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If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

An interesting story making the rounds in the NFL involves the Raiders and everyone’s favorite coach, Pete Carroll.

The story goes that the Raiders hired Carroll but did not allow him to hire his coordinators. Chip Kelly was hired as offensive coordinator and Patrick Graham was retained as defensive coordinator.

There was speculation Carroll might hire his former coordinators, Darrell Bevell and Gus Bradley, to those roles.

Some believe Kelly is a head coach-in-waiting and Carroll, 73, will coach only two years. I’m predicting there won’t be many dull moments during the Carroll era.

  • Utah’s interim basketball coach is Josh Eilert. Next week, the Utes will play West Virginia. Last year, Eilert finished the season as West Virginia’s interim coach.
  • USC Pro Day will be March 12 at 8:30 a.m. It is closed to the public.
  • Just a heads up as everyone obsesses over 40 times at the NFL Combine. Here are some 40 times:

Christian McCaffrey (4.48)

Derrick Henry (4.54)

Amon-Ra St. Brown (4.51)

  • And now for some history:

Oh for the days when a newspaper printed the starting lineup, like for the USC-Cal game in 1982. Look at the offensive line, and for that matter, the defensive front seven.

  • Lynn Cain was an underrated USC running back. He averaged 6.5 yards per carry in the 1979 Rose Bowl (pictured above) and spent six seasons with the Atlanta Falcons (1979-84). He gained 2,309 yards and scored 25 touchdowns in his NFL career.
  • And here is tailback Dwight Ford in 1977.
  • Actress Diane Baker (Silence of the Lambs, Diary of Anne Frank) turned 87 on Tuesday. But she was the USC freshman baseball queen in 1956. The others in the photo (left to right) are freshman coach Dave Rankin along with pitchers Bob Blakeslee, Bill Thorn, Gary McCormick and Dale Ziegler.
  • In 1964, USC and UCLA held pep rallies simultaneously the night before the Crosstown Rivalry. And in a first, the rallies were transmitted to the rival campus via closed-circuit television.

John McKay showe up at the USC rally, unlike Lincoln Riley these days.

  • In 1977, the rally still had a bonfire (unlike today) and the song girls.
  • Never ignore the surroundings. Here are The Three Stooges in football uniforms running through the USC campus.
  • The USC basketball uniforms really stood out back in the day, like in this game against Oregon in 1978 at Mac Court. For the sickos like me, that’s Don Carfino jumping for the tip in the final moments of a tie game with Paul Henderson (left) and George Ratkovich (22). The player obscured by Carfino is the great Cliff Robinson and it looks like the final Trojan is Mark Hoisington.

There’s not much I remember more from Pac-12 (Pac-10) basketball than going to games at Mac Court. The upper decks used to shake when the fans started jumping around. It was the best atmosphere in the conference.

  • The 1980 USC team probably gets shortchanged because it was banned from postseason play. Here’s quarterback Gordon Adams calling a play against Cal. USC won the game, 60-7. And Marcus Allen threw a 22-yard pass to Adams in the game as the Trojans amassed 555 yards in offense.

PICTURES OF THE DAY

For the third straight week, it’s actress Alexandra Bastedo, who ran an animal sanctuary for 30 years in England.

And for the traditionalists, Marilyn Monroe.

VIDEOS OF THE DAY

There are so many Gene Hackman movies that could be spotlighted here. But this is a sports blog, so let’s show his motivational pre-game speech in Hoosiers.

On the other hand, let’s watch his great cameo in Young Frankenstein.

97 thoughts on “If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column”

  1. For all the “If you lose you’re a bum” crowd, Gene Hackman tries to reach you with “It doesn’ matter what it says on the scoreboard,” if you play your hardest you’re winners to me You’re winners to me

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    1. KAM: I care about USAID laundering my tax $ on:

      • Politico: $34.3M

      • NY Times: $50M

      • AP: $19.5M

      • Reuters: $9M

      • BBC: $3.3M

      DON: To spread propaganda.

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      2. What is going on with you challenging posters to fights and then chickening out,  Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts? I see why people laugh at you.

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    1. KAM: For 4 years the office of the President of the United States was controlled by unelected aides and political activists who were hiding an incapacitated president. THAT was a constitutional crisis.

      DON: Cutting off taxpayer funding of trans surgeries in South America is not.

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  3. Cliff Robisnon was “great” at SC. I recall at YUClA at the finish of a close game I gave a pat on his back and he turned around at me. I don’t think you are allowed to do that, but SC lost the game anyway

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      1. Not all of America fell for it. You had to have been a complete moron not to have noticed Joe’s dementia in 2020. The cover-up all on its own was election interference/FRAUD. Without them helping Joe cheat, by covering up who he really was, he would’ve lost badly in 2020 and they even admitted it, when they forced him out in 2024. Now that voters had the facts on their candidate, they knew he couldn’t beat Trump in an honest election.

