The Hockey Hall of Fame is Bullshit...

Yesterday the Hockey Hall of Fame announced their latest class...And at first glance, it looks like a legit class...But like all sports Hall of Fames, it's tainted with politics and bullshit...

Issue #1...It took too long to put Phil Housley in...Housley has been eligible since 2006, and just made it...He is second all-time in scoring among U.S. born players...He is fourth in scoring among Defensemen with 1,232 points...(338 G...894A)...He did this over 23 seasons...The only reason any Hall of Fame voters have given to justify why it has taken so long, is that Housley was often gruff, and not the best at talking to reporters....Boy, we hear this all the time with the different Hall of Fame voters...'He wasn't our buddy...he didn't buy us drinks and get us laid...He didn't like talking to us after a loss.'  Fuck you whining cocksuckers!  Housley was a Hall of Fame Player and backed it up with the numbers...What you twats did was Bullshit!

This year's class was dominated with defensemen...Also getting in are Nicklas Lidstrom, 6th among defensemen in scoring, and was a rock for the Detroit Red Wings winning the Norris Trophy 7 times, one less then Bobby Orr, and played of 4 Stanley Cup winning teams...

Then there is Sergei Fedorov a Center during that Red Wings dynasty...He finished his career with 1,179 points...He also racked up a bunch of awards in his career...These two first ballot guys were no-brainers...

That brings us to Issue #2...Chris Pronger....Compared to his blue-line counterparts who got in, Pronger is 26th all-time among defensemen scoring...698 points in 1167 games...I have always felt Pronger was overrated, and I feel even more validated by the numbers...Yes, he was D-man, and he played physical and good defensive hockey...Well so did the guy sitting at 30th on the all-time defensemen scoring sheet...James Patrick was a rock solid D-man who played 1280 games and racked up 639 points...So why exactly is Pronger going in and Patrick isn't?

But even worse the this...As I referenced in my Monday Moaning blog, Pronger was traded this past weekend...He still has an active contract...So please tell me how the fuck is a guy with an active contract, that got traded 3 days ago, eligible to get into the Hall of Fame?

BULLSHIT!

I don't care about the "Builders' Category, or the Females they have started putting in, so I won't get into those names...I will link some players who aren't in, and should be...

Theoren Fleury

Dave Andeychuk

Steve Larmer

Jeremy Roenick

Mike Vernon

And yeah, I'm putting the Beezer in there too...

John Vanbiesbrouck

The Primes They are a Changin'

There is a trend in hockey that has changed in my lifetime...What trend is that? It's the "Prime" of players careers...When I was kid, NHL players, hit their "Prime" around 27, 28, 29 years old...These days, the elite NHL players hit their "Prime" around 23-26 years old...

We'll use Sidney Crosby as our example...I don't like Sid the skid, but he is the guy who many have called the best player in the NHL for almost 10 years...Crosby is now 27 years old, and his numbers have declined...And over the past couple years when you look at fantasy hockey forecasts, he is not the #1 guy on draft boards...Last depending on where you looked, he had slipped out of the top 3...But that's just fantasy right...

Like I said his numbers have fallen...And he has had some injury issues...He's wearing down...In 10 years Crosby has played 627 regular season NHL games...13 Olympic games...9 World Championship games...100 NHL Playoff games...That's 749 hockey games in ten years...Along with multiple concussions...Based off his offensive numbers Crosby's prime was between the '06-'07 season and the '09-'10 season...In that time Crosby played 290 regular season games with 404 points, with 62 playoff games and 101 playoff points...Since 2010 the numbers have fallen...

By comparison, Tyler Seguin is 23 and said to be hitting his "Prime" now...He was last year and is this year's #1 projected fantasy pick...Seguin has 5 NHL seasons under his belt...In those 5 seasons he's played 354 regular season games with 282 points, and 48 playoff games with 21 points...

So why is it said that Seguin is hitting his "prime" at 23, with half the experience of Crosby, who (in my youth)  at 27 would have been said to be hitting his "prime," but now is said to be "starting to look at the back-end of his career?"....

It's simple...the elite players now, are coming into the NHL at 18 or 19 years old...they're playing a longer NHL season...They're playing an extended playoff season...They're playing World Championships, and Olympics...And they're playing in a era where the game has gotten faster...the players are bigger, faster, and stronger...Their bodies are having a helluva toll being put on them...You have to hit your "Prime" by 24, because by 27 you have headaches and you're icing your knees twice a day...And some of this may also be why the idea of seeing NHL superstars regularly put up 100 point seasons seems like a memory as well...

I wonder what the "Prime" for bloggers is?

Monday Moaning

Wow!  Seriously, how else do you respond to walking into this bedroom...Or for that matter what other way do you react after the Boston Bruins spent draft weekend destroying their franchise even more then former GM Peter Chiarelli did...

This weekend was the NHL Draft but most of the talk leading up to it, and during, was all about trades...Many expected the Toronto Maple Leafs to be active, trying to move asshole Phil Kessel and whatever other dead-weight Mike Babcock want to be rid of...But no, it was other teams that were busy...

We'll start with Buffalo since they got things rolling Friday morning...Buffalo traded the #21 overall pick to Ottawa for goalie Robin Lehner and center David Legwand...Then Buffalo traded D- Nikita Zadorov, F- Mikhail Grigorenk (who has not lived up to the potential and hopes he came with), F- J.T. Compher and pick #31 for C- Ryan O'Reilly and F- Jamie McGinn...O'Reilly is good, a solid two-way center but the offensive numbers aren't up to where his agents has his sights set money wise...Colorado didn't want to deal with those negotiations again next year...But it could work out in Buffalo...Mix those additions with 2nd overall pick C- Jack Eichel, and last years 1st roand pick C- Sam Reinhart, the Sabres are suddenly stacked at Center, and Lehner will get his chance at finally being "the man" between the pipes...The Sabres got better this weekend...

