SF Giants BaseBall 2023

I've watched my San Francisco Giants hit a higher gear these past few weeks. They sport an 11-3 record since their last losing series and are 4.5 games back of the NL League leading Dodgers. They have battled their way back to the middle ranks by utilizing young talent mixed in with veteran experience. 

Also, quality pitching, timely hitting, and precision fielding have the Giants playing as a synchronized team. It's as if they've been playing together for years. All this while weathering injuries and early season losses. Coaching gets a star for superbly mixing and matching players with on-field scenarios. 

I've been hesitant to post about their recent success for fear of jinxing their future. But after watching how courageously they battle, with a never give up attitude, it was time for me to say what I'm sure all Giants fans are thinking and/or saying about our team: 

"There's something about this squad that reminds me of those championship years!"

Now that I've said and posted it, I feel even better about our chances this season. As it stands the Giants are 28-26, tied for 5th in the National League. There's plenty of baseball left to play this season, so this post is more an observation than prediction. 

There are times in team sports where something that was missing is found and things just click into place. We just might be seeing this with the Giants as each day they come out and courageously compete. Right now, the future of this team looks very bright. 

Yesterday's Amazing Giants Game

Final Score

Pirates 4

Giants 14

SFGiants (@SFGiants) / Twitter

 

May 21, 2023  Patrick Bailey hits first career home run, Ryan Walker debuts (mlb.com)

Lakers & Celtics - Gone Too Soon!

 

Like a comet

Blazing 'cross the evening sky

Gone too soon

Like a rainbow

Fading in the twinkling of an eye

Gone too soon

Shiny and sparkly

And splendidly bright

Here one day

Gone one night

Like the loss of sunlight

On a cloudy afternoon

Gone too soon

Like a castle

Built upon a sandy beach

Gone too soon

Like a perfect flower

That is just beyond your reach

Gone too soon

Born to amuse, to inspire, to delight

Here one day

Gone one night

Like a sunset

Dying with the rising of the moon

Gone too soon

Gone too soon

NBA Conference Finals

Monday 5/22                     Monday 5/29

Final Score (GM4)          Final Score (GM7)

Nuggets 113                      Heat 103

Lakers 111                         Celtics 84

 

FSU's Kathryn Sandercock Cooks-Up Perfect Game!

7 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks, 0 R, and 59 pitches

When a pitcher finds themself in a "Zone" during a baseball or softball game, it is up to their team and coaches to recognize the moment with all the encouragement and support they can muster. Yesterday, for Florida State Women's Softball, the Seminoles squad can proudly claim full recognition for a job well done. 

Seminoles pitcher Kathryn Sandercock pitched a perfect game against the South Carolina Gamecocks with a performance that was legendary. She took the mound in a best of three series, "win or go home" game 3 scenario. 21 outs later she is being mauled on the mound by ecstatic teammates after producing a pitching masterpiece: 0 Runs - 0 Hits - 0 Errors, with 0 Walks.

Final Score

Florida State 1

South Carolina 0

Congratulations Kathryn for stepping up to the plate and delivering a commanding performance in the clutch. 

For us fans in love with the sport of Pitching, Batting, Fielding & Catching, Ed Sheeran may have sung it best!

Good luck Seminoles advancing to the NCAA Tournament Super Regional round to face the Georgia Bulldogs.

Sandercock's Perfect Game leads FSU Softball to program's 10th Super Regional (247sports.com)

note: Hope Trautwein pitches 21-strikeout perfect game (2021)

Warning! They’re Back!

 

Banning Books

Dividing Citizens

Violent Attacks

Distorting Truth

Obstructing Justice

Repealing Freedoms

Blaming Innocents

Speading Lies, Fears & Falsehoods

Glorifying Nazism

Don’t Be A Sucker!

No Mystery in Boston: The Butler Did It!

