Since sports is supposed to be distracting,  and WAS the original purpose of this blog….

An overload of  baseball playoffs today. Eight teams. From upstart Braves, Rockies and Brewers, to last year’s WS contending Dodgers and Astros. Who gets prime-time? Yankees-Red Sox.
But MLB commissioner Manfred thinks players should do a better job of marketing themselves.

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Dodgers pitchers are going through Atlanta faster than Sherman.

Wondering if Atlanta sports fans, notorious for preferring football to baseball,  will show up for game three between Dodgers and Braves.   At least the Falcons score when they lose.

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An Astros fan promised to buy beer for people sitting around him if George Springer hit home run in 5th. He spent about $500 when it happened.
Good thing fan wasn’t at Yankee Stadium, he’d have had to take out a 2nd mortgage.

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Falcons have been having a rough couple weeks. But they still may win a game in October before the Braves.

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If John McCain and Lindsey Graham were still alive they would have voted no on Kavanaugh.

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Does anyone REALLY think this Kavanaugh circus is over?

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Got to love when you get nasty tweet responses on Kavanaugh confirmation from QAnon conspiracy theorists. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2018 GOP.

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Can we STOP calling Susan Collins a “moderate” Senator from Maine?

So both Jeff Flake and Senator Collins have expressed serious recent unhappiness over Trump’s judgment on many issues.  But they trust his judgment on a lifetime SCOTUS nominee?

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Kris Long, a news anchor in California’s Coachella Valley, resigned after a Facebook post defending Brett Kavanaugh against sexual assault allegations. So how long until Long gets offered a post with Fox News

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Susan Collins cocktail – your basic cheap Tom Collins well-drink, but with enough twists added, it tries to convince people, especially women, that it is worth much more.

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Judge Roberts has a 17 year old daughter. Wonder how she feels about the Kavanaugh confirmation.

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Ok, let me explain Dr. Ford’s memories in ways my skeptical men friends might understand.
You watch hundreds of baseball games And they can blur. But if you don’t remember the exact day of that special clutch hit or alas, bullpen meltdown, you remember who was playing, and who won, or lost the game.
And if you were a teenager and it was one of your first games, some of the memories are even more clear. Crystal.

NLDS series’ started tonight.  And Dodgers offense did so well against Atlanta pitching tonight they even might have been to survive a Kershaw postseason start.

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Richard Sherman says that new NFL rules make quarterbacks “unstoppable.”
Jets fans are thinking, can somebody tell Sam Darnold?

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You KNOW some Yankees fans are rich entitled a**holes when one dumped a beer on an A’s fan on during yesterday’s game.
Besides being bad behavior – at Yankee Stadium prices, who can afford to waste beer?

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Baltimore DC “Wink” Martindale said he told Ravens’ defense “I think Baker Mayfield is this generation’s Brett Favre or John Elway, if you will.”
Wait, wasn’t that supposed to be Jimmy Garappolo?

Or Johnny Manziel?

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Nick Saban is upset that Alabama student section was only half full for last weekend’s game, a 56-14 win over win over Louisiana-Lafayette.
Uh, here’s a suggestion, schedule a real opponent that would give the game more drama than Lions vs. Christians.

Today apparently is National Vodka Day – Although since January 20, 2017, for millions of Americans EVERY day is “National Vodka Day.”

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SEVEN police officers shot yesterday in Florence and it’s already out of the headlines. WTF is wrong with this country?

The man who allegedly shot 7 police officers in Florence yesterday is a  disbarred lawyer who had been arrested “multiple times, including for disorderly conduct.”
But he had no problem getting guns, and bragged on FB about his shooting skills….

If allegations decades after the fact against Catholic Priests were taken as seriously as GOP and thus FBI took Dr. Ford’s, many of those now former priests would still be abusing children.

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89,000 pounds of ready-to-eat ham being recalled due to possible listeria contamination, 6 million pounds of ground beef being recalled over salmonella. But hey, let’s cut more of those pesky regulations.

On the other hand, for all those science-deniers in the GOP, maybe they should just keep on eating recalled meats and everything else?

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Trump apparently boarded Air Force One today with a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of his shoe.  Or to be fair, maybe it was a piece of the constitution?

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That  moment when the man who said he wanted to date his daughter tells Americans to “think of their sons.”

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Verbatim all-caps quote from Trump fundraising email today. “THE SENATE MUST CONFIRM JUDGE KAVANAUGH TO THE U.S. SENATE NOW.”

Uh, to the “U.S. Senate?” #25thAmendment

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The Senate doesn’t have to vote no on Brett Kavanaugh due to the alleged sexual assault. They can vote no because he is a proven liar.

