Left Coast Sports Babe

Yordan Álvarez just reminded us why baseball having no clock matters. And why you should never ever turn off a baseball game.

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After Jose Altuve struck out for the 2nd out in bottom of 9th inning, Seattle Mariners with a 7-5 lead had per ESPN Gamecast a 95.8% chance of beating the Houston Astros. A reminder, baseball games are like elections, not over until they’re over.

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And this walk-off happened after Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais brought in their ace Robbie Ray with two on two out in the 9th inning with a 2 run lead.

After 2014 World Series, a lot of managers think their stars are Madison Bumgarner.

There is only one Madison Bumgarner.…

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Now. Seattle Mariners started ALDS game 1 teeing off today on the Astros’ Justin Verlander. Was Pablo Sandoval somehow involved?

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RIP Angela Lansbury. Loved her voicing Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast.

Though I must confess I used to wonder why people didn’t move out of Cabot Cove. Yes, it was pretty, but it seemed like the village murder capitol of the world.

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Despite incriminating emails & an associate pleading guilty, Brett Favre gave a statement to Fox News on his alleged welfare fraud “I have done nothing wrong” & “I have been unjustly smeared in the media.” Wow. So when is Favre running for office as a Republican?

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Mark Warner is a effective US Senator from Virginia, re-elected for 3rd term in 2020 by 13 points. He is a moderate.

Glenn Youngkin is a controversial Governor in Virginia, won his 1st election in 2021 by 2 points. He pretended to be a moderate.

Guess who gets all the headlines.

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John Fetterman gets a lot of attention for being a plain spoken populist. But Tim Ryan is underrated. Ryan n his debate with J.D. Vance – ” Ohio needs an a**-kicker not a a** kisser.”

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GOP leader Mitch McConnell today asked about Senate race in Georgia, “I think we’re going to stick w/ Herschel Walker & all effort we put in through SLF (Senate Leadership Fund), we’re going to take it all the way to the end.”

Again and not for the last time “Pro-life my a**.”

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Tulsi Gabbard announced she is leaving the Democratic party. And for those of us of a certain age, “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.”

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So with all Vladimir Putin has going on would it be wrong to wonder why he might have decided now was the right time to tell Tulsi Gabbard to stop pretending she was a Democrat?

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Two days after her racist remarks targeting a young child leaked, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez announced she is taking a “leave of absence.” Will she use that time to audition for a job at Fox News?

Another NFL game, another questionable roughing the passer penalty, this time when Kansas City chiefs DT Chris Jones tacked Raiders QB Derek Carr and stripped the ball, but the referee called Jones for landing on Carr with his full body weight.

Maybe the ref was just practicing for a future Bucs game with Tom Brady?

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Draymond Green on his punching Jordan Poole. “I was in very contentious space, dealing w/ things very near & dear to me, and hurt someone because I was in a place of hurt. But “This is not an anger management issue. Uh, seems like an anger management issue is EXACTLY what it is.

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Yes, Tommy Tuberville made awful racist remarks about black people and crime. Sadly, with much of voting population who elected him over Doug Jones, those remarks may actually make him more popular.

Velveeta Voldemort fundraising email tonight starts out “I’ve been harassed, investigated, defamed, slandered, and persecuted.” Ooh, that’s a lot of big words. Who wrote it for him?

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Ronny Jackson, Mehmet Oz, Rand Paul. Has any entity done as much to hurt the reputation of doctors as the GOP?

After Dana Loesch says she doesn’t care if Herschel Walker aborted endangered baby eagles, it’s about the Senate, Kirsten Powers asks “What’s the line for Republicans?” I think a great person to answer that would be Liz Cheney.

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Rick Scott – “The Democrats want to destroy this country and they will try to destroy anyone who gets in their way. Today it’s Herschel Walker. Tomorrow it’s the American people.” If you didn’t already know Rick Scott is one of the most loathsome people in the Senate.

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New York mayor Eric Adams wants legislation passed to allow asylum seekers to work. Considering New York, like much of US, has labor shortage, & they WANT to work, this should be obvious partial solution both for employees AND asylum seekers. Unless GOP cruelty is the point…

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Frightening to think that Brian Kemp might be leading in polls in Georgia in part because by comparison Herschel Walker is making Kemp seem like a sane Republican.

Things as SF Giants fan I remember about Buck Showalter with Diamondbacks in 1998. 1. He was control freak who insisted no music in clubhouse & that “A” on players’ socks be visible. 2. He intentionally walked Barry Bonds with bases loaded. Won’t miss him in rest of postseason.

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Didn’t really care who wins NL Wild Card game tonight between Padres and Mets, but after an earlier missed strike, that pitch Marte walked on was more of a swing than Wilmer Flores was called out on to end SF Giants 2021 season.

No I’m not still bitter.

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Ouch. Truly painful collapse for the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday in losing after having an 8-1 lead. On the other hand, they’ve been made honorary Toronto Maple Leafs.

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If you were showing Saturday’s AL Wild Card games to someone who had never seen baseball before it would be hard to explain that the Mariners-Blue Jays were playing the same game that the Rays-Guardians played earlier. #Postseason

(Rays-Guardians ended up 1-0 in 15. Mariners-Blue Jays ended up 10-9.)

Seriously ESPN? – the headline “Defense spoils another great game by Geno Smith.”

