Left Coast Sports Babe

Pro Football Hall of Fame  says that O.J. Simpson’s standing invitation to Canton ceremonies still on.   Asked if he will attend wonder if the Juice responded  “I’ll take a stab at it?”

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Ole Miss lost a commitment from a top CB prospect today after football coach Hugh Freeze resigned. Did the kid back out because he thinks the program will be in shambles? Or because he’s not getting his promised “entertainment?”

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SF Giants had #GameOfThrones night at AT&T Park. Well, with team on pace to lose 100 games not bad idea to remind fans “Winter is coming.”

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Kyrie Irving reportedly has only 4 teams he wants to be traded to & 1 of them is #Knicks. Has anyone checked Irving for concussions? #Cavs

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Wizards & John Wall have agreed to 4-year, $170 million extension.  With that much money involved and given current Washington situation are we sure Russia isn’t in on deal?

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Trump will ban US citizens from traveling to North Korea. Uh, oh, did anyone tell Dennis Rodman?

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Got to admit there’s a certain symmetry in applying for 70 foreign worker visas at Mar-a-Lago while tweeting about #MadeInAmericaWeek

Okay, how do we start a petition to get @NBCSNL to invite #SeanSpicerhimself to appear on the fall season opener?

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Last week several packages of frozen pork fell from the sky and landed on and next to a Florida house. Seriously. Did Spicer privately say he’d resign only when pigs fly?

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So guess the answer to “how low can you go?” in Sean Spicer’s case turns out to be Anthony Scaramucci.

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Very confused, when is Trump going to hire Galileo and Bismillah? #Scaramucci

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At Trump White House folks are going to have to take numbers and get in lines for their exit interviews.

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For all those tired of “Trump Insult Bingo” maybe we need to start playing “Trump Resignation Bingo.” Thinking about dibs on Reince Priebus

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Somewhere @melissamccarthy is thinking “Damn, now I have to work on my Sarah Huckabee Sanders imitation.”

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Chris Christie signed a bill to raise the smoking age in New Jersey to 21. “My mother died from the effects of smoking, and no one should lose their life due to any addictive substance.”
So where’s Christie’s effort to regulate fast food?

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Lyft is opening a Palo Alto office to develop self-driving cars. Makes some sense, on top of everything else the city is a great place to teach cars how to avoid pedestrians and bicyclists with death wishes.

Trump to Time Magazine “I’m so stable you wouldn’t believe it.” Well, he’s half right.

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#JaredKushner “inadvertently omitted” 70+ assets worth over $10 million in disclosure reports. But hey, I’m sure that the IRS would be OK with most of us if we did that.

With the $10 million plus in assets Kushner “inadvertently omitted,” was simply channeling Steve Martin -“I forgot? @nbcsnl

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Flipping through a list of healthcare items possibly allowed with with Flexible Spending Accounts- condoms and Viagra are covered, tampons are not. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

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GOP knows one of their best Senators only has a chance to survive a terrible cancer because he has great insurance….and they’re still voting to strip others. #noshame

Whatever anyone says, if OJ Simpson could still run a sub 4.5 40 yard dash, NFL teams would be lining up to offer him a tryout.

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Wonder if Trump thinking of firing Mueller & putting #OJSimpson in as Special Counsel? The Juice does have criminal justice experience.

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Maybe Trump can hire OJ Simpson to look for the real hackers.

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How long until @realDonaldTrump trashes #OJSimpson for stealing his headlines?

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#OJSimpson says he’s had “basically a conflict-free life.” Other than that one evening, Lizzie Borden had basically a great relationship w/ her parents.

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Ah for the days that the #OJSimpsonParole would have been the craziest and most controversial story of the week.

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Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze out after he was caught calling an escort service on a UNIVERSITY phone. Terminated for morals or stupidity?

The phone call that got Mississippi football coach Hugh Freeze terminated lasted “about a minute” but has been described that it “would be highly embarrassing for all of you and extremely difficult to explain.”
In one minute? That’s impressive. So what the heck did he say? And who did he say it to?