After sinking a 3-pointer to go up 96-87 with 6:37 left in the game, Boston Celtics PF Grant Williams went back down the floor and did the unthinkable. He began trash talking to Miami Heat star forward Jimmy Butler. In other words, he "Poked the Bear!" 

When will the Boston Celtics learn their lesson. Last year's NBA Finals had Boston fans poking fun at Warriors star guard Steph Curry's wife Ayesha's cooking, by wearing "Ayesha Curry Can't Cook" t-shirts. 

With the Warriors down 2 games to 1. Steph Curry went into Boston's TD Garden and lit-up the leprechauns to the tune of 43-points and a series tying win. The Celtics were never the same afterwards, losing the series 4 games to 2.

Now, here we are a year later at TD Garden with the stakes being a chance to advance to the NBA Finals. After losing game 1 at home, you would think the Celtics would tread lightly, holding on to a tenuous 9-point lead down the stretch. And it looked like that was the Celtics approach until Grant Williams began taunting and antagonizing Jimmy Butler.

The Bear . . ., I mean the Butler, simply smiled then proceeded to lead his team on a 24-9 game closing run that left Celtics players and fans wondering how they squandered a chance to even the series. Well, I'm here to solve the mystery and tell all you Celtics fans exactly how you blew the opportunity. 

For Boston sports fans there should be a mural painted in the town square of the "Butler Bear" going head-to-head with Williams after being poked. The scene of these two players literally going Head-to-Head has to become a classic sports photo epitomizing the term "Don't Poke the Bear." 

With the Heat up 2-0 and the series heading to Miami for two games, maybe, just maybe the Celtics won't go poking around in the kitchen of Jimmy Butler. Maybe they've finally learned their lesson. 

"The Butler Can Cook"

Final Score

Heat 111

Celtics 105

NBA Twitter trolls Grant Williams for taking page out of the Dillon Brooks playbook (fansided.com)

Lies My U.S. Congressman Told Me

 

Every George Santos Lie .  .  .  To Date

George Santos is currently a sitting United States Congressional Representative from New York’s 3rd District. He is a member of the Republican Party and claims to be Jew-ISH. He seems to fit right in with today’s right-wing political party of disinformation and deception. Yes, George is a real trumper, a go-getter, a “fake-it-till-you-make-it” manipulator. He’s Tucker Carlson unhinged and Elizabeth Holmes unrepentent.

And if you’ve heard any of the easily exposed and utterly ridiculous lies told by George, you begin to understand not who he is but what he is. You see, George Santos is what you’d call a “Pathological Liar.“ He lies because he can’t control his impulse not to lie. Yes, he is a Compulsive Liar who knowingly lies. And his lies come in all shapes, sizes and colors. 

Let’s face it, politicians are known to coverup, mislead and/or fudge the facts when addressing voters. We just had a 45th U.S. President who was truly allergic to giving facts, resorting to alterrnative facts. But George here isn’t allergic to giving the facts, he’s just addicted to telling lie, after lie, after lie. And like the 45th President, George’s lies have led to his indictment on a number of charges.

“This indictment seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations,” stated United States Attorney Peace.  “Taken together, the allegations in the indictment charge Santos with relying on repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himself.  He used political contributions to line his pockets, unlawfully applied for unemployment benefits that should have gone to New Yorkers who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic, and lied to the House of Representatives.

I believe George, like the indicted 45th President, needs medical attention to address his mental health. 

Example: When George lied about his mother’s career as a pioneering female executive, he seemed trivial. When he lied she died in the World Trade Center south tower during the  9/11 terrorist attack, he seemed sick.

America has a known mental health crisis sitting in its congress. It goes by the assumed name of George Santos. His party and colleagues should seriously address conducting an intervention in efforts to get him into immediate treatment. 

Treatment for Pathological Lying

Treating this behavior is complicated. No medication will fix it. The best option is psychotherapy, but even that can pose challenges. That's because pathological liars may lie to their therapist instead of addressing their lying behavior.

