Category: Daily Links

The Astros laid the wood to the Yankees last night. And JV is on the hill tonight to start game 5.  Here’s hoping the next Houston home game is World Series Game 1.The Chiefs won, but at what cost? The NBA and ESPN continue to polish China’s ballsack in the hopes they’ll be forgiven.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the league is already dealing with “fairly dramatic” financial consequences from Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey’s support of Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters.

Uh, no. you’re dealing with he consequences of the unreasonable reaction of an autocratic regime that won’t tolerate any form of dissent or expansion of liberty. Not from a tweet.  But keep polishing that Chinese knob. Maybe you’ll get lucky and they’ll forgive a guy for a tweet that offended them. And then maybe they’ll put your games back on the air. You know, because that’s how a reasonable government would react. (Insert eye-roll emoji here)

 

Birthday boys and girls for today are: musician Chuck Berry, actor George C Scott, legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson, actor Peter Boyle, sharpshooter marksman Lee Harvey Oswald, football legend Mike Ditka, tennis goat Martina Navritalova, and god of the silver screen Jean-Claude Van Damme.

OK, on to…the links!

Looks like an antifa protester with a gun was arrested at the Trump rally in Dallas last night. See, this dude was smart. If he’d have just stayed home with a gun, a Dallas cop might have just walked by and shot him dead.

Ah yes, the integrity of the UN Human Rights Council continues to be beyond reproach. LOL, its as if they’re not even trying to be taken seriously.

Florida Man doing Florida Man things. First hint it was Florida? The cops were called to Dick King Road to investigate.

Mexico release El Chapo’s son for no reason. Oh wait, they have a reason: so the cartels will stop killing innocent people.  Uh, maybe y’all should just legalize all the damn drugs and stop fighting a war with these people.  Also, releasing convicted criminals so their followers won’t indiscriminately kill people is an interesting play. I’m sure this won’t be abused in the future.

Don’t tease us like this! It’s overdue anyway, but don’t get our hopes up.

Who. The. Hell. Cares? “Hey, we’re equal to you!” “Hey, we’re special. Look at me! Look at me!!!!!” I mean, this shit’s been done a thousand times. Welcome to the club, I guess.

LATE ADDITION: This “hate crime” thing has officially jumped the shark. Hat tip to Brett L for finding this gem.

There shouldn’t be a single one of you that complains about this song.  If you do, you’re dead to me.

That’s it, folks. Enjoy the ALCS hopefully wrapping up today as well as the Buckeyes playing on Friday.  Yes, they got sent to a Friday game. Nice job, Big Ten. AH, don’t get me started. Go enjoy the weekend.

Happy Thursday everybody. I wish it were Friday. Holy crap these weeks get long. And then I’m traveling for work all of next week. For some reason my wife thinks those are vacations instead of 12-14 hour death slogs punctuated by being in a hotel room. I mean, I stay at the same hotel every time and they take great care of me, but its still a hotel room. I’d rather be home.

There’s an app that will wait on hold for you now. In 2008 or ’09, a friend and I sat in a bar in Tallahassee and tried to figure out a business model for this at the time. Getting people to download an app for $3/month was less feasible then than other things we thought of. And I’m totally not jealous.

A long form article where an ethics professor discovers libertarians are weird. Although, remember these are college libertarians, so they often solve the “trolley problem” by killing the least amount of people, where more mature libertarians think those people endangered by the trolley should get themselves out of the way.

Brexit is happening!

 

 

¡Buenos dias, glibs!  Sloopy is out getting paid, can’t blame him at all.  So lets see what we have this morning.

I was told mass shootings were a uniquely American phenomenon.

A bit of a human interest story about Argentine farmers.

It was a moment of victory for Macri, who had recently taken office, and of hope for farmers, who had been hobbled by the strict export limits imposed by the previous government. Since then, it has only been ups and downs.

Rossi says improved weather gave them some “oxygen” for this year’s harvest. But then Macri surprisingly turned in a worse showing in primary elections than the left-leaning Peronist candidate Alberto Fernández, causing stocks to plunge and the peso to depreciate even further in recession-hit Argentina, which has been struggling with rapidly rising prices and increasing poverty.

