May 2026 not only sees the end of Stephen Colbert's current contract with CBS, but the end of The Late Show after 33 years. Colbert moved in when David Letterman retired in 2015 after 12 seasons.
Published reports have cited statistics claiming that the top-rated late night program is losing money, to the tune of about $40 million due to "rising production costs". That this comes days after Paramount Global settled a lawsuit with president Trump over a 60 Minutes piece that aired in October, however, suggests that this was more of a capitulation to the most immature chief executive in history.
Skydance Media, which is seeking to acquire Paramount Global, is owned by David Ellison, whose father, Larry, is a long time friend of Trump. Paramount wants this merger to go through, and needs approval from Trump and the White House.
Colbert explains what happened.
Unsurprisingly, Trump took a victory lap, gloating about this.
Couple this with the fact that Congress just approved legislation that would defund National Public Radio and PBS, just because President Onions thinks they skew too far to the left, and you start to wonder what happens next.
We know this. Trump doesn't know how to take criticism without complaining. For a man who claims to be a Christian, he doesn't do what Jesus taught his followers back in Biblical times. Turn the other cheek. Trump never has any "receipts" to verify his claims, and just expects his followers to nod like bobbleheads.
Let's remind that Irwin Shaw titled his sequel to Rich Man, Poor Man as Beggarman, Thief. Which of those terms best describes the president? I think we know the answers.
Behind the bluster of a 79 year old grifter posing as the president is a scared little boy.
Donald Trump's inner child has erupted again after the Wall Street Journal, one of Rupert Murdoch's holdings, ran an article that brought up links between Trump and deceased, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a long time friend. To the shock and surprise of, well, no one, Trump is threatening a lawsuit against Murdoch, and this is despite the fact that there is way more evidence out there of Trump & Epstein at various functions than there were about Trump and E. Jean Carroll, whom Trump still denies ever knowing, even though he's on the hook for millions of dollars.
"WAAHHHH!!! I'm not a pedo!"
For someone who reportedly expressed interest in hypothetically dating his own daughter, well, that's a little hard to buy.
Trump, who writes (we think) a lot of his Truthless Social posts in the 3rd person, thinks he can rise above the fray. However, because his public image was destroyed long ago as his peculiar, ah, interests came to light, few outside of his brainwashed base will willingly buy his bull. The pictures & videos are out there, easily accessible. Trump can deny all he wants, but denial is a waste of time.
The syndicated evening edition of Hollywood Squares was running on fumes as the 70's were nearing its end.
In 1979, before they changed the classic theme music, 8 music legends, plus Dick Clark (American Bandstand, Pyramid), are on the panel, with Clark occupying Paul Lynde's center square seat. The rest of the panel consists of Little Anthony, Freddy Cannon, Fabian, Patti Page, Connie Francis, Frankie Avalon, Martha Reeves, and Bobby Vee.
In memory of Connie Francis, 87, who passed away after an illness. No rating out of respect.
From season 3 of the original In Search Of.......:
Series host Leonard Nimoy looks at the belief that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, was based on a real person or persons. The episode also includes a brief bio of Doyle's own life.
Whomever is in charge of Wikipedia needs to correct one fact in the series history. The original series was syndicated, not a network program.
Cutting Crew's debut single, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms", released in 1986, is getting some regular rotation on oldies channels, nearly 40 years after it climbed the charts.
I'll let Brian Tyler Cohen paint the word picture for our first entry:
Donald Trump and that self-serving, shiznit eating grin had no business at MetLife Stadium other than to bigfoot the moment for Chelsea. He had to have a photo op. Wife Melania was likely waiting to go home, and Dumb Donald overstayed his welcome, not even taking the hint when he was booed out of the joint. I'll bet anything at all he never played soccer, and if he claims he did, he'd, of course, be lying, since he would amount to little more than a waterboy on the pitch in his youth, anyway.
The Boston Red Sox go into the All Star break on a 10 game winning streak, and suddenly, they're back in the thick of the AL East race.
But, that ain't all.
All Star Alex Bregman was a winner at the race track, too, on Sunday.
Bregman co-owns Governor Sam, who won the Quick Call stakes Sunday at Saratoga. We'll have more on this over at Tri-City SportsBeat. This marks the 2nd straight year a horse with ties to baseball has won at the Old Spa.
Injuries are a reality in pro wrestling, just like everything else. Saturday's smorgasbord of action ended with two top stars ending up on the shelf.
During AEW's All In event in Arlington, Texas, TNT champion Adam Cole (Austin Jenkins) vacated the title due to injury. It would later be reported that Cole has suffered his 2nd major concussion since signing with AEW a couple of years ago. The last one kept him out of the ring for nearly a year, and, aware that this might end his career, Cole told the crowd that he wasn't sure what the future would hold. Can't blame him. He's also had foot problems since coming from NXT.
Later Saturday, WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event saw men's Money in The Bank winner Seth Rollins (Colby Lopez) suffer a knee injury during his match vs LA Knight (Shaun Rickert). Knight, on an audible, won the match after Rollins consulted with manager Paul Heyman and ref Jessika Carr.
Rollins has had a history of knee & back issues, and even worked with a torn meniscus in his left knee during last year's Wrestlemania. The worst case scenario is that Rollins may have torn the ACL in his right knee, and could be gone until next April. He stayed in Atlanta to support his wife, Becky Lynch (Rebecca Quin-Lopez) during Evolution last night, and is set to meet with doctors in Birmingham, Alabama today.
A 2nd WWE talent definitely has a torn ACL, and will be out until next year. Aria Bennett, currently assigned to the Evolve division, blew out her knee in training recently. Prayers for speedy recoveries for all concerned.
The starters for Tuesday's MLB All Star Game were announced Sunday.
Detroit's Tarik Skubal, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, will oppose Pittsburgh's 2nd year phenom, Paul Skenes.
Predictably, some pitchers previously announced for the game have withdrawn due to having pitched on Saturday, including Jacob deGrom (Texas) and Max Fried (Yankees), the latter of whom left Saturday's game vs. the Cubs with a blister. Karma?
It's one thing to go to bat for a friend, but it's another thing entirely to meddle in another country's business because of a friend.
Earlier this week, president Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on Brazil if they didn't back off prosecuting their former president, Jair Bolsonaro, who left office after losing a re-election bid in 2023. What Trump doesn't comprehend is that this is none of his concern, and shouldn't be, at all. Pretty sure Bolsonaro can handle his own defense in this case.
