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Oct 14 2018
About Last Night
Last week is still a bit painful. This week Seth Meyers returns and he’s one of “ours”. Now, if they could just get Sam and Trevor and Stephen, heck, even Jordan Klepper. You know, he was derivative (mashup of Stephen on steriods and Jon) but he was funny. How about Larry Wilmore? Haven’t forgotten about …
Oct 14 2018
Signs of the times.
I’m not really spoiling anything if I tell you that the Republican Party is withdrawing funding from many candidates who’s chances of winning are marginal. It is, of course, a sign of desperation and a recognition that Democratic candidates are outraising their opponents, sometimes by margins of 2 to 1 or more. No, what’s interesting …
Oct 13 2018
2018 Junior League Championship Game 1: Astros @ Red Sox
I don’t hate the Red Sox any more than I have to. I mean sure I’m a Metropolitans fan but I mostly don’t care what happens in the Junior League at all and to the extent that some of my fellow enthusiasts hate the Yankees (basically envy, Yankee fans don’t notice us at all), I …
Oct 13 2018
2018 Senior League Championship Game 2: Dodgers @ Brewers
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 …
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 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 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 …
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