BALTIMORE, Maryland, Friday, March 31, 2017 - Now, a top Obama Administration Official, with the most intimate knowledge of how and why Obama and his inner-most advisers made their most important and calculating decisions, has publicly acknowledged that virtually every single one of Obama's inside people were racing against time to strip the closet of inside operating information bare of all important facts and conclusions before President Trump and his team could get into the seat of power and begin to operate the controls.
In a jaw-dropping series of statements - so shocking and unexpected that the hosts of the show where the admissions were made allowed the information to pass by them without substantive comment - Evelyn Farkas (Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense) appeared on MSNBC and willingly admitted first hand knowledge that the Obama administration spied on candidate and president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team in order to gather “intelligence” for political use. The mainstream media cabal was caught so flat-footed by Ms. Farkas' stunning admission that several days passed before they began to report and comment on the events.
The bombshell admissions make crystal clear that any further denial of blame for spying on President Trump and His Transition Team would be at least bad faith and probably far worse.
As GOP members of Congress began to comprehend the powerful implications of the Farkas revelations, she was immediately called before one or more Congressional Committees, and an under oath deposition seems almost certain according to several Congressional and Media sources. Other sources said that Ms. Farkas herself faces almost certain criminal investigation.
Meanwhile, the Senate Committee reviewing the nomination of Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch is scheduled to vote on Monday. Assuming that the Committee provides the well-earned positive review, Gorsuch's nomination will then move to the entire Senate.
Senate President Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said today - in an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News - that Gorsuch will be confirmed irregardless of whether the Ultra Far Left Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, elect to stage a filibuster. Schumer says he will filibuster to keep Gorsuch from getting 60 Senate Votes.
So far, three Democrats and all 52 Republicans have announced support for Gorsuch. Several dozen Democrats say they will oppose Gorsuch.
Schumer, laughingly, says President Trump has to nominate a mainstream individual. But Gorsuch is about as mainstream as you can get. The ABA gave Gorsuch their most qualified rating. Of his 2700 Federal Circuit Court decisions, only one has been reversed by the Supreme Court. This is unprecedented.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Congressman Nunes Stares Down the Hardcore Ultra Left
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - You see, folks, if you bother to take a gander at the world we live in, and especially the world inside of the Washington, D.C. Beltway, the Democratic Party that exists here in These United States is directly under the boot heel of the very hardcore Ultra Left. These people who compose the very hardcore Ultra Left are, to be candid and to the point, very bad people.
That is, In case you didn't already know.
The hardcore Ultra Left is not pro-American in any way, shape or form. The hardcore Ultra Left is opposed to capitalism, democracy, and the republican form of government (notice the small case r in republican). The very hardcore Ultra Left is opposed to free speech, opposed to equal rights, opposed to due process, opposed to freedom of religion (boy do they ever oppose freedom of religion!), and opposed to freedom of the press. The hardcore Ultra Left is opposed to just about every constitutional guarantee and basic right that most Americans take very much for granted. When the Ultra Left takes over, you can kiss your rights good bye. And anyone who says that isn't true is either a bald-faced liar or so naive that they aren't worth the time of day.
Of course, if you confronted a real hardcore Ultra Leftist with the itemized list of things they oppose about America and the rights we are guaranteed by our Constitution, they would get all huffy and deny everything. But if you know how to draw them out, you would find out that all of these things are actually and completely true. Most of you already know that.
Another thing that scares the living you know what out of the very hardcore Ultra left is someone who recognizes them for what they are and is in the public eye. Right now, the poster child for the kind of person who scares the Hardcore Ultra Left is United States Congressman Devin Nunes (Republican 23rd District, California).
Nunes is one of those very rare human beings who have a natural and uncommonly accurate sense of right and wrong, are willing to fearlessly pursue the truth and root it out, even when it is seemingly buried in a thicket of fraud and deception, and is unafraid of the shrill and putrid pressure being brought upon him by the hardcore ultra Left.
He is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He is in charge of this committee, which just happens to be the same one that is leading the "investigation" of alleged ties between the Trump Administration and the Russians.
Before we go any further, you should know that in reality there are no ties now, or in the past, between the Trump Administration and the Russians. It is a patently false and pathetic invention of former President Barack-El Hussein Obama and his group of Very Hardcore Ultra Left Functionaries. In the last days of his pathetic eight years in office, Obama littered the Washington Landscape with all manner of Fake News Fake Evidence about the Trump-Russia Non-Connection. Then he put the media to this fake chase the rabbit game of uncovering the fake evidence that would keep everyone wondering what would be uncovered about the Trump-Russia Non-Connection. If you take my meaning. When you hear anyone who is moderate or on the right talk about "deep state" or "fifth column" they are talking about all of these Obama Bootlickers embedded in the federal bureaucracy and participating in this anti-Trump campaign playing out in the media and in Congress.
To the ultimate horror of Obama and his functionaries, someone working besides the fifth column in the intelligence bureaucracy decided he or she had had quite enough of the lies and fake news trash the media is printing. So this patriot gathered up some evidence exposing a whole lot of the worst kind of leaks and fake news and alerted Congressman Nunes about the kind of evidence he had gathered up.
They arranged to meet. And when the Congressman saw the evidence and how sickening and, at the same time, revealing, this stuff was, he went to Trump and showed him.
The Democrats are faking righteous outrage. It sounds to me more like what it really is: fear that someone has the goods on them. They are screaming like stuck pigs about how awful it is that the Congressman showed the evidence to the President - who is the target and victim of the Obama plottings - first, instead of bringing it to the Democrats on the House Committee.
Between me and you, I don't know if I would ever bring it to the attention of some of the sordid types on this committee with Congressman Nunes.
That is, In case you didn't already know.
The hardcore Ultra Left is not pro-American in any way, shape or form. The hardcore Ultra Left is opposed to capitalism, democracy, and the republican form of government (notice the small case r in republican). The very hardcore Ultra Left is opposed to free speech, opposed to equal rights, opposed to due process, opposed to freedom of religion (boy do they ever oppose freedom of religion!), and opposed to freedom of the press. The hardcore Ultra Left is opposed to just about every constitutional guarantee and basic right that most Americans take very much for granted. When the Ultra Left takes over, you can kiss your rights good bye. And anyone who says that isn't true is either a bald-faced liar or so naive that they aren't worth the time of day.
Of course, if you confronted a real hardcore Ultra Leftist with the itemized list of things they oppose about America and the rights we are guaranteed by our Constitution, they would get all huffy and deny everything. But if you know how to draw them out, you would find out that all of these things are actually and completely true. Most of you already know that.
Another thing that scares the living you know what out of the very hardcore Ultra left is someone who recognizes them for what they are and is in the public eye. Right now, the poster child for the kind of person who scares the Hardcore Ultra Left is United States Congressman Devin Nunes (Republican 23rd District, California).
Nunes is one of those very rare human beings who have a natural and uncommonly accurate sense of right and wrong, are willing to fearlessly pursue the truth and root it out, even when it is seemingly buried in a thicket of fraud and deception, and is unafraid of the shrill and putrid pressure being brought upon him by the hardcore ultra Left.
He is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He is in charge of this committee, which just happens to be the same one that is leading the "investigation" of alleged ties between the Trump Administration and the Russians.
Before we go any further, you should know that in reality there are no ties now, or in the past, between the Trump Administration and the Russians. It is a patently false and pathetic invention of former President Barack-El Hussein Obama and his group of Very Hardcore Ultra Left Functionaries. In the last days of his pathetic eight years in office, Obama littered the Washington Landscape with all manner of Fake News Fake Evidence about the Trump-Russia Non-Connection. Then he put the media to this fake chase the rabbit game of uncovering the fake evidence that would keep everyone wondering what would be uncovered about the Trump-Russia Non-Connection. If you take my meaning. When you hear anyone who is moderate or on the right talk about "deep state" or "fifth column" they are talking about all of these Obama Bootlickers embedded in the federal bureaucracy and participating in this anti-Trump campaign playing out in the media and in Congress.
To the ultimate horror of Obama and his functionaries, someone working besides the fifth column in the intelligence bureaucracy decided he or she had had quite enough of the lies and fake news trash the media is printing. So this patriot gathered up some evidence exposing a whole lot of the worst kind of leaks and fake news and alerted Congressman Nunes about the kind of evidence he had gathered up.
They arranged to meet. And when the Congressman saw the evidence and how sickening and, at the same time, revealing, this stuff was, he went to Trump and showed him.
The Democrats are faking righteous outrage. It sounds to me more like what it really is: fear that someone has the goods on them. They are screaming like stuck pigs about how awful it is that the Congressman showed the evidence to the President - who is the target and victim of the Obama plottings - first, instead of bringing it to the Democrats on the House Committee.
Between me and you, I don't know if I would ever bring it to the attention of some of the sordid types on this committee with Congressman Nunes.
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Terps Rally Late to Defeat Michigan for Second Straight Night; Watson Homers, Nickens Drives in Winning Run
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Saturday, March 26, 2017 - Behind most of the game by a variety of different scores, the University of Maryland's Baseball Team battled back to defeat No. 18 Michigan for the second straight night, this time by a score of 5-4. The Terrapins trailed at various times in the nationally broadcast game by scores of 1-0, 2-1, 3-1 and finally by 4-3. Each time Maryland fought back in front of the biggest crowd of the season (615) on a balmy night in College Park
The final rally took place over two different innings. With the Wolverines on top, 4-3, Maryland came to bat in the bottom of the 6th. Will Watson led off and promptly drilled a home run down the left field line to tie the score. It was Watson's second homer of the season.
Maryland waited until the bottom of the 8th to score the winning run. Once again, Watson was in the middle of the uprising. Nick Dunn started it off with an infield single. With one out, Watson drilled a single to left field. Wolverine left fielder Miles Lewis charged the hard hit but sinking line drive and at the last made a head long dive for the ball. He did not really come close to catching it, however, and the ball ricocheted off of him and rolled away in the outfield. This allowed Dunn to sprint to third base. Dunn's head first dive to the bag was not exactly a thing of beauty but it got him to the base safely., putting runners at the corners.
Madison Nickens was up next, and he hit a line drive to the Michigan Right Fielder, Jonathan Engelmann. The Wolverine outfielder caught the ball and then threw home, where Dunn, who had tagged up, was trying to score. The Michigan Catcher, Harrison Wenson, a senior, jumped into the baseline as the throw approached, and completely blocked access to the plate. Dunn crashed into him in an awkward manner, then tumbled past Wenson and onto the plate. Wenson tried to swing his glove hand behind him to tag Dunn, but it appeared that Dunn had already scored. It didn't matter. Wenson was called for catcher's interference for blocking the baseline long before he got the ball.
Wolverine Coach Erik Bakich - who was the Terrapin Coach from 2010 through 2012, did not put up much of an argument for what was a fairly obvious call. The run that Dunn scored was the winning run, because Ryan Selmer came on and retired Michigan in the 9th to earn his 3rd save. The game ended on a nifty doubleplay. With a runner at first base and one out, Lewis hit a hard ground ball to Terrapin first baseman Kevin Biondic. Biondic fielded the ball cleanly and stepped on the bag to retire Lewis for the second out. He then threw to Terp shortstop, Kevin Smith, who was covering second base. Smith took the throw cleanly and tagged out the sliding Wolverine runner, Drew Lugbauer, who had singled, to end the game.
