The death of the nations newspapers has been well documented. I mourn a past where you would get a fat newspaper to spread on your lap and devour, not only the news of the day, but the great columnists, long-form pieces on all kinds of topics, great, in depth sportswriting, and even the funny pages (as we called the comic section). Reading this stuff on the internet is fine, but the idea of the “ink-stained wretches”of the fourth estate, bring about romantic notions of deadlines and undercover sources and breaking the big story. One of my favorite movies over the last few years was “The Post”. I used to read three newspapers every morning. Now its websites and Twitter. I know stories are still being broken by folks at the New York Times, The Boston Globe and “The Post”, but it's not the same. The reason I bring this up is we lost another local iconic journalist this week. Don Friday passed away Saturday at the age of 83. Almost every town has a “Don Friday” Some folks are immediately identified with a particular city. Don Friday is one of those. Don Friday is Stevens Point personified. He grew up in Point, graduated from PJ Jacobs (as Spash was then known) and attended UWSP. He finished his college studies at UW-Madison and returned to Stevens Point within three months of graduation to become the sports editor for the Stevens Point Daily Journal. He wore many hats for the paper as it covered a variety of sports both high school & college and he reveled in it. In my baseball playing days of the 1970's we always looked forward to playing Stevens Point because we knew we would get a great, detailed write up in the Journal (an probably get our names in the paper) But Don branched out as well. He did play-by-play and color commentary on radio broadcasts. He was one of the co-founders of the Community Parks Improvement Committee which sponsors the annual Sentry Classic basketball Tournament and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for park improvements in the city. And he was a staunch supporter of American Legion baseball. Our paths crossed for many years as he was an assistant coach in the dugout and a prime mover and shaker of Legion baseball in the city at a time when Legion Baseball was “the” summertime baseball program and Stevens Point was a shining jewel. He was instrumental in Stevens Point bidding on national tournaments including holding the 1987 American Legion World Series at Bukolt Park. After his retirement in 2000 he suffered a stroke which left it hard for him to communicate. But he was still at the ballpark every summer and it was nice to catch up with him. His peers and those who were involved with him know his worth. he's been inducted into numerous Halls of fame over the years….Wisconsin Basketball Coaches, Central Wisconsin Baseball, UWSP Athletic, Stevens Point High School, Wisconsin American Legion Baseball and Pacelli Athletic. Visitation for Don will be Friday from 5-7 at Shuda Funeral Home in Stevens Point with the funeral Saturday at 11am at St. Peter Catholic Church
Khris Middleton may be the best 2nd banana in the NBA. He picked up Giannis last night as the Bucks won again in OT. 40 points and huge down the stretch in the OT. Isnt it funny though that you can have 22 points and 14 rebounds like Giannis and it's considered an off night. The Bucks depth was huge again. Brook Lopez out and his brother steps up with 11. Bledose with 23 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. Donte Divencenzo with a double double too. Tough back to back after an overtime game…they are in Toronto tonight.
The high school girls basketball tournament begins tonight. I'll be in Merrill as the Wausau East girls face the Bluejays. It will air as the 2nd game of our DH following Green Bay East at DC Everest.
Season 3 is coming March 15th! The robots are loose!!
Your lost jazz classic today!
Gary Clark Jr, Joe Walsh and Dave Grohl cover George Harrison
GOP sending out fake census forms in California…read it
here
The absurd tragedy of the Trump presidency from Andrew Sullivan…read it
here
Trump can always be counted on to say the wrong thing. It's what happens when you have a President who doesn't read his briefing books and doesn't care to learn about the world outside of his ability to make money off it.
“Our relationship with Pakistan is a very good one…we are beginning to see signs of big progress with Pakistan.”-Donald Trump
It says this in Ahmedabad.
To shocked #Modi supporters.
Ahmedabad is in India.
India & Pakistan are enemies.
#TrumpIndiaVisit#TrumpInIndia
The corruption of this administration is right out in the open for everyone to see.
Trump flew back to his own Las Vegas hotel each night during the western-states swing that wrapped up Friday, rather than in the other cities he was actually visiting. That likely cost taxpayers $1m extra, and diverted thousands of $ into his own pocket
https://huffpost.com/entry/trump-las-vegas-hotel_n…
Quotes Of The Day
“If a Dr. stood in the ER refusing to help injured patients, if a cop sat in his squad car watching crime unfold refusing to intervene, they would be FIRED. Mitch McConnell is worse, refusing to let America weigh in on House-passed safety bills. His constituents should SUE HIM!”-Glenn Kirschner
“We have reached a dangerous moment in American democracy when senior Trump administration officials are politicizing and selectively declassifying intelligence to help Trump win reelection. That's wrong. It needs to stop now.”-Michael McFaul
“Bernie Sanders isn’t running on socialist economics. He’s running on a socialist ethic.What sets Sanders apart from many liberal Democrats isn’t his voting record. It is a deep, animating belief that our political and economic system is unjust.”Ezra Klein
https://vox.com/2020/2/24/21149460/bernie-sanders-…
Is @BernieSanders electable? In Nevada, a diverse battleground state where all the Democratic contenders competed aggressively, Sanders won among: Women
Men
White voters
Non-white voters
Democrats
Independents
Liberals
Moderates/Conservatives”-John Nichols
https://thenation.com/article/politics/sanders-nev…
“Think about the cruelty of our health care system. Someone is diagnosed with cancer. They are fighting for their lives. Then they get a $100,000 bill. And in the midst of all of this, health care companies make $100 billion in profit a year. That has got to change.”-Bernie Sanders
“The Humana CEO, Bruce Broussard, made $27,200,000 in 2018. One resident of Louisville made more money profiting off sick people than our city government spent on Public Health & Wellness! It’s time to tax the rich, end insurance profiteering, and provide Medicare for All.”-Louisville DSA
“Monty Python never did better than this ! The US President prefers to believe the word of the President of America's Number One Enemy over the
reports of his own Intelligence Services And his supporters see him as a Great Patriot !”-John Cleese
“No, democracy does not die in darkness. It dies in plain sight. On national television. One craven surrender and one dumb soundbite at a time”-Charlie Sykes
“Our democracy today is like the frog, slowly being boiled to death. The President found out that Russia is secretly trying to help him get re-elected, and when the secret leaked, he took steps to tighten his grip on the information. The burner just got turned up a notch.”-Chris Murphy
“America 2020: traitors writing foreign policy, racists writing immigration policy, thieves writing economic policy, polluters writing environmental policy, a conspiracy loon in charge of intel, a hired goon heading the department of justice and One F**king Moron to Rule Them All”-Jeff Tiedrich
“In the two weeks since the GOP Senate refused to hold Trump accountable, he has: —Intervened in the sentencing of his accomplice
—Called for prosecution of his “enemies”
—Punished those who spoke out out
—Fired the DNI for briefing Congress Are they proud of their vote now?”-Adam Schiff
“#TrumpDementia (#Presidementia) Notes: Dementia patients exhibit prevarication (lying), poor impulse control, faulty judgment, & distortion of reality. Confabulation (making shit up) & rambling speech are also common symptoms. #Alzheimers destroyed Fred Trump, runs in families. “-Dr. John Talmedge
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1231325403383566…
There is a tweet for every occasion
