Author: sloopyinca

That hook I wrote to suck you in here was a lie. My hotel WiFi had been out for three days and they can’t seem to get it fixed for me., so these links will suffer for it  Oh, but don’t worry…they’re trying and have escalated it.  Bastards. They’re just bastards.  I don’t want it escalated. I want you to order a new router and make it work.  Or give me a bunch of money back for y’all having failed so catastrophically. Anyway, I’m having to do these links the hard way, so bear with me. Ottawa and the NYR were the winners on the ice yesterday. Thankfully they only had two games on the schedule. And as for birthdays, the heavyweights were: French philosophizer Voltaire, baseball player Stan Musial, politician and handgun expert Budd Dwyer, actor and director Harold Ramis, Icelandic person Bjork, baseball great Ken Griffey, Jr, and moronic football pundit Danny Kanell.

OK, on to…the links!

There won’t be any impeachment circus links today. I am sure that got beat to death yesterday afternoon anyway and to be honest, it’s really come down to a circus of he said/she said nonsense. But I’ve got plenty of good stuff for you.

Eric Swalwell (you remember him as the assclown who said he would nuke people who didn’t voluntarily give up their guns) denies ripping a fart on live tv. I’d have done the same if I were him. Although some others disagree with his claim.

Sue everybody! I mean, did this lady think he was under an obligation to just parrot her words?

If you’re never in public, they can never see you sweat. Or hug somebody. Or have sex with a child. I assume that was his reasoning.

This is getting interesting. That’s what usually happens when people are facing jail time.

San Francisco police continue to earn their reputation for ineptitude. I’m not talking about the initial stabbing. I’m talking about not guarding a violent murder suspect who is in the hospital.  Fucking idiots.

Here’s what somebody said happened at the debate last night. I could post a million different analyses from a million different outlets.  I chose this one out of apathy and because it’s always my source for the last link. I assume I’ll get better analysis in the comments anyway.

This has a lot of STEVE SMITH action in it. Feel free to skip to 1:28 if you want to miss the intro.

That’s all I got. Sorry if they suck. I’m really working with a handicap here. But I’ll be home tomorrow where the interwebs flow like wine.

What a nice weekend. Some fun football on Saturday and a nice family day running around yesterday. The same can’t be said by Nick Saban’s quarterback. Jeez, that guy should have been out of the game already. Also, Baylor took a tough loss to Oklahoma, as the Sooners cling to playoff life.  Ohio State took their foot off the gas a little and failed to cover for the first time this season by winning by 35 points. LSU gave up too much to Ole Miss for people to feel comfortable with and Clemson is destroying people.Minnesota had a good run but the boat was being rowed against a current once they got it inside the red zone. Iowa won the game because the Gophers got tight in the first half and there’s not much more explanation needed.

In the NFL, its starting to look like a 2-horse race in the AFC. The Patriots and Ravens are just head and shoulders above everyone else.  And in the NFC, it’s anybody’s guess how things will go. I guess part of it depends on which New Orleans team decides to show up on any given Sunday.

Soccer is doing the international break thing, which is boring. And I’m running out of space for a lengthy hockey report. So I’ll circle back to that tomorrow. I apologize.

French inventor Louis-Jacques Daguerre was born on this day. So were abolitionist hero Sojourner Truth, polling pioneer (whose company will come up later) George Gallup, singer Johnny Mercer, 1st free man in space Alan Shepard, football tough guy and Buckeye Jack Tatum, singer Kim Wilde, actor Owen Wilson, and talking head Megyn Kelly.

Alright, let’s move on to…the links!

Here’s that Gallup thing I said would come up later. Boy, there sure must have been some overlap in their polling, seeing as the number extrapolated from that is more than double the number of all Americans that died during that time period. But as long as it spreads the narrative, it’s serving its purpose.

LOL, OK, boomer.  Seriously, its as if he is trying to present himself as out-of-touch with the younger generations.  And probably 1/3 of his generation at the same time.  Eh, he’s locking down the police union vote though. Especially now that Kamala has completely shit the bed.

Poor Congress. Nobody in Washington deserves shit like this.  The audacity of having their actual job foisted upon them. And in an election year, no less!  Those evil judges. How dare they?!