MLB suspended Cubs Shortstop Addison Russell 40 games, retroactive to Sept 22, over alleged domestic violence. Well thanks to Brewers he won’t miss any playoff games.

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Meanwhile, University of Georgia dismissed star 1st baseman Adam Sasser from the baseball team for allegedly shooting racist slurs at Georgia QB Justin Fields during last week’s game..
Kudos to the Bulldogs for doing the right thing. Of course, it probably doesn’t hurt that for Georgia fans, football rules!

So what was the difference in the end between the Giants and A’s seasons? About three days.

And Oakland A’s offense tonight did a very good SF Giants imitation.

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Cubs say after being eliminated that they can “learn from losing.” Does this mean the Orioles are the smartest team in baseball?

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Megyn Kelly says of letter wrote Kavanaugh in which he describes himself and his friends as “loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us,” shows us “you will be so impressed at the responsibility of this young man.”
Gosh, amazed then Brett didn’t include the letter in his college applications.

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Jeff Flake is not happy about Trump bashing Christine Ford last night “To discuss something this sensitive at a political rally is just not right. It’s just not right. I wish he hadn’t have done it. I’ll just say, it’s kind of appalling.”
Gosh, if there were only something Flake could do about it..?

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Wait, can’t you block calls from a predator?#PresidentialAlert

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Seven police officers shot by a white guy in Florence, SC, and only “thoughts and prayers” from Donald Trump
Had shooter been an immigrant, he’d be tweeting nonstop on about his bleeping wall.

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The person responsible for “destroying Brett Kavanaugh’s good name” is Brett Kavanaugh.

So a week ago there was a chance both Cubs and Cardinals might both make it into to NLDS playoffs at least. Now Brewers and Rockies have advanced instead.
To Fox and Joe Buck – womp, womp.

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How late are dispensaries open in Denver? Asking for a lot of Rockies fan friends.

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Just wondering, after Rockies beat Cubs tonight did  Fox Sports and ESPN think of demanding the wild-card game be changed to “best two out of three?”

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Listening to ESPN’s Matt Vasgersian raving on and on about how great a postseason pitcher Jon Lester is….. two words. Madison Bumgarner.

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Minnesota manager Paul Molitor was fired after leading the Twins to a 78-84 record. Orioles fans wonder, was he fired for over-achieving?

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Next year, SF Giants just announced 20% discount on all food, beverage and merchandise purchases for season ticket holders at concession stands. So you’ll only need to take out a small loan for a few beers.

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NFL suspended Seahawks LB Mychal Kendricks indefinitely after he pleaded guilty to insider trading charges. Silly Kendricks, if you want to get away with insider trading in the NFL, you’d better be an owner.

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To be fair, we should remember that all the GOP men defending Brett Kavanaugh and attacking his accusers also were defending Bill Clinton and Al Franken. Oh wait, never mind.

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So if President Obama started incoherently ranting and lying at his campaign rallies for Democrats would media start covering much them as much as they cover Trump’s?

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Wall Street Journal reports the President of the United States, with his son, personally guided efforts in February to keep a porn star from talking about their affair, and it’s not even this morning’s lead story. Once again, the Onion  is going ‘We give up.”

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Now Donald Trump says it’s a “very scary time for young men in America.”
Right, like Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Botham Jean….

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Trump tonight mocked Christine Blasley Ford at his MAGA rally in Mississippi. Maybe he thinks Melania isn’t watching CNN in Africa?   #BeBest

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Trump on Dr. Ford “She had ONE beer yet can’t remember anything.” Meanwhile Trump doesn’t drink at all and can’t remember what he said yesterday.

Cubs lose to Brewers and now face a “win-or-go-home” playoff game tomorrow against  Rockies. Not sure who will be more upset if Chicago is eliminated, Cubs fans or ESPN and Fox Sports.

Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig, after beating the Rockies today. “We’re bringing the 2018 championship here.’’
Well, if not, the Giants might loan them a trophy.

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Rockies fans have to be annoyed that SF Giants couldn’t beat the Dodgers once this weekend to give them the division title. On the other hand, in 1993, had Colorado beaten the Atlanta Braves ONCE in 13 games, Giants would have made the postseason.

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Jameis Winston is back as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting QB. So does that mean kids in Africa will soon be wearing “Fitzmagic” t-shirts?

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Kyrie Irving on his being a “smart-ass individual” last year and saying the earth was flat… “all the science teachers coming up to me like, ‘You know I’ve got to re-teach my whole curriculum?!’ I’m sorry. I apologize.”
That moment when NBA player takes more responsibility for spreading fake science than POTUS.

