#Joey Shea

[oceanusborealis]

We’re Back! - A Dinosaur’s Story (1994) – Exploring the Past

TL;DR – A fascinating time capsule to the early 1990s, which might feel as far in the past as the dinosaurs featured.  ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Post-Credit Scene – There is no Post-Credit Scene.Disclosure – I paid to watch this film. We’re Back! – A Dinosaur’s Story Review – I always like plugging in gaps in my knowledge when it comes to cinema, especially when it hits one of those topics…

[chrisnaustin]

If only I were she!

[comrade-louie-1993]

Shortly after this past New Year's I made a crossover video of the forgotten other Spielberg "Dinosaur Movie" from 1993. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. Released months after Jurassic Park. I decided to make a crossover/mashup trailer parody of the film with the former beloved 1992-1995 PBS Middle School show Ghostwriter. Because the child actors Blaze A. Berdahl and Joey Shea were in both "Ghostwriter" and "We're Back". Blaze played Lenni (the middle school rap artist girl and GW team memeber) and Joey played a main antagonist role. In "We're Back", however Joey voiced a 2nd protagonist character named Louie (and is much nicer than his GW live apperence role). Miss Berdahl voiced the blue bird only seen at the begining and end of the movie. What also inspired me to do this was a trailer mashup crossover from 2011 with the Ghostwriter team along side "Thomas the Tank Engine" in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (original cut). Special thanks to YouTuber Robdeltonie for his original idea here: https://youtu.be/Nr473fgre94

[ggungabyfish]

If you didn't ship these two...

WE’RE BACK! A DINOSAUR’S STORY, dir. Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink & Simon Wells (1993)

requested by anon

[petnews2day]

Dog fight! Joey Chestnut out of July 4 hot dog eating contest due to deal with rival brand

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/pZ3sO

Dog fight! Joey Chestnut out of July 4 hot dog eating contest due to deal with rival brand

NEW YORK (AP) — America’s perennial hot dog swallowing champion won’t compete in this year’s Independence Day competition due to a contract dispute, organizers said Tuesday. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, 40, has been competing since 2005 and hasn’t lost since 2015. At last year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest he downed 62 […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/pZ3sO #DogNews #Chestnut, #ContractDispute, #GeorgeShea, #JoeyJawsChestnut, #MajorLeagueEating, #NathanSFamous, #NathanSFamousHotDogs, #TakeruKobayashi

[v6quewrlds]

💞 Joe burrow fluff

imagine cuddling with joe before bed.

Your gaze lifted from your book as you heard the door to the closet creak open. There he was, your 6’4” quarterback, looking more like a sleepy puppy than the football god he was to his fans. His skin well moisturized, the smell of shea butter and vanilla notably following him as he approached the bed. He had towelled off well but had decided against fully drying his hair, which was a rarity for him. You had practically talked him off the ledge after the Steelers game, convincing him to trim the sides down instead of buzzing his head again. The result was a slightly damp, messy mop of thick, dirty blonde hair that had you biting back a grin.

“What's so funny?” he mumbled, his eyes half-closed, as he stumbled over to the bed.

You couldn’t help but softly giggle under your breath. “You spent almost five minutes in your closet. Where are your clothes?”

Joe’s sleepy gaze drifted up to meet yours, and he had the nerve to look surprised. “Clothes? Why would I need those?” He climbed into bed, his muscular form settling heavily on top of you, face first into your chest. Your book dropped to the side as his head found the perfect pillow, your breasts giving slightly under his weight.

Your laugh was a mix of surprise and amusement. “Baby, it’s barely past eight,” you scolded, your voice teasing as you tried to push him off you.

“I know, I know,” Joe murmured, his voice muffled by your skin. “But I’m beat, and this is the only way I’ll get some decent sleep tonight. Plus, I like the way you smell after your shower.” He snuggled closer, his warmth and weight enveloping you.

You rolled your eyes but couldn’t hide the affection in your voice. “We use the same stuff. We literally smell the same,” you said, feebly pushing at his broad shoulders.

