Hondo didn’t do any better with the CFL than he did at Monticello Raceway, losing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Thursday night to elevate the deficit to 1,275 moons.

Friday night: Mr. Aitch will band together with the one and only Jimmy Shields — 10 units on the Royals to hit the high note against the Sawx.

Some people are surprised that on a day in which there were two calamitous events, Obama attended Democratic fundraisers in New York City. It’s not so much because he stuck to the schedule to raise money for his ’Crats, but that he didn’t manage to work in a round of golf as well … Bill Maher weighed in with an opinion piece in Thursday’s Daily Ruse. Mix him in with the occasional appearance by Anthony “A-Wad” Weiner and the Ruse is the nation’s clear-cut leader in loathsome guest columnists.