Saturday, October 31, 2026
DOWN GOES NO. 2! DOWN GOES NO. 2! SC KICKS FG, 30-18, 1:46 LEFT
In Chapel Hill, do the Heels kick away or try on onside kick? Bill Belichick makes big bucks to made these right calls.
Nebraska ought to just give up football and focus on Women's Basketball.
This is an abortion of a game, an apex of incompetence. The "Huskers" lead 7-3 over Wershington with 6:59 left and the "Huskies" with the ball on the Corn 41 with 6:59 left. There hasn't been a point scored in the 2H. Look at that inept score, SEVEN to Twee. Embarrassing.
#1 Threatened in NC; #2 in Deep Doo-Doo in La-La
UNCCH with the ball 28-31 no. 1 Miami, 5:33 4Q.
USC 27-12, no. 2 Ohio, 7:57 4Q.
FU (17, about to be nowhere (again)) is 5-3...
Their losses have been,
At Missouri by 28 pts.
Home to COCKS! by 19.
At UGA (in Atlanta) by 19.
They have two super wins, but both discounted a bit because the losers were coming off an emotional L: H over Olé Miss 52-28; at Texas two weeks ago 24-27. It's a bit hard to figure the "Gators" out. The AP voters have a difficult time.
Some upsets brewing!
HT UNCCH 14 Miami (1) 17
HT Southern Cal 20 Ohio (2) 9
Mario Cristobal-coached teams always lose a game they are supposed to win. The SC-Ohio score is really surprising.
HT Pitt 17 Ga. Tech 0 (not an upset brewing). What is the matter with Ga. Tech?
Cincinnati is having a nightmare Halloween. HT 6 42 Utah (6)
The state of Utah has two teams in the top 10! Young is 8th. Dang.
HT UGA (3) 24 FU (17) 0
Florida has had some big wins this season and then gotten absolutely rolled in others.
Michigan beat Rutgers 21-28.
TOUCHDOWN SYRACUSE! SYR. WILL BEAT A RANKED TEAM FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE???
Very, very happy for Syracuse. This was BEYOND being needed. 👏
Okay, "Lakers" (5) dominate 2H, shut out Navy FT 13-35
Oh Smoo. "Orangemen" 23-27 (3-17 2H, 3:36 left (SYR with ball though)
RUPTURES! RUT 21 MISHEGAS 21, 9:28 4Q.
Iowa set a school single-game scoring record shutting out Boogers (25) 30-0 in Iowa City.
Navy is 2-5, okay?
They have LOST to:
NORTH Texas at HOME!Texas SAN ANTONIO
Air Force
Alabama BIRMINGHAM
Frigging Florida TITANIC!
FUCKING MIDDIES!
HT NAVY 13 NOTRE DAME DU LAC (5) 14.
After not beating the "Lakers" for 50 years the "Anchors" started being competitive and actually winning against them.
GO NAVY, BEAT LAKERS
It is Saturday, it is in the Fall, which means college football
Games of interest...actually my interest has seriously waned,
At 12:30 pm in the afternoon Normal Cop Time Mishigas -16.5 tackles RUT at hallowed Shia Stadium.
At 3:30 bells The World's Largest Outdoor Gathering of Sons of the Confederacy takes place in Atl between the no. 3 Jawja "Bulldogs" and the no. 17 Flarida "Gators". Dawgs are favored to do the chomping.
I'm sure Pitt plays...
The Rose Bowl has been moved from Jan. 1 :o Fight On plays with Ohio (2) in La-La.
There they are...
On Halloween Night in a lonely field beyond Fort Pitt my beloved "Panthers" play the "Rambling Yellow Wrecks". Pitt is a (to me) surprising -7.5 favorite.
Identity Politics
I now engage in, one can hope, brief exegesis on the above subject, considered by all right-thinking people with horror of those who engage in its practice including those who engage in it. I am much elevated in my own opinion of myself as offering this exegesis with utmost confidence that I am not a practitioner.
