Left Coast Sports Babe

Wasn’t watching but aware of College Football National Championship score.

If you believe in signs. Let’s see – in the last Senate election – Georgia elected Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Alabama elected Tommy Tuberville.

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Since the NFL is all about sponsorships, how long until we start hearing about “Black Monday, brought to you by Linkedin?

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So the Los Angeles Rams, by taking most of the 2nd half off, managed to scr*w the Saints without even playing the Saints. Very on brand

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D*mn, bad enough Saints were eliminated today thanks to complete Rams collapse. But now I have to root for team associated w/ Yankees?!?! The Athletic reports “Rachel Balkovec will manage low-A team for NY Yankees this season – 1st female skipper in affiliated pro baseball. “

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Tom Brady should send the Rams flowers for that 2nd half no-show. Now he doesn’t have to play the Saints again.

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This Chargers vs. Raiders game was like watching the Prisoner’s Dilemma played out on a football field. Had they tied, and they almost did, they were both in the postseason. But if one won… the Steelers squeaked in ahead of the loser.

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Gym Jordan is going to treat the January 6 Committee like he treated college wrestlers being sexually abused – pretend it isn’t happening.

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From Marc Ragovin “Jimmy Page turned 78 this past Sunday. Heard he celebrated by buying a stairlift to heaven.”

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Ron DeSantis was bragging last week about AOC being in Miami Beach, saying Florida is “the first place you want to flee to, to basically be able to enjoy life.” So has DeSantis sent AOC good wishes now that she tested positive for COVID-19?

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Velveeta Voldemort was NOBODY in the GOP’s first choice to run for President, and he made outrageous comments & gaffes on a regular basis. But he got still less criticism in office from other Republicans than Biden gets from some “Democrats” on a daily basis.

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Even Fox News came out and slammed Politico for mistakenly identifying Chuck Schumer’s wife, Iris, who was dining with Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Amy Klobuchar, as Sonia Sotomayer. So does Fox have scruples? Or are they worried that Politico is becoming competition?

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Wait, Kevin McCarthy now saying if GOP retakes House they will investigate how Nancy Pelosi allowed January 6 to happen? At the same time many others are calling the insurrection/coup attempt insignificant or just “tourists.” This is SO confusing.

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So with urine as the latest “cure” for COVID wonder if Velveeta Voldemort spent some of today trying to figure out how to monetize his pee tape?

Fox News’ Peter Doocy, who says he is triple-vaxed, still got COVID. Fortunately thanks to his vaccinations it was a mild case.

But yikes. The virus is jumping species.

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How it’s going for the Former Guy? “You’ve always been one of my BIGGEST supporters, which is why I want YOU to be our VERY FIRST DONOR of 2022.” Note the date-time that this spam arrived in my in box – “Mon, Jan 10 at 2:03 PM”

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Not a doctor but drinking your own urine seems like a piss-poor way to cure COVID.

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Apparently horse owners had a hard time last fall finding Ivermectin when the horse dewormer was falsely trumpeted by some Former Guy supporters as a cure for COVID. We’ll know the urine insanity has really taken hold when people start stealing port-a-potties.

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I want to see ONE person who claims changing filibuster will result in Republicans using it against Democrats if they take control of US Senate stand up and say, with a straight face, that GOP won’t do that anyway.

Lots of NFL games that mean something on the last week of the season.

And wonder, because, you know, media markets, how many CBS TV viewers will see the Washington Football Team and the NY Giants play to settle… draft picks.

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As Djokovic continues trying to play at Australian open, now pictures show the tennis star without mask at awards ceremony day after he claims he tested positive for Covid-19. Novak is giving Aaron Rodgers competition for the biggest anti-vax superstar douchebag in sports…

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As negative as some parents are about both CRT and vaccines, they can’t tell you facts about either of them.

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I’m actually somewhere in the middle on the question on opening schools now during the latest COVID surge: But wonder how many conservatives claiming that socialization is the most necessary part of education homeschool their children?

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I’m actually okay with COVIDiots thinking Viagra will cure the virus. Because if the lie takes hold, price of Viagra will skyrocket. And then we’ll probably get GOP male senators on board with legislation to regulate prescription drug prices.

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If you have an erection lasting longer than four hours because you decided to take Viagra to cure COVID would it be wrong to say instead of putting an additional burden on overworked healthcare workers, that you consider performing an antomically impossible act?

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Barack Obama quoting Harry Reid – “People who motivate us the most are the ones who believe in us the least.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis actually said this “Think about it. Before COVID, did anyone go out and seek testing to determine if they were sick?” So I am guessing DeSantis has never had a colonscopy. Too bad, the exam would get a great picture of his head.

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New USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds almost 9 in 10 Americans believe there’s a “mental health crisis” in the nation. And the 1 in 10 who don’t are probably part of that mental health crisis. (Sadly not snark this time.)

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Have often seen polls where half of Americans cannot name their own House Representative or one of their state’s Senator. But guessing most Americans can name a handful of members of Congress who do nothing but seek attention and cause chaos. What’s wrong with this picture?

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Woke up Saturday morning to conservative Twitter outrage about a Politico/Playbook story about SCOTUS judge Sonia Sotomayer having dinner in DC with Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and Amy Klobuchar.

A few hours later, a pretty weak a** apology Blaming it at first on the tipster. Which they deleted and reposted because they got the woman dining with them – who was NOT Sotomayer but Schumer’s WIFE name wrong.

Today’s Playbook misidentified Iris Weinshall, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s wife, as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. We failed to verify the information as our standards require, and deeply regret the error. See editor’s note here: https://t.co/66NFBPld08

— POLITICO Playbook (@playbookdc) January 8, 2022

And wonder how many of those who attacked the SCOTUS judge and Democrats at the dinner will read it?

Novak Djokovic is whining about that way he is being treated in Australia as an anti-vaxxer. Well if he wanted to be a anti-science anti-authority superstar and get away with it, Djokovic clearly should have become an NFL quarterback.

