Post Debate

As per usual, the Horse had the time wrong on the commencing hour of the Demo debate...had the pixels on CNN, and then realized...the bloody thing was airing...right then...on ABC!...do not use me as your source of setting up your DVR, apparently...well, we got to hear plenty of talk anyway...here, is MY take on it...listen, kids, it's just an opinion...there are many out there...

There are those who have said it was a 10 person TIE!...ah, no...not so...the debaters are all fine people, so it seems...with a singular vision of being the new boss of the USA...to rally the rest of the non-Trumpsters that exist in every corner of our great country...BUT, that is the issue for moi...beating Donny...you could make a case for every one of the ten, yes...even, the bad boy of the night, Castro...all of them...

Plans, loads of plans...'my plan is...'...sure...where is the money going to come from?...tax the very rich...OK...there is this thing about winning back the Senate...regaining control of Congress...to do so, there must be a united front of the Demos...who will the public buy into?...I'm telling you nothing that you don't already know...I reckon...the leadership is a MUST!...

Who, of those ten...then measures up?...to get where we want to go, we have to beat the bloody incumbent...and lord knows, he has no filter...will bully, belittle, badger, and disgrace anyone he comes into 'battle' with...yes, who can withstand this onslaught of negativity?...will take someone mighty special...

THAT is what I am looking for...that person that can be strong enough to weather the so called 'right'...and, like I have said before...I am waiting for the 'break through' moment...that tells me, 'he or she is THE ONE!...nope, I haven't get that yet...

However, there were some very interesting takes...kind of 'can he or she make a good VP?'...Beto came out strong on what I deem a very needed gun control fervor...he needed to make a splash...done...Mayor Pete was wistful in his verbiage...and youthful...with wisdom...and Yang, has a ballistic sudden following on the web net...hmmm...still...that is not the TOP SPOT...

Other...

I saw the first USA Olympic guys hoop team play way back when...it was an honor to be on the squad...and they were terrifying to play against...not so for the team anymore...the cash that the players make, or can make, makes them choose to pass on representing the country...it's all about the money, kids...

While the aforementioned debate was going on....the Apprentice went into what he has called 'the rat infested city of Baltimore' to make a speech to his base...to my knowledge, nobody carried it...even Fox News...ha ha...the line of the night for him, 'the country will go to Hell if any of those people win the presidency...'...he should know...

From the 'I can't make this stuff up' files...Donny claims that energy efficient light bulbs make him look orange...now, he wants to go back to the original type of bulbs...

Texas State rep...Briscoe Cain...after hearing the debate claim of Beto, actually went to threat mongering, 'my AR is Ready For You'....this needs to be addressed quickly...

Time for some REAL heat...and the Doobies...

The Top 4?

Maybe I should say, the FINAL FOUR...this could be a bit premature...as Mayor Pete could figure in the mix...perhaps, Final 5?...but, can't see any of the others squirming in...can you?...this debate is in Houston...I think I'm right, haha...the elite are Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Bernie Sanders...as I have continually said, I am waiting for a break through moment...in case you are out of the loop (?), these are the Democrats vying for the top elected office in our land...

I am hoping that one of the key parts of the night,  is when they attack the Apprentice...who will stand up and let fly first?...and hard...give his or her commentary of all the inadequacies that are so prevalent in this regime...our need for the real change in leadership...I don't want to hear about lesser issues, that can't really be done...hmmm, I guess I am leaning away from two of those 4...

One more thing before I move off of this...one of the keys, if not THE key, is the Democrat's apathy to the last election...did not get out to vote...listen, kids, it is imperative that you zone in on what's going on...make up your OWN mind...watching and listening to the wannabes is the perfect method...take some time and do so...if not you, who?...that scares moi...

6 PM, West Coast time...is tipoff...

OK...

This out of New Jersey...a couple that used a fertility clinic to help with their insemination...did the pregger thing...had a baby...and there was a screwup...they were white, and the baby that they born, was Asian...which brings about a bevy of questions...and perhaps, litigation...but, the real Q is... what if it happened to you?...would you continue on as the parents?...sue the fertility clinic?...and, how about the sperm that YOU gave, where is that?...into whom?...what WOULD YOU do?...

