Exactly ONE of combined NLCS & ALCS games will be on network televison – Brewers-Dodgers game 2 on Fox. ALL others on TBS or FS1. Way to grow that brand MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.

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So by David Price postseason standards was ALCS game 2 this a quality start?

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Watching Maldonado tonight for Astros and Grandal in game 1 for Dodgers makes me really glad as an SF Giants fan that Buster Posey has a no-trade contract.

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Raiders lost 27-3  in London. But at least they seemed like a  true English football team   Not only being known for some hooligan fans,  they put up a soccer-worthy score.

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On Saturday during NLCS game 2,  Brewers manager Craig Counsell pulled Wade Miley after 74 dominating pitches.  I hate analytics.

(Can anyone imagine Bruce Bochy trying to do that to Madbum in 2014?)

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Tomorrow is 49ers vs. Packers on Monday Night Football.
I’ll take “Games that appeared much more interesting when they drew up the schedule for $400, Alex”

Trump describes Mattis as “sort of a Democrat” and said the defense secretary may leave his administration. How long until he says Ivanka or Jared would be perfect replacements?

Trump on accusations of Saudis murdering Khashoggi “They deny it and they deny it vehemently. Could it be them? Yes.” Amazed he didn’t say it could have been “somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds.”

Trump to Lesley Stahl when she challenged him on 60 minutes today “In the meantime, I’m President and you’re not.” Ah yes, the joys of having a President with the emotional maturity of a 6 year old.

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Your reminder that Trump said on October 1, one year after Las Vegas massacre, that bump-fire stocks would be banned “over the next couple of weeks.”

As the Hurricane Michael death and destruction numbers grow, a reminder that Governor Rick Scott has literally banned the phrase “climate change” in Florida.

A another simple reminder – while many Floridians don’t have water, food or power, and the death toll is rising, that Donald Trump played golf today.

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As we approach midterms, the final reminder of tonight’s post- if you don’t vote for an imperfect candidate who shares most of your views, result is likely to be candidate who shares almost none of your views. #VOTE

I miss the times in October when the most annoying voice Americans would hear all day was that of Joe Buck.

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But if  ESPN and Fox actually showed the Brewers during the season, casual fans would have some idea who most this team of very good Milwaukee players are..

Yeah, this makes me a dinosaur but I kind of miss postseason games where you remember who the starting pitchers were by the 9th inning.

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SF 49ers have apologized for leaving Colin Kaepernick out of  photo gallery celebrating team’s winning history against Green Bay Packers.  But well, and  not like 49ers would have any use for a decent quarterback next Monday night….

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Raiders-Seahawks in London Sunday.   How long until the Brits claim America is not sending their best?

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Kim Kardashian, reportedly “not embarrassed” by Kanye’s Oval Office performance yesterday. Makes sense, how often does she feel like the brains of the outfit?

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Melania says she has “more important things to think about’ than rumors of her husband cheating. And Trump is thinking “I paid Stormy Daniels and the other women all that money for NOTHING?”

As Fox News praises the Trump – Kanye love-fest, imagine if Obama had entertained Beyonce in the Oval Office the morning after Hurricane Sandy.

Trump Friday night in Cincinnati asked black people for their votes. Because nothing says supporting racial justice like praising Robert E. Lee.

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Amazed Trump didn’t say Robert E Lee is getting more and more recognition these days.

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Lindsay Graham says if Saudi govt was responsible for murder of Jamal Khashoggi, then there will be “hell to pay.” Meaning what, Graham will be very very troubled?

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Worst thing for New York sports fans these days is that with Yankees out of the playoffs, they have to pay attention to the Giants and Jets.

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Apparently more bets have been placed in Las Vegas on the Los Angeles Lakers to win NBA championship than any other team.
If anyone wondered how they got the money to build all those big hotels?

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A two-day break and I miss baseball already.

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Tripadvisor sent me an email with “14 of the most Instagrammable restaurants.”
I’m so old i remember going to restaurants for the food.

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First Nike sales increased, now Taylor Swift has seen her album sales rise from #32 on the charts to #14.
Anyone else want to speak out against Trump?

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Really really wish I could be a fly on the wall after MAGA’s have burned their Taylor Swift albums and listen to Kanye West for the first time.

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Jeff Flake decided last week that Trump’s judgment was good enough to pick a SCOTUS judge for a lifetime appointment. And today he’s surprised and upset by Trump’s love for Kanye as a guest in the White House?   #WTF?

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Watching Kanye and Trump in Oval Office makes many of us long for intellectual television programming like “Keeping up with the Kardashians.”

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Who knew tariffs had consequences?

