Left Coast Sports Babe

Apparently before he went to bat in the bottom of the ninth in a time game, the Astros’ Carlos Correa told Houston manager Dusty Baker “walk-off.” And then he hit a game-winning home run. ESPN then reported “he and Baker enjoyed an extended embrace, during which Correa admitted that he said, “I f—ing told you.”

Great story. Except Dusty is 71 years old. Not thinking he should be hugging ANYBODY.

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Can SF Giants take credit for Braves’ performance in the postseason so far now that Atlanta has picked up San Francisco’s former clubhouse ambassador of fun – Kung Fu Panda.

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Am I allowed as an SF Giants fan to say I am almost beginning to feel sorry for Clayton Kershaw?

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CNN reports “The Trump administration has rejected California’s request for a disaster declaration for six destructive wildfires, including a massive central California wildfire that has become the single largest in state history.”

Can Trump just run for President of the Confederacy and be done with it?

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“I believe we’re rounding the corner,” Trump said of COVID tonight in Miami. Today’s COVID totals, over 64,000 new cases, the most since July, and again over 1,000 deaths. So maybe, rounding the corner – but the wrong way and straight into oncoming traffic.

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Some Fox News headlines don’t even need punchlines: “Ingraham: Bidens family’s ‘get-rich-quick schemes’ should be disqualifying.”

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Justin Trudeau just said the American-Canadian border will be closed indefinitely until U.S. gets coronavirus under control.

Are we tired of winning yet?

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Trump on election: “We’re leading in N. Carolina. Poll just came out. Think we’re leading everywhere where people are intelligent, actually.”

Uh, recent Pew Research Poll had Biden up 10%. Up 20% w/ college graduates & 40%(!) among those w/ post graduate degrees.

Ted Cruz complained today about Democrats still making speeches trying to block Amy Coney Barrett. This is same Ted Cruz who read “Green Eggs & Ham” for over 5 hours on Senate Floor to try to block Obamacare. Cruz really needs to be part of the minority party.

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So now, instead of COVID relief, besides ramming through SCOTUS judges, GOP led Judiciary Committee will be voting on subpoenas NEXT WEEK to subpoena Jack Dorsey over Twitter blocking a questionable NY Post story. This is not normal. Or right We need to Flip The Senate

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It does take a special kind of stable genius to refuse to do a virtual debate, demand an equal time Town Hall with NBC when Joe Biden accepts an invitation for a Town Hall with ABC… and then start complaining about your Town Hall as soon as you get your demand accepted.

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Sometimes I love living in California – Got this email today, after registering for ballot tracking with the country “Hello Janice Hough, This is a message from County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the 2020 General Election was received and will be counted. Thank you for voting!”

Today Florida Gators coach Dan Mullins apologized for yesterday’s statement where he wanted 90,000 fans in attendance this weekend in Gainesville against LSU, and said he really wasn’t trying to demand increased attendance.

“I certainly apologize if I offended people.”

Later today the Gators had to cancel the game due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

Does mean bitch Karma count as a person?

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Also today, coach Nick Saban and the Alabama athletic director tested positive for COVID-19 We are about nine days away from the proposed start of Big-10 football.

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NFL has canceled this year’s Pro Bowl. Gosh, I’ll really miss playing in a meaningless game in Las Vegas during a pandemic said absolutely no one in the league.

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Who knew Braves pitchers might have an harder time getting outs from Dodgers in the first inning than Democratic senators had getting answers out of Amy Coney Barrett in SCOTUS hearings?

(Dodgers scored 11 runs in the first.)

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Senator Ben Sasse gets Coney Barrett to agree it’d be “inappropriate” for “cheating” Houston Astros to get umpire to change rules just for them in elimination game. Except GOP did cheat Merrick Garland, IS now losing & trying to change SCOTUS confirmation rules just for their team.

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“I want to start out again by reminding people at home that this isn’t normal.” Amy Klobuchar at SCOTUS hearings. Evergreen statement in Trump world.

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Questions Barrett wouldn’t answer. Is voter intimidation a crime? (Klobuchar) Is it wrong to separate children from their parents? (Booker) Is climate change real? (Harris)

Question she does answer – Who does the laundry in your house? (Kennedy)

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So what is Amy Coney Barrett going to tell her children tonight if they ask her about why she thinks it’s okay to take other children from THEIR mother?

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Cory Booker references the discussion Barrett had with Klobuchar, asking if Barrett has ever waited 5 hours to vote, or even 1 hour. And actually answered, she has not. Heck, Barrett probably waits longer at Starbucks than she does to vote.

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Not that it matters in the end, but again, RBG died Sept 18. Trump said Sept 22 he was getting close to a decision, but Barrett said in her Senate questionnaire Donald offered & she accepted job the day they met – Sept 21. Why didn’t someone ask Barrett which of them was lying?

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So I assume reporters are keeping video clips of Trump supporters at these rallies saying things like “If I die, I die,” or “I might as well get it and get it over with.” They can be played at some of these folks’ memorial services.

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Anyone who has ever had a child knows you cannot give into tantrums. Ever. Velveeta Voldemort threw a tantrum because debate commission wouldn’t allow him to risk Joe Biden’s life, again. And NBC told him “It’s okay Donnie, you can have your own uninterrupted hour.”

Apparently Maddow asked Harris “Are you as mad as everybody else is that NBC is doing a town hall with President Trump tomorrow instead of the debate at the same time that Vice President Biden’s going to be on ABC?” Kamala should have asked Rachel if SHE was mad.

Any way we can get a list of the sponsors who are buying ad time for NBC’s tantrum town hall with Donald Trump? I’d be more than happy to share it. Guessing a lot of us would be.

Well, at least Dodgers fans can’t blame tonight’s loss on Kershaw.

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In the #smallmercies category, SF Giants barely missing the playoffs does mean while I can multitask I don’t have to decide between obsessed with politics and the MLB postseason on days like this.

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Meanwhile, former SF Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon, now with Atlanta Braves, came in tonight in 9th, after Braves had already blown 3 runs of five run lead, and after an error, gave up a triple that was nearly a home run to cut the lead to 1 but got out of it to preserve an 8-7 Atlanta win.

Guess Melancon, a good guy who never did that well with SF, did at least bring part of Giants baseball to Atlanta – Torture.

