Food Writers

This is from the Chron on the William-Paul Thomas bribery plea: William-Paul Thomas, the mayor’s council liaison, was offered more than $13,000 by a local bar owner to help him pass a building inspection and fast-track a new permit to reopen a bar as a restaurant, newly unsealed court documents show. Thomas contacted the “relevant” fire official…

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Badass Speaker

Sorry for the delay this morning.  I was at the car dealership auto repair shop – for the second time within the past week.  This past week I have had to visit the dentist and the car dealership repair shop. Both were not pleasant experiences. _____ She is badass. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is…

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Dylan 41

When I learned yesterday that President Joe Biden would be going on live TV to announce the take down of a top al-Qaida operative, I immediately thought of the scumbag coward who had his fingerprints all over 9/11. I was right. Even though 9/11 was over 20 years ago, like they say, better late than…

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Statues

We lost a great American yesterday. NBA great Bill Russell was one of our country’s best. He had to put up with racist BS in his career. He rose above it and persevered. _____ BREAKING NEWS! Deshaun Watson got a 6-game suspension. He got off light. _____ If we have learned anything about COVID-19 and…

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MAGA Word

If you ask Commentary to put a list together of TV journalists I trust the most, NBC’s Pete Williams is up there at the top. He covered the U.S. Supreme Court and the Department of Justice.  He is retiring. Today is his last day with NBC News. They were doing a highlight reel of his…

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Leave it to Wally

Commentary grew up watching “Leave it to Beaver.” It is sad to hear Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver, the Beaver’s brother, died yesterday.  Hugh Beaumont, who played Ward Cleaver and Barbara Billingsley, who played June Cleaver, are gone. Same for Ken Osmond, who was Eddie Haskell, and Frank Bank, who was Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford. …

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100 Years Old

Norman Lear is 100 today.  I don’t know anyone who has had as much impact on TV programming than Lear. “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Maude,” “Sanford and Son,” “Good Times,” and “One Day at a Time.”  A living legend for sure. Happy Birthday, Norman Lear! _____ Russia is pulling out of the International…

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Teqball

In case you missed it, this came out of the Texas Governor’s Office five days ago, last Thursday: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on March 13, 2020, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties…

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H-Town Trash

Have you ever run across a word for the first time ever and realize you had never heard of the word? Usually, I just keep it to myself.  I was watching “Today” this morning and it happened. This time “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie had never heard of the word. The word is “mentating” and it…

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Go Ganders, Go!

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID yesterday. That is why I still mask-up. _____ Commentary is thinking the January 6 Committee hearings should win an Emmy Award. The hearings are very informative and entertaining. My takeaways from last night’s hearing. Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley doing the show me the way outta here chicken…

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