Andrew Miller was credited with the win after he threw a scoreless 8th inning for Maryland. Maryland starter Taylor Bloom lacked his usual sharp control, but he survived five gritty innings to keep Maryland in the game. He left with Michigan leading, 4-3, after throwing 85 pitches and giving up 3 earned runs on 8 hits. The Maryland bullpen was fabulous in relief. Besides Miller and Selmer, the Terps got two shut out innings from the junior, Ryan Hill.
Maryland had won Friday Night's game, 7-2, thanks to 8 fabulous innings from number one starter Brian Shaffer. Shaffer improved to 3-1 in stopping the Wolverines on only five hits.
After Saturday's second straight win over Michigan, Maryland improved to 15-7 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference. Michigan dropped to 16-6 overall and 0-2 in the Big Ten. The two teams conclude the opening series of the conference campaign on Sunday at Shipley Field. First pitch is set for 1 pm. The game will be televised by BTN Plus and broadcast on the Maryland Baseball Network.
The final rally took place over two different innings. With the Wolverines on top, 4-3, Maryland came to bat in the bottom of the 6th. Will Watson led off and promptly drilled a home run down the left field line to tie the score. It was Watson's second homer of the season.
Maryland waited until the bottom of the 8th to score the winning run. Once again, Watson was in the middle of the uprising. Nick Dunn started it off with an infield single. With one out, Watson drilled a single to left field. Wolverine left fielder Miles Lewis charged the hard hit but sinking line drive and at the last made a head long dive for the ball. He did not really come close to catching it, however, and the ball ricocheted off of him and rolled away in the outfield. This allowed Dunn to sprint to third base. Dunn's head first dive to the bag was not exactly a thing of beauty but it got him to the base safely., putting runners at the corners.
Madison Nickens was up next, and he hit a line drive to the Michigan Right Fielder, Jonathan Engelmann. The Wolverine outfielder caught the ball and then threw home, where Dunn, who had tagged up, was trying to score. The Michigan Catcher, Harrison Wenson, a senior, jumped into the baseline as the throw approached, and completely blocked access to the plate. Dunn crashed into him in an awkward manner, then tumbled past Wenson and onto the plate. Wenson tried to swing his glove hand behind him to tag Dunn, but it appeared that Dunn had already scored. It didn't matter. Wenson was called for catcher's interference for blocking the baseline long before he got the ball.
Wolverine Coach Erik Bakich - who was the Terrapin Coach from 2010 through 2012, did not put up much of an argument for what was a fairly obvious call. The run that Dunn scored was the winning run, because Ryan Selmer came on and retired Michigan in the 9th to earn his 3rd save. The game ended on a nifty doubleplay. With a runner at first base and one out, Lewis hit a hard ground ball to Terrapin first baseman Kevin Biondic. Biondic fielded the ball cleanly and stepped on the bag to retire Lewis for the second out. He then threw to Terp shortstop, Kevin Smith, who was covering second base. Smith took the throw cleanly and tagged out the sliding Wolverine runner, Drew Lugbauer, who had singled, to end the game.
Andrew Miller was credited with the win after he threw a scoreless 8th inning for Maryland. Maryland starter Taylor Bloom lacked his usual sharp control, but he survived five gritty innings to keep Maryland in the game. He left with Michigan leading, 4-3, after throwing 85 pitches and giving up 3 earned runs on 8 hits. The Maryland bullpen was fabulous in relief. Besides Miller and Selmer, the Terps got two shut out innings from the junior, Ryan Hill.
Maryland had won Friday Night's game, 7-2, thanks to 8 fabulous innings from number one starter Brian Shaffer. Shaffer improved to 3-1 in stopping the Wolverines on only five hits.
After Saturday's second straight win over Michigan, Maryland improved to 15-7 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference. Michigan dropped to 16-6 overall and 0-2 in the Big Ten. The two teams conclude the opening series of the conference campaign on Sunday at Shipley Field. First pitch is set for 1 pm. The game will be televised by BTN Plus and broadcast on the Maryland Baseball Network.
Friday, March 24, 2017
Will America stand up to the Minority Ultra Left or Capitulate to Political Hoodlums?
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Thursday, March 23, 2017 - He 'spritzed' off of a big airplane and tip-toed into a much smaller 'puddle jumper.' He was by himself, save for the secret service agents who tried very hard to be invisible. There was no Michelle to be seen, or First Daughters in tow. No matter where you looked, there was no former first mother-in-law anywhere in sight, or for that matter, was there a live-in half-brain (V. Jarret) along for this particular ride, at least not yet. Barack-El was trying to act like he wanted to be alone, for the most part, and he was willing to fly all the way to Tahiti, the elite's get away haven, to prove this point. Barack-El is said to be using property owned by Ultra-Leftist and Elitist David Geffen while tripping in Tahiti. At least that is what we are being told. Back in D.C., the pseudo White House that the former first family is said to be living in is falling prey to increasing sunshine. Not in the mainstream media, mind you, because we are all learning that the mainstream media is the last place you will look to get anything that seems like real news. They outright adore Barack-El, and anything that is not painting the Obamas as adorable is not for public consumption.
All of the sunshine falling on the Obamas is from the conservative media that, more and more, does the essential work that the mainstream media used to do way back when.
Meanwhile, the Mainstream Pseudo Media is hard at work pushing their ridiculous line about Russia 'hacking' the election for Donald Trump. Actual news reports confirm that Russia and Hillary were far more chummy than Trump and Vlad, but don't let the truth get in anybody's way.
Oh and did you hear that the Russian Ambassador, personally, was at the White House over 20 times during the Obama era? Over 20. Count 'em. And did you hear that Jumping John Podesta's brother, Tony, was a contractual representative of some big Russian bank? Said the Daily Caller:
"Democrat super-lobbyist Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period last year to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s economic sanctions against that country, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned.
Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Podesta is the brother of John Podesta, who was the national campaign chairman for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s losing 2016 campaign for the presidency. Former President Barack Obama imposed the sanctions following the Russian seizure of the Crimean region of Ukraine in 2014.
The lobbying campaign targeted Congress and the executive branch, with Podesta and other lobbyists arranging at least two meetings between Sberbank officers and Department of State officials,"
And so all of this nonsense about Trump and Russia is just that, nonsense to influence fools. The Blog "Zero Hedge" summed it up like this: "The Democrats' Trump-Russia Conspiracy Campaign Collapses."
To further enhance their reputation as bald-faced liars who have become so unfamiliar with truth and honesty that they can't find it in their playbook, the Nincompoop himself, Charles Schumer, announced that he would filibuster Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch,
Supremely qualified and having competently answered all questions by the senate panel grilling him, Schumer's announcement about Gorsuch is nothing short of an embarrassment to the Democratic party, and serves as further proof that the party has moved so far left that many middle of the road liberals find themselves unfamiliar and antagonized by the far left's carrying on. They are like children. It isn't like most of America agrees with anything they are doing. They are out of power everywhere: federal government, state governments and local governments. What's worse, the hardcore anti-American left that has control of the party doesn't want anything to do with middle-of-the-road folk. They are shunted from speaking, much less participating in party affairs. And, on the other hand, most of America doesn't want anything to do with the hardcore left. The mainstream far left media might try to portray the judges who won't let the President momentarily suspend immigration from a few nations who have literally flooded the west with murderous terrorists as reactionary, the plain fact is that every president has done the same thing when the safety of the country demands it.
The issue becomes, simply, whether the USA will be bullied into being ruled by a relatively small group of political hoodlums, or will they stand up and be counted when the future of the USA hangs in the balance.
All of the sunshine falling on the Obamas is from the conservative media that, more and more, does the essential work that the mainstream media used to do way back when.
Meanwhile, the Mainstream Pseudo Media is hard at work pushing their ridiculous line about Russia 'hacking' the election for Donald Trump. Actual news reports confirm that Russia and Hillary were far more chummy than Trump and Vlad, but don't let the truth get in anybody's way.
Oh and did you hear that the Russian Ambassador, personally, was at the White House over 20 times during the Obama era? Over 20. Count 'em. And did you hear that Jumping John Podesta's brother, Tony, was a contractual representative of some big Russian bank? Said the Daily Caller:
"Democrat super-lobbyist Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period last year to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s economic sanctions against that country, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned.
Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Podesta is the brother of John Podesta, who was the national campaign chairman for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s losing 2016 campaign for the presidency. Former President Barack Obama imposed the sanctions following the Russian seizure of the Crimean region of Ukraine in 2014.
The lobbying campaign targeted Congress and the executive branch, with Podesta and other lobbyists arranging at least two meetings between Sberbank officers and Department of State officials,"
And so all of this nonsense about Trump and Russia is just that, nonsense to influence fools. The Blog "Zero Hedge" summed it up like this: "The Democrats' Trump-Russia Conspiracy Campaign Collapses."
To further enhance their reputation as bald-faced liars who have become so unfamiliar with truth and honesty that they can't find it in their playbook, the Nincompoop himself, Charles Schumer, announced that he would filibuster Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch,
Supremely qualified and having competently answered all questions by the senate panel grilling him, Schumer's announcement about Gorsuch is nothing short of an embarrassment to the Democratic party, and serves as further proof that the party has moved so far left that many middle of the road liberals find themselves unfamiliar and antagonized by the far left's carrying on. They are like children. It isn't like most of America agrees with anything they are doing. They are out of power everywhere: federal government, state governments and local governments. What's worse, the hardcore anti-American left that has control of the party doesn't want anything to do with middle-of-the-road folk. They are shunted from speaking, much less participating in party affairs. And, on the other hand, most of America doesn't want anything to do with the hardcore left. The mainstream far left media might try to portray the judges who won't let the President momentarily suspend immigration from a few nations who have literally flooded the west with murderous terrorists as reactionary, the plain fact is that every president has done the same thing when the safety of the country demands it.
The issue becomes, simply, whether the USA will be bullied into being ruled by a relatively small group of political hoodlums, or will they stand up and be counted when the future of the USA hangs in the balance.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
4 Dead, "At Least" 20 Injured in Terror Attack on London Parliament; Suspect Shot by Police and Later Dies; Suspect First Ran Down Pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, Then, Armed With "Machete," He Charged Entrance To Parliament
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Wednesday, March 21, 2017 - At least 4 people have been killed and 20 people have been injured, some critically, by a terrorist in central London. The man drove a vehicle across Westminster Bridge, adjacent to Parliament, and, as he drove, he intentionally mowed down pedestrians, killing and injuring many victims. One woman, who is believed to have survived, was hit so hard she was thrown up in the air and off of the bridge, finally landing in the Thames River.
Fox News Reported at 2:10 pm that the suspect is one of the four killed in the incident, called "horrific" by some witnesses. He had been shot by police as he charged the building where the United Kingdom's Parliament was in session. Parliament's actual chamber was never breached, and it formally adjourned immediately after the incident, although members were told to shelter in place. Theresa May, the English Prime Minister, was whisked from the Parliament chamber to safety and was not injured.
Most of the injured were struck by the vehicle driven by the suspect. After leaving his vehicle, the suspect brutally stabbed a police officer near the vehicle. After being rushed to a London hospital, the officer succumbed to his injuries. It is not known at the moment this story is posted how the other two victims were killed, although it appears likely that they were hit by the suspect's vehicle. One report said at least one person was hit by bullets fired at the suspect. Although many London police officers do not carry firearms, the officer who was killed did have a gun, although he was never able to use it.
Fox News Reported at 2:10 pm that the suspect is one of the four killed in the incident, called "horrific" by some witnesses. He had been shot by police as he charged the building where the United Kingdom's Parliament was in session. Parliament's actual chamber was never breached, and it formally adjourned immediately after the incident, although members were told to shelter in place. Theresa May, the English Prime Minister, was whisked from the Parliament chamber to safety and was not injured.
