Memorials and memories

Posted May 26, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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As college football playoff commissioners moved towards CFP changes with top four seeds getting byes, regardless of conference, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey now says SEC not settled on preferred CFP format – he wants to allow for changing conditions, and possible play-in games

Translation, he’ll be fine as long as at least half the SEC including Alabama get into the post season.

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Teams in playoff position on Memorial Day have about a 75% chance of making the postseason.

Meanwhile, will the Colorado Rockies, 9-45, be the first MLB team to be eliminated by the All-Star Break?

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PGA Senior Golf Championship ended yesterday. Has Donald said he should have won yet?

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Fox News was all over the incident in Liverpool during the championship parade for the city’s football/soccer Premier League team. 50 plus people were injured, some gravely, when a car drove through the crowd. Now that police say driver was a local white 53 year old man…. crickets.-

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Joe Biden Tweet today. “On Memorial Day, let us pause to remember and honor the brave women and men who made the ultimate sacrifice so we could live our lives in peace and possibility. Today we also honor the families they left behind whose hearts still carry the weight of absence.”

Barack Obama Tweet “On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.”

I miss having a president.

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Meanwhile Velveeta Voldemort today “We have the World Cup and we have the Olympics. Can you imagine, I miss that four years and now I have everything. Amazing the way things work out. God did that.”

So at this point what are the odds that the World Cup and Olympics both happen in the US?

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For some reason Fox, which claims to be pro policy and military, didn’t say a word about this guy on Memorial Day.

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Numbers games

Posted May 26, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Of course it’s way too early to look seriously at the standings. But if MLB season ended today, four playoff teams would be from AL Central (Tigers, Guardians, Twins, Royals) and three (Dodgers, Giants, Padres), from NL West.

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Minnesota Twins fall short 2-1 to Royals with tying run on 3rd and winning run on 2nd in 10th…. but baseball friend pointed out, had they pulled it out would have been first 3 game sweep with all wins by walkoff in franchise history. Baseball is the best nerd game.

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Whether or not Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark really was fouled late in a two point game against the NY Liberty it’s kind of cool that social media is in an uproar over women’s basketball.

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All these 20 plus point comebacks in NBA playoffs. Maybe it’s good for advertisers in the 4th quarter. But have to wonder, how many people are figuring there’s no need to turn in for the first quarter?

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Trump DOJ investigating Chicago mayor for possibly hiring too many Black people. His office workforce is 30% White, 34% Black. Chicago city population is 31.4% white, 28.7% black.

Meanwhile 40% of Americans are people of color. Trump cabinet, 17% people of color. Where’s THAT investigation?

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He’s going to pardon the “late great Al Capone”, isn’t he?

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Wow. CNN’s “Change the Channel” Scott Jennings in a speech promoting his own book said that when he first met Trump at the White House, Donald told him “You look terrific.” So is Jennings hoping when Velveeta Voldemort runs out of Fox folks to hire he’ll offer him a job?

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Buried in NY Times article today. “In no county where Trump increased his share of vote did majority of adults have college degree. And in no county voting more Democratic did fewer than 20% of adults have college degree.” Why Trump feels safe going after Harvard.

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Now he’s attacking the “big beautiful bill.” Twice in one month Trump actually has me agreeing with… Rand Paul?

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Personally I’m fine with Tommy Tuberville running for Alabama governor. But does this mean he’d actually have to move back to the state from Florida?

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NY Times Headline “Europe Negotiating by the Book, but Trump Is Tearing It Up.” Buried lede: “Trump sees tariff talks as chance to pressure rival into concessions. E.U. officials have acted as if they were dealing w/ an ally.”

Think about it. Memorial Day weekend, four months into Trump second term, USA is no longer an ally of Europe.

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When #FAFO trends now we all know it’s another Trump about a Trump voter or voters who voted for him to hurt other people. And now discovered they ARE the other people.

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Trump at West Point “You will become officers of the greatest & most powerful army the world has ever known. And I know, because I rebuilt that army, & I rebuilt the military. And we rebuilt it like nobody has ever rebuilt it before in my 1st term…” Dementia in plain sight.

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Down is up

Posted May 24, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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At 8-42, the Rockies just finished the worst 50 games in MLB history since 1895.

Tonight, they knocked off the AL East leading NY Yankees 3-2.

Baseball is a funny game.

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Do any of these folks cheering Trump attacks on Harvard realize that he won’t stop at Harvard? It’ll be your alma-mater next. Or if you didn’t go to University, maybe the school with your favorite college football or basketball team.

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Hey MAGA. As Donald escalates his xenophobia to banning foreign college students, are you ready to kiss even red-state teams’ successes goodbye?

Florida just won national NCAA men’s basketball championship with Australian power forward , Nigerian center and Slovenian guard.

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WTAF? Trump now justifying his attacks on Harvard by alleging that it’s foreign students at Harvard who need “remedial math?” Man who bankrupted CASINOS and who thinks tariffs are not a tax says what?

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I’m so old I remember when Trump criticized Biden over Hurricane Helene relief & lied that FEMA spent money helping immigrants & not North Carolina residents. He got NC electoral votes & now takes FEMA money from the state to pay for billionaire tax cuts and his military parade

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There is one reason Velveeta Voldemort is threatening 50% tariffs on the EU. They had the audacity to sign a rare minerals deal with Greenland.