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      2. get a new playbook……Biden is not the prez……dumb—–ass

        repeating the same BS 10k times is an indictment on your mental capacity……seek help

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      3. The story about the White House aid admitting they gaslit the country just came out TODAY, you moron. I can reply to it if I like and don’t care how much you cry about it. And yes, that is exactly what you’re doing, since I know you’ll lie about that, too. The way you lie about everything.

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      4. repeating the same thing 10k times is the issue……dip—s h i t

        go service your out—-house and quit being a pest

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      5.  Poor Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts is so protected from bad news she doesn’t realize Fake Jake turned on her beloved Dictator Senile Joe this week!

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  4. -Right around 4.5 seconds in the ’40’ for elite athletes. Wonder what the average-man average is, maybe 6-seconds

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  5. In that SC-Washington photo above it captures how the linemen are so ‘set’ and eager to hit. That is where ‘true football is played.

    It’s a totally different game for the wideouts and quarterback as they replicate basically a ‘flag football game’

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  6. The SC Trojans’ uniforms were once better looking than today; it was more of a cardinal color whereas now it leans more toward red

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      1. Interesting!……because world leaders are speaking out against trump after his tantrum…….DUMB——-A S S !

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      2. Interesting! Because even Ukraine supporter US Senator Lindsey Graham blasts Zelensky after his meeting with Trump: “What I saw in the Oval Office was disrespectful and I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelensky again… He either needs to resign– or change his mind.” But then, you are equally infantile, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts!

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      4. Stay on point, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts. We are talking about childish antics by Zelensky that have led to calls for his impeachment in Ukraine. This is HUGE. Zelensky’s Regime is collapsing in real time. But you are completely oblivious because you are the Queen of Childish Antics.

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      5. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO INSECURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        YOU’RE A FREEEEAAAAKKKK

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      6. KAM:Ex- UCLA /Vikings punter Chris Kluwe fired from HS coaching job after MAGA plaque protest: ‘I’m bummed’!

        DON: He’s as stupid and preachy as Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts

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      8. Talk about lame!

        As always…accuses others of what she’s guilty and too stupid to realize it

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    1. KAM: Santa Barbara County Undersheriff Craig Bonner said, “we recognize there is significant fear of deportation and family separation that some some of our folks in our community are feeling.”

      The Sheriff’s department said right off the top it is not working with immigration enforcement teams in the area. “As local law enforcement we do not, not enforce federal immigration law.” The crowd applauded that statement strongly.

      DON: Insurrection by Santa Barbara Sheriff Craig Bonner!

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      1. Bonner gave trump two middle fingers

        laughing my a s s off

        why all the insecurity issues?

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  8. DON: -Got any advice for the morning

    KAM: Only that ‘We each have been gifted a piece of the universe– we’re like walking-talking little universes

    DON: Right, and for some their universe doesn’t extend much further than that

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    1. KAM:So Don Lemon is now a creepy stalker on the subway?

      DON: Sad how so many Democrats trusted him for their news and world view.

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      2. You ran like the yellow belly coward you are when Plow Horse said put up or shut up, Cowardly Gabby!

        Fake Gabby ducks when called out!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 10:23 PM
        Gabby is the biggest p#$%y on this blog.

        Still waiting for dates, Mr. keyboard tough guy.

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      3. You ran like the yellow belly coward you are when real Gabby said put up or shut up, Cowardly fake Gabby!

        Fake Gabby ducks when called out!

        Real Gabby
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 10:23 PM
        Fake Gabby is the biggest p#$%y on this blog.

        Still waiting for dates, Mr. keyboard tough guy.

        Major insecurity issues

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      4. You are the problem, Cowardly Gabby. . Why won’t you go fight Plow Horse you Coward?

        He’s calling you out, Cowardly Gabby.

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 8:33 PM
        Gabby: I didn’t use the term “white guy.” The CEO of Ocean Gate used the term white guy. I suppose that reading comprehension isn’t one of your strengths. But since you brought my wife into it, something that you would never do if we met face to face, let’s meet up Mr. keyboard tough guy or are you going to chicke$#$*t out like you normally do. I work out at a boxing gym in Pasadena, CA. Name a date and time and I will make a reservation.

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  9. Wolf extended his quota of pretty girls from 2 to 3 today. Which conjures up the song, “There’s nothing like a dame, nothing in this world”

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    1. KAM: Thomas Crooks May Have Had Accomplice, FBI Stonewalling — Ignores Obvious Evidence from July of Accomplices, FBI Lies, Possible FBI Involvement.

      DON: The FBI is beyond reform.