Most of the injured were struck by the vehicle driven by the suspect. After leaving his vehicle, the suspect brutally stabbed a police officer near the vehicle. After being rushed to a London hospital, the officer succumbed to his injuries. It is not known at the moment this story is posted how the other two victims were killed, although it appears likely that they were hit by the suspect's vehicle. One report said at least one person was hit by bullets fired at the suspect. Although many London police officers do not carry firearms, the officer who was killed did have a gun, although he was never able to use it.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Shaffer and Bloom Masterful as Terps Take First Two Games of Weekend Series Against Princeton; Wisconsin Sends Defending Champ Villanova Packing From NCAA Basketball Tournament; Burnley Ends 4 Match Road Trip With Draw At Sunderland
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Saturday, March 18, 2017 - Maryland's No. 1 starting pitcher, Brian Shaffer, was once again brilliant, blanking Princeton over 8 innings while surrendering only three hits, and Kevin Smith smashed a three-run homerun to highlight a 4 run Terrapin 6th inning uprising, as the home team beat back their Ivy League rivals, 4-0, Friday afternoon in the first game of a three-game weekend series in College Park. In game no. 2 on Saturday, Taylor Bloom gave up only one earned run and six hits over six and two-thirds innings, and Maryland rallied to beat the Tigers, 6-2. Maryland has now won 10 of their past 11 games to improve their overall record to 11-6.
Maryland sophomore AJ Lee, who started at third base in the second game of the series on Saturday, drove in three runs, including one run in three different innings, to help Maryland to its second win of the series. Lee had an RBI bunt single in the second inning that, at the time, tied the score, 1-1. Lee's second RBI again tied the score. It came in the fourth inning in the form of a sacrifice fly ball with Princeton ahead, 2-1. Lee's third RBI came in the Terps' three-run seventh, and was again in the form of a sacrifice fly. Maryland's other RBI's were credited to Marty Costes, Will Watson and Madisen Nickens.
In the series opener on Friday, Shaffer struck out ten Princeton batters in improving his record to 2-1. Andrew Miller pitched a scoreless ninth, although Maryland's 4-run lead precluded him from being credited with a save.
The start of the Friday game was moved up to 2 pm from its original 6 pm starting time due to the cold weather that has gripped the Northeastern part of the United States in the past week. All snow had been removed from the field by game time, and 223 fans braved the elements to watch the contest.
Maryland's Will Watson drove the other Maryland run and was three for four for the afternoon. Princeton third baseman Joseph Flynn had two of the Tigers' three hits, including a double.
The two teams play the third game of the series on Sunday afternoon beginning at 1 pm. After that game, Maryland plays a two-game mid-week series at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington, then returns home to open the Big Ten Conference Schedule with three games against Michigan.
Nigel Hayes Uses Michael Jordan Move to Help Oust Defending Champ Villanova From NCAA Tournament
Wisconsin's Senior Forward Nigel Hayes had watched Michael Jordan make a certain move many times. He watched and he learned it. Then, on Saturday, he used it to help defeat the defending National Champs, 65-62, and in the process earn their fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16.
The thrilling game was tied in the final seconds when Hayes went to work. He began to drive along the baseline when he hesitated and seemed about to dribble out. Then he accelerated to the basket and C the winning basket.
Hayes was outstanding throughout, scoring a game high 19 points and pulling down 8 clutch rebounds. His heroics were key as Wisconsin overcame its other two stars, Ethan Happ and Bronson Koenig, being in foul trouble.
Burnley Battles Sunderland to Scoreless Draw; Ends Four-Match Road Trip 8 Points Clear of Relegation
The good news is that the seemingly endless four-match road trip is finally over. It ended Saturday when the Claret battled relegation-threatened Sunderland to a scoreless draw at the Stadium of Light. The bad news is that Burnley has failed to win away from Turf Moor, and has earned only 3 points out of a possible 45 on the road this season. Still, Burnley is in 13th place, 8 points ahead of 18th place Hull City and with 4 sides between it and the closest relegation team. Burnley has 9 matches left in the season.
In accepting the draw, Scott Arfield was sensational. The BBC named Arfield the Man of the Match. His first half shot very nearly gave the Claret a lead it dearly wanted.
Now Burnley returns at last to Turf Moor for matches with Hull City and Stoke City. The Hull match is on April 1 at Turf Moor and the Stoke City Match is on April 4.
Maryland sophomore AJ Lee, who started at third base in the second game of the series on Saturday, drove in three runs, including one run in three different innings, to help Maryland to its second win of the series. Lee had an RBI bunt single in the second inning that, at the time, tied the score, 1-1. Lee's second RBI again tied the score. It came in the fourth inning in the form of a sacrifice fly ball with Princeton ahead, 2-1. Lee's third RBI came in the Terps' three-run seventh, and was again in the form of a sacrifice fly. Maryland's other RBI's were credited to Marty Costes, Will Watson and Madisen Nickens.
In the series opener on Friday, Shaffer struck out ten Princeton batters in improving his record to 2-1. Andrew Miller pitched a scoreless ninth, although Maryland's 4-run lead precluded him from being credited with a save.
The start of the Friday game was moved up to 2 pm from its original 6 pm starting time due to the cold weather that has gripped the Northeastern part of the United States in the past week. All snow had been removed from the field by game time, and 223 fans braved the elements to watch the contest.
Maryland's Will Watson drove the other Maryland run and was three for four for the afternoon. Princeton third baseman Joseph Flynn had two of the Tigers' three hits, including a double.
The two teams play the third game of the series on Sunday afternoon beginning at 1 pm. After that game, Maryland plays a two-game mid-week series at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington, then returns home to open the Big Ten Conference Schedule with three games against Michigan.
Nigel Hayes Uses Michael Jordan Move to Help Oust Defending Champ Villanova From NCAA Tournament
Wisconsin's Senior Forward Nigel Hayes had watched Michael Jordan make a certain move many times. He watched and he learned it. Then, on Saturday, he used it to help defeat the defending National Champs, 65-62, and in the process earn their fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16.
The thrilling game was tied in the final seconds when Hayes went to work. He began to drive along the baseline when he hesitated and seemed about to dribble out. Then he accelerated to the basket and C the winning basket.
Hayes was outstanding throughout, scoring a game high 19 points and pulling down 8 clutch rebounds. His heroics were key as Wisconsin overcame its other two stars, Ethan Happ and Bronson Koenig, being in foul trouble.
Burnley Battles Sunderland to Scoreless Draw; Ends Four-Match Road Trip 8 Points Clear of Relegation
The good news is that the seemingly endless four-match road trip is finally over. It ended Saturday when the Claret battled relegation-threatened Sunderland to a scoreless draw at the Stadium of Light. The bad news is that Burnley has failed to win away from Turf Moor, and has earned only 3 points out of a possible 45 on the road this season. Still, Burnley is in 13th place, 8 points ahead of 18th place Hull City and with 4 sides between it and the closest relegation team. Burnley has 9 matches left in the season.
In accepting the draw, Scott Arfield was sensational. The BBC named Arfield the Man of the Match. His first half shot very nearly gave the Claret a lead it dearly wanted.
Now Burnley returns at last to Turf Moor for matches with Hull City and Stoke City. The Hull match is on April 1 at Turf Moor and the Stoke City Match is on April 4.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Big Storm Fizzles in Mid-Atlantic; Paul Ryan's Trials and Tribulations; CBO Puts Out Dud Story on Health Care Costs, And Post Season Basketball Begins; Maryland's Baseball Win Streak Ends
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 - The big storm wasn't a big storm, at least not in Baltimore, at least not yet. It did snow here - three to five inches give or take - before it changed to sleet, freezing rain, and a bit of rain, before changing back to all snow. When the precipitation changed back to all snow, we were told we aren't close to being out of the woods yet, because the storm is a 'Noreaster,' which means it is a huge rotating storm reminiscent of a large hurricane. These kind of storms sometimes have their biggest impact after they've passed you by. That's because they start, literally, ripping cold air from ahead of the front and spitting it out behind it. If there is still precipitation about, it gets mixed in with the strong winds and leaves a real mess. But this one didn't do much of that, either. Oh, we got the cold - it was 21 degrees at daybreak - but the threatened snow saved itself for further up the coast. The threatened wind didn't even materialize.
House Speaker Gets Caught Saying He Won't Defend Trump, But Here is Rest of Story
On a recording made long before the November elections, but shortly after one of the President's more cringe-worthy diatribes, Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Former GOP Vice-Presidential Candidate, can be heard saying he will not defend Trump and will leave it up to each House member to handle the same question as they see fit. I think it was the time Trump lampooned a left-wing reporter's physical handicap. And, I heard the tape way back when Ryan first said it. So it can't be a secret tape. There is another Ryan hot mic release on the internet, although Ryan says he is not the voice uttering the f-bomb. Trump says he could care less about either tape. I know I couldn't care less, at least not in the big scheme of things. The GOP is handling Trump with a long stick. They don't want to be close to him because they are sure he will do something they will be blamed for. As a result, the good hard work Trump is doing isn't being supported in Congress as it should. The Loony Left, on the other hand, are in melt-down mode about the very idea of Obamacare (Obamashame) being repealed. If the GOP cannot keep their promise and repeal that embarrassing piece of legislation, I hope they all lose in the upcoming elections. I honestly don't care if they replace it with blank paper or red paper as long as it says "repealed" on it. It was Marxist from the gitgo, far more aimed at soaking working folk for the health insurance of others. If somebody buys health insurance and government "needs" to tax the transaction to provide medical care for indigents, I say, "go for it." But the whole detestable idea of forcing people to buy something so that the government can provide some people with a freebie while poor working class folk go without the same benefit is absolutely detestable.
CBO Report on GOP Health Plan Gets A Big "So What?" Here
The Congressional Budget Office, which "scores" proposed legislation for economic impact, says thousands of people will lose health insurance that have it under Obamacare. The Left is ecstatic. How dumb can you get? Recall, folks, that a terrible component of Obamacare - in fact, the number one component in earning the law its 'Obamashame' moniker - is the requirement, backed by stiff fines, that all citizens buy health insurance. Naturally a law that invades your life and makes you do something will have more takers than one that makes participation optional. Get it?
NIT Sets 32 Team Field and First Round Match-ups;
There is a real and palpable let down for the teams in the NIT. The tournament itself has evolved from the most prestigious of the post-season tournaments to a decided second fiddle. But it the last few years, the fact that the NCAA now owns the tournament and is setting the match-ups, interest has grown. Some teams get automatic bids. Those are the teams that won the regular season title in their conference, but lost the conference's automatic NCAA bid by losing in the conference tournament and then not receiving an at-large NCAA bid.
This year's field includes three Big Ten Schools that did not get NCAA bids. Seven Big Ten Schools received NCAA bids. Indiana (18-15) will play at Georgia Tech (17-15) on Wednesday night at 9 pm, with TV provided on ESPN. Illinois (18-14) will host Valparaiso (24-8) on Wednesday at 7:15 pm, with ESPN2 carrying the game. And Iowa (18-14) will host South Dakota (22-11) Thursday at 7 pm on ESPN2.
