BALTIMORE, Maryland, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - The first debate is complete. Predictably, the ultra far left mainstream media, including, most notably, its moderator-turned- Clinton-supporter-and-chief-interventionist, Lester Holt, and their other allies in the camp of Hilary Clinton, say that the former first lady, along with Holt, "won" the debate. Everybody else, including all of the informal polls taken after the debate save for the one concocted by the ultra far left CNN organization, say that Donald Trump was the clear winner. I am in the latter camp.
According to the influential and almost always accurate Powerline Blog, Trump was declared the clear winner in 17 of 19 snap polls taken right after the debate. People who say Hilary won can't understand that people gag at the thought of her winning anything. The Powerline folk thought Trump performed miserably. They are, of course, entitled to their opinion, but in my estimation, anything Trump did last night has to be immediately compared to who his opponent was, what kind of things she has done, does, and will do, and the apocalyptic danger of someone as 'bad' as her getting anywhere near the Whitehouse again. When you do that type of comparison, it is virtually impossible for Trump to lose. I get the feeling that Trump is growing into what he has to do. The streak of devil-may-care wildness and irresponsibility that was there at the outset of his campaign seems to be all but gone. What is left is his gnawing desire to win, mixed admirably with his strong and appreciating desire to bale the nation out of the hole Obama and Hilary have dumped it in. He may never approach President Reagan, but if he digs us out of the hole and gets us back to even, he will be some kind of miracle worker.
In my mind, Hilary could not have won the debate without abandoning her ultra far left posturing. The Good Lord knows she did not abandon those ridiculous positions. In fact, she cannot function without them. Ultra Far Leftists are like that. Just look at Obama: time and time again he arrived at a junction in his two terms where he could have done the right and proper pro-American thing, or continued to follow his ingrained far left dogma-soaked mind to the country's detriment. Each time, he took the far left course and we all suffered for it. The Iran deal and the billions he has sent there? By any test that is both insane and treasonable, not to mention downright harmful to the USA, but he went and did it anyway. What kind of warped and depraved mind would think it was a good idea to send billions of dollars to mad and depraved men bent on mass murder and genocide? Obama's mind, that's who. And Hilary would be right there given the opportunity. Hopefully, prayerfully, that chance will not be given. Hopefully, prayerfully, we will have a chance to pull back from that miserable and depraved abyss.
Trump was quite real throughout the 90 minute ordeal. He drove home one obvious but often overlooked point that acts like a lead balloon around Hilary's neck: even if she has a good idea, the issue immediately becomes why she's waited all these years to implement it. Then, at one point, she said that by the end of the evening she would be blamed for all of President Obama's mistakes. Well, of course she will be. She has strongly endorsed Obama. She has said she agrees with Obama on every major point, including the disastrous Obamacare, the suicidal Iran Nuclear Deal, the Pacific Partnership, etc.
Trump never mentioned Benghazi or the espionage-soaked email scandal. Many believe he is saving those bombshells for the third debate.
Before the debate, the mainstream media was candid in ordering Holt to rip Trump. For his part, Holt proved he wasn't interested in suffering the same ignominy put upon Matt Lauer and Jimmy Fallon when they had the audacity to treat Hilary and Trump relatively equally. Imagine! Since this obvious abandoning of far left dogmatic duties, the two men have been shunned and disparaged by the far left. Holt wanted no part of this fate and did what he had to do to show for one and all that he was far left to the T. You go, Lester! At least now we won't have to listen to somebody trying to say that he really is objective.
Hilary, desperate because of polls showing Trump has come from well behind to draw even or even ahead or Her Liarship, recited charges that Trump has called women all manner of foul names. For his part, Trump refrained, for now, from calling Hillary any number of earned monikers. He did, however, remind her that it was her better half that signed the NAFTA deal into law, and that she has supported it ever since. He reminded the audience that Hillary originally backed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, then turned against it immediately after Trump announced that he was against the deal.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Monday, September 26, 2016
Desperate Times for Hilary; Orioles Sweep Diamondbacks to Hold Second Wild Card Spot; Ravens Rally on Tucker Field Goal; No. 1 Maryland Shuts Out Michigan State to Grab Firm Grip on Big Ten Soccer Lead
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Monday, September 26, 2016 - We Americans, no matter which party we call our own, or which candidate we think we support, know for certain that we can almost feel the looming and ominous presence of the first presidential debate, scheduled for tonight at Hofstra University in New York. Donald Trump has surged in the polls, with many of these polls now calling the race a dead heat, and more than a few of them actually putting Trump in the lead. But even if you didn't know what the infamous polls were saying, you would know that Trump's fortunes have dramatically improved because of the desperation of the Hillary Clinton campaign, including the desperate and low brow behavior of her many functionaries in the main-stream media. Over the past weekend most of the larger mainstream media newspapers did stories on - get this! -Trump's habit of telling untruths.
You read that right. The Washington Post, the New York Times and other papers all said - in supposedly unbiased newspaper stories - that Trump's propensity for mixing untruths into his stump speeches along the campaign trail make it necessary for Debate Moderator Lestor Holt of NBC to intervene to keep the record safe. How brazen! A recent survey of the American Electorate showed that 89% of all Americans do not believe that Hilary Clinton is either honest or trustworthy. But Holt needs to monitor Trump.
No longer does Her Liarship bother with untruths about her would-be administration. Instead, all of her time and money have gone into bashing Mr. Trump. Every five minutes either Hillary or some functionary announce, via a commercial or interview that Trump is unqualified and a racist and a nut.
This is all so absurd when you consider that Hilary came to Trump's wedding and had her only child, her daughter Chelsea, pow around with Trump's children. This is not the behavior of a woman who actually believed any of the nonsense she and her functionaries are delving into these days.
It was not that many years ago that Hilary sat by silently as the Rev. Jesse Jackson praised Trump's many contributions - not all of them financial - to minority issues in New York City.
But you know the Democrats, today's version of this party, the one that is lorded over by the Ultra Left: they won't let logic or truth keep them from playing the despicable race card, or other 'cards' designed to reverse their free fall in the polls.
None of this is to say that Trump doesn't have it in him to pull a major bonehead comment out of his bag. For America's sake, we can only hope he resists this temptation.
As for the media, and here we speak of the three old-time Alphabet Networks (ABC, CBS and, the boot-licker of all of the boot-lickers, NBC); each day I look in stunned amazement as the New York Times runs front page above-the-fold "revelations" about Donald Trump, while Hillary Clinton's awful and despicable behavior gets virtually no play at all. There is only one candidate who is not qualified to be president in this campaign, and that is the felonious Hilary Clinton. At NBC, the low brow nonsense has even spilled over to the entertainment side of the network. It wasn't that long ago when the ultra left would confine its interventions to a few quickies on Law and Order. If you didn't have an ear for the far left propaganda, you'd miss it. Now, the Bonzo of the network, Seth Meyers, just sets off on Trump from the first second. (Now, I have to admit that I have never looked at the show this other unfunny clown, Coldbert, puts on. He lost me when he paraded Obama, the wife and even John Kerry onto his stage in his first ten days on the air. Just what we all need, more very old, very stale, very 'sure to fail because that is all these ideas ever do' left wing nonsense. Name one time, one place, when any of these ideas have ever worked. Ever!
