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Bracketed?

March 10, 2018

Heading to March Madness,   64 down to 1.  And besides the possible Trump administration resignations, there’s a basketball tournament going on.

Martin Shkreli apparently cried & pleaded with the judge for leniency at his sentencing. “I feel so sorry for him” said absolutely, positively nobody.

 

Anyone else think it would be nice if many Americans were as upset about Trump’s various misdeeds as they were about Arie dumping Becca?

 

Richard Sherman to the 49ers. Well, San Francisco may not make the playoffs next year. But they sure got a lot more quotable.

I dream of a day again when Gregg Popovich can look at POTUS and decide to stick to coaching. #GoSpursGo

#WhenTrumpMeetsKim For all those who would have liked #WhenHarryMetSally if potential nuclear war was at stake.

Average VA (Veterans Affairs) psychologist makes under $100,000 a year. So we could hire about 300 more of them for the cost of Trump’s one-day ego-trip parade.

Suppose that as a distraction from Stormy Daniels story Trump saying he will meet Kim Jong Un is better than starting a nuclear war.

Trump congratulating himself on “deal with North Korea… very much in the making & will be, if completed, a very good one for the World. Time & place to be determined.” Right after he releases his tax returns?

What visions I have seen. Methought I was enamored of an ass.” Who knew Shakespeare possibly presaged some disillusioned Trump voters?

NRA files lawsuit over Florida gun control law raising age to 21 saying it violates 2nd amendment. Uh, except 2nd amendment applies only to landowning white men.

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Canadian study found employees who attacked voodoo dolls when upset at bosses were happier than those those who bottled in their sense of injustice. If only someone at White House was “woke” enough to order voodoo dolls.

Smoke and mirrors.

March 8, 2018

Spurs might not even make 2018 playoffs but w/ what  Gregg Popovich has left in terms of players have to figure if he were British he’d be knighted for this coaching performance.#GoSpursGo

Nothing against Curry but after the Western Conference finals with Zaza and Kawhi in 2017,  just maybe mean bitch karma has decided that Chris Paul should have a ring this year.

 

A 19 year old  Australian rugby player was at least temporarily paralyzed after he ate a poisonous garden slug on a dare. If only he had stuck to Tide Pods.

Lamont Smith resigned as men’s basketball coach at Univ. of San Diego after being arrested for alleged domestic violence against his mistress at a team hotel. On top of everything else, shouldn’t men know by now, when you have everything to lose, be nice to your lover. Even if they aren’t a porn star.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay Waiting for the GOP rebuttal.

Trump coming to California next week for a fundraiser & to look at prototypes for his wall. Can we practice by building a wall to keep him out?

Now POTUS is apparently annoyed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  We’re going to need a bigger card for Trump Resignation Bingo.

So@POTUS and Kim Jong Un have agreed (for now) to meet in person. If only the meeting was between Korean leader and someone a bit more rational – like Dennis Rodman.

 

Kim Jong Un and Trump to meet “by May.” Think either of them think “May” might be a porn star?

So the real question, who will play Kim Jong Un on SNL this May?

AZ Sen. Jeff Flake threatening to introduce legislation against Trump tariffs. So after all the angry talk over racism, lies, accusing opponents of treason, who knew Flake’s red line would be tariffs? #Priorities

 

#ToyRUs has announced they are liquidating. I missed the Trump tweet taking credit. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

 

Now rumors are that Trump’s NDA with Stormy Daniels includes “paternity information.” We are going to have a national wide popcorn shortage

Putting in a good word?

March 8, 2018

Reports are that Peyton Manning could make $10 Million a year as an analyst for Fox Sports or ESPN. And that’s before he mentions Budweiser or Papa John’s every 15 minutes.

Ichiro, 44, signing 1-year deal with Mariners. When is Seattle making an offer to Jamie Moyer?

Twitter report, “Kawhi spoke and said he wanted to finish his career as a Spur.”  What?  Kawhi actually spoke?

Alexa reportedly cackling at what seems like random moments. Maybe she is laughing because of all the free information users are giving Amazon.

Tom Brady, on his children being in tears after the Super Bowl “Look, you guys, this is a great lesson. We don’t always win. We try our best and sometimes it doesn’t go the way we want.'”
So does this mean the smartest kids have fathers who play for the Cleveland Browns?

We impeached a President for lying about consensual affair with an intern- now barely blink when a President pays $130,000 to hush up an affair with a porn star. #NewAbnormal

So are Jeff Sessions and Trump REALLY upset about California because our economy is so much better than in most red states?

 

So tell me again why California can’t just secede and become our own country? Kindler, gentler and with a MUCH better economy

British police say former Russian spy & his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in Salisbury, England. Maybe Sam Nunberg wasn’t so crazy in trying to get arrested after all.

So imagine if Bill Clinton had tried to use campaign funds to pay Monica Lewinsky not to talk about their relationship..

Trump is now denying he had an affair with Stormy Daniels Anyone want to start a pool on the date of his first #FakeDNA tweet?