Man, I hope they’ve got a Jerry Springer across the pond. Because this shit would be right in his wheelhouse.

The Raiders-49ers feud is getting out of hand.

The victims were taken to Community Regional Medical Center in critical condition, and some are now stable, the TV stations reported.

About 35 people were at the party when the shooting began, Reid said.

“Thank God that no kids were hurt,” he said.

Yeah, thank God it was just four adults killed and six in the hospital. Dumbass.

Florida is outsourcing crazy shit to Kentucky now. All I can say is “Thank God that no hamsters were hurt.”

It’s back to this again this week. Hope you enjoy the start.

Well, back to DFW for the week after a couple hours of commenting. Let’s hope it’s profitable. And let’s hope some of you who live up there are up for drinking a few beers.

I watched a few minutes of the Stillers-Browns 2.0 game last night. I guess I watched the wrong few minutes and missed all the action.  The Browns 2.0 won but holy fuck, what was Myles Garrett drinking at the end when he hit a dude in the head with his own helmet? A dude who was knocked out cold in midair a few weeks back after being hit, no less.  Fuck, he should be suspended for the rest of the year.  What a dumbass.

On the ice, your winners were Carolina, Tampa Bay (who almost put up double-figures), Winnipeg, THE MINNESOOOOOOODA WIIIIIIILD!!!!!!!!, Edmonton, Dallas, San Jose, and Los Angeles.  And across the pond, England and Portugal booked their tickets to the European Championships. The USMNT seeks revenge against Canada tonight. Or redemption. Or something. Who the fuck knows with that team anymore.

Overrated artist Georgia O’Keeffe was born on this day. As were the sonofabitch whose book Patton read Erwin Rommel, actress Beverly D’Angelo, guy who baseball was berry berry good to Pedro Borbon, rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa.  That’s the list. Jeez, that was really weak.

Oh well, on to…the links!

Some asshole kid, who got his gun illegally, shot five people and then tried to kill himself but failed yesterday in California. It all happened in the span of a few minutes and all happened in a small area. But the cops still managed to trot out their ACPs and rifles and patrol around the entire area for hours like it was a war zone or something.

Does this count as interstellar racism? Or would it only count if it had been a white dwarf stopping a black hole from doing something?  I want to stay ahead of the curve here before the SJWs set the narrative.

Cuomo gets an endorsement for President. Maybe he should jump back in the race. Or was he ever in the race? I can’t keep track anymore.

IF he jumps back in, he can take the spot soon to be vacated by Deval Patrick. That is, if this even gets reported by some of the “major” outlets.  Christ, what an asshole.  You want to see abuse of power? This is abuse of power.

I suppose this was inevitable. I’m sure BART will just settle. It’s not like the money will come out of their budget anyway.

Not so sure about the death penalty? Let’s see if this changes your mind at all. I wish they could fry the guy.

Now an aside: if and Dallas-Ft Worth area Glibs would like to meetup next week, I plan to be in the area all next week. I want to come home before the OSU-Penn State game to watch with my family, so Friday is most likely out. But I’ll be there Monday through Thursday night and haven’t booked my hotel yet, so could probably move it around for the meetup. I’m working in Arlington near Jerry World and would probably stay close to there, but could juggle that around a bit if needed. Or just take an Uber. Whatever works.  But if anybody is interested, please let me know in the comments or by emailing me through the contact us tab (sorry, other founders if we get a few emails). I would very much like to meet a few of you I don’t know.

I’m wrapping the week up with another big male solo act from the 70s. I enjoyed this week.  And yes, I know this wasn’t his biggest song. But the biggest has been overplayed. And this song is awesome anyway.

Have a great Friday and a better weekend, friends. I’m driving a few hours to pick up some stolen property from a police station to auction off.

At least one ranked basketball team from Kentucky can take down a small Indiana school at home. Well done, Louisville.  Also, Ohio State thumped Villanova. And Texas Tech won big as well. On the ice, your winners were Ottawa, NYI, Washington, Dallas, and Chicago. Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young award with teammate Gerrit Cole coming in second and former teammate Charlie Morton coming in third. Jeez, you’d have had to have been stealing signs to hit that rotation.

