What A Week

The week that just passed was indeed full of activities both politically speaking and in the sports world.

The Chicago Blackhawks are now just one win away from a second Stanley Cup title in the last four years

after beating the Boston Bruins, 3-1 in Game Five of the finals series.
                             
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Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs blew a chance to wrap up the NBA Finals in Game Six when their Head Coach Gregg Popovich (for whatever reasons) took Tim Duncan out of the game TWICE in the closing moments and his team ahead by five points. Go figure.
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As it turned out, the Miami Heat lucked out and won that game in overtime and then was able to pull off another stunning finish in Game Seven to win the championship... rather the Spurs' coach helped to gift wrap it for them ... maybe Heat GM Pat Riley should consider sizing Popovich up for a team championship ring as a thank you for the gift his team was given.

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Politically speaking, the NSA spying scandal continues to churn along as "leaker" Edward Snowden continues to hide in exile in Hong Kong. This should get real interesting as time goes by.

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The murder trial of George Zimmerman (remember him?) in Florida began this week and should be intense as time goes by. Zimmerman claimed self defense under the bogus "stand your ground" law in Florida when he shot teenager Trayvon Martin to death in February of 2012. Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch activist and claimed Martin attacked him with a bag of candy and a bottle of iced tea. This one should be interesting.

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How about that Paula Deen? WOW!

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The United States Supreme Court started to roll out the decisions on cases they took on and will wrap things up this coming week ... stay tuned on this one.

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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) continues to face a mounting mutiny of sorts from fellow Republicans in Congress, most of them "teabaggers" as the Farm Bill failed to pass out of the House and Immigration Reform appears to be DOA in the House as well.

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Gas prices actually started to come down (even in Chicago where they have been the nation's highest) as refineries around the Midwest finish up their turnarounds and maintenance work that has been ongoing for quite some time... Whew!

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And finally, Summer is officially here.   Enjoy!