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ESPN reports that four days before the Gators were scheduled to play LSU, and coach Dan Mullen said he wanted 90,000 people in the stands in Gainesville, Florida has had to pause football operations, after 19 positive tests.

Gosh, if only God could send them a sign.

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These senators who insist they are safe to be in Senate hearing room without masks for SCOTUS hearings, less that two weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19, are NOT considered to be virus free.

In fact, based on their timing and admitted positive tests Oct 1-2, none of them would be allowed to spend a weekend in Massachusetts looking at fall foliage.

Marsha Blackburn gushes with praise for Amy Coney Barrett putting up with over 11 hours of questioning.Somehow I missed her and others giving the same praise to Hillary Clinton.

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Mike Lee, who actually was diagnosed with COVID-19, about 11 days ago, is pontificating, loudly, without a mask, sending countless respiratory droplets into the air of the Senate chamber. Once again, four words, Pro Life My Ass.

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Merrick Garland has two children. Not that Judge Garland got a chance for a hearing, but why do I think if he had, that praising Merrick for his parenting might not have been part of GOP line of questioning?

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If GOP were as convinced that Amy Coney Barrett were as impartial as they are trying to convince Americans that she is, they wouldn’t be moving heaven & earth to try to confirm her before the election. Period.

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Also, to me, it’s not whether we believe Barrett or not. Not whether she wouldn’t have been OK pick for conservative President. But by GOP’s OWN precedent of 2016, this nomination is illegitimate. Period. I’d feel differently if she were joining a court w/ Merrick Garland.

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Rachel Maddow reports 97% (not a typo) of the 850,000 eligible voters in Travis County Texas, where Austin is located, have registered to vote this year. Maybe Trump shouldn’t have messed with Texas.

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Donald Trump today to suburban women “Will you please like me?” Wow. Might be the first time Donald has asked any women for consent.

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Amy Klobuchar just got Amy Coney Barrett to say publicly that she doesn’t believe Roe v. Wade is a super precedent.

But maybe even more surprising, Klobuchar gave Barrett a softball question on voter intimidation being illegal. Which I’m guessing was to lead into a tougher question. But sometimes in baseball and politics, the “waste” pitch turns out to be the one where you get that big strikeout.

(As in, how hard is it to say “voter intimidation is illegal?)

Vanderbilt-Missouri game is 1st SEC football game postponed by COVID-19, because Vandy won’t have enough scholarship players due to positive tests/contact tracing. Vanderbilt considered Ivy League school of SEC, so were players being stupid, or more honest about tests?

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As a height-challenged person, 5’3″, I’ve been a fan of Jose Altuve. But he was implicated in Astros sign-stealing scandal. And if the baseball gods were trying to send a message…well, zero errors in the regular season and three in the postseason, one that led to three unearned runs, well, the message might look a lot like that.

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Drew Brees started out with a really tough start, with about 32 yards in the middle of 2nd quarter, and Saints down 20-3 points. Then New Orleans came back and won for the 2nd time out of 48 with Brees at QB when they were down 17 points or more.

But both amusing and painful that when asked, Drew too remembered the “Minnesota Miracle,’ where Saints also came back 17 point points to have the lead with a few seconds left.” (I have other words I’ve used and would use. other than “miracle.)

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We often joke that that a player is so old he could almost be his opponent’s father. Tonight 19 years between Drew Brees & Justin Hebert. (And note to Tom Brady, Justin Hebert, 21 years younger than you, already knows this is how it’s done after a close tough loss…) https://twitter.com/Chargers/status/1315872916995678208

Civic lesson after Trump speech in Florida – “I’m just about best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico. You better vote for me, Puerto Rico. Residents of Puerto Rico do not have voting representation in the US Congress & are not entitled to electoral votes for president.

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Kayleigh McEnany sent out a press release of a letter from Sean Conley saying the “President has tested negative on consecutive days.” It didn’t say “which” consecutive days.

Or even which month.

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“They say I’m immune. I feel so powerful. I’ll watch into that audience, I’ll walk in there, kiss everyone in that audience. I’ll kiss the guys and the beautiful women.” President P*ssy Grabber at his finest.

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Trump tweets “Republicans should be strongly focused on completing a wonderful stimulus package for the American People!

First can we fire idiot in White House who tweeted this? “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election.”

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So what is it with GOP and tests? Brett Kavanaugh wouldn’t take a lie detector test. Now Senate Judiciary Committee won’t take COVID-19 tests. The only reason to be afraid of tests is when you’re afraid of the results.

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In 2018 if two Democratic Senators out of Bill Nelson, Claire McCaskill, Heidi Heitkamp, or Joe Donnelly had held onto their seats, we would not have this SCOTUS farce today. Your reminder how important it is we get it right this time.

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I’m happy to concede that Amy Coney Barrett has a nice big family and that she has a happy marriage. THAT IS NOT THE POINT! This is a SCOTUS hearing, not a proposed remake of “Jon and Kate plus eight.”

It’s not that Amy Coney Barrett has been publicly against abortion & ACA in the past. Or even that she instantly accepted Donald Trump’s offer of SCOTUS nomination on Sept 21, less than 72 hours after RBG died. But she has lied about all three. That matters. Truth matters.

(Seriously. Amy Coney Barrett says being on SCOTUS “not a position I sought out & I thought carefully before accepting. Uh, Barrett already said Donald offered her position on Sep 21 & she accepted same day. So she’s starting out being as honest as Kayleigh McEnany)

Bad news for the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos – due to positive COVID-19 cases, their Sunday game was postponed.

Worse news for the 0-5 Atlanta Falcons, their Sunday game wasn’t.

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As a Saints fan, have to ask, why couldn’t the Minnesota Vikings have played the end of the last two playoff games against New Orleans like they did against the Seahawks on Sunday Night Football?

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For that matter, why couldn’t the Seahawks, who scored an improbable TD at the end, have done that last season when with first and goal at the 1 against the 49ers, a TD would have given the Saints a bye?

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Although is there a more schizophrenic team in the NFL in 2020 than the Raiders?

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Congrats to the LA Lakers for winning an NBA Championship and surviving the bubble. Good timing too. By winning in game 6 they can get out of Orlando just before Donald Trump flies in tomorrow.

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Dodgers fans will be able to watch and listen to NLCS games parked in their cars outside Dodger Stadium.With pre-pandemic traffic wasn’t that almost the way Dodgers fans had to listen at least to the first and last three innings anyway?