Then we come to Boston...Thursday they traded Carl Soderberg to Colorado for a 6th round pick...Considering the Avalance then Signed Soderberg to a 5 year $23.75 million deal, the Bruins should have gotten more then a 6th rond pick...Then he Bruins, again traded away an elite, you player, this time D- Dougie Hamilton...He was sent to Calgary for the 15th, 45th, and 52nd overall picks...Next, they traded LW- Milan Lucic to the Kings for the 13th overall pick, backup goalie Martin Jones and a prospect...So the Bruins opened the draft with 3 first round picks...You can do some serious rebuilding on the fly with that...Instead they drafted 3 guys that most teams didn't have going in the first round...Our friend Sully is very pissed folks...Very pissed...

My Rangers needed to get some cap space, because they have some key guys to resign...The biggest name being talked about was backup goalie Cam Talbot...Thursday there was an offer of two 2nd round picks for Talbot...Overrated GM Glen Sather said no...He wanted more...He wanted at least a first rounder plus...For a 27 year old backup, with limited experience...Well, that pipe-dream got squashed when late Friday night/early Friday Morning the Vancouver Canucks traded proven goalie, Eddie Lack to Carolina for a third round pick and a seventh round pick....Fucked up Glen!

Following on twitter it read as if Sather was in a panic talking to everyone Saturday...Then it broke, the Rangers traded F- Carl Hagelin the 59th and 179th overall picks to Anaheim for Emerson Etem and the 41st overall pick...Hate seeing Hags go...Etem is a similar player style wise...A bit younger, and will cost a good deal less...Some dickhead Rangers fans dogged Hagelin trying to justify the move, blasting his offensive numbers...Yeah, he never score 30-40 goals, because he played in a defensive system, played on the penalty kill and not the power play, and was stuck on a line with old man Martin St. Louis most of this year...It was a money move, and they got a body back...It is what it is...

Then the Rangers traded Ryan Haggerty to Chicago for backup goalie Antti Raanta...Good deal, Raanta is solid...So then you knew Talbot was gone...He was moved to Edmonton along with 7th round pick, for a 2nd, 3rd, and 7th...Idiots could have had two 2nds!

There were a lot of draft picks moved around the board, and some other players here and there, but nothing major...Well, there was a somewhat odd one with Arizona...They traded Sam Gagner and a couple picks for a solid defenseman, Nicklas Grossmann and Hall of Fame candidate, Chris Pronger....Huh!

While Pronger is not an active player, his contract is active...This move frees up cap space for Philly, but it also helps the Coyotes...His contract will give them the boost to take them to the salary floor...Another odd thing about Pronger's contract being active, is that he has been working for the NHL in their Player Safety Department...Definitely the oddest draft weekend trade...

-Moving  on to a different topic after B.O.B. posted THIS Q-O-T-D about Russell Wilson...Rumor floating around is that Wilson wants to be the highest paid QB in the NFL...I actually got to learn all about this via my phone while walking my dog...We were away this weekend at my in-laws assisted living home, and my two sister-in-laws came in from Massachusetts as well...I walked the dog a lot to get away from people...So here is the scoop...

Technically he’s not asking to be the highest paid QB in the NFL...His agent is asking for at least 80% of his contract to be guaranteed which never happens in the NFL…Wilson's agent is a Baseball agent, where contracts are guaranteed…he’s trying to change the game in the NFL where career ending injuries are more likely...And I'll tell ya what...With how fucked up ex-football players are, I don't blame him at all!

-Now, the last thing you NEED to checkout is Charlotte McKinney...

When faced with question about how "ugly girls" have to be the funny ones, and good at giving blowjobs, Charlotte responded with this...

"Oh my God, I actually was thinking about this the other day–there are girls that I know that won’t even give blowjobs, and I guess it’s because they think they’re too hot, or something? It’s such bullshit."

I don't think there is anything else we need to know about her...She's a goer!

Have a week...

Guilty Pleasures (vol. 2)

"American Pickers"....No, she's not one of them, but better looking then the two stars...And her tits aren't covered in tats like the chick on the show...

I have always hated "Reality TV" and refuse to watch...Yes, I've watched things like Chopped...I did a couple of seasons of Hell's Kitchen, but come on, that one is so scripted it's unreal...But otherwise, no way...And I have had countless rants about how annoying I find it that The History Channel has "Reality Shows" about pawn shops and building motorcycles and whatever else...I love History...I loved the History Channel...My Dad always called it the "Hitler Channel," because in the early days it was all WWII and Hitler stuff...

Then a few years ago, I was picking the kids up from my parents house...They were having a snack and glued to the TV...They just ignored me...My dad walked me into the kitchen and told me how they love this show, and he was explaining it to me...I thought it was really weird that kids were enthralled by a couple of guys, Mike Wolfe from Iowa, and Frank Fritz from Illinois, rummaging through people's junk...And really that's how I was viewing it as I caught glimpses of the show...It seemed odd that this is something that would catch my father's eye, let alone, my kids wanting to sit calmly and watch it...

I blew it off...Where is my Hitler coverage...Show me some footage of  U.S. ships shooting down Japanese Zeros...

So one day I'm sitting in my chair, relaxing, flipping around the tube with the remote...My son walks in..."Wait, stop, I love this show!"  It was American Pickers on The History Channel...So, as I often do, I give in to what the kids want to watch, unless Hockey is on!  Then My daughter comes down stairs..."Oh, I love this one!"

What!?!   How often did they watch this at my folks?

So, I sat there and watched this show...I had to see what it was all about...So these guys are dealing with hoarders, and collectors, and digging through junk...And they are buying things that I would never think to buy...Haggling over prices that I would never pay...But then, they would cut in with little tidbits about these items...Giving the history of them...What they were used for, where they were made, when they started disappearing...

As the show went on, they're buying old bike, motorcycle, and car parts...Buying old cars...Buying old Texaco signs...Old school Coke machines my kids never saw, and I only saw in movies...Old toys...My kids love when they came across vintage toys from the 60, 50's, 40's, 30's, 20's...What!  It's amazing the condition some of these things are in...

After a little while, I was hooked...Why? Because as they say in their tag line, "We make a living telling the history of America...one piece at a time."


The show really does fill you in with a ton of History...And these guys are serious Motorcycle and Car guys...I'm so far from that it's unreal...But I have found myself learning about the little details about why this company did this, and why that company  did that...Why they stopped making this thing...And so much of the stuff, the old signs, and the old odd pieces here and there that were in some long lost Soda Fountain, or General Store...It takes you back to a different time...I think a better time...

