Nothing About The War Today ... We Mean Nothing. Seriously!

The Schloss-Blog is serious today. The war is too depressing to right about, and too incendiary - figuratively and literally. 

So today we are about  anything but, like...

Mitchell Trubisky has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Who will have a better season - him or Justin Fields?

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The coronavirusis is still surging in parts of the country and around the globe. In Hong Kong, where two-thirds of the residents are not vaccinated, they've had the worst outbreak since the pandemic began.

And there are still about 1,000 people dying of COVID everyday in the United States. Does that sound like "under control" and "in the rearview mirror" to you?

Or do we still need mask and vaccination mandates?

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Things have gotten so bad because of the price of gas (OK, in good part because of the war), that Uber and Lyft are now adding a surcharge to your ride with them.

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The Colorado House of Representatives has passed a bill in support of women's abortion rights. By the same token, Idaho passed one resembling the law in effect in Texas.

Can't we just let all the red states defect, secede, whatever, and get on with the business of the country?

Of course, that would make it more difficult to visit Mt. Rushmore, but also anywhere in Iowa (Chuck Grassley) and Kansas (Mike Pompeo). 

Yeah, let's do it.

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Eileen Gu, a teenager, did trick skiing at the Olympics for China (her mom is Chinese). According to published reports, she had a 1580 SAT, a scholarship to Stanford and has made millions as a model, represented by the prestigious IMG agency.

With all of these American benefits, should she have skied for oppressive China (winning 3 medals) or the good ole U.S. of A? I say the latter. Prove me wrong.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed NY Giants free-agent ight end Evan Engram and as a lifelong Giants fan I'm happy to say they can have a talented receiver who specializes in dropping passes in clutch situations.

As an adopted Arizonan, I'm baffled watching the Cardinals let their best receiver of 2021, Christian Kirk, walk away to the ... Jacksonville Jaguars. Really?

And pass-rushing ace Chandler Jones to Las Vegas.

But head coach Kliff Kingsbury, whose teams traditionally collapse late in a season, was extended through the season that would mark the average lifespan of anyone born the same year as me.

Huh?

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Still have not mentioned the war. No, wait...

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Dolly Parton, you gotta' love her, has requested that her name be withdrawn for consideration to be elected to the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Her request was denied, but she is a "rock" star, sort of, isn't she?

As an analogy, I tried to recuse myself from the committee that voted for all-conference consideration for my intramural football league in college.

Yet, somehow, I wound up as the all-conference quarterback.

Hold your enthusiasm and applause, please. Couldn't have done it without good friend and running back extraordinaire Rich Smyth.

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The Rolling Stones are touring Europe on the "Sixty" tour as they are calling it.

If a Russian missile lands near one of their concert sites, is that enough to invoke Article 5 and go kick Russia's ass.

Damn it, I said I wouldn't mention...

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Tom Brady's father blames the media for making Tom announce he was coming back after all.

Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, their star forward, blames the media for reporting that he wasn't working hard enough in rehab to come back from an injury.

The media is also reporting that Russia is bombing apartment buildings and hospitals all over Ukraine, so, Tom Sr, Draymond, just chill.

Did it again, damn it...

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In its February 2022 issue, GQ did a story on the three Russian athletes, all hockey players (Mikhail Sergachev, Alexander Ovechkin and Andrei Vasilevsky) who would be looking for redemption for Russia's (Russian Olympic Committee) team.

Then the NHL said no players allowed in the Olympics, what with COVID peaking at the time, and all. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. Ovechkin, superstar that he is, has called for peace but never denounced Putin. 

And GQ, well, they ran this real upbeat story about this troika of heroes. 

As they say in Russia, what a (журнал) zhurnal that GQ is.

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Just so you know, the U.S House of Representatives has passed a resolution that if enacted, would remove Russia from "most-favored nation" status as a trading partner. In other words, trade with Russia would be restricted, its status severely downgraded, a further sanction on Russia's already crippled economy.

And just so you know, voting against this bill were Trump pit bulls GOP Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Chip Roy of Texas.

They also believe Trump won the 2020 election.

Well, as the Snake Island Ukrainians said to the Russian warship, they can go fuck themselves.

Oops, I did it again, about the war, that is...

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

More Sunday night on my rock 'n' roll show on Radio Free Phoenix.