A Large Regular

...How it's going.

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Barstool signs "monster" deal with Draftkings after the Super Bowl.

- Who could have guessed? Flat-Earthers found to have low scientific knowledge.

- Jonathan Turley on John Depodesta and John Kerry. Reminder I'm in favor of firing all "Czars" and their staffs and putting the money saved to help pay down the national debt.

- Turley why the 25th Amendment may not fit.

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Hypothesis: if AOC hadn't chased away the proposed Amazon East Coast HQ and the 25,000 plus jobs it would have brought many people would have moved to or stayed in NYC and New York wouldn't be losing a Congressional seat. Just saying... Really enjoyed the Marvel series Falcon and the Winter Soldier but I kept having the thought how amusing it would be to print up bumper stickers that replaces the Flag Smashers logo with the DNC logo to re-use the "One World. One People." catch-phrase...  Heh Heh... Explanatory Knowledge would be a good name for a blog... Truth be told - I'm a little disappointed 2020 didn't actually give us murder hornets... So the Oscars were watched by just 9.85 million people. That means Hollywood's signature event now just has ratings slightly better that this year's Peach Bowl which "pitted" Georgia against Cincinnati (hardly a marque bowl game). That game was watched by almost 9 million...

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

If the Democrats wanted to dump Joe Biden in favor of Kamala Harris but didn't want to get their hands dirty trying to suggest the 25th Amendment themselves - the easiest way would be to have Biden sign a bunch of un-Constitutional gun control Executive Orders and see the Republicans get outraged. Just saying... It would be funny if a number of Atlanta Braves players sued MLB and Rob Manfred for creating a hostile work environment. What could Rob Manfred possibly say in response? Cha-ching! Cash in boys!... Why is it the media and the "experts" always seem to be so wrong... Wonder if it's possible for a State like Texas or Florida to tax YouTube - say at $.01 per video view in the state - and then use those funds for a favorite cause like fighting homelessness or providing broadband to low income families. What would be to stop a tax like that? They delete videos that go against the grain of their political aims and the Republican Governors tax their asses. Seems fair... John Kerry has always been a frigging idiot... 

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

If the NBA Finals do end up with the TV executives preferred match-up of Celtics-Lakers then the idea that the league is "fixed" will be tough to refute... "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Max Planck. Quantum physics observation or life advice?... Mildly surprised the usual "Republican presidential candidate (fill in the blank) is going to bring back the draft!" accusation hasn't been floated yet. Maybe because Trump isn't starting any new wars and is actually bringing troops home?... If I were rich I'd bankroll a movie about John Kerry's 2004 Presidential campaign but I'd insist that Andy Dick play Kerry. All because I think that would be hilarious... I think it's time to bring back Celebrity Boxing... If you ask Siri, "When should I spank my wife?" She says, "I don't know how to respond to that." Why is that? Is Apple staffed with a bunch of wife spankers? Why so ambivalent about wife spanking? Inquiring minds want to know..

President Trump did absolutely the right thing in killing the perverse "Iran Deal". Senator Ben Sasse had the situation 100% correct. Obama had no more ability to bind the US to a fatally bad deal than he had the ability to raise or lower the sea levels.

Saudi Arabia "supports and welcomes" the move by President Trump and the United Arab Emirates also supports the US withdrawal from the Iran Deal. And Israel? I'll bet they're ecstatic to once again not have a US President that supports Iran a country whose leaders chant "death to America" and who want to wipe Israel off the map. What's the chances do you think that Obama ever visits the US Embassy in Jerusalem?

In my opinion John Kerry should either officially register as a foreign agent or face charges under the Logan Act.

And as far as President Obama's lasting legacy? This might end up being the only thing that survives the Trump Tornado.

