Desperation Is A Helluva Drug!

 5 days to go. The desperation is getting weirder and weirder. The players are getting more inarticulate by the appearance as they desperately try and hold onto what they think will win it for them. Crazy people.

Donald Junior, jaw gyrating up and down as he couldn't wait to begin spouting coke fueled rants after Trump sycophant and general human asshole Laura Ingraham fed him raw meat. Junior shot forth a stimulant induced tirade of nonsense and dangerous misinformation. Covid deaths are practically zero, the cases are almost non existent, Scott Atlas of herd immunity fame is better than Sanjay Gupta who is a moron, the Trump failure was in reality a huge success, and cocaine is getting really expensive. A 28 day stay in the "hospital" for kidney problems is in Junior's future. Maybe the Melania discount is still in force.

The facts are so not in line with reality Junior is definitely a contender for 2024's GOP nomination. That is if he doesn't OD by then, or is murdered by Kimberly Guilfoyle that is. Or more in reality, goes to prison.

Today is Ivanka Trump's 39th birthday though parts of her are just reaching puberty. Ivanka, the child labor in China enthusiast, is the GOP's hope to appeal to the coveted "suburban woman" vote. Now per the Trumps, "suburban women" are all white, stay at home moms, racists and afraid of their own shadows. If this is true, which of course it isn't since nothing the Trumps believe is real, the Donald Trump has this election in the bag. But since we live in a reality based world, this of course is nonsense. "Suburban women" are not all white, not all racists, not all stay at home moms and not afraid of anything, except maybe an orange lout they dumped 20 years ago popping back into their lives. 

Ivanka Trump is a phony, plastic robot. Much like her father, she cares nothing for anyone but herself and by pretending to be the apple of her degenerate fathers bloodshot eye, she only fools dummies. She came out as being "unapologetically pro-life" which of course makes me curious about her Ob Gyn records since no Trump ever says anything without it being a part of their past. Puppet, not a puppet, you're the puppet.

Eric Trump is a dolt who does nothing but retweets crazy people thinking that somehow that helps Daddy's chances to keep the base. Eric Trump stole money from a charity meant to help children with cancer so he's truly a chip off the old manure pile.

And then theres Tiffany Trump. Silent for years. The love child Trump. The forgotten Trump. the one Ivankas "pro-life" views were tested on has graduated law school and now needs to get to grifting on her own. An Ivanka appearing makeover, a strange appearance attempting to get the LGBTQ vote, and Tick Tock videos so filtered she looks like a video game character. She used to be the Trump who got away, but we now know she was just biding time to become the 24 year old Ivanka clone. Daddy look at me.

And finally Barron Trump. He's really tall.

This sending out of the Trumps to desperately save themselves and Daddy from a federal or state prison farm is almost over. Its 5 days away from ending....finally...... And as Kamala said and they know.....They're coming for you.

Omaha Rally!

 He came, he conquered, he dazzled a million people, or maybe 6000, and then he left. Stranding thousands without any way to get back to their trucks they parked miles away as he sat in Con Air One all comfy looking down at the "disgusting people" that vote for him.

Donald Trumps traveling Snake Oil Covid Show came to Omaha last night and is now only known for one thing. He stranded them in the freezing cold because his incompetent campaign failed to provide shuttle buses to get people back to the parking lots. Oh the buses were plentiful getting the bumpkins TO the whackfest, but getting them out wasnt a concern. The perfect metaphor for this entire campaign.  Cheer me and then fuck off.

The rally itself was typical. All the Greatest Hits.The lying about how many were there (6000 not 29000 as he claimed),  Lock her up, Lock him up, 4 more years, the Covid Covid Covid whining, the bullshit jobs report, the bashing of any local who treated him badly (hello Ben Sasse) , the utter nonsensical preening and dancing, the sight of conservative Midwesterners "dancing" to YMCA which has amused me for 25 years and then he leaves. 

