Take the GOP and Shove It

The Schloss-Blog is looking at the GOP and thinking it sucks.

Also got some thoughts on Barbie, Verizon's Sadie and the judge who texts and gif's while her court is in session.

But first, back to the GOP. As they continue to support the master criminal running for president, the GOP is proving what it stands for.

The GOP stands for restricting people's right to vote, by restricting their access to the vote, especially people of color.

The GOP stands for restricting women's reproductive rights by passing laws in Red states that outlaw abortion outright or the privilege to one after six weeks of pregnancy, when most women don't even know if they're pregnant.

The GOP stands for restricting the rights of LGBTQ+ people. It stands for restricting the privileges of trans people.

Yet, millions of people still vote for these guys. And these guys continue to support a master criminal for president.

Hillary Clinton was right: the GOP and those who vote for it? Basket of deplorables!

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I like "Losers."

No, not that those losers, but "Losers: Dispatches from the Other Side of the Scoreboard," the Mary Pilon and Louisa Thomas-edited book of articles and essays about those who lost the championship game, those who came in second at the Olympics or those who committed the error that enabled the other team to ring up the winning score.

"Losers..." (Penguin Random House, 2020), celebrates those who celebrate those who didn't win but came so darn close.

And Pilon and Thomas are just the editors to assemble all that. Pilon is an author, a former NBC Sports producer and former NY Times and Wall St. Journal reporter who has covered the Olympics, as well as so many other major sporting events. Thomas, also an author and a New Yorker staff writer, has contributed to everything from the NY Times to The Atlantic.

They haven't met a second-place finisher they don't like. And face it: do you remember who finished second in the greatest Olympic relay race ever? Do you remember who the losing team was on the only two home runs to ever end a World Series.

That’s who comes to mind for me, but Pilon and Thomas focus on those who write about Floyd Patterson, not a loser but a fighter who lost a big bout. They look at Jeremy Taiwo, the decathlete who finished second to Ashton Eaton, one of the great decathletes of all time. They look at being a fan of cursed teams or cities that had perennial losers, like the streaks in Boston and Philadelphia. It’s not just the stories you know, however. It’s the stories you don’t know but will grab you.

Like the Cubs did all those years. Like the Red Sox did.

After reading this, you'll appreciate them. And their fans.

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People want Donald Trump to be president. This is insane,

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Trump says the government underwrote the Jan. 6 riot to cover up its fraudulent elections.

Do you ever wake up and wish he was dead? Except DeSantis would be the Republican frontrunner.

Please see my comments about the GOP, above.

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Does anyone think 'X' is going to become the all-in-one app that Elon Musk wants it to be?

Neither do I.

Neither does my phone, which still says "Twitter" on the the logo. Elon Musk has a lot of work to do.

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Barbie asks, "Did you guys ever think about dying?"

I've got to go see the movie.

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America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, admitted in a court filing that he lied and that he defamed when he said poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss cheated in the Georgia presidential election vote counting in 2020.

He's also in the process of losing his law license altogether.

Donald Trump sycophants are as big losers as Trump is. Trump doesn't care.

As long as they lie for him.

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Judge Traci Soderstrom, in Oklahoma, was caught texting and gif'ing while her court was in session, a murder trial no less.

Trump wants her to oversee one of his upcoming trials.

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Oh lord, I'll be back in overheated Arizona in a few weeks.

It's too hot to play golf. It's too hot to go for a walk. It's too hot to dine alfresco.

It's too effin' hot.

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Hope you listened this morning when I was on the air on Radio Free Phoenix, subbing for Joe Catanzaro.

Joe’s a golf lover, so he’ll appreciate that Jocelyn won the Women's Division of the famous Benes Family Open Golf Invite on Saturday. She also won the women's long-drive competition.

Our team, with individual men's runner-up Alex Janco, who shot 80, finished second. Joe Bartosch's son J.J., who hits the ball a country mile, was the winner (73).  I shot a very respectable 93 on the difficult Hughes Creek course, contributing to our team's second-place 94.

Just another typical day on the golf course.

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Are a "phubber?" That's someone who puts his or her relationship at risk by paying more attention to his or her phone than his or her partner.

Think about it.

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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.