Sports used to be fun
Too many rich jocks bitching.
A cold war rising.

An almost depressing haiku. But at least I will have the UFC.

 

At Least I Can Watch the UFC

Football

Football has decided to go woke.

When the season starts on September 10th, rumors are swirling that the NFL players are going to be able to don messages of social justice and police brutality on their helmets.

Front Office Sports reported:

“The NFL’s 1,700-plus players will likely be invited to wear helmet decals bearing the names or initials of police violence victims and systemic racism, sources told Front Office Sports. The league office is working with the NFL Players Association to compile a list of names in time for the start of the regular seasons, which is currently scheduled to begin on September 10, said sources. The players will provide the names.”

For years, the NFL has been kind of touchy about letting teams change the uniforms. Outside of small decals that represent the deaths of certain people, the uniforms have remained unchanged. In 2016, the Dallas Cowboys wanted to wear special uniforms in honor of the five police officers who were murdered in Dallas during a mass shooting (coincidentally, by a woke BLM terrorist) during training camp. The NFL refused to let them.

Rumor has it that teams can choose one insignia that all wear for each player or each player can wear one of their choosing (there could be as many as fifteen different designs).

When Colin Kapernick decided to start kneeling for the National Anthem, I was turned off by all the political bullshit. I actually stopped watching. I wasn’t protesting or boycotting or anything like that. I was just pissed off. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. The attendance and viewership for the NFL dropped by 20%.

They just will never learn.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-allowing-decals-on-helmets-citing-police-violence-victims-and-systemic-racism-report-says

 

Baseball

America’s game might be going to hell too.

Several players and coaches for the San Francisco Giants (probably shouldn’t be much of a surprise) decided to kneel during the National Anthem.

According to MLB Reports:

“Several Giants, including manager Gabe Kapler, first-base coach Antoan Richardson, hitting coach Justin Viele and outfielders Jaylin Davis, Mike Yastrzemski, and Austin Slater, took a knee during the national anthem before Monday’s exhibition game in Oakland. Shortstop Brandon Crawford stood between Davis and Richardson and put his hand on their shoulders in a show of support.”

Gabe Kapler, who is a vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter, stated:

“I did that because I wanted them to know I wasn’t pleased with the way our country has handled police brutality. I told them I wanted to amplify their voices, and I wanted to amplify the voices of the Black community and marginalized communities as well.”

This brought a wave of protests from fans on Twitter:

And, of course, President Trump weighed in:

The MLB never responded. Hopefully, this will be a wake up call for the MLB. I really like baseball and will miss it if the MLB doesn’t have the courage to force its players, who are paid very well, to keep politics out of entertainment.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-league-baseballs-twitter-account-aggressively-defends-kneeling-players

 

Basketball

I haven’t watched basketball since Shaq and Kobe won their five championships. You know why? Because the game has been changed to the point a foul is called every time someone coughs, the players whiny and showboats and the Lakers have sucked for so long.

Well, now I have another reason not to watch.

Disney will write Black Lives Matter on the playing surface in their two arenas. The NBA will be playing in those arenas during the Wuhan flu epidemic. Notice I didn’t call it COVID-19. There’s a reason I wanted to point out the virus is from China. Just wait.

The NBA has decided to let the players replace the names on the back of their jerseys with social justice phrases.

• Black Lives Matter
• Say Their Names
• Vote
• I Can’t Breathe
• Justice
• Peace
• Equality
• Freedom
• Enough
• Power to the People
• Justice Now
• Say Her Name
• Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can)
• Liberation
• See Us
• Hear Us
• Respect Us
• Love Us
• Listen
• Listen to Us
• Stand Up
• Ally
• Anti-Racist
• I Am A Man
• Speak Up
• How Many More
• Group Economics
• Education Reform
• Mentor

 

Yeah, this is going to work great for people who do not want politics in sports. You will not know the name of the player you are watching but you will know that he cannot breathe.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/nba-to-paint-black-lives-matter-on-sides-of-disney-courts-allow-players-to-put-social-justice-messages-on-jerseys
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nba-releases-list-of-approved-social-justice-phrases-for-players-jerseys
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-nba-blocks-people-from-being-able-to-order-freehongkong-customizable-jerseys

 

It’s Coming to a Head

You know what one phrase the NBA will not allow on the back of their jerseys? Free Hong Kong. That is because the NBA gets a lot of their money from China. Same with Nike and Apple. That is why I will never go to an NBA game, wear Nikes or own an iPhone. China is probably one of the most evil civilizations in human history. Well their evil is coming to light.