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The biggest unanswered question from John Podesta's email hack is whether or not he ever got that knock-off Viagra he was looking for... Cool - NASA announces two new asteroid missions... "The best time for a man to do Kegel exercises is while he urinates." - John Kerry...  Heh heh... Death Waltz would be a great name for a heavy metal Lawrence Welk cover band... This is quite a hiking accomplishment... Speaking of unanswered questions - is Brian Urlacher still rocking the suddenly found hair he had going on last January?... Tommy Heinsohn is the best... Speaking of band names - Vengeance Quakers would be a good name for a band... I still say that salad bars should be renamed "vegetable buffets"...  Cool... People forget that 2016 started with the death of the immortal Abe Vigoda. It is possible that so many celebrities died last year as revenge from the Angel of Death who was finally able to defeat the Great Vigoda...

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The Patriots are now 1-0 all-time when Bill Belichick "takes the wind" in overtime. What a game!... John Kerry really does look like the Cold Miser... Have you seen that Cadillac "that's mine" commercial? Why was older brother Kyle trying to get into a car that didn't belong to him in the first place? Did he fall onto hard times? Meth addict? Just a creepy car thief?... As far as QB comparisons - Tom Brady is Maryann while Peyton Manning is Ginger... I think I would like Broadway plays more if they included lots of yodeling... Hollywood should remake a bunch of John Wayne's movies but with a Mike Dukakis look-alike in the lead. I would go see The Quiet Dukakis or She Wore a Yellow Dukakis. These would be awesome comedies... Is there a bigger hot-mess on the dance floor than middle-age people trying to fast dance to Chicago songs?... Where the redheads are. Looks like a redhead in Italy is as rare as a Peyton Manning victory against Tom Brady...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Today is the 18th anniversary of the death of Reggie Lewis. I can't believe it's been 18 years... If I was the Cincinnati Bengals I'd be very happy with the retirement of Carson Palmer. He's just not that good of a QB anymore. If they get Bruce Gradkowski and he's healthy - he's a big upgrade over Palmer... I've had nightmares about dying in this manner. Has to be one of the worst ways to die... The things you learn on the Internet (via Mental Floss): "New Mexico State’s first graduating class in 1893 had only one student — and he was shot and killed before graduation"... Today is kind of Bugs Bunny's 71st birthday as on this day in 1940 the animated short A Wild Hare is released which introduced Bugs to the world... John Kerry's 'Swift Boat' ally jailed for child pornography and stripped of Silver Star. I'm ashamed Kerry is my Senator...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The NFLPA wants top draft picks to boycott the NFL draft in New York City but did they invite them to Marco Island for their recent meeting? My guess is no. They are asking these kids to give up one of the biggest nights in their lives and then will stick them with a rookie pay scale but the NFLPA is not interested in hearing their opinions... "The 12 States of America." Interesting interactive look at income demographics. Kind of tough to tell difference between Mormon Outposts and Military Bastions... There are rumors that John Kerry may be chosen to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State if she steps down. Remember that Kerry called some of our closest allies the "coalition of the coerced and the bribed"? He's a dunce who would do nothing but harm the US in the eyes of the world... Players chip in to save coach’s life after Clippers decline medical coverage... I wonder if the official NFL store would let me make a Vikings number 28 jersey with the name "SLAVE" on the back?... Guantanamo Bay gets 2 and a half stars... The phrase "Get Bent" is supposedly short for "You should get bent over so someone can sodomize you on Christmas". I find the longer version much funnier than the abbreviated one... Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius. Who knew?...

Heh Heh - Old Joke Worth a Re-telling

George W. Bush and John Kerry somehow ended up at the same barbershop. As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken.

The barbers were even afraid to start a conversation, for fear it would turn to politics. As the barbers finished their shaves, the one who had Kerry in his chair reached for the aftershave. Kerry was quick to stop him saying, "No thanks, my wife Theresa will smell that and think I've been in a whorehouse."

The second barber turned to Bush and said, "How about you?"

Bush replied, "Go ahead, my wife doesn't know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like."