The aftermath not so typical. It was cold, yes, but it wasnt 10 degrees as the Liar in Chief said (it was 34). And the shuttle buses that had been hired by the Trump campaign weren't sufficient to get people out of the cold. So the Omaha cops had to call in Metro Buses to pick up the slack, but they couldnt get there because of so many people walking in the streets. The cops on police radios calling it a "shit show", calling for ambulances for elderly people who couldn't handle the weather conditions. There were 7 suffering from hypothermia and another 23 who also ended up in the hospitals. This on top of our Covid spike due to our Idiot Governor, Pete Ricketts refusing to adhere to CDC standards. Yes this was a shit show.

The rally ended around 9pm and many didn't get back to their vehicles until 12:30 am. Maskless morons galore. Local politicians like Senator Rubber Stamp, Maskless Deb Fisher, the outgoing Iowa Senator Maskless Joni Ernst and yes, General Don Bacon showed up after all. Ranting early on before he took off , the General was maskless and thoughtless as usual. Kara Eastman is his opponent. Chip in if you can.

All that you've heard about this nightmare is true, unless it comes from The Bullshit Artist in Chiefs campaign. He came here for one stinkin electoral vote. And he left his loony supporters out in the cold. It doesnt matter to those he abandoned, they're beyond hope but it may matter to others who saw the story and the utter indifference this campaign shows to American citizens. 

6 days left. Then we rid ourselves of the narcissistic sociopathic Shitgibbon in Chief. 

That one electoral he craves? Omaha to Trump. Fuck you!

Brother Trumps Traveling Covid Show!

The Traveling Trump Covid Show lurches into town tonight as Jackoff in Chief worries about losing Nebraska 02 and its 1 electoral vote. This is Nebraska, as Republican as you can get, at least west of Lincoln. This district went for Obama in 2008 so its not full of mouth breathing morons sucking Trump Covid air in deeply to please their Dear Leader. This is truly a purple district, full of progressives and moderates and people who find the Bigfoot in Chief a true lout. This is why he's here. Not because he gives a rats ass about any of us, its because he wants that one vote.

There is also a  House race that is tight around here. The incumbent is a former General named Don Bacon, a true Trump kiss ass who loudly proclaimed he changed his vote to repeal Obamacare from yes to HELL YES. How unfortunate for him. His challenger is a progressive community activist named Kara Eastman who came close to unseating Bacon two years ago and is right on Bacon's heels, if not beating his sycophantic ass. Bacon is distancing himself from Trump, in fact he secretly appeared at an event with Junior only after the press was barred from covering. Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, someone with a phone taped the General screeching Make America Great Again. Bacon who in his ads now claims hey not me, I said HELL YES to protecting Obamacare and its pre-existing condition limitations which to anyone with a working brain knows is a lie. His ads also cannot stop calling Kara Eastman a "socialist" and showing pictures of Nancy Pelosi and AOC to scare the snowflakes afraid of women.

But perhaps the Generals biggest cowardly move is he wont be at Trumps little Covid Fest tonight in Omaha. Something about prior commitments. Like hiding under his bunk from the scary Oaf in Chief he takes his orders from. 

Kara Eastman may win this race. The early voting turnout here is huge. We arent scared of mail in voting here. Even the Republicans say its a smooth process with no dangers. General Bacon is frightened out of his boots. For him to avoid Trump like he has the plague (oh wait) says a lot about this race. He was a lousy rubber stamp Congressman and probably a lousy General. After all, what kind of General takes his orders from a draft dodging bone spurred coward like Trump? 

By the way, the polls here show Joe Biden leading the Thug in Chief by 7 points. Thats huge here. Lets just hope Joe can bring Kara Eastman along.

Putin & Borat!

 Uh oh. The boss is pissed. And he isnt shy about saying it out loud.

