The Schloss-Blog is watching politicians and election workers get threatened and attacked and is wondering what this country is coming to.
Those polls you see just might be accurate - the country is headed in the wrong direction and the wrong people are making sure of it - militias, Mega-Magas, mass murderers (the Parkland shooter got life, not death), Elon Musk is off the rails and Kyrie Irving picked the wrong town in which to be a blatant anti-Semite.
Election deniers are on the ballot in so many states. Some will get elected.
The guy who attacked Paul Pelosi pleaded not guilty. I see an insanity plea coming, despite the cold calculation of his attack.
Oklahoma has a higher rate of violent crime than New York - really. The incumbent governor mocked his challenger for raising that point in a debate - but it's true. But Oklahomans will re-elect that prick, who is so proud to be denying women their privilege to their own bodies.
And as to election denial, there's no still NO PROOF that there was any fraud in the 2020 election. Yet, millions of Americans believe it.
This is scary.
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On a lighter not, Saturday Night Live sucks this year, really. I'm watching so you don't have to. Where have you gone, Tina Fey?
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Couldn't help but notice the wire-service item that Dustin Johnson's team won the LIV Golf Tour team tournament.
Who give a shit?
Johnson himself won $35 million meaningless dollars this season.
Who cares?
The sportswashing aspect of that blood money makes me sick.
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LeBron James got the players he wanted and now the Lakers are struggling. Again.
Be careful what you ask for, LeBron.
Now, the rumor is he wants to play with his son in the NBA. That would mean he maintains his form until he's 40.
And when the Lakers trade it all to get little Bronny, or draft him ahead of someone more worthy, it'll be his team that struggles into the future.
LeBron may be the GOAT, but he's not as a general manager.
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I have made my decision and it is final.
When this high school football season is over, the one in which I contribute coverage to the Arizona Republic, I am quitting Twitter. Outright.
Elon Musk has turned it into a sewer in just a couple of weeks. It is a palace of filth, f-bombs and conspiracy theories and it won't be long until Trump is back.
That's where I get off. In mid-December, I'm gone from Twitter. Right now, I need it (under the banner of @hbssports1) to update from football games I cover. And it's fun. But Twitter isn't anymore and Musk is making sure of it.
I won't be part of that. In fact, rather than just walk away from Twitter, I will likely issue an insult so despicable to Musk himself that he banishes me.
Which would be a badge of honor.
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The State of Mississippi would have you believe that the water in Jackson is now safe to drink again, but still has a boil-water order in effect.
Mississippi is the poorest state in the union. I don't think anything there is safe to drink.
Or eat.
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Couldn't help but notice that hip-hopper/rapper Takeoff was shot. He was 28.
Before him, PnB Rock was shot. He was 30.
Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in front of his house three years ago. He was 33.
A year before that, XXXTentacion was shot dead. He was 20.
What trend am I missing here? Why are rappers and hip-hoppers being assassinated?
I thought the Super Bowl halftime show with six legendary rappers was terrific, and I'm no aficionado of rap.
Yet, rappers keep getting shot like politicians do lately.
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Enjoying the November Classic, otherwise known as the World Series.
If Major League Baseball expands the playoffs anymore, game 7 should be played on Thanksgiving Day.
To lousy TV ratings opposite NFL games.
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The tape of a 10-year-old girl talking to a 911 operator during the Robb Elementary School shooting is absolutely chilling.
And the police on the scene in Texas are absolutely disgraceful. Fire all of 'em.
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To close ... trivia question to which I don't have the answer ...
...The Cardinals are one of six NFL teams whose nickname is not aligned with the city in which they play.
What are the other five? Honestly, I don't know and have not Googled it, but guessed Browns, Bengals, Titans, Jaguars and Chargers.
Anyone else, what have you got?
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.
More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.
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