Left Coast Sports Babe

Jose Altuve is 0-19 in the postseason season, after another very good, not record-breaking year for the Houston Astros. But Houston fans were not booing him tonight at Minute Maid Park.

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Aaron Judge will either be AL MVP or the runner-up, and after an 0-8 start to postseason NY fans were booing him in Yankee Stadium.

And if some wonder why Judge might be playing his last season in pinstripes?

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Clearly there are more important issues facing our country but TBS announcers salivating over the Yankees at every opportunity is annoying as h*ll.

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I wasn’t even a Colin Kaepernick fan when he was with the SF 49ers and at this point watching Andy Dalton I want the Saints to give him a chance at this point.

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I’d call Liz Truss the Lady Jane Grey of Prime Ministers but at least Liz will escape with her head.

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Beginning to think Midwestern Nice snark originated in Great Britain after this week.

One of many excellent efforts from across the pond:

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Among the lies Republicans tell is that Democrats are the party of the elite. No lie more obvious than in Ohio, where populist Congressman Tim Ryan is running against billionaire Peter Thiel funded California Venture Capitalist JD Vance.

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Still processing that Amy Coney Barrett didn’t block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. But she did go to Notre Dame Law School on a full-tuition scholarship. Is it just possible Barrett has some sympathy for middle class as long as women’s rights aren’t involved?

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Understandable in tough times for global economy that most Americas are more focused on things at home instead of overseas. But today is not a bad day for us to look over to England to see how well the idea of more tax cuts for the wealthy worked out for that country.

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Can someone ask Texas officials on camera why they are sending “inspectors” only to monitor Democrat-leaning counties?

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Snarky but serious question to women in purple/blue states who don’t think it matters if they vote or who they vote for in Congressional or Senate races because their state protects reproductive rights. What part of “national abortion ban” do you not understand?

2022-2023 NBA regular season started tonight. Didn’t the 2021-2022 season just end last week?

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NFL second-year player and first year Tampa Bay Bucs starting Center Rainsey said of Tom Brady chewing the offensive line out last weekend “.

“Everyone can call it what they want, but I want nothing else from a quarterback than that — than the guy who’s wanting to tell us what we need to do and step up, I love that from him. I know we all love that from him. “

Could be true. On the other hand. So some almost rookie gets asked what he thinks of Tampa Bay’s future Hall of Famer’s behavior towards teammate and he’s going to call Brady out for being an a**hole?

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As SCOTUS decides whether Harvard can consider race as factor in admission, Ketanji Brown Jackson has recused herself because she had been on Harvard’s board of overseers. But Clarence Thomas won’t recuse in election cases after wife Ginni tried to overturn 2020 election?

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Spirit Airlines shareholders voted to be acquired by JetBlue. JetBlue “plan is to join w/ Spirit to create high-quality, low-fare national challenger to AA, Delta, United & Southwest.”

Have heard Spirit called many things, some unprintable. but never “high-quality, low fare.”

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Listening to the dangerous drivel coming out of the mouth of Marsha Blackburn it is really hard sometimes to remember that Tennessee voters in my lifetime also elected Al Gore as their Senator.

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Think we’ll ever know how many people died in Florida from Hurricane Ian?

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If Jeffrey Dahmer were a Republican, beginning to think that today’s media would feel compelled to intersperse coverage of his murders alongside interviews with people he didn’t eat.

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If you’re watching MLB playoff games you’ll see unbelievably racist anti-immigrant ads by “Citizens for Sanity?” Who are they? Per OpenSecrets, group’s board includes 3 members of America First Legal Foundation, group founded by Stephen Miller.

“Deplorable” isn’t strong enough

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A friend asked, while a Stephen Miller funded group runs anti-immgrant ads during the MLB playoffs, how many players are from the Caribbean?

Yordan Alvarez is a CUBAN defector who got to the US after living in Haiti. Gleyber Torres is Venezualan. For starters.

44 games, 167 ABs, 17 runs, 18 RBIs and 7 home runs. All in 2011. What the SF Giants got out of Carlos Beltran, for who they traded Zack Wheeler to the Mets. OTOH, in 2012 Giants did get Hunter Pence from Phillies for Nate Schierholtz, Tommy Joseph & Seth Rosin.

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Yankees won their best of 5 series today against the Guardians. And Fox executives, still bemoaning the Dodgers’ ignominous early exit, at least don’t have to have nightmares of imagining ratings for a possible of a Cleveland-San Diego World Series.

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Of course, many of these playoff games are STILL only on TBS. So average American sport fans who may not know players on the remaining teams aren’t likely to find new favorites.

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Most Americans have seen or read about Herschel Walker flashing that fake badge. How many Americans know Val Demings had a 27 year career with the Orlando police department, culminating in 4 years as police chief???

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Stock market, while volatile, has gone up this week. United Airlines just reported they are forecasting a higher profit in 2022 than 2019 with strong demand projected. For one example. And media keeps saying the economy will HURT Democrats?

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This headline for anyone who knows ANYONE who still believes Tulsi Gabbard was ever a Democrat: “Tulsi Gabbard to campaign for Kari Lake, Blake Masters in Arizona.”

