On Tuesday, the Trump administration lost three preliminary rulings in the space of 90 minutes, as more of Trump's ill-advised executive orders are being blocked by responsible federal judges.
So, what happens next?
A number of GOP lawmakers in the House of Representatives are introducing or threatening to introduce articles of impeachment against the judges who ruled against the president's orders.
SAY WHAT?
As with threats of impeachment against former president Joe Biden, nothing the GOP has rises to the level of high crimes & misdemeanors, but idiots like Tennessee misrepresentative Andy Ogles are going to try, just to win brownie points with Trump.
Farron Cousins explains.
What Ogles and his fellow morons in the House fail to understand is that there's always the possibility the Trump administration could win in the end with a reasonable argument to justify their actions. Yeah, good luck with that. A case of Dunce Caps will be headed to Washington for Ogles and the idiot squad for this farce.
There was a time when Promise margarine, at the time packaged by Lever Brothers, was touted as beneficial for lowering cholesterol.
From 1974, here's William Shatner in New Jersey.
This was included in a compilation of short-lived series from 1975, since this ad was still circulating at the time. Shatner would bomb with Barbary Coast in '75.
Dom DeLuise was a frequent guest on Dean Martin's NBC variety show, such that folks must've assumed Martin helped him land the sitcom, Lotsa Luck. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it wasn't DeLuise's 1st series on his own.
That distinction belongs to a self-titled comedy-variety hour that was a summer replacement for Jonathan Winters' CBS show in 1968. Packaged by Jackie Gleason's production company, DeLuise was given a few short weeks to prove he could carry the mail, if you will. He had the honor of working with Gleason's staff, including musical director Sammy Spear, choreographer June Taylor, and announcer Johnny Olsen.
In fact, Gleason would last a couple more years at CBS with his series.
Following is a collection of sketches, plus a sample open & close with voiceover by Olsen.
It's bad enough that American voters re-elected a serial liar in Donald Trump back in November, mostly due to misogyny and not being ready for a woman as President. Even worse is that the First Parasite, Elon Musk, is just as much a serial liar as Trump, as Farron Cousins will explain.
Imagine if Elmer Fudd & Daffy Duck got together to scheme something. That would actually be tame compared to Trump & Musk, who are ignoring protocols in their haste to fulfull the Orange Toddler's "agenda".
We tried to get a comment from Musk's spokesman, but.....
Apparently, the Sounds of Sinatra have been silenced at WROW.
Magic 100.5 FM abruptly dropped Sounds from the schedule, giving Jaime Roberts some extra time on Sunday mornings, as she fills the 10-noon slot where Sounds had been. Either the contract with the syndicator expired, or the ratings may have told Albany Broadcasting suits that it was time to move on.
Meanwhile, Albany Street host Bill Williams has sheared two hours from his Sunday DJ block. Promotions director Candace Curby is back on the air, Sundays from 5-7 pm, as Williams, who boasts of nearly 5 decades in radio, is slowly inching toward retirement.
Props to fellow blogger and 518 native Chuck Miller for this next item.
518 music legends Blotto will be the subjects of a documentary coming out "soon", per the band's YouTube channel. There performance clips of the band, archived interviews, and a clip of the group's earlier iteration as the Star Spangled Washboard Band from The Mike Douglas Show. Also, there's a choice clip of the band hanging out with homegirl Martha Quinn on MTV back in the day....
The warmer temperatures forecast for this week should put an end to the ice coating large chunks of the streets in the tri-cities. However, a shortage of rock salt or ice melt was not on anyone's bingo card.
In downtown Troy alone, there are long stretches of ice, left untreated, in front of vacant storefronts, such as the defunct Troy Light Company on Congress Street. A recent news article on WNYT, for example, emphasized that property owners have to do their part, too, and not rely on the city to clear the sidewalks.
And before anyone blames a certain loose screw in Washington for the rock salt shortage, or even his predecessor, it's not their fault.
