Left Coast Sports Babe

Because of academic misconduct, the NCAA ruled Notre Dame now must vacate wins from their 2012 and 2013 football seasons. So can they also finally give Stanford’s Stepfan Taylor that touchdown?

(for non-Stanford fans, in 2012 the Fighting Irish were unbeaten, and the Cardinal, down 7 late in the game in 2012, was near the goal line, about to get either a game-tying TD – or with a 2-point conversion even a winning TD.   Taylor twice was ruled not to have run the bal into the end zone, although replays indicated he did at least once. The Notre Dame refs did not agree.)

A now viral video shows Dallas QB Dak Prescott throwing a Gatorade cup away, missing the trash can, and then going to pick it up to put it in the can. Jeez, what kind of a Cowboy is Prescott if he couldn’t even get arrested for littering.

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So #Cubs win #WorldSeries, #Trump wins #WhiteHouse and now #Raiders are getting favorable calls from refs. Truly signs of the apocalypse

Detroit LB DeAndre Levy said his proudest moment in college was when he accidentally ran into Joe Paterno and broke his leg. Some former Penn State players responded “We find the recent statement by DeAndre Levy about Coach Paterno appalling, along with the silence that has accompanied it.”
Uh, is it really a good idea to complain in the same sentence about silence and Paterno?

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Coach Gregg Popovich, after San Antonio held off the Mavs tonight 96-91. “That was a pathetic performance on the part of the Spurs. You know, they (Dallas) had some guys out, we had some guys out, but they had a lot more out than we did. I thought we showed a lack of humility, a lack of respect for the opponent, a very pathetic performance at both ends of the court, both in execution and in grunt, in fiber, in desire. It was an awful performance. Oh, and they deserved to win the basketball game, I forgot to say that.”
#Popovich2020

#SNL producer Lorne Michaels received a Medal of Honor from @BarackObama. Wonder if Trump will issue executive order overturning the medal.

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Tuesday was the 53rd anniversary of #JFK‘s assassination. So wonder if for gesture of GOP unity if @realDonaldTrump will pardon Ted Cruz’s father?

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So now that the Trump Foundation has admitted to using money illegally will Trump  pardon himself?

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In a meeting with NY Times reporters today, Trump apparently conceded Tuesday there is “some connectivity” between human activity and climate change and said he would keep an “open mind” to international climate agreements.
Now, to my mind this latest is not a bad thing…. but at some point will the President-Elect give us a list of what statements he made during the campaign he actually believes?

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A new Quinnipiac University poll found that only 35% of voters think Trump should keep his personal Twitter account, while 59% of said Donald Trump he should shut it down. Rather amazing stats considering that a significant fraction of that 35% must be comedy writers.

Losses.

When they do the post-mortem on this 49ers season, it may be that the biggest mistake the #SF49ers made this year was beating the #Rams & losing that #1 pick

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Anyone but me think the NFL is now the  “almost No Fun teams to watch League”?

Ohio State remains #2 this week because Michigan State tried and missed a two-point conversion?    Yeah, these rankings make sense.

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So if @realDonaldTrump’s win was a victory for forgotten working class in this country, who’s filling those inaugural hotel rooms in DC at 1,000 a night?

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While Donald Trump keeps up the angry tweets, Mike Pence said he “wasn’t offended” by the remarks from the cast of Hamilton. and the boos were “what freedom sounds like.” So is Pence trying to reassure the country he’ll be a fine President when Trump resigns or gets impeached?

Just an aside on the whole Hamilton thing, while post-performance speeches are not an every play occurrence, I’ve been to plenty of plays where there’s a charity request afterwards, and more than one where actors have talked specifically and passionately about AIDS. But maybe Trump has never actually gone to a Broadway or London show before?

Reports are that Trump doesn’t want to give up his Android phone when he becomes President because he uses it so frequently, including for his Twitter account.
So wonder if he’ll direct his staff to set up a private email server.

Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey against Cal defense- what happens when irresistible force meets 11 movable objects.

South Carolina State put in walk-on RB Joe Thomas Sr., 55, whose son Joe Jr. plays for the Green Bay Packers, for four plays on Saturday. Uh oh, nobody tell Brett Favre.

