Author: sloopyinca

Hey, whaddaya know, I made it home to sleep in my own bed on a school night for a change.  Too bad it never seems to last.  Oh well, it could be worse. I could be a player on the Nashville Predators.  They probably didn’t sleep too well last night after getting throttled by the J-E-T-S, Jets! Jets! Jets last night at home in the determining game of their Campbell Conference Semifinal.  The Jets will take on Army/Vegas in a conference final that will be so fast we may need the old Fox puck tracker system to watch.  My prediction: Vegas in 7. Meanwhile, in the Wales Conference, the finals kick off tonight in what will likely be a much slower, much more physical affair.  The Capitals finally took down their nemesis, so I’m curious to see how they do in a round of the playoffs that probably feels unfamiliar to most of the guys on the team.  My pick: Tampa Bay in 6.

At the Players Championship this week, there’s a slew of players at -6, a bunch within 3 of the lead and one guy (hello, Phil) played in what appeared to be a dress shirt gone wrong. Seriously, that was awful.

Across the pond, we’re down to the nub in the EPL, as all but a couple things are decided.  Swansea need a miracle to stay up and Chelsea need a lot of help to get into the UCL #4 slot.  Sunday will be boring for results, but I bet there are a lot of goals and a lot of fun, albeit meaningless, games to watch.

You want birthdays?  I’ll give you birthdays.  Today’s belongs to composer/songwriter Irving Berlin, weird bastard/artist Salvador Dali, hilarious/underrated comedian Phil Silvers, racist/racist Louis Farrakhan, hurler Milt Pappas, and “alt-right” “leader” Richard Spencer. Also happening on this date: The Third Crusade kicked off when 100,000 crusaders left Regensburg under HRE Frederick Barbarossa, Christopher Columbus began his last voyage, Benjamin Franklin opened the Pennsylvania Hospital, J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded, Walter Hagen won the British Open, Faulkner’s “Go Down, Moses” is published, Asshole Eichmann was captured, And perhaps most importantly of all, Monty Python was formed 49 years ago to the day.

Hoo-boy. For a weak set of birthdays, this date had a lot going for it historically.  But enough of that. Let’s get to…the links!

Starbucks changes their business model and will transform all of their locations to “coffee” shop/heroin den/sex room/hobo lodging.  It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off.

Further evidence that the world is turning upside down, Bahrain issues a declaration that says Israel has a right to defend herself. Let’s see how CNN decides to cover that!

Julian Assange’s “exile” is starting to look more like a prison sentence every day. Let’s hope Wikileaks are able to continue exposing government corruption. God knows the mainstream media dips hits aren’t doing anything positive on that front.

A mass shooting has left seven dead…in Australia. You know, the place where they don’t have any more violence since they all but banned firearms.  So much for that retarded theory.

Wait a damn minute.  You mean to tell me that two Chicago Police officers that have been charged with stealing cash and drugs have a long history of misconduct complaints that the department did jack shit with?  Why, I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell ya, to hear that they didn’t already get these guys off the force.  (::SMDH at why anyone would live in that Corruptocracy::)

Well, this is going to be an interesting case. Feel free to discuss in the comments (for the few of you that will click on the link).

In other Texas school news, Katy ISD has decided to offer financial support to defend its superintendent against accusations of bullying…from when he was in middle and high school. It also will defend him against claims that he permits cyberbullying of current students.  You know, because a public school should be telling kids that aren’t allowed to exert their 1A rights rather than telling kids if they don’t want to get “bullied” on the internet, they merely need to turn their devices off.

If you think I’m happy I was able to do the links at least once this week, you got that right.

Have a great Friday and a better weekend, friends.

Not a lot of famous birthdays today. But some quality in there nonetheless.  politician/despot Hosni Mubarak, actress/skinny person Audrey Hepburn, guitar hero Dick Dale, quality typecast actor Paul Gleason, baseball fan George Will, fast man John Force, and “punk” “rocker” Mike Dirnt.  That’s a big bunch of meh except for a couple.

Let’s see about events… Handel’s Toloemo premiered in London. Rhode Island told Britain to fuck off. Grant vs Lee at Rappahannock. The first game by the first professional baseball team (Cincinnati represent!) took place. Lou Gehrig hit three homers in a row. Al Capone went to prison. Hemingway won the Pulitzer for “Old Man & The Sea. Kent State. And Maggie Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Some interesting stuff there.