But, oh, that ain't all.
As Farron Cousins reports, some officials in El Salvador have turned on the Trump administration, going so far as to suggest that the administration lied about jurisdiction as it relates to unlawfully deported individuals sent to El Salvador.
Couple this with the fact that so-called "border czar" Tom Homan went on Fox News the other day, implying that they can arrest people based on their appearance alone.
"I don't think I like your face."--Mr. Mister, "Uniform of Youth", 1985.
That line alone illustrates the attitude of Homan and Homeland Security. Apparently, it doesn't matter to them that some of these folks are actual citizens, or are innocent. Homan, and, by extension, Stephen Miller, are showing the rest of the US that they want to, well, whitewash this country. They're out of bounds here, that's all there is to it.
As for El Salvador, I've a feeling multiple Cabinet members will take the fall for this farce.
Finally, the long standing feud between Trump and actress-comic Rosie O'Donnell, who now lives in Ireland, reignited after O'Donnell took to social media to blast Trump and his "big, beautiful bill", which gives and extends tax breaks to the wealthy. Trump, claiming that O'Donnell is "not in the best interest of our country", wants to revoke her citizenship.
The problem with that? It's not legal. The Supreme Court, pre-Trump, ruled years ago that the government cannot revoke a person's citizenship in the US. Trump can't let go of grudges. We know that (see also Joe Biden), but he is clearly overstepping his authority just because he believes he can. He's overdue for a reality check.
After today, we're going to be pausing Insight Sundays for the rest of the summer (returning in September), and we're going out for now with a good one.
60's icons John Astin (The Addams Family, fresh off Operation Petticoat) and his wife, Patty Duke Astin, headline "Second Chorus" as a divorced couple who find that it may be time to give married life a second chance. Marcia Wallace (ex-The Bob Newhart Show) and Wesley Eure (Days of Our Lives, ex-Land of The Lost) co-star.
Gene Gene The Dancing Machine (Gene Patton) had shuffled his way on stage to do his bit, with bandleader Milton DeLugg providing the music, after the intro by Chuck Barris. As had become a habit at the time, the Gong Show cameras would pan the crowd. Ah, looky here!!! Jamie Farr (M*A*S*H) has gone into the crowd, and it appears he took fellow panelists Jaye P. Morgan and Anson Williams (Happy Days) with him.
Wrestling fans of a certain age will recognize Rush's seminal "Tom Sawyer" as the entrance theme for the late Kerry Von Erich in World Class Championship Wrestling. Von Erich's in-ring nickname was "The Modern Day Warrior", culled from the opening lyrics to "Tom Sawyer".
"Sawyer" was the first single from Rush's 1981 album, "Moving Pictures", and was the track that introduced me to the Canadian legends.
I think local radio had this in extra heavy rotation for most of the decade.
Bob Terry & Westerns on The Web uncovered the pilot for Tales of Wells Fargo about three years ago. Originally presented during season 6 of Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, "A Tale of Wells Fargo" stars Dale Robertson as agent Jim Hardie. Our supporting cast includes three co-stars who'd go on to play lawmen themselves later on---Ray Teal (Bonanza), Paul Fix (The Rifleman), and John Beradino (The New Breed).
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin is not as popular as he thinks he is (sound familiar?).
Nearly 3 weeks ago, McLaughlin was dining at Paolo Lombardi's in Wynantskill when he was interrupted by an elderly woman, clearly upset with county politics. She yelled at him, banged on her own car, and when the McLaughlins left, she gave him a hug that wasn't asked for.
File photo courtesy Wikipedia (yes, he has a page).
The anonymous woman was arrested, and faces a pending court date. There are better ways to handle a dispute, but confronting a politician in a public dining space isn't one of them.
In a classic case of GOPer deflection, McLaughlin, on social media, accused the woman of having Trump Derangement Syndrome. Wake up to reality more often, bubbelah, and you'll find that isn't always the case.
It used to be a tradition, dating back to the mid-60's, and ending sometime in the 80's or 90's.
The National Geographic Society partnered with producer David L. Wolper to produce a series of primetime documentary specials, first for CBS, then PBS. However, swapping out CBS for PBS proved to be a fatal blow for the Society, as the specials eventually ended.
I remember seeing a few of these in my youth with the parents, but I'm not sure if this one was one of them. From 1974, here's "The Big Cats", narrated by Leslie Nielsen (ex-Bracken's World, The New Breed).
If you can find them on DVD, share them with your kids.
James Gunn's rebooted "Superman" officially opens Friday. In the run-up to the release, including a Hollywood premiere on Monday, conservative idiots are whining about Gunn's remarks about the Man of Steel, describing Superman as an "immigrant", because, well, technically, he is.
Fox No News' Kellyanne Conway led the complaints there, branding the hero as "Superwoke". As per usual, conservatives use "woke" as a buzzword without offering any definition or context as to why. It's just an excuse to have something to complain about to rile up their low information viewer base.
Look, if you're basing your argument on just the filmmaker's remarks, having not screened the movie yourselves, then you've got nothing, as usual. Take the time to see the film, then whine. It's that simple.
True story. A friend relayed to me the tale of how the late Doug DeLisle, long time film critic for El Cheapo Media, gave the first "Star Wars" movie a bad review when it came out. After DeLisle showed up at the grocery where the friend worked after school, and got excoriated for his perceived ignorance, DeLisle went back and took a 2nd look at what is now an iconic franchise, and changed his tune.
The furor over "Superman" will not have died down fast enough for conservatives to latch onto something else to complain about, involving another iconic franchise.
2nd generation model Lila Moss, daughter of Kate Moss, created a variation on Mattel's iconic Barbie, one diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, which the younger Moss has.
Already, there are goobers posting on Yahoo!, complaining about the new doll, exposing their ignorance. As a type 2 diabetic myself, I look at "Diabetic Barbie" as a teaching tool, and, parents, you should, too. As they used to say in the commercials back in the day, the doll "comes with everything you see here", referring to the image above.
It's just a matter of time before we hear some whining on Fox No News, Newsnacks, et al. Just sayin'.
There was some work being done on the El Dorado building June 28-30, but that work has stopped, and the doors are locked again, pending a resumption of repairs.
Typical in Troy. Start & stop operations, likely due to money.