Betsy DeVos visited Stoneman Douglas, not only wouldn’t talk to students, she abruptly walked out of her own press conference. This administration that thinks they are so brave is afraid of students and media. #snowflakes

Anyone else a bit disappointed that Betsy Devos did not suggest protecting students with trained grizzly bears?

Today  California Governor JerryBrown taunted Trump & Sessions, calling them liars & saying “Mueller is closing in.”   Open note to @realDonaldTrump – you can use “Moonbeam” in a tweet if you want, Jerry can take it.

Forever Giant.

March 7, 2018

So of course it was probably about the money, or maybe not.  But how cool to hear Tim Lincecum,  now with the Texas Rangers, when asked by SF Chronicle’s John Shea if he could have signed w/ Dodgers “Could I? I had to think about that for a minute. But ultimately, I think it would be really tough to the point I would be betraying my heart.”

 

Watching #AfterTheFinalRose it’s strangely enjoyable to watch major reality star asshole on television without worrying that he will bring down the entire country.

Ah for innocent days when #TheBachelor‘s publicly bad behavior w/ women would have been a bigger story than that of #POTUS#StormyDaniels

So when #StormyDaniels gets her book deal & $$$ will she send Monica Lewinsky a cut for inspiring her to keep the dress

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry resigns after affair with her bodyguard. Shame, if she’d been a Republican this might have made her a future front runner for President.

Florida State Sen. Kelli Stargel, who has 100% NRA rating – “thoughts and prayers are really the only thing that’s gonna stop” school massacres. Right, that’s been working so well…

 

DOJ to sue California over three ‘sanctuary state’ laws. Uh, what happened to states’ rights. #consistencyhasaliberalbias

So who had #GaryCohn in Trump Resignation Bingo?!!

At this point beginning to look pretty good for those playing Trump Resignation Blackout Bingo. Who’s close to covering their whole card?

“There is no Chaos, only great Energy!” Hmm, can I use Trump’s line about my messy desk?

Problem with appointing anyone to replace Gary Cohn as White House economic advisor is that we all know Trump only takes advice from the voices in his head.

 

Steel, aluminum, coal. Waiting to hear Trump speech on building that bridge to the 19th century.

For want of a Spur?

March 5, 2018

When depleted & exhausted Spurs barely hang on to beat Grizzlies maybe it’s time for few MVP votes for Kawhi Leonard.

Disney executive James Pitaro named new president of ESPN. Cue the “Mickey Mouse organization” jokes.

The Astros sent 1st round draft pick Seth Romero home for a “violation of team policy.”  In college at the University of Houston, Romero was suspended the 1st two weeks of  2016 season “for conduct detrimental to the team. ” Then the Cougars suspended the star lefty pitcher for a failed drug test and finally in May of 2017 dismissed him from the team for ANOTHER incident.

So seems like Romero is really testing baseball’s  “10 strikes and you’re out policy.”

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Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport has flight arrivals delayed today for an average of over 2 hours due to “snow and ice.” Uh, isn’t “snow and ice” in winter in MSP redundant?

Russ Solomon, 92, the founder of Tower Records, passed away yesterday. Or should we say he flipped over to the “B” side.

These days Trump has to figure he should have just let Stormy Daniels come forward with her story & save the $130,000. Not that a porn star would have bothered his supporters anyway.

Rex Tillerson has spent less of his $120 million budget to stop foreign meddling in our elections than Ben Carson wanted to spend on a dining room table.

So Sam Nunberg won’t talk to Mueller but he’ll call in to @CNN. A bit unclear on that “right to remain silent” concept?

Watching Sam Nunberg for Mueller has to feel like when you’ve been spending all day on a fishing trip and then one just jumps into your boat.

Sam Nunberg’s interviews are so bizarre you think he might be angling for the open position of White House Communications Director?

Ben Carson on the cabinet position he had no prior experience for… “There are more complexities here than in brain surgery.” Who knew HUD could be so complicated?

TMZ reports an unnamed military official “cautioned John Harbaugh and Ravens about signing Colin Kaepernick” So when did Trump hire John Kelly?

This Trump campaign sure had a lot of #covfefe boys.

 

As rumors fly that Trump may jettison Jared next have to wonder, how many people can you throw under the bus before wheels get jammed with bodies?

 

 

 

Major advantage in watching #TheBachelor is that all the people in your life feel so sane by comparison.

 

On and on….

March 5, 2018

Imagine how long the Oscars would have been if they weren’t giving away a Jetski for shortest speech…

 

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro Gómez won best director & best picture for “The Shape of Water.” So will Trump congratulate him or say he should pay for the wall?

So did Jennifer Garner’s “In Memoriam” introduction remind Ben Affleck of what he lost?

Give Kobe credit, one of the first to win an Oscar AFTER his alleged sexual assault became public.

Kobe in his acceptance speech thanked his teammates.   Shocking.  Kobe knows he HAD teammates?

