Props when props are deserved. MITCH TRUBISKY was excellent last night as the BEARS kept the playoff candle flickering with a 31-24 victory over the jeckyll & hyde DALLAS COWBOYS. trubisky used his legs to roll out and ran when the opportunity was there and other than one glaring mistake in the first quarter, he was pretty good throwing the football. One down and three to go on the DECEMBER DEATH MARCH. and now on to green bay.
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Speaking of the packers, don't expect them to be law abiding citizens when trubisky takes off running a week from sunday.
When a quarterback runs, he has only two options available to end the play and that is to run out of bounds or do a baseball slide which immediately kills the play. the NFL rulebook is clear: "it shall be deemed a personal foul when any player is contacted out of bounds or when he slides feet first to stop a play." Now last night when mitch did either of those, the cowboy defenders jumped over him, ran by him or stopped short of contact.....as it should be.
However, the bears are heading into cheap shot country and just be aware that the kings of thuggery have had a long reputation of playing after the whistle and don't be surprised when yellow flags rain after one of his baseball slides....and then pray he doesn't get hurt by one of those future convicts.
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Now a quick review of trubisky. the last three games, he's been pretty decent but still not against a team with a winning record and as a matter of fact, other than the 16-6 win over minnesota in september, the bears haven't won a game all year against a team that is over .500. but now's the time if they're serious abount the wild card. they have to run the table including the 12/29 game in minnesota and hope that the vikings stumble on more time against either the LIONS, THE CHARGERS on the west coast and then the packers and bears at home. But all you can do is take care of your own business.
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THE WHITE SOX suffered a huge free agent disappointment when ZACH WHEELER signed with philadelphia for less money. wheeler said it was a family decision to stay on the east coast plus continue to play in a division he was vary familiar with from playing with the METS. and now it's on to MADISN BAUMGARTEN and somebody to play right field.
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The cubs have prettymuch thrown in the towel and either KRIS BRYANT or WILLSON CONTRERAS will be traded soon for a group of minor leaguers and then the non-starters from 2019 will be regulars. ish.
But kudos to the cubs for finally deep sixing that wife beating bastard, addison russell. With the climate being what it is, let's see if anyone signs the non-superstar domestic abuser. but why did it take them a year to do it?
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And in women's professional basketball.............HAH! got you again!!!!!
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we'll talk later. enjoy the weekend.
Friday, December 6, 2019
Monday, November 18, 2019
MITCH THE BITCH
I just can't take this anymore. MITCH TRUBISKY is an embarrassment to football, the CHICAGO BEARS and their loyal-to-a-fault fans like me. He is a pouty whiny bitch who wants the televisions turned off at halas hall so he doesn't hear the bad men on tv talk say nasty things about him.............because it's tough to hear the truth about yourself when YOU SUCK.
He has contributed NOTHING to this franchise except setting it back another five years because VILLAGE IDIOT RYAN PACE traded everything to get this mutt. (but that's another conversation) He can't run the simplest of plays and gets hurt on NON-CONTACT runs from scrimmage. football is a tough game and it's not a good fit for a mama's boy who needs minute long hugs from his coach on freaking national tv!!
And now we have a mysterious hip "injury" being cited as the reason they benched mitch with just three minutes left in the game. nobody saw him go into the injury tent and no one saw him limping so badly that we would question why he is still on the field. the coaching staff is fooling no one with this bizarre story. MITCH THE BITCH sucked all night long and after the one touchdown drive, he never moved the ball past his own 36 yard line which meant the bears had no chance to win the game. hip, my ass. you were benched because you sucked.
And now we're all in the position being split personalities the rest of the season. rooting for the bears to win, of course, but not being terribly disappointed when they lose because we get a higher draft choice. OOPS, I FORGOT. WE DON'T HAVE A FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE so fans better pray that CAM NEWTON gets healthy and signs with the bears as a free agent in 2020.
enough.
He has contributed NOTHING to this franchise except setting it back another five years because VILLAGE IDIOT RYAN PACE traded everything to get this mutt. (but that's another conversation) He can't run the simplest of plays and gets hurt on NON-CONTACT runs from scrimmage. football is a tough game and it's not a good fit for a mama's boy who needs minute long hugs from his coach on freaking national tv!!
And now we have a mysterious hip "injury" being cited as the reason they benched mitch with just three minutes left in the game. nobody saw him go into the injury tent and no one saw him limping so badly that we would question why he is still on the field. the coaching staff is fooling no one with this bizarre story. MITCH THE BITCH sucked all night long and after the one touchdown drive, he never moved the ball past his own 36 yard line which meant the bears had no chance to win the game. hip, my ass. you were benched because you sucked.
And now we're all in the position being split personalities the rest of the season. rooting for the bears to win, of course, but not being terribly disappointed when they lose because we get a higher draft choice. OOPS, I FORGOT. WE DON'T HAVE A FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE so fans better pray that CAM NEWTON gets healthy and signs with the bears as a free agent in 2020.
enough.
Friday, November 8, 2019
ALL SORTS OF STUFF
Back on july 8th, i wrote that police superintendent EDDIE JOHNSON would not be able to work with LORI LIGHTFOOT and would soon announce his retirement. it took just four months for that to happen as johnson announced his retirement this week.
Lightfoot is every cop's worst nightmare, a micro manager who has to have her fingers in every pie, no matter how small. she loves weekly meetings which cops hate because sometimes police work leaves you no time for 'waste of time' meetings.
Simply put, most day to day police work is none of her business.
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The state of Illinois constantly makes me shake my head. they're broke and they admit it but in June, the new governor signed an expanded gambling bill which approved six new casinos and sports betting and everyone hoped the sports books would be up and running by football season. slow your roll, dude. the state is still drafting paperwork and MIGHT be open by super bowl. might.
However, in Indiana, the hoosiers have taken advantage of the sloths in Illinois government and had their sports books open in time for football season. SO WHAT, you say? well, let me explain it to you, linda. Indiana is is currently realizing $843, 000 per month based on the 9.24% theyve collected off each wager in the brick & mortar sports books, who paid $75,000 for their license.
However, in Illinois, they want TEN MILLION DOLLARS for a
license and a mere 15% of the action or 17% if you operate in cook county, and they're STILL FIGHTING over who gets what percentage of the initial cut. Indiana officials continue to rub their hands with glee and keep telling Illinos, "take your time boys, take your time."
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business man of the month: a student in Minnesota, where they don't have KRISPY KREME stores, drives to Iowa every week and brings back a hundred dozen which he then sells for $20 a dozen. KK got all twisted up when they heard he was doing this and ordered him to stop. i still haven't figured out why---as long as he pays for the hundred dozen, what do they care what he does with them? student calls KK attorneys direct and explains he pays for his tuition this way AND he takes all the risk. they call off the dogs AND give him coupons for 500 dozen to help him along. nice.
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and finally, SEARS/KMART announced they were closing 96 more stores which shocked me because i didn't even know they were still in business. brick & mortar stores have been rapidly disappearing over the last 10 years and quite frankly, with a few exceptions, they are all doomed.
I just ordered sweatpants yesterday and never left my office and they'll be on my doorstep wednesday. why go out in the cold ?
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I have a manicure appointment. gotta run. have a great weekend and stay warm.
Lightfoot is every cop's worst nightmare, a micro manager who has to have her fingers in every pie, no matter how small. she loves weekly meetings which cops hate because sometimes police work leaves you no time for 'waste of time' meetings.
Simply put, most day to day police work is none of her business.
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The state of Illinois constantly makes me shake my head. they're broke and they admit it but in June, the new governor signed an expanded gambling bill which approved six new casinos and sports betting and everyone hoped the sports books would be up and running by football season. slow your roll, dude. the state is still drafting paperwork and MIGHT be open by super bowl. might.
However, in Indiana, the hoosiers have taken advantage of the sloths in Illinois government and had their sports books open in time for football season. SO WHAT, you say? well, let me explain it to you, linda. Indiana is is currently realizing $843, 000 per month based on the 9.24% theyve collected off each wager in the brick & mortar sports books, who paid $75,000 for their license.
However, in Illinois, they want TEN MILLION DOLLARS for a
license and a mere 15% of the action or 17% if you operate in cook county, and they're STILL FIGHTING over who gets what percentage of the initial cut. Indiana officials continue to rub their hands with glee and keep telling Illinos, "take your time boys, take your time."
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business man of the month: a student in Minnesota, where they don't have KRISPY KREME stores, drives to Iowa every week and brings back a hundred dozen which he then sells for $20 a dozen. KK got all twisted up when they heard he was doing this and ordered him to stop. i still haven't figured out why---as long as he pays for the hundred dozen, what do they care what he does with them? student calls KK attorneys direct and explains he pays for his tuition this way AND he takes all the risk. they call off the dogs AND give him coupons for 500 dozen to help him along. nice.
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and finally, SEARS/KMART announced they were closing 96 more stores which shocked me because i didn't even know they were still in business. brick & mortar stores have been rapidly disappearing over the last 10 years and quite frankly, with a few exceptions, they are all doomed.
I just ordered sweatpants yesterday and never left my office and they'll be on my doorstep wednesday. why go out in the cold ?
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I have a manicure appointment. gotta run. have a great weekend and stay warm.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
HAPPY BIRTHDAY INTERNET!
HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY TO THE INTERNET! that's right, it's been a half century since we started buying home computers and listen to that wacky sound when we used the alien sounding 'dial up' system to sign on to that wonderful new world that none of us understood, no matter who tried to b.s. you that they did.
Remember having to put in the ENTIRE web site address to make it respond and if you didn't enter it exactly, the 'net would spit you out quicker than a bent quarter in a las vegas slot machine. i remember the first time someone was verbally instructing me to enter a website and hearing jibberish like http, colon, backslash, @, index and html. true story....the first time that happened, i starting laughing so hard that i couldn't finish entering it and had to give up the command seat to my frustrated computer buddy.
