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***...Except for Bill Clinton, accused are being run out of their jobs. No Trial. No facing their accusers.***
ReplyDeleteIt's called "overcompensation" due to yrs of women dealing w/ this shit & not being believed or just keeping it to themselves! ...Pols who don't want to go will fight; sorta like Vitter from LA who was busted on 2 lists dealing w/ a MADAM & her prostitutes! Being a Rep. can save you in this country for some reason! If a liberal, you're branded a hypocrite & vilified to death! Trump isn't going anywhere = though he has 16 accusers so far!
***That being said, never tell me that people s/b deemed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law again. B/c I don't want to hear it; it's not true.***
Well I always say, if prosecuted, you can't be innocent! Being found "not guilty" is not the same as "innocence" & we all know it! Serial killers can get away w/ it if not prosecuted properly & Trump's helping their case when he "mouths off" about cases! Every X he goes on a Jihad over some guy being "tried" for something, the defense can come back saying "we can't get justice or a fair trial b/c of Trump's big mouth!" A terrorist already has been given leniency due to a Twitter post vs him! The judge didn't want to appear to be paying Trump any attn., but that's what saved the guy's life! "Thanks DONALD!" Fk'n idiot!
***That being said, some people do not = get the chance t/b prosecuted in a court of law.***
The court of "public opinion" can end some people's life! The story of why someone is a sleazebag gets transmitted around the world sev. X's before lunch! The only one who seems t/b getting away w/ murder is Trump! What does that say about Reps who won't "reel him in" and tell him to stop being an ass!
***I can't confirm that Trump knows what he's doing. I've read the papers & it seems PM May had a rare word of caution on where he went. There is talk again to discuss banning him from the country in Parliament. He might as well of posted a video from the KKK.***
He embarrasses the office, the country, & it's people! Obama had us situated where we're respected & liked; now they hate our guts! It was the same thing with "W" yrs ago! It seems some in the country prefer it that way thinking we'll internalize & stop spending so much on foreign aid & wars! That isn't going to happen! We are the WORLD police no matter how many X's we deny it! After we've settled a dispute in a region, we set up permanent housekeeping which is why we're so stretched across the globe! We have over 500,000 troops, but have a severe deficit in coverage due to being spread too thin! W/ Russia & N. Korea acting up, IDK how we're supposed to deal w/ it & continue holding onto other areas; esp. in the Middle East?
***So, do not even ever say that people are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law ever again. What we have now is rule by mob. Have Fun. I hope they never turn against you.***
I never said it was right; just the facts! We're a very opinionated society & think we know it all when in truth we're pretty "dim!" It's truly unfortunate proved by the predicament we're in now w/ Trump, Reps, & cons. a-holes! SomeX's I think these people just want to set up a penal colony for most of the liberals & progressives!
***Damn you rightwing partisan hacks are a desperate group of people if this is what you're latching onto!***
Something happened to these people over the yrs; something that has snapped! They really do latch onto certain things; fixate & beat into the ground something inane, silly, & stupid! I try to watch FNC, but it's hard to do for more than 2-3 mins. @ a X b/c of how they see things! If nothing substantial is there, they feel compelled to make it up!
***...Meghan who turned it into an attack on Elizabeth Warren for using her alleged Native American roots to advance her career. I'm thankful Sarah put the REAL topic back on track & Whoopi had to issue a retraction for Meghan's plot to spread misinfo from the right. ...It's only a matter of X before the trio says "Fuck this" & they go for Meghan's throat.***
ReplyDeleteThe yrs of frustration dealing w/ her father losing the nom. in 2000, then the election of '08 to Obama sent the whole family over the edge! McCain was so resentful, he scolded Obama a few X's before he snapped back on the "old FK" after he had honored his ass! Meghan @ X's shows she smart, articulate, & knowledgeable, but then she gets partisan & loses her freakin' mind for a bit! She uncontainable in those moments & all I want to see happen is Whoopi or Joy to crown her good! It doesn't happen as much as I'd like b/c they're holding back believe it or not! They won't interrupt her that often & only take her to task when her commentary is egregious!
***Meghan is getting more & more annoying. I used t/b able to tolerate her, but she's just become a Fox mouthpiece. She constantly pivots to Hillary & the others have to remind her Hillary isn't President. ...I wish they hadn't let Nicolle Wallace go.***
Nicole sounds too much like a Dem these days! All the Cons that have been hired on MSNBC have been nothing like Meghan, unwilling to compromise their ethics trying to defend Trump & Reps in general when they do or say something stupid! The only knucklehead Cons that spew the "talking points" that FNC put on a loop are really on CNN! These a-holes like Paris Dennard & Ed Martin relentlessly repeat things that have been disputed & proved inaccurate, & for the most part outright lies! They are someX's cutoff, but come back on the show again to repeat the same BS! Jeffrey Lord was finally fired a couple months ago, but only b/c he was stupid enough to give a Nazi salute online somewhere!
***Moore's up 5 pts in the latest poll.***
What a humiliation! After McConnell & Ryan get off their soapbox to push for expulsion of Franken & Conyers, they can take pride in "swearing in" Moore next yr! "Way to go guys!"
***Last night Rachel talked in detail about the Matt Lauer firing. NBC is her parent co., & she didn't pull any punches when detailing what he's accused of, and in ??ing whether it's really true that network executives did not know about this until yesterday. ...Here's a link to the show:
- https://tinyurl.com/yagvx5ub -***
Saw it! Rachel never pulls any punches! I do believe she's MSNBC's top anchor and they give her leeway to do & say just about anything; = vs her parent co.! FNC hates her guts, but there's just not a lot they can do or say than just LIE about what she's talking about! She's too professional & explains what's what in such detail all they can do is move on quickly & beat up on Lawrence or Chris due to their demonstrative personas when speaking so disparagingly about Trump & cons!
The Tweets have got to stop! They're actually influencing news across the pond! Does this fool realize "everyone" listens and reads what the POTUS thinks about subjects? He's such a disturbed individual, but no more than his family and other supporters who don't seem to care what a loon he's shown himself to be!
***Many Trump voters will feel like shooting themselves in the head once they figure out what they voted into office.***
ReplyDeleteIf Reps sign over all their shit if the economy goes under due to them repeatedly doing this same stupid supply-side nonsense, I say "COOL!" Go ahead & pass that bill! Cut taxes & give the benefits to the top 1%! The problem is if we have another "W" result, I'm not sure anyone can bring the country back! We have too many treacherous a-holes out there who are willing to allow the country to go bankrupt just so they can repeal all kinds of programs they vehemently HATE like Soc. Sec., Med., CHIP, & of course the biggie that drives them insane, "Obamacare!" W/ all the things done to sabotage the thing, it's still thriving! Trump tried to cut funding for adverts & shortening the window to enroll! It just got people motivated to do just that; sign up for Obamacare!
***The GOP base likes Medicare, Medicaid & Soc. Sec, but they don't vote for their own good. They vote race. They hate gays, blacks & Hispanics, Muslims and others more then they love their own families.***
That's why I call them treacherous; they hate their country enough to allow this charade to go on! ...Sen. Graham once thought Trump was crazy, unfit for office, & a danger to our country; now he's saying "people shouldn't be ??ing the sanity of the President!" It could just be fear of missiles being launched in the middle of the night b/c Trump's bored @ 2 am w/ nothing on TV but "bad news!"
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This is getting scary! My blood just ran cold thinking of this as being "the beginning of the end!" Can we say "President Ryan?" If Flynn's plea gets him a walk w/ just a charge of lying to the FBI after violating the Logan Act & more, he had to have given up Pence & Trump! I can't see any other explanation since Flynn s/b put underneath a jail after his gleeful chanting of "lock her up!" Karma?
***Pleading guilty to a 5 yr felony, in return for cooperation & dropping the other dozens of felonies they indicted him for. Wouldn't we get President Pence? As validating as this feels, I shudder at the thought of this country being under his Presidency.***
Pence is hip deep in the lie as well! Remember they said as a group that Flynn was fired b/c of his lying to the VP! They all knew Flynn was under the gun from the FBI who well knew he lied to them about his contacts w/ Russians! All of them will go down eventually b/c there was a culture of LYING from day one! Supposedly Spicer went out "parroting" Trump that his Inaugural was the most attended & viewed by the whole world, blah, blah, blah! It only got worse day in and day out! We all knew this day would come; none thought this early though!
***My dream is that this will take a while & the Dems can take control of the House in the meanX; then they’ll all be ousted after the new Congress gets sworn in.***
If Ryan had any guts, he'd start the procedure as soon as possible; maybe get credit for cleaning house! I can't see it since he's been gut< from the beginning, allowing Trump free reign, & barely ??ing his ethics! He's had his chances t/b more noble & he's failed miserably every X!
***I agree. What’s >er for Reps to run on in '18 than impeachment & removal of Russian plants?***
Trump assured us that Hillary w/b in this position since she was a puppet of Putin! Who's the real PUPPET?
***Would Pence as VP, have been privy to the same info as Trump?***
Of course he does! There was an open door policy w/ this President! People wandered in & out of his office everyday! No doubt Pence was briefed on every aspect of this drama; including the collusion of s cover story concerning those Russian meetings w/ Kushner, Manafort, & Don Jr.!
***Reps are turning against Trump in large #'s; Flake, Mccain, & Corker.
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The current tax bill is so horrible that it's absorbing all my mental energy related to politics. I can't = take comfort in the Flynn indictment/revs. I don't think the Reps will ever act on it anyhow (in terms of impeachment). They're about to get "tax reform" in part b/c of Trump. They will not be able to resist keeping him in place for their upcoming attempts to shred what's left of the safety net. I'm feeling really worried. Every day, this disaster of Rep-led gov't just gets worse & worse. - If the bill is so great they s/b proud to parade it in front of all of us. That they are not doing that speaks volumes.***
The country systematically gave away responsibility for everything; seeing as there's a "sea of red" where they truly do "own it!" These people were sent to dismantle the institutions of gov't so why are we surprised we're in this predicament? The country as a whole kept rewarding Reps for all their sleazy tactics; = the ones more obvious & beaten to death like Hillary's email & Benghazi! How does that compare to a madman in office w/ a finger on the nuclear button? People saw it & just didn't give a shit! This was about hate & wanting to divide this country! Heaven knows I've dropped my 40 yr relationship w/ my college roommate who proclaimed he "wears his 'Trump T-Shirt' with pride!" We haven't spoken in months & I can't see any reason to reach out! We have some sick puppies in the country; probably a lot more than we ever thought possible!
***I don't think Reps are likely to impeach, no matter what. How can they? They pretty much bought into Trump hook, line & sinker. What are they going to say, "oops, my bad?" They might try to kick him out on the whole dementia thing. M/b that's a deal that gets worked out behind the scenes w/ his family to save their butts. But that would give us President Pence.***
I shudder @ the thought! All need to go; exposed & embarassed as far as I'm concerned w/ what they put this country thru!
***Wow, >er be some tight security on Flynn 24/7.***
If Trump or supporter is stupid enough to knock off FLYNN, it'll do no good! They have all kinds of depos & it won't take much to prove why Mueller's witness is "not available" to testify & Trump will end up being TOAST anyway!
***Will Don throw Jared under the bus? I bet he will. I wonder what he'll do when it gets to Don Jr?***
I think either Don Jr. will fall on his sword since Trump is too old to go thru all this or he'll actually be thrown under the bus! Trump has NO CHARACTER & will never take responsibility for anything! That's been proved X & X again! He still hasn't given up on his conspiracy of Obama being some kind of Manchurian candidate who wasn't born here! If there is a MC, his name is Trump! This affair w/ Flynn. Manafort, Page, Bannon, Miller, & Stone prove how conspiratorial this whole campaign & admin. has been since day one! I'm disgusted & fearful of how bad this will get! I've lived thru Watergate, Iran Contra, & Whitewater; it never ends well! This is so much bigger w/ Nat'l Security involved w/ a crazy man @ the helm!
***I wouldn't be shocked if he does throw Don Jr. under the bus. The only person in the world I think that he might not be willing to sacrifice to save himself is his clear fave child, Ivanka, & = then I'm not sure.
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I think Trump will resign before they delve too deeply. He'll also leave w/ a big boisterous speech about he's been a victim of a witch hunt & his fans will eat it all up & be revved up to do battle & not make any transition easy. Trump leaving will j/b the beginning of the unraveling of our country un< we unexpectedly become united.***
Just by electing Trump, we've already seen people are willing to let the whole country go under just to spite the liberals, blacks, illegals, Jews, GAYS, & most everybody else who aren't cretinous Neanderthals w/ so much self-hate! For us t/b in the position was planned; we had to know it but not care! It came down to 70,000 votes over 3 industrial states, but it seems white women made the decision to pick a confessed perv. like Trump over one of their own who's smart & the most prepared candidate in the history of this country! It's not like I was some fan, but those are the facts! She had done it all from First Lady to Secr. of State! No one has her resume! We proved how damaged we are t/b in this situation now! I thought somehow they could hide the incompetence, but it started blowing up DAY ONE!
ReplyDelete***It's not incompetence if they get what they want.***
It is if you destroy the economy of their country like they did 15 yrs ago w/ de-regs & cutting of taxes during a war! That's egregious incompetence; esp. by the electorate that keeps forgetting they do this periodically!
***I'm also not convinced that Trump's lying when he claims there was no collusion. I think he actually mhb in the dark about what they were doing. He doesn't use his "believe me" 'tell' when he says there was no collusion. Trump's entire presidency is about making $$ for Trump; before, during & most certainly after. As Mueller works his way up the chain I'm quite entertained, though.***
I m/b mistaken, but while the MSM is pointing @ Kushner as the senior official spoken of in that DOJ letter on Flynn's plea deal, but if I'm not mistaken, FNC is trying to say it was his deputy, KT McFarland, trying to deflect from "the family!" I hope I'm just imagining things b/c that wouldn't be an alt. fact; more like a deliberate LIE!
***Trump said & Tweeted that he & his people had no contact w/ the Russians. That's obviously wrong & a LIE. - 19 diff. Russian higher ups have been contacted by Trump people. Maddow last night had all their pics on a wall.
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It's amazing to me that Don apparently learned nothing from the Nixon affair about cover-ups.***
Trump has touted his intelligence for as long as I can remember! He has learned nothing; = though exposed to potential trouble when palling around w/ the Clintons! It was obvious he couldn't keep operating the way he has for decades; cheating vendors, ripping off employees, & swindling banks stupid enough to lend him $$! Trump only knows the "art of the deal" where he s/b able to get away w/ murder! You can't do that as President! There are too many witnesses; the whole world.
***I think it's a bit curious that Mueller got Kushner under oath just before it was revealed that Flynn turned. M/b nothing to it.***
The MSM thinks Kushner w/b next t/b put under the thumb of Mueller who's moving this along nicely; locking it all down where Trump can't squeeze out w/ his typical aplomb of lying his ass off! "There's nothing here folks; this Russia thing!" He really thought all of us are about as dumb as him!
***What is Mueller moving along nicely?***
The inevitable impeachment of "the Orange One!" What else? It had to happen w/ so many offences vs precedent including Trump bringing his family into the West Wing, not divesting his businesses, actually making a profit being the president, insulting large swaths of the populous including Mexicans, Blacks, Gays, Muslims, & anyone else who isn't a cretinous Neanderthal, insulting our best allies across the pond, & now proof + of collusion w/ Russia to subvert the electoral process! Do I really need to go on? You may not think this is enough to impeach this man! All I know if any Dem performed one of these egregious acts, Reps w/b losing their fk'n minds! They're still bitchin' about Hillary, Benghazi, & emails! It's pathetic, the hypocrisy!
***Former Nat'l Sec. adviser Michael Flynn is expected to testify that President Trump instructed him to contact Russian officials during the '16 campaign, according to a report by ABC News. ...just moments after Flynn entered a guilty plea for lying about his contact w/ Russians during the presidential transition period. - Flynn's going t/b the Trump admin. John Dean.
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Dean redeemed himself & I like him a lot! Flynn could just jump off a cliff & I wouldn't care! He was a fk'n Lt. Gen. who was handed the highest intel job in the nation only now being found out t/b a traitor to his office, the military, & the Constitution! People forget he attended a meeting involved in kidnapping that Turkish cleric to send him back for punishment for criticizing the gov't! There's a witness in Woolsey who was quick to spill his guts! Flynn was destined for this which is why Trump tried to get Comey to drop it! It was already in the works & phone calls already made him guilty of going vs the Logan Act! Lying to the Feds who already knew what he did cooked his goose! His son is his "right-hand" so he was just as culpable! Neither had a prayer w/o this PLEA!
***...Your rage is blinding you to = the facts in front of you -- ...***
I think = though Reps run the show, they won't have any choice! I don't think people understand Flynn's plea means he "gave it all up" to save him & his son! The transition team was threadbare so no way can Trump say "I know nothing!" That would be BS & everyone knows it! He's always touting his intelligence & memory; we'll see how it is when "Mueller comes a calling!" If Reps allow this man to get away w/ all this shit, they'll pay for it next yr in Nov.; I promise you! They know how tenuous their hold is on Congress & if they do lose it, Trump's toast! Schumer & Pelosi will take great pleasure in cutting that troll down to size & punishing Reps for ignoring all his faults!
***I, too, don't believe Trump w/b impeached. As we see surrounding the Roy Moore debacle, Reps are scouring the house for people to say almost anything designed to distract & destroy. If Trump were impeached & convicted, I predict we would see the distraction move from political machination to physical violence in a ploy to force Congress to drop the matter. Trump, newly energized, would declare martial law.
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I thought Jeff Flake wasn't going to be complicit... Good thing he said so. Looking at how he's going to vote on this disaster of a tax bill, I could have sworn he was complicit. He can take the speeches I read he's planned for the upcoming days & shove them!***
Hypocrisy s/b the permanent moniker of the Rep party! The most noble of these assholes always wind up supporting the party line if they feel it's nec.! They lose their integrity, common sense, & worst of all their compassion when they do something like this just to pay back their fat-cat donors! It's a real shame, but it's the people that put them in charge! They admitted what they were going to do & we still elected them! "Good luck suckers! I'm old & couldn't care < anymore! You're fk'd & I salute the stupidity of it all!"
***...Flake criticizes Trump for boorish behavior & racism, Not screwing the poor. That is standard Rep. fare passing this tax bill.***
ReplyDeleteTrue enough! It's like they're of a mind "survival of the fittest!" I'll never understand those poor slobs down South who don't pay taxes for the most part, send a $1 to DC only to get more than $2 back, but have been brainwashed to believe they're being taken by DC! That's insane! Reps have been pushing "trickle down" economics since I was a kid & it's failed X & X again! There was a busted economy after Reagan & "W," Clinton & Obama brought us back & I thought the cycle w/b broken by electing Hillary to keep the recovery going! It was not t/b! We're toast! I'm old so it won't affect me much, "but you Millennials & other 'don't care' losers are going t/b paying for this for the rest of your fk'n lives!"
***I agree about the devastating effects in the future. I have been glad these recent yrs that I don't have kids. It keeps me a lit'l detached. I can schedenfraude when West Virginians get poorer & middle class Ohioans pay more taxes. - Just saw this Twitter thread from Dem. strategist Paul Krugman. “America as we knew it is very much on the edge.”
- https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/936964232297533440?s=17 -***
It's been on the edge since Reps threatened our credit rating in '11 & shut down the gov't in '13! As I've been saying for yrs, They're purposefully trying to bankrupt the country so they can repeal our safety net! I'm not sure we'll survive this one; Reagan & "W" left us in straights, but we had a cushion! It's not there since the Nat'l Debt is already over $20T thanks to cons hypocrites kvetchin' about debt all the X, but always making their contrib.!
***Chances are that Mueller's probe will not produce the outcomes egregious enough to make it all but impossible for the Reps to avoid impeachment. And = if it does, they'll pay a far >er price for impeachment, by losing the Rep. pro-Trump base; & the Rep. leaders in Congress are very aware of that. So I don't think that impeachment will happen.
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So now Trump is saying he fired Flynn b/c Flynn had lied to the FBI 'and' the VP? Really? So, he knew Flynn lied to the FBI & then asked the Dir. to go easy on him? This guy is beyond stupid. Obstruction anyone? Am I missing something?***
It's all on Mueller b/c it seems as if the Rep. leadership is prepared to let him sit there as long as he can sign any piece of paper they pass in front of him! They're going to play him for as long as possible before throwing him overboard "shocked" that he chd so many rotten things while in office!
***The pt of the Trump base's mindset is abject hatred for anyone that has experienced any sort of success in life that they have not. And from a certain perspective, they have a pt... although I'm certain few of them would articulate it in this fashion. ...What nobody wants to accept is that most of these resources are finite...which forces those of limited intellect & meager altruistic tendencies to fight & hoard, rather than share & cooperate.
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Do you think Trump will stop tweeting = if he's removed from office before his term is over?***
If Nixon wouldn't go away for good, Trump's ego won't allow him to stay low for long; no matter the embarrassment! Someone mused last yr that this was a "no win" situation w/ Trump! Reps have been impotent for the most part w/ him in power & he's dragging them all down into the sewer where they all belong after signing that piece of crap last night!
***Mueller has nothing on Trump. - How would you know?***
ReplyDeleteThese guys are grasping @ straws! I can still hear Nixon saying something to that affect; "I can't be charged w/ obstruction since I'm the President & arbiter of what's legal & not legal!" I actually felt badly for Nixon since he was such an outcast & terribly insecure!
***Trump fired Comey b/c he wouldn't slack off his investigation. That's obstruction of justice.***
The thing is, Trump could have fired him early on, but his own actions, TWEETS, & big mouth has put him in this position of not finishing his term! What incompetent, who had such an easy transition w/ no drama from a failing economy, high unemployment, or budget crisis ...? ...Disparaging the MSM, the FBI, Intel, & = the NFL proves he has too much X on his hands! A normal president w/b so busy, he wouldn't worry about what's being said of him! ...how can you possibly believe anything Trump has to say when Mueller's closing in on him & his entire corrupt admin.?
This is taking me back in X like you wouldn't believe! The daily paper had a headline about it for @ least 2 months str.! In the meanX the DOW had finally broken 1000 pts if you can believe it! Now instead of Hunt, Gordon Liddy, Ehrlichman, Ziegler, & all the rest, we have a daily diet of Manafort, his partner Gates, the plea of Flynn, the daily LIE of Huckabee-Sanders, & now charges w/b brought vs this other lying bitch!
***I want the whole truth to come out too. There are other reasons besides possible obstruction or anything related to Russia that could justify removing him: violating the Emoluments Clause comes to mind immediately, as does his mental health.***
They talked about Trump's tie to Russia thru HUGE loans he received from Deutsche Bank! They've already been fined heavily for $$ laundering so it appears Trump mhb giving Russia/Putin "service" due to $$ given to him! He's paying them back; or that was the intentions before this investigation blew up the plan!
***Dershowitz is a cons., far right-winger. He's about as believable as Don the Con. Hard to believe he thinks Trump "can't be tried for obstruction!"***
He used t/b a hardcore LIBERAL who often would take the side of defendants over the cops; coining term "testi-lying!" Cops were slowly twisting their testimony to fit the theories of a case instead of real evidence!
***...Yes, Moore's sexual agenda involving lit'l girls is exactly why the liberals are attacking Moore.***
I can't wait for next wk to affirm the disgusting character of all Alabamians when they decide to elect a perv t/b their senator! Nothing new; the hypocrisy is mind-numbing! These same Bible-thumpers will show up criticizing the least lit'l thing a Dem does & if Rep., child molestation & = murder's not a deal breaker w/ these losers! "Congrats HICKS, you've made the region PROUD!"
***Not one of you liars have any proof on anything. You go from subject to subject like flies lighting on shit. You stay there & spread your stink & move on. Tmrw, lather, rinse, repeat.***
Just keep living in denial; sorta like the amnesiacs who don't believe there's a Russia connection w/ the last election in '16! Keep your head in the sand, take orders from your party, & pray all w/b ok for your family & heirs! You're doomed as far as I can see since you keep allowing these people to lie to you again & again; rewarding them = when busted w/ crimes! There are no words!
***"Roy Moore won’t talk to the media, won’t talk to voters, won’t campaign, won’t debate, & couldn’t = handle me calling him embarrassing. He thinks he gets a free pass to the senate = w/ his disturbing history." - Doug Jones takes the gloves off!***
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ReplyDelete***Marlo was wearing a Gucci "Love Is Blind" sweater & it's $6000. I thought it was ugly; the whole line really, blech.***
Marlo's usually right "on time" w/ the new trends in fashion! I see it on a runway & she's wearing it the next X I see her! ...She's so ridiculous, but fits the show I guess!
***I do like how whenever anyone mentions Kim's kids, the # increases. Last count was 17.***
Well "OCTO-Mom" by Kenya is the best one!
***Damn Kroy, do you have zero backbone? I mean I guess it's a paychk to do the show now that he's no longer in the NFL.***
Kroy is Kim's bitch & all know she runs the HOUSE! He lost his backbone the day he married that bitch! ...Kenya was in her rights & justified invoking Kim's Tweet pimping out her daughter! Brielle gets up in this adult stuff already!
***...Go on, you know you wanna admit Porsha's cute, we won't tell lol.***
She c/b the most beautiful woman in the world; being a part of that Kandi drama last season w/ Phaedra is unforgivable! I wouldn't be able to forget or forgive it! It makes her UGLY b/c it was so evil! She can deny knowing all she wants, but she spread it around, signified on Kandi & her team, & made out she was some victim! Those conversations in person when Porsha went off saying things like "deuces to you bitch!" She would be out of my life forever no matter what she said or did! Be wrong all you want, but Porsha & her sister took it too far allowing the world to actually think Kandi's character was ??able! This was right up there w/ Latasha of "Xscape" who thought it ok to spread a rumor w/ no shame! I would have told that bitch to "jump off a fk'n cliff!" There w/b no hugging & I certainly wouldn't have accepted her apology! An apology's for a mistake, NOT A BOLDFACED LIE!
***Well shit, why ain't you say you had to testify, I'd've got my tambourine. Lmao.***
-=-Married To Medicine-=-
***...The kid probably sees Simone's acting out, but not what Cecil did/said to provoke Simone's acting out.***
Amen & hallelujah to that! Simone is the worst example = w/ her profession & abilities! She's too loud, is a control freak, & will cut you down to size if she disagrees w/ her; which is in everything! I don't understand how people have forgotten her drinking problem in the early seasons? She bragged about her love affair w/ "my vodka!" Y'all think she's gone cold turkey and gave up the drink on such a basis & can just sip a lit'l w/ the girls? Doubtful! People should have already written off this marriage when Cecil started living in another house! I guess the fame of being on this silly show was enough incentive to go that extra mile playing this charade for the public!
I don't want to hear that crap about distances from school, work, the kids, etc.! I've never heard of someone buying a separate house for convenience sake? A lit'l studio to sleep in maybe, but a whole freakin' HOUSE? I think not! I have all kinds of sympathy for Cecil dealing w/ this horrid woman! This marriage was DEAD before renewing their vows & everyone knew it then! Playing this game for the show is embarrassing; esp. w/ Jackie going through what's happening now!
The show is more important to Jackie as well; so busy running around w/ the girls, working around the clock, & in gen. being more concerned about strangers over her family! I'm not condoning cheating, but she truly had WD from him, giving nothing to the marriage from what lit'l I've seen! They have down X, but why should it be any diff.? That's who Jackie is; a busy bee who can't sit around doing nothing! I understand that, but she wasn't listening to this man; he missed his wife & she wouldn't let anything go to spend more X w/ him!
I think Soderling solidified his position as a "giant killer" by getting into B2B FO's finals going thru Fedal; w/o a doubt! Getting to the YEC & overcoming the "Big 4," making SF showed he was more than the avg. "also-ran!"
ReplyDelete***Indeed. I've always given him his props for capitalizing on a big upset, as opposed to all of those who drop a cap & then fade. He took that win over Nadal into #4 in the world, & that big win over Fed, too. Two X's in a final of a Major is more than most get.***
OTTH, the only thing comparable that exceeded this accomplishment out of the blue in a B2B situation I still SMH over; Pat Rafter winning USO in '97 & '98! What happened? He was the 13th seed the 1st X & took out Sampras in a 5 set SF thriller as #3 in '98! Pete whh another patsy in the final; Philippoussis!
***Stepanek & Agassi could make a good team for Nole. But I'll wait to see if Djokovic's obsession is back until he shows it himself.***
After achieving his NOLE-Slam & having another kid, maybe he lost it! I hope he can come back as strong as Fedal by taking ownership of AO! It's one of Agassi's fave major as well so it s/b a good barometer of where his head is @ when he finally gets back on the tour! Looking forward to seeing him in Qatar!
***It's clear that Novak lost a bit of motivation, for whatever reasons, & there seems t/b a lot of them. I think that the AO is too close to see him back to full-force, but, hey, no one would have guessed that Federer & Nadal whb top of their games by the AO last yr either. I think it w/b a very interesting Oz Open, for many reasons.
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In this era of men's tennis, is there a Big 3, Big 4 or Big 5?***
Normally I would agree w/ this, but after what Murray's done in the majors w/ all that GOATness in his path, it's amazing he's been as successful as he is! Of all "The Big 4's" that I've lived thru, #4 was lucky to = have 1 major; Murray has 3, actually got to #1 for a min., & snatched 2 OGM's! I have to give him credit for that so I'm leaning toward keeping him in the discussion of "The Big 4!" Can't stand him or his game, but he's earned my admiration! Vilas the other #4 worth mentioning!
***It's Big 3! Murray is clearly not in the same league as the other 3. Having said that, Muzza is head & shoulders above everyone else, so he's somewhere in the middle, hence the term "Big 4" is also acceptable. - ...Wawrinka? He's done well & one could = argue that he has over-achieved (just look @ his overall H2H vs the Big 3 - pretty measly stat!)....so the term Big 5 is really stretching it.***
Wawrinka's the biggest underachiever in the history of the game! He's good enough to beat anyone on their fave surface, but obviously has issues inside his head; takes a major, then drops a 1st Rd match the next tournament! He's been like that as long as I can remember & didn't really show his stuff until he upset Nadal @ AO in '14! He followed that up w/ wins over Djokovic in both FO of '15 & '16 USO finals! He waited until he was about out of the game to finally do what he shb doing for yrs & probably edge out Murray in the "Big 4!" He actually can embarrass any other player while Murray just tries to outlast them!
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Well, The Cowboys got smoked again @ home on Nat'l TV! Jerry's so proud of the place, but they can't seem to win there! It's a graveyard trying to = win patsy games like this one! I still remember them playing Houston or Carolina when they're weren't that good, but made to look like SB Champs on Thxgv'g when the Cowboys allowed them to run rough-shot over the team in their house! ...Dallas is "America's Team;" what happened to them? They haven't won shit in over 20 yrs; guess we like being represented by LOSERS!
***Raiders were never the same under Al following his feud w/ Marcus Allen.***
Just chk'd & found 2 WD's at GP Final, so alternates are being called up: Jason Brown gets to replace Jin Boyang of China & Satoko Miyahara of Japan fills spot left open by Evgenia Medvedeva! In an Olympic season, you see top skaters skipping events whether injured or not so it's not unexpected!
ReplyDelete***They don't usually skip the GPF unless injured, like the 4 skaters I mentioned. Evegenia has a serious injury.***
Well if it was that serious, why didn't Evgenia WD a lot sooner & just appoint the alternate days or wks ago?
***She wanted to compete, but finally made the right decision. Wks ago she didn't realize what it would mean to aggravate the injury & miss the Olympics.***
I'm just thinking about the alt.! If they don't know t/b prepared, they "don't" & end up looking like they shouldn't be on ice! The only one I know that performed well @ the last moment was Plushenko over 10 yrs ago! He had only competed @ the COR for the home fans & hadn't even thought about going to the GP Final, but someone WD! Evgeny not only showed up, he won it! Now that's greatness!
***...the alt. had plenty of warning. And Satoko is from Japan so it wasn't even hard travel for her.***
Ok; I've only been a casual observer the past few yrs! Haven't been a huge fan since the days of Plushenko & Cohen! Hanyu & Chen have sorta brought me back, but him being hurt the last few yrs allowed less than complete skaters like Fernandez to take a couple Worlds & other titles they shouldn't have had a sniff @ winning!
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Just chk'd results of Men's SP's & Brown able to jump to #4 after being an alt.! Three of the guys including Chen are around 100 pts which is very impressive!
***Not a bad event, considering the circumstances. Nathan & Shoma were good. I had Shoma slightly ahead, though practically tied w/ Nathan (he really needs to work on his spins, esp. the camel position). The jump landings for both of them were very sloppy. I didn't give them over 100 (98), but 4 pts ahead of Kolyada & 15 pts ahead of the bottom 3. Mikhail was good, though lit'l transitional footwork. Didn't get much performance from him. Seems the fall on the Lutz sucked all the air out of him b/c he seemed to j/b going thru the motions.
Jason, again good. Don't like the program much & seemed to be more restrained than usual.
Voronov, good. Literally no performance or interpretation for the 1st 3/4 of the program. Lit'l transitions.
Adam was good, though like Jason seemed to be more restrained. I don't mind the program (didn't last yr either).***
Well it almost turned into a "splat-fest," but still competitive w/ these Quad Kings! Well the men's event is over in Nagoya, Chen squeaking out a very close victory over Uno to win his 1st "GP of FS" Final! There were a lot of top names missing so all these guys will have to step it up for the Olympics! Seems like the real comp. w/b @ Nat'ls w/ Rippon & Brown trading places! We have 4 good skaters vying for 3 spots int'ly!
***Remember, the '06 Olympics was a huge mess w/ the exception of Plushenko who was clean w/ quads & difficult combos, but people criticized his programs for not having much in it. Sound familiar? Then in '10 2 of the medalists were very clean, but the winner had no quad & was Evan Lysaceck skating a very by-the-#'s program, but seemed inspired anyway & Plushenko taking silver who had some scratchy landings, but landed quads w/ a program that some thought was one of the worse of his career. Daisuke skated well, but had a fall on his 1 quad attempt. Then we had the '14 Olympics where = if one wanted Yuzu to win & were happy w/ his win they didn't want him to win like that. So men winning w/ < than stellar skates isn't too unusual w/ the men who are attempting quads un< your name's Plushenko.***
***Remember, the '06 Olympics was a huge mess w/ the exception of Plushenko who was clean w/ quads & difficult combos, but people criticized his programs for not having much in it. In '10, 2 of the medalists were very clean, but the winner had no quad. ...So men winning w/ < than stellar skates isn't too unusual w/ the men who're attempting quads un< your name's Plushenko.***
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge Plushenko fan, but I was so disappointed in his performance in Vancouver '10! It really was one of his worst! All told, I can only remember about 4 or 5 that were worse! He didn't fall, but his landings were terrible! He just didn't look himself, but the most amazing thing is, he was still close to winning; pretty much an extra double axel would have taken GOLD! I wasn't thrilled w/ his whining later w/ Mishin commenting on Evan winning w/o a Quad like that was the be-all, end-all of men's skating! That wasn't the 90's when it was rare Mon Dieu!
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***Nadal: Djokovic reached a >er level than Fed
Nadal believes that Federer is the >est player he’s come up against during his career based upon the titles he’s won, but he admitted that Djokovic had reached the >est level of tennis that he has faced. The 16-X GS champ has played in one of the strongest eras ever seen in tennis, w/ the trio winning a remarkable 47 majors btw them. Fed leads the way in terms of titles won – lifting 19 Slams & 95 ATP titles – but Nadal would not overlook Djokovic as the strongest player he’d faced.
The Serb has lifted 12 major trophies & became just the 3rd man in history to hold all 4 Slams @ one X when he won the FO in '16. Djokovic has also beaten Fed twice @ Wimbl. – more than any other player – and is one of just 2 men to beat Nadal at RG. And Nadal suggested Djokovic’s level surpassed Fed’s @ his peak, labeling him as ‘invincible.’
...Djokovic was forced to WD from his Wimbl. QF. The 30-yo will make his comeback from an elbow injury @ the start of next season. Should the 6-X AO winner return to his best, & Fedal maintain their excellent form, then '18 c/b something very special.
- http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/05/rafael-nadal-novak-djokovic-reached-higher-level-roger-federer-7135524/ -
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I'd say that yes, Djokovic's level has been more dominant of the field than Federer's @ their best. Problem is, as Nadal stated, that Fed kept up near-best results for far longer stretches of X than Djokovic did. So = if Djokovic was @ a slightly >er level of play @ their respective peaks, Fed had a much >er level on avg., which led to his 19 GS's to Djokovic's 12. One doesn't need to utterly dom. everyone in order to win a GS, just get to the final & win it. This is what led to Fed's 18/19 finals. He won vs every player but 1 for 5 yrs.
Djokovic has had the period of dominance of '15-16, where he took out 31 top 10 players in '15; only losing to 5. Unfortunately for him, he was unable to sustain it for very long, falling off & allowing Fedal to win 2 more majors; each. The relative ELO of both during their strongest moment was exceedingly high, but Djokovic's was >er. It draws more credibility to Nadal's statement.
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The gap btw the Big 3 & Murray (>9 GS, ~10 Masters, 3 yrs of #1 ranking, 20-5 w-l @ GS) is far >er than the one btw Murray & the rest of the field.
Some interesting observations:
- Djokovic has played everybody everywhere. The only win he is missing is Murray @ WB.
- Besides the famous Fed/Nadal @ USO, Fed/Murray @ FO is the only missing match.
- Nobody has beaten nobody @ GS for 10 X's. Djokovic beat Fed, Nadal beat Fed & Djokovic 9 X's @ GS.
- Against the others in "Big 4", Nadal has 25-9 w-l rec., followed by Djokovic 21-17, Fed 14-19, Murray 5-20.
- If we talk just about the Big 3, Nadal's 18-7, Djokovic 13-15, Fed 9-18.