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What has to upset Trump the most about the last two days with the stock market – it’s BEFORE the midterms, so he can’t blame it on a blue wave.

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BuzzFeed reported John Kelly called Elizabeth Warren an “impolite arrogant woman” in a private email last year.
Thinking “Another persistent, impolite, arrogant woman” would look great on a t-shirt.

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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has changed his voter registration to Democratic.
So will Trump add him to his mythical list of angry Democrats?

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Think anyone’s reminded Trump this morning that Mexico Beach IS actually part of the US?

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Just a reminder for Florida voters after Hurricane Michael with their Bill Nelson – Rick Scott Senate choice. In 2013, Nelson voted FOR a Hurricane Sandy relief bill. 36 GOP Senators voted against it, including Marco Rubio.

Since all Division series wrapped up in four games or less, there are now two days with zero Major League Baseball games.

So we all get a brief taste of what this year was like for Orioles fans.

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And with no games today, what did Angel Hernandez have to do to be wrong?

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(Marc Ragovin says “Chief Justice John Roberts said he wants to retract his “judges are just umpires” comment after having watched Angel Hernamdez.”

QB Kelly Bryant who decided to leave Clemson when he lost the starting job to now injured freshman Trevor Lawrence, will visit UNC this weekend.
Where no doubt he will try to impress the coaching staff of the 1-3 Tarheels with his leadership ability even through adversity

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A new poll in Arizona shows 4 % of voters planning to vote for the Green candidate in close race between Republican Martha McSally and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
What is that old definition of insanity?

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MelaniaTrump says that women who are sexual assaulted should “show the evidence”
So would she have believed Dr.Ford if Kavanaugh bragged on tape about grabbing her by the p*ssy?

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Fox News tweeted “Jamie Lee Curtis wields firearms in new “Halloween” movie despite advocating in gun control.

So when will Fox call for locking up Bryan Cranston for felony drug manufacture and sale?

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Trump tweet “Departing the @WhiteHouse for Erie, Pennsylvania. I cannot disappoint the thousands of people that are there – and the thousands that are going. I look forward to seeing everyone this evening.”
The sad excuse for a small man whose ego needs stroking more than he thinks Floridians need a President pretending to care about them.

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I’m sure all the people who lost homes today in Florida will appreciate that Donald Trump didn’t want to cancel his ego-stroking rally in PA because it would have been “unfair.”

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Trump did say of Hurricane Michael “it’s like a big tornado.”  Brick Tamland of Anchorman did it better.

But  of course Donald Trump tweeted “Thank you” to those attending his rally tonight before he tweeted about Hurricane Michael. #Priorities

Unhappiest people not in New York when the Yankees comeback fell just short…  TBS executives planning to show game 5 on Thursday night.

Craig Kimbrel picked a heck of a time almost to do a David Price postseason impersonation.

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Must say watching a closer potentially implode in the 9th is a lot easier when it’s not YOUR team’s closer.

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Fox has hired Hope Hicks as chief communications director. Wouldn’t a more accurate title be Secretary of State TV?

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Meanwhile, Monday turned out to be almost as bad a day for Indians, Braves and Redskins as when Columbus showed up. #Bustohell

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Apparently limousine in which 20 people died Sunday in NY had failed inspection & driver didn’t have the appropriate license to drive it. But hey, let’s get rid of pesky job-killing regulations.

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For all those who saying what a moderating force Nikki Haley has been – what exactly has she DONE?

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Nikki Haley says Jared Kushner is a “hidden genius,” and there is SERIOUS speculation Trump may appoint Ivanka to take her place as UN Ambassador.
Once again, The Onion is going “we give up.”

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So Trump just told us today the only reason he isn’t appointing his daughter Ivanka as UN ambassador is that he’d be accused of nepotism. Well that and it would interfere with her current duties as his real VP and First Lady.

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Amazing how many men who think Taylor Swift should stick to music are quite fine with Kanye West going to the White House.

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To put this in terms that GOP respects – ie $$$$$ – Taylor Swift’s net worth is currently an estimated $320 million. She may be blond but she is NOT dumb. And she’s a successful businesswoman with fans who pay attention to what she says.

Maybe Taylor Swift can write her greatest break-up song ever about American people breaking up with Republicans.

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Is there a way for those who are able to evacuate Hurricane Michael but choose not to because they don’t believe in government or science, can proudly post their names and addresses somewhere?
So first responders can know to ignore their house

More jokes tomorrow.

Right about now Cubs fans are wondering how they ever lost to the Rockies?

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On a brighter note for SF 49ers fans – it’s looking better and better for a high 2019 draft pick.

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So didn’t we all after NFL week five have Browns with as many wins as the Packers?