The Independent and others are reporting that at Donald’s high priced crypto coin dinner the food was awful. “Spirit Airlines level” said one..“Worst food I’ve ever had at a Trump golf course,” TikTok personality Nick Pinto, who invested $300,000 in Trump family cryptocurrency, ..only good thing was bread & butter.”

So overpriced, overhyped crap. Sounds like a metaphor for his presidency.

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Bible says “it profit not a man to gain the whole world if he loses his soul.”. Meanwhile Jake Tapper sold his soul, (and trashed his ratings) in hopes of a bestseller and will have his books on the remainder shelf by summer.

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Former Republican member of Congress David Jolly of Florida goes there. “Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and arguably unwell.” Biden is no longer President and no longer has power. We need to focus on the threat to our country right now.

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We need a book about Trump’s decline and the coverup. Some REAL journalist want to write it? Got the title for you – “Orange Sin.”

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Rich get richer

Posted May 22, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Nothing against the Knicks but seeing how much ESPN, the NBA and most media are rooting for New York in the finals, got to be cheering for the Pacers. Oklahoma City, Indianapolis and Minneapolis together don’t quite have 2 million population.

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The 10 FBS commissioners & Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua, the CFP’s management committee, said they are moving to a straight playoff seeding model this fall, giving the committee’s top four teams the top four seeds and a first-round bye. (Instead of giving those spots to the four top ranked conference winners.)

The change benefits Notre Dame and the SEC. What took them so long?

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Colorado Rockies have fallen to 8-42 — now the worst start of a year since 1895.

Watching the headlines since January 20, 2025, is it time to name the Rockies “America’s team?”

Why are media going so hard now against Biden?

Seems to me answer is simple: Their normalizing Trump & both-sides-ism last year really helped Donald get reelected. Easier to blame Joe than to accept blame for the disaster for America that is Velveeta Voldemort’s second term.

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Trump plays a faked video and lies about white Genocide in South Africa. Posting pictures from the Congo as being in South African among other things.

Meanwhile Fox Faux News presents this all as fact. “HAPPENING NOW: Trump confronts South African president with video on treatment of White farmers.”

State TV has arrived.

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As GOP goes nuclear on the filibuster to pass a law against California’s Clean Air act, imagine how they’ll react if when Democrats get power again Senate dems use the same trick to go after, for example, red-state anti-abortion laws?

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Defunding Planned Parenthood doesn’t save lives.

Many poor women not only won’t be able to get birth control, or STD testing, they won’t get wellness checks or cancer screenings. & if women get pregnant, GOP just made it harder for them to get Medicaid & SNAP. Pro life my ass

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For purposes of Medicaid/SNAP work requirement GOP is dropping age of dependent children whose parents must work to 7. Yes, seven. Of course if you leave a seven year old home alone or even let them walk home from school alone you’ll probably be arrested for child endangerment.

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If you needed any more proof of how awful Jake Tapper’s book is, Press Secretary Barbie (AKA Caroline Leavitt was praising it today.

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Meanwhile CNN increasingly focuses less on news and more on hyping their colleague’s book. They’re going to need to change their name from CNN to CCN – Change Channel Network

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Should be a bigger story.

Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner, who was only 70, passed away, March 2. Greg Abbott refused to call a special election until Nov 4, so district will not have a representative for most of 2025. GOP & Trump’s bloated ugly bill passed by ONE vote.-

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Supposedly this bill from hell has $1000 for babies born to US Citizens going into “Trump accounts.” To encourage people having babies. ” The average cost of infant care in the US is over $1000 for ONE MONTH.

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Colorado Democratic Rep Joe Neguse makes simple point on bill hearing that started at 1am. What’s the urgency that it couldn’t have started at 6a, 7a? The only reason to debate this Bloated Ugly bill in middle of the night is that GOP hopes Americans never find out what they are doing.

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GOP Press conference boasting about the big ugly bill they passed by one vote looks like a polar bear conference, only whiter.

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Keeping on…

Posted May 20, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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So will Justin Verlander’s first win with the San Francisco Giants be in the postseason? I could live with that #SFGiants

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Phillies closer Jose Alvarado suspended 80 games for positive drug test. Whatever in today’s culture could make a public figure think he could get away with anything?

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Two thoughts on flag football in the 2028 Olympics.

1. Who will be the first NFL player to injure themselves playing flag football 2. How long until Donald Trump says he was the best flag football player ever and would compete in the Olympics if he wasn’t busy?

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It’s clear to anyone watching Velveeta Voldemort that besides the usual malevolent narcissism, at 79, he is definitely losing it. So of course media has to make headlines about Biden. Today’s media would both sides a mobius strip

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If GOP is going to subpoena Joe Biden’s physican over his clean bill of health, can Dems also subpoena Donald Trump’s physician just over his height, weight and cognitive test?

GOP saying now that Democrats are lying & fear mongering in saying how much their “big beautiful bill” will hurt most Americans, is the same GOP that insisted Democrats were lying and fear mongering about them implementing Project 2025.

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Trump says China will pay the tariffs. Then Trump says Walmart should “EAT THE TARIFFS.” Make it make sense.

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Trump bashed the Kennedy Center today, saying they’d had DEI, and “queer” and inappropriate shows…. And one of the musicals Donald is boasting about having is Moulin Rouge?!!! So Velveeta Voldemort either hasn’t seen the show or doesn’t remember it.

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So DOJ is CHARGING Congresswoman Rose McIver following scuffle with federal immigrant agents.