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Have criticized Maggie Haberman lately for sitting on important information for her book. But also, Bob Woodward has also kept information – on COVID being airborne and now on Velveeta Voldemort bragging about having classified documents – for HIS books and audiobook.

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Some Republicans and conservative media are feigning outrage at Eric Swalwell’s ad with a woman getting arrested for having an abortion. Saying it would never happen. I’m so old I remember Republicans nominees saying Roe V. Wade was settled law too.

Seriously there is a big effort by GOP politicians to pretend, as did their SCOTUS nominees, that they aren’t radical. Don’t fall for it.

Guardians – Yankees rained out. And your reminder that World Series after MLB owners’ lock out and extra playoffs can now go until November 5.

MLB has to be glad Red Sox, Rockies and Twins not in it. But even so, what’s coming? A snow delay?!

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Headline today “”Tom Brady is not getting special treatment,” insists Bucs coach Todd Bowles.”

NBC SNL Weekend Update writers thinking ‘Can’t top that.”

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Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan tonight to J.D. Vance: “You keep talking about Nancy Pelosi. You want to run against Nancy Pelosi, move back to San Francisco & run against Nancy Pelosi. You’re running against me.” To be fair, since Vance likely to move back to CA if he loses, JD may get confused.

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Los Angeles Dodgers had highest payroll and most wins in baseball, but they were eliminated in the first round of 2022 playoffs by the San Diego Padres.

Maybe the team should have borrowed from GOP playbooks and just pursued strategy of saying they’d just refused to accept results they didn’t like?

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It’s actually logistically simple:

If Kari Lake really though she was going to win Arizona gubernatorial election she’d say “Of course I’ll accept the results.”

Lake saying she’ll accept only if she wins is because she wants an excuse ready when she loses.

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Adam Kinzinger sums it up “There is something going on in the Secret Service, either pure incompetence, all the way on the scale up to potentially very criminal activity, or just having a preference for one side or the other.” (Could be more than one of the above.)

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So abortion isn’t your “issue.”

And you don’t think GOP will come for birth control

Or for marriage equality

Or for Endangered Species Act

Or for Clean Air Act

Or for Medicare Or for Social Security.

Many people thought SCOTUS wouldn’t overturn Roe v. Wade either. #VOTE

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Media seems to have a story every day about President Biden being 80 years old. If they are so concerned about age why aren’t there any stories about 89 year old Chuck Grassley running for re-election. If re-elected he would be 95 in the last year of his term.

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Thinking about silence from GOP after threats from Kanye & Velveeta Voldemort about Jewish people. And thinking back to 2018 when conservatives & media lost their collective minds when Democrats didn’t condemn Michelle Wolf over joke about Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ eye shadow.

SF Giants won 107 games in 2021 season but fell short in NLDS against a team that won 106 games.

111 wins in 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers against an 89 win opponent in NLDS – hold our beer.

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But yeah, the Los Angeles Dodgers with 111 wins, wanted to go down in history. As it turns out they did. The successors to the 116 win 2001 Seattle Mariners

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From my funny friend Marc Ragovin “Only the LA City Council had a worse week than the Dodgers.”

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True story: Tony Gwynn autographing baseballs at Candlestick in 1992. Took my then young son over.

Said “Tony, if SF Giants leave for Tampa we might have to become Padres fans here.” Gwynn in innocence or deadpan “You wouldn’t become Dodgers fans?” Can still hear boos ringing in ears. #BeatLA

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Besides the 111 win Dodgers, the Atlanta Braves and NY Mets both won 101 games in 2022. And now they’re all going to be spending the rest of the postseason watching from their couches.

Only 100 win team left in postseason – the Houston Astros. And however you feel about the Astros, it is impossible to root against Dusty Baker

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Tennessee knocked off Alabama 52-49 So can we say the tide got rolled?

(My sister suggests – the Tide got Volled..)

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After losing in the last seconds against Oregon State last weekend, Stanford was likely to have lot all their remaining 2022 games.

But think most Stanford fans would agree. If the Cardinal were somehow allotted ONE additional 2022 win, while their first choice would be vs Cal, a close second would be vs Notre Dame.

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So far in 2022 season Tom Brady, 45, has been warned for smashing tablets, fined for kicking another player & today was seen berating his own teammates on the sideline. What’s next Sunday in Charlotte? Brady screaming at both the Bucs & Panthers to get off his lawn?

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Dana Bash asked AZ GOP Kari Lake 3 times if she would accept results of her upcoming election for governor if she loses. Lake dodged twice then said “I’m going to win election, & I will accept that result.”

I’m a sports fan who hates losing. But iImagine a sports team saying, we will only accept results if we win.

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SNL Weekend Update didn’t seem particularly funny this weekend. Maybe because after the Georgia Senate debate & some of the insane BS from Dr. Oz, Kari Lake and Ron Johnson, for examples, it’s really hard to top reality with sature.

Fox News headline ” Saudi Arabia’s defense minister ‘astonished’ by ‘accusations’ that Saudis are aligned with Russia. In related news the defense minister presumably was “shocked, shocked, there is gambling in Casablanca.”

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Meanwhile a former President of the United States attacks Jewish people in America – saying “U.S. Jews have to get their act together…Before it is too late.” And the media just shrugs.