I've got going to Memphis and Nashville, both great music cities, on my bucket list...When I get to Nashville, I'll be making a stop at Mike's second store, to checkout some overpriced junk, from our country's great past...

I also, out of nowhere, all because of this show, really want a 40's era Knucklehead with a sidecar...

Stay tuned for the next guilty pleasure....

The NHL Continues to Make Mistakes

And no...They didn't sign her!

As I posted Wednesday afternoon HERE the NHL has decided to totally screw up overtime...That whole think makes me nuts...3-on-3 overtime play can totally tilt the ice...And again the league is out there doing their best to kill Defense...Then the media dolts will start bashing goalies as their Goals Against Averages will start climbing over 3.00, and then closer to 4.00...Sometimes you just need to leave things alone, and enjoy them for the beauty they have...There is just as much beauty to playing great defense as there is in some fancy finesse goal scoring...It's just that the average Joe...The casual fan is too damn lazy to look and watch those little nuanced details...

But now to the other NHL news that broke late Wednesday afternoon...

The NHL has confirmed that they are open to expansion and will begin vetting expansion applications...

It's official...They're nuts...First, you have a team that right now, doesn't have a home arena...Yep, Arizona...If nothing else you look to move them where they'll be treated better (by city officials) and have a stable fanbase...The Coyotes have a wealth of young talent coming up, and have the potential to be a player within the next couple years...Get them some stability...Since this franchise had been ripped from Winnipeg, it's had hot and cold spells with it's fanbase...It's also had some bad ownership in the past, to the point where the NHL had to take control of the franchise in 2009 after then owner Jerry Moyles filed for bankruptcy...

Then you have the Florida Panthers...1. Florida does not need, or deserve 2 NHL Franchises...Tampa Bay has won a Stanley Cup, and made a great run through the Finals this year before losing to Chicago...They have a wealth of talent and are run well...You gotta leave them alone...(side note, the Cup winning Lightning team didn't get a chance to defend their title and build on their momentum, becase the following season was killed by a lockout)....But the Panthers, suck...They don't draw well...2012 was the first time they made the playoffs in 12 years...They had a run to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996, before they were swept by a much more talented Patrick Roy and Colorado Avalanche...But seriously, they make bad draft picks...Bad free-agency signings...and they don't draw...It's fucking Florida, how much damn hockey can that state really support!?!

So, you move these two franchise...In the last decade there have been too many NHL franchises that have struggled...Atlanta struggled horribly...What did they do...They moved them...got a team back to the good people of Winnipeg...Ottawa, and Buffalo are just getting back on track after some serious financial scares...And those are fucking hockey towns...

Now before anyone says Las Vegas...Fucking shut up...Please stop saying a franchise in Vegas would be great...It wouldn't...It would put players at a higher risk of getting into trouble...Both the home team and players visiting...What the fuck are you going to do on an off day in Vegas?  Do some gambling, rack up huge debt...Get a couple hookers...They lace your 9th drink with something, post your little dick on Instagram while you're past out...Maybe they try to blackmail you, you snap take a swing at her phone, her face gets in the way...You're fucking locked up, and your team releases you when the news breaks...

Besides all those sweet ass possibilities, a franchise in Vegas would just flat-out fail...It will have a quick fling, and then pass...

Kansas City, OKC, Milwaukee are all talked about...Won't work in any of those cities...The great people of Milwaukee can't afford a NBA team and a NHL team...Kansas City is great to the Chiefs and Royals, but I don't think the have the NHL in them...

Quebec...Yeah, that could work...It makes perfectly good sense to get another team in Canada...You know it will be supported...

The other big one is Seattle...Seattle as a city can afford to slap up a state-of-the-art arena...The city's economy is great...And they people are starved for another major league franchise...They need to fill that gap between the Seahawks and Mariners...If you have time checkout this video about the Seattle Sounders fans...That's the MLS team...It's an incredible atmosphere...






The NHL expanding is a foolish money-grab move...Moving to a couple stronger markets is the right move...This expansion shit is stupid....

Fucking Vegas...What the fuck!

NHL Wants 3 on 3 Overtime...

The NHL and NHLPA have reached an agreement to switch the overtime format in the 2015-2016 season to a five minute period of 3-on-3 Hockey...

They're fucking killing me!

The idea is to cut down the number of shootouts and have more straight up wins...Yes, they will still go to a shootout if tied after the 5 minute period...(Personally I don't hate the shootout as much as many others do)...I already hated the 4-on-4 overtime...It changes how teams play...And going to 3-on-3 will do that also...Plus going 3-on-3 could give some teams a distinct advantage...Which in my opinion is bullshit...

Example: Lets say a hard-nosed, defensive-minded, grind-it-out style team forces a skilled-passing, offensive-minded, finesse team to overtime...Now that grinder team has lost any edge they had...You've taken two of their players off the ice...Do they (as a defensive team) put two defensemen and one forward out there?   Their opponent is surely going with two forwards and one defensemen...Do they somehow change their style from a chip, chase, and check game, and put their fastest players out there and try to play a wide-open-free-wheeling style, which will hang their goalie out to dry?

I really get annoyed with how the NHL is constantly trying to "Increase Offense"...Defense is great...Do you know why defense is great...Because it's hard...All the rules work against the defensive side of the game, and yet there are players that make their career out of being elite defensive players...And that doesn't even include the goalies and the shit they have to deal with...Everyone wants more scoring, and then they shit all over any goalie who's Goals Against Average goes over 3.00...Bastards!

Another possible rule change that has been accepted, is giving coaches the ability to challenge goals on the basis of goalie interference calls and off-sides calls...

All rule changes are waiting to be approved by the NHLPA's Executive Board and the NHL Board of Governors...

I hope someone wakes up and screams NO!

Daddy Diddy Loses It

Rapper, producer, music thief, actor, and father Sean 'Diddy' Combs was arrested and charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats, and one count of of battery, after getting into a physical altercation with UCLA Football's stregnth coach, Sal Alosi and an intern...