Chester Gould always meant for Dick Tracy to have one true love, that being Tess Trueheart, whom he later married in the long running newspaper strip. Mad Cave's current series is set in the early days of Tracy's career, so we're nowhere near hearing wedding bells, but a Valentine's Day special seems appropriate this month.
Co-writers Alex Segura & Michael Moreci are joined by Chantelle Osman, normally a creative consultant on the series, for a whimsical tale of love and murder, as Tess has Tracy ready for a Valentine's date, but for a murder case at a movie studio. The backup feature, written by Steve Orlando, includes a tribute to Gould's classic look for Tracy. You can't go wrong.
Rating: A-.
DC is giving Zatanna another miniseries, following Bringing Down The House, and this one is written & drawn by Jamal Campbell. Anyone familiar with his art from Far Sector & Naomi over the last 3 years knows what to expect. Zatanna is pulled into the fantasy world of a ghost, if you will, of an old time actress.
This series is six issues, nothing more. One wonders if Campbell is trying to find Zee a boyfriend not named John Constantine. We wouldn't mind.
Rating: B.
Alex Segura is also writing Dynamite's miniseries teaming the Green Hornet with Miss Fury. Also set in the Golden Age, we find that not only are the heroes not on the same page, but there are tensions between the Hornet and Kato. We've seen that movie before with the Lone Ranger & Tonto many moons ago. Seems to me Dynamite commissioned this series in order to hold on to the licenses for both characters.
Rating: B-.
Silverhawks ran for 1 season in syndication (1986-7), but now Dynamite and writer Ed Brisson have designs on tying the series into the Thundercats universe when there were no crossovers back in the 80's. Brisson's 1st chapter sees the start of reforming the team, which had been retired from active duty. Hmmm. The original series turns 40 next year, as Thundercats turns 40 this year. This gives artist George Kambadais something to do now that Gargoyles is done for now.
Grade: Incomplete.
Mad Cave's latest Gatchaman spinoff is another miniseries, Only One Earth. Artist Nuno Plati gives this more of a manga look than the normal series does, working with writer Tommy Lee Edwards. Let's see where this goes.
Rating: Incomplete.
Quick hits: Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool is reporting that DC plans to axe Shazam!, Power Girl, & Two-Face, all in May, after 21, 20, & 6 issues, respectively. I think we're going to wait for the trade on Two-Face, because this had potential......Speaking of Gatchaman, Ryu gets a 1-shot in April. If it's anything like the previous 1-offs, this will be good........Dynamite is adding Wacky Races to its WB library with a 1-shot in April. I recommend getting the Penelope Pitstop cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Enough said......We are not digging Dynamite's take on Captain Planet, also in April, as previously reported. David Pepose (Space Ghost) is writing this as a new take on how the Planeteers came together 35 years ago. I don't like the idea of the Captain with a beard. It's so today, but inappropriate.
Gene Kelly presides over a 10 piece troupe of actors presented as married couples in the short lived sketch series, The Funny Side, which lasted half a season on NBC.
The cast includes everyone's favorite senior citizen, Burt Mustin, Warren Berlinger, husband & wife writers Dick Clair & Jenna McMahon, 2nd generation actor Michael Lembeck, in his first series gig, Cindy Williams, Teresa Graves (coming over from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), and John Amos, who left The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Pat Finley also appeared on Moore during season 1.
The topic in this sampler is "consumers", but only the open & close are available.
Series creators Bill Persky & Sam Denoff (ex-That Girl) sold another series, Lotsa Luck with Dom DeLuise & Kathleen Freeman, to NBC the next year, co-created with Carl Reiner.
So the Jests decided to cut bait on past-his-prime Aaron Rodgers the other day. Here's a piece of advice for Rodgers. Just retire. Brett Favre made the same mistake, lingering too long, and his life's been ruined by off-field scandals.
I pity the team that signs Rodgers this season.
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We're now learning that after the 2025 season, Major League Baseball will be looking for a new broadcast home, as they're severing their ties with ESPN over lack of non-game coverage. This decision will push them closer to Fox and/or TNT/TBS. The belief from this desk is that while Fox revived the concept of the Saturday game of the week, they're not going to give up their Sunday night block, so Sunday Night Baseball will move to TNT/TBS, or, if ESPN offers some sort of compromise, it'll stay right where it is.