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NFL rules requiring TV to switch to second game of day, or rather COMMERCIALS for the second game of day,  meant most fans watching NY Giants vs Panthers  missed the game-ending 63-yd FG to win it. Thinking league has a lot more problems than anthem kneeling.

Raiders doing their best today to help fans miss them less when they move to Las Vegas

If anyone didn’t already know he was a California boy – Gerrit Cole, talking about his 12 strikeout, 0 walk performance in ALDS game 2: “It’s pretty cool. Maybe I’ll have a glass of wine to celebrate after this is all done.”

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From Saturday ALDS – new October game show – The Price Isn’t Right.

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I believe Dr. Ford’s memory from 35 years ago more than @SenatorCollinsr memory of what Mitch McConnell tells her from week to week.

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Susan Collins “The one silver lining that I hope will come from this is that more women will press charges now when they are assaulted.”
Okay, clearly time to start drug-testing the Senate.

Trump is now claiming his Mississippi speech mocking Dr. Ford helped Kavanaugh get confirmed.
Repeat this statement to any woman you know who doesn’t always vote.

Trump says he is “100% certain” that Dr. Ford named the wrong person in saying Brett Kavanaugh as her attempted rapist.
Right, and if they had found Brett’s DNA on her swimsuit Trump would have said he was 100% sure it was consensual.

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Trump also says that Lisa Murkowski will lose her 2022 primary after voting against Kavanaugh.   Right, like that scares a Senator who lost her primary two years ago to a tea party candidate…. and won with a write-in campaign.

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Can we start referring to him as “Injustice Kavanaugh?”

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Well, damn. You go girl!  Does this mean I have to go to the next Taylor Swift concert?   “Taylor Swift gets political, endorses Tennessee Democrats Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper”

Since sports is supposed to be distracting,  and WAS the original purpose of this blog….

An overload of  baseball playoffs today. Eight teams. From upstart Braves, Rockies and Brewers, to last year’s WS contending Dodgers and Astros. Who gets prime-time? Yankees-Red Sox.
But MLB commissioner Manfred thinks players should do a better job of marketing themselves.

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Dodgers pitchers are going through Atlanta faster than Sherman.

Wondering if Atlanta sports fans, notorious for preferring football to baseball,  will show up for game three between Dodgers and Braves.   At least the Falcons score when they lose.

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An Astros fan promised to buy beer for people sitting around him if George Springer hit home run in 5th. He spent about $500 when it happened.
Good thing fan wasn’t at Yankee Stadium, he’d have had to take out a 2nd mortgage.

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Falcons have been having a rough couple weeks. But they still may win a game in October before the Braves.

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If John McCain and Lindsey Graham were still alive they would have voted no on Kavanaugh.

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Does anyone REALLY think this Kavanaugh circus is over?

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Got to love when you get nasty tweet responses on Kavanaugh confirmation from QAnon conspiracy theorists. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2018 GOP.

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Can we STOP calling Susan Collins a “moderate” Senator from Maine?

So both Jeff Flake and Senator Collins have expressed serious recent unhappiness over Trump’s judgment on many issues.  But they trust his judgment on a lifetime SCOTUS nominee?

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Kris Long, a news anchor in California’s Coachella Valley, resigned after a Facebook post defending Brett Kavanaugh against sexual assault allegations. So how long until Long gets offered a post with Fox News

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Susan Collins cocktail – your basic cheap Tom Collins well-drink, but with enough twists added, it tries to convince people, especially women, that it is worth much more.

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Judge Roberts has a 17 year old daughter. Wonder how she feels about the Kavanaugh confirmation.

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Ok, let me explain Dr. Ford’s memories in ways my skeptical men friends might understand.
You watch hundreds of baseball games And they can blur. But if you don’t remember the exact day of that special clutch hit or alas, bullpen meltdown, you remember who was playing, and who won, or lost the game.
And if you were a teenager and it was one of your first games, some of the memories are even more clear. Crystal.

NLDS series’ started tonight.  And Dodgers offense did so well against Atlanta pitching tonight they even might have been to survive a Kershaw postseason start.

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Richard Sherman says that new NFL rules make quarterbacks “unstoppable.”
Jets fans are thinking, can somebody tell Sam Darnold?

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You KNOW some Yankees fans are rich entitled a**holes when one dumped a beer on an A’s fan on during yesterday’s game.
Besides being bad behavior – at Yankee Stadium prices, who can afford to waste beer?

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Baltimore DC “Wink” Martindale said he told Ravens’ defense “I think Baker Mayfield is this generation’s Brett Favre or John Elway, if you will.”
Wait, wasn’t that supposed to be Jimmy Garappolo?