Heaven knows what election day will bring. If Hilary wins it will be Katy, bar the door. And to think that certain Hollywood fools say they will leave the country if Trump wins. If Hillary wins, there won't be much of a country left to leave.
I honestly don't know what to tell Trump going into the debate. His opponent is a liar of the first order and may well be lining up in-debate help to insure her success, whatever that would be defined as.intervention by Holt along the lines of the saving intervention by Candy Crowley in the Romney v. Obama debate, or something more subtle. When NBC's Matt Lauer interviewed Hilary and actually ask a few real questions, and didn't go all out to humiliate Trump during a subsequent debate, he was skewered by the Far Left Media. Holt knows he'll get similar treatment, or worse, if he doesn't tow the far left line. And yet, if Trump looses his cool, it would lead to similar ganging up. Isn't life fair when the Ultra Far Left is involved. No, it is, by definition, quite fascist, don't you think?
Sports: Orioles Sweep Diamondbacks, Head Off to Toronto and New York for Final Six Games; Baltimore Holds Second Wild Card Spot, 1.5 Behind Blue Jays; Ravens Rally Past Jacksonville to Improve to 3-0; Maryland Soccer Takes Firm Grip on Big Ten Lead - COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - The Orioles swept Arizona in a three-game weekend set at Camden Yards, enabling them to move back into the second Wild Card Position, one and one-half ahead of Detroit, which held the second spot going into the weekend, and 1.5 behind the Blue Jays, which host the Orioles in a three-game series beginning Tuesday night. After that series, Baltimore flies to the Bronx for a three-game set to close out the regular season. Winning the division is no longer possible, but getting the first Wild Card spot, enabling them to host Toronto for that one decisive playoff game, is still very possible. As for the Yankee series, you might recall last season when the Orioles were out of contention but the Yanks were still very much in contention when New York came to Baltimore to close out the season. The Orioles swept the Yanks, and the Yanks went home after the season. If the Birds can get either of the Wild Card positions, it will be up to Manager Buck Showalter to jockey his pitchers in such a way that he has a top starter available for the Wild Card game, wherever it is played. The last thing Oriole Fans would want is for the Birds to make the Wild Card, but be left with a cold starter for the big game. Then again, Wade Miley got his first win on Sunday and had a shutout going until there were two outs in the ninth inning.
The Ravens looked like they were going to pull defeat from the clenched jaws of victory yesterday in Jacksonville after Joe Flacco was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter, both on tipped balls. But Jacksonville had a very makable Field Goal blocked, and the Ravens took the muff deep enough into Jacksonville territory to enable Kicker Justin Tucker to connect on a 54-yard Field Goal to propel the Ravens to a 19-17 Win over the Jaguars. The Ravens improved to 3-0 as they prepare to host Oakland next Sunday. Every other team in the AFC North has at least one loss, and the defending champs, the Bengals, have two.
Maryland's Soccer team was in a scoreless tie with a very good Michigan State team on Friday night in College Park. But in the second half, the Terps took over. First, Jake Rozhansky scored early in the second half and the Terps, now 6-0-2, including 3-0-1 in the Big Ten, added an own goal in the 73rd minute in front of 7,391 at Ludwig Field,. For the Terps, it was the fifth-largest turnout in venue history and the third 5,000-plus turnout in five home matches this season.
Michigan State was solid throughout, and even the own goal was not the fault of the Spartan Defense. Maryland was in the midst of one of its trademark swarms around the net when a hard shot rebounded onto the back of the foot of a defender and into the net. The boisterous crowd cared little about how the ball got where it ended up.
The Spartans (5-2-0, 2-1-0) now trail Maryland by four points. They are tied with Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State and Ohio State. Northwestern - Maryland's opponent this coming Friday - is next with 4 points.
You read that right. The Washington Post, the New York Times and other papers all said - in supposedly unbiased newspaper stories - that Trump's propensity for mixing untruths into his stump speeches along the campaign trail make it necessary for Debate Moderator Lestor Holt of NBC to intervene to keep the record safe. How brazen! A recent survey of the American Electorate showed that 89% of all Americans do not believe that Hilary Clinton is either honest or trustworthy. But Holt needs to monitor Trump.
No longer does Her Liarship bother with untruths about her would-be administration. Instead, all of her time and money have gone into bashing Mr. Trump. Every five minutes either Hillary or some functionary announce, via a commercial or interview that Trump is unqualified and a racist and a nut.
This is all so absurd when you consider that Hilary came to Trump's wedding and had her only child, her daughter Chelsea, pow around with Trump's children. This is not the behavior of a woman who actually believed any of the nonsense she and her functionaries are delving into these days.
It was not that many years ago that Hilary sat by silently as the Rev. Jesse Jackson praised Trump's many contributions - not all of them financial - to minority issues in New York City.
But you know the Democrats, today's version of this party, the one that is lorded over by the Ultra Left: they won't let logic or truth keep them from playing the despicable race card, or other 'cards' designed to reverse their free fall in the polls.
None of this is to say that Trump doesn't have it in him to pull a major bonehead comment out of his bag. For America's sake, we can only hope he resists this temptation.
As for the media, and here we speak of the three old-time Alphabet Networks (ABC, CBS and, the boot-licker of all of the boot-lickers, NBC); each day I look in stunned amazement as the New York Times runs front page above-the-fold "revelations" about Donald Trump, while Hillary Clinton's awful and despicable behavior gets virtually no play at all. There is only one candidate who is not qualified to be president in this campaign, and that is the felonious Hilary Clinton. At NBC, the low brow nonsense has even spilled over to the entertainment side of the network. It wasn't that long ago when the ultra left would confine its interventions to a few quickies on Law and Order. If you didn't have an ear for the far left propaganda, you'd miss it. Now, the Bonzo of the network, Seth Meyers, just sets off on Trump from the first second. (Now, I have to admit that I have never looked at the show this other unfunny clown, Coldbert, puts on. He lost me when he paraded Obama, the wife and even John Kerry onto his stage in his first ten days on the air. Just what we all need, more very old, very stale, very 'sure to fail because that is all these ideas ever do' left wing nonsense. Name one time, one place, when any of these ideas have ever worked. Ever!
Heaven knows what election day will bring. If Hilary wins it will be Katy, bar the door. And to think that certain Hollywood fools say they will leave the country if Trump wins. If Hillary wins, there won't be much of a country left to leave.
