World News Bits

Time. There's not enough of it. Let's look at some world news.

"Fireworks" possibly led to shooting of Justine Damond.  The Sidney Morning Herald:

...revelations about the possible setting off of fireworks near where she was killed could provide an explanation as to why Officer Noor fired.

A source with knowledge of Minneapolis law enforcement, who asked not to be identified, said it "would be good common sense to investigate" [.] [t]he sound of fireworks may have startled Officer Noor[.]

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Tech Crunch: Uber facing lawsuit; lack of wheel-chair accessible vehicles.
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 (Photo: Varde Kommune)

The Copenhagen Post: The reopening in Denmark of a museum built into Nazi bunker. (I wonder what they sell at the gift shop?)
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C|Net reviews the first Mercedes-Benz pickup.
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$ 2 Billion hedge fund goes bust. RTT News.
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EurasiaNet: Armenians mark one year since armed takeover of police station.
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Beta News: A hacker nets $ 7 Million in three minutes.

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The Evening Telegraph: Some British residents pissed about tree cutting to make room for housing development.
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Gender neutral toilets coming to public schools in Scotland. The Scotsman.
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Bodies of Swiss couple found 75 years later.  Xinhuanet:

Swiss couple disappeared near a ski resort in the Alps their frozen and mummified bodies have been found[.]  The frozen corpses of Marceline and Francine Dumoulin were found lying near each other[.]

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27 Contact lenses mistaken for cataract.  Red Orbit:

Doctors [preparing a 67-year-old woman for routine cataract surgery ] [when they discovered the actual cause of her vision problems – a congealed mass of disposable contact lenses that she had reportedly been wearing for decades.

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Jeff Sessions is wrong and so is this law. Courthouse News Service:

The process, known as asset forfeiture, is controversial because people can lose their property, such as cars and cash, without ever being convicted or even charged with a crime.

There shouldn't even be a question here; that no property or cash can be taken until a guilty verdict is reached or a law is broken.
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Spelling correction 7/21/2017

World News Bits

Tech News World: Linux malware infections are growing.
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Ars Technia: CNN threat to creator of WWE-Trump-CNN Logo video.
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C/Net: Darknet 101. ("Buying drugs, guns or the hacked personal details of millions of unsuspecting people -- welcome to the darknet, where everything is off the grid.")  Yeaaahh...it's not that simple and you may end up in a Honeypot. And you don't want that.
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Argentina News: London retains title of European Tech Hub.
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Beta News: OneDrive users Pissed at Microsoft.

Microsoft has made a change to its cloud synchronization and storage service OneDrive[.]
[.]
The change came out of the blue, with no announcement from Microsoft, meaning that anyone using a non-NTFS drive, such as an SD card, suddenly found themselves unable to use their OneDrive[.]

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International Business Times: Flushed birth control meds creating Transgender Fish.
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Courthouse News Service: Can, or will, driverless cars make moral choices?
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Sydney Morning Herald: No Sugar-Free Coca Cola at Woolworths downunder.
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YLE (Finnish Public Broadcasting): Big Meth bust in Finland.

...more than 10 kilos of methamphetamine from Lithuania [smuggled into Finland].

The seized drugs had a purity level of between 39 and 42 percent[.]

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Life In Italy: 82-year-old woman sets herself on fire.
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Jakarta Post: Python meat...ask your grocer.
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News Asia: France ID's 100 registered gun owners on terrorist watch list.
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Courthouse News Service: DEA Seizes enough Fentanyl to kill entire state of Illinois. {Well...(ahem, cough...cough)... it is a Blue state...}
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The Scotsman: Prof warns Sex Robots could be dangerous to humanity.

...professor seeks to raise awareness of sex robots and issues grim warnings about the “dark side” of the rapidly advancing technology that could involve issues of rape and paedophilia.

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Portugal News: Google fine 2.42 Billion Euros.

Google, "abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors.”

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The Independent: Jesus and Apostles no longer shown eating burgers and pizza at Last Supper.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper, with the food replaced by chips, burgers and pizzas was removed yesterday and replaced today.

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ZD Net: iOS 11 Public Beta = Suffering.
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Tech Crunch: Particle collider explained in layman terms.
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USA Debt Clock: Real time U.S. Debt Clock. (Caution: may cause depression)

Media, especially CNN, Throw Hissy Fit, Scream and Whine and Stomp Their Feet over Trump 2007 WWE Wrestling Parody. Maureen Dowds calls Trump, "A pig."

The holy and pious Fakestream™ Media is aghast at the parody video of President Donald Trump's 2007 WWE footage claiming it incites violence against the Press. Ha! What a riot. How often have I said Liberals have NO sense of humor.

Trump "clocking" to the floor someone with the CNN logo morphed superimposed atop the shoulders.

Video via: I Bleed Red, White and Blue

There are longer versions of the above clip available at You Tube. I used the one above because of its brevity.

CNN has reached a new high in their hyperbole:

Donald Trump's tweet of a doctored video was no joke. It was dangerously irresponsible. In the video -- defended by Trump's supporters as just good fun -- The President of the United States can be seen punching a person with a label digitally superimposed over his face that reads "CNN."
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Trump defenders saying this video was just a joke are missing something: context matters. In 2007, that WWE video was fine; Trump was a private citizen/reality show host putting on an act and everyone involved was in on the joke. 

While still president, had this been done by Bill Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama, the media would be extolling the magnitude of humor displayed by Clinton or Obama.

CNN continues:

...the image of him in the doctored video body slamming and repeatedly punching a person in the face who represents a media outlet he has been railing against is so dangerous[.]

"Dangerous." LameStream, very LameStream.

[The Media IS AWARE that wrestling is...scripted and acted, right? The "attack" in the video was planned and rehearsed.]
 
"Ah-waah! Ah-waah!"  Cue CNN:

From the same CNN link above:

Also, recall that Trump supporters also went ballistic (incorrectly) over the New York City production of Julius Caesar, which featured a Trump-looking Caesar. (Far from celebrating the assassination of Caesar, Shakespeare's play is a warning about the chaos and destruction that results for that misbegotten act.)[sic].

