Canadian Thoroughbred – Diodoro Holds Hot Hand for August 20 Canadian Derby
TDN – Thornton – Industry Will Pay Twice For HISA Litigation
The Atlantic – Pinsker – The Economic Principle That Helps Me Order at Restaurants
Southern Living – 8 Life Skills Every Southerner Learned at Camp
BookRiot – Hobbs – 20 of the Best Science Fiction Books of All Time
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
Felix Dennis
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – EVERY SO OFTEN, THE SARATOGA DIARY IS ABOUT THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Laffit Pincay Jr: I could always count on Affirmed
TDN – Thornton – $800k Sales Grad at Center of Delaware ‘Neglect’ Ruling
TDN – Bolts Gallore in Best Pal
Sports Business Journal – Bill King – SBJ Betting: Latest earnings hint at path to profitability
The Takeout – Dale – The Lasting Cultural Impact of the American Jewish Deli
Sports Business Journal – Digital Harry Caray impresses MLB observers, but some find it off-putting
Deadspin – Fels – They could have at least made ‘Hologram Harry’ drunk off his ass
The Takeout – Wallen – Beer Is Becoming an Increasingly Precious Resource
Washington Post – Heil and Carman – Craft brewers’ latest challenge: Carbon dioxide shortage
Sal says that if North American governments are paying Kazillions of taxpayer dollars to capture CO2 and store it underground how can there be a shortage of CO2 for the brewing industry.
Paulick Report – Paulick – Del Mar Summer: Sadler’s Life In The Fast Lane With Flightline
TDN – McGrath – This Side Up: Oasis or Mirage?
TSN – CP – Padres’ Tatis Jr. suspended 80 games for violating MLB’s drug policy
Sal says that when Tatis Jr. was in grade school five’ll get you ten that his dog used to eat his homework.
Bloodhorse – Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit Makes Appointments
Deadspin – Losing is preferable to this, Cleveland
Standardbred Canada – Ontario’s Bingo Halls Getting ‘Slot-Like’ Machines?
Sal says that the difference between a slot machine, Video Lottery Terminal and a historic racing machine is a fictional government definition created to circumvent a law.
Sal says that Phil sent him a question:
Do the slot players in the bingo halls tell the caller to shut the fuck up.
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
Abraham Lincoln
San Jose Inside – Becker – Newsom Unveils Long-term Strategy to Bolster California Water Supply
Sal says that instead of continually railing at Justin Trudeau the UCP and its leadership candidates should start to plan to protect Alberta’s resources including the land, forests and water.
Sal says that’s a reminder that prima donnas asking for a trade is not a recent phenomenon and was just as messy back then.
The Ringer – Devine – The Seven Most Intriguing Under-the-Radar Deals in NBA Free Agency
The Ringer – O-Connor – Should LeBron Request a Trade?
TDN – Bill Finley – Georgia Legislator Renews Effort to Legalize Horse Racing in State
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
William S. Burroughs
DRF – Grening – Romping winners Gulfport, Damon’s Mound face off in Saratoga Special
TDN – NYRA Acquires 49% Interest in United Tote
Paulick Report – Voss: Lovers Of Good News Stories, Rejoice
The consciousness-expanding drugs – the hallucinogens, such as cannabis, mescaline, LSD, Psylocybin – I think are useful to a writer up to a certain point. That is, they open psychic areas that would not otherwise be available to the writer. But I feel that once these areas have been opened and the writer has reached them, he is able to get back there in the future without the drug.
William S. Burroughs
Sports Illustrated – Kliegman – What Do Athletes Get From Ayahuasca, Mushrooms and Ecstasy?
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
Hunter S. Thompson
Sal says that yage allegedly has telepathic powers. Maybe Rogers was hoping that he could call an inaudible audible. Didn’t work with the field goal call.
Healthing – Hawthorne – Vegan meal on Air Canada is water and a napkin
Sal says he’ll let the author borrow his name.
Eater – Saxena – It’s Time to Put Actual Veggies Back Into Veggie Burgers
Speaking of vegans Sal says that Sal stopped for a couple of pints at the pizza chain named for a large east coast city while handicapping this weekend’s races. Their menu has a section called vegan pizza choices with 2 pizza choices listed, the first featuring Parmesan and the second mozzarella.
Eater – Makilintal – The Best Pasta Shape Is Fusilli Corti Bucati
Spending with Pennies – 3 Cheese Scoobi Doo
Soprano’s Sunday Gravy (Spaghetti Sauce)
Sal says that he tried that vegan fake mozzarella stuff one time or as Sal’s friend Fritz would say 2 times – first and last. It didn’t melt it coagulated and tasted like nothing.
DRF – Privman – Tyler Baze will have to appear before stewards after no-show Thursday
Bloodhorse – Wilkin – Numbers Up Midway Through Saratoga Meet
Sports Business Journal – Field of Dreams game heavy on baseball nostalgia
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu
National Post – AP – Trump calls for ‘immediate’ release of documents on FBI Mar-a-Lago raid
Do you think that if all the MAGA supporters brains were hooked up in series they would catch the irony of the person who hides everything, refuses to answer subpoenas and takes the fifth demanding immediate release of documents.
Maybe they’d have to try parallel.
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.
Mencius
Marine Stakes (Gr. 3) winner Rondure is also among the 11 likely starters. The Katerina Vassilieva trainee has turned in strong efforts in both of his starts this season and was the top ranked Plate contender prior to being bumped down to second after Moira’s dominant Oaks win.
TSN – Queen’s Plate probable starters released
Southern Living – 77 Fresh Tomato Recipes To Make All Summer Long
Hawthorne Sal
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