Sunday Morning Coming Down

If there were no Breeder's Cup there would still be races to go watch all around  the country. The idea that there is 28 million dollars worth of races run at one track over two days means something to folks that like horses and are already fans of the sport,  owners, trainers and breeders. It will also be a big day for the folks that own the track where the races are run. It will mean little to just about everyone else in the sporting world of the United States.  Just a blip on the radar.  More folks will go to football games on November 4th.  More people will go to casinos, and basketball, hockey and soccer matches throughout the country as well. The Breeder's a great party if you float in and around that circle that can afford million dollar horses and it has spawned handicapping contests that lure folks that can afford them have a chance to make some serious scratch if they can get that right combination of long shots and favorites so they have won mor...

NPR, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public conducted a poll of 3053 people, and majorities in many ethnic, identity and racial groups in America believe that discrimination exists against their own group, across many areas of people's daily lives, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Q1. Generally speaking, do you believe there is or is not discrimination against (Respondent's own group identity) in America today?   Table X: Percent of Each Group Saying That Discrimination Against Their Own Group Exists in America Today African Americans 92% Latinos 78% Native Americans 75% Asian Americans 61% Whites (Non-Hispanic) 55% LGBTQ 90%  

There are lines where free speech, civil discourse, public service and doing your job are a mashup that just doesn't work. Folks should know the difference and act accordingly. If the Hurricanes or Dolphins won it always made for good conversation. Sunday and the National Football League have had a steady date for quite a while.  The stadium where the Miami Dolphins play has been subsidized with public money or tax benefits to the owners of the team. In some ways the players are chosen because of their skills in playing the game that people pay to watch in person, on TV, or on your telephone. Bars, restaurants and grocery stores benefit from stuff sold that we eat while our eyes watch football. Today it was reported that 270 rather than the optimal 400 police officers would be working the Dolphin-Jet NFL game.  It was reported that a lot of officers did not volunteer for this off duty job. Police at this venue direct traffic, crowd control including breaking up fights be...

After hurricanes Irma and Maria and for a while before a lot of folks left the various islands in the Caribbean. There have been diasporas from Cuba, Hispanola, and now Puerto Rico. Anita (aka Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican) sang not very lovingly of her homeland in the the Song "America" in the musical West Side Story.   Puerto Rico . . . You ugly island . . . Island of tropic diseases. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the population growing . . . And the money owing, And the babies crying, And the bullets flying. I like the island Manhattan. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!  And the song goes on complaining about the roads, intermittent electricity,and the back and forth goes on between Rosalia and Anita: R: When will I go back to San Juan? A: When will you shut up and get gone? R: Everyone there will give big cheer. A: Everyone there will have moved here. This diaspora may be different this time because as the song says: "Immigrant goes to America, M...

A friend in good shape said, " Out digging up hurricane tree stumps at 9am. Heat index 96 degrees. Give up at 10:15 too damn hot. The storm was easy, recovery hell. Disaster: Any event “concentrated in time and space, in which a society of a relatively self-sufficient subdivision of society, undergoes severe danger and incurs such losses to its members and physical appurtenances that the social structure is disrupted and the fulfillment of all or some of the essential functions of the society is prevented.  Abraham Maslow talks about the need to breath, drink, eat, sleep, and excrete, sex, and homeostasis on the basic level, in addition a certain amount of health and security is necessary to move forward. The term logistics means moving stuff where it is needed and avoiding delays in delivery.  It is a science these days that relies on having the goods. a transportation system, personnel, and a communication and accountability system. States of Emergency and sta...

What is the difference between the very rich making campaign contributions to influence political races and football players taking a knee during the National Anthem before a football game.

For the first time in a very long time the National Hurricane Center is saying that tropical cyclone activity is not expected in the next 48 hours. But I woke up to the largest mass murder in the history of the United States.