Colin Kaepernick worked out and ESPN is leading with it for some reason I’m sure is unrelated to their politics. And the NCAA finally ruled that Chase Young must sit for the Rutgers game but will be eligible to play against Penn State, TTUN, whoever they get in the Big Ten Championship Game and then the playoff semifinal and final.  Yes, I’m making an assumption or two there. It’s what I do and it’s what you expect from me.

Steamboat inventor Robert Fulton was born on this day. As were impressionist painter Claude Monet, douchebag congressman Joseph McCarthy, TV idea man Sherwood Schwartz, satirist P.J. O’Rourke, jug-eared child of incest Prince Charles, former SoS Condi Rice, rapper Joseph “Run” Simmons, and hurler Curt Schilling.

Right-o, on to…the links!

Looks like fun size candy bars are the new “loosies”. Hey, he’s lucky they didn’t kill him for voluntarily exchanging in transactions with people for a product he obtained legally and paid the tax for. Jesus, that city’s cops get worse by the day.

Diplomats reveal new details in first public impeachment hearings. By “details”, they mean second- and third-hand information, a bunch of opinion, and little of substance beyond revealing that their personal conversations with the Ukranian president revealed that he had no issues at all with any conversation with Trump.  The shitshow continues today, I think.

Looks like Congress will get 8 years of Trump’s taxes unless the Supreme Court overrules the DC Circuit’s ruling. So the DC Circuit has ruled that Congress can demand and receive a private citizen’s private tax returns (he was a private citizen for those years) as part of congressional oversight. Gee, why wouldn’t private citizens be lining up to run for office now?

A county in Upstate New York is considering going all-in on the bootlicking. Because nothing says “right to protest” like throwing people in prison for annoying a cop. Hey Monroe County: go fuck yourself.

Man, what an asshole. Also, if your employees don’t have proper equipment and support to do their job, you’re gonna have some backlash. But still…what an asshole.

Who the fuck is that guy? Somebody needs to cut him open and make sure it’s not Hillary in some form of Edgar suit.

I guess this works here. Hope you enjoy.

Now go have a great day, friends!

Poor Bama. They’re stuck at #5 behind Georgia and I’m hearing a lot of butthurt from their fans.  Nevermind the fact that they have no ranked wins and have a 1-2 record against teams with a winning record.  They should be down around #10. But whatever. If the system is fair this year, they won’t be able to sneak into the playoff. But the system probably isn’t.  LSU at #1 doesn’t bother me a bit. What’s irritating is that if OSU runs the table and is the 1 or 2 seed, they’re probably gonna have to go play in Arizona unless somehow a PAC12 team or Big 12 team sneaks in to play against them.  I don’t want to go al the way to Phoenix to watch a game. We were planning on doing Christmas in SC this year with my parents. I can’t do that drive and then the one to PHX. That will suck.

Kentucky lost to Evansville last night in basketball.  Evansville. At Rupp. LOL, that’s hilarious.Duke, Gonzaga and Auburn all took care of their lesser foes.  And on the ice, your winners were Florida, Montreal, NYR, Phoenix, Colorado, Vancouver, Detroit, LA and San Jose.

King Edward III was born on this day. So were author Robert Louis Stevenson, baseball legend Buck O’Neil, hockey legend Gilbert Perreault, rape (but not rape-rape) apologist Whoopi Goldberg, NFL bust Vinnie Testaverde, TV’s Jimmy Kimmel, and actor Gerard Butler.

I’ve got to be honest, that was hot garbage.  Now on to…the links!

Apparently the mayor of Venice is a climate expert. And an expert on tidal anomalies too.  Or maybe he’s just full of shit. Question: if this is the highest tide in over 50 years, doesn’t that mean there were higher tides more than 50 years ago?  And wouldn’t that make his retarded climate change hypothesis moronic? Just asking.

The Baby Trump Slasher is going hardcore. Well, in his own way he is. I suspect he’s looking to enrich himself with his new-found notoriety. Which is probably what I’d do if I got 15 minutes.  But still, destroying private property isn’t acceptable. Dude needs to be forced to make restitution.

Black (and blackface!) politicians set to take unprecedented power in Virginia. Not sure what their skin color has to do with anything. Unless, gf course, the media views blacks as a monolithic political entity. And now that I’ve typed that, it makes sense that NBC has taken this perception and turned it into a big deal.

