Take on the medal count

Nothing is lamer than trying to move the goalposts by counting medals and making it look like the US is dominating although they trail by a decent margin when it comes to golds. I also don't get why some event like the men's 50 meter butterfly earns one gold while the women's team gymnastics event also earns only one medal while there are five women competing. Plus don't get me started on those ridiculous sports they just sort of invented for this event.

Take on the the weird party

I'm all for this new attack line that Trump and Vance are weirdos. I'm not totally sure how we got here but when one dude is banging his couch and the other dreams of banging his daughter, the weird thing works. We know Trump has always been a kinky quack, with all of his slip and slide Russian adventures and JD is the kind of dude that definitely has a pair of chaps and a rubber duck in his closet.

Take on Handball

I've been watching handball during the Olympics and I have to say, i might be a fan. All the dudes are in their late 40's, they are all kind of fat and they look like they chug beers between points instead of Gatorade. I can't totally understand the traveling rule or more accurately their lack of a traveling rule But they look like regular schmo and I'm looking forward to watching it again in four years

Take on the debate

Maggie is trying to explain why Trump won't debate Kamala which is needs almost no explanation at all. We know that Trump wants nothing to do with a Kamala debate as he know she will prosecute him like he hasn't seen since….a few weeks ago.

Take on the couch humper

So if everything goes wrong, not only will we have a convicted pedophile as president but our VP will be a dude who f*caked his couch? I don't totally get the appeal to banging a latex glove but it appears like JD like little JD squeezed between a couple of couch pillows rubbing against a latex glove which is just a bit odd. But then again this is what happens when you don't vet your VP candidate.

Game on The Trump gunman’s dad

As I read the testimony on the attempted assassin of Trump something struck me. There is this throw away line about how he obtained the gun and it's a doozy

I'm sure this "he bought it from his father" is absolute horse shit. His father is saying that so as to give him distance as there have been multiple lawsuits recently which implicated the parents of gunmen who left their AR15s unlocked or readily accessible. Screw this guy and his stupid son for keeping his guns readily accessible to anybody.

Take on the Delta f-up.

I got into a cab at 3:45am for my 6am flight from Newark on Sunday. After my first was delayed, a second one cancelled and my connection missed, I spent hours on the phone with @delta jumping from one ticket to another. They not only couldn't help me but they actually made the situation worse saying they got me on a flight at JFK. Spent an hour racing over there only to be told that the ticket they booked wasn't for my class. I then spent another two hours with countless reps looking at options that were completely unreasonable like taking a flight to Boston to connect to a flight to Minneapolis to end up in Seattle to eventually go to Japan. Delays are part of the world I live in with my travels but basically but basically having my entire trip cancelled has never happened to me before. F You Delta

Take on USADD

I said to my dad the other day that although things looked horrible for the democrats at the time (Biden was old, frail, riddled with Covid and the party was turning against him) that elections have a rhythm and what seemed like the most important issue now could very well be forgotten by the time we got to November. No one is going to forget Biden but the fact the entire narrative has now shifted away from Trump and to Harris shows you how quickly we can collectively forget.

Maybe it's our USADD but we do have a short memory and all signs are now pointing straight up, this momentum will carry to the convention and then to the general election.

Take on the end of the campaign

No one was shocked but it still didn't feel real when Biden announced that he would abruptly end his campaign and not seek reelection. We knew she is was coming, the damn was breaking and we have a nation to save. What we didn't know was what would happened afterwards but it seems like the entire Democratic machine backed Kamala which at first seemed like a coronation but the more I thought about it, the more it felt like a trap. It's almost as if the Dems know they can't win and are going to hand this to Harris so they can kind of be done with her. I may be wrong but I think this could be a bloodbath where she will take the blame and be forced to fall on the sword for the team

Take on the Poconos dress code

Everyone I cross the Delaware water gap I'm shocked as to how quickly fashion is completely disregarded. It's either women with 26 pounds of extra bologna squishing into a size 2 bikini., dudes with more artwork on their body than the 6 train because they have more body to go around or just randos having out in Aaron Judge jerseys. But today I caught some dude in blue pants and mismatched shoes and he looks like he didn't belong anywhere else

Maybe the entire state lacks light sun the bedrooms.

