  talking about those who have lost family members, this week. Serious question, does anyone believe Trump has ever cried. Or even choked up?

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Asked about if Trump’s statement that appreciation is how it’s supposed to work – Joe Biden “I thought the Federal Government is supposed to do their job.”

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Donald Trump reportedly saying he wants his signature on stimulus checks so Americans can see it. Can someone please tell him that coronavirus can last on Sharpies pens indefinitely?

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A real shame for America Trump can’t treat the coronavirus like one of his casinos. It would be gone within a month.

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Can any Trump defender with a straight face say that the time and money it cost to get him to Norfolk today for his USNS Comfort photo up was worth more than, say, using those resources to get medical supplies to hospitals that desperately need them?

As Trump attacks governors who aren’t “nice” to him: “Quid Pro Quo” – “a favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something.” Gosh, if only America had had the chance to tell Donald Trump this was not OK?

Indy 500 has been postponed until August 23. Anyone ever been in Indianapolis in August? Coronavirus may be under control but spectators may die of heatstroke.

Jay Inslee said Trump said during a call with Governors that Donald’s administration was willing to be a “backup” during coronavirus crisis, but the  Washington Governor. responded “We don’t need a backup, we need a Tom Brady.” Uh, a Tom Brady?

Not a Russell Wilson?

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Gov. Greg Abbott announced that people who fly into Texas from NYC area OR New Orleans will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days. Well, good thing airplanes are the only way to travel in US…. And that Texas doesn’t share a border with Louisiana.

Watched White House briefing today.   Anyone else watching feel after Trump exits the room like they need a shower?

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Let’s be very clear, many of the (mostly red) states without large outbreaks (so far) are those with lowest population density in USA, with correspondingly low contributions to our GNP. So those are the states Trump wants to reopen to fix our economy?

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Apparently Trump has states bidding and competing against each other for medical equipment and supplies. Does Donald think this is some sick reality show called “Coronavirus Apprentice”?

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Learned something new. Before I blocked a twitter bot saw the new narrative that Hillary is just propping up Joe Biden so that he will name her VP & she can finally become President. Wonder if they’ll claim she cooked up this plan in a pizza parlor.

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Dr. Fauci with Trevor Noah is SO much of an improvement over Dr. Fauci with Donald Trump. Period.  (And wow, who knew the Dr. could actually smile.)

Dr. Fauci to Trevor Noah, “right now today as we speak there is no proven safe and effective method to cure coronavirus disease.” Fortunately Trump probably doesn’t know Comedy Central exists, so he won’t fire Fauci.”

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Ivanka Trump posted a video of her children washing their hands, with $39 hand soap. What’s next, tomorrow she’ll tell us to eat $100 cakes?

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has ordered Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters in Arlington, VA closed as “non-essential.” So looking good for those who have Northam in Trump Governor Insult Bingo.

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Let me be VERY clear about Trump blaming Obama for everything going wrong w/ US coronavirus response: Lies aside, if you take over as an executive, you might be able to blame problems on old boss for short time. But when you’ve been on job for over 3 years – the problem is YOURS.

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And for all those who have been asking “Where is Joe Biden and why hasn’t he been speaking out?  I provide a link. The date to this op-ed, January 27, 2020.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/coronavirus-donald-trump-made-us-less-prepared-joe-biden-column/4581710002/

March 26, 2020. All baseball fans marked our calendars – Opening Day for MLB.  And for the first time ever, all teams after Opening day will be undefeated.

Saints coach, Sean Payton, who says he’s been “cleared,” ie still quarantineed but has almost recovered from coronavirus, is  now spreading the word about social distancing.  “We try asking nicely….and then you still see behavior that makes you upset. Just picture everyone’s got a hand grenade on ’em — how about that? So stay away from everybody.

A construction worker at the site of new Raiders Stadium in Las Vegas has tested positive for coronavirus.

