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Posted October 16, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Well, if you’re not watching the Dodgers -Mets NLCS because you don’t really like either team (or don’t like the idea of $300 million plus payrolls,) you haven’t exactly missed close exiting baseball games.

(Dodgers win 9-0 and 8-0, Mets win 7-3)

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Meanwhile, I’m a Las Vegas Aces fan, but if you gave up watching the WNBA when Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated, you’re really missing out!

(Sabrina Ionescu won the game for NY Liberty against the Minnesota Lynx with a shot that would have made Clark, or Steph Curry, proud.)

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In Trump world, a woman or girl’s death only warrants “Say Her Name” if she is murdered by an undocumented immigrant.

But if a woman like Amber Thurman dies because Trump SCOTUS nominees overturned abortion rights, then it’s a joking matter.

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There is no bottom.

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Since Stormy Daniels is back in the news with an another alleged Trump attempt to pay her hush money, what could Donald possibly care now about her not sharing?

Pictures?

One of the stupidest arguments defending almost any Trump threat.

“He didn’t do ‘fill-in-the-blank” his 1st term, why would anyone think he’d do it in a 2nd”

Because in his 1st term Trump had sane people to stop him. And Donald didn’t have a slavish SCOTUS to make him a king.

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Nancy Mace on CNN. “To my knowledge no one in Ohio has been threatened because of something Trump has said… I haven’t seen that.” Even Stevie Wonder could see that Haitian legal immigrants have been threatened in Ohio because of Trump.

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Kamala Harris ‘s best line with Fox News. “This is a democracy. And the President of the United States should be able to handle criticism without saying he’d lock people up for doing it.”

After Kamala Harris’s strong interview with Bret Baier, how long until NY Times attacks Kamala Harris for daring to answer Fox News questions with complete sentences and no music?

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From the NY Times… “Three billionaires — Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Dick Uihlein — put a combined $220 million into groups supporting former President Donald J. Trump in July, August and September,” Yeah, Don’s a real man of the people.

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An old but perhaps apocryphal story of Henry VIII. When his third wife Jane Seymour was in labor with their son Edward, doctors told him they might be only able to save her or the baby. His response “The child, the child, other wives can easily be found.

Sound familiar?

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Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a rock star.

“Everyone has an issue. If I have you for 5 seconds, I’d say, whatever your most important issue is, google Project 2025 and see what it says about it. If you like what Project 2025 says, vote for the Orange one. If not, vote for Harris-Walz.”

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Dear American women.

If you don’t think you have time to vote this November, then you certainly don’t have time to plan an escape trip out of your state for critical reproductive care.

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Money talks, and walks, and hits.

Posted October 16, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Yankees payroll $309.40 million

Tigers payroll $98 million, Royals, $122 million, Guardians $106 million

So yes, the New York Yankees payroll is almost as much as the THREE AL Central teams who made the playoffs. Combined.

Wonder how the Yankees would do vs an AL Central all star team

At a stressful time for our country, at least there are still some simple pleasures…. like watching Aaron Rodgers lose. on #MNF

(And the Dallas Cowboys, any day.)

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Here’s a bizarre stat: Three of four starting pitchers Monday in the ALCS and NLCS are former San Francisco Giants. (Rodon in 2022, Manaea in 2023, Cobb in 2024.)

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What is it with clueless MAGA types and sports. Dave McCormick, running against Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, goes to a Phiadelphia tailgate and praises… the Steelers? Which is like going to San Francisco and praising the Dodgers.

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And this deserves more attention – Musk said he roots for the Steelers AND the Eagles? #heresy

Not just national races. Jon Tester’s Montana US Senate race remains tight, despite GOP candidate TIm Sheehy frequently having been caught lying.-( including about claiming his accidentally shooting himself on vacation as a gunshot wound inr Afghanistan), and making racist anti-Indigenous statements.

And not only does MT, with smaller population than San Diego, have 2 US Senate seats, each vote there counts about twice as a California vote in electoral college.

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This sounds like a bad joke. It isn’t. Trump is trying to sabotage Hurricane recovery. “Urgent message from U.S. Forest Service, part of the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, indicated that National Guard troops encountered militia members claiming they were “hunting FEMA.”

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When almost all Trump supporters have to keep telling the media that Donald doesn’t mean what he says then he is clearly not saying sane things.

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Trump is now attacking pro-business Bloomberg news. But what should get more attention, Trump is also attacking that noted bastion of liberalism the Wall Street Journal….

As Trump now talks about wonderfu peacefull people – “peace and love” on January 6.

We have gone from “no lie too small” to “how big can I make the lie

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Fox News originally was touting Trump’s interview with Bloomberg in Chicago

. You know how bad the interview was for Donald when you go to the Fox News website and there’s no longer a word about it.

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I’m so old I remember nonstop headlines & media outrage that President Biden wasn’t releasing ENOUGH medical records. Joe had one bad debate.

Donald Trump has increasingly spewed angry nonsense. Where’s the outrage now that Trump won’t release any records?


Donald Trump today railed against what he described as “bad stories…. “We have to straighten out our press because we have a corrupt press. That’s the one we really have to straighten out.” Remember, Hitler sent journalists to Dachau before he sent Jews.

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Jake Tapper on Monday was fact checking VA Gov Youngkin as Glenn lies repeatedly that Trump has NOT threatened his political opponents: Youngkin refuses to accept Trump actual quotes: “Thing that’s tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff.” It’s a cult.

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At 9:56 am day after his 30 minute dancing coma Trump tweeted “Kamala’s Medical Report is really bad. With all of the problems that she has, there is a real question as to whether or not she should be running for President! MY REPORT IS PERFECT – NO PROBLEMS!!” He. Is. Insane..