Take on the 2,800 US flight cancellations

When. I saw that 3000 flights were ca called today right on the even of my flight to Japan, i just about lost it. The anxiety of traveling to Asia is something you can't shake even if you've done it 1000 times and the thought of being stranded somewhere is enough to make my anxiety hit an 11. It's crazy but something just feels different about flying there as opposed to Europe or whatever. What I sill say is that for every flight I've taken there is one point where all the anxiety faded away, the second I sit in my seat, have an orange juice and turn on a movie

Take on Gaetz

I'm certainly not going to be the first but Matt Gaetz who was never much of a looker has somehow decided that looking like Joan Rivers is a good look for a dude in his 40's. I can't stand this man's politics, his attitude, his devotion to Trump, his affinity for underaged kids but I really hate his face. Like literally his face is awful

Take on the new turnpike stink.


It may be the humidity, it may be the dead bodies in the swamp or it may just be New Jersey but every time I walk out of my car at the Vince Lombardi Park and Ride, there is this new stench which is wretched. I know that a stench off of the Turnpike isn't news but this is a slightly different stench than usual. I can't totally put my thumb on it but it's a combo of human feces, swamp mud and AXE body spray. Please god, as if this commute wasn't bad enough.

Take on the groveling political elite.

Nikki Haley went all in on the Never Trump during the primary but had to come back with her tail between her legs to kiss the ring. I can't tell you what her long play was knowing she could never actually beat Trump. But this idea of these politicians who take this moral stance on Trump but then retreating is some of the biggest chickenshit stuff we see. Whether it's Nikki or Ted Cruz or little Marco or JD but they all come groveling back.

Take on the VP pick of JD Vance as Trump’s running mate

The speculation over Trump's decision for a running mate was all the rage the last few days. Rubio was never a viable option and that dude from North or South Dakota nobody ever heard of. I know the chick with the three toes was interested but she's a loony tune. So JD Vance stepped right up and directly into the pile of dog crap. Vance once likened Trump to Hitler but now licks his boots, so why not him??

Take on the Secret Service

When I saw the video of the shooting, the most striking thing to me was that the secret service snipers were looking directly at the shooter with their guns pointed at that direction before shots ever went out. At some point, if there is a fear of an assassination, why didn't Trump get pulled away before there was a chance of bloodshed. Something feels a bit off

Take on the Trump shooting

The Trump shooting showed us everything that is wrong with our country and the political discourse. There is no place for this first and foremost and although this blog hates Trump with all our being, this is the last thing we needed. Not only is this everything that is wrong with politics, if you take it in a vacuum we this will harden his supporters, may embolden some sicko to do the same to Biden and will be used as a rally cry for many. They will immediately turn this into a campaign slogan. "Knocked down and got back up again". On top of that the gunman will definitely be portrayed as an agent for the left who tried to finish the job the Biden justice department could do…although I do guess the president would get immunity

Take on Brunson

Jalen Brunson taking a team friendly deal is amazing as a Knick fan but in a sports world where contacts are seen as the ultimate validation, it's an odd choice. I know he's got an out at some point which could yield him more but the fact what you'd take less while OG takes a full salary and Hartenstein walked is kind of insane.

Take on Obama’s final role

I'm not sure who will eventually be the one who has to have the hard conversation with Biden but right now it sounds like it will have to be Obama. We know the toe aren't as close as they once were and the fact that Obama only ever seems to make a full throated defense of Biden is when he's comfortably in the lead, makes us all a bit nervous. But we are running out of time, we need a decision and we need it quickly.

Take on Prime Day

Amazon prime day is a week away and I'm getting ready by emptying my credit line and garage. I am shocked every month when I get my credit card bill how much of those purchases went to Amazon The addiction to free two day shopping is so insane that we sometimes by the and thing twice not realizing that we already ordered it. So please god don't make it easier for me to spend more money supporting Bezos

Take on the inevitable

If we don't make a decision soon, we will have to live with the decision our indecision will award us. We know that Biden isn't capable of doing this job for another 4.5 year so at this point we are only hoping he can carry the baton over the finish line and hand it over to Kamala. Since this is the best case scenario in a perfect world but if we are afraid he can't actually beat Trump to get to that finish line why not short circuit the inevitable and step aside now so that we are assured that Trump doesn't get to appoint two more Supreme Court justices??

