TOWSON, Maryland Sunday, March 1, 2020 - My, how a day can change things. Going into Saturday, Democrats everywhere were hoping against hope that old Joe Biden would hang on to a shrinking lead in the polls and defeat the Communist, Bernie "Mao Tse" Sanders in South Carolina.
Well, guess what? Old Joe didn't merely hang on. He annihilated Sanders, giving hope to the American contingent that still exists among the donkeys that Communism will not completely swallow up the party of John Kennedy, FDR and Harry Truman.
When all was said in done there, in the Southern Carolinas last evening, Biden had over 48% of the votes cast and had collected 35 of the 54 delegates available. By contrast, the Communist and Anti-American, Sanders, ended up with a shade over 19% of the cast votes, good for a stunningly low (and unlucky) 13 delegates.
The other Democrats still in the race gathered the remaining votes, but none of them were awarded even a single delegate.
It stood to reason that, even in today's wacky and ill-informed America, there would be more than a little bit of "waking up" as primary elections and caucuses approached in the 50 states. Thousands of Americans have perished trying to prevent Communists from taking over in these United States and elsewhere in the Western World. That fact can still be like a bucket of ice cold water being thrown in your face when the cold hard reality of what you are about to do hits you in a voting booth.
Like thousands of Americans, I'm only too happy to vote for a candidate who has cogent ideas about improving the American Experience. But I will be damned if that willingness includes handing a key to the pantry to a candidate - like the old Communist Bernie Sanders - who wants to destroy all things American.
And that is EXACTLY what the old fool Sanders wants to do. When he takes to the stage and gets all red-faced, it's like he's back in his younger days, honeymooning in Moscow (he really did that, you know).
In the coming days, we Democrats will learn if sanity had merely a short reprieve on Saturday, or if the good guys are really still alive and kicking. Can't we do better than falling back on crossing the party line again and asking a Republican to save the nation?
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Winners and Losers and Teams That Don't Deserve to Advance
TOWSON, Maryland Tuesday, February 24, 2020 - Let me get a few things out of the way. The best sports news of the past weekend was Burnley's 3-0 take down of Bournemouth. The match was on the losing side's pitch and, to be candid, Burnley's goal was never seriously threatened. The Claret, by the end of the weekend's play, was tied with Arsenal with 37 points, good for ninth place in the 20-team Premier League.
Burnley has now won four of its last five matches, a far cry from the woeful way Burnley started the campaign.
In Baseball, Maryland improved to 5-1 by taking two of three from Rhode Island over the past weekend. The very idea that the two teams played all three games outdoors in February with no postponements or delays should give anyone an idea of how the weather in these parts has changed. The Terps won, 9-3 on Friday and 3-0 on Sunday, but lost, 11-8, on Saturday afternoon.
Maryland was due to take on George Mason in College Park Tuesday afternoon, but the game, if not already called, almost certainly will be because of the steady all-day rain.
Maryland's basketball team fell a tad after losing to Ohio State on Sunday. They are now 8th in the AP and 9th in the coach's poll. The bloody. polls have gotten to be so ridiculous in their bias towards the big conferences. Michigan State is not very good this year, yet they are ranked 24th with a miserable 18-9 record. Teams like Northern Iowa (23-5), Stephen F. Austin (24-3), East Tennessee State (25-4) and St. Mary's (23-6) aren't ranked, even though many of the latter teams always seem to knock off some so-called big names in the NCAA tournament.
Some of the lads who vote in the poll can't let their college years go. They vote for teams that were good in past years, but not this year, while ignoring the St. Mary's of the world, who always win big games, always play fearlessly against big teams, and always get screwed by the people who pick the tournament teams and vote in the polls.
The depressing lot who pick the tournament teams will ignore St. Mary's but take eight or nine teams from the Big Ten or Southeastern Conference, even though most of those teams won't survive the first weekend.
Does a team that finishes sixth or below in their conference really deserve a tournament berth that they will not take advantage of at the expense of a second place team that has been winning at a breathtaking pace only to lose a conference tournament game that might keep them out of the NCAA for no good reason.
But Tom Izzo is such a good coach. Does keeping one of his worst teams in the past decade out of the NCAA take away from his legacy? It does not. But keeping kids who have achieved at a championship rate out of the NCAA so Izzo's legacy can be salved is obscene.
Burnley has now won four of its last five matches, a far cry from the woeful way Burnley started the campaign.
In Baseball, Maryland improved to 5-1 by taking two of three from Rhode Island over the past weekend. The very idea that the two teams played all three games outdoors in February with no postponements or delays should give anyone an idea of how the weather in these parts has changed. The Terps won, 9-3 on Friday and 3-0 on Sunday, but lost, 11-8, on Saturday afternoon.
Maryland was due to take on George Mason in College Park Tuesday afternoon, but the game, if not already called, almost certainly will be because of the steady all-day rain.
Maryland's basketball team fell a tad after losing to Ohio State on Sunday. They are now 8th in the AP and 9th in the coach's poll. The bloody. polls have gotten to be so ridiculous in their bias towards the big conferences. Michigan State is not very good this year, yet they are ranked 24th with a miserable 18-9 record. Teams like Northern Iowa (23-5), Stephen F. Austin (24-3), East Tennessee State (25-4) and St. Mary's (23-6) aren't ranked, even though many of the latter teams always seem to knock off some so-called big names in the NCAA tournament.
Some of the lads who vote in the poll can't let their college years go. They vote for teams that were good in past years, but not this year, while ignoring the St. Mary's of the world, who always win big games, always play fearlessly against big teams, and always get screwed by the people who pick the tournament teams and vote in the polls.
The depressing lot who pick the tournament teams will ignore St. Mary's but take eight or nine teams from the Big Ten or Southeastern Conference, even though most of those teams won't survive the first weekend.
Does a team that finishes sixth or below in their conference really deserve a tournament berth that they will not take advantage of at the expense of a second place team that has been winning at a breathtaking pace only to lose a conference tournament game that might keep them out of the NCAA for no good reason.
But Tom Izzo is such a good coach. Does keeping one of his worst teams in the past decade out of the NCAA take away from his legacy? It does not. But keeping kids who have achieved at a championship rate out of the NCAA so Izzo's legacy can be salved is obscene.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Terps' Baseball Sweeps 3 Opening Games in South Carolina; Now Returns Home For 3-Game Series With Rhode Island
TOWSON, Maryland Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - The Maryland Baseball Team opened its season by winning all three games during a weekend trip to Charleston, South Carolina.
Maryland crushed Charleston Southern on Friday night, 11-2. On a neutral field on Saturday morning, the Terps beat back Iona, 8-2. Then, on Sunday, Maryland staged a dramatic late rally to overcome a 2-0 ninth inning lead held by the home team, the College of Charleston. The dogged Terps tied the score with a two-run uprising in the ninth, then won the game in the tenth with two more runs. The final score was Maryland 4, College of Charleston 2.
In the Friday evening opener, Maryland's starting pitcher, Sean Fisher, threw five and one-third innings of two-hit baseball, even as his Terrapin mates were pushing across eleven runs on ten hits. Four different Terps drove in two runs apiece: Chris Alleyne, Troy Schreffler, Randy Bednar and Tommy Gardiner. Sam Bello relieved Fisher in the sixth inning and ended up throwing three and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.
The Maryland offense did take some time to get started. When it did "get started," however, it really got started. Maryland's offensive box score looked like this: 2 runs in the 6th, 5 in the 7th and, just for good measure, 4 more in the 9th inning.
Tucker Flint had 3 hits for the Terps, while three other Maryland players had two hits apiece.
On Saturday morning, playing the Iona Gaels, Maryland's offense was able to remain in high gear. After falling behind Iona, 2-1, entering the third inning, Maryland exploded for 4 runs in their half of the fourth, and after that, they never looked back. When all was said and done, Maryland had defeated Iona, 8-2. Freshman Nick Dean started and pitched into the fifth inning, giving up six hits but only two earned runs. Dean was followed by Ryan Ramsey, who gave up only one hit and no runs in two and one-third innings of relief. In doing so, the Montvale, New Jersey freshman picked up his first career win. Ramsey was relieved by sophomore Sean Heine, who spun two shut out innings, but was not credited with a save since Maryland had pushed ahead by an 8-2 score by the time Heine entered the game.
On Sunday, the Terps were matched up against the home team, the College of Charleston, and for the longest time it looked like Maryland would be tagged with its first loss of the season. In fact, when Maryland came to bat in the top of the ninth, they behind the College of Charleston, 2-0.
Actually, Maryland had the southerners right where they wanted them. The Terps' Chris Alleyne, who had five hits in the three weekend games, started Maryland's comeback with a lead off single. Freshman Tucker Flint followed with a double, and Maryland then cut the home team's lead down to one run when Randy Bednar delivered a sacrifice fly.