Must. Not. Make. Joke. About, How. No. One. Connected. To Raiders. Could. Catch. Anything.

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Some Republicans want to ban abortions during Coronavirus pandemic as non-essential surgeries. So surely they would agree that we should also ban filling non-essential prescriptions like Viagra.

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So now that Trump has tweeted “Congratulations America,” over the stimulus bill, who in the White House is going to tell Donald this doesn’t mean he can golf this weekend?

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Two cruise ships with 30 sick on board will dock in Miami tomorrow. Can they be quarantined at Mar-A-Lago?

So looking at the death toll in New York City Trump really is killing people in the middle of Fifth Avenue and getting away with it.

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As Trump talks about withholding aid from states who aren’t “nice” to him, who knew that letting him get away with quid pro quo on the Ukraine would have consequences?

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Trump claimed he wanted to see Romeo & Juliet tonight at Kennedy Center, how about he just reads opening paragraph. Especially these lines:

“From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean?”

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I thought this was a joke. It’s not. German media reports G7 leaders can’t agree on coronavirus statement because Pompeo is pushing to call it the “Wuhan virus.” How about a compromise, let’s call it “Wuhan/Trump virus?”

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Once again, if someone could convince Trump that ventilators were needed to blow air to keep the New York Stock Exchange open there would be 50,000 ventilators delivered to Wall Street tonight.

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Rachel Maddow talking about why Trump won’t federalize the medical equipment supply chain. Sadly, I think we know why….it might prevent his donors, friends and maybe family from profiting off this pandemic. With Donald it’s ALWAYS follow the money.

Also per Maddow,  Mississippi’s governor issued executive order overriding local #StayAtHome orders, saying that all businesses can remain open. And not long ago we thought cities that kept Confederate statues were the biggest political embarrassment in today’s South.

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It’s a lot easier on the soul to watch & comment on Joe Biden . He was talking about forgiving student debt for those in public service, about how “We talk about the kids who need opportunities as if they are somebody else’s children. They are ALL our children,” and “You’re seeing the soul of America right now. With ordinary people doing extraordinary things.”

. Anyone who thinks Joe is losing it needs to find a tape of Wednesday’s entire hour. No joke. #BidenHappyHour

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Biden also reminded us that 40% of hospitalizations for coronavirus are people between ages of 20 and 54. It’s not just protecting seniors, it’s self-preservation. #StayAtHome.

Tom Brady was introduced tonight as the new quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.   Not having that be anywhere near as big a headline as that would have been without coronavirus must be rather deflating.

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One problem with tele-work is that you can’t blame traffic for being late to the office.

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Anyone who supports Jerry Falwell Jr. reopening Liberty University next week is hereby forever forbidden from referring to themselves as “Pro-life.”

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Nordstrom has closed stores but is selling online. Today they sent out an email headed “stylish in sweats.” Uh, if we’re all at home alone or with just our families does anyone really care how stylish they look right now?

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Is it wrong if you see someone’s name trending and almost hope it’s because they have Coronavirus? Asking for a friend whose better angels are staying at home.

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Just think, it was only 7 weeks ago that the biggest f*ckup many of us knew in 2020 American politics involved the Iowa caucuses. #TrumpPandemic

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Now Rachel Maddow talking about how inexplicably America does not have a national policy on dealing with Coronavirus. Well maybe it’s because we don’t have a President.

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So  with non-essential DC workers being told to stay home, how does the person who does Donald Trump’s daily spray tan get a pass?

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Why did Apple have 9 million masks in their storehouses? Asking for a country.

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Trump talking about sections of our country that are doing “very very well.” Yeah, if someone falls off the Empire State building they’re doing very very well for about the first 90 floors too.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to ban most abortions in the state during coronavirus outbreak, declaring they don’t qualify as essential surgeries. So can women with unwanted pregnancy get a claim form to have their fetus, once born, be subsidized by the state until they are 18?