- Nadal's #'s are a bit scary.***
***...Until Federer started winning Slams @ 35, most others tried to dismiss the evidence, but I would say that his success is more continuous w/ the trajectory of other players recently than it is exceptional. Yes, he's the only man to win Slams deep into his 30s. ...Many players are now able to maintain something close to their best results deep into their 30s. If Djokovic can keep pace w/ the current trend, he s/b contending for Slams for some yrs to come. Even if he doesn't go on as long as Fed, he's almost 6 yrs younger than him, so Fed being exceptional in winning @ 35 wouldn't mean that Djokovic couldn't win @ 32 or 33.
ReplyDelete...As far as Lorenzi, Lopez, Burgos - LOL..they won 250 & 500. Novak's not going t/b happy just winning those? No guarantee that Novak or Rafa can replicate that success given they both are grinders @ heart.
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Not sure why Fedal fans s/b scared. As stated since the AO win over Nadal, Federer's in the best form ever since '07 & solved Nadal & owns Nadal now. And according to what I have read over the months if he played like this when he was "prime" & in '14 & '15 he would have owned Djokovic as well. None of those weak era '13-16 losses would have happened.
Regarding Nadal from what I have read Nadal was a broken shell since '14 FO & now has finally found his close to peak play & had his most dominating FO win & won the USO & if he played like this none of those 14 losses would have happened. They both should mop the floor w/ Djokovic no problem.
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Nearly any version of Djokovic from '11-16 would beat Federer @ the '06 AO, & he obviously would have a good shot in '04 too. Nalbandian & Hewitt both gave Federer a bigX battle, & Djokovic is far & away >er on just an avg. match than either of those @ the AO. In '05 he has a chance, esp. if he ends up in the 1/2 opposite Federer-Safin, then he has a very good chance. I'm very comfortable saying it is very unlikely he doesnt win AO '06, & either '04 or '05 is very possible too. It's unlikely he doesnt win the AO @ some pt. Do remember most people consider Djokovic the AO GOAT, not Fed, & = if not a prime to prime rivalry, he's 3-1 vs him there. He w/b a big contender @ the FO & U.S.O. too although beating Nadal @ in Paris & Fed @ the Open wouldnt be easy I agree, but he could manage one or both once. He has a >er shot to beat Nadal @ RG than Fed does/did & if he's coming up @ the same X as Nadal that could change the whole dynamics of their rivalry in any # of ways. It's obviously diff. to come up @ the X Nadal's already est. as the un??'d king of RG as Djokovic did, & = there Nadal might have Fed to thank for taking Djokovic out in '11, preventing a likely loss to him, & starting Djokovic gaining some confidence vs Nadal there sooner.
Sampras w/b comp. w/ anyone on any grass. It's unlikely he doesn't nab a Wimbl. & a good shot of @ least 1 U.S.O. too. It's downright silly to think he couldn't compete w/ Fed on faster surfaces where they're very close to the same level, = if the slower grass of today wouldn't help him. Roddick & Nadal frequently pushed him hard @ Wimbl., & Sampras who's far & away >er than all but maybe '07 Wimbl. Nadal would have no chance, LOL!
Djokovic or Sampras going completely slam< is highly unlikely & nearly impossible, although you're free to your opinion most would side w/ me on that. Agassi's purely a guess & regard< wouldn't change that he's a >er level baseliner & player than Murray. What we do know is an old mid 30s Agassi was giving Fed a tougher X on HC's & in slams than prime Murray the last few yrs has done vs a mid 30s Fed, so draw your own conclusions if you will.***
Very comprehensive analysis worth saving! Thanks!
***Orin Hatch is a tool. And one of the bigger ones, at that.***
ReplyDeleteHe's a doddering old fool who's ready to retire, but people like Trump are begging him to stay until he drops dead just to keep his bogus vote secure! He's a disgusting hypocrite & liar; couldn't care < he's from UTAH! He's still a reprobate in so many ways watching him over the decades going back to "Anita Hill" treatment b/c she dared to go up vs a cons. Assoc. Justice nominee! He'll burn in HELL soon enough w/ Trump on his shoulders for allowing his behavior to go unchecked w/ no limits in sight!
***If AL. is stupid enough to elect Moore, Franken should stay. Kind of silly to step down for kissing & butt squeezing when the GOP w//b more than happy to seat a guy w/ X accusations of sexual harassment & assault of teenagers. I drove thru rural Alabama last week and saw several Moore signs & no signs for his opp. "Way to make FLA look good, AL."***
The Dems will want to use Moore as a poster child for that sleazy pol. party! They have no choice but to jettison Conyer & Franken while the Reps have past & current sleazeballs! I can't wait for '18 just to see the fallout!
***Why are so many women still supporting Roy Moore in the AL. Senate race?***
I keep asking women what's their excuse for subjugating themselves & the country! Some mentioned there's a mentality ingrained in some women, no matter how smart & able; strong male pigs are still respected & counted on for some reason! Women had a chance to put one of their own in the POTUS chair & they ran instead to the obnoxious, misogynist pig & no one s/b surprised! Now you see the real mental deficiencies where they prefer a molester of young girls over a cons. Dem who's a law & order type; prosecuted & jailed KKK members! I always knew the SOUTH had some of the most "bent" individuals, but I never thought they went that LOW! I'm disgusted beyond belief & Moore will probably win w/ their support!
***I was confused about how the President of the US could decide what the capital of another country was. I discovered that no other country has recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel until Russia did it last yr. or so. So I think this is another ex. of Trump being Putin's puppet.***
I think Mueller's closing in on Trump! The latest news surmises that the $300M loan given to Trump from Deutsche Bank was probably taken by Putin; t/b forgiven if the President's able to relieve him of all the "sanctions" that's crippling him & the rest of his friends! Putin hates Obama the most for really making his life miserable for all concerned due to invasion of Ukraine, annexing of Crimea, & of course interfering in our elections last fall!
***@Fiero425; w/ regard to your comment about Mueller closing in, the WaPo has an article on the increased attacks on Mueller.
- www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/republicans-hammer-mueller-fbi-as-russia-investigation-intensifies/2017/12/06/4a6097ca-dabb-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_muellerpushback658pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e16832c7861a -***
Trump attacks anyone, anything, & everything if it isn't promoting him! If there's any criticism, he'll go juvenile w/ name calling & trying to undermine the institution! B/c of his attack on the FBI, talking about the agency being in tatters & needing of a shake-up, the new Dir., Chris Wray has to go before Congressional committee today to discuss it! Trump's such a tool! Look @ the Palestinians revolt due to his announcement about Jerusalem the new home of our embassy! He couldn't care < that turmoil would ensue!
***If Roy Moore wins & a Rep. ever brings up Benghazi or emails again, I'm going to lose it. HYPOCRITES.***
ReplyDeleteI've been saying for yrs Reps should put a big fat "H" on their party seal! They're all so F.O.S. bitchin' about the Dems being obstructionist when that was all they did during the Obama yrs! They're all disgusting animals as far as I'm concerned who don't give a shit about their constituents or the country! They have relentlessly run things down trying to make it worse for the country to unite & flourish! They're still a minority party, but if they're able to keep the country in an upheaval, we have to just sit back & expect the worst! An economic fall is in the offing w/ these tactics of lowering taxes, but being too gut< to make cuts that people would accept! They want to elim. Soc. Sec., Med., & of course the ACA; a true JIHAD has been run on that for yrs & it's still there! They've gone just about MAD w/ frustration b/c they own it all & they still can't get rid of it!
***I enjoyed the way "The Dossier" pulled everything together into 1 package & X line on TRMS.***
A synopsis of info known by most needs t/b telecast periodically due to so many who want to believe otherwise! For yrs I've heard repeated again & again how exceptional "we are" here in the States when the facts show the only thing exception is our own ignorance to things happening right under our very noses! There's an all out war behind the scenes trying to take away our right to vote, giving tax breaks to people who don't need it, the cutting of our safety net, & lying about all these things giving alt. motives & results! We just aren't that bright & electing this troll to the >est office proves it! He'll screw over all his supporters since he really only cares about himself; not giving a shit that our economy & wellbeing w/b sacrificed sooner rather than later!
***I've heard from someone who works on "The Hill" that word is that it's all about the tax bill in Rep. support for Moore. I find it hard to grasp that someone & esp. a public servant c/b so ego-centric & be more interested in their own wealth than the country's well-being.***
It's been about the party & self-interest for decades w/ Reps! They really don't give a shit about the country & prove it everyday when nothing gets done thru their incompetence or obstruction when not in power! ...
***So there were advances & she felt retaliated against by the Congressman. In other words, it was more than asking 1 question.***
Talk about desperate; $5 M so he can boink this woman? I wonder why she didn't take him up on it? I know he's a troll, but I'm sure she's done worse for nothing!
***And where did he get that $5M? He got it from the oil companies he invests in b/c their profits skyrocket from Rep. Congress removing regulations.***
Reps have always been shame< how they c/b bought & sold! I still have a faint recollection of Boehner passing out checks on the floor of Congress from the Tobacco industry when he was still Speaker! It's perfectly legal; legis. passed allowing it all! They have the nerve to criticize others as being corrupt is what's so amazing!
***...The difference w/ CNN & rightwing news outlets is that if the slightest mistake is made, CNN corrects & then addresses it. Rightwing sites double down on their outright lies knowing full well that their illiterate followers will believe anything they are told.***
ReplyDeleteAmen & hallelujah to that! I sit watching Dodd, Ingraham, & Hannity taking in what these tools have to say w/ my mouth agape listening to their BS! The truth means nothing to them! I expect the worst from some, but Ingraham m/b desperate for a paychk to fall in line w/ the rest of the liars making out Mueller's partisan &'s protecting Hillary! SomeX's she used to make sense, now she's a babbling idiot parroting the same talking pts; disgusting!
***Reps damaged themselves permanently when they made Trump their nominee & later remained loyal to him, despite his actions.***
They didn't start off being that loyal, but since Trump has the support of those cretinous morons down SOUTH where the base of the Rep. party resides, they've come around accepting any & everything he says; = undermining the very institutions he represents like the Justice Dept.! He hired Wray, but insults the FBI everyday w/ the lying sacks of shit on cons. media!
***...Polls were unable to factor in the damage any manipulation mhb done in the election. We have no idea & we'll never know if & how much the social media campaigns influenced voters. There's also the effect of the Comey thing that polls probably didn't take into acct. It may have swayed a lot of last min. decisions.***
Comey's last min. perversion of justice was so outrageous! No other Director w/b having routine press conferences like that & if there's any justice, he'll burn in HELL for all X! He mhb the most honorable person @ one X, but the whole Hillary thing was a huge fk-up & he should take some responsibility for throwing the race to TRUMP! After all he did, it's amazing cons & their media are giving us BS about how he was some kind of shill for Hillary & protecting her! If that's the case, she doesn't need enemies w/ friends like HIM!
***Three Senators including Sanders ask that Trump resign:
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-frankens-wake-three-senators-call-on-president-trump-to-resign/ar-BBGv8lh?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp -***
Don't hold your breath! It w/b like conceding & he won't get out of there until they drag him out! I personally think he would have loved losing to Hillary so he could kvetch about being robbed! Unfortunately = w/ winning he does lit'l but bitch about all our institutions; undermining them daily! He's doing so much damage; it's amazing Reps can = stomach it, but they've given up all kinds of character! Even the so called good ones are complicit w/ any kinds of support for this hateful admin. of his job!
***I would assume that the 3 Senators aren't so naive as to think that something will actually happen. But they've made a start & they have spoken out @ least.
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Of course they are not naïve, but if nobody speaks up, this behavior w/b considered normal & acceptable. The fact that telling the truth, as Franken did, got him in trouble while the denier of the truth (like Roy Moore) was t/b believed, sends the wrong message. What I find scary is that the Reps have started attacking Mueller, trying to disqualify him, & protesting against any news that threatens Trump. Their real job isn't to protect Trump; it's to protect the country & our democracy.***
***Any bets on when Al Franken hands in his resignation? (I have no expectation that Trump will do so any X soon.)***
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to get armed guards to remove that asshole! Winning the presidency over Hillary was his biggest & he's not going to just give it up! He'll make them impeach him 1st; m/b then he'd resign, but I seriously doubt it! He probably thinks he can "beat it" no matter what they prove thru the investigation w/ Mueller!
***I think everyone needs t/b = more vigilant about voting rights now. It increasingly looks like infringing on voting rights is the only chance for Reps to stay ahead. I think there's a risk that they'll pursue voter suppression & gerrymandering more aggressively now.***
Already in the works! The MSM is making a big deal out of the Black turnout which only focuses these assholes "on the right" to do just that! It's unfortunate that = as blatant their attempts, it was the Supreme Court that gave them license to do so when they struck down that provision making Southern states obligated to have any changes to the system be approved! They need Nat'l police to keep them from stealing civil rights = to this day & it's a fk'n disgrace!
***I just read a Tweet pointing out that a Klansman prosecutor, Jones is taking Session's Senate seat. That makes victory = a lit'l sweeter I think.***
He prosecuted those a-holes that firebombed a Black church killing 4 lit'l girls! I think it happened back in '63 or '64! Justice was a long X coming; most of them old men by the X they were sentenced!
***A WaPo reporter Tweeted that he spoke to 2 dozen AL voters & all but one said a variation of voting for Jones to defeat Moore, not b/c they were Jones supporters.
- https://twitter.com/Eugene_Scott/status/940824074997166080 -
Looks like many of them get that they need to vote b/c the alt. whb worse, but Dems need to address this issue & they need to put AL voters on their radar so that they feel heard. Their vote matters, a lot, so their concerns need t/b addressed.***
It looks like the "write-in" vote won it for Jones! The final tally had them over 20,000 votes w/ a % of 1.7! Jones won by 1.5% so the protest vote really was the diff.! Shelby said he was writing in someone else due to his inability to vote for Moore! Others took that lead & it decided this thing! Moore probably would have won if not for the added scrutiny making the State look bad Nat'ly! The embarrassment of having him in office was too much for some who crossed over to the darkside, but will never confess to it in public!
***Omarosa 'physically dragged' from White House grounds:
An unnamed Wh official told the Journal that Manigault Newman was “physically dragged & escorted off the campus” late Tues.
- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/13/report-omarosa-physically-dragged-from-white-house-grounds.html -
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I LOL when I saw this. At 1st it was reported that she resigned, eff. Jan. / Sarah Huckabee-Sanders. Then April Ryan reported that she was fired by John Kelly & drug out of the WH. Doesn't that make 2 admins that she was fired from? She's a real winner.***
OMG, just chk'd GPF results & didn't notice before that 5 of the 6 jr. ladies is Russian! They were depleted after Slutskaya left, but now they have more talent than they can handle; same in Japan I guess!
ReplyDelete***Russian ladies have been dom. It's not surprising that 5 out of 6 in the JGPF are Russian. Eteri's skaters swept the podium.***
Out of sight, out of mind! The figure skating started getting hard to find & I wasn't paying for streaming online!
***Fiero425, The Russian Nat'ls w/b very interesting, as usual, except in ice dance.***
Where'd the US get so comp. in Dance; 3 teams @ GPF if IIRC!
***...I'm not a huge fan of the ladies discipline these days. In any case, it w/b fun to see someone other than Med & Zagitova prevail for the OGM.***
Most of the skating is just about unwatchable really! ... the performances suck! The men are doing too many quads & are pretty much just going back & forth across the ice to go for another! The Russian ladies' best have this thing putting their arm(s) above their head! I can't tell you how "UGLY" it looks; esp. Sotskova since her long limbs accentuate the hideousness of her jumping style w/ a bent elbow!
***So true about Sotskova & the bent elbow! I keep thinking she's doing a duck imitation... Singles is not much fun these days, whether men or women.***
Russia goes from not having any women @ the Olympics 24 yrs ago to prognostications of a clean sweep of the podium in Gangneung! How did this happen? They were bereft of talent after Irina retired, now they're flush; men & women! Love Tara's comment on a telecast; "Plushenko will not be attending his 18th Olympics!" ;-)
***Truly amazing. Part of the reason m/b that in the past those w/ the most talent went for pairs or ice dance & we saw how USSR/Russia dominated those disciplines for decades. I think @ some pt the ladies & some men realized that they could earn the medals entirely on their own. Although it seemed like after Irina's retirement there was no one left, there were many young ladies waiting in the wings. Once they became jur age eligible (& later senior) the medals started flowing in. We do see the downturn in pairs & ice dance b/c so much talent has moved to singles skating.***
Russia finally caught up w/ the selfishness of Americans! I still wince thinking of Kristi Yamaguchi who dropped her partner Rudy Galindo w/ so lit'l fanfare! Lucky both have been more successful in singles! How did that go down? I had stopped watching during that period ticked off the results; all about Hamilton & Boitano which was nauseating in the pros & amateur events!
***Kristi made the right though painful decision to focus on singles Because:
1. Her singles coach moved to Canada and her pairs coach died, so she & Rudy started training in S. Cal. w/ Nicks. The distance alone created big problems.
2. In '90 = though they were training in the Bay Area, the stress of competing in 2 disciplines costing Kristi medals in both.
3. Pairs were dominated by Russians like the legendary M&D, G&G & other talented pairs @ that X. It would have taken a miracle for Y&G to beat them & win the gold. Her chances were much >er in singles.
It was sad for Rudy to lose his pairs career. He rebounded eventually & won the US Chp. & a World Bronze as a singles skater. Both of them had a lot of natural talent, so it worked out in the end. For <er skaters I don't think it would have.
About selfishness, skaters are going to do what's best for themselves. They didn't have much control in the USSRut after '91 they list the financial support, but got more freedom to choose.***
***I can't say for sure Fed's highest level of play came this yr. But you can't say it didn't.***
ReplyDeleteEven w/ the added comp., I can't say Fed's playing @ his highest level now! His schedule was curtailed this past season, 2 other top players were gone 1/2 the yr & injured before leaving, but he still only took 2 majors when he won 3 in 3 other seasons! If he had continued his roll thru the FO, it might have totally changed the dynamics of the season; win/losses for other players would also be made diff. than it occurred! No doubt this past season was magical for Fed, but only b/c he went 5 yrs w/ nothing but R-up checks @ the majors & YEC! SORRY!
***I know Eurosport have been quite irritating w/ the Fedal clips, usually shown during a commercial brk. And I wouldn't mind @ all if they were showing some stunning pts, but they were just displaying slow motion of Fed's & Nadal's entrance, running, single shot, fist pumps & winning celebrations.
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They bring in the fans & the $$. Obviously they're the biggest draw by a mile. Apprec. them while you can. You may never see another Fedal.***
I'm well aware of their drawing power, but w/o the rest of the tour, FEDAL w/b nothing! Other players s/b more than just FODDER for the so called >ness of these 2 who've owned it for over a decade; being the standard bearers = when down & out w/ injuries! That's what I find appalling! The rest of the tour has t/b PO'd! $$'s flowing, but someX's all we hear about is Fedal whether they win or not & I know I'm well sick of it like a lot of people! I won't have any regrets when they finally leave the stage! I've dealt w/ other faves who fall into obscurity due to not playing, but they're still revered by some; BORG, Lendl, & Navratilova! Fedal will have that mystique, but I don't need to see them play = for 2 more yrs; "just go!"
***No disrespect to Murray, but the dude is so far behind the other 3 in practically every dept. of the game besides the OG.***
Not that I'm a fan of Murray's, but it shows his near >ness to = acquire 3 majors w/ the talent in front of him for the last 10 yrs! If he had played previous to them, he might have won more & definitely held onto the top ranking for more than 5 mins!
***Yeah, I def. think Murray would've won more had he not had 3 players who were so consistently dom. in his gen. W/ that being said, I'm also quite certain that Murray would not have been the main player of his gen. regard< which gen. we put him into. Again that's just my opinion, but Murray doesn't seem like a player that'd ever dom. the way guys like Fed, Rafa, Nole, Pete, Borg, Mac, Connors & co. were able to.***
I never thought he'd dom., but he whb more successful! He barely got much of anything outside the 2 OG! If you look back over the last gen. or 2, we had some more than avg. good players like Hewitt, Safin, Kafelnikov, and other comparable players who won 2 majors & held the #1 ranking! Those same players whb just as stymied by Fedalovic! We've been privileged to have them; almost making us forget all past champions like Borg, Sampras, & Laver who really did dominate! Sampras was so good, we were willing to give him a pass not = making a FO final! That's ridiculous when you consider Laver won 2 CYGS's; 1 as an am. & again as a pro while losing 5 1/2 yrs due to rules set before the OPEN era in '68!
***Great pt! No doubt Murray was born into the wrong gen., as I firmly believe he's far superior than guys like Rafter, Roddick, Hewitt, Safin, etc. as well. Those other 3 are still considered as GOAT candidates, but I'm almost 100% sure that "Fedalovic" will surpass them all when it's all said & done. I honestly can't imagine how tennis w/b like w/o that trio in the future. The next gen. has some HUGE shoes to fill & not t/b neg.; I don't think any of them will = fill 1/4 or 1/5 of their shoes.***
***A couple years ago I wrote a blog article about the “Pace of Greatness” - that is, a certain pattern of benchmarks that all 6+ Slam winners in the Open Era have followed.
ReplyDelete1st, the benchmarks:
Age 18 (before 19th BD): Top 100
Age 19: Top 50
Age 20: Top 10; 1st ATP title; 1st big title; 1st Slam QF
Age 21: Top 5
Age 24: #1, 1st Slam title
In chronological birth order, here are the players who met every benchmark, w/ 6+ Slam winners w/*: Connors*, Borg,* McEnroe,* Lendl,* Wilander,* Edberg,* Becker,* Courier, Agassi,* Sampras,* Safin, Federer,* Roddick, Nadal,* Djokovic.*
Hewitt & Murray just missed the cut w/ one benchmark missed by a single yr. (or months). Hewitt didn't win his 1st big title until age 21, & Murray his 1st Slam until age 25.
As you can see, 15 players in all reached every benchmarks, & 12 of 15 won at least 6 Slams & thus are “true greats.” That's an 80% conversion rate, which means that if you reach every benchmark then chances are you are going to win 6+ Slams.
Still Eligible (w/ @ least one benchmark):
del Potro – hasn't yet been #1, but has met every other benchmark.
A. Zverev – hasn't reached #1, a Slam QF, or won a Slam. If he doesn't reach the AO QF, he will miss that benchmark as he turns 21 in April of '18.
Tiafoe reached the top 100 @ age 18, but hasn't yet met any other benchmarks.
Shapovalov was #49 @ age 18 so has reached the 1st 2 benchmarks.
Other NextGenners:
Rublev met 3 benchmarks--top 50, 1st title & 1st Slam QF, but didn't reach the top 100 until age 19, so missed the very 1st benchmark.
Fritz reached the top 100 @ age 18, but fell back & did not reach the top 50 @ age 19; he's 20.
Coric reaches his age 18-19 benchmarks, but just turned 21 & thus missed all 4 age 20 benchmarks.
Tsitsipas reached the top 100 2 months after his 19th BD, so just missed the 1st benchmark.
Thiem, Kyrgios, Chung, Medvedev, Khachanov & others have not reached any or most of the benchmarks. Ruud will turn 19 in Dec. & has not yet reached the top 100, so will miss the 1st benchmark.
Players turning 18 in '18, to look out for: Aliassime, Kuhn. Remember, upon turning 18 they'll have 1 yr. (into '19) to reach the top 100, but both are candidates to reach it someX next yr.***
Thanks!
***Obama’s ideas on health care were 1st offered as gen. outlines then grew into specific legis. over the course of his presidency. Yet Obama never adjusted his rhetoric to give people a more accurate sense of the law’s real-world repercussions, = as fact-checkers flagged his statements as exaggerated @ best.***
ReplyDeleteSo is this to deflect & excuse ALL THE LIES that comes from the Trump admin.? Just heard Corker who promised he wouldn't vote for this unholy tax bill if it +ed a penny to the deficit! Now that his vote's a YES, it must mean $1.5 T's no big deal for the Reps to drop on their children! - It doesn't matter that the count has been tabulated; 18 LIES for Obama over 8 yrs & over 100 for Trump in < than a yr! Anyone who listens to this sociopath & takes his word as gospel is sicker than him!
***And the issue I have is that people distort reality b/c of their politics. The fact that Obama lied has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do w/ whether or not Trump lies. Sainting or smearing Obama does not make Trump >er or worse than he is.
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I think the issue I have is that people who pull the "everyone does it" card compare one misstep/mistake on one side to massive lying or delib. malfeasance on the other. So yes, Obama should have stopped saying that @ some pt. & the last 2 months of the ACA were a bit rushed. But it's nothing like what is happening now where bills are coming to the floor w/ handwritten amendments that no one's sure what they say & absolute no public comments collected & absolutely no effort t/b bi-partisan.***
Elections have consequences! I've seen this happen w/ "both" Bushes & Reagan; a huge crash of the economy due to massive de-reg & tax cutting! This BS about the economy should take off only means the rich get richer and the middle class gets hollowed out! The ultimate result Reps want is to break the bank so they can justify cutting social programs, Soc. Sec., Medicare, CHIP, & other safety nets! Those idiots that thought this was a good idea before never learned, repeating this moronic habit of trashing the country periodically so Dems can fix it! It's a vicious cycle that I've finally given up on! If we're destined to go under, @ least I won't see it!
***...And for what? Let's say that you def. prove to one & all that Obama lied < than Trump. What has this accomplished?***
Obama misspoke while Trump's a fk'n lyin' sack of shit! All pols have problems w/ the truth, but Trump's going out of his way to destroy our institutions! According to him the MSM is fake news, the FBI is corrupt, & all Dems are "whatever" the latest lie is today! I turn him off b/c nothing that comes out of his mouth makes sense! He's a babbler & I don't listen to crazy, unhinged people for the truth! Obama was no saint, but he tried to help his country unlike Trump who's trying to destroy it all!
***And in other news, my IRA had a nice bump upwards. Think the big guns are happy about the tax bill?***
Most people don't have an IRA so this tax cut won't be felt by most of us! That's why the middle class is a dying breed in this country! People used t/b able to get ahead = in menial jobs, but the standard of living is going up so fast, no matter how much extra they make, it won't do them much good! People are barely treading water & they've guaranteed their kids & grandkids w/b paying for this screw up for all X!
***...I suspect that all of us are going to feel this tax cut in one way or another.***
You must live in the big city! Most people live a very rural life & don't know what an IRA acct. is much < have one! I shouldn't have to tell you this! The ones complaining about taxes don't really pay any outside of sales & state fees! That's a fact!
***Do you make fun of Trump supporters for being ill-informed by any chance?***
ReplyDeleteFor the most part yes, but my college roommate's a MENSA member & he was crazy enough to vote for Trump as well! Being intelligent, gay, & approaching retirement, I found it shocking! ...Trump's a bigot, racist, misogynistic, & incapable of thinking of anyone else but himself when making life & death decisions! This tax bill will only benefits him, his family, & rich friends, but that's your choice!
***What exactly is my choice?***
To believe the hype that this tax cut will benefit everyone! The middle class is shrinking each X this shit happens! "W" cut taxes twice, started 2 wars, didn't cut entitlements, & legis. bills he didn't pay for! I thought he was the worst scumbag in Presidential history after receiving Clinton's sur+, a thriving economy, low unemploy., & the Nat'l Debt actually going down! It's like Deja vu w/ Trump who got all that & more from Obama & I'm sure he's going to fk it up w/ complicity of people like you who actually believe his LIES! Good luck w/ that!
***Yes, I saw a bump in my IRA, but I know this tax cut bill is bogus & only benefits the 1%. Ryan & McConnell are soul< humans; subhuman really. Koch bought their souls.
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I read about some q&a w/ Reps on the tax bill & attendees asked why the bill didn't do more to help normal people. People get it. The bill benefits the wealthy.***
Which proves Reps will do whatever they want; their constituents be damned! '18 s/b a bloodbath, but people have such short memories it's hard to really know I guess! We're such idiots repeating this cycle over & over again!
***There's a lot I like about Bernie, but no, I don't think he would have won. I can't tell you how many solid Dems I know who think Sanders' a nutcase.***
Reps whh a field day making Sanders out t/b some Communist nutcase! I will resent him for the rest of my short life! He really contributed to this mess, unwilling to give up = when Hillary had an insurmountable lead! He's an ass who'll have to live w/ the results of this BS, but I'm sure he'll never come out an express regrets!
***I agree Sanders wouldn't have won b/c most Americans who vote aren't ready for a Socialist. But now Bloomberg really might have won in that 3-way.
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President Obama's the 1st president who was younger than me (by a lit'l bit) & I voted for him twice. I just think by the X you're in your 70's, you shouldn't have t/b putting up w/ the stress & 24 hr. days (not that stupid does that) of trying to keep this country going. ...***
Well this old man in the POTUS chair isn't doing much to run the country; more like trying to run the country "down!" It's unfortunate his supporters don't seem to care how burned out he is w/ this Russian collusion invest. going on, = w/ his acceptance of Putin's lame deflections & kissing his ass! It's hard to have any sympathy for Trump w/ him undermining every institution we have; gov't, justice, MSM, FBI, & foreign policy w/ the State Dept.! It's a testament to the Obama Admin. leaving the table set so well that the whole thing hasn't collapsed; including the ACA, economy, unemployment, etc.! After AL, I can't see myself ever voting for a Rep.! Their acceptance of someone seriously considered a child molester was the last straw! Up here in IL we've had Dems & Reps =ly running the state & going down in flames, doing it w/ many going to jail! An "R" behind their names is more like a "scarlet letter" w/ Moore, how Trump has been behaving, & a Rep. Congress accepting it all!
***Unfortunately it looks as though the tax vote will happen; & the President w/b gloating about "his Tax bill."***
ReplyDeleteIt's gonna cost them passing another major piece of legis. w/o the input of one Dem! They'll never learn! I hope to live long enough for a complete annihilation of the Rep. party next yr! They're true A-Holes w/ lit'l to no redeeming values! The hypocrisy's mind numbing seeing them bitch about not getting a say when Dems are in charge when it's a DAMNABLE LIE! They got 100 amendments in the ACA = though they never voted for the act! They want t/b able to bitch about their lack of support, but are still kvetchin' & are lying sacks of shit!
***...Mueller could serve Trump w/ a subpoena to testify before the grand jury. (President Kennedy testified @ a trial while in office, so Trump c/b expected to testify if served.)***
Trump & Pence w/b the last 2 witnesses in this investigation so Mueller will have all his ducks in a row! I've seen Trump testify in this sort of situation & it's the only X he'll be forced t/b halfway HONEST; if you can believe it! He'll be cowed by the fact if he lies, perjury will +ed to the other charges & he'll BE DONE! There's so much evidence about his collusion w/ the Russians & it'll taint the Rep. party for all X like they loved doing decades vs Dems w/ their "red scare!" The hypocrisy of it all!
***In '69, Trump won a 3rd place bowling trophy in college. Marine Lt. Robert Mueller was shot in the leg by the enemy leading his rifle platoon in Vietnam. He continued to lead his platoon to safety.***
Fox & the "right-wing" nuts don't want to hear that! Yrs ago, they'd laud military men, but since McCain ran vs "W," it's like "fk 'em; they're up for grabs to destroy their reputation like anyone else!" Trump isn't qualified to shine Mueller's shoes, much < get away w/ besmirching his character & resume! He's a filthy animal that'll only drag down the so called "exceptionalism" of this country! The only thing exceptional about us is the chronic stupidity to allow this farce to repeat again & again! I'm old & will no longer give a shit; retired & hope t/b a burden on society if I have my own way!
***David Corn wrote: "We can't talk about gun safety measures after a massacre, but Trump can leverage that tragic train accident w/i min.
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Now that you mention it Reps killed President Obama's Infrastructure Bill Proposal yrs ago-- perhaps this would never have happened had they not obstructed so much.***
Reps took obstruction to new heights under Obama! Each X I thought they couldn't wallow deeper in the muck, they proved me wrong! Threatening our credit rating by not raising the Debt Ceiling in a X-ly manner proved it all! All they hurt was the country & we know THEY don't give a shit about the country, the people, or our future! As an old guy, I ceased caring since we aren't worth it having an animal like Trump running things into the ground! "W" begot Obama which was acceptable, but Obama begot Trump & that's unforgiveable!
The crazy thing is, Trump's presidency whb a success so far if he had kept his mouth shut, stayed off Twitter, initiated some infrastructure requests in the coming budget, & stopped trying to drag down all our institutions b/c he doesn't like what they're doing or saying about him! He's such a tool, it'll be a wonder if he survives all 4 yrs! Mueller's investigation is thought to go on for another yr so we're stuck w/ the a-hole for now un< he does something really stupid like fire Sessions, Rosenstein, or Mueller! He appears t/b setting it up by daily undermining their work w/ the help of those nimrods on FOX! I think it w/b >er to keep him since nothing's getting done anyway but the frustration of listening to him talk!
This tax bill m/b the end since it's just another way to give to the "haves" & takes away from all the rest of us! We're such tools, allowing these a-holes to keep perpetrating this fraud of cuts which expands the deficit & Nat'l Debt! I expected >er from Corker, Collins, Flake, & a couple others! They're proving t/b as corruptible as all the rest! Protesters/faith healers invaded Collins' office & intended on staying until she votes NO! Five were arrested! We'll see what happens tmrw or Wed.!
ReplyDelete***Median income for a one-person household is $27,237 while typical income for a 2-person household is $58,121. Median income rises as household size increases, peaking @ 4-person households w/ a median income of $75,343. For 5 or more person households, median income ranges from $64,747 to $69.691.***
Un< degreed & doing something tech., they may never "get ahead" w/ this flat "standard of living!" Lucky me, I did ok since I specialized in computer operations, but this new tax bill will kill that "pay increase" due to take hold in the next yr or so to $15 an hr! Benefits w/b lost, the safety net in tatters, & a future of debt we didn't think possible 20 yrs ago when Clinton left a surp+! We're such idiots supporting Rep. criminals like this! They own it from coast to coast, both Houses of Congress, & the Presidency, but the only thing they can do is take credit for what Obama left behind! Sleazebags!
***I'm truly sorry I voted for this RINO. At least Obama was true to his party platform. McCain's beyond X to retire.***
He really thinks he's entitled to stay on the public dole for the rest of his life! The old man has been living off this country since birth, but just won't "let it go!" Why should we feel obligated to do so? His wife's rich, they own 7 homes, but he feels "I need to ride this out until I'm gone!" Fk him & his whole family!
***The hypocrisy is that Fiero voted for Obama in 08' when he too was against gay marriage!***
I'll live w/ my hypocrisy since any intelligent person knew Obama was posturing for the electorate about gay people! He knows them, worked w/ them, & = hired them so that was BS! Like Clinton, he was just being a pol & we all knew they'd come around; they did! I'll take an intelligent, deliberative, & thoughtful man like Obama over a senile old goat like McCain anyX! He had t/b ill which also pisses me off; probably whb lit'l more than a puppet in his advanced age & state of his heath! I can live w/ my hypocrisy; can you when it all goes to shit under Trump? I w/b the 1st to apologize if it all goes well, but no one's saying that @ this X; esp. after those lame choices for the appellate court! These morons should have watched a couple eps of "Law & Order" before embarrassing themselves under the scrutiny of a Rep. senator asking simple ??'s! They were pathetic & turned away; the last 3 certified morons! Thanks DONALD for trying to put our future in their hands!
***For the life of me IDK how I got on that Trump e-mail list.***
I keep forgetting this is a cons. site; so if we participate in their BS surveys or polls, they think we're like minded! Independent w/b >er for all concerned! Everyone has a lit'l something in them that makes them cons., but overall conservatism is insane! "Let's protect the unborn @ all cost = if we have to burn down their fk'n clinics," but gun ownership & the "death penalty" is so important to them! The hypocrisy is mind-numbing!
***I think Trump's lawyers are telling him that there's no evidence of Russian collusion just to avoid his rage. MSNBC analysts & their interviewees seem to think Mueller's investigation could go on for another yr. I don't think Trump will wait that long. He will fire Mueller long before that.***
ReplyDeleteWell when it comes to lying, they learned from the best at it! I hope they got a generous retainer since Trump's reputation for stiffing his attorneys is so well known! Banks won't lend him any $$ here in this country so he's corrupted himself w/ that German bank who has ties to Russian $$ laundering! The thing is, the people here knew all this, but still chose him over a competent woman! I just hope I never hear women bitchin' about a lack of representation when they wouldn't = vote for one of their own when they had a chance! They fk'd up & it'll cost them when their civil rights are taken away from them! I w/b LMFAO when PPP funding is killed, the CHIP program is decimated, & their very vote challenged in future elections! Such idiots! I'm old & couldn't care < after such a travesty! Their children & grandkids w/b paying for their huge mistake; esp. when there was so much evidence of Trump's malfeasance intellectually & morally! Good luck suckers!
***It seems Rosenstein sees no reason to fire Mueller. Will he resign? If he does, Trump will keep trying until he finds an AG who will agree to fire Mueller.***
Sooner or later Reps would have to step in! Their very survival as a party will depend on it if Trump becomes too tyrannical! He's bordering on it now when we hear of the jerk feeling a certain kind of way about his SC choice of Gorsuch b/c "he doesn't appear appreciative enough and loyal!" Trump thinks he's the CEO & = the judiciary should kiss his ass! Such a tool!
***It w/b interesting to see what happens when they pass their tax scam. Once he signs it, they don't need him.***
When "you" own it like Reps from coast to coast; a majority of the Governorships, both houses of state gov't, both Houses of the Federal gov't, & the Presidency, it's a wonder they can twist their disgusting, lying mouths into saying "this is all on the Dems!" Such a-holes; along w/ their cretinous supporters!
***I know the AG has to fire Mueller, but Nixon found a way to rid himself of Cox. It seems Rosenstein sees no reason to fire Mueller. Will he resign? If he does, Trump will keep trying until he finds an AG who'll agree to fire him.