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#1 Alabama today at home to take on the powerhouse Chattanooga. But hey, only in the SEC can you take on a school most people don’t realize has a football team, and still probably get points from voters based on perceived strength of schedule.

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RGIII will be back at practice next week for Cleveland. As the Browns continue on their path as the Bermuda Triangle for quarterbacks.

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A whale was sighted today in the Hudson. Must.Not.Make.Chris.Christie.Jokes

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But you know it’s getting bad with Trump’s picks when you start feeling a little wistful that he dumped Chris Christie.

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If @HillaryClinton really could have gotten millions of illegals to vote don’t you think she’d have gotten 100,000 of them in swing states?

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Steve Bannon apparently boasted this week “I am Thomas Cromwell in the court of the Tudors.” Uh, yeah, okay… just guessing maybe someone didn’t see all the episodes or read past 1539 in the history books…

So @NYTimes & cast of @Hamilton both upset Trump. As Pres. will the Donald issue executive order that all foreign leaders need to be nice to him?

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So is #BoycottHamilton really about #Trump supporters upset cast talked directly to #MikePence. Or are they just hoping for cheaper tickets?

So maybe #MikePence didn’t realize that the actors in #Hamilton included gays & minorities instead of straight white men in makeup?

If #MikePence was offended by words used by cast of @Hamilton after show can we get him tickets to @BookofMormon?

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If #Trump really wants focus on #MakeAmericaGreat would be nice to see some cabinet picks focused less on making America hate.

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Donald Trump headed to his New Jersey golf club and in so doing shut down the Lincoln Tunnel. Who said he never learned anything from Chris Christie?

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Donald Trump’s choice for CIA director, Mike Pompeo has said Edward Snowden should face the death penalty. Have to wonder, didn’t Snowden ever read spy novels about what happens to informants when they are no longer useful?

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Trump took credit for keeping a Kentucky Ford plant from moving to Mexico, although Ford had already decided not to move it to Mexico.
Next up, the Donald will tell us about how he is going to make the days start getting longer in late December.

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John McCain just said “I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or anybody else wants to do. We will not waterboard. We will not do it.” Is Senator McCain getting old enough that he forgot who won the election?

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Trump advisor Steve Bannon in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they (liberals) get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing,”
Yeah, I can see how religious conservatives went for this potential administration.

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What the Hamilton cast actually said: “We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents. “We truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and work on behalf of all of us. All of us.”
And of course Trump responded with a defense of their polite free speech. “The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize!”
Would that the Donald were so quick to denounce the KKK etc.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled this week that Notre Dame’s police department doesn’t have to release crime reports to ESPN. Well, yes, because there is no higher authority than Touchdown Jesus.

No prize for it but @Saints would win the @NFL award this year for keeping the most games interesting until the last minute.

ESPN reports that prosecutors cut a deal with Johnny Manziel to conditionally dismiss his DV case involving a former girlfriend. Hmm, do prosecutors think Manziel is still a NFL QB?

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On a positive note – LeBron James is donating $2.5 million for a Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian. The guy does make it harder and harder to dislike him.

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To be fair to United Airlines, which has been the butt of jokes over its new fares, these “basic economy” fares will be the lowest fares. Other coach fares will still have the so-called perks travelers are used to having, for now.
But I am sure travelers will have no problem when they are looking for discounts in discerning the difference. #sarcasm

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Obama said today he was “cautiously optimistic” that Donald Trump would grow into the office of the Presidency; there is “something about the solemn responsibilities” that “forces you to focus and demands seriousness. And if you;re not serious about the job, you probably wont be there very long.”
Somewhere Dick Cheney is chuckling.

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Apparently if you buy a “Make America Great Again” hat at Trump Tower the cashier asks if you are a U.S. citizen, because the proceeds benefit the Trump campaign. Shouldn’t they be asking for ID? Don’t want foreigners affecting the election. #sarcasm

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Unreal. With the hashtag #Audithevote have seen on Twitter people who think 1-3 million illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Hmm, if immigrants are all that smart and motivated both to vote and escape any actual detection no wonder they are stealing American jobs.

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And if Hillary could get millions of fake votes wouldn’t you think she could get 100,000 or so in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida.