Reports say Alosi kicked Combs son Justin ( a junior DB) out of practice for a lack of effort during Monday's practice...Later that afternoon 'Diddy' showed up to confront Alosi...Alosi told the intern to call campus police and after that the elder Combs lost it....The following is from the Bruin Report Online...

"Alosi, then, according to witnesses, put up his hand in a non-threatening way, and instructed Combs to get his father out of the office. Diddy then walked into Alosi's hand, and told Alosi not to put his hands on him.

In the next moment, according to many on the scene, Diddy attacked Alosi, until interns and other personnel pulled off Diddy. The celebrity broke free again at one point and struck Alosi. The personnel were then successful in getting Diddy out of the office and into the weight room, where Diddy picked up a kettlebell, which is a type of barbell, and then swung in at one of the interns."

After seeing the security video, along with Alosi's torn shirt and scratches on his face, the police arrested Combs...

Hey, I'm all for sticking up for your kids...I've fired off angry emails at teachers...But all my kids are 13 and under...But your kid is a college junior in a big-time football program...Coaches are going to be rough on them...If you did and your kid didn't know that, you're stupid...Maybe talk to the staff to get their view on why they think your kid was loafing, before you go swinging Kettlebells...I'm guessing 'Diddy' is also lucky Alosi didn't lose his shit, because I would guess Sal could have pounded the hell out of him!

I'm sure there will be more to come from this story...But nonetheless, 'Diddy' your music sucks!

Shootings, Race, and Mental Illness

Well, the title listed some serious hot button issues there, so I figure we may as well just push that envelope as far as we can with a nice picture...

So, our country has had another fucked up mass shooting...A little racist douchebag in South Carolina shot 9 people after a Wednesday night Bible study group...Since then there have been a number of issues batted around...The media touches on them...People touch on them, but no one really talks...They tiptoe around it all because everyone is afraid of offending some one else...Well, not me kids...

Topic 1.  The Confederate Flag...Lots of people suddenly think it should be done away with...They want South Carolina to stop flying it...Okay, I'm not from the South, so I don't get the big connection people in the South have to it...And I'll never be from the South...I'll never live there...I hate the fucking heat...And while I do one helluva impression of a Bible-belt, hillbilly, redneck, accent, I don't fucking want to hear it everyday of my life...But let me say this about your silly fucking flag you hold near and dear...the Civil War ended...YOU FUCKING LOST!  The North won...The slaves were freed...Oh, and far too long after, segregation ended...And no matter how much those things you never lived through really piss you off, it's the way it is...Been that way your whole life, so grow the fuck up...Your great, great grand-daddy lost!  Burn every fucking Confederate flag left!

Topic 2.   President Obama said nigger...The President was on Comedian, actor, broadcaster/podcaster Marc Maron's "WTF Podcast"...Maron is known for leaning left, but I was surprised the President decided to go on it...Supposedly his people reached out to Maron for the interview...And for the first time in awhile he said some real, honest shit...But everyone missed it, or well, the media didn't talk about it anything except him saying nigger...They acted like he was walking around the room just saying 'nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger'....No...He was talking about race and how it's still clearly a big problem in out country...So here is the full context of what he was saying....

“It is incontrovertible that race relations have improved significantly during my lifetime and yours, and that opportunities have opened up, and that attitudes have changed, That is a fact.”

“What is also true is the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination in almost every institution of our lives, you know, that casts a long shadow and that’s still part of our DNA that’s passed on. We’re not cured of it.”

“And it’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say ‘nigger’ in public. That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It’s not just a matter of overt discrimination.”

Okay...get over it...The man did what we always say we want politicians to do...He spoke honestly..

Topic 3.   There has been a complaint that when one of these white asshole, psychos shoots up a school, movie theater, of church, that they are given a pass with the 'They're mentally ill' excuse...(I refuse to use the names of asshole shooters like this dick-bag in South Carolina...I won't give them the cocksucker attention they want)...But the fucker in Connecticut, Colorado, and this fuck down South...Do any of them look like they have an ounce of sanity?  No! They all have a mile long stare...Fucked up hairstyles because they're pleading 'look at me!'  But we don't...We look away, because we can tell they're bat-shit crazy...Which is a huge problem on our part...Everyone is so sensitive these days in America, we aren't allowed to call for the authorities just because some fuck-tard looks like a lunatic...We have to wait until he does some crazy shit...But then it's too late...

But whatever...Back to the shooting part of it all...While the shit-bag in South Carolina is a racist, I refuse to just leave it at that...He is also nuts...Mentally ill just like the other fuckers from Colorado and Connecticut...But I'm not stopping there...In this country there are shootings everyday...EVERY FUCKING DAY...And you know what...All those shooters are mentally ill on some level as well...I don't care if it was a black gang members shooting Hispanic gang members...The three young black teens in Philly who got "bored" shot, robbed and killed a white man walking his dog Last Month...They are all mentally ill...If you are not defending your life, or someone else's life, you are mentally fucked if you can just kill anyone that easily...There is no difference...A killer is a killer, and a killer is fucked up in the head...

And I have no use for trying to rehabilitate any of them...No treatment...No jail...They bring nothing to the table...They all need to be erased...

Topic 4.   Gun Control Laws...Lets be honest...There are no gun laws, background check bullshit, any of that shit, that would have stopped the shithead in South Carolina...The only way to stop shootings is to get rid of every gun in this country...And that ain't happening...We can't get the losers of the Civil War to get rid of their flag, how would we get everyone in the country to get rid of their guns...And with how little we trust our shithead government, we may need to hold onto them...But seriously, how did anyone look at Connecticut kid, Colorado kid, and South Carolina racist kid, and think anyone of those fucking dolts could responsibly handle gun ownership!?! 

I'm not a gun guy and my screaming liberal wife doesn't want one around...But I'll be honest, with how fucked up and violent our country has been acting, I've thought of getting one to protect my family...

Topic 5.   Honest Discussion about Race....I have heard so many talking heads in the media, as well as politicians say that this is what we need as a country...But none of them are willing to actually sit down with real people and do it...They'll get a panel together with a few different professors and lawyers with different ethnic backgrounds, and they'll kick the can around, and then it's all forgotten...Because nothing real is said...And Don Lemon with a couple professors and lawyers doesn't represent you, or me, or anyone except for TV douchebags, lawyers and professors...