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If Trump were the Captain of the Titanic, his MAGA followers would not only exonerate him of all blame, they would demand he be given a medal for valiantly fighting the “woke” iceberg.

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Finally Interrupting insanity for facts: Per Bureau of Labor Statistics; USA lost 2.7 million jobs during Trump’s presidency. If the pandemic months are excluded, he added 6.7 million jobs. By contrast, 15.4 million jobs were added during Biden’s presidency. Democrats deliver!

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A day late

Posted October 16, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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9-0 for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the NY Mets in game to some makes the NLCS feel like it’s over.

Remembering when a certain series felt like it was over after a 16-4 game.

Yep, game five, World Series. SF Giants vs the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2002.

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Meanwhile, David McCormick, who is running for US Senate in Pennsylvania while living in oonnecticut, went to an NFL tailgate ih Philadelphia. Then posted pictures talking about cheering on … the Steelers.

This is like going to a fundraiser Sunday in San Francisco and talking about how you were rooting tonight for the Dodgers.
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Sure looking like it may have been not that the New Orleans Saints were that good. But that the Dallas Cowboys are that bad. #WhoDat

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Trump scary quote getting attention about “people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics. And it should be easily handled by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military,”

Buts even scarier. Who does he single out? “thing that’s tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff.”

Whatever you think of Schiff, even most Republicans wouldn’t call him a “radical left lunatic.”

NY Times poll of Latino voters including immigrants found many don’t believe Trump is referring to people like them when he talks about immigrants. Got news for them; only immigrants safe under Trump’s proposed deportations are white men & beautiful women who will marry old men

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Speaker Mike Johnson says that there was a peaceful transfer of power despite January 6.

Try telling a police officer that it was fine that you were driving drunk or driving 100 mph because you didn’t actually crash.

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President Biden was in Florida today. A state probably as likely to vote for Harris as California is to vote for Trump. Joe announced additional $612 million to support communities unplaced by recent hurricanes. No insults, no threats. It’s so nice having a real President.

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ETTD?

Posted October 12, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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The Detroit Tigers were doing great until Donald Trump came to town.

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Undefeated Penn State needed a 14 point rally and a Trojans missed FG in OT to hold on against USC. Previously undefeated Ohio State lost to Oregon

Wonder how the Big Ten feels these days about adding four West Coast schools..

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Tom Brady, 47, is expected to be approved now as a minority owner of the Oakland Raiders. Wonder if owning a piece of the team will entitle him to play in a few fourth quarters?

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Wrap your head around this. Donald Trump attacks Kamala Harris because as a loyal VP she said she wouldn’t have done anything differently than President Biden. Meanwhile Donald’s own running mate is too scared just to tell the truth that Trump lost the 2020 election.

Why are we surprised that J.D. Vance refuses to say President Biden won the election? You KNOW it was the first question on Velveeta Voldemort’s VP vetting list.

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Thinking these days John McCain would be almost as disappointed in his daughter as he would be of Lindsey Graham.

Right wing media loves to dredge up decades-old comments/behavior from politicians.

Fox News et al, you missed one. “I hate the police. Given the number of negative experiences I’ve had in the past few years, I can’t imagine what a black guy goes through.” J.D. Vance, an email to a friend, 2014

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‘Chris Christie ” there’s no question that inside my party in particular, there is no longer the water’s edge. Everything is politicized. And when you add to it not only Trump’s willingness but seeming inability to avoid lying about everything — the combination of the two are toxic to the political environment generally, but they are really toxic to the human environment in a disaster.”

So uh Chris, why not endorse Kamala?

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Four days since the story broke (and was confirmed by the Kremlin), that Donald Trump sent scarce COVID testing machines in early 2020 to Vladmir Putin.

It’s not that Fox News is trying to put a positive spin on the story. They haven’t even mentioned the story.

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It’s never over

Posted October 10, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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If you stopped watching the WNBA after Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated, you’re missing some really good basketball. The Minnesota Linx were down 15 (!)with less than five minutes remaining in regulation, and won in OT.

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The miuch disliked Pohlad family is selling the Minnesota Twins.

Don’t follow the Minnesota Twins closely but gather this is good news for Twins fans. Now if A’s owner John Fisher will do the same thing.

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onald Trump shows up in Detroit, tells many lies, including about how bad the city is, and the Tigers lose a lead late in a potential series clinching ALDS game. Almost as if #ETTD

Soo many lies going around about FEMA response, amplified by Donald Trump.

Fox News, watched by many GOP, if they actually cared about life, could debunk lies for their viewers & readers. But they don’t.

Fox would rather have people die than have FEMA & Biden-Harris look good.

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Meanwhile, ICYMI with Hurricane Milton, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is SUING television stations for airing a paid ad for the abortion amendment on the November ballot he dislikes. If you wanted an idea of what life would be like with Trump back in the White House, watch Florida.

There’s a recall over listeria of almost 10 million pounds of BrucePac, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products.

But come on, it’s only science. Waiting for Trump to tell his followers eat recalled meat, own the libs

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Great Dark Brandon energy from Joe Biden today, when asked if he’d talked to Trump “Are you kidding me? Trump, get a life man, help these people.” Asked on holding Donald accountable. “The public will hold him accountable & YOU press, hold him accountable. You know the truth.”

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Barack Obama on Trump, who is claiming now he will be women’s “protector.” “I’ll tell you how he protected you. He picked three judges who overturned Roe V. Wade.” Nailed it.

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Give me a bleeping break.

Ron DeathSantis claims he won’t speak to Kamala Harris because as VP and a candidate she has “no role” with hurricane relief. But this morning CANDIDATE Trump released a video bragging that he’s been talking to the Florida Governor. No lie too small.

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Under water

Posted October 10, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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First year since 2018 that the Tampa Bay Rays were not in the postseason.

