Thursday, July 31, 2025
Cooler Than Cool
Reading the biography of Elmore Leonard Cooler Than Cool by C.M. Kushins and am enjoying it. Constantly surprised that this movie like 3:10 to Yuma or Hombre or Mr. Majestyk was based upon his writing. Also cool to get the backstory to books you've read like City Primeval.
In about 1980-81 so I haven't gotten to the Get Shorty or Jackie Brown not to mention the Raylan Givens stories. Looking forward to it.
Linky Links
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- Jonathan Turley on Corey Booker and the problem with the US Senate.
- From the archives: How the Psalms became part of the Jewish bible.
- Map shows the best and worst states to retire in. (HT Dan)
- Texas House Republicans unveil new proposed Congressional map. But it's OK when Democrats do it in California or Massachusetts - right?
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Think if you posted the C-Span videos of the January 6th hearings in Congress but had a cross between the Pop Up Video comments and X's Community notes showing when something was a lie or that additional information was omitted - that would be pretty popular.
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July 31st
July 31st in kind of a big deal in Boston and in my life. Including Garnett's picture because he was my favorite NBA player until the day he retired:
Boston Celtics trade for Kevin Garnett in 2007.
Rowdy Roddy Piper dies in 2015.
Celtics icon Bill Russell passes away.
Nomar Garciaparra is traded from the Red Sox in 2004.
Boston trades Heathcliff Slocum for Jason Varitek and Derick Lowe.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Linky Links
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- DOJ files misconduct charges against anti-Trump Judge Boasberg. If I were a lawyer with a case I feel may lose in Boasberg's court or did lose I'd be filing immediate pleas to dismiss because of bias. If he is found guilty of the DOJ charges then you have a much better footing as well.
- Michael Wade: The weird dream we share. Confession I've never had this dream but know how common it is.
- Dark energy is unnecessary. First I lost faith in string theory and now I'm really losing faith in dark matter and dark energy. What if dark matter and dark energy is just the past? What if time is the missing dimension?
- How Bob Woodward could have saved The Washington Post from Russiagate humiliation.
Linky Links
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- Ben Askren back in hospital after double lung transplant. Was not aware he had a transplant (or that he was already 41).
- Reminder - aircraft carriers of the world. USA! USA!
- UCLA to pay $6 million to settle discrimination suit brought by Jewish students. Good! Still say any person arrested for protesting on university grounds who is not a student should be arrested.
- Iceland is an interesting place. Long but interesting read.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
The impression is that Tesla builds all their own components themselves but they rely on others for their chipsets. Case in point is the new giant Samsung fab in Texas that will make Tesla's next generation U16 chips. TSMC makes the U15 which just went into production while Samsung makes the U14 which is currently in use. Having all the major components made in America is a big deal.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Windmills are a huge problem.
- This is CNN.
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- Glenn Reynolds: How Trump is bursting the bureaucrat's DC bubble. Yes!
- From the archives: The OODA Loop - How fighter pilots make fast and accurate decisions.
- Gunman targeting NFL apparently went to the wrong floor.
- Lockheed reportedly has something "magical" up its sleeve. Admit my first thought was alien technology.
Casablanca - Le Marseillaise
One of my favorite scenes all-time. The actors were French and the emotion was real.
Linky Links
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- VDH: The Graveyard of Progressive Misadventures. He's not wrong.
- From the archives: Alcohol consumption from the middle ages to the modern age. We're lightweights in comparison.
- All the expanded ship building capacity won't help us if they don't do this first. They used to say an army fights on its belly but now it fights depending on his supply chain of materials.
- RIP Tom Lehrer. In his honor here's The Elements Song. He was the They Might Be Giants of his day.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
They held a "protest" of The Colbert Show being cancelled and less than two dozen people showed up. CBS executives pointed at the turnout and said "See - that's why we cancelled his show! Nobody cares." Have a feeling that Stephen Colbert's 15 minutes of fame are up.
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Monday, July 28, 2025
The EU Trade Deal
- How Trump got the EU trade deal.
- Howard Lutnick on the trade deal.
