Author: sloopyinca

This has been one hell of a long week, I ain’t gonna lie. Some ups, some downs and some shit gone sideways too. But we’ve finally reached the end of it. Together. And the Super Bowl isn’t going to Boston!

There’s some olympics stuff going on. I heard a little bit in the background last night as I was getting some work done. Some dude was going berserk over a dude skiing moguls. And while skiing them is a hell of a task, I couldn’t figure out the scoring so I turned the volume down and zoned back out.  I mean, life is so much easier when things are scored by who is faster, goes higher or scores more points (by an objective measure like putting the ball in a basket or a puck in a net or touching a plate). I don’t deny that people competing in sports that are judged rather than scored, and there is a difference, are fine athletes. I just have a hard time getting as excited when I think it can easily be manipulated…as every single judged olympic sport seems to have been at one time or another. And I know referees can manipulate games, but the chances of that are much lower than a few judges scoring one particular person a quarter point better than they should in every dive, cumulatively impacting the event.

But that rant is for another day. Even though it was almost Shultz-like in length. So let’s get some scores, shall we? Dickie V, the most reviled man in college basketball by a mile in my opinion, is probably weeping this morning after his beloved Dookies fell to their rival Tar Heels.  Suck it, you one-eyed bastard.  UCLA took down Arizona. Gonzaga and St Mary’s rolled to wins, as did Clemson. And on the ice, your winners were Buffalo, Calgary, Philly, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, St Louis, Dallas, Phoenix (a surprise whenever it happens), and Army.  Well done guys!

That’s it for sports. Now…the links!

Giving a speech on the merits of the #metoo movement, I yield the floor to Assemblywoman Grabby McGropeyhands.  Awk-ward!!!!!!

Well congratulations Rose McGowan and Harvey Weinstein. Your little war of words can finally claim its first victim. And while I believe in self-ownership and personal responsibility, I do think these two assholes owe her family an apology for using her as a tool to fight each other with.

Oh CNN, never change. I remember you decrying Rand Paul’s actions years ago when decrying deficit spending. Now you’re on his side?  And while I’m point out hypocrisy, I need to give a nod to the idiots in the GOP who finally have a chance to pare down the size of our leviathan government on the heels of great employment news and tax breaks putting a lot of money in more Americans pockets.  You dumbasses shit the bed again and the sooner you’re all expelled and more Paul-ites (and Massie-ites and Amash-potatoes) join the party, we can pull our country back from the bring of fiscal ruin.

Shut the fuck up, Elon Musk! Your actions the past week are almost making you likable, and now you call out the UAW? Stop it! Also, you’re never gonna reach production goals with the Model 3, so none of what you wrote really matters.

You want to know how a stranger ends up getting beaten to within an inch of his life? Try this with my kid instead of this guy’s. Seriously, I would go fucking apeshit if this were my child.

And just in case you weren’t hip to the current hate symbols being used out there, the ADL has compiled a list of them for you to identify. 1. The Pepe as a hate symbol thing is absurd. 2. I know Coors sucks, but come on! And 3. I think the Michigan State Spartans deserve a little credit for the good they occasionally do (like beat TTUN two of the three years Harbaugh has been in Ann Arbor).

Anyway, read it for a few laughs and to see some actual hate symbols, because some of them are legit, even if the number of people that would display or use them in America is incredibly small.

It doesn’t tie in to any of the links. I just really wanted to hear this song this morning and to share it with you.

Go finish the week strong, friends.  I’m gonna work like a dog again for half a day then try to play golf.

National Signing Day was yesterday, and as much as ESPN tried to hype up their beloved SEC, only one of the top seven teams were from there. And maybe its just me, but I sure do seem to remember a lot of those 5-start ratings of Georgia signees being 4-stars a couple months ago.  I’m amazed at how much better those guys got once they gave their verbal to Georgia.  Whatever, I couldn’t possibly care less. Ohio State reloaded at all the positions they needed, they kept their Defensive Coordinator and they haven’t lost to TTUN in more than six years. They should walk away feeling happy as a pig in shit.

Speaking of Ohio State being happy, holy shit, did any of you catch that game with (#3) Purdue last night? Talk about guts. Don’t believe me…have a look for yourself by scrolling down to the game tracker and win probability chart.  I had all but given up with about 10 minutes left, but decided to hang in there and see what happened. Let’s just say I was pleasantly surprised. No way does last year’s team finish games like that. Holtmann has to be seriously considered for coach of the year.  Oh, and elsewhere, top-ranked Villanova also fell. Virginia came back to beat FSU. Texas Tech rolled. aTm took down Auburn. UNLV took down Nevada. And Miami was better than Wake Forest.

