Left Coast Sports Babe

I’m going to miss curling.

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Starry’s going to miss curling too.

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From my very funny friend Marc Ragovin – “Kamila Valieva claims that her positive drug test was due to her inadvertently taking her grandfather’s heart medication. No wonder her long program consisted of skating in circles with her turn signal on.”

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A question.
Since Kamila Valieva fell several times & missed the podium, there will be a medal ceremony for figure skating.
But is it likely she is only one on her ROC team taking “heart medication?”

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And Olympic gymnasts have to be 16. But divers and swimmers, for example, can be 15 or even younger. How many “protected persons” will ROC send to Paris in 2024?

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Senate on recess until Feb 28., although good Senators actually do work during “State Work Period.” But Senate scheduled for another “work period” April 9-25.

Midterms are coming.

Dear Chuck Schumer. – if GOP wants to play stupid delay games , CANCEL Easter recess. Let their stupid “prize” be no vacation.

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If Hillary Clinton sent an email about the boxes of top-secret classified documents found at Mar-A-Lago then would the FBI get involved?

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Apparently new PAC in US is looking for supporters & donations for convoy of truckers planning to go to Washington next month. Not sure WHERE in DC, but just trying to imagine convoy for any reason honking horns all night & blocking streets outside homes of GOP leaders & pundits.

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Senate voted 65-27 today to fund the government until March 11. This means that more than HALF of Republican Senators wanted the government to shut down. They have one objective, to make President Biden look bad. No matter who it hurts.

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Ted Cruz on the Senate floor is taking on United Airlines because of their “arbitrary” vaccine mandate policy. Uh, Senator, your body, your choice. Take another airline. Many of us feel far safer on United because of their employee vaccine rules.

Ted Cruz ranting about vaccines: “It ought to be your choice in consultation w/ your doctor… You ought to have a real & candid conversation w/ your doctor, not some political bureacrat in Washington DC or in the State Capitol or City Hall.” So Cruz is pro-choice. Okay then.

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Media loves to talk about inflation. So cover this: Sherrod Brown – 12 GOP Senators boycotted committee so they can’t advance Federal Reserve nominees. “You vote yes or you vote no, you don’t vote ‘I’m not going to show up.” Republicans are AWOL in fight against inflation.”

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Tamara Lich is a conventionally attractive white woman claiming she has been unjustly arrested in Ottawa. If you know nothing else about her besides that she is an organizer of so-called “Freedom Convoy,” know that Tamara is a leader of “Wexit” movement to have Western provinces secede from Canada.

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All the slimyness of Olympic figure skating, makes curling now especially charming to watch.
But is it considered performance enhancing if you buy your opponents several pitchers of beer?

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At this point I’d give Mikaela Shiffrin an Olympic medal if she knocks microphone out of the hand of one of these idiot reporters who keep asking her about the troubles she’s had skiing in Bejing.

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Imagine you’ve spent your life as far back as you remember training on ice & now even if you give the performance of a lifetime, you won’t receive medal in Beijing, because ceremony will be canceled if someone who cheated is 1 of top three.

IOC = International Olympic COWARDS

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Maybe when Kamila Valieva skates her long program NBC can show Tara Lipinski’s and Johnny Weir’s greatest hits instead?

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Stephen Colbert last night talking about Ukraine – “Possible good news – Russia might be pulling out.”

But “dudes like that never pull out when they say they will.”

(I suppose it would be churlish to say too bad Fred Trump didn’t.)

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CNN & other media all over story of San Francisco parents voting out school board members over school closings.
Well, school closures were one thing. But board spent much of pandemic time focused not on kids, but on renaming schools w/ names they deemed politically incorrect.

The board removed Abraham Lincoln’s name from one school & Senator Dianne Feinstein’s from another. Feinstein’s crime? In the 1980s when Dianne was SF mayor., a job she got after Moscone and Milk were assassinated, someone vandalized a Confederate flag in a display at SF Civic Center & she didn’t stop parks dept from replacing it. No joke.

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Now Rudy Giuliani claims he has evidence proving Hillary spied on Velveeta Voldemort, and “I happen to have it in my bedroom.”
Well, guessing Rudy’s ex-wives & girlfriends probably will testify he usually grossly exaggerates what he has in his bedroom.

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Tom Cotton doesn’t get as much press as Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. But he clearly aspires to be equally awful.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar has had enough of Tom Cotton too: “As I listened to Senator Cotton, there were a lot of things I disagreed w/ Trump Justice Department but NEVER did I think of holding up US Attorney of Arkansas or Arizona or Illinois because I disagreed with Donald Trump.”

So will GOP Senators defending those who refuse to wear masks on planes next demand passengers be able to ignore seat belt signs, or use cellphones in flight? Or bring a gun on board?
It’s actually quite simple: Don’t want to follow rules? Don’t fly.

These 8 GOP Senators have decided it’s more important to protect the rights of unruly passengers than to protect flight attendants and other passengers from verbal and physical abuse. Period.