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Since they have so much faith in Dear Leader, will Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis, along with Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio meet Donald in Sanford tomorrow to shake his hand?

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Donald Trump won’t release the date of his last negative COVID-19 test before he was diagnosed, won’t say now if he’s actually been tested since he was diagnosed, and he wants Joe Biden to debate him in person in 4 days? Two words. Yeah. Right.

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All of this talk about her emails again. So will the Senate Judiciary Committee consider taking a break in their efforts to confirm Barrett so they can impeach President Clinton?

Trump reportedly will skip inaugural ceremony if Biden wins the Presidency. But will Donald leave Joe a note in the resolute desk….angrily scrawled in Sharpie?

If Trump went full Jim Jones and told his supporters actually to drink the Kool-Aid anyone but me increasingly thinking they’d go along with it?

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Meanwhile, Ted Cruz on Meet the Press suggested testing Senate Judiciary Committee members for COVID 19 before Barrett’s confirmation hearings is just a “procedural game” & Democratic delay tactic. Wonder what Herman Cain thinks?

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All eyes on Kamala Harris as the Senate confirmation hearings start tomorrow. But remember, Harris got Kavanaugh upset in his hearings, Amy Klobuchar got him to APOLOGIZE.

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Maybe we as Democrats don’t focus enough on good things President Biden & a Democratic Senate will do. And there will be good things. But as great as your remodeling plans may be, when house is on fire, your first focus is putting the fire out.

Since NLDS series were both sweeps, no MLB baseball today, a foreshadowing of winter. Those gaps in postseason always remind me of A. Bartlett Giamatti. “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.”

I miss the days when sports were our regular biggest “heartbreak.”

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Florida football coach Dan Mullen now wants a full stadium for the Gators game next week in Gainesville against LSU. 90,000 fans.

If Mullen gets his wish can we call it the COVID bowl?

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After Mississippi State lost 24-2 (not a typo) to Kentucky, coach Mike Leach said “We’re going to have to check some of our group and figure out who really wants to play here, because any malcontents, we’re going to have to purge a couple of those.”

Watching COVID-19 cases spike in South, and considering that next week’s opponent, Texas A & M, just knocked off #4 Florida, guessing the number who “really want to play here” now, might make filling a roster difficult.

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Georgia WR George Pickens got an unsportsmanlike penalty today for squirting water from a bottle on Tennessee QB Jarrett Guarantano. And college athletes are the young men we expect to be grownup enough to take precautions against spreading COVID?

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Reports that people attending Trump’s Evita balcony impersonation today at the White House got reimbursed for travel and hotel costs. The real question – will they get reimbursed for their future medical costs?

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Profiles in smarmy cowardice: John Bolton attacking Donald Trump on CNN as “dangerous,” but adds that he’s not endorsing Joe Biden, he’s going to “write in the name of another Republican.” And this man supposedly was making really tough decisions on behalf of our country?

If there’s any truth at all hidden in Trump doctor’s statement that Donald is no longer contagious, it’s that White House is admitting Trump was infected far earlier than admitted and hadn’t been tested- probably for a while, before his debate with Joe Biden.

Ever considered visiting Massachusetts for fall foliage? This year you can’t do it without a proof of valid & recent COVID-19 test. Of course, without such a test you could come to DC as Senator to confirm SCOTUS judge or be a President & travel for big unmasked rallies.

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Negative COVID-19 tests required to get on some planes, travel to many countries, even travel w/o quarantine to some states. Negative test also required to play college or professional sports. But GOP doesn’t think negative test is required to show up for Senate SCOTUS hearings?

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Now a report that George W. Bush will endorse Joe Biden. So what nasty nickname will Donald come up with for W?

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Colin Jost on SNL talking about Donald Trump being one of the only people to have have a near death experience and learn nothing from it. Colin Jost clearly knows nothing about Steve Scalise.

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As the media tries to “both sides” with this court packing question, why don’t they go after Mitch McConnell who actually HAS been court packing since Obama was President?

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Donald’s balcony speech was supposed to be 30 minutes. It lasted less than 20. Most of Trump’s speeches go long. Challenge even a MAGA supporter to come up with a plausible excuse why if he were healthy Donald would give up free airtime.

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So when mothers have to put their children to bed hungry because there’s no COVID relief bill, GOP expects they can just comfort the kids with a bedtime story about a new SCOTUS judge? If you already didn’t KNOW we need to Flip the Senate.

Okay, was never a Yankees fan and especially not an Aroldis Chapman fan. But if you need another reason to be happy about the Rays winning – Imagine how happy FOX will be about losing even the possibility of Yankees in World Series…. #Ratings

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Mike Brousseau, who hit the game-winning home run off Chapman, was buzzed by a 101 MPH Aroldis threw near his head on on Sept 1. Mike said “it’s not about revenge.”

The best revenge includes saying it wasn’t about revenge.

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NY Jets players & coaches sent home this morning after a presumptive positive player test for COVID-19, but it turned out to be false positive.

I suppose I shouldn’t make a joke about well, who really thought Jets players could catch anything?

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Second Presidential debate originally scheduled for Miami next week has been canceled. So how many flies had to cancel vacation travel plans to Florida?

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If Trump has found the cure to COVID-19 why hasn’t he given it to Chris Christie so his friend can get well and out of the hospital?

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Headline that “Nine people who attended Trump rally in Minnesota contracted coronavirus.” Uh, after “Minnesota” and before “contracted” insert “admitted.”

Remember, Dear Leader said “if you don’t have a test, you don’t have a case.”

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Meanwhile Trump is hosting a White House event Saturday.

I didn’t know the Masque of the Red Death had a sequel.

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I like Senators and Presidents who aren’t afraid of taking COVID-19 tests.

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Rumors are flying that Lindsey Graham has COVID-19. Lindsey got his debate canceled tonight when Jaime Harrison simply asked him to take a rapid test before going on stage, and Graham refused.

A wise journalist friend once responded when asked why a politician was repeatedly dodging a question – “Because he must feel the truth is more damaging than any speculation.”

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sent good wishes and prayers last week to Trump when he was in the hospital. Now Donald, who never acknowledged those kind words, is back to the insults. Build Back Better isn’t just for our economy. It’s for our nation’s soul.

So who had “Tom Brady losing track of downs at the end of the game” on their 2020 batsh*t bingo card?

