With a new school year around the corner, Troy Mayor Patrick Madden finally threw in the towel Friday, admitting what everyone else has known for a while, that renovations on the South Troy Pool won't be completed in time. Like, DUH!
Madden issued a statement that was filled with excuses, including weather and a labor shortage, if but because the city couldn't find a contractor that would not only be trustworthy, but, knowing the hometown like I do, cheap. The bottom line, though, is that the city should've started working on not only the South Troy Pool, but Knickerbocker Pool in Lansingburgh, way sooner than they did, a fact pointed out by GOP Mayoral candidate Tom Reale at a press conference at the latter site on Friday.
If Reale beats Madden in November, then Madden can rent himself out as a Dr. Phil lookalike for parties, or be the new face of Oreck vacuum cleaners......
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Women's soccer star Carli Lloyd raised some eyebrows the other day when she showed up at the Philadelphia Eagles' training camp, and booted a 55 yard field goal. A fair number of today's NFL kickers, including the Giants' Aldrick Rosas and Buffalo's Steven Hauschka, got their start playing soccer before transitioning to American football. Philadelphia kicker Jake Elliott was impressed, obviously, and while Lloyd is contemplating making a run at signing a free agent deal in 2020 as a placekicker, she is getting support from the aforementioned players.
The only question is whether or not we'll still be talking about it 10 months from now.
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Condolences to the family of former Miami Dolphins lineman Jim Langer, who passed away Friday at 71. While actress Valerie Harper got the headlines with her passing, Langer, a member of the Dolphins' perfect championship team in 1972, will likely be remembered with a moment of silence at the Dolphins' home opener.
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Yankees ace CC Sabathia may have thrown his last pitch.
Sabathia came out of Friday's game vs. Oakland with knee issues, which have been a recurring issue the last few years, and in this, his final season, Sabathia may have to little more than a spectator during the post-season, depending on the seriousness of the injury, and whether or not he'll miss any time. We won't know that for sure until later today.
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NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand decided to end her Presidential aspirations, at least for now, and withdrew from the 2020 race earlier this week. Seems money is a big issue, as she didn't have enough funds raised to qualify for a debate scheduled for next week. Better, then, to step aside now and avoid any future embarrassment, as if President Trump hasn't already embarrassed New York enough the last few years.
However, if I were in charge of the Democratic National Committee, I'd advise former Vice President Joe Biden to step to the side, too, but the Democrats just love playing with fire.
Biden is being held accountable for a number of social miscues, including allegations of sexual harassment in his past, but considering the DNC decided to be stupid and rigged the nominating process three years ago to give tabloid magnet Hillary Clinton the nod over a more deserving Bernie Sanders, they'll likely make the same mistake next year, and tab Biden as their choice to face Trump. Nobody wanted Swillary, and, from what I've been reading lately, some Trump voters from '16 are now feeling buyers' remorse, as they're starting to see Trump's true colors, and, yes, green is one of them.
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When he was at CNN, Stuart Varney was one of the more reliable reporters they had, specializing in financial news.
Then, I read that Varney, now with Fox News, is bleating the same kind of BS that 2020 re-election campaign flack Kayleigh McEnany was trying to sell Chris Cuomo the other night, that Trump doesn't lie.
No, Stuart, he does. Distorting the facts to fit his agenda does make the President a liar. His distrust of mainstream media comes from his own inability to separate fact from fiction. And, yes, I have to believe that his age (73) doesn't entirely play a role. It's just the fact that he has been playing a role right along. Pretending to be the same tough boss he was on The Apprentice gets and holds the attention of his brainless dittohead followers. It doesn't help, of course, that his two oldest sons, Don, Jr. & Eric, have also been portrayed by mainstream media as dumber than a bag of hammers and in over their heads.
In truth, and this may sound a wee bit harsh to some people, but the only facts Trump should care about are in the one book he is never seen with in public. The Bible.
And for those of you who are hardcore Trumpets, I have this suggestion. If you care about Trump as much as you say you do, then give him this piece of advice, made famous by Quincy Jones around the time they recorded "We Are The World":
Check your ego at the door.
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