by John Walters
The Starting Five
You call it tripping, Dookies say Allen was just trying to get a leg up….
ElonGate
In a game against Elon, Duke junior Grayson Allen learns that three times is when you finally cross Coach K’s “Grayson-Trips ‘Em Line. He will be, much like his victims were, suspended indefinitely.
2. Kentucky Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1ecZthDlY
To be fair, I don’t like people cutting in line, either. And I’m not sure how this all started…but look where these people are. On line with Christmas gifts. You know, Christmas? That Jesus guy? Peace on Earth. Good will toward men. Love thy neighbor as thyself yada yada yada….
Should I be the one to inform Kentucky women that the Plymouth Colony would never have lasted if the Pilgrims hadn’t accepted welfare benefits (i.e., food and clothing) from the dark-skinned indigenous people? Nah.
3. Panda’ing For Clicks
Panda V. Snowman is so much more entertaining than Batman v Superman was. Courtesy of the Toronto Zoo. This happened Tuesday. Can we volunteer to build snowmen at our local zoo?
4. Drain Mansplain The Swamp
Trump thug Corey Lewandowski, who is opening a “pro-Trump political consulting agency” just a block or so from the White House, on Fox & Fiends this morning: “If you had to put them in a chronological order, drain the swamp is probably somewhere down at the bottom.”
Trump ogre/beneficiary/adulterer Newt Gingrich: “I’m told he now just disclaims that,” Gingrich told NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Wednesday. “He now says it was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore.”
To Trump’s, um, credit, he is disavowing the disavowers:
Someone incorrectly stated that the phrase “DRAIN THE SWAMP” was no longer being used by me. Actually, we will always be trying to DTS.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016
I”m not sure who is IN the swamp, though. Because Trump’s cabinet picks thus far have been the typical gaggle of billionaires and white establishment figures. Is there a difference between the Swamp and Rand Paul’s swimming pool?
5. Is Same Old Lang Syne a Christmas Song?
I had this debate with my friends yesterday following this compelling story in The New York Times. I argued that it’s a Christmas song the way “Pride (In The Name of Love)” is an April 4th song. But I’m willing to listen to the other side of the argument? Your thoughts? Read to the end, please. There’s some interesting Paul Harvey-type sh*t going on with what happened to Fogelberg, who died too early of prostate cancer, and the other character in the song (thanks, Dan, for the heads up).
Music 101
Father Christmas
I’m not sure if any Christmas song rocks harder than this 1977 effort by The Kinks.
Remote Patrol
Spurs at Clippers
TNT 10:30 p.m.
The NBA’s best under-the-superstar-radar player: Jamal Crawford
As you’re wrapping presents, tune in to watch two of the top four teams in the West tangle at Staples. Their first-round playoff series in 2015 was a classic, if you recall.
https://youtu.be/V-zXT5bIBM0
Has Draymond Green been “indefinitely suspended”? At least Allen’s kicks aren’t making his victims sing soprano. Should GA be disciplined for this repeated childish retaliatory act? Of course, but I see far worse than tripping in almost every basketball game I’ve ever watched (holding/squeezing/punching an opponent’s ‘nether regions’).
Heck, then you have a JERK like Cousins, who is REPEATEDLY excused & enabled by coaches/officials & the media for, how many YEARS has he played in the NBA? That mouthpiece came out of his mouth ON PURPOSE & he goes on to rant about how folks are out to get HIM? Ludicrous!
Susie B.,
It’s Ludacris! C’mon!
Susie, Draymond’s love tap in the NBA Finals helped the Cavs win a title.
I didn’t say I wasn’t HAPPY he let his foot “travel” on that occasion. 🙂 (And hey jdubs, you say they don’t call “traveling” in the NBA anymore! 😉 ) I just think Green’s specific kicking offense is far worse than Allen’s childish tripping & he’s done it far more often than 3 times & only sat one game. Granted, it was a BIG game.
So what’s that panda trying to do exactly? Um, ‘mount’ the Snowman? Defeat him? Just sit on him for a better view? That has to be a male panda, right? 😉