For the political junkie, this page is like a flash card version of some of the most memorable political catchphrases, gaffes and misspoken statements in world history. You have several well-worn sayings, like the imperial “Veni, vidi, vici” from Julius Caesar to Obama’s “Yes we can.”
But you also find how volatile foreign politics can be. Ireland has four famous phrases with f-bombs in them. During Ontario’s 2003 general election, then-Premier Ernie Eves called his opponent an “evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet.” And nothing beats what former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange said when asked by a journalist for “a brief word” about Australia: “Wombat.” — Gene Park, The Washington Post
It wasn’t easy — it definitely wasn’t quick — but the Oakland A’s got the walkoff win against the Arizona Diamondbacks today.
Starting for the A’s was their Opening Day starter, rookie Kyle Muller, who’s quickly running out of chances to figure it out in the majors. Going into today’s game, he carried a 7.34 ERA/5.75 FIP with only 6 more strikeouts than walks.
When the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Monday night, I wrote about how comforting it is when other teams exhibit the bad habits that your brain has tricked you into thinking only the Giants do. I used the Giants (perceived) inability to hit well with runners in scoring position as an example to set up the game story: the Phillies utter silliness with their gloves.
I thought about both of those things on Tuesday night as the team’s had a showdown in the deep depths of a foggy NorCal night.
LOS ANGELES — Simply wishing that they wouldn’t need to use the bullpen heavily for a second straight night did not work out for the Dodgers, who ran out of gas in a 5-1 loss to the Twins on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers opted not to call up a fresh arm for Tuesday’s game after six relievers combined for eight innings on Monday night. That marked the second straight start for Clayton Kershaw needing to go deep to provide relief for a taxed bullpen.
He also thinks Jordan Poole is a key piece, despite statistical evidence that he largely doesn't fit with a Steph/Klay/Draymond-heavy rotation that you get in the playoffs.
They also really missed Otto Porter Jr., and giving Anthony "Roofie" Lamb big minutes over Kuminga was idiotic and prime Kerr stubbornness.
Plus he (and Moody) were clearly in a different boat than Wiseman, whose inexperience required consistent minutes to really even get to be a passable pro. JK and MM showed they belonged, enough so to at least warrant minutes ahead of a G-Leaguer like Lamb.
Yankee Domingo German - who had a previous run-in with umps over sticky stuff - got tossed for sticky stuff. You can see it on his uniform near his hip.
In Paris last month we had a waiter who seemed contemptuous of non-French speakers. When I asked for ketchup (I had fries with my order) he said, in his most dismissive tone, "of course."
Jesus, lots of ketchup slander...I'll step in and try to avert the shut out at least...I love the stuff. Fries/tots, burgers, Top Dogs and ballpark franks, meatloaf...of course, the contemptibly irritable former Mrs. C absolutely hated the stuff, which was completely on brand.
I put hot and spicy mustard on as well, along with a dash of ketchup, and have been doing so since I had my first TD with my Pops before a trip to Evans when I was 4...that's nearly 45 years, and as such has created my own institution.
I will continue to do so, regardless of what you believe, goldenone...with all due respect. ;-)
Being from Chicago originally I still find ketchup on a hot dog to be a form of apostasy. However I like it generally especially on fries. Although my wife and daughters all hate it!
I do not use ketchup, except on french fries and tater tots. Ketchup does not make it to my burgers or my hot dogs or sausages. Those three are Dijon mustard territory if I'm putting a spreadable condiment directly on burgers, hot dogs, or sausage.
One random factoid about ketchup that sticks with me all these years - Richard Nixon reputedly liked ketchup on cottage cheese. Gives me shivers just thinking about it.
Pa and Step-Ma Chitwood are in town so we "rented" a movie on Amazon Prime...Plane, with Gerard Butler. Good little action flick...gotta suspend some reality of course, but it was definitely a fun ride for 110 minutes.