Not a fan of ESPN's Pro Golf League, which has PGA players playing indoors in one of those virtual courses like they have in some places around the country. With pickleball also on the ESPN menu, why not bring back Wide World of Sports?
After all the hype surrounding the NHL's Four Nations Face-Off, which ended last night with Canada winning an overtime thriller over Team USA, the league may actually have come up with a better solution to replacing the fading concept of an all-star game.
Edmonton star Connor McDavid scored the game winner.
Unfortunately for the USA, there was this, well, kiss of death before the game. The team got a telephone pep talk from president Donald Trump before the game, and Trump, like he did before the Super Bowl nearly 2 weeks ago, predicted a victory.
Make it 0-2 for Trump. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau trolled Trump after the game. Trump has been making noises about annexing Canada, if but to distract the people of America from his underhanded handling of various US agencies in order to enrich his fellow wealthy types, as well as his new best friend, South African emigre Elon Musk.
But, you know what you're getting today from the oldest baby in America after last night's game.
The talent agreement forged between TNA Wrestling and WWE's NXT division has produced some compelling television over the last year.
The latest chapter began on Tuesday when TNA X champion Moose (Quinn Ojinnaka), a 2 time TNA World champion, showed up on NXT in advance of TNA taking over NXT's former home at Full Sail University for last night's Impact broadcast, and confronting NXT champion Oba Femi, an Alabama alumnus.
Last night, Femi returned the favor, confronting Moose and his faction, The System. Overseeing it all was TNA Director of Authority (read: GM) Santino Marella (Anthony Carelli) and NXT's "liason to TNA", Arianna Grace (Bianca Carelli). The real-life father & daughter also appeared together at NXT's Vengeance Day PLE last Saturday, and Marella, a former US, Intercontinental, & tag team champion during his time in WWE, was at his best, mangling wrestlers' names, and shushing Arianna's attempts to correct him. The Norm Crosby of wrestling was in fine form.
Moose will defend the X title on the next NXT broadcast against Heritage Cup champ Lexis King (Brian Pillman, Jr.) in the latter's hometown of Cincinnati.
A trio of bachelors living on a houseboat, with one serving as a guardian for his nephew, should've been a formula for success.
It's a Man's World, however, lasted just half a season on NBC, cancelled in the winter of 1962-3, just shy of 5 months on the air. Glenn Corbett, Ted Bessell, & Randy Boone are the bachelors, and all three actors would move on to better things, Corbett sooner than most. Critics loved the show, but viewers voted with their own preferences.
Let's check a sample episode with a pre-Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells.
Just weeks after cancellation, Corbett moved over to Route 66, replacing George Maharis. Boone, presumably under contract to Revue/Universal, joined the cast of The Virginian. You know Bessell's history (Gomer Pyle, That Girl).
Lost amidst the many radio shows that transitioned to television in the 50's was Meet Millie, a sitcom about a mother & daughter in Jackson Heights, Queens. The radio show ran for 3 years, during which time a TV version landed on CBS.
However, there were changes in the cast in the course of transition. Film star Audrey Totter had the title role as Millie, but movie commitments prevented her from doing the TV show, resulting in Elena Verdugo taking over the role in the TV series. Similarly, Bea Benaderet was cast as the mother figure, but due to her commitments to Burns & Allen, her part was recast as well, with Florence Halop taking over the role.
Our cast also includes Marvin Kaplan, Roland Winters, Byron Keith, and Arthur Q. Bryan, who guest stars as a veterinarian, but sans the speech impediments of one Elmer J. Fudd.
This sample is from season 4.
Most folks remember Elena Verdugo from 7 seasons of Marcus Welby, MD. Kaplan went on to Top Cat, Alice, and a fair number of films, including "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World", which reunited him with Top Cat himself, Arnold Stang, in 1963. Florence Halop's last role was on the original Night Court. Byron Keith recurred on Batman as Mayor Linseed, a sendup of NY Mayor John Lindsay.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump's hand picked "border czar", just made a critical mistake.
