Monday Messages
Headline from foxnews.com: “Illegal migrant accused of snatching Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag ID’d as serial criminal from Chile.” Photo from Google Images. Hopefully he’ll soon be in El Salvador:
From NYP: “Jessica Ramos wants to oversee NYC’s $112 billion budget — but defaults on $80K in student loans.” Obviously overqualified.
Cue Little Richard: “Good golly, Miss Molly” — Sims, 51, that is. Photo from NYP:
Headline from newsmax.com: “Schumer: Not Stepping Aside for Younger Generation.” He isn’t qualified for anything but politics, folks.
Perhaps my only disagreement with President Trump has been his leniency toward Mad Vlad. I hope he’s seen the light. I don’t care what the polls say, I still believe in DT — despite the hit retirement accounts, including mine, have taken. Meanwhile, PatientsRightsAdvocate.org will be running these ads in Times Square until May 4th:
Excerpt from a foxnews.com article by Morgan Phillips: “Some 68% of the nation’s reserve forces are overweight, ASP researchers estimate.” These are not frontline troops, thank heavens, and hopefully they’ll never be needed.
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RIP Dick Barnett, 88. Born in Gary, Indiana, he led his high school team to the state finals, losing to a squad led by Oscar Robertson. He earned an athletic scholarship to what is now Tennessee St., leading them to three straight NAIA championships, enjoying a 36-game winning streak along the way, named tournament MVP twice. A shooting guard, he averaged 23.8 PPG and 11.6 RPG. He is the school’s all-time points leader. It retired his #12. He was the fourth pick in the 1959 NBA draft, selected by Syracuse. In ’61 he moved to the Cleveland Pipers of the ABL, owned by George Steinbrenner, and led them to a championship. He joined the Lakers in ’62. He was traded to the Knicks in ’65 and was a member of the ’70 & ’73 championship teams. In all he averaged 15.8 PPG, 2.9 RPG and 2.8 APG. He was an All-Star in ’68. He is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. His jersey hangs from the rafters in MSG. He earned a Ph.D. in education at Fordham and taught Sports Management at St. John’s. He was the subject of the 2022 documentary The Dream Whisperer, which chronicled his college basketball accomplishments. He never married. Awesome, Sir. Facts from Wiki, photo from GI. Note the jump shot style, described as a question mark by scribes:
Day 2 of what I find funny. This clip starts a little bit later than I would have liked. The British accent is a stroke of genius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYlepBd8cf4&t=7s
The Anti-Inflation Book Shop prospered on this beautiful day. My thanks to the woman who donated a bag of mostly Russian books, several of which sold, and to Alex, who donated three Danielle Steel translations, two of which sold; and to all the buyers, especially the Latino restaurant worker and the two women who overcompensated me for their purchases. I am blessed. Here are two of the items that sold:
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