Sports, Literature, Politics -- Nothing About The Bakken -- Juy 28, 2019

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PGA

Updates

Later, 2:21 p.m. CT: wow, it's going to be a shoot-out. After five holes, Brooks Koepka is -2 for the day while, Rory is even for the day. Brooks is now in the lead, after five holes, by one stroke. Rory is in second, one stroke behind. Then comes Jon Rahm one stroke behind Rory, and then three players behind Rahm. Mickelson? Throw out the six outliers, and Mickelson is dead last.

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PGA: should be a good finish to the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Started with 63 players; one of the few tournaments with no "cuts." Everyone who was invited and played, will play all four days. A few probably wish they could have gone home early. Some snarky comments:

• Jordan Spieth: looks more and more like a "flash in the pan"
• Rory McIlroy: good for him; comes back from a very poor Open in Ireland last week to lead St Jude after three rounds; will pair with Brooks Koepka in final grouping
• story line: this is going to be a tough one; Brooks Koepka is the FedEx leader and PGA/media star right now, but the media sort of likes Rory right now; it will be interesting to listen to the "play-by-play"; I think Rory has the early emotional sentiment
• Tommy Fleetwood: wow, what a great scrambler; both in this tournament and last week's Open
• Phil Mickelson (1): he plays 'em all; what a trooper; where's Tiger? not here
• Phil Mickelson (2), after front nine, drops down four more places; if one throws out the five outliers in this tournament, Mickelson could finish tied for dead last 

Item: pretty funny -- the individual who ended dead last in this tournament at 17 strokes over par, scored a "hole-in-one" in the final round (LOL):

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NASCAR

Updates

Later, 2:57 p.m. CT: Kyle Busch wins first stage. Logano, #2. 

Later, 2:25 p.m. CT: incredibly exciting start. Now to settle in for a long afternoon. I will miss most of the race. I am going over to Sophia's house to put a beer can chicken on the Weber.

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NASCAR: Pocono, today at 2:00 p.m. Being televised on an obscure network. Squeezed in between the Tour de France and a PBA (bowling) "tournament" today. LOL. I'm surprised the NASCAR race wasn't pre-empted by the National Spelling Bee. This is simply uncalled for: at 2:30 p.m. ET, the Tour de France will move to NBC and NASCAR will move to NBC Sports Network.

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The Literature Page

For James Joyce fans who have not read Kevin Birmingham's 2014 biography: a must-read.

Word for the day: gynocracy.

From The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses, p. 84:

"I think active America is getting fed up on gynocracy and that it's time for a male review." -- Ezra Pound to John Quinn in 1915.

There may be sliver of difference between gynocracy and gynecocracy but I prefer the former. From "standard" sources, "gynecocracy" is "another term for gynarchy," which rhymes with anarchy.

And, of course that leads us to androcracy. Or it leads us to "The Squad."

We will stop here.

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Politics

The best comment I've heard so far today:

The only person who learned anything during Mueller's testimony to Congress was Robert Mueller. He learned what was in the report that he wrote.