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Although he clearly held up 4 fingers for what would have been “5th down,” Tom Brady denies he lost track of downs on Tampa Bay’s last possession Thursday night against Bears. Wonder if just to be sure, Sean Payton buys a pocket counting device before MNF for Drew Brees?

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As Miami Marlins were embarrassingly swept out of the NLDS, only good news for team might be that with all their postseason games in afternoon, many sports fans probably won’t even realize they were playing.

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I know it’s not currently cool to root for the Astros after the cheating scandal. But if anyone in baseball deserves a ring, it’s Dusty Baker. Life is complicated.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ruled Harris County w/ 4.7 million can have ONE ballot drop box. To put this in perspective, Palo Alto, California, where I live, has a population of 66,000, & FOUR ballot drop boxes. And Santa Clara County, population 1.9 million has about 90 drop boxes.

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Trump thinks a doctor’s note will make it okay for Joe Biden to debate him in person. The same doctor who says Donald is 6’3″ and 244 lbs? Two words. Yeah. Right.

Open note to GOP Senators who might be having 2nd thoughts about Trump / McConnell’s efforts to ram through SCOTUS pick: Hearings should have been no sooner than after election BEFORE WH COVID-19 outbreak. But if you want to use health over conscience as an excuse, fine by me.

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Lindsay Graham apparently doesn’t want to take a COVID-19 test before debating Jaime Harrison tomorrow night. Bad enough that Graham plays golf with Trump, now he’s emulating Dear Leader in playing with people’s lives.

Fox News asks Donald Trump Thursday “Do you feel contagious?’ This is like cops pulling people over who are weaving all over the road and asking “Do you feel drunk?”

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Trump also told Fox’s Maria Bartiromo “I’ll be tested very soon.” As soon as he releases his beautiful health plan?

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So the suspects who allegedly wanted to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitman met in… a hidden basement? The only way it would be more perfect is if it were the basement of a pizza parlor.

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Let’s see, attacking Gov. of Michigan after plot was revealed to try to kidnap & maybe kill her, then blaming Gold Star families for his COVID-19. So Donald Trump now plans to win without votes of either women or military?

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You know who wouldn’t condemn a plot to kidnap and potentially kill a rival? Vladimir Putin.’

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So let me get this straight. Since next Presidential Debate has been turned to a virtual format, Donald Trump won’t do it because it’s a “joke.”

But Donald has no problem having Senators question his SCOTUS nominee in a virtual format for a lifetime appointment?

Reports are that vulnerable Senate Republicans are now trying to hold onto their seats by distancing themselves from Trump. Too late. To paraphrase Colin Powell, it’s time to apply Pottery Barn rule of democracy – You break it, you own it.

Side note. Good night for Yankees to have most Americans watching VP debate instead of ALDS game against Rays.

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Rough night for Fox. Pence at best had a draw in debate which won’t move the needle much in the election. And worse the Yankees are now one game from elimination. #Ratings.

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Once again why does ANYONE care what Rick Santorum thinks? (ICYMI, he lost his Senate re-election bid by 18 points.)

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Really love the GOP theory that Hillary conspired with Russia to lose the election so Democrats could smear Donald Trump. Are they all delusional on steroids?

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Look who cracked the top 10 in COVID-19 case increases for the past week – District of Columbia + 47%

I missed the Trump tweet taking credit.

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Three GOP Senators w/ COVID-19, several others in quarantine. Mitch McConnell on DC now “I do think there have been risky behaviors, but not in the Senate.” Fixed it for him “but not on the Democratic side of the Senate.” Which is soon to be the majority side.

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Legendary former Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden, 90, has COVID. Also, FSU said university president John Thrasher, who attended Oct 3 football game against Jacksonville State, has tested positive. I missed Governor Ron DeSantis tweet taking credit.

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Susan Collins complained Sara Gideon is “trying to convince the people of Maine that somehow I am no longer the same person.” Well, maybe because since Trump got into office, Collins IS no longer the same person.

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Same Trump campaign that figured they could get suburban women’s votes by “threatening” them with visits by Beto O’Rourke and Cory Booker probably figureed that having a man interrupt & talk down to his female opponent was a good VP debate strategy.

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“I will not sit here and be lectured by the Vice President.” Kamala Harris.

How much will we all be glad not to be lectured any more by this Vice President?

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But so a week from now will anyone remember anything from #VPDebate except the fly?

https://store.joebiden.com/truth-over-flies-fly-swatter/

Great idea, the fly swatter, already sold out. Hey, maybe unlike Trump signature the fly swatters could be sold on Ebay for big $$$. (How jealous would that make Donald?)

In all seriousness, we know COVID-19 is airborne. The fly had no trouble getting around the plexiglass. Kamala Harris needs to be tested again, regularly, and probably distanced for a while from Joe Biden.

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And now VP Pence plans to hold in-person campaign event at Central Florida’s Villages, largest 55 & over community in US, largely white, and traditionally conservative. In a state expected to be close, is it really good idea to try to kill off your supporters?

US death toll now over 211,000, as Trump now calls COVID-19 a “blessing from God.” You know, I remember when we thought only primitive societies believed in the myth of human sacrifice.

When you hear anyone in MLB or baseball complaining about a lack of national interest in the game, reminder that not only are the Divisional Series only on TBS, FS1 and MLB Network, but also, even in the midst of a pandemic where so many Americans are looking for escapist entertainment, even the League Championship Series will be only on TBS.

The World Series will be on Fox. When no doubt if it’s not Dodgers – Yankees they will be complaints that fans don’t really know either team.

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LSU is going to stop temperature checks for fans entering the football stadium this weekend, AND start selling alcohol.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Meanwhile, wishing Bobby well. But will even this story convince some in Florida to take COVID-19 seriously? “Bobby Bowden, 90, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday as he undergoes treatment for COVID-19.”

Mike Pence team finally agreed to plexiglass dividers for Oct. 7 VP debate with Kamala Harris, saying they don’t “think it’s needed,” but “if she’s more comfortable, then that’s fine”

On brand, from birth control to COVID-19, GOP always seems to be against using protection.

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There is right now more drug testing necessary to be a long snapper in the NFL than to be President of the United States.

Tuesday night the NY Times endorsed Joe Biden. For those who originally had another 1st choice, remember that the women that NY Times originally endorsed, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, are both valued Biden surrogates who will play important roles in Joe’s administration.