Maryland then went to its bench, and the red shirt sophomore, Michael Pineiro, delivered in breath-taking fashion, laying down a clutch squeeze bunt that brought home the tying run.
The contest now moved into extra innings. And it was the visitors who came up big with the game on the line.
Junior pitcher Mark Diluia, who had entered the game in the eighth inning, stayed on to throw a scoreless ninth. In the top of the tenth inning the Terps jumped on the opportunity Diluia provided to them, striking for two more runs.
Junior Tommy Gardiner started the Maryland rally with a one out single. Pinch hitter Tavan Shahidi pushed Gardiner to second by drawing a walk. Austin Chavis came into the contest at this juncture to pinch run for Shahidi. In short order, both Gardiner and Chavis came around to score on a series of wild pitches.
Trevor Labonte pitched a scoreless and hitless bottom of the tenth inning, and it was Labonte who was credited with the clutch road victory.
Now officially off to a 3-0 start to the season, the Terps now return to the friendly confines of their College Park home field to host Rhode Island in a three game weekend series. The games will start even as a February Cold Front approaches Maryland.
Oh good!
Game time for the Friday series opener is 6 pm.
Maryland crushed Charleston Southern on Friday night, 11-2. On a neutral field on Saturday morning, the Terps beat back Iona, 8-2. Then, on Sunday, Maryland staged a dramatic late rally to overcome a 2-0 ninth inning lead held by the home team, the College of Charleston. The dogged Terps tied the score with a two-run uprising in the ninth, then won the game in the tenth with two more runs. The final score was Maryland 4, College of Charleston 2.
In the Friday evening opener, Maryland's starting pitcher, Sean Fisher, threw five and one-third innings of two-hit baseball, even as his Terrapin mates were pushing across eleven runs on ten hits. Four different Terps drove in two runs apiece: Chris Alleyne, Troy Schreffler, Randy Bednar and Tommy Gardiner. Sam Bello relieved Fisher in the sixth inning and ended up throwing three and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.
The Maryland offense did take some time to get started. When it did "get started," however, it really got started. Maryland's offensive box score looked like this: 2 runs in the 6th, 5 in the 7th and, just for good measure, 4 more in the 9th inning.
Tucker Flint had 3 hits for the Terps, while three other Maryland players had two hits apiece.
On Saturday morning, playing the Iona Gaels, Maryland's offense was able to remain in high gear. After falling behind Iona, 2-1, entering the third inning, Maryland exploded for 4 runs in their half of the fourth, and after that, they never looked back. When all was said and done, Maryland had defeated Iona, 8-2. Freshman Nick Dean started and pitched into the fifth inning, giving up six hits but only two earned runs. Dean was followed by Ryan Ramsey, who gave up only one hit and no runs in two and one-third innings of relief. In doing so, the Montvale, New Jersey freshman picked up his first career win. Ramsey was relieved by sophomore Sean Heine, who spun two shut out innings, but was not credited with a save since Maryland had pushed ahead by an 8-2 score by the time Heine entered the game.
On Sunday, the Terps were matched up against the home team, the College of Charleston, and for the longest time it looked like Maryland would be tagged with its first loss of the season. In fact, when Maryland came to bat in the top of the ninth, they behind the College of Charleston, 2-0.
Actually, Maryland had the southerners right where they wanted them. The Terps' Chris Alleyne, who had five hits in the three weekend games, started Maryland's comeback with a lead off single. Freshman Tucker Flint followed with a double, and Maryland then cut the home team's lead down to one run when Randy Bednar delivered a sacrifice fly.
Maryland then went to its bench, and the red shirt sophomore, Michael Pineiro, delivered in breath-taking fashion, laying down a clutch squeeze bunt that brought home the tying run.
The contest now moved into extra innings. And it was the visitors who came up big with the game on the line.
Junior pitcher Mark Diluia, who had entered the game in the eighth inning, stayed on to throw a scoreless ninth. In the top of the tenth inning the Terps jumped on the opportunity Diluia provided to them, striking for two more runs.
Junior Tommy Gardiner started the Maryland rally with a one out single. Pinch hitter Tavan Shahidi pushed Gardiner to second by drawing a walk. Austin Chavis came into the contest at this juncture to pinch run for Shahidi. In short order, both Gardiner and Chavis came around to score on a series of wild pitches.
Trevor Labonte pitched a scoreless and hitless bottom of the tenth inning, and it was Labonte who was credited with the clutch road victory.
Now officially off to a 3-0 start to the season, the Terps now return to the friendly confines of their College Park home field to host Rhode Island in a three game weekend series. The games will start even as a February Cold Front approaches Maryland.
Oh good!
Game time for the Friday series opener is 6 pm.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
If You Dare To Be Conservative in San Francisco, Not Even Being a Baseball Star Will Spare You From Ridicule and Unwarranted Retribution
TOWSON, Maryland Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - Remember Aubrey Huff? He had several successful years playing major league baseball
for the Baltimore Orioles. He also played for quite a few other big league teams. He finally ended his career after the 2012 season.
He played his final three seasons with the San Francisco Giants.
You may even recall that the Giants won the 2010 World Series, and that Aubrey Huff was an instrumental part of that Giants' team.
In that campaign, the big man swatted some 26 home runs and drove home 96 runs. Huff added another home run and four more RBI's in the World Series against the Texas Rangers.
The Giants now are putting together a reunion of the 2010 World Series Team.
But guess what? Aubrey Huff has been informed that he will not be included in the festivities. Unless you live with your head in a bag, you've probably heard that the so-called City By The Bay is an abode of the very far left. But ole Aubrey Huff isn't a leftist. He probably has to strain a bit to be called a moderate. In reality, and like millions and millions of other Americans, including our elected President, Aubrey Huff is, well, a conservative. It isn't a crime. It isn't unusual. It is a very key component of the American Scene. In most of America, citizens wouldn't bat an eye if somebody were said to be a conservative. However, in far left San Francisco, Huff is making the big mistake of being an categorized as a conservative.
And because he is conservative, he can't be a Giant celebrant. His views, according to the San Francisco Giants, just don't fit in with the Giant Locker Room. This is what the San Francisco Giants the say.
Which is a lot of bunk. Back when the games counted, the bloody Giants couldn't have given a plug nickel about Huff's political views. The man could hit, especially in the clutch, and the Giants couldn't get enough of him. In point of fact, the Giants wouldn't have been in the bloody World Series were it not for Aubrey Huff.
Now, when Huff and many of the other 2010 Giants have ended their playing careers, the darn front office nerds want to make a lot of noise about Aubrey Huff's politics to the receptive minions in dear old far left San Francisco. Here is a point of fact the Giants and their genius front office is overlooking. Aubrey Huff never said if he was invited to be with his teammates he'd just have to drone on about his politics. Baseball is the kind of thing people indulge in to get away from politics. It is the Giants, not Huff, who are dragging politics into this. In doing so, they are absolutely discriminating against a man who has done nothing wrong. He helped the Giants win. Now, when everybody else on the 2010 team is reaping a little bit of the reward for winning, one man who played a huge role in the success of the team is getting screwed because he likes the President.
I'd say the Giants are hypocrites. In fact, I'm quite sure about it.
for the Baltimore Orioles. He also played for quite a few other big league teams. He finally ended his career after the 2012 season.
He played his final three seasons with the San Francisco Giants.
You may even recall that the Giants won the 2010 World Series, and that Aubrey Huff was an instrumental part of that Giants' team.
In that campaign, the big man swatted some 26 home runs and drove home 96 runs. Huff added another home run and four more RBI's in the World Series against the Texas Rangers.
The Giants now are putting together a reunion of the 2010 World Series Team.
But guess what? Aubrey Huff has been informed that he will not be included in the festivities. Unless you live with your head in a bag, you've probably heard that the so-called City By The Bay is an abode of the very far left. But ole Aubrey Huff isn't a leftist. He probably has to strain a bit to be called a moderate. In reality, and like millions and millions of other Americans, including our elected President, Aubrey Huff is, well, a conservative. It isn't a crime. It isn't unusual. It is a very key component of the American Scene. In most of America, citizens wouldn't bat an eye if somebody were said to be a conservative. However, in far left San Francisco, Huff is making the big mistake of being an categorized as a conservative.
And because he is conservative, he can't be a Giant celebrant. His views, according to the San Francisco Giants, just don't fit in with the Giant Locker Room. This is what the San Francisco Giants the say.
Which is a lot of bunk. Back when the games counted, the bloody Giants couldn't have given a plug nickel about Huff's political views. The man could hit, especially in the clutch, and the Giants couldn't get enough of him. In point of fact, the Giants wouldn't have been in the bloody World Series were it not for Aubrey Huff.