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First Jason Schmidt, then Brian Wilson, now Sergio Romo.  Los Angeles DFA’ed Roma today.   Haven’t @Dodgers learned not to sign old @SFGiants pitchers yet?

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Panthers released Michael Oher today. Was he blindsided by the news?

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Next week, rookie Dallas RB Jourdan Lewis will be tried for a charge of domestic violence. At this point it would be simpler if the first page of the Cowboys’ playbook features the Miranda warning.

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Probably never occurred to @realDonaldTrump that Macron “loves holding” Trump’s hand because it keeps that hand away from Brigitte.

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#Exxon fined $2 million for violating Russia sanctions under Tillerson. Wow, that’s about .05% of 2017 1st QUARTER $4 billion profit.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was “not sure” if Trump regretted insulting Sen. John McCain last year for having been captured.
You start seeing why the White House doesn’t want cameras at press briefings. Not sure if it would have been worse to see Sanders struggle to keep a straight face, or to see if saying that didn’t bother her at all.

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Many in GOP seem to think @SenJohnMcCain will return to Senate to vote to repeal Obamacare. But what if he comes back with change of heart?

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Another White House resignation – outside legal spokesman Mark Corallo. Has someone told Trump recycling jobs not same as creating them?

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Give @realDonaldTrump, who else could make Jeff Sessions even a SLIGHTLY sympathetic figure?

From T.C.   “China has banned Disney character Winnie the Pooh due to comparisons made to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Look for America to follow suit, when the White House will ban the Disney character Pinocchio.”

And the tweet storm continues  –   Ann Coulter, still upset about her $30 seat.  “It cost me $10,000 of my time to pre-select the seat I wanted, investigate type of plane & go back periodically to review seat options.”

So  Ann is SO smart, but not smart enough to hire a decent travel agent to do that kind of work for her?   (Or maybe no agent would take her on as a client.)

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Of course for a lot less than $10,000 she could have flown first class…

Give Ann Coulter credit. Who can remember the last time a celebrity made an airline look good?

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If Lavar Ball opened his mouth and nobody covered it, would he still be an a**hole?

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As if @NBA regular season games aren’t meaningless enough, now we’re supposed to care about summer league & what shoes players are wearing?

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Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott, still under investigation for an alleged 2016 sexual assault, reportedly was involved Sunday night in an “altercation” at a Dallas bar. No arrests were made. But congrats to all those who had July 16 in the pool.

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Has anyone told Trump approval numbers are not like golf, where lowest score wins?

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A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows Trump’s approval rating in counties that he won at 50%.
And we all know how good Americans are at saying “I might have made a mistake.”

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Sean Spicer’s excuse for  Donald and Ivanka Trump outsourcing  in their own businesses: “There are certain supply chains or scalability not available in this country.” #MadeinAmericaWEAK

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#SFGiants playing like the team they are really trying to catch is the #Phillies

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As a lousy athlete myself, I know there is almost nothing baseball players do that I could do.  Except maybe lob a baseball underhanded a short distance.  Not that players do that very often.  But in the “new ways to lose” department tonight, Giants pitcher Matt Moore tossed a ball underhanded about 30 feet towards first base, and threw it well over the 1st baseman’s head….

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A British doctor found 27 contact lenses in a woman’s eye. And here I feel stupid when I lose one on the floor.

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Billboard on Highway 101 in Northern California  “Eyes on the road – don’t text and drive.”   Uh, if you’re reading the billboard your eyes aren’t on the road.

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If nothing wrong happened at Russia meeting wouldn’t you think the mystery 8th person would be proudly proclaiming he/she was there?

Should we really expect a man who couldn’t find US-born women for 2 of his 3 wives to give more than lip service to #MadeInAmericaWeek?

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So what’s @realDonaldTrump going to do this week to steal headlines from#OJSimpson‘s parole? Asking for a country.

Repealing Obamacare without replacement is just an indirect form of voter suppression – as in “let them die before the election.”

‘At least not after the All-Star break for SF Giants fans.    Last year at this time was the infamous Casilla “balk-off” win,  after Giants had 2 run lead in the 10.   Tonight, “only” a walk-off home run, almost to the third deck.