These are the other first round games:
House Speaker Gets Caught Saying He Won't Defend Trump, But Here is Rest of Story
On a recording made long before the November elections, but shortly after one of the President's more cringe-worthy diatribes, Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Former GOP Vice-Presidential Candidate, can be heard saying he will not defend Trump and will leave it up to each House member to handle the same question as they see fit. I think it was the time Trump lampooned a left-wing reporter's physical handicap. And, I heard the tape way back when Ryan first said it. So it can't be a secret tape. There is another Ryan hot mic release on the internet, although Ryan says he is not the voice uttering the f-bomb. Trump says he could care less about either tape. I know I couldn't care less, at least not in the big scheme of things. The GOP is handling Trump with a long stick. They don't want to be close to him because they are sure he will do something they will be blamed for. As a result, the good hard work Trump is doing isn't being supported in Congress as it should. The Loony Left, on the other hand, are in melt-down mode about the very idea of Obamacare (Obamashame) being repealed. If the GOP cannot keep their promise and repeal that embarrassing piece of legislation, I hope they all lose in the upcoming elections. I honestly don't care if they replace it with blank paper or red paper as long as it says "repealed" on it. It was Marxist from the gitgo, far more aimed at soaking working folk for the health insurance of others. If somebody buys health insurance and government "needs" to tax the transaction to provide medical care for indigents, I say, "go for it." But the whole detestable idea of forcing people to buy something so that the government can provide some people with a freebie while poor working class folk go without the same benefit is absolutely detestable.
CBO Report on GOP Health Plan Gets A Big "So What?" Here
The Congressional Budget Office, which "scores" proposed legislation for economic impact, says thousands of people will lose health insurance that have it under Obamacare. The Left is ecstatic. How dumb can you get? Recall, folks, that a terrible component of Obamacare - in fact, the number one component in earning the law its 'Obamashame' moniker - is the requirement, backed by stiff fines, that all citizens buy health insurance. Naturally a law that invades your life and makes you do something will have more takers than one that makes participation optional. Get it?
NIT Sets 32 Team Field and First Round Match-ups;
There is a real and palpable let down for the teams in the NIT. The tournament itself has evolved from the most prestigious of the post-season tournaments to a decided second fiddle. But it the last few years, the fact that the NCAA now owns the tournament and is setting the match-ups, interest has grown. Some teams get automatic bids. Those are the teams that won the regular season title in their conference, but lost the conference's automatic NCAA bid by losing in the conference tournament and then not receiving an at-large NCAA bid.
This year's field includes three Big Ten Schools that did not get NCAA bids. Seven Big Ten Schools received NCAA bids. Indiana (18-15) will play at Georgia Tech (17-15) on Wednesday night at 9 pm, with TV provided on ESPN. Illinois (18-14) will host Valparaiso (24-8) on Wednesday at 7:15 pm, with ESPN2 carrying the game. And Iowa (18-14) will host South Dakota (22-11) Thursday at 7 pm on ESPN2.
These are the other first round games:
- North Carolina - Greensboro (25-9) at Syracuse (18-14), Wednesday, 7 pm, ESPN;
- Mississippi (20-13) at Monmouth (27-6), Wednesday, 7 pm, ESPN3
- Belmont (22-6) at Georgia (19-14), Thursday, 7 pm, ESPN3
- CSU Bakersfield (22-9) at California (21-12), Wednesday, 11:15 pm, ESPN2
- College of Charlston (22-9) at Colorado St. (23-11), Wednesday, 9 pm, ESPN3
- Texas - Arlington (25-8) at BYU (22-11), Thursday, 9 pm, ESPN2
- Akron (26-8) at Houston (21-10), Thursday, 7:30 pm, ESPNU
- UC - Irvine (21-14) at Illinois State (27-6);; Wednesday, 9:30 pm on ESPNU
- Colorado (19-14) at University of Central Florida (21-11), Wednesday, 7 pm on ESPN3
- Boise State (19-11) at Utah (20-11), Tuesday, 10 pm on ESPNU
- Fresno State (20-12) at Texas Christian (19-15), Wednesday, 8 pm on ESPN3
- Richmond (20-12) at Alabama (19-14), Tuesday, 9:15 pm on ESPN3
- Oakland (24-8) at Clemson (17-15), Tuesday, 8 pm on ESPNU
Some of these games have now been played. The scores up-to-the-minute include MIssissippi over Monmouth, 91-83; and Illinois defeating Valparaiso, 82-57. The Crusaders again played without one of the nation's very best players, Alec Peters. The 6', 9" Senior led Valparaiso to over 100 wins over his career there, but a leg injury did not get better as expected and an orthopaedic re-evaluation in early March convinced doctors that he should not play again this season.
In other NIT games, Oakland rallied from way back to win at Clemson, 74-69, Colorado State defeated the College of Charleston, 81-74, Georgia Tech defeated Indiana, 75-63, Richmond got by Alabama, 71-64, Boise State whacked Utah, 73-68, and California State University at Bakersfield used a strong first half to down California, 73-66.
NCAA First Four
The 68-team NCAA Championship Tournament actually started Tuesday and continued on Wednesday with the so-called "first four" games. The winners advance to first round games along with most of the rest of the field. Tuesday Night, the Kansas State Wildcats (20-13) beat back Wake Forest (19-13), 95-88, earning a chance to take on Cincinatti on Friday. In the other game, Mount St. Mary's (19-15) got 17 points and 11 rebounds from Freshman Guard Miles Wilson and used that performance to defeat the University of New Orleans (20-11), 67-66. On Wednesday, UC Davis (23-12) held on to defeat North Carolina Central University (25-9), 67-63. and later, Providence (20-12) and Southern California (24-9)will collide.
Maryland's Baseball Win Streak Ends in Loss at North Carolina
The University of North Carolina Tar Heels routed Maryland, 9-2, on Tuesday Night to end Maryland's 8-game win streak. Nick Dunn knocked in both Maryland runs.
In other NIT games, Oakland rallied from way back to win at Clemson, 74-69, Colorado State defeated the College of Charleston, 81-74, Georgia Tech defeated Indiana, 75-63, Richmond got by Alabama, 71-64, Boise State whacked Utah, 73-68, and California State University at Bakersfield used a strong first half to down California, 73-66.
NCAA First Four
The 68-team NCAA Championship Tournament actually started Tuesday and continued on Wednesday with the so-called "first four" games. The winners advance to first round games along with most of the rest of the field. Tuesday Night, the Kansas State Wildcats (20-13) beat back Wake Forest (19-13), 95-88, earning a chance to take on Cincinatti on Friday. In the other game, Mount St. Mary's (19-15) got 17 points and 11 rebounds from Freshman Guard Miles Wilson and used that performance to defeat the University of New Orleans (20-11), 67-66. On Wednesday, UC Davis (23-12) held on to defeat North Carolina Central University (25-9), 67-63. and later, Providence (20-12) and Southern California (24-9)will collide.
Maryland's Baseball Win Streak Ends in Loss at North Carolina
The University of North Carolina Tar Heels routed Maryland, 9-2, on Tuesday Night to end Maryland's 8-game win streak. Nick Dunn knocked in both Maryland runs.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Lots of Snow Imminent; Terps Win a Doubleheader and Get an NCAA Basketball Berth
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Monday, March 13, 2017 - It's 2:33 pm on Monday here in Baltimore, and on a bitter cold late winter day on the Atlantic Coast, there's more than a little bit of news.
A lot of buzz concerns the weather. A major winter storm is said to be on the way, with some weather wizards saying Baltimore and its immediate vicinity could get up to a foot of snow, while points just north, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston, will have an actual blizzard. At Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport, the snow total for the entire winter, so far, is 0.7 inches; i.e., less than one inch. Here where I live, the total is around three inches, but you get the point.
My personal memory tells me that in winters where there is little snow, the temperatures tend to be all over the place. This winter is like that. There were unusually warm snaps, but also some very cold snaps. One followed the other with little time in between. Just last weekend the temperature one day was 70 degrees, while the next day the high was in the 30's. The cold snap now in progress has been around a lot longer than the usual for this particular winter. But this late in the winter - the official beginning of spring is only days away - the stabilizing effect is going to be minimal. No matter how much falls, it won't last, at least not in this neck of the woods.
Schools around here are already cancelled, some of them, anyway. They're already putting stuff on the roads. But Obama stood up and walked away. (That's a joke)
There is other news. The Russian Ambassador, it has been revealed, met countless times with the Clinton campaign during the recent presidential campaign. Senator McCain, who of late has been on one of his liberal jags, said over the weekend that he "insists" that Trump reveal the evidence he has that Obama wired Trump towers. No disrespect for the Great Man, but who died and made him emperor? Obama has already put a claim in for that position (That's not really a joke; it's more of a satirical remark, if you take my meaning.).
Sports: Maryland took a doubleheader from Bryant on Sunday in cold College Park. The Terps have now won 8 straight games to improve to 9-5; this after a 1-5 start. They stole ten bases in the doubleheader, giving them 33 for the season. Amazingly, that is 5 more than they were able to steal all of last season. The better news is that the games give evidence that their starting pitching is starting to stabilize. Taylor Bloom went 7 strong innings in the opener without giving up an earned run. He got the win to even his mark at 2-2. Tyler Blohm, the freshman who has emerged as the Terps' No. 3 starter, went six innings in winning the nightcap. He is a solid 3-1 and looks like Maryland's Sunday Starter in Big Ten Series games. The Terps continue to get strong offensive performances from Marty Costes and Zach Jancarski. The two combined to go 6-7 in the opener on Sunday. In the nightcap, Kevin Smith hit a decisive double to plate two runs during Maryland's three-run fourth inning.
The Terps took the opener, 9-2, and won the second game, 4-0. Maryland is now, as we said, 9-5 overall and play at North Carolina on Tuesday evening.
The Maryland basketball team received a 6 seed in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, better known as March Madness. After finishing poorly, some feared the 24-8 Terps would get left out of the tournament. Instead, the Terps were seeded higher than 4 of the 7 Big Ten Schools which received bids.
The Terps are in the West regional and will play Xavier on Thursday evening at 6:50 pm. The game will be televised on TNT.
A lot of buzz concerns the weather. A major winter storm is said to be on the way, with some weather wizards saying Baltimore and its immediate vicinity could get up to a foot of snow, while points just north, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston, will have an actual blizzard. At Thurgood Marshall Baltimore Washington International Airport, the snow total for the entire winter, so far, is 0.7 inches; i.e., less than one inch. Here where I live, the total is around three inches, but you get the point.
My personal memory tells me that in winters where there is little snow, the temperatures tend to be all over the place. This winter is like that. There were unusually warm snaps, but also some very cold snaps. One followed the other with little time in between. Just last weekend the temperature one day was 70 degrees, while the next day the high was in the 30's. The cold snap now in progress has been around a lot longer than the usual for this particular winter. But this late in the winter - the official beginning of spring is only days away - the stabilizing effect is going to be minimal. No matter how much falls, it won't last, at least not in this neck of the woods.
Schools around here are already cancelled, some of them, anyway. They're already putting stuff on the roads. But Obama stood up and walked away. (That's a joke)
There is other news. The Russian Ambassador, it has been revealed, met countless times with the Clinton campaign during the recent presidential campaign. Senator McCain, who of late has been on one of his liberal jags, said over the weekend that he "insists" that Trump reveal the evidence he has that Obama wired Trump towers. No disrespect for the Great Man, but who died and made him emperor? Obama has already put a claim in for that position (That's not really a joke; it's more of a satirical remark, if you take my meaning.).