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By using filibuster, Republican Senators have blocked many things Democrats want to do to benefit the American people. Then they claim Democrats aren’t doing enough for the American people.

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Something I seriously don’t get: If you’re having surgery, you want the smartest & best doctor. If you need legal help you want the smartest & best lawyer.

How did GOP convince so many Americans that for important work of leading our country, just being a celebrity is enough?

So if Herschel Walker loses to Reverend Warnock in November will he show up at the U.S. Capitol with a fake Senate Lapel pin.

Congratulations to the Cleveland Guardians for Friday’s win.. Apparently they did not get the memo they were supposed to be swept by the Yankees.

Still wouldn’t bet against either Yankees or Dodgers at this point, but must confess I do enjoy the thought of Fox terror at idea of Guardians or Padres replacing either of them in the World Series.

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After 2 games of ALDS, Aaron Judge is now 0 for-7 with a walk against the Guardians & is getting booed by Yankee Stadium fans. Dear Aaron, another reason to come play for SF Giants – Giants fans (almost) never boo our own players- even when we were tested on that resolve in 2022

As an SF Giants fan it’s kind of bizarre to watch a game at Petco Park where you can hear most fans are rooting for the Padres.

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Last week, Falcons’ Grady Jarret got roughing the passer penalty for tackling Tom Brady. NFL now fining Brady $11,139 for kicking Jarret on play. Tom Brady football 2022 salary alone $15 million plus $15 millon that was deferred, so for most of us, this is like $1 in swear jar.

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During Wisconsin Senate debate Ron Johnson & Mandela Barnes were each asked to say something something”admirable”about each other . Barnes “He has proven to be family man. That’s absolutely to be respected.”

Johnson “He had good upbringing, but he’s turned against us…Why does he find America awful?”

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Ron Johnson would be an embarrassment in a red state…. but in a purple state like Wisconsin?

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Herschel Walker lied on Twitter this week & accused Reverend Warnock of being “a preacher that likes abortion even after birth.” 1. Why wasn’t this tweet removed as dangerous lie? 2. Warnock is a good man, how can anyone regardless of politics vote for the awful Walker?

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3 women, 16 yr-old boy & police officer fatally shot in Raleigh. Barely made the news cycle.

Suspect is 15 yr-old boy whose name has not been released. Fox News & conservative media quick to to publish descriptions any time person of color or immigrant is accused of crime. They left out that he is white.

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WTAF – From CNN site “Herschel Walker flashed his badge & tried to tie Raphael Warnock to President Biden, while abortion remained flashpoint for both candidates.” Uh, except it was FAKE BADGE. Flashing it was not just violation of debate rules, it was a lie.

How many more revelations come out before NFL persuades Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to retire by convincing him to run for US Senate in a red state?

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NFL Thursday night football Commanders-Bears final score 12-7.

When you see a 12-7 final score you’d assume the game would be pretty bad. Apparently (I didn’t watch) you’d be right.

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Admittedly I am pro-death penalty in rare cases.

If the Parkland high school massacre wasn’t one of those rare cases, what is?

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And how many taxpayer dollars is Florida going to have to pay for extra security for the Parkland killer to make sure he survives in prison?

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New survey finds many Americans have lied about their COVID status. Leaving aside the “water is wet’ comment, how many Americans have lied about lying about their COVID status.

Be careful out there.

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So much to unravel on previously unseen footage from January 6… But how many REPUBLICAN leaders were there with Nancy Pelosi, in what was clearly a dire situation? And they are now supporting Velveeta Voldemort and pretending nothing serious happened.

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A friend makes a great point as media for some reason is obsessed with John Fetterman’s captioning device. How many Senators use hearing aids? Can reporters start asking them?

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Liz Cheney makes important point.

Velveeta Voldemort himself knew election was not stolen. But he thought he could coerce enough of his fellow Republicans to back him. And he thought GOP voters are stupid.

He was right on the 1st, we need to prove him wrong on the 2nd. Vote

Jeopardy answer for the day: Josh Fields. .. .. .. .. Who is the player the Los Angeles Dodgers got from the Houston Astros in exchange for Yordan Alvarez?

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Tonight’s fundraising insanity from Velveeta Voldemort “An EXCLUSIVE OFFER to win the SPECIAL-EDITION Tr*mp Football Helmet that he HAND-SIGNED for YOU.”

While I support football helmets in general you could argue they didn’t do a d*mn thing to protect Herschel Walker.

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Fox News just referred to “Former President Tr*mp.” Uh oh, don’t tell him.

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January 6 committee is going to subpoena Velveeta Voldemort. Can someone please tell him that his testimony would be the bigliest ever ratings????

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Hah – tonight Fox News website headline: “Newly released video shows Nancy Pelosi threatened to ‘punch out’ Trump on Jan. 6.” Well, this might be the first time in history Fox said something nice about Speaker Pelosi!

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Reminder, while SCOTUS has radical Federalist Society members, those six are only right-wing radicals who know their jobs now will never depend on kow-towing to Velveeta Voldemort. So they are likely to show him the same loyalty he shows those who are no longer useful to him.

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So much to unravel on previously unseen footage from January 6…

But how many REPUBLICAN leaders were there with Nancy Pelosi, in what was clearly a dire situation? And they are now supporting Velveeta Voldemort and pretending nothing serious happened.

