History Repeats, and then History Repeats (Again)
Read MoreWhat’s the whole point of going to great lengths to study history and try to take lessons from it, if all the benefits and blessings of that immense treasure trove of knowledge are IGNORED?
2025 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 14
2025 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 109
LOSSES — 94
PUSH — 5
NET WIN/LOSS — +$310
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-7-2 (-$135)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000
CURRENT BANKROLL: $10,310
NOTE: ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
Read More2025 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 13
2025 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 102
LOSSES — 87
PUSH — 4
NET WIN/LOSS — +$445
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-5-2 (+$160)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000
CURRENT BANKROLL: $10,445.
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Read MoreOrange is the New Juice
ORANGE IS THE NEW JUICE
(HOW TRUMP BECAME THE NEW O.J.)
If and when they’re ever released, the TRUMPStEIN FILES don’t really matter as much anymore.
Whatever slimy details are burrowed therein, the remaining “evidence” isn’t trustworthy. Not anymore. Can anyone really trust the hand-picked sycophantic inner-circle of blind loyalists inside Trump’s DOJ to allow any dirt on their boss to surface? Does anyone really expect to discover a hidden treasure drove of legitimate materials related to sex crimes by Jeffrey Epstein and all those who willfully participated and enabled a decade of abuses?
The Trumpstein Files are now in the process of being scrubbed so clean it’s gonna’ read like Dr. Seuss wrote it. According to the bill that was just signed mandating the release, the Orange House now has 30-days to redact, block, strike out, delay, alter, and/or obliterate ANY evidence that might possibly link Trump to any wrongdoing. THIRTY DAYS!
Fortunately, most Americans will know when they’ve ordered steak of the menu and then get served a heaping pile of bullshit. What in the hell is this? This isn’t what we ordered.
Read More2025 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 12
2025 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 95
LOSSES — 82
PUSH — 0
NET WIN/LOSS — +$285
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-4-2 (+$230)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000
CURRENT BANKROLL: $10,285
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Read MoreMy Thoughts About Road Rage
A terrible tragedy happened in Las Vegas yesterday. It was senseless. Stupid. Totally unnecessary.
The result: A dead 11-year-old boy and a murder charge.
The reason: Road rage.
Two drivers got into a dispute. The reasoning, or lack thereof, doesn’t matter. Two cars were driving on a city highway early in the morning. Then, with no warning, something happened between them triggering a back-and-forth clash that ended abruptly when one of the drivers produced a handgun. He fired a shot at the other driver. The bullet blasted through the car window and hit a child who was sitting in the back seat being taken on his way to school. The shooter was later identified and arrested. The boy was pronounced dead.
Read More2025 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 11
2025 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 88
LOSSES — 78
PUSH — 0
NET WIN/LOSS — +$55
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 6-8-0 (-$295)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000
CURRENT BANKROLL: $10,055
ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
Read More2025 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 10
2025 NFL: WEEK 10 — ANALYSIS AND PICKS
2025 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 82
LOSSES — 70
PUSH — 0
NET WIN/LOSS — +$350
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 9-9-0 (-$140)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000
CURRENT BANKROLL: $10,350.
ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
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Read MoreBAL-MIA Player Prop: BAL RB Henry UNDER 18.5 rushing attempts (-130)…L
BAL-MIA Player Prop: BAL RB Henry UNDER 90.5 rushing yards (-115)…L
CAR-GB Player Prop: CAR RB Dowdle OVER 53.5 rushing yards…W
MIN-DET: Player Prop: MIN QB McCarthy UNDER 19.5 pass completions (-135)… W
CHI-CIN: First-Half: Cincinnati +1…W
CHI-CIN: Full-game: Cincinnati +2 (-105)…L
ATL-NWE: Full-Game: New England -5…L
DEN-HOU: First-Half: Denver +.5 (-115)…L
DEN-HOU: Full-game: Denver +1.5…W
DEN-HOU: Team Prop: Will both teams kick a 33+ yard FG–YES (-130)…W
SFO-NYG: Full-Game Total: UNDER 48.5 (-115)…L
IND-PIT: Full Game: Pittsburgh +3…W
NOR-LAR: Full Game: LA Rams -13.5 (-115)…W
JAX-LVR: Player Prop: LVR QB Smith Over 225.5 passing yards (-115)…W
JAX-LVR: Player Prop: LVR QB Smith OVER 1.5 touchdown passes (+115)…W
ARZ: DAL: First-Half: Dallas -2…L
ARZ-DAL: Full Game: Dallas -3…L
ARZ-DAL: Team Prop: Will both teams kick 33+ yards FG–YES (-145)…L
2025 NFL Analysis and Picks: Week 9
2025 NFL: WEEK 9 — ANALYSIS AND PICKS
2025 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 73
LOSSES — 61
PUSH — 0
NET WIN/LOSS — +$490
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 8-9-0 (-$135)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000
CURRENT BANKROLL: $10,490.
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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
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Read MoreGame Prop — Will both kickers make a 33+ field goal — YES (-125)….W
Player Prop — BUF QB Allen OVER 1.5 touchdown passes (-130)…L
Game Prop — MIA First Drive Ends in — PUNT (+125)…W
Player Prop — MIA QB Tagovailoa to throw interception–YES (-140)…:L
Chicago +6.5 vs. Baltimore (full-game line)…L
Chicago +3.5 (first-half line)…L
Cleveland +4 (first-half line)…W
Player Prop — HOU QB Stroud OVER 202.5 passing yards (-115)…W
Player Prop — TEN WR Jefferson OVER 29.5 receiving yards (-120)…L
Player Prop — NOR QB Rattler OVER 213.5 passing yards (-115)…L
Player Prop — NOR WR Shaheed OVER 47.5 receiving yards (-115)…W
Team Total — New Orleans OVER 20 points (full-game)…L
NY Jets +6.5 vs. Cincinnati…W
Dallas +3.5 vs. Denver (full-game line) (-120)…L
Team Toals — Dallas OVER 23.5 (-115)…W
Player Prop — DAL WR Pickens OVER 57.5 receiving yards (-115)…W
Player Prop — DAL WR Pickens OVER 23.5 longest catch (-115)…L
Review: “A House of Dynamite” (Netflix)
REVIEW: “A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE” [NETFLIX]
A House of Dynamite is the hottest new show on Netflix. It’s so impactful that some top government officials are now commenting on it. They’re denying its realism mostly — which probably means it’s frighteningly close to being accurate. Yes, it could happen. The movie — and particularly the ending — has triggered a broad spectrum of reactions from political insiders and the general public alike. This isn’t surprising given the deep divide within our nation and the chronic depth of disinformation poisoning healthy discussion and made constructive debate difficult if not impossible.
Directed by the Oscar winner of The Hurt Locker (along with Zero Dark Thirty) the film and story are signature Kathryn Bigelow at her very best, reflecting her own unique brand of style and storytelling. Fast-pacing, jittery camera shots, imperfect angles across paper-stacked desks, awkward pauses and occasional interruptions, and devotion to the tiniest details are Bigelow’s cinematic trademark. Reminiscent of the best film adaptations of Tom Clancy’s novels a generation ago, she’s carrying that legacy and level of authenticity. Bigelow clearly hasn’t lost a step returning to the all-too familiar subject matter of another intense political and military conflict, though this crisis is not played out on battlefields, but rather beneath florescent office lights burrowed in bureaucratic concrete mazes and newsroom-looking situation rooms operating 24/7/365 under the government’s alphabet soup of letter abbreviations.
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