At same time DOJ will pay millions to Ashli Babbitt’s family after she was shot trying to break into US Capitol & attack members of Congress. Very white of them

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Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen to Marco Rubio: “I’m not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration’s destruction of US global leadership. I’m simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family … I don’t recognize Secretary Rubio … I know you know this in your heart.”

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He says Biden has stage 9 cancer? And as if anyone could do a prostate exam on Donald. How could any Doctor insert a finger when there are so many GOP members of Congress in the way already?

So are CNN people being told to sell out their journalistic standards to hawk Tapper’s book, or are they doing it on their own?

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Noticing media pattern. Push Democrats on 2020 election, in hopes of getting response like “in retrospect maybe”.” or “Hindsight is 20-20.” Yes, in retrospect election didn’t go our way. Acknowledging it isn’t attacking Biden or Harris. But media wants to make attacks the story.

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Star power

Posted May 17, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Friday night Wilmer Flores won the game for SF Giants with 8 RBI’s on 3 home runs. (Giants won 9-1)

Tonight he Wilmer won the game with an RBI bases loaded walk.

Baseball is a very funny game.

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Flores has 42 RBIs, Judge now has 41.

Arson Judge: 2025 Salary $40,000,000

Wilmer Flores: 2025 Salary: $3,500,000

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Wilmer Flores now has seven career grand slams. To put this in perspective, Barry Bonds only had 11.

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Guess we’re not going to hear MAGA crow about Journalism after today’s race. #Preakness150

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There have been major wildfires in Minnesota Tornados did major damage and killed at least 27 people in Missouri and Kentucky

Meanwhile our President is ranting on line about Taylor Swift, Bruce Springstein & SCOTUS justices he himself appointed.

I miss Consoler-in-Chief Joe Biden.

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As New Jersey Transit engineers strike enters its second day, have to think Joe Biden, who loves trains and unions, would have brokered a deal by now.

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Donold also posted an AI video of himself performing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.”

Journey is a San Francisco band who has already told one member not to perform for Trump. Lawsuit coming in 3.2.1….

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But both Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg have spoken up strongly in last week about Trump & his administration trying nonstop distraction. And media ignores their warnings and takes the bait.

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“So grandpa, why is USA no longer considered a world power? “Well, you see, sonny, we elected a mad tyrant bent on destroying our country from within but people and the media were too focused on the previous President being old…”

And then there’s the faux outrage on the seashells 8647 picture James Comey posted.

A meaning I remember of 86 from my waitress days is “sold out”

And after this week watching him kissing up to Mideast royalty in exchange for a plane & no doubt other promises, thinking millions of American can agree that Donald has definitely sold out

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FBI reportedly moving 1,500 personnel from D.C., closing storied headquarters

Kash Patel lives in Las Vegas. What’s he going to do? Demand the federal government build a new FBI headquarters on the Strip?

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Fox News never missed a chance to attack President Biden when the economy had so much as a hiccup. Now for the first time in history, Moody’s has downgraded the U.S. credit rating from Aaa to Aa1.

Fox News. Crickets.

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Really interesting that none of the three judges Trump appointed are backing him on his most egregious acts. (Alito, appointed by W. and Thomas, appointed by his dad, are Donald’s most steadfast disciples.)

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SNL season 50 finale tonight – James Austin Johnson as Trump in cold open “See you in the fall… if we still a country.”

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Numbers and other games…

Posted May 15, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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For all the NBA’s perceived and perhaps actual bias towards big market teams it is not out of the realm of possibility we are looking at an Oklahoma City- (or Minneapolis) vs Indiana NBA final.

ESPN must be thrilled. Thoughts and prayers.

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I disagree with Amy Coney Barrett on many if not most things. But have to think that somewhere this morning RBG is smiling a little

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Amy Coney Barrett is anti-reproductive choice, voted to overturn Roe vs Wade, and would overturn Obamacare. And yet, because Amy shows signs of not being a full-fledged Trump cult member, Twitter Trolls are calling her a “leftist plant.”

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Wonder if Sean Duffy asks him nicely if Pete Buttigieg would come back for a while as acting Secretary of Transportation?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

Deathsantis says “there are other ways people can get fluoride.” Sure, if they have money.

Republicans hate poor people -including poor children.

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Now Trump in a speech says “when Hitler made his speech at the Eiffel Tower..” How long until Velveeta Voldemort asks “Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”

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One of the worst things about MAGA’s disdain for education is that there are Trump supporters who will now really believe Hitler did give a speech at the Eiffel Tower.

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Other than the usual racism, there’s another reason Donald might be considering pardoning Derek Chauvin. Velveeta Voldemort WANTS riots. He is desperate to invoke the Insurrection Act.

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Qatar plane is expensive distraction from cuts to Medicaid and other social programs. But it’s not just nearly $1 billion it would cost to turn it into Air Force One, it’s hundreds of millions it would take to turn it back into a civilian plane How many Americans would that feed?

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Qatar PM – “the Trump plane would be ‘coming out of love.'” A bible verse seems apt, including for fhe so-called MAGA Christians 1 Timothy 6:10. “For the love of money is a root of all evil.”

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Beginnning to wonder, Jake Tapper clearly started work on his Biden bashing book before the 2024 election, which he covered on CNN. How much did Tapper deliberately slam Joe in 2024 in hopes of making his book a best-seller?

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Now Trump’s DHS wants 20,000 National Guard Troops for their immigration crackdown. Why am I getting Kent State vibes?

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One is done

Posted May 14, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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64-18 and Cleveland Cavaliers are out in the 2nd round.

