Well today was a historically significant day.  The US bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000. The Romans killed Jesus Christ. Texas reentered the Union. Gandhi announced his resistance to the Rowlatt Act. Miles Davis released “Bitches Brew”. John Hinckley shot Reagan and three others. Vincent Van Gogh and de Goya were born. As was Robert Bunsen, inventor of the Bunsen Burner.  Also born on this date was Ingvar Kamprad, the recently deceased founder of Ikea. Warren Beatty shares the date with them as well as Jerry Lucas, superstar basketball player of his era as well as a Buckeye standout. Musicians Eric Clapton, Tracy Chapman, Norah Jones and Celine Dion were also born on this date and share it with “actor” Ian Ziering of 90210 “fame”, M.C. Hammer, Robbie Coltrane and all-around assclown Richard Sherman.

It wasn’t this exciting, but yesterday was a good game.

My, what a Opening Day!!!!  The White Sox’s Matt Davidson went yard three times, although ESPN is fixated on Giancarlo Stanton’s two dingers for the Yankees, in their win over the Royals. The aforementioned New York team beat the Blue Jays. The Tampa Bay Rays took care of the Red Sox. The Cubs hung dog balls on the Marlins. The M-E-T-S, Mets Mets Mets! dumped the Cardinals. Our very own OMWC’s Baltimore Orioles took down the MINNESOOOOODA TWIIIIIIIINS (yeah, I’m probably doing it for baseball too). The Brew Crew put down the Padres. The Mariners dropped Cleveland. The D-backs drilled the Rockies. The San Francisco Giants managed one measly run on Clayton Kershaw, which was enough to win (sad trombone for Dodgers fans). The good news for Dodgers fans is that Cody Bellinger only struck out twice! Although he did nothing with his other at bats.  Oh yeah, and the Astros have a two-game winning streak: Game 7 in LA and opening day in Arlington, as they dumped the Rangers.  Good times, people. Good times!

Ten games on the ice! Winners were: Boston, who have leapfrogged their opponent second in the Wales Conference standings, the Dead Wings, the Penguins, the Senators, The Predators, the MINNESOOOOOOODA WIIIIIIIILD!, the Blue Jackets, the LA Kangz, Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks, who coincidentally used a local accountant between the pipes in the third period after injuries to their two other goaltenders. Seriously, that happened.  Go look it up.

And “go look it up” will be the theme for today, as I can’t be arsed to do it for you in…the links!

The absurdity of California’s cancer warning labels reached new heights yesterday.Looks like Starbucks is going to have to label that everything they sell causes cancer.   Lol, you can’t make this shit up. I hope people catch on and continue diluting the meaning of these idiotic warnings and get it to the point where they are removed for lack of impact.

I guess they’ve moved that ankle tracker to her wrist

I guess when you’re no longer able to dole out government largesse in exchange for money, the well gets a little shallower.  That’s what Hillary Clinton is finding out, as she gave a speech yesterday at Rutgers, who needs to be removed from the Big Ten for sucking so bad by the way, for which she received a whopping $25,000.  Jeez, that’s quite the dip from the half-mil her husband was paid by a Russian energy firm immediately after they were giver special access to the State Dept. Wait, that was just a coincidence. Just ask the Obama White House.

Finally, Dems will get the Cold War with Russiathey were hankering for all last year.  They’re going to expel 60 American diplomats in retaliation for the ones we just expelled in retaliation for the alleged assassination of a Putin critic living in England.   All this after the British and French expelled 60 diplomats or something.  I don’t know the numbers. All I know is this is the kind of ratcheting up of tensions the peace-loving left have been bitching for ever since Trump was duly elected installed by his puppet-masters in the Kremlin.

Better listen to him. He’s crazy enough to do it!

Kentucky passed a pension overhaul that preserves pensions for the vast majority of state workers,  I’ve got a novel idea: abolish all the state pensions and treat these people like adults who are able to fund their own pensions like the rest of the civilized (at least in America) world.  A 20 year government career shouldn’t enable someone to collect twice what they earned from age 45 to 85, while getting full medical coverage on my tax dollars.  Sorry, but that’s an absurdly irresponsible stewardship of my money.

States who have legalized pot want to sit down with Jeff Sessions and come to an agreement on what the feds are planning to do.  The WH lifted a rule that kept the Feds from enforcing federal law in states that had legalized the drug.  I don’t recall enforcement of any kind taking place, but the law hangs over growers, sellers and users like the sword of Damocles and there really does need to be some resolution made.  Hopefully this will be the start of it.

And in the only link I’m providing (;-D), a Pasadena, TX police officer shot somebody yesterday. But don’t expect it to make the news.  I’m thinking he ought to get a medal for bravery, although I may have to question his ability to see what’s downrange.  Either way, that asshole had it coming.

Enjoy one of the greatest bands of all time.

And have a happy Easter.