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"Yacht rock"?
WROW devoted the July 4 weekend to dusting off soft rock tracks under the "yacht rock" umbrella, with artists like Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, and solo tracks by Michael McDonald added to the playlist, likely in the hope that they'll be added to the rotation in short order.
You have to remember, too, that there was a time when WROW began playing soft, non-Muzak tracks back in the 80's. By the way, the station retired it's "Good times, great oldies" slogan in April in favor of "The Capital Region's classic hits". Their automated playlist schedule was shrunk after John Tesh's show moved to midnight a few weeks back.
Autoplay now runs from 5-6 am on Saturdays, Midnight to 6 am on Sundays, and 10 pm-5 am on Sunday night/Monday mornings.
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When Tuscan Oven opened its restaurants in Menands a few years back, they used Golden Grain pizza.
Now, Golden Grain is coming to Troy.
For months, there's been a sign suggesting Golden Grain would take over the former Roxy Cleaners on Hoosick Street and Oneida Avenue, but no work's been done that we can see in recent weeks. Hmmmmm.
Sunday marks the start of the Music Haven concert series at Central Park in Schenectady. Promoter Mona Golub (Price Chopper/Market 32) has been doing this since the 90's, and this year's lineup is, for lack of a better description, loaded. To wit:
Sunday: Red Baraat w/Quadrature.
July 18: SUNY Schenectady Faculty Jazz Combo featuring Nestor Torres.
July 20: Bamba Wassoulou Groove w/Ballet Waramba.
July 26: WEXT presents Wild Adriatic, Sawyer Fredericks, Tops of Trees, Daisybutter, & Ganella. Show starts at 2 pm.
July 27: Solas w/ Matt & Shannon Heaton.
August 3: Blues BBQ w/Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Selwyn Birchwood & Annie & The Hedonists. Show starts at 5 pm.
August 9: "Classical Mystery Tour", a tribute to the Beatles w/the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra.
August 10: The Steeldrivers w/Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band.
August 16: WAMC on The Road Hudson River Sampler w/Wanda Fischer, Michael Jerling, Kate McDonnell, Dan Berggren, & Joe Jencks.
August 17: Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience w/Keith Pray's Mohawk Brass Band.
August 24: Season finale with Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble and special guests Brian Melick & Friends.
Showtime is 7 pm, unless noted otherwise above.
Music Haven will also have movies, starting at 6 pm on these dates:
It might've been just 3 minutes of a puff piece, but well before Hulk Hogan returned to the World Wrestling Federation in the winter of 1984, the National Wrestling Alliance, via Georgia/World Championship Wrestling, got television's attention first with a short piece on Entertainment Tonight back in 1982. Gordon Solie, Roddy Piper, & Don "Magnificent" Muraco (misspelled as the country of Morocco) are interviewed, the latter two in character, and it sounds like Muraco is trying to emulate Piper's rapid fire method of talking......
Intro by Mary Hart and her original co-anchor, Ron Hendron:
Piper & Muraco would later sign with the World Wrestling Federation, but this was their TV debut away from TBS.
After hearing this on the radio today, I thought I'd try to find our next item on YouTube. Sure enough, there is a clip, from The Rich Little Show.
Singer-songwriter & radio personality Larry Groce hit the top 10 with "Junk Food Junkie". He may be better known for his work on National Public Radio, where he's been hanging his shingle since "Junk" left the charts.
Until today, I hadn't even heard this song. Sounds like Groce was making mockery of health food mavens like Euell Gibbons, and celebrating the sweet tooth we all have.
The Washington Nationals haven't made the playoffs since winning the 2019 World Series. The frustration has gotten to the point that, with a week before the All Star Game, manager Dave Martinez & GM Mike Rizzo were given the gate late Sunday after the Nats were swept by Boston. The Nats have been jockeying with Atlanta for 3rd place in the NL East behind Philadelphia & the Mets. Haven't heard who will run the show in the interim in DC.
At least ownership didn't have to hear from the only man less popular than the team in DC.......
The Subway Series ended with some controversy Sunday, but not between the teams. No, it was what fans call "The Ump Show" getting in the way in the home 9th at Citi Field.
Mets are down, 6-4, with Yankee closer Devin Williams on the mound. Home plate ump John Bacon isn't exactly a genius, but on a hot, humid Sunday afternoon, with the game swelling to an "unmanageable" 3 hours and change, as Michael Kay would say, Bacon essentially screwed the Mets.
Lindsay from Close Call Sports explains:
Williams had already gotten his revenge on the Mets in round 1 in the Bronx in May, but this was a tainted save. Bacon has less than 10 years experience as an umpire, and the least he could've done was tell the players going into the 9th that "it's getting late, let's finish this so we can all go home", or something to that effect.
But, no, he couldn't be bothered. Suffice to say, fans might be hoping he doesn't work the All Star Game in Atlanta.
At this writing, some 60-odd people have been confirmed dead from the flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas, and some children in an all-girls camp, Camp Mystic, are still missing. This is a real-life tragedy, happening in real time, and, several miles away, a would-be Congressional candidate from Georgia is claiming the flood and the death are fake.
Kandiss Taylor claims to be a Christian, but this is not the behavior of a Christian.
When was the last time this scammer went to church?
Taylor is proof that some politicians pretend to be Christians in order to deceive the evangelicals to gain their votes, just like the faux Christian in the White House, Pecos Pampers (Donald Trump). Taylor felt she needed to piggyback on this tragedy to get attention back on her to stay relevant. Waste. Of. Time.
We're praying for the victims' families, as well as those of the survivors, and Taylor would rather disparage them. God ain't going to dig that.
Kandiss Taylor is not a practicing Christian. What she is, instead, is a Weasel. Full stop.
Penguin-Random House's Pantheon division is serving up a double delight from writer-artist Mattie Lubchansky.
Leading off this preview is Escape From Zillionaire Island, a sci-fi fable set nearly 60 years into the future. It would appear that Lubchansky's art style is modeled after the Cal Arts style favored by a number of current cable cartoons. That would suggest this is meant to be some sort of satire, but it hardly reads as such. If it's meant to be taken seriously, the Cal Arts look may not be the appropriate choice.
On the other hand, an earlier work, Simplicity, is sampled as the backup, and has been described by one fellow author as a cross between Philip K. Dick and Robert Crumb. Not kidding.
