Posted tagged ‘election-2024’

Blazing speed

July 31, 2025

Mets are getting most unappreciated reliever in baseball in Tyler Rogers.. Just saying.

Only silver lining as a sad SF Giants fan is maybe we’ll get to see him blow away a Dodgers star in the post season wth 75 MPH heat

LA Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani left his start today in Cincinnati in the 4th inning with cramping he blamed on heat (Temperature at first pitch was 90 degrees, with w/heat index near 100.) He hopes to make his next start.

Don’t suppose we can dream that billionaires might start caring about climate change if it starts injuring their half billion dollar investments.

Rubio defends his master’s sanctions (revoked visa, freezing US assets) on Brazilian judge because Donald doesn’t like him prosecuting his buddy.

“Let this be warning to those who would trample on fundamental rights of their countrymen; judicial robes cannot protect you.” So other countries can go after US judges now? Okay then.

If you’re anti-abortion but also anti-USAID, aid to starving children in Gaza, and in favor of cutting SNAP and school lunch, then maybe it’s time to drop the “pro-life” lie.

If the Epstein Files exonerated Donald, Fox News would be reading them on air 24-7.

Not that Jerome Powell is in the troll business but how much would I love to hear him say he’ll consider lowering interest rates “in two weeks.”

The new “Rose garden” is the literal personification of “pave paradise, put up a parking lot.

One Donald’s Stepford ladies must have damaged an expensive heel in the grass… The next Democratic President is going to have so much work to do to repair the White House, let alone our democracy.

Amy Klobuchar is talking about Trump’s EO to impose 50% tariffs on Brazil.

Why? (And Donald admits it! Because Brazil is prosecuting their ex-President Bolsonaro for trying to overturn his election loss.

So Americans pay more because Trump is mad his buddy is facing justice.

Media PAY ATTENTION.-


Happy to have ban on Congressional Stock trading.

But while GOP is chortling over naming it the Pelosi Act, per Money magazine top 2 SENATE traders in 2024…

Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., 202 trades – $5,531,500.

Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., 71 trades- $4,407,000

Good news that the evacuations went smoothly and the tsunami turned out not to be really damaging in Hawaii and the US West Coast

Bad news may be that many Americans may take the warning less seriously next time.

It’s never over

October 10, 2024

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

The miuch disliked Pohlad family is selling the Minnesota Twins.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Give me a bleeping break.

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

Future tense.

July 21, 2024

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Someday when women’s basketball and the WNBA have the respect they deserve, many of us will tell our grandchildren and great-grandchildren we were so lucky as sports fans to be able to watch both Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark.

Bo Bichette will now miss “multiple weeks” due to a calf strain. So maybe SF Giants fans dreams of trading for the former All-Star shortstop won’t matter even if team falls out of the playoff picture this week.

Much of media these days becomes understandable once you realize the national media is all in for Donald Trump

Even those who he would arrest – if not on day 1- then early in his Presidency. They just see dollar signs of ratings & not how dictators have behaved in history.

Federal health officials said Friday that 2 people in the U.S. – Midwest and East Coat – have died and 28 people have been hospitalized from a multi-state outbreak of listeria linked to sliced deli meats . Well, it’s only science. Eat deli meat, own the libs!

Molly Ivins 1998 “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You.” Ivins in 2005 on bankuptcy bill: “TX Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee offered amendment to protect victims of natural disasters after Katrina -voted down by GOP Hope Molly & Sheila tonight in heaven are raising hell

#VoteBlue

When 20 yr-old shot at Trump & killed rally goer, Democrats condemned attack & offered sympathy. When 20 yr-old in 2017 drove into peaceful protesters at Neo-Nazi rally, injuring 8 & killing Heather Heyer, GOP was quiet while Trump talked about “many fine people on both sides.”

So while media is nonstop now questioning Biden’s health why isn’t single major outlet questioning Trump’s health? Especially after the shooting. How badly was he hurt, could there be brain damage, PTSD? We don’t even know if Donald was hit by a bullet or shrapnel.

I get that money matters in politics.

. But Michael Bloomberg spent about a billion dollars to try to become President in 2020 because he didn’t think Democrats had a strong enough field.

How’d that work out?

How many people even remember he ran?

Wish media had spent half as much time earlier this year covering all of President BIden’s accomplishments as they are now spending covering the idea he should drop out of the race.

Admit, I don’t like Adam Schiff publicly coming out against President Biden.

But any Democrat hinking of voting for Steve Garvey over Adam Schiff over that is not just cutting off their nose to spite their face, they are cutting off their whole face.

Shouldn’t talking repeatedly about “the late great Hannibal Lecter” be proof that someone is not capable of serving as President?

Not closing time.

May 21, 2024

SF Giants, up 6-2 with one out and nobody on in the bottom of the 9th, manage to lose 7-6 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Absolute worst loss of the season.

Indiana Pacers up 3 with 10 seconds left AND possession to inbound the ball against the Boston Celtics… “hold our beer.”

Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and fouling when you are up 3 with under 10 seconds to go…

Even LeBron James on Twitter :”And yall still wanna know why I would foul up 3 EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Velveeta Voldemort is still ranting in fundraising emails that he’s “been forced to sit fully gagged while Biden’s cronies spread vicious lies.” If only Donald Trump had been given the opportunity to testify…. Oh wait, never mind.


How can Donald Trump have the unmitigated gall to ask voters to elect him to defend our country when he doesn’t even have the courage to defend himself?

Former Maryland Governor and current GOP U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan claims now he’ll support abortion rights.