And do any of you remember the real early days when you were working feverishly to finish a project (remember, we were limited in minutes back then) and the freaking phone rang and knocked you off line? and in those days, work wasn't automatically saved. ouch.
For better or worse, computers changed our lives forever.
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And happy 12th birthday to the iPHONE, which entered our lives in 2007 and has since had eleven 'improved' models. i remember buying my first cell phone for $69 and got two months of 100 minutes FREE! after all, who could talk a hundred minutes? today's iphone has unlimited minutes (and a whole bunch of other goodies) but sells for $1200. i bought my first car for a hundred bucks.
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And speaking of phones and birthdays, HAPPY 46th BIRTHDAY to the cell phone!! n 1973, THE MOTOROLA DYNATAC 8000, it weighed two pounds, looked like an army walkie-talkie, was 10" tall and had a 60 minute battery life which took TEN HOURS to recharge. and it could be yours for the low, low price of $3,999.00. this is the guy who made the first cell phone call and a picture of the original beast. try slipping that phone into your pocket. FYI---if you saved this phone, it sells between $5,000-$15,000 today on ebay.
Motorola had already made our jaws drop when the monster became available in the early 80's when they unveiled the phone to end all phones in 1988.............TA DA!.............THE BAG PHONE!
i never had one but a whole bunch of my friends did and they were very functional as a car phone for a few years until the flip phone came out in 1996 and made them all dinosaurs. FYI #2....the cost of a bag phone on ebay? pocket change at $25 in excellent shape but most of you bounced them around in your trunk. lol
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Well, that's the end of the electronic tour. hope you enjoyed the time machine. have a good week
Remember having to put in the ENTIRE web site address to make it respond and if you didn't enter it exactly, the 'net would spit you out quicker than a bent quarter in a las vegas slot machine. i remember the first time someone was verbally instructing me to enter a website and hearing jibberish like http, colon, backslash, @, index and html. true story....the first time that happened, i starting laughing so hard that i couldn't finish entering it and had to give up the command seat to my frustrated computer buddy.
And do any of you remember the real early days when you were working feverishly to finish a project (remember, we were limited in minutes back then) and the freaking phone rang and knocked you off line? and in those days, work wasn't automatically saved. ouch.
For better or worse, computers changed our lives forever.
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And happy 12th birthday to the iPHONE, which entered our lives in 2007 and has since had eleven 'improved' models. i remember buying my first cell phone for $69 and got two months of 100 minutes FREE! after all, who could talk a hundred minutes? today's iphone has unlimited minutes (and a whole bunch of other goodies) but sells for $1200. i bought my first car for a hundred bucks.
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And speaking of phones and birthdays, HAPPY 46th BIRTHDAY to the cell phone!! n 1973, THE MOTOROLA DYNATAC 8000, it weighed two pounds, looked like an army walkie-talkie, was 10" tall and had a 60 minute battery life which took TEN HOURS to recharge. and it could be yours for the low, low price of $3,999.00. this is the guy who made the first cell phone call and a picture of the original beast. try slipping that phone into your pocket. FYI---if you saved this phone, it sells between $5,000-$15,000 today on ebay.
Motorola had already made our jaws drop when the monster became available in the early 80's when they unveiled the phone to end all phones in 1988.............TA DA!.............THE BAG PHONE!
i never had one but a whole bunch of my friends did and they were very functional as a car phone for a few years until the flip phone came out in 1996 and made them all dinosaurs. FYI #2....the cost of a bag phone on ebay? pocket change at $25 in excellent shape but most of you bounced them around in your trunk. lol
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Well, that's the end of the electronic tour. hope you enjoyed the time machine. have a good week
Friday, November 1, 2019
GET READY FOR THE SHAKE & BAKE!
Well, the cauldron is finally beginning to boil and the IMPEACHMENT SOUP will soon be ready. chief cook NANCY PELOSI has had little donnie😈 up to here and has just about finished setting the table.
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In all the years i have followed politics, i have never met a man that i so wanted to punch✊ in the face like i do little donnie. uneducated, crass, a bully and totally disrespectful of his own office, he just needs to go away.....and like i wrote earlier...........while the impeachment won't go anywhere because of a firewall senate, it will effectively end his presidency and we can go about the business of replacing him.
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I'm a little confused over the position of the CHICAGO TEACHER'S UNION when the strike ended. Everyone agreed on the terms but then the union wanted to be paid for the days they voluntarily missed school to walk the picket lines. WHAT?????
i've seen a lot of strikes in my time but NEVER saw the strikers compensated for strike time. never. I think MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT was the bigger person when she offered 5 days pay out of the 11 they missed. but the CTU continues to whine when the mayor didn't have to give them anything.
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and speaking of strikes......I don't think teachers should have a legal right to strike. cops & firefighters can't strike. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A DEAL, then bring in an independent federal arbitrator and let that person settle the contract.........WHILE EVERYONE KEEPS WORKING. simple and much less divisive that a strike.
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FINALLY............so you want a python for a pet instead of a cat or dog or bird???? READ CAREFULLY.......... a 36 year old woman was found dead in indiana when her 8-foot reticulated snake coiled around her neck and killed her. exactly how close do you let a freaking godzilla snake get to your neck???
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have a warm weekend !!
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In all the years i have followed politics, i have never met a man that i so wanted to punch✊ in the face like i do little donnie. uneducated, crass, a bully and totally disrespectful of his own office, he just needs to go away.....and like i wrote earlier...........while the impeachment won't go anywhere because of a firewall senate, it will effectively end his presidency and we can go about the business of replacing him.
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I'm a little confused over the position of the CHICAGO TEACHER'S UNION when the strike ended. Everyone agreed on the terms but then the union wanted to be paid for the days they voluntarily missed school to walk the picket lines. WHAT?????
i've seen a lot of strikes in my time but NEVER saw the strikers compensated for strike time. never. I think MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT was the bigger person when she offered 5 days pay out of the 11 they missed. but the CTU continues to whine when the mayor didn't have to give them anything.
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and speaking of strikes......I don't think teachers should have a legal right to strike. cops & firefighters can't strike. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A DEAL, then bring in an independent federal arbitrator and let that person settle the contract.........WHILE EVERYONE KEEPS WORKING. simple and much less divisive that a strike.
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FINALLY............so you want a python for a pet instead of a cat or dog or bird???? READ CAREFULLY.......... a 36 year old woman was found dead in indiana when her 8-foot reticulated snake coiled around her neck and killed her. exactly how close do you let a freaking godzilla snake get to your neck???
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have a warm weekend !!
EMPTYING THE BUCKET
After a week of sleeping on everything, i've come to the following conclusion:
If EDDIE PINIERO misses a makeable kick this week, he should be released on sunday night. we've seen enough mediocrity this season and it's time to start slinging the blade.
80% is cody parkey-like.
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There is no freaking way the bears will keep MITCH THE MUTT but they'll have to eat a $9 million cap hit unless they trade him before 6/1/2020, then the hit is just half that. He has been a disaster for the entire city and has crushed our super bowl dreams all by himself.
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RYAN PACE is signed thru 2021. can the organization keep a guy who had wide eyes for mitch the mutt, JOSH BELLAMY, MARCUS WHEATON (11 million) ANTREL ROLLE (11m) MARCUS COOPER, TREY BURTON (22 million for a backup in philadelphia), ADAM SHAHEEN, wife beater (not to be outdone by the cubs) RAY MCDONALD AND my all time favorite for throwing hundred dollar bills up in the air...............................
QUARTERBACK MIKE GLENNON!! Pace signed him to a 45 million dollar contract for three years with 18 mil guaranteed. it gets better. glennon played 4 games and then was cut at the end of the season so the bears choked on a 12 million dollar buyout and glennon laughed all the way to the bank. he got paid 4.5 million PER GAME PLAYED before he got benched. guess who has a degree in business management? not ryan pace.
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remember when none of us could afford blackhawk tickets just a few years ago? the good thing about the blackhawks SUCKING is that tickets are suddenly very affordable on stubhub & ebay. tickets with a face value of $350 are now selling for $200 and that's main floor on the blue line. you want to go upstairs? $30, $40, etc.
TAKE ADVANTAGE NOW so your kids can see a game. kids don't care if the team sucks but it might make life long fans out of them. and they should all experience the national anthem and when the hawks score a goal. (no guarantee these days) the hawks play three games in late december/early january......methinks they make great holiday presents.
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The WHITE SOX need mucho left handed hitting, the BULLS need defense and the cubs need a miracle. either BRYANT, BAEZ or CONTRERAS are out the door and their new manager, DANCING WITH THE STARS DAVID, will have to make do with some very young players because both THEO & RICKETTS have clearly stated they won't be buyers. excuse me, captain, isn't that an iceberg dead ahead?
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We're in november and my favorite holiday is just four weeks away.
yowsa! have a great weekend and stay warm.
If EDDIE PINIERO misses a makeable kick this week, he should be released on sunday night. we've seen enough mediocrity this season and it's time to start slinging the blade.
80% is cody parkey-like.
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There is no freaking way the bears will keep MITCH THE MUTT but they'll have to eat a $9 million cap hit unless they trade him before 6/1/2020, then the hit is just half that. He has been a disaster for the entire city and has crushed our super bowl dreams all by himself.
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RYAN PACE is signed thru 2021. can the organization keep a guy who had wide eyes for mitch the mutt, JOSH BELLAMY, MARCUS WHEATON (11 million) ANTREL ROLLE (11m) MARCUS COOPER, TREY BURTON (22 million for a backup in philadelphia), ADAM SHAHEEN, wife beater (not to be outdone by the cubs) RAY MCDONALD AND my all time favorite for throwing hundred dollar bills up in the air...............................