Trump advisor Carl Higbie, talking to Megyn Kelly, on a Muslim immigrant registry :We did it during World War II with Japanese, which you know, call it what you will, may be wrong,
“You know better than to suggest that That’s the kind of stuff that gets people scared, Carl.”
“I’m just saying there is precedent for it,”.
“You can’t be citing Japanese internment camps for anything the President-elect is going to do.”
Megyn Kelly, moderate voice of reason. #WTF?

As #Trump continues to rail against @NYTimes, what’s end game? To delegitimize them to the point there’s only fake internet news & Trump TV?

After Justin Verlander barely lost the AL Cy Young vote to Rick Porcello, Bill Chastain, who covers the Rays for MLB.com, admitted he sent in his ballot a week early. (Verlander allowed one run in 14.2 innings his last two starts.)
So really, what is it about voting in Florida?

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So wonder how much $$$ television could get for #KateUpton vs #GiseleBundchen on pay-per-view? #StandByYourMan

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Wake Forest says documents of new plays were found in the stadium after their 44-12 football loss against Louisville last week and they are investigating a possible breach. There is of course the question, why would Louisville bother?

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Tony Romo in a prepared statement said of Dak Prescott “He’s earned the right to be our quarterback. As hard as that is for me to say.” Although no doubt Romo still hopes to come back to disappoint Cowboys fans in the postseason.

United’s new basic economy class allows no preassigned seats, no frequent flier miles, no changes and no carry-on bags. So what’s their next step, no seat cushions?

Now, this new basic economy class will be lower than regular economy class fares. But I am sure NO consumers will book the cheapest fare without seeing what it really means…. #sarcasm

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A new Taco Bell in Las Vegas features a frozen slushie bar with alcohol and a VIP lounge. Do guests in the VIP lounge get tacos filled with real meat?

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13 years ago today Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as Governor of California. And all our anxieties at the time now seem so quaint.

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So just wondering, has @realDonaldTrump discussed with anyone his plans to put “TRUMP” in large gold letters on the White House?

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Obama yesterday “It’s important for us to let him make his decisions. The American people will judge over the course of the next couple of years whether they like what they see.”
Damn I am going to miss this President.

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Ivanka Trump sent out a media blast about how to buy the $10,000 bracelet she wore on “60 Minutes.” Can only imagine what kind of marketing opportunities she and the Trump family will find in the inaugural.

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Now @realDonaldTrump may choose #TedCruz as Attorney General. Would this be shameless play for bipartisan congratulations in getting Cruz out of Senate?

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Trump continuing to purge Chris Christie’s associates from team. Hope the Donald doesn’t have plans soon to take a bridge in or out of NJ

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All kinds of speculation on Trump’s cabinet picks. No doubt the Donald is lining up sponsors so he can tell us “after the break.”

That moment when CHINA is lecturing the President-elect of the United States about climate change….

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Well, we don’t know yet if @realDonaldTrump will be tough on our country’s enemy but we know he will be tough on the @nytimes.

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Trump is now saying that anyone being vetted for the administration must resign as a lobbyist, and if they serve when they leave they will be banned from being a lobbyist for five years. (Obama has a two-year rule.)
Of course, it depends on the definition of what lobbyist is.

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From TC  “Steve Bannon is in the White House thanks to Donald. Saved Uncle Sam a few dollars. They won’t have to repaint it for another 4 years as it’s now Whiter than it’s ever been!”

If Trump is going to deport immigrants who commit any sort of crimes, does this mean MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA really get chaperones for all their foreign born players. Because assume minor drug crimes, speeding tickets and DUIs count.

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Tampa Bay Bucs WR Mike Evans sat during the national anthem to protest Trump’s election “I’m not big on politics or anything like that, but I told myself, ‘If this happens, America is not right right now.’ I said this a long time ago — when he [Donald Trump] ran, I thought it was a joke. The joke continues.”
Good that he feels the right to exercise his free speech, but just maybe Evans might have been more effective had he vocalized his feelings BEFORE people voted?

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Chicago Bears WR Alshon Jeffery the latest to be suspended for violating NFL PED policy. He says he took a “recommended supplement” to battle inflammation, and it contained an ingredient on the league’s banned substance list.
Waiting for Goodell to say he’ll cut a game off the suspension of the first guy who owns up and says “Yeah, I was trying to get an edge and got caught.”