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Though on  a more positive note –  what was a bigger miracle tonight? #MadisonBumgarner back on the mound? Or the #SFGiants scoring twice in the first inning?

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Former Penn State VP Gary Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley began their jail sentences today for not doing anything when they were told in 2001 that Jerry Sandusky was showering with a boy.
“I feel so sorry for them” said nobody.

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WR Darren Carrington II, whose dad played 8 years in the NFL, and was a promising star at Oregon, has been dismissed from the football team after a DUI arrest when he allegedly hit a pole at a McDonald’s in Eugene at 3:15am earlier this month.
Wonder which SEC team will be the first to offer him another chance.
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Does anyone think that @realDonaldTrump could name a woman competing at the #USWomensOpen?

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United Airlines apparently made a mistake during a Denver layover and sent rapper ScHoolboy Q’s dog to Chicago instead of Burbank. On the bright side, the dog is still alive.

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#AWrinkleInTime movie comes out in March. How many are like me both in being really excited & thinking Disney better not screw this up?

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In Redwood City, California, a man left the engine running while fueling a Lamborghini Countach at a gas station. Can we give Darwin awards for incinerating a car?

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Rant time. The wait for an interview for Global Entry, which costs $100 and helps US travelers go more quickly through customs and immigration, is now 6 months at San Francisco.
Forget the wall, can’t we spend money to hire people to speed the process, and free up immigration officers to have more time they don’t have to spend with US business people and tourists?

As #AnnCoulter vents about @Delta, airline has to wish flight crew had behaved in a more image-boosting way – as in dragging her off plane.

Kellyanne Conway “criticism of me is so gender-biased.”  And how many women are thinking that only gender solidarity biases them from saying “you stupid b*tch.”

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Trump wants his travel ban to continue to exclude grandparents. Makes some sense, anyone really think he can name his grandchildren?

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So now right-wing media are claiming the Russian meeting with Don Jr, Kushner, Manafort etc was part of a Democratic trap to entrap Trump’s campaign.
Right, such a carefully crafted trap they waited until 8 months after the election to spring it.

Wishing John McCain a full recovery from emergency eye surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.  But so, a man who had a blood clot found and removed because he has some of the best healthcare available will miss now a vote that may doom a measure planning to take healthcare from millions of Americans.

Mean bitch karma also wishes McCain well but has to be smiling.

So what’s a few blisters and pitchers on the DL. Because chicks still dig the long ball. Right, @MLB commissioner Manfred?

Venus Williams, 37, could win 6th #Wimbledon title. If Roger Federer, 35, wins too,  will she be accused in the Champions Dance of cradle-robbing?

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Floyd Mayweather in latest rant against Conor McGregor used anti-gay slur. As if we needed more reason w/ pay-per-view to “just say no.”

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Lots of blisters this year for #MLB pitchers, and many say that part of the problem is that the ball is different. But hey, why would anyone think the league doesn’t have its players’ long term health and well being at heart?

In the #couldbeworse department for SF Giants, the Red Sox have DFA’ed  Pablo Sandoval.  After the 2014 season,  Giants had matched Boston’s 5 year, $90 million offer.

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So forget politics, let’s get a real argument going – should the SF Giants pick up Pablo Sandoval since the Red Sox are paying his salary?
My personal thought, since they’re probably trading Nunez, and if Panda’s willing to make a statement that he said some stupid things when he left, why not? Could add some fun to a lost season. Though I wouldn’t make it a long experiment if things didn’t work out quickly.

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#Honolulu high-rise fire in a condo complex Friday night built before sprinklers were mandated killed at least three & injured dozens of others. But hey, let’s elminate those pesky regulations.

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So will @realDonaldTrump tell the winner of the #USWomensOpen this Sunday “You’re in such great shape”?

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Trump told Brigitte Macron “you’re in such good shape.” Melania speaks French, wonder what she might have quietly told Emmanuel about her husband.

