Red Flags, Hugs, Handshakes and Caleb Debuts

Schloss-Blog watching so much stuff on the heels of the Democratic National Convention...

But first... I never want to be on the road with the two lunatics in the Safelite commercials. They are dangerous, careless and clearly unobservant of the things around them on the road.

Hopefully, they are not representative of their Gen Z generation.

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Kamala is ready to be president. Trump just whines and whines and whines. Tiresome. I stand by my prediction: Trump will skip the debate on Sept. 10 because he knows he'll be blown out. This is not a rematch with a stumbling Biden; it's a matchup with a capable prosecutor who will have the answers for everything and will over and over remind Trump that he is a convicted felon.

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Maybe the Bears will have a great season. They have an easy, early schedule with only two playoff teams from last year in their first nine games and no division games at all, which means no Lions or Packers.

In their preseason game against Cincinnati, Caleb Williams, for all his talent and athleticism, was about to have a fourth straight 3-and-out until Cincinnati committed a dumb pass interference penalty which allowed the nifty pass and catch with Rome Odunze everyone raved about against a bunch of Cincinnati second-stringers.

But Wlliams is going to be good and the Bears schedule will help him develop quickly against weak opposition.

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Staying in touch with lots of former students, I hear horror dating stories, especially pertaining to dating apps.

The NY Times knows why.

In its July 26 "Well" newsletter, one reason to be cautious is if your date says every ex has“been a horrible, borderline-crazy person,” and that just might be what He (or she) is saying about you down the road. Red flag.

Or if you're in a relationship in which you have "rose-tinted glasses on." take some advice from friends who don't and offer up a precautionary message, especially about that significant other who has had a bunch of ex's who were those horrible, borderline-crazy persons.

Want more? Check out the "Well" newsletter item, linked above.

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Some quick post-DNC observations:

**Trump is still talking about "Black" jobs and has even expanded to "Hispanic" jobs.

**Michelle Obama for president. Or at least a Cabinet post.

**Trump is so desperate he was posting to Truth Social at a rapid pace in real time with Kamala's acceptance speech. He can't stand her stealing his media time.

**The Fox anchors at the DNC, to whom Trump called in during Kamala's speech, cut him off while he was griping to them.

**Does Robert Kennedy Jr quitting the race make a difference?  Not much, probably. People backing him didn't want Trump or Biden.

**Trump is unhinged, so where are Mark Esper, Mad Dog Mattes and John Kelly, the former Trump administration officials who know he's a danger to democracy. They need to do more to prevent the catastrophe that is Trump.

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Do you play golf, watch it? 

Men shake hands after a round. Women hug.

Huh?

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Kamala Harris.

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

I Like My Keurig (Just Not My Machine)

The Schloss-Blog loves its coffee.

OK, decaf. 

But ... me and my Keurig machine are gonna' have, as Joe Biden would say, "a come-to-Jesus" talk.

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Other than Tramp insulting everyone who ever wore a U.S. military uniform, the Schloss-Blog has noticed this week that his Keurig machine is making good coffee...

...and leaving a trail of drip along the way.

The damn machine drips, and drips and drips.

All over the kitchen counter. It soaks a rag or towel I leave underneath it. It takes a few days, but it does.

I've checked every discussion group I could find online for clues and tips and I've heard it all.

*Don't refill the container with the cartridge open (I never do);

*Only use filtered water (I always do);

*Don't leave it full overnight (I never do);

*Clean it with vinegar (my wife always does).

That's it - out of ideas. This has happened with all three Keurigs we've owned in two diffferent houses. Keurig has even replaced - on warranty - two of them - so that makes five we've owned.

They still leak.

Got any ideas? We're open to suggestions, because the coffee's pretty good but the kitchen counter is pretty wet.

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Tramp just can't help himself.

Now he's calling the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom more important, more significant than the Medal of Honor for military killed or wounded in action.

The latter goes to he that “distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty."

The former goes to those who “have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors."

You tell me which one is more significant. You tell me, if you're from a military or Gold Star family, which award is more significant, more meaningful, more endearing.

And you tell me, if you're from one of those families, are you voting for Tramp or Kamala? The guy who calls soldiers "losers and suckers" or the woman who will uphold American dignity around the world?

Not a hard choice.

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Tramp's Virginia campaign headquarters were broken into. There were no indications that thieves found anything to do with the economy, inflation, immigration or even treating COVID-19.