Take a gander at this. I had a recent exchange with an individual of long acquaintance on the subject of Mary Peltola. I made the, to me, unexceptional observation that the case of the two Dan Sullivans was "sleazy sleazy sleazy and Peltola lied", the latter in reference to said Peltola's claimed lack of knowledge of the months-long scheme by her campaign in conspiracy with the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Having listened preparatory to this text message exchange to the radio program 1A, I ended my electronic missive with the observations that the brouhaha was much ado about nothing of substance since "stacking the ballot" is a common political sleaze that is not criminal (unless one lies in a court proceeding about being behind it) and which sleaze has been substantively, and conclusively mitigated by the decision of the Alaska election officios to identify on the ballot the real Dan Sullivan by full name including middle initial and by appending his entry with "Republican, Incumbent". In common vulgar parlance, "What is the fucking confusion?" As stated, I was much elevated by my own reasonableness and pushed "send" or whatever it is that one pushes to send a text message.
I was much surprised and chastened by the response. "Hmmm. I don't know of any evidence that Mary Peltola lied". Well, cut me down and call me shorty. I have known this person for many years and just the same day was recipient of a text that an appalling dirty trick had just been discovered in the seminal Texas race for the United States Senate. A friend or professional acquaintance of the uniquely corrupt Republican candidate Ken Paxton had sent fliers to high school students, addressed to "student" not parent, extolling the virtues of transsexualism. These mailings had not been traced with any greater particularity to Paxton himself, nor to his campaign but reasonable people can put two-and-two together as my communicant did and I did.
I did not respond to the text, being possessed of the forbearance that Abdul El-Sayed lacks to avoid conflagrations with friends who I do not wish to see immolated. However, I was also then possessed by the evil spirit that my communicant was employing a double standard to the cases of Mary Peltola and Ken Paxton, the evidence on which seemed to be very similar and to which the standard "good for the goose, good for the gander" seemed of application.
And then I thought back. Back, back, back. My communicant is of long standing in my exceedingly truncated circle of communicants, she is a goose, we were once entwined in the holy bonds of marriage together, and I had known her previously on many occasions to get her goose feathers up whenever any criticism were made of a fellow goose. This gander concluded that my ex-goose was engaging in the horror of identity politics, that, in my reasonableness, I had to allow that it was likely that I too must have fallen prey to this blight myself at some odd points in my long, dissipated life, but that was just being reasonable and playing the odds; I have never been accused of the offense and have no idea where, when or how I may have done so and thus was much elevated in my opinion of myself in handling the matter thus.
Friday, October 30, 2026
Public Occurrences October 30, 2026
Fighting between Michigan Democrats returns to the headlines (AP)
Haley Stevens had agreed to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed and Jim Clyburn at a campaign event on Sunday. It was intended to help El-Sayed with Jewish and Black voters. Tonight we don't know where that stands because Stevens, after agreeing, in a ploy right out of AIPAC's playbook, conditioned her appearance on the expectation that El-Sayed would apologize for an ad by "Rebellion PAC" that linked American support for Israel to high American grocery prices, a preposterous blame-Israel-first claim distanced from reality and reeking of antisemitism. Stevens demanded also that El-Sayed take down campaign ads featuring Tucker Carlson.
El-Sayed, never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity to be humble, reflective and not antisemitic, responded not on the merits (typical), but rather by accusing Stevens of relitigating their primary race. One report has it that El-Sayed told Stevens not to show up at the rally Sunday.
El-Sayed said his campaign was not responsible for the Rebellion Pac ad. Of course, he did not condemn it, that would go against his iconoclastic personality instincts. El-Sayed seems to undergo fierce internal struggles whenever faced with agonizing moral first impressions such as whether the firebombing murder of an 80-something Holocaust survivor is a condemnable act and the victim worthy of his empathy or whether it must first be tangled with the 100-year history of enmity between Muslims and Jews in the Middle East. El-Sayed's instinctive first impression was to go with tangle. He later apologized.
As for Stevens, she is a witting or unwitting tool of AIPAC's tactics: a last-minute demand intent on scuttling an agreement to heal and defeat the Republican. AIPAC pored millions into the primary for Stevens, which she nearly won, and this AIPAC upping of the ante, first enlisting Stevens' Jewish Democratic AIPAC donor fiance to condemn El-Sayed for ANY criticism of Israel and say that his conscience compelled him to vote for the MAGA candidate and now, this accept-with-demands rally, is designed to paint El-Sayed into a corner.
AIPAC has studied El-Sayed for months and knows his weak spots, his aversion to apology, his lack of humility, his penchant for confrontation when avoidable, and they are probing those weak spots to elicit reactions that will dissuade Jews from voting for him. It's a dirty AIPAC trick and, of course, El-Sayed is falling for it. Sunday's off-on-on-?-? rally is three days before the election.