Sports: Maryland took a doubleheader from Bryant on Sunday in cold College Park. The Terps have now won 8 straight games to improve to 9-5; this after a 1-5 start. They stole ten bases in the doubleheader, giving them 33 for the season. Amazingly, that is 5 more than they were able to steal all of last season. The better news is that the games give evidence that their starting pitching is starting to stabilize. Taylor Bloom went 7 strong innings in the opener without giving up an earned run. He got the win to even his mark at 2-2. Tyler Blohm, the freshman who has emerged as the Terps' No. 3 starter, went six innings in winning the nightcap. He is a solid 3-1 and looks like Maryland's Sunday Starter in Big Ten Series games. The Terps continue to get strong offensive performances from Marty Costes and Zach Jancarski. The two combined to go 6-7 in the opener on Sunday. In the nightcap, Kevin Smith hit a decisive double to plate two runs during Maryland's three-run fourth inning.
The Terps took the opener, 9-2, and won the second game, 4-0. Maryland is now, as we said, 9-5 overall and play at North Carolina on Tuesday evening.
The Maryland basketball team received a 6 seed in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, better known as March Madness. After finishing poorly, some feared the 24-8 Terps would get left out of the tournament. Instead, the Terps were seeded higher than 4 of the 7 Big Ten Schools which received bids.
The Terps are in the West regional and will play Xavier on Thursday evening at 6:50 pm. The game will be televised on TNT.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Warm February Followed By Bitter Cold March; Major Winter Storm Predicted for Atlantic Seaboard; Sports:Bryant at Maryland Baseball Game Postponed, Teams to Play Doubleheader on Sunday Beginning at Noon
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Saturday, March 11, 2017 - Warm, even balmy weather was prevalent on the Atlantic Seaboard in February and even into early March. Flowers are blooming and flowering trees are, also. Spring has sprung, or so it appeared.
Then the locals awoke this morning to temperatures around 20 degrees at daybreak. They also awoke to predictions of heavy, even blinding snow amidst a major 'Noreaster' early next week.
The forecast for this storm - being called a "megastorm" by the Weather Channel folk - is absolutely staggering. One to two feet of snow together with high winds off the Atlantic Ocean. The folks at Accuweather have posted a map that puts Baltimore in the crosshairs of the storm, where the heaviest accumulations are expected.
Now, to be clear, Baltimore is on the edge of the heaviest accumulations and most intense snowfalls. But understand, Baltimore is on the edge of the area predicted to get the most intense effects, not the edge of any effects. According to almost every forecast, Baltimore is due to get slammed. This is the information available at Saturday afternoon at 1:45 pm.
Sports: Bryant at Maryland Baseball Game Postponed; Teams to Play Twin Bill Sunday Beginning at Noon
Maryland will have to wait at least one more day to see whether it can extend its current six game win streak. Sub-freezing temperatures and a cold north wind convinced school officials in College Park to postpone the Saturday afternoon single game and reschedule it as part of a twin bill on Sunday afternoon. The first game at Shipley Field will get under way at noon. Both games are set to be televised on BTNToGo.
Maryland is now 7-5 overall. They have won six straight games after being swept in a three game series at Louisiana State February 24-26. After the Bryant doubleheader tomorrow (March 12), the Terps will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Tuesday (6 pm) to take on the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
Then the locals awoke this morning to temperatures around 20 degrees at daybreak. They also awoke to predictions of heavy, even blinding snow amidst a major 'Noreaster' early next week.
The forecast for this storm - being called a "megastorm" by the Weather Channel folk - is absolutely staggering. One to two feet of snow together with high winds off the Atlantic Ocean. The folks at Accuweather have posted a map that puts Baltimore in the crosshairs of the storm, where the heaviest accumulations are expected.
Now, to be clear, Baltimore is on the edge of the heaviest accumulations and most intense snowfalls. But understand, Baltimore is on the edge of the area predicted to get the most intense effects, not the edge of any effects. According to almost every forecast, Baltimore is due to get slammed. This is the information available at Saturday afternoon at 1:45 pm.
Sports: Bryant at Maryland Baseball Game Postponed; Teams to Play Twin Bill Sunday Beginning at Noon
Maryland will have to wait at least one more day to see whether it can extend its current six game win streak. Sub-freezing temperatures and a cold north wind convinced school officials in College Park to postpone the Saturday afternoon single game and reschedule it as part of a twin bill on Sunday afternoon. The first game at Shipley Field will get under way at noon. Both games are set to be televised on BTNToGo.
Maryland is now 7-5 overall. They have won six straight games after being swept in a three game series at Louisiana State February 24-26. After the Bryant doubleheader tomorrow (March 12), the Terps will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Tuesday (6 pm) to take on the University of North Carolina Tar Heels.
GOP Must Stop Wiith Lame Excuses and Heed Wishes of Voters
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Saturday, March 10, 2017 - None of the so-called "new" plans have rustled up even a whiff of support amongst the so-called ding dongs in the mainstream ultra far left media. Instead, these jokers just sit around, twiddling their thumbs, griping and whining and being downright annoying. Sounds just dandy, doesn't it?
The GOP needs to pass some kind of health care reform. The one in place - Obamashame - will implode very soon, as is demonstrated by the heinous fee increases in many states, the outlandish regulations in place in all states, the wholesale lack of confidence and enthusiasm on the part of even those who have spent their hard earned cash on it, not to mention good common sense. The GOP has had years to come up with a replacement for it. But they cannot agree. It seems to me that the plan backed by conservative Republicans is the one favored by nearly all of the people who backed President Trump, but it is also the plan with the least support in Congress. This, to me, has a bad bad smell to it.
We have heard - and I know you've all heard this soliloquy before - that monied interests of so-called landed gentry Republicans are afraid of the financial risks of free market health plans.. America is a free market nation that is afraid of the free market. To be candid, the people afraid of the free market are the ones who already have their money and don't want anyone else to get it, while the ones who want the free market are the little guys still seeking a chance to make their mark in this world.
The GOP Big Wheels - the Paul Ryans and Mitch McConnells (Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr.) of this world - have told the voters that if they give the GOP the House of Representatives they would rid the world of Obamashame. The House being delivered, but Obamashame still holding sway, the big wheels said, well, we need the Senate. They got the Senate. But we need the White House, they implored. They got the White House. Now, incredibly, we are hearing that they "need" some 60 GOP votes in the senate. I say: "don't you dare."
Under their arcane rules they might "want" 60 votes. But rare is the day that either party holds such an overwhelming majority in the august body. The voters have waited on the big wheels hand and foot. They have gotten everything they asked for, and then some. The will of the people couldn't be clearer.
The Democrats are on a downbound train precisely because they governed contrary to the will of the people. McConnell, if he must, can change the bloody rules. Yes he can. The Dems, when they were in charge in the senate, did change the rules, and they did it only because they wanted to serve their slimy base, a base that was demonstrably out of touch with most Americans and on the way to being an obscure minority in the senate.
McConnell has precisely the opposite incentive: he has to do it because the majority of Americans have shown exactly what they want. Change the rules, put the appointed Parliamentarian in her place (this is another obscure and arcane impediment I cannot bring myself to describing), and get Obamashame in the trash dumpster of malfunctioning legislation. And please, do so with all haste, lest you be catching a ride with Obamashame to the wasteland of those who hypocritically called wolf when it was only a squirrel kicking up a ruckus.
The GOP needs to pass some kind of health care reform. The one in place - Obamashame - will implode very soon, as is demonstrated by the heinous fee increases in many states, the outlandish regulations in place in all states, the wholesale lack of confidence and enthusiasm on the part of even those who have spent their hard earned cash on it, not to mention good common sense. The GOP has had years to come up with a replacement for it. But they cannot agree. It seems to me that the plan backed by conservative Republicans is the one favored by nearly all of the people who backed President Trump, but it is also the plan with the least support in Congress. This, to me, has a bad bad smell to it.
We have heard - and I know you've all heard this soliloquy before - that monied interests of so-called landed gentry Republicans are afraid of the financial risks of free market health plans.. America is a free market nation that is afraid of the free market. To be candid, the people afraid of the free market are the ones who already have their money and don't want anyone else to get it, while the ones who want the free market are the little guys still seeking a chance to make their mark in this world.
The GOP Big Wheels - the Paul Ryans and Mitch McConnells (Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr.) of this world - have told the voters that if they give the GOP the House of Representatives they would rid the world of Obamashame. The House being delivered, but Obamashame still holding sway, the big wheels said, well, we need the Senate. They got the Senate. But we need the White House, they implored. They got the White House. Now, incredibly, we are hearing that they "need" some 60 GOP votes in the senate. I say: "don't you dare."
Under their arcane rules they might "want" 60 votes. But rare is the day that either party holds such an overwhelming majority in the august body. The voters have waited on the big wheels hand and foot. They have gotten everything they asked for, and then some. The will of the people couldn't be clearer.
The Democrats are on a downbound train precisely because they governed contrary to the will of the people. McConnell, if he must, can change the bloody rules. Yes he can. The Dems, when they were in charge in the senate, did change the rules, and they did it only because they wanted to serve their slimy base, a base that was demonstrably out of touch with most Americans and on the way to being an obscure minority in the senate.
McConnell has precisely the opposite incentive: he has to do it because the majority of Americans have shown exactly what they want. Change the rules, put the appointed Parliamentarian in her place (this is another obscure and arcane impediment I cannot bring myself to describing), and get Obamashame in the trash dumpster of malfunctioning legislation. And please, do so with all haste, lest you be catching a ride with Obamashame to the wasteland of those who hypocritically called wolf when it was only a squirrel kicking up a ruckus.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Maryland Defeats Bryant, 7-1, behind Brian Shaffer''s Solid 7 Innings
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Friday, March 10, 2017 - The box score said it all. Each game, a word or two gets inserted into the official stats of the game describing the weather. A typical insert for baseball is "sunny, warm" or "overcast". On Friday, the insert said, simply, "cold." The announced, or should we say "acknowledged" crowd of 195 cold-hardy fans would agree, I suppose.
Cold weather often deadens the offense in baseball. That truism held sway Friday afternoon in College Park. When Maryland came to bat in the bottom of the sixth, they trailed their Rhode Island guests, 1-0. Fortunately for the Terps, that was about to change, albeit a little at a time. First, it has to be noted that Maryland starting pitcher Brian Shaffer was doing all he could to keep Maryland in the game. In seven solid innings, he scattered 5 hits and allowed only one (earned) run, while striking out 8. The whole outing required a mere 98 pitches.
Shaffer's offensive teammates finally joined the fray, as we said, in the sixth inning. It wouldn't pay to dwell on the Maryland 4th inning, when Bryant starter Steve Theetge walked the bases loaded before wiggling out of the mess. He wasn't so lucky in the 6th, when Maryland knocked him out of the game. Marty Costes led off with a single, followed by a walk to Brandon Gum. Both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Terp Catcher Nick Cieri. This ended Theetge's day, although when he left he still had the lead. It didn't last. The next Terp hitter, Will Watson, greeted Bryant's new hurler, Jack Ipsen, with a single to left field to tie the game. Costes scored on the hit, with Gum stopping at third. Madisen Nickens whacked a sacrifice fly to center field to put Maryland ahead, as it turned out, for good.
Maryland added three insurance runs in the seventh inning, and Watson, once again, had the big hit, a two-run single. The Terps then scored two more in the eighth inning, with Costes and Zach Jancarski knocking the runs home with RBI singles.
Shaffer got the win to improve to 1-1. Andrew Miller pitched the 8th and 9th innings for the Terps, striking out 5, but being denied a save because of Maryland's sizable lead. Maryland is now 7-5 while Bryant slipped to 3-8.
The two teams continue their series on Saturday afternoon, game time being set at 2 pm. Balmy temperatures are expected in the mid thirties. Fans are not allowed to build bonfires in the bleachers.