Or Johnny Manziel?

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Nick Saban is upset that Alabama student section was only half full for last weekend’s game, a 56-14 win over win over Louisiana-Lafayette.
Uh, here’s a suggestion, schedule a real opponent that would give the game more drama than Lions vs. Christians.

Today apparently is National Vodka Day – Although since January 20, 2017, for millions of Americans EVERY day is “National Vodka Day.”

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SEVEN police officers shot yesterday in Florence and it’s already out of the headlines. WTF is wrong with this country?

The man who allegedly shot 7 police officers in Florence yesterday is a  disbarred lawyer who had been arrested “multiple times, including for disorderly conduct.”
But he had no problem getting guns, and bragged on FB about his shooting skills….

If allegations decades after the fact against Catholic Priests were taken as seriously as GOP and thus FBI took Dr. Ford’s, many of those now former priests would still be abusing children.

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89,000 pounds of ready-to-eat ham being recalled due to possible listeria contamination, 6 million pounds of ground beef being recalled over salmonella. But hey, let’s cut more of those pesky regulations.

On the other hand, for all those science-deniers in the GOP, maybe they should just keep on eating recalled meats and everything else?

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Trump apparently boarded Air Force One today with a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of his shoe.  Or to be fair, maybe it was a piece of the constitution?

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That  moment when the man who said he wanted to date his daughter tells Americans to “think of their sons.”

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Verbatim all-caps quote from Trump fundraising email today. “THE SENATE MUST CONFIRM JUDGE KAVANAUGH TO THE U.S. SENATE NOW.”

Uh, to the “U.S. Senate?” #25thAmendment

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The Senate doesn’t have to vote no on Brett Kavanaugh due to the alleged sexual assault. They can vote no because he is a proven liar.

MLB suspended Cubs Shortstop Addison Russell 40 games, retroactive to Sept 22, over alleged domestic violence. Well thanks to Brewers he won’t miss any playoff games.

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Meanwhile, University of Georgia dismissed star 1st baseman Adam Sasser from the baseball team for allegedly shooting racist slurs at Georgia QB Justin Fields during last week’s game..
Kudos to the Bulldogs for doing the right thing. Of course, it probably doesn’t hurt that for Georgia fans, football rules!

So what was the difference in the end between the Giants and A’s seasons? About three days.

And Oakland A’s offense tonight did a very good SF Giants imitation.

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Cubs say after being eliminated that they can “learn from losing.” Does this mean the Orioles are the smartest team in baseball?

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Megyn Kelly says of letter wrote Kavanaugh in which he describes himself and his friends as “loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us,” shows us “you will be so impressed at the responsibility of this young man.”
Gosh, amazed then Brett didn’t include the letter in his college applications.

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Jeff Flake is not happy about Trump bashing Christine Ford last night “To discuss something this sensitive at a political rally is just not right. It’s just not right. I wish he hadn’t have done it. I’ll just say, it’s kind of appalling.”
Gosh, if there were only something Flake could do about it..?

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Wait, can’t you block calls from a predator?#PresidentialAlert

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Seven police officers shot by a white guy in Florence, SC, and only “thoughts and prayers” from Donald Trump
Had shooter been an immigrant, he’d be tweeting nonstop on about his bleeping wall.

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The person responsible for “destroying Brett Kavanaugh’s good name” is Brett Kavanaugh.

So a week ago there was a chance both Cubs and Cardinals might both make it into to NLDS playoffs at least. Now Brewers and Rockies have advanced instead.
To Fox and Joe Buck – womp, womp.

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How late are dispensaries open in Denver? Asking for a lot of Rockies fan friends.

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Just wondering, after Rockies beat Cubs tonight did  Fox Sports and ESPN think of demanding the wild-card game be changed to “best two out of three?”

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Listening to ESPN’s Matt Vasgersian raving on and on about how great a postseason pitcher Jon Lester is….. two words. Madison Bumgarner.

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Minnesota manager Paul Molitor was fired after leading the Twins to a 78-84 record. Orioles fans wonder, was he fired for over-achieving?

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Next year, SF Giants just announced 20% discount on all food, beverage and merchandise purchases for season ticket holders at concession stands. So you’ll only need to take out a small loan for a few beers.

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NFL suspended Seahawks LB Mychal Kendricks indefinitely after he pleaded guilty to insider trading charges. Silly Kendricks, if you want to get away with insider trading in the NFL, you’d better be an owner.

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To be fair, we should remember that all the GOP men defending Brett Kavanaugh and attacking his accusers also were defending Bill Clinton and Al Franken. Oh wait, never mind.