Now, the Seahawks Saints game wasn’t pretty. But headline could as easily have been “Taysom Hill proves an upstoppable force.)

Smith was 16 of 25 for 268 yards and 3 TD. Hill was 1-1 with one passing TD plus 112 rushing yards with 3 TDs.

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If Taysom Hill is not named NFC Offensive Player of the Week the election actually IS rigged.

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NFL claims “Game officials are typically accurate on 98.9% of calls.” Wonder where in the officials’ contracts it says “accuracy includes never letting ANYONE seriously touch Tom Brady?”

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Roger Goodell says “change or two” coming to NFL concussion protocol. He didn’t name Tagovailoa but said there’s “more chatter now” about concussions. “More chatter?” More like EVERYONE knew Dolphins QB shouldn’t have been playing 4 days after he appeared to get 1st concussion.

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Kanye West has become so unhinged I fully expect in 2024 the GOP will have him run in some state for the US Senate.

This isn’t hard: Democrats do not want to “defund the police.” Democrats do not want “open borders” Democrats do not want “on demand abortion until the 9th month.” I understand why GOP lies when the truth hurts. What I don’t understand is why media lets them get away with it.

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Trying to imagine if Woodward and Bernstein had decided to sit on their Watergate investigation until the end of Nixon’s second term for a book.

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Yes, President Biden may have temporarily forgotten a House representative was killed in a car crash. But Velveeta Voldemort just called last night for the investigation and prosecution of George H. W. Bush..

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At this point beginning to think if it came out that Herschel Walker had paid for several more abortions, then killed the womens’ puppies, and burned the bodies in a bible bonfire, a good number of the GOP would shrug and say “nobody’s perfect,”

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ICYMI -abortion he paid for aside: Herschel Walker said he didn’t know woman & threatened to sue for defamation.

Now “I don’t remember any card or check. But I was dating her. I could have sent some money. I could have sent card.”

How long until “well, God forgave me.”

I find Marjorie Three Names as appalling as anyone. But fact is, 75% of her district voted for Velveeta Voldemort. ANYONE could win with an R by their name. Way to stop her is for Dems to win other close Congressional races & keep her & GOP in minority. Donate accordingly.

Bad news when “your” team is out of the MLB playoffs- you don’t care that much.

Good news when :”your” team” is out of the MLB playoffs – you don’t care that much.

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Watching Phillies -Cardinals Wild Card game while working and didn’t really care who wins. But as an SF Giants fan after 2022, it was kind of nice to watch some other team’s bullpen melt down for a change..

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Cleveland’s baseball team had an eight-game postseason losing streak. This year, newly named the #Guardians, team won game one of AL Wild Card series. Coincidence?

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Since the SF Giants aren’t in the post season it’s easier to be objective about pundits and their redictions.

But it is worth noting that in 2014 the wild-card GIants were considered the 8th of 8 teams in the playoffs.

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And now Saturday has four elimination games by default in the new MLB best of three series:

Convenient for baseball that in the eight cities with teams stil playing – Tampa,-Cleveland, Seattle, Toronto, Philadelpha, St Louis, San Diego, New York,, there isn’t a decent NCAA football team

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Aaron Rodgers said he “doesn’t know what else the NFL can do about concussions. I just think we have to police ourselves as well and be smart about that.” And don’t we all want to take advice from a QB who ignored the NFL on vaccines and lied about it.

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North Carolina voters: GOP Rep.Ted Budd refused to certify 2020 presidential election results & wouldn’t say in Senate debate tonight against Cheri Beasley that Joe Biden was legitimate president. North Carolina, politics aside, vote for Beasley. She has a grip on reality.

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So conservative media is all in a tizzy that President BIden said “Two words – Made in America.” But okay what’s Republican problem with “Made In America” being two words? GOP has been telling us regularly they’re against math

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If you know nothing else about US 2022 Senate races please know in Georgia, GOP claims REVEREND Raphael Warnock is not Christian enough. And in Florida that Val Demings, former police chief, is soft on crime. GOP isn’t just wrong on issues, they lie about issues.

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OP rules for midterm elections: 1. Anything a Democrat ever said in the past on any issue is fair game. 2. Anything a Republican ever said, or, did in the past should be dismissed or better yet, attacked as being leaked by Democrats.

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Stephen Colbert on GOP Georgia Senate candidate: Lying about mother of one of his children only one of Herschel Walker’s problems: “Walker claimed he supervised six hospitals. He didn’t.” Stephen “I’m kind of relieved that’s a lie.” Seriouslyl And you think your HMO is scary.

This is that time of year when you think “what time’s the baseball game on…?” And for fans of 18 MLB teams, we’re done until 2023. “It breaks your heart, it is designed to break your heart…”

A. Bartlett Giamatti

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So we’re now in into the “hierarchy of hate” for many baseball fans. If your team isn’t in it, it’s not just who you’re rooting for in the MLB playoffs, it’s who you are rooting against.

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As good as the Tampa Bay Rays have been consistently, and as good as the Cleveland Guardians have been lately, most Americans aren’t familiar with players on either team.

And with MLB scheduling their first (weekday) playoff game at 12:07pm local time, 9:07am on the West Coast, that won’t change on Friday, or probably any time soon.

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Buried in ESPN story about Drew Brees deciding what he wants to do next season professionally, Brees has been working w/ Lowe’s Home Team, which “tackles critical repair projects for communities in need.