He grinned into your chest, his teeth flashing white against your brown skin. “Yeah, but it’s different comin' from you. It’s like... domestic or whatever.” His hand reached up to cover yours, guiding it to his hair. “Can you do the thing with my hair?”

You sighed dramatically, setting your book aside and letting Joe’s head rest comfortably. You knew exactly what he liked: a gentle but firm tug on his hair, starting at the base and moving up to the ends. It was a comforting little habit he’d picked up from his mom, he’d once confessed, and you found it utterly adorable. Your fingers began to weave through the slightly damp strands, your nails scraping lightly against his scalp.

You felt his weight shift slightly as he turned his head to press a kiss against your skin, just above the neckline of your bralette. It was a simple act, but it sent a warm jolt of electricity through your body, reminding you of why you loved this man so much.

“You sure you don’t need me to tuck you in?” you asked, your voice playfully sweet.

Joe’s eyes remained closed, but you saw a hint of a smile on his face. “Nah, I’m good. I have the perfect pillows already.” He nuzzled closer, his stubble scratching gently against your skin.

You hummed in response, your hand continuing the soothing motion in his hair. “You’re such a goofball,” you said, shaking your head. “But I guess I’ll keep you around for now.”

“Good choice,” Joe murmured, his voice already starting to drift.

You couldn’t help but chuckle as you watched Joe slowly succumb to sleep. His breath grew steady, and you knew that he'd be out in seconds. You leaned down to kiss his forehead, feeling the warmth of his skin against your lips. “Night, Joey,” you whispered.

[odinsblog]

On July 10, 2023, the Specialized Criminal Court, Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism tribunal, convicted Muhammad al-Ghamdi, 54, a retired Saudi teacher, of several criminal offenses related solely to his peaceful expression online. The court sentenced him to death, using his tweets, retweets, and YouTube activity as the evidence against him.

Repression in Saudi Arabia has reached a terrifying new stage when a court can hand down the death penalty for nothing more than peaceful tweets,” said Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Saudi authorities have escalated their campaign against all dissent to mind-boggling levels and should reject this travesty of justice.”

👉🏿 https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/29/saudi-arabia-man-sentenced-death-tweets

[cloversplace]

The Outsiders characters genderbent names bc i can:

Darry - Darla Shea Curtis Jr. (nn Dari or Dar (Pronounced Duh-ar-ee, and Duh-are)

Two-bit - Keisha Mathews (They still would call him Two-bit though)

Dally - Dallas Winston (His name doesn’t even change lol)

Steve - Stephanie Randle (Idk he js gives “Stephanie”)

Soda - Sodapop Patricia Curtis (His names gonna be Sodapop no matter what gender he is)

Johnny - Joanna Cade (nn Joey instead of Johnny)

Pony - Ponygirl Michelle Curtis (Thinking he would be called Ponie (Pony js spelt with an “ie” to make it a little more feminine)

idk what this post is, Johnny and Pony’s names I got from various fics, Steve’s was inspired by a fic i read. You’re welcome to use these as their names if ur writing a genderbend fic!

[penaltybox-gossip]

Blackhawks Wags

Joey Anderson - Sami Schneider (wife)

Andreas Athanasiou - Nelly Korda (gf)

Connor Bedard - Single

Tyler Bertuzzi - Ashley Bertuzzi (wife)

Jason Dickinson - Alandra Dickinson (wife)

Ryan Donato - Bradley Donato (wife)

Nick Foligno - Janelle Foligno (wife)

Philipp Kurashev - Single?

Shea Weber - Bailey Weber (wife)

Victor Soderstrom - Hedvigblom Soderstrom (wife)

Aku Raty - Salla Leinonen (gf)

Joe Veleno - Arilynn Sorger (gf)

Pat Maroon - Francesca Maroon (wife)

Ilya Mikheyev - Kristina Mikheyeva (wife)

Lukas Reichel - Single?

Teuvo Teravainen - Single?

Nolan Allan - Single?