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So if President Obama started incoherently ranting and lying at his campaign rallies for Democrats would media start covering much them as much as they cover Trump’s?

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Wall Street Journal reports the President of the United States, with his son, personally guided efforts in February to keep a porn star from talking about their affair, and it’s not even this morning’s lead story. Once again, the Onion  is going ‘We give up.”

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Now Donald Trump says it’s a “very scary time for young men in America.”
Right, like Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Botham Jean….

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Trump tonight mocked Christine Blasley Ford at his MAGA rally in Mississippi. Maybe he thinks Melania isn’t watching CNN in Africa?   #BeBest

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Trump on Dr. Ford “She had ONE beer yet can’t remember anything.” Meanwhile Trump doesn’t drink at all and can’t remember what he said yesterday.

Cubs lose to Brewers and now face a “win-or-go-home” playoff game tomorrow against  Rockies. Not sure who will be more upset if Chicago is eliminated, Cubs fans or ESPN and Fox Sports.

Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig, after beating the Rockies today. “We’re bringing the 2018 championship here.’’
Well, if not, the Giants might loan them a trophy.

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Rockies fans have to be annoyed that SF Giants couldn’t beat the Dodgers once this weekend to give them the division title. On the other hand, in 1993, had Colorado beaten the Atlanta Braves ONCE in 13 games, Giants would have made the postseason.

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Jameis Winston is back as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting QB. So does that mean kids in Africa will soon be wearing “Fitzmagic” t-shirts?

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Kyrie Irving on his being a “smart-ass individual” last year and saying the earth was flat… “all the science teachers coming up to me like, ‘You know I’ve got to re-teach my whole curriculum?!’ I’m sorry. I apologize.”
That moment when NBA player takes more responsibility for spreading fake science than POTUS.

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Now Trump is attacking unnamed Senate Democrat for being “in very bad situations” and “compromising positions with alcohol.”
Has someone told him that Ted Kennedy is dead?

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Why did Trump call it the USMCA? Because he was told it couldn’t be called the TTA- Trump Trade Agreement?

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Now Trump plans to weaken Obama-era environmental regulations covering mercury emitted from coal-burning power plants. Mercury which is known to damage the nervous systems of children and fetuses.
Once again, four words “Pro life my ass.”

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We can argue indefinitely over what constitutes “acceptable” youthful misbehavior.
But can we agree, that lying under oath as an adult about such behavior is idiotic. And unbecoming a SCOTUS judge.

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Trump said today, one year after Las Vegas massacre, that bump-fire stocks would be banned “over the next couple of weeks.” Right after he releases his tax returns?

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Trump today at NAFTA Press Conference says calls on Cecilia Vega of ABC News. Says ” She’s shocked that I picked her. She’s in a state of shock.

Vega: “I’m not, thank you Mr. President.”

Trump: “That’s OK, I know you’re not thinking, you never do.”

You know it wasn’t your day as an SF Giants fan when the opposing pitching, Rich Hill, was 0-4. In the 6th inning.

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But hey, maybe it was all part of the Giants master plan to wear the Dodgers out for the post season by having their players spending so much time running the bases.

Brewers vs Cubs at Wrigley Field October 1 at 12n for who gets to win the Central Division and who is the Wild Card.   Good thing it’s not a weekday which would really mess with productivity in the Midwest.  Oops, never mind.

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Meanwhile the Rockies play the Dodgers at 1p PST to see how wins the Western Division and who is the Wild Card. Which means THEIR game will get over about 4p-430p in Los Angeles.  Could be a rush hour postgame nightmare – if Dodgers fans stayed to the end of games.

Penn State ” “Let’s see if we can lose a football game with the stupidest offensive last play call of the year.” Colts,  “hold our beer.”

With all the craziness in the world these days, somehow comforting to know the Browns are still the Browns.

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Sorry if you say “I believe Dr. Ford but I don’t think it was Kavanaugh” then you don’t believe Dr. Ford.

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Trump said last night he would campaign seven days a week for Republicans in the midnight. “Oh please oh please” responded Democrats.

About an hour after Jerry Brown signed a net neutrality law, Trump administration sued California. Yeah, that’ll go about as well as Trump taking on Dianne Feinstein.

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Anyone who questioned how Dr. Ford could still go out and have fun in college after she says she was sexually assaulted at a party… uh, Kellyanne Conway says she was sexually assaulted but still works for a predator.

(and for the record, I believe them both.)

If you go to parties regularly as a teenager, most of them will blur into being individually unmemorable. Unless something happens involving  YOU at one of them. Why is that so hard for men to understand?