Of course in 2016, The Cavs upset the 73-9 Warriors in the Finals.

This year looking like both teams can replay their Finals matchup, in a video game.

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During a four game losing streak, the SF Giants scored 9 runs, 6 in a 7-6 10 inning loss. They scored one run in each of the other three games. Tonight they scored 10 runs.

Sometimes baseball is just stupid.

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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred took Pete Rose off the permanently ineligible list. If Charlie Hustle were still alive thinking Trump would put him in his administration.

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Remember when most Americans (and most pro-golfers) distanced themselves from the LIV Golf Tour? Donald is turning it into the LIV White House.

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Trump actually just said “U.S. has no greater partner than” Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Bin Salman. A rich leader who doesn’t allow dissent and murders journalists – Velveeta Voldemort’s kind of role model.

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Scott Jennings is the worst human on CNN. But Jake Tapper is quickly giving Scott a run for his mone

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Has anyone asked Texas Governor Greg Abbott about the Joe Biden potential wheelchair allegations?

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NY Times line under this headline “In High-Stakes Negotiations, Trump’s Opponents Are Learning His Patterns” “President Trump often takes maximalist positions, only to back down & declare a win. His opponents are catching on.” His opponents are catching on. Too bad media isn’t.

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Not making this up. Fox News finally covering the plane story. And their counter attack on Democrats. “House Democrats went on US-Qatar business sponsored trip to Qatar in 2021 and accepted RIDES ON CAMELS!! ” (Which these days costs about $50 a person.)

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And then there were eight

Posted May 13, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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So at this point in the second round of the playoffs, neither #1 NBA seed is looking invincible – and the conference championships might not have even a #2 seed in them.

That year when the NCAA seedings might be more accurate than the NBA?

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Meanwhile, the Dallas Mavericks who trade their superstar Luka away for nothing to the Los Angeles Lakers, suddenly end up – with a 1.8% chance -getting the #1 pick in Cooper Flagg.

Well this should do wonders for those who think the NBA is rigged.

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Back to back rookies of the year. And now with #2 pick in the NBA draft, a chance for a three-repeat. So they’re not in the playoffs, but it’s a really fun time to be a San Antonio Spurs fan.

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Wonder how many Dallas Mavericks fans who cancelled their 2025-26 season tickets when the Mavs traded Luka Dončić are suddenly calling to see about getting them back. #NBADraftLottery

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NY Times headline “Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety.” “Strains Bounds of Propriety?”

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Fixed it for you NY Times: “Trump’s Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Shoots Emoluments Class in Plane Sight.”

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GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune is upset Democrats delaying confirmation of what he calls non-controversial nominees & calls on them to end ‘obstruction.’ Funny, Thune didn’t have problems when Coach Tubby was holding up all military promotions to protest abortion rights.

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Media should pay more attention to Amy Klobuchar’s explanation of much of Trump’s insanity. It’s DISTRACTION. “Habeas corpus” issue brought up to distract from economy… As are many of his craziest threats. Media takes bait every time.


So Donald has been lying and claiming that he will pay for his tax cuts by all the tariff money he will bring in. Now he just caved to China on tariffs. No wonder MAGA hates math. They’re really bad at it.

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The only thing I believe that Velveeta Voldemort has said is ‘I’ll be a dictator on day one.” Then Donald got Speaker Mike Johnson for legislative purposes basically to declare the whole year one long day

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Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire & peace in Ukraine ‘no more war’ in 1st Sunday message. To quote a friend “suddenly we have (highly intelligent) American in office with a global megaphone and a cosmopolitan, justice oriented worldview. NOBODY saw that coming 72 hours ago.”

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Trump wants DHS to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce his deportation policies “by deputizing & contracting w/ state & local law enforcement officers, personnel w/ other federal agencies & OTHER INDIVIDUALS?” Velveeta Voldmort is going to hire many convicted January 6 insurrectionists isn’t he?

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Just gonna leave this right here. “Some of the 400 jobs that were cut at the FAA helped support air safety, a union says”

https://apnews.com/article/faa-firings-trump-doge-safety-airlines-27390c6a7aac58063652302df5a243d3

Not just flying, FAA also holds primary responsibility for safety & certification of airport operations Last week, 2 United 777s backed into each other at SFO; both flights canceled. In Charlotte, catering truck hit an American plane, taking it out of service. Are we great yet?

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Trump wants DHS to add at least 20,000 officers to enforce deportation policies “by deputizing & contracting w/ state & local law enforcement officers, personnel w/ other federal agencies & OTHER INDIVIDUALS?” He’s going to hire many convicted Jan 6 insurrectionists isn’t he?

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Out of their league?

Posted May 10, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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San Diego Padres 21- Colorado Rockies 0.

Through 39 games the Rockies have a -134 run differential.

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Two teams, the Athletics and Rays, are playing this year in minor league stadiums.

Think it’s time to admit that at Coors Field we have a minor league team playing in a major league stadium

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From a friend -“This stuff about ‘Cubs fan or White Sox fan’ is silly. He’s the Pope. He’s obviously a Cardinals and Saints fan.

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As the anti-refugee Trump administration suddenly allows 60 white South African refugees to come to the United States next week – at taxpayer expense….Karoline Leavitt claims ‘
“This group in South Africa has faced racial persecution.”

Can anyone in this administration spell “apartheid” let alone explain it?