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Novak Djokovic is unhappy that he remains at Melbourne quarantine hotel while he fights to be able to play in the Australian Open. Uh, he did his own research. The Australians have their own rules. Game, set, match.

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Kevin Durant on the unvaccinated Kyrie Irving playing part-time with the Nets “I want him to play — play every game. But I’m not about to force somebody to get a vaccine, like that’s not my thing. Whatever decision he want to make, he’s going to make.”

Possible translation – it’s over 3 months to the playoffs, if he infects the whole team we should be out of protocols well before then?

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San Antonio Spurs had to play tonight in Philadelphia without 6 players, including 4 of top 7 scorers “Start whoever you want,” said coach Gregg Popovich, “I don’t even know half their names in there tonight.”

(Maybe they could have borrowed some of those “Hi, my name is” stickers from the Saints from last weeks Monday night football.)

Rumors that Aaron Rodgers could threaten a Super Bowl boycott over California COVID and vaccine restrictions. Does this mean the Jacksonville Jaguars were just trendsetters? The Jags were clearly going to be boycotting the Super Bowl from about NFL week 2.

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A simple question: The Former Guy’s Truth Social is supposedly starting in February. But considering his known propensity for not paying people who work for him, what makes anyone think he could find competent engineers to build the platform?

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Just saying, so many of these Republican “leaders” who think Americans should trust them to stand up for our country, can’t even stand up to a loser ex-President who isn’t man enough to admit he lost.

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It’s been that kind of year already. On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert talks about participating in dry January. “Personally I’m going to do a third of that, I’m not going to be drinking the eight hours a day I’m sleeping.”

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who promised in 2016 only to serve two terms in the Senate, is reportedly ready to announce he will run for a third term in 2022. Should we be surprised Ron’s as honest with his political promises as he is everything else?

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If unemployment is only 3.9%, but many industries are reporting hiring problems, does this mean full employment still leaves many employers short of workers? Gosh, if we only had people from other countries who wanted to come to United States to work.

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Why should we be surprised Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have a sane bipartisan bone in his body. My aunt lived in his district, Ridgecrest, CA, population about 25,000, Kern County. Asked how she coped – “There are 50 Democrats in town, I know them all, how many friends do you need?”

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So were all GOP Senators AWOL yesterday for speeches about January 6 because they’ve all forgotten what happened, even Romney, who knows he was saved by a Capitol police officer? Or did McConnell threaten them with something?

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Knew Stephen Colbert’s Jan 6, 2021 Late Show featuring interviews with Adam Kinzinger in his office, and Amy Klobuchar waiting in a room in the US Capitol for things to becleaned and secured, was nominated for Emmy. Listening to him talk last night how it was put together on fly, with all advertisers having pulled out & everything they were working on thrown out, , makes me wish he could get the award retroactively..

President Biden on the anniversary of January 6: “You can’t love your country only when you win.” As a sports fan, realizing that for many of us our love of sports teams cuts across bipartisan lines, maybe this is an especially good sentiment to share with our friends across the aisle.

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NY Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur apologized for – “It’s 100 percent on me,”  for a late 4th and 2 call where Jets could have run out the clock and beaten the Buccaneers last week.

Well, except NY will get better draft picks and Tampa Bay will probably get a better playoff seed. And maybe Bucs will vote LaFleur a playoff share?

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New Orleans Pelicans beat Golden State Warriors tonight 101-96 in New Orleans. Thereby probably thrilling the dozen or so who New Orleans fans who had paid inflated prices for the game to see Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, neither of who played.

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If a police officer so much as stubbed a toe during BLM protests FOX News and conservative media was all over it. And today, crickets over Brian Sicknick’s death and the deaths of four other Capitol Police Officers by suicide after January 6.

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A headline I didn’t have on my 2022 Batsh*t Bingo List: “Dick Cheney returns to the House and receives a warm welcome — from Democrats.”

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Lindsey Graham trying to claim Democrats want “radical election reform.” As Republicans across the country have introduced hundreds of bills radically to limit voting rights and pre-emptively overturn elections. Would be funny if it weren’t our democracy we’re talking about.

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Cory Booker on Rachel Maddow. “Average wait to vote in Georgia in predominately black communities, 51 minutes, average for white people 6 minutes.” But GOP really wants to pretend it’s not that ‘Some people don’t want some people to vote.”

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As travel agent it’s worth sharing screenshot of Trump Hotel DC rates for Jan 6, 2022.

TRUMP HOTEL WASHING 06JAN-07JAN 01NT 1 NT 396.00 USD J

TRUMP HOTEL WASHING 06JAN-07JAN 01NT 1 NT 4494.50 USD (yes, about $5,000 a night with tax. No joke)

Wonder what changed?

Top-ranked men’s tennis star Novak Djokovic, who has been in a guarded room overnight at Melbourne airport, is being deported from Australia over not being vaccinated. Apparently the Australian Government has a lot more cojones than the NFL..

(Novak Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, had “medical exemption” to compete in 2022. But Novak just had visa revoked by Australian Govt. So after banning most intl travel for 2 years, govt suddenly realized seeing world’s top player may not be Australians’ top priority right now?)

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The Washington Football Team will unveil their new name and uniforms on February 2. Unfortunately for WFT fans, the name of their owner will be the same, and the new uniforms will have the same old players in them.-

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Stephen Colbert on the Late Show tonight points out how Peter Navarro referred to Former Guy’s attempted coup as “The Green Bay Sweep.” As opposed to the “The Green Bay Sneak,” which happens when you ask Aaron Rodgers if he’s vaccinated.

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Fox News is as likely to talk about Velveeta Voldemort’s involvement on January 6 today as Tonya Harding is to talk about winning her 1994 US Figure Skating Title.

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(In case that’s too inside baseball, the Former Guy and his cult members tried to do to democracy what Tonya’s supporters tried to do to Nancy Kerrigan.)

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So what will Fox News headlines be on January 6 and how will they involve Hunter Biden?

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As Omicron cases explode, on Senate floor today, Democrats wearing N95 type masks, while at least most Republicans not masking at all. So hypothetically how many Senators being present would it take for a quorum to pass most of Biden’s agenda?

