Thoughtless Thursday

 The New York Times has finally acknowledged the existence of Hunter Biden's laptop. Everyone else in the country without the last name of Biden already knew the story was true.

March Madness was formerly used to describe the NCAA basketball tournament. Now it describes the onslaught of online gambling surrounding sports. The important interviews are not of players and coaches, but of bookies giving you the over and under, the point spread, or any other wagering info that you need.

By the way, for the basketball junkies out there, this tidbit. Kentucky, a number 2 seed, just lost in overtime to St. Peter's, a number 15 seed. St. Peter's is a small Jesuit school in New Jersey. I doubt that anyone without the title of "Father" had St. Peter's in their "bracket" to beat Kentucky.

I personally don't watch basketball. If James Naismith comes back from the dead to watch them play the game that he created, he won't recognize it.  Now, "traveling" requires that you tuck the ball under your arm and take at least ten steps. In junior high, I was the team scorekeeper. That was also the last time that I saw a call for "palming". In the NBA, a basketball gets more hand contact than DeShaun Watson's ass at a massage parlor. What's the athletic challenge in a guy seven feet tall cramming a basketball into a hoop only ten feet above the floor?  There are NFL running backs who don't gain as many yards as NBA players running towards the basket holding (not dribbling) the ball. It's not basketball, it's a long jump competition. 

What can be done to make basketball a real sport? Start by enforcing the rules. Then you can start handing out Emmy Awards to those guys who flop onto their backs when an opponent runs near them. This may actually be more of a college issue than it is in the pros. Are the colleges recruiting drama majors for the basketball team? Maybe if they gave two points for free throws, some of the pros would learn to make a foul shot. Finally, let's move the basket to a height of twelve feet. When Naismith started the game, a guy six feet tall was an exception. Now, six footers are small players. With the basket at twelve feet, people will have to learn how to shoot the ball again. Wasn't that how it worked originally?

Biden is expected to go to a NATO meeting next week. In the old days, only Barnum would send a clown to a meeting and expect to be taken seriously.

In New York, the governor wants to make more changes in the bail laws. Who could have guessed that eliminating cash bail would have hordes of criminals running loose on the streets? Any politician without a "D" after their name. 

In other news from New York, it is starting to look like Andrew Cuomo may rise from the political dead. I am amazed that New York has people in government even more inept than Cuomo. They need some bleach in the gene pool in New York.

In Florida, as Disney employees threaten to walk out over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law, my favorite sheriff picked up four Disney employees in a "sex sting" operation. Who knew? Apparently, Sheriff Grady Judd knows that "Magic Kingdom" has many meanings.

I am going to start a "Go Fund Me" page to buy Zelensky a collared shirt. Even Castro dressed better to fight a war and it is hot in Cuba.

The USA Today named Rachel Levine as one of their Women of the Year for 2022. I'm sorry, but Rachel Levine is a man. Besides not being a woman, what has it/he/them/ they/she actually done? I will wait for an answer, I have lots of time. 

Random Moments of Lunacy has named The USA Today as one of the Outstanding Porta-Johns of 2022.  Just like an actual Porta-John, the USA Today is filled with shit and waiting to be pumped out across America. Congrats to the USA Today. It's the perfect Porta-John. It stinks, but doesn't think

Finally, thanks to whoever it is in France reading this swill. I had more pageviews from France the other day than any other country. Maybe they are looking for a reincarnation of Jerry Lewis? Maybe it was just a few missed keystrokes that brought them here? Read on, Pierre!!