So. teenagers can only sign MLB baseball contracts at 16. But based on this “Protected person” BS from the Olympics does that mean that kids can take PEDs all they want while they are 15 and under, then sign on their 16th birthday?

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With medal ceremony delayed indefinitely over Kamila Valieva doping controversy, Team USA figure skaters will get some medal, eventually. But not in Beijing.
Imagine working for years to reach Olympics, winning medal & finding out you’ll get it in mail or something, someday.

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And now NY Times reports Kamila tested positive for three “heart” drugs, only one of which were banned. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to how many others on Russian team might have taken the other two?

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My Canadian pal TC says he’s waiting for a PED curler to fire a rock into about row 6.

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President Biden says “we have not yet verified” Russia’s claim of withdrawing troops near Ukraine.
It would be very good news if the claim is true.
But isn’t it nice to have a President who doesn’t believe and/or parrot whatever Putin tells him?

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In California when voters register need to put their COUNTY, not city on the form. Many people get it wrong unless it’s pointed out or corrected.
But California promptly writes if there’s a problem. California wants people to vote.
Voting rights shouldn’t depend on your state.

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Same conservatives clutching their pearls over Canadian PM Justin Trudeau invoking emergency powers, had no problems with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s new law saying it’s okay for motorists to run over protesters.

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Very clear looking at increasing revelations about January 6 conspirators: They weren’t worried about being caught. They expected to win. And to be rewarded by their would-be dictator king.

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Does anyone doubt that if Velveeta Voldemort was still in the White House he’d be telling us why it would be a good thing for America for Putin to invade Ukraine?

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Has a single Republican complaining about inflation said a word about trying to rein in excessive corporate profits?

I’ll wait.

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Tucker Carlson tonight was apparently talking about “Canadian-style tyranny.”
So is anyone shocked that Tucker is more critical of Justin Trudeau than he is of Vladimir Putin?

Absolutely thrilled for Erin Thomas and her speekskating gold medal.

But can we have a moment for someone who deserves much more love than she gets in Olympic history, first Black woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics?

She was mesmerizing to watch – Debi Thomas.

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As a white woman who grew up watching Super Bowls before anyone cared about the halftime show, I can cheerfully acknowledge even if it wasn’t my style of music, it seemd like a good show yesterday.

Why is that so hard for some people?

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If the first doping scandal made Russia compete with ROC uniforms, now what will this latest figure skating scandal do? Make them compete under the banner “‘Athletes formerly known as Russia”

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The gospel according to the Olympics – If a 15 year old girl is given performance enhancing drugs she is a “Protected person.”
But if a 15 year old girl is sexually abused by a team doctor, she’s on her own.

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ESPN report-MLB wants to eliminate “hundreds” of minor league playing jobs in latest labor offer to players
In 2021 MLB raised minimum MONTHLY salary for AAA players to $16,800, AA to $14,400, Class A to $12,000, complex league to $9,600 & Dominican Summer League to $3,000!
WTAF?

So how much money are we talking about for billionaire owners?

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Velveeta Voldemort’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars, has fired him, saying they no longer trust Trump Organization documents.

Standby for more Fox “Breaking News” about Hillary Clinton.

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We know Putin has talked to President Biden about Ukraine this week.

Wonder how many times Vlad has talked to The Former Guy.

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Hearing about 40% of mail-in ballots in Harris County, largest in Texas, being flagged as faulty under new rules. Showing GOP really is making it harder for “some people to vote.” Just imagine SCOTUS ruling on voting rights if Hillary Clinton had chosen the last three judges.

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Mitch McConnell called out celebrities who were seen ignoring mask rules at the Super Bowl.
Fair point.
Hypocrisy s*cks.
But even COVID exposure is dwarfed by comparision by hypocrisy of ignoring rules for multiple lifetime SCOTUS appointments.

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Dr. Deborah Birx is the latest Former Guy flunky with a book deal.

I really don’t care, do U?

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Hate guns. But love this 79 year old woman named Valentina in the Ukraine,”a retired accountant and great grandmother” on @Maddow tonight. Valentina is training to handle an AK-47.

“If Putin will come, I should be able to shoot.”

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Sadly, hard not to get the sense that the media is rooting for a Ukraine invasion. #ratings

While refs clearly missed an offensive pass interference call against the Bengals, there was another missed call early in game when Rams’ defender grabs Cincinnati’s receiver’s pants enough to see material stretch on Bengals passing attempt at 11 yard line,

Then after letting them play for 58 minutes, refs called THREE straight penalties in last two minutes as Los Angeles drove for their final Super Bowl winning TD. Including an incredibly ticky tack defensive holding.

We’re shocked, said all Saints fans.

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So how long until Fox News tells their viewers to blame Super Bowl halftime show on President Biden?

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Olympics have just decided because Kamila Valieva is only 15 years old, & thus a “Protected Person,” she can keep her team gold, & be allowed to compete despite positive test for banned supplement.
Stand by for record numbers of under-16 Russian athletes in future Olympic games.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport decision verbatim on ROC skater Kamila Valieva – “The athlete should benefit from following exceptional circumstances, she is under 16 & protected person under the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code.”

