There has been a lot of complaints about the lack of diversity in movies and television.  Certainly those complaints are justified.  But there is one complaint I would not make.  That is the lack of diversity in the shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.  I think those shows are trash.  I don't watch them and I don't want to hear about lack of Asians on them.  I mean, if you are Asian, do you want to see Asians on Jerry Springer?  I am sure that there are no Jewish, Muslims, Catholics groups who want better representation on these shows.  So why do we complain that there are not enough blacks, Asians or Hispanics on them?

On a show that is quite diverse, DWTS , it looks to be difficult to pick the winner this year.  I can only say that Geraldo Rivera is obviously the worst.  Although Von Miller was not best in the first week, I will stick with him as my pick to win.

Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.  I think it is a good choice.  He is a moderate, an intellectual and had been confirmed easily to the appellate court before.  As expected the GOP vow to deny him of even a vote.  In fact most GOP senators even refuse to meet with him.  So is he just a sacrificial lamb to the political process?  Maybe, but at 63 years old, this may be his last chance to get on the court.  So he is grateful to be given the chance.  And Obama cannot be accused of sending a partisan liberal to replace Scalia.

Most likely the GOP is going to not do anything until the election.  If Clinton wins, they may try to confirm Garland in a lame duck congress because Clinton may nominate someone much more liberal and younger.  I don't know if the GOP is going to suffer any political fall out from ignoring this most qualified candidate, but I think they could do much worse by being obstructionists.  If Garland is confirmed, the make up of the court will be similar to before O'Connor retired.  Garland and Kennedy will be the swing votes instead of Kennedy alone now.  But if Clinton wins, it will be a definite advantage for the Democrats.  In fact, I am not sure how Trump would select his nominee if he wins.  His choice may even be less palatable to conservatives than Garland!

Obama is in Cuba right now!  Again, his critics will roast him for siding up to a dictatorship.  I think it is the right thing to do.  So many years of sanctions and isolation have not made a difference.  I think engagement is the right thing to do. 

Well, Trump might not be stoppable after Tuesday!  If he beats Rubio in Florida and Kasich in Ohio then only Cruz will be left.  As much as I hate Trump, Cruz is worse in my book.  And to the GOP establishment, Cruz is not much better than Trump and so they might just give up in trying to stop Trump.  It looks like Rubio is going to lose Florida and so Kasich is the last firewall.  I voted for Obama in the last two elections but I think I could have lived with McCain or Romney winning.  In this election only Kasich is acceptable to me in the GOP side, so I am hoping he can stop Trump.  Kasich has been the adult in this election, as he likes to say.  I would agree with him.  I think if somehow he can pull off the big upset and get the nomination, he can win the general election.  Ohio is a big swing state and he can win there against the Democrats.  I think if Trump wins, he should ask Kasich be the vp.  I hope then Kasich declines.  I don't want anyone helping Trump win.

MSU should have been a one seed over Virginia.  But in any case they are in the same region so it doesn't matter as far as reaching the Final Four is concern.  Michigan gets a play in game which I think was fair.  They would been out without beating Indiana and by losing to Purdue they did not deserve to go in straight.  If they play Notre Dame, maybe they should play on the football field instead!  With the risk of jinxing LBOAYM, I think MSU is the best team in the field and is my pick to win it all.  My dark horse is Cal.

Chris Rock got some flack from Asians for bringing 3 Asian kids on stage at the Oscars to tell a stereotype joke about Asians being good at math.  It was not very funny and a rather lame joke at such a big stage.  But I am not bothered by it as some people such as Jeremy Lin are.  I can understand Lin's position since stereotype prevented him from getting a div. 1 basketball scholarship and being drafted into the NBA.  Some black people don't like the stereotype of blacks being good athletes because they believe that implies that blacks are then not smart.  Lin believes that saying Asians are good at math implies that they cannot play sports.  I can understand these worries. 

Personally, I don't get upset about these stereotype jokes.  If someone wants to make a joke about me being good at math, I don't mind at all.  To me it is only important and wrong if someone decides that an Asian is not given a chance to show what he can do on a court or in a field.  Same with the stereotype of the black athlete.  Who cares, as long as a black person is not denied to do anything he or she is qualified to do.

A follow up to last week's blog about the KKK endorsing Trump.  Instead of badgering Trump about disavowing the endorsements, the GOP should ask Trump why he thinks that he is so attractive to the KKK.  By the way, I think Romney's scathing attack on Trump is not going to hurt Trump.  After all, Trump's supporters are anti-establishment and who is more establishment than the last GOP nominee?