October 4, 2022 News and Notes

• Five weeks to the midterm elections.
• We lost Loretta Lynn today -- she was 90.
• Now a poker scandal, where almost $300,000 had to be given back between two pros when a high-stakes cash game heads up led to cries of cheating by the winning player!
• An LAPD officer investigating a gang-rape charge by four men in the force was murdered by the LAPD in a "training accident", grappling at height.  Oh fucking COME THE FUCK ON, people...  And if the force wants to say "OK, just go call the local gangs if you need help...", it's getting to the point -- and RAPIDLY -- that Shoot, Shovel, and Shush and taking matters into one's own hands is becoming a discussable point.  Remember:  The laws are there only to remove undesirable elements -- and some of THOSE may not be who and what you suspect!   
• And yet another scandal, where it appears the winner of a fishing competition was caught loading the fish he caught with weights!!  There'd be an era and probably even a place in this country NOW with which that would get you shot!   
• Aaron Judge is still at 61 home runs -- and, with only three two games left, there is now real discussion he doesn't get #62!
• We now have the 12-team field for baseball's playoffs.  The Dodgers, Barfs (magic number 1, but who are we kidding here with that close and a series left?), Yankees, and Asterisks get the byes, with the Guardians and Cardinals winning their divisions otherwise.  The Blue Jays, Rays, and Mariners join the Guardians in the AL wild-card.  The Phillies, LOLMets, and Padres join the Cardinals in the NL wild-card.
• Idiot on the Field last night with a large ad on his back and apparently also setting off a smoke bomb as he ran up the field.  After evading some security and running up the Rams sideline, one of the Rams took him out!!
• The main reason I mention this:  The game was in San Francisco, and the supervisor of security was actually seen fist-pumping the Rams player for taking the jerk out!!!
• And, to take it up a notch for the question I asked in the Politicals:  The New York Post's Page Six reports today that Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have hired divorce attorneys and are prepared to split over Tom continuing on the field.