The primary results also coincided with a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that lowered estimates for Argentina’s soy and corn crops based on weather conditions, said Esteban Copati, head of agricultural forecasts at the Buenos Aires grains exchange.

“There was a double whammy,” Copati said. “On the one side, there was this change in the political scenario that changed the intention of growers to plant since they started to become fearful of what the policies of this new government could be. And on the other hand, there was the impact of the drop in international prices.”

This brings to mind this article regarding China purchasing said soybeans….grudgingly.

Cubans are now allowed to purchase certain goods with foreign currency.  What goods you ask?

Cuban officials announced Tuesday night that the prices of some consumer goods would drop for Cubans who create special new hard-currency bank accounts denominated in U.S. and Canadian dollars, Euros, British pounds, Swiss francs, Mexican pesos, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish kroner and Japanese yen.

Cubans will also be able to use the accounts to import goods through state-run companies, officials said on national television, although the precise mechanism for those private-public imports remains unclear.

Products that will be available for foreign currency include 43-inch flat-screen televisions, standing freezers, refrigerators and mini-split air conditioners. The discounts over current prices appear to be marginal — Reports in state media indicated that the government would still charge some 75 percent above the wholesale price. A 43-inch Samsung television, for example, would sell for $549, state media said, about twice the cost of a similar item in the U.S.

Buenas suerte…

For some reason, government subsidies for gasoline are common in Latin America.  Protests in response to the removal of said subsidies are also common. What isn’t common is the government fleeing the capital in response to the protests.

Something that may be of interest to OMWC.

 

Have a catchy tune, and make Thursday great again!

 

Hey, kids! What time is it?

It’s time for SP to throw a spanner in the works of a state agency that has been, for two days now, thwarting her attempts to be a responsible business owner, while enforcing a blatant money-grab from small businesses! “Friendly to business,” my ass, AZ.

*sigh*

But, since I don’t want to feel the jackboot of The State on my neck, I’ll just have a cocktail and provide you with some links, that may or may not have already been posted in Morning Links or by the Glibertariat. I can’t be bothered to check.

Oh, wait. Before I uphold my sworn duty to provide links in place of the “indisposed” Brett L, I just want to mention that I am in possession of a fine photograph of a handsome group of Midwest Glibs who gathered at Fourscore’s Honey Harvest in September. (Also, the world famous snubber, Tundra, who I thought would be taller and have more hair.)  Included is the charming wife of Bearded Hobbit, and Bearded Hobbit, both of whom I have had the honor of meeting.

I just want to reassure MikeS that nobody, especially me, will be able to pick him out of a lineup, so his witness protection identity is safe. Way to go with the sunglasses, hat, and carefully orchestrated lens flare, dude. Too bad nodakmat didn’t similarly mask his identity. It’s always those closest to us who do us in.

Leap is looking positively svelte, and pistoffnick is undoubtedly the most dashing of the lot, but what the hell is up with those dork glasses, Pope Jimbo?

On a serious note, I love seeing these occasional testaments to the very real community that has formed here at Glibertarians.com. It makes me feel that what we all do here in our small outpost matters, at least to our small group of humans. And, really, most of us will only ever be able to positively impact a tiny part of the world. I’m glad my part is here.

On to the links!

 

H/T Playa Manhattan who comments, “Things you will never see in the corporate media.”

Really? SWAT team? Los Doyers explains. “The slot machines were coming right for them!!”

WT Actual F?

And Trump? “Lots of sand.”

You know what? I want my men to be, you know, MEN! (I mean, if I would ever need any more than that manliest of men, OMWC. Which I most certainly never would. I love you, honey!)

 

And music!

 

Have a fun afternoon, kids! Mine’s getting better with every sip.

 

Well, half the World Series is set. Congratulations Nationals for reaching uncharted waters. The Astros also won to take a 2-1 series lead against the Yankees.  There supposed to play game 4 today but that might not happen if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Oh well, an extra day’s rest for JV and Greinke means one less start by someone else.

