Quick Hits: Volume CCIX

- CNN broke a story on Monday indicating that Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders once told fellow Dem contender Fauxcahontas Elizabeth Warren that he did not believe a female candidate could defeat President Trump in 2020. The Sanders camp denies this. However, some unnamed sources vouch for Warren's account.

So whom do you believe?

Personally, I'm just over here munching on popcorn. But if I had to answer, I would just say this. Which of these two individuals has the penchant for peddling falsehoods despite very clear evidence to the contrary? (Hint. Hint.)


- Would this be considered an in-kind contribution to the Trump re-election campaign?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be coming to America — but not until President Trump is out of office, a report said Sunday.

After their Megxit deal gets hashed out, the Daily Mail reported that the couple plan on living in Canada and eventually find a home and business in Los Angeles.

“It’s by no means an immediate thing but there is a long-term plan to end up back in the US with a second home in Canada, where they will also spend a great deal of time,” the source said.

But Markle, 38, has said she won’t move back while Trump is president, according to the Mail, citing her friends.

In the immortal words of Melvin Udall in the movie As Good as It Gets: "Sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here." 


- So the reckoning for the Houston Astros 2017 cheating scandal came down on Monday and...uh.....holy crap.

Major League Baseball released a report outlining its findings on Monday from an investigation into the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal. Commissioner Rob Manfred's punishments were printed in the report, and included a $5 million fine, forfeited draft picks, and season-long suspensions for general manager Jeff Luhnow and skipper A.J. Hinch. Luhnow and Hinch have since been fired by the Astros, with bench coach Joe Espada likely taking over as interim manager.

My goodness, how the mighty have fallen. The Astros went from 111 losses in the 2013 season to a playoff team two years later and then a World Series title two years after that. They appeared well stocked for sustained success, so to put that all in jeopardy with their cheating methods just didn't seem worth the risk. Not to mention the fact that teammates would eventually move on to other clubs. Certainly they weren't all going to dummy up.

Next up is the findings on the investigation into the 2018 Boston Red Sox, managed by Alex Cora. Yes, the same Alex Cora who was a bench coach for the 2017 Astros. I imagine his punishment is being announced last given he has to answer for two different scandals. The only word that has leaked thus far is Cora's penalty will be "harsh."

Oh well, Cora will always be in the good graces of proggies for dissing President Trump. So he's got that goin' for him.

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