Pitching Fest! Well, kinda sorta for a while. The Brewers went with a strategy called “Bullpenning” where you don’t expect a pitcher to last more than 3 Innings, something that you can only do if you have a bench full of Relievers. In the Regular Season it’s of limited utility (162 games) but in Playoffs …
October 2018 archive
Oct 13 2018
Babies
I dunno, I gave up Cap Pistols when I was about 8. I had a brief fling with plastic replicas when all the kids were LARPing Army in my early teens and another with the 20 Shot Starter Pistols (you use them for starting a race, not to train kids to love guns) when the …
Oct 13 2018
The Breakfast Club (Strangest Dream)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Oct 12 2018
2018 Senior League Championship Game 1: Dodgers @ Brewers
First, a word about how we got here. The Brewersswept the Rockies which was only to be expected. Coors Field is a pitcher’s nightmare and a batter’s friend. The elevation makes the ball carry farther and in consequence the Ball Park is larger than most. Ok, that solves your Home Run problem but leaves acres …
Oct 12 2018
More Kidnapping
Trump administration weighs new family separation effort at border By Nick Miroff, Josh Dawsey, and Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post October 12, 2018 The White House is actively considering plans that could again separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to reverse soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United States, …
Oct 12 2018
Rotten From The Top Down
As I feel the need to remind people from time to time, Trump is only part of what’s wrong. The real problem is Republicans. What Trump does is articulate their abhorrent agenda out loud. Oh, and he has no manners (shoe leather and ketchup, yeesh). Other than that his polcies are mainstream Republican from the …
Oct 12 2018
The Breakfast Club (Rocky Mountain High)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Oct 11 2018
Direct Action: Valve Turners On Trial
(W)e who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered …
Oct 11 2018
Universal Health Care!
Universal Health Care! Oops. Universal Health Care! Universal Health Care! (Part 2) And Now… Asskicking
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