Treatment will depend on what they need and what they respond to during therapy sessions. Finding a qualified, experienced therapist for the long term is key to managing this condition.‌

Suggest medical treatment. If the person who's lying seems distressed by their lies, you might suggest they get professional help. Therapy can help them confront the root of their lying and may lead to changed behavior.

Miracle of Marcelino - Happy Mother's Day

"Marcelino Pan Y Vino," is about a little orphan boy who causes a miracle. Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the Monks. He was well cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic... hanging on a cross — a friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

If any movie is deserving of watching on a day reserved for Mothers, it is this one. The Miracle of Marcelino caught me completely off guard with its "pull at the heartstrings" appeal. This 1955 Spanish made movie shares with viewers the loves and needs of a child, along with a just reward granted by an almighty God. 

It might take a village to raise a child, but Mothers are the true gift God bestows on every infant born on this planet. Whether she be on earth or in heaven, her unconditional love is a want and need which draws our very being like a magnet. In the image of a Mother a child may see God.

And for orphans like Marcelino, once they meet a loving Mother and see the beam of beauty and love emanating from her, the reality of what a Mother is sets in. From this transforming encounter an orphan without a Mother can feel and imagine his/her absent Mother's love. 

It is then that God's grace takes over and provides whatever is needed.

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers!

Especially, Mother's absent from their child's life

God Provides a Way!

The Gift That Keeps on Giving - L.A. Chokes

 

Raiderlegend Repost: 2020 World Series Game 4 

It was bottom of the ninth, two outs and a 3-1 World Series lead in the bag should a game ending third strike materialize. The Dodgers had out-battled the Rays 7-6, deserving of the team with the best record in major league baseball 2020. One out away from everyone outside Tampa Bay baseball crowning their asses champions early, the boys from SoCal were on the cusp of driving a dagger into the heart & hopes of this formidable opponent. It was truly the best of times for the "better luck next year" L.A. Dodgers.

Then came the two out base hit from seldom used Rays outfielder Brett Phillips to drive home the classic Dickens quote; it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. And just like that a classic baseball game became a classic novel; "A tale of two cities." 

One hit, two errors, a tumbling down baserunner and a two run walk-off in the most zany, improbable World Series game ending play ever. Anyone who watched last night is waking up and replaying video of that play just to be sure what they saw actually happened the way they think it did. But as Freddy Krueger once said, "This is not a dream!"   It was however a Nightmare for Dodgers fans on Elm Street and beyond. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.

Cont'd

Raiders Draft Results

Finally, after weeks of Draft Projections we get the real deal. All the Raiders picks look good. They smartly let their needs dictate their picks rather than any shiny object sparkling on the board. 

There was a time where the Raiders (Al Davis) would target speed in the draft as opposed to need. Raiders fans know what I'm talking about (Raiders Speedsters). The ill-fated Henry Ruggs III was the last. Those times are now in the past, thank goodness. 

The Raiders did draft a little speedster/cheetah in the third-round, Tre Tucker out of Cincinnati. He's listed as a wide receiver, but his versatile skillset makes him a multi-purpose threat. He thrived on special teams playing both sides of the ball. A point of interest about Tre is he has a wrestling background, which translates into balance and toughness.

The needs the Raiders addressed were mostly on defense with DE Tyree Wilson out of Texas Tech. as their first-round pick (7th). 

A much needed defensive inside presence was drafted in DT Byron Young. "The best ability is availability." He played 54 consecutive games over four years with the Alabama Crimson Tide. What more can you want. Roll Tide!

CB Jakorian Bennett was a needed pick in the fourth-round. He'll add to the much needed depth in the Raiders defensive secondary. "Tenacious & Athletic" are two descriptions used about this pick. 

Another much needed offensive pick was TE Michael Mayer. After seeing Darren Waller leave for New York, and Foster Moreau stepping away from football to address medical issues, Mayer is a welcome sight to the receiving corps. He not only has decent hands but is a big blocking tight end who can seal the corner for end arounds. He's an additional big body on the O-Line and a beast to tackle with the ball.