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If any investigative reporter has time on her/his hands would be interesting to see how many GOP members of Congress railing against vaccine and/or mask mandates have kids in expensive private schools that have vaccine and/or mask mandates… (Besides Ted Cruz.)

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Remember this on Jan 6 Former Guy couldn’t get Mike Pence to overturn 2020 election. And his coup at US Capitol failed. Now he’s no longer President, but w/ the Big Lie, Trump has convinced GOP to try again to to destroy democracy – one state at a time.

The Washington Football Team will unveil their new name and uniforms on February 2.

Unfortunately for fans, the new uniforms will have the same old players in them.

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Reports that a “mystery” team is already interested in Antonio Brown. Well, heck, if repeated accusations of assault including sexual assault, plus using a fake vaccine card weren’t enough, what’s another episode of prima donna behavior to a team that wants to win.

Not like Brown did anything the league really can’t tolerate, like the wrong color cleats or not tucking in his shirt.

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As Hannity texts are latest to be released by January 6 Committee, beginning to look for some Velveeta Voldemort coup enablers that p*ssing off Liz Cheney might be more dangerous than going hunting with her father.

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Stephen Colbert tonight – “We’ve got an update from the opposite of schools – Florida. What? You cross the border, knowledge leaves.” “The opposite of schools” would be an interesting change from “The Sunshine State” on Florida license plates.

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Freudian slip from Chuck Schumer talking about the Senate? “There’re been more amendments in the one year I’ve been majority leader than in the four years that Trump, that McConnell was leader…”

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Velveeta Voldemort is cancelling his speech on anniversary of his failed coup “in light of the total bias & dishonesty of the January 6th Unselect Committee of Democrats, two failed Republicans, & the Fake News Media.” Did someone just read him his Miranda rights?

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Simple question I have for anyone thinking a Senate carve out for voting rights will result in GOP doing same thing to restrict voting if they retake House & Senate. McConnell has broken every precedent he needed for his judges. What makes you think they won’t do that anyway?

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I respect the CDC. But their messaging aspires to be mediocre:

CDC guidance on COVID is getting like Chicago weather. If you don’t like it, wait five minutes, it will change.

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Former Guy fundraising email today: “I have something BIG to show you” And it’s “brand-new Trump pint glasses” if you donate. Pint glasses are generally six inches tall. Why do I have a feeling these are more like three inches?

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“I’ve had one orange and that’s the only food I’ve had since Sunday night.” Senator Tim Kaine, still stuck in I-95 traffic. Wonder how many GOP Senators who are fine with people standing in line for hours to vote with no food and water could handle that?

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Ron Johnson – “Why do we think that we can create something better than God in terms of combatting disease?” So the Wisconsin Senator is against medicine? Got it.

Christmas is not over until the kitten says it’s over:

Bucs coach Bruce Arians said today he does not regret bringing Antonio Brown into the organization. Well of course not, Brown caught 97 passes in 2 years for over 1000 yards. And helped Tampa Bay and Brady win a Super Bowl. #Priorities

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Marjorie Three Names, permanently suspended from Twitter, issued a statement saying that Twitter “can’t handle the truth.” Guess she’ll have to find another way to spread COVID lies and ban books.

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The Senate did not do legislative business Monday. Wonder why some GOP Senators didn’t “do their own research” on how to drive in the snow?

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Guilty. Four counts. So Elizabeth Holmes has something in common with attempted coup participant Jenna Ryan – Holmes also guessed wrong that she wouldn’t go to jail because she’s blonde and white.

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Petty thought watching local SF Bay Area coverage of the Elizabeth Holmes verdict. Can you get expensive hair color in prison?

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Seeing Parler trending and can’t help but smile wondering if any of its xenophobic users know the term is French.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says colleges should return tuition if no in-person classes. Now Ron claims he was working for last two weeks in Florida, but no one saw him. Does that mean he should return his salary for not being an in-person Governor?

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Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are engaged and have apparently secretly have been since Dec 31, 2020. A week before January 6, 2021. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that spouses cannot be compelled to testify as to private, confidential communications between them.

NFC’s #1 seed Green Bay Packers led by possible MVP QB who’s not only unvaccinated,but LIED about it, putting teammates, staff & families at risk.

Aaron Rodgers missed ONE game & was fined $14,650. Less than $15,450 Dallas WR CeeDee Lamb was fined 2nd time for untucked jersey. But no, NFL doesn’t play favorites

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Tom Brady – “everyone should be compassionate and empathetic towards Antonio Brown.” Not without sympathy for those with mental illness.

But where were calls for compassion and empathy towards those Brown has (allegedly) assaulted? And those he put at risk w/ fake vaccine card?

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When and where will Antonio Brown announce he is running for Congress as a Republican?

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Meanwhile, Carlson Wentz, unvaccinated, started for Colts after testing positive for COVID Dec 28.

NFL rules, changed after Saints had 1/2 team out on MNF, now allow players to return in 5 days just “if they can demonstrate their symptoms are lessening.” What could possibly go wrong?

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SNL honored Betty White last night by replaying great 2010 Mother’s Day Show she hosted.

Betty “I really have to thank Facebook” (there was serious campaign to have her host.) Adding “I didn’t know what Facebook was, & now that I do know what it is, it sounds like a huge waste of time.”

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Wrap your head around this: Same media who told popular vote winner Hillary Clinton, gracious in Electoral College defeat, to go home & knit, now planning to cover a press conference full of lies by man who not only lost election, but tried a coup attempt to overturn results.

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Some in GOP believe that any bakery has a right not to make a cake for a gay couple. But publicly traded social media company that clearly delineates its Terms of Service for everyone has no right to suspend someone who repeatedly violates them. Make it make sense.

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Even conservative Newsweek says story Marjorie Taylor Greene, permanently suspended from Twitter for lying about COVID, again, has stock in Pfizer is true. “Financial disclosure, signed by Greene Aug 13, reveals among more than 100 companies she had stock in, at least 3 were COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers.”