Vladimir Putin doesnt seem to give a rats ass about Hunter Biden or emails or whatever it is Rudy Giuliani and the Trump campaign came up with to hammer dummies with the last two weeks of this never ending campaign. In fact, Putin may have written the phony Burisma shit himself. But Putin didnt become the richest man on earth by choosing the wrong horse and it appears he has suddenly switched off  the early favorite Trump is a Horses Ass to the more stable favorite Sleepy Joe.

Putin said it out loud. He sees nothing wrong with any of Hunter Bidens dealings or non dealings or whatever it is his SVR buddies have conjured up and slipped to the old Shirt Tucker inner Rudy Giuliani and then to Trumps campaign. Its like Putin already knows no matter what he and his hackers do wont help his Stooge in Chief prevail. So he may as well get ready to be stared down again like Obama used to.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is on Amazon Prime free to all since everyone has Amazon Prime now right? Watch it and you will see an actor, not a journalist, take down the whole Covid clusterfuck in 1 hour and 29 minutes. Sasha Baron Cohen, thru his Borat character , exposes the idiocy of this whole gigantic fuck up. Whether its making fools of Republican women, Covid deniers or a jaunt into CPAC dressed as Trump, Cohen skewers them all. He also shows himself to be a big softie with a Holocaust survivor as he shivs anti-Semitism at a synagogue. Even Trump fans who brave this movie will see how goddamned stupid the Covid deniers are . Or at least I would hope so.

I love Sasha Baron Cohen as an actor, a comedian and a social commentator. In this film he has achieved what the fucking NY Times' or the Wash Post or CNN or whoever cannot. He doesnt pretend to be fair because he doesnt care. There are not two sides to this Covid bullshit, only one and its about time regular journalists recognized it. Until then its Borat that will have to.

If Borat aint your cup of tea, or you dont think its your cup of Joe, a certain Covid denying creep weighed in on Borat by slurring :

"I dont know what happened , but years ago , ya know, he tried to scam me and I was the only one to say no way. Thats a phony guy and I dont find him funny"

Thanks a lot well known movie expert, Donald Trump. What more of an endorsement do you need?

Last Debate Of His Life!

 I know more about wind than you do. I am the least racist person in this room. Good. You're the Big Guy. The laptop is Russia Russia Russia . Abraham Lincoln where did that come from? You have houses all over the place. Good. I'm immune.

The greatest hits continued. The Stand Up in Chief cannot get away from it, even when obviously sedated and acting like a reasonable monkey without the urge to fling shit. Yet.

Who the hell who even watched that changed one molecule of hatred towards this miscreant? Or changed one molecule of love for their Cult Leader. This election is trench warfare. Nobody is ever going to understand the Cult. The Cult digs in and gets ready for the suicide charge. The debate was unnecessary and futile.

Yet the pundits will still analyze and declare winners and losers and break down phrases and gaffes. Some will announce that because Trump didnt throw a tantrum and acted somewhat civilized that he "won". As if lying for 90 minutes but being soft spoken is a winning strategy. People like Megyn Kelley, screaming for her Fox gig back, will declare a Trump victory. Fuck, it doesnt even matter what he says, its how he says it. We have sunk so low. I mean I hate Trump with every fiber of my being and there is nothing he could say or do that will change my mind. He is a terrorist, a scumbag, a racist, a pervert, a rapist and piece of shit liar. There is no bottom?

Yet last night after Biden lamented the fact there are over 500 children missing their parents due to an administration of white supremacists who dont give a shit, Trump said "Good". Huh? Did I hear that right? Good? Good that young children in cages are basically orphans? You know, like Junior and Eric and Barron and certainly Tiffany. That was monstrous.

I already voted so whatever happens means nothing to me as far as me getting another vote. But for crissakes, Good?

11 days to go and America can go back to what is was, or become what it is now. A diseased shithole.

Biden/Harris 2020.

Cornered Orangutan!

