Category: Daily Links

It’s my anniversary. And the first time it has fallen on Friday the 13th since we got married. Six years and I still love her. Why do I lover her? Well, she did get me tickets to see that Little Band from Texas when they come through next month. So enjoy your links, I’ll be taking my wife out for a nice dinner.

Florida Man, missing for 22 years discovered in pond by Google Maps.  h/t Jesse.in.mb

“Why I’m a selfish cunt” — UK edition.

Oh shit, I should stop by the store. Sorry honey, I forgot Borderland 3 was out today.

I’ve found a new hero, although I have to say, his firing appears legit to me.

 

Here’s one of my wife’s favorites.

 

British novelist Daniel Defoe was born on this day. So were “chocolate” tycoon Milton Hershey, General “Blackjack” John Pershing, lovely actress Claudette Colbert, wonderful storyteller Roald Dahl, musical genius Ray Charles, “The Velvet Fog” Mel Tormé, character actor Richard Kiel, musician Dave Mustaine, Fiona Apple, and soccer player Thomas Müller.  Whole lotta “meh” on today’s list, but a couple gems.

The Bucaneers beat the Panthers last night in a. game delayed by thunderstorms. And in baseball, the Astros lost their third game in a row to the A’s, and are fading from the best record chase. Other winners were: Cincinnati, Texas, Washington, Los Angeles, Philly, Boston, New York (AL), Pittsburgh, Chicago (NL), St Louis, KC, Milwaukee, and New York (NL).

That’s really all that happened. Some decent sports action on tap this weekend though. So enjoy it.  But in the meantime, let’s get to…the links!

Looks like Andrew McCabe is gonna get indicted soon. I wonder if CNN will have a truck coincidentally parked outside his house when it happens.  Just kidding, they can’t get that lucky two times in a row.

Remember the next time somebody tells you “nobody wants to take your guns” that this asshole most definitely wants to take your guns.  By force.  Well, he’s not welcome to mine. Or my other one. Or my other other one. Or…well, you get the point.

“Wow, what a greedy, horrible human being,”  said nobody that ever created their own money and wanted to keep it. I wonder how long before New York starts to threaten people with wealth confiscation for moving from their shitty tax black hole to places that want people to keep more of what they earned and spend it as they see fit.

New York City panders to the retards. And in an odd twist of fate, the kids will actually learn more that day than they would have in a classroom.

Hippie town doesn’t like the sight of homeless people on the beach. So much for tolerance and respect. But now the locals can smoke their bowls in peace and not be bummed out by the sight of the people they say they care so much about. (Bonus point for “unhoused individuals” being trotted out as a term for “homeless”. Let’s see if it sticks.)

Ladies and gentlemen: I present you a prime example of the efficiency of government.

I’m gonna keep playing music from the greatest generation of music. I mean, not forever, but at least for one more day.

Now go enjoy your Friday and have a great weekend.

Inspired by California’s move to fuck over Uber and Lyft, Brett is on strike until we treat him as a full-time employee, give him benefits, and pay our share of SDI. So you get me for links today. And I’ll skip birthdays since Sloopy already got them- except to point out that HL Mencken’s birthday ought to be a national holiday, complete with fireworks and beer. Anyway… links.

 

Team Blue shows its deep concern for wasteful spending and special interest giveaways. Who am I kidding, they’d do this in a femtosecond if it was one of their guys in the White House trying to fuck up the economy.

 

If this doesn’t warm your heart, you truly have no heart. I would have loved this guy.

 

Sometimes you just have to wonder, what the FUCK were these people thinking? I have nanoscopic sympathy.

 

Speaking of the environment… I can’t… even… holy shit.

 

I hate doing Twitter links because they often get pulled out of embarrassment before you can get to them and laugh. Fingers crossed that this one is still there.

 

And another one, just because it’s so fucking hilarious.

 

So the Browns have a chance, then?

 

Now we know where CPRM gets his Hat and Hair dialog.

 

 

Old Guy Music is a song my grandma used to sing to me when I was a kid, and it seems weirdly appropriate about now.

Man oh man, is this week ever dragging ass.  Maybe that’s because the Astros decided to stop putting their star pitchers on the mound the last two days.  Seriously, it feels like they’re running a six man rotation. But I’m sure Hinch knows what he’s doing.  Still, I hate to see them lose two in a row.  Especially at home to a lively playoff team.  Ah, leet’s see what happens tonight as they wrap up the series with the A’s with Verlander on the hill.

Your other winners yesterday were: Atlanta, Baltimore, Toronto, New York (NL), Milwaukee, Washington, Texas, Cleveland, Kansas City, Colorado, Pittsburgh, Sad Diego, Seattle and the weather (Detroit-NYY was postponed).

So that horse that won the triple crown last year? Yeah, that probably shouldn’t have been able to happen. In unrelated news, several of the California Horse Racing Commission’s board members are the recipients of an anonymous donation of several new Ferraris. Its nice that people will occasionally do those sort of things.  Ah, coincidences happen all the time.

