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High Gatorade mark…

September 16, 2025

On Friday night Sept 12, the SF Giants beat the LA Dodges with a walkoff grand slam by Patrick Bailey.

They haven’t won since.

Meanwhile, in the NFL, there is controversy over Fox News broadcaster and Oakland Raiders part owner Tom Brady sitting in the coaching booth for games, and getting potential inside information before pre-games that could benefit his team..

The man who got the benefit of most NFL calls on the field might now be getting preferential treatment and inside information as an owner? I am shocked, shocked…

As we remember Robert Redford in “All the President’s Men,” remember that Richard Nixon was openly hostile to the Washington Post, but publisher Katharine Graham refused to bow to him. Jeff Bezos, you’re no Katharine Graham.

As Trump visits Great Britain… A YouGov poll in July found 16% of Britons surveyed say they have a positive view of him…. That high?

“I’ve never loved my country more desperately. God Bless America.” Stephen Colbert, accepting his Emmy award.

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RIP Robert Redford. This exchange from “The Way We Were” always stuck with me. Hubbell, “I don’t see how you can do it.” Katie “And I don’t see how you can’t” Worth watching if you haven’t seen it, or if you have forgotten. Set partly during the McCarthy era…


NY Times, once again with a headline that is, to say the least, understated. “In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission President Trump does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all Americans.”

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MSNBC reporting that ICE came into Hyundai plant with warrants for four Hispanic men. And left with almost 500 handcuffed & shackled South Korean men. Men now complaining about really bad treatment… Why would ANY foreign government consider building a plant now in USA?

So are any of the big law firms who genuflected before Velveeta Voldemort now being asked to donate legal services to his efforts to sue the NY Times? Asking for a country who would really like to see the release of the Epstein files.

Molly Ivins was one of my heroes. While liberal she believed in free speech. Left half her estate to the ACLU.

Can still remember meeting her in 1993 at Printer’s Ink in Palo Alto and hearing her say “Ya’ll think free speech is easy. It’s not. If you believe in it you have to believe in free speech for Skokie neoNazis.”

Trump fundraising email today:

“The Radical Left wants one thing & one thing only: TO IMPEACH ME AND REMOVE ME FROM OFFICE LIKE A DOG!”

1. Liberals want many things, healthcare, education, vaccines, food security, clean air/water etc…

2. But on a simpler note, he uses “dog” like it’s a slur.

Meanwhile, over in England, Queen Camilla just said she is sick and is avoiding meeting Donald, leaving the duty to her husband.

We are all Camilla.

Until it’s over.

May 6, 2025

Boston Celtics blew a 20 point lead third quarter to the NY Knicks and lost 116-113 in OT.

Then Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggest with a 13 point lead with under 7 minutes to go, and a 7 point lead with about minutes to go. Hold our beer.

But last night St Louis Blues might still have them beat. 2-0 lead with 2 minutes in the 3rd period. 2-1 lead with 2 SECONDS left in the 3rd period. And they lost in OT.

So within about 24 hour, three teams lost seemingly insurmontable leads faster than Canadian and Australian conservative leaders tied to Donald Trump.

Over 5 million student loan borrowers are currently in default with another 4 million are at risk of default.

Wonder how many of them voted for Trump, or didn’t vote because they didn’t think Biden did enough, or they just didn’t like Kamala?

Still wondering why Donald is obsessed about “30 dolls.” Is he still upset that he missed out on making billions on Beanie Babies?

GOP Rep Harriett Hageman, who defeated Liz Cheney in Wyoming ” I think another reason we should change the name to The Gulf of America is for over 40 years, Mexico has been dumping raw sewage in the area near San Diego… That’s another reason we need to retake and claim ownership of this area”

Sometimes the stupid burns.

Media: Democrats need to speak out more.

Democrats: Many good leaders speaking up and speaking out.

Media: Democrats are saying boring rational things. Let’s cover the latest insanity that popped into Donald’s head and he decided to announce to the world.

So was Velveeta Voldemort flipping channels late Friday night when he saw an old movie or something that inspired him to say he wants to re-open Alcatraz?

Trump isn’t going to reopen Alcatraz: But it’s a great diversion- from things like Donald now signing a proclamation for “National Hurricane Preparedness Week.” At the same time he’s cutting NOAA and FEMA.

Dr. Strangelove was funny as a movie, it’s not funny as a documentary.

Pete Hegseth wants to fire “20%” of 4 star generals and admirals.” There are only 37 4-star generals and admirals right now. So Pete wants to fire the 8 or so who are the least subservient to him.


Trump on picture of himself as Pope “They can’t take a joke. You mean the fake news media. The Catholics loved it. I had nothing to do with it…The White House Twitter account posted it.”

Does he think Americans are stupid? Rhetorical question. Sigh

Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

Tariffs may annoy the rich, but they really hurt the poor: The kids whose parents can afford 30 dolls will still be able to afford 30 dolls. The kids whose parents can afford only 1 doll won’t get any dolls. #TrumpWarOnChristmas

Those in the travel industry remember: When Biden was President: Travelers weren’t terrified that customs/border agents would harass or detain them. The dollar was about 15% higher. Air traffic controllers weren’t quitting. Newark wasn’t a third world airport. For starters.

Not that the Catholic Church is in the trolling business. But how wonderful would it be if Vatican announced they were considering Pope Joe Biden?

As Newark & other airports, deal with Air Traffic Controller shortages, why would ANYONE sign up now? Not only is job stressful, but the mad narcissist could wake up one morning & decide to fire everyone. “Why do people need 30 flights a year, they could just fly once or twice?

Can some reporter please find out which VIP/VIPs were on those military helicopters whose flights caused two commercial flights to divert from National to avoid a collision last week? Thank you.

Rich get richer

March 31, 2025

Both March Madness final fours are set.

And U Conn, a #2 seed, is the closest thing to a Cinderella left in the tournament.

All four mens teams and three of the other four women’s teams are #1 seeds.

Owner John Fisher could have had the As play in Oakland until if and when the Las Vegas stadium is built. Instead, he insisted the team move to the 14,000 capacity Sutter Heath Field in Sacramento.

Where it will be triple digit temperatures for much of the summer.

In a likely metaphor for the season, the A’s lost their season home opener, 18 to 3.

Hey Green Bay Wisconsin. No billionaire could pay you enough to root against the Packers. Why would you let a billionaire buy your Supreme Court vote?

Serious thought. Can believe Trump absolutely has no plans to leave the White House after his second term. But if he has dementia, as his father did, it will get worse and impossible to ignore before 2028. Then what?

Media: Democrats really need to do a better job of getting their message out.

Also media: Oooh, Velveeta Voldemort or his top campaign donor said something insane, let’s devote all our airtime/space to covering it.

Chris Murphy and Andy Kim (so far) joining Cory Booker tonight on Senate floor as Senator Booker continues his speech into the night to protest Trump/Doge administration policies. It’s not that we don’t have good Democratic leaders. But they don’t get the coverage that the other side’s crazies get.

Cory Booker’s been speaking for over 7 hrs & he’s doing far better job of explaining why Social Security is NOT a Ponzi scheme than Musk does at any time lying about it. Put simply, Booker is explaining how every insurance needs adjustments. & changes needed would be negligible.