They built “new sustainable work-live headquarters to provide year-round housing for visiting volunteers in Lower 9th Ward.” The anti-Favre. #WhoDat

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GOP Senator Ben Sasse apparently will resign from Senate to become president at the University of Florida. Has anyone informed Sasse that DeathSantis would like to get rid of or at least defund public education in the state, includling the University of Florida.

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So hypothetically how many missing national security documents would be the price for Saudi Arabia and Russian officials to hike oil prices to try to help Velveeta Voldemort’s GOP candidates win in the midterms?

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“I’ve already been forgiven. And if I’ve already been forgiven, why in the world would I not be forgiven of something like that?” Herschel Walker. So seems like we’re a few days away from “Yeah, I ordered the Code Red.”

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Stephen Colbert on the Herschel Walker scandals reports apparently some in GOP knew about Herschel’s extra kids, and at least one abortion, and thought “eh, it’s not going to come out.” Beginning to wonder, what ELSE did they think isn’t going to come out?

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NY Times reports, DOJ is said to believe Tr*mp has more documents. They believe he has them? Or that he sold them? Or did a little “quid pro quo” in exchange for spiking oil prices before the midterms?

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Has it occurred to GOP voters in Georgia that a man who will lie about beating his wife, how many children he has, and about paying for an abortion, will lie about EVERYTHING? Including giving a d*mn about the state.

Washington Nationals ended the 2022 season 55 and 107.

Nats fans are shocked, how did the team manage to win 55 games.

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The man who ran on the field during Monday Night Football and was tackled by the Rams Billy Wagner is now filing a police report against Wagner.

Uh, so maybe the guy’s defense against a trespass charge is insanity?

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Especially considering as bad as Los Angeles’ defense looked against the less than vaulted SF 49ers offense, Wagner might have had one of the best Rams tackles of the night.

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In SF Giants last game of 2022 season -Austin Slater originally called out on a foul ball. He was furious. When umpires figure out their mistake and give him another pitch, he puts it in the upper deck at Petco. Sometimes I just love baseball.

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Senator Reverend Warnock’s first speech in Senate “Some people don’t want some people to vote.” As we watch GOP circle wagons around Herschel Walker, it’s increasingly clear those “some people” trying to suppress vote are showing THEY’RE the ones who shouldn’t be voting.

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All snark aside there’s probably a good & simple reason why woman who says Herschel Walker paid for her abortion hasn’t revealed her name. With today’s MAGA extremists she probably figures her life is at risk & at very least she would be opening herself to nonstop harassment.

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Alisyn Camerota FINALLY with some pushback to GOP’s Scott Jennings when he lies to say Democrats want to pay for abortions until moment of birth. “That is not true Scott, as you know.” Though then she adds ‘Let’s move on.” Let’s make it simpler. “Scott you are lying.”

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Recent CNN / Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows 90% of Americans think the US is having a mental health crisis. And the 10% who don’t think so are probably a large part of the cause.

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A new poll shows DeSantis significantly ahead in Florida, but also shows Charlie Crist has a slight lead among female voters. Sigh, if true proves again men are just too irrational and emotional to vote.

Marjorie Three Names says she’d like to talk to Elon Musk and would put together “a roundtable of all the most brilliant people who have been unjustly banned from Twitter.” And comedy writers at Colbert Late Show and NBC SNL going “we give up, can’t top that.”

If there are other women for who Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, now would be a good time to come forward.

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Congrats to Aaron Judge, with now 62 home runs.

Judge in 2022 has walked 111 times, with 19 IBBs. By comparison, Barry Bonds in 2001 was walked 177 times, 35 intentional. No way of knowing how many pitchers were roided then – rumors were a lot – but imagine if more of them had actually pitched to Barry.

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So how many more scandals have to come out about Brett Favre before GOP asks him to run for US Senate?

Wonder if one reason many Republicans won’t denounce Herschel Walker is that they are just fine with their wives, girlfriends, daughters…. getting abortions, but they just want to control all other women.

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Question for all these journalists trying to get bestsellers out of secret information they learned: Just how treasonous and/or dangerous would something have to be for them to alert police or Congress instead of saving it for their books?

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Ron Johnson now is saying January 6 wasn’t an “armed insurrection.” He ran like everyone else when the mob broke in.

Ron Johnson isn’t THAT stupid. He just thinks Wisconsin voters are.

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Death toll in Florida from Hurricane Ian is rising, property damage is incalculable at this point, and we haven’t even started talking about state’s insurance crisis. So expect a LOT of deflection & distraction from Governor DeSantis. Starting with media blame & immigration.

Only good thing about Maggie Hagerman being on Stephen Colbert Tuesday night. Been pretty tired lately. Great excuse to turn off the TV after the monologue.

RIP Loretta Lynn. Ahead of her time on women’s rights. Honor her memory by voting BLUE in Nov.

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“It’s gettin’ dark it’s roostin’ time Tonight’s too good to be real Oh, but daddy don’t you worry none ‘Cause mama’s got the pill’ From “The Pill, 1975.”

Another verse from the Pill

“All these years I’ve stayed at home While you had all your fun And every year that’s gone by Another baby’s come There’s a gonna be some changes made Right here on nursery hill You’ve set this chicken your last time ‘Cause now I’ve got the pill.”

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa has officially been ruled out for Sunday’s game against NY Jets as he “continues to progress through concussion protocol.” Fact that this is news should tell you all you need to know about the NFL’s interest in the well-being of their players.