The Maple Leafs beat the Wild. Y’all were right, they do suck.  Other winners were: Tampa, Phoenix, Calgary, Vancouver, Nashville, and Carolina. In other things, Lebron stepped on his dick even more before saying he wouldn’t speak about the situation (in China) anymore. And the USMNT lost to Canada, which is fucking humiliating. Time to scrap the national team altogether and save us the national embarrassment.

The dictionary guy Noah Webster was born on this day.  So were: pervert Oscar Wilde, first Israeli PM David Ben-Gurion, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, actress Angela Lansbury, annoying announcer Tim McCarver, actress Suzanne Summers, comedic director David Zucker, actor Tim Robbins, bassist Flea, and Ohio State fan (and baseball player) Bryce Harper.

OK, on to…the (debate-free) links!

Looks like Brett Kavanaugh’s type of judges. Question: why are people being charged with misconduct for engaging in a perfectly legal activity (like getting drunk and enjoying White Castle)?

Its time to put up or shut up on Hong Kong. I’m anxious to see how many of our so-called leaders really stand for freedom.  I expect to be disappointed.

Pelosi opts to continue the kangaroo court rather than open a legitimate impeachment inquiry. Because nothing says fair and impartial like preventing the other side from calling witnesses or having access to the alleged witnesses.

The rats are taking over the Big Apple. This isn’t a metaphor. I mean no-shit rodents, not deBlasio and his lackeys.

The Anaheim Angels (of Los Angeles) are imploding over the Tyler Skaggs situation. I don’t know what’s next, but I’m curious to see if anybody in the organization survives this without losing their job or going to prison.

What the fucking fuck?!?!?!?! That’s it, no spoilers.

Here’s something to enjoy.

Now go have a great day, friends!

Hey guys. How’s it goin’? I hope you guys end up here eventually instead of just reminiscing in Tonio’s (awesome!) piece below. I’ve just about got my n00bs working independently for a day or two at a time, so that’s awesome. It relieves me to know no one is surfing the internet because I’m not serving work fast enough. No, actually, I don’t care what they are doing. I hope the remote workers are smart enough to nap or fuck off to do something IRL.

Ripped directly from the H&H Universe!

Sometimes I read stories like this and wonder how my childhood would have been described by the 24×7 news cycle. I can’t tell you how many “improvised explosive devices” we created. A lot. The answer is, a lot.

I forget, is this Cuomo supposed to be Fredo or Sonny?

Florida Man, the cops can’t help you get your stolen dope back.

 

Time for some throwback tunes.

The Nationals are on the brink of sweeping the Cardinals. This surprises me, even though it shouldn’t.  Also, the Cards have scored 1 run in three games so far in the NLCS. Kinda makes it tough to win when you don’t score.  The Packers added to Detroit’s misery last night. And your hockey winners were: Borston, Florida, NYI, Buffalo, Colorado, Chicago, and the MINNESOOOOOOOOOOOOOODA WIIIIIIIIIIIIILD! Ah, it felt good to finally get to say that.

The Roman poet Virgil was born on this day. As were: German philosophizer Friedrich Nietzsche, American boxing champ John L Sullivan, writer P.G. Wodehouse, writer Mario Puzo, automaker Lee Iacocca, filmmaker Penny Marshall, baseball legend Jim Palmer, actress Tanya Roberts, skateboarder Stacy Peralta, chef Emeril Lagasse, and businessman Jack Ma.

OK, on to…the links!

LeBron James is a selfish, arrogant and uneducated assclown. That’s all I got on that.

Michael Bloomberg is keeping his options open. Seriously. This isn’t a joke.

Um….yeah. This isn’t gonna go over well. Also, it can’t have been very fun to watch. Half the fighters wouldn’t have known what was going on. And the other half would have just fallen asleep in the corner.

The Ft Worth cop who shot an unarmed woman in her home for no reason has been charged with murder. In Chicago, he’d have gotten a medal.

Christ, what an asshole. Dude could have driven to a station much closer and cut down on his carbon footprint.