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  10. I wonder if football coaches give a Gene Hackman type speech

    –And his kids were obviously stunned by his powerful words, with their feelings simmering at first which then becomes a hot roaring boil as they stampede out onto the court

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    1. KAM: Our government has operated like a trust fund kid that never had to earn a dollar, doesn’t understand the value of money, and therefore wastes trillions of other peoples’ money until someday the trust fund goes dry.

      DON: DOGE operates like a fiduciary where every dollar matters, working on behalf of American taxpayers to do what’s best for the country.

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  11. Carrot done with the Raiders after 2-years?– I’d say the over-under is closer to 3.5 years. You know Carrot, he’ll go down swinging

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    1. KAM: From 1950 to today, there’s been a 100% increase in the number of students in public schools, a 243% increase in the number of teachers, and a 709% increase in the number of non-teaching staff, which are largely administrative positions. Only 47.5% of people in the public school system are actually teachers.

      DON: The Educrat bureaucracy must be reduced starting with the Jimmy Carter created Department of Education.

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  13. McCaffrey looks incredibly fast in the games. Many long runs and kickoff returns. Surprised that he is so close to Derrick Henry in the 40. That is why one should not trust combine times where players run in track clothes as opposed to football uniforms. Today’s technology allows for timing a runner based on actual football footage. That is the best measurement.

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  14. What trump just did not national TV is embarrassing. Every American should be disgusted with this type of behavior.

    (Too bad it was only the ear)

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    1. What trump just did on national TV is embarrassing. Every American should be disgusted with this type of behavior.

      (Too bad it was only the ear)

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      3. SAYS THE WUSS WHO REFUSED TO MEET IN BARSTOW.

        INSTEAD SPAMS HIS BLOG WITH POLITICAL RANTS….

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      6. You are a psycho who needs forced institutionalization at Atascadero State Mental Hospital, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts

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    2. What you do here daily is embarrassing, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts… like this gem:

      Gabby (original)
      JUNE 23, 2023 AT 4:17 AM
      With drool rolling off his chin, plow told his wife, after I clean s#$@er #2 and #4 at the boxing gym, “I am going to give Gabby a good a@# whipping”….Mrs plow replied “STFU!”

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      2. You are a proud lib pervert, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts

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      6. Your only purpose in your waste of life is to drive posters from this blog, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts. You are a sad creature to be pitied.

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      8. KAM:Zelensky says he will let the people of Ukraine decide whether he should resign.

        DON: How? He won’t hold an election. He’s as big a liar as Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts

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      10. What is lame is you coming her for over 20 years to spam this site daily with your Zero IQ sports and political knowledge and your animal videos , Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts

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    1. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts, you admitted you will never show up for any fights back in July- remember?

      Plow Horse
      JULY 8, 2023 AT 11:35 PM
      Yesterday Gabby admitted that he had no intention of appearing for a boxing match. “Nobody fights over what is said on a blog.” He was incredulous that anyone should ask for an apology. (Posting fraudulently as steveg) In Gabby’s world, men are not the protectors and providers for their families. You can insult their wives, daughters, and mothers with impunity. He has has no code of honor and therefore believes that nobody else should live by one. Although he admits that he will not back up his words with a boxing match, he has now dishonesty posted at least 10 times the exact same response about how he showed up at the gym in Miami. Is this suppose to be amusing? Please stop ruining our blog with repetitive copy and paste posts.

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      1. BARSTOW?

        WHY DO YOU KEEP HIDING…….

        AND BRING THE P E D O AND MANUREMAN!!!!!!!!!

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      2. Remember when Cowardly Gabby chickened out of this fight?

        Chickens&^% Gabby is a Butthurt Narcissist
        JULY 4, 2023 AT 10:07 PM
        Meet me in Miami at 4pm ET tomorrow, Chicken^%$# Gabby! If you aren’t there, you are only proving your name. I don’t want to hear any excuses! None! No f*&^ng excuses! Tomorrow at 4pm ET! Be there or everyone will know for a fact that you are a true chicken

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      5. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts chickened out of two fights, in Miami and Pasadena. And she claimed she lives in Las Vegas but no showed after promising to confront Scott Wolf at the USC pep rally the day before the Trojans played in Las Vegas last August! She is The Coward of the County!

        Plow Horse

        August 31st,20204 AT 9:42PM

        I thought Gabby said a few days back that he was going to the USC marching band pep rally today at the Palms at 2:00 and wanted to “meet up” with Scott. Instead, he spent the day trolling the blog. Once again a threat followed by a no show. That’s our Cowardly Gabby. All talk, no walk.

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      6. YOU HAVE REPOSTED THAT SAME POST OVER 1K TIMES….IT’S BEYOND STALE…….DUMB—-A S S

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      7. It’s so fun rubbing your nose in the messes you have made here, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts

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      8. it’s so fun slapping you around like a p i n a t a

        soooooooooooooooo insecure

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      9. Who can forget your mental breakdowns after caught in another lie, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts?