Mitchell Renz Raiders Draft Grades

Curry-Looney Show Subdues Sacramento

 

The Golden State Warriors closed out their first-round playoff series with a Game 7 shutdown of the Sacramento Kings. Overall, it was a championship team effort. Obvious to all viewers were two individuals whose Dynamic-Duo performances were simply legendary. 

Center Kevon Looney had 21 rebounds to go with 11 points. He controlled the glass at both ends (10 ORB/11 DRB), scoring on a number of putbacks. His offensive rebounds gave the Warriors a second, third or in at least one instance a fourth shot attempt. Looney has been doing this the entire series (3 games with 20+ rebounds). However, yesterday's rebounding was a much-needed assist to a Warriors legendary star who shined and twinkled brightest yesterday for all the NBA universe to see.

Wardell Stephen Curry II, son of former NBA player WSC Sr., simply lit up Sacramento's Golden 1 Center with a performance for the ages. He was "Beaming" with confidence and commitment. He shot over, under, around and through Kings defenders repeatedly to score the most points ever in any NBA playoff game 7: (50 pts).

Coming out after half-time, down 56-58, Steph Curry took over the Warriors offense and the Kings slowly began to wilt. He had that look in his eyes reflecting his will to win and not be denied. He made thirteen 2-point shots and seven 3-pointers. Steph was in a zone and the rest of the team knew and supported it. 

"It wasn't what he did that was so impressive, but how he did it!" 

- network sports analyst

Sports analysts who continue to question Steph's greatness (Haters!) were left echoing superlatives their sports desk constituents always used in highlighting Steph's basketball skills. "He is one of the greatest to ever play the game and deserves to be in that conversation."

With Looney kicking out rebounds and Curry knocking down shots, the Sacramento Kings cow-bell ringing, purple beam shooting displays were put to bed.

"Never underestimate the Heart of a Champion"

Final Score

Warriors 120

Kings 100

New York Times,  - Stephen Curry's Game7  50 Point Masterpiece 

Basketball Terms - Terminology

SF Bay Area Sports Wednesday

San Francisco Giants’ LaMonte Wade Jr. (31) hits a home run against St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Steven Matz (32) in the fourth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

The San Francisco Giants won their fifth game in a row with improved hitting (13) and solid pitching. Sure, Cardinals seven-time Allstar, Paul Goldschmidt, clobbered two home runs. But in the end Giants pitcher Camilo Doval got Goldschmidt (4 hits/2 rbi) to hit into a double-play with bases loaded, to end the game. 

Giants 7 Angels 3.

Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors proved their championship mettle by going into the cow-belling chaos of Sacramento's Golden 1 Center and snatching away homecourt advantage with a 123-116 Game 5 victory. The Warriors can close out the series with a Game 6 win, Friday. Championship Basketball is still alive and well in the Bay.

Sadly, Oakland A's baseball is tanking early. With only five wins so far this season, fewest in the league, yesterday's 11-3 loss to the Angels makes their Las Vegas move that much more inevitable. A's fans simply want to 'wish the abysmal team performances' into the dry, dead, desert, letting fly-carrying vultures pick at the bones of what once was a beefy baseball club.

Warriors Kings NorCal Classic

Leave it to Northern California basketball to deliver a first round NBA ‘must watch to the end’ show. Sunday’s Golden State Warriors versus Sacramento Kings Game 4 duel was a back-and-forth fight between veterans and new bloods with neither willing to concede defeat.

The Warriors somehow held off the upstart Kings who were looking to make it a 3-1 series in their favor, putting the defending Champions backs on the ropes. It took every bit of veteran skill and wisdom to overcome a young & hungry Sacramento team in their first playoff series in sixteen years. 

An uncharacteristic mistake by Warriors Steph Curry gave the new bloods an unexpected gift opportunity in the game's closing minutes in which young Kings phenom De’Aaron Fox took full advantage of by draining a three-pointer, cutting their deficit to one point.