Can we tell @realDonaldTrump he could win a gold-plated JetSki for the shortest tweets? Asking for a country.

 

So tomorrow is Kobe going to come out with a special limited-edition Oscar shoe?

Can we be happy for #AllisonJanney winning and still wish that she was playing a real C.J. Cregg as Press Secretary?

This is the year when many men in Hollywood would probably have rather been featured on “In memoriam” segment than have lived through the death of their careers.

Seeing #Oscars90 trending. Are we talking about the average age of Oscars voters?

 

With all that’s wrong in the world, listening to Kruk and Kuip call game, even if it’s spring training, is a very good thing. @SFGiants

RIP Sir Roger Bannister, 1st to run a sub-4 minute mile. And if anyone was SURE to be in heaven before the devil knew he was dead….

Trump golf courses apparently plan to use Presidential seal at tee boxes, which is illegal. Although compared to everything else lately a little graft seems so… quaint.

 

 

So if Trump started a trade war over Hope Hicks leaving, what’s he going to do over the Steele memo?

Many of same people who think Trump was joking about being President for Life also thought the office would make him Presidential.

Souped up?

March 4, 2018

Cavs’ JR Smith suspension reportedly was because he threw soup at an assistant coach. Oh, broth-er.

 

So for #Cavs future road games, can we beg the PA announcers when JR Smith is announced to play Souperman?

With the Winter Olympics over at least Americans no longer have to pretend to care about snow sports.

Arizona won the men’s basketball Pac 12 Championship today.  Over under on how long before they might have to vacate it?

Heisman winner Lamar Jackson says he only wants to be considered in the NFL as a quarterback.  Yeah, that worked out so well for Tim Tebow.

Trump at Gridiron Dinner “I like chaos. It really is good. Who’s going to be the next to leave — Steve Miller or Melania?” And some even thought Donald was joking.

 

Trump says George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was the “worse decision ever made.” Some would say November 8, 2016 was the single worst decision ever made.-

Trump attacks Alec Baldwin this week on twitter. If there were only some way Baldwin could make a public on-air response.

(Wonder with Hope Hicks gone whose job it might have been to tuck Trump in before SNL?)

An anti-child marriage bill in Kentucky has stalled due to opposition from conservatives. Wonder if same in GOP would at least say married teenagers can talk about gun control?

So let’s see, this week Trump has picked fights with the EU, Mexico and Canada. Anybody left? Besides Russia?

Truth. At GOP fundraiser, Trump on Xi Jinping becoming President for Life “Maybe we’ll give that a shot some day.”
At Dem. fundraiser in his 2nd term in 2016 where attendees chanting “4 more yrs.” Obama – “No, there’s a constitution amendment. And more importantly, Michelle would kill me.”

Of course, if Trump gets his wish to have that President for Life option, wonder how many Americans would vote to bring back Obama,  Or Bill Clinton?

Twisted?

March 3, 2018

Steph Curry tweaked his ankle when he stepped on teammate Zaza Pachulia’s foot in Warriors-Hawks game. Not that I wish any harm to Curry, but if Zaza accidentally puts him out for a while, much of the NBA may join mean bitch Karma in a toast.

So since Cleveland has lost 2 of 3, and JR Smith was suspended by the team tonight, will LeBron try to reshuffle the Cavs again?

A lot of these conference NCAA men’s basketball tournaments might be more interesting if most of us could remember a returning star player or two from any top team.  #Oneandratingsaredonetoo

Pilot landing at Dulles this morning in high winds reported that “pretty much everyone on the plane threw up. Pilots on verge of throwing up.” And they didn’t even have the fish. #Airplane

Just guessing with this trade war that whatever Donald Trump majored in at college it wasn’t economics.

#CMU gunman apparently fatally shot his parents in his dorm room. His father was a police officer. So about that good guy with a gun….

 

From TC in BC (British Columbia)  –  An  FBI report has the NCAA reeling this week for secret payoffs to college athletes. Payments as high as $100,000 (Arizona basketball) have been reported. A mass exodus of CFL (Canadian Football League)  players going back to school in the US is expected immediately.

Delta CEO on NRA and Georgia. “Our decision was not made for economic gain and our values are not for sale.”
Give Trump and GOP credit, who knew it was possible to give a US airline the moral high ground?

And btw, folks, a travel agent infomercial here – those airline corporate discounts like the one Delta got rid of for NRA? They are usually something like 5% off lowest fare, or 10% off full fare, and have to be booked through a special meetings-groups desk. 90% of the time people decide discount is more trouble than it’s worth.

As we stagger to the end of another week, I am reminded of reasonable people I know who voted for Trump and thought that he would change and become Presidential in office.

Once again, we are learning what many women already knew, NEVER ever get into a long-term relationship with a man hoping he will change.

On a positive note for week, while GOP congress shows no sign of returning deposits on their souls, @Delta, @Dicks & @Walmart decided to make statements. And even Jeff Sessions showed signs of a conscience.

 

Highly stupid.

