Because tonight in the 3rd Round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Philadelphia, the Peacocks of St. Peter's University -- who, at No. 15 in the East bracket, are now the lowest seeded team ever to reach the "Elite 8" in tourney history -- tapped that feisty underdog in all of us.

Russian troops reportedly attacked their own commanding officer by running him over with a tank after many in their brigade were killed amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsymbaliuk said in a post on Facebook that Russian Col. Yuri Medvedev was attacked after fighting in Ukraine left nearly half of the men in the 37th Motor Rifle Brigade dead, The Washington Post reported.

Tsymbaliuk said the brigade injured both of Medvedev's legs by hitting him with a tank, causing him to be hospitalized, according to the newspaper.

"You cannot be a protector of the constitution if you are at war with it."

"Ginni obviously discussed all of this with her husband.  We can pretend not to know this but we do."  " You cannot look at these texts and not know close to a certainty, based on the texts, what is publicly known about their relationship and their history of shared partisan political activism and not know that they not only discussed the matter but that he was on the same page with her.  

So Thomas himself is also party to this conspiracy, privy to its actions and goals if perhaps not taking affirmative steps to advance it."

Bouie's advise for Democrats and its leadership is: "they should give up whatever hope they had that the Republican Party will somehow return to normal, that the fever will break and American politics will snap back to reality .  From its base to its leaders, the modern Republican Party is fully in the grip of an authoritarian movement animated by extreme beliefs and fringe conspiracy theories."

So what to do?  Bouie believes the only alternative is to confront the Republican Party as forcefully as possible and show the extent to which that party has descended into conspiracies and corruption.

It would seem to me, however, that to be "forceful", it means calling an authoritarian and Dominionist movement by its name: Fascism.  And, to forcefully prosecute the corruption. And, to dispel the both sides do it mentality or need for balance among the media. And, for the Congress to prescribe ethics rules for Justices of the SC with punishments.

And just as much of a POS.

Eric Boehlert Dies: Media Critic For Media Matters & Salon, Founder Of Press Run Newsletter Killed In Bike Accident At 57

Verastigui is also a "pro-life" activist having been a keynote speaker at the Annual Anti-abortion March for Life. He pleaded guilty to a federal charge of receipt of child pornography.  He shared videos with another member of a group devoted to trading child porn and discussing child abuse.

"If Stacey Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, I just want to be honest, that will be a cold war between Florida and Georgia," DeSantis said at a press event in the north-west of his own state.

"I can't have [former Cuban leader Raúl] Castro to my south and Abrams to my north, that would be a disaster. So I hope you guys take care of that and we'll end up in good shape."

Oddly all the small pharmacies that were giving the vaccine have stopped.  And do not plan to start again.  I called several all said the same thing and would not give a reason.  So the only places around here I know about is Walmart and the Health department.

In the Thomases, the committee is up against a couple that has deep networks of support across the conservative movement and Washington, including inside the committee," reported Luke Broadwater, Jo Becker, Maggie Haberman, and Alan Feuer. "The panel's Republican vice chairwoman, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, has led the charge in holding Mr. Trump to account for his efforts to overturn the election, but has wanted to avoid any aggressive effort that, in her view, could unfairly tarnish Justice Thomas, the senior member of the Supreme Court."

Although a debate has broken out inside the committee about summoning Ms. Thomas to testify, the panel at this point has no plans to do so, leaving some Democrats frustrated," continued the report. "That could change, however: On Friday, despite the potential for political backlash, Ms. Cheney indicated she has no objection to the panel asking Ms. Thomas for a voluntary interview

New York Times: "The Russian soldiers have been plagued by poor morale as well as fuel and food shortages. Some troops have crossed the border with MREs (meals ready to eat) that expired in 2002, U.S. and other Western officials said, and others have surrendered and sabotaged their own vehicles to avoid fighting."

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The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine," Reuters reports.

"The disclosure could help explain why Russia has failed to achieve what most could consider basic objectives since its invasion a month ago, such as neutralizing Ukraine's air force, despite the apparent strength of its military against Ukraine's much smaller armed forces."

January 6 Committee likely to reach out to interview Ginni Thomas in coming weeks, sources say

Nebraska state Sen. Bruce Bostelman (R) "apologized on Monday after he publicly cited a persistent but debunked rumor alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in school bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats," the AP reports.

Said Bostleman: "They meow and they bark and they interact with their teachers in this fashion. And now schools are wanting to put litter boxes in the schools for these children to use. How is this sanitary?"

"The false claim that children who identify as cats are using litter boxes in school bathrooms has spread across the internet since at least December."

"House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged to speak to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) about his allegation that people in Washington, D.C. have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front of him after Republican members expressed frustration with the comments," The Hill reports.

Could Trump Blow the Midterms for Republicans?
March 30, 2022 at 6:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 16 Comments

Playbook: "All signs point to a typical midterm election this year in which the president's party suffers double-digit losses in the House. The GOP has the big structural advantages on its side: a Democratic president with low approval ratings, a sour public mood driven by inflation concerns and an edge in polling on issues like crime, education and immigration that are proving important to voters in the crucial swing suburbs where the midterms will be decided."

"One of the few ways Republicans could potentially blow this electoral equivalent of a layup is if former President Donald Trump suddenly returns to center court."

