Category: Daily Links

Happy Wednesday everybody. I’ve got plenty to do, but I hit my own self-imposed deadline for getting the stuff that has to go this week shipped to the QA guys. I’m really liking this “devops” shit. For minor, non-critical fixes, if it isn’t ready for the testers to test by 1pm Wednesday, you get a whole ‘nother week. Unfortuately, the HNIC of my group is a real slave-driver on Monday and Tuesday. So after I got my stuff out, I took an actual hour to steal a bunch of snack food my wife had put out for her friends as they “crafted”. I don’t really understand this, but for some reason they were sitting around painting wine glasses instead of drinking out of them. Maybe there’s a future payoff that I’m missing, but I think they intend to put candles in the wine glasses. Now I know how my wife feels when I try to explain why I like video games. Also, I took a pass on replacing the wife’s AC compressor. She has a good mechanic so the markup was only about $300 above doing it myself. I watched a couple videos, and they’re gonna earn it trying to squeeze around under that CRV. Also, I imagine I’d fuck up drawing the vacuum and spend a couple of hours fucking around with that. Anyhow, that’s my day. How the hell are each of you?

(Some) Californians saddened to learn that the EPA will no longer let them be special. This should be an object lesson (but won’t be) to all states dominated by a single party. The Feds can always fuck you, and eventually, the President and his cabal get their hands on those levers.

Less beer than I expected, but otherwise Aussie as hell. I’ll bet his friends call him a big girl for having to be rescued at all.

This person is obviously missing the point!

Aliens, bro. Its always aliens.

The best hockey manager ever (in my opinion),  Scotty Bowman, was born on this day.  He shares it with: Roman Emperor Trajan, Dr Samuel Johnson, actress Greta Garbo, comedic actor Fred Willard, rocker Dee Dee Ramone, scumbag Rick Pitino, actor James Gandolfini, uniballed-man Lance Armstrong, soccer player Ronaldo, and model Keeley Hazell. Feel free to fight me over the Scotty Bowman claim. But you’d be wrong.

A very big slate of games last night in the major leagues. At the top of the mountain, the Astros, Yankees and Dodgers all won. The Brewers and Nats won, while the Cubs and Cardinals lost. So the NL Central and Wild Card races got a little more interesting. In the AL, the Athletics won as did the Indians, with the Rays losing. SO that WC race is also getting hotter.  Enjoy it, friends.

The UCL group matches started yesterday with Liverpool and Chelsea both falling.   The big match today is Real-PSG.  Have fun watching that. And if you’re a PSG supporter, be prepared to boo your best player. That seems to be in fashion over there.

OK, moving on to…the links!

Israel’s election still hangs in the balance. I’m kinda interested to see how this one turns out. Either way, I’m sure the Palestinians will send over several gifts to the winners and losers alike.  Just kidding. Those won’t be gifts, they’ll be bombs.

That above story dovetails to this one. I, for one, am not surprised by this at all.  When places like UCLA are telling Jews they have no business on the student council and ignorant BDS campus groups are popping up like mushrooms, with the wild-eyed support of morons like Ilhan Omar, AOC and a bunch of others…yeah, this is not surprising.

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Or…”You fucked up. You trusted us.”

I guess there’s a different “three strikes” program if you’re a huge money bundler for Democrats. Drug use should be legalized, in my opinion. But damn, dude. you’re loaded. Find better shit for your houseguests.

This does not make me sad at all. Too bad this asshole will probably still have a Senate seat for life.

Wait…what? IS this kind of thing available to anybody that wasn’t wearing a uniform for a good part of their life?  Also, the names of the parties just add to the weirdness. Thanks a lot, asshole.

And farther down the new wave rabbit hole we go….enjoy.

I tried not to be as depressing with the links today. I only partially succeeded.  Either way, enjoy them.  I’ll sit here trying to avoid the flooding that’s coming to much of the city. Have a great day, friends.

Happy Tuesday, everybody. I’m thinking about asking my doctor when I see her next week if I can have their technology contract. Their “web portal” is always down, I got an email from them to confirm an appointment that just had a time of day, but no date. I know I can do better working on this as side hustle. And, it just pisses me off that I can’t do anything without calling their office. I just want to fix it for my own convenience, but I might as well make a little money off it, right?

Also, after much feedback yesterday, I’ve decided to change my title from “Lead Architect” to “Head Nerd in Charge” — so I am now the HNIC of this project.

The skeptic in me wonders how the Church of Scientology feels about his stance. And whether his prayers go to Xenu.

Oh sure, make me defend Bill Maher.

Oh shit, Sloopy and Banjos… run!

