i apologize for the absence but i just got back on-line so here goes.
first of all, the CHICAGO CUBS are simply loaded for bear and coast into the post season as the odds on favorite to win it all and they deserve the kudos. they've had a great season and need just 11 more wins to send the clark street crowd on it's way to a record number of cocaine overdoses. can you imaging that crowd at the 'all you can snort' table for 72 straight hours? wow.
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Fuck robin ventura and the horse he rode in on. that somnombulant prick couldn't manage a team of mules let alone a major league team but he got paid six million for sleepwalking four freaking years.
and to JERRY REINSDORF....what a great idea---hiring a guy with no managerial experience and then hanging on to him for four years while he compiles losing records year after year. florida is calling you jerry.
but the reality of the white sox situation is that it's time for a total rebuild and that includes trading the uniform cutting CHRIS SALE and anyone else who will bring you big time prospects. stop with the patch work and build any identity you want but let everyone know the direction you're heading.
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the CHICAGO BEARS are one of the three worst teams in the NFL. i saw them in person on sunday and even holding the lead, the place was half empty in the 4th quarter. they really suck and the fans acted like it was a loss. but they still have great tailgating!
KEVIN WHITE? a disastrous 1st round draft pick who has played 4 games in two years and is now out for the rest of the year with a broken leg. with his bonuses, white mad a million and a half PER GAME. nice.
JAY CUTLER? he can blow me too. all of his guaranteed money ended last year so when he comes off the injured list, CUT HIM! you don't need a guy making 18 million playing quarterback when your team is going to be 3-13. bye-bye.
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BULLS & BLACKHAWKS are firing it up and one of them should challenge for the championship. you guess which one.
bye for now.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
JUST SCREWING THEIR FANS
After throwing in the towel two weeks ago, the WHITE SOX administration said 'screw you' to it's fan base by doing NOTHING by the july 31st trade deadline. you can't have it both ways. either throw in the towel and rebuild by moving veteran players out of town OR go get players to try and get to the post season. but doing nothing? how embarrassing.
sox fans that i know have now become totally apathetic. they're not mad, they just don't care anymore. as i wrote MR. REINSDORF a year ago, if he doesn't care, why should we? most of you know that i've boycotted the ball park for two years because they refuse to dump the incompetent ROBIN 'SLEEPY' VENTURA as manager and i will continue to do so until that happy day occurs.
but now you also have to start looking a little higher in the organization, namely GM RICK HAHN. last year, hahn totally screwed the pooch when he got NOTHING for JEFF SAMARDZJA at the trade deadline and the shark walked away at the end of the year and the only thing the sox got was an empty roster space. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT??????
the shark? just the #3 pitcher in the GIANTS rotation and still eating up innings while posting a 9-7 record thus far.
the shark and pitching coach DON COOPER didn't get along and it was no secret that shark was going to walk if cooper was still the pitching coach. the scenario got worse when it was revealed in the off season that hahn had been offered two minor leaguers from at least three different teams for the services of samardzja. no thanks, we don't need any help.
WHAT?????????
so where you going, ricky? are you rebuilding? you're certainly not contending. two weeks ago, you used the term 'mired in mediocrity' to describe the plight of the white sox. i would strongly suggest looking in the mirror and repeating that same phrase.
you suck at your job, robin sucks at his and maybe reinsdorf is too busy polishing his CHICAGO BULLS trophies to give a damn about the white sox.
all i can say to the dwindling fan base is 'hurt 'em where it counts' and stay away from the ball park. i know i will.
sox fans that i know have now become totally apathetic. they're not mad, they just don't care anymore. as i wrote MR. REINSDORF a year ago, if he doesn't care, why should we? most of you know that i've boycotted the ball park for two years because they refuse to dump the incompetent ROBIN 'SLEEPY' VENTURA as manager and i will continue to do so until that happy day occurs.
but now you also have to start looking a little higher in the organization, namely GM RICK HAHN. last year, hahn totally screwed the pooch when he got NOTHING for JEFF SAMARDZJA at the trade deadline and the shark walked away at the end of the year and the only thing the sox got was an empty roster space. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT??????
the shark? just the #3 pitcher in the GIANTS rotation and still eating up innings while posting a 9-7 record thus far.
the shark and pitching coach DON COOPER didn't get along and it was no secret that shark was going to walk if cooper was still the pitching coach. the scenario got worse when it was revealed in the off season that hahn had been offered two minor leaguers from at least three different teams for the services of samardzja. no thanks, we don't need any help.
WHAT?????????
so where you going, ricky? are you rebuilding? you're certainly not contending. two weeks ago, you used the term 'mired in mediocrity' to describe the plight of the white sox. i would strongly suggest looking in the mirror and repeating that same phrase.
you suck at your job, robin sucks at his and maybe reinsdorf is too busy polishing his CHICAGO BULLS trophies to give a damn about the white sox.
all i can say to the dwindling fan base is 'hurt 'em where it counts' and stay away from the ball park. i know i will.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
UGH for the white sox
The WHITE SOX waved the flag of surrender on wednesday when they once again pissed away a late lead and lost 5-4 in extra innings which effectively ended any chance for post season play.
going into the all star game, they had won 10 of 16 and were within striking distance of a wild card spot but losing 5 of 6 since the break has dropped them to eighth place in that race and the bottom line is that they're just not good enough to compete with teams like baltimore, houston & toronto.
it's time to BLOW IT UP. keep CHRIS SALE, CARSON FULMER & CARLOS RODON for the core of your pitching staff and get to work moving the other 22 players for prospects and young talent. enough is enough.
i quietly removed the sox banner from my flag pole today and placed it in the basement until next season. R.I.P.
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i wrote this a little earlier in the season but why won't the cubs trade KYLE SCHWARBER to the yankees and punch their ticket to the world series? i don't understand their thinking. schwarber is a .240 hitter who looks like a buffoon in the outfield and is best suited as a DH in the american league.
FACT: first baseman ANTHONY RIZZO will hold down that position for the next ten years. FACT: with the retirement of david ross and the declining skills of miguel montero, WILSON CONTRERAS will handle the catching position for a long, long time. so where does that leave schwarber????
IMAGINE either one or BOTH of the yankee relievers wearing cubbie blue. LEFT HANDER ANDREW MILLER for your set-up man and/or ARNOLDIS CHAPMAN closing the door at 105 freaking miles per hour. mercy! miller has three years left on his contract and can also close games. chapman will be a free agen but listen closely again: a hundred and freaking five miles an hour!
you have the pieces...now use them to win a world championship!
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and in breaking news....the cubs announced today they obtained left handed relief pitcher MIKE MONTGOMERY and a minor league pitcher from AA for top 20 prospect DAN VOGELBACH and a AA pitcher from their farm system. just trading meat but it brings them a left handed reliever and lets vogelbach go to the AMERICAN LEAGUE where he belongs. (sound familiar?) it's a start.
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the cubs have many more movable pieces to dangle. JORGE SOLER, JAVY BAEZ, shortstop GLYBER TORRES (or do you want ADDISON RUSSELL?), second baseman IAN HAPP, pitchers KYLE HENDRICKS & JASON HAMMEL (remember, you only need three starters in the playoffs) , TOMMY La STELLA, PEDRO STROP and HECTOR RONDON. do something!
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have the CHICAGO BULLS LOST THEIR MINDS??? "we want to get younger and more athletic" said GM GAR FOREMAN and then he signs 35 year old DWAYNE WADE & 30 year old RAJON RONDO (coming off knee surgery), neither of whom can shoot from outside of fifteen feet. this team will play ZERO DEFENSE this season but i guarantee they'll push the ball up the court.
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can't tell you how happy i am that MR. SOFTEE aka derrick rose, is gone.
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KUDOS TO THE BULLS summer league team for winning the title. DENZEL VALENTINE looks like the real deal and BOBBY PORTIS looks much improved.
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pre-season rankings are out for the NCAA football teams and with one exception, they all look deserving of a spot in the top ten. ALABAMA, FLORIDA STATE, OHIO STATE, CLEMSON & MICHIGAN are the top five with OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, notre dame, LSU & OLE MISS rounding out the top ten.
notre dame? this long overrated program returns but 8 starters and will struggle to stop teams. their final ranking should be around #23 but only their schedule is loaded with cupcakes.
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gotta run. try & stay cool.
going into the all star game, they had won 10 of 16 and were within striking distance of a wild card spot but losing 5 of 6 since the break has dropped them to eighth place in that race and the bottom line is that they're just not good enough to compete with teams like baltimore, houston & toronto.
it's time to BLOW IT UP. keep CHRIS SALE, CARSON FULMER & CARLOS RODON for the core of your pitching staff and get to work moving the other 22 players for prospects and young talent. enough is enough.
i quietly removed the sox banner from my flag pole today and placed it in the basement until next season. R.I.P.
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i wrote this a little earlier in the season but why won't the cubs trade KYLE SCHWARBER to the yankees and punch their ticket to the world series? i don't understand their thinking. schwarber is a .240 hitter who looks like a buffoon in the outfield and is best suited as a DH in the american league.