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My pt. wasn’t that Trump won’t get try to get rid of Mueller, but rather that his pretention that he has no nefarious intent is just that. And I wouldn't be @ all surprised if Trump starts pushing levers. StateTV, aka Fox is already smearing Rosenstein.***
Well they do have ammunition since he helped draft the letter to dismiss Comey! He shk he was being used so I have lit'l to no sympathy for him! Same for Comey since he thought it nec. to have a press conference undermining Hillary's campaign! How many FBI Dir. go out of their way to go to the press to inform them of their investigations; esp. so close to an election? He'll burn in HELL as well as Trump & all his minions if there's any justice in life!
***The former 1st lady also reached a new high disapproval rating of 61%. - So what? She's a private citizen!***
Her polls are still >er than Trump's & he's in office now!
***Should we put up the latest Trump poll that shows him the worst president...EVER!!! LOL***
...The sad thing about it is, if he had kept quiet, stopped Tweeting, & proposed an infrastructure bill, his polls w/b doubled, & the whole country whb thrilled + on his side! Instead, he came into office w/ an "us vs them" mentality, disparaging Blacks, Mexican, Muslims, women, & = the POPE that hasn't changed a lick!
***Trump hosts Rep. lawmakers @ the WH to celebrate passage of their tax bill. The bill will increase taxes on over 9 M people in '19 & cause 13 M people to lose HC according to the CBO. 2% of Americans benefit-- 98% will end up paying more when cuts sunset--- Offset w/ be Soc. Sec., Medicare, Medicaid.***
ReplyDeleteThey prove everyday how lit'l they care about the common man! That ALS patient on the plane who implored Ryan not to do this, that his benefits w/b cut meant nothing to him! He went right ahead & slammed that gavel down on that tax bill! It's hard to feel sorry for anyone since it's "the people" who've given them this power from "coast to coast!"
***Trump kvetched Fri. morning about not getting enough credit for his tax reform bill from the media. Then he announced he planned to sign the bill w/o fanfare before leaving for Mar-a-Lago.***
Trump's "victory lap" was done on Twitter to avoid ??'s from the press pool!
***...Still waiting on the $2500.00 Obama & the Dems said I’d save w/ ObamaScare.***
Just shows what a good piece of legis. Obamacare has been to survive relent< undermining of the law from the "rightwing" a-holes, Trump, & other cons.! They have done everything they could to kill it & it's still here! The savings whb apparent if one side hadn't been taking every possible potshot @ it! ...It hung on long enough they can't do a thing about it un< they "bankrupt" the country w/ tax cuts we don't need, bitchin' about jobs when we're @ the lowest levels of unempl. in yrs! The economy is chugging along while the rest of the world is struggling! One of these days we'll learn these scumbags are hurting us; not helping in the least!
***Reps run everything into the ground kissing up to the rich.***
It's one thing for Reps to try & bankrupt the country ever so often, but I blame "the people" who give them this power to do it! They reward the obstructionism when out of power, are complicit in undermining our institutions (MSM, FBI, DOJ, etc.) when they are, & in the end are the biggest hypocritical TROLLS in history bitchin' about the deficit knowing they're the largest contributors by not paying for their gifts in these TAX BREAKS to their own families & buds! Reps own it from "coast to coast," w/ a sea of red, so they should stop trying to blame others when it all goes to shit!
***And then this yr. Reps came back into power & destroyed everything President Obama achieved over 8 yrs--- on a mission like a battle in warfare.***
But it's a testament to how well Obamacare has been written, = w/ all it's flaws & needing of tweaking! It's survived all the slings and arrows for the past 7-8 yrs w/ the constant "caterwauling" of Reps! They have just slid so far into the sewer, IDK how they'll ever get clean! Trump's literally dunking their heads into the muck, encouraging them to LIE thru their teeth, & @ the same X encouraging them to "slobber" all over him to make him feel & look good! The congratulating "get-togethers" are some of the most disgusting theatre & all Reps are complicit! It's hard to believe Collins, Graham, Murkowski, Hatch, Corker, & others are doing his bidding; esp. after they've faulted him in the past! Hatch, Graham, & Corker are 3 of many who actually ??ed his mental stability in the past, but are now on their fk'n knees fellating him! They're all disgusting hypocrites & LIARS!
***To put people in a category like fat, ugly & lazy is wrong whether they're an immigrant or not. I forgot about Trump calling Rosie O'Donnell a pig, fat & a slob.***
ReplyDeleteThose same "porkers" still voted for him over Hillary! Cry me a freakin' river! It's all going to blow up & I'm gonna LMMFAO; esp. when women start losing their civil rights! He admitted to violating women & they still took him over one of their own! The self-hating is so evident! HATE ME for saying it, but explain it then! There's just no excuse & some need to take responsibility for the plight of the country now & for the future which looks bleak!
***See, this is what my FB friend = said when I explained why I wouldn't vote for him b/c of how he's degraded women & made fun of disabled people. She said she didn't give a damn b/c she wasn't voting for a lying beyotch. Well, she voted for him. She better not complain when she starts losing her civil rights. ...If they cut as they "define" as 'entitlements' such as Welfare, Soc. Sec., & Medicare, then her mom might as well go ahead a prepare for her funeral. CHIP's also included in the types of Medicaid & that's for kids including the disabled.
...I'm scared for anyone that's disabled right now & can't work, depending on their benefits to make it. I worked all those years, had Medicare & FICA, taken out of my paychecks, & now I have to worry about it being taken away from me; have it stolen from me. That was earned, and it wasn't an entitlement.
They're taking away from us so that can have more $$ in their already rich pockets & the middle class won't benefit from it either. Why doesn't Paul Ryan & Trump just go ahead & dig a huge ditch and dump us all in it. That's what Hitler did & they're just like them. They don't care about the elderly, disabled adults, & children. ...Well congrats. They just managed to kill off millions of us.
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I'm praying that Trump will keep his promise. There's just as many Elderly & Disabled that need their Medicare that voted for him. Anyone that voted for him w/b in jeopardy too if he doesn't.***
You're kidding? Keep a promise? We're talking about Trump! He's the epitome of that old joke; "how can you tell he's lying? His lips are moving!" He gives us a statement or promise & he changes w/i mins; usually lying thru his teeth! We all know it & I find it laughable when someone gets offended if he's called out for it!
***I'm praying w/ all my heart that he does for once in his life keep his promise. I'm praying b/c so many lives depend on it. I know I'm dreaming, but things don't look so wonderful for us anymore. For once, I'm totally afraid for my future. I'm just thankful I still have my term life insurance. IDK what kind of future (if any) I'll have w/o Medicare & my disability.
Get your "tin cup" ready b/c I think we're all going t/b screwed out of all the benefits we paid into for 40+ yrs! - Reps have been trying to "kill" the "safety net" created by the Dems since they were created! If they could repeal "civil rights" of the 60's they would! ...I've washed my hands of it when they actually push child molesters & rapists into positions of power like Moore & Trump! If the Clintons jaywalk, "congressional hearings" need to take place! The woman's near death & Trump's still pushing the DOJ to go after her & Bill! It's pathetic the way people aren't more outraged w/ this waste of X & $$ trying to deflect from a Russian/Manchurian candidate sitting in the POTUS chair! We're such idiots & far from "exceptional" except in our clue<ness!
***Considering how many things Trump has already done that he said he wouldn't do.***
ReplyDeleteOne of his promises was to get something done by Xmas! He had gone all yr. w/o signing any major piece of legis.; counting his EO's if that means something! Either way, I think they might lose both Houses next yr. just in X to m/b draw the pol. maps that have been so skewed "for the Reps!" We can only hope it's a clean sweep!
***Hard to know whether new sanctions against N. Korea w/b eff. given the efforts of the gov't to subvert them.***
As much as NK m/b suffering from "crippling" sanctions, they're not going to stop their nuclear program! Now Trump knows how it feels to give all kinds of warnings while Kim Jong un laughs @ him! Obama was relentlessly harangued by Trump & others thinking he was an appeaser & drawing imaginary red lines that were crossed again & again! ..."How ya like that Don?"
***...I could never defend the Rep. gov't @ warX-- not ever!***
It's hard to do since they "pick" fights to have instead of actually being magnanimous in helping other countries out of the goodness of their hearts; which they don't seem to have after passing that insane TAX Cut! "W" spent $$T's just to avenge his daddy who was threatened by Saddam! He liked making it out that it was Iraq that planned & executed "911" attack when they had nothing to do w/ it! We're still looking for WMD's! He conned Britain as well costing Blair his position as PM for backing his play! Trump's alienated so many, un< there's a direct attack on us, they won't be answering the phone!
***If outer space aliens landed on Planet Earth & said "Take me to your leader" & here comes Trump-- they would laugh themselves silly.***
If there are aliens out there, they w/b smart enough to stay away from this crazy planet! We're systematically destroying the planet, poisoning the water, & polluting the air; necessities of life & there's been lit'l to nothing done to stop it here in the US! W/ Trump, he's shutting down = the talk of climate change! Heaven knows how long life will exist! I'm so glad I'm too old to really care anymore when our own populous are too dumb to back Dems over Reps who think nothing of trashing the planet to make a buck!
***...So in your selfishly insane world, Reps should rule over the universe-- got it.***
They already think it as a matter of fact! All you have to do is listen to Haley "puppet/parrot" Trump's vindictiveness threatening all concerned who approved that rebuke of the embassy move to Jerusalem! I was so disappointed in her; seemed more autonomous & remained above the fray until now! It was embarrassing to hear her "go off" like that appropriately admonished for "starting shi" w/ = discussing it the way it was done! Rioting has already begun! You c/b assured that a-hole in the WH won't take any responsibility when the deaths start piling up! He just doesn't seem to understand words have consequences! He's such a fool!
***GW Bush/Reps threatened other nations who did not support the invasion of Iraq-- that coalition sent in miniscule small #'s if any.***
The thing is "W" had an excuse for acting like a petulant child who never really grew up! He's been handed everything including the presidency! Trump's just an evil FK who doesn't seem to care about the consequences of his actions! When he "goes down" w/ his whole family, I will LMMFAO! You'd think Kushner would behave himself after his father went to jail, but it looks as if he's followed in his footsteps! Maybe he'll get the same prison cell so it'll be nostalgic justice!
***Most of the gay community are far wealthier than you are Verrip---***
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that's been the crux of the matter w/ Reps & cons.! We're a lot >er off & don't have the nagging responsibility they've had acquiring & supporting a family! I had the disposable income to fly around the world, donate to charities, & in gen. not have a care in the world; = w/ all their "hatin'!" I've always been more amused since the jealousy is "real" w/ so many of them! The sad & pathetic thing about it, = if all gay people, Blacks, Muslims, & Mexicans were wiped from the face of the Earth, these same a-holes would start "warring" amongst themselves! It's so ingrained in them to hate on someone! Just look @ the "witch trials" of a few 100 yrs ago! That happened w/ some who thought it rational to do such a thing & they were all white, religious people! What's illuminating is the people more extreme went SOUTH, hence the real insanity of the country leads from there; true inbred idiots! Look @ how they vote in one block like lemmings w/ a sea of red! It's a wonder they didn't go ahead & elect Moore as a Senator down there in AL! Some actually came out saying, "I'd rather vote for a child molester than a Dem.!" = the Gov. who's a woman concurred! How embarrassing for them! What's more sick than that?
***Other than yelling/typing like a madman on a FS forum & blaming the whole Caucasian pop. of females for voting for Trump, what are you doing about '18 elections?***
I'm too old to give a damn anymore! This mistake of Trump becoming Prez has put me over the edge! I blame anyone outside of the Trump family who were delusional enough to pull that lever for this animal! It's more devastating than the 2 Kennedy & MLK assass., Watergate, Iran/Contra, & other events! The repercussions w/b felt for gens thru Trump's sleazy choices of judges, EO's, & dept. "heads!" I don't think people realize what they've done!
***...You're having a temper tantrum of epic proportions. Being a major tantrum thrower myself, I decided to try & change the current landscape of politics.***
That only works when people get smarter! We're getting dumber by the day! People like Trump & FNC have done such a good job of misinfo, = when the truth is smacking us in the face, we're all just following them over the cliff! ...We've rewarded obstruction, lying to our faces, & a future that's become more bleak seeing as we've allowed this ridiculous tax cut w/o paying for it! We can forget those infrastructure projects promised creating mythical new jobs! We're both screwed when they come after Soc. Sec. & Medicare which you know is the next step in crippling our safety net! = the kids w/b in jeopardy seeing as CHIP is on life-support! HOPE isn't gonna do it for us!
***Haley committed an incredible offense by attempting to violate the free speech of the whole rest of the world. Apparently she's one of those people who believes the 1st amendment is the source of free speech and that it is a privilege granted only to citizens of the US.***
Those words came out of her mouth, but not her mind! That was Trump speaking; acting like a bully & threatening retribution for actually speaking their minds in other countries! It's a shame b/c it seemed she had been autonomous & was more rational than the rest of the admin.; not necessarily kissing Trump's ass! Hopefully it's a one X thing! It'll all change if Tillerson leaves & she's made Sec. Of State!
***...your Muslim buddy Sadam Hussein who butchered his own people while liberal Dems cheered him on.***
ReplyDeleteYou're such a "tool!" Saddam was being supported by Reagan & Bush 41 nimrod! Go fish; you're Fk'n w/ the wrong person! I have a long memory & will always have a counter to losers like you! No Admin. have been as corrupt as Rep. ones that have supported & financed dictators, Kings, & other authoritarian gov'ts! Go read a book someX; @ least Wiki for you "slower" types!
***Nobody's compelled to swear allegiance toward the seated president-- nobody in America or the world. Protesters acquitted!***
Funny this sort of thing only happens when Reps are president! W/ "W," to avoid the "hatahs," protest lines had to set up miles away so he didn't see them! The ones that snuck into his events w/ "Bush Sucks" t-shirts were illegally arrested who sue the state/Fed & award 1000's of $$s! Now we have Trump & there are so many protests, it seems t/b a riotous crowd; = w/ women alone! He w/b "crying" a lot while in that chair due to him being the most hated man in the world; & that's saying a lot w/ the collection of losers, miscreants, & criminals wandering around this country!
***...When our Eternal, Arch Enemy, Collectivist Liberals hold political power vs us, we do it differently!***
Curm; what cons do is make up shit out of whole cloth! Y'all start & then cement rumors in your head like Obama's not = an American citizen! He was turned into a Muslim who's unpatriotic & "hate's WHITE" people! I wouldn't be bragging about that; esp. since stuff like that came out of the mouth of your gut< leader! Trump has the nerve to signify on war heroes = though he got a 1/2 dozen deferments! Avoiding AIDS was his Viet Nam; again right out of his disgusting mouth! ...Dems aren't saints, but they don't go out of their way to hurt the populous the way Reps do yr in & yr out!
***Rosie O'Donnell to Paul Ryan: You'll go 'straight to hell' after what you did to the US - And while provocative in tone, she's making a good pt. Paul Ryan's a deplorable hypocrite.***
If there's any justice, Rosie w/b absolutely right & vindicated! For that a-hole to listen to the plight of that ALS patient who was "begging" Ryan not to pass that tax bill will count a lot IMO when he passes on & has to face up to all he's done politically! I know he always wanted to do it & just used Trump as a scapegoat! I wasn't surprised he went right ahead! He'll burn!
***Yet another strong-willed woman that the Reps are afraid of and as such hate.***
But women are still backing these misogynist pigs! They bitch about a lack of representation, but = w/ all we know about Trump & the Rep. party, they still drop to their fk'n knees! When they're truly hosed, I will laugh in their faces bypassing one of their own last yr! They have lit'l to no idea what they've done to themselves for gens to come! I'm really embarrassed for them!
***Rep. women. I have no idea what's wrong w/ them. - I remember when I used to like Paul Ryan & = thought of the possibly of him as President. Turns out he's just yet another rightwing asshole grabbing for power & $$.***
Amen & hallelujah to that! I expected >er of him! Now he's scurrying away like the rat he is before losing back in Wisc. next yr! He's a total scumbag!
I've always thought tennis fans & commentators were unnecessarily rude, harsh, & unforgiving of some players like Lendl & Navratilova! They were respected as being #1's, but the "love" just wasn't there! They were maligned in so many ways when they've truly been some of the nicest & most generous people on the tour! Thanks for your story! I've come across Martina a couple of X's; once @ my club for WTT in Sacr. & again in Chgo where I live now! She always said hello & gave me a great big smile! My mom = had a brief chat w/ her at her Midtown club! Both ex-Czechs were villainized IMO & it was & still is a shame how our media went along w/ it! The endorsements here in the States never materialized; Martina thrown a bone yrs after she retired hawking SVU's! Both Ivan & Martina are still doing their thing to help upcoming stars; Lendl making a pt. to practice w/ Sampras @ his home in Conn. before getting beat by him @ '90 USO!
ReplyDelete***Who's the GOAT @ the US Open? Connors, Federer or Sampras?
Connors for consistent longevity. 5 wins, 2 finals, 7 semifinals, 3 QF's btw '73 & '91, then making a SF @ the age of 39 - that in the era that did not welcome longevity.***
They're all deserving for diff. reasons! I'd probably go w/ Federer b/c of the run of 5 w/ a 6th final losing to Del Po! I don't think the comp. was there for him like what Sampras had to deal w/! Connors deserves accolades for his consistency & winning on 3 diff. surfaces = though I can't stand his guts! He repeatedly stopped BORG on clay & HC showing this title was as hard as any to win! Borg returned the favor eliminating him @ Wimbledon about 4 X's! Lendl's @ the very top of my list though w/ 8 str. finals, winning 3 in a row!
***Federer: 78-11, includes 16-6 vs top 10. 5 str. titles, 6 str. finals, 8 str. SF's, 10 SF's & 7 Finals overall.
- Sampras: 71-9, includes 16-5 vs top 10. 5 titles, 7 Finals, 8 SF's
- Connors: 98-17, includes 13-13 vs top 10, 5 titles, 7 Finals, 14 SF's
- Lendl: 73-13, includes 17-8 vs top 10, 3 str. titles, 8 str. Finals
When factoring in the level of comp. I get:
- 1. Lendl: 7 of Lendl’s 8 losses vs the top 10 were vs players that had 6+ Slams for their careers. Despite having by far the toughest level of comp., he made 8 str. finals & has the most wins vs top 10 players.
- 2. Federer: 5 str. wins & 6 str. finals had him squeaking by Sampras
- 3. Sampras: Rec. nearly mimics Fed’s. But Fed’s peak was >er & longer
- 4. Connors: Connors’ 13-13 rec. vs the top 10 puts him in 4th
I see a strong case for Fed over Lendl. Fed’s winning streak was incredible, but Lendl’s comp. was far tougher.
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...'89 Lendl doesn't beat '11 Djokovic, '90 Lendl has a solid chance in '12, but he was far from invincible & everyone's fave duo prob. grind him down in the end. '91-92 Lendl doesn't win '13 or '14 most likely. ...Lendl faced some really hard comp. from '82-92 no doubt, steady diet of Mac/Connors/Wilander/Becker/Pete/Edberg which is brutal, but just that alone isn't enough to top Fed's peak level = though Lendl's peak level was absol. fantastic from '85-87. Fed's lasted 4 yrs & his '08/09 is >er than any other level of Lendl @ the USO & '11 is on par. So levelwise Fed wins. I could see a strong case for Lendl being >er than 5 though.***
I want to have more respect for the Steelers, but they disappoint me all the X w/ their behavior when beating another team so handily! I seem to remember them having more class back in the day; now ignorant jerks including the coach rubbing it in when they're killing Houston! Stopping that clock @ 1/2 X w/ just a few secs left was tacky! The jumping around like idiots when scoring again up 30 is plain & simply disgusting! I'll be so glad when it happens to them so I can LMAO @ their frustration! Idiots!
ReplyDelete***Running the table in a 1/2 filled stadium doesn’t mean squat.***
Delusion reigns w/ so many! The reason football's falling on hard X's is the same reason Baseball is in the toilet w/ empty stands; NO ONE CARES! There are so many other things that c/b done! MNF was a staple b/c nothing else went up against it; UNDERSTAND nitwits? W/ streamin HULA, Amazon, & a host of other alternatives, no one's stuck watching an inferior product!
***As a 49er fan, I'm usually opposed to the Cowboys & Giants.***
IDK why the Cowboys are still being made a "big deal" about seeing as they haven't done shit in over 20 yrs! The few X's they = made the playoffs was a waste w/ them going down in flame every way possible! As long as Jerry's playing the GM & pseudo-coach, like the Raiders when Davis got too involved, they'll flounder as always no matter how much they spend on players!
***Don't forget that Seahawks are away from home where they get a huge advantage.***
Coupled w/ Dallas being one of the few teams who lose their biggest games @ home! Going back 2 decades I can relate the dismal efforts on Thxgvn, rivalry games vs NY & Wash., & MNF all at home! They're pathetic!
***Hardheaded Jerry Jones needs to do what is right for this team. Garrett’s leadership has proven to show NO results!***
It's not only Garrett who's the problem & we all know it! The one constant in this team underachieving w/ all their talent over the years is Jerry; period, end of story! ...If a coach meant so much, why didn't Parcells win more? It's always Jerry doing or saying something instead of sitting up their in his suite keeping his mouth shut! What other owner holds a press conference outside of the locker room like that giving votes of confidence only to change his mind? Firing Jimmy Johnson was the stupidest thing ever done in coaching history; esp. since he was the best evaluator of talent! It was all about "EGO" & Jerry couldn't stand it that he was not pivotal in the Cowboys winning those chps outside of his $$! I love it; esp. since they're considered America's team!
***In their heyday, the Dallas Cowboys went to the playoffs 20 str. yrs. Under Jones, after initial success under his ownership, the they've gone 20 str. yrs+ w/o any apprec. playoff success.
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Yes they did in the "heyday" w/ much >er players! To me it seems the Cowboys just keep picking a bad team.***
*** FS Acronyms:
ReplyDeleteMEEPOTS: Most Epic Ending Pose of the Season
MESS: Most Epic Splat of the Season
MIMOTS: Most Important Minion of the Season
POTS or #TTW-POTS: (Team Trainwreck) Performance of the Season***
I feel so old! It's truly the end when a fave pairs' skater like Artur Dmitriev has a son place 5th @ Russians Nat'ls already! OMG!
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Russian_Figure_Skating_Championships#Men -
***The entire Russian Nat'ls event was just cringeworthy.***
I tried to check out the men's LP & it was truly unwatchable! Is this normal since Plushenko retired? They were >er in official Int'l comps like the GP Finals just a few wks ago! The men were pretty horrible! Hopefully the ladies w/b more entertaining! I do have a problem w/ most of them doing their jumps w/ the arm above the head; so distracting & unattractive IMO!
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...Sasha Cohen was thrown out there too soon along w/ the aura of Michelle Kwan hovering over her & the rest of the next gen.! I think so many careers whb changed if MK had left the ranks in a X-ly fashion!
***When would it have been "X-ly" for Michelle to stop competing? Up until '05 Worlds, she had been on the podium for 9 yrs str. & been Nat'l Champ for 8 yrs str. It seems to me she retired @ the right X.***
Being on the podium was no special feat since the ladies have been lame for quite a while! Irina Slutskaya was = off the ice for a while w/ health issues! It was the same for the men w/ Plushenko owning it; leaving for a while, but still won events upon his return just in X for the Olympics of '14! I personally thought he was a nec. evil, but he still took their lone male spot & broke down after the team event! MK wasn't doing much but taking up a spot from an "up and comer!" Just something personal I feel about it!
***Then the "up and comer" can claim that prized spot by WINNING it & beating MK. It's not your spot un< you surpass the one that is "taking up a spot." There's no spot except the one you claim via your own accomplishments in a comp.***
Tell that to the skaters' families killed in a plane crash that allowed a very young neophyte by the name of Peggy Fleming to accomplish all she did sooner rather than a lot later!
***Yes a tragedy for the US & for the skating community. But what does that have to do w/ MK taking up a spot.***
It's just an example of what "could" or couldn't have happened due to a spot being open or not! Peggy's life was changed due to that tragedy! She whb lucky to skate in the subsequent Olympics & Worlds all due to that plane crash! I think all those skaters waiting in the wings mhh more successful careers if not for MK just hanging on like a vampire, sucking the life out of the fans unnecessarily! She was rich, popular, w/ a resume unmatched! Those last few yrs was her just taking up a spot as far as I was concerned! JMHO due to the history I've noted already!
I was over Kwan when only 15-16 yo w/ all the fawning & slobbering over her! I never cared for her skating & could name 6 others I'd prefer to watch! Like most American skaters, she was the consummate "stick up her ass" type of skater w/ < grace than Sasha @ any stage of their careers! When she struggled, it was painful; esp. when her supporters went overboard w/ excuses! Loved how she was owned by Slutskaya those last few yrs! I still muse about a Masters' event before the Olympic yr. of '02; singling & doubling all her jumps! She couldn't wait & fired Carroll on the spot! "Nice move girl!" She was so exposed! = w/ help from the judges @ SLC, she still lost AGAIN to another skater that wasn't in her league! By '05 Worlds you could see more pics of her picking her ass up off the ice! I asked people to caption them when she was languishing on all 4's! Mines were "I'm too old for this shit" & "I lost a contact around here!" The MK fans were livid while her detractors roared w/ laughter!
ReplyDelete***That spot was not given to MK. She earned it by skating well when it counted. If others wanted that spot, they just had to skate >er than her. It's not her fault that they couldn't seize the opportunity.***
No doubt about it; w/ a lit'l aura & legend behind her! The same goes on in tennis; certain players "own" another one no matter the circumstances! The great Rod Laver's w/o a doubt "The GOAT" IMB since he won 2 CYGS's (AO, Wimbl., FO, & USO); once as an amateur in'62, then again as a pro in '69! He was pretty much done by '74, but was wily enough to continue giving some players heartburn just by showing up; getting all that love from the crowd!
***More under-marking on PCS for Ashley @ Nat'ls. But a team of Bradie, Mirai, & Karen is fine w/ me.***
Under-marking? You can say that after that joke of a decision in '14? Some people are never satisfied I guess! It's Karma Wagner misses the podium by a pt! The self-entitlement continues w/ her and some of her fans I guess!
***Ashley wasn't bad & her LP was >er than Karen's. Rafael could put his foot down & push out someone who finishes above her. I do want Mirai to go b/c I was heartbroken for her in '14. I just hope Rafael doesn't persuade USFSA to screw over Mirai a 2nd X.
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Ashley's “furious” @ her 4th place finish.
- https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/ashley-wagner-furious-after-fourth-place-in-free-skate/ -
"...I am furious & I think deservedly so.”***
Wow, what a spoiled, self-entitled POS! Someone needs a spanking for having such a tantrum! What a brat!
***I'm an Ashley fan too, but I'm not blind to her recent performances & how she did at Nat'ls. There were 3 other people who made fewer mistakes & had more content than she did overall. She did finish 3rd in the LP & did a nice job tonight.***
Thank you! There are rational, honest people around! Bless you!
***I feel so bad for Ashley. Her frustration of having a dream likely die is hard. She's always carried herself professionally & she's a gracious person. Folks are making a huge massive deal out of the "furious" video & using it to finally express their "feelings" about Ashley. ...She was the ONLY bright spot for US ladies for a while, but it looks like the USFSA doesn't give a crap anymore. She'll be fine.***
Mon Dieu, you're talking as if something was taken from her! '14 was mentioned; Mirai had something taken from her in favor of Wagner! She should have nothing to say after that; esp. her delusional fans who agree w/ her!
***Ashley didn't take anything from Mirai, the USFSA gave the spot to Ashley. I didn't say anything to convey something was "taken" from her. That's your reasoning.***
***I wish NBC hadn't further inflamed the haterz & casual fans by not explaining the '14 decision >er. (Ashley had been Nat'l Champ the previous 2 yrs in a row, etc.)***
ReplyDeletePeople in the know are fully aware of that! It was still a crappy thing to do! She wouldn't want it to happen to her, but she gladly took Mirai's place! She can sit & watch this X! Maybe they'll give her a teary lit'l segment tmrw!
***I was really unhappy when Mirai didn't get to go to Sochi & Ashley did. But, I didn't blame Ashley for that. I don't think anyone in her position would have turned it down. ...I also think she knew coming into tonight that the judges were not going t/b kind to her & that mhb tough for her, but she fought. ...I'm finding myself feeling bad for Ashley.***
Besides '14, people forget when Mirai actually won Nat'ls in '08 she wasn't allowed to go to Worlds due to her age, so she's fought harder than anyone to get where she is! She really deserves this!
***They also overlook the fact that Mirai had no coach @ the X. The committee was not going to send a coach-less skater to the Olympics.***
The USFSA's never satisfied for the most part! They weren't happy w/ Mirai who was coach-< & they hated Sasha Cohen for having a Russian Coach; actually forcing her to go American it seems! Their battles w/ Johnny Weir are legendary!
***In a world where "demographics" & ideologies are changing, the USFSA's having a difficult X finding the "ideal" skater that they want as a suitable representative for US Figure Skating. - ...maybe if Ashley didn't spend 3 Olympic Nat'ls putting herself behind the 8 ball in the SP, she w/b a 2 X Olympian; but @ least be a gracious loser.
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...If the others received PCS bumps, then Ashley should have gotten one also. That's what was horrifically embarrassing about the judges. I am deeply, deeply ashamed for them.***
Wow, like Ashley's never been given elevated PCS scores or consideration! It continues t/b a real racket behind the scenes! Figure skating will always be one of the shadiest sports due to judges & FS assoc.!
***WTH?! Why just 2 entries for Japan @ the Olymp.? What am I missing?***
If you look @ Worlds in '17, Japan results bad in the ladies' event with Satoko out injured! Only Mai Mihara was in the top 10; 2 others #11 & 16! The top 2 have t/b under 13! Chen & Wagner were 5 & 7 respectively; hence Wagner being a lit'l bent out of shape! She figures she gave us 3 entries & none of them w/b her!
***Oh Hell. I was sooo past Worlds '17 that I totally forgot that. Damn! What a pity.***
I think the same thing happened to the USA men 10 yrs ago where Johnny Weir was the lone winner of a medal, taking bronze @ '08 Worlds! Abbot & Carriere flaked out of the top 10! The following yr Weir was injured during Nat'ls, but since he skated, he wasn't given any consideration like they did for Wagner in '14! This is one reason I can't stand the USFSA; such hypocrites & politicians behind the scene!
***Well, they all have politics going on behind the door tbh. It just seems that USFSA's a bit messy about it. lol!***
***I think the truth of the Kennedys has been known for a # of yrs now. I think if Ted Kennedy were still alive today & sitting in the senate, there w/b a push to have him resign.***
ReplyDeleteKennedy was well past his expiration date; sorta like McCain is now! The thing is as much as the country reveres the Kennedys, they're one of the most fk'd up families around! There's something seriously wrong in the DNA & all their foibles have been excused! I was surprised that Kennedy-Smith was = tried down in FLA when he raped that girl! Of course he beat it! Another one, Michael was pretty much proved to have slept w/ his 14 y.o. babysitter, but he was allowed to walk; err ski to his death in an accident later! ...All have serious problems w/ substance & alcohol abuse! Strange that women keep marrying them b/c they're all doomed in some way! = John-John was no saint & he was America's fave when he was killed in a plane crash in '97!
***One Year In & It's a Tie: Trump's Approval Rating On Par W/ Obama's***
Total BS! You're reaching; BIG X! Trump's approval is languishing in the sewer & it won't change any X soon! He's a scumbag, just making himself richer using the POTUS position like any con man alive! His kvetchin' about Obama playing golf all the X proves what a hypocrite he c/b! "I'll be too busy to = leave the WH!" He's so full of shit! The cost has been prohibitive & embarrassing for all concerned, but we put ourselves in the position of being led by SLIME!
***CBS Accidentally Proved Working Americans Will Get Tax Cuts...Rolling back the Obama error.***
Whine, bitch, & moan; the deflection & hypocrisy of it all after Reps said NO on EVERYTHING while Obama was President! You losers approved them threatening our very credit rating by not elevating the Debt Ceiling in a X-ly fashion when Reagan called it "normal housekeeping!" Reps shut the gov't down twice acting out! Screw you, them, & the horses they rode in on! Cry me a river if you feel "put upon!" Dems aren't required or obligated to do Trump & the Reps any favors! It's called KARMA a-hole! How does it feel to get fk'd @ every turn? Y'all did it enough; eat it bitch!
***...I don’t think Sanders ever proposed a tax cut that wasn’t laid for!***
Repuckans only care about the deficit & the Nat'l Debt when Dems are in power to justify saying "no" to much needed infrastructure projects! Now that they're in power, they can't get shit done & gave away a trillion $$ to their buds to bankrupt us = faster! "Thanks numb-nuts!" I blame it on the people who are too stupid & gullible to allow this to happen ever so often! Not sure the Dems w/b able to fix it this X! We're already way in the HOLE from "W's" wars & his tax cuts! I will laugh @ women when they get royally screw by the assaults on their civil rights, PPP, etc.! They have no idea what they've done! I'm old & couldn't give a shit if they'd prefer a Troglodyte like Trump to run the show!
***Chgo comes to a high pt. yet again***
It's sorta pathetic for these losers in DC to single out Chgo again & again! I've lived here most of my life; city & suburbs & I've yet to see anything the way it's portrayed by Trump! No city is immune to 1 or 2 bad areas that isn't getting the support to alleviate the drug problem & violence! The mayor hired a new Police Superintendent that has an outreach program & it's quelled some of these problems! To get back at Obama, they'll keep invoking the place! A-holes!
***...Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, and yes that does matter if you're going to try & tell us that that means the voters preferred Trump. Also while I'm on the subject it wasn't a landslide.***
ReplyDeleteThe delusion is real on "the right!" The hierarchy of the party knows how tenuous their power is right now; hence pushing that tax cut thru = though the majority of the populous told them they "hated it!" The same thing was done during "W's" tenure, but @ least he was smart enough to have them send out those use< chks of $300! Trump's touting "cash" being saved & "in your pocket" when the experts say it amounts to $20 a paycheck; so what? I'm praying for a landslide w/ Trump and his people losing ground like no other X in history after doing so much to alienate the masses! When he touts something being the greatest and biggest, hopefully it'll be the loses in seats of Congress!
***All these months later it still blows my mind that the same folks who want Black PPl to have 7 forms of ID & do the hokey pokey in order to vote basically don't care @ all about Russian election interference.***
That truly is mind-numbing; the hypocrisy! Yrs ago it was common practice to demonize the evil empire that was the USSR str. thru to it being the Russian Fed.! Now it's ok for Trump to placate, heap praise, & actually try to see some mythical good side in their nature when Putin routinely kills off rivals & threats! He thought it was all set up, Trump was cooperating, then a few pics & the Russian connection being investigated has put a crimp in the plan! After all that's happened w/ Mueller; 2 guilty pleas & pending litigation vs Manafort & Gates, to them it's all a fake conspiracy being perpetrated on us all! What a bunch of Fk'n idiots!
***Let Trump & his merry band of fools tell everyone who'll listen this tax reform is the >est ever, once in a gen., monumental momentus tax cut... & let 'em all pancake on the reality of Trumpism that it's just $10-$20 a wk and don't spend it all @ 1 lunch a wk.***
It's sad to come to this pt. where the rich really don't give a shit! They complain about the high tax rate, but we all know they aren't paying that high end! So many like Trump & Romney probably never paid anything over 14%, knowing full well The Donald not = that. The obvious malfeasance of the Trump organization to leave disaster in their wake is unprecedented; rewarding a "con man" t/b president! I'm sick just typing it! "Good luck w/ that" is an apt statement! ...The gullibility of the masses does them in good stead! Trump's trained everyone not to believe what they hear & see! He lies so much w/ the air of the presidency behind those lies and's been getting away w/ it!
***Oh it's one thing for Trump & Co to tell all the lies the trained seals have been trained to clap to but...
- But, its another thing when Trump & Co tries to lie to the trained seals about their own wallets, their own $$'s & cents.
Trump's "base" is going to have a very rude awakening come Feb. I can hear Trump's "base" now...
- "Thatz it?" You mean to tell me "thatz all" it is?
- You mean to tell me "thatz" the bestest, largest ever, once in a gen., its a miracle tax cut?
Encourage Trump & Co to really lay it on thick if ya can (I know I will)...***
***I was not happy to learn last yr. that I gave 25% of my earnings to the Feds/State in income taxes. I did get a small refund from the State, but had to send more to the Feds.***
Who's to pay for Trump's weekend golf outings if the IRS doesn't collect from "the suckers" of this latest tax scam? Purposefully bankrupting the country won't get you to eventually keep any more of your $$! You're going to end up paying in the long run!
***As ‘Fire & Fury’ is published, Europe openly debates: ‘Is Trump still sane?’ - Was Trump ever sane?***
ReplyDeleteAmen & hallelujah to that! I try not to blame the "sick person," so my ire goes to the enablers from his crooked family to these lily-livered a-holes ignoring their responsibility in Congress to monitor & HEEL this animal!
***Wolff is killing his credibility one interview @ a X. 1st, he sounds as dumb as Trump. I’m not sure if he has a speech impediment, but he has trouble verbalizing a coherent thought. 2nd, he’s wearing his partisanship w/ an egotistical pride. He’s anointing himself as The Guy Who Took Down Trump...***
Oh please! As sleazy as Wolff m/b, he just confirms what we already know! Trump's inner circle "rat" him out everyday; hence the edict to keep staff in the WW from using personal cells! Like that would stop the flow of exposure! Trump reveals himself every X he sends out one of those ridiculous Tweets invoking the Clinton name as his personal "dog whistle!" Reps ears perk up like "Pavlov's dog" all day long! = when they're talking about something totally innocuous to them, "Bill & Hillary" is their fall back line & it's quite pathetic! They'll be long dead & it'll always come back to "them!" In the end, Trump will "bring himself down;" that's been his ruinous history!
***Yes; Trump’s a douche. But back to the credibility of the book’s author, & by extension, the validity of some of its unsourced “revelations”...***
The same was said about that British agent's "dossier" on Trump! Notice not one thing has been really disputed; 'cept maybe Congress "reaching" w/ a discrepancy on a date! These people are so lame & pathetic! These are duly elected seniors who act like "high school mean girls" along w/ their fear< leader! I have never been so embarrassed & resentful w/ such morons in charge! It was bad w/ "W," but nothing as malfeasant as it is now w/ these losers!