Apparent chaos and endless queues at London Heathrow Terminal 5 this last Sunday when British Airways had an “IT issue early this morning” which “was quickly resolved.” The airline added “We are sorry for the delay to our customers’ journeys.”
Right, but now try to explain to BA if an IT or indeed any issue results in you being delayed and missing a flight.

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#SteveHarvey ending his talk show. Many Americans were hoping he’d tell us the election was just another Miss Universe results flub.

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So now Trump says, hey, if Roe vs. Wade is overturned women can just go to another state for an abortion. Sure, I’m sure private jets are standing by. Let them eat cake with pickles and ice cream?

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Way too young. RIP #GwenIfill,,61. She was secretly in hospice. where one can hope she died happily unaware of election results.

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So it’s bad enough that Steve #Bannon is a white nationalist and an anti-Semite, but he’s also a veteran of Goldman Sachs #swampwhatswamp?

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And now leaving snark aside, temporarily, for my fellow unhappy moderate and liberal friends:
Voter restriction laws – ID rules, fewer polling places, shortened early voting hours, etc, definitely cost the Democrats in this election. One thing that isn’t getting talked about is how all those things happened – Republican governors and state legislators. (Not coincidental that Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Florida are governed by Republicans.)
So, if you want to work on change before the next election, start paying attention to local and state races. Now. The voting rights you save may be your own, or at least your party’s.

Thinking #KateMcKinnon just became odds-on favorite to win an Emmy this year. #hallelujah @nbcsnl

RIP Leon Russell   Writer of two of my favorite songs, this one less well known.  Long ago, and oh so far away…..

While Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott has one of the NFL’s top-selling jerseys, ESPN reports the league is continuing to investigate him over an alleged DV incident. So wonder when they’ll finish the investigation? The day after the Cowboys finish their postseason?

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So if @Pac12 season ended tomorrow the championship game would be between #Colorado & #WSU. Just like everyone predicted. @ESPN

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So any way to get everyone who is protesting the Trump election victory to sign a pledge to spend as much time on GOTV for the next election as they do on the streets in 2016?

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Some who didn’t vote Clinton because they didn’t think she’d do what she said, voted Trump because they don’t think he’ll do what he said.

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So Trump says gay marriage is settled because of the Supreme Court but abortion isn’t? Has someone informed him you don’t get to pick and choose?

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Re reports Trump had no idea what he was getting into & wants counsel from @BarackObama, wonder if he’d consider Obama as chief of staff?

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Donald Trump, when Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” told him Muslims and Latinos are being harassed after his election “I am so sorry to hear that. And I say, ‘Stop it.’ If it — if it helps, I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: ‘Stop it.'”
In other words, “Do as I say, not as I do.

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Meanwhile, Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, said on Fox News that Harry Reid should be “”very careful” about criticizing the President-elect.
Conway indicated she is considering filing a lawsuit against Reid, and is “calling for responsibility and maturity and decency.”
And she said it with a straight face

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Colin Kaepernick “You know, I think it would be hypocritical of me to vote. I said from the beginning I was against oppression, I was against the system of oppression. I’m not going to show support for that system. And to me, the oppressor isn’t going to allow you to vote your way out of your oppression.”
So after the revolution who’s going to be buying football tickets? #SMH

Five of the top 10 teams lost.  Including 3 undefeated.

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USC beat Washington, Pittsburgh beat Clemson. A great weekend for all those underprivileged SEC teams who never get a chance at the College Football Playoffs.

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Now #Michigan has lost, following #Clemson and #Washington. 4 days after election. Did we switch to an alternate universe & no one told us?

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Iowa’s visiting football locker room has been painted pink since 1979, at the behest of then coach Hayden Fry, as he thought it would give his team a psychological advantage. Yesterday before the game, Michigan temporarily redecorated it in maize and blue.
Maybe they should have used less energy on decoration and more on preparation?

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So was there any reason to add Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten other than to provide in-conference cupcakes for the rest of the conference?

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Atlanta has signed both R.A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon to contracts for 2017. Well, since they can’t get Hank Aaron to play and draw fans into their new stadium, the Braves instead went for pitchers who pitched against him?

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In Scotland, an art historian says that a painting of the Virgin Mary bought for $25 back in 1899 as a decent copy of a Raphael painting now turns out likely to be a real Raphael. And across the world wonder how many auction house appraisers are bracing for an onslaught from peoples’ garages and attacks.