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Sally Quinn writing in NY Times. “The hallmark of this administration is cruelty and sadism, vengefulness carried out with glee. Mr. Musk said it best: “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” Wish I could say she was wrong

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TRUMP signed deal to remove all US troops & reduced numbers by 1/2. Donald blames Biden for Afghanistan deaths as actual withdrawal happened during his Presidency. Now Air Traffic Control system failing on Donald’s watch & he insists it’s Biden’s fault. All blame, all the time.

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RIP former SCOTUS judge David Souter. The best appointment George H. W. Bush ever made. Too much to hope that Amy Coney Barrett could follow in his footsteps?


In 2024, FAA Reauthorization Act passed including Traffic Controllers Hiring Act of 2023, from Sens Braun, Klobuchar, Marshall, Shaheen, Lujan & Boozman. (3 GOP, 3 Dems) But in Jan 2025, Donald froze hiring of Air Traffic Controllers. Now they’re trying to say “never mind.”

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Apparently Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez will be married on a private island in Venice.

But tell me again how billionaires need a tax cut?

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Shingles vaccine apparently reduces the risk of heart disease AND dementia.

MAGA anti-vaxxers really are dying to own the libs.

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Blowing in the smoke

Posted May 8, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Actually had stayed with CNN this am because I liked watching the seagulls and their baby seagull…

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Is it just possible that the Cardinals decided to get even with Trump for that blasphemous picture by deciding on a new pope a few minutes after Donald announced his big beautiful concept of a trade deal?

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Oh, this could be fun… New Pope Robert Francis Prevost “is known for his commitment to the poor and migrants.” Attacks on him by Donald in 3.2.1…

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Friend says that with the new Pope from Chicago that at Wrigley Field they should start blowing white smoke for a Cubs win and black smoke for a loss.

(though apparently the new Pope is a White Sox fan. Wins may require miracles above his pay grade.)

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The Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night looked like a team that might never lose again in this postseason.

But otherwise all the insanity in predicting the NBA Champion looks about as easy as it was predicting a new Pope.

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President Obama tweeted Congratulations to the new Pope, “a fellow Chicagoan.”

If someone somewhere can find an old picture of the new Pope with Obama imagine how much MAGA heads will explode.

So will Jeanine Pirro have a driver or will her first act as acting interim U.S Attorney for DC be to legalize DUIs in Washington?

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Trump was asked -“Why did you pick a woman for surgeon general who didn’t finish her residency and is not a practicing physician?” “Bobby thought she was fantastic.” Heaven help us.

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No lie too small – or too ridiculous Donald actually said that his new surgeon general nominee graduated “first in her class at Stanford.” Think every Stanford person I know would join me in saying “No bleeping way is that true.”

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New Pope Leo XIV, who’s been critical on Twitter of JD Vance, is registered Republican who voted absentee in 2024 election. No way of knowing who he voted for but probably just as well he’s registered GOP. If not Trump would use him as an example to gut voting from abroad.

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Libearian of Congress Carla Hayden was nominated by President Obama & confirmed in 2016 by GOP Controlled Senate in 74-18 vote. Her 10-year term was set to expire next year.

The cruelty is the point. Also Trump hates books.

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Pro-Trump American Accountability Foundation tweeted BEFORE Carla Hayden fired as Librarian of Congress, “It’s time to get her OUT & hire a new guy for the job!”

Uh..

1. new “GUY?”

2. AAF is 501c3 – tax-exempt nonprofit. And Trump wants to take tax-exempt status from Harvard?

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Underrated

Posted May 7, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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MLB RBI leaders

Pete Alonso – 34 – 2025 salary $27 million

Teoscar Hernández -34 – 2025 salary $23.5 million

Aaron Judge – 34 – 2025 salary $40 million

Wilmer Flores – 33 – 2025 salary $3.5 million.

Best value in baseball #SFGiants

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There were times that it looked like Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t going to lose in the playoffs.

Now it looks like they might not lose again.

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All you need to know about how stretched out the NBA Playoff season is…. Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has a hamstring injury and will be out at “least a week.” In a seven game series, if his injury lasts eight days, he will miss two more games.

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JD Vance actually “joked” that the USA would deport visitors who come here to watch the FIFA World Cup. As if soccer fans felt good about coming to the US as it is.

First he broke the National Championship trophy, now VP is breaking World Cup ticket sales,

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United Airlines, which has 65% of the flights at Newark, donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration… They must be so pleased.

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How much would we all like to be flies on the wall when Canadian PM Mark Carney gets home and into a private place to talk about his visit to Trump’s White House?

So what’s Velveeta Voldemort going to do to distract from the fact that Donald is not going to be elected Pope?

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Trumps’s new surgeon general nominee is Casey Means who withdrew from her medical residency at age 30.

She is anti-vax, and thinks you can stay healthy by focusing on metabolic health and glucose testing?! And Laura Loomer got rid of the original nominee for being too pro-vaccine?

We’re living in a bad SNL skit.

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“Just heard about it….They’ve been fighting for many years, many decades actually… I just hope it ends quickly.” Donald Trump on India-Pakistan being on the brink of war… Do we feel safe yet?

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So how many more fighter jets have to fall off US aircraft carriers before even Republicans decide that DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth is really really bad at his job?

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Does Donald realize that calling California’s governor “Gavin Newscum” at a Press Conference is much more demeaning to him as President than it is to Newsom?

Former RFK Jr. running mate Nicole Shanahan: “I don’t know if RFK very clearly lied to me, or what is going on.”

He apparently promised her neither surgeon general nominee Casey Means nor her brother would be part of his administration.