Good timing. Since Tropicana Field is now missing a roof.

(And it’s a different Bay… but there is an empty MLB stadium about 2500 miles west that might be a bit of a dump but may be a lot more usuable for 2025..)

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Meanwhile, Fox Sports announcers with the “keen grasp of the obvious” award after the Cleveland Guardians have been shut out twice in a row by the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS.

“They have to find a way to score some runs tomorrow.”

It wil take days if not weeks to understand scope of devastation from Hurricane Milton, but a sad reminder- the Gulf of Mexico’s water is abnormally warm right now, which means we are likely to get more major hurricanes this year. Science doesn’t care if you believe in it or not.

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Tropicana Las Vegas imploded at 230a Oct 9.. Used to love their $5 blackjack (for us who don’t gamble seriously) & great Comedy Club/Laugh Factory. But having Trop imploded in middle of night, when few are awake/paying attention, seems appropriate for John Fisher’s As

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Wonder how many of these videos and interviews of people staying put for Hurricane Milton will be played at their memorial services?

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Ron DeSantis as Milton approached: “If you’re hearing something that’s just outrageous, just know in the state of Florida, none of that stuff would ever fly, so you don’t have to worry about that.” If this weren’t such a potential tragic hurricane that statement would be funny.

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Yes, understand Hurricane Milton is top story right now.

@FoxNews nonetheless found space on website front page for Donald’s supposed plan to have rally at MSG. Fox hasn’t managed to find space to cover Trump’s giving COVID machines to Vladimir Putin. We’re waiting.

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Whether you believe in God, Mother Nature and/or Karma, one or all of them seem to believe that Ron DeSantis deleting climate change from every Florida state document and law was a REALLY bad idea.

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Most Florida airports have shut down and almost the entire state is dealing withsevere weather. Tone deaf award, again, for the day goes to Donald Trump with his latest fundraising email. “YOU’RE INVITED TO MAR-A-LAGO!”

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On the brink?

Posted October 9, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Really Fox Sports? Before the Los Angeles Dodgers-San Diego Padres game. “It has become the most heated rivalry in baseball.” San Francisco Giants fans along with Boston Red Sox- New York Yankees fans would like a word.

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Meanwhile NY Mets starter Sean Menaea goes 7 innings with only one run to help leads the Mets to a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

If only the SF Giants had a pitcher like that.

Oh wait, never mind. They had Menaea in 2023. 37 appearances, ten starts, and many of them as an “opener.”

Analytics suck.

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The Minnesota Lynx are going to the WNBA finals. The Minnesota Vikings are 5-0

Maybe some of my Minnesota friends are right, the Twins complete collapse out of the MLB playoff race was the price the local fanbase pays for their other successes?

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Mitt Romney says he does not want Donald Trump to win the election, but he would not endorse Kamala Harris, saying he wants “to continue to have a voice in the Republican Party.” Uh, Mitt has a voice now in the GOP, he’s just cowardly not using it.

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After revelations of several phone calls at least between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin after Donald left office, including in 2024. Tim Walz today “I can guarantee you that Kamala Harris and I do not have dictators on speed dial.”

Michael de Adder was fired in Halifax Nova Scotia, for this cartoon. Think we owe it to him to make it go viral in Canada and in the United States.

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Make it make sense: Ron DeSantis says that he’s not answering Kamala’s because as Vice President Harris has had “no role” as in hurricane response for 3 1/2 years But GOP now attacking Harris as actually being the one in charge for everything they dislike over last 3 1/2 years.

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Want to imagine what USA would be like under a second Trump administration? T

Take a look at Florida. Where free speech that the governor doesn’t like is a crime.

Ron DeSantis’ administration is threatening to prosecute the media for airing pro-choice ads. Wish this was a joke.

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How dat?

Posted October 7, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Derek Carr has an oblique injury and may or may not be able to play next Sunday.

Think I speak for most Saints fans when i say, can’t decide if that’s good or bad news.

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One thing about being a sports fan. Most days have some good with the bad.

As in bummed to see the Saints lose to Kansas City. but fun to watch the Yankees lose to Kansas City

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And again about payroll

For 2024.

Yankees: $309,434,607

Royals: $122,546,954 (20th)

Guardians: $106,774,581 (23rd)

Tigers: $98,511,614 (26th)

Toal: $327,833,149 – yes, that’s $18 million more total for the other three teams left as for the Yankees themselves.

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GOP: we have no problem taking women’s rights away based on state where they live. Also GOP, we have no problem running for open US Senate seats no matter where we live. WI GOP candidate Hovde lives in CA, MI candidate Rogers per Maddow lives in FL along w/ AL Sen. Tuberville…

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I wish this were a joke. Trump is now attacking immigrants by claiming they have “bad genes.” Has he forgotten? Four of his five children have immigrant mothers.

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he won’t call Congress back into session early for emergency funding for hurricane victims, saying there’s no rush since “it takes a while to calculate the actual damages.” Wonder if Milton was heading for Shreveport instead of Florida?

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Ron DeSantis won’t extend the voter registration deadline due to Hurricane Milton. And yes, the city of Tampa votes blue. He probably won’t extend voting hours etc either.

But wanna lay odds if the Florida Governor allows exceptions for voters in wealthy Republican areas -like Lee County – if the storm hits them?

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I think I like Tampa’s mayor Jane Castor On with Kaitlin Collins today “I can say without any dramatization whatsoever: If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re gonna die.”

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When we’re getting “Once in a Lifetime Storms” about once a week, maybe it is time to quit pretending there’s no climate change. #Milton

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Finally this old story that feels particulary apt.

Police knock on woman’s door telling her to evacuate before hurricane

She refuses: “God will save me.’

Then as water rises, people come by in a boat in flooded street, “get in the boat please.”