Exceptional BS.

Due to outrage about Kamila Valieva being able to keep her gold medal (for now at least)l AND compete as the favorite for the women’s figure skating gold medal despite positive test for banned supplement, I fully expect the IOC to say they will at least keep her out of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Tara Lipinski, talking about 15 year old Russian skater Kamila Valieva who “skated” on her positive drug test due to her age, tells how when she was 12 her mother was terrified to give her medicine when she had a cold and “I was afraid to eat a poppy seed bagel.

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Roger Goodell said this week that the NFL believes in “diversity as a value.”

Zero is a value, right?

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GOP Pennsylvania Senate candiate was running a “Let’s Go Brandon” ad during the Super Bowl.

But tell me again how both parties have contributed to a lack of civility in this country?

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Just imagine GOP and conservative media reaction if wealthy liberals in Canada were crowdfunding Black Lives Matter protests in summer of 2020.

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Very weird to hear some of the talk about “spoilers” for “Death on The Nile.”

Especially when you grew up reading all of Agatha Christie’s books.

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WTAF?

Lindsey Graham says President Biden should pick J. Michelle Childs for SCOTUS, saying any other candidate would be “problematic” in getting GOP votes.

I missed Senator Graham’s concern about Velveeta Voldemort nominating judges who could get Democratic votes.

After a two game win streak, the San Antonio Spurs are 22-35.

And as of tonight they are 1 game out of a postseason play-in game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Curling is seriously underappreciated as a Winter Olympics sport:
Not only is it a sport you can watch and imagine doing, but also it’s a sport as an adult you can imagine doing without seriously injuring yourself.

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An Olympics with competition planned on nothing artificial snow is now having problems with actual SNOW in Beijing delaying events.

Should not laugh, but my better angels are definitely still socially distance on this one.

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By the same experts who before the 2021 season picked Cincinnati Bengals 28th out of 32 NFL teams.

Okay then.

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So we know Fox News is getting nervous about Russia and Ukraine because their website headline is about allegation that Hillary Clinton’s campaign paid to try to link Velveeta Voldemort to Russia.

Would be almost funny if it weren’t a potential world war we’re talking about.

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Conservatives who applauded Ron DeSantis’s new law allowing Florida drivers to run over protesters w/ their cars, suddenly are clutching their pearls over Canadian government doing anything more than waving their fingers at protesters blocking US-Canada border.

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Wonder what some of these GOP politicians & pundits who claim to support the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests in Canada would do if protesters honked horns all night outside their houses.

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Apparently New Zealand is playing ‘Baby Shark,’ and Barry Manilow’s greatest hits outside their parliament buildings in hopes of chasing away ‘Freedom Convoy’-inspired protesters

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Uh, put on “It’s A Small World” at top volume and problem solved in an hour.

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“After several weeks of rapid growth, death reports have leveled off at around 2,500 a day.”

2,500 Americans a day.

This is not exactly “living with COVID.”

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While right-wingers send $$ to truckers, a few facts:

About 80% of Canadians are fully vaccinated against COVID.
85% of Canadian truckers are vaccinated.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared state of emergency & calls blockades” “an illegal occupation.”
Ford is conservative.

Friday night was women’s curling. South Korea vs Russian Olympic Committee.

ROC Olympic team competing under shadow of doping scandal, but how would you know in curling? If one of the women threw the curling stone through the ice?

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So because Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is under 16, she may “skate” on any doping penalty & both keep her gold medal & compete for an individual medal.
While I feel sorry for her doesn’t that mean Russia can just start focusing Olympic training on athletes 15 & younger.

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Colin Kaepernick had been as good a QB as Aaron Rodgers some team would have hired him. But also have to think if Kap were playing this year and were found to have lied to NFL, the league would have done more than slapped his hand. Let alone made him MVP.

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Can we stop with these stupid polls on what Americans think about Biden nominating a black woman to SCOTUS?
He promised it during the campaign.
Voters knew that
He’s keeping his promise.
Period.

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Dolly Parton has announced that Dollywood Park will pay all higher ed costs for employees.

Like many Americans, I loved the movie “9 to 5.”

Love it more now that we know she wasn’t just acting.

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Ali Velshi subbing for Rachel Maddowt points out how Velveeta Voldemort was obsessed with talking about toilets not flushing well enough.
Now it comes out that he was flushing documents.

If TFG doesn’t end up in jail there’s a great potential Ty D Bowl endorsement here.

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The Canadian so-called Freedom Convoy is the perfect vehicle for rich right-wingers in USA:
They can throw money at something they think makes liberals look bad. Without being inconvenienced in the slightest themselves.

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So what kind of tell-all books will there be after Joe Biden leaves office?

That he used to sneak a second scoop of ice cream when Jill wasn’t looking?

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“GiveSendGo” “#1 Christian Fundraising site” is raising millions for truckers in Canada, calling them “our heroic arrivals.”

“This is Canada wide rally determined to stop all mandates.”

