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Today is Superbowl sunday and the day if full of irony

Under normal circumstance the NFL would be as proud & as happy as it could be. Not only has it alone among US major sports played a full season intact & largely on time during the COVID crisis, which is a solid accomplishment, but it is ending the season with the best possible matchup you can think of in terms of a draw featuring not only a great narrative but the greatest player of all time vs the best current QB in the league. Brady vs Mahomes, the Past vs the Future, the ageless wonder vs the young stud. The slow steady methodical tortoise vs the speedy, explosive and irrepressible hare. It’s the best matchup at QB since Montana vs Marino in Superbowl 19.

Instead it finds itself despite so many stuck at home with ratings down for the season, advertisers fleeing their signature event over the prospect of being associated with either side of the culture war (Cripes even Budweiser gave it a miss) , lower ad rates for the ones who stayed and the prospect of the salary cap for the teams dropping for next year.

Given the size of the NFL getting woke isn’t going to make them broke but has managed to stop it’s growth and will cost the league and it’s player much in terms of revenue for a long time to come.

As for the game itself the only reason I’m interested because I’m a big Tom Brady fan and have been for years. I suspect a lot of others who would normally skip the new woke NFL’s showcase game will watch because to them Brady is a surrogate for Donald Trump and in the new police state it’s the only safe way to cheer him with fear.

I must confess that while I would like #TomBrady to win the superbowl today given the two teams and the matchup this is as close to a “pickem” game as you get. I would not be shocked if either team won nor would I be surprised if these same two teams & QB’s meet for a rematch next year. Tis could become the NFL’s Bird vs Magic for the next three years.

I’m working so I can’t watch the game but if you’re in this position as well never fear. Given the Biden administration’s success in killing US jobs in just a few weeks I’ll not be surprised after a year of the Biden Administration’s war on the American worker I suddenly find myself free next year to watch the rematch along with millions of other Americans who will be no longer burdened with the responsibility of a job.

Unexpectedly of course

Here is the state of the table top baseball leagues I run. All leagues are 162 game seasons with one 3 game series scheduled per week If you click on a team link you can see their stats, injuries, leaders etc.

League one All Futility League (all teams lost 96 + games) 2nd Season. Scheduled series time Thursday Mornings.

Teams AL Division A	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1970 Milwaukee Brewers	37	29	.561	—–	No
1970 Chicago White Sox	34	32	.515	3	No
2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays	27	39	.409	10	Yes
2003 Detroit Tigers	24	39	.381	11 1/2	No

Teams AL Division B	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1970 Kansas City Royals	38	28	.576	—–	No
2012 Minnesota Twins	36	30	.545	2	No
2008 Seattle Mariners	36	30	.545	2	Yes
1973 Texas Rangers	27	39	.409	11	No

Teams AL Division C	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2009 Cleveland Indians	34	32	.515	—–	No
2019 Baltimore Orioles	34	32	.515	—-	No
1957 Washington Senators	33	33	.500	1	No
1967 Kansas City A’s	28	35	.444	4 1/2	No

Teams NL Division A	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1998 Montreal Expos	43	20	.683	—–	No
2009 Washington Nationals	35	31	.530	9 1/2	Yes
2001 Pittsburgh Pirates	34	32	.515	10 1/2	Yes
1998 Florida Marlins	28	35	.444	15	Yes

Teams NL Division B	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2015 Atlanta Braves	33	33	.500	—–	No
2017 San Francisco Giants	31	35	.470	2	No
2012 Houston Astros	29	37	.439	4	Yes
2000 Philadelphia Phillies	27	38	.409	6	Yes

Teams NL Division C	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1982 Cincinnati Reds	37	26	.587	—-	No
1993 New York Mets	35	28	.556	2	No
1974 Chicago Cubs	32	34	.485	6 1/2	No
1993 San Diego Padres	31	35	.470	7 1/2	Yes

The SD Jones memorial .500 teams league is a league (all teams were no better than 2 games over .500 or no worse than 2 games under) Initial season . Games are scheduled for Tuesdays. AM

Note: Cincinnati has been taken in the league since the last update and has moved to 1st place in their division

Teams AL East	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1993 Boston	21	18	.538	—–	No
1973 New York (A)	19	20	.487	2	Yes
1967 Washington	17	22	.436	4	Yes
1957 Baltimore	16	23	.410	5	Yes

Teams AL Central	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2010 Detroit	23	16	.590	—–	Yes
1975 Cleveland	20	19	.513	3	No
1998 Chicago (A)	18	21	.462	5	No
1973 Minnesota	15	24	.385	8	No

Teams AL West	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2017 Kansas City	27	12	.692	—–	Yes
2010 Oakland	23	16	.590	4	No
2005 Toronto	18	21	.462	9	Yes
2018 Los Angeles (A)	14	25	.359	13	Yes

Teams NL East	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2018 Washington	29	13	.690	—-	No
1967 Pittsburgh	26	13	.667	1 1/2	No
1957 Philadelphia	20	19	.513	7 1/2	Yes
1975 New York (N)	19	20	.487	8 1/2	Yes

Teams NL Central	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1996 Cincinnati	19	20	.487	—–	No
2000 Colorado	19	20	.487	—-	Yes
1975 St. Louis	18	21	.462	1	Yes
1973 Houston	15	24	.385	4	Yes

