The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team played hard, but they hit a cold spell just as Maryland went on a run and could never recover. [Melo] Trimble’s 3-pointer, the first of the game for Maryland after 15 misses, highlighted a 14-0 run that put the Terps ahead 53-41 with just over seven minutes left. …
I suddenly thought of this “song.” I haven’t thought of it in years. Cheech and Chong!
Hawai’i defeats Cal-Berkeley for their first-ever NCAA Tournament win in their fifth appearance. The nay-sayers will all point out that Cal’s top two guards were incapacitated (Wallace with a broken hand and Bird with back spasms), but every team has injuries. That’s why you typically have 13 players on the roster. This sports-minded state has …
Once again Republicans show their true colors, this time in Alabama. They decided to tinker with the eligibility rules for food stamps in their hellhole fine state. The legislation would cut eligibility for Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) from five years to three. It would also require TANF recipients to sign a paper acknowledging …
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This is Obama Derangement Syndrome at its finest. Should Merrick Garland be nominated again by the next president, I would be happy to carefully consider his nomination… #SCOTUS — Senator Pat Toomey (@SenToomey) March 16, 2016 So lemme get this straight. If Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders wins and nominates Judge Garland, you’d give him …
Marco Rubio, proving once again to be a big bag of feathers (his win total in primaries and caucuses was three) bowed out of the Republican Presidential race this evening, and this map surely shows why. In his home state, one he represents in the US Senate, he won Miami-Dade county. That’s all. There are …
It’s been nearly six years since the finale of that show aired and I’m still annoyed at the way it ended up its six-year run. White lights, church, bah. Somebody put together an excellent video tribute, though.
With every chore I did today in mind, I need to hire a clothes washperson for our sheets, an accounts payable bookkeeper for our bills, a scullery person to empty and fill the dishwasher, a personal shopper to make the grocery run and a messenger to take the processed checks to the post office. I …
The University of Hawai’i women’s basketball team, the Rainbow Wahine, won the Big West tournament this afternoon to go to the Women’s NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998. The UH men’s team is leading in the men’s Big West tournament 51-47 with 7:57 left in the game. They haven’t been to the NCAA …
Rachel Maddow tries to connect dots between the police misbehavior in Ferguson, Chicago and Cleveland with Trump’s political rallies.