Veto overriden. Abortion at 12 weeks becomes illegal in NC. Deciding vote was Democrat who flipped to GOP from super-blue Charlotte area who has had an abortion. It was believed that her flip was negotiated in exchange to be on the Education Committee chair because she is a charter school lobbyist.
Nebraska lawmakers changes processes to get around filibuster from Senator who stopped anti-trans legislation. They pass the bill making trans-care illegal and make abortion after 10 weeks illegal.
Yeah, similar admittedly creepy thoughts have entered my mind upon reading these recent articles. It would be a minor miracle if she makes it to 2024. Wonder who Gavin would appoint to fill out her term?
SF Chron has repeatedly reminded readers that Newsom publicly pledged to appoint a Black woman to a US Senate vacancy should a vacancy appear while he is governor.
The obvious question, then, is would that person be Barbara Lee? or someone else, like Karen Bass (Mayor of LA)? Shirley Weber (Calif. Sec'y of State)?
EDIT: just in case it's not obvious, selecting Lee in such a scenario would upend the 2024 US Senate race to succeed Feinstein. It would give Lee the power of incumbency, conceivably forcing Porter and Schiff out of the race and "electing" Lee in 2024.
As a side note, can I say that I find the pledges to appoint someone of a certain race kind of cringey? You can just wind up doing it anyway, but saying it ahead of time just gives ammo to the conservative argument that you're doing a diversity hire for someone unqualified.
It is very cringey. It's also a very awkward stance to take, but that's politics. In a sense, it's kind of like eating a Philly cheesesteak while campaigning in Philadelphia. You hope you don't ruin your shirt and tie while doing it.
I think you folks probably get a pass, as you could argue it's neither ghoulish nor creepy to wonder how much longer a person that turns 90 in a little over a month has to go, especially one that has stubbornly chosen to remain in the public's eye despite being obviously incapacitated for the past, what, 5, 10 years? Hell, she makes Bernie Lomax look like Richard Simmons on coke.
Nope. But last season was not impressive so it's a bit hard for the prognosticators to rank Cal higher. We're also expected to finish eleventh in the conference ahead only of Furd.
Elizabeth Holmes (Stanford, 2002-04) loses bid to delay her imprisonment any longer. She was originally supposed to turn herself in on April 27th, but won an automatic delay due to the filing.
I finally watched the HBO documentary about Holmes, just because I kept seeing her in the news and figured I should know what the heck is going on with her.
The best ESPN 30 for 30 IMO is the one about the Phx Suns gorilla. At one point he said he had to quit because he “got lost in the gorilla” - he no longer was able to distinguish between himself and the gorilla character.
I think about that sometimes with people like Holmes or Trump who are doing a character - they seem to get themselves in trouble when they get too far lost in the gorilla, so to speak, and lose sight of reality. Although Holmes also I think does have a personality disorder - I don’t think at bottom there is anything there that is really her. Just a collection of artifices created by (clearly) a psychopath as a means to an end.
If you'd like to support New American Pathways - donate here, credit to Cal! I donated $70 today to honor the two Stanford professors who paid Sam Bankman-Fried's 700k bail bond.
USS Nimitz & USS Eisenhower will be decommissioned in the next four years
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-navy-is-decommissioning-two-nuclear-aircraft-carriers-in-a-row/ar-AA1a75KR?cvid=4c1dd3f322a241c9ab7ceb3089d0b8c7&ei=87
What do you expect from a service branch that thinks selling yourself with a drag queen is a good idea?
Understood, but man, My favorites.
PRO
Nuggets let the Lakers back in, but hold on for the win 132-26
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401547679
looked like a blowout but Lakers came back strong near the end. i actually went to sleep but seemed like it ended up semi-close.
of course it is hard to come back from down-20 on the road at altitude.
You realize just how good Jokic is when, in a game with LBJ and Brow, he is clearly the best player on the floor.
Yeah, Not arguing that - but when he's not on the floor, the Lakers can be better.