THE greatest track athlete in the history of the world Jesse Owens was born on this day.  So were British explorer Henry Hudson, H.L. Mencken, country legend George Jones, politician Henry “Moleman” Waxman, singer Barry White, masturbation aficionado Louis C.K., poor drifter Paul Walker, the lovely Jennifer Hudson and singer Ben Folds.

Ok, let’s get ready for…THE links!

The Senate confirmed the 150th judicial appointment since Trump took office yesterday. That’s quite the feat, to be honest.  Oh well, this is what Mitch McConnell told you would happen when you changed the Senate rules lefties.

Holy shit, the Supreme Court actually did its job? Well, there were still a couple of dissenters who didn’t really respect the separation of powers. Hopefully this kind of thing will continue…and Congress will start doing their job and stop giving so much of its defined powers to the executive branch.

California government hates free association. They are also telling people that they are too stupid to determine how they make a few extra bucks here and there.  And they don’t really give a fuck who this hurts.  Because they never did.

Want to hear a story about cops chasing pot smokers that has a happy ending? Well, you’re in luck. But seriously, NYPD…you’re chasing people for smoking pot. Not selling smack to grade schoolers…not tossing cocaine out of windows like Mardi Gras beads…a couple of people on a sidewalk smoking pot.  Get your fucking priorities straight, you bozos.  And stop driving what looks like clown cars (see photo).

In the timeless words of Nelson Muntz, “Ha-ha!” I’m sorry if I shed no tears for this stupid asshole. I’m just curious how the high school admins were unaware of his past.

Israeli settlement numbers in East Jerusalem soar.  Which I’m sure the Palestinians will protest by lobbing a few hundred bombs into Israel and the UN will condemn Israel for provoking them.  Its pretty much the template for the news cycle over there now.

Here’s a little something for you. Hope you enjoy it.

And I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, friends.

I can never keep Brett L’s performance enhancing substances policy violations work travel schedule straight, so it came as something of a surprise when he asked me to pinch hit today.

So, is there anything newsworthy today not already discussed? Probably not. But let’s take a swing at it, shall we?

And yeeeer out, Bolton!

NY Times batting a thousand.

If I were a coach in Chicago, there would be much more practice going on.

Are you blind??? Oh….

The Hall of Fame is for baseball people. Heaven is for good people. — Jim Dwyer

 

 

Go on out and Play Ball!

 

 

O Henry was born on this day, if you’re into boring writing.  (Aside: the Oh Henry is a pretty decent candy bar, even if its not all that prevalent.). So were: (better) writer D.H. Lawrence, football coaching legend Paul “Bear” Bryant, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, football coaching almost-legend Tom Landry, filmmaker Brian DePalma, drummer Mickey Hart, actress Virginia Madsen, Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, crooner Harry Connick Jr, and rapper Ludacris.

The Astros got poleaxed last night. I guess they were gonna eventually work their way back to the mean, but shit.  The Yankees lost as well, to the Tigers, so no harm there. The Dodgers won and clinched their division. Other winners were: the Phillies, Blue Jays, Mets, Brewers, Twinks, Rays, White Sox, Rockies, Giants, Padres, Indians, and Mariners.

France pounded Andorra, England played like ass but beat Kosovo, and Iceland got drilled, among other results in Euro 2020 qualifying.  Not much else happened in the sporting world yesterday. I mean, its a Tuesday. What did you expect?

OK, now we get to find out what’s happening in the world as we get to…the links!

The NRA are suing San Francisco after the city’s government branded it a domestic terrorist organization.  If they win, San Francisco government can blame them for taking the money out of the budget for cleaning junkie needles and human shit off the streets.  Hell, they can probably do it anyway and get away with it. Its not like the people there ever hold them accountable for, you know, failing to clean the literal piles of human shit that are everywhere.

The GOP swept a pair of special elections for congressional seats in North Carolina. One of them was not ever considered to be in danger, but the other was. And it appears that they won it by a larger margin than the last time, an election brought with accusations of ballot harvesting by the Republicans.

Obama was a hell of a salesman for the gun industry. It looks like the current crop of Dem candidates are trying to outdo him. I sure wish people would calm down and stop all this panic-buying. Its driving the prices up, and I want to go buy a new gun, dammit!

Damn, dude, take it easy with that shit. Sorry, this just seems barbaric and backward.  Next thing, you’re gonna tell me these people treat women like second-class citiz….oh, never mind.

An Arizona state trooper has been arrested. And immediately fired. And the state police are trying to find more victims of his.  Hey, Chicago (and may other places): take some notes, huh? This is what’s supposed to happen to a bad cop.

The WH is floating plans to get the homeless in California off the streets. I mean, since the state has utterly failed to do so, I’m not surprised the feds are looking into doing something (since that’s what busybody governments do). But I’m not so sure the optics are gonna be right when the media start saying “Trump to throw homeless in government camps”. Better to just let the state government sleep in the mess they made. And by mess, I mean the piles of junkie needles and human shit.

It seems as if the British establishment is going to do everything it can to undermine democracy. Now the court is saying Parliament can’t be suspended, even though all of the proper steps have been taken.  Oh well, they’re disarmed and certain types of speech are already illegal. Its not as if the people can do much about it anymore.

Here you go. Enjoy it.