This clueless jackass went on CNN & Fox No News, whining about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) hosting a webinar in which she schooled migrants on their Constitutional rights.
Farron Cousins breaks it down.
Let me ask you something, Homan. Do you like playing dumb? Or were you just born that way? What you have basically told the world is that you think migrants don't deserve to have Constitutional rights, from which, oh by the way, the Miranda Rights the Police read off, are derived, in case you didn't know. You're inviting trouble by picking a fight with AOC, and you should've asked Empty-G, Lauren Balloon, Timex Cruz, and other Republicans who've made that same mistake what happens. AOC has already mocked Homan on social media, so, there's that.
Homan gets both the Dunce Cap and the Weasel ears this week, plus this warning that he ignored:
Tobacco giants Brown & Williamson and rival American Tobacco sponsored radio shows with 2 of the biggest names in comedy back in the 40's. Jack Benny was associated with Lucky Strike. Red Skelton had two stints with Raleigh. B & W would eventually acquire Lucky Strike in the 70's.
Skelton's association with Raleigh began in 1941, and ended the first time when Skelton served in World War II. When Skelton was discharged in 1945, he relaunched The Raleigh Cigarette Program for another three years before Brown & Williamson pulled out, to be replaced by Procter & Gamble's Tide detergent.
Tide, however, backed out after a year, replaced by Norge appliances until the radio series ended in 1953, at which time Skelton was already on TV.
The radio cast during the first run included Ozzie & Harriet Nelson, who'd later spin off to their own show, both on radio & television. Composer David Rose replaced Ozzie Nelson as Skelton's bandleader when the series returned in 1945, and would remain with Skelton to the end of the TV run in 1971. Radio vet Lurene Tuttle was part of the repertory company, along with comic Wonderful Smith and voice actress GeGe Pearson.
DeadEye, not yet a sheriff, is the focus of this 1948 entry.
As you can hear, announcer Rod O'Connor took part in some of the skits, too, and was a great foil for Skelton.
In the 70's, Kraft was trying to compete with everyone else on almost everything.
Take, for example, Koogle peanut butter spread. With Koogle, Kraft was trying to make inroads with the big 2 peanut butter brands of the day, Jif (then a Procter & Gamble product) and Skippy.
Actress-singer Alice Playten plays the parent in this spot. Banana flavored peanut butter?
Unfortunately, Koogle was gone at the end of the decade.
Today, Tom & John Keane are songwriters and composers. In the summer of 1977, the sons of a record producer had their own summer replacement series on CBS, which lasted a month. The Keane Brothers Show would have one big name guest star, such as, in the opener, Burt Reynolds, but, airing on Fridays, didn't draw much of an audience.
Let's take a look at said opener. Closing credits were edited off.
I never saw the show, as I was with a youth ministry at the time. No rating.
In 1974, Jim Henson was commissioned by ABC to produce a pilot featuring The Muppets, as ABC was looking at a possible primetime series.
As we all know, The Muppet Show arrived 2 1/2 years later in syndication for a 5 year run. Part of the reason for that was because ABC didn't seem pleased with the first pilot, "The Muppets' Valentine's Day Special", which aired two weeks before Valentine's Day, with Mia Farrow (ex-Peyton Place) in a rare return to network TV. The only familiar faces here are Kermit, Bert & Ernie (crossing over from Sesame Street, like Kermit), and a prototype for Gonzo, only shaped like an aardvark here. I think that mad bomber character made it to The Muppet Show, too, but I don't recall.
Mia performs two musical numbers, including "Those Endearing Young Charms".
A 2nd pilot was shot and aired in 1975, but we already know the rest of the story. ABC wouldn't give the Muppets a primetime berth until Muppets Tonight, more than 20 years later.
Phil Collins covered the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" for his 1982 album, "Hello, I Must Be Going!", said title taken from a line attributed to comedy legend Groucho Marx.