And now to sports.  The fighting LeBrons laid the wood to Toronto after a shocking comeback two nights before. Cleveland has a 2-0 series lead.  Maybe now Drake (the rapper who doesn’t write any of his own stuff) will shut the fuck up. And the Celtics came from 22 down in the first half to dump the Sixers and also take a surprising 2-0 series lead.

On the ice, Caps fans are still bitching about the (perfectly correct) Wilson suspension.  Meanwhile, the Pens tied the series 2-2 and the Caps may have another suspension headed their way, as TJ Oshie decided to take a cheap shot run as Chris Letang as the Pens were about to score an empty-net goal to seal the game.  Letang decided to drop the gloves and fight, but the initial play was questionable under the current rules.  Meanwhile, the Predators topped the listless Jets to also even that series. The Lightning – Bruins play their fourth game tonight while the Sharks take on Vegas/Army in the fifth game of their 2-2 series as well.

Also, Arsenal were bounced out of the Europa semifinals and Arsene Wenger officially has no more important games to manage.

OK, that should be a good enough appetizer.  Now its time for the main course of…the links!

Gaia gets some revenge in Hawaii for all of that global warming stuff we’re doing to her. Pretty cool photos, by the way.

If you were planning on starting a sex cult with Hollywood actresses, then you need to read this and take copious notes.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is focusing his investigation on the relationship between Roger Stone and Rick Gates. Because nothing says Russian interference like two American citizens talking over dinner.  I guess the whole direct connection between Russian intel operatives and the person hired by the DNC to dig up “dirt” on Trump must have been a figment of my imagination.

Students walk out of class to protest gang violence. Unfortunately for them, school is the safest place they’ll be all day.  Too bad they, and their teachers, don’t realize that the solution is not to take guns away from law-abiding citizens (since the gangs won’t turn theirs in), but its to get the government out of the morality business and legalize the distribution of drugs, which is largely what these gangs are fighting over.

Chicago continues its descent to lawlessness. And the city resorts to violating the privacy rights of every vehicle owner to combat it. Big freaking shocker there.

A journalist outs herself as a horribly irresponsible parent. OK, maybe that’s a little extreme, but come on lady!

And lastly, Ted Cruz hardly ever gets anything right.  But I have to say, he gets this one 100%, dead-on perfect.

Posted for no real reason. I just wanted to hear it. Hope you enjoy.

I hope y’all have a great Friday and a hell of a weekend.  I’ll be away Monday and Tuesday (and maybe Wednesday and Thursday too). But it felt good to get back to contributing to this place. I missed you lot of misfits and miscreants.

Just when I think I’ve got the Army/Vegas hockey team figured out, they lay a giant egg.  Did they play on skates made of lead last night?  Had they been partying in San Francisco and got literally bum-rushed?  That display of hockey was embarrassing.  And in the east, Tampa just toyed with Boston in their 4-1 win.  It looked like the Bruins might have gotten a half dozen quality shots on goal. Other than that, they had no solution for the stifling Tampa defense and it was all they could do to string three passes together.  Tampa looks to be the real deal.  And I can’t wait for tonight’s games. Although they won’t be the same for Washington, as their chief goon, Tom Wilson, has been suspended for the next three playoff games. Sorry pal, you’re playing for the Washington Capitals, not the Charlestown Chiefs.

Over on the hardcourt, the Rockets fell to the Jazz, although I stand by my assertion that the NBA West is scripted.  Its gonna be Houston-Golden State in the western finals, with GSW winning in 6. Both series in the East are back in action tonight.

And across the pond, Liverpool held off a late onslaught of goals to lose 4-2, which was good enough to beat Roma on aggregate (7-6) and advance to the UEFA Champions League final in a few weeks. They followed the same script they’ve followed all year: play well for 80 minutes or so and then inexplicably fall asleep when they thin they have the result they need.  But I can assure you, with no games to look forward to after the final, they won’t be going to sleep on Real Madrid that night in the Ukraine. Should be an entertaining game, as neither team is nearly as interested in defense as they are scoring.