One of my favorite dudes in college football...Mike Leach...the rascal of the coaches...speaketh his mind...somehow has a really good team EVERY season...living and coaching in a remote spot in Pullman, Washington...where most kids have no clue as to where that is...and what the weather gets like...and has one of the most FUN offenses in the land to watch...really...well now, he has his team going back to play in Texas...geez, the debates one night, and the football, the next...and, of course, the date and time is predicated by the TV...moved it from Saturday to Friday...ah, the 13th...Mike, "Friday nite football is for the high schoolers"...totally agree...but, as per usual, it's all about the $...TV $...yes, this is the guy who directs the Washington State Cougars...

The mighty Padres...wooah...beat da Cubbies again last eve...4-0...ah, NUTTIN'...as the Sheriff and the relief corps had a helluva game...as did CF Manny Margot, with the glove and the stick...and, continuing on his oh so hot streak, Will Myers, had a 2 run ribbi single...he has been hitting over .400 in a solid 2 weeks or so, sporting an 11 game hitting streak...I know nothing...

As I remember it...in the waning hours and days after 9/11...the Mayor of NY was huge and taking charge...Rudy Guliani...I thought the world of him...even thinking he was presidential material...since?...not so much...but, he had time to reflect on that horrific day...and when queried, could not recall if Hillary Clinton, was even there at the site...you see, he has become a rabid Republican...apparently, with a failing memory....as there are pictures of him, doing his thing...back when, with her next to him...oh my...

And more from the Apprentice...he is trying to get to the bottom of the vaping crisis...going to ban flavored ecigs...the foundation he thinks to the use of more dangerous vapes...now, if Donny would just show the same passion to the rapid fire guns, that are allowed in this country, he could turn some heads...yea, right....

I did score some UO/USC game tix...as Snooki is going to come on down for the match...which just could be a donnybrook...November 2...my son is thinking about joining us...too...of course, like the WSU game above, the time of kickoff is NOT set yet...waiting on the TV $...we are debating taking the train, in lieu of driving...have to study that a bit more...especially if the game is at night...oh yea, and I heard this from my esteemed colleague from the great PNW, there is a line on the Montana/Duck game....+35...hmmm....

Couple of funny, not so laughable things...like ha ha...well, maybe so...some patent requests that were turned down...Ohio State wanted to patent 'THE', as most alumni say now, THE Ohio State...nope...and this one...LeBron James, the LaLa Laker, was asking for 'Taco Tuesday' as his...give me a break...my terminology is a tad off, it should be 'trademarks'...ha ha, well, still REJECTED!...

A totally scientific review of the breakfast sandwiches that are out there...and loving it...is made right here....yup, in the Horse blog, by him himself...ah, moi...me...here we go...the best of them all?...runaway winner is the biscuit sandwich at Carl's Jr...the biscuit is outta this world...2nd, is the Starbucks bacon egg and cheese croissant...and last, is the McDonald's any of theirs...dry...tastes like it was just taken out of the micro...and better yet, the Carl's Jr is 2 for $4!...I would not lie to you...

My round yesterday....if there was a bunker, I was in it...if there was a tree, I'd hit it...

FIBA World Cup...mens hoops...I am adding this late...the USA were taken out early...as even Coach Pop couldn't get these dudes to win...the Americans are used to walking thru these games...not anymore...as many of the opponents have NBA players on their teams...too many of the selfish, elite US guys, pass on playing...hey, it's all about the money...LeBron?...naw...the Brow?...naw...Steph?...nope...the Beard?...you gots to be kidding...hey, the idea of winning with the next line of blokes is a TALL order...and, now, unsuccessful...

BREAKING NEWS....the House has voted on rules of Impeachment...ah, what?....

Never Forget

This is a late post, as the golf world called me name...a 7:30 am tee time...which means I am outta here at 6:30...wake up!...make my bed, throw a...oops, that's the Beatles line...sure, I did it again!...shot my age...I am now 94...

We shall never forget...this date...9/11/2001...when the unthinkable happened to our country...a severe blight in our security...a wakeup call for sure...that is still fresh in the minds of the USA...and, probably, to our enemies, as well...which we can NEVER let our guard down...reminds me so much of the beginning of the second world war in Hawaii...yes, another 'caught off guard' situation...I really thought that that would never happen again ...the enemy is always lurking...