TJ Brodie - Amber Brodie (wife)

Wyatt Kaiser - (gf)

Alec Martinez - Emily Martinez (wife)

Connor Murphy - Kristina Murphy (wife)

Isaak Phillips - Jules Ratchford (gf)

Alex Vlasic - Payton Hielscher (gf)

Arvid Soderblom - Ann Eriksson (gf)

Spencer Knight - single

[humanrightsupdates]

UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences

The convictions of at least 44 defendants in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) mass trial of at least 84 human rights defenders and political dissidents were based on a fundamentally unfair trial, a coalition of human rights groups said today. On July 10, 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court meted out sentences ranging from between 15 years to life in prison in the UAE’s second largest unfair mass trial.

In December 2023, while hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Emirati authorities brought charges against at least 84 defendants in retaliation for forming an independent advocacy group in 2010, many of whom had already been serving prison sentences for the same or similar offenses. The unfair mass trial was marred by serious due process and fair trial violations, including restricted access to case material and information, limited legal assistance, judges directing witness testimony, violations of the principle of double jeopardy, credible allegations of serious abuse and ill-treatment, and hearings shrouded in secrecy.

“These over-the-top long sentences make a mockery of justice and are another nail in the coffin for the UAE’s nascent civil society,” said Joey Shea, United Arab Emirates researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The UAE has dragged scores of its most dedicated human rights defenders and civil society members through a shamelessly unfair trial riddled with due process violations and torture allegations.”

Given that the charges are based solely on defendants’ peaceful practice of their human rights, UAE authorities should immediately overturn these convictions and release all defendants, the groups said.

Among the 44 defendants whose conviction is known, 4 people were sentenced to 15 years in prison and 40 to life in prison, according to the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center, a human rights organization supporting imprisoned human rights defenders in the UAE.

Three of those sentenced to life in prison are an academic, Nasser bin Ghaith, Abdulsalam Darwish al-Marzouqi, and Sultan Bin Kayed al-Qasimi. At least one defendant was acquitted. The verdicts for many of the defendants are not yet known as the authorities have yet to release official details about the convictions and sentences.

[afarcryfrommymain]

Far Cry OC Tournament Round 1A

Esther Seed v Orayani Ragadio v Wesley Beltran

Voting and little about our contestants under the cut!

Esther Seed (@vampireninjabunnies-blog)

About: Esther was born on March 20th 1994, in a very small rural community outside of Atlanta, Georgia to the local pastor David Shea and his wife Mary. She's the youngest of three, her sister Sarah is ten years older and Michael is four years older. She didn't fit in very well as a child due to being skipped ahead several grades. Her parents did the best they could to make her childhood a happy one and for the most part succeeded despite their deep poverty. She graduated from Harvard University at eighteen with her Ph.D in Psychiatry, focusing on childhood and religious trauma. Esther participated in competitive archery while in University and was champion three years in a row. She met John Seed in a nightclub not long after, and they dated for a year before she moved to Montana. During that year she'd worked as a social worker but quit from burnout when the systems flaws kept her from saving a child in an abusive home. She and John married and lived very happily for around two years despite her passive aggressive conflict with Joseph. Until one night after an argument with Joseph went too far. She and John attempted to leave Eden's Gate and Hope County but Joseph ran them off the road into the river. Now three years later the Reaping is in full swing, John and the rest of the county believe she's dead. And she's trapped in a bunker by Joseph with her children working to escape. Esther is 5"0, 98lbs, long copper red hair, big brown doe eyes. Fair skinned and covered in freckles with an hourglass figure. A fairly small, delicate woman. She has two tattoos given to her by John. The Seven virtues in latin under her right breast and a small bumblebee with John's initials on her pelvis. Later in her story she has the word PRIDE carved into her left shoulder blade by Joseph.

Does your OC have anything to share?: "Esther is an accomplished archer and equestrian. She is quite good at mounted archery and being as petite as she is she favours stealth and ambushes if she has to fight."