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Rookie QB Kenny Pickett is expected to replace Mitch Trubisky as Pittsburgh Steelers starting QB.

And Bears fans are just giggling.

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Listening to Florida sheriff being interviewed about people who have died:”It’s going to come down to medical examiner to determine if deaths were storm-related or no.” Translation: Ron Deathsantis is going to press hard for examiner to list cause of death as anything but Ian.

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Fox News loves to put “Dem-run city” in headlines. With all finger pointing now in FL on Ian, wonder why Fox didn’t mention Tampa, where Dem. Mayor Jane Castor urged public to evacuate day BEFORE county order. “If you can leave, just leave now; we’ll take care of your property,”

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Herschel Walker can’t remember how many children he has. Does anyone think he’s only been responsible for one abortion?

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Radical GOP legislators in Alabama, which 24% black, have SCOTUS case on trying to make 6 of 7 congressional districts in the state, majority white.

Rachel Maddow “Think overturning what’s left of Voting Right Act too radical for SCOTUS to do? Remember this is court that overturned Roe V. Wade.”

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The Dow rose 760 points Monday. “Siri, tell me a stock market story we won’t hear on Fox news.”

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Why is CNN Jake Tapper promoting Maggie Haberman’s book – calling it a “fantastic read?” Is she giving him a cut of royalties?

He literally ended his interview “Go buy it.”

One word. NO.

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We may never be done w/ COVID. Client attending wedding in 4 days, just got Plaxovid rebound case, feels pretty good.

But he decided to be responsible & stay home instead of risking infecting others. The hotel in Sun Valley is charging a large cancellation fee they wouldn’t waive. How many would think “If I have to pay I’ll just go?”

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Non-snarky PSA: Over the last few years have had several travel clients lose track of time and let passports expire. Worth checking validity now. Also even more worth making absolutely sure you are registered to vote.

Congrats to Seattle Mariners, who are in the postseason for the first time in 21 years… as a wild car.

Fortunately this year the wild card round is best of three instead of win or go home. Otherwise, with the way smaller market teams get shunted to day games, Mariners could have ended up in a one game playoff, and been gone before the first day’s primetime.

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Meanwhile, SF Giants will not be in the postseason. But who thought a few weeks ago they’d be alive (barely) until the last weekend of the regular season.

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As Florida begins the slow process of rebuilding after Ian we are about to discover many people’s definition of socialism “Government money going to anyone but me.”

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Senator Ron Johnson, and Wisconsion gubernatorial Tim Michels won’t commit to accepting 2022 election results.

Even the most hard-core Packers fans wouldn’t advocate throwing out scores of every game the team lost. These guys are not just anti-democracy they’re bad sports.

Florida Senator Rick Scott even voted against disaster relief. For all those who claim Democrats think Republican voters are dumb, Republicans are the ones that act like their voters are too dumb to notice what they do.

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And if you think Democrats saying GOP has birth control in their sights next are just fearmongering or being modern day Chicken Littles… Remember how many people thought Roe v. Wade was settled law.

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What are the chances that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will actually utter this phrase? “Thank you Joe Biden.”

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On Tuesday, before Ian hit, even though President Biden had approved a disaster declaration for Florida, Fox News headlines were all about how Biden hadn’t called Florida Governor DeSantis yet. Now Joe has called Ron THREE times. Fox News – crickets.

Mary Peltola, first Democratic congressperson from Alaska since1950, and first native Alaskan, is a better and more interesting story than Marjorie Three Names. So why isn’t media giving Mary at LEAST equal attention?

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1. Democrats are NOT for open borders. And we need immigration reform.

2. But with so much devastation from Hurricane Ian perhaps US could temporarily make it legal for refugees already here waiting for hearings to work on cleanup & repairs in Florida & other affected states?

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Smetimes I can’t decide if media really thinks they want would-be dictator Velveeta Voldemort should be running the country. Or if they just think he’s good for ratings. And can’t decide which is worse.

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Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell sang “pave paradise and put up a parking lot.” But “don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone” could equally apply to democracy. VOTE!

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Apparently teachers go on Bachelor in Paradise. Personally don’t care what (legal) things people do in spare time. But why is GOP right-wing so afraid children will be triggered by knowing teachers have same-sex partner, but seeing teachers making out w/ random folks on TV is just fine?

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Wasn’t it a Republican who once said “I believe in a kindler, gentler nation?” I miss those days. A friend’s wife works at Disney World. Guests today were already complaining about the two days they missed of vacation.

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So as Velveeta Voldemort has now gone after Elaine Chao in a particularly nasty way guess that puts Mitch McConnell in the Ted Cruz club of men who put defending their wives below kowtowing to a deranged would be dictator.

Sometimes you have to love September baseball… Ford Proctor (who?), has played in last few years for Hudson Valley Renegades, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Eastern Reyes del Tigre, Perth (Australia) Heat and Montgomery Biscuits. Started 2022 w/ Durham Bulls.

And tonight he hit his first MLB home run, a grand slam, with the SF Giants.

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Meanwhile, the SF Giants at 78-78 are back to .500…. A sentence no one expected to read two weeks ago.

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President Biden said his administration was “continuing to take swift action to help the families of Florida. … I want the people of Florida to know that we will be here at every step of the way.” “Siri, tell me something we’ll never hear about from DeSantis or Fox News.”