People do get that - - - that the play is about "chaos and destruction that results for that misbegotten act." But this is the same Media that, in 1993, informed us that an episode of Beavis and Butthead is blamed for a fire started by a 5 year old boy that killed his sister.

Well, dear Media - which is it? You can't have it both ways. Remember when politically Conservative-leaning types told us that violent behavior in real life is tied to what the person committing the act sees on television and movies?

On the other side, remember when we had the politically Liberal-leaning crowd campaigning against movie-makers to stop glorifying cigarettes and to stop showing characters in film and television smoking?

And remember Al Gore's former wife, Democrat Tipper Gore lobbying for Parental Warning Labels on records with "explicit lyrics"?

The Reporters Committee said... [about Trump's WWE/CNN video]:

"[journalists shouldn't] be threatened with physical harm for doing their jobs."

Watching the Media twisting and turning in fits of agony, despair and their endless, endless whining about anything that does not fit their narrow, Liberal narrative is just. Too. Funny!

From the same Reporters Committee above:

Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said, "When the president attacks the press, he attacks the people."

No. The president does not attack "the people" when he "attacks" the press. And choosing the word "attacks' is used in an overtly extreme manner. The press feels that "criticism" directed at them is "attacking" them. It isn't. Bruce Brown seeks to garner sympathy for the press by associating Trump with "attacks". Not even close.

Harry Truman compared the press to prostitutes. Prostitute is a nicer way to say "whore", and calling the press Whores is much more accurate.

Bess Truman...? Well, she HATED the press.

Words do mean something. But who decides what the definitive definition is, especially how the manner of those words are conveyed? It comes down to being a very subjective interpretation based on the individual. Like being told that it's not a Caesar-lookalike-of Trump being stabbed to death in the play, that instead, it's the "chaos and destruction" that is being represented...as art...in a play.

And we have Maureen Dowd calling Trump, "a pig." I've always considered Dowd a porcine porklette. When she appears on a television program, if the camera catches a glimpse of her full "body-side"...or a full view from behind her...you will see a big, wide ass on her.

No Maureen, it's not the dress that makes your ass look fat. It's your fat ass that makes your ass look big. Think I'm joking? Anyone see her in person want to leave a comment telling me I'm wrong? Because you'd be lying if you did.

"David, that's just too mean...what you wrote about her and the photo-shop of her as a pig is way past pushing the envelope."

No. It isn't. And even if I thought it was, it wouldn't make me reconsider not publishing it. I totally pushed the envelope and walked up to the very edge of "taste" at my old site. But I didn't cross the line into bad "taste." At least I don't think I did.

Many a liberal comic will say that "tragedy plus time equals humor/comedy." And that is a true statement, one in which I fully believe.

Tragedy plus time didn't equal humor, though, when David Letterman joked about raping 14-year old Willow Palin?

Letterman said "an awkward moment" occurred for Palin when, "during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by (Yankee third baseman) Alex Rodriguez."

Without naming her, the joke seemed to refer to Palin's 18-year-old daughter Bristol, an unwed mother.

But it was 14-year-old daughter Willow, not Bristol, who had been at the game.

Todd Palin issued a statement that said "any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable."

Was it "funny" in May, 2008, when Daily KoS ran the below photo-shop of Michelle Obama?

I'm guessing very few people found it funny, because Daily KoS spiked (deleted) the image and the entire post.

Their rationale? The above image was a statement about Republicans and their "Southern Strategy". Well, a big. big swing and a miss by DKoS on that one.

The Daily KoS link to the image and story results in a "404 error, page not found."

The page you were looking for doesn't exist. You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved.

No...I didn't "mistype" the address nor did the page "move". Such a nice way for DKoS to avoid admitting "we really fucked up on this one."

Who makes the ultimate decision of defining "humor"? Al Franken? Jimmy Kimmel? Me? You? (No, not you, definitely not you).

Being offended because your process of interpreting something intended as a joke or humor, that isn't received on the same level as it was intended, doesn't necessarily mean it's "mean" or "violent".

See - your interpretation really doesn't count or matter. It is the intent of the creator that matters and that defines and separates humor from gravity, humor as satire, humor as parody and, pretty much, anything else communicated by one person to another or several others. And the medium of conveyance is irrelevant.

Is the film "Death of a President" humor? Satire? Parody? A mix of all? Would that film be responsible had it incited someone to act on its message? Would Liberals interpret the film differently had it been about Clinton or Obama?

Any good, new, funny JFK shot in the head jokes going around? Any good jokes about Heath Ledger or Chris Cornell? Too soon?

Satire, parody and even "meanness" are not necessarily violent in scope. It is the result, if any, of that scope that has the potential to turn into violent acts. And that can only be formed within the mind of the person who chooses to act upon it.

What was the final straw that drove James T. Hodgkinson  to make it his mission to kill, or attempt to kill, only Republican politicians?

What motivated John W. Hinckley in his attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan? He wanted to impress Jodie Foster.

Dear Jodie:

There is definitely a possibility that I will be killed in my attempt to get Reagan. It is for this very reason that I am writing you this letter now.

As you well know by now I love you very much.

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Jodie, I would abandon the idea of getting Reagan in a second if I could only win your heart and live out the rest of my life with you[.]

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I will admit to you that the reason I'm going ahead with this attempt now is because I cannot wait any longer to impress you. I've got to do something now to make you understand, in no uncertain terms, that I'm doing all of this for your sake!

Think of the the above. In his head, he's telling himself that shooting Reagan will impress Jodie Foster. He has convinced himself of that. It is rational for him to think this. He tells himself Jodie Foster will be impressed by me taking this action. I think it's fair to say that Hinckley was, and remains, mentally unbalanced.

Trump hit the Media with a powerful parody with the WWE footage and the CNN logo superimposed onto the person he knocked down. It's funny. It's parody. It's unfortunate that the "inclusive (political) party" isn't inclusive at all, does not want to hear anything that contradicts what they believe and anything that challenges what they view as their territory and only their territory.

With blogging, Tweeting, Insta-this-or-that, Facebook, etc, the Press and "The Media" no longer are the Titans of controlling News and Information. The Press and the Media have both lost loads of significance and power. The hierarchy of Media, what is was thirty years ago compared to today, has been stripped down to bare bones.

