Odds and Sods, So far on July 3, 2015

• Kevin Johnson is suing Sacramento, the city in which he is mayor.  Johnson, who is facing suspicion of using public workers to do off-the-table work, sued the city (and the group he's doing it with, the National Conference of Black Mayors, hates his guts) to prevent several media sources from gaining access to his e-mails under the Freedom of Information Act.  Add in the controversial arena deal he may be forming to keep the Kings in Sacramento and allegations of groping women while on the job, and this piece of shit is not long for the mayor's office.  (Deadspin)
• A-Roid and the Yankees have resolved their bonus dispute on home run #661 -- the Yankees will donate the money to four charities.  $1,000,000 of the money will be split between three charities chosen by Rodriguez:  Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Pitch In For Baseball, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa.  The other $2,500,000 will go to Major League Baseball and it's Urban Youth Foundation, and Commissioner Blinded By The Light will consult with Rodriguez on how that money should be spent.  (Numerous media sources, Deadspin being one of them.)
• Bubba Watson, making friends...  In the light of the cancellation of all reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard over the Confederate Flag controversy (and anyone who doesn't realize that we didn't watch that show for the General Lee or the flag on it, but the thunderously hot legs of one Catherine Bach, is not paying attention), Watson -- who owns the original General Lee -- decided to paint over the flag with an American flag.  It's what he said about it, given some of his other opinions, that raises waves...

All men ARE created equal, I believe that so I will be painting the American flag over the roof of the General Lee #USA

— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) July 2, 2015

•  ... to which I assert that's another person who believes just all "MEN" are created equal, isn't that right, homophobe Watson?  (CBS News)
• English soccer took another big hit Wednesday night in a game I have more than a few questions about -- and, had time permitted this week, I'd have mentioned it then.  Japan will face the United States in the Grand Final of the Women's World Cup after a match that I am pretty certain was, at best, scripted.  After another close-to-the-line penalty to give Japan a 1-0 lead, England got a penalty on a blatant dive to square the score.  That set up THIS as the last play of the match...

• I get the strategic idea, but you can't do that at the last of the game like that, in case you stub it like she did.  So that leads me to wonder, especially with a dodgy-close call on Japan's goal and a blatant dive for the English penalty to tie the game, what was going on.
• Speaking of "What the Hell is going on?", a tragedy in Aussie Rules Football this week.  Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh was killed in his home this week, with his son jailed on suspicion of stabbing him in a domestic dispute.  The scheduled match for Adelaide this week was cancelled, and the standings points for the two teams split.  A tribute has already been held in the Friday night match of the weekend, and the rest of the matches will have players wearing black armbands, a moment of silence beforehand, and the team songs will not be played at the end of the match.