They’re not all dumb, they think we are

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If you ignore social media terms of service and get yourself suspended, you have no more justification to complain than if you run a red light and get in a traffic accident.

As waitress for years & travel agent for decades, have put professionalism over politics my entire working life. (Served Caspar Weinberger in college.) Now have many GOP clients. But would be tough test if GOP Senator asked me for help getting back to DC in Monday’s snowstorm.

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Dear Mike Pence – January 6, 2021 was just “one day in January” like December 7, 1941 was just “one day in December.”

Some of these athletes “do their own research” in deciding to ignore vaccines and mask mandates. How long would they stay on a team if they reacted that way to what their coach told them to do?

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Minnesota QB Kirk Cousins tested positive for COVID on Friday, and will miss the Vikings game against the Packers. Cousins is unvaccinated. Sort of an exclamation point on a career full of bad decisions.

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Colts QB Carson Wentz , who is also unvaccinated, tested positive on December 28. Now he’s OFF the COVID-19 reserve list for Jan 2 game.

“If you’re a star they let you do it… you can do anything.”

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Over 90,000 people, including 60,000 Utah fans in Rose Bowl stands today. As Los Angeles County is currently biggest COVID hot spot in California. What could possibly go wrong?

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And then many of the remaining people in the stands are from Ohio, where hospitalizations are at record levels. Now, the Rose Bowl wants proof of vaccination OR a negative test for COVID within 72 hours. But 72 hours is a long time these days.

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All these people saying Cincinnati had no business in the CFB Playoff . But actually the Bearcats looked more competitive than Michigan.

Thinking last night watching New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Anderson Cooper really is the closest thing we have to Walter Cronkite. And then trying to imagine Uncle Walter drunk.

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Dear Mike Pence – January 6, 2020 was just “one day in January” like December 7, 1941 was just “one day in December.”

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After fighting vaccine & mask mandates, Texas Governor Greg Abbott now begging federal government for COVID help including monoclonal antibodies. Well, good to stay in practice, Abbott will probably be asking for more help when Texas power grid fails again this winter.

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Wait. This from Fox News website just now? Are their regular editors taking January 1 off? (Don’t tell Ron Deathsantis.) “CORONAVIRUS Published 45 mins ago New York, Florida shatter single-day records for COVID-19 cases”

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Anti-vaxxer Jason Aldean, who played at Mar-A-Lago last night, and posted for pictures with the Former Guy, was on stage when the Las Vegas massacre started at the Route 91 Festival in 2017. You’d think the brush with death might have given Aldean more appreciation for life.

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Even if Omicron is the variant that makes COVID endemic and vaccines don’t stop it, unvaccinated people are still 10 to 20 times more likely to be hospitalized or die. Flu shots don’t stop the flu either. They keep you from dying from the flu. Why is this so hard?

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With COVID we’ve already learned a lot of Americans don’t believe in science. Now learning many folks shocked at Omicron numbers don’t get exponential math either.

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How many men who now claim to reject COVID vaccines because you need a shot more than once just take ONE Viagra?

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“Alaska Airlines was reporting hold times of up to 20 hours on Thursday. Delta & JetBlue are quoting hold times of 1 hour & 35 minutes and 2 hours & 16 minutes, respectively.” If we don’t all burnout we travel agents are going to have jobs forever.

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“Only the good die young.” Thank Betty White for reminding us that 99 can be young!

And finally, Happy New Year. John Madden, Harry Reid and Betty White in one week?

Maybe 2022 could give us an optimistic sign by taking out an a**hole or two this week?

Not that it’s that important in grand scheme of things…but Wisconsin Badgers playing in Las Vegas Bowl where 4th quarter starts AFTER midnight in Wisconsin is not exactly a great way to encourage students, alums and other fans of the game to watch…

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Brooklyn Nets saying publicly that as unvaccinated Kyrie Irving returns to the team part-time (since he cannot play without being vaccinated for home and some road games) his part time status “will not affect their continuity.”

So it won’t count as continuity if he gets games postponed by too many teammates in protocols?

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Since some states think bounties work these days surely SOMEONE – in the media or just a rich believer in science – can come up with a bounty for the first picture of Florida Gov. Ron Desantis in hiding?

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Velveeta Voldemort is having another rally, MLK weekend in Arizona with free tickets. Would be really wrong for kids to do like they did in Tulsa & request tickets with no intention of going, wouldn’t it? On the other hand, Herman Cain might have wished they took his ticket.

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Reminder as rumors swirl about Florida Governor Ron Desantis. As a wise reporter once told me when asked why a politician would continue not to be honest when everyone knew they were lying, “because they think the truth would hurt them more than what most people imagine.”

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So with Florida breaking COVID records on a daily basis wonder if Mar-A-Lago has a vaccine mandate for their New Year’s Eve party?

Billionaire Peter Thiel will help Velveeta Voldemort fundraise for Liz Cheney’s Wyoming GOP primary challenger by holding two January fundraisers at Thiel’s Miami home. Is it wrong to hope the events don’t have a vaccine mandate?

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If you “do your own research” about COVID, do the rest of us a favor when you get sick, stay home, and do your own research on how to get better.

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Have a suggestion for reporters who feel they MUST cover Velveeta Voldemort’s January 6 Press Conference. Record all the lies and hold the coverage until at least January 7. On January 6 focus should be on the anniversary of the fatal insurrection.

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As awful as the wildfires near Boulder, Colorado are, at least residents can count on federal support and won’t have the added pain of a President telling them to rake their mountains.

Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers says he won’t take long after season to decide his plans for 2022..

So will he ask Joe Rogan?

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Aaron Rodgers now doubling down on his anti-vaccine status – “If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore. It’s propaganda.” And here I thought Tom Brady’s status as my most disliked QB in the NFL was safe.

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Would be funny if it weren’t so evil: Fox News top headline today “White House under fire as Americans wait hours to be tested for COVID & new cases break US record.

Fox News Jun 2020 “Trump defends coronavirus testing comment, says more tests make ‘us look like we have more cases'”

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Chicken hawks escalating Vietnam War weren’t risking their own or their children’s lives. They had draft exemptions.