March 1, 2018

Texas Wesleyan coach Mike Jeffcoat fired after he emailed a prospect “Unfortunately, we are not recruiting players from the state of Colorado. In the past, players have had trouble passing our drug test. We have made a decision to not take a chance on student-athletes from your state. You can thank your liberal politicians. Best of luck wherever you decide to play.”
Why was Jeffcoat fired? For being a biased a**hole? Or for being stupid enough to put that in writing?

Trump communications director position has all the job security of managing Yankees under George Steinbrenner.

 

So this year will there be a bonus round for #MarchMadness – not just teams who will win games, but teams who will be vacating their seasons?

Cleveland Browns say they are open to offers for their #1 NFL draft pick. Because they figure they’ll probably have another one next year?

Mike Huckabee essentially booted from #CMAfoundation board because enough people in COUNTRY MUSIC objected to his anti-LGBT views. Soon only live musical entertainment at future GOP events will be karaoke.

Today is #WorldBookDay. Waiting for the GOP rebuttal.

Florida lawmakers approve $67 million in funding to arm teachers. How much put aside for the inevitable lawsuits when something goes wrong?

 

So when we arm teachers, what happens when they get sick? They leave weapons in a drawer for the substitutes? #Whatcouldpossiblygowrong?

Since President Xi Jinping has been compared to the cartoon bear, China is censoring Winnie the Pooh on social media. Uh oh, let’s hope Trump doesn’t order the US to censor Cheetos.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is introducing a bill to allow 18 year-olds to buy handguns. Today’s GOP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NRA.

So of course Ben Carson had no idea he asked for a $31,000 dining set. Not like shopping is brain surgery.

Now that Scott Pruitt isn’t going to fly first class any more maybe he can use money he’s saving to buy a very nice slightly used table from Ben Carson?

Melania Trump apparently got her green card while she was dating Donald w/ special “Einstein Visa” visa designated for people w/ “extraordinary ability.” To be fair, she is doing a job most Americans would never do.

Now it’s McMaster reportedly out. Will the last alligator to leave the Trump White House please turn off the searchlights for the swamp.

Now Sarah Huckabee Sanders  says Trump has no plans to fire AG Sessions “that I know of.” Translation, he hasn’t found someone he trusts to take Jeff’s place.

Or as my friend Alex B. says  “Translation, he figured out he hired someone who it would piss too many people off to fire.”

So who else wants to be a fly on the wall when  Omarosa &  Hope Hicks go out for a post-White House drink?

Star powered?

February 28, 2018

49ers say they haven’t decided what if anything to do about Reuben Foster’s arrest for domestic violence, and GM John Lynch denied the San Francisco LB was being treated differently because he’s a star.  I think I like “pushed into a lifeboat” better.

Now it’s LaMarcus Aldridge who’s hurt,  with Kawhi Leonard still out,  Pau Gasol sidelined with a bone bruise, and Danny Green barely back from bursitis.  The San Antonio Spurs aren’t just a  basketball team, they’re a season of Survivor.

Bears to release QB Mike Glennon. How long until Chicago fans look back nostalgically to the days of Jay Cutler?

That moment when Dick’s Sporting Goods is more pro-active about gun safety than Congress…

Hope Hicks is resigning. Wonder why. Doesn’t every boss ask you to tell white lies and hide the fact that your boyfriend beat his ex’s?

Good on Walmart to change their gun policy. But remember, they are only doing it so they won’t lose business to Dick’s Sporting Goods. @Dicks

 

Remember those days when “Fast and Furious” referred to a series of action films instead of new revelations coming out about this White House.

Are we sure @realDonaldTrump doesn’t think “Dew Process” is one of his porn star mistresses’ names?

Remember when there were so many shootings by USPS workers that we used to say “going postal?” But sure if we arm over-worked, under-paid and over-stressed teachers that would NEVER happen. #sarcasm

Feel like I should go to Dick’s Sporting Goods if the store actually sold anything I wanted to buy. Maybe they can start stocking cookies?

As long as I am the attorney general, I will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor & this department will continue to do its work in a fair & impartial manner according to the law and Constitution” To quote Will Farrell in one of the best Christmas movies ever  -“He’s an ANGRY elf.” #Sessions

So now that we’ve arrested a Georgia teacher fired a gun inside a classroom, what’s next? Arming janitors? Lunch ladies?

So who had Hope Hicks in Trump Resignation Bingo?

At this point it might be easier to compile a list of top Trump aides who haven’t resigned.

(my friend pat says ” This will be more fun than filling out the March madness brackets… and less corrupt.”)

Thinking back longingly to days when we comedy writers really had to struggle to make jokes with Obama in the White House.

But okay,  Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee, top this for satire – Donald Trump today: “I’m not into popularity.”

And water is wet.

February 28, 2018

LeBron James today “The NCAA is corrupt.” Then did he add “And there’s gambling in Las Vegas as well as Casablanca?”