This is a terribly sad story and I don’t know what to think. Cook Children’s Hospital was where Baby Reason’s belly got fixed up 4 years ago. They’re good people. But I’m sure these parents are as well.  It’s just heart-wrenching.

I wonder what he was mumbling? Probably something about qualified immunity and professional courtesy. But if he expected that, he needed to choose his victim more carefully.

Sure they are, drunkie. Sure they are. I’m praying this happens. More than anything in the world.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say I hope everyone involved here loses. Seriously. It’s an absolute shitshow.

Anyway, here you go. I’ll probably listen to it 20 times this morning. Hope y’all listen at least once. It’s a beautiful song.

Now go have a great day. I’ve got two sick kids. so I’m in for a rough one.

The living members of that old Miami Dolphins team can break out the champagne or cigars or whatever they do when the last undefeated team loses. Is that still a thing? If it is, its still douchey. Meanwhile on the ice, Carolina pounded Ottawa and Phoenix beat the Crapitals in OT.  No other sports results of note from yesterday. It was even a lean day for college basketball. But relax, because the CFP rankings are coming tonight and I’m sure there will be a lot of people scratching their heads. I expect to be one of them.

Women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on this day.  As were sculptor Auguste Rodin, Chinese revolutionary Sun Yet-sen, beer magnate Joseph Coors, Barbie doll inventor Jack Ryan, actress Kim Hunter, the lovely Grace Kelly, “family” man Charles Manson, sportscaster Al Michaels, Canadian and assclown Neil Young, “white” Hispanic ballplayer Sammy Sosa, and onetime figure skater Tonya Harding.

That’s quite the list of non-heroes there. At least a few good ones mixed in, but sheesh.  Anyway on to…the links!

If you didn’t see this coming, you’re blind as a bat. I wonder how she’ll manage to keep all her corruption under wraps now that she’s inevitably going to be elected to Congress.  Ah, she’ll escape scrutiny. She’s still in mourning, after all.

Former president Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized to relieve pressure on the brain. I wish him well, but the dude is really old and becoming quite frail.

Well the weather outside is frightful.

But the fire is so delightful.

How long before the unions for big police forces demand body cameras go away? This is small potatoes, but its endemic of their “I do whatever I want” mentality.

Some people got no sense of humor. Also, the California Pale Ale is among the best pale ales made.  Because it’s not all hopped up. Don’t @ me.

Just in case you were ever crazy enough to ponder it: if you value your lungs, don’t go to New Delhi.

Still working on a theme. I’ll think of it eventually. In the meantime, here’s another great solo act.

Now, stay warm and go have a great day, friends!

Looks like that boat-rowing thing is for real after all.  And so is Lovie! The Buckeyes did what they do to everybody this year (without the best defensive player in the NCAA being sidelined because the powers that be are fucked in the head), and Bama was finally exposed after playing a team with a pulse. I’m interested to see how the CFP shuffles the deck after some untested teams were finally tested and after Bama lost to the only ranked team they’ve faced all year to this point.

In the NFL, there were a couple big upsets, including the Chefs going down.  The Dolphins actually won a game, meaning the Bungles are officially the worst team around (edit: after the Ravens beat them like so many others have done this year). The Browns won, which will pull a few people off suicide watch. And the Steelers keep grinding and actually sit in a wild card spot. Which is just amazing to me.

Oh yeah, and Liverpool thrashed Man City to put a stranglehold on the PL. Arsenal are circling the drain and Chelski and Leicester keep impressing.  Last international break of the year coming up now. Let’s see what new low the USMNT can reach during it.

Fyodor Dosteyevsky was born on this day.  He shares it with General George Patton, medical pioneer Joseph Hamilton, writer (and actor) Kurt Vonnegut, scumbag politician Barbara Boxer, corrupt politician Corinne Brown, golfer and bad joke-maker Fuzzy Zoeller, actress Demi Moore, underrated actor Stanley Tucci, and actor and exclusive dater of women under 25 Leonardo DiCaprio.

OK, now let’s see what the world has going on with…the links!