I honestly don't know what to tell Trump going into the debate. His opponent is a liar of the first order and may well be lining up in-debate help to insure her success, whatever that would be defined as.intervention by Holt along the lines of the saving intervention by Candy Crowley in the Romney v. Obama debate, or something more subtle. When NBC's Matt Lauer interviewed Hilary and actually ask a few real questions, and didn't go all out to humiliate Trump during a subsequent debate, he was skewered by the Far Left Media. Holt knows he'll get similar treatment, or worse, if he doesn't tow the far left line. And yet, if Trump looses his cool, it would lead to similar ganging up. Isn't life fair when the Ultra Far Left is involved. No, it is, by definition, quite fascist, don't you think?
Sports: Orioles Sweep Diamondbacks, Head Off to Toronto and New York for Final Six Games; Baltimore Holds Second Wild Card Spot, 1.5 Behind Blue Jays; Ravens Rally Past Jacksonville to Improve to 3-0; Maryland Soccer Takes Firm Grip on Big Ten Lead - COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - The Orioles swept Arizona in a three-game weekend set at Camden Yards, enabling them to move back into the second Wild Card Position, one and one-half ahead of Detroit, which held the second spot going into the weekend, and 1.5 behind the Blue Jays, which host the Orioles in a three-game series beginning Tuesday night. After that series, Baltimore flies to the Bronx for a three-game set to close out the regular season. Winning the division is no longer possible, but getting the first Wild Card spot, enabling them to host Toronto for that one decisive playoff game, is still very possible. As for the Yankee series, you might recall last season when the Orioles were out of contention but the Yanks were still very much in contention when New York came to Baltimore to close out the season. The Orioles swept the Yanks, and the Yanks went home after the season. If the Birds can get either of the Wild Card positions, it will be up to Manager Buck Showalter to jockey his pitchers in such a way that he has a top starter available for the Wild Card game, wherever it is played. The last thing Oriole Fans would want is for the Birds to make the Wild Card, but be left with a cold starter for the big game. Then again, Wade Miley got his first win on Sunday and had a shutout going until there were two outs in the ninth inning.
The Ravens looked like they were going to pull defeat from the clenched jaws of victory yesterday in Jacksonville after Joe Flacco was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter, both on tipped balls. But Jacksonville had a very makable Field Goal blocked, and the Ravens took the muff deep enough into Jacksonville territory to enable Kicker Justin Tucker to connect on a 54-yard Field Goal to propel the Ravens to a 19-17 Win over the Jaguars. The Ravens improved to 3-0 as they prepare to host Oakland next Sunday. Every other team in the AFC North has at least one loss, and the defending champs, the Bengals, have two.
Maryland's Soccer team was in a scoreless tie with a very good Michigan State team on Friday night in College Park. But in the second half, the Terps took over. First, Jake Rozhansky scored early in the second half and the Terps, now 6-0-2, including 3-0-1 in the Big Ten, added an own goal in the 73rd minute in front of 7,391 at Ludwig Field,. For the Terps, it was the fifth-largest turnout in venue history and the third 5,000-plus turnout in five home matches this season.
Michigan State was solid throughout, and even the own goal was not the fault of the Spartan Defense. Maryland was in the midst of one of its trademark swarms around the net when a hard shot rebounded onto the back of the foot of a defender and into the net. The boisterous crowd cared little about how the ball got where it ended up.
The Spartans (5-2-0, 2-1-0) now trail Maryland by four points. They are tied with Indiana, Wisconsin, Penn State and Ohio State. Northwestern - Maryland's opponent this coming Friday - is next with 4 points.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Orioles Resolutely Hang On Despite Not Being at the Top of Their Game; Make or Break Series Against Boston Starts in Baltimore Monday Night
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sunday, September 18, 2016 - With supreme effort, the Orioles defeated the Rays on Sunday, 2-1, to gain a less than satisfying split in their four-game pennant race series with the last place team in the AL East. With Boston playing the Yankees on Sunday night, the Red Sox lead over their closest competitor is two and one-half games. When Boston arrives at Camden Yards tomorrow for the start of a pivotal four game weekday series with the Orioles they will be holding either a two or three game lead over their closest pursuer. It is, as they say, crunch time.
Sadly, for the Birds, the heart of their batting order is anything but hot right now. Chris Davis is still striking out way too often, Mark Trumbo still leads the American League in home runs, but his actual production has slowed considerably after a start that raised eyebrows all over baseball. Manny Machado, whose homer today provided the Orioles with one of their two runs, and who is still batting over .300, is showing signs of trying to do too much in his at bats in late inning clutch situations. Manny is becoming a team leader, and his ability and effort are beyond question. But in the clutch, sometimes a single is what is needed more than going for a game-winning home run. The Orioles' five starting pitchers are split into two categories: Chris Tillman, Kevin Gausman and Dylan Bundy all give the Orioles a chance to win every time they take the mound. Wade Miley and Yovani Gallardo, on the other hand, have had miserable second halves for the Orioles. Miley came to Baltimore from Seattle on the trading deadline - July 31, 2016 - and, though placed in the starting rotation immediately, has yet to be credited with a winning decision. In his last 7 starts his ERA is 8.58. Gallardo has been in the starting rotation throughout the season, save for a prolonged stint on the disabled list early in the season. In his last seven starts he is 1-5 with a 6.42 ERA.
Despite these realities, the Orioles are within two or three games of the Division lead. Amazing. One reason why the Birds are so close to Boston is the stunning turnaround of Ubaldo Jimenez. Acquired from Cleveland in the 2014-2015 off-season, Jimenez pitched so poorly at the start of this season that the Orioles had to pull him from the rotation in spite of their huge investment in him. And yet, at the Orioles' most desperate hour, Jimenez turned his entire season and career around. In his last 7 games, 5 of which are starts, his record in a modest 2-2, but his ERA is under 4. His last 3 starts include a complete game 2-hitter and two seven inning outings. Before today's late win against the Rays, Jimenez was the starter in the Orioles' only win of the series. If Baltimore gets in to the playoffs they will have to credit Ubaldo's turn-around.
There are other Orioles who have come up big in these last two weeks. It seems that every hit by J.J. Hardy comes late and in the clutch. Similarly, Michael Bourn, whom the Birds picked up just before the post-season rosters were frozen, has had lots of big moments, both in the field and at the plate. Friday, in the Orioles' win over Tampa, Bourn knocked in the winning run and, with two out in the Tampa ninth, Bouirn helped gun down the tie run at the plate with a fantastic relay throw to Machado.