I saw Lemon down in South Carolina talking to some little douchebag about the racial issues...In the background was a black woman...A regular black woman who just lost friends, who were shot in her church...She was shouting at them...Wanting her feeling heard...She said things about the President...She called Lemon and "Uncle Tom"...She voicing her frustration...You know what they said..."Lets go to commercial so we can have a real discussion."  Fuck You Don! Fuck you CNN! You had chance to put her on the TV and try to have a back and forth with her...Let a real voice be heard...Maybe bring in some other folks from the neighborhood...It could have been amazing TV...But you fuckers were scared...And you think a "real discussion" just means you suits...

America, we have problems...We need to figure them out...And we need to do it without our shitty media screwing it up, and our politicians scamming it for political gain...Real, free, and honest discussion is welcome here...Call me an asshole if you need to...Just try to back it up with some reasoning.

Monday Moaning

I hope all you dads out there got what we all deserve on Father's Day!

Me, I had a good weekend...Saturday morning the wife got her hair done, then we took all the kids to the mall...The oldest and my wife got some needed clothes...I took Tommy and Molly to Build-A-Bear to keep them out of the big girls hair...Young kids/the boy suck when shopping is being done, not for them...So the $60 B-A-B scam was worth the peace...Then we stopped at one of my favorite store, LIDS, where I picked out Father's Day gifts for myself...They had a buy one, get the second half going on, so I got two 47 Brand caps...Both Cleveland Indians caps...One, was the classic blue, red brim, Chief Wahoo cap...My old one was retired some time ago...And I love the Chief...Eat my ass haters!  The second cap was the newer block "C" logo...All red, with a cream face...It's a nice cap...

Then I took the two young ones to the playground area...Eventually we met with the girls for lunch...Then a stop at FYE...A look at the pet store, which makes them all sad, and wanting to buy another dog for me to walk...Oh, and a hefty price tag...Screw that...The one APL is in need of homes for dogs, at the low price of $60, or they're going to start whacking some...The wife was looking at that site, but I think I talked her off that ledge...

After that it was a mostly relaxing evening...The oldest went and hung out with some friends...I picked her up around 10:30 and we got some ice cream...

Sunday I woke up to the sound of everyone...I got up to see my wife making me breakfast with Molly...I so did not want breakfast...My normal breakfast is two-three cups of coffee...She knew I didn't want it, but Molly is a forceful little boss, especially on "holidays"...The kids gave me cards they made...My oldest included two pics of her, when she was little...Thanks for reminding me you're 13 and time is flying...The boy made me a clay Optimus Prime Angry Bird head, and awesome card...I ate a bit, the wife sent the kids off to play for a bit, and then she gave me her gift!  (Wink-wink, nudge-nudge)

Then she took the kids to a movie...I played some guitar, poorly because I don't play anymore...Then I watched the Indians game...Something sweet about a three hit, 1-0 walk-off, sac-fly victory...

-So since I brought up Baseball...I've grown to hate the "All-Star Game" ever since they started that whole, "it counts" shit...Mainly, since they decided to make an exhibition game count for something, fan voting should be done away with...Proven by the fact that right now 8 Kansas City Royals are slotted to start...I'm sorry, no fucking .228 hitter, Omar Infante should ever be invited to the "All-Star Game"...NEVER!  

Even worse, MLB has admitted to normally throwing out 20% of the fan votes each year...They have canceled out 60-65 million votes so far this year for "fear of improper voting"...Well, considering Omar Infante is in right now, you fucking missed a whole lot of improper voting!

But let's rewind...They throw away 20% on average every year...Well, if Baseball isn't counting our votes America, I'm feeling like those people who say the elections are rigged may actually be right...Listen Baseball, I love ya, but 1. get rid of the "All-Star Game"...2. If not, no more Fan Voting...Fan voting sucks, and you know it, because you've been tampering with the vote...Fuck it!

-I'm keeping this post a bit shorter because I would like you to follow a couple links I'm about to share...First to our Lovely YouGab  EYE CANDY page...There is also a link at the top of the site....Then a link to a post I did on the sick bastards in CHINA ....

Here, before I go let me leave you with this teaser...

Have a week!

Fuck China (vol. 2)

One of my most viewed blogs of all time was THIS post titled "Fuck China"...And no matter what the fuck Donald Trump says, Fuck China! And what I learned today have furthered that feeling...

There is a dog meat eating festival in Yulin China each year...I was pointed to THIS article after hearing Opie and Jim Norton talk about it this morning on SiriusXM...These fuckers round up dogs...steal them from owners, and torture them...They think the torture makes the meat taste better...They skin them alive...The boil them alive...They are evil as fuck...Ricky Gervais has been leading the charge with this, and while so many of these social media campaigns die out quickly, I'm in on this one, and I hope it surges...

Ricky Gervais ‏@rickygervais  Jun 10

Stopping the #YulinDogMeatFestival isn't about objecting to which animals they eat. It's about the disgusting fuckers skinning them alive.

I agree...I'm not a fan of eating dogs, but I love lamb, and I'm sure someone is offended by that...What these fuckers in China are doing is just brutal...From this point, I'll let the images do the talking...Warning this shit is graffic, so you SHOULD continue on...

Dogs rounded up, and packed tightly in cages...

Please share this...Let's stop this shit, before I have to go to Yulin and start skinning and boiling some Chinese folks alive.

FUCK CHINA!

Dirty, Lying, Cheating, Cardinals

Yeah, and this isn't a post about the Catholic Church!

The big topic in sports, landing between the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup, and The Cavaliers and Warriors squaring off in game 6 of the NBA Finals, came out Tuesday morning, thanks to the New York Times...The St. Louis Cardinals apparently have hacked into the Houston Astros internal dadtabase, getting their hands on emails, scouting reports, statistical analysis, trade talks, and more...So I don't have to keep pulling quotes and shit, here is a LINK to the article....

So the Cardinals, one of MLB's storied franchises, is a bunch of fucking cheeaters!  Let me be completely honest...St. Louis is a great baseball town...They have a great history...And I would love Bob Gibson and Stan Musial on my all-time dream team...That said, I hate the fucking Cardinals!

