My ever inflated ego would love to believe everyone had the date marked on their calendar for this column’s return. My stronger grip on reality takes the “oh please, not HER again approach.
Of course, one advantage is I get to proudly post my Meemaw photo of our newest little sports fan – my little Noodle, Davina. She has gear for every game – Cal, San Jose State (her Auntie Ashleigh goes there), the Saints and the Raiders. On a good weekend, we’ll need to change her clothes several times.
It’ll be interesting to watch nastiness, dirty plays and antagonism for a change that doesn’t involve a SCOTUS nominee.
So onward…..random thoughts for the new season:
Flyboy and I decided we’d give the league another chance this year. We’ll see if the networks stick to their guns and don’t give these asshat players a spotlight for their anthem antics. I say broadcast the anthem, networks – there will be at least ONE fine military man or woman or police officer at attention and saluting that you can focus on. Or the crowd signing (because they do – off-key and badly in many cases, but with all the pride in their country they can muster).
Nike is doubling down and broadcasting the Krapperdick “sacrifice” ad during the game. I see vacant chairs, beers being pulled from refrigerators, channels being switched momentarily. Lot of money to put out for a commercial no one’s going to watch, Nike. Well, that’s not true. I’ll watch if the “Krapperdick sacrifice” has something to do with a rotisserie and an open spit. Nike’s new slogan? Just D0-fuss.
Oh, and Krapperdick’s kneeling partner in crime, Eric Reid, safety for the 49ers, was also given his release in May and as of yet is still unemployed. And I couldn’t be happier. He can watch the games at Krapper’s house while all the rest of their little friends are out playing.
So here it is – at my house, the buzz is how the Raiders will do under Gruden and the loss of Kahlil Mack. Also, we ask ourselves = will the Saints repeat their fantastic season of 2009? My answer to that is no — hell can only freeze over once….
So I hope the beer is cold, the wings are spicy and the chips and dips are ready, because HERE WE GO……
The NFL Matchups
Bills @ Ravens
Steelers @ Browns
Bengals @ Colts
Titans @ Dolphins
49ers @Vikings
Texans @ Patriots
Buccaneers @ Saints
Jaguars @ Giants
Chiefs @ Chargers
Redskins @ Cardinals
Cowboys @ Panthers
Seahawks @ Broncos
Bears @ Green Bay
Monday’s Games (the annual Two-Fer!)
Jets @ Lions
Rams @ Raiders
In the MLB, here’s what the Boys of Summer are up to (now that football has hit the airwaves, your best bet to catch will be ESPN (ugh!) or your local station not carrying the football game. Of course you could buy one of those TV packages):
Indians @ Blue Jays
Orioles @ Rays
Phillies @ Mets
Padres @ Reds
Cardinals @ Tigers
Cubs @ Nationals
Marlins @ Pirates
Royals @ Twins
Angels @ White Sox
Giants @ Brewers
Dodgers @ Rockies
Rangers @ Athletics
Braves @ D-Backs
Yankees @ Mariners
Astros @ Red Sox
In the PGA, the BMW Championship from Newtown Square PA (CW – your backyard?) had some pretty impressive play by Tiger Woods in the opening round. Interesting that Tiger leaves the game after a major scandal, eats several humble pies, and returns after rest and recuperation. And the result? He’s brought back the crowds to the lesser tournaments. Sure, you see huge galleries at the Masters, the U.S. Open, the Players and the PGA Championship, but when you get that sized gallery at the Bridgestone, it’s a feat. Also full props to Tiger for not taking the bait and the opportunity to trash Trump last week. American sports fans do love to embrace their errant kids. (Uh, not to fast, Krapperdick – I said “errant kids” – not juvenile delinquents – you can go sit over there with Michael Vick).
cute little football!
aronimink CC is out by phillie. it’s a classic old PA style course. errant shots are punished and the greens can get wicked fast. they moved in the 20’s and had Ross design the course (evil Scotsman.
its a tight little number that will make you pay. that said, it is socked in by rain, i doubt that they will get the round in today
Since I can never figure it out, CW – did my Cal Bears beat the spread over BYU last night?
The Barbarian wrote:
they did, by 5 points. they were two point underdogs, meaning that the money said that BYU would win by 2.
well, Cal won by 3, therefore, they not only beat the spread by 5 but also won the game in a minor upset.