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Wouldn’t it be faster for everyone in the Trump administration who HASN’T met secretly with Russians to come forward?

From TC  “Once again the MLB All-Star Game was a meaningless affair — just like this weekend’s series between the Mariners and the White Sox.”

Of course, for that matter, substitute Padres and Giants.

Tim Tebow had 1st walk-off home run for St. Lucie Mets. So he’s on his way to being a solid minor league caliber player in baseball as well as football.

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Not a boxing fan so try to pay little attention.    But just realized we have almost a month and a half of pre-fight Mayweather-McGregor headlines?

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A reporter questioning Andy Murray after his loss at Wimbledon described Sam Querrey as “first U.S. player to reach a major semi-final since 2009.”
Murray immediately interrupted and said “male player.”
Sir Andy may have lost in this tournament, but guessing he picked up a lot of new female fans.

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A tourist died on Malo Beach in St. Maarten when a jet blast knocked her backwards onto rocks. She had climbed onto a fence, despite warning signs. to watch the plane take off. The island’s head of tourism said he had “met with the family of the deceased this evening and while they recognized that what they did was wrong, through the clearly visible danger signs, they regret that risk they took turned out in the worst possible way.”

Wonder if they’ll send her body home with a nice shiny Darwin award.

(The woman who died was from New Zealand.  Good thing for St. Maarten she was not American.  Her family would have probably sued the country for not building walls or fences high enough to keep her out of harm’s way.)

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Richard Sherman says NFL players need to be be “willing to strike” to get the kind of contracts the NBA and MLB has. When his skills drop off a bit this should make Sherman about as popular a free agent as Colin Kaepernick.

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At Paris De Gaulle airport. United’s catering headquarters caught fire and burned Thursday morning, resulting in flights having to depart largely without onboard meals. But really, couldn’t they have just claimed all meats were being served extra well-done?

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Missing those days when you could get on a ten hour flight without WiFi and not worry the World would fall apart before you landed.

Air Force One touched down Thursday morning in Paris. No doubt Trump would proclaim it as equivalent to D-day. If he knew what D-day was.

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Trump – “France helped us secure our independence. A lot of people forget.” Now they & Frederick Douglass are being recognized more & more?

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Trump on Don Jr’s Russia meeting about Hillary -nothing out of the ordinary because “Politics is not the nicest business in the world.”
Okay, then, this means if some other foreign government officials have info on him, it’s okay for them to approach Democrat candidates in 2020?

Trump is now saying his proposed border wall needs to be transparent. “You have to be able to see through it” for “when they throw large sacks of drugs over.”

And so you can watch out not only for illegal immigrants, but those potential school-attacking grizzly bears?

Last night’s All-Star game went 10 innings.  Note to Bud Selig.  Having it count wouldn’t have made it faster.

During tonight’s All-Star game Nelson Cruz walked to the plate, pulled a phone out of his pocket and had Yadier Molina take a photo of him with umpire Joe West.
Out of habit, Roger Goodell fined him.

NBA to decrease timeouts per game from 18 to 14; limit them in last 2 min of game to 2 per team. So last mins of game will only take 1/2 hr?

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Possible trade of Carmelo Anthony to the Rockets? Could be great news, for the Spurs and Warriors.

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So who figured that at #Wimbledon there’d be a British woman in the semi-finals but not a British man?

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Scary. An Air Canada flight apparently almost landed on a taxi-way instead of a runaway last Friday night at SFO, and could have crashed into one or more of four planes lined up waiting to take off. The FAA is investigating and Air Canada is basically saying “no comment.”
Good thing this wasn’t a US airline -they’d have charged passengers an excitement fee.

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GOP leaders who repeatedly say how “disturbed” and “upset” they are with Trump then go back to business as usual starting to remind me of parents whose kids roll their eyes KNOWING they won’t be disciplined.

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I’m sure if Chelsea Clinton had met with a Canadian reporter who promised dirt on Trump the GOP would also dismiss it as a “nothing burger.”

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Does anyone seriously think @realDonaldTrump has read any of the history of Salem? #realwitchhunt

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Trump doesn’t watch TV much like most Americans men used to read Playboy for the articles.