I have wrestled with predictions in this race. The polls say that El-Sayed will win, but I don't understand where El-Sayed's support comes from. Is it Democrats generally? That seems belied by the El-Sayed-Stevens contretemps. Is it particular constituencies within the Democratic bloc. What, such as Blacks and Jews? Is it Independents, cross-over Republicans? Earlier this week I just said fuck it, I don't know anything about Michigan voters, the only evidence I have is the polls, ergo El-Sayed will win.
My God. The "Heat" Go Nuts. FT MIA 145 Indiana 125
Team:
Shooting 59% 48%
Three 45%-46%
MIA 103 Yellow 88, End 3. "Heat" have led by 23!
MIA 27 Yellow 26, 4:15 1Q, No-Change Spo Full TO
Klay has played the entire 1Q so far. This is when he comes out.
It's a simple game. Don't do stupid shit.
Spoelstra’s Pick-and-Roll Fix Could Save Heat Season
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A Smarter Way to Play
Spoelstra made a deliberate shift to get his big men into their best spots. He intentionally placed Giannis in the "dunker spot" to create easy scoring chances near the basket. This tactic allowed Bam to attack the rim while Giannis dominated the boards.
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There is also the issue of Klay Thompson, who has struggled mightily in the first five games. From deep, his shooting sits at 32 percent while he averages just eight points per game. His presence in the starting lineup has hurt the team's defense and spacing. If the Heat want to keep this new offensive rhythm, they may need to rethink who plays alongside Giannis and Bam.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/spoelstra-pick-roll-fix-could-090543636.html
Pick-and-roll helps Heat climb out of hole, as Spoelstra relents with offense
MIAMI — Stubborn turned to sensible Wednesday night, which perhaps not coincidentally had a losing streak turning into the first win of the Giannis Antetokounmpo era for the Miami Heat.
Focused on player movement, ball movement and pace since the start of last season. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra showed a far greater degree of open-mindedness in the 129-117 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena than delivered relief from the season's 0-4 start.
...the Heat utilized 57 pick-and-roll sets against Atlanta, not only eclipsing their previous season high of 35 but also their 2025-26 single-game high of 47.
Since the start of last season, Spoelstra had made a dramatic shift away from pick-and-roll sets, an accommodation he believed best suited the team's roster.
...the pivot in Atlanta was pronounced.
"We ain't ran pick-and-roll in a long time," Adebayo said with a smile after scoring a season-high 24 points in Atlanta.
This time, there were no forced 3-pointers from Adebayo, just a single missed attempt from beyond the arc, otherwise 8 of 15 from the field.
Spoelstra spent extended time with Adebayo courtside after Wednesday morning's shootaround in Atlanta, apparently with messages both delivered and received.
The change was discernable, including to Antetokounmpo.
"We have offensive principles. Guys have to look for space. Guys got to go downhill. Guys got to move when somebody drives," Antetokounmpo said of the Heat precepts set in motion prior to the 2025-26 season. "But at the end of the day, once the game slows down, you got to set some pick-and-rolls.
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So pick, roll, victory.
"I just feel like he's one of those coaches, he sees how to make adjustments," Adebayo said, "and he made an adjustment."
[He made an adjustment away from his own stupid.]
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"...when the game gets to those neutral times, we have to be more intentional of where the ball is going. ..." [Spoelstra]
[That's Pat Riley speaking through Spoelstra there. Whoever ends up with the ball last in the final 8 secs shoots? Don't do stupid shit, Spo. Get the fucking ball to your main guys. That is what Riley said in end of season presser.]
Political Occurrences October 30, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
And then there were two. Katrina City (1-4) Wallops Exremento (0-5) 132-120
Meanwhile in Shermanville, the "Hawks", formerly "Pigeons" feasted on Cadavers 114-111. Two volatile clubs, Sensitive City led by 15, Hotlana by 11.
Hoo, Pigeons, Cadavers
Sensitive City led 28-16 after one. Pigeons 30-9 2Q lead 46-39, 1:16 2Q. In Hotlanta.
Alaska
Republicans in Alaska and in Congress are opening investigations into the Democrats' trick. However, per nytimes "stacking the ballot" as it is called, is "a common and generally legal tactic in politics". I don't know the implied exceptions to "generally legal" but Democrats' involvement had been long-suspected and "the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that no law allowed it to rule on the motives of a candidate."