The punch Trump landed on "CNN"...? Well, "if it bends, it's funny. If it breaks, it's not."

And it did indeed bend, and it is hysterically funny. The Empire of Media continues its rapid meltdown.

And it bends. A lot.
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Slight revisions and grammar fixes 7/4/2017

Joy Behar and Gun Silencers

Joy Behar, always willing to say things she knows nothing about.

Some may feel that Joy Behar of the internationally renowned think-tank, "The View", is too easy a target to mock because every time she speaks she displays having no knowledge of the subject she is discussing. And the degree of stupidity of her words is the gold standard of the gold standard of gold standards. Know, for a fact, that if Behar is talking, something stupid is being said and with no research on her part to, in advance, learn anything about whatever she's jabbering on about.

She does no research. I guess it's true, you can't teach old dogs new tricks. Here, have a doggie treat, Joy, and go lie down.

Behar has seen too many "Matt Helm" and "James Bond"  movies where a character removes from their inside suit pocket a sleek, cylindrical tube that is a "silencer" and screwing it into the gun barrel, thus being able to assassinate at will without making a sound.

The place: "The View."

The date:  on or about January 25, 2017. 

The subject: gun "silencers".

The person: Internationally renowned Firearms Expert:  Joy Behar.

Why write when you can watch it and hear it from The Horse's mouth?

The Left's Anti-Gun Obsession

The preponderance of gun silencers is quite severe, as Behar states. I can speak from experience.

I can barely get one foot out of my front door before being approached by a stranger selling "silencers" - and guns - from their vehicle...usually an unmarked white van. And who can possibly pass up bargains like this?

I phoned "Bill's Gun Shop",  in Minneapolis. They've been around for decades and are a highly respected gun shop

I discussed "silencers" with a very knowledgeable and helpful gentleman who was kind enough to spend a few minutes with me on the telephone..  I wasn't sure if he wanted me to use his name or not, so I'll error on the side of not using it.  And while I have been a customer at Bill's Gun Shop, I have no vested interest in Bill's Gun Shop nor am I receiving any type of compensation in mentioning Bill's Gun Shop.

What you see below is actually a suppressor, not silencer. It suppresses sound.  The science behind suppressors is reducing the sound of a gun shot. It is not possible to completely silence the sound.

The sound of the the gun shot usually breaks the sound barrier; provided the caliber is strong enough to do that.  Your higher caliber handguns - a 9 millimeter, the .45's, the .357's - and most rifles - break the sound barrier.  The suppressor helps reduce this sound.

Suppressors help in the protection of hearing and also help in containing the gases that are created by firing the gun. 

Suppressors help enormously in hearing protection. Updated technology and design enables a reduction in recoil . Live Outdoors.com:

These new suppressors, on the other hand, allow the gasses to continue traveling, albeit a lot slower because of the twists and turns they take before they leave the gun. The inside has been likened to a jet engine, which helps to lower bolt velocity to an immeasurable amount. The result is a reduction in the pressure, blow-back and even recoil.

You can search and find many sites that state suppressors do not reduce recoil, but I have to believe the above at Live Outdoors and Accurate Shooter:

If you take an accurate bolt-action rifle in .260 Remington or .308 Winchester and fit a suppressor, the recoil will be noticeably reduced[.]

Desert Eagle, .50 Caliber

Obtaining a Suppressor

The gentleman at "Bill's Gun Shop" said that if you seek to legally obtain a suppressor, you will file paperwork with Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and an FBI background check will be done.

The current timeframe in applying and obtaining, or being denied, a Suppressor Purchase Permit is eight to twelve months nationwide.

Suppressors are part of The Hearing Protection Act, and the 2017 Congress will have to address it. Guns.com:

The Duncan-Carter Hearing Protection Act was delivered by GOP sponsors U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina and Rep. John Carter of Texas and aims to deregulate suppressors as a safety measure to help promote their use in protecting hearing.

Behar did get one thing right - it had to be by accident. Donald Trump, Jr. does indeed favor lessening the restrictions on purchasing suppressors.The Sacramento Bee:

Donald Trump Jr., an avid hunter who credits his Czech grandfather with getting him interested in the outdoors, headed up his father’s Second Amendment Coalition advisory group and counts himself a huge fan of [making the purchase of suppressors — more commonly known as silencers — easier and cheaper in the United States.]

It's All about loss of Hearing

Now, before all the anti-gun crazies take a breath, claiming that suppressors have nothing to do with hearing, or that there are other ways to deal with the sound of a gun firing, consider the following, from the same SacBee link above:

[Suppressors] may reduce the noise of a gunshot by an average of 20 to 35 decibels – similar to wearing earmuffs or earplugs – but the sound can still be as loud as a jackhammer, according to multiple studies.

At a [demonstration] at the NRA’s small private gun range in Fairfax, Virginia, [.] observers wore both earplugs and earmuffs as they watched an employee fire rounds from four weapons – an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, a .22 LR and a 9mm handgun – with and without a silencer attached. Even with two layers of hearing protection, the sounds were loud.

Again, from the same SacBee link. the anti-Hearing Protection Act rears its ugly head:

“This legislation is nothing more than a transparent giveaway to the gun industry to help sell more silencers and increase profits,” said Chelsea Parsons, vice president, guns and crime policy, for the left-leaning Center for American .

Of course The Left is against The Hearing Protection Act...because it has to do with guns. If The Hearing Protection Act had to do with limiting the noise output of jackhammers, they'd be supporting it in droves.

From Bearing Arms:

A study of the criminal use of suppressors between 1995 and 2005 found only 15 used in crimes – and only two instances of being used in a murder.

HK 9mm

For thousands of people around the world, Competitive Shooting is a sport. Suppressors would certainly help protect not only their hearing, but the hearing of spectators.

Suppressors do not muffle or cover  100% of the sound of shooting a gun. Nothing does. Well, it would be interesting to search and learn if a deaf person can sense a sound of the firing of a gun.

The irony of all of this is that you can make your own "silencer" at home. It doesn't take a whole lot of ingenuity, material or skill. I'm not going to provide instructions how to make one. But if you really want to make one, you can.