But if Biden is re-elected Hogan will vote against Joe’s judicial nominees. And if Trump is elected he’d vote to confirm all Donald’s choices.

Maybe Susan Collins will give him some lessons in being “concerned?”

So for all the media coverage of attacks on Fani Willis, including plenty of puritanical piling on for her relationship choices.. seems like it should be a big story that she won her primary for re-elections with 87% of the vote.

Also hey media, if you’re so fascinated by Donald Trump why isn’t anyone doing investigative story on potential medical issues which could cause someone to be constantly and uniquely complaining about being cold?

Some are quite serious.

One of today’s Trump fundraising rants. SECURE TRUMP MEMO: NIKKI HALEY NOT UNDER VP CONSIDERATION! But, I wish her well… Translation “Nikki is too popular, isn’t abject enough and would outshine me, there’s no CHANCE I’d have ever chosen her.”

Politico figures out the simple headine so much of the major national media couldn’t. “New York trial winds down — without Trump’s testimony The former president declined to take the witness stand as the defense rested its case.”


And today Senate Judiciary Committee had a hearing on presciption drug prices…. Crickets in the national media. They’d far rather cover Velveeta Voldemort’s latest insane rants on his failing social media platform.

The Eagles are grounded?

January 16, 2024

Philadelpha slogan “Fly Eagles Fly.”

Tonight they flew about as well as a Boeing Max 737-9.

Meanwhile, after a locals dug out the field and the seats, Buffalo Bills won handily in their rescheduled game, and will play the Kansas City Chiefs next week with game time temperatures expected to be in the 20s. Hope the players don’t overheat in that balmy weather.


Despite all these MAGAs upset about media attention with Taylor Swift dating Travis Kelce, all these Swifties suddenly tuning into football fans reminds me a bit when Tiger Woods burst on the scene… a whole new group of fans starting watching golf.

Remembering 2020 Iowa caucuses. One time I was especially impressed with Amy Klobuchar was, on shoe-string budget, while national media waited all night for final counts that never came, she took advantage of their boredom & called in; got free airtime to talk about her campaign.

Shame none of the media called her tonight. Klobuchar could have made it far more interesting with memories of 2020, or talking about Biden accomplishments, than what was apparently just nonstop rehashing of Iowa GOP primary voters doing exactly what the polls said they would do. 

Nikki Haley says “if it’s Trump-Biden rematch, it’s going to be another toss-up election, could go either way, we could have more disputes over election inference…” It wasn’t a toss-up election. Biden won pretty handily. But Nikki can’t say that for fear of upsetting Donald.

Steve Kornacki reports only 10% of GOP Iowa caucus voters say “ability to beat Joe Biden” is top factor in them voting…. Maybe because Trump supporters know he’ll declare victory no matter what the vote total, and try again with new and improved coup attempt.

Buried in Washington Post story about Donald Trump’s victory party in Des Moines – it was a cash bar. Well, of course it was.

Trump attacks Ramawamy two days ago ” A vote for Vivek s a vote for the ‘other side’ — don’t get duped by this. Vote for ‘TRUMP,’ don’t waste your vote! Vivek is not MAGA.

Tonight Vivek Ramawamy suspends his 2024 bid and endorsed Trump. It’s. A. Cult.

WTAF? Trump tonight “We want to come together. whether it’s Republicans or Democrats or conservative, it would be so nice if we could come together & straighten out the world.”

(* Except of course for women, immigrants, LGTBQ & RINOS & media.)

If you’ve been there, or had parents go or friends go though it, you know, dementia is scary.

“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.”

Dr. MLK Jr.

Today’s GOP is against ALL of that. Yes, even meals for children  .

Are the games the thing?

December 6, 2023

Does anyone actually understand, or care, about this NBA in-season tournament?

Can’t be the only SF Giants fan on social media who KNOWS there are more important things in the world right now but can’t resist clicking on links that might be news about a contract for a certain Japanese baseball player.

As VP Harris cast tie breaking vote for Loren L. AliKhan to be confirmed as first female South Asian federal judge to serve on DC District Court, it was 50-50 only because of Joe Manchin. Suppose it’s just coincidence that Manchin’s nay vote, again, came for a woman of color.

When Joe Biden first announced in 2019 he decided to enter race for President, Biden said he decided to run because of Donald Trump’s actions in the White House. So why is it a big deal that Joe says Trump running again may have factored in his decision to run for re-election?

A new study in Japan says wasabi linked to “substantial” memory boost. Maybe because when you take a mouthful of wasabi with sushi thinking it’s avocado you never forget it?

Last night we had Rachel Maddow and Liz Cheney agreeing on the need to stop Trump to save democracy.

Today on a smaller scale we have Senator Ed Markey (D. Mass) & Ted Cruz together as lead sponsors of a bill to require carmakers to keep AM radio in cars. Not sure which is the oddest couple.

So bill passed by Senate Rules Committee w/ bipartisan support apparently scared ex-coach Tuberville enough to drop his holds on military appointments. What small petty little man he is & ultimately a coward. No wonder Auburn paid him $5.6 million to go away & not coach anymore.

On top of cruel stunt that hurt our military & families. Tuberville should know better than to use not-so-cute metaphor w/ daughter of a sportswriter & a fan herself. Tommy; “I’d have loved to have 5 downs in football.” Amy Klobuchar; “It was more like a 10 month long fumble.”

And right on cue, despite a bipartisan bill by Ted Cruz and Ed Markey to support AM radio, with about 26 bipartisan co-sponsors, Rand Paul objects because he is…angry about electric cars??? We are all Rand Paul’s neighbor.