Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

So Tom Brady is retiring and then again maybe not as his team disputes the ESPN "news" report. Would not be the first time ESPN got something 100% wrong about Brady. My guess is if he does announce it will be after the Super Bowl and certainly after February 4th when he's due a big chunk of his signing bonus for signing a contract with Tampa Bay... Wonder if there's any truth to the rumor that during their conversation President Biden told the President of Ukraine that the US would not provide offensive or defensive weapons but is willing to deploy Code Pink protestors to the border as human shields... Canadian truckers only hate Justin Trudeau because they want to date him… The phrase "parts unknown" has fallen off a cliff in usage in this country. It was in vogue in the Old West describing the origin of good guys and bad guys alike. Then later to describe where masked wrestlers were often from. Perhaps in the modern day the phrase can be used as a gender designation... Politically the smartest thing the Democrats could do is force Joe Biden to nominate Tulsi Gabbard for the Supreme Court. Think she would get the needed votes for confirmation and that would take away perhaps the biggest threat to the Progressive Democrats who plan to run for President in 2024... The same people who thought it clever to call Donald Trump "Donald Drumpf" now think it is the height of biting social satire to call Joe Rogan "Joe Rogaine." Does taking the Blue Pill (and I don't mean Viagra) make you humorously impotent?... No amount of cooling will freeze helium into a solid. And no amount of PR or money will turn Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg into likable human beings... What are the odds that Joe Biden's first Supreme Court nominee is worse than Harriet Miers? That's a name George W. fans would like to forget. Perhaps Biden first floats a really unqualified or far-Left black woman to keep his political promise then nominates Tulsi? Stranger things have happened... The estate of Liberace has come out and said that either Spotify gets rid of Joe Rogan or they will have to remove Liberace's music from their platform... Think much of what passes for news is actually misinformation, rumor or speculation. But that could be greatly reduced if all social media platforms simply labeled any story that uses anonymous sources as "potentially fake news." Think of how many stories from the past few years that turned out to be false were based on anonymous sources... For once I really hope they hold a White House Correspondents Dinner just to watch the train wreck that would be Joe Biden's monologue. That could be the event that finally triggers the 25th Amendment...  Cult of Inhibitions - band name or all inclusive singles resort?... As always if this column has made you smile or think - don't be afraid to hit the like button. Also please subscribe (it's FREE) and share with your friends. Thanks in advance..