Collins lets his ham out as he has multiple images of himself in this clip, something he'd done with 1980's "I Missed Again", and would revisit one final time with "Two Hearts", off the "Buster" soundtrack, a few years after this video.
Mr. Bailey is the attorney general of Missouri, a Republican, and another one too far lost in the past to understand today's hiring practices.
Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks. I'll turn it over to Farron Cousins before I continue.
Let me offer an example of how Bailey can be so, so wrong.
Until it was closed for remodeling this week, the Dunkin' at Congress & 3rd streets in the hometown had a small workforce, equal amounts of white and African-American, and mostly women. There are at least 1-2 male employees. Dunkin', in particular, has been suffering from a lack of available workers during the morning rush most days, maxing out at 4 people in the eatery, which gets most of its business through drive-thru service. Unfortunately, the drive-thru lines also cause delays for customers inside the store itself, and there's just not enough help to handle the potential overflow. Bailey is playing the race card at Starbucks to get attention. What it gets him is a set of Weasel ears for being so ignorant and self-serving.
By the mid-80's, Peter Cetera had left Chicago, and was enjoying success as a solo act. Meanwhile, Chicago forged ahead with new bassist-vocalist Jason Scheff, and peaked at #3 with "Will You Still Love Me?".
During Fox's marathon pre-game coverage of the Super Bowl, President Donald Trump gave a pre-taped interview to Fox No News' Bret Baier. As Farron Cousins explains, it seems no one has tried to explain to the Sultan of Spray Tan how tariffs actually work.
As Farron notes, we're the ones who'll be hurt the most by the tariffs, especially with Canada suggesting retaliatory tariffs. However, you can't make Trump understand that, because his tiny brain sees only one side to this issue.
Commentators on Yahoo! & YouTube have routinely mocked Trump, since he had promised to try to lower the cost of eggs, for example. You can picture this:
"They're mean to me, so I'll impose tariffs!! That'll show them!"
"Stop! In The Name of Love" is getting plenty of airplay on oldies channels this week, and why not? It's Valentine's Week. Here's Diana Ross & The Supremes with their original version, from Shindig.
The Hollies, in the course of making a comeback in the 80's, recorded a cover version that got some airplay on MTV.
In the end, President Donald John Narcissus Trump was the kiss of death for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The decision by Trump to become the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl would've been enough by itself, but there was an underlying reason why he decided to go. He wanted to steal some spotlight from the Chiefs' #1 fan, singer Taylor Swift, and even trolled Swift on Truthless Social after the game, but, we're getting ahead of ourselves.
The Philadelphia Eagles' fan base travels well, and they booed the Chiefs & Swift mercilessly. If you didn't see that at the start of the evening, you'd assume fans in general had turned on the Chiefs because of the relentless, baseless conspiracy theories that have dogged them for the last couple of months as they closed in on a chance to be the first team since the Green Bay Packers to win 3 straight NFL titles. To be fair, the Packers' 1st of those three titles came in the last pre-Super Bowl title game.
Any talk of conspiracies dissipated after 2 early, controversial calls, one for each team, in the first quarter. The Chiefs slowed down, if not outright stopped, Saquon Barkley, but that enabled Jalen Hurts to find receivers Jahan Dotson, AJ Brown, & DeVonta Smith for big gains, the latter pair for touchdowns. The "Brotherly Shove" was only used to give Philadelphia the first score of the night, and never used again.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia's defense frustrated Patrick Mahomes into two interceptions, including a Pick-6 to rookie Cooper DeJean, and sacked Mahomes 6 times. Down 24-0 at halftime, Kansas City finally got on the board with a trio of scores in the 2nd half, but, by then, it was too late. The chance for a 3-peat was gone. Philadelphia won its 2nd title, 40-22.
Prior to the game, Trump put his support behind the Chiefs. But, of course, he reveled in the loss, as trolls are wont to do.
The commercials, on the other hand, were hit or miss. One of the better ones was for Coors Light, using some CGI sloths. And, then, there was this oddball for Bud Light, with Post Malone, Shane Gillis, and Peyton Manning.