Sadly, for the Birds, the heart of their batting order is anything but hot right now. Chris Davis is still striking out way too often, Mark Trumbo still leads the American League in home runs, but his actual production has slowed considerably after a start that raised eyebrows all over baseball. Manny Machado, whose homer today provided the Orioles with one of their two runs, and who is still batting over .300, is showing signs of trying to do too much in his at bats in late inning clutch situations. Manny is becoming a team leader, and his ability and effort are beyond question. But in the clutch, sometimes a single is what is needed more than going for a game-winning home run. The Orioles' five starting pitchers are split into two categories: Chris Tillman, Kevin Gausman and Dylan Bundy all give the Orioles a chance to win every time they take the mound. Wade Miley and Yovani Gallardo, on the other hand, have had miserable second halves for the Orioles. Miley came to Baltimore from Seattle on the trading deadline - July 31, 2016 - and, though placed in the starting rotation immediately, has yet to be credited with a winning decision. In his last 7 starts his ERA is 8.58. Gallardo has been in the starting rotation throughout the season, save for a prolonged stint on the disabled list early in the season. In his last seven starts he is 1-5 with a 6.42 ERA.
Despite these realities, the Orioles are within two or three games of the Division lead. Amazing. One reason why the Birds are so close to Boston is the stunning turnaround of Ubaldo Jimenez. Acquired from Cleveland in the 2014-2015 off-season, Jimenez pitched so poorly at the start of this season that the Orioles had to pull him from the rotation in spite of their huge investment in him. And yet, at the Orioles' most desperate hour, Jimenez turned his entire season and career around. In his last 7 games, 5 of which are starts, his record in a modest 2-2, but his ERA is under 4. His last 3 starts include a complete game 2-hitter and two seven inning outings. Before today's late win against the Rays, Jimenez was the starter in the Orioles' only win of the series. If Baltimore gets in to the playoffs they will have to credit Ubaldo's turn-around.
There are other Orioles who have come up big in these last two weeks. It seems that every hit by J.J. Hardy comes late and in the clutch. Similarly, Michael Bourn, whom the Birds picked up just before the post-season rosters were frozen, has had lots of big moments, both in the field and at the plate. Friday, in the Orioles' win over Tampa, Bourn knocked in the winning run and, with two out in the Tampa ninth, Bouirn helped gun down the tie run at the plate with a fantastic relay throw to Machado.
Winning Road Trip, Superb Pitching Keep Birds In Thick of AL East Race; Gausman, Britten Keep Coming Up Big; Ravens Need Road Win in Cleveland
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Thursday, September 15, 2016 - Throughout this tumultuous 2016 Major League Baseball Season, the Baltimore Orioles have played marvelously when at home in Camden Yards. No team in the game plays better at home than the Orioles, save for those 'Amazin Chicago Cubs. Sadly, through August they had not been nearly as effective away from home. In fact, they were below .500 on the road. It is difficult, if not impossible, to play below .500 either home or away and make the MLB playoffs.
Suddenly, just as the Orioles left home on a make or break ten day, nine game, road trip, something happened to this team. Suddenly, they were winners on the road. They won all three series on this trip, taking two out of three in Tampa, two out of three in Detroit and two out of three in Boston. The Red Sox are in first place. Had they won tonight's game, their lead would have been three games over the Orioles. The Sox had the big leagues' only 20 game winner on the mound, in Rick Porcello. And not only does Porcello have 20 wins, he is 13 and 0 in Fenway. The Orioles started Kevin Gausman. The big man has very quietly developed into one of the best starters in the game, and that talent was on full display in Fenway. He pitched eight shut-out innings against the powerful Red Sox, surrendering just four hits. It was pure September magic. Over his last four starts he has amassed an ERA of under 0.70,
Gausman gave way to Zach Britten in the ninth, and all that Britten did was mow the Sox down in order, earning his 42nd save in 42 tries. The one and only run of the game came in the Oriole half of the second inning, when the American League home run king, Mark Trumbo, unloaded a monster shot over the Green Monster in Left Field and completely out of Fenway Park.
With Toronto losing again at home to last place Tampa, the standings in the AL East now look like this:
1. Boston Red Sox: 81 wins, 64 losses, .559 pct
2. Baltimore Orioles: 80 wins, 65 losses, .552 pct, 1 game behind
3. Toronto Blue Jays: 79 wins, 66 losses, .545 pct, 2 games behind
4. New York Yankees: 77 wins, 68 losses, ,531 pct, 4 games behind
5. Tampa Bay Rays: 62 wins, 83 losses, .428 pct, 19 games behind
Meanwhile, the American League Wild Card Race is just as congested. The three current division leaders are not listed in the standings because they will receive a playoff berth by virtue of winning their division. The Wild Card only considers the teams not leading their respective divisions. The two non-division winners with the best overall records will play a one-game wild card playoff game at the home park of the team with the better record. Thus, if the season ended today, the Wild Card game would find Toronto visiting Baltimore. The up-to-the-minute Wild Card Standings:
1. Baltimore Orioles: 80 wins, 65 losses, .552 pct, +1 in Wild Card Race
2. Toronto Blue Jays: 79 wins, 66 losses, .545 pct,
3. Detroit Tigers: 78 wins, 67 losses, .538 pct, 1 game behind in Wild Card
4. New York Yankees: 77 wins, 68 losses, ,531 pct, 2 games behind in Wild Card
5. Seattle Mariners: 77 wins, 68 losses, ,531 pct, 2 games behind in Wild Card
6. Houston Astros: 76 wins, 70 losses, .521 pct, 3 and one-half games behind in Wild Card
7. Kansas City Royals: 74 wins, 71 losses, .510 pct, 5 games behind in Wild Card
Football: Ravens Seek Improvement in First Road Test
Unlike last season, when they lost their first two games while on route to a miserable five win season, the Ravens won their season opener this season. The trouble is, nobody really knows whether it was an impressive win over a vastly improved Buffalo Bills team, or a narrow win over a ho-hum Buffalo team. Time will tell. Buffalo plays the Jets tonight. The Jets had Cincinnatti down late last Sunday, only to lose on a late field goal. If Buffalo can beat the Jets, it will begin to tell the story of a vastly improved Bills team under the coaching of a defensive wizard, Rex Ryan, and his brother, Rob Ryan, who is officially listed as "Assistant Head Coach Defense" (Dennis Thurman is the defensive coordinator). If, on the other hand, the Jets annihilate the Bills, one will wonder if the 2015 Ravens are there, right below the surface, just waiting for a game against a good team to reappear. The Ravens are in Cleveland on Sunday, and while it is a road game, it is not in the stadium of a powerhouse. The Eagles beat up on the Browns on opening weekend, and nobody is thinking that Philadelphia is heading for the Super Bowl.