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Now Ivanka has fled to work at home. But you know who can’t work at home? The White House residence staff. Those who make Donald’s bed, cook his food, and bring him his Diet Coke. Trump is the most ANTI Life President ever.

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Thoroughly disliked Ronald Reagan, but Patti Davis tells story on to Anderson Cooper, on after he was shot, her dad said he’d never forget looking out of window of car speeding to hospital, seeing people lying in pools of blood from bullets meant for him. Can anyone imagine Donald saying that?

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I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I’ll govern as an American president…I’ll work as hard for those who don’t support me as those who do.” Joe Biden gave a great speech at Gettysburg Tuesday. All networks should have given the same time replaying that speech tonight as they did to Donald’s helicopter prime-time sunset charade last night.

Think they did?

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Donald Trump on the Titanic would be telling fellow passengers not to let a little ice dominate them, while he bullied his way past women & children into one of the few remaining lifeboats.

Remember the worst drunk tweet or text you ever sent? Then read POTUS tweets Tuesday night in the midst of roid rage. And give yourself a pass.

Seriously. We wonder how Trump keeps supporters? Took one for the team to watch local Fox affiliate KTVU, which I watched for decades in Northern Californi before they became more “Fox.” Headlines were “New support for stimulus” & “Pres. signaled new support for stand alone stimulus bills.”

As opposed to “Crazy man on steroids contradicts himself in tweet storm.”

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If your elderly parent had been discharged from hospital and was ranting, in person or on Twitter, like Donald Trump is doing Tuesday night, you’d be calling the doctor in a panic to re-admit them and check their meds.

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Joe Biden – “I think if he still has covid we shouldn’t have a debate.” Again, 1 of 2 things is true. Either Trump had COVID back on Sept 29 & risked Joe’s health in 1st debate – OR if Donald really just tested positive on Oct 2 then he’ll still be contagious Oct 15. Which is it?

As a New Orleans Saints fan I’m really looking forward to returning to times when we can just ignore politics and enjoy simple things like the Atlanta Falcons being 0-4.

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All postseason MLB Games will be played at a hotel of four stadiums: The AL will be playing all their games at Dodgers Stadium and Petco Park.

On day one, 27 runs in two games between As-Astros and Yankees-Rays. And all four teams have to be thinking “Wait, aren’t these supposed to be pitchers’ parks.

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Trevor Noah tonight talking about all the COVID-19 cases after Donald’s Rose Garden party and later receptions for Amy Coney Barrett – “That’s not karma, that’s consequences.” Can’t it be both?

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But if Karma were a big cat lying in wait for this administration, she probably couldn’t pick a better time to pounce than during an event where they were dancing on the not-yet-dug grave of one of the most beloved women in America.

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Remember back when Amy Klobuchar’s husband had COVID-19? He left hospital after five days, but she & her daughter still couldn’t be with him in person for over a week because he was potentially contagious. But Trump has no problem risking health of countless people at the White House.

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At least with Donald Trump leaving Walter Reed presume his loud cult members will disperse from in front of the hospital and the real heroes being treated there can get some sleep.

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So when White House staffers including housekeeping and kitchen workers get too sick to come to work, will Trump call them “suckers” and “losers?”

Millions of Americans have voted by mail every election for decades & GOP now saying vote by mail is illegitimate way to elect someone.

Only 150 Senate hearings have been done partially remotely during pandemic & GOP now remote hearings are as legitimate way to fill lifetime SCOTUS appointment?

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So one of two things is true. Either Trump had COVID much of last week & risked the health of Joe Biden & others during debate, or he was first positive on Thursday when Donald admitted getting tested in which case he will be contagious during NEXT week’s debate? Which is it?

This White House is turning into a COVID remake of Agatha’s Christie’s “And then there were none.”

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So Donald Trump didn’t risk infecting enough people the first time, he RETURNED to White House balcony, unmasked, to reshoot his photo-op entrance. Like a Bridezilla demanding to redo her wedding pictures.

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Was Donald Trump looking to recreate Eva Peron’s famous balcony scene tonight? And if so has anyone told him that Evita died not long after it?

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Joe Biden, who doesn’t have COVID-19, wears mask to protect people around him. Donald Trump, who has COVID-19 & is still contagious, demands to return to White House to infect people around him. “Siri, what’s the difference between a leader and a despot?”

You think you’re not performing at your best these days? Four weeks into the season, the Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas & NY Giants NFL teams have a combined THREE wins between the four of them.

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Again, such a small point in the grand scheme of things…but since truth does still matter, why is NBC continually showing pretty pictures of San Francisco…. when the 49ers play 45 miles south in Santa Clara?

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Yikes. Now Claudia Conway has COVID-19. So guessing Kellyanne was as careful and considerate with her own family as the Trump White House has been with our country.

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Some pundits are wondering if Donald Trump’s getting COVID-19 will get him to take the virus seriously.

You know who didn’t need to get sick to take the virus seriously? Joe Biden.

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A recent ABC News-Ipsos poll found 72% say Trump has not taken the risk of contracting COVID-19 seriously enough. Which means 28% STILL think Donald has done everything right?

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Btw, besides his video and insane photo op, Donald did find time to tweet a favorable poll from the Express. The Express is a right-wing United Kingdom tabloid famous for years for publishing Princess Diana murder conspiracy theories.

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Washington Post reports that Trump “probably cannot see (his MAGA supporters) from his window, given the trees, but perhaps he hears them. They are very loud.” And how about the wounded soldiers and veterans recovering at Walter Reed who just want to sleep?

If Mitch McConnell were already MINORITY leader, not only would we not have this dangerous rush to ram through RBG’s replacement but also Senate would have passed COVID-19 relief package for those who desperately need it. Along with hundreds of other bills.

So how many agents are now at risk and/or may have to quarantine? Anyone who joins the Secret Service knows you might have to take a bullet to protect the President. But the job title shouldn’t include needing to protect yourself FROM the President.

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Thousands of people couldn’t get as close to their loved ones dying in hospitals as Donald Trump got today to supporters he doesn’t even know.

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So much attention to Donalds little joy ride today. But when is someone in media going to point out that the guy in the slow-moving Black Chevy Suburban is already responsible for a lot more deaths than the guy in the White Bronco.

Because we need moments like this. Especially us girls.

SHE BEAT THE BOYS!