Uh, Jesus said “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

He’d have gotten vaccinated.

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If you wonder where you’ve heard of GiveSendGo before, they did have another big crowdfunding campaign. For that model of Christianity Kyle Rittenhouse.

(WWJS – who would Jesus shoot?)

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So add Maggie Haberman to the list of people who sat on, or should we say shat on, information that might have resulted in Velveeta Voldemort’s impeachment, because “book sales over country.”

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Fox News’ Mark Levin said McConnell should be replaced as Senate Minority leader, saying Mitch “does not represent contemporary mainstream of GOP.”
Quiet part out loud: A radical obstructionist who illegally installed 3 right-wing SOTUS judges, isn’t crazy enough for today’s GOP.

Whatever they say, you know Fox News and otherconservative media are hoping that if Russia does invade Ukraine, there will be some Americans who have decided not to leave, so they can blame Biden for not rescuing them.-

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Tucker Carlson claims US right-wing subsidized trucker blockade means “Canada’s working class has finally rebelled after yr of relentless abuse,” & refers to Trudeau’s “creepy little govt”
Uh, Justin just won re-election.
And 84% of Canadians have at least 1 vaccine shot. #Facts

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Wondering how Fox News is spinning the story of Velveeta Voldemort taking classified documents from the White House to Mar-A-Lago?
They aren’t even covering it.
Fox News is, however, covering Biden calling Holt a wise guy, and Hillary Clinton’s planned speech to NY Dems.

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CNN reporting Center for Politics at Univ of Virginia found most GOP friendly state in USA is West Virginia.
Not Joe Manchin fan but reminder, primarying him is waste of time & $$. He’d only be replaced by someone worse.
Let’s focus on states we can turn blue in 22.

Now reports that 15-yr-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva had tested positive for a banned drug. So let’s see, Russian athletes are already competing as ROC because of a state-sponsored doping scheme. What is the IOC going to change their team name to now?

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-Just how mediocre is NBA Western Conference? And how ridiculous are the NBA playoffs? I’m a San Antonio Spurs fan, the team is 20-35. And they are like 2 games out of the final “play-in” postseason spot. #GoSpursGo#PorVida

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Stanford University tweeted “Congratulations to Olympic champion Eileen Gu, ’26, who will join Stanford as a freshman this fall.” And you think YOUR freshman roommate was intimidating?

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“There’s your Olympic champion, no need to wait for the judges’ score.” Johnny Weir, saying what everyone who watched Nathan Chen, skating to the music of Elton John, was thinking. #Olympics

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Roger Goodell admits that NFL “fell short” in terms of increasing the number of minority head coaches this offseason. If the league only didn’t have to spend so much time focused on important issues like the right color socks.

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Mitch McConnell is now ostensibly feuding with the Former Guy. As a Saints fan this is like it was watching the Rams vs the Buccaneers. “Can they both lose?”

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Have Canadian friends who follow US politics & they can’t even sign up for an inexpensive Zoom event for an American politician because of rules about foreigners and US politics. But right wing figures in US can raise all the $$ they want for a fringe group of Canadian truckers?

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So if Velveeta Voldemort had emailed his kids or Rudy about those stolen documents on a private server, THEN would the GOP decide it was serious?

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Bad enough that media always wants to highlight political failures over successes. But in now these Olympics they’re spending more time focused on skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s two disqualifications than on women who won medals in the events.

Do better, media.

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Can’t tell for sure how real camaraderie is between skiing competitors, but with all the bitterness in the world right now, it’s almost more fun to watch some of the women congratulate & celebrate each other than to watch the race itself. #OlympicGames

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American-born Eileen Gu, a model and now gold medal free-style skier, was asked about competing for China: “If people don’t like me, that’s their loss, they’re never going to win the Olympics.” Okay then…

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The SF 49ers are not in the Super Bowl.

But the local radio station, KNBR will be carrying the game. With a radio pregame show starting 4 1/2 hours in advance. Yes, 4 1/2 hours…. When the pre-game lasts longer than the game…

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Tom Brady says he’s “happy” with his decision to retire but added “never say never” when asked about potentially returning to the NFL next season. Translation: Depend if I find something else to do, Gisele doesn’t want me 24/7 around the house.

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Tucker Carlson apparently complaining about “overreaction” & defending the anti-vaccine mandate “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa “This is a peaceful protest, not Al Qaeda.” Wonder how Tucker would feel if people were honking horns outside HIS home nonstop?

Stacey Abrams on taking off her mask around children: “I made a mistake. I apologize.” We’d be in a better place if more politicians could say those words.

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Yes, it’s better that Mitch McConnell is being honest about January 6 having been a violent insurrection. No, it doesn’t negate the fact that Mitch is dishonest about almost everything else. Including his reasons for not voting after January 6 to impeach Velveeta Voldemort.

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Some in GOP affecting concern that RNC has bought into Velveeta Voldemort’s lies and censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.

Uh, maybe if the whole Republican party hadn’t been genuflecting before the Former Guy since he started the Big Lie BEFORE the election?