The Apprentice did it again...fired one of his hires...the security bloke, John Bolton...what I don't get is this...why does he lambast the guy, after his dismissal?...couldn't he have just called him, when his actions weren't what Donny wanted, and told him 'no!'...rather than just get rid of him?...if you want a real glimpse of the mismanagement of this guy...look at all the people he has hired...and now fired...in his cabinet...which, by the way, is STILL not filled...oh my...takes up a full 8x11 page...

The Carrie Underwood Show...simply mahvelous...the very best out there...I am taken back by how much energy and voice she has...how does she do it?...unique was the stage...it surrounded the floor of the arena...thus, she moved everywhere...and everyone had a great view of her and her entourage...my fav moment?...when she went back and played some of her songs, that were pop back 15 years ago...oh my gosh, it has been 15?...'I Know You Won't'...was near tear jerking...it was for Marsh...if she is going to be in your town, by all means, get out there...you can thank the Horse, later...

The Ducks...there is no line on their hosting of Montana...at least in the Trib...does that mean that Vegas won't play it?...I can't imagine that...

The mighty Padres won in OT versus the Cubbies...a walk off walk...ha ha...the Chi pitcher couldn't throw a strike...and walked the last 3 Pads he faced...for the SD win...so, the thing that all the MLB teams do, is run on the field and drench the game winner...the hit, or, in this case, the bloke who drew the walk...odd...hey, any way they can, get a, win...is OK by moi...

Have you been following the bizarre tale of Antonio Brown?...the NFL WR, who went from the Pitt Steelers, to the Oakland Raiders...then, to the New England Patriots...and then...he was accused of rape by his former masseuse....something like that...hey, he was one of them DWTS stars, back a few years...wonder how long before he is banned from the league?...

The Demo debate is manana...10 are in the mix...and the front runner is still Joe Biden...I'm not on board, yet...I want to see more...I have interest in Kamala, especially....but, shoot, I need to think, this is THE one...not there yet...

Carrie

We are fortunate to see many people in concert...groups, too...of course, there are favorites...repeat visits to the shows...Lady A, Little Big Town, Brooks and Dunn, of course, the Beach Boys, Boz, shoot the list goes on and on...however, one of the very best is Carrie Underwood...if not THE best...the production is simply awesome...and not one of them people who sneaks in a lip-sync...tonight is the night...out at the old Sports Arena...which has changed ownership at least twice since...perhaps more...she has two opening acts, and I'm not sure what time we will Uber out...tip off is at 7:30, I think...

I keep searching for the right way to take pictures in the concerts...something about opening the lens more...but, I am talking the iPhone, so fuggit about the lens thing...there just has to be an adjustment to be made...I look on the web net, and can't get an answer...hmmm...anyone out there in the Horse World know?...

Not sure where I am on this...Trump has his reservations about letting in the masses of Bahamians, who have lost everything, into the US...'there are some very bad people in the lot'...something like that...I'm certain you can hear him saying it...maybe, I guess...I don't know...what does he base that on?...right, he just talks...bellows...

His numbers of support have dwindled even more...down another 6 points...according to an ABC News/Washington Post Poll...38%...seems high to moi...I get tickled when his 'base' keeps saying, 'just watch, he will get elected for a 2nd term'...the rebuttal?...'Fake News!'...maybe not, Donny...

Recall when the famous tape came out with Donny commenting on how he lures his women in?...talking with the LaLa bloke, Billy Bush...Trump said it, but Billy got fired!...still can't figure that out...does his 'base' have any shame?...apparently not...

Some entertaining NFL games last eve...the Saints won at the buzzer in N'orleans...a 58 yd FG, that would have been good from 70...and, the Raiders whipped the Broncos...just wondering if all them crazed Oakland fans are going to travel to Las Vegas, when the team moves into their new digs next season...I don't know the answer to this, but is that new stadium going to have a moveable lid?...

The mighty Padres...playing in front of a Chicago based crowd, in San Diego...egads, it is true...got swallowed up, 10-2...our brilliant management left the starting pitcher out there for 8 runs...I think its the 3rd straight game he has done that...he did that, cuz, he was told to?...embarrassing...

Boredom has set into Paradise...ha ha...Bachelor in Paradise...one dude came back and took his old flame outta there...one got shut down from his ex, he then left...the lesbian couple has hit some hard times...there you go, the whole show in 3 lines...

