First, Restore Order

France is ablaze. It is not the whole country but significant portions of major cities where chaos reigns. It is NOT disaffected "students" roiling the street. It is Arabs and Africans, largely Muslim, doing so, with some recent entries into France among the rioters, but disturbingly also the children and grandchildren of Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan, and sub-Saharan Africans who established family in France decades ago, some having left colonies of France generations back. yet their progeny are on the street destroying the nation that welcomed their grandparents. Are there Communists and anarchists involved? Certainly, but most "rebels" are Muslims, some acting as opportunists simply taking advantage of a chance to loot, but the more politically aware using it as a demonstration of dominance to show French whose families have always been there that they are no longer of consequence and that Islam is the real power now.  It will take lethal force to calm the street. I do not believe the French government as currently constituted has the will to do what is necessary to end the "revolution". 

Lose Them All?

My hometown Tennessee Titans might not be the worst team in professional football, but it is sadly undeniable that they are among the worst teams ever in the NFL. They did manage to beat a woeful Colts team today, but only managed to generate a single offensive touchdown. That proved to be enough as Daniel Jones played like Daniel Jones, which makes it extremely tough for Indianapolis. 

The South Shakes

The earth will quake today in Knoxville as the football team from the University of Alabama, a dreaded rival, comes rolling in to face the home-standing Volunteers. The Crimson Tide arrive seeing red as they feel (with justification) that the officiating crew took a win away from them against the Georgia Bulldogs. They seem to be the superior team on paper to Tennessee, but playing at home should give the Big Orange a bit of a boost. With each team already suffering a loss, a second defeat will definitely end national and conference title hopes, while the winner can still hope to be in the championship mix. As a lifelong Tennessean who has had friends and a relative play football for the Vols, I hope my side shocks the world and delivers another "L" to the boys from Tuscaloosa. 

Dodgers Are Done

I was rooting for Los Angeles. Mookie Betts is from my hometown. They just could not overcome the Brewers, who are a complete team this year and are hot at the perfect time this season. Hats off to Milwaukee. They earned their wins. 

Dodgers Are Down

The Los Angeles powerhouse that won the last two World Series seems to be out of juice. Of course not having Shohei Ohtani, arguably the greatest all-around player since Babe Ruth, healthy has slowed the Dodgers down, but on paper, they still seem extremely formidable. Unfortunately for LA, the games are being contested on the baseball diamond and not a piece of paper, and the Brewers are pounding them. Each game has its own momentum, so Los Angeles may certainly come alive in Game Four to avoid the sweep, but it will be a miracle if the ailing Dodgers somehow put together four wins in a row. 

Question of Costs

Does anyone remember those days of yore when Faded Joe was the nominal President, and the puppeteers pulling his strings and running (ruining) our nation were doing all they could to force us into "Green" energy by limiting our access to and surging the prices of fossil fuels while saying nuclear, the low cost alternative, was forbidden because of a whole cloth China Syndrome fear? I remember, and does anybody have an inkling of what everything would cost if we were suffering through nuclear winter after Iran nuked Tel Aviv or was merely using their newly acquired atomic weapons to blackmail Riyadh and extort the other oil=producing states of the Middle East? 

Stop This Ride

Apparently, actress Selma Blair had some sort of issue in the vehicle in which she was being transported. If that happens on a train or bus, generally you can pull a designated cord and be permitted off, Unfortunately for Selma that does not work on airplanes, and she may well have taken her last commercial flight.