FACT: first baseman ANTHONY RIZZO will hold down that position for the next ten years. FACT: with the retirement of david ross and the declining skills of miguel montero, WILSON CONTRERAS will handle the catching position for a long, long time. so where does that leave schwarber????
IMAGINE either one or BOTH of the yankee relievers wearing cubbie blue. LEFT HANDER ANDREW MILLER for your set-up man and/or ARNOLDIS CHAPMAN closing the door at 105 freaking miles per hour. mercy! miller has three years left on his contract and can also close games. chapman will be a free agen but listen closely again: a hundred and freaking five miles an hour!
you have the pieces...now use them to win a world championship!
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and in breaking news....the cubs announced today they obtained left handed relief pitcher MIKE MONTGOMERY and a minor league pitcher from AA for top 20 prospect DAN VOGELBACH and a AA pitcher from their farm system. just trading meat but it brings them a left handed reliever and lets vogelbach go to the AMERICAN LEAGUE where he belongs. (sound familiar?) it's a start.
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the cubs have many more movable pieces to dangle. JORGE SOLER, JAVY BAEZ, shortstop GLYBER TORRES (or do you want ADDISON RUSSELL?), second baseman IAN HAPP, pitchers KYLE HENDRICKS & JASON HAMMEL (remember, you only need three starters in the playoffs) , TOMMY La STELLA, PEDRO STROP and HECTOR RONDON. do something!
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have the CHICAGO BULLS LOST THEIR MINDS??? "we want to get younger and more athletic" said GM GAR FOREMAN and then he signs 35 year old DWAYNE WADE & 30 year old RAJON RONDO (coming off knee surgery), neither of whom can shoot from outside of fifteen feet. this team will play ZERO DEFENSE this season but i guarantee they'll push the ball up the court.
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can't tell you how happy i am that MR. SOFTEE aka derrick rose, is gone.
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KUDOS TO THE BULLS summer league team for winning the title. DENZEL VALENTINE looks like the real deal and BOBBY PORTIS looks much improved.
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pre-season rankings are out for the NCAA football teams and with one exception, they all look deserving of a spot in the top ten. ALABAMA, FLORIDA STATE, OHIO STATE, CLEMSON & MICHIGAN are the top five with OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, notre dame, LSU & OLE MISS rounding out the top ten.
notre dame? this long overrated program returns but 8 starters and will struggle to stop teams. their final ranking should be around #23 but only their schedule is loaded with cupcakes.
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gotta run. try & stay cool.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
CUBS half-way home....or are they?
Here's a first half evaluation of the CHICAGO CUBS.
The north side boys started off like a ball of fire and absolutely dominated the month of april, winning every series but one and sweeping the reds, angels and brewers on the way to posting a 17-5 record for the month. JAKE ARRIETA, JON LESTER and JOHN LACKEY were a combined 10-2 with the rest of the hall of fame pitching staff being basically untouchable.
THE greatest team since the 1927 yankees continued to roll with an 18-10 record for the month and their overall record swelled to 35-15, two better than the aforementioned NYY.
JUST how good are they???
when the lights went off on may 31, arrieta was 9-0, lackey was 5-2, lester 5-3, JASON HAMMEL was 6-1 and even TRAVIS WOOD was 3-0. the only two questions remaining for THE KINGS OF SPRING regarded their bullpen which had been rarely tested and the team's terrible record of just 2-13 when they score three runs or less. for their sake, i hope they keep hitting.
ah, june. summer arrives along with warm weather and the cubbies pounce with an opening four game winning streak to run their record to 39-15. LET THE CELEBRATING BEGIN! the bars are full every night in wrigleyville, the price of cocaine is down and the local residents from boys town are dancing in the streets wearing their multi-colored hotpants and even exercise guru RICHARD SIMMONS declares he's a cub fan.
merchandise flies off the shelves and everyone swears they're been a cub fan their entire lives and supported them every year. but most can't name more than five on the current roster and have never been to a gaame. and then on June 5th, a cold wind began to blow down clark street.......and it brought with it the infamous JUNE SWOON.
the cubs played 24 games after june 4th and played just .500 baseball at 12-12. arrieta finally lost his first game, then another, and got shelled by both the cardinals and the reds towards the end of the month. lester was good but hammel lost one, then another and yet another before lackey lost his last two starts. no problem, we're 51-27 after three months and 14 games up on the division. just a hiccup. right? right?
btw, the north siders go 1-10 in low scoring games for a three month total of 3-23 when they score less than 3 runs. relief pitchers. big deal, we just need to keep hitting.
hey, it's JULY! let's play some cubs baseball and get back on track. how about it? ahhhhhhhh, no.
the KINGS OF SPRING continue to melt under the summer sun and lose all three series leading up to the all-star break plus a makeup to the worst team in baseball, the atlanta braves for a grand total of 2-8 and their lead shrinks from 14 games to 7, along with going 0-5 in low scoring games for a season total of 3-28. the cubs average about 4 runs a game during this stretch, down from 6.5 earlier in the season.
lester gets blown up in his two july starts and arrieta also loses two more. NOTE: arrieta looks like he's hurting when he throws. don't be surprised if he makes a trip to the DL.
bottom line? the cubs WILL WIN the division easily because the pirates have no pitching and the cardinals lead the league in players on the DL so the cubs are home free.
so you look to the post season with a terrible bullpen and the top two starters coming back to earth. still dancing in the streets, cub fans? i think not.
and now on to the second half! later.
The north side boys started off like a ball of fire and absolutely dominated the month of april, winning every series but one and sweeping the reds, angels and brewers on the way to posting a 17-5 record for the month. JAKE ARRIETA, JON LESTER and JOHN LACKEY were a combined 10-2 with the rest of the hall of fame pitching staff being basically untouchable.
THE greatest team since the 1927 yankees continued to roll with an 18-10 record for the month and their overall record swelled to 35-15, two better than the aforementioned NYY.
JUST how good are they???
when the lights went off on may 31, arrieta was 9-0, lackey was 5-2, lester 5-3, JASON HAMMEL was 6-1 and even TRAVIS WOOD was 3-0. the only two questions remaining for THE KINGS OF SPRING regarded their bullpen which had been rarely tested and the team's terrible record of just 2-13 when they score three runs or less. for their sake, i hope they keep hitting.
ah, june. summer arrives along with warm weather and the cubbies pounce with an opening four game winning streak to run their record to 39-15. LET THE CELEBRATING BEGIN! the bars are full every night in wrigleyville, the price of cocaine is down and the local residents from boys town are dancing in the streets wearing their multi-colored hotpants and even exercise guru RICHARD SIMMONS declares he's a cub fan.
merchandise flies off the shelves and everyone swears they're been a cub fan their entire lives and supported them every year. but most can't name more than five on the current roster and have never been to a gaame. and then on June 5th, a cold wind began to blow down clark street.......and it brought with it the infamous JUNE SWOON.
the cubs played 24 games after june 4th and played just .500 baseball at 12-12. arrieta finally lost his first game, then another, and got shelled by both the cardinals and the reds towards the end of the month. lester was good but hammel lost one, then another and yet another before lackey lost his last two starts. no problem, we're 51-27 after three months and 14 games up on the division. just a hiccup. right? right?
btw, the north siders go 1-10 in low scoring games for a three month total of 3-23 when they score less than 3 runs. relief pitchers. big deal, we just need to keep hitting.
hey, it's JULY! let's play some cubs baseball and get back on track. how about it? ahhhhhhhh, no.
the KINGS OF SPRING continue to melt under the summer sun and lose all three series leading up to the all-star break plus a makeup to the worst team in baseball, the atlanta braves for a grand total of 2-8 and their lead shrinks from 14 games to 7, along with going 0-5 in low scoring games for a season total of 3-28. the cubs average about 4 runs a game during this stretch, down from 6.5 earlier in the season.
lester gets blown up in his two july starts and arrieta also loses two more. NOTE: arrieta looks like he's hurting when he throws. don't be surprised if he makes a trip to the DL.
bottom line? the cubs WILL WIN the division easily because the pirates have no pitching and the cardinals lead the league in players on the DL so the cubs are home free.
so you look to the post season with a terrible bullpen and the top two starters coming back to earth. still dancing in the streets, cub fans? i think not.
and now on to the second half! later.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
all sorts of stuff
ok, i have to pass on all the notes i've made the last month, in no particular order.
That collective sigh you heard this morning came from the camp of HILLARY CLINTON when the FBI decided to not charge her for her glaring misuse of her email services. clinton has been proven to be a liar during the course of the investigation but will now CRUSH DONALD TRUMP in the november election. clinton is sleazy but trump is just unbelievable in his everyday rhetoric.
recent polls show that the ONLY republican that the anti-christ can defeat IS donald trump. all of the other former candidates, including JOHN KASICH & MITT ROMNEY would defeat her handily. shennanigans ahead at the republican convention??????
BILL GATES is donating 100,000 chickens to poor countries to stimulate the economy. here's a guarantee: not one of those cluckers make it to a farmer's barn but chicken something will be the meal of the day for a while.
hey coffee drinkers: ultra strong CUBAN COFFEE is coming to the united states soon.
is TAYLOR SWIFT as weird as i think she is?
there are 65 million displaced people in the world and more than half of them are under 18 years of age. what country takes in the most refugees? nope, it's CANADA.
can we stop handgun violence? not until we wake up and start executing those criminals who use guns for criminal acts. i learned a long time ago that the only reason you leave the house with a handgun is to harm another human being so i think the wording of the law becomes easy.