***The bar's set pretty high for treason, and for that reason criminal prosecutions for treason are very rare. If Trumpco. did indeed collaborate w/ the Russkies, I suspect that their motive was not to let the Russkies take over the US, but to secure his election.***
It s/b the end of his political life! They have some nerve musing about Kushner or Ivanka running for prez later to keep this criminal cabal going! If Obama or Clinton had = a whiff of this impropriety, the gov't would stop until they got to the bttm of it! W/ Reps in charge, it's perfectly acceptable & = their supporters don't seem to care! The hypocrisy's mind-numbing, but what else is new w/ these people?
***Oh, I agree w/ you wholeheartedly. This should make for the end of a few political lives in the Trump admin. & in the GOP sycophants who're bending backwards to protect him. If there are any more criminal indictments, I doubt that treason w/b 1 of the charges filed.
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The longer Donald Trump is in office, the more he shocks & alarms us w/ his strange & extremely unpresidential behavior. From the incoherent, fallacious interview he gave the NYT on Dec. 28th to Tues.’s Tweet about his “nuclear button” to his smearing of Bannon, the incendiary remarks keep getting more menacing & portentous of disaster. As Vox’s Ezra Klein recently wrote, “The president of the US is not well.” ...Leading this call is ...***
***...Something has snapped their sanity. I think it was having a black President myself. Other progressive ideas being forced upon them no doubt helped their descent, but a black POTUS surely sent a large majority of them just plain flat out batshit crazy.***
ReplyDeleteWho you tellin'? Reps loved how Obama was being attacked; = if it was lowbrow speaking of his heritage, religion, or character! Trump had the nerve to ?? his IQ, making out Barrack was some kind of "affirmative action" student while he evidently never read a book while he was in school! Obama was a constitutional attorney who was made the editor of the Harvard Law Review! Trump isn't qualified to edit a comicbk! The populous @ large couldn't have disappointed me more allowing this animal to drag down all our institutions so he can save his fallacious legacy! The embarrassment abroad has t/b palpable = in countries under martial law or dictatorships!
***Well, in all fairness, as a kid I lived under a martial law dictatorship in Latin America. Those goons actually offed their opps. I hope Trump's goons don't get the same idea.***
Well Trump is going up to the edge; prosecuting Hillary is one of those dictatorial attributes expected! The man's w/o a doubt the most disgusting human being alive! He won the office, but has shown he's not ready to lead! The sad thing is, most people knew it ahead of X but just didn't care! They'd rather have an imbecile as prez than a woman; that coming from white women it's been proved!
***He has gone past the edge w/ what he's said & done. His daugher in the WH, his hotel down the street, his stating that press is the "enemy of America," his stating that he can do "whatever he wants" w/ the DOJ, him wanting to revisit libel laws, calling for Sessions to go after his political enemies, his clear comfort level around dictators & despots, & his clear discomfort around Dem. leaders...so so much.***
That's just the tip of the iceberg & Congress doesn't seem to care; protecting their Rep. leader no matter how maniacal he behaves! After that "my button is bigger than your button" scene w/ Kim Jong-un, I would've started "articles of impeachment!" The man's disturbed, but we see McConnell & Ryan suckin' up to him more & more by the day! They used to have character, but working w/ Trump turns everyone in his orbit into lying scumbags!
***I would've thought Hillary could take Ark. in the '16 election. As 1st Lady of Ark. & the USA, she did such wonderful things for the people of Ark. ...Such wonderful things.***
Reps did their work ahead of X; undermining her very existence to breath air! Like Pelosi & Warren, they just keep hitting them & hitting them again so MOHRONs won't have any respect for them! It's a good tactic for misogynist pigs & we allow them to get away w/ it by actually electing such a troglodyte over a much more qualified woman! It's embarrassing & pathetic!
***We're witnessing a power play for control of the country & the GOP has gone "all in." If they succeed, I think that we'll see more tax cuts & the gutting of some of the admin. agencies in order to pay big business for its support. They scare me b/c I can see legis. based on religious beliefs being passed as well.
What bothers me the most right now is the denial of an obvious Russian interference in our election. Then we have the continued lying of interaction w/ the Russians by people connected w/ the Trump campaign & his admin. I don't see anything @ this X that could possibly lead to treason or impeachment.
What will the Dems do? Right now it seems to me that they're just marking X. I don't see anything from them of substance. They're complaining about some committee action by the GOP w/ good reason, but that kind of thing always goes on.***
Amen!
***The whole event ...a letdown from the SP -
ReplyDelete1. Chen - ...I have a sense that he's BACK from those < than stellar SA & GPF performances & a serious threat for a medal in Pyeongchang.
2. Miner - Unbelievable. ...Good for him!
3. Zhou - He gets the award for the combo of the evening: 4Z-3T. ...he's where he needs t/b as teen phenom still adjusting to Snrs.
4. Rippon - I was relaxed watching him until the last 2 jumping passes, then I was like WTF? He was so consistent all season & @ the worst possible moment, he pops 2 relatively simple jumps.
5. Hochstein - ...I think we might see him at 4CCs.
6. Brown - ...after Adam, Jason steps on the ice & does = worse. So much tech. was off. ...***
...Miner surprised everyone! Brown & Rippon did not look sharp; both hitting the ice, singling & doubling jumps! Looks like Adam spoke too soon!
***If Ross doesn’t go I’ll be furious.***
It wouldn't be fair, but Miner isn't known Int'ly & can't really compete vs the "Quad Kings" of the world! It would make sense to replace Miner w/ Adam, but it w/b more egregious than what they did to Mirai 4 yrs ago! Do they really want to have that much controversy yet again?
***I cant believe anyone's mentioning the Olympics 4 yrs ago. Nagasu in no way deserved to go to the Olympics over Wagner. It whb a disgace if she had in fact. And it w/b an utter crime for Wagner to never have been to an Olympics.***
Then why hold the US Nat'ls if people can just choose who they want to go? Why bother qualifying for all these poor slobs spending all this X & $$ just to be overruled b/c politics plays a part in who is sent to Worlds & the Olympics?
***I wouldn't be upset if Adam gets placed on the team, but I honestly don't think his "body of work," while certainly superior to that of Ross & Vincent is frankly enough to justify it. ...They can't just keep using it every possible chance otherwise Nat'ls becomes a joke. USFSA need t/b selective when pulling that card out & I don't think Adam's one of them.
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...Apparently, Christine Brennan confirmed w/ 3 sources that the US team w/b:
- Nathan, Vincent, & Adam!***
It makes sense, but if it was unfair to Mirai who won Bronze in '14, it's doubly unfair for Miner who won Silver! This is almost as bad as '08 when they had to drop all the way down to #7 Kimmie Meissner due to the podium full of kids not qual. to compete Int'ly!
***Congrats to Adam for officially being named to the team. Very happy for him.***
Really? I think he talks too much & it was his own mouth that got him in trouble! He was putting down a marker days ago; "no way am I not going to the Olympics!" If I were him, I wouldn't be too happy! He just screwed another comp., & not in a good way!
***U.S. Men's Olympic Team:
- 1. Chen
- 2. Zhou
- 3. Rippon
U.S. Men's Olympic Alt:
- 1. Brown
- 2. Miner
- 3. Aaron
- - http://www.usfsa.org/story?id=91145&type=media - -***
***Miner was the US Silver medalist in '13, was sent to Worlds, & finished 14th. That’s why we only had 2 spots in Sochi.***
ReplyDeleteWe understand the justification, but it still doesn't look good! It almost makes Nat'ls irrelevant! All Rippon had to do was stay on his feet & he couldn't = do that! Those last 2 jumping passes should haunt him for all X; forcing the USFSA to save his padded butt! He put too much pressure on himself by mouthing off about the other skaters & their mothers judging Nat'ls! It's all on him causing this drama!
***Mark Mitchell posted on his FB page he's done w/ coaching. 3rd strike: 1st him in '92, then Katrina Hacker in '08, & now Ross. He said he can't continue to tell his students to work hard & they can fulfill their dreams when he knows it's not true. That's a loss to the skating world. It's not just Ross who was impacted by this decision.***
That w/b my reaction! Doing this again so soon will only "contract" interest to do well & perform; not uplift hopes! Another sad day for the USFSA; justified in doing it, but so much controversy chb avoided if Adam had kept his big mouth shut & performed to the best of his abilities!
***Adam was right about going to the Olympics though. He knew he had the body of work & assumed he would place well enough at Nat'ls that it would hold up. It did. If he was in Jason's position, it likely would not have, but he's not in Jason's position, he's a pewter medalist. It would have taken strong politics to advocate Miner over Rippon; but Miner's Mom wasn't on the selection committee to do it. Adam's statement was right.***
That's why FS will go down in history as one of the shadiest sports; probably only surpassed by BOXING! Advocacy shouldn't have anything to do w/ sport success, but we all know coaches are one of the things taken into consideration in moments like this! Truly SHADY indeed!
***Advocacy DIDN'T win out here. Adam's comp. record did. Adam NOT going based on the published criteria whb shady.***
If you say so! If there's no controversy, why is this discussion going on all over the internet & Twitter? I personally don't blame the USFSA for doing what they're doing, but they have to know they're playing w/ other people's lives & dreams! All countries do it, but it's has t/b acknowledged as SHADY!
***...On the USFSA website, most of the people banned are for sex abuse allegations, so I'd imagine they are strict about it when they find out, but one wonders if there's anyone w/ allegations they're sweeping under the rug. I hope not.***
Well it definitely wasn't a shock from years gone by that there was abuse of these kids! Many = knew how sleazy a coach was only to send their kid to them anyway w/ the excuse, "well I have a daughter so it'll be ok!" There were shocking tales that came out in the 90's; some of the coaches continued to work for a while before being run off!
***...I have several dozen VHS tapes from when Nat'ls/Worlds/GP skating was on ABC/ESPN. The last comp. I recorded was Sochi.***
Me too! Skating was so huge after Tonya/Kerrigan drama! It was playing on all 4 networks, prime X telecasts on Fox; not to mention the Pros got in on the $$-train! Those were great days, but after Plushenko & Yagudin rivalry, it just hasn't been the same! Asada & Kim gave a small blip of interest 10 years ago, but since then it's been a graveyard where you actually have to search for coverage! It was nice to see Evgeny one more X & win another GOLD for his team, but that's really been it for the most part! The Olympic channel's helped; esp. going back to past Games so I can re-tape them! I wonder will Olymp. Channel survive after these games?
***...Gonna be interesting to see how far Grigor falls in the ranking by the EOTY - b/c no way in Hell is he defending Cincy & YEC finals to retain those pts. I'm not = sure he'll be able to defend the 720 pts from the AO SF.***
ReplyDeleteKyrgios beating Nadal in the QF in Cincy had to take its toll on him! ...Commenting on players underperforming in Slams, we really need to get over it since the last 10+ yrs have been owned by 3 or 4 players! I've seen many players come & go w/ high expectations, but no one seems to brk thru! I think Zrevev is right on schedule, actually winning 2 Masters last season! That's more than MOST & he needs t/b cultivated, not undermined j/b he didn't beat the GOAT in some meaning< team exh. contest! Grigor was called "Baby Fed," has all the talent in the world & he only has 1 Masters won last yr & has made only a couple SF in Slams! ...Until Fedalovic decide to hang it up, we have to just live w/ limited success of the Next Gen.!
Laver's w/o a doubt "The GOAT" IMB since he won 2 CYGS's; once as an amateur in'62, then again as a pro in '69! He was pretty much done by '74, but was wily enough to continue giving some players heartburn just by showing up; getting all that love from the crowd! = if he didn't win, he could soften up the best of them like Borg @ the WCT Chps of '75! In the SF Borg was taken to the limit going 5 long sets! By the next day vs Ashe he was toast, the Swede having a tough X; his legs gone! Borg ran out of gas early & it was painful to watch! If Laver had gotten thru, he probably would have won b/c Ashe was such a head case vs the old guy! Laver's last real chance to win was back in '72 losing in 5 to Rosewall!
***When Becker joined Nole, I said he wouldn't dare to coach someone w/o sev. Slams won already.***
Well he's going to go broke if Rafa or someone else doesn't comes along needing his view on winning majors since Fedalovic have just about owned the tour for over 10 yrs! This is unprecedented dominance in the OPEN era! Gens ago it happened a lot more often w/ players like Tilden, Budge, & the 4 Musketeers of France! In the Open era = BORG lost someX's! Fedalovic have decimated hope in winning anything major w/ a physically able top 100, but mentally they're all underachievers who're gut< & can't seem to finish off upsets! Connors, Borg, McEnroe, Lendl, & = the GOAT of the past era Sampras wasn't invulnerable & it's what made the sport "must see" TV! I can skip matches now I never would've decades ago! Going for broke w/ mind< aggression just isn't entertaining; = from Roger after seeing him beat Nadal! I enjoyed the losses, but not the GAME employed to get there!
***Zverev declined really from where he was @ Rome. He actually has talent/skills. But, the durability & stamina are the aspects where he's a dud. He seems to brk down very easily in infinitesimally small bits & pieces.***
Sasha's as skinny as a rake! Give him X to work on his body & stamina! That's a problem that c/b overcome! Btw the ears is something else, but he's barely been on the tour that long! It = took Nole X to come into his own when he took over in '11 w/ just 1 major under his belt he stole in '08 "down under!"
***I still say his biggest problem is his height. How many guys that tall have been able to maintain a high level of play for long periods of X? Jez Green would have to turn him into a physical beast in order to overcome the usual "Big Man Syndrome." As he puts on weight & muscle, it'll become harder & harder to cover the court. The player I'd compare him to the most is Cilic - tall, lanky, reasonably good mover, big server, decent groundstrokes, but not as good as people thought he was going t/b.***
***Djokovic probably shouldn't have made it to the USO final in '16 considering he was injured.***
ReplyDeleteThat was "some" dream run given to Nole; walkovers, defaults, & other players so broken down he was never challenged! Happened to Nadal a lot in the past! IMO he hasn't been the same since winning his FO almost 2 years ago! The last time he really played "above the rim" was probably Qatar when he eviscerated Nadal in the final! He wasn't missing much of anything and embarrassed Nadal 1 & 2! He struggled with his health and game he routinely won like IW, Miami, and even Madrid where Tiriac invited him to perform as a WC! He won his FO and even making other finals, he just didn't look himself!
***In '11, Fed lost just 5 matches outside Big 4 while in '07 he lost 6. So in '11, when not playing Big 4, he was @ the same level or = >er than '07, but he didn't win as many tourneys b/c he couldn't pass Nadal or Djokovic. If there were no Nadal or Djokovic in '11, his yr. would have looked as prolific as '07.***
It's always someone in the way of extending the >ness of some players! Federer would have won more than 20 majors if not for Rafa (1st) & Nole (later)! He was routinely owned by them @ diff. stages in his career! IDK how Roger's doing it today; esp. his wins over Rafa! Rafa also whb well over 20 majors if not for Nole who beat him in so many major finals; the only player who has 2 seven match win streaks over him! Nole had it the toughest w/ "Fedal" early, but he also would have matched them in majors if not for Andy & Stan who snuck up on him in a handful of major finals! That's how the cookie crumbles!
***So '09 is now a bad yr. for Fed? 2 Slam titles & 2 other major finals. Terrible.***
It wasn't terrible, but he was aided by Nadal being upset @ the FO by Soderling & later out for a few months w/ a knee injury! Having his pigeon in the '09 final @ Wimbledon also helped! That was an awful match regard< of the epic length & score of the match! Roddick had it & blew his chance w/ X SP's in set 2 which Roger confesses whb the nail in his coffin! Roger was up on Del Po in the '09 USO final & gave it away! I saw a decline in him, but the comp. so weak, he still got to his appointed Rds & finals!
***Ok, but isn't peak comparison how they did vs the entire field? Otherwise it makes no sense to use the h2h, b/c Roddick would have higher peak than Djokovic in this case. But then again, Fed owns Roddick & we go in circles.
... All we can really say is that Federer's peak lasted longer & he was more dominant. He won faster & the scores were much more dominant.
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What happened btw Fed & Djokovic after '12 was the natural progression of the sport: the younger player taking over after the older player lost his edge. In no way do I hold this against him. Peak Djokovic got the >er of an older Federer, just like it was supposed to happen. At least he was there to receive this beatings like a man unlike a certain Spaniard who dodged Djokovic repeatedly in majors & thus maintained his warrior persona, while it's Fed who unfairly gets bashed.
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I was never convinced by the age excuse. It was partly bad luck that Fed didn't change his racket sooner. That's the main reason he had problems. And of course they change the AO court and they slowed down other courts w/ diff. balls.
- Federer is 11-1 vs Nadal and Murray after the racket change = after age 33, while he was having losing h2h vs them.
- No, it's just bad luck really & not age. = in his peak, Fed had problems vs 2-handers w/ grinding styles.
- Also matchups are important too. Murray is 3-0 vs Fed in Shanghai, while Fed owns Rafa & Nole there.
- Murray is 6-0 vs Kyrgios, while Kyrgios is what 6-5 vs other top 3? I know it's close.
- So, no, it's matchups & bad luck about the h2h & nothing else; it's not age.***
***I wonder if Bannon got leaned on to make that statement of contrition to Trump over comments in Wolff's book?***
ReplyDeleteI think he just wanted to save his own ass! He cut off his nose to spite his face & he needs to stanch the bleeding! Trump's already undermined him by calling him "Sloppy Steve" &'s ??ing his mental state! What a nerve; Trump's such a mentally deficient child! Bannon also lost his funding for Breitbart! $$ makes the world go round as we well know, so Bannon's in trouble & has no choice but to walk back all his comments about Trump, his family, & the admin.!
***...There needs t/b some reform that stops the majority from simply doing whatever they want while the minority stands power< to do anything; 'cept go to the media.***
This is why Dems have been losing of late! Reps have run rings around them for yrs = when in the minority! They're willing to get dirty, obstruct, & shut the gov't down to get what they want! Dems might = gain back the advantage after '18, but they won't hold it b/c McConnell just doesn't give a FK; the country be damned! We've seen Reps trash the economy 3 X's since Reagan; going to massive tax cuts, de-reg. of banks & Wall St., & trying to undercut social programs! After the dust settles, the Dems clean it up, gets us back on our feet only to repeat the exact same process!
***Now THAT is too true! I'm fond of saying that Pubs/cons will sink lower & play a dirtier type of pool than Dems/libs. We're witnessing it here in real X how low they'll sink & dirty they'll play.***
History has shown each X the Dems do something + that benefits the country, Reps rain on it! We punish them! Medicare & Civil Rights legis. was passed in the 60's & the SOUTH was lost for all X! Obamacare's still being maligned, but the people like it! Trump's election shows we're seriously disturbed people!
***Yeah, well Hillary has t/b indicted & Obamacare done. If it take cons til 2065 to do it, dammit, they'll not rest until both are done; esp. killing Obamacare. They'll not rest until every vestige is obliterated. It's kind of the reason I think cons have lost their minds. Obama made something in their heads burst.***
Which proves my pt; they're against Nat'l health care! What's sicker in the head than that? We've been trying to get this done for over 100 yrs; now that it's in place, instead of tweaking & making it >er, they can't be happy until it's totally gone! BLAME US for allowing it I keep saying!
***B/c it's got the name OBAMAcare. They have to kill it if it's the last thing they do. No matter how long or how many votes it takes. They must erase it.
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...You saying cons raising the spectre of the Clintons makes libs fly off b/c of some great love for them? I recognize it's a diversion, distraction & sleazy. Cons are the ones wanting to revisit & reopen shit.***
Insanity! Reps play this game of marginalizing & undermining Dems they hate & fear! They've done it w/ the Clintons, Liz Warren, & of course Pelosi! It's kind of pathetic that women have allowed them to get away w/ this, actually installing a major misogynist pig in the OVAL office! When their civil rights are taken away from them, what will they do then? They're such fools & the Dems play into the hands of these "children" again & again! It's why they run all the shit from coast to coast! The power does them lit'l good b/c their idea & values are petty, insignificant, & self-serving to their pathetic party! We'll have to see if we survive this assault on the Constitution; '18 s/b telling!
***...When a party has their base convinced that they're the only thing standing btw their followers & some bogeyman ...fear mongering.***
ReplyDeletePeople like Limbaugh & Hannity should burn in HELL for their constant use of that term "fear mongering" when serious issues are being discussed like CHIP, Soc. Sec. Medicare, & Nat'l health! "Oh, they're going to start dropping in the streets!"
***When It's factually based...like cutting or gutting Soc. Sec. & Medicare, i.e., I wouldn't call it 'fear mongering. That's a clever tech. used by the Limbaughs out there in an attempt to turn real issues into "nothingburgers." ...Obama's coming for our guns...fear mongering.
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So both sides use fear & exploit it to proffer an agenda.***
Dems are usually smarter & aren't so easily moved; hence the warnings about Trump being ignored! Reps are sheep & listen to the leadership of their party as if "the words of GAWD" came down from the mount! They use the same talking pts & sound like real morons doing it; = the so called educated!
***...Good people vote for bad candidates/polticians/leaders all the X. It doesn't make them bad.***
That used t/b true! With Reps, they're being malicious; totally going against the will of the masses! This m/b their last chance to play GAWD, cutting taxes when not needed & giving their donors a nice Xmas present, while hurting the solvency of the country! You think that infrastructure bill will get passed after giving away a trillion $$'s? I don't think so; crumbling bridges, roads, & public works have already slipped into disrepair! When something catastrophic happens, we'll be able to pt. the finger @ Reps, but they won't give a shit; they never have! It's all about supporting the ideals of their party; the people & country be damned!
***You exclusively blame one side & absolve the other. You're doing exactly what you decry, using the victim-hood mentality to push a political agenda.***
The reason is the Dems aren't in power! Reps own it from coast to coast! They brag about how many gov'ships they have, the State Houses, Congress in DC, & now the presidency! How do you blame the Dems for anything? They have no power! It wasn't a Dem in MI that poisoned the drinking water in Flint; it was a fk'n Rep! When will they take responsibility for their actions? They always pass the buck; "it's Clinton's fault" or "Obama misled us!" That's total bullshit & it's why I blame one over the other! It may not sound fair, but those are the fk'n facts!
***They had the WH, House, & Senate in '08 & did lit'l to nothing, & certainly didn't address our crumbling infrastructure. We sure heard a lot of "it's Bush's fault." As to the Flint water crisis keep in mind that it was & is a Dem. stronghold & run by them! Most of those decisions were made by Dem. city admin. IIRC.***
Well your fk'n recollections are wrong! The Rep. Gov. took over city after city w/ managers after cutting budgets! And you conveniently forget the country was in free fall economically! Unemployment skyrocketed, but all Rep. could think of was thwarting Obama! "W" had just about bankrupted us w/ his tax cuts & the stock market plummeted! We had a "Sequester" bill that limited anything that would increase the budget deficit! All Obama could do was sign EO's that was bitched about by "the right!" That's pretty much all Trump's done; run the country thru exec. fiat! It'll be your kids who'll be royally screwed by the insolvency & bankrupt ideas of the present day party in power!
***The diff. is the Reps think they are the victims, while the Dems don't claim victimization. They strive to help actual victims regard< of politics.***
ReplyDeleteThey love playing the victim = though they "own" it from coast to coast! Trump's still bitchin' after a yr. in office! It's never enough & they play the victim card absolutely everyday! ...the Dems in Congress have no power! If they did, they would have stopped that ridiculous tax bill from being passed last month! It got thru w/ 51 votes! ...When the people get FK'd w/ this tax cut, I'm going to laugh!
***What are the Reps doing? They've got their tax-enrichment. Do they really want to stay in power that badly that it's worth selling out their country?***
In a word "YES;" Reps are willing to sell out their country! They prove it everyday when they won't = acknowledge Russian collusion to elect Trump; a person they had no use for just a yr ago! People like Sen. Graham, Cruz, Flake, & many others openly ??ed all these things including Trump's competence! Now all's right w/ the world & they have no idea why we're wasting X & $$ over these fake events! I can't get more disgusted!
***Right now they have a useful idiot in the WH who'll sign anything they put in front of him. - Paul Ryan sits 3rd in line t/b president behind Pence. He looks more like a manager of an airport rental car agency than Speaker of the US House.***
He's leaving along w/ 30+ other Rep. Reps who are disgusted & are getting out while the getting is good! He was being challenged back home for his incompetence & doesn't want to lose like that; esp. since he was so close to the reign of real power! He's probably the weakest Speaker in my lifeX; = the pedophile Hastert ran Congress w/ more of an iron hand developing the "Hastert Rule" where bills passed w/ Rep. votes alone all the X! The only X they've relented since his excommunication has been to keep the gov't from shutting down due to budget stalemates where they absolutely had to have Dem. support!
***Grassley won't release Fusion GPS transcript from Russia probe. Cons are extravagant in their efforts to derail this investigation. That's why I include them as traitors. What is Grassley & the cons hiding? The Dems on the committee all want the transcripts released, along w/ Fusion GPS themselves.***
Well I think it's done! I heard "Breaking News" that Sen. Feinstein went ahead & released it! She got fed up dealing w/ Grassley's obstruction & just said "Fk it, I'm taking it upon myself to let the country see it!" She's old & rich; not a lot they can do to her being a senior senator elected back in '92 w/ Clinton!
***...A lot of heroine & meth are getting thru our borders though.***
But who's fault is that? It's hilarious how we blame other countries for "our" drug use! If it ain't illegal drugs coming over the border, it's legal opioids prescribed by doctors that we're overdosing on! Please give me a brk!
***Yea, it's not the supply of illegal drugs that's the problem, it's the demand.
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Scary news in AZ. The notorious, racist ex-Sheriff is running for the Senate. He was indicted, but Trump pardoned him before the trial = began. The Dems must do everything to keep him away from the Senate.***
If those idiots in AZ have the nerve to send that A-hole to DC to represent them, they deserve him! That's the repercussions of Trump pardoning him; gives him carte blanche to act as if he didn't do anything wrong & run for office again = though closing in on 100 yrs old! Fools!
***There are so many factual errors in the Wolff book, 'Fire And Fury!' ...Maybe it’s just nitpicking. Dick Armey was never speaker! Boehner didn’t leave in '11. Small nitpicks? ...***
ReplyDeleteWell that's what some do to undermine & disqualify something or someone they don't like or respect; if there's one mistake, everything s/b discounted as fake! It's more than a lit'l pathetic! I remember Bill O'Reilly was like that, but when his book "Killing Lincoln" came out, it couldn't be sold @ the gift shop of the Lincoln Library or museum due to well over 1000 factual errors! He totally blew it off being the hypocrite these type of people have always been!
***Does Feinstein's "sneakiness" derail Grassley's attempt to have a criminal investigation conducted on Steele? What part of Grassley's agenda does the release of these documents derail?
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It's odd he finds a straight forward move sneaky.***
Reps brought this on themselves, leaking selective intel of the report! AS I said, they always overplay their hand; = when they have the advantage! It invariably sabotages their goals & saves the country from their treasonous behavior; "thanks idiots!" If Obama or Clinton were found t/b in bed w/ the Russians, the rightwing-nuts w/b setting their hair on fire, but b/c Trump's a useful idiot, they'll protect him as long as they can! Unfortunately it's making their party look like conspirators that won't be washed away w/ one election if the Dems have any say in it! Knowing the populous of the country, they'll need t/b reminded again & again b/c they have weak & short memories!
***We have long known of Trump's Russian ties via various Real Estate deals. In fact there are "Little Russia" communities built around some of Trump's ties w/ Russian oligarchs.***
But Trump's been in total denial from DAY ONE! It was like "IDK; this Russia thing! I've had no dealings w/ Russia & don't plan on it!" He's been FOS since before being elected & I have no idea why anyone s/b surprised? Some expected him to grow into the job! If anything he's cut his schedule so he can watch TV & Tweet in the early morning hrs when he s/b reading his security briefing! He's more than an embarrassment; he's put us in jeopardy for something happening since the rest of the world has NO RESPECT for him & us! That mythical fence along the Mexican border isn't going to protect anyone but Trump due to his lame promises during the campaign! Yeah, "Mexico w/b paying for it!" Don't hold your breath idiots "on the right!" Why is he asking for $18 B then? "You've been taken by a con artist!"
***Nixon, Geo. HW Bush, & Reagan are the only ones in the modern era to have not won it on their 1st go around. Bush Sr. ran in the '80 primaries before becoming Reagan's VP.***
IDK why anyone takes ANYTHING Trump says as fact? Besides being a pathological & sociopathic liar, he only cares about making himself "greater" & bigger than anything & anyone else on the planet! It's not like people didn't know this beforehand so why SHOCKED?
***Looks like Sen. Collins realized she needs some + publicity again. She's the 1st GOP Sen. to back the net neutrality bill.***
Her vacillating loyalty's getting annoying! I gave up on her when she allowed that horrendous tax bill t/b passed last month! She can take her stroke-speech back home for all I care! I need a lit'l more consistency when it comes to important bills; not her giving us crumbs so she can keep her job for another term!
***Feinstein is evil b/c of conventional norms. Trump is a hero b/c unconventional norms. None of the trestimony of the "Fusion GPS" testimony was classified. It's hard to understand why the American people shouldn't see it.***
ReplyDeleteAnd @ the same X stops the propaganda of Trump & Senate Reps lying & undermining the findings of the report! I'm so ashamed of many like Sen. Grassley & Graham who went out of their way to make the report something it wasn't! I said last yr, if Trump wins, he'll drag the whole party down into the sewer w/ him! I think we're ahead of schedule! More Rep. Repr. & Senators are vowing not to run for office @ the end of the yr; @ least 8 are chairmen of committees!
***Reports are Feinstein is apologizing to Grassely. Said she was pressured into doing it.***
Hey, this is a Trump stooge; you can take it to the bank it's bullshit!
***It's always good when the people know what the gov't knows. Why should this unclassified testimony be hidden from the public?***
There are some things I don't need to know like posting blueprints of the B2 Bomber on the front page of a newspaper, but information that's just embarrassing to the powerbrokers of DC need to see the light of day! We should have all the info we need to make an assessment if they should continue in their jobs! Right now that's all that's happening; COVERUPS of incompetence, conspiracies, & outright lying to all of us!
***Steve King says some of the most horrific racist nonsense.***
You should check out Rep. Gohmert of TX! He makes the Klan sound statesmen-like! His name s/b "Goober!" Texas has no shame it seems in sending real idiots like him to DC to represent them election cycle after election cycle!
***If the Dems want DACA, they need to compromise. That's the way it's supposed to work.***
Dems don't have to do shit! Reps run the show, they've bulldozed legis. thru before! Why do Dems have to accommodate them? FK them & the horses they rode in on! If they really need Dem. votes, the compromise should come from Reps! That's why the Dems have been losing horribly over the last 2 decades; always trying to make nice w/ these DICKs when they've always been obstructionists who think nothing of shutting the gov't down on a whim! I say "let them eat cake!" ALL they do is talk shit about the Dems, why do Reps any fk'n favors! OWN IT!
***Didn't mean to trigger you.***
Well I get exercised by Rep. pols & media personalities who think nothing of disparaging the Dem. party, talk about how bad they are for the country, make up sleazy names to describe them, then come around asking for support on their miserable legis.! Call me small, but heaven knows Rep. wouldn't put up w/ that shit! Dems have kissed their asses for yrs, giving them all kinds of say in their legis., but the reverse has never been true! = the ACA had 100 amendments from the "right," and they still voted against it!
***There’s been 18 shutdowns in the past 40 yrs. Nobody noticed any of them. - They put up traffic cones in turnouts near Mt. Rushmore so tourists couldn't stop & view the presidents. ...***
I remember; it was ugly! Ryan & the rest of Congress thought they could pass a budget "piecemeal" to thwart Obama & actually threatened our credit rating! The Nat'l Debt levels needed t/b raised along w/ a comprehensive budget! Reps shut it down & blew $20 B while Cruz read "Green Eggs & Ham" to his kids in the Senate! I lost all respect for Reps who backed his play! I was done & wouldn't vote for an "R" to head the lowest municipal office in the country! Way back when, if someone was good & competent, it didn't matter & I had no trouble pulling the lever for them; NO LONGER!
Trump referred to Haiti and African countries as ‘shithole’ nations - They're in the middle of negotiations dealing w/ immigration policy & Trump openly asks, "why are we taking in immigrants from these shithole countries!" He was referring to Haiti & Africa; shocking!
ReplyDelete- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-haiti-african-countries-shithole-nations-n836946 -
...These people are so pathetic, just making up shit as they go! They've learned from the biggest liar of all X; their savior & leader, Heinrich Trump! When they "got nothing," feel a lit'l embarrassed by the news that comes out showing their incompetence & malfeasance, they just make up something to deflect! ...It's been said before, but this 24/7 news cycle hammering how disgusting these people have become c/b a true death nil!
***This is possibly one of the most racist things that Trump has said. He basically said that he wants the blond haired, blue-eyed people to come to America, that they are welcome w/ open arms. To Hell w/ people w/ melanated skin. I guess the dumb-ass hasn't figured out that those people in Norway don't want to leave their utopia to come to our piss-pot known as USA.
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People have let it all go & are saying shithole all over TV now.***
W/ emphasis; Trump's made it almost nec. to really show how disgusting & how much he has lowered conversational discourse! Only a pig like him could do this to America!
***I wonder if Pelosi is trying to torpedo the bipartisan effort to help the DACA recipients for political gain?***
Oh please, everything said or done is a calculation! It's a characteristic of being a pol! = when Trump's being a boorish a-hole, he knows exactly what he's doing & his base must love it! He's embarrassing himself & the country!
***I would venture to say that no Rep. is going to vote for a House Dem. j/b Pelosi's removed & no Dem. is going to vote for a House Rep. j/b Pelosi's not removed. ...And if the Dems did trade her in for someone else, the neg. Rep. political ads would dub in the new name w/o skipping a beat.***
There you go! You hit it exactly on the head! The acrimony would continue & isn't going to change anyX soon! I trace the problem back to the elim. of "earmarks!" It's sad to say, but w/ them, there was a lot more compromise done! It cost us maybe $3 B under the Dems, but = w/ the abuse of the Reps when they took over elevating it to $18 B, things still got done! There weren't threats of Gov't shutdowns every few months w/ never-ending CR's that's costing us more since the needed cuts aren't being done!
***Many of the people who vote for the GOP are poor fools who for some idiotic reason believe that by voting the way they do, some of the riches of the GOP w/b sprinkled on them. If the Dems could prove otherwise, the GOP would become the ROP. ROP=redundant old pricks instead of greedy old pricks.***
True enough! I keep hearing story after story of regret by these poor schnooks that were conned by Trump & the GOP! Carrier was given a tax brk, promised to keep that plant in IND., now they've fired 500+ employees & are still moving it to Mexico! These poor farmers are going to pay a huge price as well! The Haitians were lied to w/ Trump promising he'd be their champion! Not sure I have to remind people what's what as it exploded yesterday; ALL DAY!
They're all idiots & the GOP never underestimates the gullibility of the populous; hence them owning it from coast to coast! I can't wait for retribution in the next election! Not sure if these nitwits will remember how ineffectual Congress has been, only getting that tax bill thru that will hurt us all eventually!
***It c/b that Pelosi isn't very smart or simply spoke w/o thinking.***
ReplyDeleteIt was just a bad joke for the most part, but I think she's well past her expiration date! She's still quite powerful & brings the $$ into the party so no one wants to ax her! Hoyer wasted his X trying sev. yrs ago! Her ego won't allow her to step down; actually creating a new position to make sure she stayed as Minority Leader of the Dems when they lost it in '10! She didn't want to look bad, so to keep Clyburn in leadership, they extended it by one job! That was sad & I was hoping she would step down in a few yrs! 8 yrs later she's still scratchin'!
***...However, a Flake can someX's act in a non-flaky manner. Like yesterday, i.e.: "Flake compares Trump's treatment of press to Stalin's [& Mao's]"
- https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/14/flake-trump-stalin-media-fake-news-340605 -
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that President Donald Trump's declaration that media is "the enemy of the people" is a throwback to Josef Stalin that should have no place in political discourse.
"I'm saying he borrowed that phrase," Flake told MSNBC's Kasie Hunt of Trump's choice of words. "It was popularized by Josef Stalin, used by Mao as well — enemy of the people. It s/b noted that Nikita Khrushchev who followed Stalin, forbade its use, saying that was too loaded & that it maligned a whole group or class of people, & it shouldn't be done. Where are the other Rep. Senators on this?
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IDK where the other Senators are, but what has Flake actually done vs this person he compares to Stalin? According to "538," Flake voted in line w/ Trump's position 90.7%.
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And I don't think it speaks for Flake's rec. that he voted vs Trump when it came to Russia sanctions & disaster relief in Puerto Rico. Words are hollow if they're not followed by actions & if someone votes in line w/ the person he criticizes 90.7%, then I have a hard X considering the criticism sincere.***
People like Flake, McCain, Collins, & other level-headed Senators are only courageous once in a while; w/ an emphasis on once! They all still voted to pass that horrendous tax bill last month when critical of it & going against the tide when the ACA was being attacked & potentially repealed! Their spines are more supple than most & can only be noble under a "blue moon" which occurs rarely!
***McCain & Collins have @ least voted against Trump a lit'l more often. Not many X's, but a lit'l. And there are Senators who have a much >er rec. than 90% still, if you compare someone to Stalin while confirming each & every nominee, including someone like Sessions & the judiciary picks, then it looks like you're not really serious about the comparison (or don't think it's a bad thing that Trump's like Stalin or you agree w/ Trump which makes the Stalin comparison hypocrisy). But generally, actions do speak louder than words.***
It w/b so cool if after they got over there, Rippon would feel the guilt of his "ripoff" & pass the torch to Miner! ....NYAH; never happen!
