Hooping It Up, Part II

I mentioned this on Facebook, but it bears repeating.  Most of the games in the women's tournament have been closer/more compelling than the games in the men's tournament.  This is probably good -- in theory, people will watch games if they are more interesting, though I suspect that without compelling people/players, viewership is down.  That said...they miss a lot of layups; I was watching Duke-South Carolina and it was mentioned that Duke was 7 of 20 on layups; aside from the fact that if they had converted half of them, they would have won, but... I do not think the failure rate in the men' game is that high, not even close.  I can see how some people would watch this and be like "ugh," and that's that.  Somewhat more entertaining was watching Dawn Staley and Kim Mulkey look very unhappy during most of their games.  But, . Tom Izzo, people seem to like/want to play for them.

More importantly, Duke won Saturday night -- Final Four, baby!  I was at that family party, so I missed the game, save for my phone, though this was probably good, being social, instead of sitting home and having conniption fits.  I dare say that the Duke D -- in every sense of the word, I am sure -- was impressive, as they kept the 'Bama offense off the scoreboard.  I think Proctor is incredibly underrated as a player in general; he can shoot the 3, he can run the offense, he is good on defense, and he has quick hands.  I realize there are other luminaries, but...credit where credit is due!

‘If We Don’t Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority’ - POLITICO
Long may this continue, especially as it appears that us GOPers cannot get our s--t together, at least in terms of messaging.  This does explain the GOP celerity on everything -- the majority is thin as it is, and as the incumbents lose seats in the midterms... which is why I thought the Stefanik move was odd in the first place.

The Great Demolition - by David Dagan - Persuasion

I think this is what most GOP voters wanted, and they are quite willing to have more.  Hell, many of us have always been highly skeptical of the New Deal and its accoutrements in the first place, so here we are... and if we have a chance to whack it around, why not?