Now, when Huff and many of the other 2010 Giants have ended their playing careers, the darn front office nerds want to make a lot of noise about Aubrey Huff's politics to the receptive minions in dear old far left San Francisco. Here is a point of fact the Giants and their genius front office is overlooking. Aubrey Huff never said if he was invited to be with his teammates he'd just have to drone on about his politics. Baseball is the kind of thing people indulge in to get away from politics. It is the Giants, not Huff, who are dragging politics into this. In doing so, they are absolutely discriminating against a man who has done nothing wrong. He helped the Giants win. Now, when everybody else on the 2010 team is reaping a little bit of the reward for winning, one man who played a huge role in the success of the team is getting screwed because he likes the President.
I'd say the Giants are hypocrites. In fact, I'm quite sure about it.
Maryland Baseball Sweeps Three Opening Weekend Games
TOWSON, Maryland Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - The Maryland Baseball Team opened its season by winning all three games during a weekend trip to Charleston, South Carolina.
Maryland crushed Charleston Southern on Friday night, 11-2. On Saturday morning, the Terps beat back Iona, 8-2, on a neutral field in South Carolina. Then, on Sunday, Maryland staged a dramatic late rally to overcome a 2-0 ninth inning lead by the home team, the College of Charleston. Maryland tied the score in the
ninth, then won the game in the tenth with two more runs. The final score was Maryland 4, College of Charleston 2.
In the Friday evening opener, Sean Fisher threw five and one-third innings of two-hit, two run baseball while his Terrapin mates were scoring eleven runs on ten hits in the impressive opening win. Four different Terps drove in two runs apiece: Chris Alleyne, Troy Schreffler, Randy Bednar and Tommy Gardiner. Sam Bello relieved Fisher in the sixth inning and ended up throwing three and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.
The Maryland offense took some time to get started, before striking for two runs in the sixth, five in the seventh and three more in the ninth inning. Tucker Flint had three hits for the Terps, while three other Maryland players had two hits apiece.
On Saturday morning, Maryland's offense remained in high gear. Trailing the Gaels, 2-1. entering the third inning, the Terps plated four runs and never looked back en route to an 8-2 victory. Freshman Nick Dean started and pitched into the fifth inning, giving up six hits but only two earned runs. Dean was followed by Ryan Ramsey, who gave up only one hit and no runs in two and one-third innings of relief. In doing so, the Montvale, New Jersey freshman picked up his first career win. Ramsey was relieved by sophomore Sean Heine, who spun two shut out innings, but was not credited with a save since Maryland had pushed ahead by an 8-2 score by the time Heine entered the game.
On Sunday, the Terps were matched up against the home team, the College of Charleston, and for the longest time it looked like it would be the Terps' first loss. When Maryland came to bat in the top of the ninth, they trailed, 2-0.
Chris Alleyne, who had five hits in the three weekend games, started Maryland's comeback in the ninth with a leadoff single. Freshman Tucker Flint followed with a double, and the Terps then cut the Charleston Southern lead to one when Randy Bednar delivered a sacrifice fly.
The Redshirt sophomore, Michael Pineiro then put down a squeeze bunt to bring home the tying run. Maryland continued to come up big as the game moved into extra innings. Junior Mark Diluia, who had entered the game in the eighth, stayed on to throw a scoreless ninth. In the top of the tenth the Terps struck for two more runs.
Junior Tommy Gardiner started the Maryland rally with a one out single. Pinch hitter Tavan Shahidi pushed Gardiner to second by drawing a walk. Austin Chavis came on to pinch run for Shahidi. In short order, both Gardiner and Chavis came around to score on a series of wild pitches.
Diluia was credited with the win and Trevor Labonte, who pitched a scoreless and hit-less tenth inning, picked up his first save.
Maryland now returns home to host Rhode Island in a three game weekend set. The series will start Friday evening in College Park even as a Winter Cold Front zeroes in on the Maryland Campus.
Maryland crushed Charleston Southern on Friday night, 11-2. On Saturday morning, the Terps beat back Iona, 8-2, on a neutral field in South Carolina. Then, on Sunday, Maryland staged a dramatic late rally to overcome a 2-0 ninth inning lead by the home team, the College of Charleston. Maryland tied the score in the
ninth, then won the game in the tenth with two more runs. The final score was Maryland 4, College of Charleston 2.
In the Friday evening opener, Sean Fisher threw five and one-third innings of two-hit, two run baseball while his Terrapin mates were scoring eleven runs on ten hits in the impressive opening win. Four different Terps drove in two runs apiece: Chris Alleyne, Troy Schreffler, Randy Bednar and Tommy Gardiner. Sam Bello relieved Fisher in the sixth inning and ended up throwing three and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief.
The Maryland offense took some time to get started, before striking for two runs in the sixth, five in the seventh and three more in the ninth inning. Tucker Flint had three hits for the Terps, while three other Maryland players had two hits apiece.
On Saturday morning, Maryland's offense remained in high gear. Trailing the Gaels, 2-1. entering the third inning, the Terps plated four runs and never looked back en route to an 8-2 victory. Freshman Nick Dean started and pitched into the fifth inning, giving up six hits but only two earned runs. Dean was followed by Ryan Ramsey, who gave up only one hit and no runs in two and one-third innings of relief. In doing so, the Montvale, New Jersey freshman picked up his first career win. Ramsey was relieved by sophomore Sean Heine, who spun two shut out innings, but was not credited with a save since Maryland had pushed ahead by an 8-2 score by the time Heine entered the game.
On Sunday, the Terps were matched up against the home team, the College of Charleston, and for the longest time it looked like it would be the Terps' first loss. When Maryland came to bat in the top of the ninth, they trailed, 2-0.
Chris Alleyne, who had five hits in the three weekend games, started Maryland's comeback in the ninth with a leadoff single. Freshman Tucker Flint followed with a double, and the Terps then cut the Charleston Southern lead to one when Randy Bednar delivered a sacrifice fly.
The Redshirt sophomore, Michael Pineiro then put down a squeeze bunt to bring home the tying run. Maryland continued to come up big as the game moved into extra innings. Junior Mark Diluia, who had entered the game in the eighth, stayed on to throw a scoreless ninth. In the top of the tenth the Terps struck for two more runs.
Junior Tommy Gardiner started the Maryland rally with a one out single. Pinch hitter Tavan Shahidi pushed Gardiner to second by drawing a walk. Austin Chavis came on to pinch run for Shahidi. In short order, both Gardiner and Chavis came around to score on a series of wild pitches.
Diluia was credited with the win and Trevor Labonte, who pitched a scoreless and hit-less tenth inning, picked up his first save.
Maryland now returns home to host Rhode Island in a three game weekend set. The series will start Friday evening in College Park even as a Winter Cold Front zeroes in on the Maryland Campus.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
On MSNBC - With Few People Actually Watching - NBC Reporters Ask Questions in the Dark. And the Answers They Are Getting Do Not Make Them Happy
TOWSON, Maryland Saturday, February 15, 2020 - On good ole MSNBC the other day, ole Chuck Todd played the game that involves asking a question in a forest with one falling tree. Or something like that. What he wanted to know was how many people - reporters, candidates etc. - get sandbagged by what he called the Bernie Sanders' internet brown shirt brigade. Now grant you, ole Chuck isn't the first person to personally discover that Sanders actually has an online brown shirt brigade.
No one, least of all this pundit, actually questions whether Sanders actually has such an on-line fascist mob. He really does, and it is very alarming. Whenever somebody says something that angers ole Bernie, he gets the mob after them. They flood his web site or email address or any other identifiable location they can have at, with hundreds of nasty tweets or emails or whatever. The aim is to shut the person down. It is very unbecoming of a candidate in a Democratic Election, but of course, Sanders is neither in favor of a democracy or thinking like someone who wants to be involved in governing a democratic people. Bernie is a socialist and a Marxist, and he makes no bones about it. We - meaning the USA - fought a lot of wars to be rid of such folk, but now, all of a sudden, some Americans are embracing Sanders and his low brow political game.
On One American News the other day, their outstanding journalist, Alex Salvi, reported that President Trump set fundraising records in January. The same Mr. Salvi reported that Mr. Bloomberg was able to spend a lot of his own money, which he has tons of, but that it wasn't doing him a whole lot of good in the polls.
And he is right, at least so far. On MSNBC, one of their reporters approached a voter in New Hampshire, thinking that he was a Sanders voter. To her stunned surprise, he was, in fact, a Trump supporter, and he quickly explained why. It was a beautiful thing.
A very beautiful thing.
The Trump Campaign said this week that some 25 percent of those attending their monster rally in the Granite State this week were actually registered Democrats. That also is a beautiful thing.
If the mob of Democratic candidates seeking the USA Presidency cannot change that forthrightly, Mr. Trump and his supporters are going to really enjoy the coming summer and fall.