There was good news that came out of the Buffalo game for Baltimore. Joe Flacco looked to be his old self as he displayed his strong and accurate throwing arm and calm offensive leadership. He also scrambled well when protection broke down, and even threw accurately when on the run. The Ravens new receiving corp, bolstered by the return of Steve Smith Sr. and Dennis Pita, also looked formidable. The biggest splash made by one of the new receivers came courtesy of Mike Wallace. The former Steeler caught a touchdown pass from Flacco after running an effective deep post pattern. Overall, he caught three passes for a total of 91 yards. Smith led the Ravens in receptions, snaring five Flacco passes. Sadly, the five catches only netted 19 yards. Flacco threw 33 times, completing 22, for a total of 258 yards and one touchdown. He was sacked four times, losing a total of 33 yards. His quarterback rating was 100.3. The running game was not all that good. Starting halfback Justin Forsett carried ten times for 41 yards, while former Towson star Terrence West carried 12 times for just 32 yards, an average of just 2.7 yards per carry. Wallace carried once on an end around, picking up 11 yards. This is a play you'll see again. Other receivers making important contributions included Pita, who had three catches for 39 yards, Kamar Aiken, who had two catches for 14 yards, Breshad Perriman, who made one spectacular catch for a whopping 35 yards, and Chris Moore, who also had one important catch for 13 yards. Moore's catch came late in the game after the Raven coaching staff conceded that some of the other receivers weren't getting separation from the Bills' defensive backfield and inserted Moore into the line-up. I wonder how many on the staff were wondering why in the heck the team had cut Jerrard Butler after his many catches in the preseason. Last year's starting Tight End, Crockett Gilmore, had one catch for five yards. Overall, Flacco coaxed catches from 10 different receivers, which has to give defensive coordinators on teams the Ravens still have to play some real nightmares.
A win in Cleveland is imperative for the Ravens even though it is very early. Both the Bengals and Steelers notched road wins over the first week of the NFL season. The Ravens need to show right from the start that they, too, are prepared to stay in the hunt in the AFC North with their fair share of road wins.
Suddenly, just as the Orioles left home on a make or break ten day, nine game, road trip, something happened to this team. Suddenly, they were winners on the road. They won all three series on this trip, taking two out of three in Tampa, two out of three in Detroit and two out of three in Boston. The Red Sox are in first place. Had they won tonight's game, their lead would have been three games over the Orioles. The Sox had the big leagues' only 20 game winner on the mound, in Rick Porcello. And not only does Porcello have 20 wins, he is 13 and 0 in Fenway. The Orioles started Kevin Gausman. The big man has very quietly developed into one of the best starters in the game, and that talent was on full display in Fenway. He pitched eight shut-out innings against the powerful Red Sox, surrendering just four hits. It was pure September magic. Over his last four starts he has amassed an ERA of under 0.70,
Gausman gave way to Zach Britten in the ninth, and all that Britten did was mow the Sox down in order, earning his 42nd save in 42 tries. The one and only run of the game came in the Oriole half of the second inning, when the American League home run king, Mark Trumbo, unloaded a monster shot over the Green Monster in Left Field and completely out of Fenway Park.
With Toronto losing again at home to last place Tampa, the standings in the AL East now look like this:
1. Boston Red Sox: 81 wins, 64 losses, .559 pct
2. Baltimore Orioles: 80 wins, 65 losses, .552 pct, 1 game behind
3. Toronto Blue Jays: 79 wins, 66 losses, .545 pct, 2 games behind
4. New York Yankees: 77 wins, 68 losses, ,531 pct, 4 games behind
5. Tampa Bay Rays: 62 wins, 83 losses, .428 pct, 19 games behind
Meanwhile, the American League Wild Card Race is just as congested. The three current division leaders are not listed in the standings because they will receive a playoff berth by virtue of winning their division. The Wild Card only considers the teams not leading their respective divisions. The two non-division winners with the best overall records will play a one-game wild card playoff game at the home park of the team with the better record. Thus, if the season ended today, the Wild Card game would find Toronto visiting Baltimore. The up-to-the-minute Wild Card Standings:
1. Baltimore Orioles: 80 wins, 65 losses, .552 pct, +1 in Wild Card Race
2. Toronto Blue Jays: 79 wins, 66 losses, .545 pct,
3. Detroit Tigers: 78 wins, 67 losses, .538 pct, 1 game behind in Wild Card
4. New York Yankees: 77 wins, 68 losses, ,531 pct, 2 games behind in Wild Card
5. Seattle Mariners: 77 wins, 68 losses, ,531 pct, 2 games behind in Wild Card
6. Houston Astros: 76 wins, 70 losses, .521 pct, 3 and one-half games behind in Wild Card
7. Kansas City Royals: 74 wins, 71 losses, .510 pct, 5 games behind in Wild Card
Football: Ravens Seek Improvement in First Road Test
Unlike last season, when they lost their first two games while on route to a miserable five win season, the Ravens won their season opener this season. The trouble is, nobody really knows whether it was an impressive win over a vastly improved Buffalo Bills team, or a narrow win over a ho-hum Buffalo team. Time will tell. Buffalo plays the Jets tonight. The Jets had Cincinnatti down late last Sunday, only to lose on a late field goal. If Buffalo can beat the Jets, it will begin to tell the story of a vastly improved Bills team under the coaching of a defensive wizard, Rex Ryan, and his brother, Rob Ryan, who is officially listed as "Assistant Head Coach Defense" (Dennis Thurman is the defensive coordinator). If, on the other hand, the Jets annihilate the Bills, one will wonder if the 2015 Ravens are there, right below the surface, just waiting for a game against a good team to reappear. The Ravens are in Cleveland on Sunday, and while it is a road game, it is not in the stadium of a powerhouse. The Eagles beat up on the Browns on opening weekend, and nobody is thinking that Philadelphia is heading for the Super Bowl.
There was good news that came out of the Buffalo game for Baltimore. Joe Flacco looked to be his old self as he displayed his strong and accurate throwing arm and calm offensive leadership. He also scrambled well when protection broke down, and even threw accurately when on the run. The Ravens new receiving corp, bolstered by the return of Steve Smith Sr. and Dennis Pita, also looked formidable. The biggest splash made by one of the new receivers came courtesy of Mike Wallace. The former Steeler caught a touchdown pass from Flacco after running an effective deep post pattern. Overall, he caught three passes for a total of 91 yards. Smith led the Ravens in receptions, snaring five Flacco passes. Sadly, the five catches only netted 19 yards. Flacco threw 33 times, completing 22, for a total of 258 yards and one touchdown. He was sacked four times, losing a total of 33 yards. His quarterback rating was 100.3. The running game was not all that good. Starting halfback Justin Forsett carried ten times for 41 yards, while former Towson star Terrence West carried 12 times for just 32 yards, an average of just 2.7 yards per carry. Wallace carried once on an end around, picking up 11 yards. This is a play you'll see again. Other receivers making important contributions included Pita, who had three catches for 39 yards, Kamar Aiken, who had two catches for 14 yards, Breshad Perriman, who made one spectacular catch for a whopping 35 yards, and Chris Moore, who also had one important catch for 13 yards. Moore's catch came late in the game after the Raven coaching staff conceded that some of the other receivers weren't getting separation from the Bills' defensive backfield and inserted Moore into the line-up. I wonder how many on the staff were wondering why in the heck the team had cut Jerrard Butler after his many catches in the preseason. Last year's starting Tight End, Crockett Gilmore, had one catch for five yards. Overall, Flacco coaxed catches from 10 different receivers, which has to give defensive coordinators on teams the Ravens still have to play some real nightmares.