@ The Barbarian:
@ coldwarrior:
even if Cal were a 2 point favorite at BYU (meaning that BYU would ‘start’ with 2 points) Cal still beat the spread by winning by 3.
army corps of engineers have shut down river traffic in this ‘pool’ of the ohio river.
we are getting inundated with rain
its been 40 years????
oh good lord, i’m old
http://www.realclearlife.com/music/devo-40-years-later/
@ The Barbarian:
Hi Davina! *goo goo sounds*
It took me forever to get online & to go between sites. So if you find slow traffic on your thread, it’s not your thread. It’s the Jews. lol Oh, I meant Katz. It’s Katz. 🙂
* Until 415 AM EDT Monday.
* At 414 PM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain in the warned area.
FLOODING… Expected.
ESTIMATED RAINFALL… Up to 2 inches.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL…Up to 1 inch.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Cranberry… New Castle…
Butler… East Liverpool…
Beaver Falls… Punxsutawney…
Monaca… East Palestine…
Kittanning… Rimersburg…
Ellwood City… Homeacre-Lyndora…
Several roads were reported flooded, along with streams running near
bankfull.
and we’re only halfway done with the rain
muslim men are scum and cowards.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/uk-rotherham-jihad-rape-gang-trial-british-girl-passed-around-raped-by-100-muslim-men/
@ coldwarrior:
And I’m sure the whole thing will be blamed on the victim because she wasn’t dressing ‘modestly’.
right_wing2 wrote:
DIVERSITY!
coldwarrior wrote:
Having lived the past couple of decades being exposed to the Middle Eastern “culture”, I begin to have an appreciation for the Old Testament and God’s commands to totally exterminate the people whom the Israelites were conquering. There are truly some cultures so evil that they need to be eradicated.
@ AZfederalist:
Just to add on — when you have a culture that teaches its children, down to preschoolers that they should support killing people whom they’ve never even met and that killing them to advance their religion vs. defending themselves from aggression is OK, you have a very sick culture.
The PRC/PLA attempted to fund the expansion of the Fiji Army’s Black Rock base at Nadi, but the move was blocked by Canberra who moved fast to offer more money and turn the base into a regional training base for Pacific military and police forces.
In 2015, the PRC offered to establish a naval base in Fiji and since a 2011 agreement has supplied 50 police vehicles as well as training Fijian police in China.
Apart from Luganville in Vanuatu, the PRC also sought a base on Manus Island (PNG) which was a major US Marine base during the war.
I don’t have any further information on the Manus Island attempt.
The MO of the Chinese is to ‘hook’ Pacific nations with cheap loans for pointless infrastructure projects built by Chinese labour , allow the short term loans to mature. Then reel then in. Jack up the interest rates on the loans and force default. Then in reparation demand long term leases or outright seizing of assets in the Pacific on which dual use and pure military bases are built.
Did I mention corruption?
Buying a Pacific leader is often the cheaper option by China.
In the wind up to the Pacific Forum the majority of member nations DEMANDED that Australia and NZ pay over US$2.2 billion in ‘aide’ . Not into building hospitals, water treatment plants, wharfs and infrastructure. They demanded access to the ‘aide’ so that they could directly prop up their budgetary bottom lines that allowed them to spend like drunken sailors. Did I also mention corruption?
🙂
This is an extortion racket and the Chinese are gagging to get a seat at the table so that they can buy a brace of corrupt Pacific leaders.
Today is the 16th day since the publication of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano’s “Testimony.” (The full text is here; it was made public on the evening of August 25.)
And today comes almost incredible news — and perhaps not credible, since it is not yet officially confirmed. So it might be best to call it “rumor,” not news.
But, in the nature of things, we are unlikely to get any confirmation of this type of news, because it involves covert operations. The only way “news” about such things, never announced officially, is ever made public is through leaks, whispers, indiscretions from unnamed “sources.” And that seems to be the case regarding this “rumor.”
The “rumor” is that the Vatican leadership has given orders to its “internal and external security services” to use its “intelligence resources” to locate the physical whereabouts of Archbishop Viganò with the end goal of charging Vigano with crimes against Vatican rules against revealing state secrets.
In other words, Vatican security officers have been instructed to find Vigano, wherever he is.
To do so, of course, they will use every channel available to them, including asking for help from police and intelligence agencies outside of the Vatican, agencies with whom the Vatican has working agreements.
If this is true, a global search on to find Vigano is now on.
Vigano has not appeared publicly since his “Testimony” was published.