'you can own a handgun for home protection but as soon as you leave the house with an illegal handgun, you pay the ultimate price.' it would take a couple of years to cull the herds in the jungle but eventually even gang members would see their destiny with handguns.
think we have problems in illinois? well, you're right. 22,000 people moved out of state in the last year, including 10,000 from the jungles of cook county.
SPAIN has come up with a new wine and it's color is blue! they call it GIK. enjoy but don't get sick on it. imagine watching that swirling down your toilet.
ON JULY 11, you can get a FREE SLURPEE to help celebrate it's 50th birthday at every 7-11. yummy......wait, brain freeze!
and if you jump inside the 'wayback' machine, you can see a shapely girl walking on the beach in 1946 wearing the first bikini. many initial wearers were arrested for obscenity. most people i know now SHOULD BE ARRESTED if they tried wearing a bikini.
country music legend KENNY ROGERS is doing his final tour at age 77 and i get to see him at RAVINIA this month. ya got to know when to hold em......
the THREE BEST FRUITS for hydration in the summer? watermelon, peaches and strawberries.
and speaking of cool, if you can keep the palms of your hands cool while walking or working out, it helps circulation which pushes heat out of the body. a simple plastic bottle of very cold water should do the trick.
car windows and sunroom glass don't filter UVA rays so yes, you can get sunburned driving the car or just sitting in the house.
and finally, (thank god, i can finally see my desk) we've had a banner year for ticks in the midwest and here's an easy way to protect everyone in the family. if you come back from a hike in the woods, toss your clothes in the dryer on high heat for ten minutes. the ticks dry out and die. same reason you should keep your grass cut real short during tic season....the sun burns them up.
game, set and match. i'm outta here.
That collective sigh you heard this morning came from the camp of HILLARY CLINTON when the FBI decided to not charge her for her glaring misuse of her email services. clinton has been proven to be a liar during the course of the investigation but will now CRUSH DONALD TRUMP in the november election. clinton is sleazy but trump is just unbelievable in his everyday rhetoric.
recent polls show that the ONLY republican that the anti-christ can defeat IS donald trump. all of the other former candidates, including JOHN KASICH & MITT ROMNEY would defeat her handily. shennanigans ahead at the republican convention??????
BILL GATES is donating 100,000 chickens to poor countries to stimulate the economy. here's a guarantee: not one of those cluckers make it to a farmer's barn but chicken something will be the meal of the day for a while.
hey coffee drinkers: ultra strong CUBAN COFFEE is coming to the united states soon.
is TAYLOR SWIFT as weird as i think she is?
there are 65 million displaced people in the world and more than half of them are under 18 years of age. what country takes in the most refugees? nope, it's CANADA.
can we stop handgun violence? not until we wake up and start executing those criminals who use guns for criminal acts. i learned a long time ago that the only reason you leave the house with a handgun is to harm another human being so i think the wording of the law becomes easy.
'you can own a handgun for home protection but as soon as you leave the house with an illegal handgun, you pay the ultimate price.' it would take a couple of years to cull the herds in the jungle but eventually even gang members would see their destiny with handguns.
think we have problems in illinois? well, you're right. 22,000 people moved out of state in the last year, including 10,000 from the jungles of cook county.
SPAIN has come up with a new wine and it's color is blue! they call it GIK. enjoy but don't get sick on it. imagine watching that swirling down your toilet.
ON JULY 11, you can get a FREE SLURPEE to help celebrate it's 50th birthday at every 7-11. yummy......wait, brain freeze!
and if you jump inside the 'wayback' machine, you can see a shapely girl walking on the beach in 1946 wearing the first bikini. many initial wearers were arrested for obscenity. most people i know now SHOULD BE ARRESTED if they tried wearing a bikini.
country music legend KENNY ROGERS is doing his final tour at age 77 and i get to see him at RAVINIA this month. ya got to know when to hold em......
the THREE BEST FRUITS for hydration in the summer? watermelon, peaches and strawberries.
and speaking of cool, if you can keep the palms of your hands cool while walking or working out, it helps circulation which pushes heat out of the body. a simple plastic bottle of very cold water should do the trick.
car windows and sunroom glass don't filter UVA rays so yes, you can get sunburned driving the car or just sitting in the house.
and finally, (thank god, i can finally see my desk) we've had a banner year for ticks in the midwest and here's an easy way to protect everyone in the family. if you come back from a hike in the woods, toss your clothes in the dryer on high heat for ten minutes. the ticks dry out and die. same reason you should keep your grass cut real short during tic season....the sun burns them up.
game, set and match. i'm outta here.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
ODDS & ENDS
well, we're into full swing for summer in the midwest and quite frankly, it's been very nice since mid-may. apparently, spring has been eliminated from our weather season and now we jump directly from snow to sun but as long as the snow melts early, we can deal with it.
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ladies, i want you to remember a name. AARON PERSKY. that's the jerk who sentenced stanford student & convicted rapist BROCK TURNER to just 6 months in the county jail for raping an unconscious student.
convicted of three felony counts, white & entitled apparently rings true with the judge who could have shipped turner for 14 years but chose long term probation as an apt sentence.
can you fight back at this atrocity? go to CHANGE.ORG and sign the petition to have the judge removed from the bench. over a million people have signed already.
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what's this new deal with fruit??? my entire life i've been told to eat fruit and you'll always be healthy but now "they" have a list of fruits that maybe aren't so good for you, mostly because of high natural sugar content. BANANAS!, grapes,cherries, dried fruit, pineapple and get this .....APPLES. an apple a day keeps.......never mind.
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the achilles' heel for HILLARY CLINTON comes to light again today when the republicans release the results of their two year investigation on the MASSACRE AT BENGHAZI in 2012 when the anti-christ was secretary of state. fasten your seat belts cause it ain't going to be a fun day for the democrats.
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finally, the world's ugliest dog was crowned over the weekend. i don't know what finished 2nd or 3rd but this is good enough for me. have a great day!
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ladies, i want you to remember a name. AARON PERSKY. that's the jerk who sentenced stanford student & convicted rapist BROCK TURNER to just 6 months in the county jail for raping an unconscious student.
convicted of three felony counts, white & entitled apparently rings true with the judge who could have shipped turner for 14 years but chose long term probation as an apt sentence.
can you fight back at this atrocity? go to CHANGE.ORG and sign the petition to have the judge removed from the bench. over a million people have signed already.
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what's this new deal with fruit??? my entire life i've been told to eat fruit and you'll always be healthy but now "they" have a list of fruits that maybe aren't so good for you, mostly because of high natural sugar content. BANANAS!, grapes,cherries, dried fruit, pineapple and get this .....APPLES. an apple a day keeps.......never mind.
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the achilles' heel for HILLARY CLINTON comes to light again today when the republicans release the results of their two year investigation on the MASSACRE AT BENGHAZI in 2012 when the anti-christ was secretary of state. fasten your seat belts cause it ain't going to be a fun day for the democrats.
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finally, the world's ugliest dog was crowned over the weekend. i don't know what finished 2nd or 3rd but this is good enough for me. have a great day!
Sunday, June 26, 2016
LET'S REVIEW CHICAGO TEAMS
FINALLY!!!!! good riddance to bad rubbish! DERRICK ROSE aka MR. SOFTEE was finally dumped by the BULLS in a trade with the NEW YORK KNICKS, with the bulls getting a basic rookie and two journeymen and the knicks got the right to pick which ambulance service will take rose to the emergency room with his first injury.
softee has only appeared in a third of the scheduled games over the past few seasons and is the 23rd rated guard in the league but still "wants the ball and the spotlight." softee, meet CARMELO ANTHONY, who commands both of those items on a nightly basis.
softee burned many bridges in chicago with his ghetto demeanor and his inability to handle the english language. "personally, i don't care what any of the fans think" was my personal favorite.
i can't wait to see how the new york media handles his 'hooray for me and the hell with everyone else' attitude. softee can 'listen' to his body and decide not to play at the last minute, which should really endear himself to knicks fans and make him easy fodder for the toughest media group in all of sports. NO CHANCE he stays there when he becomes a free agent next year.
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and now to the south side where it had been a week since SLEEPY ROBIN had cost the WHITE SOX a ball game but he put one more notch on his managerial gun yesterday when he allowed starter MIGUEL GONZALEZ to get punched around for EIGHT EARNED RUNS in just four innings against one of the best hitting teams in baseball. OBVIOUSLY not the young man's day so sit him down and go get 'em next time. but not sleepy robin. it gets better..........
with the sox trailing by just one entering the ninth inning, sleepy brings on a rookie pitcher who's greeted by a line drive single and then a first pitch monster double to the farthest part of the park by the first two batters. ok, sleepy, remember it's a one run game....maybe not this kid's stage.
an error doesn't help with the next batter but every ball has been hit hard. make the change, right? apparently, sleepy's alarm clock didn't go off until the next batter hit ANOTHER line drive to plate the tenth run of the day. game, set and match. way to go jerkwad. please fire robin ventura.