Randy Johnson is trending and it’s about him being a professional photographer. Very cool. I was worried for a second Randy had thrown a ball and hit that goose at Dodger Stadium.

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Think we can all agree on a bipartisan basis that numerous baseball fans including children were spared serious trauma tonight since no one hit the goose at Dodger Stadium with a line drive.

Must admit to being charmed that during #Postseason game of baseball, a sport known for its incredibly detailed & esoteric rules, there were folks out there educating us that the bird on Dodger stadium field was not just a goose, but a “greater white-fronted goose. “

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Not saying Los Angeles Dodgers fans are getting blase about playoff games. But tickets for Wednesday’s game at Dodger Stadium were available for under $50. Where tickets to San Diego’s Petco Park for this weekend start about $200 standing room only.

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Apparently Chris Matthews says his brother won’t go to a Phillies game “because there’s too much crime downtown.”

Uh, I’m a baseball fan living in California but have been to Citizen’s Bank Park. Nice stadium but not CLOSE to downtown. Several miles away actually. No lie too small.

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Not a joke – Velveeta Voldemort fundraising email of the afternoon starts out: “DID YOU HEAR? I am the #1 PRESIDENTIAL GOLFER IN HISTORY!” – Can’t imagine how this man has a reputation as a malignant narcissist.

For Republicans, or anyone with GOP friends. Ask yourself/them:. If a Democratic candidate had allegedly paid for an abortion, would you dismiss it as not important? Of course we know if a GOP candidate had a stroke it would be “how DARE anyone attack him over medical issue.”

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The official death toll from Hurricane Ian in Florida is now over 100. And it’s rising. And we still don’t have a good answer why people in Fort Myers area weren’t told to evacuate sooner. If Florida were a blue state GOP would be calling for impeaching the Governor.

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Media obsessed w/ John Fetterman’s stroke & if it might affect his ability to serve in Senate going forward. Hey media, Fetterman is getting better & better. If you’re worried about a 2022 Senate candidate’s cognition going forward, spend some time following Chuck Grassley, who just turned 89 and is running for another six year term.

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Yordan Álvarez just reminded us why baseball having no clock matters. And why you should never ever turn off a baseball game.

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After Jose Altuve struck out for the 2nd out in bottom of 9th inning, Seattle Mariners with a 7-5 lead had per ESPN Gamecast a 95.8% chance of beating the Houston Astros. A reminder, baseball games are like elections, not over until they’re over.

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And this walk-off happened after Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais brought in their ace Robbie Ray with two on two out in the 9th inning with a 2 run lead.

After 2014 World Series, a lot of managers think their stars are Madison Bumgarner.

There is only one Madison Bumgarner.…

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Now. Seattle Mariners started ALDS game 1 teeing off today on the Astros’ Justin Verlander. Was Pablo Sandoval somehow involved?

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RIP Angela Lansbury. Loved her voicing Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast.

Though I must confess I used to wonder why people didn’t move out of Cabot Cove. Yes, it was pretty, but it seemed like the village murder capitol of the world.

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Despite incriminating emails & an associate pleading guilty, Brett Favre gave a statement to Fox News on his alleged welfare fraud “I have done nothing wrong” & “I have been unjustly smeared in the media.” Wow. So when is Favre running for office as a Republican?

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Mark Warner is a effective US Senator from Virginia, re-elected for 3rd term in 2020 by 13 points. He is a moderate.

Glenn Youngkin is a controversial Governor in Virginia, won his 1st election in 2021 by 2 points. He pretended to be a moderate.

Guess who gets all the headlines.

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John Fetterman gets a lot of attention for being a plain spoken populist. But Tim Ryan is underrated. Ryan n his debate with J.D. Vance – ” Ohio needs an a**-kicker not a a** kisser.”

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GOP leader Mitch McConnell today asked about Senate race in Georgia, “I think we’re going to stick w/ Herschel Walker & all effort we put in through SLF (Senate Leadership Fund), we’re going to take it all the way to the end.”

Again and not for the last time “Pro-life my a**.”

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Tulsi Gabbard announced she is leaving the Democratic party. And for those of us of a certain age, “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.”

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So with all Vladimir Putin has going on would it be wrong to wonder why he might have decided now was the right time to tell Tulsi Gabbard to stop pretending she was a Democrat?

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Two days after her racist remarks targeting a young child leaked, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez announced she is taking a “leave of absence.” Will she use that time to audition for a job at Fox News?

Another NFL game, another questionable roughing the passer penalty, this time when Kansas City chiefs DT Chris Jones tacked Raiders QB Derek Carr and stripped the ball, but the referee called Jones for landing on Carr with his full body weight.

Maybe the ref was just practicing for a future Bucs game with Tom Brady?

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Draymond Green on his punching Jordan Poole. “I was in very contentious space, dealing w/ things very near & dear to me, and hurt someone because I was in a place of hurt. But “This is not an anger management issue. Uh, seems like an anger management issue is EXACTLY what it is.

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Yes, Tommy Tuberville made awful racist remarks about black people and crime. Sadly, with much of voting population who elected him over Doug Jones, those remarks may actually make him more popular.