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Watching Joe Biden and Nicole Wallace today talking from their basements felt like a nice warm hug. And again, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and even Fox News, why aren’t you giving Democrats DAILY equal time to address the country on coronavirus?  We have real unmuzzled scientists too.

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Glad that Mitt Romney doesn’t have coronavirus… but how did he get results in 2 days, when it took even law professor John Bessler, Amy Klobuchar’s husband, 5 1/2 days when he had serious symptoms & needed to be hospitalized? Can only imagine how bad it is for average people.

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And doing the math, Amy Klobuchar was back in the Midwest and campaigning  several times a day for Joe Biden in Michigan when her husband caught the coronavirus in Baltimore/DC area. Then out of an abundance of caution,  since he had  fever and cold symptoms Amy didn’t go back to their DC apartment when she returned.

So her hard work may have saved Senate lives. Seriously.

In France, after the marathon he had been training for was canceled, a furloughed restaurant worker ran the marathon anyway, back and forth on his 23 foot long balcony.  Think we can all agree this is awesome. Well, except maybe his downstairs neighbors.

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Feeling a little gutted by the news that University of Baltimore and Georgetown law professor John Bessler, the husband of Senator Amy Klobuchar, has coronavirus.  And he had symptoms for days, but didn’t get tested until he was coughing up blood.. even so it took five days.  So for all those who think privilege will insulate them…

And Open note to a**hole college students who figure their age makes them safer, Amy Klobuchar’s husband John Bessler is a law school professor… wonder if he got it from one of this students?

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One of the nicest tweets today though came from another spouse… “@Chas10Buttigieg “John was one of the sweetest spouses I met on the trail. I can’t imagine the pain of not being able to be by your partner’s side during this. Peter and I are thinking of him, Senator Klobuchar, and Abigail today.” https://twitter.com/amyklobuchar/status/1242097981991653379″

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issuing executive order mandating 14 day self-isolation for travelers from NY or New Jersey.  Travelers arriving by air that is.  Good thing Florida is an island.  Oh wait, never mind.   Yes, same DeSantis who let spring breakers party on Florida beaches & bring coronavirus back to their states. I miss the days when “whythereisnosatire’ was funny

There is absolutely NOTHING in these White House Press Conferences that couldn’t be put out in a press release. But that would deny Trump his daily dose of public adulation. Which Donald acts like needs more than a serious coronavirus patient needs oxygen.

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Trump has sudden concern for American citizens of Asian heritage. Possible translation, Mitch McConnell’s said someone was mean to his wife Elaine Chao? Or some of Donald’s Asian-American donors have complained?

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Mike Pence seems so in love with his little “15 days to slow the spread” placard that I hope Mother isn’t watching.

Reports that Trump “jokingly” walked away after Dr. Birx said at his vanity press conference that she had a fever this weekend. Guessing tomorrow we’ll be asking “Where is Dr. Birx?”

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As Trump talks about getting rid of #StayAtHome restrictions to help the economy even if it kills millions your reminder that GOP once accused DEMOCRATS of being the ones who would have Death Panels.

Donald Trump  at his press conference today says he thinks Nebraska and Idaho are countries.   If so then they need to immediately forfeit their electoral college votes.

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“I must give the British people one simple instruction – you must stay at home. There can be no doubt that each and everyone of us is enlisted. And the people of this country will rise to this challenge and we will come through it together. Stay at home, protect our NHS, and save lives.” Wow. Who’d a thunk I’d ever wish the USA had a leader like Boris Johnson?

Robert Kraft, on behalf of the Patriots wrote an open letter in a Tampa newspaper asking Buccaneers fans to “take care of” Tom Brady.

Wonder what “take care of means?”   Does it include “make sure he doesn’t go to any local massage parlors?”  (Guessing Giselle will make sure of that.)