No one, least of all this pundit, actually questions whether Sanders actually has such an on-line fascist mob. He really does, and it is very alarming. Whenever somebody says something that angers ole Bernie, he gets the mob after them. They flood his web site or email address or any other identifiable location they can have at, with hundreds of nasty tweets or emails or whatever. The aim is to shut the person down. It is very unbecoming of a candidate in a Democratic Election, but of course, Sanders is neither in favor of a democracy or thinking like someone who wants to be involved in governing a democratic people. Bernie is a socialist and a Marxist, and he makes no bones about it. We - meaning the USA - fought a lot of wars to be rid of such folk, but now, all of a sudden, some Americans are embracing Sanders and his low brow political game.
On One American News the other day, their outstanding journalist, Alex Salvi, reported that President Trump set fundraising records in January. The same Mr. Salvi reported that Mr. Bloomberg was able to spend a lot of his own money, which he has tons of, but that it wasn't doing him a whole lot of good in the polls.
And he is right, at least so far. On MSNBC, one of their reporters approached a voter in New Hampshire, thinking that he was a Sanders voter. To her stunned surprise, he was, in fact, a Trump supporter, and he quickly explained why. It was a beautiful thing.
A very beautiful thing.
The Trump Campaign said this week that some 25 percent of those attending their monster rally in the Granite State this week were actually registered Democrats. That also is a beautiful thing.
If the mob of Democratic candidates seeking the USA Presidency cannot change that forthrightly, Mr. Trump and his supporters are going to really enjoy the coming summer and fall.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Trial Judge in Stone Case Declines to Act Even When Juror Concedes Bias
TOWSON, Maryland Thursday, February 13, 2020 - The Sunday Morning political snub-fests were well under way on the networks on a recent Sunday, and at least a few political junkies had just taken positions glued to their televisions.
At least a few? Well, to be honest, just a bare few. A bare few? Well, at least one. At least. At least one. There, to see Chuck Todd ask some woe-begotten fool if he knew what day it was.
This is how bad things are on Sunday Morning Network Television.
And its not just on network television. Chuckie Schumer, that bastion of moderate and friendly political nonsense, had the mundane audacity to go on network TV on Monday to announce that he has sent letters to all 74 Executive Department Inspector Generals, telling them that they'd better investigate any "retaliatory" removals from the federal workforce. Chuck is talking, of course, about the Brothers Vindman. Both brothers worked inside the White House, ostensibly for the National Security Council. Actually, we know now, these fine patriots actually swore their allegiance to the DNC.
When one of the Vindmans was called as a witness in front of Congress during the recently completed Ukraine affair, Brother Alexander testified that it was that nasty Trump Administration that wanted his wonder Bidens 'dealt with.'
Sadly, for the Vindmans, the party that favored the Bidens didn't do well in the most recent federal elections. The new guy in town, in fact, actually lived in the very same White House where those wily Vindmans reported to work, that is, until recently.
I am not a fan of the President's dear friend, Mr. Stone. He is a loose cannon with no direction or cogent purpose. But when a juror admitted to disliking President Trump and the trial judge - an Obama functionary - refused to take action, it showed beyond doubt that the fix against Stone was in. And it was "in" right in the middle of a jury trial. And we mean a criminal jury trial where the Defendant could be sentenced to serious time in jail. Shameful. Really really shameful.
Just wondering where ole Chuck Schumer was during those eight thrill-packed years that made up the Obama Regime. I'll give you a hint: he was carefully not paying the least bit of attention, because, after all, Barack's eight years were nothing but sweet, friendly and even cuddly.
They were, weren't they?
On TV Monday night, one prominent Dem said he opposed socialism because "it doesn't frickin work." That would be Chris Matthews of MSDNC, er, ah, MSNBC.
He really did say that.
Anyway, it is just amazing how conservative-sounding the Dems get on election eve.
The President held one of his trademark rallies on Monday night in New Hampshire. The arena was packed and thousands were encamped outside. The media, however, breathlessly reported that there were 3,500 at some Democrat's rally. OK. What did the MSM report about the much higher turnout at the Trump rally?
Hardly a word.
In Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the five registered voters raced to the polls at midnight because the polls there open at midnight and close shortly after.
One respected pundit, Britt Hume of Fox, said he believed that there was credence to the reports that Senator Amy Klobuchar is surging. If she is, it could be very bad news for every other Democratic candidate, especially Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. Look for the woman from Minnesota to emerge from the New Hampshire Primary in third place nationally. That is exactly what happened
Joe Biden's wife - more than a few people think it would be better if she was the candidate instead of Joe - said on Fox tonight that her son's death at the hands of cancer kept her out of church for a long time. But that all changed when a woman, uninvited, approached her at a function over the summer and asked to be her prayer partner. Since then, her faith has returned. and Ms. Biden and the woman are said to maintain an active correspondence. Mrs. Biden is a good, honest, perceptive person.
The deadbeat Democrats in Congress have kept up their sad attack on President Trump. Every time it looks like the President has resorted to Twitter once too often, he puts out a humdinger to silence the critics. I have never blamed him for doing the twitter thing, since his opportunities to address the American People without the MSM changing his message, are few and far between. By using Twitter, he gets an unfettered shot at speaking to the citizens. That is the way it should be. Show me where in the Constitution it says that media types have the right to impede the President when he wants to reach the voters.
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is falling into a trap some Democrat Big Wheels are setting for him. Recently, James Carville ridiculed Sanders for a number of reasons. Sanders hit back. That was a huge mistake. Carville is smarter than many realize. When he speaks these days, the person of whom he speaks better listen. Sanders did not.
If the Democratic big wheels really are hell-bent on stopping Sanders like they did four years ago, they need to do a lot of listening to people like Carville, who know of what they speak.
They need a lot of good advice if they don't want to be impaled on a Marxist candidacy.
At least a few? Well, to be honest, just a bare few. A bare few? Well, at least one. At least. At least one. There, to see Chuck Todd ask some woe-begotten fool if he knew what day it was.
This is how bad things are on Sunday Morning Network Television.
And its not just on network television. Chuckie Schumer, that bastion of moderate and friendly political nonsense, had the mundane audacity to go on network TV on Monday to announce that he has sent letters to all 74 Executive Department Inspector Generals, telling them that they'd better investigate any "retaliatory" removals from the federal workforce. Chuck is talking, of course, about the Brothers Vindman. Both brothers worked inside the White House, ostensibly for the National Security Council. Actually, we know now, these fine patriots actually swore their allegiance to the DNC.
When one of the Vindmans was called as a witness in front of Congress during the recently completed Ukraine affair, Brother Alexander testified that it was that nasty Trump Administration that wanted his wonder Bidens 'dealt with.'
Sadly, for the Vindmans, the party that favored the Bidens didn't do well in the most recent federal elections. The new guy in town, in fact, actually lived in the very same White House where those wily Vindmans reported to work, that is, until recently.
I am not a fan of the President's dear friend, Mr. Stone. He is a loose cannon with no direction or cogent purpose. But when a juror admitted to disliking President Trump and the trial judge - an Obama functionary - refused to take action, it showed beyond doubt that the fix against Stone was in. And it was "in" right in the middle of a jury trial. And we mean a criminal jury trial where the Defendant could be sentenced to serious time in jail. Shameful. Really really shameful.
Just wondering where ole Chuck Schumer was during those eight thrill-packed years that made up the Obama Regime. I'll give you a hint: he was carefully not paying the least bit of attention, because, after all, Barack's eight years were nothing but sweet, friendly and even cuddly.
They were, weren't they?
On TV Monday night, one prominent Dem said he opposed socialism because "it doesn't frickin work." That would be Chris Matthews of MSDNC, er, ah, MSNBC.
He really did say that.
Anyway, it is just amazing how conservative-sounding the Dems get on election eve.
The President held one of his trademark rallies on Monday night in New Hampshire. The arena was packed and thousands were encamped outside. The media, however, breathlessly reported that there were 3,500 at some Democrat's rally. OK. What did the MSM report about the much higher turnout at the Trump rally?
Hardly a word.
In Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the five registered voters raced to the polls at midnight because the polls there open at midnight and close shortly after.
One respected pundit, Britt Hume of Fox, said he believed that there was credence to the reports that Senator Amy Klobuchar is surging. If she is, it could be very bad news for every other Democratic candidate, especially Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. Look for the woman from Minnesota to emerge from the New Hampshire Primary in third place nationally. That is exactly what happened
Joe Biden's wife - more than a few people think it would be better if she was the candidate instead of Joe - said on Fox tonight that her son's death at the hands of cancer kept her out of church for a long time. But that all changed when a woman, uninvited, approached her at a function over the summer and asked to be her prayer partner. Since then, her faith has returned. and Ms. Biden and the woman are said to maintain an active correspondence. Mrs. Biden is a good, honest, perceptive person.
