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Blake Farenthold Can’t Decide if He is Bothered by Rape
Rep. Blake Farenthold (TP-Texas) can’t exactly decide whether or not a fondness for rape is really a disqualification for higher office. MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked Farenthold if he would un-endorse Trump if a tape emerged of him saying “I really like to rape women.” Farenthold’s immediate response:
“That would be bad. I’d have to consider it.But again, we’re talking about what Donald Trump said 10 years ago as opposed to what Hillary Clinton has done in the past two or three years.”
When asked again, BF was equally equivocal. “It depends. You don’t know the context.”
Red wonders how anyone can have the slightest doubt about what their reaction to this question would be. BF’s instinctive response probably reveals his true thoughts. It’s okay to like rape if you’re politically aligned with me and my Tea Party supporters and I think that rocking the Trump boat in the slightest way might be damaging to my political career. Then the reality of his own stupidity must have set in. Running for cover, BR later took to Twitter to apologize for his “failure to immediately condemn anyone who would say something as outrageous as they like raping women.” But unwanted groping and fondling is still okay.
Red’s Texas College Football Game of the Week
This week we visit the not-s0-friendly confines of Rice Stadium on University Blvd in Houston as the pesky Owls take on the UTSA Roadrunners in an all avian matchup. The Owls are in trouble at 0-5 and Coach David Baliff’s squad may be looking at a winless season if they can’t knock off the 2-3 Roadrunners this week.
UTSA is coming off a big 55-32 win over Southern Mississippi last week. UTSA finally got its faltering ground game going as running back Jalen Rhodes tallied 165 yards and three touchdowns including an 80 yard scamper. Rhodes barely outplayed Jarveon Williams who ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns while racking up the longest play in UTSA history with a 92 yard run.
Rice is missing on all cylinders having been competitive only against weak sister North Texas. Other than that – it’s been pretty much blowouts for the Owls. There is a good case to be made that the Owls are the worst team in college football so far. Rice ranks near the bottom of the nation on both sides of the ball. They are 117th in total yards per game on offense (335 yards); 111th in passing yards per game on offencse (162 yards); 128th in allowing a 568.4 yards per game overall and 213 rushing yards per game.
Red would like to see the Owls win a game, but this doesn’t look like it. UTSA 45 Rice 20.
Today in Texas History – October 12
From the Annals of Organized Religion – In 1680, the first Catholic Mass in Texas was held near the current day Ysleta Mission. The Mission is located in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the El Paso and is recognized as the oldest continuously operated parish in Texas. The Ysleta community is also recognized as the oldest in Texas and claims to have the oldest continuously cultivated plot of land in the United States.
Red’s NFL Picks – Week 6
Red brings you his weekly six-pack of NFL Picks for the bargain basement price of clicking onto this site. What a deal!
Unlike Donald Trump, Red is trending in the right direction. Last week he racked up a second consecutive 5-1 record with the big upset prediction of the Falcons beating the red hot Broncos. Not in the plus column yet at 15-15 after five weeks, but this week for sure, maybe.
Sure Bet Pick of the Week – Eagles over OTNAs. An unusual pick headlines the weekly six-pack. The line is all over the place on this one. Some bookies have the Eagles getting 1.5 and others having them giving up from 2.5 to 3. If you can get someone foolish enough to give you the Eagles and 1.5 take it and run. Just don’t run too far because you might owe the Man some money. Sure Bet? Well, it’s a bet anyway. Red likes the under at 45 and curiously likes the over at 44. Aw, Uncle Red’s just messing with your math-challenged little head. Take the over at 44 and pray for OT. Philadelphia 26 Landover, MD 20.
Underdog Pick of the Week – Bengals at Patriots. Red picked this format and has to live with it. So every dang week Red has to choose an underdog. And every doggone week it seems to get harder and harder. And every dadgum week, it seems like he has no real reason to believe that a team like, say the Bengals (who got ass-whomped by the Cowboys last week) could stroll out of Foxboro with a victory over a team like the Pats (who merely beat the Browns and please note for the record, that under the technical definition of “ass whomp” it is impossible to “ass whomp” the Browns – you just can’t do it). But this galldurned week Red is going with it. Cincinnati 24 New England 22.
