In short, there's absolutely no baseball justification for Tebow to be here.

He ought to fit in perfectly on the Mets then.

Dodger ace Clayton Kershaw will not be available until the series shifts to L.A. The Cubs don't want to head west trailing in the series, and give him an opportunity to slam the door on them. Because as Kershaw showed in Games 4 and 5 of the NLDS with the Nationals, he can and he will.

The longer the Cubs allow the Dodgers to hang around in this series and think they have a shot, the greater the chance that my Boys in Blue could wind up swiping destiny right from under the North Siders' noses.

Because the islands are already in the tank for Hillary Clinton, Hawaii Democrats have zeroing in on Nevada and Arizona voters with our phone banking. And on those calls, the women we're talking to are absolutely livid and incensed over the very idea of Trump as GOP nominee. No small wonder he's losing them by almost 30 points -- and that gap may well increase over the next four weeks.

Not that I think that Trump will do the debate, unless Bannon and the boyz come up with even more ways to humiliate Clinton.  

But doesn't the fact that Bergen County Judge Roy McGeady even issued the summons against Gov. Christie in the first place, indicate that the judge himself has determined that there's probable cause in this matter to warrant further investigation by the prosecutor's office? I mean, wouldn't McGeady have the authority to dismiss Brennan's complaint if he felt it to be a politically motivated stunt?

I know that New Jersey state legislators have suspended their own respective public inquiry into the matter in deference to the ongoing criminal that's been conducted by the U.S. Attorney's office, so that they wouldn't be working at cross-purposes with federal investigators. That doesn't necessarily mean that they won't once again pursue it if they perceive the federal probe to be winding down to its own conclusion.

Now to be sure, New Jersey's governor has the authority to appoint local county prosecutors, subject to the advice and consent of the State Senate. And the Bergen County prosecutor, Gurbir Grewal (a Democrat, BTW), is one of those whom state senators recently declined to confirm, prompting Christie to re-nominate him for that post only last month.

But given that both federal prosecutors and the defense in the Kelly-Baroni trial have strongly indicated that Gov. Christie wasn't likely being truthful regarding his own personal knowledge and / or complicity in the G.W. Bridge scandal, I'd think that Grewal might actually have an incentive to move on Brennan's complaint -- even if only to avoid being looked upon by the public as the governor's obedient lapdog and a complete political stooge.

I have a question, Peter. Does your criminal law practice in Pennsylvania also cover neighboring New Jersey? And if it does, what are your thoughts regarding the current practice by which a county prosecutor serves at the pleasure of the governor and state legislature, rather than county voters or the local county governing council / board? Personally, I have serious reservations about that particular chain of command.

The federal government's disciplinary personnel process have become so cumbersome that only about 4,000 employees a year -- 0.2 % of the total workforce of 2.1 million -- are fired, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
In 2013, the federal agencies dismissed around 3,500 employees for performance or a combination of performance and conduct.

In its report to the Senate Homeland Security committee, the GAO stated, "The time and resource commitment needed to remove a poor performing permanent employee can be substantial."

In fact, found the GAO, firing a federal employee often takes from six months to over a year.

"According to selected experts and GAO's literature review, concerns over internal support, lack of performance management training, and legal issues can also reduce a supervisor's willingness to address poor performance," wrote the GAO.