ReplyDelete***Adam's responsible for taking his career into his own hands when USFS was more interested in 'phasing him out' in '15 w/ that low-ball SP score.
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Say what now? Adam got nearly 85 for a program w/ two level 2 spins (including missing a basic position in his last combo-spin) & an under-rotated quad Lutz w/ a 2-foot landing + step out. If anything, you could argue his SP score @ '15 Nat'ls was rather generous!***
Everyone's a victim in the eyes of the fans & competitors; Ashley, Adam, Ross, & Mirai! Just depends on what you want out of judging & who you support @ X's!
***...What about Olympic champions who have "one great skate" @ the OGs? Maybe they s/b subject to "body of work" review.***
ITA! People forget Meissner, Hughes, & = Tara L. that have that 1 great performance which puts their name on the map! Their body of work was short & unimpressive compared to others! It happens!
***Can I just take a moment to say the fact that Johnny & Tara refuse to mention Michelle really sucks as a Kwan Fan.***
What would you like them to say? It's not like they're mentioning any past champions; some from the US that have won OG like Fleming, Hamill, Yamaguchi, & the Silver by Kerrigan!
***And I also find that wrong! It’s what I miss about Dick Button mentioning skaters from the past & the history of the sport. W/ Johnny & Tara it’s all “I love Me” to reference a famous Scott Hamilton #.
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...Nicole Bobek & Naomi Nari Nam, ROTFL! Yeah I'm sure any good competitor w/b terrified of facing a mess who set a U.S record for worst Olympic finish in Nagano & who usually struggled to land a double axel or triple toe cleanly, or a girl who peaked @ 13 & never had anything harder than a triple salchow she could do efficiently. ...***
Nicole being sent was a joke from what I remembered! She watered down her program just to stay on her feet @ Nat'ls knowing the committee would send her to Nagano b/c of her looks & accompanying endorsements alone! It was one of the most pathetic & irresponsible decisions I can remember back then! Nam was just injury prone due to pushing herself to do adult programs w/ that lit'l jr. body of hers! She was a gorgeous skater, but like Caroline Zhang, her jr. success never translated to adult skating! I blame the coaches & parents!
***Bobek was always a joke. I so wish Tonia K. had gotten the spot instead. She was a journeywomen, but was always prepared and professional, which is the complete op. of Nicole. Nicole worked hard for Nat'ls since she knew if she skated half decent there the corrupt USFSA would ensure her being on the team = if Tonia or Angela had the skate of their lives w/ far more tech. content. Then we had to endure wks of absurd hype of a U.S sweep which was never going to happen as Nicole predictably went to the Games & bombed. ...= Bobek's world medal (which the judges were salivating to award her a gold if she simply stayed on her feet ...) was a joke, falling twice & giving up the last 40 secs of the program.... As for Nam, she's like a Caroline Zhang except just lasting 1 or 2 yrs rather than 12. - If you look @ the protocol it's all there in b&w - quad Lutz under-rotated w/ -3 GOE. ...Have a look at the actual protocol. ...***
No one wants to hear it so they can justify the choice of Adam w/ a subpar effort! ...Adam probably should have just kept it clean & skipped the Quad Lutz this Nat'ls IMO! The judgement would have looked a lit'l > shady since the result was one of the most awful performances of someone being selected out of hand as they've done "yet again!"
I don't understand all the drama concerning Adam; did we forget Johnny Weir altogether? He had a video crew following him around for months producing that series on Sundance yrs ago; "Be Good Johnny Weir!" He led the way @ Olympics in Torino being 2nd behind Plushenko after the SP!
ReplyDelete***Adam shouldn’t = be going to the Olympics. He's a loser; 4th place, quad< journeyman. It s/b Ross Miner going.***
It's happened before & it'll happen again; the injustice of "the system!"
***I can't believe a "is Kwan overrated" topic comes up annually.***
As much as I've never been a fan of Kwan's, I don't think I've felt she was overrated; more a problem w/ the fans & commentators "fawning" & slobbering over her! ...I just preferred the jumping of a Surya or Irina & balletic styles of Sasha & Oksana believe it or not!
***And Dick Button was the worst of the worst. He was the =lent of gotoschool for Mao when it came to Kwan or his other pet Sasha Cohen. Remember him saying after her LP @ the '99 worlds whining that the judges did not put her 2nd after the SP & instead put her 4th since she had "only one fall." When everyone else, including the American journalists, some of them typically Kwan ubers were saying she was massively held up t/b 4th in the SP. Dick literally made a complete fool of himself whenever commentating on Kwan or Cohen; Cohen probably = moreso believe it or not.***
I well remember Tatiana Malinina being robbed & placed in 5th when she was clean in her SP! This has always been a shady sport using subjective judging to place these skaters where they wanted rather than where they deserved! She wound up in 4th after the LP, but you never know; she mhb on the podium if not for how crooked FS has been for as long as I can remember! No one abused more than my all X fave Surya Bonaly! She just never played their game & she was punished for it X & X again!
***Malinina wasn't actually clean in the SP. She had a turn btw her 3-lutz & double toe. W/o that turn out I'm 100% sure she's 2nd to Butyrskaya in the & the silver medalist = if she's 3rd behind Kwan in the LP. ...***
Well she had t/b cleaner than Kwan! I barely remember since almost 20 yrs ago, but I seem to recall MK's axil was singled in the SP, then in the LP she had a turnout on her Lutz combo! I def. believe Kwan was held up! The only X I agreed w/ such a thing was probably in '02 SLC! Plushenko blew his combo in the SP & was kept in 4th place to keep him in the running for OG! I knew he wouldn't win due to the ordinal system where Plushenko would not only have to win the LP, 2 other skaters would have to beat Alexei! Yagudin had no pressure on him & skated well, getting the final 6.0's of the skating era!
***Fiero425, it seems t/b a pattern when the judges want to hold up the big name who falls in the SP they always place them in exactly 4th, irregard< the quality of performances from the others. Ito '92 Olympics, Browning '92 Olympics, Kwan '99 Worlds, Stojko 2000 Worlds, Plushenko '02 Olympics, Slutskaya '98 Worlds, etc...***
Back in '97 during the GP @ the NHK, Kulik was "the man" favored to win OG! He blew his 3 Axel in the SP, actually singling it, but still led w/ the commentators agreeing & making excuses for the judging when 2 other skaters performed clean icluding our own Dan Hollander! All you can do is shake your head seeing this nonsense go on yr after yr! At Nat'ls this same skater performed well until the very last element of a double axel & he was crucified, dropped precipitously in the standings, & didn't qualify for Worlds! It's just mind-numbing to see these egregious acts go on!
The commenters made Carolina K. seem like she skated the performance of her life @ Europeans! Supposedly the only reason she's in 3rd after the SP's b/c she executes her < than dynamic jumps early rather than later in the program for +ed pts like the top 2 Russian women! It was absolutely ridiculous IMO!
ReplyDelete***Wow, what an incredible skate by Kostner @ age 31, prob. her best SP ever. It's an insult to the sport that a childish, immature, & clunky skater like Zagitova gets virtually the same PCS as Kostner or = Medvedeva, but that kind of bad judging is the norm these days.***
So you think Carolina s/b leading after the SP = though her elements were < than spectacular or hard? You're proving my pt. & are sorta complicit in the shady scoring of figure skating!
***Fiero425, I did not say she s/b leading. I agree Zagitova deserves to lead overall as her TES is deserved. However her PCS is far too high. Her frenatic arms & "Swan Lake" on crack is horrendous to watch. Her LP while still having some artistic weakness is far superior to her SP.
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Fiero425, the instance you referred to above is b/c Dan Hollander was the very man who cost the U.S 3 men's spots @ the '98 OG's. He was never going to catch = a slight brk @ Nat'ls. As Christine Brennan said in her book, he whh to hang by the rafters @ Nat'ls to earn a place on the team.***
I well remember it & was terribly resentful that during the Qualifying, he was incompetent & missed just about every jumping pass! I didn't see, but back then we had to hear or read about it! Someone really got on my case for being so hard on DAN; maybe injured, but you know more about it than me!
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I faintly remember Michael Weiss had some blades specially made so he could do that spread-eagled split on his heels! I was terribly moved by his perf. for the '97-98 Olympic season w/ the Bach LP & trying a Quad Lutz (2-ft'd)! To beat out Eldridge, he had to do something special! It mhb intimidating to force a very cons. Todd to try a 4T @ Nat'ls! Of course he missed it; but the judges weren't going to send him to Nagano as a R-up w/ Silver! More shady goings on! This is when skating was skating though; Urmanov, Kulik, Yagudin, & Plushenko ruled that era IMO! TE had no real chance to win, but should have @ least taken Bronze in Nagano; blew it allowing Candeloro to win his 2nd OM! What a joke! What was going on his TE's head? He got such glowing praise all over the place, but never fulfilled that promise IMO!
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Seems like it was just yesterday Timothy Goebel was the Quad King, now he's more the Prince making it fashionable to perform more than 2 in the LP & @ least 1 in the SP! At Europeans, guys are attempting 2 in the SP & now Nathan's taken it to a new level going for 5 or 6 in his LP! I just never thought I'd see the day while the ladies are woefully lagging behind! Surya & Irina did more 20+ yrs ago!
***...I like how he says he prefers Mao to Kim, yet repeatedly tries to throw shade on her '08 Worlds win which wasn't as controversial as he makes it out t/b IMO. It was a closely contested comp. b/c no one went clean. Mao had a big fall in the free, but Kim made a major mistake in the SP & her free skate wasn't exactly error free either. ...In fact, Mao shb scored much >er for her SP & placed above Kostner.***
I was one who preferred Mao over Kim, but had no illusions about who was more talented! Asada was the jumper I liked; sorta like Surya or Irina compared to MK! The only chance she had to win w/b to skate perfectly & nail her 3A w/ more than a couple errors from Yuna unfortunately! Mao performed 3 Axels over her SP & LP, but it didn't matter; Kim had the Olympics & those World titles sown up except when she made those errors dropping her to 3rd place! = then, it was explained away that she "had t/b injured!"
***...If Andy Murray could get to #1, so could Hewitt.***
ReplyDeleteI'm no fan of Murray, but he gets the most out of his game being a grinder! He would probably win more if he pushed it a lit'l by going into the net! He causes some of his own problems by allowing "no names," WC's, LL's, & qualifiers to take him to the limit unnec.! All you need to do is look @ '16 FO! From the 1st Rd he was going 5 sets, having to come back from the dead vs a doubles' specialist; Stepanek! That's probably why he faded in the final vs Nole who was very vulnerable @ the X!
***A big part of Murray getting to #1 were those deep runs in clay season. Hewitt wouldn't have been able to do that. He hasn't done much on clay outside a couple 250 titles. ...***
Thank you! That obviously put him @ the top; criminal seeing as Nole won 2 majors, was a finalist @ USO, & took 4 Masters! Those 500's really helped Andy to take over #1 where it came down to the YEC final!
***I’m disappointed Chung drew M Zverev in R1. I would've liked to see the Korean win a few Rds.***
Zverev's vulnerable like any S & V! He has t/b playing well & hitting eff. volleys to win! There's no reason Chung doesn't have a chance! The same is true for a few other match-ups like Isner/Ebden, Nole/Young, & Wawrinka/ Berankis since w/ Stan we never know how well he'll play! He can win a tourney, beating the likes of Nole or Rafa, then lose in the 1st Rd of a 500 a wk later!
***I agree w/ Fiero that you can't count Chung out on that one. He's got some fire power & he's a pretty smart player.
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Male tennis stars threaten to sit out next yr's AO after ATP meeting taken over by Novak Djokovic
•A potential boycott of next yr's AO was discussed this wk.
•Djokovic proposed @ the meeting a body to represent players' interests
•One suggestion was to allocate more tourn. prize $$ to players
By Mike Dickson for the Daily Mail - PUB.: 15 Jan. '18
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-5272275/Male-tennis-stars-threaten-sit-Australian-Open.html -***
This is a joke right? OMG, I can sorta understand getting a >er slice of the pie if the profits have exceeded the prize $$ raise, but to go backwards demanding the men get more than the ladies' antiquated! I see why they feel that way since the masses go to see the men & the matches more comp. & long, but it's still something that s/b kept to themselves, not showing obvious greed after receiving so much to play a sport! It's a shame if this is a serious option to actually boycott! The only one that made sense was @ Wimbledon in '73 & you see how they didn't buckle! I'd tell the AO to say "go ahead; BOYCOTT!" We can have a new set of winners rather than the "same ol', same ol'!"
***Male players work longer (Bo5 vs Bo3), gen. more $$ & draw >er TV ratings & spectators than their female counterparts. It has nothing to do w/ sexism.***
I know all this, but it's still not PC to say or post!
***So you think players who lose in the 1st Rd. should make how much $$? Right now it's $50,000 which is more than the majority of people make here in a yr, to show up & lose one match.
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Pretty small reward for showing up to one match after 10 yrs of training. - ...It’s a complete red herring as far as:
(1) whether the players w/b better off representing their interests w/ their own assoc. & the separate & specific issue
(2) what should the players total cut be from any particular tournament.
It’s the flip side red herring of the red herring “Djokovic wants more $$.”***
They've earned it by being fodder & whipping boys for the elites! They work hard just to get into a major due to qualifiers & satellite events needed to hold up their meager rankings w/ lit'l compensation as I see it!
***I do agree that Roger was >er last yr. for the most part than '09 or at the very least he was more consistent. It was really a bad 1st 4.5 months in '09, not sure he = won a tourn. before Madrid, but he did go on a tear after that until he had a surprisingly bad Fall season.***
Roger had a lot of assistance in holding onto a #1 ranking in '09; so much HELP! Rafa injured & out for months, Soderling knocking Nadal out of the FO, & Roddick choking away his lone chance to win that Wimbl. final! Losing that match to Del PO @ the USO was telling! I thought Roger was in decline as a matter of fact! He burned so brightly w/ 3 seasons out of 4 winning 3 majors, I figured he w/b lucky to win 2 more; esp. w/ Rafa making him his pigeon! I was going t/b made right until this past season when he inexplicably was rejuvenated by something winning 2 more majors after 5 yrs of futility vs Nole & Rafa in the game!
***Roger had so much help b/c Rafa lost to players? Shock, horror... isn't that how sport works?***
I only mentioned that FO which aided Roger so much to give him the "Career GS!" Now Rafa's trying to achieve the "Double CGS" w/ OG in singles & doubles! He'll have that over Roger anyway! Nole has a chance to @ least get a "DCGS" if he wins Paris one more X! Roger can't = attempt it since it's for the best he skip the clay court season!
***...You seriously think Roger wasn't happy as Hell to face Soderling in '09 FO, or that Rafa wasn't thrilled to see Anderson last yr in USO final? If so you are in an alt. reality.***
People forget we proclaimed Sampras the GOAT for a while = though 1/2 his majors were won vs players we consider pigeons; Pioline, Philippoussis, Martin, Chang, Moya, & his personal whipping boy to the end @ USO in '02 Andre Agassi! It's why we have more respect & reverence for today's GOAT's, Fedalovic! They had to beat each other for the most part each X! Rafa had a few pigeons, but Novak never got a brk; always having to go thru Fedalray! I'm almost embarrassed how I was one of the people leading the charge making Sampras the best ever = though Laver won 2 CYGS; 1 as an amateur in '62 & 1 as a pro in '69! What were we thinking; just m/b wanting t/b a part of history & t/b able to say "we saw him?"
***I've absolutely heard Rafa say, laughingly, that he'd like to play the easier guy. But, ...if we leapt to the final, do you think Rafa, AO '18, would prefer to play Federer or Djokovic?***
Rafa's FOS for the most part! He acts an absolute fool regard< of who he's play; which is why I've never cared for him! His enthusiasm & comp. nature is over the top all the X! The pumping, primal screams, & challenging of unnecessary calls = when up by a couple sets has always made me dislike him from the very beginning! He expects t/b respected & I can still hear commentators almost admonishing Wawrinka to keep his celebration of winning his AO title to a minimum b/c supposedly Rafa was hurt! When has Rafa given a shit if his opp. was hurt or mourning a loved one? He still acts a total ass on the court!
***...even if you refuse to watch a potential Fedal final, what w/b more palatable for you, a Rafa or Roger win?***
ReplyDeleteRoger of course! Never cared for Nadal & that hideously boring game of his! I had enough of the human backboards w/ Borg & Lendl!
***Awww...don't crap on Borg like that. His movement was a thing of beauty. Can't say the same about "human automaton" Lendl though.***
Don't get me wrong, I still hold Borg @ a very high "esteem," but there were matches I couldn't watch due to the same plodding style of Rafa! I never saw those 5 setters he won in Paris over Orantes or Vilas in '74 & '75 respectively! I actually went out to play myself instead of dealing w/ those marathons! He got >er in closing out pts & matches after winning Wimbledon in '76 thank Gawd! He was the GOAT before Sampras took over IMO, winning 6 FO's & 5 str. Wimbledons!
***I was still a kid when he played those matches so I'll take your word for how plodding they were. I didn't discover Borg until a few yrs after that. I think the 1st final I saw him play was vs. Nastase @ Wimbl. in '76.***
Borg was one of the players who didn't do warm-up event @ Queens; just went into seclusion, practiced, & willed himself t/b more aggressive on the grass! He actually hurt his abdomen serving to get it to a place he could win pts outright! He used some kind of "freezing spray" on the changeovers! That was the 1st X I can remember someone winning Wimbl. w/o dropping a set & he literally destroyed his comp., incl. Nastase in the final who hadn't lost a set until then as well!
***Delpo out; sad & disappointing.***
Normally I'd feel the same, but in this instance I don't mind! He hasn't beaten Nole often, but he has his moments of genius! Now all we need is for Fucsovics to play the match of his life & take out Federer so Novak can make the final the 1st major back!
***...Djokovic really needs to get out of the grinding mindset. That's why his elbow is jacked up in the 1st place. Not every pt. needs t/b a 40 shot rally. Even if he's not coming forward, he c/b aggressive from the baseline & play shorter rallies. I've been saying this for 6 yrs now.***
I think he has been playing more aggressively from the baseline; today's players just aren't missing & their UFE's have come down! Chung legit. beat him @ his own game w/ the sweetener of being able to attack! I knew this match w/b tough; esp. since he won the "Next Gen" YEC last yr! He barely lost a set & took out Nole in "strs!" He's no joke & I hope he can keep it going! We really need some new blood in there! These oldsters who are just hanging around like Berdych, Ferrer, & Tsonga is getting tiresome! I felt the same about Connors & McEnroe way back when!
***I predicted a Dimitrov-Federer final. If that is the case, Roger'll win. If Grigor faces anyone else in the final, he'll win. Of course he's got to get past Rafa 1st.***
The tide really turned w/ the upsets in the bttm of the draw! Nadal had the easier path til this wkend; now it's all changed & he'll have to work w/ 2 >er seeds (Grigor & Marin) remaining while Roger should have a much easier X! Chung will have to come back to Earth sooner or later, but he might make Fed work for it; maybe take a set!
***...This is cloture w/ no filibuster, the same tactic Reid often used.***
ReplyDeleteLame buck-passing & hypocrisy are the worst of McConnell's character traits if he has any to begin w/! It's ok for Reps to hold up budgets & increasing of the Nat'l Debt ceiling on a whim, = for something as monumental as the ACA trying to abolish it, but if Dems take a stand, they're holding children & the military hostage! If the Dems don't draw a line & stand behind it this X, they're done! ...Schumer has to stand tall for a change!
***...Schumer made concessions, including on the wall, & walked away thinking he had a deal w/ Trump that he could take back to the Hill. Trump reneged. Trump won't negotiate in good faith.***
That's the new gambit by these sleaze-balls "on the right;" saying they've compromised to give Dems what they want when they HAD TO do it anyway! DACA is something that both sides want, but McConnell's making it like he's doing Schumer a favor! SLIME! It's the same w/ CHIP; it's a Rep. program so he's not doing anything he wouldn't have done = if they had the VOTES! SHUT IT DOWN & leave it until they decide to act like grown-ups! These CR's make no sense; didn't under OBAMA & definitely doesn't w/ Reps in complete charge of things! It costs us $$ when they do this; the military esp. is disrupted w/ the unsureness of their budgets! Reconciliation is about to take hold & that would mean cuts when the Dems already agreed to an increase of $80 B! This is all on Trump & his wishy-washy decision making!
***Add Packers to the seeming end< list of "cons" who don't seem to know anything about the "deals" under consideration by the Twitteresident & world's >est dealmaker or where he stands on them notw/standing the Twitteresident's nonstop tweets "communicating everything" to his base.
...apparently the Twitteresident's nonstop Tweets aren't communicating much of anything really to his base.***
Trump's still brooding over missing that big party in #MAGA to celebrate his 1st yr. in office! If this goes on until his "SOTU," will he be able to actually say "the state of the union is good?"
***I don't see Trump coming up on top of this. He had no positive effect on this shutdown. Also, this just pushed the deadline ahead by a few wks. The Dems got CHIP & a promise for DACA legis.***
But according to Reps, Dems lost this battle! Such delusional idiots; esp. Sarah H-Sanders! They can still wind up facing another "shutdown" next month! It's like they can't see the hand right in front of their faces! Dems are still in charge & if McConnell "reneges" on another promise, Schumer should punish him & the country by holding firm & letting these idiots twist in the wind for a wk or so! They got off easy from what I can tell!
***The problem is that both sides seem compelled to “win the battle.”***
IMO, Dems will always lose b/c they have "some shame!" McConnell stole a SC seat & nothing the Dems will ever do can = that atrocity! This is what Reps have depended on the last 20 yrs; "Dems won't go there, so we can do whatever the FK we want & they can't do shit about it!"
***Cons have done a lot of things recently that have blown what they've stated as bedrock principles all of my life. They indeed trashed the Constitution, they are aiding & comforting a foreign adversary vs the country they've always claimed to love, they have turned a blind eye to deficit spending, etc. etc.
Regarding the shutdown, we are being led by a person w/ the mentality & temperament of a 5th grader. He's amazingly stupid b/c it just m/b a bit premature to spike footballs right now, but he's too impulsive, childish, & kinda stupid to realize that. Heaven help us survive this idiot.***
***...You have certainly been an expert on how the Clintons feel about each other.***
ReplyDeleteWho hasn't given their fk'n opinion about the Clinton marriage? Assholes from coast to coast have had something to say, passing judgement, & making suppositions about when & how it should end! WHY? It makes no fk'n sense! It's been going on for over 30 yrs now & they aren't = in the limelight anymore! The media have been the worst purveyors of this BS!
***...If fear was affecting the election, then Comey should have publicized reopening Hillary email probe AND Trump investigation. You don’t just talk about Hillary. But the issue was FBI trying to tell Hillary t/b a >er president!***
That's why Comey should burn in HELL! His excuse for not revealing investigation into Trump was about as dumb as Obama's who were so sure Hillary would win, they didn't want to appear t/b tipping the scales in her favor! NOW LOOK AT WHAT's HAPPENED? Trump has systematically reversed his EO's, knee capped the ACA, opened drilling in waters off the coast except in FLA, allowed McConnell to get away w/ stealing a SC seat, & decimated the State Dept! Now w/ Trump in charge, he has undermined the rep. & objectivity of the FBI; still haranguing the new Dir. to fire his 2nd in charge, McCabe! We've been told Wray has threaten to resign if they push the man out = though he has already said he w/b leaving soon! This is unprecedented malfeasance & what kills me, his supporters see nothing wrong!
***Good for Wray to stand up & have some balls & integrity I say. His bosses are slime, but he resisted. Good for him. Perhaps McCabe's guilty of some malfeasance that cons here can pt. to. Nothing yet. Some cons are going to have to explain why McCabe's being targeted or is it just a "purge" of the FBI of anyone not loyal to the top guy? Seems like Wray himself isn't being very "loyal."***
OCO; it's not Wray or McCabe's duty t/b loyal to Trump! That's what got Comey fired in the 1st place! It was enough that McCabe's wife ran for office & accepted $$ from Vir. Gov. McAuliffe! That was enough to make them think he couldn't be trusted & probably a Clinton loyalist who had a conflict of interest! McCabe went thru all the steps including getting advice from >er ups to avoid any conflicts, but Trump's so vindictive, he just can't let it go = though McCabe said he's going to retire soon! Such trolls!
***Nah, there's certainly got t/b more than that. Something they can pt to. Perhaps a con can fill us in w/ what's going around the rightwing echo chambers. Something w/ teeth, some facts, something hard to base it on.***
It'll never happen! Someone like Kellyanne Conway'll come out to deflect & obfuscate, totally mischaracterizing the events trying to justify their paranoia!
***Anybody who would vote for an Obama birther for president has zero credibility here--- Hillary started the Obama birther movement... you ignorant fk.
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No she didn’t, dummy! BUT, = if that were true, are you saying Trump is silly & stupid he fell for a Hillary Clinton trick for 5 yrs? Right!***
It's so hilarious for losers to equate anything to Trump's Jihad on Obama; esp. running that "Birther" BS for well over 5 yrs & only coming off it when they met @ the WH! Trump will burn in HELL for his disgusting behavior going back to his rotten childhood of bullying & putting people down!
***"Fire And Fury" must be read! It’s a hot book. ...I wanted t/b on top of all the info that’s being talked about so frequently.***
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I want to read concerning Trump is a resignation or an indictment!
***I have yet to hear on the news what the Rep's budget plan is. All I hear is that the they have a knee-jerk attack vs Dems about anything the DNC might want. - I'd like to see a real budget hit the floor of the House & Senate in '18. This CR crap isn't the best way to run the gov't. But a CR is >er than a shutdown.***
I used to think a Rep. congress was just being a-holes to frustrate Obama & make him look bad; turns out they're just incompetent & not willing to do the right thing by their country! They're pathetic, but no more so than the people responsible for putting them in power!
***Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says Canada & the remaining 11 countries of the TPP have agreed to a revised trade agreement. The deal comes exactly one yr. after President Trump WD his country from the agreement. ...Since taking power, Mr. Trump has argued for the reneg. of the N. American Free Trade Agreement w/ Canada & Mexico, pulling the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an initiative ostensibly designed to liberalize and enhance regional trade.***
...and this is the deal maker we voted for! Not sure, but I think Trump won't be happy until we're totally isolated & the most hated country on the planet! Right now China's polls are >er! He m/b looking to slip under Russia since he's kissing up to Putin everyday! Everyone's wondering what PUTIN has on Trump? You know it has to deal w/ prostitutes on one of his many visits behind the IRON Curtain!
***Japan & China are ready, willing, & able to take advantage of Trump's ignorance. I somehow don't think that they, or anyone else, will try to set him straight. The U.S. solar industry is already in full battle cry over Trump's decision on tariffs. Jobs w/b lost & the environment harmed...but that last thing is a feature, not a bug, of Rep. governance. If it's bad for the environment, they're all for it.***
As always, I don't blame the crazy person! I look @ the enablers; his family, staff, & Congress who have allowed him to spiral out of control! When it all goes to shit, I wonder how they'll blame everyone else but the source? It's not like anyone s/b surprised! Rep. think global warming & climate change are a hoax on the country! These fools couldn't care <; = though their own families w/b affected sooner or later! It's one thing to ignore the evidence since they're all "old FK's," but they do have families they are condemning to wearing masks to breath & washing up in bottled water!
***Trump needs t/b in a court room, under oath. Better still, impeached and out of the WH. - All b/c the Repubs were angry about a BJ in the Oval Office, the courts ruled that yes, a sitting president c/b subpoenaed. Therefore, Trump may have a hard X saying he cannot be subpoenaed. And, privilege doesn't apply in that case, IIRC.***
Reps always overplay their hand; = went to the SC to allow Clintons Secret Service detail to testify!
***Melania Trump will no longer join the president in Davos***
No love in the WH for the "John-in-Chief" of the country! He's losing it all; the country, wife, & his family when they're slowly indicted for being as crooked as they come! Chris Matthews calls them the Romanovs!
***I want to honestly claim that Melania Trump married Donald Trump b/c he was rich.***
Well Duh! He's probably been paying for it for decades; hence Putin has him on tape w/ prostitutes back in Russia!
***At Trump's ??ing, he can quote Alan Dershowitz a lot & say he has a right to fire the FBI director & to direct the FBI. It’s up to Congress to impeach & remove him.***
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Dershowitz? It's like he's lost it! Is he under retainer for Trump! He never really criticizes him & accepts any underhanded thing said or done by the admin.! ...The same thing happened w/ other raving liberals like Ron Silver & Dennis Miller! They excoriated Reagan & Bush "in the day," then later they're lapping up "W" as if he's an old bud! It just made no sense to me!
***According to Joe Biden:
- https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/01/24/biden-mcconnell-blocked-obama-admin-sot.cnn -
I believe Mcconnell is capable of this. = when he knew Obama was doing the right thing, he opposed him, j/b he was Obama. He s/b tried for treason, or whatever the correct term for his actions is.***
We'll probably just have to settle w/ McConnell burning in HELL!
***I saw that & I was surprised how lit'l outrage it caused.***
Reps have collectively lost it; BIG TIME! Just 2 yrs ago, Russia was our sworn enemy & right-wingers defended the FBI & Justice Dept. to the death! Now they're on their knees satisfying Putin, = after all he's done & are @ the same X undermining our institutions! Open warfare's going on vs the hierarchy of the FBI w/ Trump "trumpeting" a "5th column" going against him! They are one sick group of people who've lost all objectivity!
***There's no blind partisanship on my part. Trump has done a few strange things, but no more (definitely <) than the guy before him that issued so many illegal EO's. You know, the guy that the media claims is the Constitution Messiah. Why aren't you applauding Trump for fixing some of those illegal & unethical acts like he does, or is that something you approve of?***
Seek professional help; along w/ a good optometrist!
***He couldn't defend Trump pulling out of TPP, so he instead engages in whataboutery. Trump's an economic illiterate who doesn't understand the 1st thing about capitalism. He's not a CAPITALIST, he is a MERCANTILIST, though I doubt he knows the term. And he thinks that TPP was bad for USA simply b/c Trump told him so, actual economic analyses notwithstanding. Now USA has abandoned TPP, other countries still want it (b/c unlike USA, their leaders aren't ignorant imbeciles), and so China happily stepped in & filled the leadership vacuum USA has left in the Pacific region. This is what he voted for & what he supports: Making America < great.***
Right-wingers will continue passing the buck; sorta like "W" when it all went to shit in '07-08! I can still hear him saying "I inherited a recession!" It didn't matter that the same thing Trump's doing was done back then; tax cuts for no damn good reason, the continuing of out of control spending, w/ the added sweetener of starting 2 wars! Trump's trying his best; inflaming the ire of the Middle East moving our embassy to Jerusalem & taunting N. Korea! Reps repeat this cycle & the people are complicit allowing it to happen! The stock market's blowing up as we speak; sooner or later a correction will occur & we'll be off & running w/ another mini-depression! Lucky I'm old & couldn't care < since it's all on us that this is happening again so soon! Not sure how we'll fix it since the safety net is being dismantled as we speak! It's a shame our country has turned into the definition of insanity; repeating something hoping another result will occur! We're all such TOOLS; just like the head TOOL-in-Chief!
You're assuming Mueller's just going to blow up his investigation & "forgive" Trump all his indiscretions! Flynn's already pled guilty &'s cooperating so something has to come out of this thing; & it shouldn't be pretty!
ReplyDelete***To be fair, we still have no idea what Flynn is cooperating about.***
He's already been busted lying about his affiliations w/ foreign gov'ts! Kushner & Flynn neglected to put on security forms their talks w/ them! Flynn took $$ from Russia & Turkey knowing he needed to get permission to lobby for them! We're talking about a lot of $$; 100's of 1000's of $$'s! He was toast which is why he pleaded guilty to keep his son from being prosecuted w/ him!
***Still doesn't mean that he can implicate or has implicated Trump or the campaign in anything. It just means that he's one of many who are affiliated w/ Trump who has engaged in criminal behavior & got caught.***
If Flynn couldn't deliver dirt on Trump, Manafort, & Bannon, I doubt he whg that sweetheart deal w/ his son getting off w/ a slap on the wrist! You're deluding yourself if you don't think this is huge! Mueller's building his case where Trump can lie & get into more trouble or tell the truth & be totally discredited; like he has any integrity to begin w/!
***As much as I'd like to believe it, I'd rather stick to what I know. None of us has any idea what else Flynn chb involved in & how valuable info on that m/b. Is the above obvious? Probably. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that it has t/b it.***
I figure Trump has to know he's in trouble due to how much he's deflecting reports about witnesses! His attacks on the FBI, Mueller, McCabe, & others is just one layer! The Rep. party & FNC have gone "all in" w/ these conspiracies of a "5th Column" & it's really just a recipe for disaster as far as I'm concerned!
***...Nunes is involved. It c/b anything under the sun. I swear he needs t/b investigated himself. He is interferring @ such a furious & frantic level it's almost as if he's personally liable himself.***
I just can't believe all Reps & FNC have gone to these lengths to protect & save Trump! They hated his guts @ one X, now they're licking his boots! He's going to drag them all down when this all blows up! Passing the $$ won't work by then!
***Yes it is amazing, but I don't think it's just Trump anymore. It's Trump & Putin; Fascism worldwide rearing it's ugly head. Rightwing groups see someone they really like in Putin. Trump's just a willing doofus.
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X has shown that Paul Ryan lacks a spine.***
Just like his boss; afraid to go vs that insane rightwing base! SPINES of JELLO s/b trademarked by Schumer describing Trump! Ryan's district is = fed up w/ him so he's leaving w/ the rest of his loser hierarchy! They're all jumping ship like the rats they've shown themselves t/b!
***Can you say all that in a way that doesn't rely mindlessly regurgitating partisan talking points?***
Speaking of "TP's," Trump, Reps, & FNC are desperately deflecting trying to undermine Mueller, the FBI, & McCabe in particular! They are giving us all a reprise of Clinton talking to Loretta Lynch on her plane from 2 yrs ago, missing emails (Hillary's & FBI personal), & invoking a "5th column" narrative that's just plain outrageous! What does any of that have to do w/ Flynn, Sessions, & Kushner not revealing their Russian connections? It's almost embarrassing watching the NEWS w/ these people dragging every institution into the gutter flailing away trying to save Trump's ass!
Right on schedule, = a Fox News business expert predicts a recession 2-4 yrs from now! The housing bubble will burst w/ over-exaggerated inflation of homes just like during the "W" yrs just a decade ago! The DOW is going sky high & all looks rosy! We're such idiot! We'll never learn!
ReplyDelete***There was someone on the business channel who made a similar prediction - just a lit'l bit longer saying a recession in 3-5 yrs = accounting for the cash infusion from the tax cut. That X line might get Trump re-elected. Right now, there's mixed economic news. Some companies are giving one X bonuses, but there are still companies laying off. And I don't think many of the working class people hoping for a boom in coal or manufacturing are seeing much change. That new Apple facility? Not going to be hiring any new coal miners. 2020 w/b interesting to see how the factions play out. I think '18 will not be as bad for the Reps as we hope b/c the good economy will last thru next yr for sure.
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Another buffoon who doesn't understand the basic cyclical nature of the economy. There will undoubtedly be a recession in a few yrs. Right now the economy is in one of the longest bull markets in history. Naturally that will come to an end, eventually. And it won't matter if Trump's President not. No President can stop market cyclicality. ...***
Well the way I see it, you're the fk'n buffoon who can't see his nose in front if his face! Reps contribute to these recessions when they pull this "America 1st" BS, isolating us from the rest of the world! So you take a rest and check your fk'n history! Presidents can affect the economy w/ their actions & their big mouths. Heaven knows we all see TRUMP has one of the biggest!
***Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller - The saddest thing is he has the support of the Rep. Party. Fox & other cons. networks are portraying him as a victim of a conspiracy by the Dems & the FBI to remove him from the office.***
Well his lawyer pulled that statement back! Surprise! The only thing Trump can do is "take the 5th!" It's political suicide, but he's as guilty as sin & done so much that's considered unethical, I don't know what else he can do! No amount of prep. can shade his testimony that won't incriminate him, his family, & admin.; & that's the truth! He can LIE of course, but that w/b curtains for him! He's so accustomed to making up stories, but he knows in this type of situation, it'll cost him in so many ways!
***I doubt that he understands any of it. I'm also not sure if he'd understand that he needs to 'take the 5th' as he's convinced he's innocent (his lawyers may have contributed to this belief w/ their narrative giving him what seems t/b false assurances which hasn't been helpful).
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FBI SECRET SOCIETY? RUSH LIMBAUGH, SOME REPS TROUBLED BY STRZOK-PAGE TEXT***
Anyone analyzing & taking those TEXTs seriously are either deflecting to the masses or totally FOS insane; period, end of story!
***Oh, so you think he was just joking? M/b FBI humor.***
Yeah, that's what it's called; a joke or scandalous hyperbole! Cons need to get over it! Trump wasn't liked; = by his own party! Why should he be surprised he's being disparaged? His ego needs to deflate & act like an adult instead of a petulant child!
***Well I’m not a cons., but it certainly raises my eyebrows that a Trump investigator was so outwardly anti-Trump.***
But it's ok for cons. investigating Obama & Clinton can "hate their guts" & wives? Interesting hypocrisy!
***...I am seriously concerned about the security of our country after maligning the FBI like the Rep. Party is doing.***
ReplyDeleteYou & I see it, but these knuckleheads don't understand the repercussions of this "scorched Earth" tactic! Clinton & his people had legit reasons to have animus towards Ken Star who was not only leaking stuff all the X, he was practically prosecuting any & everyone that = befriended him, including staff, his Secret Service detail, & acquaintances from yrs ago! If Star didn't hear what he wanted, he would put people in jail for contempt like the McDougalls; the old man died! I never heard a tear shed for abusing this man & literally killing him! He was probably guilty of a lot of things, but Star was the one who decided to punish him harshly since he felt they were holding back in their testimony vs the Clintons! This is not going to end well & all our institutions will have to recover after what they're being put thru just to keep Trump from being impeached & prosecuted!