Is today your birthday?  If so, you’re lucky enoughh to share it with such famous and infamous people as: sociopath Niccolo Machiavelli, emporer Constantine III, stateswoman Golda Meir, crooner Bing Crosby, boxer-extraordinaire Sugar Ray Robinson, The Godfather Of Soul himself James Brown, goalie Ron Hextall, and skinny person Poppy Delevigne. Its also the day this short masterpiece was written. And Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut. And sadly, it was the day Ulf Samuelsson cheap-shotted the career of Cam Neely.

Lots of stuff there, huh?  And to think: I hadn’t even gotten to…the links!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the darling of the business world. I wouldn’t hire that dumbass to deliver pizzas.  And to looks like his investors are starting to feel the same way.

The Norks have moved three American prisoners from a labor camp (read: death camp) to a hotel ahead of the impending summit between the two nations.  The terms of their release seem to have been set, although no official word on it out of Pyongyang.  And to think, we didn’t even need to send them a planeload of Euros under cover of darkness in order to pull it off.

The Boulder (CO) City Council goes full retard.  Didn’t anybody tell them you never go full retard? Anyway, this will never stand judicial review. But they’ve probably assured themselves reelection for the foreseeable future in that progressive city.

A new scandal is brewing in the Bay Area involving a 49er. But the rest of the world outside of myopic west-coasters know the player is in the right here.

Trump makes his best decision to date regarding the Mueller investigation/witch hunt.  About time the pros from Dover got called in.

Looks like some people in the Atlanta government got some ‘splainin to do.

And a former Missouri City, TX cop will remain on death row as his federal appeal is rejected.

I hope those links were to your satisfaction.  And I got the feelin’ you’re gonna like the song as well.

That’s it. Now your turn to comment.

The Warriors and Pelicans started their Western Conference Semifinals series yesterday (I’m sticking to that story) with a doubleheader and the Warriors now lead the series 2-0.  In the East, the fighting LeBrons came back from a first half grave and downed the Raptors to take a 1-0 series lead.

Across the pond, Real Madrid played Bayern to a 2-2 draw at the Bernabeu and advanced to their third Champions League final in a row.  They will play the winner of the Liverpool-Roma tie, which concludes today. Liverpool has a 5-2 lead but I will once again be reminded that Barcelona had a 4-1 lead going into the second leg two weeks ago. I’ll definitely be watching. YNWA.

And then we come to hockey.  All I can say is: wow.  No wait, I mean HOLYFUCKINGSHIIIIIIIT, were those games last night insane or what?. The Caps topped the Pens in what could only be considered a bloodbath of a game. Nobody ever had control of it. The intensity level was just nuts. The hits savage, including a broken jaw to the Pens Aston-Reese. And now the Caps are up 2-1 in the series…which is probably right where the Pens want them (although I’m starting to believe the Caps will win this matchup finally, only to get swept by the Lightning). There’s gonna be a lot of ice baths taken today in Yinzerville.

Then we come to the Nashville-Winnepeg game.  A game Winnipeg must have thought was starting an hour later than it did.  No bother, they just rung up 7 goals over the last two periods to take a 2-1 series lead.  Remember when I said recently that they’re fast?  I mean they are really, really, really fast.  And their ability to stay poised under pressure makes me think they might be able to win this series and beat Army as well.  Let’s see if the weight of an entire nation, and the seemingly endless Stanley Cup drought our flappy-headed friends are enduring, is too much for them. But I’m thinking this team is a legit threat to at least win their conference.

Oh yeah, and the (4) Arkansas Razorbacks swept Alabama in college baseball over the weekend.

Whew, what a lot of things in the sports world going on right now. Fun, fun things.

If today’s your birthday, you share it with such luminaries at Catherine the Great, Baron Manfred von Richtofen of WWI fame, Dr Benjamin Spock, Engelbert Humperdink, Donatella Versace, The Rock, and NASCAR crybaby/heel Hole Busch.  Its also the day Barack Hussein Obama personally flew to Pakistan and shot Osama bin Laden while dodging bullets and carrying two babies to safety.  At least that’s what they told me on DailyKOS.

Did you get all that?  I sure hope so, because I don’t want to have to repeat it.  But either way, I’m moving on to…the links!