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the BLACKHAWKS and ANDREW SHAW were a victim of the NHL's hard salary cap when shaw got shipped to montreal for draft choices. shaw was one of the most popular hawks but three players have raises totalling 4.5 million this season so shaw had to go. the nature of the business.
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a crack in the foundation? start counting the number of pitches by cub starters through just 5 innings. JAKE ARRIETA has been over 105 pitches in four recent starts, JOHN LACKEY is at 110 and JON LESTER is at 102 through 5 innings during the month of june. big deal? well, when you have to start relying on that bullpen in the sixth inning, i think you're poking the bear. we'll see.
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is ICHIRO the hit king or no?
gotta run. have a good week. and don't forget SHARK WEEK starts sunday night on DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
Waiting for Derrick Rose's arrival!
softee has only appeared in a third of the scheduled games over the past few seasons and is the 23rd rated guard in the league but still "wants the ball and the spotlight." softee, meet CARMELO ANTHONY, who commands both of those items on a nightly basis.
softee burned many bridges in chicago with his ghetto demeanor and his inability to handle the english language. "personally, i don't care what any of the fans think" was my personal favorite.
i can't wait to see how the new york media handles his 'hooray for me and the hell with everyone else' attitude. softee can 'listen' to his body and decide not to play at the last minute, which should really endear himself to knicks fans and make him easy fodder for the toughest media group in all of sports. NO CHANCE he stays there when he becomes a free agent next year.
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and now to the south side where it had been a week since SLEEPY ROBIN had cost the WHITE SOX a ball game but he put one more notch on his managerial gun yesterday when he allowed starter MIGUEL GONZALEZ to get punched around for EIGHT EARNED RUNS in just four innings against one of the best hitting teams in baseball. OBVIOUSLY not the young man's day so sit him down and go get 'em next time. but not sleepy robin. it gets better..........
with the sox trailing by just one entering the ninth inning, sleepy brings on a rookie pitcher who's greeted by a line drive single and then a first pitch monster double to the farthest part of the park by the first two batters. ok, sleepy, remember it's a one run game....maybe not this kid's stage.
an error doesn't help with the next batter but every ball has been hit hard. make the change, right? apparently, sleepy's alarm clock didn't go off until the next batter hit ANOTHER line drive to plate the tenth run of the day. game, set and match. way to go jerkwad. please fire robin ventura.
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the BLACKHAWKS and ANDREW SHAW were a victim of the NHL's hard salary cap when shaw got shipped to montreal for draft choices. shaw was one of the most popular hawks but three players have raises totalling 4.5 million this season so shaw had to go. the nature of the business.
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a crack in the foundation? start counting the number of pitches by cub starters through just 5 innings. JAKE ARRIETA has been over 105 pitches in four recent starts, JOHN LACKEY is at 110 and JON LESTER is at 102 through 5 innings during the month of june. big deal? well, when you have to start relying on that bullpen in the sixth inning, i think you're poking the bear. we'll see.
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is ICHIRO the hit king or no?
gotta run. have a good week. and don't forget SHARK WEEK starts sunday night on DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
Sunday, June 19, 2016
CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO DUSTIN JOHNSON, who finally broke through and captured his first major golf championship. beset by personal problems the past few years, including a big time substance abuse problem, johnson methodically took apart the U.S. OPEN course at OAKMONT and shrugged off a delayed ruling by the incompetent USGA and won the tournament with room to spare. May you win many more, dustin.
THE USGA?? what a bunch of jerkoffs. imagine you hit a three run homer in the 4th inning but they tell you "we're not sure if that was fair or foul....we'll let you know after the game is over." what?????????????
that's EXACTLY what they did to johnson after his ball moved on the 5th green and waited until the 12th hole to let him know there MIGHT be a penalty stroke assessed against him AFTER the round was over. WHAT????? assess the penalty or not....but do it on the 5th hole so EVERYONE knows the proper strategy for the rest of the round.
ALL OF THE GOLFERS ARE PISSED at the usga for not making an immediate ruling, including RORY McELROY, JUSTIN SPEITH & SERGIO GARCIA. "the guy is trying to win a major and you're holding back a decision???"
Look for that procedure to change IMMEDIATELY.
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NOBODY dislikes LEBRON JAMES more than i do but he made a block for the ages with about a minute to go in GAME 7 and led his CLEVELAND CAVALIERS to the NBA CHAMPIONSHIP, the first crown for cleveland in ANY professional sport since 1964. the cavs became the first team in finals history to come back from a 3-1 deficit.
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the BLACKHAWKS made a nice salary dumping move this weekend by trading two players for draft choices, including the worthless BRYAN BICKELL. this will enable them to
re-sign ANDREW SHAW, who plays at one hundred per cent ALL THE TIME.
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and looking at the other tenants of the UNITED CENTER.....the NEW YORK KNICKS are sniffing around regarding making a trade for DERRICK ROSE and most of the fans in chicago couldn't be happier. the knicks need a true point guard to augment the talents of CARMELO ANTHONY and the bulls could use some draft choices. PLEASE make the deal. i can't wait to see how the NY media reacts to MR SOFTEE "listening to my body."
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FIRE ROBIN VENTURA.
THE USGA?? what a bunch of jerkoffs. imagine you hit a three run homer in the 4th inning but they tell you "we're not sure if that was fair or foul....we'll let you know after the game is over." what?????????????
that's EXACTLY what they did to johnson after his ball moved on the 5th green and waited until the 12th hole to let him know there MIGHT be a penalty stroke assessed against him AFTER the round was over. WHAT????? assess the penalty or not....but do it on the 5th hole so EVERYONE knows the proper strategy for the rest of the round.
ALL OF THE GOLFERS ARE PISSED at the usga for not making an immediate ruling, including RORY McELROY, JUSTIN SPEITH & SERGIO GARCIA. "the guy is trying to win a major and you're holding back a decision???"
Look for that procedure to change IMMEDIATELY.
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NOBODY dislikes LEBRON JAMES more than i do but he made a block for the ages with about a minute to go in GAME 7 and led his CLEVELAND CAVALIERS to the NBA CHAMPIONSHIP, the first crown for cleveland in ANY professional sport since 1964. the cavs became the first team in finals history to come back from a 3-1 deficit.
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the BLACKHAWKS made a nice salary dumping move this weekend by trading two players for draft choices, including the worthless BRYAN BICKELL. this will enable them to
re-sign ANDREW SHAW, who plays at one hundred per cent ALL THE TIME.
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and looking at the other tenants of the UNITED CENTER.....the NEW YORK KNICKS are sniffing around regarding making a trade for DERRICK ROSE and most of the fans in chicago couldn't be happier. the knicks need a true point guard to augment the talents of CARMELO ANTHONY and the bulls could use some draft choices. PLEASE make the deal. i can't wait to see how the NY media reacts to MR SOFTEE "listening to my body."
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FIRE ROBIN VENTURA.
A ROLLING NL DYNAMO
This current CHICAGO CUBS team is incredibly talented and are steamrolling the central division. they should end up with the best record in baseball which gets then a first round match up with the wild card survivor.
If the season ended today, the cubs would play a best of five series against one of four teams: the DODGERS, METS, CARDINALS or MARLINS. who would you rather play??
For party planning purposes, the WORLD SERIES starts on OCTOBER 25th. and for general information, if your town does halloween on the weekend, call 'DIBS' now on not answering the door. if your town celebrates on actual halloween, there's no game that night.
This team looks like it will win a minimum of 110 games and maybe even break the record of 116 wins for the regular season. WEAKNESS? probably the bullpen but even that isn't bad. i watch a lot of baseball and if the worst criticism of a bullpen is 'good but not great,' you should play deep into october.
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and now we travel 8 miles south where jerkwad ROBIN VENTURA is still employed. all i can figure is that he has video of owner JERRY REINSDORF doing strange things with an aardvark. how in the world do you keep your job with a 45% success rate over 5 years and ZERO PLAYOFF APPEARANCES?? i continue my strike against attending any WHITE SOX games until that pud is removed.
and speaking of the sox, just who was responsible for getting JAMES SHIELDS from san diego??? and here's the best part. despite giving up an average of TWENTY-ONE RUNS A GAME since coming over, guess who has a player option for next year at 27 million dollars????? so add shields' money next year to the contracts of ADAM DUNN & ADAM LaROCHE and somebody upstairs needs to head to the unemployment office. i pray every night. start with robin.
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Has STEPHEN CURRY turned into a whiny little bitch? what was that all about on thursday night? throwing your mouthpiece into the crowd? grow up and play ball. and tell your wife to shut up. making allegations that games are fixed isn't good for anyone unless she can prove it.....which she can't......so just steer her back to the kitchen.
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What is professional golfer DUSTIN JOHNSON'S problem? i'm watching the U.S. OPEN on saturday and he leads by 2 at the half-way point ninety minutes later, he's chasing three strokes, a 5 stroke swing in nine holes. this guy has all the talent in the world and i hope he can make a move on sunday because he needs to win a major.