Rating: B+.
Unlike their competitors, Archie Comics is randomly selecting issues of their core titles for facsimile edition reprints.
The latest is Archie's Pal, Jughead issue 78, first published in 1961. It follows the format of the day with a series of short stories by Samm Schwartz that, to today's readers, flies by very quickly. Given the current management's lack of interest in their heroes, don't look for someone like The Fly to get the facsimile treatment any time soon.
Rating: A-.
Writer-artist Mike Hoffman launched Eyrie, a homage to Eerie, via Kickstarter last year, and on his website, he already has 30 issues completed, with most waiting to be released. Issue 1 was supposed to come out earlier this year, but has only just surfaced in the home town. The 2nd issue was advertised to be released in May, but, well.....! Anyway, Hoffman isn't sure who he wants to emulate on a regular basis, and, mind you, Warren put out some great horror comics back in the day, and had a great stable of artists. Hoffman picks different styles according to the storylines, and shares writing duties with Jason Crawley.
I wish I had a clue who was being honored in each story.
Rating: B-.
Not content with having Sam Wilson graduate to being Captain America on screen and in comics, Marvel wants to have it both ways, giving Steve Rogers another go as the Captain in a new series written by Chip Zdarsky. While I am accustomed to Chip writing humor (i.e. the last Jughead series), this is a little different, and shows that Zdarsky has some versatility. With Dynamite and Mad Cave running into some issues of late (more on that below), I think we'll give this a try. Opening arc looks good. So far.
Rating: A-.
As noted Diamond Comics Distributors is having issues with its subsidiary, Dynamite. The latter isn't getting paid of late, and with Diamond dealing with Chapter 11, I'd not be surprised if both brands disappear. Previews, the phone book size monthly catalog, is now online only, at least here in town, but monthly catalogs from DC, Marvel, Image, IDW, Mad Cave, and others are available, so ordering your favorite titles won't change all that much.
And that leaves us with a caveat emptor label for some forthcoming Dynamite releases. Cheetara, the sexy, speedy member of the ThunderCats, gets a 2nd miniseries, out in September. Dynamite also dips into the Hanna-Barbera library once more to bring back Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, also in September. Seems this time, Radley Crown, aka Blue Falcon, is leaving the big city behind to become a farmer, a la Green Acres back in the 60's. The rebooted origin goes from there.
Meanwhile, even though the entire series was released in two hardcover volumes, DC is going back to reprinting Super Friends in its new DC Fines line. The first 26 issues and a treasury edition will be released in November. They're better off doing Shazam! or Welcome Back, Kotter in that format.
I refer, of course, to Donald Trump, who is not satisfied with having desecrated the White House, and now we know why, so he can host a UFC card next year. It's not enough he had that flop of a birthday parade 3 weeks ago. The delusional president wants to have his face added to Mount Rushmore.
Trump first floated this idea during his first term, but realistically, he won't have this wish granted.
This is the closest President Pampers will get to Mount Rushmore.
Tennessee's Andy Ogles is pushing a fresh proposal, but past employees of the National Park Service warn that this fever dream is going nowhere. The heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, & Teddy Roosevelt were carved into the mountain 150 years ago, and there is no realistic way Trump can be added.
Trump, Ogles, and the rest of the MAGA goobers are delusional. We know that. Sooner or later, reality will be calling.
Karen Valentine made her first primetime appearance, one week after winning Miss Teenage America, and replicated her lip-sync of Eydie Gorme's cover of "Blame it on The Bossa Nova". Keep in mind that this was six years before Room 222 made Karen a household name. And here, she was just 16!
President Pampers has really gone off the deep end this time.
He announced Thursday that he'd like to see a UFC card take place at the White House next year, as part of the US' 250th birthday celebration. Now, we all know Trump is one of UFC's biggest, most high-profile fans, and hosted some early events at his now defunct Taj Mahal hotel in the 90's. But, it's not enough anymore for him to have champions of various sports (i.e. MLB, NFL, NBA) at the White House.
He wants Dana White to have a UFC card at the White House.
I think Dana wonders if Trump's actually all there.
Nearly 3 weeks removed from his 79th birthday, and the flop of a parade that came with it, Trump is still looking to destroy traditions for the sake of his own overinflated ego. And to fatten his wallet, because you know White will give him a share of the percentage, assuming this actually takes place.
And, you know, I don't think it does. Someone will convince Trump to move the card from the White House to the Verizon Center, which would make more sense.
Someone have Trump checked for CTE, too, because, in the words of Hank Hill, "that boy ain't right".
PBS hit a goldmine when they signed satirist Mark Russell to do a series of comedy specials for the network, beginning in 1975. This was when politicians had thicker skin than some do now. Russell, at the piano, would inject some infectious energy into these shows. Russell was so popular with viewers, he'd mosey over to NBC's Real People for a spell.
I remember sitting at home with the parents, laughing my head off. I wish I'd learned the lyrics to Russell's songs, though.
This sampler comes from the 80's.
We lost Mark a couple of years ago. We could use his brand of humor and energy today.
In case you thought General Hospital had the top 40 on lockdown in the 80's (i.e. Rick Springfield, Jack Wagner, et al), they weren't alone by the end of the decade.
Michael Damian, formerly of The Weirz, had joined the cast of The Young & The Restless in 1982. Seven years later, he had a #1 hit with a cover of David Essex's 1974 1-off, "Rock On", used in the movie, "Dream a Little Dream".
This clip comes from TBS' Night Tracks:
Michael is still on The Young & The Restless after all these years. Props to WROW's Jaime Roberts for some of the info.
An Arizona Diamondbacks fan got a little too overzealous Monday night, taking a ball away from D-Backs outfielder Tim Tawa on a ball hit by San Francisco's Christian Koss.
Photo courtesy Yahoo!.
As replays would show, Tawa would not have been able to make the catch, for one, and, for two, had the fan not interfered, the ball would've stopped short of the yellow home run line. With this logic, the MLB replay center in New York ruled it a ground rule double for Koss. Arizona went on to win the game, 4-2.
It's one thing to try to get a ball as a momento from the game. However, this anonymous geek has done it five times now in four seasons (2022-5). This time, he was tossed from Chase Field, and likely loses his seat for the rest of the season.