Orayani Ragadio (@broken-balance-baby)

About: She's from the post-canon au of Far Cry 3 where Jason becomes a merc! Filipino Aeta girl, she's also a starting journalist and meets Jason and his team in the middle of a warzone in Southern Philippines. she's very sweet, polite and always optimistic, she also doesn't seem very smart because of that but she is. she knows how to handle a bow and arrow and Jason teaches her how to use guns in their story.

Anything else we should know?: "she's very small! like say about 5'1 or so. so it's possible she could use her size to her advantage LOL"

Wesley Beltran (@stacispratt)

About: wes beltran considers himself a generally calm person, and this is true until his friends are in danger. staci and joey are his only family in hope county, and he'd do anything for them. after the seeds take them from him, his singular goal is to rescue them at any cost. at first, he agrees to help the resistance, because the more people fighting the cult the better, but the second any task doesn't directly help him get joey back from john (his first goal), he'll ditch it. he doesn't want to waste time, he wants to get right to joey, and also get his hands bloody punishing the people who have hurt her. after he gets accustomed to his brand new bloodlust, he prefers to use knives/blades/shovels to kill cultists over guns. it's more personal and painful for them. this is especially so with john seed! killing him from a distance with a gun would take all the reward out of killing john. also, it turns out that john seed's obsession with him scratches a very particular, desperate, life-long need inside wes to find someone who loves him more than anything, and his priorities after he rescues joey starts to blur into something that includes soaking up john's obsessive love forever and ever so he can (maybe, possibly) finally feel so full of love he'll never starve for it again! that's not to say john and wes don't beat the shit out of each other, because they do, most notably at wes's confession where wes beats john over the head with a metal pipe to rescue joey, and at wes's atonement, where john tattoos wes and then wes hunts john down until john gets the upper hand and steals him away to his bunker where, you guessed it, they beat the shit out of each other again. when marshal burke dies, wes blames the resistance. staci suffers near-death torment at the hands of jacob seed, and wes can't reconcile this with the idea that the resistance cares at all, because he's so sucked up in the well-being of his own two best friends. eventually, consumed with his mutual obsession for john seed, wes joins the cult and becomes john's right hand man and favorite chosen. he doesn't particularly take pleasure in torturing or killing innocents, but his loyalty to john has cemented itself and he'd do anything for him, just as he'd do anything for joey & staci. plus they still get to make each other bleed without politics also boomer is his bestie :)

Anything else we should know?: corruption arc through obsessive love babey.

[how2fit]

A new year is just around the corner. Filled with new chances and possibilities. And while those fresh starts and big dreams can be exciting, it can also honestly be kinda stressful with all those expectations and resolutions floating around. So to help you to not just go for your goals and dreams in 2025 but also to laugh more, stress less and not take things too seriously I’d like to share 101 funny New Year’s quotes. I hope you’ll find something here that’ll help you to relieve a bit of stress, find a healthier balance and to simply make you smile or laugh. And something that you can send on to a friend or family member that may need those things too as we begin this year. Funny New Year’s Quotes for More Laughs and Less Stress “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” – William E. Vaughan “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” – Oscar Wilde “Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.” – Unknown “I would say happy new year, but it’s not happy; it’s exactly the same as last year except colder.” – Robert Clark “Every New Year’s I have the same question: How did I get home?” – Melanie White “New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.” – James Agate “It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.” – William Thomas “My new year’s resolution is to stop hanging out with people who ask me about my new year’s resolutions.” – Unknown “Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.” – Barbara Walters “My New Year’s resolution list usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.” – Nia Vardalos “Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” – Bill Vaughan “If you want an interesting party, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.” – Robert Fulghum “I can’t believe it’s been a year since I didn’t become a better person.” – Sandra Shea “New Year’s is just a holiday created by calendar companies who don’t want you reusing last year’s calendar.” – Unknown “May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.” – Joey Lauren Adams “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.” – Vern McLellan “Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.” – George Bernard Shaw “My New Year’s resolution is to be more optimistic by keeping my cup half-full with either wine, vodka, or whiskey.” – Blackie Lawless “I’m a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.” – Robert Paul Funny New Year’s Quotes with “Good” Advice for 2025 “Don’t be so worried about what you eat between Christmas and New Year’s. Worry more about what you eat between New Year’s and Christmas.” – Unknown “Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.” – Ellen DeGeneres “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” – Oprah Winfrey “I think I made too many New Year’s resolutions this year. I’m already failing at being a better person.” – Sarah Kelly “Let’s not spend New Year’s Eve trying to figure out where to spend New Year’s Eve.” —Unknown “You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time.” – Charlie Brown “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better person.” – Benjamin Franklin “Many years ago, I resolved never to bother with New Year’s resolutions, and I’ve stuck with it ever since.” – Dave Beard “My new year’s resolution is to stop pretending to know what ‘auld lang syne’ means.” – Bob Simmons “I would rather make New Year’s goals than New Year’s resolutions. My goals are to eat more, sleep more, and be as lazy as possible.”

