Saturday, January 22, 2022
On Jan. 18 the undersigned wrote inter alia:
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... I saw a sensational team in SF. They came back from a 17-0 deficit to win in OT. Shitty QB but the rest of the team, their running game, their tight end, their defense--I was fucking impressed. Could not understand how such a team lost seven games DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. The "Rams" were 12-4 going into the game, SF 9-7. Now intrigued, I then watched highlights of their wild card playoff win at Dallas. 12-5 Dallas (Granted the "Cowboys" played more like a 5-12 team.).The SF QB still sucked but again they pulled off the upset on the road.
I don't know who the "49'er's" play next but I wouldn't want to be whoever it is.
And Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers have got their hands full on the "frozen tundra." The "Niners" and "Pack" are tied 10-10 with 3:44 left in the game. SF's shitty QB at least is not an o-fer any longer. He's currently 9/17 with one INT...And now that Frisco defense has forced Green Bay to punt with 3:40 left. My lands, San Fran. SF with the ball now and I'm gonna keep tracking it...
COVID-19 BIDEN+367
It's official! President Biden has exceeded his death toll in mishandling Omicron from his death toll in mishandling Delta. 
There is good news in the COVID-19 stats tonight. You guessed it, cases continue to fall:
That O spike at the end represents 2,152 ave. daily deaths in the past week. At its peak on September 24, Delta deaths were 2,099. Congratulations, Mr. President on your latest failure. But wait! There's more failure ahead. With the death interval of about a month today's deaths correspond roughly to the case load on Dec. 22. Cases peaked about 5x's higher (see below). We can expect Omicron deaths to continue their near-vertical ascent and to surpass easily peak all-time daily average deaths of 3,342.
Precipitous drop. Precipitous and continuous since Jan. 15, 805,069 ave. daily cases. Jan. 22: 705,776.
Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
In a highly unusual public statement, backed by U.S. officials, London named the putative head of a potential puppet government...
(NYT)According to the British assessment, Russian planners were considering installing a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament named Yevgeniy Murayev as leader of a pro-Kremlin puppet government in Kyiv. Once a member of the Russian-backed Party of Regions, Mr. Murayev is now head of a political party called Nashi, part of a constellation of opposition parties opposed to Ukraine’s pro-Western parties. Last September, a massive banner with his photograph was hung on the facade of Federation of Trade Unions building on Kyiv’s Independence Square with the slogan “This is our Land.”
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It is not clear from the British statement whether Russia had informed Mr. Murayev that he was being considered as a possible future leader of Ukraine.
Sounds like something you'd do, Rooski!
But after a journalist with a British newspaper tipped him off about the revelations, he posted a photo of himself to Facebook posing as James Bond with the comment, “Details tomorrow.”
But after a journalist with a British newspaper tipped him off about the revelations, he posted a photo of himself to Facebook posing as James Bond with the comment, “Details tomorrow.”
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In Washington, officials said they believe the British intelligence is correct. Two officials said it had been collected by British intelligence services. Within the informal intelligence alliance known as “Five Eyes,” Britain has primary responsibility for intercepting Russian communications, which is why it played a major role in exposing Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
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All four of the other Ukrainians named in the communiqué once held senior positions in the Ukrainian government and worked in proximity to Paul Manafort, former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign manager, when he worked as a political adviser to Ukraine’s former Russian-backed president, Viktor F. Yanukovych. After Mr. Yanukovych’s government fell in 2014, they fled to Russia.
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If the British assessment is accurate, it would not be the first time the Kremlin tried to install a pro-Russian leader or interfere in Ukraine’s government. In 2004, Russian efforts to fraudulently sway a presidential election set off what became known as the Orange Revolution, which forced a redo election that led to the defeat of Mr. Yanukovych, who was the Kremlin’s favored candidate.
Lolol.
In 2013, when the Kremlin pressured Mr. Yanukovych, who eventually was elected president, to back out of a trade pact with the European Union, Ukrainians again poured into the streets. Mr. Yanukovych was eventually driven from power, prompting Mr. Putin to order the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and instigate a separatist war in eastern Ukraine.
You know why it's so hard for normal people to understand Russians? Russians are abnormally stupid.
Green Bay 7 San Francisco 0, 6:41 2Q
Jimmy "Donut" Gar0pp0l0, SF's QB has thrown for 0 yards and completed 0 of four attempts.👌
Futility Bowl II "Tetons" 16 "Bungles" 19
Can anybody pass the ball anymore in the National Concussion League?
Ryan Tannehill completed three of his 24 pass attempts to the guys in the pumpkin stretch mark clothes. Joe Burrow threw one to the guys in blue. Burrow was sacked nine times--and he played for the winners! Ghastly offenses agayne in the playoffs.
Speaking of boring: When the Manchester Revolution began there was a Big Four in Premier League soccer; then a Big Six; then a Big Two. Last season and this however there has been a Big One and a Little 19. City were held today at Southampton, 1-1. God's Team has won 18 of their 23 league matches thus far, losing only twice and drawing three times. Liverpool is potentially (two games in hand, one tomorrow) six points behind the leaders and defending champs. I don't know anybody who thinks City realistically can be caught with 15 matches left.
Does Riley Think This Team Can Win a Championship?
The top seven teams in the Eastern Conference are bunched together within 3.5 games of one another. The top three, BKLYN, Chi., and Mia. are separated by 0.014.
Does Pat Riley think this "Heat" roster, when at full strength, has enough that it can win a seven game series over BKLYN with KD, Kyrie, and James on the floor at the same time?
The NBA title holders, Milwaukee, are 1.5 out of first, one game behind the "Heat" and "Bulls." Is the "Heat" so equipped that it could win a seven game against the "Bucks"?
A Finals series against last season's runner-up Phoenix?
The "Warriors"?
I say no. What say ye, Pat?
Friday, January 21, 2022
"Heat" management get a thing stuck in their head--Whiteside can't play; Richardson can; Justise can; the Big O will sit when Bam comes back; Donut will start when both Jimmy and Bam are back; Jimmy Butler's a superstar; Jimmy's clutch--and they can't get it out of their heads. It's like they hallucinate. Yurtseven is Whiteside incarnate (Were that he was!). When Bam came back, the first game O was a DNPCD. The second game Spo put him in for seven seconds. Tonight, seven minutes. Which is progress.. They look at Jimmy and they see Michael Jordan hitting that shot over Craig Ehlo. No matter how many times Jimmy fails to convert down the stretch they go back to the well...Listen to me, bitching about Erik Spoelstra's playing decisions when the fucking team is one of the surprises of the entire season and with tonight's loss is 29-17. I'm an idiot, but I've got a keyboard and a blog.
HT ATL 60 MIA 51
Jimmy is 1/4 for 2 points but no technicals so far. Donut is 2/5 (1/4) 7points in 14 mins, and he started. The Composer is team-high with 15 on 6/11 (3/7). "Hawks" shot fifty-nine and a half from the field. Don't think I'm gonna be tracking this one from here out +'s and -'s.
The "Heat" are in ATL tonight. Still without Kyle ("personal reasons") and Tyler ("COVID protocols"). I wish to hell the NBA would require teams to be more particular than "personal reasons" when multiple games are missed. This is three in a row for Kyle. I wish Donut would miss some games for "personal reasons". Or any reason.
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