Tramp reported $300,000 in sales of his customized Bible. At $59.95, that's about 5,000 bibles. That's not a lot.

Pays for about one day of his lawyers' fees.

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Do you watch "Law & Order' and "Chicago P.D.?"

If you do, you know that in the latter, when police on scene call for medical help, they radio in for an "ambo."

On the former, police call in for a "bus."

Let's hope if you need assistance, you don't get a Chicago cop in NY calling in for you.

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I'm a big news watcher but I'm finding that Americans get so much of their information from TikTok. that in mind, I am believing that America's leading TV newscasters are John Stewart on "The Daily Show" and "John Oliver on "Last Week Tonight."

Which make HBO and Comedy Central America's leading news networks.

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mariska Hargitay.

More Sunday Night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show and next week, our look back at the Democratic National Convention.

Debby, "Rich," Pitbull Stadium and Straight Women Have Fewer What..?

The Schloss-Blog is tracking Debby, she's a raging downer, Pitbull's stadium, Taylor Swift and terrorism (wha..?) and why we love Tim Walz.

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Well, Debby hung around long enough, didn't she?

Tropical Storm nee Hurricane Debby finally went off shore this weekend after wreaking havoc from the Gulf Coast to the Maine coast. There was seven inches of rain in parts of northern New York. I went to college in northern New York.

Ouch!

I can't remember too many storms that hit Florida, went off into the Atlantic, came back to hit the Carolinas and then wind northward through the Eastern Seaboard, not while I was growing up in New York, especially.

Debby downer indeed.

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Going to a Florida International University (FIU) football game this fall?

Pitbull will be there.

The south Florida school will have the south Florida rapper at every game this year as his name becomes the name on the school's football stadium.

What's next - Gloria Estefan center court for FIU basketball?

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On his "Hot Ones" podcast, influencer Sean Evans, all of 23, interviews celebrities and pits them against hot wings to see if they can stand up to them.

Is there an influencer catefory for interviewing Arizona high school football to see if they can stand up to my red-hot questioning?

No.

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The Olympics are rockin'. 

U.S. basketball - rockin'! U.S. track and field - rockin' out! Did you see those 4x400 relays?

U.S. gymnastics - so rockin'! Soccer? Oh yeah!

NBC telecasts? Not so much. Too many "playing through" inserts, difficult scoreboards to read with small, no-contrast type faces and just way so much promotion for NBC's fall lineup that I can recite it by heart.

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Teenagers were threatening to disrupt Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna with a terrorist attack on the venues.

Tay-Tay, it's time to endorse Kamala.

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Donald Tramp was all over Kamala when the market slid last week. Now they're back but his polling numbers against Kamala aren't.

Straight women have fewer orgasms than lesbians. No, really. 

Tim Walz is a former teacher and coach. I'm a former teacher and sportswriter. No wonder I love the guy.

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Sean Evans.

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

Tramp Should Be A Prisoner

The Schloss-Blog is welcoming home Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmesheva, which is more than what Tramp offered up in response to the prisoner exchange.

In fact, in his stinging social media post, Tramp blasted the Biden administration for the swap and in that lengthy diatribe, never, ever welcomed them home or thanked goodness for their safe arrival.

Never in that initial reaction.

Never.

Of course, he had boasted repeatedly that he alone could get Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter, home and that Putin would release him once he was president again.

Why wait that long to make the call to Putin, ass-wipe?

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Tramp continues to display his cowardice, canceling the presidential debate on ABC in September and calling for it to be on Tramp-friendly Fox News.

That's OK, Donald - Kamala doesn't want to debate someone who relies on racist and mysoginistic tropes as his primary campaign themes.

America doesn't want to see it either.

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Know what the difference is between Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" and J.D. Vance's "childless cat ladies?"

Hillary was right.

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Seventeen-year olds were all over the news last week.

A 17-year old derailed a train in Nebraska by misaligning a track-change switch. causing some $300,000 in damages all told.

A 17-year old, meanwhile, walked into a dance studio in Southport, England, and began stabbing people taking part in a Taylor Swift-themed dance event.

Really.

Two children - children - were killed and nine others seriously injured.

A suspect is in custody in both cases.

Seventeen-years-old.

Seriously.

WTF is going on?

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On a brighter note, the Olympics have been downright entertaining, as they should be.