Warmonger, IRA apologist, and fan of the government controlling our lives will not seek reelection. Gee, what a shame.  Hopefully he spends his golden years doing something more productive with his time. Like emptying bedpans at a VA hospital he and his ilk have filled with way too many people.

Since so few people have voluntarily complied with New Zealand’s gun turn-in program, the government are set to just abandon due process and privacy rights. I’m curious to see if the Kiwis will stand for this or if they’ll buckle under like the Aussies did.

Jesus, hasn’t this family suffered enough already? My heart goes out to them. And I pray they’ll receive justice in the form of that cop going away for a very, very long time. Come on Texas jury. Keep your streak of holding cops accountable intact.

The GOP want Hunter Biden and others to testify in the impeachment “inquiry” hearings. Schiff has already said he won’t allow a few key figures to testify in the public hearings because it would be “redundant”.  Let’s see what he says about the former VP’s cokehead son at the center of the controversy.

I kept trying to come up with a clever way to link this. But you’ll have to give me a hand coming up with one. I am honestly stumped but the story was so freaking weird I had to link it knowing that y’all will create a gaze-worthy stream of puns in the comments.

As the Supreme Court weighs DACA, the plaintiff in the case gives his thoughts. You know, there’s a simpler solution to the whole mess: Congress can stop abdicating their responsibilities on the issue to the executive branch (and changing EOs with changing administrations), and do their job writing actual legislation.

I don’t have a musical theme for the week just yet. I hope to come up with one. But the week starts with this gem. Hope you enjoy.

That’s it, friends.  Thank a veteran for all they’ve done if you get a chance. And have a great day.

Congratulations. We’ve made it through another week.  This one, sadly, is ending with a head cold for me.  But that’s what happens when winter arrives and it gets down into the high 40s.  I’m sure some of you can relate to this arctic blast, so I won’t dwell on it.

Tiger Woods the captain has picked…Tiger Woods the player to be on his President’s Cup team. Sounds like a solid plan with the way he’s been playing lately.  Although I’m a bit shocked Rickie Fowler was left off the squad.

The Raiders beat the flailing Chargers last night. Your NHL winners were Toronto, Washington, Pittsburgh, Philly, NYR, Ottawa, Chicago, Colorado, Calgary, Columbus and San Jose.  And circling back to football, this might be the dumbest idea since that “Ghostbusters” remake with all those unfunny broads in it. I mean…its literally that stupid.

Vlad the Impaler was born on this day. I bet Pie is out celebrating by sucking the blood out of something.  Also born on this day were/are comet-spotter Edmond Halley, author Bram Stoker (ironically), board game magnate Milton Bradley, writer Margaret Mitchell, engineer Jack Kilby, football coaching legend Bobby Bowden, NRA exec Wayne LaPierre, drag queen Chi Chi LaRue, TV’s favorite asshole Gordon Ramsay, and recipient of a bad boob job Tara Reid.

That’s not too shabby a list.  Now on to…the links!

Is there a Labour Party member that’s not an anti-Semite or a moron who says anti-Semitic things and then plays dumb? I see he went with Randall’s “Porch Monkey Defense” with no success whatsoever.It was a bold play but seems to have failed.

When will Americans start treating their failed and corrupt politicians like this? Just kidding. I don’t condone this type of violence. But I’d probably tolerate it if they don’t stop spending us (further) into bankruptcy.

Things are about to go from bad to worse in Hong Kong. I feel for those people and pray they stay safe in the coming days and weeks.  But I fear for the worst.

“You fucked up. you trusted us.”  Somebody is gonna lose their license over this and an insurance company is gonna wish they hadn’t written that malpractice policy.  Yikes!

We are approaching Peak Retard, people. In fact…fuck it, I think we’re there.

If you got a weird text yesterday, try to recall what you did on Valentine’s Day to the person who sent it. And then go weep in a corner like the betas in this story did.

GOD BLESS TEXAS!!!!! Suck it, Golden State.

This is how Ladies Week ends. I hope y’all enjoyed it.

That’s it for me, friends. Hope you have a great Friday and a better weekend.

Stuck in Dallas working today with a terrific head cold, completely locked up sinuses and a sore throat.  Good times! Oh, and it’s started raining outside.