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Wow - Christian Ponder the senior QB for Florida State already received both his undergrad and Master’s degrees. This fall he'll be working on a second Master's Degree... Maybe the veterans thought this rookie was a bit of a dickhead?... Strange coincidence - both Clemson starting QB Kyle Parker and NC State starting QB Russell Wilson are draft picks of the Colorado Rockies... It occurred to me that if Al Gore and John Kerry had a baby - that baby would be Spaulding Smails from Caddyshack... Heh heh - the final season of Mad Men... So last night Ricky Williams was tweeting about how he uses coconut water to replenish after a workout. I was thinking about looking into coconut water when I came across this post asking Is Coconut Water Really Better Than Gatorade? I'm still curious to see how coconut water tastes... It took Alex Rodriguez 46 at bats to hit his 600th home run. It's taken Jason Giambi 126 AB to hit his last 3 HR. Steroid testing is a bitch

Very Telling Difference

Senator John Kerry is on Twitter (@JohnKerry) and has 4,395 followers but is ONLY following Al Gore and Barack Obama.

Newly elected Senator Scott Brown (@ScottBrownMA) has 19,498 followers and is following 2,754 people on Twitter.

I think that is a very telling difference. John Kerry needs only listen to Gore and Obama while Scott Brown is actually listening to every day people.

Heh Heh

Iowa football clearly makes people do questionable things.

Like this (the last lines make the story special).

MINNEAPOLIS -- Two Iowa football fans were caught having sex in a bathroom stall at the Metrodome during Saturday’s Minnesota-Iowa game.

According to a police report, a Metrodome security officer saw two people having sex in a handicapped stall after noticing two sets of feet with underwear dropped to the ground.

A group of 15 onlookers were gawking at the scene by the time officers broke the couple up and wrote them misdemeanor citations.

The woman, 38, was turned over to her husband. The man, 26, was turned over to his girlfriend.

HT Sports Frog

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Michael Gee makes a good point regarding the Sarah Palin getting booed by Flyers' fans incident. "Pols always get booed, and always pretend not to notice." I am reminded of John Kerry throwing out the first pitch at a Red Sox game in 2004 right before the DNC in Boston. Kerry was booed. He threw from the front of the mound, it was a lousy throw and he was booed. The difference here is that the media completely ignored the fact that Kerry was booed (by his "hometown" fans no less) but Sara Palin being booed gets to be a story.... Steve Silver points out something that has been bugging me subconsciously. Those Brooke Shields commercials for Volkswagon are creepy and it wasn't until Silver pointed out the strangeness of combining the words "German engineering" and "babies" did the "Master Race" angle fully hit me... John L. Sullivan would have been 150 year's old today. He is often forgotten when the names of great Boston athletes are mentioned but once he was the most famous athlete in the world and probably the toughest man in America. Sullivan used to walk into a bar and claim to be able to "lick any man" in the place. If someone made such a claim today it would come off sounding a bit gay...

Should I Take Offense at This?

On the show This Week with George Stephanopoulos - John Kerry made the following statement:

KERRY: What John McCain has proven with this choice — this is very important, George. John McCain wanted to choose Tom Ridge. He wanted to choose Joe Lieberman. He wanted to choose another candidate, but you know what? Rush Limbaugh and the right wing vetoed it.

And John McCain was forced to come back and pick a sort of Cheney-esque social conservative who’s going to satisfy the base.

What John McCain has proven with this choice is that John McCain is the prisoner of the right wing, not a maverick.

Emphasis added. I'm reminded of Tim Russert telling Bob Kerry regarding a certain issue that he didn't have a leg to stand on. Russert immediately realized his mistake and apologized. Is calling John McCain a prisoner of anything on a similar level of mistake? Or am I just being overly sensitive?

As an aside - given what we now know about John Edwards - should John Kerry really be criticizing anyone else's choice for VP?

HT - Liberal Values

Why Was Kerry at the University of Florida in the First Place?

You've probably read about or seen the guy who got tasered at a John Kerry speaking engagement at the University of Florida yesterday. The question I have is why was John Kerry there in the first place? John Kerry is not running for national office and Congress is back in session. Why wasn't he at his job?