It’s only right the final jewel of the Triple Crown ends in dramatic fashion.
Swiss Skydiver, the only filly in the race, WINS the @PreaknessStakes. pic.twitter.com/73SZJwHOHZ

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) October 3, 2020

As Virginia faced #1 Clemson tonight in college football, 7 players and 1 coach were out due to COVID-19 testing. I’m so old I remember when it was a weak nonconference opponent being paid to play a top college team that they referred to as a “body-bag game.”

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I love sports. But NFL players are well-paid adults making choices. College students are unpaid and not really adults Anyone but me having a really really hard time with the thought of watching college football?

Lakers-Heat game 3 Sunday. So is anyone watching the last two games in the NBA Season?

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Just saw a clip of Russell Wilson saying after the Seahawks win over the Cowboys ‘There’s Nothing Really That Can Get To Me’ Uh, maybe he should talk to Cam Newton?

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Remember when we used to make jokes about the stories coming out of North Korea about Dear Leader’s health?

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Your reminder, Donald Trump’s doctors say he is 6’3″ and 244 pounds.

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I suppose it would be really churlish to come up with a t-shirt saying “I went to a Trump event and all I got was a lousy case of COVID.”

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Never have quite understood Chris Christie’s loyalty to Trump as much as Donald has humiliated him over the years. Hoping that loyalty ends up only costing Christie his pride.

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As an American, hoping the President recovers. But to anyone asking how a near-death experience might affect Donald Trump – I give you Steve Scalise.

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How do you make “substantial progress” against something that is “99% harmless?”

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So how long until Trump’s doctors say they would release his medical records at Walter Reed except that they are under ‘routine audit?”

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So many different contradictory stories coming out about Donald’s condition, including from Mark Meadows. But in this last one – “He is up and about and asking for documents to review.” Uh, does anyone think even a healthy Trump reviews documents?

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Remember watching debate noticing that Donald wasn’t interrupting so much last 1/2 hour & sounded increasingly tired. Told my husband, “maybe the Adderall wore off.” Now wondering, did Trump “accidentally” arrive too late for pre-debate COVID-19 testing.

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Dr. Fauci would have told Trump not to have that Rose Garden ceremony. Just saying.

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If ghoulish White House celebration party to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she was even buried turns out to be most devastating Super Spreader event, please don’t call it tragic. Because tragedy involves a hero with a fatal flaw. And there were NO heroes at that party.

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Senators Thom Tillis and Mike Lee say they will isolate for 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19 Uh, CDC guidelines say 14(!) days. And ignoring CDC guidelines has served Trump and his GOP cronies so well so far….

Damn, Bob Gibson. I really fell in love with baseball as a kid in the 1968 World Series when Mickey Lolich outdueled him. But the older I got, the more special I realized Gibson was. Wonder who Bob’s going to hit in the ribs in a softball game tomorrow in heaven. RIP.

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My favorite Bob Gibson story. Gibson was a very fierce competitor, and if you showed him up, or even hit a home run off him, his reputation was that you might be hit by a pitch the next time up. Someone once asked him, well after he retired, if he really threw at people’s heads.Bob’s response “Nah, heads move around too much. I always went for the ribs.”

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Well, at least Cubs picked a day to be humiliatingly swept out of the first round of the MLB playoffs by the Marlins without almost anyone noticing.

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If you’re feeling tired, imagine how many finished skits writers at SNL have already probably had to redo or completely throw out in last couple days?

When a Supreme Court Judge died about a month before the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln waited until after the election to nominate a new Justice. Thinking with hindsight after what looks to have been a Superspreader RoseGarden event, an increasing number of Republicans are positively in favor of that choice.

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Senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis have tested positive for COVID-19.

Apparently at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday the Senator closest to Mike Lee was Ted Cruz. I do not think I should say anything about this.

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So did Scott Atlas told Donald Trump this was a great opportunity to test herd immunity in the West Wing?

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Increasingly looking like the only lives Trump really saved were those of the people he fired.

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“The President will be admitted as a Coronavirus patient.” It was two weeks ago tonight that RBG died. This last month has been the longest year ever.

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CNN’s Dana Bash pointed out that Donald Trump was airlifted from the same White House lawn where he gave his RNC acceptance speech.

Irony, your regular table is ready.

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Biden didn’t stay in his basement for 2 months because he was a coward. Joe Biden stayed in his basement for 2 months because Joe was decent & brave enough to accept Trump’s attacks on him, instead of risking lives.

That’s leadership. That’s our next President.

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Prayer for 2020:

Now I lay me down to sleep.

Pray the Lord my soul to keep

If I die before I wake.

Pray the Lord to track my absentee ballot.

Anderson Cooper is live now on CNN. Having a five month baby probably at least has him in the habit of being up at 3am.

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Scary thought. So how close did potential super spreader COVIDiot Donald Trump get to Joe Biden Tuesday night?

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Fully expect that Joe Biden as soon as he hears, will tweet serious well wishes to Donald and Melania Trump. It is who Joe is.

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Have to ask, would this have happened if Trump listened more to Dr. Fauci than to Dr. Atlas?

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She’s relatively young and presumably in a low-risk group. But how many people who have met with Trump this week have also met with Amy Coney Barrett? Another reason to shut this charade of a SCOTUS nomination process down.

Just realized, Donald was so rattled tonight in his tweet he didn’t call it the “China Virus.”

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Oddly enough Donald Trump was heading to Florida tomorrow, where Governor Ron DeSantis has opened all bars and restaurant, and eliminated mask mandates.

And then Donald was going to Wisconsin Saturday, which has already become one of the biggest COVID-19 hotspots.

So for those states, small mercies.

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How quickly things change. Earlier Thursday this was the big news: Even after a GOP state legislator got COVID-19 in late May, Republicans in Pennsylvania have been fighting Gov. Tom Wolf on masks. And now, PA House voting session cancelled because another GOP State Rep. tested positive this morning.

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And it was about 12 hours before I wrote this that we were all worked about because Kayleigh McEnany referred to Rhodes College in Memphis graduate Amy Coney Barrett as a “Rhodes” scholar?

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I miss slow news days.

There were 19(!) walks in Yankees-Indians game tonight. Tied postseason record. And how many of us who used to be youth baseball parents had painful little league flashbacks?

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Meanwhile not honestly sure what’s worse…being an SF Giants fan and watching team miss out on playoffs by losing three very winnable games in a row the last weekend of season. Or being a Twins fan and watching team make playoffs and then set a record for consecutive losses in the postseason. (18)

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No runner on 2nd and nobody out rule in extra innings in the playoffs. Although as Reds-Braves ending up 0-0 going into 13th MLB might be rethinking that decision.