Now GOP & pundits escalating anti-vax war to make Biden look bad aren’t risking their own or kids’ lives either. They’re vaccinated. From cannon fodder to COVID fodder.

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It’s very long shot, but all hypothetical discussion on Twitter about Senators switching parties seems to be about Manchin. She’d be a conservative independent, to the right of Angus King, but if Lisa Murkowski wants to caucus w/ Dems, as a Democrat I’d welcome her w/ open arms.

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So would these folks pushing monoclonal antibody therapies over vaccines also tell people to keep smoking cigarettes because you can always get chemotherapy for lung cancer?

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As Democrats push COVID vaccines & testing, GOP touts monoclonal antibodies instead. Vaccines & tests cost a few dollars, monoclonal antibodies cost thousands. So on top of everything else, which party really cares about “mortgaging our children’s future” w/reckless spending?

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Have ZERO sympathy for Ghislaine Maxwell, who enabled a sexual predator for years. But still, ..first person convicted in a predatory sex trafficking operation involving young girls and many rich & famous men is a woman?

All you need to know about how ugly tonight’s Golden State Denver NBA game was tonight: The Nuggets scored 29 points in the second half and still beat the Warriors 89-86.

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Tampa Bay Bruce Arians tested positive for COVID & has mild symptoms. Arians says he has “complete confidence” in Asst Head Coach Harold Goodwin “to prepare team for this week’s game against the NY Jets.” Do the Buccaneers even NEED a coach against the Jets?

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Alabama star LB Will Anderson says going into CFP playoff against Cincinnati “I feel like we’re the underdog in this game. All year we’ve been disrespected.” And he said it with a straight face.

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After players, often seen unmasked, spent Christmas at Sea World, UCLA today pulled out of the Holiday Bowl in San Diego hours before kickoff.

And University of Georgia has arrived for their semi-final playoff game in COVID hot-spot Miami. I’m so old I remember the biggest worry for coaches before bowl games was players going out and getting in trouble for stuff like underage drinking.

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Tom Brady threw & broke his Surface tablet after an interception during Bucs’ shutout loss to Saints. He said “I did get warning from NFL. Can’t throw another Surface or else I get fined. Imagine that!” Had a frustrated New Orleans player thrown tablet last night he’d have been suspended.

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The concept of “controlling your own destiny” in NFL is complete BS when league penalizes vaccinated teams who do the right thing and rewards their darlings who ignore rules

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D*mn, RIP John Madden. Remember him as a colorful Hall of Fame football coach & announcer. But realize millions of younger Americans will think of him because of their favorite sports video game.

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As Antonio Brown has returned to Tampa Bay Buccaneers after only a 3 game suspension for a fake COVID vaccine card & is now in position to make $1 million in incentives, wonder how many who HAVEN’T been caught with fake vaccine cards have infected teammates & others.

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Dear 2021. John Madden and Harry Reid on the same day? Now I know they were 85 and 82, but isn’t it about time you take an a**hole or two to even things out?

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Scary thought. There are four sitting US Senators older than Harry Reid.

US Senate returning Jan 3 and staying in session until “state work period” Jan 17-21. While that may not seem like a lot, in 2021 the US Senate hat “state work periods Jan 4-5 AND Jan 7-19. So maybe something gets done? Hope springs eternal.

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NO shame: Gov Ron DeSantis-Aug 2021, w/ record-breaking cases “This is our COVID season.” Dec 2021 w/ record-breaking cases AGAIN, DeathSantis attacks Biden for not getting Florida enough monoclonal antibodies -saying POTUS “had months to prepare for predictable winter surge.”

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Can any man who claims he’s avoiding COVID vaccine because he doesn’t know what’s in it tell us the ingredients he knows are in Viagra?.

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Study – “Vaccinated hospitalized patients were 52-79% less likely to die than unvaccinated hospitalized patients.” The latest COVID-19 study? No. A 2017 flu study. Vaccines don’t have to stop all transmission & illness to work.

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if we could somehow put information about Peter Navarro’s “Green Bay Sweep” and the members of Congress involved in it on a laptop with Hunter Biden’s name on it would media pay more attention?

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CNN headline “Biden grapples with a Covid-19 testing failure that could have been foreseen.” Meanwhile, what about dozens of potential CNN headlines on Velveeta Voldemort’s failures starting from “15 going to be down to 0” that could have been foreseen?

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Whatever we all think about Merrick Garland right now, I think there’s one good thing we can agree on – his DOJ does NOT leak.

Casual NFL fans tuning into Sunday Night Football have to have one question: So how did the Washington Football Team manage to win 6 football games?

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Can anyone remember a season with more truly lousy NFL teams?

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With Saints down to recent 4th round draft pick Ian Book to start MNF, former New Orleans QB & legend Archie Manning reportedly texted coach Sean Payton photos of himself, sons Peyton & Eli, along w/ grandsons Arch & Marshall & told Sean “All 5 are available. Make your pick!”

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Sun Bowl is the latest bowl game to be canceled. Not that that many Americans who aren’t fans of Miami or WSU will be that disappointed. But players on both teams gave up much of their Christmas break to get ready. And WSU Cougars just arrived in that tourist hot spot El Paso.

The Wasabi Fenway Bowl has also been canceled due to COVID. Okay, how many people actually knew there was a Wasabi Fenway Bowl?

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Maybe with all these COVID cases some of the lesser bowls can restructure to having both teams play a game of Madden NFL 22?

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Unvaccinated Cole Beasley, who’s been fined about $100,000 by NFL over ignoring COVID protocols, missed today’s game due to having COVID. But he’s getting paid. About $267,000 for today alone.

What’s wrong with this picture?

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So if we could start a rumor JFK Jr helped develop COVID vaccines would it mean more people would get their shots?

Or as a Twitter acquaintance suggested in a reply….we could add to the rumor that a COVID vaccine brought him back to life.

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It’s pretty simple: We are the United States. Women’s healthcare rights and voting rights shouldn’t depend on what state you live in.

