Left Coast Sports Babe

Cleveland Browns sideline reporter Nathan Zegura yelled at the officials during Saints game and has been banned for 8 games. Making him luckier than many Browns fans.

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SI has a special issue this week dedicated to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.  Well, it’s about time those two underappreciated teams get some attention.

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The LA Dodgers have 7 players with 20 home runs. Unless Evan Longoria goes on a tear and hits 4 in the last 10 games, the SF Giants won’t even have one.  I’m not a “chicks dig the long ball” kind of gal, but this is ridiculous.

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Seriously? Set times Thursday night at AT & T Park.
5:00pm – Doobie Brothers
6:30pm – Zac Brown Band
8:30pm – Eagles
They don’t realize many Eagles fans at 8:30p are getting ready for bed at the Hotel California?

Forget dealing fairly with women, thinking this current GOP Congress wouldn’t even vote for the 19th Amendment.

A state GOP lawmaker in Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to ban teachers from discussing politics in classrooms.
Um, guessing if teachers are armed they can discuss anything they want.

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“I don’t have an attorney general.” Apparently Trump  thinks his cabinet members are sworn in, not with the Bible, but with their hand on “The Art of the Deal.”

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As Donald Trump flies to Las Vegas for yet another taxpayer funding ego-boosting rally trying to wrap my head around how GOP would have reacted had Obama done the same on a regular basis.

Trump   -“They built this gorgeous wall where plane went down in Pennsylvania, Shanksville. I was there. I made the speech. it’s sort of beautiful, what they did is incredible.They have a series of walls, I’m saying, it’s like perfect. So, so, we are pushing very hard.”

So why is anyone shocked that Donald Trump told a storm victim today to “Have a good time?” Trump thinks that anyone who meets him will consider it a highlight of their life.

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Simple question for Republicans, IF Kavanaugh is innocent and Dr. Blasley Ford is a liar, then why not have an investigation? It would exonerate him and make Democrats look bad before the midterms. IF.

The female  Uber driver who accused suspended Jameis Winston of groping her has now filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Bay QB.  And the Buccaneers, 2-0, under Ryan Fitzpatrick might be thinking “Jameis who?

Since 1993, when ONE win out of 13 for Colorado against Atlanta Braves would have gotten SF into playoffs, Giants fans have always been uncomfortably reminded, you can NEVER count on the Rockies.

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Two weeks into the college football season and USA Today has no Pac 12 teams projected for the Playoffs, and #7 Stanford projected for the Alamo Bowl.
I miss the times when that might have been the most irritating news story of the day.

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Hurricane Florence reportedly washed bundles of hundreds of pounds of marijuana up on Florida beaches.
Talk about a high tide.

Trump loves the idea of a “Fort Trump.” Wait until he realizes that Poland will expect the US to pay for it.

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For all those who claimed Bill Clinton ruined cigars for them, today Donald Trump ruined Mario Cart.

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And for all those who were uncomfortably reminded today of Mr Toad’s Wild Ride with Donald Trump, let me disabuse you; – according to Stormy Daniels, the Disney ride lasted a lot longer.

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GOP saying Dr. Christine Blasley Ford is only accusing Kavanaugh because she’s a Democrat.
They didn’t believe Roy Moore’s Republican accusers either.

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I am so bleeping tired of GOP men who discredit every woman who has come forward to say something against a Republican…
But who also believe all of Bill Clinton’s accusers are wronged saints.

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This statement from Dr. Ford, from one of her friends, rings very true “I’ve been trying to forget this all my life, and now I’m supposed to remember every little detail. They’re going to be all over me.”
And we wonder why women don’t come forward.

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Trump on Kavanaugh – ““I feel so badly for him that he’s going through this, to be honest with you. And honestly I feel terribly for him, for his wife, who is an incredible, lovely woman, and for his beautiful young daughters. I feel terribly for them.”
As to what Dr. Christine Blasley Ford and her family are going through… crickets.

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So assume GOP talking points are true and Dr. Blasley Ford is lying. Wouldn’t they welcome investigation where facts come out, Kavanaugh gets confirmed AND Democrats look foolish before midterms.
Except, what if she’s telling the truth. Never mind..

Tom Brady on Patriots loss to Jaguars “You play to another team’s strengths, it becomes incredibly hard to win.”
How about, Jacksonville was the better team yesterday.

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Josh Gordon has now been traded to New England.  If the Patriots and Brady weren’t loved enough already.

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Celia Barquin Arozmena,  the 2018 Big 12  women’s golf champion and Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year was found murdered today on an Ames golf course.   Crickets from Donald Trump on her death.  Although Celia, while blond, young and beautiful was from Spain. Her alleged killer is a young American white man.    

But if she were American and her killer from a Spanish speaking country…

Whew… see Henry Winkler trending and was relieved to remember it’s the Emmy’s. So he’s not dead and hasn’t been arrested for sexual assault.