On the ice, just three games. Toronto took down the Nashville Predators. The Bruins throttled the Rangers in an Original Six matchup. And the Kings trumped the Oilers.

Olympics start today, I think. Who knows. If I see scores tomorrow morning, I’ll update them.  Maybe. Hell, I don’t know. Tune in then to find out.  But until then, enjoy this edition of…the links!

A teacher imprisoned for a consensual relationship with a pair of students is fighting back. Good for her.  Its about time that law went the way of the dodo. It violates her equal protection and diminishes the agency  of the adult students, or those who have reached the age of consent, in her state.  Let’s hope these laws are struck down across the country, although the occasional “hot teacher mugshot” will be sadly missed around these parts.

Remember when Obama said he hadn’t asked for, nor would ever ask for any information related to the Hillary Clinton illegal-email-server-with-classified-information-on-it-in-her-basement-and-secret-addresses-to-hide-it-from-FOIA-requests scandal? Yeah, so do I. Well, texts back and forth between two of the investigators who were sleeping with each other tell a different story. And it looks like Comey is gonna get a nice little invitation back to Capitol Hill to explain if he was quibbling when he said he had only talked to Obama three times while running the FBI, and was really giving them updates on the investigation throughout.

You guys like the occasional piece of good news, right?  Well try this on for size: its this kind of story that renews my faith in humanity. Seriously, it’ll choke you up.

We’ve talked plenty about the two people who bought a private street in San Francisco but were forced to give it back after the wealthy denizens of the area forced them to and the interim mayor called them “bottom-feeding pirates”. Yeah, its really their fault for playing by the rules your stupid city set up and the HOA in charge of the place never paid property taxes on.  Guess we know who butters his bread.

Piece of human garbage George Soros is at it again. Maybe someday he’ll take his rightful place in hell rather than trying to undermine freedom across the globe to enrich himself.  Hey, maybe he’ll see some of the Nazis there that he helped round up other Jews so long ago.

Small-government nonprofit Illinois Policy Institute appears to have been run by a con man. That’s just great. I can only imagine the headlines: small government advocates are all just trying to enrich themselves. Just look at the head of the Illinois Policy Institute! Thanks a lot, asshole.

Remember when Vice was a cool place to get news? Remember when they had takes worth reading and/or watching?  Those days appear to be long gone. Look for them to go the way of Newsweek in the very near future as investors bail out. I guess there is only so much room out there for Neo-progressive hot takes. Don’t believe me? Look at their main page.

People tired of getting loads of free shit from Amazon.  Hey, forward them to me! I don’t even care if some yahoo in China is doing it to write reviews of their own stuff.  I’ll find a use for it.

Here’s a little advice to those people above.

Good luck out there, friends!

Its the middle of the week and the Patriots are still talking about the game.  Oh, I think I have a pic of one.

I’m just kidding. That really was an entertaining game.  And the best moment was the last moment. Expect the Patriots to be back next year, as their offensive genius of a coordinator decided to stay rather than become the Colts head coach.  And they’re gonna get a new DC, possibly Greg Schiano (late the DC at Ohio State after maturing quite a bit following his humbling stint as an NFL head coach), who can’t possibly do a worse job of game prep than Patricia for the biggest game of the year. We shall see.

Plenty of games in college ball last night.  Michigan State came back and beat Iowa (who choked). Xavier took down Butler. Cincy took apart UCF. Kansas bounced back and topped TCU. Tennessee beat UK, who simply has not gelled as a team yet this year. Northwestern beat TTUN. And Wichita State rolled to a 20 point win over Memphis. Buckeyes face off against Purdue tonight in a game I’m not really looking forward to.

Eleven games on the ice last night.  Ducks beat the Sabres. Flyers top the Hurricanes. Senators over the Devils. Panthers beat the Canucks. Jets flew past the Coyotes. The Avalanche overwhelmed the Sharks. The Flames beat the Blackhawks. The MINNESODA WIIIIIIIIIILD put up 6 and gave St Louis the Blues. The Bruins beat the Red Wings. The Crapitals were a goal better than the Blue Jackets. And Pittsburgh beat Army.

Olympics getting closer.  But nobody seems to care. So I’ll not do my pairs figure skating preview and will, instead, go straight to…the links!

