COVID 19 (blog 6)

If you are protesting anything wearing a mask, I feel you are a coward...If you are protesting stay at home orders and safety measures (like wearing a mask) that are in place to protect you and everyone else from a global pandemic, you are a chicken shit, pussy with no real conviction in your protest...You just want to play army dress up, before you clowns all go back to your militia clubhouse and suck each other off!

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There were over 50,000 U.S. deaths in Vietnam...While the death toll was climbing Americans protested to end the war because the cost was too high....Now with the U.S. deaths from COVID19 nearly at 90,000, people are protesting and murdering for having to wear a mask, to practice social distancing and to stay at home...I touched on some of these idiots a few POSTS back....And yes, I did say murdering, as a family was charged in the murder of a store security guard because he told the wife/mother of the family that the store policy was that everyone had to wear a mask to enter the store...So she got her husband and son, and they shot and killed the poor guy...

People are protesting so they can get a haircut...100% truth there are people I know who haven’t gone to church in 30 fucking years posting memes bitching about how they’re not allowed to go to church...People are protesting social distancing and stay at home orders by waving Nazi and Confederate flags...Flags of our enemies...They don’t care that the death toll is too high and still climbing...My how priorities have changed...Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, (both of the) Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson...and so many more are rolling over in their graves....

America or at least the myth of what America was, always came together in times of crisis...Now we are divided as fuck...I put much of the blame on our idiot, criminal President...HERE'S just one example of his criminal Bullshit...There's MORE and I could give you links for days but, this isn't about that...The issue right now is how he has dealt with COVID, saying one thing that goes along with what doctors and scientists say, and then out of the other side of his mouth he contradicts that...Vocally saying that Governors need to handle how each state deals with it's cases, just to put his full throated support behind these wannabe toy soldiers...But we all know if these were black people showing up armed to the teeth, he would call them thugs and want them locked up...

And he says we are doing great testing and things are looking good...If 90,000 dead is looking good, what the fuck is bad...And about that testing...There are many different tests being used and many aren't FDA approved...And I particularly find it hilarious that the tests that have been being used at the White House, the FDA had to put out an alert because those tests were having an unacceptable amount of False Negatives...33-48% False Negatives!

This White House is one fuck up after another....

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I'm just putting this in, because this is the "great businessman," piece of shit, lying, asshole that you Trumpers support...

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Moving the fuck along...So all the bitch, moaning and complaining, and asshole protesting convinced many states to start opening up businesses late last week and this weekend...Yes, I get it, no one wants to see the economy tank, but I don't want to die, or see another 90,000 Americans die....So guidelines were given...People are asked to socially distance, and wear masks and be fucking smart and respectful of their fellow human beings...

Personally, I think the opening up is going to be too much, too soon as states were still seeing increases and there is yet to be a prove, clear-cut treatment for this virus...Don't believe me about numbers still rising, because I read pay attention to facts and some don't...Saturday, Texas had it's largest single day increase of COVID cases...

And my old home state of Ohio started lifting restrictions with a number of guidelines...And from the pictures I was seeing on social media, and from family back home, many bars, restaurants and their patrons were not following the social distance guidelines, as people were balls deep in each other...

You know what...I want to scream and yell at these people...But what good would it do...They clearly don't get it that 315,000 people have died worldwide...90,000 in the U.S. and these people are packing in the bars, all up in each other...Fuck it...Maybe I should be rooting for COVID...Thin the fucking idiot herd...

Me, I'll stay home and do my drinking here.

Tyson vs. Holyfield 3

This morning I woke up, looked at Facebook and then Instagram on my phone...One of the first things to pop up on Instagram was a mockup of a poster for a third Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield fight...

Just when you think 2020 can't get more fucking strange and off the rails...

The first fight in 1996 Holyfield won with an 11th round TKO...The second fight, in 1997 was much more memorable because it ended with Tyson being disqualified for biting Holyfield's ear multiple times, and taking a chunk out of it...

Now at Tyson 53 years old and Holyfield 57 years old are by all reports, seriously considering going at it one more time...While Tyson has rebuilt his reputation with some humorous acting gigs and a one man show, talking openly about his life with all it's ups and downs...Holyfield has been mostly quiet...Probably because the mental wear and tear from his boxing career are shining through....That was made very clear when he was asked about getting into the ring with Tyson again in what is speculated to be a charity event...

“I would do that!” Holyfield told The Sun. “Yes, I want to fight Mike Tyson. My whole thing is I’m open, and I know that I want to do well for myself at age 57. I can definitely handle him. But Mike would have to want to do it as well.

“We have to come up with something that is not a knockout grudge match. It’s not about who can beat who but to show people we were some of the greatest fighters in our era and we’ve come together as men to do something for others.

“I don’t have anything against Mike personally. The thing is I think it would be good for the sport. And even though boxing is a rough sport, we can show people we can come together. If we do this fight, it would be great.

“I can still shoot the jab, I can still shoot the shots, but not like a killing thing, [not like] ‘I’m going to hurt you, I’m going to show you that I can knock him out.’ Mike is looking sharp, but I’m in very good condition and shape physically and mentally. And if the money is right, too, then let’s get it on.