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Now Trump is attacking unnamed Senate Democrat for being “in very bad situations” and “compromising positions with alcohol.”
Has someone told him that Ted Kennedy is dead?

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Why did Trump call it the USMCA? Because he was told it couldn’t be called the TTA- Trump Trade Agreement?

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Now Trump plans to weaken Obama-era environmental regulations covering mercury emitted from coal-burning power plants. Mercury which is known to damage the nervous systems of children and fetuses.
Once again, four words “Pro life my ass.”

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We can argue indefinitely over what constitutes “acceptable” youthful misbehavior.
But can we agree, that lying under oath as an adult about such behavior is idiotic. And unbecoming a SCOTUS judge.

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Trump said today, one year after Las Vegas massacre, that bump-fire stocks would be banned “over the next couple of weeks.” Right after he releases his tax returns?

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Trump today at NAFTA Press Conference says calls on Cecilia Vega of ABC News. Says ” She’s shocked that I picked her. She’s in a state of shock.

Vega: “I’m not, thank you Mr. President.”

Trump: “That’s OK, I know you’re not thinking, you never do.”

You know it wasn’t your day as an SF Giants fan when the opposing pitching, Rich Hill, was 0-4. In the 6th inning.

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But hey, maybe it was all part of the Giants master plan to wear the Dodgers out for the post season by having their players spending so much time running the bases.

Brewers vs Cubs at Wrigley Field October 1 at 12n for who gets to win the Central Division and who is the Wild Card.   Good thing it’s not a weekday which would really mess with productivity in the Midwest.  Oops, never mind.

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Meanwhile the Rockies play the Dodgers at 1p PST to see how wins the Western Division and who is the Wild Card. Which means THEIR game will get over about 4p-430p in Los Angeles.  Could be a rush hour postgame nightmare – if Dodgers fans stayed to the end of games.

Penn State ” “Let’s see if we can lose a football game with the stupidest offensive last play call of the year.” Colts,  “hold our beer.”

With all the craziness in the world these days, somehow comforting to know the Browns are still the Browns.

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Sorry if you say “I believe Dr. Ford but I don’t think it was Kavanaugh” then you don’t believe Dr. Ford.

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Trump said last night he would campaign seven days a week for Republicans in the midnight. “Oh please oh please” responded Democrats.

About an hour after Jerry Brown signed a net neutrality law, Trump administration sued California. Yeah, that’ll go about as well as Trump taking on Dianne Feinstein.

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Anyone who questioned how Dr. Ford could still go out and have fun in college after she says she was sexually assaulted at a party… uh, Kellyanne Conway says she was sexually assaulted but still works for a predator.

(and for the record, I believe them both.)

If you go to parties regularly as a teenager, most of them will blur into being individually unmemorable. Unless something happens involving  YOU at one of them. Why is that so hard for men to understand?

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September 30 in an election year.  A  few hours away from finally being done with the “Urgent, help us make our 3rd-quarter deadline” fundraising emails. And one minute after that away from “Help us start the 4th quarter off with a bang” fundraising emails

Must admit after the past couple days I really look forward to screaming at the television set this weekend over baseball and football games for a change.

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This week’s lesson in patience: Clemson QB Kelly Bryant angrily says he’ll transfer when he gets demoted in favor of freshman Trevor Lawrence. And now Lawrence is injured.

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#7 Stanford played #8 Notre Dame tonight.  Meanwhile #1 Alabama played…. #120 Louisiana-Lafayette.

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SF Giants have scored 598 runs this year, 2nd lowest in MLB. Shocking to Giants fans… there’s a team that has scored fewer?

(actually it’s the Marlins.)

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The American League playoff spots are all set.  And there’s major National League playoff drama.  So of course Fox’s MLB Game of the Week was…. Yankees Red Sox?

But yeah, players should market themselves.

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Wonder if GOP members of Senate Judiciary Committee would have taken Dr. Ford more seriously if she said she saw Kavanaugh kneel for the anthem.

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Got to wonder, how many of the rich white privileged GOP men of the Senate have nights they can’t remember in high school and college. Or worse, nights they hope others forget.

I miss the innocent days when parents just had to explain “blow jobs” to their children rather than “Devil’s Triangle.”

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Remember those old “Catholics vs. Convicts” Notre Dame vs. Miami games?
Well, Fighting Irish RB Dexter Williams just returned from undisclosed 4 game “university suspension.” This after his arrest in 2016 for marijuana and possessing a handgun without a license….