The deadbeat Democrats in Congress have kept up their sad attack on President Trump. Every time it looks like the President has resorted to Twitter once too often, he puts out a humdinger to silence the critics. I have never blamed him for doing the twitter thing, since his opportunities to address the American People without the MSM changing his message, are few and far between. By using Twitter, he gets an unfettered shot at speaking to the citizens. That is the way it should be. Show me where in the Constitution it says that media types have the right to impede the President when he wants to reach the voters.
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is falling into a trap some Democrat Big Wheels are setting for him. Recently, James Carville ridiculed Sanders for a number of reasons. Sanders hit back. That was a huge mistake. Carville is smarter than many realize. When he speaks these days, the person of whom he speaks better listen. Sanders did not.
If the Democratic big wheels really are hell-bent on stopping Sanders like they did four years ago, they need to do a lot of listening to people like Carville, who know of what they speak.
They need a lot of good advice if they don't want to be impaled on a Marxist candidacy.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Trump Administration Removes Vindman and Sondland; Vindman Escorted From White House by Security Detail, Maryland Rallies to Win at Illinois; Terps Hold Big Ten Top Spot
TOWSON, Maryland Friday, February 7, 2020 - The President is the kind of person whom you either love or hate, but you will quickly learn that no matter how you feel, you will learn to live in his world. He is that large.
In Trump World today, one of the President's tormentors - although, clearly, not one of the ones who wanted to be out front of that group - found his world turned very much upside down by the President. Until today, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman worked for the National Security Council inside the White House.
But today, Vindman was canned and, on top of that, was promptly escorted out of the White House by a security detail.
Also getting the old heave ho today was the USA ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland. Both Vindman and Sondland testified before the House of Representatives during the unsuccessful Trump Impeachment trial. Early in the day news swirled around the Washington Press Corp that Vindman was in trouble. Asked about this, Trump admitted that was unhappy with Vindman.
"You think I'm supposed to be happy?" Trump said to reporters. "I'm not."
Vindman is on active duty with the military, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he was eager to have Vindman back from his current assignment so that he could be reassigned.
Sondland told reporters that he had been informed that he was being recalled from his current position. There was no immediate news about his future.
Sports: Maryland fell behind home-standing Illinois by double digits in the first half, but then staged a dramatic rally in the waning minutes of the opening frame, and stepped up the defensive pressure in the second half to defeat Illinois, 75-66.
Maryland entered the game tied with Illinois atop the Big Ten. The ninth-ranked Terps now hold the top spot alone.
In Trump World today, one of the President's tormentors - although, clearly, not one of the ones who wanted to be out front of that group - found his world turned very much upside down by the President. Until today, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman worked for the National Security Council inside the White House.
But today, Vindman was canned and, on top of that, was promptly escorted out of the White House by a security detail.
Also getting the old heave ho today was the USA ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland. Both Vindman and Sondland testified before the House of Representatives during the unsuccessful Trump Impeachment trial. Early in the day news swirled around the Washington Press Corp that Vindman was in trouble. Asked about this, Trump admitted that was unhappy with Vindman.
"You think I'm supposed to be happy?" Trump said to reporters. "I'm not."
Vindman is on active duty with the military, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he was eager to have Vindman back from his current assignment so that he could be reassigned.
Sondland told reporters that he had been informed that he was being recalled from his current position. There was no immediate news about his future.
Sports: Maryland fell behind home-standing Illinois by double digits in the first half, but then staged a dramatic rally in the waning minutes of the opening frame, and stepped up the defensive pressure in the second half to defeat Illinois, 75-66.
Maryland entered the game tied with Illinois atop the Big Ten. The ninth-ranked Terps now hold the top spot alone.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Trump Acquitted; Whistle Blower Facing Senate Investigation; Gutless Romney Jumps Into Waiting Arms of Democrats
TOWSON, Maryland Wednesday, February 4, 2020 - Late this afternoon, the Senate acquitted the President on both counts of the ridiculous impeachment case brought against him. The President announced that he will address the nation at noon on Thursday about the acquittal. Meanwhile, various sources said that the proverbial boom is about to be lowered on the so-called whistle-blower.
At the same time, reports claimed that the whistle blower might be in a dating relationship with a daughter of Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff.
Even as the Senate votes to acquit President Trump in the disgraceful Democrat impeachment imbroglio, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says he will begin an investigation of Democratic Operative Eric Ciaramella, identified in many media reports as the infamous whistle-blower. It's not a mistake. Ciaramella is the whistle blower.
Ciaramella is the whistle blower.
Ciaramella is a Democratic operative. In fact, there are reports on Twitter that Ciaramella is "dating" the daughter of Democratic Impeachment instigator Adam Schiff. Imagine that.
The issue is whether Ciarmella conspired with other Democrats, especially those on the staff of California Congressman Adam Schiff, to hatch this impeachment thing.
And the dirty little secret is, Ciaramella is not a statutory whistle blower. The law sets out various requirements that a person must meet to create whistle blower status. Ciarmella doesn't make the cut. But a lot of sanctimonious Democrats gripe about his on-air identification.
Senator Graham also says Adam Schiff will be investigated, to the delight of almost all on the right and quite a few on the left, too.
The media in Washington has turned into a tidy little bunch of dirt balls. Today, for instance, Trump held a luncheon for members of the media. The first half of the lunch was on the record, and the President answered tons of questions. The second half was off the record, and again the President answered tons of questions.
Then, the upstanding media hound dogs walked out of the room and told their bun buddies about those items they'd promised Trump would be off the record. Those not in the room ran with various stories. Dirt Balls.
Trump joked that Democrat Presidential Wannabe Big Mike Bloomberg strong armed Debate sponsors into allowing him to stand on a box to counteract his height disadvantage compared to that of the President's height. CNN took it seriously and had a panel discussion on the subject. Really, they did.
One final note. The spineless Democratic lap dog, Mitt Romney, has voted with the Democrats on impeachment. In doing so, reports said he defended the behavior of the Bidens in taking ill-gotten money from the Ukrainians. He said he knew he'd be a pariah in the GOP but claimed he was compelled to do it by his moral standards.
Mr. Romney has lost his attachment to the real world, and in doing so has been tripped up again by his unwarranted perception of his own moral superiority. In what world is it OK to fleece a poor country of millions of dollars to put in the pocket of the son of a so-called political leader, but not okay to ask questions about it? Unless your morals are badly flawed, you would understand that what the Bidens did was wrong, very wrong. Unless your morals are badly flawed, you'd be proud when your political leader raised questions about it. Romney said he gave it lots of thought, but still managed to get it completely wrong. He said his deep religious beliefs compelled him to be the only Republican not to vote to acquit.
I don't think so. Say what you want about pro-abortion folk. But don't mix them up with people who take their Christian Faith seriously.
At the same time, reports claimed that the whistle blower might be in a dating relationship with a daughter of Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff.
Even as the Senate votes to acquit President Trump in the disgraceful Democrat impeachment imbroglio, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says he will begin an investigation of Democratic Operative Eric Ciaramella, identified in many media reports as the infamous whistle-blower. It's not a mistake. Ciaramella is the whistle blower.
Ciaramella is the whistle blower.
Ciaramella is a Democratic operative. In fact, there are reports on Twitter that Ciaramella is "dating" the daughter of Democratic Impeachment instigator Adam Schiff. Imagine that.
The issue is whether Ciarmella conspired with other Democrats, especially those on the staff of California Congressman Adam Schiff, to hatch this impeachment thing.
And the dirty little secret is, Ciaramella is not a statutory whistle blower. The law sets out various requirements that a person must meet to create whistle blower status. Ciarmella doesn't make the cut. But a lot of sanctimonious Democrats gripe about his on-air identification.
Senator Graham also says Adam Schiff will be investigated, to the delight of almost all on the right and quite a few on the left, too.
The media in Washington has turned into a tidy little bunch of dirt balls. Today, for instance, Trump held a luncheon for members of the media. The first half of the lunch was on the record, and the President answered tons of questions. The second half was off the record, and again the President answered tons of questions.
Then, the upstanding media hound dogs walked out of the room and told their bun buddies about those items they'd promised Trump would be off the record. Those not in the room ran with various stories. Dirt Balls.
Trump joked that Democrat Presidential Wannabe Big Mike Bloomberg strong armed Debate sponsors into allowing him to stand on a box to counteract his height disadvantage compared to that of the President's height. CNN took it seriously and had a panel discussion on the subject. Really, they did.
One final note. The spineless Democratic lap dog, Mitt Romney, has voted with the Democrats on impeachment. In doing so, reports said he defended the behavior of the Bidens in taking ill-gotten money from the Ukrainians. He said he knew he'd be a pariah in the GOP but claimed he was compelled to do it by his moral standards.