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As Trump said he ‘brought back Big Ten football,’ can we remind him of this – IF the season actually gets starts, and WHEN the COVID-19 cases in the Midwest get even worse?

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Washington Post reports a Rand study found “U.S. alcohol consumption has increased strikingly during pandemic.” Uh, they needed a “study” for that?

Mississippi with COVID-19 cases increasing, is eliminating mask mandate. Gov. Reeves “believes masks work” But “we have to trust people to look after themselves & make wise decisions.” So is GOP Gov. getting rid of speed limits & DUI laws too?

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More I think about it, more I think Amy Klobuchar nailed it with comparison of Donald Trump to a heckler at a ballgame: Because it’s not just being loud & annoying – a heckler only knows how to criticize – without the ability or a real plan how to do anything better.

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Anyone who’s been on a Zoom call knows a simple solution for the next debate. The host mutes everyone who isn’t supposed to be talking. Problem solved. You’re welcome.

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One thing I learned with last night’s debate: Not that it was on my list, but I now have absolutely, positively no interest in ever attending a cage match.

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If Donald really doesn’t know who the Proud Boys are, then why would he think he needs to tell them to stand down? Asking for a really tired country.

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Trump told “Proud Boys” to “stand back and stand by.” And if after listening to Donald for years, Tim Scott really thinks he “misspoke” then maybe Senator Scott needs a cognitive test.

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Donald Trump tweeting today about debate – “HIGHEST CABLE TELEVISION RATINGS OF ALL TIME. SECOND HIGHEST OVERALL TELEVISION RATINGS OF ALL TIME.” Well yes, highest rated parts of NASCAR races sadly are usually the wrecks.

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For those who remember Sister Mary Elephant, and Cheech and Chong, (and records) … Chris Wallace last night in the debate was as if the record got stuck and we just kept hearing “class, class, class, class, class, class, class, class…..

If Donald Trump is bound and determined not to let Joe Biden be heard in the next debate, maybe Katie Porter could loan Joe her white board?

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Donald thinks he won the debate, “every poll I saw, I won the debate.” Did Trump use his map Sharpie on polls too?

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CNN reports a source says that Donald thinks he did well last night. Can we start calling Trump the “Participation Trophy President?”

Si.Com today on baseball postseason “Depending on your perspective, it’s set to be either gloriously chaotic, or a total mess.”

Uh, couldn’t it be both?

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Again, so while we keep getting the top 25 college football polls every week, can we get a top 25 college football COVID-19 list? Today 19 Buffalo football players test positive for virus.

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Apparently the 18 Notre Dame football team positive cases were the result of a pre-game meal together a player who threw up on the sidelines. Well, good thing college students don’t eat, drink and throw up at parties.

Amy Klobuchar tweeted today “Donald Trump. Are you a President on the debate stage or a heckler at a ballgame? Our country needs a leader we respect. Not a guy we need to shout over to be heard.”

Uh, I’ve been to about 45 different Major League ballparks, I know good people who work for SF Giants. If any heckler behaved like Donald Trump did tonight and disregarded ushers repeatedly they’d be thrown out of the stadium. Permanently.

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Warning for Kamala Harris: Especially after tonight when Donald Trump acted like a petulant bully, Mike Pence will get a boost in VP debate if he simply acts like a civil human being.

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Such a small lie in the grand scheme of things but Trump said the evening of Sept 22. “I’m getting very close to having a final decision made. ” And Amy Coney Barrett said in her formal questionnaire to the Senate that Donald offered her the seat on Sept 21!

September 21, in case you remember, was MONDAY, RBG died Friday night.

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All anyone who’s never watched Fox and Friends needs to know about the show – today their guest making accusations about Joe Biden’s mental state was…. Rudy Giuliani.

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Whatever you think about Chris Wallace, he gave Donald Trump easy chances tonight to act Presidential, to display an understanding of issues facing our country, even to act like a decent human being. And Donald failed on all counts.

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In a normal world, it would be bad enough that a US President couldn’t disavow White Supremacists. In a worse abnormal 2020 world, we’ve got a US President who responds by telling Proud Boys to “stand down, stand by.”

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Okay, all future debates involving Trump must have a mute button for moderator to use when Donald is not supposed to talk. Either or they need a strong woman capable of b*tch slapping him into submission.

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Andrew Yang makes a great point, the people who should be really upset tonight are down ballot Republicans. If only they had remembered they took an oath to our country and not to Donald Trump.

Heckuva strategy for Donald to try to appeal to suburban women by reminding them of their tantrum-throwing children, along with abusive bosses and ex-boyfriends/husbands.

So what excuse will Trump give for skipping the next two debates?

Congrats to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Who won the Stanley Cup after almost two months in the NHL bubble.

The league managed to get through the whole two months without a single COVID-19 case….so credit to all involved for good behavior.

Oh, and a bit of geographic help. The NHL did their entire end of season and post season in CANADA. (Toronto and Edmonton.)

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Now of course the really scary part begins for the team…. if any of them are heading back to Florida.

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Not saying ice hockey isn’t really Florida’s thing. But have to wonder how it would if folks in the Tampa area were asked if they had seen the Lightning.

Guessing most of them would respond, we didn’t even hear the Thunder.

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If only God could send us a sign about playing college football? – ESPN reports “Notre Dame football team announces 18 positive cases in latest round of COVID-19 testing.”

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As I watch some of these Big Ten football players opt back into the season, sad realization that for some, heart issues from COVID-19 may kill them years after most of us have forgotten about the pandemic. And their college careers.

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Remember, if we vote in Joe Biden and we don’t like the job he’s doing we can vote him out. If we re-elect Donald Trump we may never have another election again.

Really sad when you see people interviewed on local news about the Presidential Debate Tuesday and you already know who they’re supporting for based on whether or not they are wearing a mask.

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WTAF? Now The Daily Show reports that Donald’s mini-me Florida Governor Ron De Santis wants to implement a “College Bill of Rights” for Florida students to be able to party with no restrictions and no masks.

Again, GOP motto really is, people are dying to re-elect Trump.

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We know Joe Biden will chose a SCOTUS nominee who supports Roe V. Wade. We know Trump’s handlers gave him list of nominees who would overturn it. Not the point. Point is based even on 2016 precedent, nomination is illegitimate. Unless Donald chose Merrick Garland.

