What kind of music does the Old Man love more than any other? Street music, that’s what. It’s different everywhere, and everywhere live and compelling. This is the shit.
STEVE SMITH HOPE FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE HAVE GOOD WEEKEND. STEVE SMITH HAVE GREAT ONE. TWO TOUR BUS STOP AT WOODS. DRIVERS TAKE SMOKE BREAK, AND STEVE SMITH GREET THEM AND PASSENGERS. BY GREET, MEAN RAPE.
THIS GIVE STEVE SMITH TIME MAKE LINKS. SO HERE LINKS. THAT STEVE SMITH MAKE!
SILLY UK PEOPLE NOT FINISH THING. IT WORSE THAN TRY GET CASCADIA FREE.
NO “POWER TO THE PEOPLE” IN SOCIALISM LAND? NO, SILLY PEOPLES…NO POWER.
Well, the Old Man is back from a week in Miami Beach and actually survived the experience. I don’t know which place I dislike more, Miami Beach, Atlanta or Las Vegas, so I’ll make that an “all of the above.” The exhibitors at the trade show I attended were probably 60% Israeli, the guy I was with is Israeli, so I spent hours listening to heated political discussions about the upcoming elections there, with the disputants flipping back and forth between Hebrew and English. All spoken rapidly and with, ummm, emphasis. They were all ex-IDF. It was exhausting. And it’s safe to say that there’s not much libertarian slant to their opinions, but I can say that they love Trump, they love Joe Arpaio, and they love to ask probing and personal questions (“So tell me what you think about abortion.” “Can we talk about deep dish and circumcision instead?”).
Birthdays today include decomplexifier Maimonides; the real Gomez, John Astin; Turkish delight Turhan Bey; and the very good but vastly overrated guitarist Eric Clapton.
And Old Guy Music is a classic with the masters. And really, who could ever combine brilliant composition with brilliant playing in a totally individual voice as well as Monk? No-one, that’s who.
Brett requested assistance earlier this week for the links. I told him I had links. So lets do this…
Es culpa de españa que soy un cabron
Evidently, grievances over centuries old atrocities is not a uniquely American phenomenon. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a message to King Philipe IV of Spain as well as Pope Francis earlier this week, demanding an apology for conquering Mexico. King Philipe’s response? No quiero.
Firing the first shots in what threatens to become a diplomatic row, the Left-wing Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on Monday that he had sent letters to Spain’s King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for crimes committed against the indigenous peoples of what is today Mexico.
“There were massacres and oppression. The so-called conquest was waged with the sword and the cross. They built their churches on top of the temples,” Mr López Obrador said in a video message.
He filmed the clip at a Mayan monument near the site of the first battle in which Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés fought indigenous people 500 years ago this month.
The artefacts include carved pieces and human bones from the Pacific island. In 1947, Heyerdahl became famous for skippering a tiny balsawood raft, the Kon-Tiki, on a 6,000km (3,728 miles) journey from Peru to Polynesia. His expedition proved, he said, that ancient cultures could have sailed to, and populated, the South Pacific. Later DNA tests suggested that the islands were settled by migrant populations from South East Asia.
The ban on the young opposition leader will last for 15 years, according to a statement made by state comptroller Elvis Amoroso. Amoroso, an appointee of President Nicolas Maduro, made the announcement Thursday on state broadcaster VTV. He claimed there were inconsistencies in Guaido’s personal financial disclosures and accused him of accepting gifts from foreign governments. Amoroso said Guaido had been staying in “luxurious hotels” without “justifying who was financing his exuberant accommodations” both in Venezuela and abroad.
Sounds like all those people wetting themselves over Trump’s tax returns…but as it turns out, there may be somebody crazy enough for that.
US CBP recorded the largest number of arrests at the border in 10 years. 3700. I guess they only had one pickup truck.
CBP is on track to see as many as over 100,000 apprehensions and encounters with migrants along the southwest border in March, making it the busiest month since 2008, commissioner Kevin McAleenan said Wednesday. Of the 100,000 expected to cross, nearly 40,000 of them will be kids, the agency expects.
But on that note, invasive species have begun to pop up in the Galapagos Islands.
When Carlton’s team looked underwater, however, they found a horde of invaders. “Now we have 53, which is a rather stunning increase,” says marine biologist Gregory Ruiz, who was on the trip. “It’s about a tenfold increase.”
He says there’s no question now: “The Galapagos has been invaded” underwater.
Ruiz says they found exotic species clinging to pilings, docks and mangrove roots. The researchers hung plastic plates underwater and all sorts of alien invertebrates latched on.
It’s hard to tell where the invaders came from, Ruiz says. But rising tourism in the Galapagos means more boats, docks and pilings — transportation and homes for invasives, wherever their initial source was.
Not really feeling it this morning. But, being uninspired should not be a reason to delay, or produce poor links. So, you get what I could muster up, from the absurdity of the world around us.
First, we ride my Catalan hobby horse. Go listen to a short bit of the sob story of the poor cops that raided Joan Sanchez’s house. Note this nice Orwellian phrase…”who is charged with misuse of public funds and disobedience“.
Are we there yet?
Who knew commenter Winston was a Lord? Looks like one more rule/law/regulation coming up for ol’ Britannia.
I am quite sure that thiswon’t end up in a bunch of memes. Nosiree.
Oh, how could anyone be anything but absolutely sure this will work! Didn’t the whole Yellow Vest thing get set off by a Save Gaia With This One More Tax last straw?
I’m sneaking out to see the Rays-Astros game, so some of these may be stale by the time you get them. I’d love to care, but about the time you see them, Blake Snell will be hurling the first pitch towards home plate. Its about time we got back to that time of year where the final stanza of the national anthem is “Play Ball!”
Trump now ready to release FISA docs, as some predicted, he was forced to wait until after the investigation as investigators could have used the release as a reason to charge him with obstruction of justice.
Video of AZ police raid on parents who didn’t take their son to the hospital after his 105 fever broke.
Happy Hump Day. As Pie (the character not the commenter) reminded us last post. SugarFree would like me to post the following definition: FUPA-ariy. The place (or location) of the FUPA. You’re welcome.
I really respect the ingenuity of the USMC. Its like they built a soapbox derby drone.
Stephen Breyer thinks that not letting federal agencies broadly interpret their own regulatory rules is “the greatest judicial power grab since Marbury v. Madison”. Umm, okay. As long as federal courts are grabbing negative power — that is, the ability to only strike down more regulation — I’m okay with it, I think.
Theresa May sacrifices her Prime Ministership (Ministry?) in final attempt at Brexit deal. Crazily, she seems to believe that the referendum has given her a clear mission to separate the UK from the EU.
What’s shakin’ today? I’m tired and I want to take a nap. Will I get one? Signs point to no. I found out today that no matter how annoyed you are at your wife sleeping in and leaving you to handle all the kid stuff in the morning, one wrong way to accept her apology is: “You gonna be sorry every week?” I should probably buy her some flowers or wine.
Oklahoma gets $270M from maker of OxyContin. States are going to get a bunch of money. But not actually prohibit anyone from using it.
Is Australia the Antipodean Florida, or is Florida the Northern Australia? Now we just need to import the snakes that eat the cane toads… I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before.
Robot authors? They’re already in what passes for the sci-fi market today.