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Oops- from Facebook today “A mistake has been fixed Recently, you may have incorrectly seen a message about memorialization on a Facebook profile. This was a mistake and the message was shown on the wrong profiles. We’re very sorry for the error and have fixed it.’

(I got the memorialization mistake on my page too… Nope, not dead yet.)
Glitches happen. But maybe better when they don’t happen on a week when people were saying they’ll kill themselves if Trump got elected….

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As USA wonders how smart Trump really is, give man his due, w/ #MikePence as VP, it’s a lot less likely for a woman to want to shoot him.

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Sauce from the gander? The Turkish government has just warned Turkish citizens in the United States or considering traveling to the US to “be careful due to protests” following the election of Donald Trump.

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2000 was 16 years ago. While many of us not-so-old farts remember what happened with all those 3rd party votes for Ralph Nader, thinking that’s ancient history and might have been irrelevant to millennial voters.
And of course there’s that “those who cannot remember the past” thing…

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Snark aside, here’s my longest post in some time. It’s going to be interesting as this Trump transition continues. Of course not all his supporters are “deplorables,” and it is clear that many people were just angry at the status quo.
But even when President Obama was elected, while I supported him strongly, and still do, I had a nervous feeling after the initial euphoria.
So many people thought Obama would fix all their problems. As now so many people think Trump will fix all their problems. And there’s no way all those people ever were, or are going to be happy with reality.
What happens then? And this time, since part of the message, theater or not, was blaming others – minorities, immigrants etc. -for problems, what’s going to happen with that anger? Trump may be able to pivot away from the “Lock her up, build that wall” rhetoric, and from the hate speech, but what will he do with the people who believed it?
As the old Chinese curse goes, “May you live in interesting times.”

We’ll be back to more sports soon, I  promise.

#KendrysMorales signing w/ #Bluejays. Now long until other #MLB teams complain Trump’s election gave #Toronto free agent unfair advantage?

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Happy Veterans’ Day. While we honor vets, let’s hope President-elect will weigh decision to put those serving into combat as if they were his own children

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Open notes to all protesters this week: 1 Destruction is not protest. 2. Vow that you will never miss a vote going forward. #Election2016

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R.I.P Robert Vaughn. Or should we say he just said U.N.C.L.E.

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Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!”

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Well, one good thing about Trump, at least our country won’t have to worry about the stress of his wife also running for President some day.

Outspoken, idiosyncratic, able to inspire, successful in a field outside sports.  #Popovich2020

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/article/Gregg-Popovich-uncensored-Discusses-the-10609311.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop%3Fcmpid%3Dfb-tablet

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Mabel Ball, 108, a Cubs fan who was born the last year the team won the World Series, has died.   Well, heck, had they just blown that game 7 lead she might have lived a few more years.

Somewhere between denial and anger. If you read this blog for sports it will be more sports by next week…..

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You know if Donald Trump won popular vote & lost electoral college he’d say system was rigged for Hillary Clinton.

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#Trump margins: Penn -fewer than 70,000. Mich -fewer than 11,000, WIsc fewer than 27.000. Hope everyone feels good about their protest vote.

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Proud at least to be on side of electorate that said, UP FRONT, they would accept #electionresults & has followed through.

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All you need to know about the man we just elected President: Martin Shkreli is celebrating. #TheMorningAfter

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Think about it, a man who had two top aides be convinced of conspiracy etc in Bridgegate is now in line for a top job in the Justice Department.

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So in outrage over Hillary Clinton’s Goldman Sachs speeches, we elected a man who said he will appoint Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury. Mnuchin is CEO of private investment firm Dune Capital, and a 17 year-veteran of Goldman Sachs. Well played America. #sarcasm

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Americans give @BarackObama 56% approval rating, then vote for a candidate who has promised to repeal most of what he has done. #WTF?

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Lesson for children in America, saying “grab them by the p*ssy” will get you fired from television, but you can still be elected President.

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Speaking of that wall, can California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada build one, & get red states to pay for it?

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Angela Merkel: “Germany and America are connected by values of democracy, freedom, and respect for the law and the dignity of man, independent of origin, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political views I offer the next President of the United States close cooperation on the basis of these values.”
Can’t wait to see what insulting name Trump comes up with for Merkel now.