Suppressors are no different than gun-control. If someone (say, with a criminal record) wants to obtain a gun badly enough, they will - and they'll likely obtain it illegally. If someone wants a suppressor badly enough...they will obtain one. Or make their own.

It is not the law-abiding, permit-holding, conceal and carry citizen anyone needs to fear. Neither is it that same citizen with a suppressor that anyone need fear.

Fear only The Liberals.

Only Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are authorized in using silencers 24/7 worldwide, because they are both way cooler than Helm or Bond.

Additional Reading:
CNN: Gun Silencer Bill Could Mean Big Business for Industry. (wow, God forbid the gun industry make a profit.)
Breitbart: Doctors [Support] Firearm Suppressor to Fight Hearing Loss
America's First Freedom: Doctors Praise Suppressors Dissed by Gun Controllers

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Revised/grammar 7/2/2017

Depp Apologizes for Trump Assasination Remark, or "When is The Last time A President Killed An Actor?"

Actor Johnny Depp apologies for joking about assassinating Donald Trump: 
Bangor Daily News:

Johnny Depp apologized Friday for making flip remarks about assassinating the president. In a statement to People, the actor said, “I apologize for the bad joke I attempted last night in poor taste about President Trump. It did not come out as intended, and I intended no malice. I was only trying to amuse, not to harm anyone.”

What I'm wondering is...

ABC's 20/20 on Otto Warmbier FAILS to mention Bill Richardson worked for the Clinton Administration

Bill Richardson, North Korean Enabler

Did you watch ABC's "20/20"  Friday program on Otto Warmbier,  the U.S. Citizen recently released from a North Korean hard labor prison camp? Did  you recognize in the story the man, Bill Richardson ?

Did you catch that he was referred to as "former Governor of New Mexico"?

Did you notice they never once referred to his stint under the Bubba Clinton Administration?

No, that wouldn't sound good, would it?

It wouldn't sound good for ABC to have a "North Korean" expert like Richardson, pontificate about how he worked so hard on the Warmbier case when, that expert, in 2006 said, Kim Jong-Il cheated on the nuclear weapons framework in the Korean Peninsula.

Isn't is amazing how Liberal spin is such a degenerate's degree of faux incredulity when they can only cover their failures by pretending to be aghast when a thug-dictator "cheats" on an "agreement"?

Richardson's support of then pResidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama , and later the Obama presidency, certainly helped usher in another eight years of yet another weak, ineffectual, spineless and wimpy U.S. president. How could North Korea not take advantage of a weakling like Obama and his Admin? Great North Korean Leader Kimmy had nothing to lose and so much to gain.

2006 is also when Richardson called for, "multi-lateral pressure against North Korea."   Well, how's that working out for the world today, huh Bill? How did that "multi lateral pressure" work out for the Warmbier family?

Yeah...those Liberals and their hardball of "multi-lateral pressure." Nothing scares a tyrant more than words from an effete Liberal, especially "scary consequence" words that are never backed-up with action.

Kim Jong-Il and The Appeaser of North Korea Madeleine Albright (Right)

Prior to being Bubba's Secretary of Energy, 1998-2001, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, under the Bubba Admin, from 1997-1998.

Preceding him as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. was (drumroll....) The Butcher of Kosovo, Serbia and Iraq...  the bloodthirsty child murderer  and international appeaser of North Korea,  the one, the only,  Madeleine Albright, Satan's Little Helper.

Unless I missed it, her name wasn't mentioned in the Warmbier "20/20" story either. Yeah, the Media just cannot bring itself to mention or note Liberal failure or the person(s) responsible for it, as with Albright.

Had it not been for Warmbier's father's on-camera comments, which - to my amazement ABC did show - we probably wouldn't have know that Obama's Secretary of State, John "Can I git me a huntin' license here?"  Kerry did absolutely nothing for the Warmbier family. Nothing.

None of this surprises me, nor should it you.

And now we have Richardson, desperately trying to spin his lack of doing anything about Warmbier or North Korea, or as [a former] U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. [throw his weight around] (and really...how hard can that job be?), into somehow rendering assistance or playing a role in the success of anything; in this case, North Korea's release of Warmbier...sadly, too late.

Yes, Richardson spun and pivoted in the "20/20" story, but he didn't fool anyone who is paying attention. Yes, Richardson has some blood on his hands from Warmbier's death. Yes, Albright is covered in the blood of hundreds of thousands of deaths, especially innocent children.

North Korea was appeased because of direct conflict with USA and China relations at the time. This is the timeframe when President Bill Clinton sold missile technology to China. 

Gee - from who do you [think] North Korea obtained their missile technology from? Iceland? The Province of Saskatchewan? Cleveland, Ohio? Or...China?

How else could the Clinton's repay all the several thousand dollar donations made to [Hillary's campaign cash] by Chinese dishwashers and busboys? It's no secret that when politicians want to bring in the big donors, the first group they hit for cash are the dishwashers and busboys. Why, they're loaded.

Richardson certainly seemed to have all the right "after the fact" questions to ask:

"North Korea has a lot of explaining to do [about Otto Warmbier]. Why didn't they notify the United States. Why didn't they notify proper medical authorities [on Warmbier's health problems], the Swedish government that represents us."

Hey, Bill - why didn't YOU do something about it when you had a chance? We know the answer from Liberals: "We tried."

Liberals "try." They don't succeed, but they "try", and they hide behind all their failures by saying "they tried."
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Revisions/grammar/typos 6/28/2017 and 7/1/017

Dems Win Two Losses

Nelson Muntz mocks Dems Congressional losses.

The Democrats just lost two more Congressional elections, one in Georgia, the other in South Carolina.

In our America, where Dems pretend that a loss isn't a loss - whether it's your young child's Saturday afternoon soccer game where no one keeps score (or at least claims they don't) or whether it's a federal election - they celebrate the loss as a win. Now, who can argue with such higher, institutional, educational myopia from the Dems? We shouldn't. Those of us who are - I'll use the term 'Not Dems' - should support the Dems' win of losses. Does that make sense?

The wording of headlines for these two races are very similar.

For the Georgia race, from  al-Reuters: "Republican avoids upset in costly Georgia congressional race."

For the South Carolina race, APee's headline is: "GOP holds on to House seat, but Dems surpass expectation."

