Thursday, February 22, 2018

Still the winner

On my last post I mentioned that I like to find the hottest "chicks" in the Olympics.....and of course mention a few compelling stories.

There are quite a few that grabbed my attention and they usually operate around the ice skating rink.
After careful consideration I think I have to pick the winner as the same winner I choose 4 years ago and eight years ago.


Madison Chock didn't win a medal but who cares?

The Shaun White story seems compelling but maybe for the wrong reasons.  Time will tell if his past behavior weighs more than his athletic accomplishments.

I keep thinking that maybe Lance Armstrong shouldn't be so tortured....after all he just abused himself.

The Lindsay Vonn saga is very compelling and Trump supporters are somehow involved in the post game parade of comments.....claiming she lost the downhill because of "Karma."  She was quoted a few weeks ago saying she wouldn't go to the White House if invited.  I think the real karma drama centers around the fact that now she doesn't have to worry about being invited.  She is the most decorated skier in United States history and that should be enough to keep her warm at night.  Look for her to be a lead commentator next to Bodie Miller at the next winter Olympics in 2022.

The US women's Hockey team defeated Canada for the gold medal in one of the most exciting hockey games I've ever watched.

YOU CAN COUNT THE HOCKEY GAMES I'VE WATCHED BY HOLDING UP YOUR TWO HANDS....and the games I've watched are in the Winter Olympics.

Getting back to the "babes"


Tessa Virtue from Canada just completed her fourth Olympic games and she won the gold medal with her partner, in all aspects of life, Scott Moir for Ice Dancing.



This is them awhile back.



 This is them......Now....gold medals and wedding bands......great story.

Norway has 5 million people and leads everyone in medals.
Of course there are lots of blondies in Norway and since they were Vikings it makes sense that they excel in winter sports.



This speed skater's name is Hege Bokko and I'm not sure how to pronounce it but she is definitely Bokko ok to me.

The 16 year old Russian skater who leads after the short program easily had the coolest looking costume and I think it helped her take a slight lead over the older Russian skater who is 18.  They both have great poise and the final should be quite entertaining.









That's enough beauty for now......it's time to get back to the Curling finals.  By the way how about the Curling dude who got expelled for Performance Enhancing drugs?  How in the world will he ever live that down?

So far I'm just elated that no one got killed in the Big Air and Half Pipe contests......

THOSE GUYS AND GALS ARE INSANE......
but 
Madison Chock is still the winner......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Number 1300

This is my 1300th post on MIND JAZZ and it's the first day of the 2108 Winter Olympics, which are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In a few days millions of Americans will actually know how to pronounce Pyeongchang and millions of human beings will turn their attention to an area of the world that has been dominated by a small "son of...." north of Pyeongchang.

I'm not going to spend time discussing the leader of North Korea because I'm sure he will make his presence  felt one way or another over the next two weeks.

I'm a huge fan of Olympic competition and today, before the Opening Ceremonies, the Curling events have started.

The shallow part of me always likes to find the most beautiful female faces participating in the Olympics but maybe all the recent news involving women coming forward regarding sexual harassment and abuse will make that type of entry.......wrong.

Does this mean I should  stop even looking a beautiful women with great athletic bodies?

There seems to be a fine line that I'm no longer allowed to cross.
or
does this get back to the old expression??????
"You can look but you better not touch".....which happens to be a lyric from a song





Most likely what will occur over the next two weeks of my Olympic coverage will be the following
situations.

:  I will point out a remarkable story or two regarding someone who might not even win a medal.
:  I will post a photo or two or three or four or even more of an extremely hot female athlete.
:  I will write about the winners and I write about the losers (of which there are none because once you are an Olympic participant you forever are an Olympic participant.
:  I will point out the good reporting of events.
:  I will also remark about the silly questions that get asked.

BUT THE MAIN THING I WILL DO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:

TRY TO AVOID NEWS ABOUT ANY EVENT THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH ON THE DVR.

