Senator Robert Menedez of New Jersey has been indicted on charges of bribery and if that sounds familiar, it's because he was indicted on federal corruption charges back in 2015. This is a case of deja vu all over again. In that first case, Senator Menedez had done favors for some guy who had committed Medicare fraud and wanted to bring hot women from Brazil into the country. The guy in turn had given Senator Menedez free rides on his private jet and bought the Senator some gifts. The jury had a hard time differentiating between corruption and the usual practices of elected officials, so they couldn't get to a verdict. The Prosecutors realizing this case might be a bridge too far, dropped the charges.
But this new bribery case might be different. Seems the Senator had 480k in cash stuffed in his socks, the mattress and various other places in his house. Then there was another 100k in cash in his wife's safety deposit box. Now he could argue that he doesn't trust banks after all he is a Senator and should know. And he and his wife have scrimped, saved, used coupons a lot and tucked the cash away for a few decades but then he also has gold bars. Yeah the stuff you see in the movies that the bad guys like the Nazis would hide away. And, these gold bars have ID numbers on them that are registered to a guy who is facing prosecution and the Senator is trying to get him off. Well, who knows? Maybe the Senator has a story for the jury but right about now, it doesn't look too good.
Now there is Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. They seem to be dating. Travis Kelce who plays for the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift who needs no introduction, have been seen together on numerous occasions. She invited him to one of her concerts and he was bewitched. Taylor Swift has been known to have that effect on men. He in turn invited her to see him perform with the Chiefs. She showed up with an entourage and they all danced to the tune of the Chiefs, crushing the Chicago Bears 41 to 10. So right about now, it all looks really good. But given their dating histories by this time next year, they'll both just be a memory to each other. Hell they might not even make it to the Super Bowl. And she'll write a song next year about a guy who was "out of bounds" caught in a "personal foul" or he just couldn't get "into the end zone". But right about now, it looks really good.
And continuing with the NFL, the New York Jets watched the sugar plum fairies of the Super Bowl that were dancing in their heads make a quick run for the exits, as Aaron Rodgers went down on his fourth play in a New York Jets uniform. He tore his Achilles tendon, highlighting a reality that billionaire sports team owners don't seem to grasp. As the human body ages, it loses it's elasticity and we all of us but especially athletes, can no longer do the things we used to do and we are more prone to injury. The Jets brain trust's plan B seems to be Zach Wilson but they'd be better off looking around at the many local high school Quarterbacks out there in New Jersey.
What's really bad is the Jets have to play the Chiefs this week on Sunday Night Football where everyone with no other games to watch, will be tuned in. And, they may well have to watch Taylor Swift and the entourage dancing again which will be good for her fans, fans of her romance with Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs fans but for the long suffering New York Jets fans, this isn't looking too good.
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