Lakers can beat them, they have much better match-ups, but started poorly.
Noda grand slam, Ruiz walkoff hit win it for the A’s
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/5/16/23726574/noda-grand-slam-ruiz-walkoff-hit-win-it-for-the-as
It wasn’t easy — it definitely wasn’t quick — but the Oakland A’s got the walkoff win against the Arizona Diamondbacks today.
Starting for the A’s was their Opening Day starter, rookie Kyle Muller, who’s quickly running out of chances to figure it out in the majors. Going into today’s game, he carried a 7.34 ERA/5.75 FIP with only 6 more strikeouts than walks.
Phillies again forget how to catch baseballs, Giants again remember how to win
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/5/16/23726467/giants-phillies-recap-alex-cobb-casey-schmitt-michael-conforto-joey-bart
When the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Monday night, I wrote about how comforting it is when other teams exhibit the bad habits that your brain has tricked you into thinking only the Giants do. I used the Giants (perceived) inability to hit well with runners in scoring position as an example to set up the game story: the Phillies utter silliness with their gloves.
I thought about both of those things on Tuesday night as the team’s had a showdown in the deep depths of a foggy NorCal night.
Dodgers fall short in loss to Twins
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/5/16/23726499/dodgers-gassed-clayton-kershaw-bullpen-twins
LOS ANGELES — Simply wishing that they wouldn’t need to use the bullpen heavily for a second straight night did not work out for the Dodgers, who ran out of gas in a 5-1 loss to the Twins on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers opted not to call up a fresh arm for Tuesday’s game after six relievers combined for eight innings on Monday night. That marked the second straight start for Clayton Kershaw needing to go deep to provide relief for a taxed bullpen.
Dodgers with a get away noon game today...and Dustin May only lasted 1 inning leaving with elbow pain.
[F1] Italian Emilia-Romagna called off because it was supposed to be a car race, not a regatta
https://apnews.com/article/f1-formula-one-imola-canceled-24455ce3e667a4fe9f20650b7bda5900
Water wasn't like that, but I did see they were riding through rain in the Giro yesterday.
India' first pro baseball team will look like Globo Gym
https://uni-watch.com/2023/05/16/indias-first-pro-baseball-team-the-mumbai-cobras-will-wear-purple/
F-ing Chuck Norris
What was wrong with the Warriors this season?
If you ask Steve Kerr, it's trust.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37664703/warriors-never-rebuilt-trust-green-poole-incident-steve-kerr-says
He also thinks Jordan Poole is a key piece, despite statistical evidence that he largely doesn't fit with a Steph/Klay/Draymond-heavy rotation that you get in the playoffs.
They also really missed Otto Porter Jr., and giving Anthony "Roofie" Lamb big minutes over Kuminga was idiotic and prime Kerr stubbornness.
Yeah I would have liked to see some bursts of Kuminga to up our athleticism. Seemed odd to blackball him, but what do I know!
Plus he (and Moody) were clearly in a different boat than Wiseman, whose inexperience required consistent minutes to really even get to be a passable pro. JK and MM showed they belonged, enough so to at least warrant minutes ahead of a G-Leaguer like Lamb.
Ted Lasso definitely picked up some of his coaching mantras from Kerr.
Yankee Domingo German - who had a previous run-in with umps over sticky stuff - got tossed for sticky stuff. You can see it on his uniform near his hip.
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1658625159014563841
The dark edge of technology. Normally, I don't react to click-baity stuff, but this put a chill down my spine
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/29/us/ai-scam-calls-kidnapping-cec/index.html
Catchphrase
Touchdown Bears!
There will be no extra point!
Ketchup
I use it on fries and on a hot dog/sausage with onions.
In Paris last month we had a waiter who seemed contemptuous of non-French speakers. When I asked for ketchup (I had fries with my order) he said, in his most dismissive tone, "of course."
i dont really care for it. but i cant eat tater tots w/o ketchup.