***You can expect more of this under Trump; the over zealousness of border patrol:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnicMKKSReY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfemjqXbJsA -***
I saw on the news how these a-hole border security have been acting! Kicking over or pouring out the water to keep immigrants from dying in the dessert was so malevolent! They really looked like devils doing the bidding of their Satan!
***One could argue that it's Hillary's fault had emails were not found on Weiner's computer during his sexting scandal.***
She was ill-served by her staff; in particular Huma Abedin! Copying docs to her sleazebag husband's printer had become a habit she should have stopped once he was exposed as a perv! The Reps ate it up & that's where it begins & ends w/ me! Having that server was no big deal, but it shouldn't have had classified docs going thru it!
***Well Ron Johnson, our illustrious Senator for my great state of Wisc. has stated those illicit texts probably are a joke. So Fiero has that going for him.***
That was a full on back-peddle! He knew how insane he sounds musing about a 5th Column out to get Trump to bring him down! He's hurting the FBI & the country by acting like the rest of those maniacs on the cons side! It's hard to = surf by FNC b/c they all sound as crazy talking about this! They're seriously, purposefully undermining the institution of the FBI which works w/ countries around the world! Doing this only hurts their credibility later when "trying cases" having to deal w/ drugs, kidnapping, & fraud! The defense can say, "well = pols say they can't be trusted!" All this to save a sewerrat like Trump; makes no sense!
***...You can look up the history of the S&P 500 showing the recessionary periods & find that I was right that the economy is cyclical.***
I took business & well know about cyclical economic waves, but Reps always seem to exacerbate the situation; supply-side economic, de-reg of banks & Wall St., & always tax cuts that just go into the pockets of high end rats who couldn't care < when all goes to shit! Where's all those $$'s thru repatriation? It never happens; remaining in offshore banks! Sooner, rather than later, the whole country w/b like Kansas; a wasteland where they've had to close schools which leads to some smaller cities dying!
***Trump plans to increase the Pentagon budget by 7% in '19.***
They can throw an extra $80 B to the Defense dept., but can't wrangle $20 B for Trump's silly wall w/o causing an uproar! He's the one that hammered it home that Mexico would pay for that wall; every single day in every single rally & interview! He's so FOS along w/ his hypocritical supporters willing to allow the whole country to sink into a sewer w/ rampant lies & misstatements!
***There were no real rivalries in the Kwan era. Only the 13 month Kwan-Lipinski one which only existed due to Kwan bombing Nat'ls in '97 & the Kwan-Slutskaya one which the ISU invented since the field was so pathetic those yrs. ...What else was there, Butyrskaya vs Kwan, Suguri vs Kwan, Arakawa vs Suguri in Japan, Sokolova vs Slutskaya in Russia, Robinson vs Michelle Currie in Canada?
ReplyDeleteContrast to the the 10 prev. yrs where you have numerous AMAZING rivalries: Kim vs Asada, Asada vs Ando, Kim vs Ando, Sotnikova vs Lipnitskaya, Ando vs Rochette, Asada vs Rochette, Medvedeva vs Zagitova, Pogorilaya vs Medvedeva. Or the yrs prev. to the Kwan era where you had Witt vs Thomas, Thomas vs Trenary, Witt vs Manley, Manley vs Thomas, Ito vs Trenary, Yamaguchi vs Ito, Yamaguchi vs Harding, Harding vs Kerrigan, Kerrigan vs Baiul, Bonaly vs Baiul, Chen vs Bonaly; again an end< list.
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Regarding Kim vs Mao, IDK how Kim ever received >er GOE or PCS than Asada is supposably a sign of bias to Kim. Kim does most definitely deserve >er GOE on jumps. They're gen. of much >er quality than Mao's, w/ only a few exceptions like the double axel where they are about =. If Kim regularly got >er GOEs on say spirals or the layback spin than Mao, I could see the argument, but this doesn't happen. As for PCS in '06-08, Mao gen. got = or >er PCS than Yu Na, so if anything the judges preferred her pre-Tarasova. Then Mao went to Tarasova who gave her awful programs & ruined her artistry, so it's no surprise Kim got >er PCS in '09-10.
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Mao's '14 LP also had the beautiful artistry you expect of her. Thank goodness she left Tarasova. It's ironic her '10 LP got so overscored on PCS, but her '14 LP was really underscored on PCS. She = got lower PCS in the LP than Julia which was crazy, but the scoring was rigged for the Russian girls in Sochi anyway.***
Not a fan of Tarasova, but she's a taskmaster who got skaters to new heights each X I can remember! Yagudin & Cohen were highlights IMO = though USFSA bullied Sasha to go American later! The programs developed & performed were classics; esp. from Yagudin who I never cared for! Mishon didn't get the most out of him, but I could see the change the following season after Tarasova took over! Sasha's programs were intense, beautiful, & w/o peer except the silly mistakes made on the simplest of jumps! It's like Cohen couldn't have 2 clean performances no matter how lovely!
***Zagitova skated great @ Euros, but we don't know yet if she can handle the pressure of being the fave. Also I think Med was not quite there yet, coming off an injury. I'm still hoping that Medvedeva wins the OGM w/ that beautiful LP.***
IMO they're interchangeable! Both do that hideous "arm over the head" maneuver in their jumping passes!
***They land their jumps. They deserve to get pts for those. Actually the Rippon jumps look very pretty & both are doing those. - Yes. Even now, Carolina Kostner has the best basic skating skills of any Ladies skater this century, perhaps ever.***
I just don't understand this Carolina love-fest! Am I missing something? Karen has a >er chance @ the Olympics IMO! - Those skills won't do her a bit of good if she can't stay on her feet during her jumping passes; btw they're not up to the standards of today's skaters! I barely watched Euros for that reason; only the Russians really impressed me & = they aren't favs for reasons stated many X's before!
***If you have access to the archives, you should go read posts about Patrick Chan and why he was marked the way he was despite his falls. You might find it enlightening.***
Probably not! Judges are selective in that respect; giving tons of credit for skating skills when jumps aren't up to snuff, while punishing others when they skate fairly clean! I've seen it happen for over 40 yrs! There's always an agenda we all have to believe is going on! SHADY!
***...Was Yagudin's comp. that hard. He faced Plushenko, but others weren't really a threat to him. Stojko was past his prime & never the same post his Nagano groin pull. Weiss was a contender, but really no comp. for Yagudin either. Goebel beat Yagudin once when he in Yagudin's own words "today was his absolute best skating & my absolute worst." Stojko, Goebel, Abt, Weiss, old quad< Eldredge had a combined 1 win over Yagudin post his '98 World title.***
ReplyDeletePlushenko was Yagudin's only peer! = when he skated poorly, the judges gave him the marks to win except that one instance where he was bloody awful; missed jumps & = tipped forward falling on a spiral sequence giving the gold to Goebel! After Yagudin retired, Plushenko had no peer & when he lost, it was all on him; mistake, injured, or WD!
***Which women had the hardest comp. during their reign? - Theoretically it was Chen. Btw '93 & '96, she had to compete w/ Baiul, Kerrigan, Witt ('94), Ito ('96), Slutskaya, Kwan, Lipinski ('96), Bonaly, & Butyrskaya; = 7 World Champs, 9 World medalists, 3 Olymp. Champs, 7 Olympic medalists. Prob. telling that the yr. she won her World title, there was 'only' 15 yo Kwan, Slutskaya, Bonaly, & Bobek.***
I picked Chen as well for that reason! It's not like she was ever the best over an era, but there were so many other champions & near champs to compete against to keep her from winning more! I had stopped watching skating during the Witt era, but came back for Kerrigan/Harding @ Olympics of '94! I fell in love w/ Surya Bonaly who seemed t/b in line to win Bronze, but she blew her Lutz in the LP after a spectacular start of 3T/.5L/3S allowing Chen to take that spot on the podium! After winning Worlds the following yr., Chen seemed to go into a tailspin, but miraculously was able to get herself back on the podium in '98 Nagano; same w/ Candeloro for the men! I'm in awe of her accomplishments w/ the burden of being from China during some tragic moments!
***Chan isn't likely to give @ least a Bronze medal performance in the team comp. of the Olympics. Since his comeback he has not made it back onto the World podium & this season he's skating far worse than the previous 2. Kolyada has been skating >er & posting >er scores & getting >er results than Chan this yr.***
IMO Chan has always been @ a disadvantage; esp. these days when the quad is so nec.! His 3 Axel is his Achilles heel & I wouldn't depend on him doing great things for the team! Plushenko has a >er chance of coming out of retirement & excelling in this position of old vets contributing to a team!
***My picks for the Okympics are Medvedeva & Fernandez.***
Fernandez? Sounds like home cooking!
***If he skates his best, he has as good a shot as anyone else IMO. I think going clean he would beat Uno & possibly Chen, only losing to Hanyu who rarely skates cleanly himself.
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Granted none of the teams who are likely to medal (Russia, U.S, Canada) s/b giving up more than 4 pts in any event in either program @ the 4 CCC.***
What in the world is going on at the 4CC? I haven't been watching much, so checked results! What's going on with Grant Hochstein? He's in 15th place after the SP! Why is Jason skating instead of Minor? Is he pouting over not being selected to the Olympics as the Silver medalist? Wagner also declined to go it seems; another spoiled brat or what? I never heard about any injuries so that's where my thinking is going!
***Miner & Wagner WD about a wk ago. It was probably over dissapointment over missing the Olympic Team.***
They both had a chance to embarrass the USFSA by going to the 4 CCC in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei & doing well! They blew it so "cry me a river!" Japan women owned it; Gold going to Sakamoto, Silver took Mihara, & the Bronze went to Miyahara! The men: Jin Boyang takes the Gold, Shoma Uno Silver, & Jason Brown stole Bronze!
OMG; it happened! We all knew it w/b a tough match, go long into the night, but it was quite gratifying the upset is complete! Rafa's history "down under!" Cilic kept him long enough on the court for Rafa to retire in the 5th set down 0-2! Most of us slept right thru it so will have to catch the repeat! What is it about Australia that just wipes Rafa out, winning just 1 X back in '09 over Roger? "Congrats Marin!"
ReplyDelete***A bit of a harsh way to look at it. < upset than tragic tbh...***
I haven't heard how; what are the circumstances? Just seen the score! What did Rafa do, run into a wall?
***He had to retire due to an injury. It was clear that he was in some trouble.***
OCO, that's nothing new! The same thing happened 3 yrs ago when Wawrinka ran his butt to death to win his 1st major! You made it seem like there was something unfortunate like he ran into a net post! Rafa hurts himself b/c of that silly style of just trying to win thru war of attrition! That's on him, not fate! Mon Dieu!
***Have to concur w/ this. + he over-trains in the gym. This X last yr. they were saying that Moya had gotten him to stop working out so much on off days, but looking @ his biceps - he spent quite a bit of his off-season working out after rehabbing his knee. Been saying for yrs that he needs to shorten the pts. Ditto for Djokovic & Murray. Still they persist w/ the 40-50 shot rallies nonsense. When are they going to realize - they're not 25 anymore?
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Thru the end of the '11 season, Rafa was 15-3 in 5 set matches; since then, he's 4-8.
- Thru the end of the '11 season, Federer was 17-16 in 5 set matches; since then, he's 11-4.
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I think we have to accept the fact that the "Big 3" are diff. beasts. We've never seen their like before. It m/b injuries & old age that do them in rather than being usurped. I'm ok w/ that. Who knows if Rafa can't get himself together before the clay season. Roger might make an appearance @ RG & w/ neither Novak or Rafa there he might finally do the one thing he hasn't done. Heck what am I saying? I'll just be happy if he wins this AO.***
True enough, but I've felt this way many X's before starting w/ "old man" Rosewall! Mon Dieu, he hung on to 45 or 46! As the 14th seed, he actually had the nerve to show up @ the USO when it was on clay in '77! Like he didn't know he wasn't going to go down & go down hard to some kid who would embarrass his old ass; the arrogance of it all! IIRC, I think it was Higueras that ran him off the clay @ FH's in the 3rd RD! Loved Navratilova, but by '93-94 she was done & wasting her X! She gave me one more thrill by beating Monica Seles @ the VS of Palm Springs in '91, but after that, she was also limited! That was a nice ending to make Wimbl. final in '94 but was helped by upset of Graf in the 1st Rd by McNeil! The 'Big 4' are another breed indeed! Every X you think "it's over," they come back stronger; esp. Federer! Not sure about Nole & Andy this X un< they get illicit help like some think of other players that will remain name< for the X being!
***Will Marin finally win AO? I wish him luck vs Roger.***
Maybe he can pull a "DelPo" & take out both Fedal like was done back in '09 @ the USO! It w/b nice; back up his USO from '14!
***Being only 29, Cilic might end up w/ a few Slams just like Stan or Murray. I remember in '14, most of the posters labeled him as a "one slam wonder." He has a chance here to avoid that labelling by snatching his 2nd. Of course, if Roger's in the final, Marin w/b the underdog, but this is not Wimbl. He will have >er odds here to upset the status quo.***
***We'll see if someone on the ATP has grown a pair of balls to challenge Nadal @ FO. ...The field will eventually catch up & = Nadal can't avoid Father X.
ReplyDeleteAfter last yr, I'll be damned if Fed allows Nadal to stay @ #1. There's no way in Hell Nadal should finish a 5th yr. @ #1. Fed w/b smart to sit out the clay court season again & go firing the rest of the way. If he takes Wimby & USO both, regard< of what Nadal does at FO, Fed'll finish a 6th yr. @ #1. If this turns out t/b, it's over for Nadal. He might remain relevant in '19, but I w/b surprised if Nadal sniffs a GS again in '20.
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Rafa winning 14 FO's is called wishful thinking. They’re in shell shock of Roger's 20 major. Gotta keep saying that to save face.***
I'm sure Rafa thought he had a chance to overcome Fed in the majors ct., but the gut< tour has allowed "Gramps" to take 3 more majors the last yr! Who would have thunk it? Certainly not me! I thought he was fortunate to get his pigeon in that '12 Wimbl. final, but = a couple wks later fell to Murray in the Olympics on his "home court!"
***Considering how lit'l comp. Nadal has had @ the FO (never played a 5 set final), he's favored for at least 1 FO un< his physical decline really speeds up.***
But he has to get to the final! Sooner or later, those matches leading up to it will start to get tough; esp. w/ that ridiculous way he likes to play the game! Players can't play indefinitely using those tactics of "outlasting" their opp.! Look @ Ferrer & Berdych who are the best conditioned athletes out there! The drop off is apparent w/ age! I keep hearing from the commentators what a great volley Rafa has, but the only X he seems to venture up there is when the point's already won! He could cut those pts off & close out matches sooner if he had the mental fortitude to do so!
***A key pt. though is that Nadal has GOAT level ability on clay. He knows how to control the play on clay >er than arguably anyone else in the history of the men's game. On clay he can protect his physical decline from being exploited. OTOH off clay he's nowhere near GOAT level, not = close, which is why he's forced to defend & run so much t/b comp. He took almost 4 hrs to beat the journeymen-like Diego Scwhartzmann @ this AO. I still think on clay @ the FO he'll win @ least 1 more.***
Topping it all vs Nadal is his inability to hold onto the #1 ranking for a sustained length of X! ...Being too muscle-bound like Nadal is also a reason the breakdowns are coming faster & more furious! Nole's held on the longest of late thru his stretch w/ a slim, slight build w/ nary an ounce of fat on him! Roger's game helps his durability; not having 30-40 stroke wars so he's >er in the battles!
***Nadal? He didn't have 3-4 yrs of playing w/o another ATG to deal w/, unlike some other player. He did have a rival that is 5 yrs older who he hoped would just get old & retire to make it easier for him. ...Fed has moved on. He's competing w/ Court, Williams, & Graf.***
I still put Navratilova ahead of Court! Most of her titles were won in the pre-Open era w/ 11 majors "down under" when most players skipped it! No matter how many titles Williams wins, it's hard to put her up there w/ the iconic players of this or any era due to her apathy, coming & going from the tour to do other things which rubbed me the wrong way! Navratilova kept @ it & surpassed all others in the Open era winning majors until she was almost 50, taking 59 GS titles! No sport will ever see her LIKE again!
***Talking sheer #'s here...the 20's Club.***
***Nadal isn't getting to 20. By some miracle if he does, it'll be by stacking more RGs on the dirt-pile which just makes him look more dependent on clay. He's the undisputed Clay-GOAT for life & probably eternity. He s/b happy w/ that.***
ReplyDeleteI concur since his career's woefully unbalanced highlighting his clay prowess! What made Borg >er was taking those 5 Wimbls in a row! After winning his 2, Nadal hasn't gotten to a final but once in '11; going down in flames to no names, QFliers, & WC's! Off clay, his entire resume has been shortened by way of wks @ #1, no YEC's, wins on HC's, & only taking 1 AO! He can't use the excuse of being tired since it's the 1st major of the season!
***Sure, sure. I bet that if Nadal somehow wins another 2 AO's, & ends up w/ < Slams than Fed, but w/ 3 CGS vs only 1 for Fed, you won’t focus on majors' ct. @ all.***
You're dreaming babe! Fed & Nole have won 3 majors in a season 5 X's btw them & they're not finished! The only way for Nadal to outdo Roger is to surpass the major's count! Anything short of that & we start looking @ his shortcomings! Roger has a more balanced resume w/ streaks of 5 @ the 2 preeminent events of Wimbl. & the USO! Rafa doesn't come close!
***He won't have b/c he would need another Wimbl. in the 1st place. - Rafa's days from 32 when the FO starts, so think of him as 32. He's not been anywhere close to winning Wimbl. in yrs, so now you're talking 3 Slams a CY he can compete in. He's injury-prone & the clay court season is a bunch of long rallies.
The Next-Gen are starting to rise up a bit. Kyrgios & Zeverev are capable of beating anyone. They're also too inconsistent & can lose to nobodies. Still, they have a voice in the argument. While Nadal's a threat @ both the AO & USO, neither surface gives him the edge that clay gives him. Hard to think of him as a fave @ either, + Fed's still playing @ a high level. And if Djokovic can come back, he was giving Nadal a lot of problems. I'm skeptical of Nadal hitting 20 Slams. This next FO is crucial for him if he wants to have a shot @ that.***
...You can't win if you can't get to Wimbl. final! I'm done predicting after what's happened the last couple years; Nole not the same player since '16 FO, Fedal's resurgences, & the Next-Gen being so underwhelming/underachieving!
***Agassi has a CS compared to Sampras' none, but most considered Sampras a GOAT & not Agassi...I wonder why?***
Prob. for the same reason Fed w/b thought of as being >er than Nadal; 6 more GS wins, an overall rec. >er @ Wimbl. & The USO, & a more balanced resume! Agassi isn't = in the same class as Sampras since he was his personal pigeon to the last allowing 1 more USO in '02! That shouldn't have happened since Sampras was past it; 2 yrs w/o any kind of title & had dropped out of the top 20!
***Ok. ...If Nadal wins another Wimby & 2 more AO, he'll have 3 CGS. Or take Nole; if he wins 2 more FO & one more USO, he'd still be 5 slams behind Fed. Yet he w/b ahead of Fed in 2 of the slams & have 3 CGS.
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...If Nadal fans were honest, which career would you rather have, seriously? Nobody would choose Nadal's over Fed's; not = Nadal.
Federer:
6 AO's
1 FO
8 Wimbls
5 USO's
6 YEC's
Nadal:
1 AO
10 FO's
2 Wimbls
3 USO's
0 YEC's
Rafa's an ATG & easily the 2nd or 3rd >est player ever, but his career stats fall far short of Roger's.
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After complaining about HC's, Nadal's playing in Mex. which is a HC tourn. I assume he's doing this to prolong his X ranked #1? If he's tempted by $$, he's beyond foolish.***
It's foolish either way, but that's how Rafa rolls IMO! It bothers him that he has never been able to hold onto the top ranking for any length of X due to injury or just getting beat by Fedovic!
***Rafa has 9760 pts & if Roger wins AO again, he'll have 9605.***
ReplyDeleteThe big problem for Roger is, like Nole back in '15-16, he has tons of pts to defend! That makes it hard to stay up there since one fabulous yr has t/b followed by another! Nole won 2 majors & was in the final of another in '16, but still dropped to #2 when Murray won 1 major & accumulated tons of pts from those 500's!
***So, there's a reasonable likelihood Roger reaches #1 someX this Spring. Much will depend on the Sunshine Double me thinks.***
That's the daunting challenge for "gramps;" needing to repeat in IW & Miami! I think it would prove my pt. that the rest of the tour's gut< to allow this kind of success from an aging GOAT! The players have the ability & talent, but their brains are on idle, just bashing the ball instead of playing smartly! Everyone's breaking down due to the stress they're putting on their bodies, but Roger's just more intelligent & knows his limitations! No one will last as long again @ the top of their game like this w/ what I've been seeing these last sev. yrs!
***Slam trophies isn't the only way to measure a player’s career. The problem w/ using slam wins as the only measuring stick is that it assumes that all losses @ the majors are =, which is clearly not true. I guarantee you that Cilic would not trade his AO final loss for a loss in the 4th RD. If he did, he would lose over a $1M & a bunch of pts in the rankings.
And as a fan, I want my player to get to as many SF's & finals as possible. And if he can string together 8 str. semis during his peak, then that w/b amazing. How many men have made it to 8 str. slam semis? I don’t think more than 4 or 5 players have done that.
I look @ wks @ #1. YE #1 is nice, but has an arbitrary c/o date. Using YE #1 as a measuring stick has its major flaws. Here is an ex.: Player A could grab #1 in Jan. '19 & win the YE race by 8k pts, then cough it up to player B on the last match of '20 to player B so that player B wins the YE #1 race by 10 pts. In that scenario, player A & player B have the same amount of YE pts titles. But in that case, player A was clearly far >er than player B.
...Due to the criteria above, I rank Lendl much >er than most people do. Lendl had 10 str. slam SF's, which is something only 2-3 other players have ever done. He also won 5 YE tourneys and was in the final in 9 cons. X's. And Lendl played on courts that had far >er variance than the courts of today. Playing the same way on each surface back then would yield far fewer slams than it would on the more homogenized surfaces in today’s game. Also, Lendl’s 270 wks @ #1, despite the depth of the game & the variety of players that he faced is mind-blowing. This is why it is a futile effort to compare players across gens.
...As far as Nadal & Djokovic go, I would still probably rank Djokivic ahead of Nadal, but Nadal will probably regain the lead soon. Djokovic has far more wks @ #1, 14 str. slam SF's (Nadal’s best was 7), 5-0 lead in WTF's, & more than 20 more wins vs the top 10. If we +ed up all of the rankings pts, I'm pretty sure that Djokovic w/b slightly ahead of Nadal, despite being a yr younger.***
I'm the same way; highly regarding the perennial #3's of their era! Lendl was a winner & had to deal w/ so much noted comp. from McEnroe & Connors to Edberg & Becker; & many in between! At any given Major, there c/b a dozen Slam winners constantly after his top ranking from '85 on! Djokovic has been in the same predicament; not exactly the fan fave w/ Fedal around, but's a big winner w/ 2 seasons taking 3 Slams, X YEC's, 30+ victories over top 10 players in '15, overtook the H2H vs his top 2 opps, & finally got his CGS w/ FO in '16! Most w/b satisfied w/ his accomplishments, but I'm hoping he comes back to + to the records he holds!
***Megyn Kelly's days are #'d. She burned her cons whackadoo base & she's completely unlikable to the more liberal/moderate base that watches her current X slot. You can say you want t/b the next Barbara Walters until you're blue in the face, but BW she's not.***
ReplyDeleteShe thought she would get away w/ those bullying tactics on a legend that is Fonda & it backfired on her! She'll collect a lot of $$, but Kelly's toast that I've yet to = surf by her show! IDK anyone else who cares for her so she's done; thank GAWD! She was no >er on FNC, taking people to task w/ a smirk on her face if they said anything she didn't like! She's always been a bitch; now the whole entertainment world knows it too! She Fk'd up big X!
***In other news of the day, this McGahn character has a nightmare for a client, but no one is happier that he talked Trump out of doing something monumentally stupid than McGahn, himself. If he had carried out Trump's order to fire Mueller, it whb a career-ender.***
The next thing McGahn has to do is convince Trump not to LIE or take the 5th when Mueller calls his lard ass in for an interview!
***It appears that things got a lit'l out of hand in Phoenix a few days ago. Armed Trump protesters reportedly asked those they did not perceive t/b white if they were illegals.
- https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/201...bbs-tomas-robles-trump-supports-yell-illegal/ -
My personal highlite: that they reportedly asked a Navajo Representitive if he was in the country illegally. Oops.
But aside from that, this article makes me wonder how much longer it'll be until we hear about a racially motivated shooting in front of a Capitol.***
Trump's setting the table for something horrific to happen! It's like he doesn't seem to care that he's instigating a "hate crime" that will invariably tear the country apart! He's showing his bigotry, prejudice, & intolerance everyday & it really disappoints me that the Rep. party seems t/b ok w/ it! Ryan saying something "is unfortunate" when a hateful comment comes out of Trump's filthy mouth! I'm absolutely horrified by cons who back every word & play of this disgusting man! Undermining & causing a rift in all our institutions is going t/b long lasting well after that old fart is gone! HOW can people allow it to continue?
***IMO, no person c/b so important that they need 5 of these refrig. systems on AF1. ...he liked to brag about getting the American people >er deals & cutting costs & not spending so much $$. I know that it was all bluster, the man spent almost $100 M on security b/c he wanted to go golfing in one yr., so he obviously doesn't care.***
The man only cares about cost if he has to pay for it! ON the public's tab, he couldn't care < about the expense or he wouldn't spend 1/2 his X @ MAGA, flying back & forth almost every wkend! The bastard made such a big deal of Obama playing golf, when 1/2 his X's spent on courses he owns; actually charging members more & pocketing $$ that s/b illegal to do! He's been such a wretched human being & con man, people have become numb! Paying to silence a porn star he screwed; "no big deal!" Religious leaders say "he deserves a mulligan!" Undermining our institutions like the FBI & Justice Dept.; "he's only defending himself!" I'm disgusted & this taint isn't going away anyX soon!
***I just saw a CNN posting that said that Trump's expected to call for bi-partisanship in the SOTU tmrw. That's rich since he's the one who keeps killing it.***
ReplyDelete...the last person that speaks to him will win the day & Kelly's no friend to bi-partisanship no matter what he says!
***Trump's idea of "bipartisan" is when he proposes something & the Dems agree w/ it.***
I guess people may want to know FBI Deputy Dir. McCabe is stepping down after relent< attacks from Trump! He had 2 more months to his initial retirement, but couldn't wait to get out of there! I hope he runs right to Mueller to give more dirt on his crooked old ass! Maybe he'll get hired! This is a real shame that this man is trying to destroy long term, loyal public servants like this! People are getting what they voted & wanted; getting it all @ once!
This is blowing up & just making DC look like a gangsta cabal so corrupt, there m/b no way to come back! All this trying to save a sleazebag who couldn't care < about our institutions! How the Rep. party can pt. fingers @ Dems after this w/b a colossal joke! The standards of comity has truly been lowered below a sewer!
***...The House memo also spotlights Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein’s role in approving the FISA warrant application.***
He's the last of them Trump w/b trying to get rid of to further undermine & probably try to fire Mueller! He's ruined people's lives & careers as public servants! All this to save his own wrinkled, old ass! Hard to believe Reps could let it get this bad after how they went after Clinton "tooth & nail" over a "hummer!" Trump's been $$-laundering for Putin, conspired w/ Russians to screw over the election, & now he's subverting justice by fk'n over the FBI, Justice Dept., & the institution that used t/b Congress; more like a cabal if you ask foreign leaders!
***Sooo...the GOP is fine driving things into the ground to obstruct the Mueller investigation. Working against them is the extreme partisanship they managed to create - a +50% of the pop. will see this as them potentially creating some Constitutional crisis. The only way of solving this fiasco is voting...protesting is great, but signing up & rallying voters is = >er.***
W/ all that's going on, the generic ballot is still in favor of the Dems, but the #'s have closed up showing how limited the American electorate c/b! Unfortunately the election isn't until Nov., giving these crooked ass politicians X to clean it up since our memories are so short! The news is thought to be fake, Reps are capable of doing/saying anything to save their own ass, & face it, we just aren't that bright! All we can hear is those tax cuts will save the country & improve salaries eventually! We truly are IDIOTS!
***It's not just about the generic ballot - it's about who is feeling energized & where in the US they are living. There's a ton of energy in big cities & media markets, but the Dems have big senate races in Ind., N. Dakota, Montana, Missouri, & W. Virginia...these are states that voted heavily for Trump. The Dems need to ensure they're reaching out in all areas! - As long as Russia c/b kept out of it.***
It shouldn't matter after the devastation that's been wrought on the country & the gov't! Remember, Trump didn't win the popular vote; wound up being just 70,000 in 3 states in the Midwest that made the diff.! It was made more unfortunate that it was "white women" who really made the diff., voting for that animal when there was all this evidence of his pending incompetence! FNC actually thinks he can hold it together & win again in '20 which is amazing to hear, but look @ the situation we're in now! I never would have thought this possible so it's obvious WE CAN'T BE TRUSTED to do the right thing!
***Russia attacking us rings hollow in the minds of most on the "right!"***
ReplyDeleteAll concerned would have to admit to making a mistake that is going t/b long-lasting! Trump's systematically trying to destroy any & all people & agencies he feels isn't defending him or doing his bidding! The man has no idea that there's such a thing as separation of powers & he's undermining those ethics every day of the wk! The FBI & Justice Dept. in gen. has been decimated w/ the help of Reps who are complicit in helping; still using false =alents to try & save Trump's presidency for some reason! I don't expect any >er from someone as slimy as Devin Nunes, but what's Ryan's excuse? Hasn't he already said he's not running again! Look @ Senators like Graham justifying investigations of FISA warrants when it's already a forgone conclusion people liken Manafort & Page were not only recruited by Russian powers, they were already in bed w/ them! I'm non + over all that's going on w/ DC, not seeming to care how corrupt they look not only to us, but to the WORLD! We're being cut out of trade agreements & they're going about their business abroad not seeming to care we were LEADERS @ one X! Trump's not going to stop until Reps get a backbone & say "enough!"
***Mueller purged the Bureau of all anti-terrorism training material that was deemed "offensive" to Muslims. This was done, said Judicial Watch, "after secret meetings btw Islamic organizations and the FBI chief."
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You mean a life long Rep. appointed to his post by George W. Bush & to his current posting by another Rep. did that? Figures! Now there's one Rep. colluding w/ Islamic terrorists, another colluding w/ the Russians, & still another batch of Reps eagerly waiting for the chance to reveal ongoing criminal & Nat'l security investigations & the agents conducting them to those being investigated. You just gotta wonder who w/b stupid enough to vote for that bunch.***
After this past election, I'll never underest. the stupidity of this electorate; esp. the women who knew this man was a pig! Other women hate women so much, they went w/ the fat slob & "diddler-in-chief!" I hope to never hear women kvetchin' about a lack of representation when they have the majority, but keep voting for old white guys! I'm just plain & simply, APPALLED!
***1. How has Trump shown that he has no idea that there is such a thing as separation of powers?
2. M/b b/c Ryan has security clearance & has seen the evidence on both sides?
3. What evidence have you seen that indicates that it's already a forgone conclusion people like Manafort & Page weren't only recruited by Russian powers?
4. What trade agreements has the US been cut out of?***
You're obviously not listening to the news! Trump's exposed everyday of the wk. when he says things like "my FBI or Justice Dept.!" Ryan's turning a blind eye to all that's going on, using terms like "unfortunate" when Trump embarrasses him & the party! FISA warrants were renewed several times on Manafort (indicted) & Page; something's there! We cut ourselves out of trade agreements; that's the case when Trump says "I can negotiate a better deal" & he doesn't do it! OPEN your eyes someX; listen to the news & maybe you'll be more informed! I'm barely paying attn. & I feel we're being bombarded by this info all the X & on all mediums! WAKE UP!
***But once again, Schiff could release the memo anyX, right? That's what Bacchys has been saying for days about the Nunes memo.***
Nunes s/b investigated after this! He's supposed to be recused in all this Russia mess Trump brought w/ him!
***Nunes is compromised. He’s become a joke.***
***Former FBI Dir. Comey drafted a statement exonerating former Sec. of State Clinton for running her gov't emails thru a private email server before completing the investigation, according to 2 Rep. senators. Comey prepared the draft exoneration for Clinton before conducting interviews w/ top Clinton aides who were offered immunity for their cooperation, Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley & Sen. Graham said Thurs. in a joint statement, citing transcripts of interviews w/ former Comey aides obtained by the Senate judiciary committee. Comey would go on to announce in July '16 that the FBI wouldn't recommend charges against Clinton -- although he sharply chastised her decision to conduct State Dept. business thru a private email server.***
ReplyDeleteObviously most people can't understand procedures in law! It's not unusual for an attorney to write his/her summation before a trial = begins! That's how things operate; you know ahead of X the result by the evidence & witness testimony so it's just going thru the motions! What was abhorrent was Comey having press conferences announcing the investigation of Hillary w/o bringing up a comparable case against Trump! He'll burn in HELL for that alone!
***Trump wants to fire Rosenstein so badly. He was called for a loyalty oath and didn't get it.***
Mirroring Nixon, the media is calling it a "slow motion" Sat. nite massacre!
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"A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Rep. policy retreat in W. Virginia struck a garbage truck in a rural VA town on Wed. No lawmakers or aides were reported injured, but the White House said one person was killed & another was seriously injured. ..."
As tragic as this appears t/b, why were these people going to a retreat w/ their families in the middle of the wk. like this? I heard, some of the people involved in the baseball shooting last yr. were on the train as well! Maybe something or someone is trying to tell them something! They probably won't see it that way & continue to act as they do; "not doing the people's business as usual!"
***Tragic. IDK about the families, BUT the group was going on retreat to form '18 policy on how to continue to destroy what's left of OUR USA after 1 yr. of total GOP control. Just a guess.
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What really takes place on "retreats?" Nothing to do w/ business. If they do have their families w/ them, it'll save some of them @ least from future embarrassment. I hope this isn't on our dime.***
You know it is! Cost means litt'l if it's for a politician & his family!
***Jeff Flake just said it was an accident.
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I'm betting it was an accident & not something terrorist or targeted, but Flake wouldn't be the one to make that determination.***
The same c/b said about your boy Nunes thinking it's ok to reveal confidential intel info to the masses for political purposes! The hypocrisy's mind-blowing! It's hard to believe Reps seem t/b @ war w/ the FBI who don't think it's a good idea! Who would have thunk it?
***So I suspect you'll have a similar response when the Dems have their retreat in a wk. where Biden w/b the keynote speaker? Congress is frequently not in session & there are frequent party get together for strategic planning for the upcoming session.***
I certainly would if we're paying for it! The only thing diff. is Dems have lit'l to no power! It's Reps that have abbreviated work wks of 2 or 3 days! Reed & Pelosi had those animals working 5 long days when they were in charge! Pelosi got 200-300 pieces of legis. passed while Ryan scratches m/b a dozen w/ the Hastert Rule still in effect!
***The U.S. gov't’s cash reserves are expected to run out faster than expected, the Congr. Budget Office said Wed., a result of lost revenue from last yr.’s tax cut law. If the debt ceiling isn’t raised by the 1st half of March, CBO said, “the gov't w/b unable to pay its obligations fully, & it would delay making payments for its activities, default on its debt obligations, or both.”
ReplyDelete- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/01/31/federal-debt-limit-deadline-moved-up-to-mid-march-adding-urgency-to-another-congressional-task/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_biz-fedbills-938pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.b0822da7b62c -***
They didn't care! Reps needed to pass "something" before the yr. was out so Trump could stand on his soapbox & lie about how much they've done! ...I hope that extra $20 a wk. we got from the tax cut makes it all worthwhile going thru this mess now!
***Deficit spending. The Rep. way is to borrow from the future. They dont care about balancing a checkbk.***
They only care about balanced budgets when the Dems are in charge! Their hypocrisy knows no bounds! All you have to do is look back at Admin. of "W" where the spending was out of control, along w/ starting 2 wars & 2 other tax cuts! That's the reason we're over $20 T in debt; Obama handled their credit card debt! History repeats itself, but that's on us listening to a pathological & sociopathic LIAR! If's not like he hid his character; or lack thereof!
***Well looks like they'll just have to cut spending. Oh well.***
Well we've heard that BS before & it never really happens! The sacred cows of Soc. Sec., Med., & Defense keep going up regard< of all that talk of cuts! They know if they touch those, their jobs & power w/b in jeopardy! Reps already see the handwriting on the wall for Nov. & many are already jumping ship like the rats they are; = Ryan! None of them want to go back to being the minority party after all they did during Obama's tenure! They will & s/b punished!
***They've already been talking cuts to Soc. Sec. & Medicare. This was entirely the intended effect of the tax cuts, to then use the "ballooning deficit" (that they ballooned) as a chess piece to attack poor people again.***
They can talk about it all they want! Been listen to that BS since the Reagan yrs! B/c they need Dem. votes to deal w/ this coming budget shortfall & need to raise the debt ceiling, it's going t/b squashed or the gov't will shut down again & for more than a day like last X! If they use the excuse that the tax cut is forcing them to do anything to those benefits, they're all toast on both sides of the aisle! We're such idiots, I won't even feel sorry for us! Warning signs were all over the place w/ 24/7 cable news & social media blaring the results of this fiasco, but no one was listening!
***So now we are all in Kansas. - I'm just wondering how soon we'll hear from S&P on a downgrade.***
Exactly! The people there are truly cretins in training! Brownback has all but turned Kansas in a desolate island, using the state to test the Koch bros. theories of lowering taxes & making cuts to the bone; now smaller cities are dying! They've had to close schools resulting in people having to move away to educate their kids!