Massive iceberg  breaks away from Antarctica – I can’t be only one thinking wistfully  that this would have been a potential setup to a great  President Hillary Clinton  is cold  joke.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred – NY’s Aaron Judge “can become the face of the game.” Yankees fans are going, “You mean he isn’t already?

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Of course, when it’s the All-Star game and baseball still isn’t among the top ESPN stories except for Michael Jordan joining a group bidding on the Marlins…. maybe Manfred has more important things to worry about?

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Buffalo Bills DL Adolphus Washington arrested this weekend for allegedly carrying a concealed gun at a water park near Cincinnati. Well, yeah, those kids in line for the best rides can get scary.

Okay, I actually like Steve Kerr but he’s comparing Kevin Durant to Tim Duncan after KD took only $53 million to stay with Golden State. Uh, yeah, Duncan did take reduced money. He also didn’t leave the Spurs for the Lakers or Bulls to pick up more rings.

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A Pew poll found 58% of Republicans & Republican-leaning independents now say that colleges &and universities have a negative effect on the country, compared to 72% of Dems & Dem-leaners. Yeah, damn that education, without it GOP would have a bigger majority.

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An Air Canada flight apparently almost landed on a taxi-way instead of a runaway last Friday night at SFO, and could have crashed into four planes  lined up waiting to take off.  The FAA is investigating and Air Canada is basically saying “no comment.”

Good thing this wasn’t a US airline -they’d have charged passengers an excitement fee.

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So will this be the first witch hunt in history that actually catches witches?

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At this point lawyers looking for work have to start looking at the White House like miners looked at California during the Gold Rush.

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So who knew Tiffany might turn out to be the smart one?

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Donald Trump Jr’s lawyer says his meeting w/ russian lawyer “Much ado about nothing.” Shakespeare’s play by that name ended up famous too.

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There are moments that when by comparison Watergate feels like a “nothing burger.”

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No tweets from @realDonaldTrump on Russia today. I wonder why?

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Trump – “My son is a high quality person & I applaud his transparency.” Wouldn’t transparency have been reporting Russian meeting in 1st place?

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So maybe emails WILL turn out to be the biggest story of the 2016 Presidential campaign after all?

#DonJrChildrensBooks Charlotte’s Tangled Web We Weave….

SF Giants and Mets fans know for certain their team will not disappoint them this week. At least until Friday night.

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Pretty sure that when SFGiants looked ahead in April to goals after the All-Star break “catching the Padres” was not one of them.

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But seriously, who knew the Giants and Mets would make SF and NY fans look forward to the 49ers’ and Jets’ seasons?

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Chris Christie apparently got into it with a caller who called him “a rude word”  during a guest host spot on sports talk  radio.   Although seriously, President, not so much, but the New Jersey governor does seem made for his own sports talk show.   #ratings

There is speculation that the next iPhone might cost over $1,200. For that price maybe it can do medical diagnoses for those who can’t afford healthcare?

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It’s early in the NBA summer league but Lonzo Ball already has a groin injury. Maybe he should switch shoes?

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Two new major studies, one in Britain, one in the USA, independently have found consuming up to three cups a day reduces the risk of an early death.  In part because this lessens the chance of killing someone in the morning because they annoy you?

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Kellyanne Conway to @CNN “I wish I could quit you.”

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For all worries about keeping Pres. Trump off his phone, who knew that @DonaldJTrumpJr might be the one who brings the House of Cards down?

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Can’t wait to hear what Donald Trump Jr.’s third version of his meeting with Russian lawyer is.

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At what point does @realDonaldTrump run out of busses to throw people under?

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Meanwhile Vice President Pence joked that he disobeyed a NASA sign saying “Do Not Touch” because Marco Rubio dared him to touch the equipment.

Make America Eight Years Old Again?

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If you don’t get this you are probably over 40 without children or grandchildren.

Astros led Blue Jays 19-0 going to the bottom of the 9th. And the beauty of baseball is that there was at least one fan at Rogers Center convinced he/she is going to see the greatest comeback ever.

