Posted tagged ‘sports’

Not exactly bowled over.

December 18, 2023

ICYMI, there were seven bowl games this weekend.

No, I didn’t watch any of them either.

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As much as the NFC South justifiably gets criticized for mediocre team, after this week an NFC South team (or two) will be essentially tied for a wild card spot.

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And yes, the New Orleans Saints, who are never mediocre, but rather bipolar at 7-7 are one of those teams.

But all you really need to know about how much mediocrity is in the NFC, both the 5-9 Chicago Bears ad NY Giants are still alive in NFC playoffs,

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Years ago remember thinking some people, men especially, actually liked Bill Clinton more for his tomcat behavior with women, because they could live vicariously through him. Thinking with Trump’s worse behavior some of his base is living vicariously through his crime spree?

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Donald Trump today “Did anybody ever hear of the great Alphonse Capone, Al Capone, great, great head of the mafia, right? “Now, I heard he was indicted once – but I was indicted four times…” Wonder who he’ll compare himself to next?

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So leaders of Florida’s GOP Party voted to strip Chairman Christian Ziegler of his authority on board & to reduce his $120,000 salary to $1. Wonder if the rape allegation or the involvement in a bisexual threesome was what pushed Republican over the edge?

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Joe Manchin “The House has been resistant, but can assure you they will not get anything accomplished unless they start working together in a bipartisan way on challenging pieces of legislation.” Manchin expects us to believe GOP-led House actually wants to accomplish ANYTHING?

Many in GOP and right-wing media are obsessed with Hunter or anyone in Joe’s family possibly benefiting from the Biden name. Wonder how many of them have themselves benefited from legacy admissions or have jobs they got through family connections?

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As Putin talks about Finland, warning of he country being dragged into NATO,

Remembering a favorite poem from the late poet Jon Stallworthy:

“War Song of the Embattled Finns Snow inexhaustibly falling on snow! Those whom we fight are so many, Finland so small, where shall we ever find room to bury them all?’

Play-OFFS

December 4, 2023

Not FSU fan, even though they’re one team who has permission – from actual Seminole tribe – to use the chop. But how can you claim to pick best TEAM? And say 1 player being injured, out of 22 men on field offense/defense, plus special teams, negates wins & losses? #CFBPlayoff

So if the CFB ran the NFL and Jalen Hurts, Patrick Mahomes, Brock Purdy or Dak Prescott got injured, they’d say the Eagles, Chiefs, 49ers or Cowboys should be out of the playoffs?

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And look, I get it, but if it’s about marquee players and big name schools, why play the games at all?

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Wonder if TCU, who BEAT Michigan, affected the committee’s decision today. The lowest rated and least-watched national championship of the BCS/CFP era was 2023, when Georgia beated TCU by 58 points.

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Meanwhile, MLB watching the CFB playoff picture has probably got their lawyers looking into seeing if there is any way they can guarantee either the Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox or Yankees make the World Series every year?

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Sorry Moms for Liberty, thinking it’s a lot healthier for kids to see a musical like “Kinky Boots” featuring drag queens, than to read in the newspaper about their parents being involved in threesomes and alleged sexual assault.-

Meanwhile, Oregon will play Liberty in Fiesta Bowl.

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ICYMI Liberty, conservative anti-LBGTQ university, was founded by Jerry Falwell, son resigned as President over sexual scandals including alleged threesome and a social media post of Jr. posted BY Jr. with his pants unzipped and his arm around a scantily clad young woman.

If the Ducks want, maybe Stanford’s LSJUMB band would help with halftime show?

For those too young to have learned the concept of “E ticket ride” at Disneyland, Jameis Winston on the New Orleans Saints pretty much defines it.

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Washington Post: headline “Trump attempts to spin anti-democracy, authoritarian criticism against Biden “Former president declared his 2024 campaign ‘righteous crusade’ against ‘tyrants & villains’

Nothing in headline says simple truth: man who tried to overturn 2020 election is LYING.

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Susan Sarandon apologizes for ‘terrible mistake’ of making anti-Jewish comments at Pro-Palestinian rally ‘I deeply regret diminishing this reality and hurting people with this comment.’ More like she deeply regrets having her agent drop her and being out of work.

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Anyone see this headline Saturday morning in national media? “Stocks Hit New High for the Year” Of course not, it goes against the negativity towards President Biden narrative. #DoBetterMedia

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The scariest thing about Liz Cheney being the voice of reason in today’s GOP. Liz Cheney hasn’t changed that much over the years. But the Republican party has.