It must be painstaking and numbing for the FakeStream™Media going to the lengths they do in order to avoid anything that conveys the words, "Democrat lost."

We've had a handful or so special elections for congressional seats, with each one being identified by Dems as a "referendum"...a "bellwether "... that they believe will reflect on the nation's complete hatred of the Donald Trump presidency and an election that marks an upcoming tidal wave of Dems winning back the House and Senate. Except...the Dem candidate LOST in each of these special elections.

But they didn't lose. For you see, the Dems are making "slow progress", as noted by the widely accepted political scholar Caryn Elaine Johnson Whoopi Goldberg from the widely acclaimed, non-partisan, internationally revered think-tank, "The View":

al-Reuters  informs us that: "The [Georgia] election will not significantly change the balance of power in Washington, where Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress."

So...the Dems shouldn't care much? Are the Dems now writing off congressional districts they feel they don't need to win? If so, then why did they pour so much money into the Georgia race? And you have to wonder why did the DNC invest so heavily in a race where, as Ms. Goldberg pointed out, has been a Republican stronghold for decades? It's typical DNC mentality...undefinable and senseless at the same time

The APee story downplays the South Carolina Dem loss noting, "[the loss] could be in part because the national party largely stayed out of the race."

Let's see now, the Dem in South Carolina lost in part because the national (DNC) party stayed out of the election while the Dem in Georgia lost with the national party heavily involved in that election and pouring gazillions of dollars into a losing race. It is perfect Liberal Illogic at its finest.

It sound[s] like the Dems feel they have such a majority that they can write-off certain districts and yet somehow, come 2018, regain the majority. Well, reality isn't a place where the Dems spend their time.

How does this make the grassroots Democrat voter feel? Well, how would you feel if your national political party leaders, and its media, tell you, "ahhhh, we don't need your district. We can write it off. You don't count or matter."

This is the same strategy used by LOSING Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton; taking Blue states like Wisconsin for granted , not campaigning there...and then LOSING the state.

APee writes: "The Democrat [Archie Parnell] even won one county, Chester, that went for Donald Trump in the fall."

Wow! Isn't that great! He "even" won one county that was Trump county in the November 2016 presidential election.

This must be the "slow progress" strategy embraced by Ms. Goldberg and the DNC.

I'm all for this. I support the Dems and their 'slow progress strategy.' I support them spending absurd amounts of money on races in districts that are, and have been, Republican strongholds.

May the Dems continue writing-off more and more districts. By losing, they're actually winning, and who am I to take this away from them?
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Grammar corrections 6/22/2017

J. Edgar Comey's testimony Similar to those of "victim status"

Fired FBI Director James Comey testified that answering to Trump was akin to women being harassed in the workplace.

Oh, that's so sad! This man who stands 6 feet 8 inches tall felt uncomfortable with the Trump, shall we say, lack of overboard Political Correctness?

Comey did not want to be left alone in the only company of President Trump. 

Writing in the New York Times, theater critic and op-ed writer Nicole Serratore said Comey’s testimony reminded her exactly of:

“the experience of a woman being harassed by her powerful, predatory boss.

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"So Comey told Jeff Sessions he didn't want to be alone with Trump,” tweeted Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). “Women across the country can relate."

Huh...so much for the past three or four decades of women telling us they have "empowered themselves," but appear to be the weaker, fragile and more easily imagine gender inequality where it doesn't exist. Typical Liberal ideology: just because something doesn't exist doesn't mean someones feelings may be hurt.

Now, why does the N.Y. Daily news have a theater critic writing about politics?

And why, other than the Left Fringe Insane Clown Posse, does anyone take Maxine Waters seriously?

Was long term former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover a cross-dresser who attended orgies? 

Or is it all bogus folklore or a cover story concocted in order to give the pubic a red-herring? (The previous link is to "The Straight Dope" and who says they have the final word on any issue?)

Was Hoover a closet homosexual?

We know Comey had a "frosty" discussion with former AG Loretta Lynch regarding Hillary Clinton's private email server.

But...nothing to see here with the Clinton Crime Family Foundation.

And J. Edgar? I'm thinking if he were still alive and running the FBI, we'd see at least Hillary Clinton wearing orange clothing for a long time.

J. Edgar Hoover, not a pretty woman he makes. Well, not everyone can be James Comey.

Grammar fix 6/18/2017 & typo 6/21/2017

Democrat Fingerprints on James Hodgkinson's Guns

The full blame and responsibility for the shootings of Republicans, Wednesday morning, at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, can be squarely laid at the feet of every single Democrat. Every Democrat politician, every Democrat party member, every Democrat voter.

If you are a Democrat, and you vote Democrat, but you won't speak out against the Fringe people and Fringe elements that have hijacked your party, your fingerprints are on the guns used by James Hodgkinson.

If you are [a] Democrat who protests policies of which you disagree with, and you cause injury to others or damage property during your protests, your fingerprints are on the guns used by James Hodgkinson.

The Left hides behind the First Amendment and Free Speech in order to diffuse and reduce the severity of what can be termed Hate Art...a violent form of art, no different from the term and definition of Hate Speech. We saw this with the 2006 movie, "Death of A President," a movie about the "fictional assassination" of then-president George W. Bush.

Hate Art is what we saw in the photo of Kathy Griffin holding the decapitated and bloodied head of a prop that was intentionally made to resemble Trump.

Do not allow media or Democrats the opportunity to downplay the seriousness of how unhinged they have become by placing the ballpark shootings under the guise of "political animosity," for the ballpark shootings are far, far, far more dangerous and injurious than "political animosity".

Recall how The Left initially tried to paint Harvard Graduate Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, the "Unabomber", as a Right Wing kook, living out in a cabin in the middle of nowhere.

Then we learned the truth about Kaczynski, that he is a Democrat who supported Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. We learned that  Kaczynski taught undergraduate courses in geometry and calculus at U of Cal Berkeley. He was no right wing whacko; he was a total, Looney Tunes Liberal. 

In his own words, Kaczynski said, " I got involved in political issues because I was driven to it, so to speak."

Driven...in the same manner as James Hodgkinson was driven. Kaczynski used bombs and Hodgkinson used guns.