Shaq’s son Shareef O’Neal on Tuesday committed to UCLA after decommitting from Arizona.  So he’ll be a Bruin for life. Or at least a year. Unless any of UCLA coaches were also caught on tape.

Played cold but… well:   Ross Jirgl, a Stanford football strength coach, had his 15 minutes at least when he appeared late on this season’s “The Bachelor,” trying to win his ex-girlfriend Becca back.  From Alex Kirshner of Bleacher Report.

“Ross becomes at least 6th Stanford football person to come in 2nd place in a nationally televised competition since 2009. He joins five Cardinal players who have finished second in Heisman Trophy voting in the same span.:

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, who said he would retire, then indicated he was rethinking decision,   NOW says he will definitely retire in 2018. “Atta boy” said Brett Favre.

 

Hey Donald  Trump, you know who actually DID deal bravely against men with guns, and was actually shot himself? Bronze Star and Purple Heart veteran Robert Mueller.

Ivanka on #MeToo “I’m proud of women who are standing up in face of accusers with credible evidence & credible stories.” Translation of “credible” – those accusing Democrats but certainly not my father.

Can you run a Presidential re-election campaign when you’re under indictment? Asking for a country

So did Ben Carson need to spend $31k of taxpayer money on a dining room set for his office because it needed to be worthy of Donald Trump’s very best chocolate cake?

 

Just wondering, when Donald Trump asked Ivanka to go as senior diplomat to South Korea did she think of replying “That’s an inappropriate question to ask a daughter?” #Complicit

Regarding these idiots who think it’s funny to make fake school shooting threats. Besides jail time can they be sentenced to community service in inner-city emergency rooms where they treat a lot of gunshots?

Turn out the flame…

February 26, 2018

Olympics are over.    Now Americans can go back to not caring about curling stones and triple salchows.

 

Atlanta Falcons’ 4th quarter in Super Bowl 50 was most embarrassing moment for many Georgians in recent memory. Georgia politicans today with Delta – “Hold our beer.”

About the only way Delta could be getting better PR is if they dragged Scott Pruitt out of first class on one of their planes.

Must say, NRA & their supporters are doing the bigliest & best job of public relations for US airlines.

NFL suing Jerry Jones for millions of dollars over court costs with Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension and Roger Goodell’s contract.    Oh this senseless billionaire-on-billionaire violence….


Sweet words in San Antonio, Kawhi Leonard will start working out with the team this year.

Some US middle & high schools are saying that for safety reasons students can’t carry standard backpacks. Fear itself is winning.

Ivanka Trump thinks questions on women accusing her father is inappropriate because she’s a daughter. But it’s not inappropriate her father put her in senior diplomatic role just because she’s a daughter?

Trump “I really believe I’d have run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.” NOW is there anyone who believes he doesn’t have dementia?

So the President who says he’d have run into a school to face a teenage shooter is still afraid to sit down for questions with a 73-year-old man? #Mueller

Trump has such a hard time w/ truth. Even if he truly believes he wouldn’t be a coward against a shooter, he should have said he’d have his caddy drive him into that school.

A shooter bent on murder? Hell, we all know Trump wouldn’t even confront Dick Cheney with a gun.

Trump reportedly wants to appoint his private pilot head of the FAA. So what next? Trying to appoint his daughter as a senior foreign diplomat?

Trump today on NRA “Sometimes we’re going to have to be very tough & we’re going to have to fight ’em.”
If we really want Trump to take on NRA could someone get them to make a statement saying he’s a lousy President?

Too many hits?

February 25, 2018

If Donald  Trump had played college football we’d all be nodding our heads in agreement on a diagnosis of CTE.

With the increasingly depleted Spurs somehow still in third place in the West, Gregg Popovich should be coach of year. Period.   #smokeandmirrors

Shaquille O’Neal’s son, Shareef, just announced he is decommitting from Arizona. Because he just found out the program is dirty, or because they didn’t offer HIM $100,000?

Curt Schilling retweeted a conspiracy theory saying 17 yr-old Parkland survivor David Hogg is a paid crisis actor. Only charitable interpretation of this is that baseball players also can get too many concussions.

Teresa Stadlober, an Austrian cross-country skier, lost a silver medal when she took a wrong turn during a 30km race. Wait, I thought it was men that wouldn’t ask for directions.

 

 

LeBron James, complaining about not getting foul calls in loss to Spurs – “We’re at a point now where we protect the shooter more than the driver.”
Maybe he should stick to politics?

Canadian ski crosser David Duncan, along with his trainer and wife were arrested for alleged DUI in a stolen vehicle in South Korea. Know Canada is doing well with medals but maybe trying too hard to prove they are equal of American athletes.

Meanwhile,  USA has won gold in #Curling Let’s hope this isn’t a sign of the apocalypse.

 

Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy called NCAA “one of the worst organizations” in sports. Why stop at “in sports?”

Trump on his proposed military parade “We’ll see if we can do it at a reasonable cost. If we can’t, we won’t do it.”
What, he didn’t say Mexico would pay for it?