Mr. Romney has lost his attachment to the real world, and in doing so has been tripped up again by his unwarranted perception of his own moral superiority. In what world is it OK to fleece a poor country of millions of dollars to put in the pocket of the son of a so-called political leader, but not okay to ask questions about it? Unless your morals are badly flawed, you would understand that what the Bidens did was wrong, very wrong. Unless your morals are badly flawed, you'd be proud when your political leader raised questions about it. Romney said he gave it lots of thought, but still managed to get it completely wrong. He said his deep religious beliefs compelled him to be the only Republican not to vote to acquit.
I don't think so. Say what you want about pro-abortion folk. But don't mix them up with people who take their Christian Faith seriously.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Today is February 3; Tonight is the State of the Union; Tomorrow is the Impeachment Vote
LAURAVILLE, Maryland Tuesday, February 3, 2020 - The headline above informs us all that President Trump will physically be on Capital Hill tonight to deliver this third State of the Union Address. Tomorrow, at the same venue, the United States Senate will vote on whether the President will be permitted to remain on the job.
Those Lilliputians in the House - no, I'm not insulting Nads Nadler or ole Pencil Neck Schiff - voted to impeach President Trump shortly before Christmas. This week the President appears at the scene of the crime to make his State of the Union Address. The impeachment vote, then, is tomorrow.
If you are wagering, the President is in great shape. In the Senate, composed, as it were, of some 51 GOP Senators, 48 Democrats and One so-called independent, those wanting to give Trump the old heave-ho must muster 67 votes.
They cannot.
Those Lilliputians in the House - no, I'm not insulting Nads Nadler or ole Pencil Neck Schiff - voted to impeach President Trump shortly before Christmas. This week the President appears at the scene of the crime to make his State of the Union Address. The impeachment vote, then, is tomorrow.
If you are wagering, the President is in great shape. In the Senate, composed, as it were, of some 51 GOP Senators, 48 Democrats and One so-called independent, those wanting to give Trump the old heave-ho must muster 67 votes.
They cannot.
Monday, February 3, 2020
Closing Arguments Conclude in Impeachment Sham; Final Vote Pending on Wednesday; Maryland Returns to AP Top 10, Key Match Up With Rutgers Set For Tuesday
TOWSON, Maryland Monday, February 3, 2020 - As the attorneys for both sides in the ongoing impeachment imbroglio made their final arguments - even as the post you now read was being authored - the idea that a duly elected President of these United States could be ejected from office for anything even connected to this sham becomes more and more ludicrous as every second, minute and hour slides by. Jay Sekulow, one of the President's attorneys, made clear in his closing remarks that it was important not just to acquit President Trump, but to take additional steps to ensure that such obscene acts do not happen again to any President of any political persuasion. He played for the assembled Senators - acting as jurors in the trial of the President - some certain remarks by a variety of Congressmen, including Nads Nadler, that indicated just how much most of the Democrats loathe the President. These remarks also showed clearly that impeachment was afoot long before Trump was inaugurated.
God bless Sekulow, whose courage was clear to the Senate even in the face of the Democratic mob. One need only recall the episodes where opponents to the mob were run out of restaurants and subjected to other mob-rule tactics. Testimony emerged that Democratic thugs - the Antifa 'Mob-Thuggery' - took to sending thugs to Trump campaign events, there to commit violent acts time after time.
From the beginning, the absurdity of it all stands out like an example of pure political shenanigans, and nothing more. In every other impeachment, decisive votes were always bi-partisan. Not so here or now, as the Democrats make a mockery of the mechanism for impeachment.
For me, the ultimate absurdity - over and above the threats of impeachment lobbed toward the President even before he became President, was the time when the party of ANTIFA (the Democrats) tried to act like it was somebody else who was at fault for the violent acts for which ANTIFA and the Democrats are directly responsible. But it is the Democrats and their leader, Hilary Clinton, who were and are responsible for ANTIFA and ANTIFA Violence, from the first act to the last, and for all acts in between. It is something to contemplate when Schiff and his cohorts try to remove Trump. It is Schiff who is responsible for the masked thugs called ANTIFA. And we haven't even broached the George Soros legacy.
There were many many years when I worried that my politics and views had drifted too far left. I should not have feared. My politics turned out to be nothing worse than centrist when compared to the Anti-American Outlaws now populating the Far Left and ensconced in my party.
It might - might - provide the nation a pause in the absurd behavior provided by Schiff, Nadler etc. were the nation to vote the Anti-American majority out of office in the House and give time for the nation to catch its breath.
Though the election isn't until November, it seems now that the violence of the Left crashes down on us with no time to spare. Every single President who has served would be subject to impeachment were the Senate to remove President Trump. Pray that the Good Lord does not allow this "purely partisan and political" snake oil to succeed.
A Few Sports Notes - As this story is posted, Illinois and Michigan State sit atop the Big Ten Men's Basketball Standings, each with 8 wins and 3 losses in conference play. Maryland is a mere half game off the pace, at 7-3. The top 3 in the Big Ten are closely followed by Iowa and Rutgers, each at 7-4, Penn State at 6-4 and Wisconsin at 6-5. Everyone else is below .500 in conference play.
Surprisingly, the Terps are the highest rated team in the Big Ten in this week's newly released AP Top 25. By virtue of their current four game win streak and a big road win over Iowa, Maryland climbed from No.15 to No. 9.
Other Big Ten teams in the AP Poll include No. 16 Michigan State, No. 17 Iowa, No. 20 Illinois, and No. 22 Penn State. Were the poll extended, Ohio State would be No. 28, Rutgers would be No. 34 and Michigan would be tied for No. 38.
There is a pivotal showdown between Maryland and Rutgers tomorrow night in College Park, Maryland.
Surging Baylor stands at No. 1 in the AP Poll. The Bears are 19-1 overall, and are followed in the poll by No. 2 Gonzaga (23-1), No. 3 Kansas (18-3), No. 4 San Diego State (23-0), No. 5 Louisville (19-3), No. 6 Dayton (20-2), No. 7 Duke (18-3), No. 8 Florida State (18-3), No. 9 Maryland (17-4) and No. 10 Villanova (17-4).
God bless Sekulow, whose courage was clear to the Senate even in the face of the Democratic mob. One need only recall the episodes where opponents to the mob were run out of restaurants and subjected to other mob-rule tactics. Testimony emerged that Democratic thugs - the Antifa 'Mob-Thuggery' - took to sending thugs to Trump campaign events, there to commit violent acts time after time.
From the beginning, the absurdity of it all stands out like an example of pure political shenanigans, and nothing more. In every other impeachment, decisive votes were always bi-partisan. Not so here or now, as the Democrats make a mockery of the mechanism for impeachment.
For me, the ultimate absurdity - over and above the threats of impeachment lobbed toward the President even before he became President, was the time when the party of ANTIFA (the Democrats) tried to act like it was somebody else who was at fault for the violent acts for which ANTIFA and the Democrats are directly responsible. But it is the Democrats and their leader, Hilary Clinton, who were and are responsible for ANTIFA and ANTIFA Violence, from the first act to the last, and for all acts in between. It is something to contemplate when Schiff and his cohorts try to remove Trump. It is Schiff who is responsible for the masked thugs called ANTIFA. And we haven't even broached the George Soros legacy.
There were many many years when I worried that my politics and views had drifted too far left. I should not have feared. My politics turned out to be nothing worse than centrist when compared to the Anti-American Outlaws now populating the Far Left and ensconced in my party.
It might - might - provide the nation a pause in the absurd behavior provided by Schiff, Nadler etc. were the nation to vote the Anti-American majority out of office in the House and give time for the nation to catch its breath.
Though the election isn't until November, it seems now that the violence of the Left crashes down on us with no time to spare. Every single President who has served would be subject to impeachment were the Senate to remove President Trump. Pray that the Good Lord does not allow this "purely partisan and political" snake oil to succeed.
A Few Sports Notes - As this story is posted, Illinois and Michigan State sit atop the Big Ten Men's Basketball Standings, each with 8 wins and 3 losses in conference play. Maryland is a mere half game off the pace, at 7-3. The top 3 in the Big Ten are closely followed by Iowa and Rutgers, each at 7-4, Penn State at 6-4 and Wisconsin at 6-5. Everyone else is below .500 in conference play.
Surprisingly, the Terps are the highest rated team in the Big Ten in this week's newly released AP Top 25. By virtue of their current four game win streak and a big road win over Iowa, Maryland climbed from No.15 to No. 9.
Other Big Ten teams in the AP Poll include No. 16 Michigan State, No. 17 Iowa, No. 20 Illinois, and No. 22 Penn State. Were the poll extended, Ohio State would be No. 28, Rutgers would be No. 34 and Michigan would be tied for No. 38.
There is a pivotal showdown between Maryland and Rutgers tomorrow night in College Park, Maryland.