(they only fell 18-runs short.)

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Tour de France favorite Richie Porte was involved in a particularly horrific crash that has been shown repeatedly on sports highlight shows and social media.  Fortunately he’s okay but a few more crashes like this and Americans might start watching the race again.

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#SFGiants honored Barry Bonds last night by adding him to their Wall of Fame. They might have done better to put him in left field again.

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Ah, priorities, with all the problems of the world the Vatican has weighed in…. and said that gluten-free bread is NOT acceptable for communion.  #NottheOnion

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Senator John McCain says that the Trumpcare bill is ‘probably going to be dead.”  Which, had it passed, is the same fate that would have befallen millions of Americans.

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Anyone think if Trump has ended up with Mitt Romney as Secretary of State that Mitt would have been invited to sit in on that meeting with Putin?

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MLB is partnering with T-Mobile for a bracket challenge on the Home Run Derby. Winner gets World Series tickets. But heaven forbid anyone bet on baseball.

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All the Ball family needs to be a complete circus is for one of them to date a Kardashian.

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Anyone think if Trump has ended up with Mitt Romney as Secretary of State that Mitt would have been invited to sit in on that meeting with Putin?

Headline from @CNN “Trump: US and Russia discussing working together on cyber crime.” So who’s Butch Cassidy & who’s the Sundance Kid?

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Putin and Trump announced a joint cyber-security program. Once again @TheOnion is going “we give up.”

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The President of the United States accepts Putin’s denial of election hacking but wouldn’t accept his predecessor’s denial of being born in Kenya? #WTF?

Lonzo Ball had a really lousy NBA summer league debut; can we blame it on the shoes?

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Apparently some Dak Prescott-autographed sports cards “may not be authentic” as they appear to have been signed by a machine. The Cowboys are just happy that an embarrassing headline involving one of their players doesn’t involve an arrest.

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Houston signed #JamesHarden to $228 million extension, largest contract ever. Plus he’ll still be able to plan on having June off.

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What’s in it for fans?  As all of these NBA players sign record contracts at least they’ll have the opportunity to cry in $20 arena beers.

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A Tampa man was taken into custody after assaulting a flight attendant on a Delta flight from Seattle to Beijing. Once again time to play that game “terrorism” or “just Florida?”

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Florida man who allegedly assaulted a Delta flight attendant was traveling on “dependent” pass. And they kicked girls off United for wearing leggings

That moment when President of United States says he doesn’t believe his own intelligence services but DOES believe President of Russia.

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Trump says he is “going to London.” Right about when he releases his tax returns.

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2 more Americans gored today at Pamplona. Ah for those innocent days when bull-runners were the most embarrassing people US sent aboard.

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If Putin actually said “Sure, we meddled in 2016, Hillary Clinton would’ve been disaster,” guessing many Trump voters would go “Ok, thanks.”

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Before Trump’s tweet, wonder how many G-20 attendees actually knew who John Podesta was?

What is this  problem with Ivanka Trump temporarily sitting in her father’s chair at the G-20 summit?  I’m sure  no one would’ve had an issue if it were President Hillary Clinton and Chelsea….

Remember days when we worried that electing Clinton or Bush would make USA look like banana republic w/ family dynasties? #Ivanka #G20

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Suppose as @realDonaldTrump shows us again he trusts Ivanka more than actual experts, US should be glad at least he doesn’t have 10 kids.

Happy #WorldChocolateDay And most women are thinking “Isn’t EVERY day World Chocolate Day?

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Maine governor Paul Lepage “the sooner the print press goes away the better society will be.”. Is this a shameless attempt to be offered a position in the Trump administration?

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Same punchline different start with a story from ESPN that the FBI investigated  former Indiana men’s basketball coach Bob Knight, 76, over allegations that he inappropriately touched four women during a 2015 visit to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

But maybe Knight’s defense is that looking at Trump, Sanders, Biden, Clinton etc, that he figured it was his best chance to launch a 2020 Presidential bid?