Women can’t be psychopaths, right? She’s certainly no criminal mastermind: “The attacker left a cellphone in a case that contained her driver’s license, as well as a wallet with documents that included her name”

 

 

 

 

My lord, can somebody please tell these Browns fans to pump the brakes a little.  Everybody beats the shit out of the Jets. And its time to push the panic button in Chicago, even though the Cubs won, with Rizzo going down for at least a week and the Brewers white-fucking-hot right now. Those Brewers won and the Nationals lost to tighten up the NL Wild Card race. Meanwhile, Cleveland won and both Oakland and Tampa Bay lost to pull back a little closer in the AL.

Everybody has 11-12 games left and shit is tiiiiiiight.  Meanwhile the division races are all but over and we’re just watching to see who ends up with the best record for home field purposes. The Astros and Yankees are now tied for the distinction with the Dodgers a game back.  Grab your popcorn.

UCL Group Stage matches start today with Naples-Liverpool headlining with Dortmund-Barcelona. I’m excited to see how well these teams physically hold up now that their schedules are much heavier than other teams in their leagues.

General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben was born on this day. Dude was a badass. Oh, and so were SC Justice (and oft-times an idiot) Warren Burger, country legend and drunkard Hank Williams, Sr., actor Roddy McDowall, motorsports god Stirling Moss, the lovely Anne Bancroft, another dipshit SC justice David Souter, fortunate basketball coach Phil Jackson, underrated actor John Ritter, football player (and eventual legend) Pat Mahomes, and others. Its also the day Wil E. Coyote and Road Runner made their debut.  Meep! Meep!

Alright, now on to…the links!

Oh look, CNN are openly cheering someone who abandoned the presumption of innocence for political grandstanding to launch a campaign. Not to mention completely ignoring her sordid past of what some might call “overzealous prosecutions”. Others might call it sociopathy.  I’m one of the latter.  This woman is as dangerous an opponent to the rule of law and the fundamentals of due process and the presumption of innocence this nation has seen since FDR rounded up all the Japanese-Americans and stole their shit.

When meddling in a foreign election is alright. Nice hypocrisy, shithead.  Oh, and nice way to say a person’s “existence” is a bad thing.  The last time a high-profile Dem politician said that about a head of state, he got murdered and the entire region went further int o the shitter.

Christ, what an asshole. That’s all I got on this one.

Cancel Culture claims another scalp. Oh, and apparently it is “punching down” when you make an Asian joke. Comedy is not quite dead, but it sure is on life support.

New York City government has gotten around to tackling the big problems. Jesus, why can’t these people just all go fuck completely off?

Holy shit, I may have found an even bigger group of government assholes than de Blasio, et al. Seriously, ICE? Seriously?

Lat’s see how the leftards will try to spin this one. Maybe they’ll find some sweet tea and a bag of skittles in their getaway car. Either way, I assure you there will be a push to make the criminals here into victims.

Here you go.

Go have a great day, dear friends.

Happy Monday everybody. I am in the first day of my new work assignment in upgraded capacity. This basically means I am the only developer on the team, so I have awarded myself a promotion to Lead Architect. Sure, I’ve got nobody to lead for a few days, but that’s just a minor quibble. Also, I’ve been teaching myself a new code framework, and its about as much fun as sex with whiskey dick. The payoff.. is coming… any time now… whoops, nope. Maybe next time. And having left that picture in your minds, here’s some links.

I respect the cut of this Florida Man’s jib. It takes real balls to mail the State a bill for $2.5M. Guess what happened next?

Brutal. But not unfair. Me, personally, I’d give Taggart until the end of this season to figure out how to not blow leads.

As much as I hate the flying rats of American cities, this pigeon has my respect.

In my head, I hear the priest from Heathers saying.. “Esss-kilator”

 

Here’s a fun and rambling rock song.

The Astros managed a sweep of bottom-feeders Kansas City to get back on track and tie the Yankees again for best record in baseball, with the Dodgers a mere game behind, as we head into the final couple of weeks of the season.  This is gonna be fun. So are the Wild Card races, to be honest. I’d not want to face Cleveland right now. Or the A’s. Hell, or Milwaukee. Enjoy the next 14 days!

You know who is not enjoying things right now? Arsenal or Everton fans. Meanwhile Liverpool stay perfect to start the season with maximum points as Man City lost to Norwich in a surp…wait, they lost to Norwich?!?! LOL, good times. UCL group games start this week as well, which is pretty sweet.