        Gabby

        FEBRUARY 22, 2024 AT 7:09 PM

        you’re the only limp-d$#@ who gives a s^%$ what I said 8 months back … ….. I F$#@NG LIED…..I FF*&^ING LIED…….AND NO ONE GIVES A F$#@ BUT A FREAK LIKE YOU….. GO F#$@ YOURSELF WHILE A DECIDE WHAT HORSE S#@! VIDEO TO POST

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  16. Scooter,

    Joe Murray was two time All CIf at Loyola. He was there when I was. He was two time All American at SC and played for the Colts and the Rams. He is a good guy and he coaches at at Dana Hills as a oline coach

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    1. Loved him in “Mississippi Burning”. The way he butted heads with a young Willem Dafoe, who wanted to do everything by the book was epic!

      “The Bird Cage” will always be near the top of the list, too! What a cast!!

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  18. KAM: AFTER CAMPAIGNING FOR ME, HE SHOULD HAVE HAD A DETAILED PLAN FOR MAKING NICE TO TRUMP POST-ELECTION: Zelensky’s Tweet After Disastrous White House Visit Is What You Post When You’ve Been Totally Defeated.

    DON: I can’t imagine what Zelensky was thinking.

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    1. You have spent your life trying to destroy this blog by spamming and doxxing and threatening posters, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts. You are a pathetic loser.

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  20. DON: What did you think about the Zelensky blow-up?

    KAM: It seems people’s reactions mirror ‘company’ lines, but when meeting with heads of foreign states it might be best if you told ‘Single Cat Woman’ to stay put

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  21. KAM: Hakeem don’t like it- he was caught lying on national TV!

    DON: Yes that weasel claimed without proof that the House bill that just passed would cut Medicaid. Cowardly Gabby gets her talking points from this liar.

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  22. KAM: As an objective observer, you showed Ukraine who was boss. But saying the Russia War was $350-Billion financed by Biden was a bit strong

    DON: Right, you’re right, you’re right of course– just a habit of mine

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    1. DON: This whole fiasco started with Hunter and little Joey Biden….promising to fund/protect Ukraine in exchange for their silence for the Biden Crime Family’s corruption. That’s why he pardoned the whole Crime Family on the way out.

      KAM: Senile Joe needs to answer for his many crimes.

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  23. KAM: Of course without U.S. funding the Ukraine is done and may as well start waving the white flag. That seemed to be your message.

    DON: Read the words from Ukraine’s representative and me– They speak for themselves

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    1. KAM: Even when RINO’s like Lindsey Graham support your action, the Fake News and Democrats march in lockstep against you.

      DON: That’s what Traitors to America do.

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  24. KAM: And that comment from ‘Single Cat Woman’ to Zelensky might go down in history– ‘You should thank us for the billions we sent you’

    DON: Yeah, ‘Dummy,’ but what you gonna do?

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    1. KAM: The National Scientific Foundation spent $2 billion in taxpayers money to promote DEI, neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda under the Senile Joe Regime.

      DON: You were certainly busy destroying America the last 4 years using the taxpayer’s money to do it.

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  25. KAM: Of course Zelensky could have handled the situation better, but he brought that hard-nosed, humorless Russian-Ukraine style to the table

    DON: That’s how I see it

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    1. KAM: The favorite movie for Best Picture Sunday is “The Brutalist”, an extraordinarily well made film whose fundamental conclusion is that America is evil and anyone and everyone is better off somewhere else.

      DON: What a pity Director/Writer Brady Corbet doesn’t take his own advice.

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  26. KAM: You of course cannot tell me your Russia-Ukraine plans, but let me hazard a guess: With no U.S money there is no further honey for Ukraine to fight off the Russians. So there will be some kind of a settlement by summer with no sides happy

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    1. KAM: The young men of Ukraine and Russia will be very happy they don’t get sent to fight and die.

      DON: Senile Joe was the worst President in the history of the United States.

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  27. DON: Even if Russia and us are not allies, I am working on us at least being neutral with them. And here we have been financing for 3-years a war against them. It doesn’t make sense

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    1. KAM: After Zelensky’s Ungrateful and Impertinent Display at the Oval Office, Trump Team and DOGE Move Swiftly To Audit Hundreds of Billions in US Aid to Ukraine

      DON: The corruption of the Senile Joe Regime was massive!

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  28. KAM: Nobody is observing the obvious influence of these men’s backgrounds. Zelensky was an Actor. You can probably guess that Actors are crazy and often go off the rails with idiotic/ uninformed/ ego driven demands. Trump was a Producer. Producers have to be ready to slap those demands on the nose with a rolled up newspaper real hard. –

    DON: That’s what happened yesterday. The Producer told the Actor “NO you can’t change the script, NO you can’t have a place in the trailer for your pet pig, NO you can’t have the Studio Jet take you home every night…”

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