I grew up when the Chicago Cubs were always playing day games...And they were all on WGN, which every good cable provider had...I'd get home from school, and my Dad would have the Cubs on TV while he was getting ready to go work his 4-midnight shift...That lead to me watching Cubs games all summer long...Becoming a huge Ryne Sandberg fan...Great fucking glove, with a good bat! Loving the drunken call of Harry Carey...I swear to God, one time he called shitty thirdbaseman, Vance Law, "Vance Coleslaw" and he called Darryl Strawberry, "Darryl Cranberry"...And dreaming of one day, if only for a year, living in one of the buildings behind Wrigley...This was long before they had bleachers built on them...Game days it was just be tenants and a few friends hanging out on the rooftops, drink, and enjoying the game...Now it's all fucked up!

So I was a Cub fan, which meant I had to Hate the Cardinals...Well, that hasn't gone away, mostly because I'm sick of seeing them playing every week on The MLB Network, ESPN, and FOX...Enough with the fucking Cardinals!

So, with that all out of the way...Back to these cheating whores...MLB needs to take a hard fucking stand here...Seriously...They hacked another teams database...What's next, hacking their bank account?  MLB's policies for punishment have a wide range based on the offense...First time to not comply with their drug treatment program is 15-25 day suspension and a fine of $10,000 fine...It then goes up each offense that follows...A first positive Steroid test gets and 80 game suspension...The second gets 162...And lets not forget that gambling on Baseball gets you the good ole, Shoeless Joe Jackson/Pete Rose, LIFE-TIME BAN!

So, what should the punishment be for the Cardinals...If the report is true, and it sure seems like it is...I feel it should be harsh...Not life-time ban harsh, but harsh...Let me tell you what I think should happen...

A one year suspension for the entire organization...The games are still on other teams schedule, and they are given the "W" via forfeit...The games aren't played...No player in the Cardinals organization is allowed to play ball...A year wasted because your bosses were fuck-up...The Cardinals obviously lose a season of home games tickets sales, and concessions...They also have to pay their opponents lost tickets sales for the away games they cannot play...(that seems like a good fine)...

Some may say this is too extreme...Well, it's a new era...When teams are hacking others, that is fucking serious...It's worse then 'Roids...It's worse then most things...A strong message needs to be made...Fuck the Cardinals...Fuck them right in that tight little ass!

Monday Moaning

I decided to bring this one back by popular demand...

I'll start with this nonsense...Some little white bitch decided to spend her life pretending that she was black...And this past week Rachel Dolezal's  parents ratted her out finally...It seems to be making big headlines because she's a NAACP leader...She is quoted as saying to her detractors, "I don't give a shit what you guys think, I consider myself black!"

Personally, I don't think it's a big story...I think it's kind of silly...Now, I'm not black, so maybe there is a level of upset, or offended-ness that I just don't get, but I see this as a nonsense story that the lazy media picks up on and runs wild with...You know, like that Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner bullshit we have been enduring...SO this chick is pretending to be black...I don't think it's as bad as this...

Former Florida Governor, and Republican Presidential Candidate, Jeb (holy fuck another) Bush, listed himself as Hispanic in 2009 on a voter registration form...Good ole Jeb's brother and father served as President, whose family has been found to have strong ties to British and other European royalty...Hispanic my ass!

But worse then that, it's actually a felony to put false information on your voter registration paperwork...Of course, he got a pass...If you or I did that, we'd be fucked, but I guess since he's a politician, we just assume he's a cock-sucking liar...It doesn't matter, because didn't you hear, Bruce Jenner has tits!

-A few days ago, I posted this video of a Ronda Pearson going off on Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers and the city council...





Well, earlier in the week Weiers had made an offer to the public, giving someone the chance to tase him, if they could raise $10,000 for a local charity...After Pearson's rant went viral, a crowd funding campaign was started to get her the shot at tasing this prick...But they came up short, until a last minute, annonymous donation kicked in Multiple thousands to get Ronda Pearson another shot at th mayor....Here it is...




She showed concer for him afterwards, because she's classy...But you could see a bit of a smile there too!

-Monday night, Chicago and Tampa Bay square off in game six of the Stanley Cup Finals...The Blackhawks are up 3-2 and have a chance to win it at home...Honestly, I have no idea what to expect...Every game has been close...Both teams have played great defense...The strangest thing is that Tampa Bay has looked like the better team through most of the series, but the Blackhawks experience is paying off, as they keep finding a way to win...My suggestion...Watch and enjoy...

-I can't fill you in on the NBA...I'm one of only a few people in Cleveland that doesn't care and isn't watching...I'm sure Uncle B.O.B. will be able to fill you in on those Warriors and their 3-2 series lead....

-Saturday afternoon, my wife went and did some shopping with the girls...So I took the boy to the art store...He had $40 dollars and wanted to get some clay...He's been out for a week or so...So, he loaded up a basket with the clay he likes to use...We grabbed a set of tools to use with his clay...I got some "Play Doh" for Molly, and a set of ear buds for my Mom...I set up an ipod for her to have while she's sitting through her chemo...We go to checkout, and BOOM! $92.00...I then realized just how many packs of clay he grabbed...

But fuck it...It's what he does...He loves it and is good at it...We spent a bunch for all the fees for our oldest to be in band at school...Then the Summer Honor Band, Christmas Honor Band, and Honor Jazz band...plus the guitar I traded for her clarinet...This is also how I justified it to my wife...She agreed...

Here are his first couple things he made...

Bonnie Bunny...

Foxxy Pirate...

He even has their mouths somehow hinged so that they can open and close...The kid blows my mind...

-Now, I started with that fan favorite image, in a classy black and white...But I figured, I throw in the color version just in case you like it a little dirtier...

Have a week...

Glendale Screws Coyotes, Fans, and Taxpayers

The Glendale Arizona Mayor and City Council have voted to void their 15 year contract with the Arizona Coyotes Hockey team, just two years into the $225 million contract...What does that mean? It means the Coyotes do not have a home...It means they have stopped all tickets sales...They have put all plans of courting unrestricted free agents on hold...They are in limbo...