Take on the media’s Parkinson’s diagnosis

TOR is on record to say that it's time for Joe to step aside but when the NYT starts pushing a narrative that isn't actually factual a few days after their editorial board called for him stepping down, I feel like doubling down on Joe. We know he's got his issues but to imply he's suffering from Parkinson's isn't cool. With that said, it's been nearly two weeks and nothing Biden has done has put any question to bed about his ability to run this country for four more years. It's time to move on, open the door for Kamala or Gretchen or Wes or Pete. It's time

Take on Project 2025

When The Heritage Foundation posted their Christmas wishlist for another Trump presidency, we were fearful. We have a blueprint of what is to come and for a country which has constantly progressed, this plan brings us backwards. The choice for our country seems to be one of authoritarianism and democracy but that is just to keep crazy lunatic from power, but maybe the bigger fear is that this lunatic will set us up for.

Take on the hot humid days

I could even imagine living in a place where it would get to 120 and humid. New York has been miserable the last week with mid 90's temps and horrible humidity. It seems every time you go to do anything, whether it's going out shopping or walking the dog, you are totally soaked. I spent last night in the city and it was as if I was standing inside a pot of Hungarian stew and the smell matched that sensation. For the love of god we need to fix climate change if for no other reason that that I'm very uncomfortable.

Take on the jobs report

We keep getting good job reports which are good but it will keep this inflation high. I always wonder what an incumbent roots for here ass it seems like a double edged sword. I know getting lunch in the city isn't possible under about $13, they just raised the bus fair by about 15% and every time you walk into a store you feel economically violated. At the same time everybody says they can't find anybody to hire, and our economy is stagnant. I can't figure out what we should be doing differently but Biden isn't going to win without someone to explain this economy to us all

take on the 8pm bedtime

Biden's answer to the questions about his mental acumen was to tell us that he can't do anything after 8pm which -in addition to the naps he needs- basically proves exactly what he is trying so desperately trying to debunk.
Get the man a warm glass of milk and send him upstairs

Take on the inevitable

We keep getting these lukewarm endorsements for Biden when everybody knows it's time to put the chairs on the table, turn out the rights and lock the door. We love Biden but his legacy will be about what he didn't do instead of what he did unless he steps down for the good of the country…….and does so now. We need a 6 week period to find a new nominee, holding back a decision only hamstrings the party. We need somebody who can be vetted on the national stage and we need to have somebody who can start raising money yesterday. Please, for the love of our country, step away now.

Take on Joe vs the volcano

Joe, it's time.

You've served your country valiantly, you've debited your life to public service, you've held the highest job in the land and excelled at it. But for the love of everything you stand for, for all that defines you and for everything that we all know and love..step aside and let Kamala or Pete or Gretchen or Gavin take their shot. The country can't afford another Trump, we can't afford to lose another seat on the Supreme Court, we can't afford the damage on the international stage. We need to win this election and that job is one you may not be able to convince the country that you can still do.

Take on the Biden charade

Let's stop the charade, it's time for Biden to do one more thing for his country and it's doing nothing. We need to stop pretending that Weekend at Bernie's is a good idea and move mountains to get Gavin or Gretchen or Pete onto the top of this ticket before the entire republic falls into the ocean

Take on the replacement

This weekend is going to be key in how the inner circle can get through to Joe that it's time to get him a creamsicle, watch some fireworks and turn off the lights. He can go down as a great president who left (sort of) on his terms. He will have accomplished more in term of policy and if he throws his fills support behind his successor, he will possibly be able shepherd in right more years of Biden's vision. This could lead to major changes on the big court and the oh so important lower courts too. It could mean holding the senate and maybe winning the house and it can all happen if he steps aside. For the good of the country.