John Kerry has the worst attendance record on either side of the aisle. As a Massachusetts resident I'm pretty upset at his cavalier attitude to showing up for work. Why would he schedule a speaking engagement when he knew he was supposed to be in Washington DC?

Did taxpayers pay for his transportation? Did he receive a payment for his appearance? What is it about Kerry that always leaves you questioning his behavior and his judgment?

Where is Darrell Crate and his Veterans for Working Senators when you need them?

Student Tasered Because He Asked John Kerry a Question

Holy crap! Quiet down or we'll taser you. That's quite a bit different from John Kerry's "bring it on" (alleged) attitude from the Democratic Convention in 2004.

It's pretty disturbing video. The kid probably has no clue when it comes to manners but he is a student and it was a student event. He didn't swear or act violent yet violence was used against him to quiet him down. It may be just me but in my head I heard "vere are your papers" when they were asking for ID (after they tasered him). The application of common sense and common courtesy on both sides easily could have diffused this situation.

This never would have happened in John Ashcroft's America.

"Quiet Down or We'll Taser You" - the new slogan for the Democratic Party?

Red Sox Magic Number - 57

With the win at Cleveland last night - the Red Sox new magic number is now 57.

The number 57 happens to be the number that Rod Beck wore when he first got to Boston in 1999 (he changed his number for the 2000 season and hopefully we'll be changing the magic number today). However, the number 57 is probably most associated with Heinz Ketchup and of course around here when you think of Heinz you think of John Kerry-Heinz the "trophy" husband of Theresa Heinz-Kerry.

I'm just saying but I would put the number of current Red Sox players that supposed Red Sox fan John Kerry-Heinz could name at two and if this was a real bet - I'd seriously consider taking the under.

Schilling for Senate

There has been a move afoot spurred by radio station WEEI to get Curt Schilling to run as a Republican challenger in 2008 for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently held by John Kerry. I think this is a great idea.

John Kerry is very vulnerable and if a candidate with positive name recognition were to run against him - then Kerry would most likely lose (because that's what he does best). Since winning the Democratic Nomination by beating Jim Shannon in his original run for the Senate - Kerry hasn't faced any real competition in his quests for re-election to the Senate.

Curt Schilling helped bring a World Series Championship home to the Red Sox for the first time in 86 years. This will be his last season (he's retiring at the end of the year) and a move into politics couldn't be timed any better. Schilling is also known for his charitable causes like fighting against ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and skin cancer (his wife is a skin cancer survivor). On the campaign trail if Schilling just spent most of his time smiling, shaking hands and signing autographs - he'd be in. Kerry would almost certainly make a fatal gaff in his campaign. Just Kerry being Kerry and having the charisma of the tin man on Valium would be enough to get Schilling elected.

For Schilling to win - I would propose a three prong strategy:

1. Say "Yes I am a Republican but I am very much pro-union." He could talk about how he's been a dues paying member of the MLB Players Association for over a decade and how he recognizes the importance of collective bargaining. This would help make it easier for hard-core Democrats to vote for him on election day.

2. Stress that he'd show up for work to represent the people of Massachusetts every single day. That taking pay for a job that you never show up for is morally reprehensible. This would certainly have Kerry backtracking and on the defense. Schilling could stress that he'd show up every day to help protect and further the interests of the State of Massachusetts instead of skiing in Idaho or traveling to countries like France trying to get them to like us.

3. Stress low taxes. Low taxes give Democrats another reason to cross the aisle to vote for a Republican. Massachusetts is a dominantly Democratic state but when it comes to money - we like Republicans watching the purse strings (witness Republican Governors Weld, Cellucci and Romney).

The hardest part for Schilling would be to just shut up and let Kerry defeat himself. If Schilling followed the strategy set out above and just kept quiet about everything else - then he'd be sure to win.

Curt Schilling in 2008. He's got my vote.

EDIT: I stand corrected - it was WRKO and not WEEI who started the ball rolling.

You can sign a petition urging Schilling to run here.