Man who cheated on his ex-wife and his current wife and who has been disowned by his family might not be trustworthy? Who knew?

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Until it’s over.

Posted May 6, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Boston Celtics blew a 20 point lead third quarter to the NY Knicks and lost 116-113 in OT.

Then Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggest with a 13 point lead with under 7 minutes to go, and a 7 point lead with about minutes to go. Hold our beer.

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But last night St Louis Blues might still have them beat. 2-0 lead with 2 minutes in the 3rd period. 2-1 lead with 2 SECONDS left in the 3rd period. And they lost in OT.

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So within about 24 hour, three teams lost seemingly insurmontable leads faster than Canadian and Australian conservative leaders tied to Donald Trump.

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Over 5 million student loan borrowers are currently in default with another 4 million are at risk of default.

Wonder how many of them voted for Trump, or didn’t vote because they didn’t think Biden did enough, or they just didn’t like Kamala?

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Still wondering why Donald is obsessed about “30 dolls.” Is he still upset that he missed out on making billions on Beanie Babies?

GOP Rep Harriett Hageman, who defeated Liz Cheney in Wyoming ” I think another reason we should change the name to The Gulf of America is for over 40 years, Mexico has been dumping raw sewage in the area near San Diego… That’s another reason we need to retake and claim ownership of this area”

Sometimes the stupid burns.

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Media: Democrats need to speak out more.

Democrats: Many good leaders speaking up and speaking out.

Media: Democrats are saying boring rational things. Let’s cover the latest insanity that popped into Donald’s head and he decided to announce to the world.

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So was Velveeta Voldemort flipping channels late Friday night when he saw an old movie or something that inspired him to say he wants to re-open Alcatraz?

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Trump isn’t going to reopen Alcatraz: But it’s a great diversion- from things like Donald now signing a proclamation for “National Hurricane Preparedness Week.” At the same time he’s cutting NOAA and FEMA.

Dr. Strangelove was funny as a movie, it’s not funny as a documentary.

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Pete Hegseth wants to fire “20%” of 4 star generals and admirals.” There are only 37 4-star generals and admirals right now. So Pete wants to fire the 8 or so who are the least subservient to him.

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Trump on picture of himself as Pope “They can’t take a joke. You mean the fake news media. The Catholics loved it. I had nothing to do with it…The White House Twitter account posted it.”

Does he think Americans are stupid? Rhetorical question. Sigh

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Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

Tariffs may annoy the rich, but they really hurt the poor: The kids whose parents can afford 30 dolls will still be able to afford 30 dolls. The kids whose parents can afford only 1 doll won’t get any dolls. #TrumpWarOnChristmas

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Those in the travel industry remember: When Biden was President: Travelers weren’t terrified that customs/border agents would harass or detain them. The dollar was about 15% higher. Air traffic controllers weren’t quitting. Newark wasn’t a third world airport. For starters.

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Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

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As Newark & other airports, deal with Air Traffic Controller shortages, why would ANYONE sign up now? Not only is job stressful, but the mad narcissist could wake up one morning & decide to fire everyone. “Why do people need 30 flights a year, they could just fly once or twice?

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Can some reporter please find out which VIP/VIPs were on those military helicopters whose flights caused two commercial flights to divert from National to avoid a collision last week? Thank you.

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Best two minutes, worst 100 days

Posted May 3, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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So Sovereignty did beat Journalism.

Let’s hope the metaphor is mirrored in reverse.

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Has Donald Trump said he could have won the Kentucky Derby yet?

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Was getting late on East Coast… So even though it was game 7 playoff hockey, wonder how many hockey fans turned off Avalanche Stars game 7 with Colorado up 2-0 on Dallas in the third period?

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Whatever happens with the Golden State Warriors Sunday tomorrow at least they will have outlasted both Los Angeles teams. #BeatLA

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JD Vance defended Donald’s AI pope photo saying “I’m fine with people telling jokes.” Not surprising from a man who said with his wife Usha standing next to him: “Here’s the thing. Cameras are all on; anything I say, no matter how crazy, she has to smile, laugh & celebrate it.

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All the trolls on Twitter are defending Velveeta Voldemort’s picture of himself as Pope as just a joke. Trump. Does. Not. Joke.

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Wouldn’t it be awesome if the conclave elected Pope Joe Biden?

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DOT Secretary Sean Duffy blasted the DOD and by implication Pete Hegseth for a VIP Helicopter trip in DC hat resulted in two commercial planes at National Airport needing to change their approach to avoid a collision. “Take a taxi or Uber’”

Ooh, the sister wives of the Trump cabinet are not happy with each other…

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Wonder if we will ever find out who the VIP was in the helicopter?

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Tonight’s NBC SNL on Donold’s consequential first 100 days. “In 100 days FDR created vital government departments, forged new alliances & established our nation’s social safety net. And President Trump did the same thing, only in reverse.”

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Rosy morning

Posted May 3, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Two favorites in Kentucky Derby: Journalism vs Sovereignty. Seems a little too on brand for our country right now.

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So game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals will happen before game 7 of the NBA Western Conference First round. Don’t ever tell me that baseball is weird.

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Baylor University covered up sexual assaults on campus for years. Jerry Falwell Jr. ran Liberty Unversity like a GOP PAC.

Presidents Obama and Biden didn’t try to take away their tax-exempt status.

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Here’s a memory of Gregg Popovich in 2020.