– Jim Harper “Remember when we were young and wanted to stay up for New Year’s? Now we’re old and all we want to do is sleep.” – Sarah Silverman “The new year is a time to start afresh, to start things all over again, but then you realize things are too complicated and you can’t begin again.” – Unknown “My resolution is to read more. What I mean is spending more time scrolling through other people’s social media posts.” – Jay Thomas “A New Year’s resolution is something that makes you anxious until February when you can forget about it.” – Dave Barry “This year I resolve to make no resolutions, and I’m sticking to it!” – Margaret Cho “Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn’t it, of a long line of proven criminals?” – Ogden Nash “This year, my resolution is to make no promises I can’t keep.” – Lewis Black Funny New Year’s Quotes for Friends “Here’s to another year of pretending I like you people.” – Sandra Shea “I was going to quit all my bad habits for the new year, but then I remembered that nobody likes a quitter.” – Unknown “To all my friends: May we stay friends until we die. Then may we stay ghost friends and walk through walls and scare people.” – Anna Davis “A true friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg even though they know you’re slightly cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer “To my friends: Thanks for accepting me even though I’m a hot mess.” – Anna Kendrick “May your New Year be filled with peace, love, and a WiFi connection that actually works.” – Unknown “Here’s to another year of terrible decisions with wonderful friends.” – Alice Jones “New Year’s Eve is like any other evening, except that on this particular evening, half the world is trying to look happy.” – Charles Lamb “My friend’s resolution is to quit all his bad habits. And so I am no longer in his life this year.” – Unknown “A friend gave me a lift to the gym. That’s the most progress I’ve made on my New Year’s resolution so far.” – Fay Collins “This year, we resolve to leave parties early with a French exit. Irish goodbyes are so 2024.” – Unknown “Sorry for all the annoying behavior I did throughout the year. May you give me another chance to do that in the next new year!” – Unknown “May your New Year’s Eve be better than mine – I’ll likely be spending it with my cat and a bottle of champagne.” – Sandra Shea “Happy New Year! I promise you, this year will be exactly the same as the last, you’ll just be a little older.” – Unknown “Here’s to another year of friendship, laughter, and pretending we’re still in our twenties.” – Sarah Kelly “I promise that this year too, I won’t let you do stupid things alone.” – Unknown “New year, same friends, bigger plans, worse decisions.” – Deddie Moore I love how we’re all going to take credit for each other’s accomplishments this year.” – Sam Williams Funny Quotes on New Year’s Resolutions “My New Year’s resolution is to be more positive and less sarcastic… yeah, right.” – Richard Lewis “A New Year’s resolution is just a to-do list for the first week of January.” – Unknown “Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you’ve met your New Year’s resolution.” – Jay Leno “My New Year’s resolution was to stop saying ‘You go, girl’ to myself.” – Zach Galifianakis “This resolution feels different from all the other ones I’ve broken.” – Bob Simmons “He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; he who makes one is a fool.” – Farquhar McGillivray Knowles “Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” – Mark Twain “Last year’s resolution was to lose 20 pounds by Christmas. Only 30 pounds to go.” — Unknown “I’m going to stay up late this New Year’s Eve – not to ring in the New Year, but to make sure this one leaves.” – Jay Thomas “I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning, and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.”

