THANKSGIVING 2023 - Time to make some choices

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND FOOTBALL PICKS  (No Woman No Cry Edition.....see below) 

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Our best bet is our own Fins, away -10 (ouch) against the J..E..T...S Jets Jets Jets starting a new QB and in disarray.  But we like Miami with no back-door cover here as the Fins run up the score. 

Our best bet is the over 44 in the Seattle/49ers showdown. Geno is back and both teams will be scoring.  

If you have to, and we do not like these games at all betting wise,  but we like Green Bay +8 in Detroit. The Lions are hot, but the Pack is kinda back and we think they keep it close if not win outright. 

Hold your nose and lay the 13.5 with the Cowpokes at home. We got burned saying they would not cover last week, so Dak is back blah blah blah.  Just remember this- we CANNOT wait until Dallas makes the playoffs so we can bet our monthly mortgage (not an insubstantial number including the European hideaways) against the Cowboys. But until then, let them run it up in the regular games so they can be a 8 or 9 point favorite and have Detroit blow them out. Losers. 

And finally, while we do not often mention college football, we have ridden Meeeeechigan to a very nice winning streak bet wise this season and we are not done yet. Take Big Blue -3.5 at home over Ohio State  (and jump on that line right now before the Turkey and Stuffing).     No Harbaugh? No problem. No Woman No Cry. It won't be close. 

REMINDER:  Rumpole Public Service Announcement: Please do not send out Happy Thanksgiving emails. No one cares. It is not as if people are sitting around their Thanksgiving table and just before carving the turkey someone says "Wait we cannot eat until we all read the happy thanksgiving email from Dewey Cheetum & Howe". So just stop it. It clogs our email inbox and is just a rude egotistical act as if people really want to read your email over the holiday when there's the Target email announcing BOGO for Tums or Head & Shoulders as their Black Friday special. 

First, you can thank us for giving you that best bet over 22 for the first half of Monday night football. True it didn't hit until 2 seconds left in the half, but it paid, along with the Eagles winning. It's the difference between Opus One at your thanksgiving table and a White Claw. 

THANKSGIVING 

Assume your table has a turkey and stuffing and apple pie.  Let's move on from there. 

MAIN COURSE:  What is your addition to the turkey?  Choose one: 

1) Ham; 2) Duck; 3) Prime Rib; 4) Steamed Stripped Bass (H/T Everyone Loves Raymond). 

SIDES What are your additions to the stuffing?  Choose two: 

1) Mashed Potatoes; 2) Sweet Potatoes;  3) Potatoes Au Gratin; 4) Green Beans with mushroom gravy; 5) Red Beans and rice; 6) Black Beans and rice; 7) Maduros; 

DESSSERT: What are your additions to Pumpkin Pie?  Choose two: 

1) Apple Pie; 2) Peach Pie; 3 Blueberry pie;   4) Ice cream; 5) Bread Pudding; 5) Flan; 

Rumpole chooses Prime Rib (we have the duck at New Years); Potatoes Au Gratin and Red Beans and Rice; Peach Pie and Bread Pudding.  Yum.  It was a tough call to choose the rice and beans over the green beans. 

The Greatest Thanksgiving TV Episode Ever. 

Happy Thanksgiving.

Before you go, a word about the crisis in Israel and Gaza. We've gotten enough grief for daring to speak up for innocent Palestinian civilians, who like innocent Israelis. are being killed because of the unrelenting hate between Israelis and Palestinians. 

It might be a nice idea to donate to a charity or two. We've vetted several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who are providing aid to the affected people in the region.  You can donate feeling assured these charities do what they say they do. 

IsraAID  IsraAid is an NGO that is helping with the housing crisis in Israel because 125,000 people have been displaced at the Gaza and Lebanon borders. 

Charity Organization for Children | Save the Children  Save the children is an NGO formed in WWI whose mission is to save children affected by war. Save the Children is on the ground in Gaza and Israel fulfilling its mission. It is a very worthy charity. 

International Committee of the Red Cross (icrc.org). The International Committee of the Red Cross supports the local Red Cross and Red Crescent charities. Formed out of the Geneva Convention after WWII, this NGO has told the leaders in Gaza that all children must be protected and all hostages must be released. 

We in the US have a lot to be thankful for in a world where right now there is great suffering. 

Enjoy your holiday.