A fundraiser for Joe Biden including Cory Booker had Gregg Popovich headlining. (Remember days of all those Zoom windows?)

Wasn’t just that athletes were involved, but discovered several big name stars paid their way in just because of Pop.

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Rumors are that Harvard turned down Barron for admission. But thinking more than that.

Either. 1. They turned down DONALD for admission 2. A Harvard/Radcliffe woman turned Donald down for a “date”

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No lie too small: The Take it Down Act”- anti-deep fake porn – which finally passed, was introduced by Ted Cruz & Amy Klobuchar & later gained support of Melania Trump. Rare bipartisanism for a good cause. On Twitter got bots/trolls saying it was all Cruz or all FLOTUS.

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Moving on

Posted May 1, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Ottawa Senators tied Maple Leafs in the 3rd period until Toronto went ahead for good 3-2 with 5:39 left. Leafs improved to 2-13 (!) in potential series-clinching games since 2018. Wonder how many past & present Toronto fans figured Leafs would blow THIS 3-0 series lead?

(lived in Toronto 4 of 5 years between 1968 to 1973- when we moved there the Leafs were GOOD.)

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Entering the playoffs, apprarently more money had been wagered on the Los Angeles Lakers to win the Finals than on any other team at multiple sportsbooks. Thoughts and prayers.

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Anyone else ever think that when Donald has a chance to make any appointment he asks himself “Who is the worst person I can possibly choose?” and then picks them just to prove he can?

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Tommy Tuberville actually defending Pete Hegseth today on Senate floor. He’s attacking Democratic colleagues, “RINOs” & media who criticize Pete as wanting America to fail.. Your reminder that the last two universities who hired Coach Tubby paid him millions to go away.

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So now Waltz is the nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations. Yeah, I’m sure other countries will feel very confident dealing with a man who Fubared up US National Security so badly with Signalgate that he got fired.

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So did Trump nominate Mike Waltz for UN Ambassador to keep him from writing a tell-all book?

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Trump claims he deserves a “pass” on the GDP contracting because it’s Biden’s fault? But he also demands his cabinet cult praise him for the best 100 days ever in our country? Make it makes sense.

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Can we start calling it the Trump Cult Cabinet?

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Donald Trump fired Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, along with other Biden appointees. from the the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Who is Velveeta Voldemort going to replace Emhoff with, David Duke?

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So much gaslighting. When many Americans can’t afford to buy groceries due to tariffs will Trump claim it’s all part of his plan to have us lose weight?

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So in Trump world, some kids who would have had 30 dolls for Christmas now will get two. But those children whose parents’ could barely afford one doll will get zero. Trump Tariffs are a war on Christmas.

Trump is now vowing to defund PBS and NPR

A war on Easter with egg prices

A war on Christmas with tariffs on toys.

Now a war on Elmo and Cookie Monster?

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Americans, when you can’t afford to buy one doll this Christmas, let alone necessities, think of Thom Tillis (NC) Jon Husted (OH) Pete Ricketts (NE) Steve Daines (MT) Joni Ernst (IA) Dan Sullivan (AS) & other GOP Senators running in 2026 who wouldn’t vote against Trump tariffs.

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100 daze…

Posted April 29, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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ICYMI, Jalen Hurts had “scheduling conflicts” and passed on the Philadelphia Eagles visit to the White House.

Hope he enjoyed washing his hair

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On Sunday, Los Angeles Lakers blew a 10 point lead starting the 4th quarter to lose to the MinnesotaTimberwolves.

Tuesday, Milwaukee Bucks with 7 point lead over Indiana Paces with 40 seconds to go. “Hold our beer”

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A fractious Canada was getting tired of Trudeau. Then jealous Trump picked a fight with Justin, who ended up resigning. Now Canada’s new PM, Harvard/ Oxford educated economist, has both a unified country AND a mandate. And Mark Carney will run rings around Donold. Karma, eh?

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney: “We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we must never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and take care of each other.” How many other world leaders are thinking the same thing?

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Suppose Canadian PM Mark Carney is too much of a grown-up in his election victory speech to thank Governor Trump.

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So has Velveeta Voldemort accused the Canadian election of being stolen yet?

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Trump might think he’s running the world. He’s not even running Canada.

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Don’t think of it as 100 days into Donald’s presidency, think of it as only 1362 days left of his Presidency.

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So the biggliest baby called one of his pet billionaires Jeff Bezos to complain about Amazon adding a tariff surcharge and Bezos backed down. Again. Guess Jeff needs another tax cut to buy another yacht. Chaos up, corruption up, costs up.

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Donald thinks being called consequential is a complement. It isn’t –

Rolling Stone “Donald Trump’s first 100 days have been the most chaotic and consequential in modern political memory.”

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“I’d like to be Pope.” Not that it will happen. And his cult members will laugh it off as a joke. But Trump. Does. Not. Joke.


Then Lindsey Graham tweeted (yes, I checked it not satire.I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility!

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One of Trump’s executive orders directed Department of Transportation to include English literacy tests for US truckers. Anyone think Donald himself could pass that test?

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Still no word from Donald about the 11 people killed by a car driving into a crowd in Vancouver. And he never posted or talked about Florida State victims. But he had time to golf, and he has time to rant about polls

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And don’t forget, many people plan vacations months in advance with nonrefundable tickets so they couldn’t back out without losing them. Just wait until we see the numbers for summer….

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Little boys of not quite summer?