The DOJ has charged Chinese hackers of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine information. This shows:

• China cannot create anything.
• China probably does not have the virus under control.
• They cannot be trusted.

The United States not trusting China came to a head when Secretary Pompeo ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston. He said that China had been running an intelligence gathering ring from the consulate and it had nothing to do with diplomacy. They were given 72 hours to clear the building and leave the country. The Chinese responded by starting to burn all their paperwork, pretty much showing that they had some things to hide. The fires were so large, the Houston fire department was closed.

The State Department stated:

“The United States will not tolerate the PRC’s (People Republic of China) violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated the PRC’s unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs, and other egregious behavior. We have directed the closure of PRC Consulate General Houston, in order to protect American intellectual property and American’s [sic] private information.”

Senator Marco Rubio said:

“China’s Houston consulate is a massive spy center, forcing it to close is long overdue. China’s consulate in Houston is not a diplomatic facility. It is the central node of the Communist Party’s vast network of spies & influence operations in the United States. Now that building must close & the spies have 72 hours to leave or face arrest. This needed to happen.”

China has promised that there would be consequences for this.

China has also not been great with human rights:

• Thousands of Hong Kongers are being arrested and sent to China for trial and punishment (actually, re-education).
• China appears to be preparing for an invasion against the democracy of Taiwan. Why not?
• Uighurs, Chinese Muslims, are being arrested, having their heads shaved and being placed in cattle cars to be sent to re-education camps. (play video)

 

Does this sound familiar? Nazi Germany did this. The Soviet Union did this. Cuba does this. North Korea does this. Venezuela does this.

Ain’t socialism grand. No wonder the NBA supports China but will piss on the United States any chance they get.

 

Conclusion

The United States and China are entering a cold war. When we start closing consulates, it is pretty much a done deal. I don’t think this is a bad idea. China depends on the United States for survival and have gotten too cocky to remember that. Trump has already threatened to cut off all trade with China, which will make them more aggressive militarily and kill their economy.

Now, when I saw busy militarily, I don’t mean they will fight us. We are too far away and way ahead of them technologically. Heck, half their military technology is ours. But countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and South Korea do have to worry. Why?

Because socialism does not allow for innovation or production because there is not incentive system. What I make in China belongs to the government. I get nothing. So why would I bother creating anything. How do socialist countries get what they need? They take it from some other country or force their people, under threat, to create (which never works, Chernobyl is proof of that). Can Xi Jinping has become the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao. They need to be broken like the United States broke the Soviet Union.

Does that mean China is not dangerous? Not at all. The COVID-19 virus, which may or may not have been purposely released, shows the power of a biological weapon. The Chinese government, who do not care about their people, did profit from this for the short term. They were selling PPE and crappy tests (85% accurate). They, quietly because it was under-covered, took over Hong Kong, imprisoned Uighurs and threatening Taiwan. This is why they need to be isolated.

But China can be toppled and I think a lot faster than the Soviet Union. A lot of people have said so. Someone just has to have the balls to do it.

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-charges-chinese-hackers-with-trying-to-steal-coronavirus-vaccine-research
https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-forces-closure-of-chinese-consulate-in-houston-video-shows-classified-documents-being-burned-inside
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-houston-fire-police-responding-to-reports-of-documents-being-burned-at-chinese-consulate-general
https://www.dailywire.com/news/communist-china-is-preparing-its-military-to-overtake-taiwan-top-taiwanese-official-warns
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-spreadsheet-of-those-in-hell-how-china-corralled-uighurs-into-concentration-camps/2020/02/28/4daeca4a-58c8-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-consulate-in-houston-was-massive-spy-center-fbi-probes-chinese-army-suspects-in-25-cities