United Airlines and Delta have now cut off discounts for #NRA. How bad is it when you have a worse reputation in the US than airlines?

Donald Trump mocked John McCain yesterday. So let’s see, now it’s people with terminal cancer. How long until he goes directly after a Parkland survivor?

Imagine GOP reaction if a President @HillaryClinton sent Chelsea over to South Korea to “shore up diplomatic relations?”

 

Asked in Korea if her father’s idea of arming teachers would work to protect students Ivanka Trump responded “To be honest, I don’t know.”
Six words Donald has never spoken.

 

Frustrating as a Democrat that we call out extremist Republicans like #CPACbut then often put in our own litmus tests that punish moderates.  #DianneFeinstein

 

But let’s be real about Feinstein. Democrats not endorsing her means simply that she didn’t get a majority of 2700 activists at state party convention. The Democratic convention isn’t CPAC, but it’s also not a sampling of mainstream Democrats.

Here’s what I really don’t get about political litmus tests. None of us agree with our spouses, partners, or even friends on all issues. So why do some of us demand our politicians agree with us on everything? #HowToLoseElections

You can’t make it up….

February 24, 2018

The Russian bobsled pilot who wore ‘I don’t do doping’ T-shirt just failed his Olympic doping test.

 

Adam Rippon says that now Olympic skating is done, said he would “totally” talk with Pence by phone. OK,  VP Pence now that it’s not just a photo op, where’s YOUR profile in courage?

Canada is having one of their best Winter Olympics ever. Imagine if Team Canada had only done a little better in country’s secondary sports like curling and ice hockey.

So instead of the usual March Madness pools will this be the year millions of Americans start playing NCAA men’s basketball sanctions bingo?

If we need any more proof that mental illness can affect people from all walks of life, #JonathanMartin has Harvard-educated parents & is a Stanford graduate.

If “The 15:17 to Paris” & this week in Parkland taught us nothing else it’s that true courage and heroism isn’t about having a gun in your hands.

Trump at #CPAC – An armed teacher would have “shot the hell” out of the Florida killer. An armed teacher? Heck, an armed DEPUTY didn’t “shoot the hell” out of the gunman.

So Cadet Bone Spurs thinks the deputy at Florida high school was a “coward?”.#whythereisnosatire

Newly introduced bill in Florida would require public schools to display the motto “In God We Trust.” Right, because shootings happen because God doesn’t think we trust Him enough? #WTF?

 

Important to remember, companies who are breaking off relations with NRA aren’t doing it to be warm and fuzzy….
They are doing it because they know the NRA does not speak for a majority of Americans & they will gain more business than they lose.

That moment when Trump’s deputy campaign manager Rick Gates has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and it’s not even number one story on the news cycle. #Newabnormal

 

Gold mettle?

February 23, 2018

Mirai Nagusu, US figure skater, who finished 10th after a strong free-skating program: “I smiled in the middle of my program. It is really rare for me but I enjoyed myself & I thought of this as my audition” for Dancing with the Stars.

Beam me up Scotty….

If the #Olympics has to use shootouts for GOLD MEDAL hockey games, what’s next? MLB deciding extra inning World Series games with home run derbies?

Justin Trudeau tweeted congratulations to Canadian women’s hockey team last night after they ended up losing the gold medal in a shoot-out.

Trump tweeted congratulations to the US this morning. Wonder who told Donald the USA had a women’s hockey team?

Amazon is expanding their cashierless Amazon Go stories this year, to at least six locations. But yeah, immigrants are the problem for American workers…..

Cinemark theaters  banning bags larger than 12″ by 12″ by 6″ in their movie theaters, reportedly for security. Uh, plenty of guns would be no problem. Women’s purses on the other hand….

(But just guessing this is less about weapons than concealed snacks.)

 

So if we are going to turn teachers into police officers are we going to PAY them like police officers?

 

More people were killed at Pulse and at Mandalay Bay than Parkland. So shall we start arming nightclub and casino patrons? Maybe give them a little bit of a bonus discount on their drinks?

Trump talks about coaches “who I guarantee have plenty of experience with guns.” So WTF was going on with his USFL team?

Trump now saying “I’m thinking about” pulling ICE out of California. Promise?

 

More Trump on armed teachers – “I want my schools protected just like I want my banks protected.” Because we know armed guards have stopped all bank robberies?

 

Mueller files new 32-count indictment against Manafort and Gates for tax evasion and bank fraud. Well, that’s how they got Al Capone.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens arrested for felony invasion of privacy over allegedly taking nude picture of his mistress & using it to try to blackmail her. Well, if he has to step down sure Greitens can get job offer at White House.

“Lock her up” chants at CPAC? Next thing you know they’ll be calling for the impeachment of President Hillary Clinton.

So is all this GOP insanity about armed teachers really part of a bigger plot to get all Americans to home-school their kids?

Gold and goaled.

February 22, 2018

Kawhi Leonard may be out for year. Damn, as a liberal Spurs fan I miss days when that would be most depressing news of the week.