�� Anaïs Nin “My resolution was to read more so I put the subtitles on my TV.” – Sam Williams “New Year’s resolutions work like this: you think of something you enjoy doing and then resolve to stop doing it.” – Charlie Brooker “My New Year’s resolution is to break my New Year’s resolutions. That way I succeed at something!” – Ally Carter “This New Year’s I was going to make a resolution never to be late again, but I didn’t wake up until January 2.” – Melanie White “May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fall!” – Aleister Crowley “Many years ago, I made a New Year’s resolution to never make New Year’s resolutions. Hell, it’s been the only resolution I’ve ever kept!” – D.S. Mixell “The road to my fitness goal is paved with the Snickers I’m gonna eat today.” – Fay Collins “I’ve been on a diet for two weeks and all I’ve lost is two weeks.” – Totie Fields “If you decide to cut something out this year, try replacing it with something else to balance out the loss. If you stop drinking soda, for example, replace it with becoming more sedentary. You deserve it. You loved soda.” – Colin Nissan “My New Year’s resolution is to tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.” – Hunar Hali “I’m not making any New Year’s resolutions this year. I already have enough rules I don’t follow.” – Jim Harper Short Funny New Year’s Quotes “Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.” – Betty White “My New Year’s resolution is 1080p.” – Steven Wright “Error 404: Resolution Not Found.” – Chris Hardwick “New Year, Same Me. I’m reliable like that.” – Unknown “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie “I’m not going to make any New Year’s resolutions because nobody else seems to keep theirs.” – Sam Williams “You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” – Hillary DePiano “Live every day like it’s your last, and one day you’ll be right.” – Norm Macdonald “Here’s to pretending 2025 will be better!” – Sarah Kelly “New diet starts tomorrow. Again.” – Unknown “Why do they call it New Year’s Eve? It’s the same old December.” – Milton Berle “Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.” – Mason Cooley “I’m walking into 2025 with a clear heart and mind. If you owe me, don’t worry about it – you’re welcome.” – Bob Simmons “Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.” – Jean Paul Richter “Same crisis, different day.” – Unknown “The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.” – George William Curtis “My New Year’s Resolution was to read more… I should have specified books.” – Jim Gaffigan “My resolution is to not make any this year. I’m ahead of schedule.” – Unknown “New year, new me? Nah, I’m good.” – Debbie Moore Want more inspiration and positive thoughts for the start of this year? Then have a look at these 101 inspirational New Year’s quotes, the short New Year’s captions in this post and the winter quotes here. Plus, these beautiful December quotes and these positive January captions.

[twins2994]

A's Stun Twins Late.

Twins 5 Athletics 6 W-Newcomb (1-0) L-Duran (3-3) SV-Miller (14)

The Minnesota Twins had a tough start to a fun homestand. They headed out on a nine-game road trip that started in Oakland against the A's tonight. The Twins were ready from the start as Willi Castro led-off the first with a double. He went to second on a groundball and Trevor Larnach hit an RBI groundout to second to start the scoring. The A's answered in the bottom of the first when Abraham Toro and JJ Bleday singled. Tyler Soderstrom lined a two-out single to right and the game was tied at one after an inning of play. Oakland would rally in the fifth when Miguel Andujar and Brent Rooker singled with two outs. Tyler Soderstrom doubled home a pair and Shea Langeliers singled in another run. This put Oakland up 4-1 after five frames. The Twins would inch closer in the sixth as Royce Lewis blasted a Joey Estes curveball out to left for a solo homer. The Twins would rally again in the seventh as Christian Vazquez singled and Austin Martin walked. Willi Castro belted an Austin Adams fastball out to right for a three-run homer to put the Twins on top 5-4. The A's answered in the bottom of the eighth as Tyler Soderstrom was hit by a pitch and Shea Langeliers smacked a Jhoan Duran splitter out to left for a two-run homer. This put the A's up 6-5 and Mason Miller threw a 1-2-3 ninth as Oakland stunned the Twins tonight.