Rod Rosenstein says “The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted.”  Fine by me, fucko. But tell me what would happen if a regular person refused to answer a subpoena from the DOJ?  You know, which is what your department has been threatened with well before you’ll face impeachment.  Congress has oversight on your department. And your non-cooperation with their legitimate right to ensure you’re acting in an ethical and consistent manner should make anyone in America who is under investigation worried.  So my advice: Fuck you, comply or resign.

Speaking of “firing” someone, here’s an interesting story. And by “firing,” I mean not renewing a contract.  Which is leading to a shitstorm of publicity for both the “fired” coach/teacher and the school.  But I can tell you this: if that guy doesn’t have some solid proof, he can kiss any career he has as either a coach or an educator goodbye.  Oh yeah, also Protip: when terminating someone or not renewing their contract, never give a reason. Always do it “without cause”. Giving a reason only opens you up to scrutiny that “without cause” doesn’t.

If you thought the federal government in DC was a shitshow, then take a look at what the local government there has going on.  I long for the days when DC politics was defined by Marion Barry smoking crack in a hotel room. But this anti-semitism is a little too much to take.

Amazon plans for major expansion in Boston.  Huh, I guess they like high taxes after all, even if its for their employees rather than their customers.

Why would anyone running for the County Assessor’s job ever need to raise millions of dollars for a re-election campaign in the first place?  It has to be because he’s just so honest and has so much integrity that people are that willing to give him money to ensure the taxes are assessed fairly and without corruption.  That’s probably why the overwhelming majority of the donations came from property tax attorneys too, right? Oh well, that’s Chicago for you.

Goodbye Boy Scouts, hello Soy Scouts!  Just kidding, its changing to Scouts BSA.

And this isn’t really a link, per se.  But there’s a lot of comedy in this tweet. Even more in the comments to the original. Please enjoy as much as I did.

That’s it for me. I’m gone daddy gone.

Give em hell today, fellow Glibs!

I’m amazed at the speed involved in hockey now.  Yeah, they’ve watered down some of the physicality, but I’m starting to think that might have actually been for the better.  Watching (most of) the playoff games last night made me realize how much fun it is watching this style of hockey.  Tampa Bay took care of Boston, with the help of a couple horrible missed calls and evened that series 1-1.  And Vegas just cranked it up in the second period and took what I assumed was total control of the game so I turned it off…only to find out San Jose had a hell of a third period and forced overtime, where they were then beaten anyway.  The other two series play tonight, and I can only assume the games will be entertaining as hell.

In baseball, the Astros cooled off the Yankees. The D-backs dumped the hapless Dodgers. The Rex Sox topped Kansas City. The Cubs and Nationals won. And the Twins fell again.

On the hardcourt, Boston dumped Philly in game 1 of their Conference semifinals. Cleveland-Toronto and Nawlins-Golden State start their series tonight.

And lastly, the UCS semifinal second leg games start today, when Bayern Munich travel to The Bernabeu to take on Real Madrid. The first match was 1-1 in Munich, so the Krauts will need to come out firing.  Liverpool-Roma tomorrow after the Reds cruised at home, until the last 10 minutes, and won 5-2. But they will keep in mind that Roma overcame a 3-goal deficit in the quarterfinals.

Yay sports!!!!

Today we celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha. Let’s all celebrate by wearing Hawaiian shirts, to the dismay of assholes on Twitter. Also born on this date were sharpshooter Calamity Jane, director John Woo, who subjected the world to Broken Arrow and Face/Off. May God have mercy on his soul.

I could go into the fact that its Global Commie Day but I won’t.  I will instead note the Cy Young pitched the first game in Cleveland’s stadium. Babe Ruth hit his first Home Run for the Yankees, as did Mickey Mantle.  Take that, communism!

OK, now that the juices are flowing, I think its time to transition to…the links!

You want to know the difference in how the Kings Men are treated relative to real people? I just so happen to have a link at the ready that shows one of the more egregious examples. I mean, is there any possible way to square this with the equal protection clause?

Whether you’re pro-abortion or pro-life, you gotta admit that this is one seriously cold-blooded zinger. And from a Catholic, no less!  I thought Commiepope Francis had declared comedy unseemly.

Israel burns every intel asset it has in Iran and dumps a trove of information outlining their nuclear plans. I cannot help but think this is genuine. No way would they publicize this and essentially out every intel officer involved unless they believed it to be genuine and its release necessary.  I just hope we don’t get sucked into the ensuing shitshow.