Rivalry Game Pick of the Week – Raiders over Chiefs. This week we get a real rivalry – a real bitter rivalry in fact. The Chiefs lead the series 60-52-2 having played the Raiders every season since the first meeting at Kezar Stadium in 1960. Of course, they have racked up a number of wins since the Raiders have been sucking for an extended period of time. The Raiders have only won once in the last 3 seasons (Thanksgiving in 2014), but this is not your father’s Raiders team. They are your grandfather’s Raiders team. The emaciated ghost of Al Davis rides astride pale horse on the Raiders’s sideline this week. Chiefs fans beware. Oakland 33 Kansas City 30.
Texas Franchise Pick of the Week – Packers over Cowboys. The Cowboys spanked the Bengals last week leading 28-0 before coasting to a 28-14 win. Dak P. continues to impress and Red’s Aunt Ida could probably run for 50 yards a game behind that offensive line. Clearly the Cowboys offense is putting the longstanding Red Rule (score 13 points and beat the Cowboys) in jeopardy. Packers are coming off a workmanlike win over Los Gigantes, but are still plagued by the inability to get any production out of the TE position. Packers defense will have to win this one with at least 3 sacks and 2 turnovers. If the Cowboys win this one, Red will eat his hat. Fortunately for Red, he typically sports a chapeau constructed from an assortment of Belgian waffles, cheese Danish and croissants. Green Bay 24 Arlington 17.
Prime Time Pick of the Week – Texans over Colts. Texans clearly suck as do the Colts, but somebody has to win this pathetic excuse for a professional football division and the winner of this one will have a leg up on a first round exit from the playoffs. Why pick the Texans? They are typically only embarrassed and outclassed by real football teams – and usually that happens on the road. Sunday night in Houston, they face a pretender at home. Fortunately for Bill-O the Clown, this is a pretender his team can probably handle. Ock Brosweiler desperately needs a decent game or the feckless faithful on Fannin Street will be calling for his head by halftime. BO manages to save his job for now, but don’t get carried away Texans fans – this Colts team is a mere shadow of its former self. Houston 21 Indianapolis 13.
Shit Bowl Pick of the Week – Panthers over Saints. Every once in a very long while, the Shit Bowl features teams that aren’t frankly all that shitty. In other words, you could actually watch this game without having to first put away your guns, knives and sharp objects. The Panthers, for example, are one hard luck team this season who could easily be a respectable 3-2 (having lost two games by a total of 4 points) and fighting for the division lead. Even the Saints aren’t terrible having lost two games by a total of 4 points. Are you sensing a trend here? But nonetheless, these two not-so-venerable franchises come into this week’s Shit Bowl with a combined 2-7 record. But either of these teams could rip off 4 wins in a row and get back into the mix in the NFC South as the Falcons are destined to cool off a bit. Which makes this one a must win game for both teams and a total crapshoot for someone like Red. Next week, he goes back to the Browns who probably take up permanent residence in the weekly execrable excrement exhibition for the remainder of the season. Carolina 45 New Orleans 27.
Today in Texas History – October 11
From the Annals of Suicide – In 1878, Kiowa chief Satanta committed suicide by jumping from his prison cell in Huntsville. Satanta was probably close to 60 at the time. He had been a rising leader since the Medicine Lodge Treaty council in October 1867, where he came to be known as the “Orator of the Plains.” In 1871 Satanta and his fellow chiefs Satank and Big Tree were arrested for their part in the Warren Wagon Train raid. Satank was killed while trying to escape. Satanta and Big Tree were tried for murder at Jacksboro which was the first time Native American chiefs were tried in a civil court. They were convicted and sentenced to hang, but Texas governor E. J. Davis commuted the sentences to life imprisonment. Satanta was quickly paroled in 1873, but was re-arrested for his role in the attack on Lyman’s Wagon Train in Palo Duro canyon and in the second battle of Adobe Walls. His second incarceration was too much for the Kiowa Chief who took his life rather than spend his remaining days in prison.