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Watched Tim Lincecum’s 2nd  no-hitter tonight. How bad were the Padres against Timmy?  They could have banged every pitch on a trash can and still probably not have hit him.

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Marc Ragovin “Many sports networks are airing their teams archived “classic” games with everything on hold. And of course only the Mets could screw things up. I was just watching SNY, and Buckner fielded the ball cleanly.”

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Wow. Today was Mother’s Day in England. Instead of parties, lunch or tea, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told British people to call Mom on a video chat. Because visiting your mother could kill her.

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Harvey Weinstein has coronavirus.  Again, my better angels are sheltering in place.

Trump is 90 minutes late for his press conference but it took him ONE minute to refer to the “Chinese Virus.” 

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So since we have no other sporting events to bet on should Vegas start offering odds on what day the IOC will officially postpone the 2020 Olympics?

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Pretty clear these Trump press conferences aren’t designed to make Americans feel better. They are designed to make Donald feel better.

Trump during his press conference/rally today “people are dying to go out to restaurants, people are dying to go on airplanes.” He had me at “people are dying.”

But Trump’s Press Conference today didn’t start until almost 6p Eastern time. Can he use the same timing Monday? At least Donald won’t tank the market in real time.

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Mike Pence at Trump press briefing – “If you don’t have symptoms you don’t need the test.” WTAF???!!!!  Rand Paul does not have symptoms. Are they trying to kill us all?

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When the Senate does figure out a way to allow a rule change to vote remotely, it would only be right that they approve #VoteByMail as a possibility for all Americans in November.

Some GOP Senators claiming Democrats trying to keep Coronavirus bill from being corporate bailout is costing us precious time. Wonder where they were last weekend when Mitch McConnell jetted off w/ BFF Brett Kavanaugh for investiture of their ABA “unqualified” rated judge.

Yeah, I still got no losers in my March Madness bracket… and it stinks.

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Wells Bayou won the $1 million Louisiana Derby, a regular Kentucky Derby qualifying race on Saturday, on, because of coronavirus restrictions, a largely empty New Orleans track.
How long until horse racing decides to get rid of jockeys too?

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Watched end of ESPN replay of 1992 Kentucky Duke game. Guess it would be unfair to compare Rick Pitino’s strategy to contain Grant Hill and Christian Laettner to Trump’s strategy to contain coronavirus.

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Possible sign of knowing you’re doing an okay job with #StayAtHome: you realize how much your cat snores.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just talked about putting those with symptoms or testing positive for coronavirus, in isolation shelters, possibly hotels or convention centers so they don’t infect others.   Good thing none of spring break kids who crowded state’s beaches went home already. Oh, wait, never mind.

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So at a time when Americans are increasingly terrified, today Trump decides what we most need is to hear him pat himself on the back for how great he is doing. At least when he speaks on weekends he can’t tank the stock market in real time.

Trump reposted a Fox News segment on the coronavirus,  where Fox News CALLED it coronavirus but Donald titled post “Chinese Virus Update.”   No racist petty dog whistle too small.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden, who tweeted 5-6 times today,  says he’s upgrading his home to be able to broadcast frequently to Americans. Many supposed Democrats, okay, mostly Sanders people,  attacking him for being out of sight. Enough! 

 “If we spend next 4 months tearing party apart we’ll spend next 4 years watching Trump tearing country apart.” (Amy Klobuchar, yeah, my daily commercial.  Get used to it.)

Today would have been day two of #MarchMadness. Right about now really wish my biggest obsession was my broken brackets.

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Wonder how p*ssed off Tom Brady was to have his actual signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers be eclipsed by the coronavirus.

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But if the pandemic continues into the NFL season maybe league can figure out a way to have a Brees-Brady matchup in a Pro-bowl type Super Bowl?

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Damn, another piece of the soundtrack of my youth gone too soon. Though Kenny Rogers, 81, had apparently been in hospice. So “he knew when to hold ’em, knew when to fold ’em…?” R.I.P.