Take on the donor class

As the donor class tries to come to grips with its new reality, we all think that it's time to seriously consider an alternate plan.   We know that Biden can't come to this decision alone, that wouldn't be fair but it's also time for Jill and Barack to sit him down and give him the bottom line.    It's time for a new guard, one who can not just excite the base but stay coherent.  

My biggest question is who should my donation be to as the only thing that really matters is beating Trump 

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take on Biden

When the NewYorkTimes decided to call on Biden to drop out of the race as his last and maybe most important act of public service to his country, we agreed.

The TOR editorial board believes that Biden continuing is reminiscent of RBG not resigning and leaving her spot on the high court vulnerable when there was no reason to. As you could see in her public appearances, she looked like she was deteriorating before our eyes. Stepping down was the kind of selfless act which could graciously protect her legacy and the causes she championed. But she refused and that single act turned out to define her legacy as much as anything else she accomplished. Her refusal to acknowledge Father Time showed us that she was somebody whose own self interest gambled the most precarious spot away, a gamble whose repercussions will be felt for decades.

When the stakes are this high, you don't gamble with your mortgage. And this race is far more important than even somebody's personal fortune. And Biden has just gone all in with the future of our republic. I hope to God I'm wrong but Biden staying on top of this ticket is going to be his legacy. For a guy whose entire life has been about service this last act is completely self serving. His inability to acknowledge his own mortality will now leave his legacy stained.

Take on the debate

A little over an hour in and this debate has got us cringing over at Team TOR. Biden looks old, confused and out of touch in a forum he wasn't good at even when he was completely there cognitively. Trump is boasting one lie after another but doing it mostly with zeal and although I hate him with the passion of a thousand horny goats, he's so much better at this than Biden . I know for the vast majority of people, their minds have been made up but for those on the fence, this can't be good for Biden. And four more year can't be good for my anxiety.

Take on the leaked ruling

I'm certain this abortion case was not posted erroneously but instead with the intent to put pressure on the three conservative justices to back down.

I'm not naive to believe any of these high stakes blunders are in fact anything other than a method of undermining the decision of the high court as they will undoubtedly be strong armed by a very influential -and very rich- conservative donor class.

Take in the $18 Big Mac meal

You almost can't get a meal in midtown for less than $13, so we know how ludicrously expensive the price of food has gotten. Food trucks are routinely $15+, a hot dog costs like $4 and walk into a Pret hoping to spend under $20 is a challenge. This is the way of the world but nothing has been a more direct hit to the pocketbooks than food costs and the American voters want somebody to blame and it's becoming more and more apparent and in getting more and more nervous that this somebody is going to be one Joe Biden.

Take on the BQE

A proposal to finally do work on the BQE is in the table which would mean the worst highway in the world could finally get a facelift. The issue is that it will be completely impossible to shut it down and we will spend the next 10 years dealing with one again off again construction which won't ever get anywhere. Think The Big Dig but without the payout.

take on Grohl

Dave Grohl going after Taylor seems like it's never going to land well. I have no idea if she lip-sings but I do know she's the biggest pop star in the world throws an hell of a concert and getting on her bad side can't be good for your career. With that said, stop getting your parties in a bunch over a stupid comment. Like honestly, this can't possibly be that big a deal, can it??

Take on JJ

The JJ Reddick signing made no sense and honestly just proves how dysfunctional that team has become. I know that Jeanie Buss is mostly interested in keeping LeBron happy but it's time for maybe the most storied franchise in NBA history to start acting like it. So far in her reign they have been nothing but a Mickey Mouse organization.

Good luck with Bronnie

Take in the new poll

The latest polls show Biden starting to pull ahead, we know this means nothing as Biden winning the popular vote isn't the challenge. It's cobbling together enough random little towns in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to matter. We can forget all of this and just have them vote in the five or six states that will decide this race, the rest of our votes don't matter.

Take on the trains

The temperature topped 90 degrees which apparently means that the trains can't run anymore. I don't get the issue but I'm sick and tired of people telling me how good train service is and how we should be expanding it when a little heart wave shuts it down.
I don't even take the train and I'm annoyed by it…mostly because it forced a billion extra people onto the roads and tunnels and turned my usual horrible bus commute into a downright miserable one.