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NBA GAME 7 TONIGHT! whoyagot? or are you watching the cubs/pirate game?
gotta run. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
If the season ended today, the cubs would play a best of five series against one of four teams: the DODGERS, METS, CARDINALS or MARLINS. who would you rather play??
For party planning purposes, the WORLD SERIES starts on OCTOBER 25th. and for general information, if your town does halloween on the weekend, call 'DIBS' now on not answering the door. if your town celebrates on actual halloween, there's no game that night.
This team looks like it will win a minimum of 110 games and maybe even break the record of 116 wins for the regular season. WEAKNESS? probably the bullpen but even that isn't bad. i watch a lot of baseball and if the worst criticism of a bullpen is 'good but not great,' you should play deep into october.
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and now we travel 8 miles south where jerkwad ROBIN VENTURA is still employed. all i can figure is that he has video of owner JERRY REINSDORF doing strange things with an aardvark. how in the world do you keep your job with a 45% success rate over 5 years and ZERO PLAYOFF APPEARANCES?? i continue my strike against attending any WHITE SOX games until that pud is removed.
and speaking of the sox, just who was responsible for getting JAMES SHIELDS from san diego??? and here's the best part. despite giving up an average of TWENTY-ONE RUNS A GAME since coming over, guess who has a player option for next year at 27 million dollars????? so add shields' money next year to the contracts of ADAM DUNN & ADAM LaROCHE and somebody upstairs needs to head to the unemployment office. i pray every night. start with robin.
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Has STEPHEN CURRY turned into a whiny little bitch? what was that all about on thursday night? throwing your mouthpiece into the crowd? grow up and play ball. and tell your wife to shut up. making allegations that games are fixed isn't good for anyone unless she can prove it.....which she can't......so just steer her back to the kitchen.
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What is professional golfer DUSTIN JOHNSON'S problem? i'm watching the U.S. OPEN on saturday and he leads by 2 at the half-way point ninety minutes later, he's chasing three strokes, a 5 stroke swing in nine holes. this guy has all the talent in the world and i hope he can make a move on sunday because he needs to win a major.
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NBA GAME 7 TONIGHT! whoyagot? or are you watching the cubs/pirate game?
gotta run. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
Sunday, June 5, 2016
MUHAMMAD ALI
On friday night, i cried.
A big part of my life from the time i was a teenager passed away late friday night and a part of me disappeared forever.
MUHAMMAD ALI died at the age of 74 and he had been part of my life for over fifty years. i followed his life and career and was NEVER anything but a fan of his.
my father & i were never close when i was a kid and ALI polarized us like no other topic could until my father's death in the early 90's,
my father yelled "loud mouth" and "lucky" in 1964 when Ali upset SONNY LISTON for the heavyweight championship of the world but i thought his braggadocio was very cool and his boxing style was new and exciting. my imitation of ALI'S vocals & poetry did nothing to endear me to my dad.
The standoff continued in 1967 when Ali refused to be inducted into the army and my dad yelled "draft dodger" and i staunchly defended his right to freedom of religion under the first & fourteenth amendments..
When he was convicted of draft evasion in the same year, my dad said "i told you so" and my retort was "he's going to win on appeal." when the supreme court exonerated Ali with a unanimous 8-0 vote in 1971, i called my dad in northern wisconsin and he hung up on me.
Most people today have no idea what 'closed circuit' tv is or was but back in the day, that was the only way to see most championship fights as there was no free home tv and it was well before 'pay per view.'
i spent many a dollar to see the champ at venues like the PICKWICK in PARK RIDGE, the old ROSEMONT ARENA, the MERCURY THEATRE IN CHICAGO and in various hotel rooms & garages with illegal hijacked signals but the one i remember the most is when i hung on the fence FOR FREE at the harlem-irving outdoor theatre in 15 degree temperatures and listened to my transistor radio to see him beat liston).
on closed circuit, i watched him lose to JOE FRAZIER, beat frazier in both rematches and destroy GEORGE FOREMAN to regain the title. i saw all 5 of his losses. FRAZIER, KEN NORTON, LARRY HOLMES, LEON SPINKS & in a fight that burst my balloon, TREVOR BERBICK. who?
but i also saw forty of his wins, including two rematches against frazier, two rematches against norton, his destruction of GEORGE FOREMAN, (Ali was a 3-1 underdog) and regaining his title against leon spinks.
i was fortunate to meet him in person three times....once at a gym in the late 60's, once while walking down MICHIGAN AVENUE in the city and my favorite, waiting for a plane at o'hare where he drew a little sketch on a 3 x 5 which i framed and still hangs proudly in my house.
As most of you know, i collect memorabilia but the autograph i have the most of is the CHAMP. on my bedroom walls are one WALTER PAYTON and three MUHAMMAD ALI sigantures.
He's been retired for 35 years and he's STILL the most recognizable name in the world. I LOVED THAT MAN and everything he went through to defend his principles.
I'm sad that he's gone but happy that he's no longer suffering from advanced parkinson's disease.
MUHAMMAD ALI, I LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE.
A big part of my life from the time i was a teenager passed away late friday night and a part of me disappeared forever.
MUHAMMAD ALI died at the age of 74 and he had been part of my life for over fifty years. i followed his life and career and was NEVER anything but a fan of his.
my father & i were never close when i was a kid and ALI polarized us like no other topic could until my father's death in the early 90's,
my father yelled "loud mouth" and "lucky" in 1964 when Ali upset SONNY LISTON for the heavyweight championship of the world but i thought his braggadocio was very cool and his boxing style was new and exciting. my imitation of ALI'S vocals & poetry did nothing to endear me to my dad.
The standoff continued in 1967 when Ali refused to be inducted into the army and my dad yelled "draft dodger" and i staunchly defended his right to freedom of religion under the first & fourteenth amendments..
When he was convicted of draft evasion in the same year, my dad said "i told you so" and my retort was "he's going to win on appeal." when the supreme court exonerated Ali with a unanimous 8-0 vote in 1971, i called my dad in northern wisconsin and he hung up on me.
Most people today have no idea what 'closed circuit' tv is or was but back in the day, that was the only way to see most championship fights as there was no free home tv and it was well before 'pay per view.'
i spent many a dollar to see the champ at venues like the PICKWICK in PARK RIDGE, the old ROSEMONT ARENA, the MERCURY THEATRE IN CHICAGO and in various hotel rooms & garages with illegal hijacked signals but the one i remember the most is when i hung on the fence FOR FREE at the harlem-irving outdoor theatre in 15 degree temperatures and listened to my transistor radio to see him beat liston).
on closed circuit, i watched him lose to JOE FRAZIER, beat frazier in both rematches and destroy GEORGE FOREMAN to regain the title. i saw all 5 of his losses. FRAZIER, KEN NORTON, LARRY HOLMES, LEON SPINKS & in a fight that burst my balloon, TREVOR BERBICK. who?
but i also saw forty of his wins, including two rematches against frazier, two rematches against norton, his destruction of GEORGE FOREMAN, (Ali was a 3-1 underdog) and regaining his title against leon spinks.
i was fortunate to meet him in person three times....once at a gym in the late 60's, once while walking down MICHIGAN AVENUE in the city and my favorite, waiting for a plane at o'hare where he drew a little sketch on a 3 x 5 which i framed and still hangs proudly in my house.
As most of you know, i collect memorabilia but the autograph i have the most of is the CHAMP. on my bedroom walls are one WALTER PAYTON and three MUHAMMAD ALI sigantures.
He's been retired for 35 years and he's STILL the most recognizable name in the world. I LOVED THAT MAN and everything he went through to defend his principles.
I'm sad that he's gone but happy that he's no longer suffering from advanced parkinson's disease.
MUHAMMAD ALI, I LOVE YOU. REST IN PEACE.
Saturday, May 28, 2016
And so it begins....... again. manager ROBIN VENTURA, who benefited from the WHITE SOX getting off to a red hot start which eliminated him from the decision making process, has once again been exposed as the worst manager in baseball.
SLEEPY ROBIN pissed away another game friday night with his mishandling of the bullpen in the 7th inning. ventura's love affair with fat pig MATT ALBERS better end soon because putting albers on the mound produces the same result as RONALD BELLISARIO a couple of seasons ago. bad.
NATE JONES is one of the best relief pitchers in baseball but sleepy robin doesn't bring him in until AFTER three other pitchers had been brought in and the three run lead was gone. jones? a six pitch strikeout to end the inning.
it's easy to manage in the american league when things are going good but when your team is struggling, you have to preserve every winning opportunity especially against divisional foes and the only way to do that is to understand your bullpen. please fire robin ventura.
QUICK. immediately name the two teams in the STANLEY CUP FINALS. i didn't think so.
file this under 'big surprise.' pothead RICKY WILLIAMS, who smoked away his NFL career is opening a gym in san francisco that will be 'marijuana friendly." no way!
the HOTTEST team in the national league? the PITTSBURGH PIRATES have won nine of eleven games and five in a row to close the gap with the CUBS to just 4 1/2 games. you don't think that...........
and the COLDEST? easy pickings here. the hapless CINCINNATI REDS are currently 6-18 for the month and have lost their last 11 games. how bad is it? read on.
