Well, we should ask two die-hard Dems about this.

. . . . That is, unless you’re a racist.

Or if you are one and are desperate for flowers and willing to perjure yourself.

Gutsy, focused, armed to the teeth.

(HT/ Stephen Green.)

Clear as glass. If he were one of those other guys, he’d be hired.

Rick Morrissey, sports writer with inclination to preach, says Kaepernick is a great f-ball player, but:

. . . he doesn’t have a job, almost surely because he knelt during the national anthem last year in protest of what he thinks is the poor treatment of African-Americans in U.S. society. Apparently, this is much more frightening to NFL teams than the garden-variety league issues of domestic violence and assault and battery. A fist to the face is better than a knee on the ground. That seems to be the mindset.

Difference here escapes Morrissey, namely that domestic violence, as bad as it is, is done privately. But the national anthem business is done publicly. Insult the flag and the country privately, you keep your job. Do it before an audience of millions in team uniform with intent to gather political support, you know what you are doing and you pay a price. So it seems.

Google Fires Employee Who Wrote Memo Criticizing Diversity Initiatives – WSJ

Mr. Damore published an internal memo last week that criticized Google’s efforts to increase diversity at the company, arguing the program discriminated against some employees. He said men were generally better at engineering jobs than women and a liberal bias among executives and many employees made it difficult to discuss the issue at Google.

Nipped in the bud, you might say — but not too loudly, ok?

Case of stopped clock right twice a day? This from CNN:

(CNN)Last month, when President Donald Trump was asked by The New York Times if special counsel Robert Mueller would be crossing a line if he started investigating the finances of Trump and his family, the President said, “I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia.”

The President is absolutely correct. Mueller has come up to a red line in the Russia 2016 election-meddling investigation that he is dangerously close to crossing.

Former federal prosecutor whom CNN gives time, space too periodically, has his say, more of which here.

The end game:

These columns have lamented the Justice Department’s assignment of a prosecutor to investigate the president without specifying a crime or the factual basis for a criminal investigation.

We’ve also observed that no indictable crime is required to trigger impeachment proceedings. Neither, we now note, is a provable crime a prerequisite for the issuance of a grand-jury report.

Thus, the question arises: Is Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s impaneling of a new grand jury in Washington step one in the impeachment of President Donald Trump?

Fair question, that. McCarthy expatiates.

. . . Looked it up and found no one Google cares about was calling them that.

However, Google did find something similar, at GQ [onetime Gentleman’s Quarterly], where it’s a “suicide squad,” tho nothing in the story justifies that designation, which GQ itself says “sucks.” (So why use it? I do not know.)

Anyhow, an earlier article, like the “suicide squad” article bubbling over with (gentlemanly) praise and respect, calls them a “Murderer’s Row.”

Other possibilities come to mind: The Hunting Party (shouting “Tally ho,” (there goes the red-headed s.o.b., let’s get him).

Or: The Gashouse Gang (1934 St. Louis Cardinals: using “rough and tumble tactics”) . . .

The list goes on, or it could . . .

. . . Leave a star pitcher in too long. 

On the mound: Jon Lester allowed three runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings before being removed in the seventh.

After throwing over a hundred pitches getting bombed by Nats’ heavy hitters for whom it was batting practice, leaving Cubs with a one-run lead after leading 4-1.

Which fell apart almost immediately, the Washington bombers came back next inning with five more runs, then shut Cubs down the rest of it.

All in all, not a good sign, says this amateur observer of our lovable team. And maybe it didn’t matter anyhow. that leaving a pitcher in too long. Just hope I don’t sound too much like Pope Francis, saying what do I know?