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I remember bumper stickers “We survived Clinton – you’ll survive Bush, ” & then “We survived Bush – you’ll survive Obama.” Oddly, haven’t seen any of them saying “We survived Trump…” Probably because we haven’t, and over 205,000 Americans (so far) won’t.

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If Trump is so sure he will be re-elected why is he pushing so hard for his nominee to be confirmed before the election? And if he thinks he can’t win without her on the Supreme Court that alone should be reason for Coney Barrett to recuse herself.

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Fox News was more upset by Nancy Pelosi’s blowdry than they are about Donald claiming a $70K tax deduction for hairstyling.

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Donald tweeted “Joe Biden just announced that he will not agree to a Drug Test. Gee, I wonder why? Donald himself will not agree to give his DNA to E Jean Carroll’s lawyers, Gee, I wonder why?

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Rachel Maddow points out that Donald claims his hotel lost $55 million dollars….how do you charge almost $1,000 a night in DC for hotel room plus inflated prices for events that are charged to taxpayers & still LOSE MONEY? If that were true every hotel in town would be going broke.

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Just saying, Donald Trump spending $70,000 on his hair to look like it does might be reason itself for the 25th Amendment.

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Dear Donald Trump. It doesn’t really count as job creation if you keep firing the people you hired and thus creating new openings.

Also doesn’t count if some jobs are open because previous people who held them are like, you know, dead.

Sincerely, America.

SF Giant had plenty of chances to make the playoffs.

But Sunday, in a 5-4 the Giants went down on at least four called third strikes on pitches WELL outside the strike zone.

Now, Giants also lost two games last week due to the “runner on 2nd” in extra innings rule, and the 7 inning double headers. If MLB is going to get creative, maybe 2021 would be the year to look seriously at robot umps?

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Need more reason to hate Rob Drake, umpire who helped end SF Giants season w/ his horrific strike calls? In October, 2019, ESPN reported Rob tweeted then deleted that he planned to buy AR-15 “because if you impeach my PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020,”

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Back to college football, Georgia State postponed their game against Charlotte over COVID-19 tests that were apparently “read incorrectly.” -ie so-called positive tests were really negative.

Instills a lot of confidence about some of these “negative” tests….

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It’s a genuinely nice thing that Amy Coney Barrett & her family say they love her youngest son with Down Syndrome so much. Does Judge Barrett realize that some health insurance plans consider Down syndrome to be a pre-existing condition?

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Your reminder while Trump rants that Joe Biden should take a drug test, Donald himself has refused to give E Jean Carroll’s lawyers a sample of his DNA.

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Trump ranting to his cult last night about God-given rights” in Pennsylvania. So I missed the part of the Bible where after feeding the multitudes, Jesus gives them all AR-15s.

So how many calls has Donald Trump made to Bill Barr since Sunday afternoon demanding “his” AG shut down the @NYTimes?

Reportedly after the debate Joe Biden will make a multi-day campaign train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania. Will be a nice contrast – Joe’s train tour compared to Donald’s daily train wreck.

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We don’t know all details yet on Trump tax returns, but while the GOP complains loudly about Democrats paying fines for former felons to be able to vote, Republicans are also asking us to believe man accused of current felony tax fraud should be able to put a lifetime vote on SCOTUS?

Wow. This shocking headline “Poll shows majority of Americans want vacant Supreme Court Justice seat filled after election.” Not the poll, where the headline came from “By Bradford Betz | Fox News.” Guessing Dear Leader will not be pleased with state TV tomorrow.

While I realize there are FAR more important things to worry about right now, WTF was Dubon doing trying to steal third base down with his team down three runs with the SF Giants’ best player this year, Mike Yazstremski at plate as tying run? Okay, back to worrying about the death of democracy.

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Haven’t been able to bring myself to watch college football this year, but noticed K.J. Costello threw for 623 passing yards against LSU. Gosh, how much would Stanford have loved to have a QB who could pass like that. Oh wait, never mind.

Also saw that Florida State lost 52-10 to Miami today. Well, for my old friends from high school who remember those Seminoles-Hurricane games, at least the game didn’t end with a FG miss wide-right.

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And Florida State coach Mike Norvell, who couldn’t be at the game due to testing positive for COVID-19, took the blame – “Tonight was extremely challenging.Those are my guys, and to be sitting at home and not being able to have an impact throughout the course of the game, it was a tough night.”

So what lesson will no doubt many football folks take from that? Don’t get tested.

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So along with the college football polls after this week’s games, can media also publish a list of the top five universities for COVID-19 cases?

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Do try to check my tweets and other posts before posting. One I thought surely was satire was story that Trump complained tonight media didn’t cover his 2 “Noble” prizes. Nope. Yeah, media didn’t cover the prizes he didn’t win….

Trying to wrap my head around what would have happened if Obama had nominated Merrick Garland before Antonin Scalia was buried.

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I’ll concede Amy Coney Barrett is a smart congenial woman who’s a good mom. That’s NOT the point.

The point – In precedent set by Abraham Lincoln & expanded by Mitch McConnell, NO candidate should go through SCOTUS confirmation process, while people are ALREADY voting.

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Does anyone believe the man who doesn’t even read his intelligence briefings actually “studied” about Amy Coney Barrett?

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Over-under on the number of “Amy Coney Barrett is a great carpool mom who shows up with good cupcakes for bake sales” stories from media this week?

So much talk of Amy Coney Barrett being an originalist – “all statements in constitution must be interpreted based on original understanding of authors or people at time it was ratified.” If that’s true then she knows authors never intended women to vote, let alone be judges.

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Amy Coney Barrett, a mother of seven, including a special-needs child, if confirmed on Supreme Court, will have healthcare for life And if confirmed, she is likely to be the deciding vote to strip healthcare from millions of Americans.

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How nice for Judge Barrett that her husband, a partner in a South Bend law firm, helps around the house and does much of the cooking. Can anyone remember a male appointee praising his wife for both having a job and helping raise their children?

Again, WTAF? Trump is trying to use the Iowa “primary” mess as an example of the problems with mail in ballots. So did no one tell Donald, or did he forget that Iowa was CAUCUSES?

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The only legitimate pick Donald Trump could have made for RBG’s SCOTUS seat before the election is Merrick Garland. Period.