Update, 7/2/25, 9:58 am (ET): The fan has been identified as Dave McCaskill, a season ticket holder, who has had his tickets voided for the rest of the season, but is eligible to return next year, provided he adheres to the code of conduct. In an interview, McCaskill said his ejection was his 3rd.
We don't have to deal with that here in the 518. At Tri-City Valleycats games, the berms in left & right field are up the hill from the bullpens. Maybe putting some barricades behind the outfield walls will deter fans down the line. Then again, maybe not.
In The Beginning brought McLean Stevenson back to CBS three years after leaving M*A*S*H, with a self-titled sitcom for NBC in between.
This time, Stevenson is cast as a Catholic priest, Father Cleary, in what has been described as an update of the Bing Crosby movie, "Going My Way", which had become a series itself in the 60's. Unfortunately, Beginning barely got past a month before CBS executive realized it was losing ratings from its lead-in and stablemate, The Jeffersons. The show aired opposite Dick Clark's ill fated variety show on NBC and ABC's Eight is Enough. Thanks for coming.
Jack Dodson (ex-The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry RFD) moved over from a recurring role on Happy Days to co-star. Beginning came from the pen of Gy Waldron, who'd strike gold later in the season when his film "Moonrunners" morphed into The Dukes of Hazzard.
Let's take a look at a sample episode.
No rating. I was at church on Wednesdays at this point, and I don't think my folks checked this show out.
A change of pace episode of Insight, as this was filmed instead of videotaped.
Jenny (Maureen McCormick, ex-The Brady Bunch) is having self-esteem issues, and most of the boys at school see her as "an easy lay". Jeff (Clark Brandon, later of Mr. Merlin) is looking to become captain of the football team, but he's also shy, and has a crush on Jenny.
Jeff East ("Superman: The Movie") and Olivia Cole co-star in "When, Jenny, When?":
I thought I'd save this for September, but decided to bring this out now. Insight Sundays returns in 2 weeks.
Donald Trump has this annoying habit of exaggerating or out-right lying about things, because it makes him look good, while the rest of the world sees him as most of us do, as a charlatan who has no business being in politics in the first place.
Take the report of US jets assisting Israel in bombing Iran about a week ago. Trump claimed Iran's nuclear sites were "obliterated", but reports to the contrary surfaced, and made him look like the liar he always is. And he doesn't like that.
Farron Cousins explains.
So Trump, through ambulance chaser Alejandro Brito, is filing another frivolous lawsuit in order to bully the media again. Because CBS & ABC caved in, he thinks the rest of the media will capitulate as well.
Trust me, Trump wouldn't know how to spell capitulate if you spotted him the cap.
Basically, this is what we're getting from an immature president who won't grow up.
"WAAAAAHHHHHHH!! I'm right! They're wrong! I'm suing for defamation! WAAAAHHH!"
It's time to end the fear-mongering and bullying, and hold this fraudulent president accountable as soon as possible. Given his reportedly fragile mental state and advanced age (turned 79 two weeks ago), he might not last the full four years this time around. VP Just Dumb Vance ain't exactly a genius himself, but if Trump is forced out early, America will see if Vance is worthy of a full four years come 2028.
This is graduation week for high schools in much of the country, including here in the 518, as Shenendehowa and Troy High were among the schools honoring their senior classes today.
Jimmy Fallon's Lip Sync Battle had fun with this summer tradition in 2017. Model Kate Upton (now Mrs. Justin Verlander) is matched with Ricky Martin. And Kate just kills it with Britney Spears' "..... Baby One More Time", 7 years before Jack Black's cover in "Kung Fu Panda 4".
I believe Battle has long since gone out of production, likely folded back into The Tonight Show. We'll have more Battle clips, as well as some bits from Tonight, down the road.
The NBA finals ended on Sunday, and with it, came an end to an era at ESPN, as they won't have the same crew returning next season.
With broadcast rights shifting to NBC & Amazon, along with ESPN, that means no more garbage coming from an overpaid, bloviating moron.
Yeah, this guy:
Photo courtesy ESPN/MSN.com
Seems Stephen A. Smith, aka Screamin' A. Cosell, has made ESPN's NBA coverage too much of a bully pulpit for himself, attempting to justify his current contract. They say controversy creates cash, but in Smith's case, he thinks he knows everything, but he really doesn't, and it makes the talent surrounding him in the studio or on location seemingly uncomfortable. Regular readers of this blog know I find him to be about as interesting as a torn curtain. ESPN pays him the big salary because they need the ratings. With Inside The NBA being licensed out to ESPN, I doubt seriously Smith will fit in with that crew.
We already have seen Smith exposed as being incompetent on football coverage. He came to ESPN as a beat reporter out of Philadelphia, and the fans there are probably willing to disown him. Given his increasing interest in politics, maybe Disney can move him over to Fox Sports. Naaaaaaah.
The NFL has suspended Baltimore kicker and Super Bowl hero Justin Tucker 10 games for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Like DeShaun Watson, now with Cleveland, Tucker has had some issues, as allegedly, he's engaged in sexual misconduct with several women. Wouldn't be surprised at all if the Ravens cut him loose, and let someone else deal with the problem.
The Mets have lost another starting pitcher to injury.
Griffin Canning, acquired from the Angels over the winter, was pulled from Thursday's game vs. Atlanta with what was originally believed to be an ankle injury, but overnight, there are fears it may be worse. As in, a torn Achilles tendon, which would end Canning's season. He signed a 1 year deal with the Mets, and as good as he was during the first 2 1/2 months of the season, they could re-sign him for next year, and for multiple years.
Get well soon.
Update, 5:38 pm (ET): Canning does have a ruptured Achilles tendon. Had surgery today, and is likely gone for the year.
If there's one thing we know about boxer and YouTuber Jake Paul, it's that he's scared of fighting guys in his own age group.
Paul's set to face Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. soon, after outpointng Mike Tyson in his last fight. Thursday, Paul abruptly ended a remote interview conducted by Piers Morgan by cursing out Morgan, among other things. Oh, of course, Tyson fought some past-their-prime types early in his career, 40 years ago, but Paul is, to this writer, a poser. While brother Logan is on the sidelines with an injury, Jake will make another spectacle of himself at the expense of another, more experienced fighter. It's past time someone smacked him back to reality.
Some people are just a little slow on the uptake when it comes to Freshpet, a brand of dog food that is marketed as "food food", instead of dog food.