She refuses: “God will save me” Water continues to rise.

She’s on roof, helicopter flies overhead w/ ladder. “Grab the ladder please.” She refuses: “God will save me.”

Then she drowns. At pearly gates “God, why didn’t you save me.”

God: “I sent police, a boat & a helicopter, what did you want?”

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Nowhere lower to go

Posted October 6, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Alabama’s loss to Vanderbil Saturday was the most embarrassing thing to happen to the state since they elected Tommy Tuberville.

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40 cars started NASCAR race at Talladega Sunday. A late crash involving 28 of them wiped out most of the field.

Has Trump blamed this on Democrat yet?

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As MLB division series started this weekend:. Tigers, Royals & Guardians payrolls total about $298 million between them. Which means all 3 of them together pay their teams less than NY Mets. (not to mention 1/2 billion $ payroll Dodgers would have if they couldn’t play accounting games.)

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I am not a Cal fan but that was targeting last night. Second week in a row that Miami gets a gift from ACC officials.

I really don’t care what Melania Trump says at this point, do u?

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National Hurricane Center warns that a tropical storm -Melvin – in the Gulf of Mexico could become a major hurricane & hit West Coast of Florida late this week.

Meanwhile, reminder that as Marge 3 Names says Democrats control weather- not a single major storm has hit Mar-A-Lago.

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Trump told GOP to tank their own bipartisan border bill so things wouldn’t improve before the election Now has he told Speaker Mike Johnson, whose GOP wouldn’t vote for supplemental FEMA funding, not to call House back in session so more people will suffer before election?

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All votes count equally. But media spending most of their energy on “undecideds” at this point is like teachers paying most of their attention to kids who don’t do their homework until the night before.

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Even conservative Politico: “Johnson won’t condemn Eric Trump comments blaming Dems for assassination tries.” Never noticed MAGA Mike complaining when Donald calls Harris “evil” and saying “she should be impeached and prosecuted for her actions.”

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So Kamala Harris repeated “32 days… 32 days before the election” when her teleprompter went out. I guess MAGAs think she should have rambled about Hannibal Lecter, windmill cancer and water-free bathrooms to sound Presidential?

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The VP debate is over and J.D. Vance has done his moderate act in front of millions of viewers he hopes are gullible. Today after the Butler, PA rally, Vance confirms a Trump-Vance administration would defund Planned Parenthood..

It’s great living in a state that actually wants all eligible voters to vote. “This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the upcoming November 5, 2024, General Election has been mailed to you.’

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Michael Che on SNL’s Weekend Update: “Donald Trump refused to release his medical records I bet I know what he’s hiding. But I’m not allowed “dementia it.”

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Worth watching

Posted October 5, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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WNBA ratings wtthout Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have been lower for the semi-final playoff rounds than the first round with Clark,, though the NY Liberty and the LV Aces’ first game had more viewers than any of last season’s finals games

Hoping people keep tuning in. There are some seriously impressive women still playing

(And playing more of a team game than many if not most NBA teams.)

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More on money

The Tigers, Royals and Guardians payrolls total about $298. million between them.

Which means all three of them together pay their players less than the NY Mets.

(not to mention the half billion payroll the Dodgers would have if they couldn’t play accounting games.)

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Meanwhile over on MSNBC… Katy Tur whining she went out in New York City & spent $30 on salad w/ tuna “down the street.” Where the heck is Katy going for lunch? (MSNBC is in Rockefeller Center. A number of great food trucks within a block or too, and places like Ess-a-Bagel with great bagel tuna salad sandwiches around $10

Just spent some time on Fox News website.

You can find lies by Musk on FEMA, stories on Halloween fast food items &, something about Will Farrell’s trans friend. What you can’t find. That the port strike is over, and that the Sept. jobs report was fantastic.

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Meanwhile WTF CNN? Biden comes out for a cheerful (and excellent) surprise appearance in the White House press room.

And CNN starts talking about how he hurt Kamala Harris by appearing at the same time as her Michigan rally. How about STFU and show Harris’s speech on tape delay?

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As Trump talks about the missing people after Helene “never seen anything where the numbers are so large…” So Donald is saying he completely forgot about Katrina? Or he doesn’t care because so many of the victims were people of color

Pople trying to survive natural disasters need hope. FEMA & Biden-Harris adminstration working nonstop to help. Trump/MAGA GOP lies told to hurt Democrats also cause despair among Hurricane Helene victims who believe no one is trying to help them.

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While Trump & GOP attack Biden administration with lies about Helene, reminder, in 2017, Trump turned down 99% of aid North Carolina requested after Hurricane Matthew.

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Everything MAGA Republicans don’t like they say is fake.” – Dark Brandon nailed it.

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This Amy Klobuchar tweet from 2020 perfectly sums up Liz Cheney standing with Kamala Harris today!

“Courage these days is not standing by yourself in the corner of a boxing ring throwing punches. Courage is whether you’re willing to stand next to someone you don’t always agree with for the betterment of this country.”

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So close

Posted October 4, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Mets -Brewers game for a while was a painful reminder of the season for SF Giants fans because no team could get a hit with RISP. Then Brewers took 2-0 lead (from back to back home runs) in the 7th into the 9th, and SFGiants fans got flashbacks to Camilo Doval.

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Mets have the highest payroll in MLB (with the help of Ohtani’s creative math in Los Angeles.)

Dodgers and Phillies are 4th and 5th in the top five (others are Astros & Yankees.) Padres are 15th.

Meanwhile in AL, other than NY, remaining playoff teams are Royals, 20th, Guardians, 23rd, Tigers 26th.

In case you want to root for teams who will not or cannot buy a title.

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For some reason, Fox News not only did not cover Liz Cheney’s speech endorsing Kamala Harris, but also after regular commentary trying to blame Biden and Harris for the port strike, is not covering on their website tonight that the ILA has reached an agreement to go back to work.