Sarah Palin and her hubby are divorcing...the reason given was a beaut...'an incompatibility of temperament...'...so volatile that they can no longer live together...I dunno, kids...I didn't think the bloke ever spoke...so just guessing that the anger management issue was from one side of the...well, former marriage...

You believe this?...an article ran that gave validity to the guys and gals that are at the exit of Costco...that they are checking to see if the TELLERS overcharged you, the consumer, for something...really?...in my situation, they gander so fast at the receipt...I dunno...

Woke up to this on a neighbor's balcony, here at the home...ah, do we have any rules for this?...now, I could see this happening, on a clothes line in the suburbs...but, here?...

Cleveland thinking about sending love to Golden State...ah, that sounds a bit weird...actually, the rumor is that a trade is out there...the Cavs' Kevin Love to the Warriors for the newly acquired PG, and former LaLa Laker, D'Angelo Russell...hmmm, I think I would do that...

Snooki and I are working on a USC/UO game down here in November...Lindsay, you interested?...even though you are on the other side...

And...as most of you know, I will not call him the Prez...nope...no way...it's an insult to the office...but, I have come up with a beaut...the Apprentice!...

And THAT'S the way it is, 9/10/19...

Puka Shells

Aloha!...naw, I'm not on the Islands...just a kiddin ya'll...but one of my favorite things to wear from there...is the Puka Shell Necklace...I tan, er darken, mighty quickly...and think that the white Puka looks grand on me skin...and, it is ALL about me, now isn't it?...it does seem weird to not be preparing for the Maui trip...this is about the time, er, date, we leave...get over it, Horse...

Not having a pony in the race, made the viewing of the NFL games yesterday, a tad bit more fun...I have heard of the NFL Redzone channel...for some reason, it was on, like for free on my set...and I LURVED it...they switch to ALL of the games...the highs and lows of what is going on...a takeaway?...no mindless drivel of the on game announcers and analysts...worth whatever the price right there...if you are a fantasy football junkie, I bet you already use this...

I do have one interest...the Tennessee Titans...who were dawgs going into the over-hyped den of the Browns of Cleveland...Mariota and the dudes, CRUSHED the Browns...and the QB Mayfield...who was eerily similar to another smallish signal caller, Johnny Football...throwing misguided balls into easy pickings for the opponent...at least in this game...one does not make a season...but...

Of course, I had some peering at the bolted Chargers...who won their game in OT...a home game in the pill box, where it appeared that over half of the fans, were wearing Colt stuff...more than half...somebody buy them, and move them back to SD...where they belong...

Other...

Trump and his Tweet storm...is getting after it with the sanger, Johnny Legend...and his wife, Chrissy...calling them names...and whatever...does this bloke have a clue?...shut up and do your job...he keeps establishing a new low...everyday...

Yes, so THIS is the week of the demo debates... I promise you that this is right, this time...ha ha...10 in tow...sure, I am very interested...and sure, I do NOT have me mind made up on who I am going to support...

My buds are injured so, it is a day off from the links...man, it seems like every week...one of us has an ache or something...hell getting old...er older...

We have aborted the Freshly meals...as they were not as tasty as we first thought...two weeks worth and that's it...looks like we have to get back into the galley and do our own thing...from scratch...

AP poll...the Ducks score 77 and go up 1 spot...listen, play the games as scheduled...win them, and the rankings will take care of themselves...Montana next...SDSU, not ranked, travels to New Mexico...just win, baby, just win...

Trump just Tweeted that he knew nothing about VP Pence staying in HIS hotel in Ireland...and the entire Air Force, too...just happened and he knew nothing...as Schultze (Hogan's Heroes) said, "I know nothing, I see nothing..."...

You'd think that TV series in the past had some validity to staying on the air for some time...Hogan's Heroes was a satire on a prison in Nazi Germany...actually ran for SIX years...think about how hard it was to write for that show...and for people to continue to watch it...actually was nominated for 12 Emmys...and won two....good lawdy...really...who doesn't remember Colonel Klink?...

And WHO, on this grand big earth, came up with the spelling of colonel?...and pronounce it kernel?...just had to be a military bloke...disguised as a civvy....

The mighty Padres beat up the Rockies in OT...so weird that the hero is Wil Myers...as he has picked his pace up...beisbol is a hard game...just ask Hunter Renfroe, who has been mired in a horrendous slump since mid season...Cubbies coming to town...you think that the Chargers in the pillbox, had home issues, that's nuttin compared to the Cubs throng of fans that TAKE OVER Petco...bring your cash, dudes...the GQ loves ya...