Man City were held to a draw ahead of their mega-clash with Liverpool this weekend.  Juventus, Bayern and PSG all won their group early. Links like we have to wait for the others to shake out.Ohio State topped Cincinnati in college basketball, which is still being played a couple weeks too early for me to really get into it. And your winners on the ice were St Louis and the New York Rangers. That’s it. Those were the only two games they had on the schedule. In the whole league.

Marie Curie was born on this day. As were sociopath Leon Trotsky, writer Albert Camus, the Reverend Billy Graham, singer Joni Mitchell, knuckleballer Joe Niekro, wrestling legend King Kong Bundy, actor Jeremy London, Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, and child actress fuckup Dana Plato.

That list pretty much sucked. But I can’t control the past. So let’s look forward to…the links!

Twitter employees are working in the wrong profession. They were supposed to be doing IT or driving for a career federal politician.

San Francisco and Los Angeles: take note. Just kidding. They’ll go the other way and start putting up cots…to the tune of $50,000 a piece.

DUDE!  Too much information!!!!! Seriously, there’s no reason the world needed to know this.

That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for her.

Now, let’s revisit all the people convicted in his courtroom. Also, this should free him up to get involved in Kamala Harris’s campaign, seeing as that was also her M.O.

Thanks for the apology. Hope you enjoy hell.

Carrying on for the week…

That’s all I got. Sorry if they were weak, but I feel like ass.  Have a great day.

Yesterday was like a midweek sports overload.  The UCL matches (especially the craziness in the Chelski-Ajax match), a gazillion college basketball games (especially the Kansas-Duke game), the release of the first CFP rankings (with the committee largely getting things right at the top but with some head-scratchers further down). Feel free to discuss all of it as I begin to wrap my arms around basketball season getting underway.  Until I do, I’ll stick to relaying the NHL winners, which were: New York (Islanders), Philly, Las Vegas, Montreal, Toronto, New Jersey, Dallas, Calgary, St Louis, the MINNESOOOOODA WIIIIIIIIIILD, and San Jose. Detroit won in a way by not playing, although they’re up tonight and able to carry on their losing ways.

The man who helped shape 80s rock solos Adolphe Sax was born on this day. As were march king John Philip Souza, Canadian person who did his best inventing in America James Naismith, baseball legend Walter Johnson, adorable actress Sally Field, musician Glenn Frey, and the lovely Emma Stone.

Good stuff, but time to move on to…the links!

That’s some good police work there, Lou. It’s what I expect of a government bureaucracy, to be honest. And I expect the accountability to be “minimal”.

Texas voters do what Texas voter do. I’m amazed that many on the left want to keep income taxes out of the state. Fortunately they can’t put a ballot measure out that says “Do you want to outlaw income taxes on everyone who makes the same and less as you while screwing over everyone that makes more than you do?”  Because I bet the results would have been different.

I fully expect the day to come soon where police unions demand an end to body cameras and any other surveillance of police officers in action. Because if there’s anything out there keeping cops in check more than body cameras and other CCTV setups, I don’t know what it is.

Wait a minute, isn’t this CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!  I hope she raised a lot of awareness for global warming. Maybe it’ll offset her huge carbon footprint.

As for her cause, the social justice runner may have to resort to other methods to help raise awareness for indigenous tribes. “No one recognized the Papua New Guinea flag on my head,” she says in a video uploaded to her Instagram after the race. “They kept saying ‘Pocahontas!’ and ‘Moana!’ and ‘Great costume!’ and not really focusing on the message.”

LOL, never mind.

I love good news.  I especially love good news for Texas.  This is not good news for Texas. Or Arizona. Or anywhere else those locusts are migrating to.

Virginia has officially turned blue for the first time in a generation. And Kentucky may have elected a Dem governor but Republicans for every other statewide office. Also, more than a third of the Virginia House of Delegates races were uncontested.  Now that’s some fine gerrymandering right there.

Yeah, we’re continuing the theme from earlier in the week.

I got the trailers moved with only a minor snag.  I had a brahma bull stalk me for a few minutes and had to hop a fence twice while getting one of them hooked up.  Jesus, those are some big fuckers. Today I drive to Dallas to ready a bunch of home medical care stuff for sale next week in what will hopefully be my last sale of the year. And its been a pretty good, and illuminating, year.  Go have a great day, friends.