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September 30 in an election year.  A  few hours away from finally being done with the “Urgent, help us make our 3rd-quarter deadline” fundraising emails. And one minute after that away from “Help us start the 4th quarter off with a bang” fundraising emails

Must admit after the past couple days I really look forward to screaming at the television set this weekend over baseball and football games for a change.

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This week’s lesson in patience: Clemson QB Kelly Bryant angrily says he’ll transfer when he gets demoted in favor of freshman Trevor Lawrence. And now Lawrence is injured.

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#7 Stanford played #8 Notre Dame tonight.  Meanwhile #1 Alabama played…. #120 Louisiana-Lafayette.

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SF Giants have scored 598 runs this year, 2nd lowest in MLB. Shocking to Giants fans… there’s a team that has scored fewer?

(actually it’s the Marlins.)

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The American League playoff spots are all set.  And there’s major National League playoff drama.  So of course Fox’s MLB Game of the Week was…. Yankees Red Sox?

But yeah, players should market themselves.

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Wonder if GOP members of Senate Judiciary Committee would have taken Dr. Ford more seriously if she said she saw Kavanaugh kneel for the anthem.

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Got to wonder, how many of the rich white privileged GOP men of the Senate have nights they can’t remember in high school and college. Or worse, nights they hope others forget.

I miss the innocent days when parents just had to explain “blow jobs” to their children rather than “Devil’s Triangle.”

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Remember those old “Catholics vs. Convicts” Notre Dame vs. Miami games?
Well, Fighting Irish RB Dexter Williams just returned from undisclosed 4 game “university suspension.” This after his arrest in 2016 for marijuana and possessing a handgun without a license….

Wisconsin GOP senator Ron Johnson suggests Christine Blasey Ford may have “false memories” of the alleged assault.

Johnson isn’t up for re-election until 2022, but guessing Wisconsin women will have true, and long memories.

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It’s probably too late for the FBI to vet and hire Ronan Farrow for Kavanaugh investigation.

Give Jeff Flake credit. He still may almost never vote the way we Democrats want. But he basically today said the hardest words in the English language.  “I admit I may have made a mistake.”

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Remember Jeff Flake in one day has admitted he might have been wrong more than Brett Kavanaugh has in a lifetime.

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Another thought about Jeff Flake yesterday. Just because someone chooses “country over party” once doesn’t mean you’d suddenly vote for him or her. But whatever happened to simply acknowledging, and applauding, a human moment?

I miss Saturday nights when you could watch a football game and not miss POTUS saying that he and Kim Jong Un “fell in love.”

Okay, Friday the SF Giants get to start a weekend of trying to knock the Dodgers out of the playoffs.  And Stanford plays Notre Dame, and Drew Brees takes his aerial show to NY. But for tonight…

John McCain was no saint. But have to think that, as a principled man who loved his (2nd) wife and adored his daughter, he’d be voting NO on Kavanaugh.

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Here’s what it comes down to for many women watching Dr Christine Blasey Ford: We have those same teenage memories. If it didn’t happen to us, it could have, or it’s happened to our friends. And we’re mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

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All this talk now of “process.” Does anyone believe these GOP senators would have behaved any differently if Dr. Ford called a press conference on first day of original Kavanaugh hearings?

After Kavanaugh testimony can’t imagine how anyone might think he’s an aggressive angry drunk.

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But hey, Brett Kavanaugh was angry. So maybe they should have given  him six beers during the hearing recess so we could see what he’s like when he’s drunk too.

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Kavanaugh says he went to parties with girls from certain “nearby” schools. “Dr. Ford did not attend one of those schools…She and I did not travel in the same social circles.”
EXACTLY. Rich privileged white boys don’t “sh*t where they eat.”

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Kamala Harris asked if Kavanaugh watched Ford’s testimony this morning.
“I did not. I planned to, but I did not. I was preparing mine.”
Why do you need to prepare to tell the truth?

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Beginning to think a lot of GOP male senators are worrying about what they might have done while drunk in high school and college. Or worse yet, actually remembering.

Some people, especially men, seem to have a problem with Dr. Ford’s memory. But seriously, isn’t that how high school memories work, a lot of blur and some vivid details? And a lot of parties that only a few people would remember as significant. Here’s a non-sexual example, very short version of a longer story
When I was 17,  I was at an after-work party, where we were all drinking. A friend got as drunk as I had ever seen someone. It scared me. Enlisted a somewhat random slightly older male friend from work, together we stole her keys from her, and I drove her home – with a two hour stop to worship the porcelain god in a restaurant bathroom.  No joke. But no real harm done in retrospect.  Do I remember the exact date , know the party location (beyond it being an older friend’s house), and who else of my friends/coworkers were there that night?   No. It was generally an unremarkable party.