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Senate just passed a stopgap funding bill, that included $2 billion in disaster relief, to keep the government from shutting down Friday. Vote was 72-25. All no votes were Republicans. Including Rick Scott of Florida. No joke. Why does GOP hate Americans?

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Is there a way FEMA can get money directly to people in Florida instead of to the Governor’s office. We already know Deathsantis used COVID funds to fly refugees out of state.

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We already have a US labor shortage. But the number of people needed for construction and cleanup in Florida after Hurricane Ian is going to be massive. If only there were people who wanted to come to this country to work…

Velveeta Voldemort’s favorite judge Aileen Cannon’s nomination was reported out of Senate Judiciary Committee Sept 17, 2020, 16-6. The six smart “no” votes? Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal, Marie Hirono, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris.

Love hearing SF Giants announcer Mike Krukow after he congratulates Aaron Judge “And I think it’s cool that kids are learning about Roger Maris.”

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Aaron Judge, has been intentionally walked 18 times in 2022. Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 35 times in 2001. How often was Roger Maris intentionally walked in 1961, the year he hit 61? Zero. (The guy hitting behind him, Mickey Mantle, was pretty good.)

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The NFL may move Sunday’s Chiefs-Bucs game, scheduled for Tampa, to the Vikings’ U.S. Bank Stadium. Would this the first time anything has been moved to Minneapolis for weather?

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Stephen Colbert liberally quoting tonight from Maggie Haberstam’s book. While I love Colbert, I’m so old that I remember that when you saw or heard about a crime, you called the police, not saved the story for a book.

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So little bipartisan agreement in this country. But here’s a statement my friends on both sides of aisle probably agree with: “I am not buying Maggie Haberman’s book.”

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Hoping for the best for Florida. It’s often been said there are no atheists in foxholes. And with natural disasters there are (almost) no Republicans railing against “socialism.”

Wondering again, how many resources does it take for reporters to stand out in the middle of of a big storm and say “yep, it’s a big storm.” (Hoping not too many police and first responder resources.)

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Ron Desantis quoting President Biden’s phone call to him -“All hands on desk, he wants to be helpful, whatever you need, ask us. He was inviting us to ask for support. We think this is the best we can get at this juncture….” Would it kill DeSantis to say “”We thank him” or “I appreciate it?”

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Velveeta Voldemort has sent out a number of fundraising emails already today. NONE of them express sympathy or ask for help for people in Florida. And he’s a “Florida resident.” Very on brand.

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As Tom Cotton accuses the Democratic party of being pro-criminal, I am reminded again, the man really is trying to challenge Cancun Cruz for the most loathsome person in the Senate.

Small in the grand scheme of things but with Ian bearing down on Florida, whoever set it up that the Tampa Bay Rays’ last regular season scheduled home game was two days ago looks like a genius.

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Boise State QB Hank Bachmeier has entered transfer portal. He told ESPN that his main priority in choosing a school is finding the best situation to both win games and prepare himself for the NFL. Well, at least Hank’s not even pretending it’s about academics.

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Golfweek reports that LIV Golf is nearing a deal to buy airtime which would see its events broadcast for the first time. The network is Fox Sports.

I am shocked said nobody.

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Chrissy Teigen admitted her heartbreaking 2020 “miscarriage” at 20 weeks was actually “life-saving abortion” w/ nonviable pregnancy. Now Cancun Cruz claims Teigen is lying & just calling miscarriage an abortion because she is pro-choice.

STFU is mildest response I can think of.

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President Biden has been nothing but supportive of Florida, January 6 committee has postponed Sept 28th hearing, even Ron Deathsantis has toned his rhetoric down a bit. But political leader who has said NOTHING about Ian is one who claims to be Florida resident at Mar-A-Lago.

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Are all these Republicans apparently in love in authoritarianism paying attention to Putin’s forced draft? Or are they just thinking if US ends up with such a leader they’ll be too old and decrepit to be “mobilized?”

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Mitch McConnell supports Electoral Count Act. Chuck Schumer supports Electoral Count Act. Nine Republicans co-sponsor Electoral Count Act.

It passed out of Rules committee 14-1.

But just to keep it from being too much of bipartisan Kumbaya moment -we’had Cancun Cruz objecting. Will Rogers never met Ted Cruz.

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Open note to people who discover secrets that are seriously dangerous to democracy and/or national security. You have a better chance of selling a book some day if you divulge those secrets at the time you learn them.

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NFL is apparently cancelling the Pro Bowl. “What a shame” said absolutely nobody.

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Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving says he gave up 4-year, $100M-plus contract extension to be unvaccinated. So the man who has said the earth is flat and vaccines are bad, is telling us he doesn’t get math either. Got it.

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Congratulations to the Cleveland Guardians, baseball’s youngest team, on clinching the AL Central

How young are the Guardians? Let’s just say it wouldn’t be a shock if the locker room celebration included milk and cookies.

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Online trivia game tonight had a question: “Give last names of all of the women who have served as prime minister of United Kingdom.”

As an Anglophile that was an easy one, there have been three.

(It’s a sadly easier answer in the US, zero.)

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So if you’ve just been at O’Hare Airport and you’re eating Garrett’s cheese popcorn for lunch that counts as dairy and a vegetable, right? Asking for a friend.

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With Hurricane Ian bearing down, wonder how many Floridians in the path of Hurricane Ian would love to get out of the state asap on a plane chartered by Ron Desantis.