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If some right-wing gun owner shot Santa coming down his chimney how long until Republicans would call him a hero?

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For all the GOP likes to talk about a war on Christmas, isn’t a foreign guy flying into US to drop off a lot of free stuff to children regardless of their immigration status exactly the kind of person they regularly attack?

So if you don’t believe in the medical science of vaccines why would you trust your life to medical science when you get sick?

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atched “Miracle on 34th Street” again ;ast night. Darn good thing Louis Dejoy wasn’t in charge of USPS. Letters to Santa would have been thrown out instead of delivered to court house. Kris Kringle would have ended up in mental hospital. No Miracle. No Christmas.

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Headline from conservative UK Daily Mail: “Donald Trump’s stirring vaccine defense: Most Americans dying or hospitalized because of COVID are unvaccinated & encourages everyone to get shot.” This is like headline: “Arsonist’s stirring defense of fire extinguishers.”

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Since it worked so well for vaccines if President Biden suddenly said how great the Former Guy looked in a mask would Velveeta Voldemort suddenly start promoting mask wearing?

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Fox News is literally complaining that Joe Biden hasn’t been paying enough attention to experts on COVID-19. Socially-distanced funeral services for irony are pending.

I don’t know how many parents were on that NORAD tracker call with their children and President Biden. But most of them were I’m sure grateful and decent. Can we not give the a**hole all the attention? #ThankYouBiden

Hey, if omicron doesn’t take a holiday, neither should snark.

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How did Jacksonsville Jaguars (2-12) at NY Jets (3-11) end up on Sunday and not Saturday? If ever a game was destined to be a perfect Christmas turkey?

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Dear Drew Brees. Understand you’re enjoying Christmas w/ family in Hawaii. And realistically you can’t get back into game shape in a weekend. But maybe if New Orleants Saints sent private jet for you to be sideline coach & cheerleader for Ian Book on MNF against Dolphins? #WhoDat

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Dear Santa: For Republicans trying to follow Velveeta Voldemort in belatedly pivoting to support vaccines to your now anti-science base…is it too late to add to your sleigh baggage several thousands of copies of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein?”

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WTAF media? This is an actual headline – “Millions stranded as airlines cut hundreds of holiday flights.” Millions?!! (those would be serious jumbo jets.)

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Why do so many people think Joe Manchin will switch to being a Republican? As one of Mitch McConnnell’s foot soldiers he’d be almost irrelevant. As a conservative Democrat he’s a powerful media darling.

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Herschel Walker likely GOP GA Senate nominee. His wife of 19 years’ divorce filing accused him of “physically abusive & extremely threatening behavior.” Later said Walker pointed pistol at her head “I’m going to blow your f’ing brains out.” How long until he gets OJ’s endorsement?

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If White House documents proved that Velveeta Voldemort was innocent of organizing & abetting January 6 coup attempt, instead of asking SCOTUS to keep them private, he’d be having Hannity and Carlson read those documents out loud every night on Fox News.

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Wasn’t on either Rittenhouse or Potter jury. From what I saw would have voted to convict them both, though feel much more sympathy for Potter. But wonder….do juries take tears on the stand more seriously from a man than a woman?

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I’ve said this before. Whatever you think about Kim Potter verdict – Daunte Wright died because a trained “good woman with a gun” used a gun instead of a Taser. And some want armed amateurs to protect children in our schools?

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Gym Jordan says he has “real concerns” about the January 6 committee. Shame he didn’t have “real concerns” about college wrestlers being sexually abused at Ohio State.

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Dear privileged people who don’t think voting rights matter: Imagine waiting in line to vote on a regular basis as long as you are waiting in line to buy COVID tests this week.

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And imagine every time that Senators wanted to vote on the Senate floor they had to wait in line outside the Capitol, for hours, with no food or water….

Herschel Walker, now front-runner for GOP Senate nomination in Georgia :”Sen. Lewis was 1 of greatest senators there’s ever been….I think to throw his name on bill for voting rights, is a shame. When you look at the bill, it doesn’t fit what what John Lewis stood for.”

Is Walker that stupid or does he think we are? #VotingRightsAct

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Aaron Rodgers, unvaccinated, unrepentant, and (not suspended) is now exempt from COVID testing after fudging his status and testing positive

And now the Packers QB, who has touted ivermectin & zinc, is complaining ““I don’t understand why society and the NFL hasn’t talked about what I think are legitimate treatment options.

Well, with NFL scheduling Cleveland – Green Bay on Christmas, at least Rodgers is guaranteeing Americans a Christmas turkey.

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5-7 Rutgers apparently will get the first crack to replace Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl. Upsetting many pundits who think under .500 teams should only get a chance for the postseason in the NBA, NHL and NFL.

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Texas A&M has backed out of the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville on December 31 because of COVID-19 issues, injuries & opt-outs. So officials are trying to find an opponent for Wake Forest. Hmm, are the Jaguars available?

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QB Joe Burrow, on Bengals avoiding COVID-19 more than many NFL teams: “There’s not a ton to do in Cincinnati. Nobody is going out to clubs & bars every weekend. But we’ve been healthy.” Bengals fans might appreciate his statement. Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce not so much.

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Let’s be clear about ballot drop boxes. They aren’t a substitute for mail boxes. But in a time when confidence in USPS is justifiably at an all-time low. they are a safe & secure way of knowing your ballot will be picked up & counted.

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TSA and FAA have announced anyone fined for bad behavior on a plane will permanently lose access to TSA PreCheck. Excellent. But why stop there? Three more words “Permanent Secondary Screening.

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Should we be shocked that Madison Cawthorn, a college dropout who just urged students to quit too, is dropping out of his marriage after eight months?

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Maybe we’re going about this all wrong: Maybe way to get the still mostly male Senate seriously to deal with prescription costs is to quietly encourage companies to quadruple prices on Viagra.

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Has it occurred to any of these nutty conspiracy theorists who claim Democrats stole the election, that IF Democrats were both that evil and competent they’d have stolen it for Hillary in 2016?