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Winston Churchill, when he became Prime Minister in wartime, said to British who were scared -“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat.”

Donald Trump, self-declared wartime president, asked what he would say to Americans who are scared ” “I say that you are a terrible reporter.”

Your reminder “what do you tell Americans who are scared?” wasn’t just a softball question, it was a “put a softball on a tee” question.

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Why are we so surprised Trump has kept coronavirus testing numbers down? This is a man who has been avoiding his own physical so he doesn’t have to face real numbers.

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A member of Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus but apparently the VP did not have “close contact with the individual.” Does that mean the staffer is a woman? #ThanksMother

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So since Trump said the virus was a hoax and continued having rallies, and his cult members believed him, how many MAGAts are sick but refuse to get tested? Asking for a country.

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Trump says for the umpteenth time in press briefing “we’ve inherited an broken, old, terrible, obsolete system” and adds we haven’t been given the credit we deserve.” Because there is NO situation so awful where Donald cannot resist praising himself. 

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“Every one of the governors was very impressed with what we’ve done.” How does  Donald Trump not need rotator cuff surgery for all the time he spends contorting to pat himself on the back?

Red Sox Chris Sale, SF Giants’ Tyler Beede, both having Tommy John surgery, Justin Verlander having groin surgery…   Well, if MLB might have to take the year off, seems like a good time to go in for a tune-up.

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton the first person in NFL to announce he has the coronavirus.

Bus to hell time. Waiting for NFL refs to tell Sean Payton that they thought his coronavirus was uncatchable.

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All those pictures of spring break students on Florida beaches make me long for a remake of Jaws. Only this time the shark is the hero.

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When Tulsi Gabbard becomes a unifying voice of reason before Bernie Sanders….

After Tulsi,  Kirsten Gillibrand endorsed Joe Biden today. Showing that decisive leadership that made her brief Presidential campaign so successful..

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Prince Albert of Monaco now has coronavirus.  Darn.  Saw Prince Albert trending and my first hope was that someone had found a way to resurrect that old stupid joke about Prince Albert in the can.

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Gavin Newsom writes to Trump saying roughly 56% of Californians, or 25.5 million people, will be infected with coronavirus over an eight week period. Sad that my first thought is that Donald will now call it the California Chinese virus.

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So is Dr. Fauci now sick himself? Or did he just commit the cardinal sin of upstaging Donald Trump? Where is Dr. Fauci?

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CNN Headline “President Donald Trump shrugged off responsibility for providing more medical equipment and gear to strapped hospitals combating coronavirus.” They had me at “Trump shrugged off responsibility.”

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Priorities for Donald Trump – today’s fundraising email: “President Trump asked us to personally reach out to you to make sure you didn’t miss this opportunity to win a one-of-a-kind Keep America Great Hat hand-signed by YOUR President.” Is the hat sterilized?

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As the Senate insider trading scandal blows up tonight anyone but me now thinking we REALLY need to see Trump’s tax returns?

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Last night,  Rachel Maddow mentioned 7 states whose governors hadn’t mandated shutdowns. But in all those states some city/local governments had stepped up. Once again, your reminder that ALL elections matter. Even and sometimes especially local elections. #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

Especially for SF Giants fans, can we start referring to Donald Trump as “Kung Flu Panderer?

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One reason I’ve always loved sports is that as far as a distraction from real life, it’s the only entertainment where no one really knows the ending, someone wrote the endings to books, movies, theater…. And there are more important things, but I sure miss sports.

(and no, Lego Masters doesn’t count. yet.)

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On this date in history, March 18, a kid named Steve Nash led #15 Santa Clara to a March Madness upset of #2 Arizona. The year was 1993. Only yesterday, right?

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Per Rachel Maddow Wednesday night –  “There are seven states not banning large gatherings and not closing schools. All red states. Coincidence? Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho, Wyoming.”