As George W. might say "This is a big f*cking deal."
Jokes from the Week in News
Have to look at the humorous side of the news - else you might go crazy.
- French President Emmanuel Macron sues Candace Owen for saying his wife is a dude. Just wanted to write that.
- Waiting for someone to write an article about Barack Obama's situation and say that "the walls are closing in." The media used to do that all the time with President Trump. Fair is fair
- Think ESPN should have a show at night starting the day after the Super Bowl - America Held Hostage with a countdown to the first NFL pre-season game. I miss football
- Haven't watched PBS in years (don't even know if I even get a PBS channel) but something tells me their next pledge drive may be quite desperate and unintentionally funny
- Question that may keep you up nights: were the recent revelations that Hillary Clinton had serious health issues including "psycho-emotional problems" possibly be ruled a HIPAA violation?
- Honest question: who do you think they'll be talking about more in 4 years - Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels, or Stephen Colbert?
- Elon Musk announced the creation of Baby Grok kid friendly AI as a companion to his Grok AI. Have we gone from kids having short pants graduating to long pants to kids having a kid friendly AI graduating to adult AI?
- Funny to remember how Joe Biden and his wife Jill literally dwarfed Jimmy Carter and wife Rosaline. My how right they were.
- Every time I hear Zohran Mamdani or a member of the squad speak I think of the Ted Nugent quote, "You have to let the stupid people talk so we know who the stupid people are." Free speech is great for the Republicans in a number of ways.
- If Barack Obama goes to trial and gets convicted I want him to be quoted saying, "I told you not to underestimate Biden's ability to fuck things up."
- Kind of funny that people are talking more about Stephen Colbert now that he’s been fired than they ever talked about him or his show when it was on the air.
Jokes from the past week's news offerings.
Linky Links
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- VDH: Revenge or Justice? Can't it be both? (HT Instapundit)
- First the CDC went after mercury and now are they going after vaccines causing food allergies? Good!
- Michael Wade: Who's in the room?
- James Marriott: How to read and why.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Another possibility I should mention is former FBI Director James Comey turning states evidence in order to save his recently fired daughter Maureen who was on the prosecution team against Ghislaine Maxwell. Recent claims that Maxwell was never interviewed by her prosecutors has not gone unnoticed. The lack of interview and "client list" despite a guilty verdict may open Maureen Comey up to charges. Just something to keep in mind.
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Cooler Than Cool
"And I wouldn't care to revise any of my past work. If nothing else, it indicates that I'm making progress, still learning, still trying to make it better." - Elmore Leonard
Don't know why but but this quote hit me hard. I review my earlier writing from this blog from time to time and I honestly can't tell if I've been making it better. Some of the old jokes still make me laugh and some of the old predictions make me wince - but better? I've been doing this blog for 21-years and I'm honestly not sure I'm getting any better at it.
All I can do is keep trying to make it better I guess.
Sunday, July 27, 2025
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- China reportedly wants to build the largest dam in the world in Tibet fueling fears in India and Bangladesh. China is also guaranteeing that India makes this dam their primary target if war ever breaks out between them.
- Melania Trump may be the most elegant and beautiful first lady this country ever had. "You either noticed or didn't deserve to."
- Jonathan Turley: The Rise and Fall of John Brennan. The saying goes the road to hell is paved with good intentions but in this case it may be the road to jail.
- Peter Attia - it's time to remove warning labels on hormone replacement products.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
The three stories that are not going away despite corporate media's best efforts are; A: the closing of the southern border and the deportations of illegal immigrants (notice all the anti-ICE violent protests are in Democrat controlled sanctuary cities), B: the surging US economy largely fueled by tariffs, capital investments, and federal budget cuts, plus C: the Russia Hoax story where a coup was attempted against Donald Trump. The Democratic Party is basically saying they are for illegal immigrants, higher prices, and cheating to stay in power. And they wonder why they keep getting less and less popular?
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Saturday, July 26, 2025
Top 5 Changes I'd Suggest for Higher Education
Came up with this list a while back but I think it's still valid:
If I were put in charge - here's my Top 5 Changes I'd make to higher ed.