I can say as a grizzly veteran fan of close Warriors games that this one, with a one-point lead and ten seconds left, had me hanging on for dear life. It felt like being on one of those skyscraping amusement park rides anticipating the plunge just before the bottom drops out. Then it all happened so fast: Fox, Curry, Green, Fox, Barnes, “The Shot,” Clank. . . Warriors Win 126-125!!!

It Was the Worst of times, it Was the Best of times 

- Dickens had it backwards.

Warriors vs. Kings schedule:

• Saturday, April 15: Warriors @ Kings - KINGS WIN
• Monday, April 17: Warriors @ Kings - KINGS WIN
• Thursday, April 20: Kings @ Warriors - WARRIORS WIN
• Sunday, April 23: Kings @ Warriors - WARRIORS WIN
• Wednesday, April 26: Warriors @ Kings - Golden 1 Center in Sacramento @ 7 p.m.
• Friday, April 28: Kings @ Warriors - TBD (If needed)
• Sunday, April 30: Warriors @ Kings - TBD (If needed)

Gervonta "Tank" Davis Delivers

As he predicted, Tank Davis delivered a seventh-round knockout punch. Unlike the Babe Ruth homerun call, he didn't predict where the blow would land, only that it would end Ryan Garcia's night. Tank had knocked down Garcia in round two, but Garcia popped right back up afterward and continued seemingly unfazed. Not so in round 7. 

In round 7 Garcia tried to weather the quick, barely noticeable to viewers, body shot. But as we boxing fans know about body blows, you don't just shake off a perfectly placed body blow. Garcia took a knee and eventually succumbed to it.

I had Tank winning rounds two through five. Every round looked close, but after Garcia was knocked down you could see hesitancy in his willingness to throw certain punches as freely, like his vaunted left hook. Whereas Tank didn't get too high nor too low. He just stayed with his game plan and demonstrated sharp ring intelligence.

This fight seemed more a strategic mind game than a demonstration of power and athleticism. Tank won the game hands down. He looked like a hunter in the ring. Boxing has an Undisputed Champion in Gervonta "Tank" Davis. And the champ has earned every bit of his Undisputed title.

Congratulations Champ!

 

Tale of the Tape

SB Nation: Bad Left Hook

Warriors Right Ship in Gm 3 Win

 

Moody’s Mood

Moses Moody was just one of many Golden State Warriors to step up and produce in a pivotal first round NBA playoff game last night. Down two games to none in a seven game series againt the Sacramento Kings, and without Draymond Green nor Gary Payton II, the Warriors made adjustments and came away with a 114-97 must have home victory.

Kevon Looney controlled the boards with 20 rebounds, Donte DiVincenzo aka “White Chocolate 2.0” was amazing running the floor and finding the open man. He had 8 assists. And my boy Moses Moody added thirteen points to go along with some much needed Warriors defense, causing fits for the Kings. Moody, DiVincenzo, Kuminga, J.Green, and Lamb stepped up and played the Warriors style of basketball. They found that rhythm!

Ball movement with limited turnovers, unrushed and in control fast paced offense, smothering defense with limited fouling. And it seemed coach Steve Kerr was more involved, moving pieces around like a chess master again.

On a night where Warriors 3-pt shooting was below average, their defense kept the Kings shooting way below theirs. I can’t be the only Warriors fan wondering if Draymond Green should come off the bench when he returns from his one game suspension come Sunday’s game 4. 

The energy, athleticism, and scoring threats the Warriors threw at the Kings simply overwhelmed whatever gameplan the Kings thought they could roll with. The Kings were a series low in 3-pt shots made percentage (23%), and series high in turnovers (15). 

I grew up in New York where the late, great DJ, “chief rocker Frankie Crocker” of WBLS shutdown his music radio show each day with an old classic jazzy tune called Moody’s Mood. It wasn’t the best jazz song, and it was a bit outdated, but it had a style and grace that matched the silky smooth voice of Frankie Crocker. I think he would approve of using the song as a tribute to last night’s Warriors feat of shutting down a Kings team who gave them headaches in the prior two games of the series. 

