Give a three-year-old a blank piece of paper and a box of crayons and off he/she (pronouns undecided) goes wild. Give a staff writer the green light on the word “random” and they/us (pronouns known) go wild.
- If you had Tampa Bay (v Saints and Football Team) and the LA Rams (v Titans and the 49ers) both losing two in a row, Peyton and Eli might invite you on the show next Monday night.
- The Bucs’ Bruce Arians pulls no punches. He put a good bit of the blame right at Tom Brady’s feet. The Rams added OBJ for a good reason. They’ve only scored 26 points total in those last two losing efforts. In the NFL you’re only as good as your next game.
- Kenosha is bracing for the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. Could widespread rioting occur? The National Guard is at the ready. Where were they the first time?
- How did the Kenosha DA’s office do in the eyes of America? “The performance of Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger was especially pathetic,” wrote the NY Post. The final low might have been the lowest. He pointed an AR15 at the jury box with his finger on the trigger during closing arguments. His case was shot well before that, however. Yesterday the judge threw the weapons charges out. In poker terms, it was a tell of how the bigger charges might play out.
- How is it in America that some think 18 is too young to possess a gun but 16 is old enough to vote? And, a 14-year-old can get an abortion without parental consent, and a four-year-old is mature enough to decide their gender? Regardless of party preference some critical thinking is strongly advised.
- While Elon Musk is dumping 10s of billions of dollars of Telsa stock, the American investor is buying 10s of billions of EV truck maker Rivian. Rivian went public under the ticker “RIVN” on Nov. 10, 2021 at an initial offering price of $78. It closed yesterday at $149 and is premarket trading this AM at $166. Its market value yesterday was greater than General Motors. Is it the next Tesla? Maybe Elon is buying a share or three?
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci
said on “CBS Sunday Morning” that former President Donald Trump’s “misplaced perception” about people’s individual rights hurt public safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Ted Koppel was the host. Ole Ted missed a great opportunity. He could have asked what Fauci would he would do differently from day one as well. But, Ted stayed dutifully on the CBS script. - Covid levels are spiking in countries abroad as well as in two handfuls of states here all over again. Why did the US Government remove international to US travel restrictions two weeks ago? And, does Fauci have an answer for this spike, or should he blame Trump?
- And, here comes Trump. A very recent poll (the name escapes us, but its credibility does not) showed that of likely Republican voters in the first primary state of Iowa former President Donald J Trump leads all other Republican possible challengers by nearly 20 percentage points. It says here that the only way the GOP loses the White House in 2024 is to nominate Trump. There’s a very long road to 2024 of course, but the first fork is a wrong turn.
- Trump used to love to say, “you’re fired” in a previous life. In football head coaches are hired to be fired. Justin Fuente, who had a 43-31 record in six seasons at Virginia Tech, is out as the Hokies’ football coach, athletic director Whit Babcock announced Tuesday. Virginia Tech joins USC, Washington, Washington State, and LSU as Power 5 job openings.
Who’s next? The University of Miami, FL fired AD, Blake James yesterday. That paves the way for a new AD to let Manny Diaz go. A 6-4 record in year four isn’t good enough, and a loss to Florida St isn’t acceptable. Steve Sarkesian anyone? The Texas Longhorn faithful are an impatient group, a very impatient group. Stranger things have happened.