It also means the Coyotes will be taking the City to court...Coyotes attorneys have started working claims seeking $200 million...Attorney Nick Wood told city officials before their vote that "If you decide to go forward, you will lose and it will cost taxpayers millions of dollars."



Clearly they don't give a shit about the taxpayers!


Coyotes president Anthony LeBlanc has called the city's decision "political grandstanding" and has also said it will be seen as "not ethical in the court of public opinion."


Glendale's decision they say comes down to a conflict of interest, as a former City Attorney is now on the Coyotes payroll...To me, it sounds like they are just looking for a way to get out of the deal...

And of course, why would they care about the taxpayer/fans...Well, there was one fan, Ronda Pearson, @CenterIceSweety on twitter, who let them all know just how fans feel, and they're sick of politicians and their bullshit games...





Enough said...Way to go Ronda!

Enough with the PC Bullshit!

I in no way approve of hitting women, and would never do such a thing, but I thought the picture was funny, based on the topics this post is going to hit...Political Correctness, Humor, Caitlyn/Bruce Jenner...And how this PC shit is running wild and needs to stop...

First to Jenner...I have seen it on TV, heard it on the Radio and Podcasts, in day to day interactions...If someone happens to refer to Jenner as Bruce, (his given name) or says he instead of she, there is someone else right there to chime in and tell you how you have misspoke...That you are possibly intolerant, and offensive...Listen dipshit, Jenner has been known as Bruce, a dude, for what, 65 years...Fuck off, and give people a chance to get use to calling him Caitlyn and she, and her...Yeah, I said him...You know why?  Because the Cunt still has a cock! Until he lops that dick off, grows a puss and fucks himself with said dick, I don't care if people call him he, or him, or dude, or whatever the fuck!

Now we move into the humor area...Spike (the guys network) cut Clint Eastwood doing a joke about Jenner at some bullshit awards show, because suddenly they have a "No Trans Joke policy"...What the fuck ever...But they aren't alone...The Late night comedy shows have been sidestepping cracking jokes about Jenner...Seth Meyers said he wouldn't do any...So now I give you a long video, but worth the time...It's Opie and Jim Norton, along with comedian Sherrod Small talking about all this and then watching a clip of Jerry Seinfeld on Meyers' show talking about how people are getting carried away with the PC shit...Seinfeld, who has always been a clean comic...They stop the clip a couple times for Norton to go off on his own rant, and praise Seinfeld...The video is 15 minutes long, but worth it...They get into the Seinfeld clip around 2:50...As they get back into the clip around 8:00 some guy from the New Yorker chimes in, and Seinfeld eventually grills him about the PC shit, before calling out Meyers about not doing Jenner Jokes...





America, do you understand how far we have taken this bullshit...Jerry fucking Seinfeld, has had enough...If Jerry Seinfeld, a clean, safe, TV friendly comedian is telling us we have taken the PC shit too far, then I think we better listen...

In closing, Fuck off!

NBC Sports is Run by an Idiot

NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus wants NHL players to shave their beards...While I'm happy NBC and NBC Sports show NHL games, they really have no say in policy for the league, so this ass-hat seems like he's overreaching....Here is his full statement....

“The players won't like this, but I wish they all would stop growing beards in the postseason. Let's get their faces out there. Let's talk about how young and attractive they are." (sounds kinda like a boner smoker to me!)  "What model citizens they are. (Hockey players) truly are one of a kind among professional athletes. I know it's a tradition and superstition, but I think (the beards do) hurt recognition. They have a great opportunity with more endorsements. Or simply more recognition with fans saying, 'That guy looks like the kid next store [sic],' which many of these guys do. I think that would be a nice thing.”

Seriously, dude sounds like he wants Patrick Kane's dick in his mouth

And in case this guy dick-bag didn't know, over the past 6 years the NHL has sponsored a charity "Beard-A-Thon" that has raised over $3 million...

I can understand his idea, but who the fuck is he to try to fuck with tradition and superstition...Oh, and he's the same guy who has that fucking idiot Mike Milbury on his airwaves...Milbury who this week said about Chicago goalie Corey Crawford, "This one, he's going straight to hell on," after Crawford let in a weak goal in game two...

And that's not the only dumb shit Milbury has said...He says dumb shit all the time...Earlier in the year he was saying how we need to get the fighting out of hockey...The fucking asshole wouldn't have made it in the NHL if it was for fighting...

So Lazarus is okay with his talking heads being complete idiots, but thos fucking beards gotta go...Lazarus, stick another pair of balls in your mouth and shut the fuck up!

 

Guilty Pleasures (vol. 1)

If you google "Guilty pleasure definition" you'll get this..."something, such as a movie, television program, or piece of music, that one enjoys despite feeling that it is not generally held in high regard."

I would say I probably have a good number of guilty pleasures, so why not make a series of posts about them...And I'll start with comic book star, Harley Quinn...I'm not a super comic book geek, but I do have a bit of geek buried inside there...I won't get into the whole back story of this Gotham villain...You can do that if you wish...She has had many stages of dress and how she is looks, and as time has gone on, she has gotten sexier and sexier...Thanks mainly to those ladies who like Cosplay...(Costume play)

Here is an example of how her look has changed...

Here are some Cosplay examples...

And here is how she'll look played by Margot Robbie in the new "Suicide Squad" movie....

It's not so much that the character is a is a psychopath...It just the look...You know, how you always hear guys talk about the crazy chicks they've known, dated, fucked...They talk about the crazy ones for a reason...They're good at what the do...They're unforgettable...Harley Quinn is a dick wrecker!

I'm just saying this...If the wife comes home with a Harley Quinn costume, the kids are getting sent away for the weekend...

And when they get home and aske, 'Dad, why can't mom walk anymore?'  I'll respond, 'Because I'm Batman!'

That's it for volume one...I'm a pervert...Big surprise!

Monday Moaning

There's a lot shit going on in the "news" and it's all pretty fucking annoying to me....I truly, honestly, don't give a damn about Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner...I'm all for people being happy with who they are, you want to change your sex, go ahead...I've always supported equals rights for EVERYONE...That includes celebritards who are fucking media whores...Do what you want, I just don't give shit...I won't be watching your fucking show, and I won't be following you on Twitter...