Wisconsin GOP senator Ron Johnson suggests Christine Blasey Ford may have “false memories” of the alleged assault.

Johnson isn’t up for re-election until 2022, but guessing Wisconsin women will have true, and long memories.

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It’s probably too late for the FBI to vet and hire Ronan Farrow for Kavanaugh investigation.

Give Jeff Flake credit. He still may almost never vote the way we Democrats want. But he basically today said the hardest words in the English language.  “I admit I may have made a mistake.”

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Remember Jeff Flake in one day has admitted he might have been wrong more than Brett Kavanaugh has in a lifetime.

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Another thought about Jeff Flake yesterday. Just because someone chooses “country over party” once doesn’t mean you’d suddenly vote for him or her. But whatever happened to simply acknowledging, and applauding, a human moment?

I miss Saturday nights when you could watch a football game and not miss POTUS saying that he and Kim Jong Un “fell in love.”

Okay, Friday the SF Giants get to start a weekend of trying to knock the Dodgers out of the playoffs.  And Stanford plays Notre Dame, and Drew Brees takes his aerial show to NY. But for tonight…

John McCain was no saint. But have to think that, as a principled man who loved his (2nd) wife and adored his daughter, he’d be voting NO on Kavanaugh.

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But for Thursday…..

Here’s what it comes down to for many women watching Dr Christine Blasey Ford: We have those same teenage memories. If it didn’t happen to us, it could have, or it’s happened to our friends. And we’re mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

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All this talk now of “process.” Does anyone believe these GOP senators would have behaved any differently if Dr. Ford called a press conference on first day of original Kavanaugh hearings?

After Kavanaugh testimony can’t imagine how anyone might think he’s an aggressive angry drunk.

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But hey, Brett Kavanaugh was angry. So maybe they should have given  him six beers during the hearing recess so we could see what he’s like when he’s drunk too.

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Kavanaugh says he went to parties with girls from certain “nearby” schools. “Dr. Ford did not attend one of those schools…She and I did not travel in the same social circles.”
EXACTLY. Rich privileged white boys don’t “sh*t where they eat.”

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Kamala Harris asked if Kavanaugh watched Ford’s testimony this morning.
“I did not. I planned to, but I did not. I was preparing mine.”
Why do you need to prepare to tell the truth?

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Beginning to think a lot of GOP male senators are worrying about what they might have done while drunk in high school and college. Or worse yet, actually remembering.

Some people, especially men, seem to have a problem with Dr. Ford’s memory. But seriously, isn’t that how high school memories work, a lot of blur and some vivid details? And a lot of parties that only a few people would remember as significant. Here’s a non-sexual example, very short version of a longer story
When I was 17,  I was at an after-work party, where we were all drinking. A friend got as drunk as I had ever seen someone. It scared me. Enlisted a somewhat random slightly older male friend from work, together we stole her keys from her, and I drove her home – with a two hour stop to worship the porcelain god in a restaurant bathroom.  No joke. But no real harm done in retrospect.  Do I remember the exact date , know the party location (beyond it being an older friend’s house), and who else of my friends/coworkers were there that night?   No. It was generally an unremarkable party.

But do I remember exactly why she was in a bad mood before the party, what the room looked like where I found her sitting on the couch with, at the end, a glass of straight booze because they had “run out of 7-up”… ”   Do I remember the smell of the Southern Comfort (ugh, yes, can’t touch the stuff now), do I remember the name of the guy who helped me,  absolutely and vividly.
I find it hard to believe anyone who has ever been a teenager doesn’t believe Dr. Christine Blasley Ford.

Sometimes it’s important to remember to take joy in the little things…. like the Dodgers falling out of first place.

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Alexandra King, a model who was apparently 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s ex-girlfriend, posted a smile emoji after his season-ending ACL injury on Instagram with one word “Karma.”

Just guessing their split wasn’t amicable?

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Uh, oh, hope this REALLY isn’t a sign of the apocalypse. Per ESPN Duke is in the conversation and “trending up” for the college playoffs. Yes, in football.

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When it comes down to it, Bill Cosby was just a “he said, she said. she said. she said. she said. she said. she said. she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said. she said” situation.

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So do they serve Jello Pudding in jail?

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Wow. In 1981, Anthony Tortorici, director of public relations at Coca-Cola, said the “three most believable personalities are God, Walter Cronkite, and Bill Cosby.” Of course, at one time OJ Simpson was one of our most popular football players.

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Damn shame Senator John McCain isn’t still with us to have responded to the Trump Press Conference today – “I knew George Washington, George Washington was a friend of mine, Mr. President, you’re no George Washington.”