A friend writes to me: “If this report is accurate, then the Holy Father is essentially acknowledging the veracity of Vigano’s accusations. Unless Vigano’s letter were substantively accurate, there would be no material basis for these criminal charges. Leaving aside, of course, the horrible optics of the only accountability here being for the person who brought these horrible deeds to light…”
I add: this action is not necessarily taken by the Pope himself; it may be that it is being taken (if it is being taken) without the Pope’s knowledge or approval. So my friend may not be correct when he writes “if this report is accurate, then the Holy Father is essentially acknowledging…” The bureaucratic machinery of the Holy See is now in motion, and it is not clear what is being done by Vatican officials acting under the Pope’s direct instructions, and what is being done by these advisers and officials without the Pope’s full knowledge and approval.
One other note.
I received a call from Rome yesterday, asking me for insight about why Pope Francis has not yet agreed to an August 29 request from Cardinal Daniel Di Nardo, archbishop of Houston, Texas, and President of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference, to have a personal meeting with Francis to discuss the entire situation. (link) On this matter, I have no special knowledge, but also in this case it seems possible that the Pope may not have been informed, or fully informed, of Di Nardo’s request for the meeting, or of why it is urgent.
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The hunt for Vigano?
This report was published two days ago, on September 7, by ChurchMilitant.com, the web site run by Michael Voris, a Catholic journalist and ex-seminarian of the Archdiocese of New York.
The report was also picked up in Italy by Vaticanist Marco Tosatti, a colleague (link). Tosatti knows Vigano personally — he met with Vigano on August 22 and for three hours helped him do the final editing on his “Testimony.” (For that matter, I also know Vigano personally, and have met with him privately on many occasions over the past few years.)
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THE HUNT FOR VIGANÒ: VATICAN SPIES TRACKING WHISTLEBLOWER (link)
by Church Militant • ChurchMilitant.com
September 7, 2018
By Rev. Michael X., JCL
Vatican officials are on the hunt for Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò.
According to sources within the Vatican, the Secretariat of State of the Holy See — under the direction of Pietro Cardinal Parolin — has communicated an instruction to its internal and external security services to use its “intelligence resources” to locate the physical whereabouts of Abp. Viganò.
This request has been communicated not only in order to prevent more unpredictable damage to the image of Pope Francis and the Holy See on the world stage, but also to “prepare the terrain” for the former apostolic nuncio-turned-whistleblower to be prosecuted for alleged multiple crimes against Vatican and Church law.
The urgency with which the location of Abp. Viganò is being sought is all the more palpable since, according to canon 1507 of the Code of Canon Law and other procedural and penal norms of the Holy See and Vatican City State, Abp. Viganò cannot be prosecuted or even punished unless he first be given the opportunity to be officially notified in writing of the specific canonical and Vatican crimes he is alleged to have committed and be given the opportunity to defend himself against them.
As first reported by the very well-informed Baron Roberto de Mattei (Corrispondenza Romana, September 5), criminal counts are said to be in the process of being researched and drafted in a libellus accusatorius (canonical criminal complaint) for Viganò having allegedly committed perjury for his having breached pontifical and other forms of state secrecy in violation of, among other norms, the Instruction Secreta continere on the Pontifical Secret issued on February 4, 1974 by John Cardinal Villot, Secretary of State of the Vatican.
The specific Norms of Secreta being researched for applicability and evidence in support of potential prosecution include:
1. Art. I-4 for Abp. Viganò’s alleged divulgation of extrajudicial denunciations received by him during his service of the Holy See regarding crimes against faith and morals and the Sacrament of Penance, and the process and decision pertaining to the handling of these denunciations regarding Theodore Cardinal McCarrick and other clerics referenced by Viganò in his testimony and in the articles of journalists to whom the archbishop is alleged to have disseminated such classified information;
2. Art. I-7 for his alleged dissemination of Vatican secrets gained by reason of office pertaining to appointments of bishops, specifically regarding the appointment of Cdl. Blase Cupich as archbishop of Chicago, Illinois;
3. Art. I-9 for his alleged divulgation of the electronically encrypted order transmitted by the Secretariat of State to Abp. Viganò regarding the appointment of Bp. Robert McElroy to the see of San Diego, California;
4. Art. I-10 for his breaching of “business or matters which are so grave in nature that they are placed under the Pontifical Secret by the Supreme Pontiff or a Cardinal of the relevant Dicastery.”
News of the Vatican deploying its vast international resources to track down and prosecute Abp. Viganò are consistent with his assertions made to [veteran Italian Catholic Vaticanist] Aldo Maria Valli on their final encounter: that Viganò had “purchased a plane ticket,” that he was “traveling abroad,” that he “could not tell [Valli] where,” that Valli “should not try to find him,” that “his old cellular number will no longer be functioning,” and that they “saluted each other one last time.”