How in the world did anyone live before having a DVR?
My daughter's cell phone went down last night and she's asking the same question
about cell phones?
My take on cell phones is that they are totally addictive and withdrawal will be extremely painful.

If my DVR isn't working I just pick up a newspaper or a magazine and read about what happened.

Younger generations don't seem to know what a newspaper is....but the LA TIMES was just purchased for $500 million so there must be some value left....unless it's just a tax write-off for the billionaire Doctor who bought it.

God forbid that the whole INTERNET went down....or if some trillionaire bought it and started charging us by the nanosecond. 

I wouldn't be able to publish my 1300th article and you wouldn't be reading these words right now which would mean that you would be outside doing something physical....like participating in the 2018 Olympics.

Just stop for a sec and think about how hard all the athletes have worked to get to this moment on the world stage.  

Let's celebrate their efforts....win or lose.  And in the meantime let me be shallow and point out some beautiful female faces.

By the way....as you watch Lindsay Vonn try to win another medal do you also think about Tiger Woods?  Has your celebrity world completely blended into one odd bubble of information?
I'm trying not to think of Donald Trump as I get ready to watch the 2018 Games but I'm finding it almost impossible.  Watching the Curling doesn't work but maybe the more intense events will rid me of this ongoing nightmare.

Let the Games begin....and let the faces appear.

Michael Timothy McAlevey




Thursday, February 1, 2018

And then came the actual facts

I'll give President "Biff" kudos on a few things from the State of the Union speech.

His hair wasn't orange.
He seemed subdued.
His tie wasn't overtly long.
He didn't talk for two hours.

As for some of his "strange" comments I'd like to start with the "clean coal" statement.

WHERE DOES CLEAN COAL EXIST?

I think back to when Ronnie removed the solar panels from the White House that Jimmy had installed in 1977.  Simply telling the fossil fuel and coal people that they had the upper hand.
Now 40 years later "Biff" announces that affordable solar panels from importers will be assessed a tariff that should even the playing field for US manufacturers.  In truth he's telling oil and coal people that once again they have the upper hand....and that no matter how much renewable energy has advanced he will do everything in his power to slow down the process.

I'm thinking that he can do whatever he wants but nothing is going to halt  the intelligent increase of renewable energy sources.  I'm also fairly certain that within a year or two when the renewable energy numbers continue to increase....he will take full credit and somehow spin the entire story so that he and Scott Pruitt of the decimated EPA will be heroes.

I know that sounds silly but so far he has taken credit for every single thing that was already happening to our economy,

Study the flow charts from 2008 regarding unemployment and stock market numbers and note that, as I've said many times before, the recovery from 2008 meltdown doesn't have an actual set time frame and that it could take 6 or 8 or 12 years.  It's been 10 years and of course the recovery started when that other guy was in the White House.

Once again he keeps talking about our resurgent military and once more I say look at the numbers.

Count our military airplanes, aircraft carriers and submarines compared to rest of the world

Look at the money we spend on our military budget compared to everyone else combined.

This discrepancy in numbers existed long before "Biff" entered office.

There has never been a stronger military in the world and even as China tries to play catch up and Russian tries to revamp...they are light years behind us....in both technology and machinery.

I suggest that if you want the actual facts regarding his speech that you do the research.


Of course I like Bernie's web page but that can't be a surprise.

And one more thing...don't try to point out that the Democrats didn't stand up for many of his statements,  Perhaps you can recall when the entire GOP side of the aisle sat on their thumbs for all of Barry's speeches.

That's just the game they play....and when you think about it.......it's not really a very nice game.

Facts and political speeches generally have very little in common.

Good luck sorting out the truth.

The fun part is doing the research and trying to figure out if any elected official is actually
an honest and right thinking human being.

It seems pretty obvious that the guy at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is neither but then again he is not a politician.....he's just a celebrity.


And that my friends is an actual fact.

Michael Timothy McAlevey