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Aaron Rodgers today , unrepentant about fudging his vaccination status. “I’ve talked to a lot of friends who had COVID, including Joe (Rogan) & figured out a protocol in case I had COVID.” Since NFL is cracking down on taunting how about taunting medical science?

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Of course, what do you expect from a league that responds to a major spike in cases by deciding… to test less?

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An obvious missed pass interference call seals win tonight for LA Rams.
Gosh, who'd have thought THAT could happen? pic.twitter.com/KEPQnbXkU6

— Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) December 22, 2021

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Kyle Rittenhouse has become a new right-wing hero for fatally shooting two people before US law deems him old enough to handle a beer let alone a gun.

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The Former Guy actually said to vaccine hesistant “You have to embrace it. You don’t have to do it, there can’t be mandates & all those things, but you have to embrace it.” “Embrace?” Maybe his followers would’ve listened more if he suggested they “grab the shot by the p*ssy?”

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Disagree with Liz Cheney on almost everything. But she has more cojones than any Republican in Congress. Including so-called reasonable (and powerful and wealthy) people like Mitt Romney.

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Tonight’s Velveeta Voldemort fundraising email ” Democrats now on new kick w/ so-called Voting Rights Bill, which is a disaster for our Country & certainly Republican Party.” GOP now believes all American citizens being able to vote is a disaster. Wrap your head around that.

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Why do people doubt that Joe Biden can get over being annoyed at Joe Manchin and work something out? He chose a VP who attacked him about race and bussing on the debate stage. POTUS REALLY doesn’t hold grudges.

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Not sure about media showing up at Velveeta Voldemort’s Mar-A-Lago January 6 Press Conference. But I am in favor of the FBI attending.

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Many men especially complaining are about vaccines & and boosters, because they don’t want to start or continue to put something they think isn’t absolutely necessary into their bodies.

Wonder how many of them have prescriptions for Viagra?

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Fox News blaming Dr. Fauci for COVID is like an arsonist blaming the firefighters.

Tom Brady today trying out his comic talent: “Yeah, they’re called the Saints. I don’t think they’re very saintly. A Saint would have probably let us score once or twice yesterday. So gotta rethink that nickname.”

Dear Tom. Keep your day job. Signed “Who Dat Nation.”

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NFL getting a lot of attention for upsets and strange results this season.

Then there’s the NBA. Where San Antonio Spurs (yes, I’m a fan) managed to beat the Utah Jazz and the L Clippers in a three game stretch. But in the middle… losing to the Sacramento Kings?

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From my husband, who’s not a particular football fan, a surprisingly astute question after watching 4th quarter of Monday Night Football: “How did the Bears manage to win four games?”

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First confirmed Omicron death in US reportedly a 50ish Texas man who had previously had COVID but was unvaccinated. So much for natural immunity.

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Reports that White House cat will arrive in January 2022. This may be JUST what POTUS needs. Since WH cat will almost certainly do incorrigible cat things media can indulge their love of drama with feline misdeeds instead of trying to make up stories about Biden etc.

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The last Kmart store in California just closed yesterday. Shocking. There were still any Kmart stores in California?

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As the Former Guy takes to the courts in an attempt to end NY AG’s investigation, you know who didn’t sue to avoid giving uncomfortable testimony? Hillary Clinton.

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Kyle Rittenhouse Nov 20 -after acquittal said he didn’t want to get involved in politics “at all” & his case “should never have been used as cause” for any political agendas.

Rittenhouse Dec 20 given standing ovation at Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix. Satire is dead.

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Velveeta Voldemort put out an ranting grammatically incorrect statement against NY AG Letitia James… We are gonna have a nationwide popcorn shortage.

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As terms like disrespect & being “badgered” get tossed around before everyone calms down, (and we head towards a probable reset & restart for Build Back Better in 2022), these last couple days have reminded us that men might just be too emotional for political leadership.

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As angry as some Democrats are at Joe Manchin, some of the right wing of Republican party hates Lisa Murkowski. And she has a Velveeta Voldemort backed primary-opponent. If we’re going to talk about Senators switching parties….

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2 thoughts. 1. Build Back Better bill isn’t done yet. And Freedom to Vote Act is still very much alive. 2. I get frustration w/ Joe Manchin. But we need to use energy not just to scream at him, but to elect more Democrats in 2022.

50-50 Senate gives 1 Senator too much power

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Optimistic note on BBB & voting rights: 2 political women I most admire now are Nancy Pelosi & Amy Klobuchar. Some assume Pelosi is SF liberal who isn’t pragmatic. & that Klobuchar is Midwest pragmatist who isn’t liberal. Women can multitask. Neither Nancy nor Amy are giving up.

So on a Sunday when the worst in NFL Detroit Lions beat the best in NFL Arizona Cardinals the Saints had no chance to grab headlines against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers… well, unless they shut out Tom Brady at home for the first time in his career.

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-https://twitter.com/Saints/status/1472788577608028160

You know we had to do it @SNFonNBC 🤷😏 pic.twitter.com/r5S16yud78

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) December 20, 2021

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But hey, Tampa Bay receiver Antonio Brown & safety Mike Edwards are serving last game of 3 game suspension for fake vaccine cards. And Bucs apparently will welcome them back in time for playoffs. Hey, all they did was put lives of their teammates, staff and their families at risk.

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Several GOP Senators have said they will not vote to confirm any SCOTUS nominee Biden might make if they take the Senate in 2022. Still don’t think the midterms matter?

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Sorry to hear Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Cory Booker both have breakthrough case of COVID but glad to hear because they are is vaxxed & boosted they only has mild symptoms. The truth is that most Republican Senators are ALSO vaccinated & boosted. They just don’t want to admit it to their constituents.

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Claire McCaskill was better than Josh Hawley Joe Donnelly better than Mike Braun. Mary Landrieu better than Bill Cassidy. I like McCaskill, Donnelly & Manchin better than Manchin. But Joe’s better than any Republican who’d 100% replace him. We need to win more BLUE seats in 2022

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Why is everyone so worried about Joe Manchin switching to being a Republican. Yes, he has a LOT of power, now, aided by the media. But as a Republican he’d be Susan Collins without the occasional pearls to clutch.