Viganò, in saying goodbye to Valli, appears to have known exactly what the worst elements of the Vatican and its agents are capable of.
Let us hope he has taken every necessary precaution from falling into the hands of those who would wish him ill.
@ coldwarrior:
The Army Corps of Engineers’ sole purpose is to prevent the natural flow of water.
ICYMI
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/twitter-suspends-benghazi-hero-after-criticism-of-president-obama/
Bunk X wrote:
yep. and they do a great job here. it used to flood badly in WPA every spring, now, once a century.
@ Aussie Infidel:
the vatican needs a purge. badly.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
bad money after worse money, this will backfire.
coldwarrior wrote:
They want to prosecute him under Canon Law? Good Lord this sounds Medeavel. Pope Frank most
see himself as the Grand Inquistor. When we had the “scandal” in our Parish they actually tried to hide
behind canon law.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/cringeworthy-michael-moore-gets-embarrassed-by-dimwit-david-hogg-takes-his-mic-away-video/
@ Gateway Pundit
after the next air disaster David Hoog will blame Trump, then oversee burial of the survivors.
@ Aussie Infidel:
Dear Vatican:
Please don’t give Dan Brown any more novel ideas. Hanks is getting too old to play Robert Langdon.
RIX wrote:
Hogg is going to find himself getting the Cindy Sheehan treatment shortly, if it hasn’t already started. I imagine he’s been contacting campaign after campaign asking if they want him to come for an appearance and is being told “NO” everywhere. After this disastrous performance in Canada, Soros will probably pull his funding of this twerp’s travel budget.
Bla bla bla, fizzle fart something something, yawn…
@ The Barbarian:
I now see why Hogg is having trouble getting into colleges.
RIX wrote:
Yup, stupider than a 25 gallon bucket of used camel snot.
@ doriangrey:
I’ve heard that other huge famewhore, Cameron Kasky (the one who snotted at Rubio and Dana during the Town Hall) has started backtracking on the rhetoric, although his equally famewhorish father likes to muscle in on any discussion he can because he thinks people actually care what he has to say. I keep reminding him he was investigated for fraud.
Damn it… somebody over at https://www.rightstrategy.org got me hooked on the TV series “Last Resort”… It only survived 1 season… Damn I hate rooting for Bubbleheads…
Camel’s nose under the tent. Always
http://conservatives-together.net/are-you-ok-with-a-muslim-judge-being-sworn-in-with-a-koran
This is from reportforthepresident.com
The team members who have compiled and come forth with evidence on the Deep State attack on Trump are pictured. Many cannot be exposed, so no pics. The first two men are the FBI ex-agents who are appearing in weekly vids. I don’t recognize the others. I’m assuming they work for the Federal government. Does ANYBODY recognize their pics?
https://www.reportforthepresident.org/team
You have to register at the site once and log in when you visit. You can stay logged in for hours.
This is a tough crowd. It’s…empty.
yenta-fada wrote:
Almost empty…..
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-florence-strengthens-category-3-storm-eyes-southeast-n908131
But if a residence is built specifically for this type of storm why evacuate?
I am hoping to build such a place on the Texas coast, or inland.
The ideal land would be directly on the coast or next to a major river.
None of this bullshit sub divisions behind levees. Once the water comes over the levee it takes weeks for it to drain away. Build next to a river or the shore. Water rises fast, water goes away fast.
I do not have enough cash yet. No way will I get a loan to build what I want to build on a flood plain. But I think I can do it. A 600-1000 sq ft kind of “tiny home” on stilts.
Concrete stilts and the floor, walls and even roof will be at least 6 inch reinforced concrete.
Not a traditional shape either. Imagine a ladybug shape. Aerodynamic. We have all seen ladybugs clinging to the windshield while we are going 60mph. And they are just hanging onto smooth glass.
I even have a way to protect my vehicle from a flood. A car hoist is about $2000 and lifts it up 6 feet.
I have a dream……
(Bunk may be required to assist. )
@ Possum:
Actually home would have a slightly sloping flat roof for drainage and underside of home on the piers would be like a beer belly.
That way the force would be downward when a strong wind blew.
doriangrey wrote:
But he doesn’t get it. He thinks that he is some genius savior. That is because th MSM and the rest of the left
slobber over him. I predict though that he will soon become too much of an embarrassment
like Cindy Sheehan.
yenta-fada wrote:
Trick question. Implies that a Muslim can serve as a federal judge.