After a past ad campaign featured singer Meghan Trainor, the ad agency called upon actors Steve Schirripa & Robert Costanzo (ex-The Sopranos) for this popular ad.
Costanzo is also known to cartoon fans for voicing Harvey Bullock on Batman: The Animated Series, a few years prior to Sopranos.
MTV suits, I'm sure, are tired of all the complaints about excising music videos from MTV, VH1, CMT, & MTV Classic, so they're finally doing something about it.
Starting September 1, MTV will revert to its old format of nothing but music videos, as the network begins to build toward the 2025 Video Music Awards, which this year shifts to step-sister network CBS on September 7, opposite Sunday Night Football. Oh, like that's going to juice the ratings. NOT! Simulcasting on MTV is an option to put a capper on this week of nostalgia.
Unfortunately, MTV itself won't air videos. They'll air instead on MTV2, VH1, & MTV Classic. Cowards.
Past VMA winners (i.e. Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Beyonce) and former VJ's (i.e. Carson Daly, Martha Quinn, Adam Curry) alike will be in the studio to queue up the music. None of the names mentioned have been confirmed. After all, we've still got 2+ months before this is all set. However, once the VMA's end, so does the return to old school MTV.
And, for an old school fan like me, this will give me some alternatives for a few days. This will be fun.
On Tuesday night, while Albany voters selected Dorcey Applyrs as the Democratic candidate for Mayor, succeeding Kathy Sheehan, New York City chose Zohran Mamdani as the party's choice for their City Hall, replacing Eric Adams. Mamdani upset former governor Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the race, and praised Mamdani.
Photo courtesy Yahoo!.
It didn't take long before some right wing trolls from out of state weighed in with lies & BS to try to discredit Mamdani.
"Choo-Choo" Charlie Kirk and "Loopy" Laura Loomer, who have a collective IQ of about 20 between them, are trying to suggest Mamdani will bring about a reprise of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. As usual, these garbage spewers have no evidence to support their claims. 'Sides, when was the last time a Republican was mayor in NYC, anyway?
Mamdani, a state assemblyman, likely will be the next Mayor in the Big Apple, depending on who the GOP puts up. Stay tuned.
Honey West (Anne Francis) enters the world of pop music when she's hired to deliver a ransom to secure the release of a rising pop star (Bobby Sherman, Shindig). Seems there's some jealousy involved, methinks.
Here's "The Princess & The Paupers":
In memory of Bobby Sherman, who passed away today. No rating out of respect.
John Fogerty's "Rock & Roll Girls" was the 3rd & final single from 1985's "Centerfield", as John celebrates the women, though I can't tell if its fellow musicians or fans.
"Captain America: Brave New World" is a follow-up to Disney+'s Falcon & The Winter Soldier from a couple of years back, and, yes, Sebastian Stan appears briefly as Bucky Barnes, aka Winter Soldier, but is not central to the plot.
And, the plot itself resolves threads from 2008's "The Incredible Hulk", with Tim Blake Nelson & Liv Tyler returning from that film. The reason 16 years is referenced in the script is because perhaps it was meant to be released last year, but was held to February of this year before released to Disney+ for streaming.
Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (Harrison Ford) has ascended to the presidency, but unlike a certain media whore currently in the real world's White House, Ross is all about redeeming himself for past career mistakes, which left estranged from daughter Betty (Tyler, who also appears in a cameo). And while Ross had been Lt. Girard to Hulk's Dr. Kimble, an even more imposing adversary of the Hulk, Sam Sterns, aka The Leader (though not named as such in the film), emerges. The prosthetics used on Nelson recall a redesign of Sterns by Todd McFarlane during his run on the Hulk comic back in the day.
However, Sterns is more of a Mad Thinker than a Leader, using mind control and babbling about numerical probabilities, more in line as well with DC's Thinker for comparison's sake.
Check the trailer to see how Ford morphed into being the oldest actor to ever play a monster character....
Israeli agent Ruth Ben-Serrat, meant to be a former Black Widow in the film, may in fact have been the 80's heroine, Sabra, rebooted for the picture. Carl Lumbly returns as Isaiah Bradley, an earlier super soldier, and one of Sterns' mind control victims.
This episode of Insight doubles as a primer on the Al-Anon program which helped the relatives & family members of alcoholics deal with the issue.
A wife (Patty Duke Astin) joins up with Al-Anon to get to the bottom of her husband's drinking, while he's in denial.
Co-starring Rue McClanahan (Maude) and James Hampton (ex-F-Troop, The Doris Day Show). The program closes with a voice-over promo for Al-Anon by baseball icon Vin Scully.
In 1973, Dick Clark brought an American Bandstand primetime special to the fabled Hollywood Palace. ABC had ended the namesake variety series 3 years earlier, but couldn't resist giving it another try with "Rockin' The Palace". The comedy team of Skiles & Henderson were the hosts, and one of them intros this segment with Tony Orlando & Dawn revisiting their very first hit, "Candida", which was released, also, in 1970.
Talk about gratitude. Orlando & company would get a variety series of their own a year later-----on CBS.
If you're into cannabis, you might be wondering why 420 Bliss, at Brunswick Plaza, has changed its name recently.
Well, it turns out that the owners of 420 Bliss have joined the Just a Little Higher chain of cannabis dispensaries, the rest of which are all in NYC. While there is still an ad on a rolling billboard at Hoosick & 8th Streets, with the 420 Bliss name, the logo was removed from the building within the last month or so. Still, it's one of at least three dispensaries in the city, with one on River Street, near the Green Island Bridge, and a new one opened recently on Congress Street.
Plus, a new dispensary, Bloom Brothers, is set to open later this year in Menands in the former Walgreens on Broadway. Cannabis has become big business in a very short period of time.
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Rite Aid has closed all of its stores after filing for chapter 11, and that includes the two remaining locations in town, one on the corner of Hoosick Street & Burdett Avenue, the other at Hudson Valley Plaza. A 3rd, across from Hannaford on 126th Street, was converted to a Walgreens a few years back.
Word I'm reading is that Walgreens & CVS could be going, too, as consumers would rather kill two birds with one stone, and pick up their prescripions at the in-store pharmacies at Walmart, Target, Hannaford, or Price Chopper.
I remember when Rite Aid was in downtown, having taken over the space previously occupied by WT Grant's department store at Broadway & 3rd Streets back in the day. Some of my classmates worked there after school and some weekends to raise money for college. Today, that space is filled with the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, and that ain't going anywhere.