When they had a chance a few yrs ago to get rid of the Gov. and put more responsible people in office who happened to be cons. Dems, they stuck w/ the status quo! I gave up on red state Reps who can't see the hand in front of their faces & refuse to deal w/ the calamity which is occurring right under their noses! They're being led over a cliff!
***House Dem. Leader Pelosi & other Dem. leaders hold a news conference w/ Dreamers who traveled from around the country to attend the SOTU. Rep. Gosar (R-AZ) Tweeted that he'd asked U.S. Capitol Police as well as the AG to consider checking the IDs of all attending Trump's 1st SOTU & arrest any illegal aliens in attendance.***
ReplyDeleteWe can always fill the empty seats w/ women that were harassed, raped, or abused by Trump! It w/b poetic justice for that stunt pulled @ the debate vs The Clintons! I wonder how that would play w/ Melania & his hypocritical supporters?
***Good ??. Why don't they? Those are American citizens & would have every right t/b there. But, those wouldn't score as many political pts, so the Dems have no interest in doing so. If they thought they could score w/ that, trust me, they'd be there front & center.
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Sen. Trey Gowdy of SC is retiring. Thank Goodness.***
Maybe he's going back to TV t/b an expert on Dateline or HLN's justice programming! He should stay out of politics from now on! He can't seem to keep his objectivity & becomes a cons. dick @ the worst of X's!
***MSNBC is reporting that the Nunes memo w/b published tmrw. They also reported that Nunes changed the memo significantly before sending it to the WH, after the committee had approved it. Nunes' a scumbag, but other Reps who are letting him do this are just as bad. Where does this end? I shudder to think. The only end acceptable to me is impeachment or resignation of Trump.***
Ryan has totally abrogated his responsibility as Speaker allowing this to happen right under his nose! We all know he's not running again, so it's not like he's trying to save his job! Why does he not reign Nunes in w/ him acting as an arm of the Trump admin.? It just makes no sense, but what does these days?
***The State Dept.'s #3 is retiring.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/third-highest-state-official-resigns-in-a-heavy-blow-for-the-beleaguered-agency/2018/02/01/ee11a116-0761-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html?utm_term=.2174a4fcd1e9 -***
Not to mention the State Dept. is in tatters w/ so many ambassadorship positions either empty or resignations occurring! This'll endanger the troops w/ no mouthpiece to readily speak to the leaders in the far & Middle east! Something's going to happen & all Trump will do is shrug; "we didn't need to fill those positions! I'm saving the country $$!"
***More intellectual ammo; about how immigration statistics c/b cherry-picked or misrepresented:
- http://reason.com/archives/2018/02/01/immigrants-and-crime -***
Trump, Pence, & other Rep. leaders sound like such selective bigots invoking MS-13 like it's a reason to cut off all Mex. immigration & acceptance as citizens! When they dredged up that SF case where a woman was killed by a stray bullet by some guy that had been deported sev. X's, that was supposed to taint all Mexicans! They're such low pigs no matter how high they go in politics; total scum, but they've been getting away w/ it up until now! Their poll #'s are going up which doesn't say much for us as a people that we c/b so accepting of such BS!
***Trump bragged; & lied about the ratings for the SOTU speech:
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/politics/donald-trump-sotu-ratings/index.html -
Will history repeat itself?
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/opinions/trump-on-nixon-collision-course-dantonio-opinion/index.html -***
What else is new? IDK why people = use euphemisms concerning his speeches & interviews; known to lie thru his teeth @ every turn! He's the epitome of that old joke: "How do you know when Trump's lying? His lips are moving!"
***A separate NYT's report +ed this wk. that annual budget deficits “are creeping up to $1 T & the Nat'l debt has topped $20T.” The Treasury Dept. “will need to borrow $441B in privately held debt this quarter,” which is the largest sum in 8 yrs. - And yet, Reps – ostensibly, the nation’s fiscal hawks & stalwarts of fiscal responsibility – have nothing to say about this.
ReplyDelete- http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-republicans-deficit-scam-exposed-all-see -***
It's all coming to past! Not only will we have to start borrowing more $$, inflation which had been held in chk is starting to go up & the DOW fell off a cliff today, losing well over 500 pts again! We never learn; slow & steady instead of going for dynamic scoring is going t/b our downfall!
***Three AZ Reps have reportedly started vying for McCain's seat & Reps are upset about it. I find it utterly distasteful & appalling. At the same X, I can't help but think that it looks like they're getting a taste of their own medicine.
- http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/366699-quiet-jockeying-for-mccain-seat-angers-republicans -***
I really think people need to get over it! Why is it the country's obligated to secure a job for this old man or any other until they croak? It might sound crass, taste<, & unsympathetic, but this nonsense needs to stop! I get tired of these people hanging on to a job so long, they're being wheeled around the Capitol building like pharaohs! They don't need the $$, have a nice retirement already financed, aren't really doing the job anyway, & are little more than figure-heads for an ensconced career staff who make sure things get done!
***Sick or not, McCain has enough spine to speak out against the Rep. attacks vs law enforcement. That's a lot more than most of the healthy among them can say!***
Only @ X's! Most of the X he votes the party line; including unnec. closures of the gov't! He's no stalwart of independence all the X; that's BS! Check the votes; same for Flake who's been getting kudos! Both still vote the way McConnell wants 9 X's out of 10! Such a big deal is made of them being their own man, but only Dems routinely challenge the heads of their party! Reps are lemmings for the part; as evidenced by this memo situation trying to undermine & disparage the heads of the Justice Dept. & FBI! People aren't = paying attention to the DOW plummeting by 450 pts so far & that inflation which was held in check under Obama is now going up! All this nonsense is to deflect, conflate, & distract to the real news that's going to HELL!
***...No one s/b expected to quit their job b/c they're ill.***
Well that doesn't say much about those people who listened to the same politicians talking about term limits! They're all hypocrites & so FOS I can't stand it! People are easily fooled; someX's old pics of their Senator & Rep. are used to hide the fact they're of ill health & aging! People are idiots & believe anything told to them which is unfortunate!
***In gen., I'd agree w/ you on this one. We have TV's now though, watch CSPAN, & it's easier to see what your senator or representative look like.***
Oh please; how many really do that? Only serious news geeks = know where C-Span is on the dial!
***It's difficult to say for sure whether Trump's smarter than GWB, but I suspect he is; @ least slightly. GWB was definitely a bit lacking in that dept.***
I can still hear Ann Richards as the Keynote Speaker @ a Dem. Conv., "poor George; he can't help it! He was born w/ a silver foot in his mouth!"
***That's from back in the days when Texas was a blue state ... which it had been since its statehood for the most part. It's kind of interesting when you think about it ... our last sev. presidents have all had some kind of personality issue of sorts, maybe a spoiled or pampered aspect to them.***
***DOW continues to tumble down 530+ pts in sell-off Fri.; likely t/b worst wk. for stocks in 2 yrs.***
ReplyDeleteNo one s/b shocked! It's amusing to see & hear people "poo-pooing" a drop of 2% when they were so sure it would continue to skyrocket! Idiots & liars abound on 'the right!' When will it stop inching up? The inflation rate is also going up so Trump's big mouth may have triggered something in the economy! We'll see!
***Trump bragged about the stock market doing well. Can he now take the blame for the worst wk in 2 yrs?***
That'll NEVER happen! He'll pull a "W" & blame Obama, saying he "inherited a mess!" He's so FOS I can't stand it!
***Perhaps, his die-hard supporters w/b upset by the $$ they've lost this wk!
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After a rough wk., the stock market is down to where it was on Jan 10th. - That's true, but I suspect we are in for more wks like this one.***
We've seen it enough X's to see all the signs! Everything's going honkey-dory, then some idiot comes in making changes; cutting taxes w/ all the debt we have, showing incompetence, & talking too much! It's a recipe for disaster!
***I'm sure they'll find an excuse or way to blame either Obama, Clinton or the Dems or all of the above. - K.T. McFarland has WD as the nominee for ambassador to Singapore.
- http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372068-kt-mcfarland-asks-trump-to-withdraw-her-nomination-for-ambassador -***
As far as I'm concerned, she's not qualified to = host parties @ an embassy, much < being the conduit to Trump to deal w/ pressing issues of the State Dept.! We're in serious trouble since they can't find anyone who = wants to take these positions; trying to sever ties w/ Trump who hasn't a clue what he's doing!
***While I agree Tapper, Burnett, Cooper, Cuomo, & Lemon are all liberals; Sean Hannity... that doesn’t mean they aren’t discussing real facts! Fox Special Report is more balanced & fair than any show on CNN.***
They'll always kvetch if they're no hearing what they want to hear! Listen to Trump; according to him the FBI heads & Justice Dept. are corrupt & biased vs him personally! A FISA warrant to keep checks on Carter Page was initiated back in '13, but Reps are trying to conflate that w/ what's going on w/ the current investigations of Trump! They're embarrassing themselves, but it appears they have no shame so it's an exercise in futility to = talk about it!
***Russia's said t/b developing a nuclear powered, nuclear armed undersea torpedo:
- http://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/02/politics/pentagon-nuclear-posture-review-russian-drone/index.html -
(And they can do so w/o the fear of sanctions or repercussions from the US)***
Talking about Manchurian Candidate; Trump's showing all the signs & it's disgusting that the Rep. Party doesn't seem to care; actually backing every play! Such a juxtaposition where Reps were so in favor extending FISA & other surveillance techniques w/ "enhanced interrogation" tactics! Now all of a sudden the FBI, Justice Dept., & CIA are more like the Gestapo that can't be trusted! Whackos! If they were after Hillary, Reps w/b lauding everything by our gov't; now in total opp. to everything done by them! Hypocrites!
***Martina has only 18 (59 overall) majors in singles though, which only ties her for 5th amongst women.***
ReplyDeleteGoing thru the likes of Court, Goolagong, BJK, Evert, Mandlikova, Graf, Seles, Sabatini, Capriati, Wade, & so many others of note! Like BJK, she transcends tennis, unlike Court, Graf, Seles, Williams, & Henin! I'll take Martina's career over any & all of these other players; male or female! Her #'s will last; probably forever in the annals of tennis lore since the OPEN era has been so tough! It was a lot easier for Court to get to her #'s; esp. "down under!"
***Mecir's a nice 3rd to + to the mix. Are those 3 the most talented Slam< players of the Open Era? Any old-X'rs want to dredge up the 70s? @Fiero425?***
Slam< great players weren't as prominent & it didn't happen as much as they do now; @ least sneaking a FO or AO where the top players didn't appear as much! Gomez almost retired w/o a major, but @ 30+ he was lucky enough to meet Agassi during that early period & took FO in '90; sorta on par w/ Cilic who snuck a USO in '14! Avg. players like Johan Kriek took an AO along w/ a no name like Brian Teacher & the dearly departed Vitas Gerulaitis! You also had players who rose to the occasion beating the fave like Noah over Wilander in '83 & Chang in '89 @ FO beating Lendl along the way! It's a lot more prevalent now to go Slam< w/ players who never get a sniff of a major due to Fedalovicray unfortunately & don't win b/c they can't seem to finish the deal!
***I like Tomic & Kyrgios. They at least express feelings, are true, & don't care about the press - = the GOATs don't have that skill.***
But what good does it do them & the country if they're both headcases? Australian tennis hasn't been the same since the days of Hopman! I remember when it got so bad, McNamee making the top 10 was an event! Hewitt didn't last long @ the top w/ a game that couldn't sustain the winning needed to hold onto #1! The biggest surprise was a doubles' specialist, Stosur that actually beat Serena W. in the finals of the USO! Outside of that, it's been slim pickings w/ Aussie stars only showing glimmers of hope to turn it all around! I long for the days of Laver, Newcombe, Roche, Emerson, Court, & Goolagong!
***I suppose a big slump was inevitable after 40+ yrs of a massive conveyor belt of Aussie tennis talent from the early 1930's to the mid 1970's.***
They @ least had Cash who beat Lendl @ Wimbl, in '87; the yr. Becker was upset early by some guy I never heard of from "down under," Peter Doohan! I think I heard he died all too soon recently for some reason!
***At the height of Martina's dominance where she won almost all her slams from '82-87, Martina's only comp. was an aging Evert (a yr. developing 16/17 yo Graf). Court has more slams @ 3 of the 4 Slam venues- AO, RG, USO than Martina, so not just @ the AO, & more combined doubles/singles/mixed dubs Slams than Martina too. And she retired @ 33, not 55.
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If Fed beats Rafa @ RG (just dreaming) this yr, that'll certainly put an end to his hopes of surpassing Roger's Slam ct.***
Well we know Roger winning FO again is fantasyland! If he has a brain in his head, he'll skip it again & prepare for the grass of Wimbledon! At his age, why would he want to = chance exhaustion & injury playing on clay?
***A lot of people are figuring out Roger's chances of getting back to #1, & prob. thinking ahead to YE #1, which Roger missed mainly by not playing clay, or possibly. I get your pt. The actual person, Roger, & his team, w/b calculating what's best as they go along. If he hasn't over-played before the clay season, & his knee feels good, he may give it a go. He can always decide to bail on clay, if it looks like he won't win RG & that he m/b jeopardizing Wimbl.***
***Isn't Agassi an ATG?***
ReplyDeleteIMO, Agassi's barely in the top 10 w/ his problems, injuries, & late bloom after Sampras fell from the top! He has that CGS & that'll have to suffice his fans invoking/bestowing ">ness" upon him! Unfortunately for him Fedalovic came along & obliterated/eviscerated his record!
***Tennis.com's "50 Greatest Players of Open Era" - who are your top 25?
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-1. Roger Federer
-2. Rafael Nadal
-3. Rod Laver
-4. N. Djokovic
-5. Pete Sampras
-6. Bjorn Borg
-7. Ken Rosewall
-8. Ivan Lendl
-9. John McEnroe
10. Jimmy Connors
11. Andre Agassi
12. Boris Becker
13. Stefan Edberg
14. John Newcombe
15. Mats Wilander
16. Andy Murray...
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Djokovic's the youngest active multi-slam winner. That is, all the other greats are older than he is (Murray only by a wk.). Once they reach maturity, younger players are generally expected to have the edge on older players of the same level of ability. The active players younger than Djokovic have @ most one slam.
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What if Fed can win Wimbl. '18? For Nadal to have any chance to surpass Fed's slam count, Fed needs to stop winning slams for good.***
Sooner or later these Next Gens will start taking out all the old men; been waiting for 2 yrs! I still can't believe Fedal's still relevant much < actually still taking X majors! Djokoray really mhm the diff. & their absence has allowed the old, broken down geezers to re-live days of glory from 10 yrs ago!
***All 'Big 4' players have been taking advantage of these youngsters who can't step up & a generally weak field. Djokovic was doing it from '14-16 & Fedal did it last yr. & doing it still.
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...I'm salty over Nole robbing Fed of another 3 GS.
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I completely disagree that Novak "robbed" Fed of 3 slams. Fed choked away those matches, just as he choked away the successive USO semis where he held a total of 4 MP's against Djoker. How can anyone say Novak robbed Fed of the '14 Wimbl. final when Fed held a BP in the 5th set & completely choked on an easy ball? Had he made that, he would have served for the match. And the '15 USO final was one of Roger's more epic chokes when he squandered something like 20 BP's.
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There was no "robbery" involved in these matches. Fed mentally wilted during the big pts. Blame Roger, not Novak for these cringe worthy big match performances.
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= Roger has talked about how he had such a loss of confidence facing Rafa in the final after being crushed in RG. ...I don't write posts saying that if Roger's back had been fine in last yr's USO he would have won. He lost. I"m over it. I do berate him for putting himself in that position. But then there's you, saying that Rafa would have beaten Stan @ the AO after getting crushed in the 1st set. ...I guess it's easier for me to get over losses; m/b that's what sets Fed fans apart from Rafa's.
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Why does Djokovic have such a large following in China? - He wins a lot of tourneys there. + he was sponsored by Uniqlo AND has the most China Open wins.***
He endeared himself by actually speaking Chinese IIRC! Winning it so many X's in a row helped I'm sure! It's only morons in the US that dislike a player for no damned good reason! I remember how we treated Martina early on & Lendl to the end of his career! We'd rather cheer our own rude a-holes like Connors & McEnroe than be civil to great champions from other countries!
***"Trickle down" $$ pools @ levels way above regular folk & is grabbed by the rich. It's been shown numerous X's that tax reductions to the rich damage the economy as a whole. On very rare occasions it does work, but these are where the tax has been far too high & reduced to sensible levels. You can't make this claim on the situation today.***
ReplyDeleteAmen & hallelujah to that! W/ people who are affluent & rich, it just makes them hoard more of their wealth, not spend it or = TIP >er! ...It's a shame when things go to shit, it's the wealthy who couldn't give a damn, & expect the gov't to protect & save them!
***It's the PT Barnum trick; give em a lit'l & they don't notice whose getting the big.***
It's what has frustrated me since I was a kid! There's no reason we should have any problems compared to other countries w/ so much <! We're spoiled, entitled, & selfish! We wouldn't have such a high Nat'l debt if it weren't for greedy bastards that think others should take up the slack! It's a GD shame since truly "we have it all," but don't apprec. it in the least! Most are looking for things to fall into their laps & not = say "thanks!" That's a problem w/ poor & rich alike!
***I really noticed it when I moved to England, they don't come close to looking down on people who have M $$, a smaller home, or an older car. They don't talk or brag about the cost of their home, car, clothes & all the spendy gear they have collected. They don't talk about how much they make or what they paid; it's considered rude.***
The elites in this country are rude & class<; = infecting immigrants from across the pond! If anyone's seen RHWBH, the wife of a British citizen made a huge deal out of the wrong glass being used @ a gathering! The waiter had the gall to pour champagne into a wine glass!
***I use to enjoy visiting the mansion estates & castles throughout the UK; owners who open their "home" to the public so they can keep it. You would never know they were wealthy & they certainly don't look posh. Once we were parking up & who we thought was the attendant was the owner.***
I'm sure we have some wealthy people not so ostentatious, but there's pressure by watching programs & reading magazines that influence some of the poor behavior I mentioned! I know some who have $$, but you'd never know it un< you went by their home; located in a gated community on a golf course! They do their own shopping, play tennis w/ us commoners, & go about their business like any one else! If you have it, you don't have to flaunt it as some commonly feel!
***The economy couldn't keep setting records forever. I think it'll get back to slow, but steady growth.***
That would impede Trump's ego being able to brag about all he's done to increase the economic growth of the country! It won't stop him since he already has inflated the amount of his tax cut while unemployment actually inched up! He won't bring that up, but was all over Obama blaming him for bad weather! He'll be an eternal joke after all's said & done! He's brought down the integrity & honor of all who works for him; = Kelly has been busted for lying! It's too pathetic for words since he could have easily have had a successful presidency, but Trump can't help shooting himself in the foot & invariable in the head! If he had gone to supporting infrastructure work, dealt w/ the immigration issue w/o disparaging anyone that wasn't WHITE, his poll #'s w/b huge w/ the short memories of this stupid electorate! He just had to try & divide the country, only thinking of the ire of his supporters, & blowing up any chance @ concessions/cooperation! It'll cost him, his family, & his admin. in the end!
***Good grief, it was a minor 2.5% DOW drop today. A 600 pt. drop in '17 is nothing like a 500 drop in '87.***
ReplyDeleteTrue enough, but it's the start of a trend that doesn't look good; along w/ an inching up of unemployment & an uptick in the inflation rate!
***Why is Trump believed at all?
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/trump-tweet-memo-analysis/index.html -***
And the epitome of hypocrisy goes w/ Reps who are always challenging other agencies' integrity! They're really FOS!
***Cool that the left is now cool having the FBI & DoJ investigate political opps. - Strange statement considering everyone involved in the accusations from Comey to Meuller to Grabem is a Rep. No pt. in Reps worrying about political opps investigating them, their fellow Republicans are looking for the best place to stick a shiv.***
The hypocrisy of it all is mind-blowing; esp. w/ Reps undermining each other & the institutions they've lauded for as long as I can remember!
***It's ALL simpler than & much worse than that & a shot across the bow warning as prelude to the Bannon-ization of Trey Gowdy.
- 1) Trey Gowdy is the only Rep. to review the materials behind the FISA warrants.
- 2) Trey Gowdy announces he won't seek re-election in '18.
- 3) Trey Gowdy appears on the Sunday talk shows thwarting the objective of this whole memo smear of the FBI, DoJ, etc. stating that none of this impacts the Mueller Investigation, etc.
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gowdy-fisa-warrant-would-not-have-been-authorized-without-dossier/ar-BBIFHFD?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp -
Look for our hairy twittler prezzie to start lighting Gowdy up on Twitter any min. If he ain't already...
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The further down Nixon's well-known path Trump travels, the more ITA. I've begun to wonder who his Robert Bork is going t/b. It'll have t/b someone who wants to destroy his or her career & reputation. Trump has picked a fight w/ the FBI. He w/b sorry.
Presidents don’t win fights w/ the FBI. Trump apparently wants to learn this lesson the hard way. Most presidents have had the sense not to bully the FBI by defaming its leaders & — ridiculously — painting its agents as leftist political hacks. Most members of Congress have also understood how unwise it w/b to pull such stunts. But Trump & his hapless henchmen on Capitol Hill, led by Rep. Nunes, have chosen the wrong enemy. History strongly suggests they w/b sorry.
...The bureau has no political ax to grind, & the attempt by Nunes and others to portray it as some kind of liberal cabal is comical. But it does have great institutional cohesion, a proud sense of mission, & a culture that inculcates the “us vs the world” attitude that's so common among law enforcement.
...Now comes Trump. His oafish attempts to neutralize the FBI dir. he inherited, James B. Comey — trying to extract a Godfather-style loyalty pledge, asking him to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn, ultimately firing him — are potential fodder for what m/b an obstruction-of-justice case vs Trump being assembled by Mueller. ...Trump & his minions seem to think they can out-leak the FBI. Obviously they haven’t been paying attention.***
***...Only problem is the dossier isn't fake. Sev. things have proved true & none untrue.***
ReplyDeleteIt's just so humorous & infuriating @ the same X when cons, Reps, & FNC always have to invoke Hillary's name as if she personally asked & paid this Steele person to come up w/ dirt on DT! There's already tons of it floating around; a lot that still hasn't come out, but Mueller will change all that in the coming months! Trump's going to wish he never ran for office; him & his whole crooked family will regret it!
***6 tortured arguments Repubs are making about the Nunes memo: By Aaron Blake in WAPO - 2/5/18
If your case is only as strong as your weakest argument, then the Nunes memo is as big a flop as its critics allege.
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1. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to FNC: “I would say that this is far >er than Russia or Trump, or = the Mueller probe. This is the 1st X in US history that politics has weaponized the FBI.”
Hoover took over the bureau in '24 on the promise to reform it. That ... didn't exactly happen. And for anybody who needs a refresher, read up on what the Church Committee found in the 1970s.
2. House Intel Comm. Chairman Nunes to “Fox and Friends:” “As far as we can tell, Papadopoulos never even knew who — never = had met w/ the president.”
There is a photo of then-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos @ a March '16 meeting w/ Trump. It was put out by Trump's own Twitter account. And according to a NYT report, Trump = asked Papadopoulos ??s. Trump also told The Wash'ton Post's edit. board in an interview that Papadopoulos was an "excellent guy."
3. Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.): “Finally, there needs t/b a discussion as to whether the Mueller investigation is truly needed, seeing that the main premise that launched the invest. turned out to not be credible & was both directed & funded by pol. opps.”
...This refers to Papadopoulos telling an Aussie diplomat in London that Russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton — a conversation that was later reported to US authorities — and it happened 3 months before the FISA application to monitor Carter Page. The memo confirms the invest. was launched months before the thing Duncan alleges was the “main premise” for its launch.
4. Nunes to FNC: “I don't believe that somebody like Mr. Page s/b a target of the FBI, esp. using salacious info paid for by a pol. campaign like this dossier ...”
...Back in '13, ie., the FBI interviewed Page after Russian spies had attempted to recruit him. What's more, 2 days after Nunes said this, Time mag. reported that Page had boasted in a letter that he had served as an informal adviser to the Kremlin. ...Nunes seems to be arguing rather strangely that Page is just a guy who was railroaded for no reason, but that ignores lots of publicly known evidence.
5. More Gaetz: “We do know what Andrew McCabe said. ..." And McCabe said, but for this dossier, there never would've been a FISA memo. ... That is a verifiable fact.”
This m/b a verifiable fact, but it hasn't been verified yet — not hardly. As I wrote Sat., McCabe's exact comments to the House Intel. Comm. in Dec. are disputed by Dems, & the memo didn't provide a direct quote. ...
6. Nunes on FNC: “If Papadopoulos was such a major figure, why didn't you get a warrant on him? ... Being drunk in London & talking to other diplomats saying you didn't like Hillary Clinton, I think it's kinda scary that our intel. agencies would take that & use that vs an US citizen.”
Yet again, Nunes seems t/b not just raising concerns about the FISA application, but suggesting a key player — in this case, Papadopoulos — is being railroaded. ...Dirt on Clinton was also promised in exchange for Donald Trump Jr. setting up that June '16 meeting @ Trump Tower w/ Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, after all.***
***I doubt much of use will come out of Mueller's investigation. A few low level slimeballs, m/b = one of his sons will bite the dust, but Grab'em, himself, will skate.***
ReplyDeleteAccording to some expert, we may never = hear or read the result of the Mueller investigation! According to him, the final report is handed to Rosenstein & it's up to him if charges are brought or = if we ever get the gist of Trump's complicity in crimes! That's why Trump's been pumping him for loyalty I guess! So from what it appears, Trump c/b a foreign agent for Putin, but Clinton getting a hummer is something the whole world NEEDED to know ASAP! Rep. pols are all scum & this doesn't help their reputation of their party being more important than actually serving their country!
***Trump really doesn’t like the fact that N. & S. Korea are cooperating during the Olympic Games. Otto Warmbier’s father w/b attending the Opening Ceremonies as a guest of Pence.***
That's one way to get the people behind a slimy president; start some shit w/ another country! The real killer is they end up being failures tearing down the economy w/ tax cut when conflicts start abroad!
***Except that instead of Bush we have a manchild who is itching to use his nuclear "toys."***
W/ them, it's all about defending democracy & protecting our Nat'l security!
***Unfortunately, democracy is getting worse, not >er. According to the Economist Intel. Unit, the US has dropped into the ‘flawed democracy’ grouping.***
We're probably wishing back for the days of Obama's "slow and steady" economy over this BS! The DOW dropped 1600 pts, but looks to have settled back to under 1100 in the red! This seems t/b more than a course correction! This is what I was afraid of w/ that tax cut in Dec.!
***Someday, somebody in the media is going to realise the stock market is not the economy. I mean, when a company closes plants and lays off workers, their stock price goes up. - Chris Hayes says it almost every day.***
This volatility can still be a precursor to a real downturn in the economy! The same thing happened in '08! "Big mouth-in-chief" in Ohio conveniently didn't mention the DOW after touting how it was going up! The hypocrisy is mind-blowing regard< of the truth of the matter! - Dems who sat on their hands @ SOTU called "treasonous!"
***Just goes to show Trump is "treasonous" & he knows it. He always accuses others of whatever bad he is doing.***
I well remember him saying something about Hillary shouldn't be elected b/c she w/b under investigation from DAY 1! Funny, he hasn't had too many days of peace w/ = more going on around him! We shk whatever he says is usually a reflection of what's to happen to him!
***Did they consider GOP congressmen & senators traitors for trying so hard to make Obama fail?***
It's ok for Reps to dissent, but Dems are supposed to fall in line or their treasonous & hate their country! I said cons. are the biggest hypocrites around & should have an "H" added to their political seal! They can have someone yell out "you lie" @ Obama's SOTU, but Dems sitting on their hands isn't permitted!
***The GOP leadership should admonish him for saying that. ...One has to wonder how long they're going to allow him to sink the party.***
Don't hold your breath! After Ryan allowed Nunes carte blanche to make up that silly memo trying to undermine the FBI & Justice Dept., he's proved to have completely checked out! Doing all that "working out" has weakened his spine that's for sure! He's w/o a doubt the weakest Speaker in memory; = Boehner pretended t/b stronger! Ryan's literally rolled over like a dog w/ a treat being offered! He's pathetic & he should leave before the election which he's very likely to lose! Remember, he didn't win his district or State when running for VP!
***Speaking of the impact of the tax bill:
ReplyDeleteThe gov't is already set to borrow 84% more than it did last yr, & infrastructure & military spending have yet t/b addressed.***
Amen! These same cons. a-holes who used t/b on guard, repeatedly warning us about Russia are now collaborating w/ an agent of Putin; actually accepting his interference by undermining an FBI investigation! Who would have thunk it?
***Nah....you ideologue's started that when the first drop of the DOW occurred.....very convenient.
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Yeah, I know. Hillary's fault.***
Isn't everything Hillary's fault? She should have won the race! She paid Steele to dig up dirt on Trump & personally wrote that dossier herself! She's = kicking the machines so the DOW dropped 1600 pts while Trump gave his speech in Cincy yesterday! The most pathetic thing is he's not the only loon invoking her name every chance they get; Ryan & McConnell only silent because they're hiding while Trump brings the whole country down into the sewer!
***I feel like everyone tries to troll Trump these days.***
He makes it so easy! He can't shut up, says something stupid every single day, & embarrasses himself by showing how ignorant & petty he is in each and every TWEET he sends out! Calling other people derogatory names like "lit'l, crying," or lying" only reflects on him; esp. when he needs these people to get anything done as president! ...I still say to Hillary every single day, "you dodged a fk'n bullet!"
***More insults to immigrants from Kelly:
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/john-kelly-daca-deadline/index.html -
Ugh. This guy's as bad as his boss.***
What "character" Kelly had has been flushed down the drain! He was a "goner" after backing up Trump's big lie about that Gold family wife & Congresswoman Frederica Wilson! This man went ahead & said on Nat'l TV she's lit'l more than an "empty barrel!" It was absolutely obscene & disgusting; matched only by Trump's roundtable, kissing up to him & his ring for the whole world to see! These people lost their self-respect & integrity except for the Secr. of Defense Mattis who pulled back on kneeling & kept his praise to a minimum!
***I think he's worse. He's completely lucid, whereas I’m not so sure w/ Trump.***
ITA: Trump will drag down anyone assoc. w/ him b/c his lying rubs off on them! They want t/b loyal & protect him due to the office, but I wouldn't hire these people to manage a McD's after all they've said & done to placate this maniac!
***...And if Trump lies, Mueller will charge him & send agents to WH to arrest him. The whole Manafort situation w/b repeated.***
I wish, but not likely! An expert says we may never = know what Mueller found out! According to him, the report goes directly to Rosenstein & it's up to him whether to let the "cat out of the bag;" hence Trump asking him if he's "on the team!" Loyalty oaths abound w/ all who are connected w/ Trump! He expects people to lie, deflect, & actually pass the buck when nec. to save their psycho boss!
***Rosenstein will recuse himself b/c as a writer of Comey memo, he's in jeopardy of going to jail too.
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It w/b interesting to see if Trump will accept anything that doesn't contain @ least some $$ for the wall. - Trump should bring/'hire' Rahm Emanuel on what to do. A few high-profile Dems would do him good. This Rep. 'right or wrong' thing needs to stop.***
It's amazing this double standard; Dem. Presidents are supposed to hire a couple Reps t/b in their admin., but Rep. can screw over everyone, = fire Dem. appointees like the Fed Chair & the FBI Dir.! I'm so glad I'm old & won't have to deal w/ BS like this much longer! I pray for death; esp. after the country went nuts taking on this lying sack of shit as leader of the "not so free world!"
***...Yes, Carter Page under surveillance, yet no criminal charges... nor probable cause for a criminal warrant for normal tapping. Nor = identifying any crime that's been committed.***
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to all concerned in the whole world how low we've sunk; protecting a pathological & sociopathic LIAR, carrying the water for Russia/Putin, & dragging the country into the sewer they claim to want to clean up! It's not only embarrassing, it's all they would of accused traitors; absolutely treasonous behavior! It's a wonder we'll make it thru this one where a party has disavowed all respect & love for their country trying to help keep a creature like Trump in power! The whole world is watching & are shaking their collective heads!
***The facts of the Steele Dossier are hard true, Carter Page was being investigated, yet it was the Dossier that expanded scope there when the Authorities had NOTHING. The Nunes Memo stands out as a stand out mockery of Dem. failure & failings in trying to destroy the President underhandedly. They receive what they deserve for being stupid.
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Steele never admitted any fraud. And = if he did that doesn't change the fact that Trump released the Rep. memo for purely political reasons & he'll refuse to release the Dem. memo for the same reasons.***
Trump's obvious desperation is written all over his pathetic face, but The Reps seem t/b willing to go down the drain w/ him! If the people allow him to lie as much as he's done w/ no consequences, it's all on us! The hypocrisy of these cons. to pound Dems for the least lit'l thing, then allow egregious behavior like his to undermine all our institutions is just about as disgusting as it comes! How they can ever complain about another Dem. president w/b the height of ridiculousness! Standards have been flushed down the toilet & they know it!
***I don't care what your politics. How is the Rep. memo a fact when it was cherry picked w/ many pages left out, then altered. Can 'the right' explain that one? It's no diff. than a doctored video or cherry picked words from a video; both common for 'the right,' whether FOX, Breitbart, or Drudge & that horrid 'alt-right' site.
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No diff. than I have seen in here or by the Dems in office as to cherry picking.***
Deflecting & passing the buck is getting so old when this is blowing up in Rep's faces more & more each day! Seek serious help if you can't see it! = McConnell & Ryan are hiding out unable to make rational sense out of all of it!
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Another Trump Resignation: Sr. WH Official Rob Porter gone after allegations of abuse by 2 ex-wives
- https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yetanotherpoliticsboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=107394&p=2971311#p2971311 -
Just shows the type of mgmt. Trump likes having around him! Due to relationship w/ Hope Hicks, Trump gave him temp. clearance b/c the FBI couldn't give him a permanent sec.. clearance! Kelly was well aware of this so what does that say about him? SLIME!
***What a man of principle & sound judgement Kelly has turned out t/b.***
Trump has this way of bringing down low anyone associated w/ him! After that Gold Medal family & Cong. Frederica Wilson hullabaloo, I was done w/ Kelly! He lost any integrity he once possessed; not withstanding the loss of his son! That shouldn't excuse his boorish behavior of calling DACA designees "too lazy to sign up!" He's truly lost it!
***The left loves to play this stupid game. "Here's my supposition. PROVE IT FALSE."***
ReplyDeleteYou mean like the current WH who were out front yesterday talking about a smear campaign having to do w/ Porter's domestic abuse accusations? It took a pic of the 1st wife w/ a black eye for those clowns to come off their story! Spare me the BS; no one more FOS than Reps who are the biggest hypocrites! It was all about balancing budgets & restraining the Nat'l debt until they took total control! What did they do; + another tril. $$ to the debt w/ that tax cut last yr! ...Stock market down another 1000 pts! I suppose that's nothing; just more corrections! More BS being shoved down our throats!
***The disgusting part is they never = made a pretext of balancing the budget. Reps squaked about borrowing $$ to save the auto companies. They whined about borrowing $$ to stop a depression. They threw a fit over $$ for hurricane relief. Then they borrow $1.5T to give to billionaires.
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Senior WH official, Sr. Secr. Rob Porter to resign following allegations of abuse***
I just wonder about women who marry such douche-bags? None of this came out of left field! He's obviously a misogynist pig, but they married him anyway! Why surprised? Maybe they weren't! Idiots!
***It's generally cause they fall for the 'all my exes were insane' story. It's why it's a red flag if the guy you're dating tells you about what a bitch/sociopath/insane person their exes are.
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Both Holderness & Willoughby (Porter's 2 ex-wives) were contacted by a woman claiming t/b Porter's GF in '16. In FB & text messages reviewed by CNN, the woman, described "repeated abuse" from Porter & sought help from the ex-wives on how to leave him.
"I work in politics, & despite Rob's repeated abuse, some of which I think many know about, he continues to rise & I'm afraid to go against him," the woman wrote to Holderness in Dec. '16. "I'm sorry to bother you. I wanted to reach out & hear your story if you are willing to share -- as well as how you broke out of it w/ him & mostly, how you recovered."
"Rob was abusive, degrading, a liar & a cheater & during the course of my relationship w/ him, I found out that he was to others, too," the woman wrote to Willoughby in Feb. '16. "I am just searching for someone who m/b able to relate to the hell I have gone thru." - The filing for the EPO makes this much more than a he said/ she said case.
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...Rand Paul voted for the tax bill.***
During his objection speech, he addressed the hypocrisy of his party! They caterwaul about fiscal responsibility, but the deficit usually balloons under Rep. admin.! Clinton eliminated the deficit & during Obama yrs it steadily went down, but under Bush, 'W,' & now Trump, the deficits & Nat'l Debt exploded! "Thanks cons. liars & hypocrites!"
***Yep. It was refreshing. He ripped Reps as much as Dems. - The tax bill took away 1.5 T of what we could spend.***
That's the delusional logic of Reps going back generations! They love to cut taxes to make it seems like they're doing something for the people, but never really cut anything so deficits & the Nat'l Debt goes up more during their tenure in power! If not for Dems, heaven knows how much we'd owe today; m/b $30 T instead of $20! Clinton had us in a position to pay the Debt down in 10 yrs! "W" said "fk that; I'm gonna cut taxes & @ the same X create more social programs!" People forget his "prescription drug bill, "no child left behind, & CHIP!" Cut tax twice & started 2 wars! He's the one that really blew up the deficits & in turn the Nat'l Debt! "Thanks George!"
***Where do you get your news from?***
ReplyDeleteWe're all "online" so you & I can get news there! I do all the cable news channels including Fox which makes me ill! They spend so much X trying to implicate Hillary in this dossier controversy, bringing up her contacts in the gov't, & dragging Bill into it due to speeches he's been paid to do benefiting the CGI! It's so ridiculous! How does anything they do influence the culpability & conspiracies that are still raging in the Trump WH? It makes no sense & I'm embarrassed for people like Ingraham & Carlson who aren't idiots, but sound like they're a bit touched in the head deflecting any & all slings & arrows shot @ Trump! What does this man have to do for them to see what's really going on? Sick!