A win in Cleveland is imperative for the Ravens even though it is very early. Both the Bengals and Steelers notched road wins over the first week of the NFL season. The Ravens need to show right from the start that they, too, are prepared to stay in the hunt in the AFC North with their fair share of road wins.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Maryland Soccer Improves to 3-0-1 After 4-1 Win Over South Florida
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - The Holiday Weekend would, sadly, end here. It was a simply beautiful Monday Night, the first one in September. The skies were all but completely clear and there was a wonderful breeze blowing. About 3,000 happy people had gathered in 75 degree weather to watch the 7th-ranked University of Maryland Soccer Team host the University of South Florida in an important early-season match up. Maryland broke on top 17 minutes after the match started on a 15 foot shot by Gordon Wild, but USF quickly stiffened its defense and the score stayed at 1-0 Maryland for quite some time. About five minutes before the half, South Florida got control of the ball and kept control of the ball. They couldn't get a good shot and the scored remained at 1-0 at the half. When the second half started, USF regained possession and pressed their attack. A shot came into the box and Cody Niedermeier, Maryland's 5th year Keeper, blocked it. But control of the ball eluded him, and when it popped from his arms and rolled to his right, South Florida's Luis Garza ran onto it and blasted it home.
Maryland's entire team gathered in front of their goal after Garza tied the score, and when play resumed, Maryland was a new team. In a little over eight minutes, they regained the lead when the always aggressive Amar Sejdic boomed a shot from beyond the 18 that easily eluded USF Keeper Spasoje Stefanovic. Later, Wild scored again, as did Maryland's Keegan Kelly. Another goal by George Campbelll was taken away from Maryland on a very questionable off-side call. Campbell's shot was from well beyond the 18 and was a thing of beauty. Sebastian Elney also was denied a goal on a very nice save by Stefanovic. The final score was Maryland 4, South Florida 1. Maryland's defense was so stingy that Neidermeier had only two saves for the entire game, and one of those was the block that came an instant before the Garza goal. A red card given to USF's Ricardo Gomez just after Maryland's second goal severely hamstrung the visitors, who played the final 38 minutes a man down.
Maryland's entire team gathered in front of their goal after Garza tied the score, and when play resumed, Maryland was a new team. In a little over eight minutes, they regained the lead when the always aggressive Amar Sejdic boomed a shot from beyond the 18 that easily eluded USF Keeper Spasoje Stefanovic. Later, Wild scored again, as did Maryland's Keegan Kelly. Another goal by George Campbelll was taken away from Maryland on a very questionable off-side call. Campbell's shot was from well beyond the 18 and was a thing of beauty. Sebastian Elney also was denied a goal on a very nice save by Stefanovic. The final score was Maryland 4, South Florida 1. Maryland's defense was so stingy that Neidermeier had only two saves for the entire game, and one of those was the block that came an instant before the Garza goal. A red card given to USF's Ricardo Gomez just after Maryland's second goal severely hamstrung the visitors, who played the final 38 minutes a man down.
Monday, September 5, 2016
The Ultra Left, Including Hillary, Doing Their Best to Corrupt Presidential Election
NORTHEAST, Maryland, Sunday, September 4, 2016 - In this small Maryland Town near the northern tip of the Chesapeake Bay, not far from where the 444-mile-long Susquehanna River runs into the Bay, the unexpectedly perfect late summer weather brings hundreds of day trippers pouring in here, looking for this or that, and, mostly, just looking and wallowing in the humane temperatures and bright sunshine. One shop, unexpectedly, shows old books, old coins and currency, old American Indian artifacts, and other old trinkets. Another sells the produce of Cecil County bees, nurtured lovingly by bee keepers practicing the apiary trade for generations. North East Creek runs through the town, and a fading sign tells of a developing shad or herring run. I doubt that this mendacious sign has been the least bit honest about these wonderful fish in many a decade. Nonetheless, it stands in spite of itself.
The Sunday TV talk shows all concentrate on Trump's African Gambit. A weekend radio talk host seethes at this predictable ploy by the ultra left mainstream media, knowing as anyone paying attention should know that the real and relevant story today should be the Friday document dump by the FBI and State Department. These documents help complete the obscene truths about Hillary Clinton's chronic lies, which wrap around the Benghazi Tragedy like a baby blanket on an infant. The political perversion engaged in so willingly by the FBI Director so he wouldn't have to do the "right" and correct thing and indict this felonious woman should also be receiving intense scrutiny, but, of course, it won't be because any coverage like that severely injures Hillary's chances of being President, and the whitewash of the truth the mainstream media continues in, unabated, so that they don't have to tell the truth about Crooked Hillary is the real story today. But believe me, the real story is Mr. Trump's campaign stop at a Black Church. It really is! Except when the mainstream covers the Trump at the Black Church story, they conveniently forget to show or tell you about the spontaneous standing ovation Trump received from the worshipers. You didn't know that, did you?
Apparently, one man who still claims to be Republican is growing very tired of Hillary's predictable lies and frauds. He is Colin Powell, the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hillary has told the FBI - the newly released documents confirm it, again - that Powell told her to use a private email server. She even says she got the idea from him. Powell is said to be outraged at Hillary's lies. He says he wrote an off-the-cuff email to her a full year after she began using her collection of private servers and devices on her own. His office released this statement on Friday:
"General Powell has no recollection of the dinner conversation. He did write former Secretary Clinton an email memo describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department. At the time there was no equivalent system within the Department. He used a secure State computer on his desk to manage classified information. The General no longer has the email he sent to former Secretary Clinton. It may exist in State or FBI files. For a complete discussion of his use of private emails he refers you to chapter 16, “Brainware” of his recent book, “It Worked For Me — In Life and Leadership,” published in 2012."
Other web sources describe Powell as angry and outraged that he is being pulled into Hillary's scandal. Don't hold your breath waiting for an article about any of this in the mainstream media.
Incidentally, do you know that many supporters of Mr. Trump are very angry at the RNC today because, once again, they have allowed all of the moderators and questioners for the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential debates to come from the ranks of the ultra left. One so-called moderator, it turns out, was actually in Obama's wedding. I have heard that the moderator of the first debate will be Matt Lauer, the ultra leftwing host of the NBC Today Show. I still remember the look on Lauer's mug when he was interviewing Curt Schilling, then the star pitcher of the Red Sox, and Schilling let loose with an off-the-cuff comment about just how wonderful some conservative was. Lauer's jaw dropped so far they needed a crane to hoist it back in place, and while he tried to pull himself back together, Schilling added, "What? You don't agree with me, Matt?"