GQ attempts to justify Shakespeare in the Park, with Julius Caesar intentionally resembling Donald Trump:

Any Shakespearean scholar will tell you that any of his plays can be staged with any number of diverse goals—and look and feel extremely different as a result.

Perhaps, but there is no diverse goal that can be accomplished in a Caesar that is obviously portraying Donald Trump.

Uber-Liberal Nancy Pelosi, on Wednesday, the day of the ballpark shootings, could not restrain herself from making a joke about the shooting, that it was the first time she ever agreed with Republican Paul Ryan.

When people like Rosie O'Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Maher, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sarah Haines, Steve Colbert and other venomous Liberal celebrities vent their hatred of Trump, what they are really doing is subtly suggesting to their political base that someone take violent action against those who believe in a different political philosophy.

Behar is famous for justifying any violent action towards anyone who does not believe what she believes, or what Liberals believe, by saying, "it's just a joke."

Well, I'd like to kidnap Joy Behar, torture her, murder her husband and children in front of her and bury her alive to die. Oh, I'm just making a joke. It's a joke. Can't she take a joke?

Do you see where the slippery slope begins and then slides so quickly we can no longer get a grasp on it?

If Hate Speech is separate from Free Speech, and if Hate Speech is considered not protected under the First Amendment, does that make Hate Art - and art is definitely and certainly a form of communication - as odious and repulsive as Hate Speech?

Democrats have been on a mission, and are still on that mission, for the sole purpose to divide us. A perfect example is Obama's, "argue with neighbors, get in their face." Argue...get in their face. Not, "have a calm rational discussion with an attempt to persuade the other person." No..."argue [and] get in their face."

MoveOn, Think Progress, Media Matters, David Brock, Democrat Underground, whatever tiny remains exist of Progressive Radio, Al Franken, Pelosi, Obama, Joe Biden, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, CNN, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CBS, PBS, BBC, AP, Chuck Schumer, John Kerry...along with every other Democrat and Liberal organization have been fomenting violence against anyone who doesn't believe exactly what they believe.

Linwood Kaine, son of Tim Kaine, the Democrat Vice Presidential candidate of 2016 (Hillary Clinton's running mate), was arrested on suspicion of second degree riot at a rally for President Trump. From the same previous link, the story notes:

Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate in the 2016 election, and his wife, Anne Holton, did not comment on the specifics of their son’s arrest but gave a brief emailed statement to The Washington Post through a spokeswoman.

“We love that our three children have their own views and concerns about current political issues,” they said. “They fully understand the responsibility to express those concerns peacefully.”

No - they don't know how to express those concerns peacefully. At least Linwood doesn't.

Don't forget the antics of the violent Left in St. Paul, MN during the 2008 Republican Presidential Convention: 

...the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign’s March for Our Lives set off. They were carrying bags of urine, feces and bricks and “were identified in crowds as they began to set up to disrupt a peaceful protest down at Mears Park,” Harrington said.

The Left is not peaceful. Democrats love only themselves and their ideology. They do not demonstrate tolerance of opinions that differ from their own. Their faux-Kumbaya posturing on Wednesday due to the shootings will be quickly jettisoned and they will return to their (ab)normal agenda of deceit, trickery, the blame game (blame anyone other than themselves), the Victim Card, the Gender Card, the Race Card...the Anything Card. Whatever helps propel their big government, intrusive agenda where, if you do not fully agree with them, you are the enemy.

The Republicans playing baseball Wednesday morning met the Real Democrat Devil face to face in the personna of a man named James Hodgkinson. His horrific actions are a culmination of years of what the Democrat party represents. It is ugly, very ugly...and this "pause" by Democrats in response to this tragedy is only temporary. Remember that.
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Typos, grammar fixed 6/15/2017

Losing Presidential Candidate John McCain Still Angry, Still Bitter; Confused, but claims is "still Emperor of The North Pole"

It must be sad being Pretend Republican John McCain. He so desperately wanted to be the president. But not everything in life that is wanted is obtained.

McCain told The Guardian that, America's standing in the world was stronger under Barack Obama than under Donald Trump.

Can anyone say "dementia"?  Here are some songs to sing along with for people with dementia. I think McCain should settle down and sing along with the songs. Who can resist that siren song, "My Darling Clementine"? Certainly not John McCain.

In other news, McCain did reaffirm and re-establish his self appointed role as Emperor of The North Pole.

McCain jumped from one issue to another, telling the Wales newspaper, "No one better try to take the North Pole away from me, damn it, or there will be hell to pay, I kid you not oh my Darling Clementine. Those aren't my boots. When do we leave for our vacation to Mesopotamia?"
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Grammar correction 6/15/2017

Pittsburgh Penguins are the 2017 Stanley Cup Winner!

"Hey, Ho...Let's Go!"

The parade for the 2017 Stanley Cup Winners (back to back wins 2016 and 2017) is scheduled for Wednesday in Pittsburgh.

I decided not to spend my time ripping the haters that I wrote about earlier. 
Why waste my time ripping those who see success only through a prism of jealousy, envy or anger? Why waste my time, and yours, dissin' on the haters, the whiners, the Pens haters, the Crosby haters...they're just insecure, jealous "never-beens." They shouldn't be watching hockey.

The Penguins genuinely won Game 6 Sunday night. They did not "survive," they won. And of course one must survive to win, but Sunday night, both teams were playing top-notch hockey, the very best of their abilities, and Nashville was beaten by a team with previous Cup Finals, and wins, under their belt.

Nashville played a great game. It just wasn't quite good enough.

Heh - Vegas already is saying that The Pens are the favorite to win next season's Stanley Cup. 

Oh my, some Pens fans are celebrating the victory by eating raw catfish. Doesn't sound appetizing to me, but, to each their own.

Anaheim, Minnesota, Ottawa, NY, Edmonton, Pittsburgh, Nashville, St. Louis, Chicago, Montreal, Washington, Toronto and Columbus all reached the playoffs. They didn't get there by luck. All of these teams played some damn fine hockey.

And despite the dreamy world of Liberals where "everyone wins and no one loses...", well, that's something that exists existentially and metaphysically. Dream on, Libs, dream on.