What about french fries?
i dont love french fries, but i usually eat those w/ mayo
Deport HSB to Belgium
i would definitely take that trade
For me, fries and tater tots only. Sometimes Kewpie on okonomiyaki — like last night — but usually not.
Oh, and in/on an omuraisu
Jesus, lots of ketchup slander...I'll step in and try to avert the shut out at least...I love the stuff. Fries/tots, burgers, Top Dogs and ballpark franks, meatloaf...of course, the contemptibly irritable former Mrs. C absolutely hated the stuff, which was completely on brand.
Top Dogs must be served with the hot and spicy mustard. Ketchup on a link or sausage is a form of iconoclasm.
I put hot and spicy mustard on as well, along with a dash of ketchup, and have been doing so since I had my first TD with my Pops before a trip to Evans when I was 4...that's nearly 45 years, and as such has created my own institution.
I will continue to do so, regardless of what you believe, goldenone...with all due respect. ;-)
Being from Chicago originally I still find ketchup on a hot dog to be a form of apostasy. However I like it generally especially on fries. Although my wife and daughters all hate it!
...is it a vegetable?
Ok on fries. Though I also like mayo on them but not at the same time
ketchup + mayo is the base of most fast food's burger sauces.
Nah, don't like it, don't use it, not my kind of thing.
I only eat it when it is a base for barbecue sauce.
I do not use ketchup, except on french fries and tater tots. Ketchup does not make it to my burgers or my hot dogs or sausages. Those three are Dijon mustard territory if I'm putting a spreadable condiment directly on burgers, hot dogs, or sausage.
One random factoid about ketchup that sticks with me all these years - Richard Nixon reputedly liked ketchup on cottage cheese. Gives me shivers just thinking about it.
What's for lunch?
ketchup
in Japan, a ketchup sandwich is a thing i hear
Sandwich? If there are no leftovers - but had very good tacos yesterday.
DBD AV CLUB
Fast X drops tomorrow - reviews have been bad. I will see it with low expectations (8 and 9 were not very good)
I'm probably going to wait until I can download it.
I worked on it. The parts I saw looked ridiculous.
Pa and Step-Ma Chitwood are in town so we "rented" a movie on Amazon Prime...Plane, with Gerard Butler. Good little action flick...gotta suspend some reality of course, but it was definitely a fun ride for 110 minutes.
Yeah I saw that recently, pretty good! I like Butler
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Jacksonville FL flips blue after being red for all but four of the past 30 years. BORTLES!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrat-donna-deegan-flips-jacksonville-mayors-office-major-upset-rcna84791
Jacksonville's Duval County also flipped blue in the 2020 election. Could be a real trend.
Veto overriden. Abortion at 12 weeks becomes illegal in NC. Deciding vote was Democrat who flipped to GOP from super-blue Charlotte area who has had an abortion. It was believed that her flip was negotiated in exchange to be on the Education Committee chair because she is a charter school lobbyist.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-bans-north-carolina-south-carolina-da99a7f6c4d27297020bc2622c065345
I would say, "People get what they vote for," but in this case it seems like they didn't.
Kinda like a certain US Senator from Arizona.
Also, she's allegedly banging the speaker of the house, Tim Moore.
BOOOOO!
Nebraska lawmakers changes processes to get around filibuster from Senator who stopped anti-trans legislation. They pass the bill making trans-care illegal and make abortion after 10 weeks illegal.
https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1658595598063239170
3 Oregon lawmakers who boycotted hundreds of socially progressive bills have been disqualified from re-election
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/three-members-oregon-senate-disqualified-re-elected-rcna84584
Colorado Springs elects a black non-Republic as mayor. And he's an immigrant. I mean, have you been to Colorado Springs? This is a minor miracle.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/16/yemi-mobolade-colorado-springs-mayor/
Texas passes law to broadly strip power away from blue cities and put them with red state government.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4007362-texas-passes-bill-stripping-authority-from-cities/
DiFi reportedly denies being absent and not voting on Senate. JFC.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/dianne-feinstein-health-return-to-senate.html
I hate to come off as a ghoul, but $5 says she's not among the living by May 17, 2024, quite possibly by New Year's Day 2024.