QUARTERBACK MIKE GLENNON!! Pace signed him to a 45 million dollar contract for three years with 18 mil guaranteed. it gets better. glennon played 4 games and then was cut at the end of the season so the bears choked on a 12 million dollar buyout and glennon laughed all the way to the bank. he got paid 4.5 million PER GAME PLAYED before he got benched. guess who has a degree in business management? not ryan pace.
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remember when none of us could afford blackhawk tickets just a few years ago? the good thing about the blackhawks SUCKING is that tickets are suddenly very affordable on stubhub & ebay. tickets with a face value of $350 are now selling for $200 and that's main floor on the blue line. you want to go upstairs? $30, $40, etc.
TAKE ADVANTAGE NOW so your kids can see a game. kids don't care if the team sucks but it might make life long fans out of them. and they should all experience the national anthem and when the hawks score a goal. (no guarantee these days) the hawks play three games in late december/early january......methinks they make great holiday presents.
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The WHITE SOX need mucho left handed hitting, the BULLS need defense and the cubs need a miracle. either BRYANT, BAEZ or CONTRERAS are out the door and their new manager, DANCING WITH THE STARS DAVID, will have to make do with some very young players because both THEO & RICKETTS have clearly stated they won't be buyers. excuse me, captain, isn't that an iceberg dead ahead?
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We're in november and my favorite holiday is just four weeks away.
yowsa! have a great weekend and stay warm.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
ALL SORTS OF SPORTS
WHERE TO START? so many choices. Let's start with the end of the game first.
Kneel down? Run a play? my nephew MARK says run but i didn't have a problem with the kneel down. answer this question: do you trust MITCH TRIBISKY to run a legit play when the game is on the line? remember, this is the same guy who fumbled on a NON-CONTACT play earlier in the game and then missed a WIDE OPEN TAYLOR GABRIEL who would have scored a touchdown. and then you get the smarmy post game quotes from MITCH THE MUTT: "I could have played better. There were a lot of plays where i could have helped my team. But next time."
NEXT TIME???????????This isn't freaking high school! step up to the podium and tell it like it is..."I fucked up under pressure all day long and cost my team the game....again. I made a few good plays but I also turned the ball over twice which changed the flow of the game and if the coach wants to make a change for next week, i would certainly understand it." But that would require a true professional...........
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BOTTOM LINE FOR EDDIE PINIERO: MAKE THE KICK. you're a professional and get paid a lot of money to do just that....... 41 yards is an average kick in today's NFL.
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BUT COACH MATT NAGY is out of his league trying to run the entire show and is being swallowed up by the pressures of the job. if he wants to stay in Chicago, he needs to hire an OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR and let him do his job while nagy can look ahead during the game and not have to worry about the very next play, similar to a bench coach in baseball. You plan the game earlier in the week with everyone's input and then let the OC and DC do their jobs on Sunday afternoon.
To make my point:
Running three plays from the 4 yard line was followed by three more plays from the one after a pass interference call and the bears couldn't find the promised land. as a coach, nagy sold out his offensive line on those six plays. DAVID MONTGOMERY should have been given the rock at least 4 times in that sequence (remember david? the guy who ran for 145 yards in the game?) But nagy sent a clear message to his offensive line that they couldn't get the job done. Now watch closely for some finger pointing soon.
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FINALLY, you control the ball for 38 minutes and can't score more than 16 points with just one touchdown? terrible. the play calling was mind boggling, especially in the red zone.
the bears need to post a 'HELP WANTED' sign soon................maybe for a number of positions.
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MY BUDDY JIMMY who sits right next to me every game, thinks the bears can only win one more game this year, against the giants the sunday before thanksgiving which means they end up at 4-12, which is a far cry from our conversations in august when we argued over the amount of victories. Jimmy thought 12 was a good number and i took 10 and we only disagreed on the two packer games. We laughed when SPORTS ILLUSTRATED predicted 7-9 for the bears. My, how times have changed.
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later dude, and have a great week!
Kneel down? Run a play? my nephew MARK says run but i didn't have a problem with the kneel down. answer this question: do you trust MITCH TRIBISKY to run a legit play when the game is on the line? remember, this is the same guy who fumbled on a NON-CONTACT play earlier in the game and then missed a WIDE OPEN TAYLOR GABRIEL who would have scored a touchdown. and then you get the smarmy post game quotes from MITCH THE MUTT: "I could have played better. There were a lot of plays where i could have helped my team. But next time."
NEXT TIME???????????This isn't freaking high school! step up to the podium and tell it like it is..."I fucked up under pressure all day long and cost my team the game....again. I made a few good plays but I also turned the ball over twice which changed the flow of the game and if the coach wants to make a change for next week, i would certainly understand it." But that would require a true professional...........
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BOTTOM LINE FOR EDDIE PINIERO: MAKE THE KICK. you're a professional and get paid a lot of money to do just that....... 41 yards is an average kick in today's NFL.
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BUT COACH MATT NAGY is out of his league trying to run the entire show and is being swallowed up by the pressures of the job. if he wants to stay in Chicago, he needs to hire an OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR and let him do his job while nagy can look ahead during the game and not have to worry about the very next play, similar to a bench coach in baseball. You plan the game earlier in the week with everyone's input and then let the OC and DC do their jobs on Sunday afternoon.
To make my point:
Running three plays from the 4 yard line was followed by three more plays from the one after a pass interference call and the bears couldn't find the promised land. as a coach, nagy sold out his offensive line on those six plays. DAVID MONTGOMERY should have been given the rock at least 4 times in that sequence (remember david? the guy who ran for 145 yards in the game?) But nagy sent a clear message to his offensive line that they couldn't get the job done. Now watch closely for some finger pointing soon.
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FINALLY, you control the ball for 38 minutes and can't score more than 16 points with just one touchdown? terrible. the play calling was mind boggling, especially in the red zone.
the bears need to post a 'HELP WANTED' sign soon................maybe for a number of positions.
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MY BUDDY JIMMY who sits right next to me every game, thinks the bears can only win one more game this year, against the giants the sunday before thanksgiving which means they end up at 4-12, which is a far cry from our conversations in august when we argued over the amount of victories. Jimmy thought 12 was a good number and i took 10 and we only disagreed on the two packer games. We laughed when SPORTS ILLUSTRATED predicted 7-9 for the bears. My, how times have changed.
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later dude, and have a great week!
Monday, October 14, 2019
SINKING SHIP
The S.S.Trump is starting to take direct hits from the united states destroyer named the S.S. IMPEACHMENT and is starting to flounder under the pressure. EVERY POLL, and i mean EVERY poll, (even the ones that normally show republicans on the same level as the LORD JESUS himself) has 55-60% of all citizens asking for trump to be impeached. and rightfully so.
Even his own party is jumping back from his recent decision to abandon the KURDS and withdraw our military. perennial trump defender MITCH MCCONNELL has stated that the withdrawal is a tragic mistake and to date, the turkish army has made quick inroads against the kurds and the slaughter has begun.
and now 11,000 ISIS prisoners may be released because of a lack of manpower at the prison. and remember the ISIS credo: "kill all Americans." nice, huh?
I am so sick of this buffoon occupying the white house and he's in a position to literally issue death mandates when he withdraws support troops from allies like the kurdish army and he needs to be held accountable.
You combine this with the UKRAINE fiasco and the broken promises like mexico paying for the wall (NOT A FREAKING PESO HAS CROSSED THE BORDER) and it is time for him to be gone. people are leaving his employ every day because HE IS A MADMAN who can't be trusted. he's crass and uneducated (i don't care where daddy bought his diploma) and needs to be dragged out kicking and screaming. HE IS A DISGRACE TO THE UNITED STATES.
The impeachment should happen soon and then we have to pray for 20 republican senators to grow a pair and support the bill. now that probably won't happen but it will effectively end his presidency and his chance at re-election.
Be assured that the good old boy network will still carry most of the states south of the MASON-DIXON LINE and the neo-nazi states in the northwest but this time around he gets freaking crushed when he loses florida, wisconsin & michigan and that, my friends, will be game, set and match for the orange man.
good riddance to bad rubbish.
Even his own party is jumping back from his recent decision to abandon the KURDS and withdraw our military. perennial trump defender MITCH MCCONNELL has stated that the withdrawal is a tragic mistake and to date, the turkish army has made quick inroads against the kurds and the slaughter has begun.
and now 11,000 ISIS prisoners may be released because of a lack of manpower at the prison. and remember the ISIS credo: "kill all Americans." nice, huh?
I am so sick of this buffoon occupying the white house and he's in a position to literally issue death mandates when he withdraws support troops from allies like the kurdish army and he needs to be held accountable.
You combine this with the UKRAINE fiasco and the broken promises like mexico paying for the wall (NOT A FREAKING PESO HAS CROSSED THE BORDER) and it is time for him to be gone. people are leaving his employ every day because HE IS A MADMAN who can't be trusted. he's crass and uneducated (i don't care where daddy bought his diploma) and needs to be dragged out kicking and screaming. HE IS A DISGRACE TO THE UNITED STATES.
The impeachment should happen soon and then we have to pray for 20 republican senators to grow a pair and support the bill. now that probably won't happen but it will effectively end his presidency and his chance at re-election.
Be assured that the good old boy network will still carry most of the states south of the MASON-DIXON LINE and the neo-nazi states in the northwest but this time around he gets freaking crushed when he loses florida, wisconsin & michigan and that, my friends, will be game, set and match for the orange man.
good riddance to bad rubbish.
Friday, October 11, 2019
THE BIG SHOWDOWN STARTS TOMORROW.
YANKEES vs ASTROS!!!!
YOWSA!!!!
now that the dodgers have been eliminated, the overwhelming favorite will come out of the AMERICAN LEAGUE. whoyagot?