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Rachel Maddow is on hiatus And Stephen Colbert is doing reruns. How are we going to get through this week?

Nice memory – 12 years ago today, the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl.

Not so nice look into the future – One week from today pitchers and catchers are supposed to report.

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ESPN headline “Failed chances cost U.S. in rivalry loss to Canada.

So clickbait with US Canada rivalry. But no mention of the SPORT? Turns out to be hockey, women’s hockey.

Now, the U.S. did have chances, as in almost twice as many shots on goal in a 4-2 loss, but the headline couldn’t mention hockey or women? –

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Barely watching Olympics, but all kinds of penalties and disqualifications with Korean & now Hungarian short-track skaters, end result Chinese skaters win gold and silver.

“How many more penalties can benefit China?”

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It’s enough to almost make you miss the former ice skating Russian and French judges.

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Frontier is buying Spirit Airlines.

New combined airline slogan? “You thought we were bad before.”

Can anyone imagine if Hillary Clinton had destroyed or taken documents stemming from her time as Secretary of State? Or even when she was First Lady? Meanwhile for media, Velveeta Voldemort taking what he wanted & tearing other stuff up is a “well, he’s always done that” shrug.

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So conservative media like Fox News is negative about Democrats almost all the time. And mainstream media tries to be equally negative about Democrats and Republicans. And we wonder why Biden’s approval ratings are low.

Can we send a search team with dogs and metal detectors to see what else Velveeta Voldemort took home with him to Mar-A-Largo?

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Life in Fox News bubble: Website headline,w/ pictures of Rachel Maddow & Chris Cuomo: “MSNBC, CNN left flailing during most important hours after series of scandals.” But there’s no scandal w/ Maddow. She’s on hiatus until April to do movie about convicted criminal Spiro Agnew.

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Personally I am tired of hearing about both Andrew Yang AND Joe Rogan.

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Also with all due respect why does anyone care at this point what James Comey thinks?

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So has any parent yet called to demand the removal of “The Art of the Deal” or any other Velveeta Voldemort book from a library yet?

Frontier Airlines to buy Spirit Airlines in $2.9 billion budget carrier deal. Uh, airline mergers generally result in worse customer service…. Are we about to find out if you CAN fall off the floor, or rather the tarmac?

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Conservative media went crazy when a picture of Chuck Schumer’s wife was misindentified as Sonia Sotamayor having dinner in public with Democratic leaders. But they’re fine with Neil Gorsuch attending and speaking at a closed-to-press event for the Federalist Society???

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If Senator John McCain were still alive you know he’d be responding to this BS RNC censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger with more than a strongly worded text or tweet.

So is anyone outside of California rooting for the Rams next weekend? Actually is anyone outside of SOUTHERN California rooting for the Rams next weekend? #SuperBowl

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The Pro Bowl is Sunday. “Oh, good. I really missed the game last year when it was canceled.” said nobody.

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As much as Brian Flores has rocked the NFL with accusations of being paid to lose, the NY Knicks, who blew a 21 point lead to the Lakers and lost in overtime, reminds us that some teams are capable of s*cking for free.

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I’m so old I remember when Republicans were outraged at being compared to Nazis. Instead of afraid to condemn Nazis.

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Somewhere Nixon is wondering “why didn’t I think of ‘legitimate political discourse?”

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President Biden announces a successful US Special Forces raid that took out a “horrible terrorist” ISIS leader & story stays in news cycle less time than Joe calling Peter Doocy a “son of a b*tch.”

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Pennsylvania GOP suing to overturn BIPARTISAN 2019 law allowing no-excuse vote-by-mail. But GOP has no problem w/ Utah vote-by-mail, where Amy Klobuchar reminded reporter “it’s the way of voting & that is one Red State.” Almost as if GOP only doesn’t want SOME people to vote.

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So Michael Avenatti has been convicted of scr*wing over Stormy Daniels. Now when can we convict the Former Guy who actually scr*wed Stormy Daniels?

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Liz Cheney is anti-choice.

Liz Cheney is anti-gun control

Liz Cheney is anti-voting rights legislation

Liz Cheney didn’t even recognize her sister’s marriage until recently.

But because she condemns a deadly coup attempt the GOP wants no part of her.

It’s a cult now. Period.

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Velveeta Voldemort and Gym Jordan spoke for 10 minutes on the morning of January 6. Now Jordan wants us to ignore that like he ignored college wrestlers being abused.

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Actually got this Trump fundraising email.

Subject line -“I’m planning my next rally. Where should I go? Someone really didn’t think that one through, did they? (Sadly “to h*ll” is not one of the multiple choice options.)

He LOST the 2020 election. Could we make a rule that every time media quotes Velveeta Voldemort with a headline they do the same for Hillary Clinton?

So as Hue Jackson has joined Brian Flores in claiming he was paid to lose, how many NFL teams are crafting press releases? “Really, we were just that bad.”

