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Sunday, December 29, 2024

There are dogs, and then there are border collies.

Trump on H-1B visas (2016)

Clark: "You can't see me"

I've seen so many times that Angel Reese fans have accused Caitlin of making the "You can't see me" gesture against Louisville in an effort to justify Reese's actions after LSU defeated Iowa and she chased Clark around the court taunting her with the "Ycsm" gesture and pointing to her ring finger. Poor sportsmanship, just like when she jumped off the Chicago bench to applaud Chennedy Carter for her cowardly hip check of Clark from behind (when the ball wasn't even in play). Everyone said it was directed against Hailey Van Lith; Van Lith debunks that claim here.

Champions also fail.

This Twitter post from Scottie Pippen is a great defense to use against the people who justify their hatred of Caitlin Clark by dismissing her value because of her high rate of turnovers.

Friday, December 27, 2024

Elon (as Adrian Dittman)

Unbelievable.

Friendship - Kate and Caitlin

Kids will be kids

 

Kids will be kids -- in Scottish!

Click here for the Scottish version.

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Angel Reese - Quadruple Dribble!

Caitlin Collection

I love the little skip at one minute! She's having fun!

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Thank you, Lawrence, and JFK

And this:

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Too cute!

Merry Christmas, my furry friends!

Friday, December 20, 2024

This NYT Hitler article has aged like fine milk.

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Words of wisdom from Carl Sagan, 1995

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

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— Common Sense (@cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social) December 18, 2024 at 3:37 AM

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Another tribute to Caitlin

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Defense of Caitlin by Keith Murphy

Keith Murphy, an award-winning sportscaster, has an excellent presentation defending Clark from the MAGA crowd who hate her for mentioning white privilege and complimenting black pioneers and players in the WNBA.

Sunday, December 15, 2024

A Poem for Our Times

Pity The Nation
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2007 

Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero
and aims to rule the world with force and by torture.
Pity the nation what knows no other language but its own
and no other culture but its own.
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.
Pity the nation - or, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away.
My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty.

Caitlin: Athlete of the Year

Click here for the Time Magazine article on Caitlin Clark, named Time's Athlete of the Year.

Saturday, December 14, 2024

Who is this Dave Portnoy guy?

Just kidding -- pretty well everyone who has anything to do with sports knows who Dave Portnoy is -- he's the founder and owner of Barstool Sports, and an outspoken sports fan. Thing is, I thought he was a MAGA guy. He came out for Donald Trump in 2015. Here's a quote from his Wikipedia page:
In a 2015 blog post, Portnoy said: "I am voting for Donald Trump. I don't care if he's a joke. I don't care if he's racist. I don't care if he's sexist. I don't care about any of it. I hope he stays in the race and I hope he wins. Why? Because I love the fact that he is making other politicians squirm. I love the fact he says shit nobody else will say, regardless of how ridiculous it is."
In addition, over the years he's been known to say some -- ahem -- "insensitive" things. But there's a lot more to the guy than just that, as I've learned since seeing this video. In it, he puts up the best defense of Caitlin Clark over the Time Magazine Athlete of the Year controversy that I've seen, or that I expect to see. It's brilliant. (It's the second clip, titled "Caitlin Clark Rant incoming."

Friday, December 13, 2024

Exactly how stupid and hypocritical is Sheila Johnson?

Sheila Johnson is co-owner of the Washington Mystics. I love the "Readers added context": 31% of the Mystics total home attendance for the entire 2024 season came from the two games versus Caitlin Clark and the Fever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/10/09/caitlin-clark-wnba-impact/