NFL Scoreboard – Week 1

Three major developments:

The Cleveland Browns did NOT lose to the Steelers. OK, they didn’t win, but a tie is a major achievement for them. OK, their QB really stunk (15 for 40 with seven sacks), but they intercepted Big Ben thrice, forced him to fumble twice, and sacked him four times. I wonder if the Steelers have fired their entire management team yet.

Have the Bills been mathematically eliminated yet? The way they played today, they couldn’t have defeated Rutgers.

Aaron Rodgers was magnificent

Almost a development:

Ryan Fitzpatrick came very, very close to a perfect QB rating, scoring 156.3 (158.3 is perfect). He passed for 417 yards on only 28 attempts. He would have achieved a perfect score with one less incomplete pass attempt.

Mike Pence really should read the news before appearing on Q&A shows

Chris Wallace seemed a tough as his dad in this conversation. Yesterday I mentioned how Woodward and his publishers caught Trump in a trap by holding back the actual physical copy of the purloined letter, waiting for somebody to deny that the theft ever happened. Apparently Mike Pence doesn’t read Other Crap (or any real news sources), because Wallace caught him in the very same trap today. Pence tried to change the subject and Wallace wouldn’t let him slip away.

Trump doesn’t believe Stormy Daniels hush-money deal is valid

His argument is that he’s not a party to the deal. His name appears nowhere on it, and he never signed it, therefore it has nothing to do with him.

I guess this means Stormy will soon be telling even more lurid details, since Cohen offered to let her out of the agreement. That’s a win, right?

Yes, BUT …

But Stormy’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, does not like this development. If Trump is not a party to the deal, then he can’t be deposed, and Avenatti really wants to get him to testify under oath. (Let’s face it, getting Trump to testify under oath is like the Holy Grail for lawyers!)

The many misdeeds of Les Moonves

Hey, Les

The good news: you’re finally the centerpiece of a New Yorker article.

The bad news: it was written by Ronan Farrow. Oh-oh!

Moonves resigned today.  “The resignation package for Mr Moonves could amount to $100m. However, CBS said he would not receive any severance benefits until the result of an independent investigation into his conduct.”