Trump “I was accused by, I believe it was four women… who got paid a lot of money to make up stories about me. So Donald is admitting that 15 of his 19 accusers are telling the truth?

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So the question on Nikki Haley – does she really believe what she’s saying? Or does she go back home every night close the door and scream?

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If there really were this powerful vast feminist conspiracy some people seem to think there is, guess women would be doing a far better job of standing behind the SCOTUS pick of President Hillary Clinton.

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At times like this it is useful to remember – whatever evils happen in the Trump administration, Obama once wore a tan suit.

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Wonder if about now Justice Anthony Kennedy is regretting his early retirement.

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Original Fox News Trump Press Conference headline on website showed a picture of an angry Trump with the caption “Big fat con job.” But they took it down… I wonder why?

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Yeah, Michael Avenatti can be obnoxious. So can Gloria Allred. Doesn’t mean both of them (and their clients) aren’t generally right.

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Okay, seriously haven’t we ALL had a friend or acquaintance who is nice and charming while sober, but a helluva mean drunk?

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Fox News is showing clips of Trump’s speech to UN with laughs edited out. State TV at its finest.

Jimmy Garappolo out for season with torn ACL after trying to get a few more yards on a running play. Think Sean Payton has told Drew Brees “Nice rushing TDs, don’t do it again?”

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Heard inside a Key West bar after Drew Brees fourth quarter TD to help Saints come back and beat the Falcons.  A man, standing with his wife, “I want to have his baby.”

She looked at him and said “I’ll allow that.”

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Jimmy Garappolo is out for the season. Gosh, if only there were a QB available who had a track record of some success playing for the 49ers….

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So did clock hit midnight on Fitzmagic?

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A Comerica park employee was charged after a video showed him spitting on a pizza ordered by a customer.  No doubt the first time that’s ever happened.  (Don’t be mean to service staff. )

Forget Brett Kavanaugh trying to convince us he’s a Supreme Court judge. Now he’s trying to convince us he’s Tim Tebow. #WTF?

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Uh, Brett Kavanaugh just might have opened up the most contentious and consequential argument over virginity since Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

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Since UNGA laughed at him, how long until Donald Trump tweets that he wants to pull out of the UN.

How much do we want to see headlines for every foreign newspaper tomorrow after Trump speech to UNGA today?

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Just thinking, again, that maybe the “I was a drunken idiot a few times in my youth and there are a few nights I don’t remember” defense might have made more sense than categorical denial.

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So now we have someone who tried to convince us a Presidential blow job WAS sex, trying to convince us he himself didn’t have sex in high school and into college. Irony, your table is ready.

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Seriously, of course no parent can be sure how their children will turn out. But as a mother, how hard is it to tell a son “No means no?”

Tiger Woods has won a tournament. So that means as far as ESPN is concerned ‘What NFL Week 3?”

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Meanwhile, the Lions upset the Patriots 26 to 10.  So guessing New England fans and Brady feel a bit deflated?

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Anyone saying they had that Stanford comeback all the way.. I want you on my team in liars’ dice.

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So how many Stanford, and Oregon, fans woke up this morning saying “Did that really happen?”

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Oregon fans threw bottles at Stanford players after tonight’s overtime loss. Fortunately for Cardinal players their bottle control was as good as Ducks’ ball control in 2nd half.

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Old Dominion Saturday beat Virginia Tech 49-35. Biggest shocker for many college football fans – Old Dominion had a football team?

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Scott Frost apparently told Nebraska players after 56-10 loss to Michigan that things can’t get any worse. Fans of Northwestern from 1979-82 might disagree. (34 losses in a row.)

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Nikki Haley says the US doesn’t want to do “regime change” anywhere. Well, some Americans would like to do regime change at the ballot box this November.

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Though, must confess I love forward to November 7, when 90 percent of my Sunday inbox won’t be fundraising emails. 

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Six siblings of AZ GOP Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona made a campaign ad endorsing his Dem. opponent, David Brill. And you think YOUR Thanksgiving family dinner this year might be awkward?

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Walmart has warned that pne of the items facing price hikes with Trump tariffs will be toilet paper. Well, that’s sh*tty news.

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Let’s be clear. This is not talking about putting a man in prison for life for bad behavior as a teenager. But we ARE talking about putting him on SCOTUS for life

.”Whoever she is, she’s lying.” Yeah, exactly the kind of man Americans want deciding legal issues for every woman in the USA.

Sadly.

With the Astros signing Roberto Osuna and now Addison Russell being put on “administrative leave” over domestic violence accusations,  getting increasingly harder to root for likable teams.

