Fans at the home gym enjoyed a 49-46 win by the girls basketball Tigers Friday. A deadlocked score at halftime gave way to a three-point advantage by the Tigers in the second half, 26-23. The success was against Minnewaska Area. We upped our record to 5-2. The Lakers came out of the game at 3-4.
Click on the link below to read about the girls' 66-44 win over Montevideo. This post also includes two recent boys basketball losses. The post is on my companion website, "Morris of Course." Thanks for reading. - B.W.
Maddie topped the scoring list with 19 points while Malory Anderson complemented her nicely with 14. Decker put in five points. Also scoring were Carly Wohlers (4), Liz Dietz (3), Jenna Howden (2) and Kylie Swanson (2). Dietz was tops in rebounds with nine while Anderson snared seven. Carrington and Decker each dished out three assists. Anderson was the steals leader with eight while Carrington had six.
Ellie Danielson was a scoring force for the visiting Lakers with 23 points. Her long-range shooting eye was most reliable with four 3-pointers. Emma Thorfinnson was second high with 14 points. Three Lakers each scored three: Rachel Erickson, Hannah Hoffman and Kendra Kuczek. Kuczek and Hoffman each made one "3."
What Art Schlichter tells us
Art Schlichter! The man became a pathetic example of compulsive gambling. But was it just a case of a sad human failing? The former Ohio State and pro quarterback is profiled on "American Greed" on CNBC. Was greed really his weakness? His life fell into a cesspool of pathetic behavior.
So what are we to conclude? Before concluding anything, be aware that the famous QB had 17 documented concussions. Now I view him in a whole new light.
Defense attorneys are learning how to use a background of head injuries in defending a former long-time football player. The solution might be for our society to phase out the sport. Schlichter discovered football because his public school, what should have been a benevolent influence in his life, dangled football as an activity offering for him. He became a hero which I suppose caused him to put up with the injuries. And the rest is history.
Keeping an eye on D.C.
The Republicans appear on the verge of getting through their tax cut bill, what they call "the middle class tax cut bill." I would argue this is not a reasonable conservative approach. It is radical. It is radical in the sense that there is a risk of upsetting the apple cart. If the economy is already in good shape, as President Trump claims it is, why employ a drastic change?
The stock markets march to new highs. Yet the Republicans push a tax cut bill that could have ramifications beyond anyone's taxes being cut. And of course the "middle class" part is just posturing, just a massaging of the English language.
They say the Republicans want to push this bill only so they can show they "got a win." Is this how legislation should be accomplished? They say the Republicans are being manipulated like marionette puppets by the "donor class" of Republicans. Are the rest of us going to sit back and shrug, in effect?
The great American middle class was created by World War II. It has had a long run. Ironically the "middle class tax cut" being promoted by Trump and the Republicans could expedite the end of this phase of U.S. history. The rich will get richer.
The horrifying scenario would be a tilt like what we saw in 1930s Germany. An even more disturbing scenario would mirror what happened with the French Revolution. Who's to say that an all-out economic catastrophe wouldn't sow the seeds for what we saw happen in France? And if tens of thousands of people massed outside the White House, who's to say certain political leaders wouldn't be delivered to them? The military leaders aren't going to order the deaths of so many people. Simply to protect themselves, they would cooperate with the assembled masses, right? File this away. It could happen.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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