Does it frighten you to look into the back of your refrigerator from time to time and grimace at a plastic container of leftovers that you had no idea were still north of the disposal? We understand. Sometimes one of our staffers has the same problem with some very random nuggets rolling around in the back of his cranium. Time to clean it out.
- Next Saturday features “the fastest two minutes in sports.” It will be Kentucky Derby day. Can you name today just one horse entered for the prestigious Run for the Roses next Saturday? No? Understood.
- But isn’t it funny how you will wind up yelling at a flat-screen TV for a jockey and a horse that you won’t remember the name of by water cooler Monday? Heck, you might even place a bet on the said horse. Why not? You still have a few bucks left from your stimulus check, don’t you?
- King James stepped in it again yesterday. In a quickly deleted tweet he called out the police for killing the teen who had the knife in hand in Columbus. He also decided #ACCOUNTABILITY was a good way to give a bad idea some social media air. We’re still waiting on accountability from China on many fronts, but we digress.
- And, while we are picking on the King, shouldn’t he drop the nickname “King?” First, it’s gender-specific unless we missed the discussion that now recognizes females as kings as well. Second, it’s someone who takes from his minions to enhance his lifestyle.
- His President, Joe Biden, thinks just the opposite way though. Biden’s proposed a possible 43.4 percent capital gains tax for wealthy Americans yesterday. What did Wall Street think? The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 400 points on Thursday afternoon after Bloomberg reported the details of the plan. “His view, and the view of our economic team, is that won’t have a negative impact,” said his press secretary Jen Psaki. Hmm.
- And much like the King should reconsider “King,” shouldn’t Biden eliminate the word “secretary” from any and all of the government positions that carry that title? It seems like a layup and then a victory lap (or nap for him) waiting to happen.
- The controversial activist group Black Lives Matter criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday after the speaker thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing” his life for justice, calling her remarks “so damn disrespectful.” The party from the left was in such lockstep with BLM prior to the election. Pelosi is political Teflon though. She’ll be back on Capitol Hill doing the people’s business on Monday thank goodness.
- The hype for the NFL Draft next week is in full swing. Will you watch some of the three-day extravaganza? No sports organization markets itself like the NFL. No one. Punch “NFL Draft” into Google. It’s pretty astonishing that a single event generates 243 million results in 0.22 seconds.
- Who’s your team taking in the latest mock draft? If you don’t like the predicted choice, fret not. “Experts” as ESPN labels them usually get only about 25% of the first round correct. If you like the choice you might start fretting, however. NFL teams’ success rate (offering their choice a second contract after the first has run its course) is only about 53%.
- Last year the NFC East Division didn’t have a team with a winning record as the season ended. Awful. Worst ever. Is MLB’s East Divison in the NL going to follow up that ineptness with its own? Three weeks into the season the Mets, Phillies, Nationals, Marlins, and Braves are a combined five games under .500 and none have a winning record. Surely the Braves have too much talent to stay below .500. And, how much longer can they keep the name Braves, as we digress for the last time this week. #stoppedthechop
Happy Weekend.