Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Noooooo!

Shits getting real, folks.

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Get Well Soon, Silvy

Sad to hear this news, reported by Robert Feder...

Marc Silverman, widely admired afternoon co-host on Good Karma Brands ESPN sports/talk WMVP 1000-AM, disclosed on his show Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. He said he would be starting chemotherapy treatment next week. An outpouring of well-wishes followed. “All of us at ESPN Chicago and Good Karma Brands know that Silvy is a fighter and he’s strong,” said Mike Thomas, market manager for ESPN Chicago. “We’re here for him 100 percent whatever he needs during this time.” Silverman, 48, grew up in Skokie and graduated from Niles North High School and Southern Illinois University. He worked as a sports intern and reporter at news/talk WGN 720-AM before joining ESPN 1000 on its launch in 1998. Since 2007 he’s been teamed with Tom Waddle from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Dere Da Bulls

After the success of The Last Dance on ESPN, I was inspired to reach back into my archives and pull out this song that John Landecker and I wrote during the Bulls last championship run. It was one of our most popular songs and got press in the Sun-Times and Tribune, and was played at Michael Jordan's restaurant. This is Landecker & The Legends with "Dere Da Bulls" (Video by Tommy Kaempfer).

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Logic



OK, let's go through this logic from start to finish.

The Democrats and the media have done this to screw Trump. In so doing, they enlisted the help of 185 countries around the world to play along with this whole pandemic bit. Then, they got the entire medical and scientific community to agree with them (because, of course, science hates Trump too). Then, they intentionally ran their own businesses into the ground (I'll show you, Trump!), and wrecked the economy. And now they want the economy to get worse, even though they are suffering from that as much as everyone else, because that's how much they hate Trump and are out to get him.

44,000 people dead, but the real victim here is Trump.

You people are fucking crazy, and I'm embarrassed to be from the same country as you.

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Monday, April 20, 2020

Maybe I'm Amazed (remastered)

Freshly remastered. For my money, one of the greatest songs ever written...

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RIP Tom Lester

Lost another one. The actor who played Eb in Green Acres, the last surviving member from the cast, passed away today at the age of 81. Here's a scene of Eb in action (right after the opening credits)

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Norwegian Wood for 420

Never heard this version before. It's incredible...

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Dog Volleyball

Love this...

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The Last Dance

I absolutely loved The Last Dance on ESPN last night. Made son #3 watch it--he was the only one who wasn't born yet when this all happened. He loved it too. (Here's a good review of the show from Michael Wilbon)

On the other hand, it did make me upset. Why did they blow that dynasty up again? When Michael said: "We deserve a chance to defend this until it's taken away from us on the court", I couldn't have agreed more. Thanks a lot Jerry Krause.

Also, the special is obviously churning up bad memories for former Bears players, who had their own GM issues with honesty (different Jerry). Two of the best running backs in Chicago since Walter Payton...

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4/20

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Top Ten Movies

For those of you who don't follow me on Facebook, over the last ten days I was asked to provide my ten favorite films, via their promotional posters and without comment. Here are the ten, in no particular order...

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Uh oh

Shit's getting real now...

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Plans A & B

Great David Frum piece in the Atlantic today. Here's the money shot...

Both Trump’s Plan A and Plan B intend to turn American against American, in an ugly spirit of rancor and resentment. In pandemic as in prosperity, the Trump way is to punish opponents, reward friends; accuse victims, protect culprits; demand credit, refuse accountability; protect preferred classes and groups of Americans—and sacrifice the rest.
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Saturday, April 18, 2020

More Sad News

RIP...



Here are The Soft Boys...

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Minutia Men--Passengers, Poker & Peterik


This week we have two celebrity guests on Minutia Men...poker pro Tristan Wade and rock and roll star Jim Peterik, who has sent us his latest song.

Listen to it here.
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Friday, April 17, 2020

Unhinged

He will burn down this country on his way out...

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HIlarious

You want to hear another name for dad jokes? Jokes. We are all funny. Especially this guy...

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My apologies

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I'm a Tody-Tyrant

Alright, I'm going to stop this now, but one last one. This is called, and I'm not kidding about this, Kaempfer's Tody Tyrant. Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi) is a rare species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil. It was known only from two specimens until the 1990s, when it was finally observed in life. It is protected under Brazilian law and it is on the United States' Endangered Species List. Kaempfer's tody-tyrant is 10 centimeters long and olive green in color. The bird lives in forested habitat, often near rivers. Pairs often forage together. They build nests several meters up in trees, constructing them with mosses, grasses, and dead leaves. The call is a series of "kwit" notes.
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I'm a Woodpecker

What is this bird called? I kid you not, it's called Kaempfer's Woodpecker. Kaempfer's woodpecker (Celeus obrieni) is a species of woodpecker from Brazil. The type specimen, a female, was collected in the Brazilian state of Piauí in 1926. No other individuals were collected or seen and the bird was feared extinct, until a male was captured by Advaldo Dias do Prado during mist netting in 2006 in the state of Tocantins.
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