Since believing Muslims consider Sharia to outweigh “man-mad” law, I don’t believe that they can.
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/tro/d/5th-wheel-auto-trailer-for/6694566182.html
yenta-fada wrote:
Sorry Yenta, its a fucking phishing scam…
I’m really busy so not much to offer but first…
Possum wrote:
[I deleted this is the interest of blog comity] I lived on the Monongahela River, I know floods. The bacteria are a health threat for months, good luck getting rid of the mold, the ecology is in upheaval for months, I spent weeks shooting animals who had lost their homes and were starving and dangerous after just one of the floods. The smell is beyond belief.
Where was I? Oh, yeah.
What would we do without Bob Woodward?
“I’ve never seen instance when the president is so detached from the reality of what’s going on,” Woodward said.
“This has not been treated seriously enough,” Woodward said on “Today.” “The things that Trump did and does jeopardizes the real national security.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/woodward-trump-detached-from-reality-jeopardizes-national-security/ar-BBN7TAr?ocid=spartanntp
hmmm..anybody check with reality lately?
I don’t think Iran is real happy. Their reality sucks
lobo91 wrote:
Wasn’t Keith Ellison sworn in on a Koran?
@ eaglesoars:
He was
@ lobo91:
I’m thinking FEC violations
@ Possum:
Toroid shaped house.
coldwarrior wrote:
Any design that can withstand the high winds and is elevated above the flood.
doriangrey wrote:
I don’t think so. Why do you say that?
Aussie Infidel wrote:
One certain Dr. Martin Luther had similar actions taken agains him when he pointed out the abuses of the Catholic church.
@ Possum:
The Dutch are doing some really innovative designs for housing in flood areas. They have to deal with the North Sea. You might want to check that out.
@ doriangrey:
The interviewer who introduced the FBI agents last week is interviewing Bill Binney today starting around the 21 minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pV6U1zHduQ
AZfederalist wrote:
The difference is that as history shows Luther was a degenerate whereas Vigano is one of the good guys. Both were attempting to expose wickedness that he’d crept into the Church but there is no comparison beyond that!
coldwarrior wrote:
Love those floating houses as well painted a whole range of brilliant colours.
🙂
Pope Francis is probably remembering how the Americans, chasing up leads from New York-based FIFA member Chuck Blazer, put some spine into the Swiss police to raid the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich that fateful May morning in 2015.
Which eventually led to Blatter’s disgraced exit from world football.
https://www.bauraulac.ch/en
The Vatican Don Corleone is probably taking advice from the fellow Catholic former FIFA Don as we speak.
But seriously, has Church Militant (or anyone) released any more on this? :
And further to all this, Church Militant has also learned that Cardinals McCarrick and Wuerl were both working behind the scenes with Pope Francis’ Vatican, anticipating and preparing for a Hillary victory in 2016, laying the groundwork for the Vatican to start working with a Clinton White House to advance a worldwide liberal agenda.
That, of course, did not happen. What has happened instead is a frosty relationship between Rome and Washington, D.C., even somewhat visible during the May 2017 visit of President Donald Trump to the Vatican to see the Pope.
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/pope-francis-must-resign-criminal-probe-widens?utm_source=CM.com+Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7b074ab637-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_29_05_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6225e731a9-7b074ab637-62425013
@ Aussie Infidel:
Crisis mag has an article and a book recommendation I put on my wish list. The good sister thinks this pope is a clown, a tool. She doesn’t hesitate to point fingers.
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/sowers-of-the-current-chaos
This is an interesting thread on what may be the rationale behind the disappearing AG, etc.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1012777493093183488.html
Aussie Infidel wrote:
On that we are going to need to agree to disagree. Restoring the scripture and the pure teaching of salvation by grace through faith was hardly degenerate.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
i was in the outer banks some years ago, heavy hurricane area. i came upon this toroid shaped house just back from the beach on many phone pole stilts.fortunately, i had taken an aerodynamics course and immediately recognized the genius of the design…minimal wind load on the structure. the owner explained the real secret:
i walked up to from the beach and must have looked completely amazed. the owner came up to me and introduced himself, a retired aerodynamics phd…while the hole in the middle wasn’t huge, maybe 4 feet across, it removed any pressure gradient (lift) from the structure and the curved toroid shape produced very little lift and could withstand ridiculous amount of wind load as proven in wind tunnel designs. he said this ne was just a proof of concept…i wonder if any more got built
brilliant.
coldwarrior wrote:
not if there’s an HOA around.
yenta-fada wrote:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/09/09/buyer-beware/
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1038931688527724545.html