Public Occurrences October 29, 2026
How Netanyahu Used Fear, Again, to Win More Votes Than Anyone Else
Despite years of political baggage, the Israeli prime minister outperformed expectations, and his rivals, by playing on Jewish voters’ fears of Arab political power and potential security threats.
The Brazil Beacon
ladystoneshart (https://www.tumblr.com/ladystoneshart)
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if you are seeing the brazilians celebrating today one thing you might not know is that 3 weeks ago this election was lost. like actually doomed full on right-wing win. never in the history of brasil had a candidate flipped an election. until last night
because instead of panicking we organised. we took to the streets and we learned how to use social media to our advantage. when the right cut bus numbers in poorer areas to try and stop the population from voting we took our cars to the bus stops and drove the people to their voting zones. and we made history!!!!!!
so don't panic. ORGANISE. because if Brasil can do it so can you ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm just sitting here thinking
I really love myself. I wasn't looking for anybody. I was always just there. But when I spent quality time, Boom! I really hit it off with myself. At my age, too. Lucky guy!
@BradyHawk305
So the Miami Heat made a change after a 0-4 start to the season
They brought back pick and rolls
11:05 PM · Oct 28, 2026·10.1K
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Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
First of all, more pick and rolls means Bam Adebayo is back in his comfort spots Getting to the middle of the floor with a running start Constant good touch at that dotted line But notice anything else? Yeah, Pelle is diming
[Sounds like a good spot for Bam those comfort spots!]
Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
Same goes for Davion Mitchell who was really high volume in PnR All attention is on Bam and Giannis as rollers So Davion can pass fake and find open driving lanes for layups
[Yeah, brilliant by Spo: all eyes on the Twin Towers! Who'd a thunk something so unexpected!]
Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
Here’s the other layer to these Adebayo pick and rolls Giannis lived in the dunker spot tonight It means no more of these two running into each other Plus, Giannis dominated the glass and kept carving out box outs to impact off these type of misses
[Me like Giannis in dunker spot. At 6' 11" that seems a genius spot for him.]
Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
But now let’s get into the next layer of business: Giannis the roller One of the more exciting elements, and the Heat continue to spam it late with Pelle as the handler We see it lead to a quality Giannis middy, head of steam and-1 finish, and the best one: Look at the space Show more
Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
Do you know what these Pelle-Giannis spammed actions lead to? All eyes on those two guys Watch how Hardaway can now slide into space after his defender gets distracted
[Amazing what normal offense, ancient concepts like pick-and-rolls, a Two Big scheme AND playing to your roster's strengths can do! Death to positionless! Take off the Wheel! NORMAL OFFENSE! NORMAL OFFENSE! ]
Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
Last action that caught my eye tonight I want to show Double screen from Giannis and Portis for THJ out of the timeout Hardaway curls to basket with big man defender having to stay with Portis But look what it leads to later Seems like same play, but instead Portis is the one Show more
Brady Hawk
@BradyHawk3051h
Pick and rolls, handoffs, off-ball screening, pin-downs These are the things that create overreactions and defense breakdowns You know who needs those things? A team trying to work around Giannis and Bam Big fan of what we saw process wise tonight
😂👏👏
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
On a bad political day some good news from the toy department: FT ATL 117 MIA (1-4) 129
You can't find a better stat line for a struggling team:
- They sustained. 53% shooting for the game
- On the road
- Against a quality opponent (6th seed last season, 10-games over .500)
- We led 90% of the game.
- We outrebounded them.
- Our Twin Towers crushed the filthy birds in the paint, 70-52.
- Giannis was a monster: 24 pts, 11/18 (0/2), 18 rebounds, in 31'.
- Bam was a monster: 24 pts, too! Call them the Lower 48!, 8/16 (0/1) ONLY ONE TREY!, 9 rebs, 33'
- Andrew 18 pts, 6/9 (4/7), 29'.
- Davion: 10 pts, 5/12 (0/3), 10 asts, 34'.
- Klay only played 17'. That's a +++.
- Pelle: 17 pts, 6/12 (2/3), 6 rebs, 8 asts, 31' more than Andrew and Klay (thankfully) and equal to Giannis.
- THII: 14 pts, 6/10 (2/3), 22'
- Bobby Portis, 11 pts, 5/11 (1/5), 9 rebs, 4 asts in 23'.