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i stilled so pissed off at the bears that i can't see straight but some thoughts on the monsters.
When i was a kid, the CHICAGO BEARS had great defensive teams and absolutely sucked on offense. the specific reason? quarterback. Luminaries at the position included BILL WADE, RUDY BUKICH, JACK CONCANNON, the immortal BOBBY DOUGLAS & VIRGIL CARTER. these five started at various times for twelve freaking years. do any of those names scare you on defense? do you even remember them?
Which brings us to right now. mitch tribisky.The bears are doomed with this mutt at quarterback. his accuracy is that of a blind pirate and he's already getting the reputation as being fragile due to being hurt in consecutive years on non-contact plays.
So what does tribisky do well? HE RUNS. take a guess how long a fragile running quarterback lasts in the NFL? the bears need to realize their mistake and move on. their defense is too good to get a high draft choice so get ready to make a trade. and next time, don't pass on DESEAN WATSON and PATRICK MAHOMES in the draft to draft a dog who had only played 13 college games.
RYAN PACE, start packing your bags.
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So the cubbies are scrambling for a manager and anyone in their right mind would sign JOE GIRARDI but it appears that tv broadcaster DAVID ROSS has the inside track. nice guy but no managerial experience. careful, careful.
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the cubs have a lot of spots to fill with the sooon to be departures of COLE HAMELS, BEN ZOBRIST, NICK CASTELLANOS (he ranf the cash register every day for two months and i don't think the cubs will pay up) PEDRO STROP, BRANDON KINTZLER AND BRIAN DUENSING. Then add in the horrible contracts for CRAIG KIMBRELL @ 16 million , YU DARVISH @ 22, JASON HEYWARD @ 23 !! a fading over the hill JOHN LESTER @20 per year. that's 81 million in dead money next year which brings me to the final point.
JAVY BAEZ or KRIS BRYANT??? you can't afford both of them when they become free agents after next year SO YOU HAVE TO TRADE one of them during this off season or run the risk of having them walk away as free agents. my guess is kris bryant will be wearing a different uniform next year.
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and congrats to the washington mystics of the WNBA!!! just kidding, no one cares.
adios. have a good weekend.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Here's a very scary fact entered into the record yesterday by REPUBLICAN SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL, the senate majority leader. read closely: "Any attempt to remove donald trump from office thru impeachment will be firewalled by the republican held senate."
Does that sound strange to you? NO MATTER WHAT THE FACTS ARE, mcconnell will instruct the republican senators to not move forward with impeachment. read below on possibilities:
1) house impeaches trump.
2a) mitch mcconnell stymies the articles with legal manuvering and they don't come to a vote.
2b) mcconnell releases the articles and instructs senate to
vote 'no' without discussion
2c) mcconnell ducks out of the way and releases the articles with no instructions to anyone other than to discuss and vote. this bails old mitch out and he can say he did his job....and he would be correct.
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EVERY POLL in America, no matter who conducts it (including fox news) is in favor of impeachment. the president's recent tweets have done harm to him but he's too crazy to realize it.
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Books released on RICHARD NIXON showed him becoming more and more unstable to the point where he was talking to the pictures of former presidents hanging on the wall. in a pre-tweet world, nixon hated the press and as the pressure mounted, he just simply stopped talking to them, which made him look even guiltier.
trump, on the other hand, chooses to do open battle with the press on a daily basis and looks more childish & incompetent after every exchange.
did you see the battle trump had with a reporter the other day? the reporter was doing his job and asked trump a follow-up question regarding what trump requested from a foreign leader. trump just looked around for a few seconds and then snapped, "are you talking to me?" the reporter answered yes and trump pointed to a visiting foreign leader and said "ask him a question." this went back and forth 4 times before trump just pointed to another reporter for a different question. .
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his recent tirades about his impeachment have included: "a coup" "witch hunt" "the stock market will crash" "taking away the people's vote" "treason" "will not cooperate" and my favorite "look for a civil war if i'm impeached"
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the man has jumped the rails. his presidency is over. it's just a matter of when he walks out the door.
Does that sound strange to you? NO MATTER WHAT THE FACTS ARE, mcconnell will instruct the republican senators to not move forward with impeachment. read below on possibilities:
1) house impeaches trump.
2a) mitch mcconnell stymies the articles with legal manuvering and they don't come to a vote.
2b) mcconnell releases the articles and instructs senate to
vote 'no' without discussion
2c) mcconnell ducks out of the way and releases the articles with no instructions to anyone other than to discuss and vote. this bails old mitch out and he can say he did his job....and he would be correct.
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EVERY POLL in America, no matter who conducts it (including fox news) is in favor of impeachment. the president's recent tweets have done harm to him but he's too crazy to realize it.
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Books released on RICHARD NIXON showed him becoming more and more unstable to the point where he was talking to the pictures of former presidents hanging on the wall. in a pre-tweet world, nixon hated the press and as the pressure mounted, he just simply stopped talking to them, which made him look even guiltier.
trump, on the other hand, chooses to do open battle with the press on a daily basis and looks more childish & incompetent after every exchange.
did you see the battle trump had with a reporter the other day? the reporter was doing his job and asked trump a follow-up question regarding what trump requested from a foreign leader. trump just looked around for a few seconds and then snapped, "are you talking to me?" the reporter answered yes and trump pointed to a visiting foreign leader and said "ask him a question." this went back and forth 4 times before trump just pointed to another reporter for a different question. .
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his recent tirades about his impeachment have included: "a coup" "witch hunt" "the stock market will crash" "taking away the people's vote" "treason" "will not cooperate" and my favorite "look for a civil war if i'm impeached"
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the man has jumped the rails. his presidency is over. it's just a matter of when he walks out the door.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
THE SPORTS WORLD!!!
What was the NFL thinking when they scheduled the BEARS/RAIDERS game in london? a year ago, superstar KHALIL MACK was involved in some hard line ACRIMONIOUS negotiations on his contract and was eventually shipped to the BEARS with hard feelings on both sides. obviously, the league schedulers knew the story but still sent the game overseas rather than let both teams duke it out in oakland with mack having revenge on his mind.
DUMB.
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If you like playoff baseball and didn't watch the nationals/brewers game tuesday night, you missed a classic that kept your attention from the first inning on, which is very unusual for baseball.
MAX SCHERZER didn't have his best stuff and gave up three runs in the first and with the score 3-1 in the fifth, scherzer faced a situation which would put the game away for the brewers. two on and one out............mighty max throws smoke and got two consecutive strikeouts to end the inning and give the nats a chance.
But no problem for the brew crew who still led 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth when JOSH HADER, the world's best closer implodes and walks one batter, hits another and gives up a broken bat single to load them up with TWO OUTS and bring a 20 year old to the plate. BAM!!! first pitch line drive base hit to right, misplayed by TRENT GRISHAM, who was filling in for MVP CHRISTIAN YELLICH and the bases are cleared. game, set and match and vacation time for the brewers.
In contrast, the next night was a snooze fest with TAMPA BAY handling OAKLAND 6-1 out in california. now we get to see 10,000 fans at every home game at tropicana field where the capacity is 26.000.
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Mystery of the week: ROQUAN SMITH of the chicago bears doesn't play for "personal" reasons last sunday and 'NOBODY KNOWS NUTTIN' in the coaches room. let's dissect: if it was a DUI or domestic abuse which would require police involvement, it would have made the media. My guess is a) depression with a suicide scare and the bears got a call. in this case, they could get him to a private counselor for therapy and nothing gets released due to patient confidentiality or 2) a substance problem was discovered on bears property and they handled it in-house, again with private therapy. just hope he's ok because he's got a heck of a future in the NFL.
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I don't know about you but i was very comfortable with CHASE DANIELS at quarterback on sunday. it's becoming VERY apparent that MITCH TRIBISKY has brittle bones and that's twice in consecutive years that he's been hurt on a non-contact play. NO BUENO. and to think the bears passed on DESEAN WATSON and PATRICK MAHOMES and gave up draft choices to get this mutt.
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Before you cub fans get all ga-ga over JOE GIRARDI, remember that he had great teams during his 10 years with the yankees and won...................ONE world series.
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BULLS announcer NEIL FUNK will retire after this season after doing chicago broadcasts for 28 years and calling the NBA for 43 total years. great to listen too and a great human being. give 'em hell your last year, FUNKSTER.
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whew! i'm tired. later.
DUMB.
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If you like playoff baseball and didn't watch the nationals/brewers game tuesday night, you missed a classic that kept your attention from the first inning on, which is very unusual for baseball.
MAX SCHERZER didn't have his best stuff and gave up three runs in the first and with the score 3-1 in the fifth, scherzer faced a situation which would put the game away for the brewers. two on and one out............mighty max throws smoke and got two consecutive strikeouts to end the inning and give the nats a chance.
But no problem for the brew crew who still led 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth when JOSH HADER, the world's best closer implodes and walks one batter, hits another and gives up a broken bat single to load them up with TWO OUTS and bring a 20 year old to the plate. BAM!!! first pitch line drive base hit to right, misplayed by TRENT GRISHAM, who was filling in for MVP CHRISTIAN YELLICH and the bases are cleared. game, set and match and vacation time for the brewers.
In contrast, the next night was a snooze fest with TAMPA BAY handling OAKLAND 6-1 out in california. now we get to see 10,000 fans at every home game at tropicana field where the capacity is 26.000.
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Mystery of the week: ROQUAN SMITH of the chicago bears doesn't play for "personal" reasons last sunday and 'NOBODY KNOWS NUTTIN' in the coaches room. let's dissect: if it was a DUI or domestic abuse which would require police involvement, it would have made the media. My guess is a) depression with a suicide scare and the bears got a call. in this case, they could get him to a private counselor for therapy and nothing gets released due to patient confidentiality or 2) a substance problem was discovered on bears property and they handled it in-house, again with private therapy. just hope he's ok because he's got a heck of a future in the NFL.