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Rick Perry on economics “You create the supply and the demand will follow”. Sounds like someone with a warehouse full of beanie babies.

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My Autocorrect tries to correct #FakeNews to “Fairness”. Shame this doesn’t happen with a certain someone’s tweets.

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In Hamburg Hotel, apparently Trump’s staff either waited too late or didn’t have enough clout, or flat out antagonized the top hotels, resulting in the President of the United States having to bunk down in a guest house.   Maybe Trump ought to add to list of positions he needs to fill – good White House travel agent.

Putin and Trump meeting face-to-face: that awkward moment when you meet your Internet relationship after years of heart-to-heart talks?

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2 hours between Putin & Trump today? So many questions. But as even occasional reality TV fans know – we never really know what happens in the  Fantasy Suite.

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Putin Trump went over 2 hours despite being scheduled to go 30. “If ever I could leave you…”

Putin’s getting more face time with Trump than the US Press Corp have had in months.

According to NY Times,  Trump “accepts” Putin’s denials that he had anything to do with attempting to swing the 2016 election to Mr. Trump.

Because “anything” wasn’t “everything?”

If #SFGiants continue resurgence and finish at .500 they won’t make playoffs but will be one of most fascinating baseball psychology stories

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Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the UN tweeted 2 days ago “Spending my 4th of July in meetings. #ThanksNorthKorea

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This week was #NationalBikiniDay So all those disgusted by seeing Chris Christie on a closed beach – could have been worse #smallmercies

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Microsoft is laying off 3,000. Surely this is Obama’s fault.

Old enough to remember days of Polish jokes. After cameras are off in Warsaw will Poles use Trump’s visit as springboard for American jokes.

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Remember those innocent days when the  “ugly Americans” abroad were just tourists?

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And all those entrepreneurs  working on Trump insult bingo games have to expand the game to include more options within the US, like ex-Presidents, intelligence agencies, etc.

I know climate change is happening more quickly than many expected but who expected such a big snowflake from South Carolina?

Trump on election meddling  “Nobody really knows for sure.  I think it was Russia, but I think it was probably other people and/or countries, and I see nothing wrong with that statement.”

Can someone keep Trump away from South Park. Otherwise we’re probably only a few days away from #BlameCanada

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GOP senators largely avoided 4th of July events over potential Trumpcare protests.
So – aren’t they supposed to be proud of bill?

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The Tour de France is in full swing, or rather ride, right now. In the USA the average reaction “Has Lance Armstrong been reinstated yet?”

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US car sales have fallen for six straight months. Somehow I missed the @realDonaldTrump tweet taking credit.

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You’d think the guy who could take care of ISIS in 30 days could would find North Korea easy by comparison.

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44 states are rejecting requests by the new Voter Fraud Commission to turn over sensitive personal information on voters to the Feds.  Hmm, can we expect a new electoral college map to include only the six states that will comply.

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Trump is cheerfully posting an image of him taking out a journalist, Christie is proudly lounging on a beach he closed. Is it any wonder that the top movie in the US is “Despicable Me 3?

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Not saying 25th amendment is the right solution… but if Hillary had been elected and was posting angry disjointed tweets at 3am, wonder what Mitch McConnell’s response would be…

When they start adding sponsorship patches to NBA uniforms next year perhaps they could leave room for “Hi, my name is” badges?”

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Is it too late to bring the British monarchy back? Asking for at least half of the 50 states. #Happy4th

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Wonder how many Americans celebrated the Fourth holiday, by using fireworks to end up with one hand with four fingers.

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North Korea apparently fired an Intercontinental Ballistic missile capable of reaching Alaska.  So when is Trump going to appoint Sarah Palin to a defense position to keep an eye on them?

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Actually Trump’s response, on Twitter of course   “North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?”

Of course, many people in the world are asking that same “Does this guy…” question about @realdonaldTrump and his tweets.

Tesla has introduced their new $35,000 “car for the masses.”  The perfect starter vehicle for parents who start their children with a little million dollar loan?