(and no, the Dodgers and Yankees NEVER count.)

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Jacob deGrom tonight had his 23rd straight quality start.  (Quality start, 6 innings, 3 or less runs.)  deGrom is 9-9 this year.

With the SF Giants that kind of pitching performance might have won him at least 10 games.

Chargers and Rams, meeting on Sunday, apparently both frustrated with trying to build a fan base for NFL football in Los Angeles.
Maybe 2018 will be better with slow start of their only pro competition at USC?

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Or maybe not. Announced attendance tonight for USC football against Washington State, just over 52,000.

Open note to Trump.  Rob Porter’s accusers DID go to police. And you still don’t believe them.

Wonder how many of the women Trump grabbed by the pussy went to the police or FBI right away.

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So what are all these GOP senators telling their daughters (and granddaughters) about sexual assault. Just as important, what are they telling their sons?

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Just saying …. anyone who’s read police report from Ben Roethlisberger’s 2010 arrest for alleged sexual assault of a 20-year-old will have no problem believing Stormy Daniels.

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Increasingly hard to listen to “Summer Nights” from Grease.” “C’mon c’mon did you get very far?” “Did she put up a fight?” Men have no clue about sexual assault. Period.

Over $18 million in cocaine was found in boxes of bananas shipped to the USA after the unclaimed boxes were donated to a prison. Even the inmates had to think “Crooks are REALLY stupid.”

Browns won for first time in 635 days. That’s so long ago we still had a President.

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But hey, the Browns have won a game.  The question tonight, how did the Jets win one?

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Ten games left in the season and in American League now all playoff spots are set, making those games essentially meaningless.

So for a little over a week everyone gets to see what it’s like to be an Orioles fan.

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You know you’re going to an “old fart” concert, in this case, the Eagles,  when the tickets say “no cameras.”  Yes, kids, that was still a concept in pre-smartphone era.

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Trump fundraising email again “As we start 2018, we want to know your thoughts on the President’s most important campaign promise: to Make America Great Again.” Uh -“START” 2018? It’s September.

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A Maine restaurant is putting lobsters in a box full of marijuana smoke before boiling so they at least die happier. Which might explain if diners get an after-dinner craving for Doritos.

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Steve Bannon on Trump tariffs “And guess what – you may end up paying 5% more or 10% more for the junk you buy at Walmart.” But hey, it’s liberals who supposedly are the ones insulting working-class voters?

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At least one person is dead and 17 sick from E. coli, and now 132,000 pounds of Cargill ground beef have been recalled. But hey, let’s get rid of pesky regulations

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Never heard of Ed Whelan before today but have to assume he is desperate for a job in Trump administration or at Fox News.

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Am I the only one who when Kanye West says something to feel “I really don’t care do U?”

Well, that didn’t take long. Trump now complaining about Dr. Ford. “Why didn’t somebody call the FBI 36 years ago?” Right, that worked out so well for the women who claimed they have been sexually assaulted by Trump himself.

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Once again, as a parent, I can say pretty definitely that no sane mother, especially of teenage boys, wants to have her entire life starting in high school made front page news.
And the fact that Dr. Blasley Ford has been willing to risk that absolutely convinces me her story is true. That is all.

Cleveland Browns sideline reporter Nathan Zegura yelled at the officials during Saints game and has been banned for 8 games. Making him luckier than many Browns fans.

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SI has a special issue this week dedicated to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.  Well, it’s about time those two underappreciated teams get some attention.

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The LA Dodgers have 7 players with 20 home runs. Unless Evan Longoria goes on a tear and hits 4 in the last 10 games, the SF Giants won’t even have one.  I’m not a “chicks dig the long ball” kind of gal, but this is ridiculous.

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Seriously? Set times Thursday night at AT & T Park.
5:00pm – Doobie Brothers
6:30pm – Zac Brown Band
8:30pm – Eagles
They don’t realize many Eagles fans at 8:30p are getting ready for bed at the Hotel California?

Forget dealing fairly with women, thinking this current GOP Congress wouldn’t even vote for the 19th Amendment.

A state GOP lawmaker in Pennsylvania has introduced a bill to ban teachers from discussing politics in classrooms.
Um, guessing if teachers are armed they can discuss anything they want.

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“I don’t have an attorney general.” Apparently Trump  thinks his cabinet members are sworn in, not with the Bible, but with their hand on “The Art of the Deal.”

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As Donald Trump flies to Las Vegas for yet another taxpayer funding ego-boosting rally trying to wrap my head around how GOP would have reacted had Obama done the same on a regular basis.