1. Get rid of any classes that need to have either "Science" or "Studies" added to the course title. It's not "Political Science" - it's "Politics." You don't say "History Science." And any course that adds "Studies" is not really giving you an education for the most part it's giving you an indoctrination instead.
2. If a person goes to a college or university for a minimum of three-years and four years after leaving college that person is not making at least triple the poverty line - then that person gets to declare Education Bankruptcy and wipe out any student debt. The college or university would have to then cover that loan debt out of their endowment fund. Only colleges or universities with a big enough endowment would be eligible for federal student aid. The goal is for the university to want to give the students something tangibly valuable for society not just a degree that's not worth the paper its printed on in the real world.
3. Any revenue associated with college sports would be taxable. No reason why those big TV contracts aren't taxable. And any money an athlete makes from NIL is also taxable.4. I would make four-years served in the US military with an honorable discharge equal to a liberal arts degree for all Federal employment opportunities with the edge given to those who served for any job where the candidates are otherwise equal. The person coming out of the military probably has more practical skills and a better ability to follow instruction - why not reward them?5. With the idea of Education Bankruptcy from above in mind - there's a whole group of people where many if not most have at least triple the poverty level in guaranteed income. These are retirees. Why not craft programs for these folks. Many retirees have free time and interests they would have loved to pursue - perhaps archaeology, geology, history of the American Revolution, etc. Why not come up and market Associate Degrees that would be of interest to retirees?
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- AI gets creepier every day. I too endorse the idea of having a dog for home protection instead of AI.
- Personal aviation about to get interesting. Couple years old but new to me.
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- Daniel Bolelli: The God of Wine.
- VDH: A confederacy of fabulists.
- Why are we pretending AI will take all the jobs? If Jim Cramer is predicting an AI jobs apocalypse we'll probably have an AI jobs boon.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Think ESPN should have a show at night starting the day after the Super Bowl - America Held Hostage with a countdown to the first NFL pre-season game. I miss football. Soon.
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Friday, July 25, 2025
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- How Obama Administration turned "unverifiable" report into Russiagate dynamite. I hope people get jail time over this. (HT Execupundit)
- Farnum Street: What is first principles thinking?
Linky Links
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- Profile of Victor Davis Hanson.
- Obama-Biden deep state operatives are shaking in their boots.
- What does the expected new Chief Naval Officer think?
- Tips for writers. Good advice - everyone should write because it is a bedrock of communication and thinking.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Now 20 CIA and FBI agents corroborate the allegations against Barack Obama. This story is not going away. The accused should lawyer up but instead look for them to be on the Sunday talk shows instead. They haven't realized the world has changed. And this Russia Hoax story is not going away.
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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- Glenn Reynolds - the Elvis problem. On a related note I've toyed with the idea of starting a church of bacon and beer.
- The Trump Administration reportedly has a new trade deal with Japan. The deal is said to include a $550 billion investment in the US and a 15% tariff.
- Where are vacation homes located in the US? Couldn't help but wonder if hunting "camps" are counted as vacation homes?
- Sovereign Wealth Funds: A political slush fund in disguise.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
This post brought to you by Dunkin Donuts and free WiFi while I leave Cape Cod after a great day of golf and night of too much alcohol. Enjoy (I know I did).
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's remarks at the Federal Reserve capital conference.
- Jonathan Turley on the media refusing to cover the Russia Hoax proof. Whoever came up with the headline "The Silence of the Lambs" deserves a raise.
- From the archives: 100 Tips for a Better Life.
- US to leave UNESCO. Are we leaving the UN piece by piece? First WHO and now UNESCO.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Schedule may be a little off as I'm heading down to the Cape to play golf. Wish me luck (and light traffic). The weather should be perfect.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
More Linky Links
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- The Brennan Forgery. The man is evil and should bein jail for the rest of his life.
- Holy crap - Ozzie Osbourne dead at 76. RIP
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- Glenn Reynolds: Slouching towards war? I too worry we may be casually moving toward WW III. It should also be noted that Xi Jinping is rumored to be on the outs in China - what if he turns more hawkish to retain power or whoever replaces him does?