LA Clippers beat LA Lakers 111-110 tonight. Apparently it was a heck of a game. But who thought these two Los Angeles rivals in 2021-22 might be battling to avoid a play in game?

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Good news for those afraid of needles – Stephen Colbert says the next COVID vaccines could be something nasal you just inhale up your nose. “Turns out, Don Jr. was just trying to fight COVID this whole time.”

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You can be pro-capitalism & still know we need some anti-trust legislation w/ Big Tech: Infrastructure bill Democrats fought so hard for included $65 billion for broadband in rural areas, low-income & tribal communities. Zuckerberg lost $31 billion in Meta stock value in 1 day.

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So Meghan McCain is complaining about Whoopie Goldberg’s “mild” punishment? As opposed to all the harsher punishments Meghan herself got for saying offensive things on The View? Oh wait. Never mind.

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Adored the late great Molly Ivins and got to meet her twice. She believed VERY strongly in the First Amendment and free speech. A comment she made has stuck with me – “It’s easy to be for free speech when you agree with the speakers.”

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In Henry VIII’s England, the Catholic/Anglican Church fought hard to keep people from reading the Bible in English. In fact, having a Bible in English was a crime. The church wanted control, and to keep people from learning on their own. Sound familiar? #BannedBooks

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Meanwhile will someone tell Republicans defending Joe Rogan’s right to free speech that it’s kind of hard to talk about First Amendment rights when you are banning books?

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President Biden announced a US Special Operations forces a raid in Syria that killed an Isis leader. So how long until Fox News starts headline coverage of Hunter Biden? Or some migrant “caravan?

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Who’d have thought the Republican party would completely debase themselves before a man who not only has no loyalty to the GOP, but also only registered as a Republican in 2019?

Stephen Colbert is all over the Brian Flores racism lawsuit, noting that Flores said NY Giants informed him they had hired someone else – three days before his scheduled invterview. On a brighter note for Flores, at least he didn’t have to coach the NY Giants

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So NFL allegedly was paying coaches to lose? Looking back 5 years to 2017 the two teams tied for worst records in NFL – both 22-59 – have been NY Jets and NY Giants. Well, the cost of living is high in New York.

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CNN headline “Liz Cheney isn’t going down without a fight.” If you read the article, however, the story is that Cheney has outraised her Former Guy supported GOP primary opponent almost 10 to 1. ($7.1 million to $745 thousand) Guess that’s not as a dramatic a headline.

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Same Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who signed law saying OK for motorists to run over protesters, was asked about Nazi protesters, and condemned “these people,.. these Democrats who are going to use this” politically against me. As Rachel Maddow reminds us. “It is not hard” to condemn Nazis.

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Apparently some MAGA folks are upset with Garth Brooks because he’s got vaccine mandates at his concerts. What about this “choice” & “cancel culture” they love to talk about?

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It’s not that I have a problem with Whoopi Goldberg saying something offensive and getting suspended. It’s that that I have a problem with all the white men saying something offensive and getting excused. Or worse yet, elected.

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Again, anyone thinking of taking GOP complaints seriously about President Biden’s future SCOTUS pick really needs to spend a little time watching C-Span2. Doesn’t matter WHO Joe picks. For whatever position. At least 30 something GOP Senators (often more) vote against him or her on principle.

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WTF? Rudy Giuliani was on the Masked Singer? Wait until Velveeta Voldemort hears this. He’ll probably attack Rudy for voluntarily wearing a mask.

With no progress between owners & players, now looks like MLB spring training, scheduled to start Feb 14, will be delayed.

One time of year when between the Super Bowl & March Madness, baseball has least competition for attention. This wouldn’t happen if MLB had a commissioner.

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Dear media. Tom Brady didn’t die. He just retired.

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So have to assume all those who say Barry Bonds should not be in the Hall of Fame because they say he cheated feel the same about Tom Brady. #Deflategate

Former NFL Dolphins’ Coach Brian Flores claims Miami owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 for every loss his first season. NY Jets fans thinking “Hey, our team does it for nothing.”

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Well, if the Miami Dolphins want a coach who can lose games, Urban Meyer is available.

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From Jeff Asher “The full list of division teams to sweep Tom Brady in the regular season in his 21 years as a starting QB in the league:

2020 New Orleans Saints

2021 New Orleans Saints

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Italy is tired of COVIDiots. “Effective today, all unvaccinated people who are over 50 years old – both Italian citizens and foreigners living in Italy – are subject to €100 fines.

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Stephen Colbert’s rant tonight on Velveeta Voldemort trying to seize voting machines is better than I can capture in 280 characters. But this kind of sums it up – “do you know how crazy you have to be to hear you’ve gone too far from Rudy Giuliani?”

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Eachel Maddow reporting that more than 14 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have reported bomb threats today. Today! )Tuesday)

So will Republicans demand this disturbing story not be talked about in schools?11238

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GOP likes to accuse Democrats of wasting money. Wonder how much money we’re spending in the US on ICU care for unvaccinated patients.