Although if Spurs end up 3rd seed in West without Kawhi, Popovich should be a unanimous coach of the year.

Don’t care who wins, shootouts are still a sucky way to determine a hockey gold medal.

But seriously, these women have worked for years to make it to Olympics.   For a gold medal they can’t let them play until someone scores a REAL goal in overtime?

Mikaela Shiffrin brought 35 pairs of skis to Olympics.  Ah, but how many pairs of shoes did she bring?

 

Billy Graham prayed with every President since Truman during their presidency. Except Donald Trump. Why I am not surprised?

That moment when the President of the United States needs a cue card to pretend to be human…

 

At least Marco Rubio did the CNN Town Hall without cue cards.

The kids are more than alright. The kids are damn impressive. #ParklandStudentsSpeak

So would Right-wing trolls please explain how they think high school kids aren’t old enough to advocate for gun control but they are old enough to buy AR-15s?

Florence Yared, 17 yr-old Parkland survivor to Congress “Soon we will be able to vote, and we will vote you out.” You go girl!

Trump today “If you had a teacher who was adept with firearms, they could end the attack very quickly.” Could those armed teachers start with the attack on the education budget?

So maybe we can take a lead from Betsy Devos and protect schools with trained grizzly bears? #Beararms

NRA’s Dana Loesch says you should be able to buy any gun you want “if you are not a danger to yourself or your community.” The Vegas shooter didn’t seem like a danger. Until he was….

Marco Rubio has 2 teenage & 2 pre-teen children. Yeah, I’m an optimist but it seems like maybe these kids got to him tonight. #StudentsStandUp

While Texas superintendent threatens to suspend students from class 3 days for protesting gun violence, kids in Parkland have missed 5+ days of class because their school is an active crime scene.

Donald Trump wants teachers to bravely take on shooters in schools….while he’s not even brave enough to take on media at press conferences

Bronzed.

February 21, 2018

So who’d a thunk back in 2010 that Lindsey Vonn would be winning longer than her ex-boyfriend?

Andrew McCutchen hit home run off Madison Bumgarner in his first intra-squad SF Giants AB today. Fortunately Madbum didn’t put him on the DL for it.

Ending important hockey games with shoot-outs feels like ending @MLB playoff games with Home Run Derbies.

Cubs catcher Willson Contreras claims he will ignore the new “six visits” to the mound rule, and “If I have to go [out there] again and pay the price for my team I will.”
A future “pass the popcorn” moment?

So with NCAA denying Louisville’s appeal. does that mean Michigan gets to raise a 2013 men’s basketball Championship banner? #MGoBlue

Albertsons is buying Rite Aid. They could have gotten a better price but would have to have bought two drugstore chains to get the discount.

As Jared and Don Jr. make headlines am reminded of those innocent days when the most embarrassing Presidential relative was Billy Carter.

Pat Robertson, calling for a possible ban on assault weapons as well as bump stocks – “It’s just got to be sensible.”
This might be only time Pat Robertson & “sensible” have appeared in the same sentence.

RI State Sen. Nicholas Kettle arrested for “video voyeurism & extortion.” He allegedly sent nude pictures of girlfriend, in exchange for some of a friend’s wife. Probably too late for Kettle to join Trump administration so Kelly etc would defend him.

 

Some in GOP saying #StonemanDouglas high school survivors are too young to understand gun control issues. But in Florida they’re not too young to buy AR-15s.

Apparently bump stock sales spiked after Las Vegas shooting. So Trump waiting almost 5 months even to say he wants to ban them just gave people time to stock up.

 

Waiting for Donald Trump to say that he could sexually assault a woman in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose any supporters.

So GOP thinks its funny that #MichaelMoore was duped into attending a rally organized by Russians. What about all the Americans duped into voting for a candidate organized by Russians?

Golden heat

February 19, 2018

Damn, those of us Americans already jealous of Canada for Justin Trudeau have now added Virtue and Moir to the list.

 

Sorry, ABC viewers tonight. #VirtueAndMoir are so much sexier than ANY episode of #TheBachelor

So wonder how many men joined their wives and girlfriends tonight watching ice dancing in hopes of another wardrobe malfunction?

Canadian & German bobsledders are either great sports or have really good looking sisters. #Gold #Olympics  (they tied.)

MLB is going to limit mound visits to 6 per game, by managers, coaches & players combined, without a pitching change. The horror – how will a team discuss wedding presents? #Candlesticksalwaysmakeanicegift

Last night at NBA All Star game, Roseanne Barr saw her torch for all time worst National Anthem grabbed off the floor by Fergie.

 

Russia, or rather OAR  could lose a bronze medal over alleged doping in… men’s curling. So what will be Alexander Krushelnytsky’s excuse – “chicks dig the long rock?”

GM Sandy Alderson says he thinks Tim Tebow will “play in the major leagues” someday. Or at least he’ll play for the Mets?