You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookies numbers. Come on, Mother Nature.

Hunter Biden opens up. And a bag of cocaine probably fell out.

Thanks to a few of the founders, I’m subjecting y’all to the same ear worm they subjected me to yesterday.

That’s it. Have a great day. Go Astros!

Let’s see. Today my work computer decided it needed to spend an hour and a half “updating” between 10:00am and 11:30am, and then I found where Microsoft has “enhanced the usability” of drop-down in the coming release of Dynamics to the point where my test-users, who are a pretty competent bunch, couldn’t figure out how the hell to use it. I finally found the self-congratulatory announcement where the MS team told us how they fixed a problem none of us had. So now I get to tell users that the process that worked perfectly fine for them is going away. Is it beer-thirty yet?

I just don’t think reminding voters of your weak points is a winning strategy. These people need a red team in their campaigns. Surrounding yourselves with toadies is not the way to win.

I thought my day was bad, then I read about this guy. Dude walked 350 miles from Indiana (through Illinois) to Wisconsin to get arrested for attempted sex with a minor.

Nothing says “high executive function” like facial tattoos.

Oh man, who (besides pretty much everyone here) could have guessed that a review of FISA court abuses would generate a document “as thick as a phonebook”? For millenials, that’s “as tall as an avocado”.

 

I think I need the theme song today.

 

Huh, what? Sloopy is what? AWOL? And, how is this MY problem? What? Morning links? Huh?

Oh, OK, OK, I’ll drag myself out of a nice cozy slumber to provide links for these purported humans.

 

In case anyone was wondering about Wonder Dog and her Ice Cube Tray after OMWC’s post yesterday, here is an Artist’s Rendering of WD and her Ice Cube Tray, with which she sometimes sleeps. (Which she also loved in the Midwest, where it most decidedly was not 95F in October. WTF AZ.)

 

Um. OK. Links. Lessee.

And I don’t want to hear a word about any repeat links. Just be glad you are getting something at which to snark!

 

A corrupt Justice Minister? Nah, unheard of!

This from my MIL’s former neighborhood. “During a 7:30 p.m. news conference 4 1/2 hours after shooting reports, Boca Raton Police Chief Dan Alexander told reporters one unidentified man experienced a trauma injury after hitting his head on a door at Town Center at Boca Raton, rather than being shot.” Um, not the same as being shot and causing a panic. Morons.

Oh, FFS. (I homeschooled.)

Oh, just stop it.

JFC. I’m done.

 

I’ve most likely posted this before, but it pretty much sums up my life today. Hope your day is better than mine is shaping up to be!

Mom: /points at black plastic tray on the floor
Doesn’t that need to be picked up?

SP: No, it’s Wonder Dog’s ice cube tray. That’s where we put her ice cubes when she asks for them.

Mom: Why is it on the floor?

SP: Because Wonder Dog is on the floor.

Mom: /points at black plastic tray on the floor
Doesn’t that need to be picked up?

Birthdays today are a particularly auspicious group, starting with the guy who helped lay the foundations of libertarian philosophy; a guy whose legacy far outweighs his talent; arguably the finest stand-up bass player to ever walk the Earth; unarguably the finest pianist of the 20th century; an asshole with an amazing songwriting talent; the girl whom I taught oral sex; the King of Cringe Comedy; and the finest wide receiver I ever saw.

OK, news, or what’s left of it.

 

And nothing else happened.

 

I love how basic ignorance of thermodynamics leads to the virtue signalers accomplishing the opposite of their intentions.

 

“Well, first, she was never in the ICU.”

 

Tales of the Gullible.

 

When will that 15 minutes be over? Maybe if she suddenly marries David Hogg, we can have a two-fer.

 

Seriously, there’s not enough popcorn in this world…

 

I hope our Japan contingent can still get Pubrix Roast Chicken.

 

Somehow I’m thinkin’, “Nah, not really.”

 

Old Guy Music is… let’s say… very much of its time. But the guitar work on it is just perfect. And it’s a fun song.