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I don't know about you but i was very comfortable with CHASE DANIELS at quarterback on sunday. it's becoming VERY apparent that MITCH TRIBISKY has brittle bones and that's twice in consecutive years that he's been hurt on a non-contact play. NO BUENO. and to think the bears passed on DESEAN WATSON and PATRICK MAHOMES and gave up draft choices to get this mutt.
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Before you cub fans get all ga-ga over JOE GIRARDI, remember that he had great teams during his 10 years with the yankees and won...................ONE world series.
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BULLS announcer NEIL FUNK will retire after this season after doing chicago broadcasts for 28 years and calling the NBA for 43 total years. great to listen too and a great human being. give 'em hell your last year, FUNKSTER.
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whew! i'm tired. later.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
enough with politics!
Let's climb out of the cesspool in washington and talk sports of all sorts.
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Last year, the BEARS surprised everyone with a 12-4 record and making the playoffs before the dream died with the infamous double-doink. But their success had this town juiced about the 2019 season but is the weight of the long journey too much for MITCH TRIBISKY? the defense is awesome but it's up to mitch to put points on the board ON A REGULAR BASIS. tough test sunday against the vikings so cross your fingers.
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Is it me or is ANTONIO BROWN the worst business man in the world? he pisses away millions of dollars because he just can't shut up in both pittsburgh and oakland and lasts one game with the patriots before his ghetto thuggery comes to light with sexual assault accusations. the sad part is that no matter how many times he's accused, he'll continue to get signed because he can catch a football.
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It was sooooooooo nice to see the face of AARON RODGERS following the last minute interception on thursday night. can someone tell me how the packers can run eight plays inside the ten yard line in that 4th quarter and NOT score? sheesh.
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JIM HARBAUGH makes 9 million for coaching a team that can't beat OHIO STATE or win a showdown game, ala WISCONSIN last week. out!
if he's worth that, then NEPHEW FRANK should be making at least half of that for the way he golfs. there is no justice.
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And speaking of stealing a paycheck, what's the deal with LOVIE SMITH at ILLINOIS???? he looks like papa smurf and so far, has taught that team nothing. out!
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the NHL season starts this week. WHAT????????????
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and the CHICAGO SKY women's team.........hah! gotcha again.
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later dude
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Last year, the BEARS surprised everyone with a 12-4 record and making the playoffs before the dream died with the infamous double-doink. But their success had this town juiced about the 2019 season but is the weight of the long journey too much for MITCH TRIBISKY? the defense is awesome but it's up to mitch to put points on the board ON A REGULAR BASIS. tough test sunday against the vikings so cross your fingers.
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Is it me or is ANTONIO BROWN the worst business man in the world? he pisses away millions of dollars because he just can't shut up in both pittsburgh and oakland and lasts one game with the patriots before his ghetto thuggery comes to light with sexual assault accusations. the sad part is that no matter how many times he's accused, he'll continue to get signed because he can catch a football.
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It was sooooooooo nice to see the face of AARON RODGERS following the last minute interception on thursday night. can someone tell me how the packers can run eight plays inside the ten yard line in that 4th quarter and NOT score? sheesh.
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JIM HARBAUGH makes 9 million for coaching a team that can't beat OHIO STATE or win a showdown game, ala WISCONSIN last week. out!
if he's worth that, then NEPHEW FRANK should be making at least half of that for the way he golfs. there is no justice.
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And speaking of stealing a paycheck, what's the deal with LOVIE SMITH at ILLINOIS???? he looks like papa smurf and so far, has taught that team nothing. out!
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the NHL season starts this week. WHAT????????????
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and the CHICAGO SKY women's team.........hah! gotcha again.
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later dude
Friday, September 27, 2019
SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT
My head is absolutely spinning with all that's going on in the world but let's try to empty some of the gunny sack starting with politics.
The mess in DC is finally boiling over and the world is now getting a clearer view of the little man sitting in the big chair at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue. He is like a petulant child reacting after being told he's wrong...for anything. stomp your feet and hold your breath until you get your way.
He is a very scary man making friends with bad people while sending our long time allies down the road. he is a threat to anyone who disagrees with him and his no contact with the working man and woman, evidenced by his 30 day shutdown earlier this year which cost americans between six and ten Billion dollars and his trade issue with china is killing the farmers in america because china is no longer buying agriculture products from america. crops wilting in the field because farmers can't afford to harvest because they have no buyers is not a good look for the white house.
he is a consummate liar, PROVEN & VERIFIED. SOME SAMPLES:
But it's over for the orange man. you know the saying....if it smells like crap and looks....well, you know the rest.
The mess in DC is finally boiling over and the world is now getting a clearer view of the little man sitting in the big chair at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue. He is like a petulant child reacting after being told he's wrong...for anything. stomp your feet and hold your breath until you get your way.
He is a very scary man making friends with bad people while sending our long time allies down the road. he is a threat to anyone who disagrees with him and his no contact with the working man and woman, evidenced by his 30 day shutdown earlier this year which cost americans between six and ten Billion dollars and his trade issue with china is killing the farmers in america because china is no longer buying agriculture products from america. crops wilting in the field because farmers can't afford to harvest because they have no buyers is not a good look for the white house.
he is a consummate liar, PROVEN & VERIFIED. SOME SAMPLES:
ABC VIDEO MUSLIMS DANCED ON THE ROOFTOPS IN NEW JERSEY ON 9/11
MY INAUGURATION CROWD WAS THE LARGEST EVER
I SIGNED MORE BILLS THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT (5 HAVE SIGNED MORE)
U.S. HAS HIGHEST MURDER RATE IN 47 YEARS
I DIDN'T KNOW STEVE BANNON (appeared on his radio show 9 times before running)
NY TIMES SENT AN APOLOGY LETTER TO IT'S READERS BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO HARD ON ME IN ARTICLES (ABSOLUTELY 100% UNTRUE)
And there are at least 50 more verified lies which is certainly something you don't expect from the man running the country.
BOTTOM LINE? HE'S A SCUMBAG AND A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR ALONG WITH BEING A SOCIOPATH. IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO GO.
THE SAD PART? THE HOUSE WILL VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT BUT THE SENATE WON'T CONVICT HIM AND SO WE WAIT FOR 12 MORE MONTHS.
But it's over for the orange man. you know the saying....if it smells like crap and looks....well, you know the rest.
Saturday, September 7, 2019
ugly start to the season
All i heard over the last six months was how the bears got screwed when cody parkey missed an average distance field goal which eliminated the bears from playoff contention and they should have been in the super bowl. hogwash..
When i would have the temerity over the summer to mention the inadequacies of quarterback mitch tribisky, i was assured by kool-aid drinking bears fans that it was all parkey's fault and that tribisky was the golden boy who would lead us to the promised land.
UH...................NO. as i have mentioned numerous times, tribisky is a ho-hum quarterback who has proved NOTHING in either college or professional football and he melted BIG TIME in the glaring lights of national television on thursday night when he rolled over and played dead while losing to the packers, 10-3. SUPER BOWL? please. the defense is wonderful and a pleasure to watch but the offense sucks, plain & simple.
when you hold a good packer offense to ten points, you should win the game but when YOUR OFFENSE can't get into the end zone against a mediocre defense, it's time to slow your publicity roll and take a long look in the mirror, coach nagy.
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BACK TO BASEBALL. the cubs are hanging on by a thread for a spot in the post season but it looks like a wild card spot is their best chance but they would have a one game playoff IN washington against the nationals for a chance to advance in the division series. their pitching opponent would be MAX SCHERZER. google him and get back to me.
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the WHITE SOX are officially better than last year after thursday night's win but it looks like they're out of steam. win 2, lose 3. no bueno. but it does look like TIM ANDERSON has a shot at the batting title and LUCAS GIOLITO is the best pitcher in chicago so those are positives. can't wait until next season.
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it's hard to believe but the hawks & bulls are running practices and both of their seasons will be challenges to make the playoffs.
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enough for now. be careful about the ambush waiting for the bears in denver.....................
When i would have the temerity over the summer to mention the inadequacies of quarterback mitch tribisky, i was assured by kool-aid drinking bears fans that it was all parkey's fault and that tribisky was the golden boy who would lead us to the promised land.
UH...................NO. as i have mentioned numerous times, tribisky is a ho-hum quarterback who has proved NOTHING in either college or professional football and he melted BIG TIME in the glaring lights of national television on thursday night when he rolled over and played dead while losing to the packers, 10-3. SUPER BOWL? please. the defense is wonderful and a pleasure to watch but the offense sucks, plain & simple.
when you hold a good packer offense to ten points, you should win the game but when YOUR OFFENSE can't get into the end zone against a mediocre defense, it's time to slow your publicity roll and take a long look in the mirror, coach nagy.
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BACK TO BASEBALL. the cubs are hanging on by a thread for a spot in the post season but it looks like a wild card spot is their best chance but they would have a one game playoff IN washington against the nationals for a chance to advance in the division series. their pitching opponent would be MAX SCHERZER. google him and get back to me.
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the WHITE SOX are officially better than last year after thursday night's win but it looks like they're out of steam. win 2, lose 3. no bueno. but it does look like TIM ANDERSON has a shot at the batting title and LUCAS GIOLITO is the best pitcher in chicago so those are positives. can't wait until next season.
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it's hard to believe but the hawks & bulls are running practices and both of their seasons will be challenges to make the playoffs.
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enough for now. be careful about the ambush waiting for the bears in denver.....................