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So let’s get this straight…latest “how many people have to be lying for Velveeta Voldemort to be telling the truth,” allegation is that FBI, led by Donald’s appointee Christopher Wray, PLANTED evidence at Mar-A-Lago? Even OJ Simpson thinks that’s a stretch.

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For anyone following Italy’s decision to elect Giorgia Meloni PM and thinking they might be facist-curious, here’s a simple fact: When you give up democracy, it’s really really hard to get it back. Facists with power don’t like elections.

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Vladimir Putin just granted Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden. Wait until Snowden figures out that means he can be drafted for Putin’s war against Ukraine.

Rachel Maddow brings up a really scary point about election deniers, now a major faction of GOP,

If elections don’t matter then it doesn’t matter what voters want. The ruling party can do what THEY want.

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Admittedly my day job isn’t writing & don’t get paid for tweets but wish we lived in a country now where people discover serious crimes against democracy didn’t feel they had to save the details for their books….

Sometimes a score doesn’t tell the whole story of the game.

But want to know how ugly Sunday night’s 49ers-Broncos game was? 7-5 SF lead in the 4th quarter and an 11-10 Denver win final score kind of summed it up

Detroit Lions had ten point lead in 4th quarter, three point lead twice late in game in Vikings territory. But Detroit then had one turnover on downs at the 30, one missed 54 yard FG with 2 minutes to go… and their defense allowed Minnesota’ Kirk Cousins to throw two 28 yard passes in about 20 seconds to win the game in the game.

Well, when you’re as historically bad as the Lions, you do find creative way to lose.

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Know Drew Brees retired because he didn’t think he could be a top level NFL QB into his 40s. Saints fans are thinking – we’d settle for mediocre about now.

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Georgia DB Javon Bullard arrested at 4:57am this am, charged w/ DUI under 21 & other charges including failure to use headlights, failure to carry a license & holding cellphone.

But Bullard has been starter on team And it’s the SEC. So how long until Coach Kirby Smart says he deserves 2nd chance?

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Kansas is 4-0, Kansas State is 3-1 and just upset Oklahoma. Almost as if God is a football fan and She approves of Kansas’s recent overwhelming vote to protect women’s right to choice.

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So is Brett Favre going to end up in jail or running for the Senate as a Republican in Mississippi?

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CNN headline “DeSantis declares state of emergency for Florida.” More like Desantis iS a state of emergency in Florida.

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All you need to know about Fox News: headline “Gasoline prices rise for 5th straight day” Buried in story: “Average price for gallon of gasoline in U.S. started rising again in past week, after declining for nearly 100 days in a row.”

100 days Fox didn’t mention gas prices.

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How much do we want to hear someone ask Velveeta Voldemort about “Shanah Tovah.” Thinking his response would be something along the lines of “Shanah’s lying, I barely knew her, and she wouldn’t have been my first choice.”

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As GOP politicans spread lie Republicans will be better for economy, is anyone asking them about brain drain that will happen as red states try to ban abortion? Thinking a lot of young women will now avoid college and first jobs in states that take away their health freedom.

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Has Fox News attacked President Biden for not Sharpie-ing away a hurricane yet?

Liz Cheney about Velveeta Voldemort “I’m going to do everything I can to make sure he is not the nominee,” adding, “And if he is the nominee, I won’t be a Republican.” Disagree with her on almost every issue, but Liz has more cojones than any other Republican in DC

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So with Missisisippi using federal money earmarked as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, on behalf of Brett Favre & other rich people, how many poor people including women and children went hungry or without healthcare? For starters. Again: pro-life my a**

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We don’t know definite path yet of Ian, but Joe Biden Saturday approved federal disaster declaration. This authorizes FEMA to start getting involved for the storm forecast to reach Florida as a hurricane.

Despite ALL of DeSantis’s attacks on Biden and Democrats, plus his cruel stunts involving migrants. Joe didn’t even insult Florida.

It’s so nice having a President.

Two former San Antonio Spurs assistant coaches made news this week. Ime Udoka for a year’s suspension. Becky Hammon for winning WNBA championship. Seems like Uduka’s suspension was richly deserved but Hammon’s coaching Aces to 1st ever title should get more than equal headlines.

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When Albert Pujols was born in 1980, most baseball fans were lucky to get this brand new ESPN channel even to see highlights of out of area games. Now tonight as Pujols hit home run 700 ” live only on Apple TV,” we’ve weirdly come full circle

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Would anyone who attacked the New Orleans Saints as being too rough on Brett Favre during the 2010 NFC Championship game like to apologize?

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Trying to imagine the reaction if you tell the IRS you filed your taxes by thinking about them.

Fox News top headline on undocumented immigrant accused of fatal hit & run while employed by Florida Depart of Transportation Contractor.

Florida DOT is headed by Jared Perdue, who has also been recently named in lawsuits w/ DeSantis for shipping people to Martha’s’ Vineyard.

Maybe if Perdue were focused on his job instead of stunts?

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Can someone ask Ron Deathsantis on camera why he’s not shipping Cuban refugees to blue states?

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Today’s GOP: Someone helps woman exercise her freedom to chose by traveling across state lines for legal abortion, that’s criminal. Also today’s GOP: Governor spends $12 million in taxpayer dollars to move refugees with no choice from 2nd state to 3rd state, that’s Presidential.