 I am old enough to have lived through the Nixon years, the lashing out, the paranoia, the press bashing , and the ultimate result being Americans of the GOP persuasion putting country over party and going to Nixon and saying its over buddy. And Nixon left.

Trust me younger folks. That was NOTHING compared to this madness, The Cornered Animal in Chief is becoming more dangerous by the hour. He seems to be appealing only to his fascist base of armed goons and dummies now. NO intent to grab onto new voters. He is so sick he really believes that the people who risk their lives and cheer him and chant stupid shit and dont wear masks and boo listening to science and boo a hero like Dr Fauci are the "silent majority" and will propel him to another term as the Fascist in Chief. 

But when the Mussolini in Chief begins not only to lie but to attempt basically a coup to remain in power by trashing the system of government. By calling on an absent Attorney General to 'arrest" every opponent he's ever had. Obama, Biden, Hunter Biden all need be behind bars according to the Deflector in Chief. Behind bars by November 3rd, the date he gets crushed, humiliated, and put out of his misery for good. This is madness. Even for this guy.

The GOPers are beginning to jump ship. First it was Ben Sasse, the Nebraska Republican who says bad things about his Dear Leader now and then and then votes with McConnell and does as hes told. (Sorry America but he will be re elected by a wide margin because R) Then John Cornyn, the old Texas twerp, said he differs with the Kim Jong Trump in Chief but does so privately. That Trump is like the husband women cannot change. Take note Texas women, Cornyn is a caveman. And Moscow Mitch, who has seemed to know what is happening to his Ventriloquist Dummy in Chief for months is just ignoring him now. 

Trump is becoming more unstable and treacherous. What comes after November 3rd is frightening. Especially if the bought and paid for Justices on the Court decide to pay back their debt. We arent out of the woods until January 21st, 2021 and that Clown is gone, hopefully to prison.

But first things first. What the hell will happen Thursday at the debate? The Screamer in Chief has already trashed Kristen Welker ,the moderator, as a radical leftist. Will it be another meltdown? Will Welker need a whip to keep the desperate cornered orangutan at bay? Will Biden need a Hazmat suit to keep the Trump Crime Family from coughing the whole time attempting to infect him? 

OH MY GOD this next 14 days is going to be something. And it cannot go fast enough.

Scotus Pocus!

The fast track to confirm an unqualified Handmaiden to the Supreme Court before the upcoming bloodbath is well underway. Led by an unsettling determination to put a stuck in the past woman whose only job will be to overturn Roe V Wade, throw 20-30 million Americans off their health insurance plans, and retain white male supremacy for decades to come, this Senate Republican gang of evil will succeed. And then will go away to lucrative careers as lobbyists and paid whores to whatever evil cause they go to like a moth to a flame.

I dont give a shit about Amy Coney Barrett, or Amy Coathanger Barrett. She is their pawn, a baby making machine with a little girl voice who shall enforce religion onto a increasingly lucid America. Once this lost cause is over, 7 of 9 of these Justices will be Catholics , 5 of the 9 will have been appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote and we are fucked. You think guys like Gorsuch, the folksy fascist who ruled once that a truck driver should have died in the cold rather than abandon his corporate owned vehicle and cost his employer money, are bad. Or you think guys like Kavs, a privileged Catholic prep school drunk, are unqualified. Or you think the continued presence of a bitter old sexual harasser like Thomas are bad. Or you think a slave to the 15th century like Alito are wrong, you aint seen nothing yet.

This Amy Coney Barrett is nothing but a paid off super spreader willing to do the white mans bidding as far as keeping them in control. In control of womens bodies, in control of overturning minority rights, in control of overturning voting rights, in control of protecting Citizens United, in control of stuffing the LBGTQ community back in the closet and making sure we all know who is in charge of this dying nation.

You see, shes an "originalist" when it comes to the Constitution. The 237 year old outdated document written by white males who protected slavery, protected male domination, put the slaves in their place, figured American Indians were nobody, and kept women in the home to do as they were told is as relevant now as the freaking butter churner. Oh there may be people who still churn butter by hand, but 99.9% of us buy it at the store and dont care what machine made it.