Public Occurrences October 28, 2026
First, Jason Turkish, the Jewish Democratic fiance of Rep. Haley Stevens, defeated in the Michigan primary by Abdul El-Sayed, gave an interview with the Detroit News stating that he will be voting for El-Sayed's Republican opponent Mike Rogers and will be attending a Rogers campaign rally because,
Those three statements are AIPAC propaganda. AIPAC gave gazillions to Haley Stevens. Six days before the election, Turkish (what a name for a Jew) gave this interview. Turkish does not say what El-Sayed did that was so "reckless" toward the safety of Jews";
Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot
Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.
The Times revealed that the Peltola campaign, in consultation with the national Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, searched for a guy with the nearly identical name as the incumbent senator to confuse Alaska voters, split the Republican vote, and elect Peltola, the Democrat. They found him in a fishing village and is name is Dan J. Sullivan, Jr. Dan J. Jr. made it through the all-comers primary and is on the ballot...in six days.Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
No. I will not accept that. For all that she did, she and her legacy are forever broken by "It was worth it". Her TWO rapes and TWO CHILDREN by Cesar Chavez were "worth it". AP, it is white-washing bullshit to call Dolores Huerta a "FEMINIST" icon. Put in there, "feminist who said two rapes were worth it and civil rights icon."
Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist who said two rapes were worth it and civil rights icon, dies at 96
1:04 am:
Helluva way to start Wednesday. A substantial change in Associated Press' reporting:
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli voters delivered a rebuke [previous: "sharp rebuke"] to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right and religious governing coalition, but exit polls Wednesday suggested the election had no clear winner and indicated that the long-serving Israeli leader was far from defeated after three years of war ignited on his watch.
The exit polls suggested voters gave opponents of the current government a solid majority [previous: same] in the next parliament. But it’s not clear if those disparate parties — which include Arab-led factions who appear to have made a historic showing — are willing to form a coalition. If they are, it would likely take weeks of haggling.
[Netanyahu] called on his opponents to line up behind him and dismissed the idea of a partnership with Arab parties — whose constituents make up 20% of Israel’s population — as treasonous.
“We must establish a strong, right-wing, nationalist government,” said Netanyahu...
That what you voted for Israeli Jews, Nazareal? Your state has already lost public opinion in the U.S. You, the Israeli Jewish people still have support. For how long, idk. Come November 3, you will not have the U.S. House and the odds are slightly against you in the Senate. And come January 20, 2029, no matter who the next U.S. president is, you will not have their support. You know what I state as fact to be fact and you know that my projections are the likely.
...“We must not endanger Israel and establish a government that relies on anti-Zionist Arab parties.”
While exit polls indicated Netanyahu would face a difficult path to return to office, in his defiant speech he made clear he had no intention of stepping aside. Even if he is unable to form a government, Netanyahu’s inflammatory rhetoric against the Arab parties could complicate any attempt by his opponents to partner with them and sets the stage for a potential new vote where the Israeli leader could make gains.
That's what he did twice previously, Israeli Jews, and he remained in power. Five elections if I recall correctly? Israeli Jews, as I wrote yesterday, this is your dysfunctional system, your votes, your government. The result of your votes is, it seems now, "a strong, right wing, nationalist government,", for Nazareal. That is very ugly, Israeli Jews.
Your state, along with mine, will attack Iran after November 3, and we together will commit more war crimes, more genocide and you will lose more Americans and more American elected representatives. Cutting off aid to Nazrael is a very real possibility. But you know that. Until January 20, 2029, you will be free to show the true, ugly face of Israeli Jewry to Americans and the world.
The close results also suggest that Netanyahu’s opponents were unable to capitalize on the public anger and grief sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks to decisively unseat Netanyahu.
A setback for Netanyahu but not an outright defeat
I don't think Nazrael is going to survive without American support. I know it WOULDN'T have. Your preferred American president told your preferred Prime Minister directly, "Everybody hates you. Everybody hates Israel now." He said abroad, "Israel wouldn't exist without me." You know it's true. It's one of the few things I have ever agreed with him on. You chose to risk it; you think you can survive on your own. I don't think you can. We'll see who's right.
Israel’s leader, a savvy political operator who has delivered last-minute upsets in previous elections, appeared to have been rebuked...
But those appearances were deceiving. You did not rebuke Netanyahoo.
...by voters disappointed in his alliance with the far-right and angry over draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
But you weren't disappointed or angry enough. We'll begin to see who's right as soon as November 3 and we'll know for sure on November 7, 2028. You will be, it looks likely: Alone. Your choice. You were beseeched and warned.