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I had a shopkeeper tell me once that some of the homeless panhandlers prefer to be out on the streets, unwilling to get jobs or rent apartments, to avoid responsibility.
Seems as though Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello wants to do something about this quality of life issue.
Like the rest of us, Madame Mayor is tired of seeing the same people roaming downtown and other parts of the city, begging for change, claiming to want to buy coffee or a meal, but chances are, these folks would rather waste the money----and their brains----on alcohol. Seems there's a new law on the books, or soon will be, that, in the eyes of commenters on reddit, may actually make things worse.
A point of emphasis is that citizens are being told it's okay to say no to these panhandlers, especially the overly aggressive idiots who are more desperate than others. There are morons who will stand near the Collar City Bridge or in the driveway at Walmart, putting their lives at risk, holding signs that claim they're homeless, but how much do you want to wager they're not, and they're running a scam. There's been one fellow who's been chased off the property at Stewart's on Congress Street, and at I Love Pizza on 4th Street, multiple times for loitering, but he keeps coming back, largely because he's unwilling to better his station in life.
Eddie Einhorn, at the time the owner of the Chicago White Sox, had a dream of being a wrestling promoter, too.
In 1975, Einhorn, who already was involved with the Hughes Television Network's syndication network, launched the International Wrestling Association (IWA). Unfortunately, the promotion suffered from the fact that they couldn't clear enough markets or get primo time slots that were already committed to either the National Wrestling Alliance in the south, or the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation in the northeast.
In New York, for example, channel 9 carried the matches after harness racing from either Yonkers or Roosevelt Raceway, which meant the matches began around midnight, later if a Mets game airing that night ran late.
Einhorn's roster included names familiar to most fans, including Ernie Ladd, Ivan Koloff, Dino Bravo, Mil Mascaras, Gino Brito, and Lars Anderson, who was working under a different name at the time.
This sampler was shown on ESPN Classic 25 years after its initial broadcast, headlined by Ernie Ladd and an angle involving Cowboy Bob Ellis, which woke up some memories for this writer.
Koloff won his only world title with the 3WF four years earlier. Ladd later went to the WWF as a color commentator. Brito & Bravo turned up in the 3WF a year or so after this show originally aired. "Big" Jim Wilson was involved in a famous scandal that landed him on the talk show circuit (i.e. Donohue) years later, his career cut short. Frenchy Martin & Joe Mirco also landed in McMahon country in the 80's, with Martin landing a manager's job, dressed as a French painter. Ref Tommy Young officiated a bazillion matches in the NWA during the 70's & 80's.
Thursday was Juneteenth, a Federal holiday. As usual, president Trump made a fool of himself, whining on Truthless Social, as apparently, in his tiny mind, too many people had the day off.
Well, let me stop you there, Fraud Fauntleroy. Some public sector jobs, like where I work, for example, didn't get the day off, and with the banks closed for the holiday, payday came Wednesday instead of Thursday. A nice surprise, sure, one that will come every five years or so. While Trump, who promised to make Juneteenth a holiday during his 2020 campaign, hasn't completely turned his back on it, I wouldn't put it past his head troll, Stephen Miller, to put the bug in his ear to abolish the holiday.
And that ain't happening.
Earlier this week, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was found liable for defamation involving a now-former employee of Dominion Voting Systems in relation to the 2020 election. Unfortunately, as CNN reports, Lindell is as defiant as he is paranoid & stupid.
To continue with the defamation is asking for more trouble, but Lindell doesn't care. He genuinely believes, it seems, that the 2020 election was stolen (it wasn't), but every time he claims to have evidence to prove it, he never shows it, revealing his plan to be nothing more than a grift to get people to buy his products.
Someone explain to Lindell that his 15 minutes ended a while ago.
Back to Trump. Twice in as many weeks, appeals courts have shot down Trump's attempts to appeal judgments against him in defamation cases brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll. And if that isn't bad enough, Homeland Insecurity leader Kristi No-Brains lied in public to try to explain why California Senator Alex Padilla was manhandled & arrested last week. In NYC, a candidate for Mayor was similarly abused, but later released from police custody, just because he asked for IDs & warrants from the ICE black ops unit that showed up in a courtroom. And Trump doesn't want protesters wearing masks, but is OK with ICE black ops agents being masked? Double standard much, Donnie Diapers?
Worse, Orange Narcissus now wants to send the National Guard to Chicago, and the Second City ain't having it. Back in LA, the World Champion Dodgers tossed ICE black ops off the parking lot at Dodger Stadium, a month after Donnie Diapers hosted the champs at the White House. If they don't get the message now, they never will. Just sayin'.
Adrian Monk (Tony Shaloub, ex-Wings) was a respected police detective until his wife's death sent him into some serious trauma, triggering obsessive-compulsive disorder, and revealing several phobias. Determined to solve his wife's death, Monk becomes a private eye, which drives the series.
Over the course of seven years (2002-9), Monk won several Emmy & Golden Globe awards.
Full episodes, of course, are not available on YouTube, so we have a simple little sampler.
My folks were fans of the show. They were into quirky, oddball dramas like this.
ABC pulled the plug on Room 222 about halfway through season 5 due to the usual issues (i.e. declining ratings), and this next item never aired until it was included in the DVD set.
A baseball player (Michael Warren, 7 years before Hill Street Blues) catches the attention of not only pro & college scouts, but also a reporter. Donny Most also appears, just days before the premiere of Happy Days.
Executive producer William P. D'Angelo left Fox after the series ended, and started his own production company. His first series, Run, Joe, Run, bowed on NBC 8 months later.
And, here, I thought, local GOPers outside of the North Country were immune to the brainwashing that comes with a tank of stale orange kool-aid. I guess I was wrong.
In recent days, we're learning that Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello decided she doesn't want City Hall on the 5th floor of the Hedley Building on River Street, and wants out by 2027. The problem is, she missed a deadline to file for early termination of her lease with building owners First Columbia, who intend to hold her and the city to the lease, which expires in 2029.
For all the good that Mrs. Mantello has done since taking office nearly 18 months ago (i.e. reopening Knickerbacker Ice Arena), it's offset by a bout of brain farts, a common symptom of today's GOP.
So, then, where does Madame Mayor want to move City Hall to? Try this.
Photo courtesy Spectrum News 1.