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But yeah, who thought Germany would be lecturing America on tolerance?

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Over and over am seeing some variation on Trump’s word’s being excused as “just the way men talk in private,” or “just hyperbole.” But the internal emails exposed by Wikileaks with people bitching about Hillary or talking about potential campaign ideas, THOSE were all the gospel truth.

Since it won’t be long before even racists in America miss the black guy – #Booker2020

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From TC  “Once again, like Brexit, and our local  British Columbia provincial election, the polls are totally wrong. Where is “Paul the Octopus” when we really need him?”

Midnight in America. And right now most of the world is going, “Go home America, you’re drunk.” #Election2016

Donald Trump may have gotten chance to #draintheswamp. How long until he realizes he is up to his ass in alligators? #Electionnight

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So now that we’ve elected man behind the curtain, what happens when people of Oz figure out to pay no attention to him? #Election2016

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Next up for the anti-elites? Only using doctors and lawyers who flunked out of medical and law school? #ElectionNight

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Hope all those Americans who decided to lodge a protest vote for a candidate with no chance of win are feeling good about the election.

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So how is America going to build that wall when Canada offers higher wages and starts building it first?

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Exit polls @CNN: Only 25% said vote was based on dislike of other options. And voters complain CANDIDATES aren’t honest?

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Playing #RollingStones “You can’t always get what you want” at Trump rally. Song from the movie #BigChill that started with a suicide

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Fortunately #California just legalized marijuana. We may need it. #ElectionNight.

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Just might be that our  founding fathers made a big mistake in allowing white men to vote.

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And really, now #Trump  won #Wisconsin? Waiting for studies to come out to say excessive cheese consumption rots your brain. #Election2016-

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#GoldGloves  announced tonight. Smart of #MLB to pick a night when nothing else important is going on.

Some Sanders supporters tweeting Bernie would have done better in swing states. This is why #Democrats don’t win every election. #Election

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61% of Americans told exit pollsters Trump was not qualified, more said he didn’t have temperament to be President. So much for US supremacy.

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Is it too soon to draft #VanJones for President in 2020? @CNN #ElectionNight @VanJones68

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Since polls show that college educated voters went for Hillary, time for the #GOP really to cut student financial aid.

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Alex Rodriguez donated $2700 to @HillaryClinton. Who knew – #ARod a #HRC fan. Or maybe he can’t stand idea of Pres. w/ bigger ego than him.

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Colin Kaepernick, who has talked about a choice between “the lesser of two evils” told reporters he hasn’t voted today and has no plans to do so. Sounds like the same great decision making skill the 49ers QB has been showing in tough situations in the pocket.

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Apparently on Instagram, a fan asked Gisele Bundchen – “Gisele I heard you and Tom were backing Trump! Is that true??” Her answer: “NO!”
So is that a “NO!” for both of them? Or was she really saying “My husband cannot think and throw a football at the same time?”

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So Kap decided not to vote. Leaving aside Clinton and Trump there are many propositions and local candidates on the ballot. Way to be a role model for those, especially young people, who want change. #WTF?

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Interrupt this election for some bi-partisan good news: @BusterPosey @bcraw35 & @JoePanik all win #GoldGloves. #SFGiants

You better have voted, or be on your way to vote. Or else forfeit all bitching rights 🙂

Canadian readers, you are off the hook. And you done good last time. #JustinTrudeau

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When I was a child, there were many who had the idea that a girl could grow up to be President. Harder to believe for the younger generation, when I was a child, many had the idea that growing up to be President was a GOOD thing, instead of “You’d have to be insane.”

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Now that @HillaryClinton won #DixvilleNotch NH 4-2, waiting for @realDonaldTrump to say he’ll be building a wall & town will pay for it.

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Americans are voting today.   Canadian consulates in U.S. wondering whether they should disconnect phones tomorrow for possible immigration questions

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If Hillary wins we can move on to the really important stuff: Like what will Bill wear to inaugural & will his outfit go to the Smithsonian?