But do I remember exactly why she was in a bad mood before the party, what the room looked like where I found her sitting on the couch with, at the end, a glass of straight booze because they had “run out of 7-up”… ”   Do I remember the smell of the Southern Comfort (ugh, yes, can’t touch the stuff now), do I remember the name of the guy who helped me,  absolutely and vividly.
I find it hard to believe anyone who has ever been a teenager doesn’t believe Dr. Christine Blasley Ford.

Sometimes it’s important to remember to take joy in the little things…. like the Dodgers falling out of first place.

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Alexandra King, a model who was apparently 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s ex-girlfriend, posted a smile emoji after his season-ending ACL injury on Instagram with one word “Karma.”

Just guessing their split wasn’t amicable?

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Uh, oh, hope this REALLY isn’t a sign of the apocalypse. Per ESPN Duke is in the conversation and “trending up” for the college playoffs. Yes, in football.

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When it comes down to it, Bill Cosby was just a “he said, she said. she said. she said. she said. she said. she said. she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said. she said” situation.

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So do they serve Jello Pudding in jail?

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Wow. In 1981, Anthony Tortorici, director of public relations at Coca-Cola, said the “three most believable personalities are God, Walter Cronkite, and Bill Cosby.” Of course, at one time OJ Simpson was one of our most popular football players.

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Damn shame Senator John McCain isn’t still with us to have responded to the Trump Press Conference today – “I knew George Washington, George Washington was a friend of mine, Mr. President, you’re no George Washington.”

Trump “I was accused by, I believe it was four women… who got paid a lot of money to make up stories about me. So Donald is admitting that 15 of his 19 accusers are telling the truth?

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So the question on Nikki Haley – does she really believe what she’s saying? Or does she go back home every night close the door and scream?

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If there really were this powerful vast feminist conspiracy some people seem to think there is, guess women would be doing a far better job of standing behind the SCOTUS pick of President Hillary Clinton.

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At times like this it is useful to remember – whatever evils happen in the Trump administration, Obama once wore a tan suit.

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Wonder if about now Justice Anthony Kennedy is regretting his early retirement.

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Original Fox News Trump Press Conference headline on website showed a picture of an angry Trump with the caption “Big fat con job.” But they took it down… I wonder why?

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Yeah, Michael Avenatti can be obnoxious. So can Gloria Allred. Doesn’t mean both of them (and their clients) aren’t generally right.

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Okay, seriously haven’t we ALL had a friend or acquaintance who is nice and charming while sober, but a helluva mean drunk?

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Fox News is showing clips of Trump’s speech to UN with laughs edited out. State TV at its finest.

Jimmy Garappolo out for season with torn ACL after trying to get a few more yards on a running play. Think Sean Payton has told Drew Brees “Nice rushing TDs, don’t do it again?”

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Heard inside a Key West bar after Drew Brees fourth quarter TD to help Saints come back and beat the Falcons.  A man, standing with his wife, “I want to have his baby.”

She looked at him and said “I’ll allow that.”

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Jimmy Garappolo is out for the season. Gosh, if only there were a QB available who had a track record of some success playing for the 49ers….

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So did clock hit midnight on Fitzmagic?

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A Comerica park employee was charged after a video showed him spitting on a pizza ordered by a customer.  No doubt the first time that’s ever happened.  (Don’t be mean to service staff. )

Forget Brett Kavanaugh trying to convince us he’s a Supreme Court judge. Now he’s trying to convince us he’s Tim Tebow. #WTF?

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Uh, Brett Kavanaugh just might have opened up the most contentious and consequential argument over virginity since Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

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Since UNGA laughed at him, how long until Donald Trump tweets that he wants to pull out of the UN.

How much do we want to see headlines for every foreign newspaper tomorrow after Trump speech to UNGA today?

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Just thinking, again, that maybe the “I was a drunken idiot a few times in my youth and there are a few nights I don’t remember” defense might have made more sense than categorical denial.

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So now we have someone who tried to convince us a Presidential blow job WAS sex, trying to convince us he himself didn’t have sex in high school and into college. Irony, your table is ready.

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Seriously, of course no parent can be sure how their children will turn out. But as a mother, how hard is it to tell a son “No means no?”

Tiger Woods has won a tournament. So that means as far as ESPN is concerned ‘What NFL Week 3?”

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Meanwhile, the Lions upset the Patriots 26 to 10.  So guessing New England fans and Brady feel a bit deflated?

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Anyone saying they had that Stanford comeback all the way.. I want you on my team in liars’ dice.

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So how many Stanford, and Oregon, fans woke up this morning saying “Did that really happen?”