Velveeta Voldemort fundraising email tonight starts out “I’ve been harassed, investigated, defamed, slandered, and persecuted.” Ooh, that’s a lot of big words. Who wrote it for him?

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Ronny Jackson, Mehmet Oz, Rand Paul. Has any entity done as much to hurt the reputation of doctors as the GOP?

After Dana Loesch says she doesn’t care if Herschel Walker aborted endangered baby eagles, it’s about the Senate, Kirsten Powers asks “What’s the line for Republicans?” I think a great person to answer that would be Liz Cheney.

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Rick Scott – “The Democrats want to destroy this country and they will try to destroy anyone who gets in their way. Today it’s Herschel Walker. Tomorrow it’s the American people.” If you didn’t already know Rick Scott is one of the most loathsome people in the Senate.

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New York mayor Eric Adams wants legislation passed to allow asylum seekers to work. Considering New York, like much of US, has labor shortage, & they WANT to work, this should be obvious partial solution both for employees AND asylum seekers. Unless GOP cruelty is the point…

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Frightening to think that Brian Kemp might be leading in polls in Georgia in part because by comparison Herschel Walker is making Kemp seem like a sane Republican.

Things as SF Giants fan I remember about Buck Showalter with Diamondbacks in 1998. 1. He was control freak who insisted no music in clubhouse & that “A” on players’ socks be visible. 2. He intentionally walked Barry Bonds with bases loaded. Won’t miss him in rest of postseason.

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Didn’t really care who wins NL Wild Card game tonight between Padres and Mets, but after an earlier missed strike, that pitch Marte walked on was more of a swing than Wilmer Flores was called out on to end SF Giants 2021 season.

No I’m not still bitter.

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Ouch. Truly painful collapse for the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday in losing after having an 8-1 lead. On the other hand, they’ve been made honorary Toronto Maple Leafs.

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If you were showing Saturday’s AL Wild Card games to someone who had never seen baseball before it would be hard to explain that the Mariners-Blue Jays were playing the same game that the Rays-Guardians played earlier. #Postseason

(Rays-Guardians ended up 1-0 in 15. Mariners-Blue Jays ended up 10-9.)

Seriously ESPN? – the headline “Defense spoils another great game by Geno Smith.”

Now, the Seahawks Saints game wasn’t pretty. But headline could as easily have been “Taysom Hill proves an upstoppable force.)

Smith was 16 of 25 for 268 yards and 3 TD. Hill was 1-1 with one passing TD plus 112 rushing yards with 3 TDs.

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If Taysom Hill is not named NFC Offensive Player of the Week the election actually IS rigged.

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NFL claims “Game officials are typically accurate on 98.9% of calls.” Wonder where in the officials’ contracts it says “accuracy includes never letting ANYONE seriously touch Tom Brady?”

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Roger Goodell says “change or two” coming to NFL concussion protocol. He didn’t name Tagovailoa but said there’s “more chatter now” about concussions. “More chatter?” More like EVERYONE knew Dolphins QB shouldn’t have been playing 4 days after he appeared to get 1st concussion.

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Kanye West has become so unhinged I fully expect in 2024 the GOP will have him run in some state for the US Senate.

This isn’t hard: Democrats do not want to “defund the police.” Democrats do not want “open borders” Democrats do not want “on demand abortion until the 9th month.” I understand why GOP lies when the truth hurts. What I don’t understand is why media lets them get away with it.

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Trying to imagine if Woodward and Bernstein had decided to sit on their Watergate investigation until the end of Nixon’s second term for a book.

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Yes, President Biden may have temporarily forgotten a House representative was killed in a car crash. But Velveeta Voldemort just called last night for the investigation and prosecution of George H. W. Bush..

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At this point beginning to think if it came out that Herschel Walker had paid for several more abortions, then killed the womens’ puppies, and burned the bodies in a bible bonfire, a good number of the GOP would shrug and say “nobody’s perfect,”

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ICYMI -abortion he paid for aside: Herschel Walker said he didn’t know woman & threatened to sue for defamation.

Now “I don’t remember any card or check. But I was dating her. I could have sent some money. I could have sent card.”

How long until “well, God forgave me.”

I find Marjorie Three Names as appalling as anyone. But fact is, 75% of her district voted for Velveeta Voldemort. ANYONE could win with an R by their name. Way to stop her is for Dems to win other close Congressional races & keep her & GOP in minority. Donate accordingly.

Bad news when “your” team is out of the MLB playoffs- you don’t care that much.

Good news when :”your” team” is out of the MLB playoffs – you don’t care that much.

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Watching Phillies -Cardinals Wild Card game while working and didn’t really care who wins. But as an SF Giants fan after 2022, it was kind of nice to watch some other team’s bullpen melt down for a change..

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Cleveland’s baseball team had an eight-game postseason losing streak. This year, newly named the #Guardians, team won game one of AL Wild Card series. Coincidence?

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Since the SF Giants aren’t in the post season it’s easier to be objective about pundits and their redictions.

But it is worth noting that in 2014 the wild-card GIants were considered the 8th of 8 teams in the playoffs.