Yeah, venerable old Proctor's Theatre, which has been closed since the late 70's, and is in dire need of repairs. RPI currently owns the building, from what I understand, but they also have other vacant buildings in better condition that the city could use.
The city's argument is that they have a parking garage in the alley behind Proctor's that would solve all the issues with parking for city workers and visiting residents or dignitaries. There was a beauty salon just to the south of the theatre that closed a few months back, relocating likely out of town. The county chamber of commerce has a building a couple of doors from there, and that's who Madame Mayor needs to consult before doing something that would be a total embarrassment to the city.
And you wonder why people disparagingly refer to people in town as Troylets instead of Trojans.
I've heard of putting the cart before the horse, but this is beyond ridiculous.
Then again, considering that Grace Baptist Church is planning to leave town for Pittstown, maybe that would be a more fitting spot for City Hall. Don't you think?
David Spade may have bombed at the box office with 1999's "Lost & Found", but he also had one of the best parts of the movie.
Dylan (Spade), a budding restaurant owner, has fallen for a French cellist (Sophie Marceau), and is looking to impress her. Unfortunately, she's also spoken for, and her intended has arrived in town. When the fiance ruins Dylan's lip-sync performance of Neil Diamond's "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show", Dylan finds some inspiration to continue on his own.......
A most unusual "duet", sure, but remember, David was part of that star studded Saturday Night Live roster in the early 90's with Adam Sandler, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, et al. Didja really think he couldn't sing?
It used to be that Head & Shoulders shampoo, like the rest of Procter & Gamble's products, appealed to average consumers by lesser known (read: anonymous) actors to represent the consumers. Take, for example, this 1967 ad, narrated by Olan Soule (Dragnet, The Andy Griffith Show).
A generational divide brings probationary angel Jonathan Smith (Michael Landon) and Mark Gordon (Victor French) to Los Angeles, where they discover a man (Eugene Roche) wants nothing to do with his grandson (Ernie Reyes, Jr., Sidekicks), who was born in Vietnam. Ernest Borgnine (Airwolf) also guest stars.
This might've been the first time 60's icons Landon & Borgnine had shared the screen in primetime, but I'll have to check and see if Borgnine had appeared on Bonanza.
Saturday was Flag Day, the 250th anniversary of the US Armed Forces. Not just the Army, but the Navy & Marines, too, but only the Army was instructed to be in Washington to march for another birthday boy, Donald John Narcissus Trump, physical age 79, mental age of about 3 1/2.
Across the country, roughly 2000 cities, including Albany, Hudson, and Troy, hosted "No Kings" rallies in opposition to President Pampers, who comes from a long line of draft dodgers who look down upon the military, but Trump has to pretend to show respect to keep his base snowed.
Brian Tyler Cohen was in Los Angeles for a "No Kings" rally, an excerpt of his speech is included in this compilation video he produced later Saturday.
WWE's CM Punk (Phil Brooks) attended a rally in his hometown of Chicago, just days after the Street Profits, Cody Rhodes, and Tiffany Stratton appeared at an Army anniversary event elsewhere.
Back at home, WTEN offers this compilation of the Troy & Colonie rallies.
As Cohen showed, Trump's parade didn't have the big crowd the First Narcissist wanted, but he'll claim it did, to soothe his ego.
I think he needs to see a psychologist, don't you?
Yankees @ Boston, 10th inning, Friday the 13th. Watch what happens when DJ LeMahieu his what he thinks is a potential double. Video courtesy ESPN:
These things we know are true. You can't argue balls & strikes, and you can't argue the final decision on a replay review at MLB's Chelsea, Queens HQ. Yankees manager Aaron Boone and his staff were convinced LeMahieu was rooked on the call, but replays show that, yep, the ball never touched the chalk. Boone throws his gum onto the field, and is given the gate by plate ump John Tumpane. Boston would go on to win the game in the home 10th.
I guess in Tumpane's mind, throwing used gum is the same as throwing equipment, but that's a first.
Traditionally, the Quick Shoe Repair Shop on 3rd Street is closed on Saturdays during the summer. This year, the long running shop is on a 4 day summer schedule, Tuesday-Friday, as they're now closed on Mondays as well.
Sounds to me like ownership is getting ready to retire or sell the shop. Stay tuned.
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There's been protests in Albany the last couple of days against the Immigration & Customs Enforcement department (ICE), and their xenophobic raids on immigrants, regardless of their official legal status here in the US.
You probably know by now that ICE agents have taken to wearing masks to conceal their identities, though, supposedly, some agents have been doxxed, in retaliation for the raids. The agents do not show badges, do not have warrants, according to reports, and, there have been innocent citizens, who are here in this country legally, who have been taken.
This is what president Trump wants, along with his top trolls, Stephen Miller & Tom Homan, the latter the current head of Homeland Insecurity, sowing fear & chaos all because President Pampers can't be satisfied with having been re-elected 7 months ago.
Miller, in particular, took the mic at the GOP convention last summer, and declared that priority one is America comes first. Apparently, the development of our society into one of inclusion & diversity is too much for his simple, small brain to handle.
We'll discuss his involvement in ABC's decision to dump reporter Terry Moran earlier this week another time.
President Pampers also is insisting on reinstating the original names of military bases, though not for the same confederate soldiers for which they were originally named.
It hits home here because it affects Fort Johnson in Louisiana, which was renamed in honor of Albany's Henry Johnson, a World War 1 hero, two years ago, from Fort Polk.
Photo courtesy of the Albany Times-Union.
Whereas Fort Polk was originally dedicated to Leonidas Polk, now, it would be for General James Polk, a World War II Army officer. Same goes for other bases around the country. The confederate soldiers won't get their honors back, if you will, as Trump and his team have found other modern-day soldiers sharing the same surnames, to justify their actions.
Blame this on Miller putting ideas like this in Trump's ear. Seems to me Miller doesn't care about Henry Johnson, or how Johnson was revered as a hero here.
I'd make Miller sit in on some civics & history classes, strapped to a chair, in leg irons, so he learns he's been wrong all along. All he's doing is giving people in Albany another reason to protest.
Speaking of protests, the group Indivisible is sponsoring events this weekend, including one in Troy, protesting the Trump administration's direction. These events are taking place on a seemingly monthly basis, and will continue until Trump and his cast of idiots finally gets the message. If they ever do.