Anyway, the point is that campaign after campaign the GOP gets suckered into these debates with "moderators" that slant their questions so far to the left that you cannot even see the middle of the road from there. Remember the one "moderator" from CNBC last summer whose questions were so far left that he was removed from participating any further and the RNC people were on the hotseat for weeks. Now, and despite their promises to the contrary, they've been had again. How hard can it be to tell the debate organizers that if half the moderators aren't right of center we won't participate, and we will name names?
As it turns out, all of these failings by the RNC may pale in comparison to another of the last minute revelations by the Ultra Left Obama Administration. Late last week Obama's head of the Department of Homeland Security, Johnson, told a gathering of mainstream media types that he wants to declare all federal elections a high-security asset of the federal government, and have his department take over the administration of all federal elections. Just think how candid and transparent the running of federal elections will be with the Ultra Left running them. Are you kidding?
The Sunday TV talk shows all concentrate on Trump's African Gambit. A weekend radio talk host seethes at this predictable ploy by the ultra left mainstream media, knowing as anyone paying attention should know that the real and relevant story today should be the Friday document dump by the FBI and State Department. These documents help complete the obscene truths about Hillary Clinton's chronic lies, which wrap around the Benghazi Tragedy like a baby blanket on an infant. The political perversion engaged in so willingly by the FBI Director so he wouldn't have to do the "right" and correct thing and indict this felonious woman should also be receiving intense scrutiny, but, of course, it won't be because any coverage like that severely injures Hillary's chances of being President, and the whitewash of the truth the mainstream media continues in, unabated, so that they don't have to tell the truth about Crooked Hillary is the real story today. But believe me, the real story is Mr. Trump's campaign stop at a Black Church. It really is! Except when the mainstream covers the Trump at the Black Church story, they conveniently forget to show or tell you about the spontaneous standing ovation Trump received from the worshipers. You didn't know that, did you?
Apparently, one man who still claims to be Republican is growing very tired of Hillary's predictable lies and frauds. He is Colin Powell, the former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hillary has told the FBI - the newly released documents confirm it, again - that Powell told her to use a private email server. She even says she got the idea from him. Powell is said to be outraged at Hillary's lies. He says he wrote an off-the-cuff email to her a full year after she began using her collection of private servers and devices on her own. His office released this statement on Friday:
"General Powell has no recollection of the dinner conversation. He did write former Secretary Clinton an email memo describing his use of his personal AOL email account for unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department. At the time there was no equivalent system within the Department. He used a secure State computer on his desk to manage classified information. The General no longer has the email he sent to former Secretary Clinton. It may exist in State or FBI files. For a complete discussion of his use of private emails he refers you to chapter 16, “Brainware” of his recent book, “It Worked For Me — In Life and Leadership,” published in 2012."
Other web sources describe Powell as angry and outraged that he is being pulled into Hillary's scandal. Don't hold your breath waiting for an article about any of this in the mainstream media.
Incidentally, do you know that many supporters of Mr. Trump are very angry at the RNC today because, once again, they have allowed all of the moderators and questioners for the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential debates to come from the ranks of the ultra left. One so-called moderator, it turns out, was actually in Obama's wedding. I have heard that the moderator of the first debate will be Matt Lauer, the ultra leftwing host of the NBC Today Show. I still remember the look on Lauer's mug when he was interviewing Curt Schilling, then the star pitcher of the Red Sox, and Schilling let loose with an off-the-cuff comment about just how wonderful some conservative was. Lauer's jaw dropped so far they needed a crane to hoist it back in place, and while he tried to pull himself back together, Schilling added, "What? You don't agree with me, Matt?"
Anyway, the point is that campaign after campaign the GOP gets suckered into these debates with "moderators" that slant their questions so far to the left that you cannot even see the middle of the road from there. Remember the one "moderator" from CNBC last summer whose questions were so far left that he was removed from participating any further and the RNC people were on the hotseat for weeks. Now, and despite their promises to the contrary, they've been had again. How hard can it be to tell the debate organizers that if half the moderators aren't right of center we won't participate, and we will name names?
As it turns out, all of these failings by the RNC may pale in comparison to another of the last minute revelations by the Ultra Left Obama Administration. Late last week Obama's head of the Department of Homeland Security, Johnson, told a gathering of mainstream media types that he wants to declare all federal elections a high-security asset of the federal government, and have his department take over the administration of all federal elections. Just think how candid and transparent the running of federal elections will be with the Ultra Left running them. Are you kidding?
Friday, September 2, 2016
Trump Surges in Polls, Democrats' Reasons for Unfettered Immigration Probed; Hurricane Stunts Effects of Canadian Cold Front; Burnley's Heaton Joins English National Team, Plus Orioles and Ravens
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Friday, September 2, 2016 - A wave of public opinion polls confirm the impressions of political wags on both sides: Donald Trump, after months of wallowing in his own squalor, is finally starting to surge. Two straight weeks of relentless pounding on the awful record of his opponent, liberally spiced with new revelations about Hillary from law enforcement officials, have proved an effective tonic for the Trump campaign. All along, observers and analysts have urged Trump to hone his message on the obvious weakness of his opponent, who seems more appropriately fitted for a future of incarceration than one of Whitehouse duties. Even Mrs. Clinton's most die hard allies have conceded her sad predilection for telling lies, all kinds of lies, in addition to all kinds of untruths, to making all manner of fraudulent claims, plus her mind-numbing propensity for concealing actual truths. An overwhelming percentage of all Americans say she is untrustworthy and unbelievable. It is a tribute to her campaign advisors that she has been able to hold the lead in the polls for so long. But the feeling among many is that once the plug is pulled on the kabal of lies and frauds that have propped her up, her political fortunes are certain to tank.
Some of Trump's ploys have caught the Democrats off-guard. Chief among these unexpected gambits is Trump's open appeal to minority voters. First, he described what he assumes is a very obvious conclusion for all Americans: minorities have voted for Democrats for years without giving alternatives any serious thought. Worse still, minorities have given the Dems a virtual carte blanche on the methods they have utilized once elected. These Democrats have proclaimed that minorities have been ripped off and that only liberals can reverse this trend. Well, in cities across the country, Democrats have held sway. You cannot name a city of any size where a Republican is in power. But for all their absolute control, the Democrats cannot point to a single example of real success. Minority unemployment, especially in the category of youthful males of working age, is nothing short of abysmal. Barack Obama has been president for two full terms and has accomplished nothing to reverse unemployment numbers that would make even the most committed Donkey gag. In fact, what policy initiative can the administration point to that has even been intended to reverse the embarassing unemployment numbers?