- From the archives: The Fox sisters and Spiritualism.
- Televised events everybody watched. I'd add the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster to that list (and for some Joe Theisman getting his leg broken).
- VDH: The war between Trump's chemotherapy and the Biden cancer. He's not wrong.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
There were many accomplishments of the first six months of Trump's second term but I think the one that may have the most far reaching effects may be the passage of the Trump Account where $1,000 is deposited into a newborn's account. Many employers say they will match that $1,000 (like Dell Computer). These kids will grow up to vote and I'm guessing it won't be for the party that was against the Trump Accounts and was advocating they should have been aborted.
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Monday, July 21, 2025
Jokes from This Week in News
Have to look at the humorous side of the news - else you might go crazy.
- Both Linda McMahon and Katherine Maher may find themselves out of a job after this week as the Secretary of Education and the CEO of NPR respectively. They could be the last ever to hold those titles and it's amusing only one really wanted this outcome
- Biden top aid Anthony Bernal became the latest administration insider to plead the 5th when testifying to Congress. He joins personal Biden physician Kevin O’Connor. The two should get together for a book If We Did It
- Think a great idea would be to have two actual clowns in full make-up arguing sports stories of the day as an alternative to Get Up or Undisputed
- First there was the Fire Joe Morgan blog about baseball - why not now have an X or Substack account Lloyd Howell's Strip Club Misadventures about the NFL? That would be amusing.
- Barack Obama may now be remembered by history for a joke about Donald Trump gone horribly, horribly wrong. All because the man makes bad, bad choices
- If Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor - should the Yankees be moved from the American League to the National(ize) League?
- We used to call Coke with real cane sugar - Mexican Coke. Now President Trump is saying his administration is putting real sugar back into Coke-Cola - so is this the MAHA version of changing of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America?
- Serious question: what do you think gets rebuilt first - Gaza after being destroyed by Israel in a war or the Palisades in Los Angeles after getting burned to the ground? It's really neck and neck at this point.
- Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly ready to meet with Congress regarding the Epstein files. Suddenly I get a voice in my head going “Danger Will Robinson!”
Jokes from the past week's news offerings.
Linky Links
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- The Peptide Craze. Take note that the potential adverse effects can be scary.
- Jonathan Turley on the Colbert cancellation.
- Seth Godin's Notes to Myself. Good life advice.
- Trump Conjures Nixon. I'd argue that it's more RealBusiness than Realpolitik though.
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Think it is worthwhile to note the six month anniversary of Donald Trump being in office for his second term. He has accomplished so much and now we even may see the indictments and convictions of many of those who were in power and abused that power. Even if you're a Democrat you should be upset on how your trust was abused and impressed over how it's morning in America again.
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Sunday, July 20, 2025
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- More on Tulsi Gabbard's proof that Barack Obama was at the center of the Russia Hoax.
- The official DNI press release.
- Rob Henderson's conversation with Dr. Drew. Long but interesting read.
- From the archive: Umberto Eco on the narrative structure in Ian Fleming.
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- Jonathan Turley on how the left is rediscovering Marxism
- Donald Trump sues the WSJ. Punch back twice as hard.
- Peter Attia - ketosis without dieting? Interesting.
- In-and-Out owner rips California policies, is moving to Tennessee.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
First there was the Fire Joe Morgan blog about baseball - why not now have an X or Substack account Lloyd Howell's Strip Club Misadventures about the NFL? That would be amusing.
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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Well that's one way to look at it.
- Heh Heh
DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases Proof that Barack Obama was Head of Russia Hoax
The matter has been referred to the DOJ for charges.
- Here is the actual memo (part 1) - (part 2)
- The first draft of the intelligence memo said there was NO Russian impact on the election. That was changed in the next draft.
- Obama Admin engineered the Russia Hoax to undermine Trump.
The Democratic Party basically kick out the once Presidential candidate Gabbard while the corporate media tried to drive a wedge between her and President Trump over Iran. I think it may be clear they knew this day was coming.