Cold weather often deadens the offense in baseball. That truism held sway Friday afternoon in College Park. When Maryland came to bat in the bottom of the sixth, they trailed their Rhode Island guests, 1-0. Fortunately for the Terps, that was about to change, albeit a little at a time. First, it has to be noted that Maryland starting pitcher Brian Shaffer was doing all he could to keep Maryland in the game. In seven solid innings, he scattered 5 hits and allowed only one (earned) run, while striking out 8. The whole outing required a mere 98 pitches.
Shaffer's offensive teammates finally joined the fray, as we said, in the sixth inning. It wouldn't pay to dwell on the Maryland 4th inning, when Bryant starter Steve Theetge walked the bases loaded before wiggling out of the mess. He wasn't so lucky in the 6th, when Maryland knocked him out of the game. Marty Costes led off with a single, followed by a walk to Brandon Gum. Both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Terp Catcher Nick Cieri. This ended Theetge's day, although when he left he still had the lead. It didn't last. The next Terp hitter, Will Watson, greeted Bryant's new hurler, Jack Ipsen, with a single to left field to tie the game. Costes scored on the hit, with Gum stopping at third. Madisen Nickens whacked a sacrifice fly to center field to put Maryland ahead, as it turned out, for good.
Maryland added three insurance runs in the seventh inning, and Watson, once again, had the big hit, a two-run single. The Terps then scored two more in the eighth inning, with Costes and Zach Jancarski knocking the runs home with RBI singles.
Shaffer got the win to improve to 1-1. Andrew Miller pitched the 8th and 9th innings for the Terps, striking out 5, but being denied a save because of Maryland's sizable lead. Maryland is now 7-5 while Bryant slipped to 3-8.
The two teams continue their series on Saturday afternoon, game time being set at 2 pm. Balmy temperatures are expected in the mid thirties. Fans are not allowed to build bonfires in the bleachers.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Maryland Explodes for 6 Runs in 8th Inning to Defeat St. Joseph's, 11-5
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Thursday, March 9, 2017 - Once again, a Maryland starting pitcher gave up a basket full of early runs, leaving his team far behind. Once again, a long relief pitcher bailed him out with an outstanding performance, but did not get credit for the win. Once again, Maryland's offense came alive after falling behind. Once again, Maryland won, this time for the fifth straight time.
At College Park on Wednesday, Marty Costes drove in three runs and Tayler Stiles threw three and one-third innings of shut-out relief as Maryland stormed from behind to beat winless St. Joseph's, 11-5. The Terps used a six-run eighth inning to break open a tight game. Maryland hitters smashed four home runs in the game, which was witnessed by 361 fans in College Park.
Maryland starting pitcher Erick Cameron was shelled for four runs on three hits, a walk and a hit batsman as St. Joseph's broke on top, 4-0, after just one and one-half innings.
Cameron, who retired the Hawks in the first inning after surrendering only a meaningless two-out single, couldn't get anybody out in the second. He was relieved by Stiles, who then pitched three and one-third innings of shut-out relief, scattering three hits but walking no Hawk hitter. Stiles' outing gave the Maryland offense a chance to get the Terps back in the game, and to their credit, they did not blow the opportunity. Maryland struck for two runs in the second inning and two more in the third to tie the game. The score remained tied until the sixth inning, when the Terps broke on top with a single run, only to see St. Joseph's battle back to tie the game in their half of the seventh.
The game remained tied, this time until Maryland came to bat in the eighth. Madison Nickens led off the Maryland eighth with his second homer of the season. Then, a series of walks, errors, wild pitches and other assorted baseball atrocities, mixed with Marty Costes infield single, produced four more Maryland runs. Before Nickens homer, Costes, Justin Morris and AJ Lee had also hit the long ball for Maryland.
Mike Rescigno, who pitched the top of the eighth for Maryland, giving up neither a hit or run and striking out one, was credited with the win because he was the pitcher of record when the Terps took the lead for good. Ryan Selmer again pitched the ninth, but the Terps were too far ahead by then for him to be credited with a save.
Maryland, which, at 6-5 is now over .500 for the first time this season, is idle today but is back at Shipley Stadium this weekend for three games with Bryant. Friday and Saturday's games begin at 2 pm, while Sunday's affair begins at 1 pm.
At College Park on Wednesday, Marty Costes drove in three runs and Tayler Stiles threw three and one-third innings of shut-out relief as Maryland stormed from behind to beat winless St. Joseph's, 11-5. The Terps used a six-run eighth inning to break open a tight game. Maryland hitters smashed four home runs in the game, which was witnessed by 361 fans in College Park.
Maryland starting pitcher Erick Cameron was shelled for four runs on three hits, a walk and a hit batsman as St. Joseph's broke on top, 4-0, after just one and one-half innings.
Cameron, who retired the Hawks in the first inning after surrendering only a meaningless two-out single, couldn't get anybody out in the second. He was relieved by Stiles, who then pitched three and one-third innings of shut-out relief, scattering three hits but walking no Hawk hitter. Stiles' outing gave the Maryland offense a chance to get the Terps back in the game, and to their credit, they did not blow the opportunity. Maryland struck for two runs in the second inning and two more in the third to tie the game. The score remained tied until the sixth inning, when the Terps broke on top with a single run, only to see St. Joseph's battle back to tie the game in their half of the seventh.
The game remained tied, this time until Maryland came to bat in the eighth. Madison Nickens led off the Maryland eighth with his second homer of the season. Then, a series of walks, errors, wild pitches and other assorted baseball atrocities, mixed with Marty Costes infield single, produced four more Maryland runs. Before Nickens homer, Costes, Justin Morris and AJ Lee had also hit the long ball for Maryland.
Mike Rescigno, who pitched the top of the eighth for Maryland, giving up neither a hit or run and striking out one, was credited with the win because he was the pitcher of record when the Terps took the lead for good. Ryan Selmer again pitched the ninth, but the Terps were too far ahead by then for him to be credited with a save.
Maryland, which, at 6-5 is now over .500 for the first time this season, is idle today but is back at Shipley Stadium this weekend for three games with Bryant. Friday and Saturday's games begin at 2 pm, while Sunday's affair begins at 1 pm.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Only Minor Injuries After Jet Carrying Michigan Basketball Team Crashes Subsequent to Aborting Takeoff at Detroit Airport
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Wednesday, March 7, 2017 - The Jet carrying the University of Michigan basketball team to the Big Ten Tournament in Washington, D.C. was forced to abort its takeoff in Michigan today, just an instant after leaving the ground. The pilots of the speeding jet executed a hard braking and managed to bring the vehicle to a stop before anyone on board sustained serious injuries.
The Jet, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-83, was attempting to become airborne just before 3 pm despite strong winds at Detroit - Willow Run Airport. But just after its wheels were withdrawn, they snapped back down. The pilots reacted promptly, and even though the jet crashed through a chain link fence and crossed a road near the airport, no one was seriously injured, either on the craft or on the ground. But the jet sustained serious damage.
A player on the Michigan team, Andrew Dakich, told his father, Dan Dakich, an ESPN On-Air Personality, that the Michigan Coach, John Beilein, played a heroic role in evacuating the jet. With at least one engine that was located near an escape route smoking, Beline placed himself in harm's way and helped everyone on board to escape. Several people said it was possible that some on board sustained minor injuries.
As this is posted near 9:30 pm the Michigan team was still in Michigan and was planning on leaving Thursday. It is due to open play in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night.
The Jet, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-83, was attempting to become airborne just before 3 pm despite strong winds at Detroit - Willow Run Airport. But just after its wheels were withdrawn, they snapped back down. The pilots reacted promptly, and even though the jet crashed through a chain link fence and crossed a road near the airport, no one was seriously injured, either on the craft or on the ground. But the jet sustained serious damage.
A player on the Michigan team, Andrew Dakich, told his father, Dan Dakich, an ESPN On-Air Personality, that the Michigan Coach, John Beilein, played a heroic role in evacuating the jet. With at least one engine that was located near an escape route smoking, Beline placed himself in harm's way and helped everyone on board to escape. Several people said it was possible that some on board sustained minor injuries.
As this is posted near 9:30 pm the Michigan team was still in Michigan and was planning on leaving Thursday. It is due to open play in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Maryland Baseball Battles Back to .500 With Stunning Comeback Win Over William & Mary
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - They started the season with only one win in the first six games; for the mathematically challenged, that left Maryland's Baseball Team at one win and five losses. They started today's game by falling behind, 6-0, after one and one-half innings.
This is why they pay college baseball coaches the big money. Except that they don't. How could they? At today's home-opener on a beautiful March day, the official attendance was 257. When Maryland played at Louisiana State ten days ago, the crowds were in excess of 7,000 fans.
Anyway.
After the 1-5 start, the determined Terps swept three tough weekend games in Cary, North Carolina at a round-robin Tournament sponsored by USA Baseball and Notre Dame. After coming from behind in the 9th inning to beat Notre Dame, 4-3 in the first game, Maryland proceeded to crush then No. 6 North Carolina State, 9-2, and Dayton, 11-2. Playing at home for the first time today, Maryland overcame William & Mary's 6-run second inning by scoring 4 of their own runs in the bottom of that inning, Then, in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Terps scored three more times to take the lead for good.
But that wasn't the end of the game. Maryland proceeded to add single runs in the 7th and 8th innings, enabling them to hold off Tribe runs in the 8th and 9th. The final score was Maryland 9, William & Mary 8.
Hunter Parsons started for Maryland, but did not pitch well. He was charged with all six of William & Mary's 2nd inning runs, which were accomplished with five hits and two bases on balls, in just one and two-thirds innings and 43 total pitches. Once again, however, relief hurler Rich Hill helped save the Terps, going three and one-third innings of shut-out baseball and striking out 6.
Tayler Stiles pitched next and was the beneficiary of Maryland's three-run sixth. He was credited with the win with one scoreless (and hitless) inning. The end-of-game staff was a bit shaky but got the job done. Mike Rescigno pitched the seventh inning, giving up one earned run and three hits. Ryan Selmer pitched the 8th and 9th to get the save, his second, though he was charged with three hits, one walk and the Tribe's final run.
No fewer than five Maryland hitters had two hits in the Terps' 13 hit attack. Centerfielder Zach Jancarski and starting third baseman Kevin Biondic were each credited with two runs batted in.
The left the Terps record at 5-5. They will attempt to move over .500 when they host St. Joseph's on Wednesday at 4 pm.
This is why they pay college baseball coaches the big money. Except that they don't. How could they? At today's home-opener on a beautiful March day, the official attendance was 257. When Maryland played at Louisiana State ten days ago, the crowds were in excess of 7,000 fans.
Anyway.
After the 1-5 start, the determined Terps swept three tough weekend games in Cary, North Carolina at a round-robin Tournament sponsored by USA Baseball and Notre Dame. After coming from behind in the 9th inning to beat Notre Dame, 4-3 in the first game, Maryland proceeded to crush then No. 6 North Carolina State, 9-2, and Dayton, 11-2. Playing at home for the first time today, Maryland overcame William & Mary's 6-run second inning by scoring 4 of their own runs in the bottom of that inning, Then, in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Terps scored three more times to take the lead for good.
But that wasn't the end of the game. Maryland proceeded to add single runs in the 7th and 8th innings, enabling them to hold off Tribe runs in the 8th and 9th. The final score was Maryland 9, William & Mary 8.