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North Carolina Republicans won state legislature in 2010 & have gerrymandered it to keep control. They regularly pass bills against building and environmental regularations (along with bills against abortion and voting rights. Just one month ago, Govenor Roy Cooper vetoed their “building code regulatory reform bill” over safety concerns. But lawmakers overrode it.

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Bruce Springsteen has endorsed Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. The Boss has spoken.

Your move, Chris Christie.

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Susan Rice great tonight on with Lawrence O’Donnell calls Donald Trump a “surrender monkey” and calls him America’s Neville Chamberlain.

Not quite true though. Neville Chamberlain did some good things in his life.

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Well give Trump credit for accomplishing one thing most of us thought was impossible Kamala Harris saying “Can we hear it for Liz Cheney?”

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Liz Cheney talking about her childhood as a young Republican: “I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray-tanning.”

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For all that Trump complains about the evidence Jack Smith released about a month before the election, remember this: If Donald hadn’t been fighting to delay the trial for years, it would have been over by now

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Trump saying today in Michigian ” if I thought I lost I wouldn’t be doing it – running- again. If I thought I lost I’d be on the beaches of Monte Carlo or something…” “Beaches of Monte Carlo? – A real man of the people.

(and ask any travel agent. Many reasons to go to Monte Carlo… wouldn’t put beaches in the top ten.)

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Any airtime or stories about Melania Trump now are just distractions from the fact her husband violently tried to overthrow the 2020 election. Period.

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CNN piece today questioning the “Republicans for Harris” campaigning Democrats are doing, including with Liz Cheney, and saying, GOP isn’t doing the same with “Democrats for Trump.” Maybe because there basically AREN’T any Democrats for Trump, .

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Falling

Posted October 3, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Four wild card series in Major League Baseball, three of them ended up in sweeps.

So baseball fans go from four games a day, to one game Thursday, and nothing Friday until the ALDS and NLDS start Saturday.

A warning we are less than month away from, as A. Bartlett Giamatti wrote  “The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone..

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ESPN reports, “two NFL teams high on Davante Adams’ wish list of places to land if he’s traded — if not at the very top — are the NY Jets and New Orleans Saints.”

The Saints have Derek Carr, Adams’ former teammate at Fresno State and with the Raiders.. Davante Adams is a Palo Alto High School graduate )across the street from Stanford) Maybe Adams could get over Aaron Rodgers being a Cal guy, but hope he’s smart enough not to want to play for someone so anti-science.

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How much must it be infuriating Trump, that for all the lies J.D. Vance told, he came off as smarter and more likable than Donald?

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If you care more about what month in 1989 Tim Walz was in China, than you do about J.D. Vance lying about LEGAL immigrants not only being illegal but also eating Americans’ pets…you just might be a cult member. Or on staff at Axios, and other US media.

Tim Walz may not be a great debater, but he came off as a guy you’d want to have a beer with.

J.D. Vance is the man who if he sits down next to you at the bar, you cover your drink if you leave for the ladies’ room.

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Nancy Pelosi on the subject of reproductive freedom “I had 5 children in 6 years…it’s wonderful for me but not for me to decide what other people should do, nor is it up to Trump and Vance….”

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“I’m really grateful to Mike Pence.” Cassidy Hutchinson tonight on “The Last Word.”

A sentence millions of Americans, including me, never expected to agree with.

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Lara Trump on Donald insulting the intelligence of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. “This is Donald Trump… And obviously, he’s kind of joking around there with the crowd at a Trump rally when he says those things.” Trump. Does. Not. Joke.

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Make them riot” “Do it!!” – Why are those two sentences not front page headlines?

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And the last word shall be first

Posted October 2, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Jasmine Crockett on how J.D Vance says Republicans need to talk about reproductive rights the right way.

“The problem isn’t how you talk about it. The problem is what you’ve done about it.”

#Bam🔥

Molly Ivins would have loved Jasmine Crockett.

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Amy Klobuchar on J.D. Vance saying “my heart goes out”, including to a woman bleeding out on a hospital floor after Roe V. Wade was overturned. “Your heart may go out, but your policies are heartless.”

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Asked about Trump & Jan 6. J.D. Vance responded” “We’re focused on the future.” Reminds me of Mark McGwire back in steroid days “I’m not here to talk about the past.” Except with McGwire it was just home run record being broken. With Trump on Jan 6, it was our democracy that almost fell.

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The gender gap was already historic in this election. What’s the record for the lowest percentage of women voting for a Presidential ticket? J.D. Vance is helping Trump-Vance aim for that record.

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“We’re not pro-abortion, we’re pro-women.” I love Tim Walz

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Walz talking how Trump on Roe v. Wade and reproductive rights said that the states will decide. “That’s not how this works.” Exactly. In the UNITED States of America, your zip code should not determine your rights .

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Vance keeps talking about what a great job he claimed Donald Trump did. Once more for those in the back: And in language the former Apprentice host would get. American voters said to “Donald Trump – you’re fired.”

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J.D. Vance – “More security in schools is the answer.” That worked out so well in Uvalde.

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Tim Walz talking about how Trump has scuttled the border bill and ordered Republicans not to pass any legislation, even bipartisan legislation, that is good for this country. “What would Donald Trump talk about if we actually did some of these things?” Minnesota Nice Nailed It.

Can someone ask one of his surrogates a simple question. Do you honestly believe Donald Trump is currently in his right mind?

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Trump saved Obamacare like he will protect women.

Folks, this isn’t hard. J.D. Vance claimed he hated Trump Now he claims he loves Trump. J.D. Vance claimed he’s 100% anti-abortion. Now he claims his heart goes out to women. J.D. Vance cares about power. If you care about your rights, vote Harris-Walz.

