September 8, 2023 News and Notes

• Well, well, Road to "Damar", Part One?
• The ACLU is now tracking 469 anti-transgender bills.  Something to think about next time you want to support a Republican Nazi pig.
• Another climate change protest -- man glued his feet to the floor at Flushing Meadows.
• The pace of Major League Baseball ejections has finally slowed.  And Lindsay from Close Call Sports believes that the league has, in fact, sent a memo demanding everybody knock it off.
• The September sumo tournament will begin tomorrow, and without Yokozuna Terunofuji -- back injury.
• Germany has defeated the United States at the FIBA men's basketball World Cup semifinals.