Hunter Parsons started for Maryland, but did not pitch well. He was charged with all six of William & Mary's 2nd inning runs, which were accomplished with five hits and two bases on balls, in just one and two-thirds innings and 43 total pitches. Once again, however, relief hurler Rich Hill helped save the Terps, going three and one-third innings of shut-out baseball and striking out 6.
Tayler Stiles pitched next and was the beneficiary of Maryland's three-run sixth. He was credited with the win with one scoreless (and hitless) inning. The end-of-game staff was a bit shaky but got the job done. Mike Rescigno pitched the seventh inning, giving up one earned run and three hits. Ryan Selmer pitched the 8th and 9th to get the save, his second, though he was charged with three hits, one walk and the Tribe's final run.
No fewer than five Maryland hitters had two hits in the Terps' 13 hit attack. Centerfielder Zach Jancarski and starting third baseman Kevin Biondic were each credited with two runs batted in.
The left the Terps record at 5-5. They will attempt to move over .500 when they host St. Joseph's on Wednesday at 4 pm.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Obama's Machiavellian Plan to Hold On To Power; Maryland Baseball Sweeps Notre Dame, No. 6 North Carolina State and Dayton in Weekend Tournament; Terp Basketball Team Gets No. 3 Seed in Big Ten Tourney, Will Play Friday Night
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sunday, March 5, 2017 - There is an overwhelming, almost unimaginable degree of arrogance at play when one person decides for himself that he should break the will of a nation's citizens so that he can have his own selfish way. Of course there are bootlickers galore around him, still telling him he is, what, visionary, a trailblazer? He would have us believe that it is an idea he seeks to save. But even he knows that is a lie. The so-called idea is embedded in failed, rotten, old and sour legislation (old, sour, socialist legislation, if we can please, please be honest and candid), and it is an idea embedded in legislation that the nation's people have said, by their votes and their opinions, that they want absolutely nothing to do with.
But when you are so narcissistic that you can look truth in the eye and not recognize it, you won't see the truth because your ego won't begin to allow it, and the bootlickers around you are telling you this is your moment. You know it isn't anyone's moment except the man who actually won the national election, fair and square. But there you are, telling lie after lie, planting false evidence, conspiring with the nation's greatest enemy and doing all manner of squalid, sick marxist nonsense, all to save your legacy that isn't a legacy at all. By your very actions, you prove that
The person I speak of, of course, is Barack-el Hussein Obama, the former President, the Islamic Wannabe, the runaway narcissistic man now squirrelled away in a mansion is serving as a sort of second-string White House. The fully rejected idea he is "fighting" for is his old stale and sour Marxist "health" plan known as Obamacare or, as we like to call it, Obamashame.
Obama was elected President of These United States in 2008 with broad support across the political spectrum. Many Americans thought - and hoped and prayed - that by electing a Black Man as President it would put an end, finally, to the idea that there was lingering racial animosity in America. Obama seemed to endorse that idea himself back in 2008 by running as a political moderate whose aim, he said, was to govern the country by reaching across the aisles and building political consensus. And he convinced so many people that he was sincere.
Some Americans were skeptical, not because we were not attracted to the good that could be done by electing a Black Man President, but because when we looked into Obama's record as a politician, and before that, as a 'community organizer,' we learned, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this man was no moderate, never was and never would be. Instead, we learned that Obama was a committed leftist, an admitted adherent to the far left guru, Saul David Alinsky, (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) the late American community organizer and far left radical. Alinsky's 1971 Book, "Rules for Radicals," is Obama's Bible.
Those of us who opposed Obama right from the start were also appalled at the disgusting behavior of the mainstream media. It became clear that the media had no intention of fulfilling their historic role as the so-called fourth estate of American Government. The media would never vet Obama even a little bit. Instead, they actually covered up his radical behavior and radical tendencies, downplayed his radical past, covered up much of it, and flat out lied about a lot more. How people whose very role in American life has a noble tone to it could abandon that role, lie about that role and lie about a presidential candidate that they wanted elected at all cost is beyond me. There demeaning behavior caused Obama to win. It also caused a huge number of Americans to jettison them from their lives forever.
Whether Barack-el Hussein Obama was ever a good and decent man, an honest man, a trustworthy man, can be debated until the proverbial cows come home. What is crystal clear is that he is not now, and has not been anything even close to good and decent for quite some time. As he has slid further and further into Anti-American and Unethical Behavior, he has become quite the bad person, and maybe even very bad.
America actually caught on to his lack of candor and lack of truthfulness very early in his first term. Many remember his false and fraudulent statements about Obamacare ("you can keep your doctor, you can keep your health plan, and "middle class families will save $2,500.00 annually when Obamacare is enacted.). Obamacare is his only legislative success in eight years in office, and to get it passed he had to ram it down the throats of an increasingly recalcitrant Congress even though his party controlled both houses of the nation's legislative body. The openly sordid and heavy-handed Marxist-style thuggishness Obama employed to get Obamacare enacted shocked America to the core. Within two years, he had lost his sizable control of the House of Representatives. When the "Lion of the Senate," Senator Edward Kennedy, died in office, a Republican was elected to replace him even in heavily Democratic Massachusetts and even though Obama himself was heavily involved in the campaign.
To finally get Obamacare enacted, Obama had to openly bribe members of his own party to vote for it. When the law's shaky constitutionality was challenged in Court, Obama openly lobbied members of the Court to sustain it, and when that appeared to be failing (one of Obama's appointees to the Court, Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor, was said to be feeding him information about how the law was fairing during the court's deliberations, even though such activity was illegal and unethical) Obama launched into thinly veiled threats against the Chief Justice of the Court, John Roberts. It worked. Roberts himself wrote the Court's sloppy and poorly researched opinion that contorted Constitutional Law beyond recognition. But it sustained the law to the surprise of a stunned nation. Roberts, who thought his maneuver would gain him praise from the nation's liberals, instead became an embarrassment to the Court, and left him untrusted by his own conservative colleagues. His reputation will never recover.
After surviving the Court challenge, Obama believed his Obamacare law was finally safe. His chosen successor, Hillary Clinton, was ahead in every opinion poll and appeared an election shoe-in. She was on record as supporting Obamacare. True, Clinton's opponent, Donald Trump, hated the law and vowed to repeal it immediately upon being elected, but no one thought that would ever happen.
The American Voter rarely responds well to bullying. The co-opted media tried to portray Trump as a buffoon and a hick. But they, too, were wrong. In the Red States, anger at Obamacare and other Obama failures, including Benghazi, Iraq, unemployment, treatment of the military, treatment of veterans and treatment of police, was causing voters to look elsewhere for their President. Even when Mr. Trump made mistakes, the voters remained firmly in his camp. Polls showing Trump far behind were offset by the huge and enthusiastic crowds that appeared at everyone of his campaign stops. Even when Hillary seeded these campaign appearances with hired thugs, thugs who disguised themselves as Trump supporters then started brawls, the people came.
On election night, state after state began to fall for Trump. Key battleground states fell for Trump. In the end, even so-called Blue States like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, fell for Trump. Donald Trump became the next President of the United States. Barack-El was outraged. He was not about to allow his signature legislation, as goofy as it was, fall to a buffoon like Trump.
Trump, however, was not a buffoon.
Nevertheless, Obama concocted a Machiavellian Scheme that was directly contrary to every precedent of American Electoral Tradition, contrary to every election law, contrary to every known legal maxim, all in order to save his Obamacare and his so-called reputation. Obama actually wanted to deny Trump his due, his Presidency that he'd won fair and square.
This far out plan called for America's most pernicious enemy, Russia, to work with Obama and his low-brow functionaries and thug bootlickers to spread vicious accounts of how Trump and Russia somehow sullied the election results to Trump's benefit, and actually thieved the election from Hillary. The bizarre and disgusting plan was replete with fake news plants in the complicit mainstream media, complicit and sometimes overt cooperation from the media, complicit and sometimes overt cooperation from foreign governments anxious to stay on Obama's good side in case he somehow pulled all of this off, and the financial support of several well-heeled leftists, chief among them the thuggish and overtly evil George Soros. There are also other facets of the plan that have not yet come to light, but give them time, they are surely in place and ready to play their roles.
So far, Obama's disgusting anti-American plan has worked well. The clearly complicit media continues to 'cover' the supposed plan by trump and Russia to steal the election. There never was any such plan and many in the media know it but don't care. They hate Trump, and any story that hurts Trump, however fictitious, is worth their time. The lamentable idiots in Congress refuse to defend Trump or speak out against Obama. Russia best friend in Washington, Chuckie Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, has always been a good friend of the complicit Russian Ambassador to America, Sergey Kislyak. Another of Kislyak's buddies in Washington is Obama. Kislyak has been to the White House a stunning 22 times during the Obama years.
Between Schumer and Obama, Trump's Cabinet has been delayed and harpooned at every turn. From his shadow White House, Obama calls Democratic Senators and Congressmen to give them their marching orders. He has had eight years to learn the besotted City's many tricks. Trump is a fast learner, but he is learning on the fly against an evil enemy who is trying to ruin him and end America as we know it. Trump's two most useful cabinet-level picks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn, have already been ripped from Trump's forces. Others are in Obama's cross-hairs, including Trump's knowledgeable and competent son-in-law, Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981).
By all accounts, the Media knows of Obama's complex plan to retain power, but they are not reporting on any of it. Obama's plan is said to include, at a minimum:
Going into the weekend, Maryland's baseball team was a miserable 1-5, its pitching in shambles and its confidence shaken. Then they played in the USA Baseball - Irish Classic in Cary, North Carolina (the home of USA Baseball), and, well, what a difference three straight wins will make.
The weekend started with the Terps storming from behind in the ninth inning against Notre Dame to capture a 4-3 win. Brandon Gum's single tied the score in the ninth, and Dan Maynard's pinch hit sac fly scored the winning run. Ryan Selmer pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to earn the save, while Ryan Hill got the win with one and one-third hitless innings, including three strike outs.
The wins on Saturday and Sunday were nowhere near as harrowing. The Terps hammered No. 6 N.C. State on Saturday, 9-2, behind 7 solid innings from Taylor Bloom, who got the win, and home runs by Madisen Nickens and Marty Costes. On Sunday, the Terps continued with the high powered offense, crushing Dayton, 11-2. Tyler Blohm became the first Terp with two wins, scattering three hits in five solid innings of work. Nick Dunn went 4 for 6 and knocked in 3 runs, while Kevin Smith went 3 for 5 and also plated three runs. The Terps improved to 4-5.
Maryland now returns home for 5 straight games, including William and Mary on Tuesday, St. Joseph's on Wednesday, and Bryant for 3 weekend games.
Maryland's Basketball Team earned the No. 3 Seed in the Big Ten tournament to be played this week down the road in Washington D.C. Their high seed means they will get a double bye and not have to play until Friday Night against the survivor of Northwestern, Rutgers and Penn State. Rutgers and Penn State will play each other on Wednesday, with the winner playing Northwestern on Thursday. The winner there plays Maryland on Friday night.
When Melo Trimble's 30 foot bomb sunk Michigan State Saturday afternoon in College Park, it removed even the slightest doubt as to whether the Terps would qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The Terps and Spartans were tied, 60-60, when Maryland got possession with a shade over six seconds left to play. Trimble in-bounded the ball and got a quick return pass. He then dribbled the length of the floor before using a little head fake to clear him for an in-stride hoist from long range. The shot was perfect. After a lot of pandemonium and a lot of referee talking, it was ruled that 1.1 seconds were still left to play after Trimble's shot. State managed to get a quality shot off from about 30 feet, but the shot hit off the front of the rim, assuring Maryland's win.