This may be my final "Another Long Boring NHL Post" for the 2016-17 season. We'll see what news develops, if any, over the next week or so.

If the Pens are invited to the White House, they've confirmed they will attend.

Savoring the win, back to back. It doesn't get much better than that.

Training for the 2017-2018 season is only a little over three months away. And before you can rhetorically ask, "how did summer fly by so fast," - the puck will once again be dropped on the ice.

Congrats to the all the teams that made the playoffs. The Pens and The Preds had a great series. Honestly, one puck sailing into the net for the Preds instead of bouncing off the metal post and it would have been an entirely different Stanley Cup.
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Revisions 7/2/2017

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE THE 2017 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS! And Fuck Jeff Bezos and His Piece of Excrement Newspaper.

2017 Stanley Cup's Pittsburgh Penguins

The Penguins Win 2017 Stanley Cup; Two in A Row.

Wow - what a game number six, huh?  I should have figured that a game six wouldn't have a final score as I predicted, Nashville 6, Pittsburgh 5 in double OT.

The reality was Penguins 2,  Predators 0.  That's more akin to a final score than my prediction of 6 to 5. Then again, Oddsshark and Vegas Insider had Nashville 12, Pittsburgh 11.

Game 6 Sunday night was everything any hockey fan could ask for (I hate  ending with a preposition). I know..."for which any hockey fan could ask."

This is The Pens second win, back-to-back, thereby erasing the Detroit Red Wings back-to-back Cup wins from 1997 and 1998, the last team to do this.

I'm going to write more later on this game, but I'm in disbelief at how many stories, at legit sites, are downplaying The Pen victory and making excuses for Nashville's loss.

Look, it was a win or die for The Preds. They died. Their play was immaculate and spectacular for the entire game, except, The Pens managed to get the puck into the net of The Preds, twice...and that is that.

I am appalled at how so many stories are downplaying the Pens victory. May I REMIND YOU they beat the Preds last Thursday SIX to ZERO.

The most egregious story , by Neil Greenberg, completely downplays the Pens' strength and their win, is from -- no surprise -- The Jeff Bezos Daily Turd:

Article headline: The Penguins were badly outshot during their Stanley Cup run. Here’s why they won anyway. [ "Anyway"...as opposed to what "other" way? WINNING???!!! - DD ]
You could argue the Penguins survived, rather than won, the playoffs. Pittsburgh lost its top defenseman, Kris Letang, to injury before the playoffs began. Goaltender Matt Murray missed the first two rounds of the playoffs before making 27 saves in the series-clinching win in Game 6, his second straight shutout. Center Nick Bonino sustained a broken tibia in his left leg during Game 2 of the series blocking a slap shot from P.K. Subban in the first period.

Yet Coach Mike Sullivan stuck with his game plan that allowed the Penguins to capitalize on chances despite often watching their opponents dominate possession. The secret was making sure his forwards, rather than the team’s defensemen, were putting quality shots on net. And as we can see clearly after back-to-back Cups, shot quality has trumped shot quantity.

Okay...written by Greenberg. I have to presume he's a kike (probably a Liberal one), who has never laced the skates, hit the ice and played any hockey.

..."survived, rather than won,?"  What does that mean? If Hillary Clinton had won by winning one more electoral vote than required, would that have diminished her victory any less? Of course not. Still ecstatic she LOST.

"Yet Coach Mike Sullivan stuck with his game plan[.]" What the fuck does that mean? That Sullivan should have abandoned what is very carefully planned over an agonizing amount of hours by any coach playing for The Cup?

More bullshit, this time from NHL.com. From NHL.com!!!!!

Headline: 5 Reasons why Pittsburgh Won the Stanley Cup. There's only one reason Pittsburgh won = They Were The Better Team last Sunday night.

Reason number 1 listed is: "1. SIDNEY CROSBY TOOK OVER." Actually, he really didn't and I'll go into this more on a later post.

Headline: "5 Reasons: Why Predators were eliminated." There's only one reason they lost...it's because they DIDN'T WIN.

There's no shortage of "Sidney Crosby hatred" showing up in story comments and downplaying his role. Even a Village Idiot knows enough not to diminish the incredible talent of Crosby.

What...you don't like Crosby because he's young and his name will be spoken  along with other, legendary names when the name of other NHL greats are talked about:  Hull, Hull, Howe, Orr, Shore, Esposito, Esposito, Lemieux, Gretzky, Dryden, Clarke, Chelios, Lidstrom, Bucyk. Do I need to continue?

So your life didn't go as planned and now all the Crosby-haters are crawling out of the woodwork like the blood-sucking ticks they are. Well isn't your sad, miserable fucking life just too bad?

Let me guess...you're a diehard Red Wings fan and it just killed you to see your 1997-1998 double Cup win crushed by The Pens. Oh...that's so sad. Leave a comment with an address. I can send you a box of Puffs.

"Futureworld"; Bezos, circuitry matrix upgrade required.

Bezos, one of the first successful cross-breeds between bug-eyed aliens and some sort of semi-human-animal zygote, now has his newspaper playing politics in the sports section.

NHL.com - reading their stories today - were obviously leaning towards Nashville winning The Cup this year.

Well, that didn't happen.

More on The Cup later on Tuesday.

In the meantime --- ALL you PENS-haters and Crosby-haters = suck it, you lost. Let it live rent-free in your heads for the rest of your lives.

Hillary for President in 2020!

Let me be the first to announce that I hope Hillary Clinton runs for the 2020 presidency. I mean, it is her legacy...she's owed it...right?

Joe Biden is 74 years old. I don't think at 78 years old Joe will be tossing his straw hat into the presidential race.

Yeah, Hillary for President in 2020.  She'll only be 73 years old. Just what we need in the American Body Politic, more 70, 80 and 90 year olds in the Federal government.

But what's being said and written is that the Dems would like her to go away. Vanity Fair:

But we can’t stay friendly to Hillary forever. There’s a fine line—or maybe not even so fine a line—between boosting morale and monopolizing the spotlight. One reason Bill Clinton was able to make a name for himself decades ago was that previous candidates had the grace to get out of the way.

In April, 2017, Maureen Callahan , writing at the New York Post posited, "Why Can't The Clintons just go away."