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Whatever food and drink comprise Betty White’s diet, can someone please forward the details to Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

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FEMA delaying Nationwide Presidential alert test from this Thursday until Oct 3, 2:18pm. Because they’re still dealing with Florence and are afraid Donald Trump will tweet something really really stupid?

Trump is hosted a “Hispanic Heritage Month” celebration at the White House.
How long until someone tells him some Hispanics come from Mexico and Central America?

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Orrin Hatch asked how he would feel about Kavanaugh’s nomination if it turned out that allegations were true -his reply “if that were true, I think it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today.”
Says the man who voted to impeach Bill Clinton over a consensual affair

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Can we just STOP with the Kavanaugh character references? Heck, even Ted Bundy had girlfriends who said he was a nice guy.

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Here’s another thing on Kavanaugh and those who insist it was just a dumb drunk moment. He’s not saying “Hey, I was an idiot in high school and there are a couple nights I honestly don’t remember. And if I did this I am SO SO sorry…” or some variation.
He is saying he DOES remember, and is denying it absolutely. Which to my mind makes him a liar as well as an attempted rapist.

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Apparently Chris Watts, the Colorado man charged with the first-degree murder of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, is now on suicide watch.
And a large part of me thinks, just give him a rope.

New Orleans Saints tried to gift wrap a win for the Browns. The Browns returned the gift.

Today gives new meaning to the phrase “That’s so Browns.”

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Vikings rookie placekicker Daniel Carlson went 0-3 on FG’s today, including a 35-yd effort in OT that would have won the game for Minnesota.
Well, the Browns might be hiring.

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When you go 28-35 for 243 yards  and 2 TDs with no interceptions on a bad day, you just might be a HOF QB –  #DrewBrees

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And didn’t we all have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the only undefeated team left in the NFC South?

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Buffalo CB Vontae Davis retired at halftime during today’s loss to the Chargers, saying “I shouldn’t be out there anymore.”
Uh, with all due respect, that could be said about the Bills.

On brighter note for SF Giants they have one more win in September than the 49ers and Raiders combined.

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Raiders are doing their best to help Oakland fans get over their imminent departure.

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Leaving aside Mueller investigation what has to have Trump REALLY upset is that someone’s told him the optics would be really really bad to play golf this past weekend.

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Trump also claimed only five deaths from Hurricane Florence. So assume he will claim all deaths in excess of that number will be Fake News?

Interesting how same Republicans saying Brett Kavanaugh rape allegation doesn’t matter because it was back in high school, attack Senator Elizabeth Warren because of the possibility that  she MAY have fudged her ancestry when she applied to college.

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If Christine Blasey Ford had made same accusations against Bill Clinton, Trump would have invited her to one of his 2016 debates against Hillary.

So how do GOP Senators who still plan to vote for Kavanaugh look their wives and daughters in the eye?

After NY Times Op-Ed came out, Rand Paul said that all White House staffers should take a polygraph test. Professor Christine Blasey Ford already took AND passed one.

Nebraska paid Troy over $1 million to play them in Lincoln, and then lost 24-19. How long until teams start offering big pay-for-play money to the Cornhuskers?

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Justin Bieber is applying for American citizenship. Now this might even get Democrats behind the idea of a wall?

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Tough times, but you still have to admire Fayetteville, NC Mayor Mitch Colvin’s style. “If you are refusing to leave during this mandatory evacuation, you need to do things like notify your legal next of kin.”

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Apparently people have been arrested for looting homes and businesses that have been evacuated for  Hurricane Florence.  A possible solution for police,  Perhaps the looters can just be left in those areas and not evacuated themselves?

Why stop at Susan Collins?  Can USA vote EVERY Senator who is up for re-election out of office who votes to confirm Kavanaugh?

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Even for Hurricane Florence in real time, Trump has to claim a fake, and lower. death toll…

And now FEMA wants to give (I am SURE they weren’t coerced)  the President of the United States to text everyone with a major cellphone carrier in the event of an “emergency.”

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

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Does anyone REALLY believe that given the ability to text all Americans, Trump can stop at one?

For those of us of a certain age….easier to eat one Lays potato chip.

So if you add orange to a White Russian does it make the drink a Trump?

The Giants win a game, the Giants win a game!

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Meanwhile, over in the American League, since the five playoff teams have basically already clinched, the final two weeks of the season will come down to an exciting battle over whether the A’s or the Yankees have home field advantage for a one-game playoff.

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Now it’s WNBA champs Seattle Storm say they have no interest in visiting the White House.  How long until the only champions who want to meet Trump are Bass Pro Fishermen?  And even they might thinking about it.

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Am very sympathetic to those who have been unable to evacuate for Hurricane Florence. But for those who CHOSE not to leave, instead of having responders risk their lives, can we just mail Darwin awards to their next-of-kin?

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There are more than 65 people Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t eat.  #Bustohell

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Michael Bloomberg reportedly going to run for President in 2020 as a Democrat. Because what this country really needs is another old white rich man.