JOEY VOTTO, their perennial all-star is hitting .205 and only .182 during the month of may. and here's the killer.....votto is only in the 4th year of a TWELVE YEAR CONTRACT which pays him 21 million a year. anyone want to trade a handful of prospects for him? this may be a case of the reds waiting one year too long. votto is 32 years old and the reds are losing more trading power every time he takes the field.
gotta run. have a great holiday weekend!
SLEEPY ROBIN pissed away another game friday night with his mishandling of the bullpen in the 7th inning. ventura's love affair with fat pig MATT ALBERS better end soon because putting albers on the mound produces the same result as RONALD BELLISARIO a couple of seasons ago. bad.
NATE JONES is one of the best relief pitchers in baseball but sleepy robin doesn't bring him in until AFTER three other pitchers had been brought in and the three run lead was gone. jones? a six pitch strikeout to end the inning.
it's easy to manage in the american league when things are going good but when your team is struggling, you have to preserve every winning opportunity especially against divisional foes and the only way to do that is to understand your bullpen. please fire robin ventura.
QUICK. immediately name the two teams in the STANLEY CUP FINALS. i didn't think so.
file this under 'big surprise.' pothead RICKY WILLIAMS, who smoked away his NFL career is opening a gym in san francisco that will be 'marijuana friendly." no way!
the HOTTEST team in the national league? the PITTSBURGH PIRATES have won nine of eleven games and five in a row to close the gap with the CUBS to just 4 1/2 games. you don't think that...........
and the COLDEST? easy pickings here. the hapless CINCINNATI REDS are currently 6-18 for the month and have lost their last 11 games. how bad is it? read on.
JOEY VOTTO, their perennial all-star is hitting .205 and only .182 during the month of may. and here's the killer.....votto is only in the 4th year of a TWELVE YEAR CONTRACT which pays him 21 million a year. anyone want to trade a handful of prospects for him? this may be a case of the reds waiting one year too long. votto is 32 years old and the reds are losing more trading power every time he takes the field.
gotta run. have a great holiday weekend!
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
ODDS & ENDS, THIS & THAT
If you're an illinois resident and you can afford the neighborhood, HAWTHORNE WOODS in lake county appears to be the safest place to live BUT if you go to eight other 'safety' sites, you'll find eight different cities listed as number one in illinois..........so just buy a gun and learn to shoot it.
but if you want to live on the edge and tempt the fates nationwide, then relocate to BALTIMORE, HOUSTON, PITTSBURGH, MEMPHIS or the number one crime city in america, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. and they are the same no matter what list you see.
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who is the oldest prison inmate in illinois? that status goes to 94 year old CHESTER STARBROWSKI. probably a long time jailbird, right? uh, no, chester the molester was sent to prison just six years ago for predatory sexual assault and WILL BE RELEASED next june. anyone want to rent him a room?
no, i haven't forgotten the distaff side. HELEN VEDDER, a youthful 83 years of age is serving three years for her third AGGRAVATED DUI conviction but helen will be available to entertain at your christmas party as she's scheduled for release next year on december 15, 2017. wonder if she'll toast the holidays?
FYI....of the 10 oldest female inmates, there are seven murderers, one drug lord, one thief who stole over a hundred grand from a town plus our team leader ms vedder. the men stack up a lot differently with three murderers and seven sexual predators including chester.
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our old buddy BILL COSBY was ordered to stand trial for a sexual assault that happened ten years ago. cosby, who is up to his neck in civil complaints about his past sexual acts, faces ten years if convicted.
HOWEVER, the plaintiff admits she stayed in touch with him after the alleged assault and even requested tickets to one of his shows and then bought him a gift and that will definitely raise the eyebrows of any jury. cosby had previously settled a civil suit with the woman.
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the CHICAGO PARKING METER COMPANY paid the city of chicago 1.2 billion dollars in 2008 to lease all of the parking meters in chicago for 75 years.
the company is realizing about a 30 million profit PER YEAR, which means they'll have paid off the original lease in about 40 years which leaves them thirty-five years of pure profit. for the mathematically challenged, that's a minimum of 1.1 billion dollars profit. with a B. billion. only in chicago.
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ok, school's out and now it's time to take your family of four to a cubs game at wrigley field so let's see how much money you'll need.
an average ticket price is $52 a ticket and that starts you off at $208 for starters and forty more dollars to park so you're at $248 and you're not inside the park yet.
mom & dad each have two beers so that $36 (that's right, nine bucks APIECE for four beers) and the kids each have a coke for five bucks and now we're at $294 and who can go to a ball game without a hot dog?????????? four of those babies at six bucks apiece and we've hit $318. and that's without souvenirs!
man, you better pray they don't play extra innings.
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remember these babies? the original MOTOROLA CELL PHONE which weighed just over two pounds and cost $4,000! you could talk for thirty minutes before the battery died.
maybe that was too early for you but admit it, you probably owned a bag phone when they came out in 1990. FYI--the number 1 stolen item three years in a row. that's why we put them in the trunk!
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finally, ladies, this is the last weekend before you make your clothing donation to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES. the clothes didn't fit in april and in all likelihood, they won't fit on MEMORIAL DAY so time to ship 'em off and buy new stuff.
the winter monster has struck again!
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but if you want to live on the edge and tempt the fates nationwide, then relocate to BALTIMORE, HOUSTON, PITTSBURGH, MEMPHIS or the number one crime city in america, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. and they are the same no matter what list you see.
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who is the oldest prison inmate in illinois? that status goes to 94 year old CHESTER STARBROWSKI. probably a long time jailbird, right? uh, no, chester the molester was sent to prison just six years ago for predatory sexual assault and WILL BE RELEASED next june. anyone want to rent him a room?
no, i haven't forgotten the distaff side. HELEN VEDDER, a youthful 83 years of age is serving three years for her third AGGRAVATED DUI conviction but helen will be available to entertain at your christmas party as she's scheduled for release next year on december 15, 2017. wonder if she'll toast the holidays?
FYI....of the 10 oldest female inmates, there are seven murderers, one drug lord, one thief who stole over a hundred grand from a town plus our team leader ms vedder. the men stack up a lot differently with three murderers and seven sexual predators including chester.
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our old buddy BILL COSBY was ordered to stand trial for a sexual assault that happened ten years ago. cosby, who is up to his neck in civil complaints about his past sexual acts, faces ten years if convicted.
HOWEVER, the plaintiff admits she stayed in touch with him after the alleged assault and even requested tickets to one of his shows and then bought him a gift and that will definitely raise the eyebrows of any jury. cosby had previously settled a civil suit with the woman.
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the CHICAGO PARKING METER COMPANY paid the city of chicago 1.2 billion dollars in 2008 to lease all of the parking meters in chicago for 75 years.
the company is realizing about a 30 million profit PER YEAR, which means they'll have paid off the original lease in about 40 years which leaves them thirty-five years of pure profit. for the mathematically challenged, that's a minimum of 1.1 billion dollars profit. with a B. billion. only in chicago.
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ok, school's out and now it's time to take your family of four to a cubs game at wrigley field so let's see how much money you'll need.
an average ticket price is $52 a ticket and that starts you off at $208 for starters and forty more dollars to park so you're at $248 and you're not inside the park yet.
mom & dad each have two beers so that $36 (that's right, nine bucks APIECE for four beers) and the kids each have a coke for five bucks and now we're at $294 and who can go to a ball game without a hot dog?????????? four of those babies at six bucks apiece and we've hit $318. and that's without souvenirs!
man, you better pray they don't play extra innings.
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remember these babies? the original MOTOROLA CELL PHONE which weighed just over two pounds and cost $4,000! you could talk for thirty minutes before the battery died.
maybe that was too early for you but admit it, you probably owned a bag phone when they came out in 1990. FYI--the number 1 stolen item three years in a row. that's why we put them in the trunk!
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finally, ladies, this is the last weekend before you make your clothing donation to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES. the clothes didn't fit in april and in all likelihood, they won't fit on MEMORIAL DAY so time to ship 'em off and buy new stuff.
the winter monster has struck again!
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HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!
Monday, May 9, 2016
ONE MORE THING
A POINT OF COMPARISON FOR THE CUBS.
in 1984, a 10-6 CHICAGO BEARS team beat the redskins 23-19 in the first round of the playoffs before they got their asses handed to them by the 49ers 23-0.
in 1985, the bears went 15-1 before shutting out both the giants and the rams in the playoffs before dominating the patriots in the super bowl 46-10.
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in 2015, the CUBS beat the PIRATES in the wild card game and then the CARDINALS 3 games to 1 before getting their asses handed to them when the METS swept them out of the playoffs in four straight.
in 2016, the cubs......................................?
KEEP SMILING CUB FANS.
A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN
Every season the national league tries to protect the CUBS by providing them with a soft april schedule and business wise, it makes perfect sense because if the cubs can be close to .500, then the fans AND advertisers stay interested so i was less than enthusiastic when the north siders rolled over sub-.500 opposition in april.
HOWEVER, the cubs convinced me they're for real with their performance over the last week, winning seven consecutive games against playoff bound teams and most of the games weren't even close. my earlier concern was their depth but every bench player stepped up and contributed against the PIRATES & NATIONALS.