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If Trump supporters had hanged Mike Pence, J.D. Vance would say his heart goes out to Pence’s family… But he’d still have accepted being Donald’s running mate. And he’d still have said Trump did nothing wrong on January 6.-

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As Vance talks about Americans wanting better leadership in the White House, does he think we forgot that we already know what it’s like to have Trump in the White House? And we fired him.

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And let’s not forget. J.D. Vance doesn’t want to talk details about implementing mass deportation. He was asked twice.

He knows his boss’s plan is cruel and impossible. He also knows how many Republicans count on staffing their businesses and homes with cheap immigrant labor.

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Tim Walz talking about how Trump has scuttled the border bill and ordered Republicans not to pass any legislation, even bipartisan legislation, that is good for this country. “What would Donald Trump talk about if we actually did some of these things?” Minnesota Nice Nailed It.

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President Biden will fly over Asheville to survey the damage because Mayor doesn’t want to shut only the open road from airport down to accommodate his motorcade. We know Trump if he were President in an election year would insist on the photo op.

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As Iran launches a missile attack on Israel, your reminder, dictators across the world want Donald Trump in charge of the United States. Because he will tell them, as he has told Russia, to do “whatever the hell you want.”

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Orioles 1-5 with RISP in scoring position. In a 1-0 loss in the first game of the AL Wild Card series against the Kansas City Royals. And that one hit only got a runner at second to third.

Baltimore colors are orange and black. Felt a bit too famiilar for SF Giants fans.

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Hey Detroit Tigers fans. You can borrow the terms “Torture” and “Laugher” for the duration of your 2024 postseason. Sincerely, SF Giants fans who empathize.

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Imagine if before baseball playoffs or major sporting event or even a reality television competition, one team or contestant constantly claimed they would win and if they lost it was cheating & they wouldn’t accept it.

We’d change the channel.

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No longer with us

Posted September 30, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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People are complicated. RIP Pete Rose. He was the best and worst of baseball.

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-Tom Tolbert on KNBR with the line of the night on Pete Rose.

“He probably had himself in a death pool. The ultimate push.”

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Though seriously, RIP Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who passed away of brain cancer at only age 58. He was one of the best in the NBA on and off the court., a global ambassador for the sport.

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It’s a bummer to root for a team eliminated from the postseason. OTOH, it’s was a lot less stressful today than being a Mets, Braves or Diamondbacks fan.

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Now, if the SF Giants, after a mostly lost season, hadn’t managed to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2 out of 3 the last week of the season, either the Mets or Braves would have been eliminated.

New York and Atlanta fans, you’re welcome

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Dear Buster Posey. Congratulatons on your new role as President of Baseball Operations for the SF Giants.

Now can you find a role for Pablo Sandoval in the SF Giants organization?… Vice-President of energy and FUN works for me.

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Imagine being in Valdosta, Georgia with your home or business destroyed or without power, and first responders tell you, sorry we can’t help today, we have to go protect Donald Trump for his photo op.

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Rachel Maddow has clip of J.D Vance talking on going after Harvard’s endowment & making universities pay taxes because of their politics & involvement in cultural issues. If involvement in politics & cultural issues means paying taxes, can we start taxing churches? Yesterday?

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Polls don’t matter .Votes do. But polls do show big increase in Republicans planning to vote for abortion rights

JD Vance says he doesn’t think most suburban woman care about abortion rights ,and instead care about “normal things” Got news for him, reproductive rights are normal things.

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Hurricane Ian – September 28, 2022

Hurricane Sandy – October 22, 2012

Hurricane Maria, September 16, 2017 Donald Trump

“Nobody thought this would be happening, especially now it’s so late in the season for hurricanes.”

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Donald Trump knows darn well it’s pronounced COMMA-La. His pronounciation is deliberately wrong & insulting. Media ignores it. Imagine if Joe Biden Kamala Harris started calling him DonOLD every time… Thinking media would be all over them for not being Presidential.

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From my high school yearbook. Back in the days when friends could disagree on politics. It’s midnight in Georgia. Jimmy Carter is 100. Proud to have supported him in 1976 and 1980. We are so lucky to live in a world with him in it.

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Why bother

Posted September 30, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Trump inconvenienced 100,000 fans who had to enter stadium over 90 min early & cost taxpayers big $$ in Secret Service/police costs. Just so he could see Georgia Alabama game?!

BUT NY Times reports at the bottom of their story,, he left just after halftime, right after being shown on TV.

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Seriously, fans had to be in the stadium by 5p, missing out on serious tailgate time, for a 630p start. And Trump only stayed at the game for about 90 minutes..

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Apparently many MAGA Trump fans are furious that ABC “only” showed Donald for a few seconds on TV last night at the Georgia-Alabama game. Despite the fact that most viewers tuned in to watch…the game?!!

It’s. A. Cult.

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Meanwhile the New Orleans Saints snatched defeat from the jaws of victory after… (when they had initially fallen behind after a muffed punt at the 5 yard line, Paulson Adebo committed a completely unnecessary pass interference penalty with 20 seconds left and the Falcons out of time outs, setting up a 58 yard game winning field goal.

So are the Atlanta Falcons going to give the game ball to Shaheed or Adebo?

And on top of it all just found out that Paulson Adebo is an anti-vaxxer

Proving once again, being a former Stanford football player is no guarantee of not being stupid.

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SF Giants made a late push after being eliminated, at one point winning 7 of 8 against postseason bound teams but fall JUST short of .500 by losing 2 of 3 to the Cardinals.

Kind of sums up the 2024 season.

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Hey Gen Z – it’s not just the Trump Tequila Tax. Donald’s tariffs will raise prices on much more. For starters, coffee & tea – especially boba tea. “Most of tapioca consumed in U.S. is imported. The critical ingredient, tapioca starch, is mostly grown in Asia.”