Monday, September 2, 2019
thoughts bouncing around in my head
If you have to have an MRI, don't listen to the b.s. that 'one size fits all' and it doesn't matter where you have it done. as someone who has had 4 in the past six weeks, i can tell you IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU HAVE IT DONE and that the lake zurich, illinois mri has the smallest, deer park mri is a little bigger and vista in lake villa gives a big guy like me plenty of room.
there are six protocols for a total of 31 minutes for a lumbar mri and if the technician knows what the hell they're doing, you'll be out of the machine in 35 minutes. some have music, some don't. DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH the morning of the mri as that will dry out your mouth. pack 3 or 4 pieces of gum in your mouth but you have to hide them when you're going in, otherwise the tech will have you spit them out. ALWAYS take the earliest appointment.
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in other news, i see where motorcycle riding is down and it's no wonder because of car drivers texting while driving. DISTRACTED DRIVING is a nuisance to other cars but fatal to cyclists.
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Can anyone explain where the lightning bugs have gone? when i was a kid in Northlake (by franklin park-ohare airport) we would run around after dark having contests to see who could capture the most in a mason jar. at my house in Grayslake, we see a dozen or so at dusk and then they disappear.
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And i have zero mosquitos at my house. go figure.
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DIGITAL TICKETS. what a pain in the butt. the bulls, cubs, bears & white sox have all eliminated paper stock tickets which means if you don't have a smart phone, you're out of luck. they're trying to eliminate the counterfeiting of tickets and i understand but many people are struggling to understand the new concept. believe it or not, I adapted right away.
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How much is a ticket to the bears-packers game on thursday night?
i just sold 4 in the south end zone for $550 APIECE. two years ago, i was lucky to get a hundred apiece.
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The tomatoes have been wonderful this season as well as the cucumbers but the green peppers went down in defeat this year. radishes have been so-so. ANYONE WANT SOME REALLY HOT PEPPERS? lmk and i'll mail them to you. insure your lips.
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The sweet corn at STADE'S FARMS in mchenry is outstanding despite a late planting season. still time to take a trip up for the BEST sweet corn in the area.
there are six protocols for a total of 31 minutes for a lumbar mri and if the technician knows what the hell they're doing, you'll be out of the machine in 35 minutes. some have music, some don't. DON'T BRUSH YOUR TEETH the morning of the mri as that will dry out your mouth. pack 3 or 4 pieces of gum in your mouth but you have to hide them when you're going in, otherwise the tech will have you spit them out. ALWAYS take the earliest appointment.
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in other news, i see where motorcycle riding is down and it's no wonder because of car drivers texting while driving. DISTRACTED DRIVING is a nuisance to other cars but fatal to cyclists.
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Can anyone explain where the lightning bugs have gone? when i was a kid in Northlake (by franklin park-ohare airport) we would run around after dark having contests to see who could capture the most in a mason jar. at my house in Grayslake, we see a dozen or so at dusk and then they disappear.
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And i have zero mosquitos at my house. go figure.
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DIGITAL TICKETS. what a pain in the butt. the bulls, cubs, bears & white sox have all eliminated paper stock tickets which means if you don't have a smart phone, you're out of luck. they're trying to eliminate the counterfeiting of tickets and i understand but many people are struggling to understand the new concept. believe it or not, I adapted right away.
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How much is a ticket to the bears-packers game on thursday night?
i just sold 4 in the south end zone for $550 APIECE. two years ago, i was lucky to get a hundred apiece.
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The tomatoes have been wonderful this season as well as the cucumbers but the green peppers went down in defeat this year. radishes have been so-so. ANYONE WANT SOME REALLY HOT PEPPERS? lmk and i'll mail them to you. insure your lips.
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The sweet corn at STADE'S FARMS in mchenry is outstanding despite a late planting season. still time to take a trip up for the BEST sweet corn in the area.
Welcome to Stade’s Farm and Market!
Stade’s Farm & Market is located in scenic McHenry County in northeastern Illinois approximately 50 miles from Chicago. We produce 2,200 acres of fresh fruits and vegetables that we sell directly to consumers through our Farm Market.
Our farm is also popular for pick-your-own fruits and vegetables including strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, green beans, and pumpkins. We have a large entertainment area which includes a petting zoo, corn maze, giant slides, hay rides, and a large variety of unique attractions. Our fall festival Shades of Autumn is a harvest time extravaganza featuring 30+ farm-related attractions, pumpkin picking, special events, great food and lots of fun.
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Does anyone read a real newspaper anymore? i get the sunday tribune delivered and sit in the gazebo eating an almond horn pastry from the local bakery with a pint of chocolate milk and spend a couple of hours consuming both the horn and the paper. the other day i mentioned to a friend, "did you see that article in the sports section about the bulls?" he looked at me like i had just landed from mars and said 'nobody reads the paper anymore---it's all electronic/digital." sad if true.
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We were chatting at the bowling alley the other day about things that were disappearing or have already disappeared: SEARS, TOYS-R-US, (although someone said they're coming back)
MARSHALL FIELDS, K-MART, go kart tracks, land lines for phones, drive-in movie theatres (also called outdoors), cameras, locks, keys, clock radios & hotel keys. and there's plenty more for this list but i'm too tired. more later.
enjoy your short week.
enjoy your short week.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
ALL SORTS OF STUFF
Just got back from visiting my nephew in california and spending extended time in a TESLA automobile and it's like something from star wars. totally electric and it makes no noise. none. zero. and it costs you less than a dollar a day to re-charge it daily at your house and then you can go about 250/300 miles.
the company says it will cost you about $90 to travel 1500 miles using their super chargers along the way, (about $13 out on the road) which take no more than 30 minutes. perfect time for a bathroom stop and to grab something to eat. they're pricey at 65k but if you sit down with a sharpened pencil and do some figuring..................
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We live in the chicago area and have heard stories about rats our entire lives but how about TREE RATS? apparently, it's a california specialty because of their moderate weather and just perfect for when you're relaxing in the back yard. "honey, bring me a beer and the pellet gun." whoa.
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and you'll never again complain about traffic in chicago once you visit the los angeles area. with rare exception, they have no public transportation. none. trains & buses are something california kids read about in midwest history books. GRIDLOCK in the dictionary simply has a map of L.A. next to it. all day & most of the night, bumper to bumper.
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Finally, i'm with my nephew in the tesla and it's 91 degrees outside but we're just fine in the a/c. then we start heading to 'the valley' and then it's 93, 97, then 101 and finally 104. i thought maybe we had driven into a wild fire but he just shrugged his shoulders. "if we were in yucca valley, it would be 112, 114 degrees." adios, so-cal.
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back here on earth, i still find sitting in the gazebo at night and listening to COUSIN BRUCIE playing the oldies on sirius radio while smoking a cigar and holding an adult beverage is a perfect way to enjoy an evening.
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I'm serious about this question. HAS ANYONE seen a lot of lightning bugs? i get a few at dusk and then they disappear. very strange. when we were kids, we'd run around with a mason jar collecting them until your folks called you in for the night.
and i hope this last part is true for everyone..........i have no mosquitos around my house. haven't been bitten at breezy acres all summer. yessssssssss!
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THE NEXT BLOG WILL BE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND FAVORITE HOME-MADE FOODS. (like aunt lorraines hawaiin salad).
EMAIL YOUR PICKS TO ME AND I'LL BLEND THEM ALL IN. MAKE SURE THE LOCATION IS INCLUDED.
adios for now. danveit13@aol.com
the company says it will cost you about $90 to travel 1500 miles using their super chargers along the way, (about $13 out on the road) which take no more than 30 minutes. perfect time for a bathroom stop and to grab something to eat. they're pricey at 65k but if you sit down with a sharpened pencil and do some figuring..................
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We live in the chicago area and have heard stories about rats our entire lives but how about TREE RATS? apparently, it's a california specialty because of their moderate weather and just perfect for when you're relaxing in the back yard. "honey, bring me a beer and the pellet gun." whoa.
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and you'll never again complain about traffic in chicago once you visit the los angeles area. with rare exception, they have no public transportation. none. trains & buses are something california kids read about in midwest history books. GRIDLOCK in the dictionary simply has a map of L.A. next to it. all day & most of the night, bumper to bumper.
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Finally, i'm with my nephew in the tesla and it's 91 degrees outside but we're just fine in the a/c. then we start heading to 'the valley' and then it's 93, 97, then 101 and finally 104. i thought maybe we had driven into a wild fire but he just shrugged his shoulders. "if we were in yucca valley, it would be 112, 114 degrees." adios, so-cal.
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back here on earth, i still find sitting in the gazebo at night and listening to COUSIN BRUCIE playing the oldies on sirius radio while smoking a cigar and holding an adult beverage is a perfect way to enjoy an evening.
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I'm serious about this question. HAS ANYONE seen a lot of lightning bugs? i get a few at dusk and then they disappear. very strange. when we were kids, we'd run around with a mason jar collecting them until your folks called you in for the night.
and i hope this last part is true for everyone..........i have no mosquitos around my house. haven't been bitten at breezy acres all summer. yessssssssss!
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THE NEXT BLOG WILL BE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND FAVORITE HOME-MADE FOODS. (like aunt lorraines hawaiin salad).
EMAIL YOUR PICKS TO ME AND I'LL BLEND THEM ALL IN. MAKE SURE THE LOCATION IS INCLUDED.
adios for now. danveit13@aol.com
Monday, August 19, 2019
LAS VEGAS R.I.P.
I've decided that i'm ALL DONE WITH LAS VEGAS and i'm going to tell you why. At the pool at CAESARS PALACE, i ordered a vodka/cranberry and told the girl to give the same to my three buddies. the bill came to $72 for the four drinks.
EIGHTEEN BUCKS APIECE! it's not that i can't afford the tab but it pisses me off that they're hijacking you on their property and you have no other options. the waitress whispers to me, " there's a liquor store two blocks away where you can buy a couple of bottles of GREY GOOSE and all the cranberry you want for less than seventy-two bucks."
but i didn't come to las vegas to drink in my room so i decided to check out the other hotels and all five (flamingo, harrahs, bellagio, mirage and treasure island) were within a dollar of each other for the same drink. AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? you're at the pool and you want a cold adult beverage................