Hard to believe all polls will be closed & #Election2016 will be over in 24 hours. #ElectionCountdown for 2020 starts Wednesday

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KellyAnne Conway, being questioned on Trump’s lack of charitable giving, responded that he is “somebody who has made such a tremendous sacrifice to run for president ― basically, a huge sacrifice ― didn’t need the money, didn’t need the fame, didn’t need the power, didn’t need the status. ”
And just think, since he announced, of all the grabbing Trump hasn’t been able to do….

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Now @realDonaldTrump says #TomBrady & #BillBelichick have endorsed him. For those who needed any more reason to hate the #Patriots.

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Donald Trump Monday mocked Jay Z and Beyonce’s performance of hip-hop music “The language is so bad and as they were singing — singing right? Was it talking or singing?”
Well, to be fair, there probably were at least a few African-American voters the Donald hadn’t offended yet.

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So now that @realDonaldTrump’s aides have taken away control of his #Tiwtter account, what does the Donald do at 3am?

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RIP Janet Reno. Some in the GOP can’t decide, should they attack Hillary now for any and all mistakes Reno made as Bill’s AG, or should they accuse the Clintons of having Janet killed because she knew too much?

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A five-foot snake who somehow ended up in an overhead compartment on an AeroMexico flight to Mexico City got out and slithered down to some seats. No injuries. But it’s not enough that we have an election that has become a bad movie, now it’s airplane flights too?

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Dallas Cowboys owner-GM Jerry Jones said “we don’t have any issues” over the latest domestic violence allegations involving star rookie Ezekiel Elliott.  “I’m shocked,” said nobody who remembers Dez Bryant and Greg Hardy.

Heard one of the SF 49ers this morning complaining that teams are now circling games against them on the calendar. Well, the team now has something in common with the Warriors, albeit for a different reason.

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And if you didn’t already love Gregg Popovich, a little election diversion :http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/11/gregg-popovich-tim-duncan-spurs-love

This post got drafted two weeks ago and not posted.  So it’s out of order.  Blame Obama.

So the #WorldSeries winner in 2016 will be a team that hasn’t won in my lifetime. #Cubs #Indians

Clayton #Kershaw may be the “best pitcher in baseball.” But he’s no #Madbum.

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This weekend we turn back the clocks 60 minutes. And next Tuesday #Trump #Pence try to turn the clock back 60 years. #ImWithHer

While they may not be a great team @Lakers without #KobeBryant are actually fun to watch again.

On Wednesday night, the Cubs’, David Ross became the oldest man ever to hit a home run in a World Series game 7. His reported words rounding the bases “You punks get off my plate.”

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No 3:00am tweet from @realDonaldTrump today, in fact nothing between about 7p & 7a PST. Maybe election taking toll on his health. #stamina?

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A new poll says that 40% of Millennials worry the election is rigged. And this is the generation that sexts and puts all of their personal lives online?

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#RudyGiuliani laughed about #FBI leaks. “Darn right I heard about it.” Now denies it. Just found out being tipped would have been a crime?

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#RememberWhenTrump, for most Americans was just a name on some casinos and a gaudy 5th Avenue Tower?

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Harvard has cancelled the remainder of the 2016 men’s soccer season, over the discovery of “scouting reports,” dating from 2012, which ranked players on the women’s team on their looks and sex appeal with”the lewdest of terms.”
Okay, I get it, men can be pigs. But aren’t they being punished now not so much for their attitude and comments, but for being stupid enough to write this stuff down?

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Fox News’s Bret Baier apologized today for saying Wednesday five foreign intelligence agencies had hacked Hillary’s email server, and that she faces a “likely” indictment over the FBI’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
Beier admitted the email alllegations came from a “single, anonymous source.” And that saying “likely” was a “mistake.”
Well, I’m sure all conservative websites will issue retractions immediately….

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Chris Christie’s former aides were found guilty on all counts in their Bridgegate trial. Time for the FBI to announce there must be a connection to Hillary Clinton?

My friend Marc Ragovin  “Breaking news, Jim Comey has just announced the FBI is investigating allegations that HRC once drove across the GWB bridge.”

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Just a thought for Hillary haters, many who don’t really love Trump either. Some insist Clinton’s health isn’t good enough to make it through a term, or that revelations over emails etc will mean she will be indicted and have to step down.
If they are right….then a vote for Hillary is a vote for Tim Kaine, who has the reputation of a reasonable man, especially compared to the Donald.. So what’s the problem?