"Trump is not toxic for his party everywhere. Republicans did better than expected in House races in 2020 because of the high MAGA turnout Trump generated. But he's deadly for the GOP in the decisive suburbs at the heart of 2022 politics. Recall how Virginia's Glenn Youngkin treated Trump like Voldemort, concerned that even uttering his name would repel potential supporters in NoVa."

If you never heard of it I will withhold advise.  It might not be "your thing".

It is raunchy and violent.  It is also the funniest thing ever.

But note if you do watch there are post credits scenes.  I only discovered this in season 4 and now I'm going back to watch them for the first three seasons.  There's 5.

As soon as this column began to materialize in my brain, I started to hear the pushback and counterpoint that would emerge. There will be at least two dozen people who accuse me of being a prisoner of the moment. Rick and Morty has never been bigger. It's a staple of the geek community and about to premiere its third season. The show has had a buzzworthy year after a surprise third season premiere on April Fools Day. The show has been rocketing in popularity since season one and has become the water cooler animated show. But as I rewatched the first two seasons this week, it calcified the idea that I was watching a show that in two short seasons managed to achieve a kind of perfection that few programs ever achieve. In defense of any detractors to this opinion, we might have been saying the same thing about Lost after season two and we know how that turned out. Regardless, here's my breakdown of why Rick and Morty is the best animated series ever.

Why Rick and Morty is the best animated series ever

According to The Advocate, Trump was at the podium when someone shouted out "Gays for Trump" from the crowd. In response to this Trump bantered back "Where's Gays for Trump?" When the person who called out to start the exchange identified themselves

Trump was clearly heard replying "you don't look gay."

"America is at a tipping point," Palin said in a statement released on her Twitter account announcing her candidacy. "As I've watched the far left destroy the country, I knew I had to step up and join the fight."

"At this critical time in our nation's history, we need leaders who will combat the left's socialist, big-government, America-last agenda," she said.

Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday lost her bid to overturn her U.S. sex trafficking conviction, even after a juror acknowledged having falsely stated before the trial that he had not been sexually abused.

U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan said the juror, a man known in court papers as Juror 50, testified truthfully at a hearing last month, after Maxwell's lawyers said his false answers on a pretrial questionnaire justified granting a new trial.
"His failure to disclose his prior sexual abuse during the jury selection process was highly unfortunate, but not deliberate," Nathan wrote. "The court further concludes that Juror 50 harbored no bias toward the defendant and could serve as a fair and impartial juror."

Russian president Vladimir President Putin was visited by a cancer surgeon 35 times in four years at his Black Sea residence, the Times of London reports.

Putin is also said "to have turned to alternative medicine, indulging in a practice of bathing in blood extracted from severed deer antlers."

I think it's penetrating the minds of people more because they are white christians.

The quote marks do represent a direct quote of the term used by Cawthorn.

Coleman said he believed his wife had passed the reptilian DNA on to his children--2-year-old Kaleo and 10-month-old Roxy--and that his children now possessed "corrupted DNA" that would spread if something wasn't done about it, according to a new court filing reviewed by VICE News.

Ultimately, Coleman drove his two children from their home in Santa Barbara to the Mexican resort town of Rosarito. He told FBI agents that in the early hours of Aug. 9, 2021, he killed both children by stabbing them through the heart with a spearfishing gun. He then dumped their bodies by the side of the road.

Coleman said they were going to "grow into monsters" and killing them was the only way to "save the world."

On one hand, he's clearly insane.  On the other he part of a movement that numbers millions who believe the same thing and worse.

He fakes his own death

He then ended up in the same circles as drug smuggler George Morales (from Netflix's Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami), a Miami speedboat racer who worked with Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel in Colombia and eventually began smuggling cocaine via his plane between Colombia and Florida.

Speaking to The New York Post, The Invisible Pilot co-director Phil Lott shared: "Gary tells a great story of purchasing planes and he created Pablo Escobar's air force. And it was several planes, big planes, not just single engines or twin engines--these were jets.

"And he tells several stories about spending time flying planes to Chile and just flying around looking for great valleys and beautiful vistas with Pablo Escobar."

Lawmakers in Tennessee this week will vote on a bill that would establish common law marriages in the state but would not set a minimum age requirement. Some say it could open the door for child sex abuse.

Maybe it's just me but this seems badly timed for the campaign to lable democrats as pedos.

Tennessee bill would eliminate age requirements for marriages

Amy  Walter: "Two of the most widely discussed (and most high-profile) are the upcoming Jan. 6th Commission hearings in Congress and the decision later this summer by SCOTUS on the future of Roe v. Wade."

"The question isn't just whether the nation's highest court will overturn the 50-year old abortion rights law, or whether the commission will reveal new and explosive information about the events leading up to and culminating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but whether these events will have a notable impact on the 2022 midterms. More precisely, will those two events have the effect of engaging a Democratic base that is clearly less energized about this election than the GOP

: "There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen."

"A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations

I had read the reviews of this so I was eager to see t when it dropped on HBO today.  Was not expecting the song.  I love Richard and Linda Thompson.  They are not as famous as they should be.

So, I recently watched "The Night House", a horror movie about grief and how far you would go to protect someone you dearly love and this song was playing in the background a few times. I actually thought it was a modern song but lo and behold, this song is from the album "I want to see the bright lights tonight" by Richard & Linda Thompson from 1974

Finland and Sweden Set to Join NATO This Summer
April 10, 2022 at 9:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 120 Comments

Russia has made a "massive strategic blunder" as Finland and Sweden look poised to join NATO as early as the summer, the Times of London reports.