The U.S. Men's U-23 soccer team advanced to the knockout round, first time in 24 years.

And then got knocked out, but that's OK.

The women's team? They beat stubborn Japan in the quarterfinals, which stubbornly played not to lose, until it did, 1-0. Trinity Rodman, you rock in the tradition of your dad.

So much for my soccer bias...

...but how about Katie Ledecky? She's now the most-decorated U.S. female athlete in Olympic history.

Isn't it a thrill watching her, or any U.S. athletes for that matter, on the podium, the American Flag hanging behind them, the Star Spangled Banner playing? You know it sends a chill down your spine, you know it does.

And it's great.

Here's to all the U.S. winners, who have given the Americans a big advantage in total medals won.

Deservedly so.

Including you, Stephen Nedoroscik, you Rubik's Cube freak, you, and your U.S. Men's Gymnastic teammates.

And you Simone Biles and teammates.

Thanks for the thrills.

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The biggest Olympic story, however? 

Leon Marchand elected mayor of Paris.

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Trinity Rodman.

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

Biden to Harris and D-E-I Don't Believe The GOP Is This Low

Biden is out. Kamala is in. And the Schloss-Blog is behind ... LeBron for VP.

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Not kidding. Why not LeBron for VP?

He's old enough (only 5 months younger than Vance, the GOP racist/mysogynist nominee). He's more popular than Vance, and than Tramp (his new, official nickname in anything I post).

LeBron gives Dems Ohio, something they haven't had since Obama beat Romney.

LeBron has already won in Ohio (for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016). Vance changed his mind in Ohio, going from a Tramp-hater to a Tramp kiss ass.

LeBron is outspoken on the social issues that carry the day with suburban moms and most Democrats anywhere, transversing progressive and moderate lines.

He makes sense, he's down to Earth and caring, especially contrasted against the mysogynistic and racist tropes of Tramp and Vance.

LeBron for Vice President. He won't get it, but doesn't it sound good? Kamala, give him a Cabinet post, at the very least.

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Everyone has been saying that Biden couldn't beat Tramp, especially after the disastrous debate performance he put in.

I've ben saying it since January, every time I witnessed video of Biden walking feebly across the tarmac to a gaggle of reporters before boarding Air Force 1 or across the White House lawn before boarding Marine 1.

I've repeatedly said he needed to get in a gym, get some sun, get some color, and not just some color on his staff or in his Cabinet. He's already got that.

Been saying for many months he needed to take some Fruit & Fiber or some supplement that would pep him up.

But he hasn't. Or if he has, it didn't show on him.

Is he sick? Parkinson's? Something else. There's been a Parkinson's doctor, reportedly, repeatedly at the White House for many visits for many months now.

One positive though, besides the monumental momentum that Kamala has gathered: Biden always said that one primary reason he was running again was that he felt he was the only Democrat who could beat Tramp, as he's beaten him before.

Although few Democrats believe that now, they might want to reconsider, because in stepping aside for Harris, Biden just might have beaten Tramp after all.

Well, Tramp did just fall out of a coconut tree, yknow!

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Tramp is chickening out of a second debate he knows he'll lose.

Yeah, you know, against the women he calls, lyin'.

Funny - next time Tramp tells the truth will be the first time.

Meanwhile, Harris is all ready.

Tramp is a coward, a convicted one.

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Jennifer Coolidge is tremendously goofy in the Discover ad campaign. But apparently, she calls Discover at all hours of the day and night - just to chit chat.

Really? Who does that?

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With the Olympics coming to L.A. in 2028, can you imagine if President Tramp gets to give a welcoming speech to athletes?

He'd still be griping and dishing tropes about the 2020 election. At the Opening.Ceremonies.

Please vote for Kamala.

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If Tramp wins, prosecutions brought by the Special Counsel go away.

If Kamala wins, the rule of law wins.

If Tramp wins, the Department of Education goes away.

If Kamala wins, Ten Commandment banners are removed from classrooms.

If Tramp wins, tariffs on everything and higher prices, subsequently, for everyone.

If Kamala wins, inflation keeps going down and the economy keeps growing.

If Tramp wins, infrastructure disappears. So do jobs.

If Kamala wins, infrastructure remains and expands as the mantra for the United States that is already is.

If Tramp wins, the national debt skyrockets.

If Kamala wins, the only thing that skyrockets is national enthusiasm.

If Tramps wins, well, you know...

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

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