The most valuable commodity for a team is movable parts and the cubs certainly have that. when you add offensive firepower and decent defense to that mix, stir in some pretty good pitching including the second best pitcher in chicago, i dare say that the cubs will be playing deep into october.
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the WHITE SOX are just honored being allowed to play in the same city as the cubs. gag
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outlaw the shift? i think not but why don't the batters learn to punch the ball the opposite way especially when they're the leadoff hitter in any inning? those runners score 34% of the time which ain't bad.
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you want to outlaw something? eliminate the DH.
give a three year notice to the teams so they have time to retool and get back to real baseball. no chance.
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pig in a poke? ZACH GRIENKE got like a gazillion dollars from the DIAMONDBACKS and his e.r.a. is over 5. yikes.
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ADAM LaROCHE was last seen rescuing three-legged pit bulls from breeders in VIETNAM. just kidding. or am i?
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gotta run. have a great week!
HOWEVER, the cubs convinced me they're for real with their performance over the last week, winning seven consecutive games against playoff bound teams and most of the games weren't even close. my earlier concern was their depth but every bench player stepped up and contributed against the PIRATES & NATIONALS.
The most valuable commodity for a team is movable parts and the cubs certainly have that. when you add offensive firepower and decent defense to that mix, stir in some pretty good pitching including the second best pitcher in chicago, i dare say that the cubs will be playing deep into october.
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the WHITE SOX are just honored being allowed to play in the same city as the cubs. gag
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outlaw the shift? i think not but why don't the batters learn to punch the ball the opposite way especially when they're the leadoff hitter in any inning? those runners score 34% of the time which ain't bad.
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you want to outlaw something? eliminate the DH.
give a three year notice to the teams so they have time to retool and get back to real baseball. no chance.
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pig in a poke? ZACH GRIENKE got like a gazillion dollars from the DIAMONDBACKS and his e.r.a. is over 5. yikes.
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ADAM LaROCHE was last seen rescuing three-legged pit bulls from breeders in VIETNAM. just kidding. or am i?
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gotta run. have a great week!
Sunday, May 8, 2016
JUST MORE STUFF
Ok, now that we've established that it's DONALD vs HILLARY, (assuming that BERNIE has run out of communists to vote for him) i'm going to set the odds for the general election at 8-5 in favor of hillary and set a line of +4.5 % points that hillary will beat the donald by when all of the popular vote is counted.
i will also predict that TED CRUZ will join the WWE and win the intercontinental championship within a year. did you see that forearm shiver AND flying elbow that he gave to his wife just after he conceded the race? MACHO MAN was smiling down on him.
one good thing is that we're spared four years of looking at this.
now here's a television tip for the future. the first debate between THE BULLY and the ANTI-CHRIST will be absolutely must-see tv. while not as good as her husband, former president BILL CLINTON, the anti-christ does a decent job of debating while the bully's method is to attack and ridicule with a very loud mouth which worked perfectly when there were eight people on the stage and the 'debates' all turned into free for alls.
but these debates will be hombre contra mujer and the moderators will be world class who won't allow donald to escape with empty bluster without answering the question so when donald says that 'MEXICO will pay for the wall', he better have an answer other than "well, you'll see after i'm elected."
and hillary should invest in a flak jacket because donald will be all over the ARKANSAS WHITEWATER DEAL, her performance with BENGHAZI in which four AMERICANS died because of her inaction, LOOTING THE WHITE HOUSE when they moved out and of course, her most recent problem with confidential emails.
and these are just a few of her indisgressions but you better believe donald will find all of them.
let's get ready to rummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmble!
i will also predict that TED CRUZ will join the WWE and win the intercontinental championship within a year. did you see that forearm shiver AND flying elbow that he gave to his wife just after he conceded the race? MACHO MAN was smiling down on him.
one good thing is that we're spared four years of looking at this.
but these debates will be hombre contra mujer and the moderators will be world class who won't allow donald to escape with empty bluster without answering the question so when donald says that 'MEXICO will pay for the wall', he better have an answer other than "well, you'll see after i'm elected."
and hillary should invest in a flak jacket because donald will be all over the ARKANSAS WHITEWATER DEAL, her performance with BENGHAZI in which four AMERICANS died because of her inaction, LOOTING THE WHITE HOUSE when they moved out and of course, her most recent problem with confidential emails.
and these are just a few of her indisgressions but you better believe donald will find all of them.
let's get ready to rummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmble!
in the jungle, the mighty jungle...........
The new chicago police superintendent, EDDIE JOHNSON, apparently lived under a rock the last thirty years before his recent promotion. johnson has asked residents of the jungle to co-operate with officers and help investigations. WHAT IS HE SMOKING??
the people in high crime districts are animals who HATE the police and live by the credo that "snitches get stitches" and "survival of the fittest" and there is NO WAY they help the cops for any reason, no matter what color the top cop is.
"i didn't see nuttin" "i ain't sayin s___ to you" and "we take care of our own" are the three most frequent refrains to investigators after a serious crime and johnson is not going to change that.
when one animal is killed, then the offended pack heads out to even the score, whether the new victim be man, woman or child. and then they all march in a 'peace' parade, get on the local news and blame the police for not stopping the carnage.
and the beat goes on...................................
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and from the 'exactly HOW OLD ARE YOU?' (ehoau) department: april nineteenth was the 20th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombings. culprit timothy mcveigh was put to death by lethal injection in 2001.
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more EHOAU......how about the classic movie 'FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH with SEAN PENN as stoner jeff spicolli?' well, that was 34 years ago this year.
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i see where moose hunter SARAH PALIN is telling everyone that speaker of the house PAUL RYAN'S career is over because he's not backing donald. this coming from a woman whose 15 minutes was up a long, long time ago. go away.
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time to guard your daughters: O J SIMPSON is eligible for parole NEXT YEAR and he's been a model prisoner since receiving a 33 year sentence in 2008. it should be noted that simpson has already been granted parole on several of the lesser charges.
on a personal note, oj was acquitted of the murder charge in 1995 but thirteen years later, he was found guilty of armed robbery. both decisions were rendered on the same date which happens to be my birthday, OCTOBER 3rd.
buddies with oj? i think not.
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i've never watched the entire TEN COMMANDMENTS movie or the WIZARD OF OZ.
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remember all those baseball cards we collected? well, if you have the 1952 TOPPS MICKEY MANTLE card in prime condition, it just sold saturday night for $312,000! not a bad return for a nickel investment. too long ago for you?
ok, then try the 1999 SP DEREK JETER card in
gem mint condition because it sold at the same auction
for twenty grand. just sayin'.
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how much did you pay for your first car? mine was a hundred bucks. a classy faded green 1956 ford. drove it 7 months until the a-frame fell out of it at a stop sign. then i got a 1958 oldsmobile. movin' on up.
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does TED CRUZ look a little like EDDIE MUNSTER?
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when you buy a case of pop, why isn't the bar code on the same side as the hand cutout? you set in on the moving belt at the JEWEL and the lady has to flip the box to find the bar code. dumb.
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i hate camping.
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i'm still confused over the transgender bathroom situation.
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i just found out most women under 40 don't wear pantyhose anymore. what do they wear, sox?
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my recipe for prime rib is the best. no discussion needed.
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ok, i'm done for now. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
the people in high crime districts are animals who HATE the police and live by the credo that "snitches get stitches" and "survival of the fittest" and there is NO WAY they help the cops for any reason, no matter what color the top cop is.
"i didn't see nuttin" "i ain't sayin s___ to you" and "we take care of our own" are the three most frequent refrains to investigators after a serious crime and johnson is not going to change that.
when one animal is killed, then the offended pack heads out to even the score, whether the new victim be man, woman or child. and then they all march in a 'peace' parade, get on the local news and blame the police for not stopping the carnage.
and the beat goes on...................................
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and from the 'exactly HOW OLD ARE YOU?' (ehoau) department: april nineteenth was the 20th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombings. culprit timothy mcveigh was put to death by lethal injection in 2001.
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more EHOAU......how about the classic movie 'FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH with SEAN PENN as stoner jeff spicolli?' well, that was 34 years ago this year.
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i see where moose hunter SARAH PALIN is telling everyone that speaker of the house PAUL RYAN'S career is over because he's not backing donald. this coming from a woman whose 15 minutes was up a long, long time ago. go away.
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time to guard your daughters: O J SIMPSON is eligible for parole NEXT YEAR and he's been a model prisoner since receiving a 33 year sentence in 2008. it should be noted that simpson has already been granted parole on several of the lesser charges.
on a personal note, oj was acquitted of the murder charge in 1995 but thirteen years later, he was found guilty of armed robbery. both decisions were rendered on the same date which happens to be my birthday, OCTOBER 3rd.
buddies with oj? i think not.
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i've never watched the entire TEN COMMANDMENTS movie or the WIZARD OF OZ.
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remember all those baseball cards we collected? well, if you have the 1952 TOPPS MICKEY MANTLE card in prime condition, it just sold saturday night for $312,000! not a bad return for a nickel investment. too long ago for you?
ok, then try the 1999 SP DEREK JETER card in
gem mint condition because it sold at the same auction
for twenty grand. just sayin'.