-Final Thoughts- Chris Paddack didn't have the best night. He went 4 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Kody Funderburk retired four men with two strikeouts, Jorge Alcala fanned two in a perfect seventh, and Jhoan Duran gave up the homer to Shea Langeliers in the eighth. Willi Castro, Christian Vazquez, and Austin Martin had two hits each. The Twins hit 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Tomorrow, Bailey Ober faces JP Sears in Game 2.

-Chris Kreibich-

[cksmart-world]

SMART BOMB

The Completely Unnecessary News Analysis

By Christopher Smart

June 18, 2014

SAD DAY ON CONEY ISLAND — MIGHTY JOEY CHESTNUT OUT

NEWS FLASH! World Champion hot-dog-eater Joey Chestnut has been banned from Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest! Hells bells Wilson, what is this world coming to. Chestnut is the perennial winner — 19 years running — of the Independence Day extravaganza and holds the world record of eating (swallowing) 76 beef dogs in 10 minutes. Heck, the entire staff here at Smart Bomb couldn't eat that many franks in 10 minutes — or all day for that matter. The drama is outlined in The Atlantic magazine under the headline, “The Dog Days of Summer”: Turns out that Joey signed a sponsorship deal with another hot dog company — and get this Wilson, they're meatless dogs! Holy s - - t! The host of the Nathan's dog contest, George Shea, told The New York Times, “It would be like back in the day Michael Jordan coming to Nike — who made his Air Jordans — and saying, ‘I am going to rep Adidas too’ … It just can’t happen.” The annual Coney Island glut is no small deal. TV coverage garners more than 1 million viewers. Still, competitive eaters like Chestnut struggle to cash in on their fame. Imagine this Wilson, you're a cashier at a department store and people come up to you and say, oh my god, aren't you Joey Chestnut? WTF — no deal with Nike?

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS TO BE DONALD TRUMP

Wilson, did you ever consider how difficult it is to be Donald J. Trump? The Democrats want to cut his head off — or so says the big orange guy. “Haul out the Guillotine!” he said last week in a fund-raising email, “is the sick dream of every Trump-deranged lunatic out there!” At a Las Vegas campaign rally the former president asked the adoring crowd what would happen if he were on a battery powered boat that was sinking near a shark. No Wilson, we are not making this up. “Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted or do I jump in over by the shark... ” FYI: he chose electrocution. What that has to do with anything, we're not sure but it is entertaining in a stupid sort of way. And then there was this: Adam Schiff, D-Cal., told Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee that he would like to quote the jury in Trump's New York hush-money trial: “Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty... (he said 34 times). Fortunately Trump has Marjorie Taylor Greene to defend him. “The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about ‘Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon,’” she said. “Well, the man that I worship is also a convicted felon, and he was murdered on a Roman cross.” Joy to the world, Don the Christ has come.

NEW ANTI-WOKE WATER — DRINK UP FREEDOM

It's called “Freedom2o” and it will make you giddy with righteousness and the knowledge that you don't have to swallow any more woke water. “This water isn't free but your speech is,” according to a post on “X” during the right-wing Turning Point USA's People's Conference. “It's not just refreshing, it rebellious and it's unapologetic to drink this in public,” said company founder Elizabeth White. “[It] isn’t just about what’s inside the bottle,” she added, “it’s about the message it sends with every sip.” The communiqué apparently being something like the MAGA directive, “F- your feelings.” Yeah Wilson, the right is always being put upon by something or another. Imagine being forced to drink woke water — it's enough to make you puke. As White told the New York Post, she got the idea while watching the Republican debates, where she noticed audience members drinking water that had “no connection to the people drinking it.” Just think of it Wilson, drinking water that you had no political affinity with. You could get that twitchy thing that Democrats have. Or, you might feel like Martha-Ann Alito having to look across the lake at a rainbow flag for an entire month. Boy, she could sure use some Freedom2o now — along with her Glenlivet. Better make that a double.