Surging Baylor stands at No. 1 in the AP Poll. The Bears are 19-1 overall, and are followed in the poll by No. 2 Gonzaga (23-1), No. 3 Kansas (18-3), No. 4 San Diego State (23-0), No. 5 Louisville (19-3), No. 6 Dayton (20-2), No. 7 Duke (18-3), No. 8 Florida State (18-3), No. 9 Maryland (17-4) and No. 10 Villanova (17-4).
Sunday, February 2, 2020
In-Fighting Jolts Democrats in Run-Up to Iowa Caucuses
TOWSON, Maryland Sunday, February 2, 2020 - There is an amazing turn of events washing across the Democratic Party in the run-up to the official start of the Presidential Primary Season. This weekend, former First Lady and 2016 Democratic Standard Bearer, Hilary Clinton, ripped into current Democratic Candidate Bernie Sanders.
Sanders, an aging Marxist who some Democratic voters see as a welcome candidate among Democratic Hopefuls, drew the ire of the failed Clinton because, she said, he failed to marshal his supporters behind Clinton after he lost to Clinton in the Democratic race. Actually, there is a large question about whether he did lose, since the DNC concedes that rules were broken and strings pulled for Clinton to the detriment of Sanders. Sanders, however, hardly raised a fuss in the sordid affair and did work, at least some, for Clinton.
Clinton alleged this week that "nobody likes" Sanders and nobody can work with him. Sanders squabbled last week with fellow Senator and Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren over whether Sanders said Warren was a liar during a Democratic Debate.
Meanwhile, another Democratic candidate, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, is in hot water for her work in a criminal case that resulted in the conviction and sentencing of a suspect later found to be innocent. The accused man is Myron Burrell, who was 16 in 2002 when an 11-year-old was shot and killed while doing school homework in her home. Another suspect, Ike Tyson, says he and not Burrell, pulled the trigger on the shot that killed the child. Klobuchar was a Minnesota prosecutor at the time.
Sanders, an aging Marxist who some Democratic voters see as a welcome candidate among Democratic Hopefuls, drew the ire of the failed Clinton because, she said, he failed to marshal his supporters behind Clinton after he lost to Clinton in the Democratic race. Actually, there is a large question about whether he did lose, since the DNC concedes that rules were broken and strings pulled for Clinton to the detriment of Sanders. Sanders, however, hardly raised a fuss in the sordid affair and did work, at least some, for Clinton.
Clinton alleged this week that "nobody likes" Sanders and nobody can work with him. Sanders squabbled last week with fellow Senator and Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren over whether Sanders said Warren was a liar during a Democratic Debate.
Meanwhile, another Democratic candidate, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, is in hot water for her work in a criminal case that resulted in the conviction and sentencing of a suspect later found to be innocent. The accused man is Myron Burrell, who was 16 in 2002 when an 11-year-old was shot and killed while doing school homework in her home. Another suspect, Ike Tyson, says he and not Burrell, pulled the trigger on the shot that killed the child. Klobuchar was a Minnesota prosecutor at the time.
Pro and Anti-Trump Forces Agree: Vote on Impeachment Set For Wednesday
TOWSON, Maryland, USA Sunday, February 2, 2020 - Even as Democratic Officials publicly agree that the only hope they have to defeat Donald Trump's bid for another four year term is to prevent Bernie Sanders from emerging as the DNC standard bearer, late polls show the Marxist edging ahead in Iowa polling.
In truth, most people, including this writer, believe the President will turn back anyone the Dems put up. But before you count your chickens, remember that Trump only gets four more years after the votes are counted. Many feel that just getting to the starting line was the President's biggest challenge. The Dems threw the book at Trump in the lead up to today's competition, but guess what, it did not work. Trump made it to the starting line. Schumer then threatened to keep the sham trial going for weeks by filing all manner of bad faith motions. Mitch McConnell made threats of his own, so the two got together over the weekend and agreed that the Dems can make their closing arguments on Monday and Tuesday. The vote then, will come Wednesday.
Unlike all the other motions filed so far, the actual impeachment vote will need votes from some 67 Senators to succeed in removing President Trump. That means at least 18 or 19 Republicans would have to jump ship.
Of course, the hateful Anti-American Dems do force Trump to make Tuesday Night's State of the Union address with the removal vote pending the next day. It is a very mean spirited mob Trump must daily confront.
In truth, most people, including this writer, believe the President will turn back anyone the Dems put up. But before you count your chickens, remember that Trump only gets four more years after the votes are counted. Many feel that just getting to the starting line was the President's biggest challenge. The Dems threw the book at Trump in the lead up to today's competition, but guess what, it did not work. Trump made it to the starting line. Schumer then threatened to keep the sham trial going for weeks by filing all manner of bad faith motions. Mitch McConnell made threats of his own, so the two got together over the weekend and agreed that the Dems can make their closing arguments on Monday and Tuesday. The vote then, will come Wednesday.
Unlike all the other motions filed so far, the actual impeachment vote will need votes from some 67 Senators to succeed in removing President Trump. That means at least 18 or 19 Republicans would have to jump ship.
Of course, the hateful Anti-American Dems do force Trump to make Tuesday Night's State of the Union address with the removal vote pending the next day. It is a very mean spirited mob Trump must daily confront.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Acquittal for Trump Seems All But Assured
TOWSON, Maryland Saturday, February 1, 2020 - The Senate of these United States is not in session this first day of February, 2020. In the impeachment trial of our President, all that officially remains to do is the overdue vote to acquit.
The two articles put upon the Senate by the Far Left were never anything other than ridiculous. Virtually every President, including even Obama, have made statements that are equal to that which the Far Left claimed should have led to Trump's ouster. Obama, you'll recall, blundered his way through the IRS scandal and the scandal surrounding the Fast and Furious imbroglio. The sanctimonious Chuck Schumer kept forgetting about those.
According to media reports. the two sides agreed Saturday afternoon that closing arguments will take place Monday and Tuesday, followed by the vote to acquit on Wednesday.
The Anti-American Far Left took to the media on Saturday to begin a campaign of whining and griping. Schumer said no impeachment can result in acquittal unless unless witnesses are allowed to testify. Schumer complained about the extensive and drawn out testimony while the impeachment was mired in the House. For her part, Pellosi provided moaning, griping and no small amount of carrying on Friday evening, much of it centered on the fact that the Democrats weren't given everything they asked for.
With the Presidential Primary season swinging into high gear this week with the Iowa Caucuses, followed soon after by the New Hampshire Primary and the South Carolina Primary, many Democrats were anxious to put the impeachment behind them, even if meant Trump's acquittal.
Most observers said that the Democrats were severely hurt by the poor performances of the so-called House Managers, who were selected by Pellossi to prosecute the case in the Senate. The despicable and overtly dishonest Adam Schiff and his Bonzo-like sidekick Nads Nadler, ended up being laughing stocks, especially compared with the highly competent Presidential Defenders, led by Professor Alan Dershowitz, Attorneys Ken Starr and Jay Sekulow, among others. Instead of off-the-cuff and thrown together answers put together by the managers, Trump's team was intellectual but, at the same time, convincing and compelling.
Acquittal seems all but guaranteed for Trump, which seems only fair. He did nothing wrong and should never have had to go through the sham to begin with.
The two articles put upon the Senate by the Far Left were never anything other than ridiculous. Virtually every President, including even Obama, have made statements that are equal to that which the Far Left claimed should have led to Trump's ouster. Obama, you'll recall, blundered his way through the IRS scandal and the scandal surrounding the Fast and Furious imbroglio. The sanctimonious Chuck Schumer kept forgetting about those.
According to media reports. the two sides agreed Saturday afternoon that closing arguments will take place Monday and Tuesday, followed by the vote to acquit on Wednesday.
The Anti-American Far Left took to the media on Saturday to begin a campaign of whining and griping. Schumer said no impeachment can result in acquittal unless unless witnesses are allowed to testify. Schumer complained about the extensive and drawn out testimony while the impeachment was mired in the House. For her part, Pellosi provided moaning, griping and no small amount of carrying on Friday evening, much of it centered on the fact that the Democrats weren't given everything they asked for.
With the Presidential Primary season swinging into high gear this week with the Iowa Caucuses, followed soon after by the New Hampshire Primary and the South Carolina Primary, many Democrats were anxious to put the impeachment behind them, even if meant Trump's acquittal.
Most observers said that the Democrats were severely hurt by the poor performances of the so-called House Managers, who were selected by Pellossi to prosecute the case in the Senate. The despicable and overtly dishonest Adam Schiff and his Bonzo-like sidekick Nads Nadler, ended up being laughing stocks, especially compared with the highly competent Presidential Defenders, led by Professor Alan Dershowitz, Attorneys Ken Starr and Jay Sekulow, among others. Instead of off-the-cuff and thrown together answers put together by the managers, Trump's team was intellectual but, at the same time, convincing and compelling.
