Read this First 03/22/2024
Madness
The First Day of NCAA March Madness Tournament is OVER
and …
#11 Seed Duquesne upsets #6 BYU !!! … #11 NC State stays on their hot streak and upsets #6 Texas Tech. NC States DJ Burns is without question the fan favorite of the tournament. 6 foot 9" inches .. 300 pounds.. struggles to get up and down the floor.. but.. can handle the ball like a guard and has the footwork of an NBA big man.. Loveable Giant ..
Nevada is up 17 vs. Dayton and UD goes on a 26-4 run to end the game and win with 3 pointer after 3 pointer … and speaking of 3 pointers .. Unknown Oakland University (of Michigan) stuns #3 seed Kentucky when Jack Gohike makes 10, count ‘em TEN three pointers. Gohike is a transfer from a D-2 program and looks like he’s 30 years old .. He told the press, “We’re no Cinderella. I know these other teams have draft picks and there is NO WAY I’m going to the NBA. But, if we play our “A” game we can hang with these teams” …
The rest of the games went as expected … More action today !!!
To the News…
BOSTON: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)announced the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-edited pig (porcine) kidney into a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Richard Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Mass. received the organ Saturday in a four-hour procedure. He is recovering well and is expected to be discharged soon, the hospital said.
"I saw it not only as a way to help me, but a way to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant to survive," Slayman said in a statement released by the hospital. .. “And I’m REALLY craving a bacon sandwich for some reason…”
OK OK.. FINE .. I made that last part up ..
FRANCE: PARIS: Note to Athletes coming for the Olympics. The housing built for you has not air conditioning. Yup, that’s right. The French are saying it aligns with their goal of keeping the carbon footprint small and the places were designed with overhangs to block out the sun… UHHHHHH… What if there is a HEAT wave? .. Like .. I dunno… LAST SUMMER?
More than 5,000 people DIED in France as a result of searing summer heat last year !!!! (That is the French Health Dept’s OWN statistic) The summer of 2023, marked by four heatwaves including in August and September, was the fourth hottest on record in France. Geez Louise !! .. Never mind putting A/C in a few apartment buildings will do NOTHING to change worldwide temperatures… LITERALLY NOTHING… Spitting in the ocean …
RUSSIA: Russian medical researchers say they could be able to roll out oncological vaccines within the next couple of years, given adequate funding and support from lawmakers. “If financial support is provided, I think that in two or three years existing organizations will be able to put oncology vaccines into practice,” Vasily Lazarev, deputy director of the Lopukhin Federal Scientific and Clinical Center for Physical and Chemical Medicine, told the outlet RTVI.
The comments come after President Vladimir Putin said last month that the country was “one step away” from developing vaccines against cancer. .. So..
Two questions: 1. Do you believe him? .. and 2. If he DOES it … Would YOU take the vaccine? .. or give it to your kids??
UKRAINE: Dark Days .. After a round of air strikes by Russia large areas of Ukraine are without power .. The delay of aid from the US (and others) could accidentally END this war. If Russia just TAKES OVER a few of the Regions they might declare victory and stop shooting ..
and..
Phoenix, AZ: Palabras Bilingual Bookstore in Phoenix, Arizona had to cancel their planned, “Drag Queens for Palestine” event after “unwanted attention and backlash online”“. The event was billed, “a night of Drag and Community as we gather at Palabras Book Store in solidarity with Palestine.” … Ummm.. Errrr..
Look guys, You can do whatever you want (not near kids and not near schools) .. This is America .. but.. A few things .. 1. Don’t EVER say, “unwanted attention”. The MAIN REASON you do this is attention. You desperately CRAVE attention. Otherwise, your events would be private in basements .. 2. Palestinians HATE you. If you went there you would be jailed or killed. That is not an “opinion”. It is literally AGAINST THE LAW to be gay there. (Granted, Their Legislature hasn’t functioned since 2006. So, there has been no opportunity to “update” that law.. but.. it’s not a “priority” of the country)
In Da SWAMP:
UH OH !!! What did you say? .. Maryland Rep. David Trone is considered to be the man to run for Senate in a hotly contested race … which is important, of course, because a loss could swing the Senate to the Republicans ..