San Francisco finds the end of their tolerance for something.

In the last few weeks, Mayor Mark Farrell has promised $750,000 to hire more people just to pick up discarded needles and $13 million over the next two years for more heavy duty steam cleaners and pit stop toilets. He also had workers dismantle sprawling homeless tent camps in the city’s Mission District.

The city famed for its picture-perfect views of the San Francisco Bay has long tolerated overflowing trash bins and homeless people camped out on sidewalks. Commuters routinely walk past people slumped over in transit stations, sometimes shooting up in public.

But Farrell and others say the squalor has gotten out of control, and that everyone should feel safe using city sidewalks. It is not humane to let the mentally ill or houseless fester outdoors, he said.

 This is what happens when you let public sector unions establish their own separate justice system: You get cops who are above the law and innocent people in jail for decades.  Fuck you, Chicago for allowing this. And fuck you, Rey Guevara for being a piece of human garbage that’s inexplicably not been thrown in jail or been the “victim” of some vigilante justice being carried out. Well, one can hope that one of those statuses changes.

What a long few weeks.  Four to be exact that I’ve been away from the links, with the exception of a single day.  If anything went awry during that time, its most likely my fault. And heartfelt thanks for those who picked up the slack in my extended absence.  Sometimes work just takes it all out of you…and this was such a time.  But I have to say, it was profitable.  So I am not gonna complain about it at all.  But I am happy to be home for what should be, with the exception of a couple days next week, an extended period of time.

I see the Capitals and Penguins are facing off in the second round again.  Series 1-1, with the Capitals looking a lot fresher. But we all know how this series turns out… Nashville blew three leads last night but managed to keep their composure and win in OT to even the series with Winnipeg.  And I have to say, that is some fun hockey to watch.  The Vegas Black Knights are likewise knotted up 1-1 with San Jose after thumping them in game 1 and dropping game 2 in OT.  I can’t see San Jose hanging in though. Vegas has so much speed its ridiculous.  And in the final series, Boston took Game 1 against Tampa Bay, who will look to even the series tonight.

On the hardcourt, Lebron did what Lebron does in the early rounds: put his team on his back and win. Which means we can eventually see Lebron do what Lebron does in later rounds: ch- ch- ch- choke.  Actually, he won’t get the chance. Toronto will run them out in 5.  Elsewhere, Boston and Philly get started tonight in what could be an entertaining series (by NBA standards).  I see Philly advancing.  Out west, the Rockets are up 1-0 against the Jazz and should win that series. Golden State is likewise up 1-0 and should also best the Pelicans. Why? Because the NBA’s Western Conference is more predictable than a Hulk Hogan wrestling match.  No other sports updates, really. Soccer is boring until tomorrow and Wednesday’s UCL games. So I won’t bother.

Today’s birthdays: Carl Gauss, Cloris Leachman, hockey’s STEVE SMITH, Kirsten Dunst, and Gal Gadot. Its also the day in 311 that the Romans formally began to tolerate Christianity, the Moors landed in Europe (the first time), George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States, James Monroe signed the Louisiana Purchase, Hitler killed himself, Willie Mays hit four homers in a game and the North Vietnamese army captured Saigon.

Is that a lot to take in?  Well if it is, be sure to forget some of it because you need to make room for…the links!

The head of the White House Correspondents’ Association has learned nothing from the Trump presidency.  Never apologize, never back down and never compromise.  Was the “speech” a little over the top?  Yeah, maybe. But that doesn’t matter. And besides, the bigger issue is that Trump is the first President since Reagan to not attend the ass-kissing nerd prom, and people act like that’s a bad thing.  Protip: if you want to be taken seriously by the American people, stop cozying up for photo ops with the people you’re supposed to be critically covering and treating yourselves like you’re celebrities. And politicians should stop attending since it gives the appearance that there’s no difference in the media and politicians/officials when it comes to there DC insider network.

We may have heard the last from John McCain. But I bet he manages to channel some bullshit from beyond the grave that will urge his former colleagues to do something that robs us of our liberty.

The schools we hired you to clean are disgusting, unsanitary and you should be ashamed of yourselves. Because of that, we’ve decided to give you more money.  Meh, what’s an extra $259 million to Chicago Public Schools?  Its not like they’re ever gonna be able to pay those bonds back anyway.