How is it that Hillary routinely walks into standing ovations at Broadway theaters? Where is the realization that Hillary is to blame or the rational rejection of a two-time loser?
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Every mistake made in her 2008 run was compounded in 2016: the paranoia, the staff infighting, the underestimation of the intra-party wild card, the self-righteousness, the failure to connect with average voters, the belief that because it was her turn the presidency would be hers.

Nelson Muntz Mocks Hillary's presidential loss.

Hey, I have neither hemorrhoids or herpes, but Hillary is just like the answer to the joke, "What do those two ailments have in common with Hillary?"

Answer: Both are very painful, irritating and never stay away for a long enough time.

NHL Game 7 , Game 6, 7 , SIX on Sunday Night...or Do I watch The Tony Awards?

My deeply conflicted quandary: Do I watch the NHL game and record The Tonys for viewing later, OR, do I watch The Tonys and record NHL Game 6?

I'm certain that forcing someone to watch the fabuluth Tony Awards  is against the Geneva Convention.

Hmmmmm, let's see...The Tonys hosted by late night park cruiser Kevin Spacey or...NHL Hockey. Yeah - real tough decision.

I want the Penguins to play like tonight is Game # 7, even though it's actually Game # 6.

Those who watched Game # 5 Wednesday Thursday night saw the Penguins playing as they should be playing...shredding the Predators Six to Zero,

Penguins goalie Matt Murray is slated to start tonight.

Huge Kudos to Murray for not allowing one, single puck cross the crease. He played fantastic on Wednesday night.

Evangi Malkin has eyes like a hawk. He was Wednesday night's MVP, even though the NHL doesn't designate an MVP per game.

Malkin had a huge game, posting a Gordie Howe hat trick — a goal, an assist and a fight — in just 14:03 ice time, but what made his comments perfect were how it seemed to ignite the rest of the Penguins.

His goal is available to view and it's just magnificent. The guy has eyes like a hawk, like a hawk I tell ya.

Game # 5 Predictions - let's see how "we" fared:

Dave Stevenson at Fansided, had not made a prediction on Game 5 at the time of publishing.

Both Oddsshark and Vegas Insider predicted a Pens win over the Preds with a final score of 10 to 9

My Prediction for the final score of Game  # 5:  Pens 5,  Preds 3

Yeeesh. With Game 5's final score of Pens 6, Preds 0 ... no one came close on predictions.

I did get the Bonus Question right: "Will a catfish be tossed onto the ice tonight?"  I predicted "yes" and it happened.  I want to say that two found their way onto the ice, but my memory is sketchy. Luckily, the one - and if there were two the same applied - they hit the ice whole and not filleted and gutted like it was in Game 1.

Nashville goalie Pekke Rinne was benched after the Pens sailed the puck past him into the net three times out of NINE shots. Every goalie has their off day. He was pulled from the game and replaced with Juuse Saros, who seemed to handle himself quite well.

I'd like to write more on Game 5, but time is short.

Preds v Pens

On to Game # 6 Predictions:

As of publishing this post, there was no Game 6 prediction I could find at Fansided.

Both Oddsshark and Vegas Insider Predict Nashville 12 and Pittsburgh 11.

I don't know on what basis both Odds and VI are predicting their final scores, but their predictions for past games have also been a tad bit high when it comes to final scores.

I have been saying this series will go the full seven games and I'm sticking to that.

My Prediction for tonight's final score:  Nashville 6, Pittsburgh 5 in 2 OT's.

Game 8  7 (if the Pens lose), returns to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, June 14.

Bonus Question: Will a catfish be tossed onto the ice tonight?  My prediction: Yes.  How many?  Three! 

Happy Hockey.

Disclaimer: The above is purely guesswork on my part and is not in any way to be taken as advice on sports betting or engaging in gambling or wagering; legal, illegal or other
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Grammatical and other errors fixed 6/13/2017

Jimmy Fallon Cannot Sing, Dance or Really Do Anything Requiring Talent

I'll "date" my age group by saying the last time "Saturday Night Live" was actually funny was when Phil Hartman   was a cast member. His preternatural instinct for comedy, from A to Z, defied definition. Hartman was a genius.

If I happen to see SNL, it's usually by accident. I've seen Alec Baldwin's impression of President Donald Trump, and it's funny -- but it's worn out its welcome. "Leave the audience wanting more...", apparently doesn't enter into the ego of Baldwin.

But last night, I watched the opening with host Jimmy Fallon, who used to be a regular cast member of SNL.

Jimmy Fallon cannot sing.

Jimmy Fallon cannot dance.

Jimmy Fallon is not a "performing" artist.

Jimmy Fallon, no matter how hard he tries, will never be Black.

Jimmy Fallon is a sad, desperate man, afraid of anyone who may overshadow him. I'd say, "overshadow his talent," but he doesn't have any talent.

The opening sequence had Fallon break into song with David Bowie's "Let's Dance."  WARNNG: IT IS NOT PRETTY.

Fallon has no business, none - attempting, or even considering singing any song, especially, "Let's Dance."

There are two, and only two people who should be authorized to sing "Let's Dance." David Bowie, obviously - and Freddie Mercury, had he so desired to sing it at some point in his career. I'm not aware he ever did.

Behind Fallon was a group of "dancers" - and I use the term loosely. If these "dancers" received any choreographical instruction or rehearsals, it was absent and unnoticed.

The few times I've stumbled across the "Tonight Show", or seen a promo for it, Fallon is incapable of allowing a guest to perform solo. He just has to do a duet with a singer.  He just has to grab a guitar and join in with a guest band. He just has to join another comedian in a some sort of skit.

The Gold Measure of The Tonight Show began, and ended, with Johnny Carson.
Jay Leno gave it life for ten or so more years.

But Fallon? A pathetic, confidence-lacking, inferiority complex-ridden performer who simply cannot allow a guest to shine in their own moment.

The brilliance of Carson and Leno is they both knew when to step back and the the guest riff. Fallon lacks this, and he'll never possess it. He's too insecure.

I miss you, Conan O'Brien. You were the heir apparent for The Tonight Show, and, had NBC supported you, today you'd be ruling the night time talk ratings.