I know of none.
Trump has shown a willingness to jump into the breach. He recites the unemployment record of Democrats and ends with this question: "What do you have to lose?" in arriving at the answer to Trump's urging to give him a chance. The truth is, absolute failure would be no worse than the Democrats' record of accomplishments.
News has leaked out of the Trump campaign about the next step in Trump's efforts to lure minority voters. Sometime in the next few weeks he intends to campaign in poor urban areas such as those in Cleveland or Detroit. It would be a bold move. It would begin to put substance around Trump's campaign promise to bring real change to depressed urban settings. Democrats have poured trillions of dollars into urban renewal projects, almost all of which have proven to be little more than boondoggles.
Many Americans believe that the real decline in urban neighborhoods can be linked to the advent of the modern wellfare program. Such programs discourage the formation of nuclear families; in fact, they actually provide the man with an incentive to leave the home or never move in with or marry the mother of his children. Unless the incentive to destroy the family is removed, any program is doomed to fail. Yet Democrats know - or think they know - that if they radically alter or even suspend urban welfare programs - their political dominance in these settings are likely to end.
Meanwhile, immigration continues to be the one issue that makes one party - the Democrats - especially the ultra left (including Hillary Clinton), which has taken over the Democratic Party, literally squirm in their human debris. The reasons should be obvious to anyone paying even slight attention.
The Democrats in the past, and right up to the present time, have utterly dominated the Black Vote. It has been and continues to be a knee jerk vote arising out of the perception that the GOP is the party of rich white voters. So long as the Democrats promise to keep the government bank of social welfare open and distributing monthly checks, their control over the minority vote has seemed beyond reproach.
This seems particularly sad because the implications for future generations, including minority generations yet unborn, is dire to say the least. The USA is in debt, very serious debt, and it is getting worse. Our sworn enemies hold much of the credit paper and won't hesitate to use it to their advantage. Furthermore, the higher the debt the more the USA has to spend to service it. Soon, economists warn, the USA will be unable to afford a military capable of protecting the free world.
Why does the Democratic party do this, and how does unfettered immigration play in to this scenario. It is really quite simple. Spending lots of money on social programs keeps the Democrats in power in most large cities and in some states. The Dems, however, are in desperate need of new voters to replace those who become wise enough to see the economic Armageddon the nation is heading for unless the debt is addressed. The new voters that the Dems can and do scoop up come flowing over the nation's borders every day: illegal immigrants. If the Dems can get them registered and signed up for welfare, they believe their voting practices are easily predicted.
It is very very sad to see a once great political party stoop to such low brow tactics. But it is the reality of the current situation. Trump's ideas directly address this problem and the Dems hate him for it. There is nothing they will not do to keep him from being elected. Watch out!
Weather Notes: Northeast and Other North American Sectors to Feel First Taste of Autumn. Even as parts of Florida and other states along the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Coast of These United States endure Hurricane Hermine, which has now been downgraded to Tropical Storm Hermine, the one urgent impact to many Americans is the short work the storm is making of the season's first blast of Canadian Cold. Even as Hawaii endured one hurrican and now prepares for an even more imposing storm this coming weekend, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic eagerly await the first fall cold wave of substance. But while forecasts first called for the cold air to keep the hurricane at bay, later prognostications say the cold front will, at least in part, give way to the hurricane. If you enjoy the Autumn like I do, the forecast for places like Stowe, Vermont, Bar Harbor, Maine and even Baltimore, Maryland will make you jump for joy, especially if you have just come through a very uncomfortable summer like most of us on the East Coast of These United States.
In Stowe, which lies at the foot of Mount Mansfield, the tallest mountain in Vermont, the forecast is positively wonderful. After the cold front passesd through with its attendant showers and storms, the cold northern air spread across the Green Mountains, which include Stowe. As I post this early Friday afternoon, it is 70 degrees with the mercury forecast not to go any higher. Skies are clear and the sun is shining. Tonight, skies will be clear, although patchy fog is possible by morning. The low will be a sleep-ionducing 47 degrees. Saturday, Sunday and Monday are predicted to see clear skies with lots of sunshine and a high of between 76 and 77 degrees. Lows each evening will be in the low 50's.
It is slightly cooler in Bar Harbor. Under still cloudy skies, the temperature is 68 degrees, the same as the predicted high for the Friday. National Weather Service Forecasters choose their words carefully in this part of the country, in part because the town is on the Atlantic Coast on a beautiful island with the unusual name of Mount Desert. It is the home of one of the few national parks in the Northeast: Acadia. It is gorgeous beyond description. Saturday, Sunday and Monday will see clear skies or partly sunny skies (Monday) with high temperatures each day between 68 degrees and 70 degrees. The nights will also be clear or partly cloudy with lows in the mid-50's.
Even as far south as the Mason Dixon line, cooler air will rule the day even with the approaching Tropical storm. But while the cold front will stay in control in the northeast, it is here in the Mid-Atlantic and further south that the hurricane will rule the day. It is 77 degrees right now as I post this article just after 1 pm. The official National Weather Service forecast says tonight will be partly loudy with a low of 67 degrees. Saturday, which had been forecast to be clear with low humidity and a high only in the upper 70's, is instead scheduled to be cloudy, breezy and with a 20% chance of rain and a high of 77 degrees. Saturday night will be cloudy with a 30% chance of rain and a low of 64 degrees. Sunday will be cloudy with a 30% chance of rain and a high of 77 degrees. From Sunday Night through Monday Night, the NWS says "Tropical Storm Conditions Possible" with night time lows of between 65 and 66 degrees and a high reading on Monday (Labor Day) of 83 degrees.
Sports Notes: Burnley Keeper Tom Heaton Called to English National Team; Orioles Lose 2 of 3 Down To Toronto Despite Fine Pitching of Jimmenez in Tuesday's Win; Ravens Whack Saints in New Orleans, Roster Reductions Loom Sam Allardyce is the new Coach of the English National Soccer Team. Coming out of the upset loss to Iceland in Euro 2016, the former English coach, Roy Hodgson, resigned. Last week, Allardyce named his first squad, the one that will take on Slovakia on September 4 in the first qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Among Allardyce's roster is the Burnley Keeper, the irrepressible Tom Heaton. Heaton is the first Claret player on the English National Team since 1974. Heaton made his initial appearance with the National Team in May when England defeated Austrailia, 2-1, in a Friendly. This will be his first game with the team in a game with real meaning. England is in Group F along with Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta and Scotland. The English will be heavy favorites, but they have drawn possibly their toughest game first: the away game at Slovakia. The match is Sunday at the City Arena in Trnava....You could make a good argument that the Orioles were at their most desperate point of the season when they took the field Tuesday night against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. They were coming off a miserable showing against the Yankees in New York, where only a well-pitched game on Sunday earned them their only win of the weekend.
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