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Today’s GOP: Someone helps woman exercise her freedom to chose by traveling across state lines for legal abortion, that’s criminal. Also today’s GOP: Governor spends $12 million in taxpayer dollars to move refugees with no choice from 2nd state to 3rd state, that’s Presidential.

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Now WTF Washington Post? This headline “A crowd response at a Trump rally created a quandary: What to do about the QAnon song.” Uh, just like there were not “both sides” at Charlottesville there are not “both sides” about the QAnon song. It is evil and an abomination. Period.

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We don’t turn the clocks back in 2022 until November 6. Don’t let the Republicans turn the calendar back to the 1850s on November 8.

#VoteBlueNoMatterWho

Now the University of California Board of Regent and Pac 12 commissioner both have expressed concerns including both financial, climate (due to increased travel) and academic issues, on UCLA’s proposed move to the Big 10.

Well, the Big 10 probably only wanted USC anyway.-

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Amazon says their Prime Video 1st regular-season game (& exclusive broadcast) of “Thursday Night Football” Sept 15 got 15.3 million viewers. Non-cable networks already have limited free games, but how long until Amazon & other streaming services try to monopolize NFL viewing too?

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Imagine if Hillary Clinton had said “there was nothing classified in my emails and if there had been I would have declassified them with my mind.”

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Some in GOP talking about leaving same-sex & interracial marriage rights to the states.

This would make travel as potentially dangerous for couples as abortion ban are for pregnant women. Imagine being in a red state with an emergency where a decision could only be made by a blood relative or spouse….

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CNN, clearly trying to become Fox News Light, is moving Jake Tapper to the 9pm prime time news slot. So Tapper’s audition to move to the dark side has gone well.

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Amy Klobuchar channeling her friend John McCain, who hated Citizens United “If you’re Democrat, Republican or independent, you want to know what money is being spent & who is paying for negative ads you see on TV.” She’s right. We all do. Why does today’s GOP not want us to know?

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Deathsantis says he’ll spend “every penny” of $12 million (Covid relief fund) set aside by FL GOP lawmakers to seek out migrants planning to travel to Florida & divert them elsewhere. “Planning to travel?” So Ron now has to leave state to find people to traffic for his ambitions?

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If your elderly parent said he didn’t need a lawyer because he was taking care of important legal document with his mind, you’d be calling around looking for assisted living options.

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One way to know how badly things are going for Velveeta Voldemort at any time would be “Hunter Biden meter.” As in how often conservative media & Republicans bring his name up. And regular reminder, Hunter is not White House special advisor nor does he have security clearance.

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Now that the Special Master and conservative 11th Circuit Court have both basically ruled against Aileen Cannon how long until she puts in her application to be a legal analyst on Fox News.

Don’t get me wrong, Albert Pujols is having great farewell season & it’s fun to watch. But this was pretty great farewell season too – batting .304 w/ 68 runs, 18 HRs & 56 RBIs in 395 at bats. He just didn’t tell us so no one knew 2021 was going to be Buster Posey’s last season.

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And now Buster Posey is part of the SF Giants ownership group. Well, if he was looking for a post-career hobby, seems a lot more fun than collecting fancy cars or something.

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Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka apparently will be suspended & face other disciplinary action because of “consensual, intimate relationship” with woman on Celtics staff.

Not that women don’t do stupid things in leadership positions. But they can at least usually make decisions with their upper brains.

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NFL just warned former Bucs’ coach Bruce Arians over sideline conduct in Week 2 against New Orleans Saints saying “future similar conduct will result in discipline for him & the club.”

Uh, discipline for a team with Tom Brady as Tampa Bay QB, this means league will slap Bucs’ hand really hard?

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The 11th Circuit Appeals court, dominated by Velveeta Voldemort appointees, just ruled unanimously that DOJ can go back to reviewing documents they found at Mar-A-Lago. I feel for whoever at Mar-A-Lago has to clean ketchup off the wall.

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What Velveeta Voldemort did with his property valuation is like if you used your 2021 Ferrari as collateral for a loan – and instead of actually having a 2021 Ferrari you had a 2001 Honda Civic.

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Under federal law, if you lie on a single mortgage application the punishment can range as high as 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Just saying.

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Letitia James “White collar financial crime is not a victimless crime; when well-connected break law it reduces resources for others… Everyday people cannot lie to a bank to get a favorable loan, if they did govt would throw the book at them. Why should this be any different?”

Velveeta Voldemort whining in fundraising email on FBI search “Has already been proven that so much has been wrongfully taken; my house was “ransacked” & in far different condition than way I left it. So sad!”

1.Proven by who?

2. He doesn’t post pictures of before, during and after the search.. Bet FBI has pictures.

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Senate actually voted 96-0 on an amendment to global climate treaty to ensure China is not treated as a developing country. For those who thought Senate wouldn’t vote 96-0 to agree that the sky is blue.

Stephen Colbert says Mar-A-Lago is valued at $75 But according to Letitia James, Velveeta Voldemort claimed it was worth $739 million “Well of course it’s worth less now, the FBI took away all the most resellable documents.”

Nothing against Aaron Judge, who is a great player. But should home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates have an asterisk?

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And for all the effort by MLB to tinker with postseason schedule to add two playoff teams seems like the only drama at season’s end might be – with Judge and Pujols, old fashioned home run counts.