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And now Saturday has four elimination games by default in the new MLB best of three series:

Convenient for baseball that in the eight cities with teams stil playing – Tampa,-Cleveland, Seattle, Toronto, Philadelpha, St Louis, San Diego, New York,, there isn’t a decent NCAA football team

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Aaron Rodgers said he “doesn’t know what else the NFL can do about concussions. I just think we have to police ourselves as well and be smart about that.” And don’t we all want to take advice from a QB who ignored the NFL on vaccines and lied about it.

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North Carolina voters: GOP Rep.Ted Budd refused to certify 2020 presidential election results & wouldn’t say in Senate debate tonight against Cheri Beasley that Joe Biden was legitimate president. North Carolina, politics aside, vote for Beasley. She has a grip on reality.

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So conservative media is all in a tizzy that President BIden said “Two words – Made in America.” But okay what’s Republican problem with “Made In America” being two words? GOP has been telling us regularly they’re against math

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If you know nothing else about US 2022 Senate races please know in Georgia, GOP claims REVEREND Raphael Warnock is not Christian enough. And in Florida that Val Demings, former police chief, is soft on crime. GOP isn’t just wrong on issues, they lie about issues.

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OP rules for midterm elections: 1. Anything a Democrat ever said in the past on any issue is fair game. 2. Anything a Republican ever said, or, did in the past should be dismissed or better yet, attacked as being leaked by Democrats.

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Stephen Colbert on GOP Georgia Senate candidate: Lying about mother of one of his children only one of Herschel Walker’s problems: “Walker claimed he supervised six hospitals. He didn’t.” Stephen “I’m kind of relieved that’s a lie.” Seriouslyl And you think your HMO is scary.

This is that time of year when you think “what time’s the baseball game on…?” And for fans of 18 MLB teams, we’re done until 2023. “It breaks your heart, it is designed to break your heart…”

A. Bartlett Giamatti

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So we’re now in into the “hierarchy of hate” for many baseball fans. If your team isn’t in it, it’s not just who you’re rooting for in the MLB playoffs, it’s who you are rooting against.

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As good as the Tampa Bay Rays have been consistently, and as good as the Cleveland Guardians have been lately, most Americans aren’t familiar with players on either team.

And with MLB scheduling their first (weekday) playoff game at 12:07pm local time, 9:07am on the West Coast, that won’t change on Friday, or probably any time soon.

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Buried in ESPN story about Drew Brees deciding what he wants to do next season professionally, Brees has been working w/ Lowe’s Home Team, which “tackles critical repair projects for communities in need.

They built “new sustainable work-live headquarters to provide year-round housing for visiting volunteers in Lower 9th Ward.” The anti-Favre. #WhoDat

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GOP Senator Ben Sasse apparently will resign from Senate to become president at the University of Florida. Has anyone informed Sasse that DeathSantis would like to get rid of or at least defund public education in the state, includling the University of Florida.

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So hypothetically how many missing national security documents would be the price for Saudi Arabia and Russian officials to hike oil prices to try to help Velveeta Voldemort’s GOP candidates win in the midterms?

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“I’ve already been forgiven. And if I’ve already been forgiven, why in the world would I not be forgiven of something like that?” Herschel Walker. So seems like we’re a few days away from “Yeah, I ordered the Code Red.”

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Stephen Colbert on the Herschel Walker scandals reports apparently some in GOP knew about Herschel’s extra kids, and at least one abortion, and thought “eh, it’s not going to come out.” Beginning to wonder, what ELSE did they think isn’t going to come out?

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NY Times reports, DOJ is said to believe Tr*mp has more documents. They believe he has them? Or that he sold them? Or did a little “quid pro quo” in exchange for spiking oil prices before the midterms?

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Has it occurred to GOP voters in Georgia that a man who will lie about beating his wife, how many children he has, and about paying for an abortion, will lie about EVERYTHING? Including giving a d*mn about the state.

Washington Nationals ended the 2022 season 55 and 107.

Nats fans are shocked, how did the team manage to win 55 games.

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The man who ran on the field during Monday Night Football and was tackled by the Rams Billy Wagner is now filing a police report against Wagner.

Uh, so maybe the guy’s defense against a trespass charge is insanity?

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Especially considering as bad as Los Angeles’ defense looked against the less than vaulted SF 49ers offense, Wagner might have had one of the best Rams tackles of the night.

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In SF Giants last game of 2022 season -Austin Slater originally called out on a foul ball. He was furious. When umpires figure out their mistake and give him another pitch, he puts it in the upper deck at Petco. Sometimes I just love baseball.

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Senator Reverend Warnock’s first speech in Senate “Some people don’t want some people to vote.” As we watch GOP circle wagons around Herschel Walker, it’s increasingly clear those “some people” trying to suppress vote are showing THEY’RE the ones who shouldn’t be voting.

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All snark aside there’s probably a good & simple reason why woman who says Herschel Walker paid for her abortion hasn’t revealed her name. With today’s MAGA extremists she probably figures her life is at risk & at very least she would be opening herself to nonstop harassment.

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Alisyn Camerota FINALLY with some pushback to GOP’s Scott Jennings when he lies to say Democrats want to pay for abortions until moment of birth. “That is not true Scott, as you know.” Though then she adds ‘Let’s move on.” Let’s make it simpler. “Scott you are lying.”

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Recent CNN / Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows 90% of Americans think the US is having a mental health crisis. And the 10% who don’t think so are probably a large part of the cause.