He was trying to insult “Republicans” for claiming increasing business taxes would hurt businesses .. He meant to call that reasoning a Republican “bugaboo”, which is an “imaginary problem invented to try to scare people” .. but..
Trone said at the House Budget Committee hearing with Shalanda Young, "So this Republican jigaboo that — it’s the tax rate that’s stopping business investment, it’s just completely faulty by people who have never run a business.”
Uhhh.. WHAAAAATTT???
Yes .. a slip … Yes.. Shalanda Young is a Black American .. and YES this would end a Republican Senators campaign .. But, he’s a Democrat so you probably won’t hear much about it .. and..
TRUMP Update…. Still no stay … Still no ruling.. … If Trump can’t get SOME court to give him a chance to appeal his $450 million fine .. The AG will start seizing assets Monday. Although, the AG might consider this a “Win” .. Anything that gets “fire sold” will likely end up in court .. with NY citizens paying the price …
There is, of course, ANOTHER option .. Donors/Friends/ANYONE lends Don the $$$ .. I’ve seen LOADS of speculation about that .. including foreign COUNTRIES .. but.. That looks mostly like prattle from conspiracy theorists …
SPORTS:
PGA TOUR: The Valspar from Tampa: Veteran Kevein Streelman leads by one after a stellar 64 .. But, this is Copperhead .. Lots of trouble and a bunch of water .. NO lead is safe …
MLB: Boy, it the Dodgers season getting off to a GREAT start .. (Hint: Sarcasm)
First, the MONSTER contract to Shohei Ohtani .. and.. FIRST game of the year the story breaks his interpreter has a gambling problem. Gambled on games and stole $4.5 million from Ohtani to pay his bookie .. Ya think THAT might take your “eye off the ball”?? … Then..
Yoshinobu Yamamoto after signing a record $325 million, 12-year contract, lasted ONE INNING!!! in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut
The 25-year-old right-hander trailed 2-0 after nine pitches and needed 43 pitches to get three outs, leaving with a 45.00 ERA. (For non-baseball folks.. Below 4.5 is acceptable .. Below 3 gets you a nice contract) .. In all, he gave up five runs in a 15-11 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday.
San Diego batted around, and Michael Grove relieved Yamamoto with the Dodgers trailing 5-1.
OUCH !!!!!
and Another Ouch ..
NFL: The Giants Fans are still hurting from having star running back Saquon Barkley sign with the divisional rival Philadelphia Eagles .. Just as the pain was subsiding.. video of the announcement hits the internet and goes viral.
Saquon and his adorable 5 year old daughter on the announcement on TV: “Daddy, you gonna pway for da Eagle”? Saquon: Yes honey. They gave Daddy the best contract. ..Jada: “So, that means you going to start winnin again, Daddy” .. AHHAHAHA.. OOOOHHHHHH .. BURRRNNNNN!!! PAIN !!!!
CELEBRIDIOTS:
The Boss is BACK !!! .. Uhh.. ummm.. wait a minute.. Which one of these is Bruce Springsteen? … HERE… or .. HERE.. ? Apparently, BOTH! .. Bruce has returned to his tour after an extended time off for health reasons .. I think I’d have waited another week and dye my hair back to the old color … Online fans asked, “Is that Tilda Swinton or Ellen DeGeneres?”
POEMS? Really? .. Megan Fox .. HERE.. was on some podcast and they talked her book. She explained her “man” Machine Gun Kelly didn’t like a lot of it .. “There is a lot of explicit content in the book, obviously, and there was some fear there. Also, I mean, some of (the poems) are about him and are savage.”
POEMS? Really? .. I have heard a lot of excuses/reasons guys give for staying with crazy hot girls ..HERE.. .. I’ve never ONCE heard, “I love her for her POEMS”
and..
MEGA MILLIONS $977 Million TONIGHT … and.. POWERBALL $750 Million Tomorrow .. Get a ticket !! …. Tired of reading about it? TOO BAD .. I want one of you to WIN one of these .. (OK Fine.. I want ME to win .. but if it can’t be me .. one of YOU GUYS!!!)