Tom Brady now says he hasn’t decided if he will retire or not. So not content with breaking more of Drew Brees’ records for passing this year, Brady is now trying to break Brett Favre’s records for indecision.

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Tom Brady also has pulled out of Pro Bowl, citing a shoulder injury. Wonder if Brady hurt himself throwing Microsoft tablets in the locker room after Buccaneers playoff loss to Rams?

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Stephen Colbert on Super Bowl. “Most exciting thing to happen in Cincinnati since they found all that spaghetti under their chili.” Dear Stephen: You REALLY need to stop into Graeters Ice cream to die for like black raspberry chocolate chip. (And I don’t even live in Cincy.)

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Not that I think he should do it, but if President Biden suddenly told GOP they were right about looking at other SCOTUS picks, nominated Merrick Garland (again) and then nominated a Black woman to replace Garland as Attorney General, Republican heads would STILL explode

Velveeta Voldemort nominated Amy Comey Barrett to the Supreme Court eight DAYS after RBG died. So GOP should have no problem with President Biden, who’s clearly been mulling options, naming his nominee by the end of the week.

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So who had “Irish fishermen” as the staunchest defenders of liberty against Russia?

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Somehow I have forgotten all the NY Times and other media’s interviews & front page stories with Hillary Clinton voters in 2018, saying how they still supported her and how she really won the 2016 election.

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Rachel Maddow sharing WaPo report on how some Former Guy records sent to January 6 committee were torn up & had to be taped back together. At least probably was easy for commitee to see which documents Velveeta Voldemort handled himself – look for pieces showing Sharpie marks.

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Stephen Colbert also Monday night on Velveeta Voldemort’s promises to January 6 protestors. “Well, as long as you’re doling out pardons, f*ck you,” “Pardon my French.” Merci beaucoup Stephen!

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If you’re looking for a birthday gift for a child or teenager in your life, may I suggest a banned book?

Wonder how many people turned off the AFC Championship game at halftime? To quote Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman ‘Big mistake, Huge!”

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I’m a rare Saints fan in SF Bay Area. But hey, San Francisco fans… Given a choice, Super Bowl might be a good time to dig out that orange and black. (Those are the Bengals colors.)

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Have a good friend in Cincinnati who is NOT an NFL fan. Texted her to say “I figure your neighborhood is loud.”

Her response “Is there some football of which I am unaware. There is a lot of noise here…”

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Nice thought: At least until if and when baseball gets started we are DONE with the Tomahawk Chop for a while.

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As much as GOP is attacking President Biden for following through on his promise to appoint a black woman to SCOTUS, can you imagine if Joe said now he would look at other options? Republican talking points would start “you can’t trust a thing Biden says.”

So is there anyone still expecting that Susan Collins learned a “pretty big lesson’ from voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh?

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Susan Collins said she “wouldn’t rule out” supporting Velveeta Voldemort in 2024. So Susan means to do it she’d have to clutch her pearls really really hard?

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Would some reporter please ask Susan Collins why she “wouldn’t rule out” supporting Velveeta Voldemort in 2024 after she voted to impeach him in 2021.

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So if Hillary Clinton had just encouraged her supporters to storm the Capitol after 2016 and then had rallies where she offered to pardon them, would Democrats have chosen her for their 2020 nominee?

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Gosh, for some reason Fox News isn’t covering Velveeta Voldemort’s statement today where he states that Mike Pence “could have overturned the election.” I wonder why?

Tom Brady wouldn’t be so petty as to start a retirement controversy weekend of the NFC/AFC conference championships just to steal headlines from NFL postseason he’s no longer part of, would he?

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Tom Brady is retiring. Did that loss to the Rams, after TWO losses to the Saints in 2021 leave him deflated?

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Ah, now Tom Brady says he’s not sure about retiring. “The first time is the hardest,” responded Brett Favre

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So if you can’t stand any team left in NFL postseason, Peyton Manning on SNL Saturday night making a strong case for turning off the games and turning on “Emily in Paris.”

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Raiders released 2020 1st round pick Damon Arnette when video surfaced of him making threats w/ gun. Chiefs signed the CB to reserves contract to give him chance for 2022. Last night Arnette was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. KC released him this am. Who’s next?

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Not sure who Joe Biden’s SCOTUS nominee will be, but I’d match her LSAT scores and law school record up against any Republican in the Senate. Starting with Roger Wicker.

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Would Roger Wicker, who seems so concerned about qualifications with SCOTUS, like to give us one reason why former football coach Tommy Tuberville was qualified to sit with him in the US Senate?

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Can anyone imagine if over a year after the Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton was ranting at regular rallies?

Velveeta Voldemort at his rally tonight “If I run & if I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly And if it requires pardons we will give them pardons. Because they are being treated so unfairly.” Brian Sicknick says “Hi.”

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I’ve lost track of political candidates I’ve supported since I was about 8 years old. Many I’ve liked, some I’ve loved. But none of them have caused me completely to lose my mind.

Seriously WTF is wrong with some of these Velveeta Voldemort supporters?