Barrett and the Federalist Society are all "originalists". Men and women who think what the Founding Fathers wrote down is somehow divinely inspired. Well of course they do. They are a bunch of old white men preserving their power. Enablers like Barrett, who shouldn't even be voting much less a fucking judge in their eyes, are a dream come true. Barrett and her ilk, like Clarence Thomas, are the Sonderkommandos of America. Cooperating with evil.

Good luck America. You should have voted for Hillary. Elections have consequences.

Mister Rogers And Mister Hyde!

 Donald Trump is a child. An attention seeking child. Because he refused to take part in a virtual debate with Joe Biden he was forced to do what he does best. Scream look at me and bullied NBC News into allowing him to have his own Town Hall opposite Sleepy Joe where he just knew he would crush him in the ratings and be able to boast about it. Ya know, the car wreck theory.

Sorry Crazy Uncle Donald . You lost. Biden crushed you in the ratings. 12 million to 10 million, much like Hillary crushed you but unfortunately for you, there's no antiquated system to save your dumb ass this time. Instead you tweet out a satirical site insisting Twitter shut down just to cause you trouble and help Joe Biden. Jesus Christ, only 18 days till the real danger starts.

All you got out of last nights Trump town hall if you watched was:

1) 85% of people who wear masks get Covid

2) Q Anon is against pedophilia and so is he so they're ok in his book and Antifa!

3) Some nutty woman, one of those "undecided" voters, told him how handsome he is when he smiles

4) He doesn't remember if he took a covid test the day of the first debate 

5) When he gets pissed, he tells uppity women they are "so cute"

6) Savannah Guthrie called him a "crazy uncle". I expected nothing from her. I was wrong

7) Because the unemployment rate isnt 42% he's a big success cuz he closed the China border

8) He's batshit crazy as usual

Meanwhile on ABC, President 46 was cool and collected and spoke to real people on a real people level like a real President usually does. Anyone watching Joe Biden act like "Mr Rodgers (sic)" and Trump acting like Mr. Hyde, gets it. 

Most of us dont give a flying fuck what Joe Biden does or says. We just want normal again. Crazy Uncle Donald and Normal Uncle Joe are the two guys at Thanksgiving in opposite corners of the room . Which one do you gravitate to? 

Say Uncle Joe whats up?

The Veep Debate!

 It was all about The Fly. I know. We've heard all the jokes about flies and shit and the fly being Pence's only black friend and the fly being tested for Covid. But what this debate was really about was a Trump clone with a oozing eye and a black woman introducing herself to America.

Look, Pence lied all night, went over his time, didn't answer any questions and showed a disdain for both women on that stage. Him mansplaining race relations to a black woman was particularly grating. Him lying about the utter failure of this putrid administration to protect Americans health was jaw dropping. His failure to actually state what we all know, that he would throw women in jail for having an abortion, was stunning. And the fact he and his Karen don't follow rules because they don't think they have to (check her maskless prune face at the end) is typical Trump enabler behavior. But that fly. 

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris was saying hi America, I'm the person who may take over if the 78 year old guy falters . Did she pass? Of course she did. The right wingers who hate women are scared shitless calling her names and a President called her a communist (hello 1955) and a monster. The Covid King is also scared to death. The moderates all say well she seems reasonable and smart. The lefties all say ehhhhh she's a prosecutor but these are tough times so whatever. Besides, we may need her when Barr and the Republican fascists try and steal the election which they are going to do . A tough in your face Prosecutor staring down a weasel like Bill Barr and telling him NO.

I wasnt a fan early in the primaries. She was no Liz Warren. She was fearless yes, but not Liz fearless. Then she was gone . But as time went on I realized Trump understands just one thing, a kick in the balls. She was willing and able. She aint afraid of no ghosts.