Post script — That's just about going to do it for another fun-filled week here at Smart Bomb where we keep track of Mike Lee so you don't have to. Yes Wilson, it is quite a community service when you consider that Utah's senior senator has no soul — he sold it on the cheap to you know who. Recently, Lee voted against a bill guaranteeing IVF (in vitro fertilization), calling it “showboating” by Democrats. Meanwhile, he introduced legislation to stop noncitizen immigrants from voting —there is no evidence they are — which is against the law already. This week The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Lee asked Republicans in an unofficial poll if they would rather listen to NPR, KSL or be waterboarded. Of the 931 respondents, 85.8 percent chose the torture, he said. The tempest in a teapot, according to Trib ace Jeff Parrott, was a response to a social post by KSL that said the Utah GOP had “been running into tough times” and asked if folks were “tired of the Republican Party’s antics?” Your right Wilson, when it comes to fiction Lee is no slouch and he loves to say, I told you so — nanner, nanner nanner. “Waterboarding seems to be enjoying an early lead over listening to either KSL or NPR,” he said, “I totally understand.” Nanner, nanner, nanner. Such a statesman. Rock on, Mike Lee.

OK Wilson, Mike Lee ain't no elitist like them liberal Dems — although he clerked for Samuel Alito; his father, Rex E. Lee, was U.S. solicitor general under Ronald Reagan; his brother Thomas Rex Lee is a justice on the Utah Supreme Court. Oh, and Mike Lee spent much of his youth in an upscale suburb of Washington, D.C. Maybe you and the guys in the band can cook up a nice little ditty for Mike “Me-No-Elitists” Lee.

Some folks are born made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no Some folks are born silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves, oh But when the taxman come to the door Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer, "More! More! More!" Yo It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no It ain't me, it ain't me...

(Fortunate Son — Credence Clearwater Revival)

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Orlando, June 15, 2024, 12pm - 3pm

(if anyone attends & is willing to take notes to share, please DM me!)

Our Trans & Non-Binary Task Force is thrilled to partner with HRC and other local organization! ⁠ ⁠ Join us for a special debrief and discussion panel on laws and issues affecting the trans community in 2024. From driver’s license policy changes to legal wins to new Title IX policy, there’s a lot to unpack!⁠ ⁠ Guest panelists are:

- Andrea Montanez of the National LGBTQ Task Force - Simone Chriss of Southern Legal Counsel - Shea Cutliff of RISE Initiative and Trans and Non-Binary Task Force - Joseph (Joey) Knoll of Spektrum Health - Dr. Francis of GLSEN Central Florida - Dempsey and Dennis Jara of Moms for Hope Special thanks to The LGBT+ Center, Orlando for hosting this event and our partners at the Come Out Pride Trans and Non-Binary Task Force! Registration is required. Source

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David Purdum at ESPN:

Joey Chestnut, the 16-time champion of the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, will not compete in the annual Fourth of July event next month, Major League Eating announced Tuesday. A spokesperson for Major League Eating (MLE) told ESPN that Chestnut had chosen to "represent another hot dog brand" and therefore would not be allowed to participate in the Nathan's contest, which is held annually at New York City's Coney Island. Chestnut, competitive eating's biggest star who is known as "Jaws," has won the event eight years in a row. He reportedly agreed to a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods, a company that makes plant-based hot dogs, and a competing company to Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs. "It would be like Michael Jordan saying to Nike, 'I'm going to represent Adidas, too,'" MLE event organizer George Shea said. ESPN has reached out to Chestnut and Impossible Foods for comment.

16-time men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Champion Joey Chestnut has been barred from competing in this year’s edition due to Chestnut’s sponsoring of Impossible Foods (a competing company with Nathan’s), who provide plant-based hot dogs.