Trump   -“They built this gorgeous wall where plane went down in Pennsylvania, Shanksville. I was there. I made the speech. it’s sort of beautiful, what they did is incredible.They have a series of walls, I’m saying, it’s like perfect. So, so, we are pushing very hard.”

So why is anyone shocked that Donald Trump told a storm victim today to “Have a good time?” Trump thinks that anyone who meets him will consider it a highlight of their life.

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Simple question for Republicans, IF Kavanaugh is innocent and Dr. Blasley Ford is a liar, then why not have an investigation? It would exonerate him and make Democrats look bad before the midterms. IF.

The female  Uber driver who accused suspended Jameis Winston of groping her has now filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Bay QB.  And the Buccaneers, 2-0, under Ryan Fitzpatrick might be thinking “Jameis who?

Since 1993, when ONE win out of 13 for Colorado against Atlanta Braves would have gotten SF into playoffs, Giants fans have always been uncomfortably reminded, you can NEVER count on the Rockies.

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Two weeks into the college football season and USA Today has no Pac 12 teams projected for the Playoffs, and #7 Stanford projected for the Alamo Bowl.
I miss the times when that might have been the most irritating news story of the day.

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Hurricane Florence reportedly washed bundles of hundreds of pounds of marijuana up on Florida beaches.
Talk about a high tide.

Trump loves the idea of a “Fort Trump.” Wait until he realizes that Poland will expect the US to pay for it.

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For all those who claimed Bill Clinton ruined cigars for them, today Donald Trump ruined Mario Cart.

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And for all those who were uncomfortably reminded today of Mr Toad’s Wild Ride with Donald Trump, let me disabuse you; – according to Stormy Daniels, the Disney ride lasted a lot longer.

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GOP saying Dr. Christine Blasley Ford is only accusing Kavanaugh because she’s a Democrat.
They didn’t believe Roy Moore’s Republican accusers either.

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I am so bleeping tired of GOP men who discredit every woman who has come forward to say something against a Republican…
But who also believe all of Bill Clinton’s accusers are wronged saints.

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This statement from Dr. Ford, from one of her friends, rings very true “I’ve been trying to forget this all my life, and now I’m supposed to remember every little detail. They’re going to be all over me.”
And we wonder why women don’t come forward.

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Trump on Kavanaugh – ““I feel so badly for him that he’s going through this, to be honest with you. And honestly I feel terribly for him, for his wife, who is an incredible, lovely woman, and for his beautiful young daughters. I feel terribly for them.”
As to what Dr. Christine Blasley Ford and her family are going through… crickets.

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So assume GOP talking points are true and Dr. Blasley Ford is lying. Wouldn’t they welcome investigation where facts come out, Kavanaugh gets confirmed AND Democrats look foolish before midterms.
Except, what if she’s telling the truth. Never mind..

Tom Brady on Patriots loss to Jaguars “You play to another team’s strengths, it becomes incredibly hard to win.”
How about, Jacksonville was the better team yesterday.

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Josh Gordon has now been traded to New England.  If the Patriots and Brady weren’t loved enough already.

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Celia Barquin Arozmena,  the 2018 Big 12  women’s golf champion and Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year was found murdered today on an Ames golf course.   Crickets from Donald Trump on her death.  Although Celia, while blond, young and beautiful was from Spain. Her alleged killer is a young American white man.    

But if she were American and her killer from a Spanish speaking country…

Whew… see Henry Winkler trending and was relieved to remember it’s the Emmy’s. So he’s not dead and hasn’t been arrested for sexual assault.

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Whatever food and drink comprise Betty White’s diet, can someone please forward the details to Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

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FEMA delaying Nationwide Presidential alert test from this Thursday until Oct 3, 2:18pm. Because they’re still dealing with Florence and are afraid Donald Trump will tweet something really really stupid?

Trump is hosted a “Hispanic Heritage Month” celebration at the White House.
How long until someone tells him some Hispanics come from Mexico and Central America?

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Orrin Hatch asked how he would feel about Kavanaugh’s nomination if it turned out that allegations were true -his reply “if that were true, I think it would be hard for senators not to consider who he is today.”
Says the man who voted to impeach Bill Clinton over a consensual affair

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Can we just STOP with the Kavanaugh character references? Heck, even Ted Bundy had girlfriends who said he was a nice guy.

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Here’s another thing on Kavanaugh and those who insist it was just a dumb drunk moment. He’s not saying “Hey, I was an idiot in high school and there are a couple nights I honestly don’t remember. And if I did this I am SO SO sorry…” or some variation.
He is saying he DOES remember, and is denying it absolutely. Which to my mind makes him a liar as well as an attempted rapist.