***You do know that the people that you listed do not do news? They're just talking heads, not = qualified t/b a newsperson. Might as well be listening to Hannity or Maddow on talk radio! I remember Nixon & spying on a opp. party's campaign & he was disgraced & forced to leave the office of The POTUS. Why should it be diff. for the Dem. party doing the same thing?***
You can say those losers are just TH's, but you still need to make sense! Maddow's more than a TH; keeps it real & factual unlike Hannity, Tucker, or Ingraham! If I must say, Brett Baier tries to keep it factbased, but has his moments of being phony siding w/ cons.! There's only one anchor that never disappoints me & that's Shepard Smith! He tells it like it is! I can still hear him after finding about "enhanced interrogation!" He "went off" on camera & said "we don't fk'n torture!" I thought he was in trouble, but they didn't = suspend him!
There's no comparison! Nixon & his cronies didn't just acquire dirt, they broke into the Dem. HQ @ the Watergate Hotel! Please; don't you read? Why is everything connected to the Clintons for some of you? It's so embarrassing! I don't blame you for not knowing more, but I lived Watergate! Like Trump now, it went on for months w/ foot tall headlines on the front page of the paper all summer; the only thing breaking thru was the DOW eclipsing 1000 believe it or not IIRC! I was still in HS @ the X!
***Mission Accomplished. The Tea Party has been dead for a while now. And the GOP crawled in bed w/ the big spender Liberal named Trump. "Take your lecture; & cram and rotate it in your own anal cavity Mr. Paul. You had zero compunctions endorsing Trump."***
Sure he did! They were truly @ odds until Trump called him in last yr. & played a Rd. of golf! SomeX's that's all it takes! Look @ Lindsey Graham who called the man a lit'l unbalanced! Played a lit'l golf & now he's wearing knee pads! Trump talking about Cruz's wife and dad, disparaging them badly; played a lit'l golf & you never hear a discouraging word! Just like I said many X's before; Reps are just a bunch of hypocrites! They were like "death" on Obama about spending; now look at them! The deficit went down under Obama, but has exploded under their own BOY! I'm disgusted & the people will rue the day they voted for him; esp. their children will look back & wonder, "WTF were you people thinking?"
***Tammy Duckworth is a real American hero.***
I feel fortunate to have her from my state of Ill.! 1st she took the job that belonged to Henry Hyde way back when, then elevated to Senator on the back of Kirk! Those are cons. areas she came from, but somehow overcame the machine of the Rep. party out there! I'm so proud of her!
***Bill Clinton, Felonious Draft Dodger?***
ReplyDeleteDonald J. Trump, serial, pathological, & sociopathic LIAR-In-Chief! Prefers to give the benefit of the doubt to child molesters & serial spousal abusers! Thinks nothing of siding w/ Russia against his own country! Is in a non-stop Jihad to undermine all our institutions including the free press, the Justice Dept., & Intel! He still points fingers @ others when he's found t/b more guilty of the same offense! Spare me the victimhood; feel sorry for the US, not him!
***You’re not a fan of due process?***
If I'm not, then neither is Trump! I'm still waiting for him to apologize to the Central Park 5 he thought should get the "death penalty" = after they were found innocent & someone confessed to the crime! Don't play that game w/ me! It only reflects on him & you!
***...It does affect Porter's job if he can't get a security clearance.***
I feels so sorry for people who can't see the hand in front of their faces! It doesn't matter what's done in the name of Trump; just deflect & invoke the name of Clinton & all's well w/ the world! Hilarious!
***What happened in AL was not radical left. The allegations raised were compelling enough t/b very disturbing to many cons. voters as well. Moore was a very flawed candidate. This wasn't just the case of a bad date or poor manners - it was pretty inappropriate.***
I like to think only hillbillies in the SOUTH would believe an old perv over their own children; & so many came forward! It wasn't enough for these nimrods to get off the "due process" argument! It whb telling if Moore had actually gone to Congress as their Senator from Ala.; a total win either way for Dems! "Thanks losers!"
***It's been reported that Rachel Brandt, the #3 in the Justice Dept. suddenly resigned today. It's believed the Reps have done all the groundwork to fire Rosenstein. How long before the Mueller investigation is stopped?***
It'll just make Trump look guiltier! He must really be afraid of all Mueller's found! All his kids are culpable & of course, his lying, cheating, & stealing will all come out if he's allowed to finish the investigation! Rosenstein & Brandt should have felt paranoid when Sessions was lauding them w/ all kinds of fake praise last wk.! That's why she left knowing the setup was almost complete! Smart girl to get out while the getting was good! IDK why people aren't raising HELL w/ how TRUMP is turning the Federal Gov't upside down trying to protect himself? It doesn't seem to matter to him how he's undermining all our institutions; why not just go like Nixon? It's all gonna come out! He can't pardon himself or his kids! He might as well get his "go bag" together & run back to Russia t/b w/ his bud Putin! "Make sure to have your kneepads ready Don! Your boy didn't get 1/2 of what he wanted out of this farce called a presidency!"
***As worrisome as this is in regards to the investigation, it's also worrisome b/c people are leaving top positions & create vacancies while not = all of the vacancies have been filled yet. If they keep leaving @ this rate, there'll be only the secretaries left & no one else b/c Trump will have gone thru all of the people willing to = consider working in his admin. This just gets more & more chaotic.
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Impeachment isn't now an anti-Trump move. It simply needs t/b done to have an Executive Branch. No one will work for him. Trump m/b impeached & removed otherwise no Executive Branch! Isn’t it important in America?***
***...So now you set yourself up a judge & jury for another Forum member. Sorry, I'm not joining your lynch-mob & religion of hatred for the sake of hatred. Obama used the IRS to punish his opposition.***
ReplyDeleteBitch; Congress was owned by the Reps! If they had any real proof, those idiots would have impeached him! Grow the FK up someX & stop being a troll accepting anything & everything cons.!
***We're still paying for your 8 yr. mistake. Obama doubled the Nat'l debt, set race relations back 50 yrs, ruined the best medical system in the world, made the USA the laughing stock of the world. Obama = worst president in history, bar none.***
Now you're being a delusional TROLL! Obama brought the deficit down after "W" & Trump just signed a tax cut bill that gave to the rich, gives you crumbs, & +ed another Trillion+ $$ to the Nat'l debt! Go read a book; at least a newspaper before embarrassing yourself like that!
***...“Donald Trump has made it very clear that he c/b the champion of wife beaters, child molesters, & Nazis @ the same X,” Kelly said. “He doesn’t play favorites.”***
This w/b funny if not so serious a topic! The most pathetic part is Trump still has tons of supporters who don't seem to care about what's been going on! It was White women who put him in office so I'm not sure where the complaints are coming from! They knew what a perv the man was & they still chose him over one of their own! That's the truly pathetic thing about the whole situation!
***Donald likes to surround himself w/ low lifes.***
Even the ones who had integrity & smarts are being dragged down into the sewer! What will they do when discarded by Trump? I wouldn't = want to talk to any of these people who have turned into liars, bigots, & misogynists just to placate this animal-in-chief! Kelly used to have an impeccable reputation; that's done for!
***Would a employee wrongly fired be entitled to compensation if later found innocent? This could get very messy.***
It already has! I'm sure it's happened before & it'll happen again! That's life & the American way!
***How about a person fired for saying something that is not PC?***
I'm one that thinks a private employer can get rid of someone for being non-PC! If they say indelicate racial & sexist remarks, they should go! Why should an employer allow one person to alienate the rest of a business? Are you high?
***In their private X?***
How private would it be if the info gets back to their employee? I've heard people losing jobs b/c of horrendous FB entries! Things like that are taken into consideration! That's the penalty for people being so narcissistic that they need & want their every breath t/b validated & catalogued online!
***Ya...I've heard of that & again...mixed feelings there.
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Well, Trump is refusing to release the Dem. memo. Surprise, surprise.***
All it does is put the Rep. memo into more disrepute! It's ok! Everyone knows Trump's the shadiest character around & nothing that comes out of him c/b taken seriously; along w/ things that supports his insanity! Nunes is done & hopefully will lose back home in Calif.! Supposedly he's doing ok in his district, but after all's said & done, it w/b endorsing his sleazy behavior & it should all come out in X to blow him out of the water = in a cons. area! How long will people allow this to go on? Another aid's forced to resign from the WH when it's discovered he's guilty of spousal abuse! When will it end? There are 30+ temp. sec. clearances so that means something's holding up perm. ones! That says a lot about Trump & the people he's allowed to work for him!
***Diane Neal of "L & O" fame is running for Congress.***
ReplyDelete...The problem as long as I can remember has been w/ other women! All you have to do is look back to Election '16 when women went w/ the slimy old misogynist pig over Hillary! It's been found "white women" put him over the top in 3 MW states! ...I keep asking on all sites & still can't get an answer; "why do women hate other women so much?" You saw how Bill's accusers showed up in support of Trump @ that debate! I was never more disgusted since to this day, women are his biggest supporters! Why & how can women complain about a lack of representation when they're cutting their own throats yr. after yr.?
***...No, Reps are doing things that benefit the country. The things they are trying to do is being stopped by Dems.***
Well that's total BS! They own it from coast to coast, have pushed legis. thru like that awful tax cut bill last Dec., & still brag about stealing a SC Justice seat! Spare me the victimhood! The biggest problem you have is your leader is terribly dissociative & steps on his tongue every day = when he actually has a bipartisan deal in hand!
***This is predictable behavior from Congress. Every X there's a tax cut, they spend more $$. Who didn't see this coming?***
I swear Reps purposely are trying to bankrupt the country so they can cut or discontinue social programs like Med., Soc. Sec., CHIP, & other parts of our safety net! It's so despicable, but it's hard to have any sympathy for us since everyone should know this by now! I put out the warning during the Reagan yrs; loved his tax cuts, went to "supply side" economics, but kept on spending like a drunken idiot! It's only gotten worse later w/ "W" who not only cut taxes twice, he started 2 wars which +ed TRILLIONS to the Nat'l Debt! Clinton elim. deficits & Obama cut deficits faster than anyone before him, but here we are in the same predicament; teetering on "default city!" Reps already threatened our credit rating back in '11! I'm just glad I'm old & won't have to deal w/ it much longer!
***Cuz that w/b a really smart political move.***
Don't you understand, if people are helped when needed, = if it costs us all, the country does >er? There's no reason why some s/b living in shit while others don't have a care in the world! We keep touting ourselves as being the riches, most profitable, & free country in the world, but it's BS really! We have esp. become more authoritarian & many don't see the danger in it! Trump asked for a military parade like other dictators in the world for Gawd-sake! Do all of us have to start seeing people shot in the streets by the military to see what's going on?
***...Good Lord, those are Obama-QE level deficits.***
That was really "W's" credit card bills coming due! His wars went "off the books" to hide them until now! People don't realize, we're still paying off the $30B loans Hoover used to pay for his war! These things don't disappear when spending is rampant, conflicts are going on, & idiots do these ridiculous tax cuts when they aren't stimulative in the least!
***First off pull all our forces out of Afghanistan, Africa, & Iraq. That'll save us billions.***
I doubt it happens! We don't know how to totally "pull out" of a country; so much spent just "getting in," a residual force & HQ is always left behind! That's why our armed forces are spread so thinly around the world! W/o a draft & not accepting total morons & psychos, I last heard we're down to 500,000 out of 320+ M; which is pathetic compared to the rest of the so called superpowers!
Trump still walking past reporters shouting ??'s about Porter! What a hypocrite! If it were anyone else doing that he w/b trumpeting how much they're hiding & not being forthcoming! He's so FOS & the biggest hypocrite in the history of this office! How does he like being hounded by ??'s after his act going after folks? The other story about the porn star is going nowhere as well! KARMA baby!
ReplyDelete***...The Watergate scandal wasn't about the stupid break in. It was about using the gov't to spy on political enemies. The break in was the least of it.
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Actually, it was about the break in, Nixon using gov't officials, & then trying to cover it up!***
Thank you! I wasn't = going to waste X trying to educate that guy! It's so unfortunate this site should have more to do w/ intelligent thought, but there are plenty of idiots around who don't seem to know or want to know SHIT = w/ access to the internet that has all the info to educate themselves! I think they just like LYING to themselves & spreading their own brand of BS instead of knowing the truth about themselves, Reps, & cons.! Shame!
***At any other X people who claimed t/b patriots w/b hollering for a Russian spy's head. Now they're twisting every which way to cover up his misdeeds & try to stop any investigation into how far his rot has penetrated.***
Hard to believe a president won't = acknowledge misdeeds by Russians; esp. one pretending t/b a fk'n Rep.! It's just unbelievable to see & hear! Just proves to the whole world what a bunch of lemmings these people are & true hypocrites that w/b calling for the head of a Dem. who = hints @ being a commie sympathizer!
***The GOP has been corrupted by Trump:
- http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/373306-juan-williams-the-gop-has-been-corrupted-by-trump -***
You say corrupted; I say exposed! They've been total a-holes who only care for their own power as long as I can remember; constituents be damned!
***...We should have elected Hillary.***
Truthfully it was a no win situation! If Hillary had won, Congress would have still acted as dysfunction giving them carte blanche to blame it all on her! The only thing we whb saved from is the Nat'l embarrassment of having an asshole as president! We wouldn't be in worldwide disrepute, but the stalemate still w/b in affect! I keep saying Hillary dodged a fk'n bullet trying to lead this sick ass country!
***The Reps lost seats in the Senate & the House in '16. Trump snuck thru b/c of our weird electoral college system. Nobody running in '18 has the advan. of that weirdness.***
That's why so many are running for the hills! Flake, Corker, & sev. other senior Senators are saying "Fk it; I'm outta here" & aren't going to run this fall! The same thing's happening in the HOUSE! Besides not wanting to deal w/ Trump's BS, they're quite vulnerable if they opposed him & have opp. from "the right" believe it or not! That only means their party will become more radical & out of control! Being in the minority will make the Dems job just that much harder when they take over eventually!
***It’s breaking that Stormy Daniels believes by Cohen making this statement, her confidentiality agreement is voided and she’s now free to discuss her sexual relationship w/ Trump. - What dirt does Trump have on Cohen.***
ReplyDeleteWorking for Trump is enough to dirty a person up! Look at Kelly; had a stellar reputation, was honorable, & people thought he'd bring clarity & org. to the admin.! Now look at him; busted for lying X X's, has changed his tune & has started sounding like Trump being a misogynist pig, & allowed malfeasance w/ many working for Trump w/o a perm. security clearance! He had to know being "Chief of Staff!" That's his job! He's literally a sleaze-ball now! Cohen's no >er & that's been the case well before the election! He's as tainted as anyone who's worked for Trump! Paying off a hooker or porn star is just another day working for "The Donald" going way back!
***I think what’s unusual & shocking here is that they’re working in the WH; the one place you’d really want the best people.***
Trump promised to get the best people, but the best people were either led to the door b/c they didn't back him during the campaign or they said to themselves "I'm not getting involved in this mess!" Even the nominees for ambassadors have been a joke! It's really shameful to allow this to go on!
***13 Russians Indicted By Mueller For Election Tampering***
This is why Trump is in complete denial! All this action going on, but in his mind; "there's no collusion!" Sick!
***...Im not defending the Russians, or Trump...but it seems a lit'l funny we're so upset @ the Russians for posting things on the internet, etc. in order to effect an election while we supply weapons & use the military to overthrow gov'ts.
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All the people indicted today are in Russia. The Putin gov't will hold them up as an example of the US hatred of Russia or they'll disappear never t/b seen or heard from again.***
There's one guy out in Cali. who's taken a plea dealing w/ ID fraud! He facilitated those Russians w/ Soc. Sec. #'s, fake driver's licenses, etc.! He's cooperating w/ Mueller! I think the name of the guy is Pinedo!
***Californian man pleads guilty to identity fraud connected to Russian interference in presidential election.
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/richard-pinedo-guilty-plea/index.html -
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American exceptionalism. - You think we're so innocent?***
Hardly, but this was made worse w/ the candidate colluding w/ Russia! I laugh every X a president invokes our exceptionalism when the only thing we're exception in is "ignorance!" We're too well off to allow something like this to happen! The info is out there & smarter people wouldn't let FB, Twitter, & other social mediums run their lives like DOPES!
***...I was quoting Trump. That was his response to Bill O'Reilly during an interview when O'Reilly pointed out the evil deeds done by Putin & the Russian State.***
I well remember Trump saying it, but that's the one X he was actually truthful; unbeknownst to him anyway! He probably thought he was deflecting, but actually hit upon the truth for once! A normal candidate would never undermine his own country running for office, but shows how he has gotten away w/ murder since day one! Taking advantage of the lemmings on the cons. side should seal their death nil after he's gone, but you just never know anymore! We're getting stupider by the day! We've allowed him to undermine & denigrate every institution we hold dear which makes America "the land of the free!" I think some of these morons would prefer a dictator or Oligarch to take over! Trump's doing a very good impression of one!
***Repubs sell the nation out to the highest bidder-- President Obama didn't buy it.***
ReplyDeleteThey're so embarrassed by Trump, they have to go back & undermine Obama! I can commiserate w/ them; I'd be embarrassed too if my standard bearer was a traitor, a sick pervert, & eventually confirmed t/b a "head case!" I was no fan of Obama since he really didn't help the party! He couldn't translate his own popularity to help anyone on the Dem. side; hence the loss of the Senate & the House by such huge margins! The thing is, = w/ all the obstruction & hatred by Reps, he got quite a bit done & they've spent every waking breath trying to erase him! Obamacare/ACA will always be his legacy & = w/ "right-wing" majorities, they haven't been able to repeal it after all the ranting of "just give us back Congress ...!" It was their mantra to take away a benefit & w/ their slim margins, they were so close, but smarter heads prevailed & a big "thumbs down" killed any hope of it ever being shut down; un< of course they throw us into default w/ all this crazy spending after huge tax cuts passed!
***Rep. members communicate w/ assurances to one another here in this obscure forum-- ignoring any factual evidence that contradicts their limited scope perception of reality---***
Very limited "scope!" FNC is their only real source of this garbage; repeated by cons. radio & idiots who blog like Breitbart clones! The real news goes by the wayside in prime X & LIARs like Carlson, Hannity, & Ingraham pass on the same misinfo.! IDK WTF happened to Jeanine Pirro? $$? Fame? She sounds like a blithering idiot backing every Trump play! It's like they've all collectively lost their minds! It's all Obama & Hillary's fault for any & all the country's ills! He's been out of office for over a yr. & she never was the president! When is it gonna fall on Trump how fk'd up things are or becoming?
Mueller & his people are true professions unlike Ken Starr who leaked stuff intentionally & unintentionally & should burn in HELL for all X! Trump's in trouble j/b we haven't heard anything! His tiny brain m/b working overX dealing w/ this situation since it involves his entire crooked family! You would have thought these people would start to act right since they're under such scrutiny, but it's been business as usual & they all need to pay a high cost w/ fines, prison, & Nixon-like ostracization!
***Hillary won the popular vote, but lost the EC. A swing a 1% in MI, PA, & WI would make her President. That could be done by depressing her turnout.
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Which anecdotally DID happen in Wisc. Some of my < educated acquaintances admitted to not voting b/c they could not pull the trigger for either candidate.***
The country will pay for their apathetic behavior! Things are already going to shit & people can ignore it all they want b/c they have a couple extra $$ in their pockets! It's gonna come crashing down w/ poor infrastructure, other countries w/ a lack of respect for our leadership, & the rampant disorg. & incompetence of this admin.! They can't = halfway fill needed positions which only complicates things for the future! The only reason it hasn't blown up already is b/c Obama left it in such good shape, but sooner or later I see a catastrophe!
***...Provide evidence of any crime Trump committed?***
If his hands are so clean, why is Trump firing all these people @ the Justice Dept. & FBI? Yeah, Trump's as clean as a newborn baby w/ a diaper FOS!
***Urmanov made one mistake as well. I don't remember exactly what it was, but it involved a stumble that took him close to the boards for sure, & perhaps an under-rotation. It chg either way in terms of tech. content & came down to artistry. IIRC the judges were split 6-3 & I agreed w/ the decision to award Urmanov the Gold.***
ReplyDeleteUrmanov probably was never as strong as Stojko, but his artistry & playing directly to the judges won him extra pts IMO! X & X again, = if Alexei made an error like turning a 3-A into a double during his LP, he still out-shown Elvis! He had the same trouble as Surya; pure jumpers that the judges didn't particularly care for! His "Dragon Heart" program in '97 was unmatched & they had to award the GOLD to Elvis that yr. @ Worlds! Elvis prob. lucky Alexei pulled a groin muscle & WD after the SP; that helped!
***I wouldn't call Urmanov an artistic skater. It was more about his amazing tech. qualities as a skater. His jumping tech was perfect, his skating skills were pure. He was a very good tech. skater, def. not an artistic one. Stojko was more about power than tech. pureness, although his tech. was not bad.
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Urmanov is not an artistic skater...hmmmmm...OK, maybe much more elegant as anyone else @ that X?***
Nothing more elegant than his "Swan Lake" performance of '95:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_o5Wv8-004 -
***Sasha was the >er skater. Had she been able to deliver under pressure she would have won the 2000, '03-06, & 2010 (due to Nagasu's < calls) Nat'ls & had more Nat'l titles (6 to 5) than Kwan now. The '02 Olympics, '02-06 Worlds & '06 Olympics were all hers to win too. She had >er jumps, spins, spirals, artistry, performing skills, & = musicality & choreography than Kwan. Kwan though was the much >er competitor which often overcomes who is the >er skater.***
MK's taken her share of GOLD Medals on subpar performances; believe it!
***'95 Trophee Lalique, '95-96 season GPF, almost every of the '96-97 season, '99 worlds (well only silver but still) 2000 Skate Am., '01 Skate Am., '01 Nat'ls, '05 Nat'ls; you are quite correct.***
I saw them all; believe me I know! That Silver @ '99 Worlds the most egregious! She shouldn't have even been in the running!
***Yeah, she shb about 9th in the short. In fairness she isnt the only big name who has been held up in the SP. It's an unfortunate trend in the short. It was probably the worst case though only since the women's shorts that year were so extremely well skated & her overall performance was very bad for her standards = aside the 1 huge mistake (poor quality/poorly done triple lutz combo = though clean, poorly executed double axel in air that she fell on, awful layback, simple footwork sequence which is unlike Kwan, & only a triple toe solo jump).***
It was the reason I thought she should have retired earlier! In '99 after the Olympic season, she was barely holding on; actually going to a simpler 3T after footwork instead of the usual 3F! She = fell on the 3T @ Japan Int'l which is little more than an elevated exh.! Maybe she didn't = prepare! Surya skated >er after her Achilles tendon surgery!
***Sasha had the head space which prevented her from rising to the top. More flexibility, yes. >er positions in spins, yes. But her head space prevented her from being the athlete that Michelle is.***
Kwan kept it simple & really never pushed herself un< absolutely necessary! It was Tara who pushed MK to do a 3F out of footwork, but after she left, went back to 3T! I think she performed a 3L/3Lp combo once in all the yrs she skated! The lamest combo was her doing the 3T/3T as if it was really something; then doubling it @ Nat'ls where Sasha all but beat her in 2000 leading after SP! They weren't going to send Sasha to Worlds as the Gold medalist anyway so it was "home cooking" involved that got her thru!
***Eagle’s coaching staff looked like geniuses on those 4th & 1 plays. - I'm torn btw calling them bad play calls b/c of how dangerous they are & being admiring of the guts it took to make them & being happy w/ a coach willing to take that sort of risk.***
ReplyDeleteThey wouldn't have won if not for those guts to take chances! The Eagles would have lost if they hadn't tried everything & thrown the kitchen sink @ the Patriots & it still came down to a "hail Mary!" Congrats to Eagles!
***That was a ballsy game from the Eagles no doubt!***
...Philly did exactly what was nec.; score TD's, not FG's when @ all possible! Don't punt; = on their own side of the field & throw to make 2 yards instead of running right into the line t/b stuffed! Pederson deserves all kinds of credit for allowing his team to perform & didn't put a leash around their necks doing things that would have permitted the Patriots to win that game!
***You DON'T stop doing what you were having success w/, you put the petal to the metal and don't let up. ...It sounds like this coach attacked them the ENTIRE game & never got cons. as Atl's Quinn did last yr.***
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The team GOATs of b-ball were gone or on their last legs by the X Jordan came into his own! As good as he was, if he had played vs the Lakers & Celtics in their "hey day" he wouldn't have had a sniff of 6 Chps! I'm from Chgo & saw how the sport had really declined w/ the loss of Magic & Bird w/ the deterioration of Sir Charles! The Bulls cruised; actually setting game win rec. @ 72 until GS came along winning 73 recently! The league had fallen so low as to allow The Admiral on his last legs to win the NBA Chp. in '99 w/ a lit'l known rookie; Duncan!
***The sport was @ its apex in the late 80s to the early 90s & its popularity bolstered when Jordan came in.***
Jordan showed in the mid 80's! The sport was popular, but the elites were missing by the mid 90's! There was a distinct drop off in skill where hot-dogging was more prevalent! That's why teams like Utah made the final in B2B seasons b/c of the immaturity of the Lakers before The Guru arrived & straightened them out!
***I was able to analyze the game since '88. LOL. Jordan performed the yr. he came to the league. ...Utah, who would have 2 titles w/o the Bulls.***
Utah wouldn't have gotten past the Lakers though if they weren't such a dysfunctional & selfish team of a-hole in LA! Phil brought them together in X to beat the true faves in '01; Sacto! The officials helped them along & that travesty won't be forgotten for a couple gens!
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...Federer, Ali, or AJ Foyt! They transcended their sport all by themselves! Brady, Jordon, & or other sports' greats depended on a supporting cast! If he didn't have it, he wouldn't have been as great!
***If any sporting legends @ all deserve t/b considered as having been in a team sport it's race car drivers. AJ Foyt, like Schumacher owes a huge chunk of any success he had w/ the car & the team around it designing, building & maintaining it. He can't be considered as a person who "went mono."***
Every one has coaches, advisors, & in Fed's case, racket producers & stringers, but he's still out there on the court alone! Foyt was the driver & if someone else had the same team, it wouldn't necess. translate to a win!
***...If you gave Troicki or Dolgopolov the physio/coach/agent of Fed they basically won't do much >er, if @ all. The fact this massive, glaring distinction needed t/b explained says a fair bit.***
***Does anyone know if Bernie Sanders campaign was colluding w/ the Russians since they were supporting him? He honeymooned there after all.***
ReplyDeleteFeel free to kick his ass around the block if you like! That a-hole contributed to making this race comp. being a real dick when he had no chance to win! He just kept @ Hillary doing Trump's work for him; him and his fk'n wife can go straight to Hell! Add on Jill Stein diluting the liberal vote & it's a wonder Hillary still won the popular vote! She was over in Russia speaking so m/b she s/b investigated as well since you people love to do it so much!
***Collusion isn't a legal term; conspiracy & accessory are. Those are crimes that are related to what laypeople call "collusion."***
It's hope< w/ Trump supporters who'll continue to deflect, pass blame, & obfuscate all responsibility to what's going on now & what's to come!
***Just saying that getting mental health services doesn't automatically mean you can't legally obtain a gun, nor should it. It's btw a doctor & their patient.***
Trump's catching it from all sides; adults & kids alike cussing his old arse! They all say to "Fk off & keep your thoughts & prays & do something to save kids going to school!" This isn't the NRA; it's weak kneed pols that are catering to a small group of lunatics who think it's their right to carry around assault weapons for sport!
***Yes terrorists are very dangerous, see 9/11. Here it just takes an angry child.***
More deflection! Our gov't has worked well enough to stop most Int'l terrorism! Our problem is w/ the domestic side of it! There have been almost 20 of these mass shootings this yr & no one seems to care! We showed how much we couldn't care < when Sandy Hook occurred where literally "babies" were killed & after all this X "nothing" has changed! All I keep hearing about is some NUTZ "right to bear arms" which is total BS! The Constitution doesn't say that & anyone who keeps quoting it is misinformed & a total moron!
***And it all happened on Obama's watch.
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Hardly the most important fact here, but if it helps you sure. He was wrong about Russia & fell asleep @ the switch. The result is a compromised president who does things like refusing to act on legis. passed w/ a veto proof majority. That alone is grounds for removal from office. That mess is what Russia wanted. Blaming Obama doesn't change the fact that Trump is the crisis.***
That's the American way; "pass the buck" & "point the finger" away from someone or something! It's quite pathetic after such a tragedy! I don't have a lot of hope since the same discussions went on after Sandy Hook & Newtown; nothing was done! We have t/b one sick country to allow this to happen & @ the same X punish politicians that have the nerve to = suggest a "waiting period" & to chk someone's mental history! Truly sick!
***...And yet another shoe drops on this corrupt & treasonous admin. It's getting more & more choking.
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Manafort did not play a role in the admin.***
The $$ laundering will still bring him to his knees! The man's probably as "touched" in the head as Trump going over there to help Russian Oligarchs win fixed races & undermine democracy! I think I heard his daughter isn't = speaking to the man! It was all about acquiring $$, property, & spending on clothes w/ this louse! He can't do down hard enough IMO! Gates' plea & subsequent "roll" on Manafort will obviously help in prosecuting him!
***Ingraham, who was once floated as a possible WH press sec. to replace Sean Spicer, defended her attack on LB James on Friday.***
ReplyDeleteEven though no fan of LBJ, I'd take his knowing commentary over the deluded tripe from Ingraham! She's not dumb, so it makes it all the worst when she speaks trying to deflect opinion & prop up her boy Trump! It's pathetic in so many ways! The same people that were calling the man unstable way back when are now backing every play, comment, & Twitter rant! Total morons!
***Fox News’s Laura Ingraham’s telling him to “Shut up and dribble” elicited a sharp response not only from James but much of the sports world.
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However, what was an underestimation in '12, is all but inexplicable today.***
I learned many yrs ago never to underestimate the stupidity & gullibility of this country! I laugh when I hear presidents use the term "exceptional" concerning our society & I say "yeah; exceptionally dumb!" Trump proves my point!
***So, whats the tally now; 3 guilty pleas & 1 indictment? The NSA & campaign manager. Man o man are we low as a country. And there's talk about locking Manafort up until trial. That might be a good idea. He's thinking about flying for sure. Probably str. to mother Russia. Manafort just might decide to flip himself. He certainly should, he certainly shouldn't worry about being loyal w/ this bunch.***
You're kidding right? According to Trump & FNC this is all fake! Mueller's making a mountain out of a molehill! There can't be anything to this really!
***Well don't think tech. he can call it a "hoax" anymore. Actually how silly of me, it's Trump. Give him a day or 2 and he can go right back to calling it all a hoax.***
You know it, but has he ever really backtracked on any of his BS? The best he can do is live in denial & ignore the real news! He needed golf b/c those Twitter rants over the wkend were embarrassing for all concerned!
***...18 school shootings since Jan. 1, 2018---...***
Fox News & cons. overall just don't accept that 18 count when I use it here & elsewhere! They're in complete denial & = if it wasn't accurate, how many in their minds does it take to make change? Idiots! After they ignored the shooting deaths of "children" (Sandy Hook) in kindergarten, I pretty much gave up on us! People like Ryan actually says things like "we can't react in knee jerk fashion to the news of the day!" The man is sick in the head & is w/o a doubt the most gut< speaker in memory!
***Another indictment today:
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/skadden-arps-lawyer-is-charged-with-role-in-u-s-russia-probe -***
Oh my; the noose is tightening around Trump's neck! He's going to go batshit crazy w/ Tweets I'm sure! Those posted over the wkend were bad enough, now an attorney who knows >er is going down!
***An independent counsel has broad, nearly unlimited authority. Mueller could investigate you for jaywalking if he wanted to. That wouldn't implicate Trump.***
This sleazy atty worked w/ Manafort & Gates so he was interviewed concerning the $$ laundering by way of Russia! Trump may not be directly involved w/ this particular case, but sooner or later it'll all link up b/c this smells to high Heaven!
It's sorta easy to pass their brand of BS since these FNC commentators are going by alt. facts & logic! Outside of their cons. mediums, they all sound like raving idiots! There's a reason you don't see them anywhere near legit. media anymore; no Ingraham, O'Reilly, & Carlson! They've been exiled to the radio & FNC!...It's so insane & embarrassing, but what do you want to do! We've allowed these nutz to take over from coast to coast so it's hard to feel sorry for any of us! We let it happen & it continues to grow w/ Trump influencing them t/b as crazy as he is right now! It's ok t/b a liar-in-chief; allowed a lit'l leeway to get things done the way they want! Such hypocrisy! The standards have been lowered so far, not sure how anyone can complain about a future president practically selling us out above board!
ReplyDelete***The State Dept. is set to "pare back" language on women's right & discrimination in an upcoming annual report on human rights.
- https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/21/department-women-rights-abortion-420361 -***
I knew this was coming & I just smh @ silly women who support Trump & Reps in particular! It's just so asinine to vote against your own interest yr. after yr.! Idiots!
***...If it comes up as part of Mueller's investigation, it's covered by his investigation. Mueller's writ is Russia's involvement in our electoral process, not just whether Trump colluded w/ Russians. But it's amusing to see some people grasp @ any thin thread as if it "proves" Trump didn't.***
That attorney who's ready to plead guilty to lying to Mueller's investigators isn't just any lawyer! He's married to a daughter of one of those Russian Oligarchs! If pressed, he might give info of what's going on w/ the Russian gov't! This is getting deep! Why would this idiot LIE about a doc. produced by him? He can't be that stupid!
***...NK ignores Trump & openly dissed Pence at the Olympics is SK. Even Trump may have begun to recognize the depth of his failure.***
The whole world isn't taking Trump seriously about anything! Since that lame attack on Syria's air force strip that didn't = damage much of anything, he's been the lamest president in memory! Even "W" wasn't this incompetent having "some" good people around him! Trump is blaming a broken system due to well over 100 of his personnel unable to get a perm. security clearance including Kushner, his own son-in-law!
***The Trump family goal is self enrichment @ the expense of our Constitutional Republic. Trump is working hard to destroy our system before it destroys him. However, once Manafort & Gates fold, Kushner will become the primary target - then Trump. Fortunately our system is self correcting; = vs a threat as great as Trump.***
We can only hope, but Trump's dragged the presidency so far into the toilet, I'm just not so sure! Congress hasn't done a thing to reign him in for some reason & it's really costing us in the eyes of the world! Good luck to all the suckers that thought he was on their side when he truly only cares about himself & family! This thing w/ Kushner & his intelligence access or lack thereof proves all you need to know about his irresponsibility to the system, Nat'l security, & our wellbeing!
***Trump's a con-artist-- high profile grifter-- worse than GW Bush egomaniac--- undereducated.***
Really? He said he was a genius w/ the best memory in the history of man! Let see how much he remembers concerning the transition when called to testify by Mueller! He told us ahead of X, "what do you have to lose?" We see it now; our democracy!
***...Another lie debunked. The Steele Dossier was NOT the primary source of info in the FISA appl. Only one small part of it was used. This claim is utterly false & has been thoroughly debunked. Furthermore, the warrant was subsequently renewed & applications reviewed by 4 diff. judges appointed by Rep. Presidents. New & relevant info proving the value of it obtained had to have been contained in the renewal applications. The more you learn about this warrant, the more obvious it is that the intent of the Nunes Memo was to mislead the public.***
ReplyDeleteThank you! The misinformed, disturbed, & outright liars can repeat the same deflections & distractions, but the truth will prevail! It's just unfortunate so many follow the lead of a scum-bucket like Trump who couldn't tell the truth if on the doorsteps of Hell or Heaven! If there's any justice, he'll be feeling the HEAT in more ways than one after his performance which is becoming more reckless & treacherous! It's amazing how cons. are backing every play no matter how extreme b/c they're getting something out of it! It's truly pathetic!
***Cal. is a shithole.
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No kidding! Actually I live in that pig sty commonly known as SoCal; about 25 miles from the Santa Ana Riverbed...***
A lot of the same things c/b said about the entire SOUTH! So what else you got? I'll take Cali anyX over rubes who vote exclusive Rep. w/ no thought or conscience! They still almost elected Moore who's an accused child molester! What does that say about the term "toilet" if you really want to compare smells?
***The OLYP. '18 was a fantastic comp.! Not a splatfest @ all, which probably upsets the ones hoping for it.***
ReplyDeleteIt started that way during the team comp.! I thought maybe something was wrong w/ the ice, but the ladies didn't have any problems! Nathan just had 2 bad performances, but outdid himself in the FS yesterday! Too bad he blew the SP so badly, he couldn't pull a "Denis Ten" from Sochi! He was close, but there were just too many other good skaters! He had a real chance of winning w/ that LP; too bad!
***IMO, Zag gets inflated PCS scores. Hers are almost as high as Kostner's.***
Kostner's scores are always inflated IMO! IDK how she remains so high in comp. when her skating is so far below the top skaters; obviously giving her more in the component scores! Ridiculous! If the jumps aren't there she shouldn't = be close to these top girls! She just got back the LUTZ so it helped!
***I think Kostner deserves >er PCS scores than Zag. But, if she doesn't have a great jump, she shouldn't get the GOE for a great jump. Kostner wasn't = close to Zag's total score.
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And Kostner on her WORST day, = if she fell on every jump would deserve >er PCS than someone like Zagitova who has the elegance, style, & musicality of a baby elephant having a bowel movement. Her skating skills are unmatched & her line & elegance is not = close to being matched by all but a few skaters, which comes w/ age and exp. in the sport when you are a talent like her.***
Why try to compare a child w/ a woman who's been @ it for her 4th Olympics? Please! Carolina s/b more mature out on the ice & a child like AK w/b more spastic w/ less grace! Give her X, but she totally deserved the GOLD! Hanyu saved his standing by having a SP cushion to help him; AK did the same!