Author: Ken Hogarty
Memo from S.F. School Board: Now Changing Book Titles Instead of School Names
From: San Francisco Unified School District BoardTo: District English Teachers Background: • We recently identified and published the 44 school names we deem necessary to change.• Some object to initiating this measure when children and you aren’t in classrooms, but…
2050’s Online Pub Trivia Night: Trivia Questions about 2020 America
2050 promises to be a great year as we celebrate from here at what has recently become our coastal pub with another crowd-pleasing Trivia Night. 2050’s New Year’s questions will look back on a very different year, 2020: — Back…
Holiday Bowl Games: Movie Teams vs. TV Series Teams — A Gambler’s Guide to Possible Matchups
ESPN’s debating holiday bowl destinations for college football teams, but I, Tim the Tout, have the more interesting lines. The NCAA approved a television contingency, readied if Covid-19 surges so holiday bowls can’t field actual teams. Already, a number of…
CROSS X WORDS
PUZZLED BY THE CROSS WORDS IN THE RUN-UP TO NOVEMBER’S ELECTION? Leftist Anarchist? MAGA Deplorable? Patriot? Progressive? America-Hater? Racist, Sexist Pig? RED OR BLUE — Just for YOU: Catch a Clue DOWN Red 1. Every Covid-19 one slowed economy POTUS had…
Trump’s Next Job: Transitioning from Current POTUS GIG
Assuming he hasn’t started a Civil War and isn’t in jail, ex-President Trump, with money owed to God knows whom, might be looking for another job next year. Here are a few suggestions: Putin’s Pool Boy Dietician — Dr. Conley’s…
If Judge Amy Coney Barrett had been as Forthright as Judge Judy during Rubber-Stamped Hearing Q & A:
At the Senate hearing rubber stamping the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, wouldn’t it have been wonderful if Judge Barrett, like Judge Judy, answered questions with no filters? So, here the unfiltered exchange we would have loved to…
Spin Doctored Quotes from Trump’s “McDreamy” and Other Doctors: Hippocratic or Hypocritical Oath?
By: Dr. Ken Hogarty Doctor Sean Conley, President Trump’s “Dr. McDreamy” physician, seemed to be spinning for his boss, characterizing the clinically obese POTUS as “slightly overweight” in a Walter Reed briefing. We think of Doctors as truth tellers, but…
Baseball’s New Cheat Sheets: Imagine Ones from Iconic Real and Movie Ballplayers
Football QBs started the trend with entire game plans wrapped around non-throwing arms. Now, in this Analytics/Covid-19 age, baseball has joined the fun. Catchers, pitchers, and even fielders have been spotted during this shortened season pulling out CHEAT SHEETS, presumably…
Confession: If Trump Were Catholic
“Bless me, Father, . . . ” “Yes, my son? Remember the words? ‘For I have sinned.’” “Sorry you’ve sinned too, but, frankly, even our buddy on St. Pete’s throne needs to get great again. Infallible? C’mon! Sometimes I think he’s a…
PARDON ME! Trump’s Notes: Short and Long Lists (Along with Wishful List) of People to Pardon
Trying to court women, President Trump just pardoned Susan B. Anthony. He also has pardoned heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. But, if you think the only women and African-Americans he cares about are long dead, he also pardoned Kim Kardashian’s…