Teams NL West	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1975 San Francisco	28	11	.718	—–	Yes
2007 Los Angeles (N)	18	21	.462	10	Yes
2012 Arizona	17	25	.405	12 1/2	Yes
1982 San Diego	12	27	.308	16	Yes

3rd League All time any time Great Teams League (3rd season) Games scheduled Friday evenings

Teams AL East	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1970 Baltimore	7	2	.778	—–	Yes
1993 Toronto	7	5	.583	1 1/2	Yes
1999 Boston	3	3	.500	2 1/2	No
1961 Yankess	1	5	.167	4 1/2	No

Teams AL Central	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2010 Texas	8	1	.889	—–	Yes
1974 Oakland	4	5	.444	4	Yes
2006 Detroit	3	6	.333	5	Yes
1954 Cleveland	3	6	.33	5	Yes

Teams AL Other	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1924 Washington	6	3	.667	—–	No
1977 Kansas City	5	4	.556	1	Yes
1967 Minnesota	4	5	.444	2	Yes
2009 New York (A)	3	6	.333	3	No

Teams NL East	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1975 Cincinnati	7	5	.583	—–	Yes
1998 Atlanta	5	4	.556	1 1/2	No
1955 Brooklyn	3	6	.333	2 1/2	Yes
2019 Washington Nats	3	6	.333	2 1/2	No

Teams NL Central	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
1957 Milwaukee	6	3	.667	—–	Yes
1971 Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	1 1/2	Yes
1985 St. Louis	3	3	.500	1 1/2	No
2003 Cubs	3	6	.333	3	Yes

Teams NL Other	Wins	Losses	PCT	GB	Available
2001 Arizona	4	2	.667	—–	Yes
2016 Chicago (N)	4	2	.667	—–	No
1977 Philadelphia	4	5	.444	1 1/2	Yes
2007 Colorado	3	6	.333	2 1/2	Yes

If you are interested in taking over the management of any of these teams contact me in comments.

Apparently the only people not in on trying to fix the election was the American voter.

Now that Biden/Harris are in office, it’s a perfect time to announce that the Left brought together millions of dollars and ensured that states would change their voting laws – illegally in many cases such as Virginia and California, ensured that judges would refuse to hear cases of voter fraud, and deployed thousands of people to help ensure that Election 2020 was “fortified” on behalf of the Democrats. 

Who were all those people who “fortified” the election? People from Planned Parenthood, Black Lives Matter, AFL-CIO, Fight Back Table (a coalition of resistance organizations), civil rights organizations and more. Once you take a closer look, you’ll realize that all involved are leftist groups. 

Millions of dollars were spent on this effort. Hell, $300 million came from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative! So Mark Zuckerberg has zero room to talk about how Facebook doesn’t censor. He and Dorsey were in on this. They had dinner with major principals of this Protect Democracy effort. With the result being that any information or commentary that the Democrats decided was disinformation would be banned. 

What’s really amazing is that with all of these folks conspiring they still needed to steal the election to get Biden in.

You would think this piece would never come out but the point of playing this publicly is to let us know whose in charge and tell us who is the ruler and who is the serf.

I’m starting to think they want a shooting war as an excuse to kill us.

Ferris Buehler once said, “Life moves pretty fast.” The truant wasn’t kidding. Seems just yesterday All Cops Were Bastards, or something, and burning government buildings down was peaceful protest, and suggesting the National Guard be used to quell rioters was actual violence.

Those were the days, my friend.

Now, 26,000 National Guard troops patrol D.C. like the capitol of some Banana Republic after a junta-staged coup, and cops are bastards unless they’re protecting politicians from the mob, and if you’re not cooperating with the FBI, you’re really endangering your future there, kid.

Bank of America really took that last one to heart. As reported by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, America’s second-largest bank, with more than 60 million customers, secretly searched through its massive database of its customers’ financial and transaction records to determine if any of its customers took part in the riots on January 6 in Washington, D.C.

Without its customers’ knowledge or consent, the bank, per Carlson, sought customers who made purchases in D.C. between January 5-6, customers who paid for hotel or lodging in D.C, Virginia and Maryland after January 6, and any purchases of weapons or at a weapons-related merchant between January 7 and Inauguration Day, and airline related purchases since January 6.

None of these actions are illegal.

Bank of America turned over to the FBI the records of 211 customers who met this profile.

What an incredible breach of trust Bank of America has committed. They have no right to go through its customers private financial records, much less to give them to the FBI.

Per the New York Post, Bank of America responded: “We don’t comment on our communications with law enforcement. All banks have responsibilities under federal law to cooperate with law enforcement inquiries in full compliance with the law.”

B of A is likely referencing the Bank Secrecy Act, the 1970 law intended to combat “money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal acts and the misuse of our nation’s financial institutions,” as one of the agencies charged with enforcing the law puts it.

But nothing in the records Bank of America searched and turned over to the FBI could possibly suggest anything even illegal, let alone related to terrorism or “other criminal acts.” Even buying a t-shirt at a gun shop would set off the Bank of America snoops.

Bank of America should be ashamed of itself, but in a shameless world, I won’t hold my breath. As ever, the banks are their own best argument for going bankless. I just never pegged them for Frenesi Gates.