Pass it on.

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As the death toll keeps rising from Hurricane Helene, have to wonder… how many victims died because they’ve learned, increasingly from Trump to ignore warnings from experts about anything related to science?

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President Biden says he hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week “if it doesn’t impact emergency response. Trump announced he’d visit Valdosta, GA Monday, state needs be damned. Donald claims he’ll help distribute relief supplies. So how many paper towels will he throw?

VERY important reason to post positive things about your favorite politician(s)

. Part of GOP strategy is to convince us all politicians are crooks & liars & your vote doesn’t matter. We have many good leaders in USA. But the more good people stay home the more bad people win.

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Out of order

Posted September 29, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Sorry, but the phrase “Big Ten Conference opening win for Oregon over UCLA” is just WRONG.

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IYCMI, while Asheville and Western North Carolina suffered historic flooding and many people have died, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was at a CAMPAIGN EVENT in the state where he ended up treated for second-degree burns after touching a truck exhaust pipe.

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MSM sanewashes Trump by not headlining his rambling. Fox News website doesn’t even mention his most demented lies- today on his “beach body”, migrants in your kitchen, Kamala & Joe being “mentally disabled…”

But remember headlines for days when Biden forgot a name or word?

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Some MAGA trolls chortling that MINNESOTA governor Tim Walz heard some boos when he attended Minnesota-Michigan game. Uh, imagine if J.D Vance had cojones to show up today with Ohio State jersey in East Lansing for OSU-Michigan State game. Boos would register on Richter scale.


In an unearthed video, JD Vance attacked women “who can’t have kids” because they “passed the biological period when it was possible” as “miserable” people who “have no real value system” and strugg

Did J.D. Vance make his wife Usha undergo exams to prove she was fertile before he married her? What an infernal jerk.

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Over on what I still call Twitter, when I get a tweet even semi-viral praising President Biden, always get bots and trolls claiming he is incompetent and/or doddering.

Same bots and trolls who also claim Joe controls the DOJ, FBI indeed all aspects of government against their cult leader Trump. Make it make sense.

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“Refugees seeking haven in America are poor and disease-ridden. They threaten to take jobs away from Americans & strain welfare budgets. They’re bringing with them crime. They’re accused of being rapists.”

Of course we’re talking about hate directed at Irish in 19th Century.

https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis

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121

Posted September 27, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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The Chicago White Sox today, with a loss to the Detroit Tigers are now 39-121. A record number of losses.

If anyone has seen the White Sox play this year, the hardest thing to understand, how did they win 39 games

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Congratulations to Matt Chapman, winner of the SF Giants Willie Mac award. Well since Chapman signed a long term deal, one nice change this year is that the winner should be around for a while

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Don’t look now but Indiana, Illinois and Rutgers, all at 4-0, are on top of the Big 10 College Football Standings.

Getting to CFB playoffs means money for whole conference. No dog in this fight but my sense is ACC officials made call to get Miami – an ACC team – big payoff by maybe being in playoffs. Virginia Tech took one for the team, or rather the conference on overturned Hail Mary TD.

(and yes, ACC gets one team -their champion – in, but they have a chance for more, and seeding matters


My feeling on replay review. If it takes more than 2 minutes, the call stands. Period.

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Dear Republicans. When you have a “once in a lifetime storm” on a regular basis across the United States pretty safe to say, yes, climate change is real.

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Read a sad story about a guy in Cedar Key, Florida whose popular little bar was destroyed by Hurricane Helene.
“He said he has previously turned down offers of government aid, but this time is ready to accept whatever help he can get.”

Socialism is too often defined as aid given to anyone else.

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Rick Scott, on CNN talking about hurricane flooding. (Yes, he said it)

“In Florida, most of what you die from is water not wind. …Who knows what the reason is, but something is changing, massive storms, massive storm surge, we’ve got to figure this out.” Something? 2 words: CLIMATE CHANGE

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Have to wonder, how many people who ignored orders to evacuate during Hurricane Helene and still survived (often only with help from first responders) will decide they were right? Much like those who took invermectin and still survived COVID.

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Melania Trump said of the “mainstream media” “They only fueling a toxic atmosphere…This needs to stop. This needs to stop. The country needs to unite.”

MSM is fueling a toxic atmosphere?! If you didn’t already know Melania doesn’t attend nor listen to Donald’s speeches and rallies.

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If you’re struggling to control your appetite for food and don’t want to resort to drugs, may I suggest reading stories of how RFK Jr and Olivia Nuzzi had ‘incredible’ Facetime sex with each other?

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RIP Maggie Smith, 89 Loved her in so many things, but especially as the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey “A woman of my age can face reality better than most men.” True at any age, really

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Storms ahead

Posted September 26, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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As we approach the MLB postseason

If you are looking for a team to root for in the playoffs.

In the bottom 10 of MLB payrolls

21. Royals, $115,257,261

23. Brewers $105,833.094

24. Tigers $103,834,833

27. Orioles $94,520,400

28. Guardians $93,333,629

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OTOH

Top 5, Mets − $305,624,274

Yankees − $303,322,047

Dodgers − $249,823,654

Phillies − $243,476,617

Astros − $236,524,482

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-As an SF Giants fan whose team was at one point the worst in baseball hitting with RISP, must admit I felt for Minnesota Twins fans tonight. Winning run on 2nd and/or 3rd in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. And still managed to lose in 13 to the 100 loss Marlins.

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Stanford supposed to fly to South Carolina to play Clemson on Saturday. Since it’s all charter planes anyway for football teams why doesn’t Clemson just come to California? We have a perfectly good stadium and sunshine this weekend.