Style & Grace!

“There I go, there I go, there I go, there I go ooooo!”

$787.5 Million Fox News Disinformation Settlement

misinformation - spreading false information without intent to cause harm

DISINFORMATION - Spreading false information with Intent to cause harm

Fox Corporation was held accountable today for lies fed to the American public. Fox knowingly went along with the lie of a stolen 2020 Presidential election fostered by Donald J. Trump and his sycophants. It will cost the Rupert Murdoch controlled company Seven-Hundred-Eighty-Seven Million Dollars plus, as well as exposure to future lawsuits. 

Regular viewers of Fox News must now tussle with whether to trust a so-called news network guilty of knowingly lying to them for corporate gain. Scary to think that just like Fox News personalities knowingly repeated lies, those who regularly tune in knowingly consume the lies. 

Murdoch started out in Tabloid Newspaper publications. Maybe this is just more proof of a leopard unable to change his spots. Let's hope for the sake of our country Fox viewers can change theirs.

"Truth Matters"

Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul’s Tabloid Terror Machine (thedailybeast.com)

Trump Over Moscow

If the 'White Ford Bronco" chase of 1994 was a media game-changer, there's the making of a blockbuster criminal chase taking place today that'll make OJ look like a fugitive slave on the run through 'dismal swamps' of the antebellum south.  

footage of landing in Moscow

Today America is watching as a former high-ranking government official is believed to have "fled" the country overnight to avoid indictment on multiple criminal charges in New York. Scheduled to turn himself in for criminal booking tomorrow, reports are in which put his surrender seriously in doubt. He is believed to be in route to either Moscow, China or Greenland. 

It's suspected he fled with remaining Top-Secret Documents he kept hidden from federal investigator searches of his Florida residence. The highly sensitive documents may have been hidden in his private plane.

Also missing are millions of dollars of recent campaign contribution funds meant for his reelection campaign. Those political supporters who sent money to the campaign can join a class-action lawsuit already in place to recoup prior campaign supporter fraud. Unfortunately, the gift t-shirts promised for your support were shipped to .  .  .  Moscow!

Breaking News Update!

Late last night astronomers on the lookout for a rare meteorite shower event over the U.S. Northeast, saw an airplane in distress over New York's Laguardia Airport. It seems someone had entered the airplane's cockpit and was grappling with the pilot while trying to lunge at the flight instruments. As the craft's erratic descent came closing in toward the runway, they saw in the cabin a flash of orange, a baseball bat and a gold Burger King crown all go flying topsy-turvy before all aircraft lights went dark. 

After minutes of what the astronomers' thought was them witnessing a downed aircraft, they observed the silhouette of a private jet ascending over the Atlantic. Visible on the tail was the distinctive red "T," and the craft's retracting landing gear underneath. The Laguardia landing had been viciously aborted.

Airplane

Pilot

Man

Bat

Crown

note: this posting is a satirical artistic rendering of actual events and not to be confused with events surrounding a former President's surrendering to the New York District Attorney's office for criminal booking.

Making America Great Again! - INDICTMENTS!

THE GREATEST SHOW

 WOAH!

Don't fight it, it's comin' for you, runnin' at ya

It's only this moment, don't care what comes after

Your fever dream, can't you see it gettin' closer?

Just surrender 'cause you feel the feelin' takin' over (Oh)

It's fire, it's freedom, it's floodin' open (Oh)

It's a preacher in the pulpit and your blind devotion (Oh)

There's somethin' breakin' at the brick of every wall that's holdin' (Oh)

All that you know, so tell me, do you wanna go?