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Bipartisan rant time. With calorie and other counts required on containers, how do they get away with stuff like this on a tuna can? “Serving size: 110 calories. Servings: 1.5.” So what does one do with .5 serving of tuna fish? Perhaps the cat lobby was involved?

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A vaccinated & boosted travel agency client had me postpone trip when he had mild symptoms & tested positive. He’s being responsible & can afford higher fares next week. But as he noted if he wanted to lie about it nothing would stop him from getting on plane.

#GetVaccinatedNow #GetBoostedNow

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While we’re going after Manchin: Why can’t media ask GOP senators why they don’t support lower prescription drug prices? How they expect parents to go back to work if they can’t afford child care or elder care? And why they claim to be pro-life while cutting off Child Tax Credit?

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Sarah Palin says “over my dead body will I get vaccinated.” Silly Sarah. They don’t keep supplies of vaccines at mortuaries

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On NBC SNL. Wish Tina Fey was just joking. “The FDA said it will permanently allow abortion pills to be sent through the mail, which means the pills should arrive just in time for your child’s first birthday.”

So, as of Saturday night, there have actually already been eight college football bowl games. And if you can name more than one or two of them you might need a life.

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Urban Meyer says he is “heartbroken” over the way his 11-month tenure with Jacksonville Jaguars ended. Presumably because the team is trying to get out of paying Meyer the last four years of his five year contract?

NFL will postpone three games this weekend due to a surge in Covid-19 cases among players. Waiting to see what expert researchers like Aaron Rodgers think.

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Omicron has football fans seriously worried about their teams’ games. Chicago fans, however, feel confident their Monday night game against the Minnesota Vikings will be played. Da Bears can’t catch anything.

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While I haven’t followed trial of Kim Potter for shooting Daunte Wright in detail, seems likely that a well-trained experienced officer made a negligient and deadly mistake. And some people want amateurs with guns “protecting children” in our schools?

Apparently Velveeta Voldemort’s tour with Bill O’Reilly is socially distanced for attendees. Not on purpose, they just can’t sell many seats.

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For all that right wing media loves to claim vaccines & masks don’t matter, have yet to see Fox News story about a previously healthy pro-vaccine pro-mask public figure who died of COVID. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

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Orange County FL, (Disney World) is now considered COVID “rapid riser county” & state reported 29,568 new cases this week among residents, bringing total to 3,739,348. But NON-RESIDENT cases aren’t counted. Well, not like any non-residents visiting or returning from Florida.

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SNL tonight has a prerecorded skit about moms wanting grandchildren for Christmas. Well, the way this Omicron variant is going and everyone thinking about spending the holiday at home…. there may be a LOT of grandbabies for Christmas 2022.

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Confession, I’ve had fantasy of being in hotel room (ie warm & w/ bathroom) overlooking Times Square for New Year’s Eve since I was a kid. But being actually in that crowd, where you can’t move for hours, didn’t sound appealing BEFORE COVID. And right now with Omicron…? WTF?

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I’m so old I remember when we all thought Rick Perry’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars” would be the nadir of his career.

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On a brighter note for Southwest CEO Gary Kelly, testing positive for COVID the day after claiming vaccine mandates and masks on planes aren’t needed has to be the best #WannaGetAway commercial ev

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So if we convince Republicans that Democrats want to keep all the COVID shots and boosters for themselves THEN might more of them get vaccinated?

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Fox News has a conundrum ahead. How will they blame President Biden for Omicron variant in US at the same time they criticize any measures Joe takes to mitigate it?

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Has anyone said on their deathbed “I really regret getting vaccinated and wearing a mask?” Asking for a country tired of COVIDiots.

Due to COVID surging, the Montreal Canadiens played a game Thursday night without fans. And beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2.
Did they dedicate the game to the Montreal Expos?

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Former NFL CB Philip Adams, who in April allegedly shot & killed 6 people then himself, had CTE. Now NFL WR Vincent Jackson, found dead in Florida hotel room in February found to have had CTE. Scary question – how many ticking former NFL time bombs also have CTE.

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Buck Showalter, 65, who’s managed four teams between 1992 and 2018 with a career record of 1,551-1,517, is a finalist for the NY Mets manager job.

Because nothing says commitment to winning like hiring a barely over .500 in his managerial career old white guy?

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So if a GOP maskless senator ends up with a breakthrough Omicron case, think they would tell u

Gym Jordan is so silent about January 6 you almost wonder if some of the insurrectionists were also sexually abusing college athlete

With Louis Dejoy still running the USPS how many Americans are joining me in the Christmas wish that our cards actually get delivered?

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Lisa Murkowski talking about the lofty goal of bipartisan legislation for voting rights. But how do you get bipartisan agreement when one party no longer believes in the right of all citizens to vote?

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Ted Cruz has an e-book claiming CRT being pushed by teachers unions in public schools. 1. CRT is a college graduate-level concept. 2. What would Cruz know about public schools? His daughters go to an expensive private school.

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“The Senator from West Virginia acts like he is King” says Media who persists in treating him like he is King.

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Mike Lindell says he’s blown $25 million trying to bring Velveeta Voldemort back to the White House. That’s a fraction of the money Americans have blown on his lousy pillows.

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Kyrsten Sinema supports Senate’s 60-vote threshold “to protect US from repeated radical reversals in fed policy which would cement uncertainty, deepen divisions & erode confidence in our govt.” “Radical? Like refusing to vote in 2016 on SCOTUS judge & ignoring rules in 2020 to install a 2nd?

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Dear Chuck Schumer – What about keeping Senate in session next week, allowing floor speeches & shutting down Senate cafeterias and water fountains?

If Senators had to wait hours without food or water before THEY could vote maybe a couple of them would rethink their opposition to voting rights?

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The gospel according to Fox News: Chris Cuomo advised his brother during a sexual harassment investigation & said nothing. He deserved to be fired. Three of our anchors sent advice to Trump during an actual coup attempt & said nothing. Nothing to see here, move along.