Yeah, similar admittedly creepy thoughts have entered my mind upon reading these recent articles. It would be a minor miracle if she makes it to 2024. Wonder who Gavin would appoint to fill out her term?
SF Chron has repeatedly reminded readers that Newsom publicly pledged to appoint a Black woman to a US Senate vacancy should a vacancy appear while he is governor.
The obvious question, then, is would that person be Barbara Lee? or someone else, like Karen Bass (Mayor of LA)? Shirley Weber (Calif. Sec'y of State)?
EDIT: just in case it's not obvious, selecting Lee in such a scenario would upend the 2024 US Senate race to succeed Feinstein. It would give Lee the power of incumbency, conceivably forcing Porter and Schiff out of the race and "electing" Lee in 2024.
As a side note, can I say that I find the pledges to appoint someone of a certain race kind of cringey? You can just wind up doing it anyway, but saying it ahead of time just gives ammo to the conservative argument that you're doing a diversity hire for someone unqualified.
It is very cringey. It's also a very awkward stance to take, but that's politics. In a sense, it's kind of like eating a Philly cheesesteak while campaigning in Philadelphia. You hope you don't ruin your shirt and tie while doing it.
Yeah I don’t think he would appoint someone that is running already
Newsom would be playing with fire, right? His own political career could be permanently scarred with that kind of maneuver.
I think you folks probably get a pass, as you could argue it's neither ghoulish nor creepy to wonder how much longer a person that turns 90 in a little over a month has to go, especially one that has stubbornly chosen to remain in the public's eye despite being obviously incapacitated for the past, what, 5, 10 years? Hell, she makes Bernie Lomax look like Richard Simmons on coke.
Lauren Boebert files divorce paper. Her husband - who was drinking beer and cleaning a gun - allegedly assaulted the person who served him the papers.
Family values....
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Cal gets WR Taj Davis from Washington
https://twitter.com/247SportsPortal/status/1658967443115581441
Some uplifting news
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1658208537590517762
Some rando ranked Cal QBs as last in Pac 12
https://stayaliveinpower5.com/2023/05/17/ranking-the-pac-12s-best-quarterbacks-of-2023/
Nope. But last season was not impressive so it's a bit hard for the prognosticators to rank Cal higher. We're also expected to finish eleventh in the conference ahead only of Furd.
Haas School of Business voted best at teaching present-value-of-money
https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/berkeley-haas-ranked-1-for-finance-research/
The lady friends sister will be graduating from Haas this Friday.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Elizabeth Holmes (Stanford, 2002-04) loses bid to delay her imprisonment any longer. She was originally supposed to turn herself in on April 27th, but won an automatic delay due to the filing.
https://apnews.com/article/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-prison-e1f8ebdd48455d7e0c87f450d665a404
I finally watched the HBO documentary about Holmes, just because I kept seeing her in the news and figured I should know what the heck is going on with her.
What a strange person.
The best ESPN 30 for 30 IMO is the one about the Phx Suns gorilla. At one point he said he had to quit because he “got lost in the gorilla” - he no longer was able to distinguish between himself and the gorilla character.
I think about that sometimes with people like Holmes or Trump who are doing a character - they seem to get themselves in trouble when they get too far lost in the gorilla, so to speak, and lose sight of reality. Although Holmes also I think does have a personality disorder - I don’t think at bottom there is anything there that is really her. Just a collection of artifices created by (clearly) a psychopath as a means to an end.
Day 3 of the CharitiBundi Bowl and we are facing a serious challenge from Stanford - they're up 5k on us! 11.9k vs 6.5k
https://twitter.com/newampaths/status/1658852688606511104?s=20
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