Remember the sad tale of the loving women who adopted all those kids and their accidental death when their SUV slid off a cliff on PCH?  Well it actually turns out that they were horrible, abusive people. And the child welfare officers in three different states did little to stop it.  Nice job, government bureaucrats.

Just in case any of you had forgotten why we should pull out of that entire region.  I assume that number will rise as the day goes by.

Just a reminder that Houston probably has more in common with the coonasses from Louisiana than it does with those people from Dallas-Ft Worth. Jeez, that’s a big boy there too.

This is how I felt doing the links today.

Have a wonderful day and a great start to the week, friends!

Pittsburgh sent Philly packing. Nashville did the same to Colorado. Tampa dismissed New Jersey. The MINNESOOOOOOOOOODA WIIIIIIILD were tamed by Winnipeg. Vegas pounded the Kings. And the Sharks rolled the Ducks.  That leaves Washington with a 3-2 series lead over Columbus and Boston sitting the same against Toronto.  Enjoy those two wrapping as the winners get a chance to heal up before the second round. The NBA are also playing playoff games.  Enjoy them as well, if you dare.

Across the pond, the FA Cup final is set. Man United will face Chelsea. UCL Semifinals play the first leg this week. And Mo Salah, the King Of Egypt, was named PFA Player Of The Year.

I’ll finish the sports beat with an ESPN prediction that’s even more retarded than the shit they usually write. At a minimum, they have wildly overestimated the WNBA’s ability to draw more than a few hundred people a game.  I’ll let you read the rest.

William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (according to some, thief of Marlowe according to others) was born on this date.  He died on it as well. As was William Penn. They share it with luminaries such as Vladimir Nabokov, Shirley Temple, Lee Majors, Sandra Dee, lards Michael Moore, the unfunny John Oliver, the lovely Joanna Krupa and rassler John Cena.  Happy Birthday to all of you.

That’s it, time for…the links!

So it turns out that the Waffle House shooter was obviously insane. And the feds know all of this and still let him go rather than have him committed when he decided to have an unscheduled meeting with Trump last year by scaling the White House fence.  That’s some good police work there, Lou.

Only in Chicago can the Circuit Court Clerk who has been under investigation for years based on her corruption, run for Mayor. Has she even paid off the right people to get to that point in her career?  I thought she was still in the doling-out-favors-for-campaign-cash stage.  Heh, maybe she’s collected enough scratch to buy a favor or two herself.  I don’t have my Chicago Political Calculator out yet, so I can’t do the math.

If you’ve got the money to pay for dog cancer surgery, I guess you won’t mind when you find out it wasn’t cancer after all. (On a slightly related note, we miss you Bernie.)

Christ, what an asshole. But don’t worry.  She’ll still get her full pension.

Posted without comment because I was never involved in Cub Scouts or Boy Scouts. But I know quite a few of you were, so I thought it might interest you.

Kanye West speaks out on the benefits of diversity in the political opinions of minority communities.  And then promptly finds out how much the left really believes in diversity.

That’s all for me. I’m getting back on the road again for the rest of this week.  But I did get two nights in my own bed.  And I should be home for a few weeks straight after this trip. Yay!

Well anyway, it was good to be back for the links. Even if it was just this once. But I shall return…

What a Masters Sunday!  Except for the ending, anyway.  Thanks to the groundskeepers who forgot to trim one stupid limb, Speith missed his chance to birdie 18 and lock Patrick Reeds’s sphincter up a bit.  Oh well, even assclowns like him win majors from time to time. Also, congrats to University of Minnesoooda-Duluth on their college hockey National Championship. They took on the best of the Big Ten and took em down.  Speaking of hockey, the playoffs are almost set.  I’ll give a little spiel tomorrow once they’re firmed up.

That’s it for sports. I’m buried at work today already. So I’m gonna move on to…the links!

When one senior exec of your social media platform data mining operation has to cancel interviews because she said people should pay them extra for them to protect their data, and your CEO has to take a crash course in how to not be a smarmy, holier-than-thou idiot before their meetings on Capitol Hill to explain what, exactly, they’re doing with personal data, you might have a bit of a problem. If you’re invested in FB, I recommend shorting it as quickly as possible.

Welcome back to the sixties, man. What could possibly go wrong?