Then there was a lot of stink, because the super media whore factory ESPN, has decided to give Jenner their big Arthur Ashe award at their annual 'Let's pat ourselves on our backs' award show, The Espy's...The laundry list of athletes more worthy was widely reported...ESPN doesn't care, they are looking at selling ad time because they will be hyping the drama of seeing a former male, U.S. Olympic gold medalist, wearing a lovely evening gown...I have never watched the Espy's and I won't this year...

Next pile of shit I don't care about...These fucking Duggar people...Holy fucking shit...The Television industry should be ashamed of itself already...All this so-called "Reality TV" bullshit is such fucking nonsense....These fuckers have '19 Kids and Counting"...That's the name of their show...I've never watched, because I'm not fucking idiot...But I looked into them a bit after the news about their one asshole son broke...These people are full-blown-bat-shit-crazy!  Just fucked in the head...Then it comes out there one son has molested multiple girls...Including two of their daughters, HIS SISTERS!...They covered it up...They tried to "get him help"...The father even went to try to justify it by saying he did most of his molesting, "Over the clothes".....These fuckers can't die fast enough!  I'm still trying to figure out why the parents aren't in jail for covering it up...

Then I saw family members blaming the media for leaking the story out there, and 'Doing this to our lives." Really cunts!?!  You put your idiot life on TV...You have no problem with the media paying your fucking bills, to feed all those fucking mouths, but now the media is evil!  Again, these people can't die fast enough!

-Okay, I feel better...

Now, I live in Cleveland, but I have made it clear over the years that I don't like or follow basketball...And I have made it clear over the years, that I don't like LeBron James at all...(Long before "The Decision" I wrote about my distain for him)...So the Cavaliers are in the Finals, but I'm not willing to be Johnny Bandwagon...I'm not going to suddenly write like I know something about Basketball...I'm not even watching....If the Cavs win, I will not celebrate it, I won't suddenly be wearing Cavs gear...I will be happy for my friends who support the Cavs, but I'll stay true to myself, and remain not a basketball fan, and a LeBron James fan...

I did hear about the Kyrie Irving injury, and I saw the entire national media basically say that the Cavaliers have no chance...All I will say about this America, and Cleveland....The National Media is wrong more often then they are right...Just look to Vegas kids...Since the Irving broke his knee-cap, and media put the nail in the Cavs coffin, there has been a lot more money in Vegas being put on James and the Cavaliers...I put more stock in what the books are saying then the media....

-Saturday, American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes, and completed the Triple Crown...The first time in 37 years....I'll be honest, I'm a cynical bastard...I had my money Frosted...I had American Pharoah coming in second...I mean shit, There have been a bunch of Triple Crown hopefuls in my lifetime, and I have seen them all fail...And while watching the Kentucky Derby, I really like how Frosted closed...I told my wife that day, "Frosted will win at Belmont."  Well, fuck me, I was wrong...

As they came around the last turn Frosted had started charging from the back, and was quickly in second coming down the stretch...Pharoah had been leading the whole way...Frosted was surging...But some how, American Pharoah just kept cruising...The horse just ran a smooth race, and finished five and a half lengths ahead of Frosted...The horse didn't even look tired...

Now American Pharoah, as long as his owners aren't stupid, is looking forward to a wonderful life...They shouldn't run this horse again...Don't even take a chance at a loss, or an injury...Just put him out to Stud... a life a relaxation, eating, and fucking! (Ahhhh, my dream!)  That's gonna be some expensive sperm!

-The Stanley Cup Finals were evened up Saturday as Tampa Bay pulled out the win...They seemed to push the tempo most of the game...The Strangest part of the game was Lightning goalie Ben Bishop coming out of the game twice in the third period...The second time for good...20 year old Andrei Vasilevsky filled the relief role well...He was tested heavily, and held the lead his team gave him...

The Lightning are not saying what caused Bishop to leave the game, and they are not saying who will start game 3 Monday night in Chicago...Some have speculated that it was a leg injury after Bishop was run into by Antoine Vermette...There are others that are speculating that Bishop had a case of the green apple splatters, and couldn't hold it...Vasilevsky looked calm in relief, and is a highly touted young goalie...And considering the inconsistent play of Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, I'm not sure if it matters if either team needs to go with a their backup goalie...

That's it for now...

Have a week.

Shembo is no Prince

The Atlanta Falcons have released second year LB Prince Shembo after he was charged with Aggravated Cruelty to Animals...Shembo a former player at Notre Dame, had admitted to his now ex-girlfriend that he had kicked/killed her dog after she had left the Yorkie with him...The dogs injuries were as follows...

"The dog had a fractured rib, fractured liver, abdominal hemorrhage, thoracic hemorrhage, extensive bruising and hemorrhage in the muscles in her front leg and shoulders, head trauma, hemorrhage and edema in lungs, hemorrhage between the esophagus and trachea, and hemorrhage in the left eye with internal injuries," police said.

What a fucking asshole!

Now I'm a diehard, loyal Notre Dame fan, but I have no problem calling bullshit on them when needed...And clearly Notre Dame had the warning signs that this guy was a fucking psycho...While at Notre Dame Shembo was accused of Sexually Assaulting female 19 year old St. Mary's College student  Lizzy Seeberg...

The Police filed no charges and there was no real investigation...Shembo wasn't even interviewed...Seeberg was told to by friends of Shembo to not "mess with the football program"...The University, instead of investigating the assault charges, started a smear campaign against Seeberg...Within 10 days of her assault, she killed herself...

Then the University felt some pressure to look into it, but it was far too little, and way too late...Shembo's name was kept quiet throughout the whole thing...Seeberg's father said that "the university and police more aggressively investigated the 2012 case of linebacker Manti Te'o's fictitious girlfriend than that of his dead daughter."

It wasn't until he admitted that he was player in question during the NFL combine that it became public knowledge...So the Falcons also knew he was a possible piece of shit too, and still drafted him...Such is the NFL...

I hope ND has changed how they handle things like this, but the big business of football often clouds judgment...I'm very disappointed.

Sexual Assault...Killing a dog...What's next for this psycho Shembo!?!