We could've done without a sequel to last year's "Dunkings" farce for Dunkin', with Ben & Casey Affleck, Jeremy Strong, and Bill Belichick. This was DOA. The teaser for "Megan 2.0" looked like a WWE entrance video at first, and, maybe, that was the point. Disney's live action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" seems like fun, but can we get away from all the pre-sold remakes & reboots?
Fox's Tom Brady appeared in 2 spots. One, with Snoop Dogg, was roasted on social media because of their support for the president. Brady's former boss, Robert Kraft, is the head of a charity foundation that combats anti-semitism. The folks behind those "Jesus gets us" ads served up a new clip, this one using the late Johnny Cash's cover of Depeche Mode's 1990 hit, "Personal Jesus". Brady otherwise was presented by Duracell (now a unit of Procter & Gamble) as some sort of robot, and the ad ends with the implication that his former teammate, Rob Gronkowski, who otherwise was shilling for Frito Lay Tostitios, is one, too. Well, Gronk wouldn't know the difference, anyway.
In between seasons 1 & 2 of The Simpsons, Harry Shearer found time to record this novelty single, "If U Want Free Speech, Go To Russia". Shearer, also 1/3 of Spinal Tap, never shot a music video, but the single was readily available, with a sleeve illustrated by Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
In trying to avoid using any of his character voices, Shearer comes across sounding like 70's 1 hit wonder CW McCall, in this writer's opinion.
5 years after Batman offered a story arc that suggested a criminal like the Penguin could run for Mayor, only to discover that he couldn't, we offer another example of how this can or can't work.
In this lone online-available episode of The Chicago Teddy Bears, Nick (Art Metrano) decides to run for Mayor, but there are complications.
Some of the supporting cast would later resurface elsewhere. Some, you know (Marvin Kaplan on Alice, Jamie Farr on M*A*S*H & The Gong Show), and some, you might forget (Huntz Hall would move to The Corner Bar, then do some Saturday morning work (i.e. Ghost Busters). Of course, we have since lost John Banner (not long after the series ended) and Mike Mazurki. Metrano would later turn up on Joanie Loves Chachi.
Two years ago, the Kansas City Chiefs rallied to beat the Philadelphia Eagles to win their 2nd Super Bowl in the Patrick Mahomes era. After downing San Francisco last year, the Chiefs are poised for something that hasn't happened since the introduction of the Super Bowl after the 1966 season, a three-peat.
The Eagles stand in their way again, this time with a new weapon added since last season, that being running back Saquon Barkley.
While much of the attention has been on the Chiefs in the run-up to the game, especially with continuing conspiracy theories accusing the NFL of undue favoritism toward Kansas City for a variety of reasons, including the opportunity for the first three-peat in the Super Bowl era. The Green Bay Packers had been the defending NFL champions prior to the 1st Super Bowl in 1967, and, thus, are the last team to 3-peat in the NFL. With the NFL's media partners (Fox is carrying the game this year) becoming more prominent, helping to fuel some of those conspiracies, in recent years, it's understandable to think that Fox or any other network would believe the quest for a 3-peat would lead to higher ratings.
But, this year's game is historic for another reason, as president Donald Trump, already scheduled for a pre-game interview on Fox, will be attending the game. His detractors will say that he's doing that to negate the presence of singer Taylor Swift, who likely will be in New Orleans for the game to support her honey, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce, who has said it's an honor to have the president in attendance. Granted, Kelce is being diplomatic, not looking to get on the president's bad side. Air travel restrictions in place due to Trump's visit prompted LSU women's basketball coach Dawn Staley, a big time Eagles fan, to cancel plans to attend the game.
Speaking of the Eagles, would they have gotten this far without Saquon Barkley? That would be debatable. Everyone assumed Detroit would represent the NFC, but the Washington Commanders spoiled those plans three weeks ago, only to get spanked by the Eagles in the NFC title game. Barkley, in turn, has motivated Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia's quarterback, to elevate his game. This year's rematch puts two of the best defensive units in the league against each other, and the Eagles might not need the controversial "Brotherly Shove". Then again, Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo might have a cure for that, anyway.