And let me add to my angst with the now infamous RESORT FEE which at caesars is $51 per night.
and now the big ragu...............if you want to see a concert and sit in the first 30 rows, check out these prices.......................................JERRY SEINFELD $290.......................KEITH URBAN $334...JOURNEY 364........
ROD STEWART $365 and my favorite, GUNS AND ROSES.................$1900!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so let's add it up. $450 round trip air fare x 2= $900 + $239 per night PLUS $51 resort fee = $290 a night ($1160.00 for 4 nights) plus two shows @ $350 a show x 2 =$700 x 2 = $1400. for the math challenged, that's $3460 and you haven't paid for a meal or made a single bet so you're looking at $4000-6000 for 4 days in las vegas. that's what i pay to stay TWO MONTHS IN MEXICO!
I recently went to rivers casino in des plaines. played $25 blackjack for 3 hours and paid $7 apiece for two drinks and $22 for lunch for two. my bottom line was -$212 and i was home in 35 minutes.
Plus i can go to RAVINIA or GENESEE to see big time acts for about a hundred bucks.
LAS VEGAS???? i'll pass. It was fun while it lasted.
EIGHTEEN BUCKS APIECE! it's not that i can't afford the tab but it pisses me off that they're hijacking you on their property and you have no other options. the waitress whispers to me, " there's a liquor store two blocks away where you can buy a couple of bottles of GREY GOOSE and all the cranberry you want for less than seventy-two bucks."
but i didn't come to las vegas to drink in my room so i decided to check out the other hotels and all five (flamingo, harrahs, bellagio, mirage and treasure island) were within a dollar of each other for the same drink. AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? you're at the pool and you want a cold adult beverage................
And let me add to my angst with the now infamous RESORT FEE which at caesars is $51 per night.
and now the big ragu...............if you want to see a concert and sit in the first 30 rows, check out these prices.......................................JERRY SEINFELD $290.......................KEITH URBAN $334...JOURNEY 364........
ROD STEWART $365 and my favorite, GUNS AND ROSES.................$1900!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so let's add it up. $450 round trip air fare x 2= $900 + $239 per night PLUS $51 resort fee = $290 a night ($1160.00 for 4 nights) plus two shows @ $350 a show x 2 =$700 x 2 = $1400. for the math challenged, that's $3460 and you haven't paid for a meal or made a single bet so you're looking at $4000-6000 for 4 days in las vegas. that's what i pay to stay TWO MONTHS IN MEXICO!
I recently went to rivers casino in des plaines. played $25 blackjack for 3 hours and paid $7 apiece for two drinks and $22 for lunch for two. my bottom line was -$212 and i was home in 35 minutes.
Plus i can go to RAVINIA or GENESEE to see big time acts for about a hundred bucks.
LAS VEGAS???? i'll pass. It was fun while it lasted.
Friday, July 12, 2019
BASEBALL PREDICTIONS
Ok, it's time stir the pot and muddy the waters with my near perfect mid-season baseball predictions. This particular blog always gets the most reaction so let's hit it!
THE CUBS will win their division. WHAT???!!!??? yes, it's true because they have too much talent and that division really sucks. the brewers strong bullpen is starting to waver and can JOSH HADER pitch every day? the cardinals need a monster second half from goldschmidt and a healthy molina to contend. pirates & reds will fade but with bright futures. i picked the cubs to win 88 games and if they do that..............
The other two division winners are/should be the LOS ANGELES DODGERS and the ATLANTA BRAVES, who are starting to flex their muscles in the NL east and look to be in line for a few division titles in a row.
the phillies are learning all about the definition of "OVERPAYING" as BRYCE HARPER chugs along with a .253 average with 16 home runs and 62 rbi's.
just to put it in perspective, ANTHONY RIZZO's numbers are .272/16/58, a gold glove and makes a whole lot LESS money. the fun part is that the phillies signed pretty boy to THIRTEEN FREAKING YEARS!
and in case you're wondering, the other overpaid mutt who is now playing for san diego isn't doing any better. MANNY MACHADO is .266/20/58 and is also signed for a generation. ouch to both.
so fill out the NL playoffs with the WASHINGTON NATIONALS and THE COLORADO ROCKIES as wild cards with the dodgers advancing to the big show in october.
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The american league has the astros, yankees and minnesota streaking to the playoffs which leaves the two wild card spots to the CLEVELAND INDIANS and the TAMPA BAY RAYS. oakland, boston & texas will fall short. look for the HOUSTON ASTROS in a rematch of the 2017 world series with the DODGERS wearing a ring for the first time since 1988.
THE CUBS will win their division. WHAT???!!!??? yes, it's true because they have too much talent and that division really sucks. the brewers strong bullpen is starting to waver and can JOSH HADER pitch every day? the cardinals need a monster second half from goldschmidt and a healthy molina to contend. pirates & reds will fade but with bright futures. i picked the cubs to win 88 games and if they do that..............
The other two division winners are/should be the LOS ANGELES DODGERS and the ATLANTA BRAVES, who are starting to flex their muscles in the NL east and look to be in line for a few division titles in a row.
the phillies are learning all about the definition of "OVERPAYING" as BRYCE HARPER chugs along with a .253 average with 16 home runs and 62 rbi's.
just to put it in perspective, ANTHONY RIZZO's numbers are .272/16/58, a gold glove and makes a whole lot LESS money. the fun part is that the phillies signed pretty boy to THIRTEEN FREAKING YEARS!
and in case you're wondering, the other overpaid mutt who is now playing for san diego isn't doing any better. MANNY MACHADO is .266/20/58 and is also signed for a generation. ouch to both.
so fill out the NL playoffs with the WASHINGTON NATIONALS and THE COLORADO ROCKIES as wild cards with the dodgers advancing to the big show in october.
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The american league has the astros, yankees and minnesota streaking to the playoffs which leaves the two wild card spots to the CLEVELAND INDIANS and the TAMPA BAY RAYS. oakland, boston & texas will fall short. look for the HOUSTON ASTROS in a rematch of the 2017 world series with the DODGERS wearing a ring for the first time since 1988.
Monday, July 8, 2019
the beat goes on.....
Mayor elect LORI LIGHTFOOT learned a lesson over the holiday weekend when, despite 1500 extra police officers being on duty, the members of the concrete jungle went crazy and shot 68 of their own but continued with their bad marksmanship by only killing six.
YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE JUNGLE!
Take the sobbing mother of seven who mourns the loss of one of her brood for the tv cameras and cries out against the violence, a quick background check on her reveals that she grew up in the hood, ran with the gangs, has an arrest record and is known to NEVER CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE when violence happens in her neighborhood.
I said it before and now once again: These uneducated people live by a violent code, one whose credos are "survival of the fittest" and "snitches get stitches" so the general population won't help the investigations which leaves criminals on the street forever (until they get whacked by an up & comer).
I feel sorry for police superintendent EDDIE JOHNSON, who is a fine officer and a good administrator and an even better human being but he won't survive lightfoot's term and he'll soon announce his retirement so she can bring in her "hand picked" person.
and that person will also fail if the priority is to tame the jungle.
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WOW! the girls had a tremendous weekend! No, not the obnoxious and poorly behaved women's soccer team but rather, for the first time, girls 11-17 were allowed to march with the boy scouts in the annual 4th of july parades. Since February, 20,000 girls have signed up to be members of SCOUTS BSA, formerly know as simply boy scouts. it's not co-ed and the females have their own troops (2500 new ones this year) but it's a start and have you heard a peep about the girls being allowed to join? neither have i.
good for them
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and sincere CONGRATS to the U.S. women's team for winning the gold. they've established a dynasty over the last twenty years and are the gold standard in the sport. but their behavior? ugh. the ironic part is that most of them don't like donald trump but then they act like him by dogging the teams they've defeated. bring back old school, where you win the game, shake their hands and shut up.
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Presidential candidate JOE BIDEN apologized for his stupid remarks of a few weeks ago and he did it in south carolina. that took guts but is the horse already out of the barn?
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newest way to ruin your summer? rent an electronic scooter from the city of chicago. In the first two weeks, just 6 city hospitals reported 21 injuries and four of those needed surgery. i hate this idea because with potholes and people wearing ear buds and crazy traffic, it's a recipe for disaster. i vote no.
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and RIP to a long time friend of mine who passed away on saturday after a long fight with cancer. HELEN TODD was 92 years old and the mother of JAN TODD LOSSON, my friend from the police department. Helen was always very nice to me (and everyone else for that matter) and could talk your ear off when you visited her house and we constantly laughed about that because her late husband LEON rarely said a word but you couldn't meet two nicer people. Godspeed, Helen and say hello to Leon for me.
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adios for now
YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE JUNGLE!
Take the sobbing mother of seven who mourns the loss of one of her brood for the tv cameras and cries out against the violence, a quick background check on her reveals that she grew up in the hood, ran with the gangs, has an arrest record and is known to NEVER CO-OPERATE WITH THE POLICE when violence happens in her neighborhood.
I said it before and now once again: These uneducated people live by a violent code, one whose credos are "survival of the fittest" and "snitches get stitches" so the general population won't help the investigations which leaves criminals on the street forever (until they get whacked by an up & comer).
I feel sorry for police superintendent EDDIE JOHNSON, who is a fine officer and a good administrator and an even better human being but he won't survive lightfoot's term and he'll soon announce his retirement so she can bring in her "hand picked" person.
and that person will also fail if the priority is to tame the jungle.