Apparently, the Department of Justice will start complying with requests from the people who are literally tasked with overseeing them. Its just a coincidence that they diverted millions in their budget to shredder purchases a week before the announcement, so I’m sure this is going to be transparent and open.

Its not a lie if you believe it. I don’t know, seems there’s a lot of weird shit that can happen to a person in space.  But if Neil didn’t see it, I’m not sure it happened.

In response to a reported gas attack in Syria, someone allegedly attacked Syrian troops. Nobody is taking credit and nobody is assigning blame.  I’m starting to wonder if Syria is even a real place.

The Pacific Pole Championships were this weekend in Los Angeles. And hundreds of gals working their way through college and/or nursing school as well as others showed just how tough it really is. Enjoy art in its highest form, gents.

If we could tie this song into the last link, I’d think that was pretty cool.

Well, have a great day, friends.

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.

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 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.

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.

Damn, I soooooo wanted to write “Friday” there.  This week has been brutal long for no apparent reason whatsoever. Bah, I better stop complaining and just suck it up. I can think of one Guy that historically had a much harder Easter week than me. And he didn’t complain.

But you know who had a legitimate complaint?  Baseball fans.  They had months to ponder the previous season and lament the results.  Well, most of them did anyway (except Houstonians). But that all ends today as the MLB season gets underway. A nice slate of games to get us started, the results of which I will have ready for you tomorrow.

But you know who did play yesterday in games that matter?  The NHL, that’s who.  And the results of those games were: Toronto over Florida. The Capitals over the Rangers. The Coyotes over Army/Vegas. And Philly kicked Colorado in the balls in a crucial game with serious playoff implications.  We’re down to the nub now. Let’s see who rises to the occasion and who chokes.

No more sports, but that’s ok.  Some cool things of note happened on this date: Beethoven gave his debut performance. Beethoven’s funeral was also held many years later. The Republic of Switzerland was formed. The Albert Hall was opened. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death. Pitcher Cy Young was born. As was asshole Eugene McCarthy, businessman Sam Walton, cager Walt “Clyde” Frazier, “actor” Christopher Lambert, hottie Elle MacPherson and Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless.

How’s that for useless knowledge?  I hope its enough, because now I’m gonna do…the links!

Tesla stock continues to take a beating as their cars become involved in accidents and ratings agencies take a hard look and downgrade their bond rating.  This is the beginning of the collapse of that house of cards.  They’ve never hit a single production goal, their cars are routinely panned in reviews, they have mismanaged every cash infusion they’ve received, and the government tap has been shut off.  My take on it all: #fuckem.

David Hogg calls for boycott of Laura Ingraham after she knocks him for being a bitch about not getting accepted to any of the colleges he applied to and whining about it publicly.  Oh, shit. I hope he doesn’t call for a boycott of my links because I called him a whiner too.  If he did that, I’m afraid we’d have to increase our server capacity about tenfold just to accommodate the additional traffic his tantrum precipitated.

LOL, Jesus Christ. Don’t whine in public if you can’t handle a little criticism. Just call the Tides Foundation, Everytown or George Clooney and ask them to help you get in somewhere. You know they’re all on speed dial, punk.

Its time for states and municipalities to face some cold, hard truths.  This is the price you pay for free money to start programs that require large outlays in the future, dumbasses.

Businessman gives himself (sort of) an 800% raise and the left is apoplectic. They want to sue him to keep him from “getting away with it”.  Because, you know, they can’t just divest and sell the stock to someone else. Hell no! They have to punish him rather than just take their money elsewhere.  Huh, and I thought they were all about boycotts.

I’m sure this number will come as a shock to many of you.  It certainly did for me.  I expected it to be a lot higher.

The AARP gets a dose of their own medicine. Well of course they use the hard sell. How else are they gonna attract members so they can warn them about…the hard sell?

Unless you have urgent business there, I’d recommend staying away from Sacramento today. Well, any day for that matter. But today is gonna be especially messy as the race-hustlers descend to stand on the body of Stephon Clark and grandstand.  I hope his family gets some peace and justice. I do not see it starting with Al Sharpton et al coming to town for their own glory.

Enjoy the video.  Note: Parts of this video may be unsuitable for Kurt Eichenwald. It is in no way directed at him, so please don’t send the FBI my way. kthxbai

Have a great day.