Assuming the Chiefs' defense keys on Barkley early, that will free Hurts to go to the air, and handle the bulk of the running himself, and if the defense shifts its focus to Hurts, then Barkley can be turned loose. I don't think Kansas City can contain both Hurts & Barkley. If they do, Spagnuolo would be nominated for sainthood in Kansas City.
My advice: Skip the pre-game marathon, including the twinkie-munch with Trump. Yoga would be a better option.
Mets fans throughout New York breathed a sigh of relief with the news that All Star 1st baseman Pete Alonso re-upped with the team for 2 years and $54 million. Unfortunately, it comes with an opt-out after this season, but if Alonso puts up monster numbers, that opt-out may not be necessary.
Photo courtesy Yahoo!.
There are those who are already predicting that Alonso will dump the ultimate parasite, Scott Boras Badenov, whose machinations didn't get him the deal he wanted to broker for Alonso. Boras is not the genius he thinks he is, and hasn't been the last few years. 30+ years of fleecing owners has finally caught up with him.
As for Alonso, the 2-time Home Run Derby champ, consider the lineup the Mets can put out on Opening Day.
Alonso would be in the midst of a star studded lineup with Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Brandon Nimmo, and rising star Mark Vientos. The five of them together could combine for anywhere from 100-200 homers after Soto hit 41 for the Yankees last year. If you thought Soto with Aaron Judge & Giancarlo Stanton in the Bronx was scary, well..........!
Training camps open soon. Pre-season games will start in about 2-3 weeks. We'll get a good idea about these Mets sooner rather than later. 'Til the season begins, be very afraid.
2 1/2 weeks into his 2nd (and final) term, Donald Trump is showing signs that he is not 100% healthy from a mental point of view.
Just weeks after he nominated a long time family friend, former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, to head up the Department of Education, Trump now wants to dismantle that same department----before McMahon even faces confirmation hearings!
Why would this deranged 70-something man-child do that? Bad advice.
Trump has also said he wants to take over the Gaza strip in the Middle East.
SAY WHAT?
We're talking major overreach here, as this isn't his call to make.
"We can run Gaza better than the Palestinians & Israelis combined!!"
Y'sure about that, Fraud Fauntleroy?
Even after his hand-picked drone at the FCC, Brendan Miller, strong-armed CBS into turning over footage from an October 60 Minutes interview with then-VP Kamala Harris, Trump wants the series and the network taken off the air, all because he thinks they've been mean to him.
Here's a news flash, jackass. You were offered the same opportunity to appear, and you wimped out. Three months after being re-elected, you're still holding a grudge. Get over yourself.
"WAAAAHHHH!!! CBS hates me! WAAAAHHH!"
Even money says you never took a journalism class in school, fella. You've bullied the media into bowing before you, out of fear of reprisal. To paraphrase Dalton (Patrick Swayze) in the 1989 "Road House", you're too stupid to realize you're wrong.
It's getting to the point where incoming lawmakers in Congress may need to pass a variation on the civil service test just to prove they're qualified. Yeah, I'm looking at you, Empty-G, Lauren Balloon, and Fibber Jordan especially. We may have to have Trump take one too, on national television.....
England's Naked Eyes burst on the scene in 1983, garnering heavy airplay on MTV with their cover of "Always Something There to Remind Me", a Burt Bacharach-Hal David composition that had first been a hit for Dionne Warwick some years earlier.
Rob Fisher later became 1/2 of Climie Fisher, which wasn't quite as successful. Pete Byrne reformed Naked Eyes nearly 20 years ago, and the current iteration is usually on the nostalgia circuit.
A year ago, conservatives were having a collective cow because Beyonce released a country record.
Sunday, Beyonce captured the one Grammy that had eluded her, the Album of The Year, for that selfsame record, "Cowboy Carter".
Photo courtesy Getty Images/Yahoo!
