Weekly Mail February 28, 2016

Howdy:

I had one of those proud parent moments today. They had a Mass for Timmy's CCD class today, and the priest had the kids come up for the homily. He asked them about Lent, and some of the kids gave their answers. But then the priest said "Hey this guy here knows his stuff. Here , take the mike and tell us about it." I thought for a minute he was talking to Timmy and sure as $h-t, there he was taking the microphone and said "Jesus met the devil in the desert and said to him I don't have to prove to you that I'm God's son. Go away!" The priest told Timmy he did a great job and his teachers are obviously very good. That led to his CCD teacher giving him a big hug at the post Mass coffee hour.
These are the days that being a parent is awesome. The first thing Tim said to me when we left church was " I got a bit of stage fright." I dont know where he comes up with this stuff folks, but he does.

EDITORS NOTE: The above paragraph i wrote this afternoon . The following items I wrote Saturday night. I realize the Segueway  from church into Twitter porn may not be the smoothest transition, but hey you get what you pay for...

     There was a lot of news worthy stuff that happened this week. The there were some things that made news and I'm scratching my head as to why it did. We'll start off with one of those stories.


SPORTS: Knicks coach likes porn!!!!!

     Interim Knicks coach Kurt (bleepin*) Rambis on his Twitter account clicked Like on a porn site, and for some reason that I still can't wrap my head around, this became news. Rambis and the Knicks put out statements that his Twitter account was hacked, which nobody believes, and a story that should have died quick went on for the better part of the day.
        The most likely scenario was that Rambis was trying to delete the tweet and hit like by accident. Or well, maybe he really liked what he saw. Does it make me some sort of perv that I don't see what the hell is wrong with an adult looking at an adult site? I mean he wasn't looking at child porn, or sending dicpics out was he? This guy won multiple championshps with the 80's Showtime Lakers, and now he's the coach of the lowly Knicks... and the interim coach at that! I mean, with a thankless job like that, can you blame the guy for needing some stress relief?
          Rambis wisely got rid of his Twiter account. I've never gotten into it. I get into enough trouble on Facebook and on e-mail with my big mouth and my 25 cent opinions. I don't need to add Tweets to my life. Besides, you can't contain my genius to a mere 180 characters. And I certainly don't need the social media world to know about any porn preferences I may or may not have.  That is fo sure.


SPORTS 2 Yoenis Cespides likes expensive cars.

Last week, I touched upon the waste of resources that sending reporters to cover Spring Training is. Nothing proved my point more than all the hubub generated at the modes of transportation used by Met outfielder Yoenis Cespides to get to the ballpark. A Lamborghini one day, a three wheeled drag racer another day, each car more expensive than the other. And it was covered in the papers and the sportscasts and if the President was arriving in camp.
     I don't care if he shows up in a Toyota Corolla as long as he hits and doesn't drop any balls in the outfield like he did in the World Series. Even with that, he may want to tone it down a notch. As Post columnist Phil Mushnick wrote in his Friday column, how soon till we read that Cespides is broke?


THE 2016 ELECTION

     Donald Trump won the Nevada caucus last Tuesday, his third win in a row heading into Super Tuesday. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz finished in a virtual tie for second place with John Kasich and Venus Flytrap bringing up the rear. The once unfathomable thought of Trump being the Republican nominee for President is becoming more and more likely. Super Tuesday may be the last best chance for someone to knock him off.
        Cruz keeps bragging that he's the only one to beat Trump, but that was in Iowa and weird things happen there. One thing Cruz has going for him is that one of the Super Tuesday states is Texas, Cruz' home state (well, since Alberta isn't a state) Rubio, who I felt got some solid shots in at Trump during their debate in Houston on Thursday, needs a couple of wins on Tuesday. These second place finishes are nice to tell the grandkids about, and they may help him if he runs again, but they're not doing anything for him now unless he gets a few W's soon.
          NJ Governor Chris Christie endorsed Trump on Friday, which in addition to unleashing the usual round of fat jokes in the media (social or otherwise) gave Trump his first solid endorsement. (Sarah Palin's endorsement garnered headlines, but she's not in office or running so...) It also raised the specter of a Trump/Christie ticket come November. I wouldn't do that if I were Trump. He's going to need someone from the South or the West cover his bases.
         Then again, what the hell do I know? I didn't think he'd be in a position to have to pick a running mate, and now here we are. After Tuesday, it may be time to start thinking in those terms.

         On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory over Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary, her most lopsided victory thus far. Actually landslide doesn't do it justice, she won by like 50 percentage points. This definitely gives her momentum going into Super Tuesday, but will that translate into a runaway?  From the polls I've seen, Hillary has big leads in most of the states. Bernie is going to need to pull off a couple of upsets if he's going to stay in the race. It's not looking good.

Hope you all enjoyed this, I enjoyed writing this one.

Have a Great Week




*NY Post basketball columnist Peter Vescey gave Rambis the nickname Bleepin' after a game in the 1984 or 1985 NBA Finals, where the Lakers and Celtics had one of their many brawls. During one such mele, Celtics PG Dennis Johnson started mouthing off to Rambis, who  right there on national television , told DJ to " shut the f-ck up."  And said it again, loud and clear for good measure .