Where it's covered in all the coloring lights

Where the runaways are runnin' the night

Impossible comes true, it's takin' over you

Oh, this is the greatest show

It's everything you ever want

It's everything you ever need

And it's here right in front of you

This is where you ought to be

Photos courtesy of Elliot Higgins

Journalist AI Images of Trump Arrest Go Viral

The Trump Tapes

"The only reason that the father got a good funeral was because of me. Because they figured by building up Bush that makes me look bad, you know what I mean?" 

- excerpt from "The Trump Tapes" by Bob Woodward  (7:45:33)

For those citizens who do not believe the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen, you owe it to yourselves to listen to at least some of Bob Woodward's "The Trump Tapes" audiobook. To hear the former President converse one-on-one over the phone with an unbiased interviewer confirms the flaws, both hidden and glaring, that video footage blurs.

For those Trump Supporters who believe 45 can do no wrong, listening to the tapes might have the exorcising effect of a cross put in front of a vampire. Then again, supporters would probably seize on the ego-flattering method of interviewing Trump, as if Woodward sees and agrees with the prowess and victimhood, they choose to see in him.  

What supporters and non-supporters of 45 will hear in "The Trump Tapes" is a hyped salesman trying desperately to sell the one commodity he believes in: himself. He is simply following the rules of salesmanship, which is sell yourself not the product. Problem is the Trump brand lacks what a democratic society needs in a leader, mainly strong leadership. 

Woodward's method of interviewing Trump exposes disturbing truths about the former President's inability to listen, mentally process, and respond with reasonable intelligence, as expected of any leader of the free world.  To hear Trump speak, without cameras rolling or a distracting circus of both sycophants and critics around, it becomes clear 45 has no real interest in leadership, honesty, dialogue, decency, principle, precedent, patriotism: allegiance to one's country. 

His toolkit is simply not equipped with these much-needed virtuous Presidential instruments. The only tools in his bag are not really Presidential devices at all, but salesman's tricks. (The Art of the Deal)

As I've stated before, he keeps no promise and respects no pledge.

Unfortunately, for our democratic country, he has pulled every dirty trick out of his "celebrity apprentice" bag, to weaken the landscape of politics and leadership in America. Because to someone the likes of 45, all that really matters is 45. The interests of America are not his concern. The health of America is not his concern. The freedom and fairness of America is not his concern. To him, Truth and Justice are only as important as their confirmation and approval of what he says, thinks and does. Any other truths are simply lies and attacks against him. 

The really scary part of listening to Trump converse with Woodward, is how he seems unable to concern himself with anything other than himself. He gets so caught up in selling himself as the best U.S. President, on par with Abraham Lincoln, he fails to see the unintended opposite effect his words and way of thinking have on Woodward. 

He's as oblivious to the interviewer's uncomprehending reactions as he is to being accountable for inciting his supporters to violently storm the United States Capitol after his speech in Washington D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

He's not just indecent, immoral, narcissistic, and hateful. He is dangerous to all, because he's convinced he is a "stable genius." He doesn't understand why 70% of the country, and majority of the rest of the world, does not recognize his self-proclaimed higher intellect and leadership qualities. Well, if 45 is reading this post, here's why:

Person

Woman

Man

Camera

TV

Truth and Trump: An Evening with Bob Woodward - TVO Today

Workbook Part I LESSON 135 (miraclecenter.org)

Black Pumas

 

"Colors"

Note: song featured in scene from '2023' film "We have A Ghost"

March Madness Is Back!!!

 

NCAA March Madness Bracketology is coming into full focus for the '2023' Men & Womens' Tournaments. And for the integrity of the competition, Faux Channel will not be broadcasting nor reporting on any games. 

(faux meaning: fake, imitation, not real or genuine)

When and Where to Watch: March Madness Guide 2023: Start Watching March Madness Now (reviews.org)

Twitter Users Roast Donald Trump Jr. After His Comments About Donald Trump’s Mental Competency (yahoo.com)

Donald Trump Says All Presidential Candidates Should Take “Mental Competency” Tests | The New Republic

Rupert Murdoch Admits Fox News Hosts Pushed Election Lies – Rolling Stone