Chris Christie called the pictures of him on the beach with his family “gotcha journalism.”  Of course, wouldn’t you think anyone as experienced as Christie with both journalism and prosecution would know better than to give people any fodder for “gotcha?”

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All these calls to invoke the #25thAmendment with Trump may push him further to proving the point.

Liberals and conservatives condemned angry rhetoric after Virginia shootings. Waiting for GOP to condemn Trump’s violent anti-media tweet

And this year, have to wonder, are the British as happy to celebrate the USA being on our own, as Americans are to be independent?

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Remember those halcyon days when the most embarrassing thing a US President could do was get a blow job from an intern?

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Jamie Horowitz, president of national networks for Fox Sports, has been fired. Rumors are sexual harassment. So when will he accept job with the Trump administration?

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According to a person briefed on the matter, the ouster came amid an investigation into sexual harassment.

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The #Yankees have lost 14 of 19th games. Who do they think they are, the 2017 #SFGiants?

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed out of his last NASCAR race before retirement. Shame, nice if he could’ve taken a last lap with left blinker on.

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Chris Christie spent some of Sunday afternoon on one of the NJ Jersey beaches he had ordered closed with the budget impasse. It would of course be tacky to make beached whale jokes.

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#ChrisChristie had 11% approval ratings BEFORE he decided to enjoy the day with his family on a beach he’d closed. Shooting for new record?

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Carpe diem. At least 18 died after a German tour bus crashed into a truck on a Bavarian highway. Sad, but a reminder that we have more to fear from bad luck, and perhaps stupidity, than terrorism.

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So really, Trump wouldn’t dare make a “bleeding” reference to Angela Merkel when she p*sses him off this week, would he?

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Trump & Putin will meet face to face at this week’s #G20. Does that mean they’ll forego their nightly bedtime chats?

Among those protesting calling for @realDonaldTrump’s impeachment – how many are Democrats & how many are Pence-preferring Republicans?

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A Colorado man was arrested after he fatally shot his adult son who was trying to enter his house, because he thought his son was an intruder.   Nothing to see here, move along.  ‘Murica.

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Carmelo Anthony is willing to waiver his no trade clause for Cleveland or Houston. Is that good news for the Cavs and Rockets? Or for the Spurs and Warriors?

Not quite looking for a recipe to bake a crow into pastry. But Sam Dyson looks like not a bad pickup at the MLB equivalent of the dollar store.

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#SFGiants with their sixth win in a row. Thought it’s hard to call them a juggernaut 18 games under .500.

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Astros pitcher David Paulino suspended 80 games for testing positive for a PED. Standby for tainted supplement excuse in 3.2.1…

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Apparently a very controversial result last night in boxing last night, although boxing is a sport I care nothing about.  So now I know how many of my friends feel about my political posts.

“Modern Day Presidential.”  So basically Trump is the Presidential equivalent of “New Coke?”

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Would everyone who is okay with @realDonaldTrump tweets be okay with their children tweeting the same sort of thing? Scary if answer is yes.

Trump turns Veterans’ event into an assault on the media. He does realize that freedom of speech is one of things vets have fought for?

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#JustinTrudeau left out Alberta when he gave a shout out to provinces & territories on Canada Day. Rick Perry -“I’m sure he had 2-3 reasons”

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Just wondering, anyone want to hazard a guess as to how many states @realDonaldTrump could remember off the cuff? @JustinTrudeau

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Because nothing says attacking “Fake News” like a clip from professional wrestling?”

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Would Trump defenders have been happier if  Shakespeare in the Park had Brutus et all bodyslam Julius Caesar?

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Another crazy liberal state not supporting our President on the Voter Fraud commission. Wait, what? Mississippi?! “They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi is a great State to launch from. Mississippi residents should celebrate Independence Day and our State’s right to protect the privacy of our citizens by conducting our own electoral processes.”
Delbert Hosemann, Secretary of State. A Republican.

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Many Democrats no doubt view themselves as viable candidates for 2020. So here’s a challenge for any of them in the House or Senate – what’s your fix or tweak for Obamacare that’s an alternative to the GOP abominations? Take a chance. Be a leader.