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Whatever Trump says about not knowing how bad coronavirus pandemic could be….  As far as travel insurance companies are concerned, ”   COVID-19 became a known event on January 22, 2020 and was recognized as an epidemic as of February 3, 2020.ney

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We’re supposed to eat balanced meals while sheltering-in-place…. Does a handful of nuts, vitamins and wine count?

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Thinking at some point could reread a lot of my favorite books from when I was a teenager. Though maybe will skip “On the Beach.”

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“Sleepy Joe Biden” is a childish insult. But I don’t care if Joe were Rip Van Winkle who’d been asleep for 20 years. He’d still be better than Trump.

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Has it occurred to Senator Ron Johnson that 3.4% of the US not only is 11 million people, that number will also probably be skewed towards people who don’t believe in science, which won’t help GOP in November elections?

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So has anyone suggested to Donald Trump he can do with the Presidency what Nixon did with Vietnam? Declare victory and leave.

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Watching Trump press conference makes me think I never want to hear about “excitement” being a requirement for Democratic ticket again. We need competence, decency and empathy. And we need it now.

Pew Research survey from March 10-16 – “79% of people who said they turned to Fox News for their news believed the media had exaggerated the risks of the virus.” I know some of our parents told us watching too much TV was bad for us, but this is ridiculous.”

As much as I can’t stand Tom Brady I suppose I will have to give him credit tomorrow for giving millions of people something other to talk about than coronavirus.

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Tom Brady to Tampa Bay Bucs  means we WILL all get to see a couple of those Brady vs Brees matchups many of us Saints fans wanted for the Super Bowl.

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Philip Rivers just signed a one-year $25 million contract with the Colts. Guess he needed it, with nine kids Rivers and his wife need two houses to comply with restrictions on gatherings over 10 people.

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You know when this coronavirus pandemic is over, all our OCD friends who wash their hands 100 times a day are going to turn to us and say “See?!!?”

Bernie Sanders strength in today’s primaries came from voters 18-44. But in midst of Coronavirus pandemic, Joe Biden beat him solidly in all of them. Which means a lot of older people risked their lives, literally, to vote for Joe. #Biden2020

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Trump claimed repeatedly coronavirus was contained, that it was a “hoax,” etc..   Does Donald really think he lives in a Snapchat world where what he says disappears as soon as he says it?

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Your reminder, however many Americans die during coronavirus pandemic, Trump will blame ALL their deaths on someone else, and take credit for some hypothetical number of people he’ll claim he alone saved.

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Would be a very good night for Bernie Sanders to state that he has talked to Joe Biden, that Joe has promised to work with Bernie on issues dear to his heart, and that Sanders is dropping out to unify the party and focus on beating Donald Trump. Period. 

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Read in two places that Amy Klobuchar  would be a great running mate for Joe Biden except that she wouldn’t bring “excitement” to the ticket. What about being excited by the concept of a President and VP who are competent, empathetic and decent?

Kentucky Derby has been moved to September. They bleeping better not serve pumpkin spice juleps.

On a lighter note,  Saints fans, as much as we may be thankful for Jimmy Graham for some great years can we agree that Chicago Bears giving the former New Orleans start $16 million for 2 years with $9 million guaranteed is about as dumb as sharing a frozen daiquiri with a stranger on Bourbon Street about now? 

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So who had 2020 SF Giants guaranteed to be no worse than a .500 team by mid May?

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NCAA MIGHT use final polls to identify a national champion after canceling tournament. Kansas coach Bill Self said he’d gladly accept trophy, though he admits “there’d be a huge asterisk on our side.” Except not for long as NCAA would then take same trophy away for violations.

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Trump is advising people not to gather in groups of more than 10 in a set of new guidelines to fight coronavirus. Uh, there were more than 10 people at that press conference.

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Trump sent supporters autographed printouts of Friday’s 2000 point jump in the stock market. On a brighter note recipients now have one more option if they run out of toilet paper.