Acquittal seems all but guaranteed for Trump, which seems only fair. He did nothing wrong and should never have had to go through the sham to begin with.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
This Blogger and His Blog Return - the Good Lord Willing - for the Duration; With Abbreviated New Commentaries on the Presidential Race and Sports
TOWSON, MARYLAND, USA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 - When last this blog appeared, some ten months ago, there was the hope that long absences would be a thing of the past. It didn't turn out that way. Again an effort is being made.
This is the current situation. The Democrats have celebrated their return to power in the United States House of Representatives by attempting to Impeach President Trump. More than a few influential national commentators - including the powerful Mark Levin - believe that the President has emerged as one of the most important and influential chief executives in American History.
They are correct. Too often, Presidents have identified the most poignant needs and desires of all of America's citizens, only to completely fail to act in furtherance of the concerns they have identified. Trump is that rare exception. He knows what the citizens need and want, and he has acted to address them. And despite the fact that his efforts have been curtailed by Anti-American elements of the Democratic Party, many of his plans and initiatives have been enacted. Even Trump's enemies are amazed at this energy and resolve.
It is to be expected, I suppose, that the Democrats oppose Trump in furtherance of the role as the loyal opposition. Oppose, okay, we get it, but these people don't loyally oppose. Instead, they do everything in their power to completely destroy and even obliterate Trump. Democrats can oppose while at the same time remembering that they are Americans who have a solemn duty to act in furtherance of what is best for our God Blessed Nation. Their duty becomes worthy of extreme care when being among the opposition becomes contrary to America's best interests.
Chucky Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have, more often than not, slipped way over the line. Way way over.
This is the current situation. The Democrats have celebrated their return to power in the United States House of Representatives by attempting to Impeach President Trump. More than a few influential national commentators - including the powerful Mark Levin - believe that the President has emerged as one of the most important and influential chief executives in American History.
They are correct. Too often, Presidents have identified the most poignant needs and desires of all of America's citizens, only to completely fail to act in furtherance of the concerns they have identified. Trump is that rare exception. He knows what the citizens need and want, and he has acted to address them. And despite the fact that his efforts have been curtailed by Anti-American elements of the Democratic Party, many of his plans and initiatives have been enacted. Even Trump's enemies are amazed at this energy and resolve.
It is to be expected, I suppose, that the Democrats oppose Trump in furtherance of the role as the loyal opposition. Oppose, okay, we get it, but these people don't loyally oppose. Instead, they do everything in their power to completely destroy and even obliterate Trump. Democrats can oppose while at the same time remembering that they are Americans who have a solemn duty to act in furtherance of what is best for our God Blessed Nation. Their duty becomes worthy of extreme care when being among the opposition becomes contrary to America's best interests.
Chucky Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have, more often than not, slipped way over the line. Way way over.
What is Wrong With Democrats' Impeachment Mess? Begin With Schiff
TOWSON, MARYLAND, Tuesday, January 29, 2020 - I haven't posted in ages. Now, I'm back. Hopefully, I will be "back" for quite a while, the Lord willing.
Today, the darling of all those who are truly Anti-American and who oppose Justice and all that this word means - he, of course, being the pernicious liar, Adam Schiff - had the temerity and underhandedness to criticize the President and his Defense Counsel for lack of good faith in the on-going and totally corrupt impeachment proceedings. Schiff, Nadler and company have lied and acted against the interests of the nation they are sworn to represent on so many occasions that they defy logic and the meaning of incredulity. It would be like Lee Harvey Oswald lectured a Medal of Honor Winner on justifiable homicide.
It is not the first time the low-brow Schiff has sunk to such imbecilic banalities. In fact, he rarely speaks without slipping there. As a life-long Democrat, I again plead with the pernicious liar to do everyone a patriotic favor and to quit, as quickly as he might. Just now, one of the managers for the Dems said, on the record, that former Vice President Biden "did nothing wrong," when he pushed his low brow son, Hunter, onto the board of a corrupt Ukraine Corporation - a position he was totally unqualified for - and had the company agree to pay poor Hunter millions of dollars. Joe has always been corrupt. In fact, as most Americans have noted, Joe laughed heartily when recalling how good it felt to shake the Ukraine down for billions of dollars unless and until they put Hunter on the board and paid him half the national debt. Yet Trump is in trouble but not the sleazy Biden. And the Dems say Joey did nothing wrong. Kind of puts this impeachment in a bit of perspective, don't you think?
Because, you know, this is how we treat our allies. We force our low-ability son onto their local company's board and tell the Ukraine that unless they pay Hunter millions of bucks they aren't getting their defense money.
The thing is, for a truly bad person, such as Schiff, to even allege that any other person is immoral is an irony that races past all definitions and bounds of justice and fair play.
Begin with this fact, and it is a fact; Schiff began this sham proceeding with a Star Chamber proceeding behind closed and locked doors. Often, the President and his attorneys were prohibited from attending. Some 18 witnesses were called. But Schiff only released bits of 17 witness transcripts and he said in public that that is all there were. But there were 18. The Inspector General for Intelligence also testified and gave sworn and provable testimony that would have ended these proceedings, even with Schiff in charge. Schiff dealt with this stumbling block by not admitting to the 18th witness. It was behind closed doors after all. And the liar was guarding that door. Schiff is a bad bad person and a pernicious liar. And who is standing right behind him at the liar's table? Ole Nads Nadler. They deserve each other.
Rarely has a more despicable figure than Schiff graced the halls of Congress. Yet my party even allows this low brow man to actually run a presidential impeachment. He is permitted to become the face of my party in this pivotal hour.
This is how bad it has gotten. One imagines that if Benedict Arnold were still alive, he would have been allowed to share the rostrum with Schiff. The President must have nerves of steel to put up with this. It reminds of the day, late in President George W. Bush's second term, when the Dems gathered behind closed doors and emerged agreeing to all call the President a liar. Every Democrat said the same thing. They are scum bums.
Today, the darling of all those who are truly Anti-American and who oppose Justice and all that this word means - he, of course, being the pernicious liar, Adam Schiff - had the temerity and underhandedness to criticize the President and his Defense Counsel for lack of good faith in the on-going and totally corrupt impeachment proceedings. Schiff, Nadler and company have lied and acted against the interests of the nation they are sworn to represent on so many occasions that they defy logic and the meaning of incredulity. It would be like Lee Harvey Oswald lectured a Medal of Honor Winner on justifiable homicide.
It is not the first time the low-brow Schiff has sunk to such imbecilic banalities. In fact, he rarely speaks without slipping there. As a life-long Democrat, I again plead with the pernicious liar to do everyone a patriotic favor and to quit, as quickly as he might. Just now, one of the managers for the Dems said, on the record, that former Vice President Biden "did nothing wrong," when he pushed his low brow son, Hunter, onto the board of a corrupt Ukraine Corporation - a position he was totally unqualified for - and had the company agree to pay poor Hunter millions of dollars. Joe has always been corrupt. In fact, as most Americans have noted, Joe laughed heartily when recalling how good it felt to shake the Ukraine down for billions of dollars unless and until they put Hunter on the board and paid him half the national debt. Yet Trump is in trouble but not the sleazy Biden. And the Dems say Joey did nothing wrong. Kind of puts this impeachment in a bit of perspective, don't you think?
Because, you know, this is how we treat our allies. We force our low-ability son onto their local company's board and tell the Ukraine that unless they pay Hunter millions of bucks they aren't getting their defense money.
The thing is, for a truly bad person, such as Schiff, to even allege that any other person is immoral is an irony that races past all definitions and bounds of justice and fair play.
Begin with this fact, and it is a fact; Schiff began this sham proceeding with a Star Chamber proceeding behind closed and locked doors. Often, the President and his attorneys were prohibited from attending. Some 18 witnesses were called. But Schiff only released bits of 17 witness transcripts and he said in public that that is all there were. But there were 18. The Inspector General for Intelligence also testified and gave sworn and provable testimony that would have ended these proceedings, even with Schiff in charge. Schiff dealt with this stumbling block by not admitting to the 18th witness. It was behind closed doors after all. And the liar was guarding that door. Schiff is a bad bad person and a pernicious liar. And who is standing right behind him at the liar's table? Ole Nads Nadler. They deserve each other.
Rarely has a more despicable figure than Schiff graced the halls of Congress. Yet my party even allows this low brow man to actually run a presidential impeachment. He is permitted to become the face of my party in this pivotal hour.
This is how bad it has gotten. One imagines that if Benedict Arnold were still alive, he would have been allowed to share the rostrum with Schiff. The President must have nerves of steel to put up with this. It reminds of the day, late in President George W. Bush's second term, when the Dems gathered behind closed doors and emerged agreeing to all call the President a liar. Every Democrat said the same thing. They are scum bums.
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