Sunday was #NationalDrinkWineDay Although since Trump’s inauguration, for many Americans EVERY day has been #NationalDrinkWineDay

School shooting survivors Emma Gonzalez & David Hogg said today they aren’t attending Trump’s “listening session” this week. That moment when kids have more courage of their convictions than the GOP congress.

On #PresidentsDay not sure there is anything more damning for our current @POTUS that he thinks grinning “thumbs up” picture after a high school massacre is not only appropriate but should be his Twitter picture.

I think more teachers would consider being armed if they were allowed to bring their weapons to contract negotiations.

So now Trump position is that Russia didn’t meddle in 2016 and it was Obama’s fault anyway.

That moment when POTUS asks his wealthy friends about gun control at Mar-A-Lago, where they are all protected by an armed Secret Service….

Is it too much to ask for a President who respects the FBI and CIA half as much as he respects the NRA?

Trump just endorsed Mitt Romney. Apparently he’s so desperate to be on the winning side expect POTUS to endorse Golden State Warriors next.

and about 45 minutes later, this tweet from Mitt “Thank you Mr. President for the support. I hope that over the course of the campaign I also earn the support and endorsement of the people of Utah.”

So who had “less than an hour” in the “How long would it take Mitt Romney to sell his soul?” pool.

Whatever you think about @BillClinton, he had friends and associates who remained loyal, even going to jail for him. Just guessing no one will fall on their sword for @realDonaldTrump

Going downhill

February 18, 2018

 

One problem with Winter Olympics is just when we begin to figure out what, for example, a good slalom run looks like, the events are over.

Of course, to be fair, most Americans are also equally good at normally ignoring college basketball.  Until the brackets are out.

 

NBC has hired Adam Rippon to work as a correspondent for the remainder of the Olympics. Fabulous!

So who had the first athlete accused of doping at Winter Games be a …curler?#AlexanderKrushelnitsky,

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins is upset after his team lost to #13 Kansas – after his Mountaineers got 2 free throws, and the Jayhawks got 35.

So did the refs think one of the Kansas players was the 2nd coming of James Harden?

 

As if we didn’t know already, there is NOTHING that Trump won’t try to make all about him. Even the massacre of children.

Maybe while we raise the legal age to buy guns to 21 we should lower the voting age to 16. #Florida #EmmaGonzalez

Trump didn’t play golf today to honor victims of school shooting. Better instead of skipping greens he would consider skipping NRA green. $$$$

From “The Hill ” Trump joked with Officer Michael Leonard, the Coconut Creek, Fla., police officer who apprehended the accused shooter, saying he should be less “modest” about it.
“That was so modest, I would have told it much differently,” Trump joked to Leonard after he acknowledged the arrest. “I would have said without me, they never would have found him.”

Uh, Trump WASN’T joking.

 

Late Saturday night tweetstorm from @realDonaldTrump – Melania must have locked her door again….

Another morning ranting tweet storm from @realDonaldTrump. Can we only imagine what it would be like if this guy actually drank alcohol?

Rocky?

February 17, 2018

Canada is kicking US butts in the medal count for this Olympics.  Should we blame Trump?

 

Canada-Denmark women’s curling match featured a “burned rock” foul.    No joke. But I see great endorsement opportunities…  “Burning rocks?  – There’s a cure for that.”

Chris Long is now taking Laura Ingraham to task over her comments against Lebron James.  How long until Trump says he wouldn’t want the “loser” Eagles to visit the White House anyway?

In Florida there is a 3-day waiting period to buy a handgun. There is no waiting period for an AR-15. #NottheOnion

 

Look, I don’t really care what goes on in someone else’s marriage. But where are all the trolls who said they had no respect for Hillary Clinton because she ignored Bill’s cheating?

 

Marco Rubio, still pro-gun after the Florida school shooting: “I’m trying to be clear and honest here, someone who has decided to commit this crime, they will find a way to get the gun to do it.”

-So why do we have laws against murder? They don’t stop someone who has decided to kill someone else.

Rick Scott wants FBI Director Wray to resign over the bureau’s handling on tip about Florida killer. While he attacks gun control advocates for politicizing the tragedy.

FBI now admits someone “close to” Florida gunman called their tipline in January — but “protocols were not followed,” and “no further investigation was conducted at that time.”
In other words, same reaction White House had about Rob Porter.

19 year-old Parkland killer went to Subway after the shootings to get a soft drink. Well, of course, because he couldn’t legally go to a bar to get a beer.

How strange has “normal” become when an alleged affair with a Playboy bunny and subsequent cover-up might be the mildest story affecting Donald  Trump today?

When Stormy Daniels trots out her stained dress, going to be real interesting to see how Trumpsters blame this on Hillary. Or Obama.

 

Trump press release says Mueller indictments indicate #NoCollusion. Waiting for next release saying there is no gambling in Casablanca.

 

Trump spent six minutes with shooting victims yesterday. Less time than the killer did in the school.

Mueller is a Republican. Mueller is a Republican. Mueller is a Republican. #Indictments