Because nothing says being Presidential during a natural disaster like a hurricane like doubling down on denying deaths in the last big hurricane…

Just guessing when Manafort gets out of prison, one place he can cross off his bucket list for future vacation travel is Russia.

What will be the title of Stormy Daniels book about her affair with Trump? The two-minute warning?

Leaving aside the cloud that hangs over him personally, if CEO of major corporation had half as many high-level former employees and confidants in criminal trouble as Donald Trump the board would never rubber-stamp his executive hiring.
So why does Trump get a Supreme Court pick?

That moment when you board a plane,  stow your things, and realize you will probably get along just find with the person randomly seated next to you ….

Giants fans felt pretty good Thursday finally knowing that there would be ONE day in September where SF would not lose a game.

(they had an off day)

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SF Giants now selling 2019 Spring Training packages. With all due respect, anyone who wants to watch Spring Training level baseball can just go to an  SFGiants game this September.

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MVP votes for Andrew McCutchen in 2018? SF Giants have not won a game since they traded him. Seriously.

Mayor of a New Orleans suburb just rescinded the city’s ban on Nike equipment and clothing after players on the Saints complained.  Good to know that even in times of prejudice there are priorities in Louisiana.

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Who says I never say anything nice about Donald Trump?   By being subject of  “Fear” he may save thousands of jobs in bookstores.

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All these GOP members of Congress expressing disapproval of @realDonaldTrump are like parents of out-of-control children threatening that if they don’t behave “NEXT time there will be repercussions.”

Now it’s Jeff Fager, executive producer of “60 Minutes,” leaving over accusations of “inappropriate conduct.” Maybe it will be easier for history in the end to compile a list of powerful men in entertainment and news industries who weren’t a**holes.

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Sad that we’ve reset the US mass shooting clock, again. Sadder that it’s barely a headline.
Meanwhile, over on Fox News, the top editor’s choice headline is a Syrian refugee charged with a 2017 murder of a teenager in Canada….

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Texas Sen. John Cornyn slamming what he perceives as “false, nasty, vulgar, personal, uncivil verbal abuse of an honorable and diligent public servant like Senator Collins” over Kavanaugh vote. I missed his regular similar outrage with Trump tweets

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Now Trump claiming “3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico.” So that’s going to be his strategy with asbestos, dirty water, methane, coal… “Fake cancer?”

Trump claiming the 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico were made up by Democrats to make him look bad. Even if you’re a Republican supporting his policies at some point you have to admit POTUS is insane. Seriously.

A man who is so insane as to believe Democrats would fake 3,000 American deaths just to make him look bad is way too insane to pick a Supreme Court Justice.

To put this season in perspective, the SF Giants have still won 27 more games than the Baltimore Orioles, losers of 103 games…. so far.
And yet the Orioles, with 41 wins, are guaranteed at least one more win than the 1962 Mets.

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If Trump  – heaven forbid – owned the SF Giants, he’d be bragging about how well they were doing in their search for draft picks.

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But open note to SF Giants, even if they DO go 0 for September, they’ll never catch the Baltimore Orioles, losers of 103 games — already.

ESPN reports “Chair umpires and other officials are shaken by what they perceive as a lack of official support for chair umpire Carlos Ramos.”  Well, yeah, because don’t all serious tennis fans tune in and buy tickets to matches to watch the best officials perform their duties?

(And just for the record, it is possible to believe that Serena was wrong, and that Ramos was wronger.)

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What is with weather reporters? While Hurricane Florence is increasingly terrifying, as of Tuesday night a story says Olivia “was once a powerful category four hurricane, but it’s since struggled in the face of increasing wind shear.”
It’s “struggled?” What about instead “the planet is fighting back?”

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Oops, turns out during Rick Scott’s touted campaign bus tour the Florida Gov. decided to save time by taking… a private jet. A true man of the people.

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CDC has linked eggs from an Alabama farm to a multi-state salmonella outbreak. The eggs were sold in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.
But any residents of those states who don’t believe in science can go ahead and ignore the recall.

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Missouri’s Nostrum Labs raised the price of an antibiotic to treat bladder infections from $474.75 to $2,932 a bottle. Founder Nirmal Mulye said in a Financial Times interview “I think it is a moral requirement to make money when you can … to sell the product for the highest price.”
Clearly a man aiming for a position in Trump administration.

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I realize that Susan Collins  and Lisa Murkowski as Republicans disagree with most Democrats on many issues. That’s fair. But this is a moment, like John McCain’s thumbs down moment on Obamacare repeal. And the history books have space for Susan and Lisa’s names.

(You go girls?)

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“I actually think it was one of the best jobs that’s ever been done….Puerto Rico was an incredible unsung success.”
So how many tens of thousands would have had to die before Trump said there was room for improvement?

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Okay, be honest, how many people saw “tremendously big and tremendously wet” and thought “someone leaked the pee-tape?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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We are all #plaidshirtguy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Because “thoughts and prayers” have worked so well?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Al Gore – “I invented the internet.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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