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For days forecasters have been saying Helene could be biggest hurricane EVER in parts of Florida, even inland. And reports are many people haven’t evacuated since hurricanes were never problem before. Maybe if Deathsantis hadn’t banned using term “climate change” in Florida.

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As Hurricane Helene bore down upon Florida, Joe Biden has already (2 days ago) approved federal disaster relief, unconditionally, without threats or attacks on a state that didn’t vote for him. It’s so nice having a President.

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(Got the the usual bots & trolls attacking me on social media for pointing out that Biden was helping Florida… many of them made comments like “well, it’s bare minimum,” or “how could you make it political.” Did they forget or not see that Trump says he will withhold disaster aid from California?)

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Reports from a couple Florida friends that Ron DeSantis didn’t make toll roads free today in Florida ahead of Hurricane Helene. If true, evacuees will have insult added to injury by having to pay for their escapes. And would be very on brand.

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Has FLORIDA RESIDENT Donald Trump said one positive thing or even written a message of hope for his state during one of their worst hurricanes ever?

(I’ll wait.)

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Fox News and other right wing media were all over Kamala Harris wearing an $800 pair of earrings at the DNC. For some reason they seem to have missed that Donald Trump is hawking $100,000 watches.

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Indicted by the Feds.

Eric Adams

Robert Menendez

Hunter Biden

Donald Trump.

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But tell me how Joe Biden has weaponized the DOJ against Republicans?

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Stephen Colbert on Pete Buttigieg playing J.D. Vance in debate prep for Tim Walz. “Must be difficult for Buttigieg to get into character.. since Vance has none.”

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The show goes on!

Posted September 25, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are out of the WNBA playoffs. But so many great players are still in. A’Ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart. For starters. Keep watching!

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Don’t look now but the 38-120 Chicago White Sox are on a two game winning streak.

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As Trump keeps saying that everyone who won’t vote for him, Catholics, Jews, Seniors, etc, .. (so far) should have their head examined, your reminder that psychiatrists are almost universally agreed that Trump has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. .

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Mayor Eric Adams indicted on Federal charges in New York. He’s a Democrat. If he’s convicted he should go to jail. See how easy that is?

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The US Senate just passed legislation to continue to fund the government until Dec 20. 78-18 18 Republicans actually voted to shut everything down on Monday.

Why do so many in the GOP hate America?

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Last week Trump said that he’d “probably” meet President Zelensky. Now Donald said he wil not meet Zelensky Is there ANYTHING Trump says the truth about? Other than being a dictator on day one and punishing his enemies?

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Learned from Colin Allred today Texas has been red partly because it’s one of LOWEST turnout states in the country Only 60% of eligible voters turned out in 2020.

By comparison California had 68%, Minnesota had 80%.

If voters turn out this year, Democrats can defeat Ted Cruz.

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WTAF?

Mike Lee had unmitigated gall to oppose President Biden’s nominee to run Office of Government Ethics

because “we are too close to Presidential election & the term is 5 years.”

But Lee had no problem with ramming though lifetime SCOTUS nominee few weeks before 2020 election

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As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warns people about Hurricane Helene, can someone ask him why he believes weather science about storms but not medical science about vaccines?

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Women lead

Posted September 25, 2024 by left coast sports babe
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Former San Antonio Spurs asst coach Becky Hammon, a Gregg Popovich protege, interviewed repeatedly for NBA head coaching jobs. She never got an offer; whisper was she “wasn’t head coaching material.” Mark Davis paid her $1 million to coach the Las Vegas Aces.

Result, repeat WNBA championships.

And a first round sweep tonight.

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Los Angeles Dodgers, down 4-2 with two on, nobody out in bottom of the 9th, ground into game ending triple play (!) to lose to the San Diego Padres. No punch line. as an SF Giants fan I just like reporting that.

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Speaker Mike Johnson says GOP House will certify the election, “if it’s a free and fair election.” Translation. Republicans are only agreeing to accept the election results if they win.

Imagine, seriously, if sports fans said they would accept the outcome of games, only if THEIR teams won.

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On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert asked Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Americans crossing border for lower drug prices. “We’re happy to try to help you out, but would be really easier if you guys had Universal Health Care.

If US only cared about health as much as gun rights.

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Trump bragging on how he will take care of women by eliminating their rights: “You will no longer have anxiety from all the problems our country has today… You will be protected, & will be your protector.” Trump isn’t running for President. He’s running for Stalker in Chief.

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But seriously wrap your head around this:

A candidate for President has been found guilty of sexual assault and denies dozens of accusations from others by saying things like “she would not be the chosen one.” That same candidate now calls himself “a protector of women.”

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Just saying for anyone who knows someone in Texas. Avote for Colin Allred is not only a vote to send Ted Cruz back to Texas, (or Canada)

It’s also a vote to keep Mitch McConnell’s GOP replacement from being Senate Majority Leader. And a vote to keep GOP from refusing to confirm judicial nominees even if Kamala Harris is elected.

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Anyone who knows the history of the Holocaust knows… It didn’t start with Nazi death camps. It started with serial numbers, registration, demonizing non-Aryans, punishing dissidents and political enemies…

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If you want to know how unhinged Trump’s latest speech today was don’t take my word for it. Go to Fox News website. They aren’t even mentioning it.

(not the first time either.)

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Mitch McConnell actually spoke today on the Senate floor about Democrats trying to destroy the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. Funeral services for satire are pending.

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Joe Manchin having hissy fit & won’t endorse Kamala Harris, because she supports ending filibuster to codify Roe V. Wade. “Shame on her. She knows the filibuster is the holy grail of democracy.” What will Manchin say if GOP takes back Senate & eliminates filibuster on day 1?

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So since Trump is promising everything else why hasn’t he said if he were President he’d Sharpie the hurricane away from Florida?

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