But when you are so narcissistic that you can look truth in the eye and not recognize it, you won't see the truth because your ego won't begin to allow it, and the bootlickers around you are telling you this is your moment. You know it isn't anyone's moment except the man who actually won the national election, fair and square. But there you are, telling lie after lie, planting false evidence, conspiring with the nation's greatest enemy and doing all manner of squalid, sick marxist nonsense, all to save your legacy that isn't a legacy at all. By your very actions, you prove that
The person I speak of, of course, is Barack-el Hussein Obama, the former President, the Islamic Wannabe, the runaway narcissistic man now squirrelled away in a mansion is serving as a sort of second-string White House. The fully rejected idea he is "fighting" for is his old stale and sour Marxist "health" plan known as Obamacare or, as we like to call it, Obamashame.
Obama was elected President of These United States in 2008 with broad support across the political spectrum. Many Americans thought - and hoped and prayed - that by electing a Black Man as President it would put an end, finally, to the idea that there was lingering racial animosity in America. Obama seemed to endorse that idea himself back in 2008 by running as a political moderate whose aim, he said, was to govern the country by reaching across the aisles and building political consensus. And he convinced so many people that he was sincere.
Some Americans were skeptical, not because we were not attracted to the good that could be done by electing a Black Man President, but because when we looked into Obama's record as a politician, and before that, as a 'community organizer,' we learned, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this man was no moderate, never was and never would be. Instead, we learned that Obama was a committed leftist, an admitted adherent to the far left guru, Saul David Alinsky, (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) the late American community organizer and far left radical. Alinsky's 1971 Book, "Rules for Radicals," is Obama's Bible.
Those of us who opposed Obama right from the start were also appalled at the disgusting behavior of the mainstream media. It became clear that the media had no intention of fulfilling their historic role as the so-called fourth estate of American Government. The media would never vet Obama even a little bit. Instead, they actually covered up his radical behavior and radical tendencies, downplayed his radical past, covered up much of it, and flat out lied about a lot more. How people whose very role in American life has a noble tone to it could abandon that role, lie about that role and lie about a presidential candidate that they wanted elected at all cost is beyond me. There demeaning behavior caused Obama to win. It also caused a huge number of Americans to jettison them from their lives forever.
Whether Barack-el Hussein Obama was ever a good and decent man, an honest man, a trustworthy man, can be debated until the proverbial cows come home. What is crystal clear is that he is not now, and has not been anything even close to good and decent for quite some time. As he has slid further and further into Anti-American and Unethical Behavior, he has become quite the bad person, and maybe even very bad.
America actually caught on to his lack of candor and lack of truthfulness very early in his first term. Many remember his false and fraudulent statements about Obamacare ("you can keep your doctor, you can keep your health plan, and "middle class families will save $2,500.00 annually when Obamacare is enacted.). Obamacare is his only legislative success in eight years in office, and to get it passed he had to ram it down the throats of an increasingly recalcitrant Congress even though his party controlled both houses of the nation's legislative body. The openly sordid and heavy-handed Marxist-style thuggishness Obama employed to get Obamacare enacted shocked America to the core. Within two years, he had lost his sizable control of the House of Representatives. When the "Lion of the Senate," Senator Edward Kennedy, died in office, a Republican was elected to replace him even in heavily Democratic Massachusetts and even though Obama himself was heavily involved in the campaign.
To finally get Obamacare enacted, Obama had to openly bribe members of his own party to vote for it. When the law's shaky constitutionality was challenged in Court, Obama openly lobbied members of the Court to sustain it, and when that appeared to be failing (one of Obama's appointees to the Court, Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor, was said to be feeding him information about how the law was fairing during the court's deliberations, even though such activity was illegal and unethical) Obama launched into thinly veiled threats against the Chief Justice of the Court, John Roberts. It worked. Roberts himself wrote the Court's sloppy and poorly researched opinion that contorted Constitutional Law beyond recognition. But it sustained the law to the surprise of a stunned nation. Roberts, who thought his maneuver would gain him praise from the nation's liberals, instead became an embarrassment to the Court, and left him untrusted by his own conservative colleagues. His reputation will never recover.
After surviving the Court challenge, Obama believed his Obamacare law was finally safe. His chosen successor, Hillary Clinton, was ahead in every opinion poll and appeared an election shoe-in. She was on record as supporting Obamacare. True, Clinton's opponent, Donald Trump, hated the law and vowed to repeal it immediately upon being elected, but no one thought that would ever happen.
The American Voter rarely responds well to bullying. The co-opted media tried to portray Trump as a buffoon and a hick. But they, too, were wrong. In the Red States, anger at Obamacare and other Obama failures, including Benghazi, Iraq, unemployment, treatment of the military, treatment of veterans and treatment of police, was causing voters to look elsewhere for their President. Even when Mr. Trump made mistakes, the voters remained firmly in his camp. Polls showing Trump far behind were offset by the huge and enthusiastic crowds that appeared at everyone of his campaign stops. Even when Hillary seeded these campaign appearances with hired thugs, thugs who disguised themselves as Trump supporters then started brawls, the people came.
On election night, state after state began to fall for Trump. Key battleground states fell for Trump. In the end, even so-called Blue States like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, fell for Trump. Donald Trump became the next President of the United States. Barack-El was outraged. He was not about to allow his signature legislation, as goofy as it was, fall to a buffoon like Trump.
Trump, however, was not a buffoon.
Nevertheless, Obama concocted a Machiavellian Scheme that was directly contrary to every precedent of American Electoral Tradition, contrary to every election law, contrary to every known legal maxim, all in order to save his Obamacare and his so-called reputation. Obama actually wanted to deny Trump his due, his Presidency that he'd won fair and square.
This far out plan called for America's most pernicious enemy, Russia, to work with Obama and his low-brow functionaries and thug bootlickers to spread vicious accounts of how Trump and Russia somehow sullied the election results to Trump's benefit, and actually thieved the election from Hillary. The bizarre and disgusting plan was replete with fake news plants in the complicit mainstream media, complicit and sometimes overt cooperation from the media, complicit and sometimes overt cooperation from foreign governments anxious to stay on Obama's good side in case he somehow pulled all of this off, and the financial support of several well-heeled leftists, chief among them the thuggish and overtly evil George Soros. There are also other facets of the plan that have not yet come to light, but give them time, they are surely in place and ready to play their roles.
So far, Obama's disgusting anti-American plan has worked well. The clearly complicit media continues to 'cover' the supposed plan by trump and Russia to steal the election. There never was any such plan and many in the media know it but don't care. They hate Trump, and any story that hurts Trump, however fictitious, is worth their time. The lamentable idiots in Congress refuse to defend Trump or speak out against Obama. Russia best friend in Washington, Chuckie Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, has always been a good friend of the complicit Russian Ambassador to America, Sergey Kislyak. Another of Kislyak's buddies in Washington is Obama. Kislyak has been to the White House a stunning 22 times during the Obama years.
Between Schumer and Obama, Trump's Cabinet has been delayed and harpooned at every turn. From his shadow White House, Obama calls Democratic Senators and Congressmen to give them their marching orders. He has had eight years to learn the besotted City's many tricks. Trump is a fast learner, but he is learning on the fly against an evil enemy who is trying to ruin him and end America as we know it. Trump's two most useful cabinet-level picks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn, have already been ripped from Trump's forces. Others are in Obama's cross-hairs, including Trump's knowledgeable and competent son-in-law, Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981).
By all accounts, the Media knows of Obama's complex plan to retain power, but they are not reporting on any of it. Obama's plan is said to include, at a minimum:
- Setting up an alternate White House just a few blocks from the real White House, and moving all manner of equipment and functionaries inside of it. Last week, Obama's chief White Aide, Valerie "I'm an Iranian" Jarrett, actually moved in with the Obamas at the alternate White House.
- Staying in actual contact with world and national leaders as if he were still in power.
- Openly telling those with whom he is communicating that he is still in power and will remain that way.
- Ruthlessly attacking every key member of the Trump team and attempting to force the resignation of as many of these folk as possible. Intimidating those he cannot force to resign.
Can Donald Trump survive this heinous and unprecedented assault on his Presidency. Many years ago, ABC's Entertainment Wing produced and eventually aired a theatrical miniseries that depicted an America that had been co-opted and then taken over by the Soviet Union. The Soviets had puppets in a few traditional positions in Washington, and its own people in many other positions, even very public ones. The many Americans who opposed this takeover had either been killed or put into Soviet-Style Gulags. Many years had passed and America was a grim, gray, depressed place. The miniseries followed a group of former radicals who had avoided the many purges because of their open hostility to the former United States. Things had gotten so bad, however, that even these former hippies and radicals were beginning to pine for the real America. The Miniseries ended with these former radicals taking up arms and beginning the long guerilla war that would be required to oust the Soviets. It was downright heartwarming.
I was thinking that maybe ABC could dredge up a copy of the old miniseries and broadcast it again. Just Saying.
Sports: Maryland Baseball Sweeps Weekend Tournament, Getting Wins Over Notre Dame, North Carolina State and Dayton; Maryland Basketball Gets No. 3 Seed in Big Ten Tournament, Giving Them Double Bye and Friday Date With Winner of Northwestern, Rutgers, Penn State bracket
Going into the weekend, Maryland's baseball team was a miserable 1-5, its pitching in shambles and its confidence shaken. Then they played in the USA Baseball - Irish Classic in Cary, North Carolina (the home of USA Baseball), and, well, what a difference three straight wins will make.
The weekend started with the Terps storming from behind in the ninth inning against Notre Dame to capture a 4-3 win. Brandon Gum's single tied the score in the ninth, and Dan Maynard's pinch hit sac fly scored the winning run. Ryan Selmer pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to earn the save, while Ryan Hill got the win with one and one-third hitless innings, including three strike outs.
The wins on Saturday and Sunday were nowhere near as harrowing. The Terps hammered No. 6 N.C. State on Saturday, 9-2, behind 7 solid innings from Taylor Bloom, who got the win, and home runs by Madisen Nickens and Marty Costes. On Sunday, the Terps continued with the high powered offense, crushing Dayton, 11-2. Tyler Blohm became the first Terp with two wins, scattering three hits in five solid innings of work. Nick Dunn went 4 for 6 and knocked in 3 runs, while Kevin Smith went 3 for 5 and also plated three runs. The Terps improved to 4-5.
Maryland now returns home for 5 straight games, including William and Mary on Tuesday, St. Joseph's on Wednesday, and Bryant for 3 weekend games.
Maryland's Basketball Team earned the No. 3 Seed in the Big Ten tournament to be played this week down the road in Washington D.C. Their high seed means they will get a double bye and not have to play until Friday Night against the survivor of Northwestern, Rutgers and Penn State. Rutgers and Penn State will play each other on Wednesday, with the winner playing Northwestern on Thursday. The winner there plays Maryland on Friday night.
When Melo Trimble's 30 foot bomb sunk Michigan State Saturday afternoon in College Park, it removed even the slightest doubt as to whether the Terps would qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The Terps and Spartans were tied, 60-60, when Maryland got possession with a shade over six seconds left to play. Trimble in-bounded the ball and got a quick return pass. He then dribbled the length of the floor before using a little head fake to clear him for an in-stride hoist from long range. The shot was perfect. After a lot of pandemonium and a lot of referee talking, it was ruled that 1.1 seconds were still left to play after Trimble's shot. State managed to get a quality shot off from about 30 feet, but the shot hit off the front of the rim, assuring Maryland's win.
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