Take on the ten commandments

I just don't get it. Our entire country is based on a few basic principles, one of which is a separation between church and state yet Louisiana is making it a law that classrooms must display the ten commandment. But when your highest judiciary is corrupt, our legislature can be bought off and we elected Trump as president, nothing seems normal

Take on the Putin visit to North Korea

Putin's arrival in North Korea has got the entire world on edge as the two countries forge ties while both face increased tensions from the West. What shocked me is not that these two countries would meet, Kim went on an armored train to Russia recently, but that North Korea has anything at all to offer. Everything you heard is that North Korea is a backwards country with limited infrastructure and no real economy. People starve, the country has no lights when compared to South Korea in satellite photos but somehow you can get 50,000,000 rounds of munition from them.
Something doesn't add up, you are either completely poor and dependent on whatever foreign aid is allowed to drop in, or you are a manufacturing center which is ready to pounce.

Take on the next deadly virus

You've got to be kidding me. I looked at a CNN headline which screamed that some deadly virus is spiking right after I bought a nonrefundable ticket to Tokyo. The good news is that in Japan, people actually do care about each other and will wear masks as they respect their neighbors and don't make everything a battle of rights. But whatever, I'm sure this is nothing. Just like the bird flu, the swine flu, the bat flue and the whatever flu have all been nothing.

Take on the Splash Pad shooting

Another day, another random shooting which will lead to thought and prayers and nothing else. This time the victims were kids and toddlers who were playing at a splash park when they were gunned down by some deranged lunatic. They were able to trace the gun back to his house where he was living with his mother. I'm sure there will be some prayer services but no action because there never is any action.

Take on the automatic towel dispenser

I cannot believe that in 2024 we still can't figure out that these automatic towel dispensers just don't work. It's amazing how often you walk out of the fan and when you put your hands underneath one of these things, the sensor doesn't see you. The automatic sink things to get the water to come out basically are inoperable also

Time for flying cars

Take on the CEO’s

The fact that Trump failed to impress a room full of CEO's doesn't seem to shock anybody. We know that there is certain element of ultra rich who love Trump because of his lax tax policy but I have to hope that these people who despite their reputations are likely pretty smart and hopefully do recognize that tax break or not, Trump has the mental acumen of a dish towel.

Take on the Gov. Hochul’s idea to ban masks.

Governor Hochul made a decision to ban masking on NYC subways which will undoubtedly lead to another backtrack for her.  We see the reason why they want to limit masks as they have gone from protecting against a deadly virus to something that is used for nefarious acts.  But we know how this will end, people will come out saying they still don't feel safe and after public pressures she will cave just like she did with the congestion pricing. 

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Take on Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi hot dog eating contest coming to Netflix

A Nathan's hot dog eating competition without Joey Chestnut is about as exciting as watching a WNBA game without Caitlyn Clark. I'm not sure what they expect to get out of this but banning your biggest start is a recipe for somebody puking all over your stage.

Take on the Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict

Hunter Biden being found guilty isn't a bad thing for the reelection campaign, I think- if framed correctly- is a good thing. For one, it allows Biden to distinguish himself again from Trump by accepting a verdict and vowing to not use a pardon to lift the conviction. It's also happening now which is months before we go to the polls, so it's will have lost its zing by the time that happens but mostly it shows Biden as the compassionate father he is which is the polar opposite of Trump.

Take on Dan Hurley

I told my buddies a few days ago that I thought that Hurley may stay in college even with the Lakers offer. I had no idea why, and it was pointed out to me that between the one and dones and the NIL that college coaching isn't what guys like Coach K signed up for years ago. It all made sense but something about having to coach a 49 year old prima donna who wants his son on the team and a broken AD maybe isn't that enticing. The roster is not that interesting and the West is stacked.

I just felt that at UConn maybe he was building something that could be iconic but truthfully the most shocking think is that he is not longer referred to as "Danny" Hurley