My Thoughts and Words 365.

I again apologize for the late blog. However I was waiting for history to be made. That history had to do with the United States government and it potentially shutting down. Below is a list of comprehensive facts about the government shutdown from multiple sources. We break down the Senate majority, the house majority, the president, the specific date it happened on, Trump’s 2013 comments where he said if he were president he would make a deal and not shut the government down, his secret meeting to get a deal and what he and Chuck had for lunch, The sweeteners of the deal, and what was actually in the deal. Then I’ll leave you with a few comments of my own, as well as a picture if I can find it.  Current senate map. Republicans have the majority.  R- 51 D- 47 I- 2 Interactive Map Then we have the House of Representatives. Republicans have the majority. R- 238 D- 193 V- 4 (empty seats vacated that need filled.)  Government This is the fir...

1-3 last week. I'm 3-5 total on the season. To salvage a winning record I have to win all 3 of the games. Here are my picks for this week. 1/21/18 1. (1) New England Patriots VS (3) Jacksonville Jaguars 3:05 pm est. CBS Winner: New England Patriots 2.  (1) Philadelphia Eagles VS (2) Minnesota Vikings 6:40 pm est. FOX Winner: Minnesota Vikings

On Sunday we had two interesting calls that drastically changed the outcomes of games. In the first game, a 4:15 game on the east coast you had the Pittsburgh Steelers seemingly regain the lead from the New England Patriots. However after further review the player was overturned because TE Jesse James bobbled the ball in the end zone. Check video below. The first one that showed up on google. Tony Romo was pretty quick to point this out. But catches like this that get review happen every week. It is something that happens. ESPN's Max Kellerman said on First Take that the referees had a fundamental misunderstanding of their own rule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18GWrZLOpAA Then in the Oakland Raiders VS Dallas Cowboys we had an interesting call late in the game on a first down. The referees couldn't determine that Dallas got the first down. So they pulled out a folded index card. Normally instead of index cards we have two polls with linked chains that measure to see if ...