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how much did you pay for your first car? mine was a hundred bucks. a classy faded green 1956 ford. drove it 7 months until the a-frame fell out of it at a stop sign. then i got a 1958 oldsmobile. movin' on up.
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does TED CRUZ look a little like EDDIE MUNSTER?
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when you buy a case of pop, why isn't the bar code on the same side as the hand cutout? you set in on the moving belt at the JEWEL and the lady has to flip the box to find the bar code. dumb.
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i hate camping.
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i'm still confused over the transgender bathroom situation.
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i just found out most women under 40 don't wear pantyhose anymore. what do they wear, sox?
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my recipe for prime rib is the best. no discussion needed.
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ok, i'm done for now. HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Friday, April 29, 2016
just sports
What is it about athletes that makes them think they can beat the system? DEE GORDON, the defending NL batting champion, tested positive for PED's and got suspended 80 games by MLB and becomes ineligible for post season play, should the MARLINS make it that far. what a moron. exactly how stupid do you have to be to think you can beat the testing system? Someday, MLB will make the penalty for cheating very simple. you use, you lose. done. finished. no more paychecks. forever.
When's the last time we've had this much fun in chicago for the opening month of baseball? both the CUBS & the WHITE SOX are playing good baseball which is extremely rare. both teams are very likeable for a change and it appears team chemistry is a positive in both locker rooms and the cubs should be very proud to have a great offense and the second best pitcher in town. hopefully, the fun continues on both sides of town.
just curious. are the cubs interested in JOHN DANKS? we'll pay you to take him. what a waste of human flesh.
So the BEARS picked a SHEA MCCLELLAN clone in the first round. wonderful. too light for a defensive end and has trouble maintaining his 245 weight and got pushed around at GEORGIA when they played bigger teams. my guy was SHAQ LAWSON from CLEMSON but the bears passed on him. arrrrrrrrgggggggh.
the MIAMI DOLPHINS drafted a keg of dynamite in offensive tackle LAREMY TUNSIL, whose recent personal history includes beating his disabled step-father, smoking a bong on video, being sued by the step-dad and throwing OLE MISS staffers under the bus by admitting to the media on draft night they gave him money while he was a member of the football team. uh-oh. hello, NCAA?
the BLACKHAWKS said goodbye but once the NHL announces the new salary cap, GM STAN BOWMAN will get to work doing what he does best which is rebuilding the team every couple of years. despite his playoff meltdown and suspension, i think ANDREW SHAW is staying but they probably can't afford ANDREW LADD. the multi-talented RICHARD PANIK should be affordable.
done for now but more to come.
When's the last time we've had this much fun in chicago for the opening month of baseball? both the CUBS & the WHITE SOX are playing good baseball which is extremely rare. both teams are very likeable for a change and it appears team chemistry is a positive in both locker rooms and the cubs should be very proud to have a great offense and the second best pitcher in town. hopefully, the fun continues on both sides of town.
just curious. are the cubs interested in JOHN DANKS? we'll pay you to take him. what a waste of human flesh.
So the BEARS picked a SHEA MCCLELLAN clone in the first round. wonderful. too light for a defensive end and has trouble maintaining his 245 weight and got pushed around at GEORGIA when they played bigger teams. my guy was SHAQ LAWSON from CLEMSON but the bears passed on him. arrrrrrrrgggggggh.
the MIAMI DOLPHINS drafted a keg of dynamite in offensive tackle LAREMY TUNSIL, whose recent personal history includes beating his disabled step-father, smoking a bong on video, being sued by the step-dad and throwing OLE MISS staffers under the bus by admitting to the media on draft night they gave him money while he was a member of the football team. uh-oh. hello, NCAA?
the BLACKHAWKS said goodbye but once the NHL announces the new salary cap, GM STAN BOWMAN will get to work doing what he does best which is rebuilding the team every couple of years. despite his playoff meltdown and suspension, i think ANDREW SHAW is staying but they probably can't afford ANDREW LADD. the multi-talented RICHARD PANIK should be affordable.
done for now but more to come.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
this & that
CARLY FIORINA??????????????? just how desperate is TED CRUZ? well, you got you answer last night. after getting his butt kicked in the eastern primaries tuesday night, cruz had to do something drastic but what was he thinking?
fiorina, cursed with permanent 'hang dog bitchy face' has never held political office and personally ran HEWLETT-PACKARD into the ground as an incompetent CEO where under her watch, hp lost half of it's stock value before she was forced to resign. upon her resignation, the stock ROSE almost 7% the first day. that say anything to you?
what has she accomplished? well, she was an advisor to JOHN McCAIN'S presidential campaign and we all know how well that turned out. she lost a 2010 senatorial bid in california and then got crushed in this year's primaries. and this is who cruz wants to be second in command? yikes.
many moons ago, the democrats tried the same crap when they selected GERALDINE FERRARO as the running mate for a very weak WALTER MONDALE but the public also saw thru that ruse and crushed the ticket on election day. if you have any stones, tell everyone who your running mate is going to be when you enter the primaries, not when you're in trouble.
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fiorina, cursed with permanent 'hang dog bitchy face' has never held political office and personally ran HEWLETT-PACKARD into the ground as an incompetent CEO where under her watch, hp lost half of it's stock value before she was forced to resign. upon her resignation, the stock ROSE almost 7% the first day. that say anything to you?
what has she accomplished? well, she was an advisor to JOHN McCAIN'S presidential campaign and we all know how well that turned out. she lost a 2010 senatorial bid in california and then got crushed in this year's primaries. and this is who cruz wants to be second in command? yikes.
many moons ago, the democrats tried the same crap when they selected GERALDINE FERRARO as the running mate for a very weak WALTER MONDALE but the public also saw thru that ruse and crushed the ticket on election day. if you have any stones, tell everyone who your running mate is going to be when you enter the primaries, not when you're in trouble.
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TRUMP vs HILLARY! LET'S GET IT ON!!!!!
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former speaker of the house DENNIS HASTERT is very lucky that i'm not wearing the black robes because that degenerate would have died in prison for molesting those boys while he was a high school wrestling coach in illinois. the only thing worse than a catholic priest is a teacher who violates their positions of trust.
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now i'm more than a little confused. we all know that the word "nigger" is absolutely forbidden in society because it conjures up the images of slavery & a race beaten down & deprived for ages. chicago alderman DAVID MOORE, who is black, used the word freely on monday when describing a group who ousted a local principal from his job. "stay in your place, nigger" was his quote when describing the principal's fight with city hall and how the administration handled it. "and i don't apologize. huh. wonder what the reaction would be if a white alderman said that.
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PRINCE. natural death or another rock & roll death?
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duh. after years of scoffing at the idea, chicago has finally arrived in the millenium and decreed that vacant buildings will now be 'boarded' up with PLEXI-GLASS. you can obviously see thru it to determine any unlawful entry has been gained plus plexi-glass doesn't burn. good morning. duh
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just checked out THE NIGHT MANAGER, a six part tv series that airs once a week. after two episodes, so far so good.
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once again, i see that chicago is running an inner city summer jobs program to help 'at risk' kids stay off the streets. don't they realize that members of the jungle make about $300 a week CASH just running drugs from one place to another? and i'm not talking about a dealer, just a runner. so i'm pretty sure that the jungle people will ignore the offer to work for minimum wage. again
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i'm tired. later
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
CLEANING OUT THE CLOSET
I was cleaning out the closet the other day and came across some of my old police notebooks and thought i would see how some of the people in the book were doing today.
i arrested AUDIS CAGLE for the first time on a burglary charge when he was 12 years old and continued to arrest him until he was finally sentenced to 4 years in prison when he was 17. after his release, he figured he'd start over and moved to tennessee. where is audis today? serving SIXTY YEARS in tennessee for armed robbery. some people never learn.
how about TINA GALLO? sleazebag welfare queen who wins the freaking lottery and disappears to california. just found out after two years of cashing lottery checks, with a blood alcohol of .25 and heroin in her system, she drove her new car into a tree at 60 mph. ouch.
but it's not all bad news. BILLY SIMPSON was a thief and a doper without a father and six siblings. took him to a ball game with a couple other wayward 'utes' and stayed in contact with him and watched him realize there was a better way to deal with his problems. today, FATHER BILLY is a priest just outside of new orleans and he spends most of his time working with at-risk kids. nice.
that's all i've got today. later.
i arrested AUDIS CAGLE for the first time on a burglary charge when he was 12 years old and continued to arrest him until he was finally sentenced to 4 years in prison when he was 17. after his release, he figured he'd start over and moved to tennessee. where is audis today? serving SIXTY YEARS in tennessee for armed robbery. some people never learn.
how about TINA GALLO? sleazebag welfare queen who wins the freaking lottery and disappears to california. just found out after two years of cashing lottery checks, with a blood alcohol of .25 and heroin in her system, she drove her new car into a tree at 60 mph. ouch.
but it's not all bad news. BILLY SIMPSON was a thief and a doper without a father and six siblings. took him to a ball game with a couple other wayward 'utes' and stayed in contact with him and watched him realize there was a better way to deal with his problems. today, FATHER BILLY is a priest just outside of new orleans and he spends most of his time working with at-risk kids. nice.
that's all i've got today. later.
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