Posted April 28, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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NY Mets, after scoring five runs in the first inning in Little League fashion on a total three hits, then managed to LOSE their game to the Washington Nationals 8-7 on a walk-off throwing error by Pete Alonso.

But speaking of Little League. Texas Rangers vs SF Giants. Hold our root beer.

Should do wonders for conspiracy theorists who think NBA is rigged for big market teams.

NBA just admitted refs missed DET’s Tim Hardaway Jr. being fouled by NY’s Josh Hart on last play of Pistons’ 94-93 loss to Knicks. He shot w/ 0.3 seconds left. Tim would’ve had 3 free throws.-

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Embattled Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigned January 6. A poll in mid-January showed Liberals trailing Conservatives 47% to 20%. And today, April 28. Canada is expected to re-elect Mark Carney over Trump wannabe Pierre Marcel Poilievre. #ETTD

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Trump actually posted of Putin – “It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war.” Even a squirrel blind enough to wear a blue suit to the Pope’s funeral finds a nut sometimes.

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Presidents Obama and Biden are no longer in office, but were invited to Pope Francis’s funeral anyway. Does ANYONE think if the Pope had died before January 20, and his second inauguration, that Velveeta Voldemort would have been invited?

Not the Onion

Asked about Melania’s birthday on Saturday , Donald responded. “I haven’t had time to buy presents, it’s been pretty busy.” Asked if he would be taking Melania to dinner to mark her birthday, “I’m taking her for dinner on Air Force One.”

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Trump says he will decide “in two weeks” whether or not he can trust Vladimir Putin – Wasn’t it two weeks about eight years ago on his beautiful healthcare plan. And when is infrastructure week?

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Eleven dead after a horrific car attack in Vancouver.

And the same evil man who wants to make Canada the 51st state has said not a word on it.

President Joe Biden would have issued a statement and probably offered to PM Mark Carney to call victims’ families.

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Hey media.

Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries did a sit in on U.S. Capitol stepp Sunday. From social media I’d read that that Chris Coons, Brian Schatz, Amy Klobuchar and Reverend Warnock have joined them. Am sure there have been and will be others.

Do your damn job & cover this instead of bitching that Dems aren’t speaking out.

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Heroes and zeroes

Posted April 26, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Non political weirdness for the night LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres and SF Giants, three of best records in baseball. All shut out Friday night. (By Pirates, Rays and Rangers.)

Imagine being Cam Ward, #1 pick in the NFL draft. And all the media is about the guy who HASN’T been drafted yet.

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So Donald took to social media to attack NFL owners for not picking Shedeur Sanders in the 1st round of the draft because Deion’s son has “PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness.” Now Shedeur hasn’t been drafted through THREE rounds. Almost as if #ETTD

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Although as he talks about “phenomenal genes” we should remember that many have pointed out that Barron Trump was turned down by Harvard.

I’m sure Trump’s vendetta against Harvard has nothing to do with that.

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For those trying to excuse Trump’s arresting a judge.. Yes, criminals should not walk free. But if undocumented people can be arrested simply when they appear in courtroom, what happens if immigrants witness crime, robbery, assault, even murder? They won’t show up as witnesses.

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When Trump says “unlike every other President I took the cognitive test and I aced it 100%….” Your reminder. In general a cognitive test is not part of an average physical. A cognitive test is given to a patient suspected of having dementia or Alzheimers.

(and it’s not a test you “ace.” It’s more like pass-fail.”

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CNN reporting Trump now saying he said he would end war in 24 hours “in jest.”

Erin Burnett points out Trump said ‘I will end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours’ “at least 53 times.”

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US Bureau of Economic Analysis says California made $4.1 trillion in GDP last year. Pushing the state past Japan to be the 4th largest economy in the world. If Trump keeps cutting funding to the state, maybe California should stop paying federal taxes? Just saying.

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Judges today, will they arrest journalists tomorrow?

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Donald refuses to say if Chinese President Xi has called him. Translation. Xi hasn’t called. He’s enjoying this.

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Has Trump pardoned George Santos yet?

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Soft touch

Posted April 24, 2025 by left coast sports babe
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Since their White House visit, the mighty LA Dodgers are a .500 team.

So guess not even Donald could kill them but #ETTS ?

Everything Trump Touches Slumps?

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Have to wonder, how many GOP football fans who claim Donald Trump is a genius on everything would let him make their first round NFL draft pick.

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As a friend says “At least the Dodgers didn’t let JD Vance handle their trophy.”

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·Coach Senator Tommy Tuberviille says he is running for Governor of Alabama in 2016.

Meanwhile out of 99 other U.S. Senators at least 95 have to be cheering on a bipartisan ba

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Rachel Maddow was cheerfully reading polls tonight. Velveeta Voldemort does watch MSNBC. I feel for whoever is on White House ketchup duty.

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From a friend, wish I’d thought of it. Can we start referring to Pete Hegseth as “Whisky Leaks?”

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Trump blaming past Presidents for trade deals. Let’s see –United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaced NATFA. USMCA entered into force on July 1, 2020. Who was President then? Dementia is a cruel disease.

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Watching China and much of the rest of the world laugh at Donald.

Sems like on tariffs, Trump was pretending to be the cool guy who could get the most popular girl in school to beg to go to the prom with him. And meanwhile, she and her friends have moved on.

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Lowering egg prices, Russia’s war on Ukraine, Israel’s attack on Gaza…. How many things did Donald promise to do on day one? The only promise he kept was to be a dictator.


Wonder how the “arm teachers” MAGA gang feels about this one.

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