“I know he’s getting offers from all types of people. Since we have both announced a comeback, a fight between me and Mike would definitely be the fight people want to see.”

Sweet Jesus! That was all over the place...And I'm not sure it's much of a charity thing when he's saying "if the money is right"...Honestly, I think this would be great for whatever promotion company puts this on...I think it would get people talking about boxing again, until it happens...Then, afterwards there won't be much positive talk about it...I think it will be a shit show...I think Tyson can finally beat Holyfield and won't go full Carnivore...I think it will be sloppy, and Holyfield will finish with his brain fully and completely scrambled...But what else is there to watch...Fuck it, let's get it on!

Blake Snell : Baseball's New Villain

Today we were given the latest Baseball villain... My previous POST  foreshadowed this...But clearly Blake Snell isn't smart enough to read my blog...On his Twitch stream he made it clear that there was no way in hell he was going to be playing this year with the pay-cut the owners proposal has in it...

This is from Tampa reporter Ryan Bass....

Okay, I get not wanting to take a pay-cut and I get it when Billionaire owners are crying that they are losing money, as an employee I wouldn't feel bad at all for them...Hell, as average Joe, I don't give a fuck about the owners, especially now...But Snell looks like a fucking idiot crying about money when at least 36 million people in this country are out of work right now...And he says "The risk is through the roof"....Really!?!  I'm guessing your risk is not nearly as high of a risk as what doctors and nurses are dealing with and wow are you making a shitload more money then they are...

(wait for it!)

Snell right now has a 5 year, $50 million contract...Is salary for the 2020 season is $7.6 million...In his bitch, moaning and complaining rant he said the owners proposal would have him making 25% of his contract's salary...Holy fucking shit, you poor thing you, you'd be getting paid $1.9 million this year...Oh, and don't cry too hard about taxes, because he plays in Florida, which has no state income tax...

$1.9 million for 4-5 months of playing baseball...(He's a starting pitcher who only plays once every 5 games)...I'd shovel shit in 85-90 degree heat for $1.9 in 4 months...

Fuck me running, I'd go back in the confessional with Father John for $1.9 million....(what, too far? Fuck You!)

Seriously, I have no love for the MLB owners...They're greedy, out of touch assholes...While I'd generally side with the players, Snell showed how clearly out of touch, selfish and greedy he is as well...So fuck Blake Snell!

Can MLB Survive COVID

 So we are in mid-May and COVID is kicking the world in the balls and so many talking heads and politicians want everything back to normal...Refusing to accept that there isn't going to be a true normal until we have rock solid treatment or a vaccine for this monster...But science and research need time, so we have to be patient and realize normal is still miles down the road.

 But Major League Baseball pressured by politicians and greed, today said they have a plan and presented it to the Players Association and now they all have to sit down and hash it out and try to agree on things...The plan is talking about starting in early July, playing about 80 games...Interleague play will happen because the idea is to keep things as regional as possible...They are also talking about everyone using the DH...I'm totally fine with that...14 teams would make the playoffs...And now we get into the mud....The Owners, who are Billionaires are asking the players to take a pay-cut...They say paying prorated salaries will be too steep of a cost for them and they are talking about a 50/50 revenue sharing deal...

Of course agent Scott Boras has already spoken out against this and some players have spoken out against revenue sharing and that revenue sharing is how owners will implement a salary cap...This is where, in typical fashion is where MLB owners and the MLBPA shows how the out of touch they are with us regular people...Not all of them but too many of them...

Sean Doolittle has made it clear his number 1 priority is making sure it is safe for all players, team staff and facility employees before they are worrying about playing...

Safety has to be the top priority...And so far, with this plan and all the plans MLB has kicked around, they haven't answered the big question..."What if a team gets exposed?"  It takes 1 player, or trainer, staff member to catch COVID, and in a blink the whole team is infected...And the tricky bitch about this thing is people can carry it for 14 days without showing symptoms...They say they are going to be actively and aggressively testing, but we have seen most tests have not been 100% accurate...Many tests are being used that haven't even been approved by the FDA...

All the PR people are saying this will be done safely, and every state governor and says they are going to open their economies safely, but how can you do it safely if you don't have an answer for to the big what if? If you can't guarantee the players and staff and facility employees safety, maybe you shouldn't being trying to rush into this... 

Now lets talk about the Baseball aspect...If my beloved Cleveland Indians won the World Series in this horse shit, fake, half season, I'd be happy while watching, but in my heart, and my brain, it wouldn't be real...It wouldn't be legit....More than any other sport Baseball prides itself on History and Stats...Baseball also prides itself on being a marathon...So how can anyone feel a half season with a doctored postseason is legit...As someone who loves baseball and I know guys like me are getting older and are a dying breed, if Baseball is played this season I'll simply see it as an exhibition season...

Personally, I've already stated in a previous blog that the NHL and NBA should just take the L and not bothering trying to cram in an end of the season and playoffs...MLB talking about a half season, starting in July...I say scrap it...It won't be real...If it's not real, why risk health issues or injuries...

More importantly, if Baseball isn't played because owners and players are going to spend the next month bickering over money, they will lose more than just a season (or shitty half season)....They will lose a huge part of their fanbase...They will take a loss that they may not be able to recover from...

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