And in football, Tennessee actually won a game, Ohio State pounded Indiana, Maryland shit the bed, as did USC, and Kentucky, and Florida State. While in the NFL, a couple of future HOF quarterbacks went down for what looks like an extended period, as their teams both lost.  The Patriots keep rolling, the Bengals are a joke, the Rams found a way to win, the Vikings didn’t and the Kansas City Chefs look incredible. I know I’m missing a few things, but I can’t just cater to the sensible people on here who are sports fans, so I gotta keep it brief lest the uncultured sports-haters blow a gasket.

Railroad tycoon Charles Crocker was born on this day.  So were: former British Prime Minister Bonar Law, department store magnate James Cash Penney, bluesman BB King, actor Peter Falk, hall of fame cager Elgin Baylor, actor and amateur boxer Mickey Rourke, magician David Copperfield, baseball players Tim Raines and Orel Hershiser, and actress Amy Poehler.  Meh.

Alrighty then, let’s get this week started with…the links!

Well, I’m sure the NYT is really upset that they’ve now walked back their hit piece on Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Or, and stay with me here, they don’t give a shit because all they cared about was stirring shit and creating a narrative.

Purdue Pharma has filed bankruptcy as vultures circle in an effort to steal the personal wealth of its owners. Because, you know, they put these drugs on the market without getting FDA approval, forced patients to take them without a doctor’s prescription, and continued to drug people with them by not disclosing any potential side effects found during the approval process.  LOL, just kidding. They complied with every regulation put in place and doctors were all given literature describing everything known from trials. Well I hope they manage to keep their fairly-earned wealth and these grifter AGs end up with jack shit.

Poor Corn Pop.  Glad to know Joe Biden was there with his chain to teach you the error of your ways.  And I’m glad that the Sharks and the Jets were all finally able to set their differences aside.

Its a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him. I mean, why not just say “I don’t want to go”, you stupid asshole? Also, it will not pay off for him.

Nearly 50,000 auto workers go on strike in biggest labor walkout in quite some time. Hear that, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and others? That’s the sound of a gigantic fucking cash register opening up.  So please, please, please stick your hand in and take the money!

If you find the results of this policy surprising in the least, then you must not have been paying attention. But its ok, their intentions were honorable.  I guess. No wait, they weren’t. Their intentions were to get rid of homeless people so they wouldn’t have to look at them.

And oil prices spiked and stocks are expected to have a bumpy ride after a drone attack on the largest refinery in the world in Saudi Arabia.  Please don’t drag us into this, Trump. I’m begging you. I know you tweeted some stupid shit last night, but please, please, please don’t stick America’s dick in this meat grinder.

I wouldn’t be doing him or music in general justice if I didn’t mention that Ric Ocasek, frontman for The Cars, died yesterday at the age of 75. Dude was a hell of a musician. So enjoy a song of theirs.  And enjoy a second one. Aw hell, let’s do three (with extra funky keyboards).

Now go enjoy the start of the week.

 

What a delightful Sunday morning! I’d best stay out of local sports bars, since the Cardinals are the next ones in the Ravens’ tumbrel. And people carry here. On the bright side, I may have found employment, but we’ll see if I get past their nearly proctological background checking…

Speaking of which, today’s birthdays include a rather multidimensional guy; a rather mysterious woman; a rather funny essayist; a rather crooked attorney general; an exception to my rule about hyphens; and a quarterback with one fewer championship rings than Joe Flacco.

On to the news!

 

I know, let’s get involved!

 

I know, let’s get involved!

 

The future of medicine. Because somehow we need to make sure that death rates are fair.

 

Hate crimes in Trump’s America.

 

Department of the Obvious.

 

Mom says, “This could have been you as a kid.”

 

Clearly I’ve been Jewing all wrong.

 

When Border Patrol agents get shot doing shit not at the border, I have a hard time feeling sympathetic. The 100 mile constitution-free zone is pernicious and any politician supporting it should be impeached.

 

One-eyed man in the land of the blind.

 

Old Guy Music today features another birthday boy, and may even be on theme for me.

I mean seriously, I didn’t have to slog through morning link vomit to make sure I didn’t toss in a duplicate link. It’s almost as liberating as walking around the house with just a t-shirt on. Almost.

 

Could somebody get a couple of rags, so that these guys can clean up?

 

Over in bearded Spock universe, Nancy Pelosi is the voice of reason.

 

AOC says, “Herpity, derpity, derp, derp, derp.”

 

Just another tease from the Cosmos.

 

Florida man.

 

We’ll miss ya, Eddy. I’m surprised you made it this long.

 

Tonight’s music selection ends with one of my favorite guitar solos of all time.

 

And one for Eddy.