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Oregon fans threw bottles at Stanford players after tonight’s overtime loss. Fortunately for Cardinal players their bottle control was as good as Ducks’ ball control in 2nd half.

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Old Dominion Saturday beat Virginia Tech 49-35. Biggest shocker for many college football fans – Old Dominion had a football team?

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Scott Frost apparently told Nebraska players after 56-10 loss to Michigan that things can’t get any worse. Fans of Northwestern from 1979-82 might disagree. (34 losses in a row.)

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Nikki Haley says the US doesn’t want to do “regime change” anywhere. Well, some Americans would like to do regime change at the ballot box this November.

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Though, must confess I love forward to November 7, when 90 percent of my Sunday inbox won’t be fundraising emails. 

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Six siblings of AZ GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona made a campaign ad endorsing his Dem. opponent, David Brill. And you think YOUR Thanksgiving family dinner this year might be awkward?

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Walmart has warned that pne of the items facing price hikes with Trump tariffs will be toilet paper. Well, that’s sh*tty news.

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Let’s be clear. This is not talking about putting a man in prison for life for bad behavior as a teenager. But we ARE talking about putting him on SCOTUS for life

.”Whoever she is, she’s lying.” Yeah, exactly the kind of man Americans want deciding legal issues for every woman in the USA.

Sadly.

With the Astros signing Roberto Osuna and now Addison Russell being put on “administrative leave” over domestic violence accusations,  getting increasingly harder to root for likable teams.

(and no, the Dodgers and Yankees NEVER count.)

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Jacob deGrom tonight had his 23rd straight quality start.  (Quality start, 6 innings, 3 or less runs.)  deGrom is 9-9 this year.

With the SF Giants that kind of pitching performance might have won him at least 10 games.

Chargers and Rams, meeting on Sunday, apparently both frustrated with trying to build a fan base for NFL football in Los Angeles.
Maybe 2018 will be better with slow start of their only pro competition at USC?

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Or maybe not. Announced attendance tonight for USC football against Washington State, just over 52,000.

Open note to Trump.  Rob Porter’s accusers DID go to police. And you still don’t believe them.

Wonder how many of the women Trump grabbed by the pussy went to the police or FBI right away.

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So what are all these GOP senators telling their daughters (and granddaughters) about sexual assault. Just as important, what are they telling their sons?

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Just saying …. anyone who’s read police report from Ben Roethlisberger’s 2010 arrest for alleged sexual assault of a 20-year-old will have no problem believing Stormy Daniels.

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Increasingly hard to listen to “Summer Nights” from Grease.” “C’mon c’mon did you get very far?” “Did she put up a fight?” Men have no clue about sexual assault. Period.

Over $18 million in cocaine was found in boxes of bananas shipped to the USA after the unclaimed boxes were donated to a prison. Even the inmates had to think “Crooks are REALLY stupid.”

Browns won for first time in 635 days. That’s so long ago we still had a President.

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But hey, the Browns have won a game.  The question tonight, how did the Jets win one?

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Ten games left in the season and in American League now all playoff spots are set, making those games essentially meaningless.

So for a little over a week everyone gets to see what it’s like to be an Orioles fan.

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You know you’re going to an “old fart” concert, in this case, the Eagles,  when the tickets say “no cameras.”  Yes, kids, that was still a concept in pre-smartphone era.

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Trump fundraising email again “As we start 2018, we want to know your thoughts on the President’s most important campaign promise: to Make America Great Again.” Uh -“START” 2018? It’s September.

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A Maine restaurant is putting lobsters in a box full of marijuana smoke before boiling so they at least die happier. Which might explain if diners get an after-dinner craving for Doritos.

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Steve Bannon on Trump tariffs “And guess what – you may end up paying 5% more or 10% more for the junk you buy at Walmart.” But hey, it’s liberals who supposedly are the ones insulting working-class voters?

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At least one person is dead and 17 sick from E. coli, and now 132,000 pounds of Cargill ground beef have been recalled. But hey, let’s get rid of pesky regulations

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Never heard of Ed Whelan before today but have to assume he is desperate for a job in Trump administration or at Fox News.

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Am I the only one who when Kanye West says something to feel “I really don’t care do U?”

Well, that didn’t take long. Trump now complaining about Dr. Ford. “Why didn’t somebody call the FBI 36 years ago?” Right, that worked out so well for the women who claimed they have been sexually assaulted by Trump himself.

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Once again, as a parent, I can say pretty definitely that no sane mother, especially of teenage boys, wants to have her entire life starting in high school made front page news.
And the fact that Dr. Blasley Ford has been willing to risk that absolutely convinces me her story is true. That is all.