Monday, some nothing happening author, Raymond Arroyo, went on Fox No News to whine to Laura Ingraham about it. The crux of Arroyo's lame argument was that Beyonce, with 35 total Grammys, had more than country icon Dolly Parton and the late Frank Sinatra combined. For the record, Parton, who is still an active artist, has won 10 Grammys over the course of her nearly 60 year career (she started as duet partner to Porter Wagoner). Sinatra won 10 during his active career, then was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award or some such, to finish with 11.
The truth is, and Arroyo was not willing to own up to it, of course, is that this was what conservatives were afraid would happen. That Beyonce, vilified a year ago for even daring to release a country record, had won. I think another reason Arroyo took the time to whine was because no one's heard of his books, and he probably hasn't smelled the best seller list, if ever. In other words, jealous much?
That said, Arroyo is a Weasel for making a mountain out of, not a molehill, but, rather, a mere divot in the ground.
Robert Urich hadn't done comedy since the 1st season of Soap. Better known as an action hero on TV (i.e. Vega$, Spenser For Hire), people forgot that Urich had some experience in comedy.
Gary David Goldberg, looking for something to complement Family Ties, sought to change that perception, and cast Urich in American Dreamer, which, unfortunately, lasted 1 season. Part of the reason for this, and I often come back to this, is that with Vega$ in syndication and/or on cable, ditto for Spenser For Hire, folks weren't ready for Urich in another sitcom.
Carol Kane (ex-Taxi), Jeffrey Tambor (ex-The Ropers), and Johnny Galecki, later of Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory, co-star. Let's take a look at a sample episode.
Urich was having a hard time transitioning back to comedy, and it showed.
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced earlier this week he is running for a 3rd term. McLaughlin was first elected in 2017 to succeed Kathy Jimino. However, McLaughlin's got more than a 3rd term on his mind.
McLaughlin is still in the running for a special election in April to fill the Congressional seat being vacated by Elise Stefanik, and, according to Chris Churchill of the Albany Times-Union, he's also looking at the vacant presidency at Hudson Valley Community College. Former County Executive Henry Zwack served there a few years ago, prior to Dr. Roger Ramsammy, who was let go last spring.
What is it they say about a man's reach exceeding his grasp?
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The Troy Post Office was forced to close its service windows on January 24 when the Postal Service suffered an internet outage. It's, of course, since been resolved, but it is rare.
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WROW (Magic 100.5 FM/AM 590) has stabilized its schedule, even though the website is still a little bit slow in updating.
Weekend host Bill Williams, on his profile page, acknowledged he's cut his schedule so that he's on the air on Sundays only (Albany Street is recorded during the week), as he winds down his career, with WROW as his final stop, or so it'd appear.
The lineup, as of January 12:
Weekdays:
5-10 am: The Magic Morning Show.
10 am-2 pm: Ben Patten.
2-7 pm: John Gabriel.
7-midnight: The John Tesh Radio Show: Intelligence For Your Life.
Midnight-5 am: automated playlist.
Saturdays:
6-8 am, 9-10 am, 11-noon: John Gabriel.
8 am: Herzog Law Firm.
8:30: John Bevilacqua.
10-11: Madison Wealth Managers.
Noon-6: Ben Patten.
6-midnight: Brother Lou Roberts.
Midnight-6 am: automated playlist.
Sundays:
6 am: News, Views, & Interviews.
6:30: Albany Street.
7-9 am: Jaime Roberts.
9-10: Madison Wealth Managers.
10-Noon-The Sounds of Sinatra.
Noon-7: Bill Williams.
7-10 pm: The Doo Wop Stop.
10 pm-5 am: automated playlist.
Also, Patten went back to reading the previous night's lottery numbers a couple of weeks back, due, likely, to listener demand.
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There are more apartment complexes being built in the city, which, really, we don't need. We need something like a movie theatre filling the vacant space where the Uncle Sam Parking Garage once stood. One is being built on Congress Street, between Stewart's and the Rensselaer County office building, and the other on River Street.
How about giving the people what they really want?