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So Donald Trump went there, and called Coronavirus “the Chinese Virus.” Can we start calling his Presidency “the Trump Virus?

It’s bad enough Mitch McConnell adjourned Senate during coronavirus circus to fly with Brett Kavanaugh to Kentucky for the investiture of a judge the ABA rated “unqualified.” It’s that he figured GOP wouldn’t care & rest of us wouldn’t notice. We noticed.

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Donald Trump RT’ed something from Mark Levin, saying last night’s “debate is hardly a debate at all. Biden has largely moved hard left where there are now relatively few differences between the two.”

Uh, there are relatively few things my Bernie & Biden friends agree on, except that statement being a crock

On a lighter note, NCAA says they will not release brackets for 2020 March Madness. While I see their point, wouldn’t letting Americans argue about who was robbed be a welcome distraction about now?

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There’s no crying in baseball. Is there crying over not having baseball?

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For those practicing social isolation, missing sports, and looking for a reason to smile, can I recommend rewatching 2002’s “Bend It Like Beckham?”

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Trump claims he tested negative for coronavirus. And if he disappears from sight it will just be for kidney surgery, right?

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So who drew the short straw in the White House and told Trump he couldn’t golf this weekend?

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Both Canada and Mexico are considering closing their borders to the US.  But guessing neither Trudeau nor Obrador would refer to the US as a “sh*t hole country.

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Serious question, how many Americans may end up with coronavirus due to being stuck in close quarters at airports due to Trump’s new neither planned nor thought out Europe travel restrictions?

Once again, your reminder that Trump did not institute a China travel ban as he now claims. He just stopped foreigners who weren’t residents. US Citizens, family members and permanent residents weren’t even asked to self-quarantine.

So with Joe Biden committing to picking a woman VP, how long until Mike Pence says Mother will not allow him to debate?

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Joe Biden is correctly pointing out (my paraphrase not his)  that you don’t worry about remodeling the house when the roof is on fire. #DemocraticDebate

Your reminder in the midst of all this insanity, President Joe Biden doesn’t need to be the smartest person in the room, he just needs to be smart enough, and humble enough, to fill the room with the smartest people.

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Sigh. We went from a week where if celebrities trended we thought they were dead, to a week we now assume they have coronavirus.

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Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti is ordering all gyms closed. As awful as the current situation is, have to think there’s at least a few folks going “Now THAT’S a good excuse to stay on my couch.”

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One of worst things with coronavirus is we have no idea when life in US will return to normalcy. We do have a pretty good idea of when it will return to decency. January 20, 2021 #Biden2020

Do you stick to sports when there are no sports?

Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert, who turned out to have coronavirus, was justifiably pilloried for carelessly touching other players in locker room. And Donald Trump shook as many hands as he could in today’s press conference.

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Maybe CNN could hire Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr as political commentators, since they aren’t doing anything?

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Wasn’t a serious The Bachelor fan. But even so I long for the days when Peter and Madi’s latest and final breakup would have been the biggest topic on Twitter.

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So last night Pete Buttigieg pivoted from being a Presidential candidate to a late-night talk show host. If only Donald Trump had had done the same thing permanently in 2016.

All Florida schools are shutting down for two weeks. When FLORIDA is the voice of reason….

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Wonder if Trump will give time off with pay to Mar-A-Lago workers who have school age children.

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Another reason to support Joe Biden for President. The man is capable of saying “I made a mistake.”

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Maybe the real reason the Stock Market bounced up today is that after Trump Press conference  Wall Street is now sure we’re going to have President Joe Biden.

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The coronavirus could kill 2 million Americans and Trump would brag and say without him it would have been 5 million.

Sadly and seriously folks…. did anyone think Donald Trump, the man who refuses to have a real physical so he can keep lying to himself would allow Americans to be tested for coronavirus, so he has to stop lying to the country?