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Apparently Chris Watts, the Colorado man charged with the first-degree murder of his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, is now on suicide watch.
And a large part of me thinks, just give him a rope.

New Orleans Saints tried to gift wrap a win for the Browns. The Browns returned the gift.

Today gives new meaning to the phrase “That’s so Browns.”

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Vikings rookie placekicker Daniel Carlson went 0-3 on FG’s today, including a 35-yd effort in OT that would have won the game for Minnesota.
Well, the Browns might be hiring.

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When you go 28-35 for 243 yards  and 2 TDs with no interceptions on a bad day, you just might be a HOF QB –  #DrewBrees

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And didn’t we all have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the only undefeated team left in the NFC South?

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Buffalo CB Vontae Davis retired at halftime during today’s loss to the Chargers, saying “I shouldn’t be out there anymore.”
Uh, with all due respect, that could be said about the Bills.

On brighter note for SF Giants they have one more win in September than the 49ers and Raiders combined.

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Raiders are doing their best to help Oakland fans get over their imminent departure.

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Leaving aside Mueller investigation what has to have Trump REALLY upset is that someone’s told him the optics would be really really bad to play golf this past weekend.

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Trump also claimed only five deaths from Hurricane Florence. So assume he will claim all deaths in excess of that number will be Fake News?

Interesting how same Republicans saying Brett Kavanaugh rape allegation doesn’t matter because it was back in high school, attack Senator Elizabeth Warren because of the possibility that  she MAY have fudged her ancestry when she applied to college.

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If Christine Blasey Ford had made same accusations against Bill Clinton, Trump would have invited her to one of his 2016 debates against Hillary.

So how do GOP Senators who still plan to vote for Kavanaugh look their wives and daughters in the eye?

After NY Times Op-Ed came out, Rand Paul said that all White House staffers should take a polygraph test. Professor Christine Blasey Ford already took AND passed one.

Nebraska paid Troy over $1 million to play them in Lincoln, and then lost 24-19. How long until teams start offering big pay-for-play money to the Cornhuskers?

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Justin Bieber is applying for American citizenship. Now this might even get Democrats behind the idea of a wall?

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Tough times, but you still have to admire Fayetteville, NC Mayor Mitch Colvin’s style. “If you are refusing to leave during this mandatory evacuation, you need to do things like notify your legal next of kin.”

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Apparently people have been arrested for looting homes and businesses that have been evacuated for  Hurricane Florence.  A possible solution for police,  Perhaps the looters can just be left in those areas and not evacuated themselves?

Why stop at Susan Collins?  Can USA vote EVERY Senator who is up for re-election out of office who votes to confirm Kavanaugh?

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Even for Hurricane Florence in real time, Trump has to claim a fake, and lower. death toll…

And now FEMA wants to give (I am SURE they weren’t coerced)  the President of the United States to text everyone with a major cellphone carrier in the event of an “emergency.”

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

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Does anyone REALLY believe that given the ability to text all Americans, Trump can stop at one?

For those of us of a certain age….easier to eat one Lays potato chip.

So if you add orange to a White Russian does it make the drink a Trump?

The Giants win a game, the Giants win a game!

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Meanwhile, over in the American League, since the five playoff teams have basically already clinched, the final two weeks of the season will come down to an exciting battle over whether the A’s or the Yankees have home field advantage for a one-game playoff.

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Now it’s WNBA champs Seattle Storm say they have no interest in visiting the White House.  How long until the only champions who want to meet Trump are Bass Pro Fishermen?  And even they might thinking about it.

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Am very sympathetic to those who have been unable to evacuate for Hurricane Florence. But for those who CHOSE not to leave, instead of having responders risk their lives, can we just mail Darwin awards to their next-of-kin?

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There are more than 65 people Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t eat.  #Bustohell

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Michael Bloomberg reportedly going to run for President in 2020 as a Democrat. Because what this country really needs is another old white rich man.

Because nothing says being Presidential during a natural disaster like a hurricane like doubling down on denying deaths in the last big hurricane…

Just guessing when Manafort gets out of prison, one place he can cross off his bucket list for future vacation travel is Russia.

What will be the title of Stormy Daniels book about her affair with Trump? The two-minute warning?

Leaving aside the cloud that hangs over him personally, if CEO of major corporation had half as many high-level former employees and confidants in criminal trouble as Donald Trump the board would never rubber-stamp his executive hiring.
So why does Trump get a Supreme Court pick?

That moment when you board a plane,  stow your things, and realize you will probably get along just find with the person randomly seated next to you ….