Innocent people are being deported. The Trump administration won't admit they wrong. They should

 It wasn't enough that the Trump administration had the gall to deport more than 200 people to El Salvador, albeit without due process, claiming that all of these people were violent criminals. In reality, only a small percentage of this group were violent, and innocent people were being sent to El Salvador without a fair trial or any legal aid.

Farron Cousins explains how Trump and company insist on lying to cover their mistakes.

The Trump administration's basic attitude is this. They're basically telling these people, "We don't like the way you look. We want you out of the US ASAP, and we don't care about the consequences."

BOLLOCKS & BALDERDASH!!

A family in Tom Homan's hometown are heading back home after accidentally being sent to a Texas detention center, which puts egg on Homan's face. Fellow troll Stephen Miller had to come out of his hole to try to defend the administration's policies, but no one's buying outside of the base, despite the fact that some of that base is pushing back.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is taking the attitude that there's no way they can bring any of the innocents home. She's wrong. Trump, Miller, and the rest of the idiot squad doesn't want to on purpose.

Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green is calling for articles of impeachment against Trump, but that won't go anywhere, largely because it's too soon. Better to wait until next year's midterms, in the event that the House and/or Senate flip back to blue, then take aim at finally sending Trump away.

But I'm not holding my breath on that.

When a tortilla chip was sensitive to a man's ears (1970's)

 Frito Lay got a fair amount of mileage out of a series of commercials with actor-comic Avery Schreiber (ex-My Mother The Car) during the 70's & early 80's. All that was needed was for Avery to hear someone eating a chip, and.....!

Dick Van Patten joins Avery in this spot, uploaded by Avery's son, Josh.

Celebrity Rock: Here's Some Love (1978)

 While Donny Most was part of a combo on Happy Days, and had but one solo number ("My Funny Valentine"), there was a time when he could have rivaled castmate and pal Anson Williams for teen mag covers.

In 1978, Most recorded a cover of Tanya Tucker's 1976 #1 country hit, "Here's Some Love". There's no video footage available, so this audio clip will do.

I wonder if Donny cracked the Hot 100.......

Insight Sundays: Packy (1979)

 As they say, God moves in mysterious ways. On Insight, any number of actors could be cast as God.

Take, for example, 1979's "Packy". Jack Klugman (Quincy, M. E.) has the title role as a talent agent down on his luck until a chance meeting with the Almighty (Bob Newhart).

Director Jay Sandrich had, I think, worked with Newhart on his self-titled CBS sitcom in addition to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, among his many credits.

Insight Sundays returns next week as we prepare for Easter.

When MTV meant something: Yo! MTV Raps (1988)

 We previously covered this next topic over at Saturday Morning Archives many moons ago, but it's way past time to profile it here.

"It" being Yo! MTV Raps, which launched as a Saturday morning entry in 1988, and added a weekday edition not too long after.

Fab 5 Freddy, immortalized in the lyrics to Blondie's 1981 hit, "Rapture", hosted the Saturday show, while Dr. Dre (NY) and Ed Lover had the gig Monday-Friday afternoons for a 30 minute after-school treat.

In both cases, the hosts featured and interviewed some of the top names in hip-hop, but Dre & Ed brought the funny on weekdays. One popular feature was Ed doing his own signature dance, as seen in this compilation.....

Rating: A.

Musical Interlude: Illegal Alien (1983)

 While "Illegal Alien", the 3rd single from Genesis' self-titled 1983 CD, was in heavy rotation on MTV, it didn't exactly resonate with fans despite the video being satirical in nature.

Singer Phil Collins added a toupee and a fake mustache as he and bandmates Tony Banks & Mike Rutherford played a trio of Mexican immigrants looking to enter the country.

"Illegal Alien" has been slammed for its apparent racist theme, demeaning to Mexicans. Understandably, it hasn't aged well, more than 40 years later, though today's government might look at it in a skewed light......

Baseball this 'n' that

 The Yankees won't go undefeated this season.

Arizona's Eugenio Suarez belted a grand slam off Mark Leiter, Jr. in the 8th inning to lift the Diamondbacks past the Yankees, 7-5.

Check the highlight reel:

The Yanks hit three more homers to bring their season total to 18 over 4 games, or, an average of 4 1/2 ding-dongs per game.

As for the suddenly popular "torpedo bats", it seems those have made their way to other teams, as expected.

The Mets' Francisco Lindor got a base hit using a torpedo bat in Tuesday's loss to Miami, while Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz had a big game vs. Texas Monday, going 4-5 with 2 HR's and 7 RBI in a 14-3 blowout.

Told ya it'd catch on.

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So Atlanta is 0-6 to start the season. It hasn't been that bad for the Braves in more than 40 years. Then again, back in the 80's, they didn't have key players out with injuries this early in the season.

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San Diego locked up 2nd year outfielder Jackson Merrill for a while to come with a 9 year extension. Over in Boston, rookie Kristian Campbell now has an 8 year deal, and pitcher Garret Crochet, who came over from the White Sox in the off-season, earned a 6 year extension.

Hopefully, the Mets & Yankees are paying attention.

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Making matters worse for Atlanta is outfielder Jurickson Profar getting popped for PED's. Profar, acquired from San Diego in the winter, is gone for 80 games and ineligible for the postseason.

You'd think he'd have learned from previous cases that getting caught kills your reputation, if you have one, dead.

Musical Interlude: Workin' For a Livin' (1982)

 "Workin' For a Livin'" was the 3rd single from Huey Lewis & The News' 2nd album, "Picture This", released in 1982. Unfortunately, "Workin'" missed the top 40, peaking at #41.

True story: Unity House's social club saluted clients who were in the workforce (after a sort) beginning in 1984. This lasted just a couple of years, as memory serves, due to heavy turnover in both clients and staff. "Workin'" was the inspiration for the event.