Richard Nixon never had to stand trial. Hope that changes with Barack Obama.
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- Why is cutting 0.1% of the federal budget so hard?
- From the archives: Guy walks into a bar.
- Plans vs Planning. Good business or life advice.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
There are conflicting theories of abundance leading to guaranteed basic income and also of warnings that the Social Security Administration is about to run out of money. My question is why can't we use all that extra money that would fund the guaranteed basic income and use it for the folks who have reached retirement age or are disabled? Makes sense. Problem solved.
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Friday, July 18, 2025
Anal Ice Cubes and the Difference Between Men and Women
After thinking about it for a while I came to the unmistakable conclusion that men were completely responsible for such a thing. In order for the study to be done in the first place people must have been putting ice cubes up the butts of unconscious people. Who would do such a thing? Men! A woman would never see an unconscious person and think – “Instead of calling an ambulance for help I think I will jam a large ice cube up the ass to see if that wakes the person up.” Say that to a guy and the chances are his response would be, “What the heck – give it a shot.”
And who would design and OK the spending for such a dumb study? Men! Do you think they told the test subjects what the study was all about? “OK we are going to knock you unconscious and then place ice cubes of different sizes up your rectum.” How would you like to be the test subject that ended up having a stroke because you needed the $50 the experiment paid?
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- VDH: The World Woke Up. It's morning in America again.
- Steven Pressfield: Artist = Working Stiff
- From the archive: What a great car ad!
- Teaching etiquette at a think tank. Etiquette doesn't happen by magic - it has to be taught and learned from one generation to the next.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
The California high-speed rail boondoggle project has finally been cancelled. US taxpayers are o longer on the hook for Gavin Newsom's vanity project. Would love to see all of the arguments the Democrats used to cancel Trump wall with Mexico be dragged back and used for the high speed rail to nowhere. It's a racist boondoggle for rich white men while the poor of the state are suffering, with the nation in such debt we can't afford it, etc. Use the exact same arguments just change a couple of the words.
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First Paragraph in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson would have turned 88 years old today.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
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- The natural alliance between Japan, Australia, and the US. Now more than ever.
- Shane Gillis on the Tush Push.
- The Microsoft-China Pentagon link is disturbing. Cancel all contracts with Microsoft immediately.
- John Fetterman on social media. He's more and more the voice of reason.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Both Linda McMahon and Katherine Maher may find themselves out of a job after this week as the Secretary of Education and the CEO of NPR respectively. They could be the last ever to hold those titles and its amusing only one really wanted this outcome.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
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- White House touts major MAHA wins on food dyes. Doesn't make many of these products more nutritious but it stops them from being poison or addicting.
- VDH: Will John Brennan ever tell the truth?
- The US does not want to be like the EU.
- Indonesia become latest country to sign a trade deal with the US.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Sure in the coming weeks we'll get many reports of country's signing free trade agreement deals with the US, tariff revenues soaring, federal employees at agencies getting laid off, but so too will we constantly be getting stories about the damage Covid caused to millions around the globe. The stories of the needles and the damage done may cause a certain fatigue but those stories aren't going away.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Summer Reading List
Here are some books in no particular order that I would recommend as good summer reading material.
Of course you may have already read some of these books and this is not meant as a comprehensive list but the beach and a good book has long been one of the best combinations going.
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- Why the Israel suspected connection between Jeffrey Epstein and Mossad makes no sense. A former Israeli PM also says any suggested link is false.
- Let's make transition memos a tradition. Also remember to keep your own "powder dry" (as they say).
- I'm lucky that there doesn't seem to be any dandelions in my yard.
Bill Belichick on the History of the Scout Team
As a creative workaround, Coach [Paul] Brown asked the Browns' owner, Arthur McBride, to hire the development guys as employees at the taxi cab company he owned so they wouldn't be in violation of any roster requirements. (Hence the original name for the group - "the taxi squad.")
From The Art of Winning by Bill Belichick. I'm a sucker for language, history, and football and this nugget has all three. Another great example of asking forgiveness from the NFL instead of asking permission.
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