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Not sure if I can pick very favorite book as a child or teenager. But I know this. Books that stayed with me usually disturbed me. Whether they were fiction/nonfiction, about unjustice or sexism or racism or whatever… The best books make you feel. And think.

#bannedbooks

A Black woman on SCOTUS And a Cat!! Promises made! Promises kept!!

One of the many cool things about Willow is that it is very clear listening to President Biden, that a First Cat in the White House was NOT his idea. It was Jill’s.

I love a man who lets his wife make important decisions.

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So how long until Willow coughs up a hairball on Peter Doocy? #FirstCat

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Former Guy HUD secretary Ben Carson is criticizing President Biden for “identity politics” in saying he will put a Black woman on SCOTUS. This statement doesn’t even need a punchline.

A friend in New Jersey tells me there’s panic buying ahead of the latest winter snow storm, “The grocery store was a sh*t show. Wiped out of milk and bananas..” for starters. Because “people think they’ll be stranded for weeks.” Waiting for GOP to blame this on President Biden.

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Now it’s Joni Mitchell taking her music off Spotify. “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone…”

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Mitch McConnell on Biden’s SCOTUS pick – “President must not outsource this important decision to the radical left.” Also Mitch McConnell, thinking, “if GOP retakes Senate & Clarence Thomas retires, we will as usual outsource OUR decision to radical right Federalist Society.”

Stephen Colbert on Late Show commenting how poorly Dr. Oz is doing in Pennsylvania GOP polling… “So guy who peddled fake weight loss products like green coffee bean extract & hot pepper jelly has finally found one product so fraudulent even he can’t sell it. – him.”

Fox News headline “Sarah Palin, pestered in public, gets assist from ex-NHL star.” (She & former Ranger Ron Duguay were eating together.) Wonder if Fox will use “pestered in public” to describe anyone, including restaurant staff, who might get COVID from un-vaccinated Palin.

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Fox News also complaining today about Democrats and spending. Okay then, would Fox like to give us a list of other bridges they are fine with falling down? #infrastructure

So maybe the Voodoo kitten in training prefers basketball?

But they, now that President Biden has confirmed his promise to appoint a Black woman to SCOTUS what about that White House cat? We were promised a cat.

But now conservative media are apoplectic about President Biden getting… ice cream? Time for some wise words from Ted Lasso -“Ice cream’s the best. It’s kinda like seeing Billy Joel live. Never disappoints.”

Rachel Maddow covering DeSantis’s choice for FL Surgeon General. Joseph Ladapo claims to be “frontline doctor” w/ experience treating “many” COVID patients at UCLA. UCLA doctors say he wasn’t part of COVID team. FL calls Maddow accusations “cute.” “Cute” not word I would use.

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As someone who discovered Neil Young back in college a long time ago, am thrilled that a new generation will now be checking out his music. Thanks, Spotify.

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Admit I bought “Barry Manilow Live” album back in high school. Didn’t expect man who proudly sang jingle he wrote ‘I am stuck on Band Aids brand because Band Aids’ stuck on me,” in concert, would stand up now for Neil Young against Spotify. But well played Barry, well played.

Stephen Colbert on likely SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, “She made headlines in 2019 when she wrote ‘Presidents are not kings.’ Though easy to confuse former president w/ royalty. He’s racist who’s been credibly accused of sexual assault. & his kids seem pretty inbred.”

Super Bowl attendees two years and older must show proof COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours. Fans will alsol be given KN95 masks when they arrive, and will be told to wear them at all times unless eating and drinking.

So sounds like Aaron Rodgers won’t be at the Super Bowl even if someone gives him free tickets.

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New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton is stepping away from coaching for at least a year.

And presumably Sean wants less stress rather than more.

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But jJust thinking, Alabama has Tommy Tuberville…. Louisiana could do a helluva lot worse than elect Senator Sean Payton.

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Aaron Rodgers “One thing I would 100 percent not do is retire and then come back a year later. I don’t have any desire to do that. That makes no sense.”

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“Wimp” – responded Brett Favre.

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Rachel Maddow reminds us tonight that Ronald Reagan in October 1980 promised to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court. Give the devil his due. choosing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a reasonable moderate conservative, was one of the few good things Reagan ever did.

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Apparently after Neil Young said “it’s either him or me.” about Joe Rogan, Spotify is dumping Neil. One of those moments I wished I used Spotify so I could dump THEM.

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Stephen Colbert indicated Justice Breyer was “surprised” rather than upset at story of his resignation leaking though “it appears someone jumped the gun.” Colbert added, “The gun, by the way, has more rights than women do under the current Supreme Court”

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With Stephen Breyer retiring, your reminder, as much as those two Senators who voted against voting rights annoy us, if either WERE a Republican, you know Mitch McConnell would find a way to keep President Biden from filling his seat.

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But, deep breaths everyone.

Mitch McConnell does not have the majority.

Confirming SCOTUS judge only needs 50 votes plus VP tie-breaker.

And Murkowski & Collins will probably be “Yes” votes anyway.

Biden’s going to get his pick. But he should choose her soon.