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WOW! the girls had a tremendous weekend! No, not the obnoxious and poorly behaved women's soccer team but rather, for the first time, girls 11-17 were allowed to march with the boy scouts in the annual 4th of july parades. Since February, 20,000 girls have signed up to be members of SCOUTS BSA, formerly know as simply boy scouts. it's not co-ed and the females have their own troops (2500 new ones this year) but it's a start and have you heard a peep about the girls being allowed to join? neither have i.
good for them
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and sincere CONGRATS to the U.S. women's team for winning the gold. they've established a dynasty over the last twenty years and are the gold standard in the sport. but their behavior? ugh. the ironic part is that most of them don't like donald trump but then they act like him by dogging the teams they've defeated. bring back old school, where you win the game, shake their hands and shut up.
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Presidential candidate JOE BIDEN apologized for his stupid remarks of a few weeks ago and he did it in south carolina. that took guts but is the horse already out of the barn?
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newest way to ruin your summer? rent an electronic scooter from the city of chicago. In the first two weeks, just 6 city hospitals reported 21 injuries and four of those needed surgery. i hate this idea because with potholes and people wearing ear buds and crazy traffic, it's a recipe for disaster. i vote no.
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and RIP to a long time friend of mine who passed away on saturday after a long fight with cancer. HELEN TODD was 92 years old and the mother of JAN TODD LOSSON, my friend from the police department. Helen was always very nice to me (and everyone else for that matter) and could talk your ear off when you visited her house and we constantly laughed about that because her late husband LEON rarely said a word but you couldn't meet two nicer people. Godspeed, Helen and say hello to Leon for me.
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adios for now
Sunday, July 7, 2019
THE FAT LADY IS WARMING UP
Picture one of those modern buildings where you can stand on the sidewalk and see the elevators as they activate. You look up and see two of them in motion and one is slowly moving up while the other is heading downward. And with that, you have the entire story of chicago baseball as the WHITE SOX continue to climb for the future while the CUBS have become.......the cubs.
It's pretty obvious that the six million dollar man, aka JOE MADDON, will out of a job at the end of the season and spends his days mentally flipping off THEO EPSTEIN, who gave a long radio interview on saturday and had several chances to endorse maddon for the future but failed to do so and avoided the question about a contract extension like the answer was radioactive.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if maddon was relieved of his duties before the end of the year. The cubs don't catch the ball, they run the bases like tee-ballers and are the worst team in baseball when it comes to getting hits with runners in scoring position and when you fail in the fundamental categories, that's on the manager.
i think Maddon sealed his fate in Pittsburgh this past week when he left catcher WILLSON CONTRERAS in right field in the ninth inning rather than switching him to first base and letting GOLD GLOVE ANTHONY RIZZO play right field.
if you can walk and chew gum, you can play first base for a few innings. now you may not dig a bad throw out of the dirt but normal throws by an infielder would be certain outs. yes, contreras made a great throw the previous inning to get a runner at home but late in the game, you field your best defensive team and maddon failed to do that. it's time for joe to start packing and let bench coach BRANDON HYDE finish out the year.
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And while we're pointing fingers, epstein should get thumped right in the middle of his forehead for his player acquisitions like EDWIN JACKSON, YU DARVISH, MIKE MONTGOMERY and JASON HEYWARD, (although having a good 2019.....but 23 million a year? yikes).
my personal favorite, the JOSE QUINTANA trade which brought the WHITE SOX ELOY JIMENEZ & DYLAN CEASE and two others which effectively emptied the cubs farm system and left them bobbing in the water.
The cubs have needed a second baseman and a leadoff man since DEXTER FOWLER left in 2017 but neither maddon or epstein could recognize what was right at the end of the bench for three years.....TOMMY LA STELLA. or should i say 2019 ALL STAR STARTING SECOND BASEMAN TOMMY LA STELLA, who is currently hitting .300 in the leadoff spot for the angels and has 16 homers and 44 rbi's. and they gave him away for nothing.
maybe it's also time for theo to start looking for future employment.
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The cubs are an aging, slow team that can't play defense. this team looks like they're just going thru the motions and the only factor saving them this year is that the entire central division has turned to crap but at least cub fans are finally realizing that the "DYNASTY" is over.
This weekend saw the city series end in a draw at 2-2 which is making cub fans even crazier especially when the guy they used to have in their system beats them twice in lass than a month. i promise you there's more of that to come.
hope they don't get stiff necks watching that south side elevator.......
later dudes
It's pretty obvious that the six million dollar man, aka JOE MADDON, will out of a job at the end of the season and spends his days mentally flipping off THEO EPSTEIN, who gave a long radio interview on saturday and had several chances to endorse maddon for the future but failed to do so and avoided the question about a contract extension like the answer was radioactive.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if maddon was relieved of his duties before the end of the year. The cubs don't catch the ball, they run the bases like tee-ballers and are the worst team in baseball when it comes to getting hits with runners in scoring position and when you fail in the fundamental categories, that's on the manager.
i think Maddon sealed his fate in Pittsburgh this past week when he left catcher WILLSON CONTRERAS in right field in the ninth inning rather than switching him to first base and letting GOLD GLOVE ANTHONY RIZZO play right field.
if you can walk and chew gum, you can play first base for a few innings. now you may not dig a bad throw out of the dirt but normal throws by an infielder would be certain outs. yes, contreras made a great throw the previous inning to get a runner at home but late in the game, you field your best defensive team and maddon failed to do that. it's time for joe to start packing and let bench coach BRANDON HYDE finish out the year.
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And while we're pointing fingers, epstein should get thumped right in the middle of his forehead for his player acquisitions like EDWIN JACKSON, YU DARVISH, MIKE MONTGOMERY and JASON HEYWARD, (although having a good 2019.....but 23 million a year? yikes).
my personal favorite, the JOSE QUINTANA trade which brought the WHITE SOX ELOY JIMENEZ & DYLAN CEASE and two others which effectively emptied the cubs farm system and left them bobbing in the water.
The cubs have needed a second baseman and a leadoff man since DEXTER FOWLER left in 2017 but neither maddon or epstein could recognize what was right at the end of the bench for three years.....TOMMY LA STELLA. or should i say 2019 ALL STAR STARTING SECOND BASEMAN TOMMY LA STELLA, who is currently hitting .300 in the leadoff spot for the angels and has 16 homers and 44 rbi's. and they gave him away for nothing.
maybe it's also time for theo to start looking for future employment.
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The cubs are an aging, slow team that can't play defense. this team looks like they're just going thru the motions and the only factor saving them this year is that the entire central division has turned to crap but at least cub fans are finally realizing that the "DYNASTY" is over.
This weekend saw the city series end in a draw at 2-2 which is making cub fans even crazier especially when the guy they used to have in their system beats them twice in lass than a month. i promise you there's more of that to come.
hope they don't get stiff necks watching that south side elevator.......
later dudes
Thursday, June 13, 2019
IS THE SHIP SINKING?
I am constantly amazed with the similarities between the early 70's white house of RICHARD NIXON and the current mess of the trump administration. Lies, finger pointing, more lies, broken promises and a savage relationship with the media along with the constant departure of appointees. (rats leaving the sinking ship?).
DOZENS of appointees have departed the trump white house in two years and i believe the one today makes it 45.
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The most recent one to say adios is incompetent buffoon SARA HUCKABEE SANDERS, the THIRD press secretary to depart in 2 1/2 years and so bad at her job that she was removed from daily press contact about six months ago.
Sanders (lose the huckabee and quit riding daddy's coat tails) staunchly defended the president but she was constantly chewed up by a grizzled white house press corp who sensed a weakness in her ability to verbally joust and attacked like sharks in bloody water. She was caught in several lies and always appeared to act like a spoiled little girl stomping her feet and holding her breath when the press continued to push on a particular issue.
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Let's move on to presidential counselor KELLYANNE CONWAY, whose termination was recommended by the OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL for repeatedly violating the HATCH ACT, which prevents government employees from using their tax-funded positions to advocate partisan political beliefs. in other words, keep your mouth shut while you're on the clock. HOWEVER, there is ZERO CHANCE she gets whacked because the guy in charge of dumping her is the man with the funny hair so it will never happen.
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What the hell is going on in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC? seven tourists have died under strange circumstances the last two months and now the FBI is investigating three of the deaths. needless to say, the DR department of tourism is trying to calm fears but 4 people dying after drinking out of the mini-bar in their rooms suggests perhaps a serial killer who is tainting the alcohol. can't wait for the autopsy results.
gotta run. later, dude
DOZENS of appointees have departed the trump white house in two years and i believe the one today makes it 45.
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The most recent one to say adios is incompetent buffoon SARA HUCKABEE SANDERS, the THIRD press secretary to depart in 2 1/2 years and so bad at her job that she was removed from daily press contact about six months ago.
Sanders (lose the huckabee and quit riding daddy's coat tails) staunchly defended the president but she was constantly chewed up by a grizzled white house press corp who sensed a weakness in her ability to verbally joust and attacked like sharks in bloody water. She was caught in several lies and always appeared to act like a spoiled little girl stomping her feet and holding her breath when the press continued to push on a particular issue.
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Let's move on to presidential counselor KELLYANNE CONWAY, whose termination was recommended by the OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL for repeatedly violating the HATCH ACT, which prevents government employees from using their tax-funded positions to advocate partisan political beliefs. in other words, keep your mouth shut while you're on the clock. HOWEVER, there is ZERO CHANCE she gets whacked because the guy in charge of dumping her is the man with the funny hair so it will never happen.
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What the hell is going on in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC? seven tourists have died under strange circumstances the last two months and now the FBI is investigating three of the deaths. needless to say, the DR department of tourism is trying to calm fears but 4 people dying after drinking out of the mini-bar in their rooms suggests perhaps a serial killer who is tainting the alcohol. can't wait for the autopsy results.
gotta run. later, dude
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