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RIP Maury Wills, 89 one of the greatest base stealers of all time. Even as an SF Giants fan I can acknowledge this former member of the LA Dodgers was so good back in the day that Giants groundskeeper at Candlestick Park watered down the dirt between the bases in hopes of slowing him.

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“Orange Jesus?” Thank whoever in GOP came up with that name for ruining the childhood memory of an “Orange Julius” for many of us.

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Since Ron DeathSantis seems to have extra money and available planes lying around perhaps he could quit the refugee stunts and work on sending food and other necessary supplies to his fellow Americans in Puerto Rico?

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As this point it almost seems like the person who told Velveeta Voldemort that Judge Dearie would be a pushover is the same person who scheduled a press conference at Four Seasons landscaping.

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So did Velveeta Voldemort suggest Judge Dearie because he was confused and “Dearie” is his private nickname for Judge Judy?

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GOP House members want President Biden to send them documents related to son Hunter’s foreign business dealings. Of course they all asked Former Guy for similar documents on Jared & Ivanka, especially after they unlike Hunter, were given security clearances by their dad. #sarcasm

Stephen Colbert last night points out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis abducted the refugees he sent to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas – “For a guy who acts so concerned about borders he doesn’t seem to know where his state ends.”

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Stephen Colbert tonight may have the best revenge idea yet to retaliate against Texas bussing migrants to NY. Let’s send Texas busloads of Times Square tourists -“Hundreds of people holding M&Ms wandering aimlessly in search of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Factory…”

10-15-4

7-16-1

Not lottery numbers, but SF Giants line score in Colorado.

Not the prettiest win of the year. But one of the more….interesting.

(and yes, 10-15-4 is 10 runs, 15 hits FOUR errors.)

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For the first time in three years the LA Dodgers no longer have the highest payroll in baseball. The reason, since Trevor Bauer suspended without pay for violating the sport’s domestic violence policy, his $32 million salary no longer counts

(Though with higher tax rates as a repeat offender, the Dodgers are on track to pay $29.4 million in luxury tax alone, which is about two-thirds of the Orioles’ entire payroll.)

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President Biden & FLOTUS arrived late for Queen’s funeral & were seated in 14th row. Velveeta Voldemort posted it was due to UK now respecting US less & if HE were in office he would never have been seated “back there.” More like he’d have been seated in the Westminister loo.

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Increasingly pretty obvious that Velveeta Voldemort’s rationale for not turning over classified documents could be summed up in two sentences:

1. I don’t wanna.

2. You can’t make me.

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Dear Marsha Blackburn. President Biden is not anti-police Democrats are not anti-police. They do not want to “defund the police” and have said so repeatedly. So respectfully asking “are you deaf, or just lying to appeal to your base?” Sincerely, Americans tired of lies.

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Am used to trolls but today saw Senator Amy Klobuchar post about helping Puerto Rico and one troll’s response “Now help the people of the USA….”

Uh….

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Today’s GOP:

We are going to arrest women who choose to cross state lines to get an abortion because we claim to care about life

Also today’s GOP: We’ll give women (and children) no choice in being shipped across state lines because we don’t give a d*mn about their lives.

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So perhaps the most consequential election of our lifetime is in 50 days. And media is all a tizzy because President Biden said about 2024 “it’s much too early to make that kind of decision.” We need to focus on 2022 to make sure we HAVE real elections in 2024. Do better, media.

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And after the Former Guy took to Truth Social to complain that President Biden was seated in the 14th row and he would have had a better seat, I am increasingly convinced that one of Queen Elizabeth II’s late in life goals was to live long enough to make sure he would be out of office and not have an automatic invite to her funeral.

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RIP Elizabeth R. (didn’t queue up, but did give up a bit of sleep to watch some of the ceremony online).

Congratulations A’ja Wilson and rookie head coach Becky Hammon on the Las Vegas Aces’ first ever WNBA championship.

Nice side sports note. WNBA finals game 4 in today. And Raiders and Aces owner Mark Davis instead of being in Las Vegas with his NFL team chose to be in Connecticut with his women’s team.

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Auburn head football coach Bryan Harsin almost fired last year as team lost 5 games to end 2021 season. This Saturday, Tigers were embarrassed 41-12 by Penn State.

Scary, another recent timet in the not too distant past when Auburn gave a coach an expensive buy-out, he ended up a Senator from Alabama. #TommyTuberville.

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ESPN saying LA Dodgers Mookie Betts, Trea Turner & Freddie Freeman might be best 1-2-3 hitters ever in baseball. 2

2022 salaries: Betts $25.5 million

Turner $21 million

Freeman $24.6 million

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Cleveland Guardians, leading admittedly woeful AL Central, total payroll $66.5 million.

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Trey Lance suffered an ankle injury today that will likely result in season ending surgery.

So now that the 49ers need another backup QB, anyone seen Colin Kaepernick?

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President Biden today declares emergency over Tropical Storm Fiona in Puerto Rico. But will Joe also stop in Puerto Rico on his way back from the Queen’s funeral to throw residents paper towels? #Sarcasm

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Marjorie Three Names last night at Velveeta Voldemort rally talked about “defunding” the Department of Education. Actually today’s GOP would like to defund public education period.

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The European Parliament passed a motion last week saying Hungary is no longer a democracy, but an “electoral autocracy.”

Sadly, many in today’s GOP are trying to get USA to follow suit.