We turned back the Wildcats of New London-Spicer, 77-64. We were up at halftime 33-22. We cruised in second half play, outscoring the Wildcats 44-42. Drew Storck was our scoring leader on this night, 23 points on 10 of 15 shooting. I used to work with Drew's mother.
Riley Asmus was second-high with his 19 points, 6 of 16 shooting. Tyler Berlinger was our third double figures scorer with 17 points on 8 for 14. Drew Huebner put in eight points. Then we see Charlie Hanson and Kyle Fehr each with four, and Owen Anderson with two.
Our team shooting numbers were 31-for-62, right at 50 percent. Asmus had three of our 3-pointers and Fehr had the other one. We were 4 of 13. Asmus made four freethrows and Storck three, of our eleven total.
Rebounds! Here we see Huebner leading the way with seven followed by Asmus and Storck each with six. The Tigers collected 28 total rebounds, 12 offensive. Our assist leader was Berlinger with four. He was also tops in steals with five. Storck blocked two shots and Asmus blocked one. We had ten turnovers.
New London-Spicer came out of the night at 6-5. I like it when the West Central Tribune lists scoring totals in order, most to least. That's the way I like to arrange them. So at the head of this list is Grant Paffrath with 19 points. He's joined in double figures by Aedan Anderson 16 and Brycen Christensen 13. Continuing: Mason Delzer 6, Paul Meier 5 and Gabe Rohman 5.
Paffrath nailed two of their 3-pointers, Christensen one. Christensen with his eight rebounds led there. Paffrath was team-best in assists (2) and steals (2). Christensen blocked two shots.
It's happening again
Can't you all see what I'm seeing? Can't you file things away in your memory for future reference, to exercise best judgment and discretion? Can't you see there's an inevitability once again for Donald Trump being president?And it's all following the same pattern as in 2016.
What we need right now is for a panel of elite psychologists to evaluate, help us all understand what we're seeing, how and why it is happening. The German people became "drugged" in the same manner in the mid-20th Century. Berlin ended up getting bombed to ashes. The German people are not stupid, anything but. Americans?
Here and there you'll catch a kernel of wisdom. In the past couple of days, we have gotten this from S.E. Cupp. She the I are on the same page. We see the same strange formula bubbling up as from 2016.
It's surprising who some of the ignoramuses are. I don't remember the name, but this guy was important enough to be quoted in the national media, and he said he was skeptical about Trump's chances because people will have "fatigue" with it all.
As if we couldn't have felt this in 2016. Much of the conservative establishment was openly skeptical about Trump early in the 2016 process. That includes the "National Review" types. That's the magazine built up by William F. Buckley. That name has sort of faded into the mists of time. He had a TV show too called "Firing Line." Remember the theme music with the piccolo trumpet, classical sound? Well, you probably don't. I remember a parody with a guy playing the trumpet right on set.
Buckley was considered a rarefied-air intellectual. He is credited with beating down the John Birchers of his time, putting them in their place. Our Morris MN once had some active John Birchers. Dr. Alfred Trumble the veterinarian. Nice guy but I never discussed politics with him.
So today we have the Trump mega-phenomenon. We can only speculate on how Buckley would have confronted this. That was then, this is now. My father always said "analogies are dangerous."
Trump fatigue? People talking this way will become mollified as weeks and months pass. Passive capitulating.
The conservative "movement" wholly capitulated to this miserable human being named Trump in 2016. It's bad enough we had to endure him for four years as president. Now he has his first big rally for 2024 slated on my birthday, Jan. 28. We're about to see the whole mess unravel again. I have to predict at this time that Trump will be the GOP nominee. Can you see anyone else getting it?
Trump will hold hard and fast with his base. These are people who will vote for him no matter what he does or says. Many of these people are in our Morris MN. There's a pickup that pulls into DeToy's with a profile of Trump painted right on the side. I'm a Biden supporter, actually moreso with Kamala Harris, and I sit on the complete other side of the partition from those guys.
The extreme conservatives at present want to end the income tax and replace it with a 30 percent national sales tax. And surely you know - don't you? - that the sales tax model is especially hard on the common folk. It's ditto with your property taxes. And don't you even care about your own family interests? Is it more important for you folks to vote for people who say they'll "ban abortion" or "ban CRT?" There's a laundry list of such ideas coming from the political right. To what extent do these issues actually affect you and your family?
"Conservatives" are screaming now about how DirecTV has dropped "Newsmax." They plead victimhood constantly just like their cult leader Trump.
Media suppression of conservatives? Really? Turn on AM Radio anywhere in the U.S., it seems, and you'll hear the recognizable voices of Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Laura Ingraham and others like them. They have a vise grip control of AM Radio, yet conservatives are always weeping about how they are suppressed. The reality is the exact opposite.
Let me tell you something about Mark Levin et al. - it's just an "act" for them. They realize there's a big audience out there that gets turned on by this. So, they talk about the green M&Ms. Does that issue really affect your life? Well let me tell you, the 30 percent national sales tax instead of the income tax definitely will affect your life.
And then, you won't care if Trump's face is on Mount Rushmore. To hell with Kristi Noem. I don't even think she's "good looking." She's anemic-looking. I prefer a little more meat on the bones.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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