Say a prayer for those lost on 9/11 so many years ago. And pray it never happens again. Then go have a great day, friends

What a hell of a comeback by the Texans.  Too bad it happened too fast.  also, if a guy catches a pass with two seconds on the clock and you’re the defender, just don’t touch him for a few seconds and let the game clock expire…then down him.  The Raiders also won after their week(s) filled with drama.  And that Davis son sure is a goofy-looking dude.  I mean goofy as shit.

In other football news, it looks like Texas didn’t have A/C in the visitors locker room for LSU and didn’t bother telling them about it. Fortunately the Tigers were tipped off by La Tech and brought some coolers in. But that’s bush league when its in the 90s.

The Braves, Mets, Yankees (put a fork in Boston, its over), Brewers, Pirates, Indians (hanging in there!), Cubs and Houston Astros all won last night.  The Astros scored 15 runs, bringing their total from the last two games to 36.  One of those runs came from this. I bet the last thing that guy was thinking when he got that ticket was “I might catch a homer”.

Top-ten (maybe five) golfer and certainly top-five coolest guy of all-time Arnold Palmer was born on this day. As was slugger Roger Maris, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, terrible co-worker Bill O’Reilly, rockers Joe Perry, Johnny Fingers and Siohban Fahey, actor Colin Firth, director Guy Ritchie, rapper Big Daddy Kane, and Canadian baseball player Joey Votto.

Hey-ho! Let’s go. To…the links!

Alaska rarely makes the news. But since its a chance to point out that this always looked like a dysfunctional family gets them back in today.

America’s first credit union for the gays and trans people clears a major hurdle. I’m glad the government recognized people have the right to associate with who they want to associate with. Even if it excludes others.  That’s what freedom of association is.  I wish them well.  I also wish well other groups that wish to choose who they associate with. (No snark)

If you’re dumb enough to buy one of these devices after reading this, you get what you deserve. Seriously, why not just go live in a clear box in Times Square? Or downtown Los Angeles or San Francisco, were you’ll be able to blend in and as an added bonus, shit in the street without anyone noticing?

California passes the strictest vaccine bill in the country. This is certainly a point of debate among libertarians.  Share your thoughts below.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.  Just wait a day, ffs.

Now that we have this out of the way, we can start asking the question “what the fucking fuck happened” to the dudes who loaded the ship.

Here u go.

Now go have a great day, friends.

Everything is really coming up Brett today. First, I scheduled the Uber to the airport about 20 minutes later than I really should have, but it turns out that at 5am you can make the drive to the airport in under 30 minutes without speeding (more than usual). I was expecting more like 45. The desk guy at the hotel we always stay at recognized me and got my room cleaned first, so I was in way early, and then I found a sixer of Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest at the drug store on my way back from lunch. Now I should probably do some work.

Damn, but they rolled this ship good. I’m surprised it was able to get fully 90 degrees tilted, and also, it appears to be pretty high in the water. Maybe they had to blow a lot of ballast to get out of the port?

These whiners. Listen, you don’t lose 59-10 because the coach called the wrong plays.

“Uh, hello, airplanes? It’s blimps calling, you win.” Now with TOTALLY NON-FLAMMABLE helium.

The late game was so disgusting I didn’t make it to halftime.  And AB isn’t even in Boston yet.  The Chiefs looked very good. The Browns completely let their fans down one more time. The Lions…well, that was hilarious. (Kudos to the Cards). The Ravens were dominant. So were the Vikings. The Bills staged a gutty comeback. The Iggles were too much for the Redskins (but Terry Mclaurin has got some wheels!). The Rams were good enough. So were the Chargers, Seahawks, Cowboys and Niners.

On the college slate, LSU topped Texas, Clemson was too much for aTm, Ohio State blanked Cincinnati and TTUN managed to escape when Army made two bad decisions.  Nebraska shit the bed. AND THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS ARE OFFICIALLY A DUMPSTER FIRE. Which makes me happier than it should.  Serena Williams did not win, thank God. Kudos to her for actually handling the loss with grace. Rafa Nadal did win and is just one Grand Slam victory behind Federer now all-time.  Oh and as a side note, the Astros scored as many or more runs as ten NFL teams did points yesterday. And two of those teams won!

Leo Tolstoy was born on this day.  so were: chicken-king Harland Sanders, commentator Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder, singer Otis Redding, former football player Joe Thiesmann, and actor Adam Sandler.

OK, now on to…the links!

I have a feeling that even this won’t hurt the lawsuit. I mean, they’ll just make up some phrase for it, wave it away as the patriarchy and the jury will figure he’s richer than her and should just pay anyhow.  At least that’s the trend line we’re on.

Congratulations, Los Angeles. Nice job. Leprosy and typhus.  What’s next, the LA River turning to blood and raining frogs?

Remember when the joke was that Chicago cops are above the law?  May as well add Chicago public school teachers to that list.

Uh, what did these people expect to happen? Pretty sure there is a clause in your banking agreement that addresses this. Next time, read the fine print before doing this.

And Vladimir Putin’s party took a beating in elections this weekend.

That’s it. Except for this.  And yes, I think the audio track being off adds to it.

Go have a great day, friends!