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Here She Comes, Sans Swimsuit, Miss America
It started out as a bathing beauty pageant to keep tourists hanging around Atlantic City after Labor Day. But now Miss America is dropping its swimsuit competition. It was a hundred year old institution. And Gretchen Carlson thinks its time has passed. But the Miss America franchise itself will continue, sans swimsuit.
Speaking of sans swimsuit, Playboy – also long in the tooth – dropped its nude photos a while back. They thought people really would read it for the articles. They were wrong.
We’ll soon learn if people will watch Miss America to get to know “who the person is and their goals and substance.”
No word yet on if the competition will be open to men.
Eagles Rodman Rocket Man
Maybe President Trump will un-cancel his meeting with the Philadelphia Eagles, like he did his meeting with the Pyongyang Tyrant.
It all had something to do with taking a knee during the National Anthem. Even though no Eagles took a knee.
Eagles Rodman Rocket Man
Anyway, it turns out Kim’s best buddy, Denis Rodman, likes Trump. So The Worm gave Rocket Man a copy of “The Art of The Deal”.
Can it get any weirder.? Um, yes it can. Rodman will be in Singapore during the summit.
Peak Spock Speaks
Aspiring novelist Ben Rhodes created narratives for the Obama administration. In a NYT story he once took credit for creating a media echo chamber to push the president’s Iran nuclear deal.
But on election night 2016 Rhodes found himself at a loss for words.
Peak Spock Speaks
Now he’s written a book. It’s titled “The World as It Is.” Or “Peak Spock” as Maureen Dowd calls it.
In the book President Obama consoles despondent young Ben by telling him, “There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the earth.”
Back on earth Obama says, “Sometimes I wonder whether I was 10 or 20 years too early.”
To which Matthew Continetti asks, “What was he early for?,” “Fundamentally transforming America?” “The moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow”?
Nope. According to Ms. Dowd, “We just weren’t ready for his amazing awesomeness.”
Ben Rhodes now works for MSNBC. His brother, David Rhodes, is president of CBS News.
Trump Trade War
President Trump wants China to stop stealing technology and cheating on trade.
Trump Trade War
So he lowers the boom on allies with a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum?
But the only thing booming so far is the U.S. economy.
NBA Finals All About The Refs
So far the NBA finals have been all about the refs. In game one they overturned a charging call against Kevin Durant and changed it to a blocking foul against LeBron James. Durant went on to sink both free throws and tie the game.
Collision Collusion
But charging calls are only reviewable if the chargee – LeBron in this case – is thought to have been in the restricted zone. He wasn’t, but once the investigation was open they went after him for a different violation. His feet weren’t sufficiently planted when he took the collision.
NBA Finals All About the Refs
The NBA issues a Two Minute report on the officials after it’s all over and not reviewable. They say the prosecutors..er..refs got the charging call right. But Draymond Green should have been called for a foul against LeBron with 12 seconds remaining. Not only that, Green committed a lane violation on George Hill’s missed free throw with 4 seconds left.
That’s an opportunity cost of three more free throws for the frustrated Cavs.
