Day: October 7, 2019

I guess the 49ers really are a force to be reckoned with

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They totally curb-stomped the Browns to stay undefeated

The Browns managed only 78 net passing yards, Mayfield was 8-for-22 with two pics, a lost fumble, and a lot of sack yardage.

One positive thing on the Browns: they had a helluva punting game. In this game alone, Gillan had a 68-yarder and a 71. Those now represent two of the five longest punts of the year. OK, it’s not much, but it’s a good thing they had that, considering how many times they had to punt from deep in their own territory in this game. The game was 31-3, but it probably could have been a lot worse.

That punter is a rookie who played his college ball at Arkansas – Pine Bluff. Who knew they even had a team? (Well, I guess L.C. Greenwood knew, because he also graduated from that school.) Do they have enough students to field both a football team and a band? I’ll bet they do double duty and change uniforms for the halftime show. (Baritone voice: “Here’s number 99, playing linebacker and trombone, and also the night manager at the local 7-Eleven …”) They must be in about Division Twelve. I looked them up and their opponents include such fearsome powers as Lane College and Langston University. (I didn’t make those names up. They are tiny schools which are part of of the HBCU network.)

“My great and unmatched wisdom”

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Michael Che had an interesting point on SNL. Are we sure it’s politically correct to make fun of this guy? It’s like making fun of Lenny in Of Mice and Men. Why do liberals think it’s OK to make fun of Trump, when they would raise a fuss if we made fun of anyone else with obvious mental or emotional problems?

“Trump Taxes: President Ordered to Turn Over Returns to Manhattan D.A.”

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That’s not really the interesting thing about the case, because that ruling will drag on through level after level of appeals.

No, the most interesting thing is a contention by Trump’s own attorneys. They did not stick to the basic defense that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted. Instead, they also insisted that releasing his returns would cause him “irreparable harm”!

They know we can see that, right?

The point can’t be related to the fact that he’s the president, because every other recent president has released his returns, as have all major candidates, and it did them no harm at all. Therefore his own lawyers are admitting that he’s different, that his returns are filled with all kinds of shady shit that he doesn’t want people to see!

That’s some good lawyering right there! Is this a Giuliani strategy?

Imagine if everyone was allowed to use this as a legal defense. After all, any good evidence causes the defendant irreparable harm. No, your honor, I can’t allow the video tape of my client and his late wife at the moment of her death to be admitted into evidence. It might cause him “irreparable harm.” Especially the part with the knife.