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A new poll shows DeSantis significantly ahead in Florida, but also shows Charlie Crist has a slight lead among female voters. Sigh, if true proves again men are just too irrational and emotional to vote.

Marjorie Three Names says she’d like to talk to Elon Musk and would put together “a roundtable of all the most brilliant people who have been unjustly banned from Twitter.” And comedy writers at Colbert Late Show and NBC SNL going “we give up, can’t top that.”

If there are other women for who Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, now would be a good time to come forward.

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Congrats to Aaron Judge, with now 62 home runs.

Judge in 2022 has walked 111 times, with 19 IBBs. By comparison, Barry Bonds in 2001 was walked 177 times, 35 intentional. No way of knowing how many pitchers were roided then – rumors were a lot – but imagine if more of them had actually pitched to Barry.

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So how many more scandals have to come out about Brett Favre before GOP asks him to run for US Senate?

Wonder if one reason many Republicans won’t denounce Herschel Walker is that they are just fine with their wives, girlfriends, daughters…. getting abortions, but they just want to control all other women.

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Question for all these journalists trying to get bestsellers out of secret information they learned: Just how treasonous and/or dangerous would something have to be for them to alert police or Congress instead of saving it for their books?

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Ron Johnson now is saying January 6 wasn’t an “armed insurrection.” He ran like everyone else when the mob broke in.

Ron Johnson isn’t THAT stupid. He just thinks Wisconsin voters are.

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Death toll in Florida from Hurricane Ian is rising, property damage is incalculable at this point, and we haven’t even started talking about state’s insurance crisis. So expect a LOT of deflection & distraction from Governor DeSantis. Starting with media blame & immigration.

Only good thing about Maggie Hagerman being on Stephen Colbert Tuesday night. Been pretty tired lately. Great excuse to turn off the TV after the monologue.

RIP Loretta Lynn. Ahead of her time on women’s rights. Honor her memory by voting BLUE in Nov.

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“It’s gettin’ dark it’s roostin’ time Tonight’s too good to be real Oh, but daddy don’t you worry none ‘Cause mama’s got the pill’ From “The Pill, 1975.”

Another verse from the Pill

“All these years I’ve stayed at home While you had all your fun And every year that’s gone by Another baby’s come There’s a gonna be some changes made Right here on nursery hill You’ve set this chicken your last time ‘Cause now I’ve got the pill.”

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa has officially been ruled out for Sunday’s game against NY Jets as he “continues to progress through concussion protocol.” Fact that this is news should tell you all you need to know about the NFL’s interest in the well-being of their players.

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Rookie QB Kenny Pickett is expected to replace Mitch Trubisky as Pittsburgh Steelers starting QB.

And Bears fans are just giggling.

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Listening to Florida sheriff being interviewed about people who have died:”It’s going to come down to medical examiner to determine if deaths were storm-related or no.” Translation: Ron Deathsantis is going to press hard for examiner to list cause of death as anything but Ian.

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Fox News loves to put “Dem-run city” in headlines. With all finger pointing now in FL on Ian, wonder why Fox didn’t mention Tampa, where Dem. Mayor Jane Castor urged public to evacuate day BEFORE county order. “If you can leave, just leave now; we’ll take care of your property,”

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Herschel Walker can’t remember how many children he has. Does anyone think he’s only been responsible for one abortion?

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Radical GOP legislators in Alabama, which 24% black, have SCOTUS case on trying to make 6 of 7 congressional districts in the state, majority white.

Rachel Maddow “Think overturning what’s left of Voting Right Act too radical for SCOTUS to do? Remember this is court that overturned Roe V. Wade.”

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The Dow rose 760 points Monday. “Siri, tell me a stock market story we won’t hear on Fox news.”

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Why is CNN Jake Tapper promoting Maggie Haberman’s book – calling it a “fantastic read?” Is she giving him a cut of royalties?

He literally ended his interview “Go buy it.”

One word. NO.

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We may never be done w/ COVID. Client attending wedding in 4 days, just got Plaxovid rebound case, feels pretty good.

But he decided to be responsible & stay home instead of risking infecting others. The hotel in Sun Valley is charging a large cancellation fee they wouldn’t waive. How many would think “If I have to pay I’ll just go?”

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Non-snarky PSA: Over the last few years have had several travel clients lose track of time and let passports expire. Worth checking validity now. Also even more worth making absolutely sure you are registered to vote.

Congrats to Seattle Mariners, who are in the postseason for the first time in 21 years… as a wild car.

Fortunately this year the wild card round is best of three instead of win or go home. Otherwise, with the way smaller market teams get shunted to day games, Mariners could have ended up in a one game playoff, and been gone before the first day’s primetime.

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Meanwhile, SF Giants will not be in the postseason. But who thought a few weeks ago they’d be alive (barely) until the last weekend of the regular season.

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As Florida begins the slow process of rebuilding after Ian we are about to discover many people’s definition of socialism “Government money going to anyone but me.”

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Senator Ron Johnson, and Wisconsion gubernatorial Tim Michels won’t commit to accepting 2022 election results.

Even the most hard-core Packers fans wouldn’t advocate throwing out scores of every game the team lost. These guys are not just anti-democracy they’re bad sports.

