IT'S BEEN AWHILE

But here I am leading off (get it? a baseball reference in honor of the MLB playoffs).  Important things first: namely, the pigs and the sharks. And not a sequel to West Side Story. The Globe, in its zeal to provide readers with up to date info on all manner of animals, gave us the following:  pigs escaped from their enclosure on a Vermont farm.  Police were called, a chase ensued, and some of the porcine critters were never caught.  Unless, of course, someone up there in the Green Mountain state has a bunch of pork belly in their freezer.  Can only assume the Globe will follow up.  Much like their well documented followup on beach closures.  During the height of the Cape's shark hysteria, the Globe created a special "shark" section.  Seriously?  This country is teetering on its edge and we get a special shark column.  Have to move on.

Truth be told, the change in the frequency of these screeds was partially due to me being sick and tired of me being sick and tired.  How much more can I say about POTUS.  Apparently a little more like:

--Corey Lewandusky's performance in front of a national tv audience was the perfect working definition of arrogance/petulance.  I hope he goes down with the ship.
--Do you feel more comfy cozy knowing Mike Pompeo keeps a bible on his desk and references it during meetings?   I suppose Mike needs all the  help he can get.  And oh, btw, he was in the room and perhaps even on the phone during the now famous POTUS calls with the Ukrainian president.
--We have lost the man who combined the perfect mustache with the best  81/2x14 yellow pads I have ever seen.  Bolton has now taken to criticizing POTUS which really means no good deed goes unpunished.
--I am not really sure how this will end up but I don't think POTUS will leave office unless he is not elected next November.  But I do believe Madam Pelosi has out maneuvered him in terms of being patient and then hitting the gas quickly and heavily when POTUS stepped on his tongue again.  I also think putting Adam Schiff in the lead over Nadler was brilliant if only because of the optics.  Poor Jerry just does not come across so well.
--I am feeling rage that Seven Miller made sure none of the Bahamians from the island of Abaco
were given TPS status.  Let them live on an island that is now totally flattened. He needs to find his way to the exit.
--Three people POTUS admires:  Putin, Boris, and the president of Brazil.  Make little rocket man the fourth.  All dictators no one should admire.
--Betsy Devos who will fight any effort to allow forgiveness for loans should use the same door as Miller.
--In the midst of all this shit, i saw a flyer asking for support to fight the closure of Doyles.  That being a very old timey "Irish" bar.  Its food was awful but all sorts of local and national politicians needed to have their picture taken there.  Putting aside what it means to be an "Irish" bar, do we need to raise money to keep it open when the owner just sold the liquor license for 400K?  It might be better to save some immigrants from deportation.

SPORTS TALK
That famous carnival huckster and coach of the Pats Mr. Bill deserves all the criticism he gets for bringing on Antonio.  And don't even give me a maybe on that.  I was wrong about the Yankees (they are in) and the rd flops (they are out).  My bad.

If you are fasting next week, have an easy one.
Shalom