Kamala Harris won the debate last night. Sorry Trumpers, but lies arent the truth and spending 90 minutes lying like the true Christian he isn't, Pence did himself no favors. In fact he probably needs a Covid test like yesterday. He looked sick as hell. Think Trump cares if he infected his lap dog? Fuck no, he expects Pence to die for him if necessary. And Pence is enough of a spineless gutter snipe that he might. Then Karen could establish her Handmaids Tale Queendom. 

The debate didnt change one mind. It pissed off most women with any dignity when Pence interrupted and mansplained , and condescended to the moderator and the Senator, both women of accomplishment. Its like Pence was the first husband. The one they vowed never to return to. Women are saving this country in 26 days and Pence solidified it. As ugly as Trump is, Pence is more real, more of the terrible man that's been in every woman's life.

26 Days. And then another untold number of days of Republican fascists trying to steal the election by manipulating their appointed judges into ruling that 60 million is more than 70 million. And it may happen. This country s is changed forever. And not for the better.

Eddie Van Halen!

 The first time I heard that shredding guitar was back in 1978 when disco was ending and rock was still dead but for a few hangers on. I was a radio jock at the time playing college radio music that consisted of deep cuts and one hit wonders. A new single came in from some group named Van Halen and I put it on. Runnin With The Devil.. The guitar was phenomenal. The singer was phenomenal. The backing vocals were spot on. I was a fan.

Eddie Van Halen died yesterday after defying his lifestyle's inevitable end for years. The loss is devastating to us old rockers. While Van Halen survived 3 different lead singers (amazing) Eddie remained the reason they never faded away. That guitar whether it was Runnin With The Devil or Panama or Hot For Teacher or And the Cradle Will Rock or even the shredding he did for Beat It was never disappointing. The videos with Eddie's goofy grin, such a contrast to the preening schmoe David Lee Roth.

I am gonna miss that talent but we always have the songs. The songs! We have the songs!

Balcony Don!

 There he was. Gasping for air, Removing his mask. Such a manly man. Sick with a deadly virus but still doing his Mussolini impression. It was disgusting.

The man is a psycho. A Super Spreader willing to take everybody down with him in an effort to stay out of jail. The Filthbag in Chief , full of Covid and god knows what else, took off his mask and lumbered off into the White House to infect even more of his slaves  staffers. The fact is this nutjob is such a megalomaniac is a National Security threat as well as a threat to anybody in his circle. His adoring cultists, who he obviously doesnt care about (disgusting people) stand on corners bellowing they will die for this 300 lb lump of ooze. Those people are mentally gone, much like the remaining Germans who sort of enjoyed the smell of burning flesh.

Trump is done. He can suck up the oxygen and then make videos about how he's better now than 20 years ago all he wants. Whats coming soon enough (27 days) is the destruction of a mad regime of vandals and looters. The gravy train is coming to an end for these thieves and grifters. Their cult leader is months away from being in prison where he has belonged for 40 years.

That is, if he lives through this pandemic.

Knock Knock! Whos There? Covid! Come On In!

 When RBG died, Mitch McConnell popped a turtle boner so large his shell exploded. While Democrat and decent people mourned a legend, Republicans and vampire like conservatives began to plot how they could reverse RBG's life's work quicker than $99 overnight shipping from a Corporate delivery service. RBG's famous last words , per her granddaughter, were something along the lines of "my most fervent wish is that the lump of toxic goo in the White House and his traitorous collaborators wait till after they get crushed to let Joe Biden replace me".....or something like that. But because this President is a peasant and a narcissist Visigoth all in one, he quickly called the last words a fake news story and blamed Shifty Schiff or Cryin Chuck. Who ya gonna believe? RBG's granddaughter or the Pathological Liar in Chief?