Today in Texas History – October 10
From the Annals of College Football – In 2011, Texas Christian University accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference beginning on July 1, 2012. TCU’s Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin on January 1, 2011 had re-established TCU as a worthy program after having been snubbed by the nascent Big 12 following the breakup of the Southwest Conference in 1996. The Frogs were destined to wander among the walking dead of college football for 15 years going from the Western Athletic Conference to Conference USA to the Mountain West. Along the way, the Horned Frogs picked up 7 c0nference championships (2 WAC, 1 C-USA and 4 MWC) to go with their 9 SWC championships. It didn’t take the Frogs long to return to their winning ways among the bigger dogs – winning the B1g-12 in 2014 and capping it off with a 41-3 thumping of Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl. Since rejoining the Big 12, TCU has played in 3 bowl games only losing a 1 point squeaker to Michigan State in 2012.
Red Decides to Help the Grand Old Party
In the interest of continuing to have at least a viable two way contest for the highest office in the land, Red had decided that the GOP needs some help to remain competitive in presidential politics. Red firmly believes that voter in the USA need to hear voices from all sides and make an informed choice. So listen up conservative America because Red has lived with you all dang near all his life and even once saw Dick Nixon play the piano. The best advice Red can give the Republicans is pretty simple.
Stop nominating Assholes!
Best of luck with that strategy in the future.
Today in Texas History – October 7
From the Annals of the Red River – In 1759, Spanish soldiers under the command of Diego Ortiz Parilla fought a losing battle near a fortified Taovaya village on the Red River. Ortiz Parilla was leading an expedition to punish the Indians responsible for the embarrassing destruction of Santa Cruz de San Sabá Mission in March 1759. The Spaniards faced a combined force of Comanches, Yaceales, and Tawakonis who outsmarted the Spaniard. Ortiz Parilla did not know exactly how close he was to Indian village. When his forces were charged from woods by sixty or seventy warriors who quickly withdrew, he ordered a pursuit not realizing that the purpose of the attack was to lead the Spaniards into a well-laid trap. Pursuing their attackers, the troop found itself sinking in a sandbank at the edge of the Red River, before the Indian fortifications. As darkness fell, Ortiz Parilla led an orderly withdrawal from his difficult position. However, he was forced to leave a pair of cannons behind on the river sandbank where the Spaniards had found themselves pinned down. And more critically lost nineteen men killed, fourteen wounded, and nineteen by desertion. The humiliating defeat led to his replacement as commandant of San Luis de las Amarillas Presidio by Felipe de Rábago y Terán. The Spaniards held onto the fort near present-day San Saba for another decade but failed to make any significant inroads into north central Texas for almost 50 years.
Painting of the destruction of the San Saba Mission.
Why Was Josh Innes Hired?
The justifiable angst over the firing of Charlie Pallilo from his Drive Home slot on KBME AM 790 has also given rise to the question of exactly why was roundly disliked provocateur and obvious racist Josh Innes hired to replace him? Innes’ departure from KILT was less than amicable and his short tenure at Philadelphia’s WIP was marked by ugly controversy over racist remarks and his general churlishness. According to several sources, was suspended earlier this year for calling a white Eagles’ player a “house negro.” He was fired in August after racist mocking of fake racist caller on Mike Missanelli’s show on FM 97.5 – another Philadelphia sports talk station. Innes is also known for his intemperance – having engaged in “feuds” with other sports talk radio morons including one incident that boiled over at an Eagles practice in 2015 – and his rudeness and mocking of callers. Some have suggested that the racist incidents were merely the excuse used by management to get rid of Innes. The suggestion is that he was not liked by anyone at WIP and everyone was glad to see him go. Add to that the fact that Innes was getting crushed by Missanelli – his major competition in Philly. Missanelli dominated Innes in audience share in the key men’s 25-54 demographic beating him by more than 3 points in recent ratings. As one source put it, , “in some ways it will be a shame if he got fired for racial comments as opposed to the reality of sucking and getting bad ratings. Because now Innes will be able to play the martyr role.”
As for the rumor that fellow radio racist bloviator Michael Berry had input into bringing Innes back to Houston, it is just speculation for now. But birds of feather as they say . . .
Paradise in Hell 