The tech news of the week?...the unraveling of the new Apple iPhone...number 11...which is supposed to be a push for the Market...the Futures were up a bit this am...expect the stocks will maybe...surge?...hmmm, will the price be affected by the Trump tariff?...

Webster's dictionary defines the word BUFFOON as 'a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown'...well, amusing?...guess this word does not work...

Crazy Daze

You want your college football?...you GOT it...absolutely CRAZY DAZE!...unlike week one, where the scoring was within reason...not so much yesterday...as the haves and have nots really, like really, separated themselves...ballistic scoring, and some head scratchers...here we go...

I must start with the day game of games...Army at Michigan...David and Goliath...so mismatched that the point spread appeared to be 'not enough'...but, the heart of the Cadets can not be measured as such...took the home team, and perhaps 100,000 Wolverine fans to task...I couldn't stop watching the fray...as it went to double OT, before Michigan won it...so odd, to watch the players go CRAZY in their W...maybe they knew, how tough that Army group really was...

The Aztecs of San Diego State...traveling up to LaLa to take on the ultra curious UCLA Bruins...sporting a 2nd year 'legendary' coach, Chip Kelly...SDSU has NEVER, EVER, beat the Bruins in football...nunca...not anymore...the O woke up...the D is solid...there you go again, HC Rocky Long comes up with another mysterious winning club, the NOBODY talks about...oh yea, the crowd there was sparse at best...

And now, the blow outs...so many of them...the worst could have been my fav, the Ducks...with a very odd beginning to the Nevada game...it was 7-6 early on...UO was making mistakes and it was like 'here we go again'...and then...all Hell broke loose...10 touchdowns later, it was a 77-6 win!...CRAZY...as the starters were pulled in the mid 3rd...and the subs continued the onslaught...almost embarrassing...I thought it was 7-10 point game...Alabama scored lots...Arizona did, too...South Carolina in a romp...Maryland of all teams, too...of course, Ohio St...and Oklahoma running all over Dakota...Kansas St, ah what?...OMG, Indiana?...geez, Wisconsin laid 61 on Central Michigan...the Cougs posterized N Colorado...ah, that's not fair...hey, the list goes on and on...mismatches, that are downright deflating...and as my good fellow from the great PNW told me, 'they are getting good money' to get their arses handed to them...so, it's all about the cash?...

OK, the upsets...not many of them...UDub got beat in the wee hours of the am, up in Seattle to the Cal Bears...really?...the lightning game that was delayed like forever...BYU beat Tennessee in 2 OT's, signaling a mid season firing of the Vol's coach...AND, gulp...Hawaii shut down the Beavs...after OSU scored 28 in the 1st half...came back and upset 'em....hey, no commentary...just the facts, man...

Other...

The NFL starts today...the Horse has NO fantasy football team, like forever...just this season, as I will return for the next...in honor of Hdcp Andy...a personal thing...it's weird as I have no idea who is playing who....er, should that be whom?...gosh, I get that messed up all the time...

The mighty Padres broke their 4 gamer losing streak...shutting out the Rockies...3-0...kind of getting to the point of Jimmy Crack Corn...

'Sharpiegate'...could be the greatest snafu of the year...wait, naw, he's got so many more months to top that...I have faith that he will find greater things to screw up, or try to coverup...

The little things...we have the AC off...the cool fresh air feels so good...

One of my 'New Year Resolutions'...was to take it easy on Trump...to stop making fun of the bloke...try to find something to support that he has done...I have to be completely honest...I could never do this...and I lied, too...it was not a resolution...more of a revolution...geez, it even got me in trouble with the Travato group...have I been kicked out?...

'But the economy is strong'...ah, not for you or moi...the rich cats, yea...wait, that COULD be you...if you own a plane...or have your own multi-million dollar biz...or own a NFL team...YOU are doing well...

Is it true that Trump has moved 'Camp David' to his New Jersey golf course and renamed it 'Camp Donny?'....

Is it also true, that he (Donny) sent a map to get there...to the Taliban...and it was all done with a black sharpie on a google map?....I heard this to be a truth...

I do care about the NFL...just not much...Tennessee...and?...OK, I am lost...

The Horse is making French toast...French?...