So the Worst Showman In Chief couldn't just announce his choice to shit all over RBG's memory in the White House room he did with the last unqualified rube , it had to be an in your face outdoor ceremony with Republican collaborators in attendance squeezed together like a tube of toothpaste. It doesnt matter the nominee is a backwards thinking phony intent of pissing all over RBG's accomplishments by making America White Male Supremacist Again. What does matter is the horror movie next few days that the Screamer in Chief had.

His tax returns dropped showing he is as big of a deadbeat tax cheat as we all knew. He yelled for 90 minutes at whatever would listen during a debate making no sense, lying and spitting germs and deadly viruses at his opponent while his unmasked crime family looked on. Melania Trump tapes came to the forefront with her being as big an asshole as the rest of the mob family she married in to.

Then came Covid . After 6 months of denying science, denying reality, putting people at risk to boost his ego, and pushing quack cures like a common preacher, the Unmasked Moron in Chief got what he'd been asking for. Covid 19. Only problem was he wasnt the only one. The In Your Face Owning The Libs SCOTUS event was THE Super Spreader event of the year.  Lee, Kellyanne, Johnson, Jenkins, Thillis, Stepien, Melanie, Hicks, Christie and who knows who else got the bug. By dancing on the not even buried RBG's memory these arrogant pricks got what they thought their white privilege selves were immune to.  

Now I want the Clodhopper in Chief to fully recover. Fully. I want him to be able to go to the debates and holler at clouds again. I want him to get crushed on November 3rd. I want him to be indicted and I want him to go to prison. Like it should be intended by life.

This Clive Barker type craziness where RBG's spirit kills them all is tempting. But its not real,

Too fuckin bad these pompous money grubbers spent the last 6 months daring a virus to come and get me.

Next time you push forward an 18th century minded woman to own the libs, make sure she isn't a Typhoid Amy.

Sayers And Gibby!

 Hey I come from a the worlds biggest small town. Omaha. Back when I was a young un the pride of my hometown was virtually nobody. We were a quiet unassuming folk and went about our lives voting Republican and knowing everyone knew their place. This a segregated city to this day, however back in the 60s it was far worse. But man, did we have heroes who made it once they left the chains of Omaha.

Gale Sayers died two weeks ago after suffering from dementia for years. Sayers was from North Omaha and was a football star at Omaha Central. He spurned Nebraska because like now, they sucked, and went south to Kansas where he became an All American. I wish I could say I was old enough to remember Sayers running 99 yards for a TD against the Nebraska team he said no to in 1963. That record, of course, still stands to this day in Lincoln. 

Sayers went to my favorite NFL team, Da Bears, after his stellar career at KU and tghrilled everyone in my household. My Mom wasnt even a pro football fan yet tuned in every week the the Bears were on just to watch Gale Sayers run. He was unlike anything we'd ever seen. 18 inches of daylight. Watch that and remember it was 1965. Unreal even now. Sayers blew out his knee in 1969 and before the advent of  reconstructive surgeries, it ruined him. He remains the youngest man ever admitted to to the NFL Hall of Fame when in 1977 he was 34. 

God he was thrilling.

Bob Gibson was my jam. Baseball was my jam. And laying in bed at night and moving the dials of a transistor radio just so on good clear nights I could get the St Louis radio broadcast of any game Bob Gibson pitched. As you can tell from the picture, every pitch Gibby threw made it look all of his extremities were going to fly off. The mound and the plate were his ,goddamit ,and you better respect that or face the consequences.

Bob Gibson was mean as hell. He absolutely refused to lose, Im sure when he saw current players talking to the  opponent before games he was infuriated, Thats the enemy!

1968 made the baseball gurus CHANGE THE RULES because of Bob Gibson, He was 22-9 and had a 1.12 ERA. He had 13 shutouts. He was so utterly dominant they lowered the mound to give the hitters a chance. Incredible as 1.12 was, the stat that amazed me even more was 9 teams actually beat him. How?

Now hes gone too.

My childhood is becoming sadder.