Florida Senator Rick Scott even voted against disaster relief. For all those who claim Democrats think Republican voters are dumb, Republicans are the ones that act like their voters are too dumb to notice what they do.

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And if you think Democrats saying GOP has birth control in their sights next are just fearmongering or being modern day Chicken Littles… Remember how many people thought Roe v. Wade was settled law.

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What are the chances that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will actually utter this phrase? “Thank you Joe Biden.”

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On Tuesday, before Ian hit, even though President Biden had approved a disaster declaration for Florida, Fox News headlines were all about how Biden hadn’t called Florida Governor DeSantis yet. Now Joe has called Ron THREE times. Fox News – crickets.

Mary Peltola, first Democratic congressperson from Alaska since1950, and first native Alaskan, is a better and more interesting story than Marjorie Three Names. So why isn’t media giving Mary at LEAST equal attention?

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1. Democrats are NOT for open borders. And we need immigration reform.

2. But with so much devastation from Hurricane Ian perhaps US could temporarily make it legal for refugees already here waiting for hearings to work on cleanup & repairs in Florida & other affected states?

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Smetimes I can’t decide if media really thinks they want would-be dictator Velveeta Voldemort should be running the country. Or if they just think he’s good for ratings. And can’t decide which is worse.

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Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell sang “pave paradise and put up a parking lot.” But “don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone” could equally apply to democracy. VOTE!

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Apparently teachers go on Bachelor in Paradise. Personally don’t care what (legal) things people do in spare time. But why is GOP right-wing so afraid children will be triggered by knowing teachers have same-sex partner, but seeing teachers making out w/ random folks on TV is just fine?

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Wasn’t it a Republican who once said “I believe in a kindler, gentler nation?” I miss those days. A friend’s wife works at Disney World. Guests today were already complaining about the two days they missed of vacation.

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So as Velveeta Voldemort has now gone after Elaine Chao in a particularly nasty way guess that puts Mitch McConnell in the Ted Cruz club of men who put defending their wives below kowtowing to a deranged would be dictator.

Sometimes you have to love September baseball… Ford Proctor (who?), has played in last few years for Hudson Valley Renegades, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Eastern Reyes del Tigre, Perth (Australia) Heat and Montgomery Biscuits. Started 2022 w/ Durham Bulls.

And tonight he hit his first MLB home run, a grand slam, with the SF Giants.

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Meanwhile, the SF Giants at 78-78 are back to .500…. A sentence no one expected to read two weeks ago.

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President Biden said his administration was “continuing to take swift action to help the families of Florida. … I want the people of Florida to know that we will be here at every step of the way.” “Siri, tell me something we’ll never hear about from DeSantis or Fox News.”

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Senate just passed a stopgap funding bill, that included $2 billion in disaster relief, to keep the government from shutting down Friday. Vote was 72-25. All no votes were Republicans. Including Rick Scott of Florida. No joke. Why does GOP hate Americans?

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Is there a way FEMA can get money directly to people in Florida instead of to the Governor’s office. We already know Deathsantis used COVID funds to fly refugees out of state.

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We already have a US labor shortage. But the number of people needed for construction and cleanup in Florida after Hurricane Ian is going to be massive. If only there were people who wanted to come to this country to work…

Velveeta Voldemort’s favorite judge Aileen Cannon’s nomination was reported out of Senate Judiciary Committee Sept 17, 2020, 16-6. The six smart “no” votes? Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal, Marie Hirono, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris.

Love hearing SF Giants announcer Mike Krukow after he congratulates Aaron Judge “And I think it’s cool that kids are learning about Roger Maris.”

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Aaron Judge, has been intentionally walked 18 times in 2022. Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 35 times in 2001. How often was Roger Maris intentionally walked in 1961, the year he hit 61? Zero. (The guy hitting behind him, Mickey Mantle, was pretty good.)

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The NFL may move Sunday’s Chiefs-Bucs game, scheduled for Tampa, to the Vikings’ U.S. Bank Stadium. Would this the first time anything has been moved to Minneapolis for weather?

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Stephen Colbert liberally quoting tonight from Maggie Haberstam’s book. While I love Colbert, I’m so old that I remember that when you saw or heard about a crime, you called the police, not saved the story for a book.

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So little bipartisan agreement in this country. But here’s a statement my friends on both sides of aisle probably agree with: “I am not buying Maggie Haberman’s book.”

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Hoping for the best for Florida. It’s often been said there are no atheists in foxholes. And with natural disasters there are (almost) no Republicans railing against “socialism.”

Wondering again, how many resources does it take for reporters to stand out in the middle of of a big storm and say “yep, it’s a big storm.” (Hoping not too many police and first responder resources.)

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Ron Desantis quoting President Biden’s phone call to him -“All hands on desk, he wants to be helpful, whatever you need, ask us. He was inviting us to ask for support. We think this is the best we can get at this juncture….” Would it kill DeSantis to say “”We thank him” or “I appreciate it?”

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Velveeta Voldemort has sent out a number of fundraising emails already today. NONE of them express sympathy or ask for help for people in Florida. And he’s a “Florida resident.” Very on brand.

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As Tom Cotton accuses the Democratic party of being pro-criminal, I am reminded again, the man really is trying to challenge Cancun Cruz for the most loathsome person in the Senate.