Kenyon College goes full retard and becomes the latest liberal institute to censor art.  Anybody remember when the left mocked the right for putting cloth on statues and trying to get books taken out of elementary school libraries?  I sure do.

I remember when a politician caught making racially disparaging comments caught on tape meant that politician was either disqualified or forced to beg forgiveness. Not so for an Illinois Democrat. A simple “I regret it getting out and I will sue the person who leaked it, and shame on my opponent for capitalizing on it” seems to have sufficed for the gubernatorial hopeful Pritzker. He was caught on an FBI wiretap discussing which black person to give the Obama senate seat to with Rod Blagojevich, who just so happened to go to prison for a long time for essentially selling the seat.  Pritzker wasn’t implicated in that scheme. I guess some politically-connected families are more important that others.

With apologies to the late, great Percy Sledge:  “Wynn a man loves a woman, can’t keep his eyes hands on nothing else. Cause Thinks that’s the way its s’posed to be.”

Let’s see if Montgomery County, MD wants to maintain that Sanctuary City (yes, I’m aware its a county) street cred or if they shed it for this guy and let him get deported back to the shithole he came from.

I say, let them eat cake Tide pods! We’ve got to winnow the herd somehow. And anybody dumb enough to eat a freaking Tide pod deserves their fate. But nooooooooo. We’ve got to legislate so the makers of them have to completely retool their packaging factory at what I can only assume is a considerable cost, in order to keep a few retards from doing something retarded.  What’s next? Going after Owens-Corning for their sweet, delicious cotton candy, er insulation?

Chicago cop taken off the street after internal investigation reveals that he performed an internal investigation of his own on a suspect in the hospital. If you’re a friend of his, don’t worry. He’s still getting paid.

Don’t try to steal from a convenience store in Houston. (Note how they aren’t even considering charges or holding the clerk? That’s because the cops here aren’t stupid and at least care a little bit for defense of property, life and the life of others by gun owners who are being robbed.

Orlando International Airport considers telling the TSA to GTFO. That would be pretty awesome if it happened. So it won’t.

Speaking of the TSA, I propose this be made the Department’s theme song.

That’s it. Enjoy hump day.

I wonder how Tom Brady feels today?  Probably like the players at Michigan felt the final Sunday in November for 15 of the last 17 years and every single year St Urban has been in Columbus.  LOL, bunch of bitch-ass bitches.

But I digress.  There’s plenty other stuff to talk about in the world of sports.  The Olympics are about to kick off, for one. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! Does anybody have a clue how the hockey is gonna play out? I know we have some Glibs that follow juniors, so fill us in on what to expect in the comments please. As for the other stuff, I know our alpine women look really tough to beat, but I’ve got no idea if the next Bode Miller is out there yet. And the bobsled? Do we have football players doing their thing again? Figure skating is a bit meh to me, although they have amazing skill. And I’m pretty sure the curling medals will continue to elude Americans, yet I’ll probably still watch. Well, that’s all I’ve got on that.

In sports that have already been played, the Big XII (with X schools) continues its wacky ride this season, with WVU topping Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Syracuse beat Louisville and Indiana beat Rutgers. And in soccer, Watford beat the shit out of…Chelski?  Wow, that one’s a shocker.  I’m surprised the refs didn’t hand Chelsea a few penalties late to get them back in the game. But I guess they only reserve that for one of the London clubs.

On the ice, just four games were played. The Maple Leafs put up a touchdown and beat the Mighty Ducks.  The Predators beat the Islanders in OT. The Oilers greased the Lightning, And the Dallas Stars were a goal better than the New York Rangers.

That’s it for sports. Now…the links!

Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, takes his accusations a step farther. I don’t know how what he’s saying could be considered controversial.  Her campaign did, in fact, commission a private intel company to work with Russians, many of them listed in the dossier as intel officials, to dig up opposition research on President Trump.  That’s collaboration by any definition.  Not that it should be illegal or anything. Just noting the hypocrisy. The House, by the way, voted to release the Dem’s response to his memo yesterday. I wonder why Schiff wasn’t praising that bit of bipartisanship.

If the opening of the futures market on Tuesday is any indication, the stock market will take another beating today.

Quentin Tarantino finally chimes in on the whole Uma-Weinstein article kerfuffle. All I gathered from it is that:

• all of these people have enormous egos and inflated senses of self-worth
• he spit in her face and choked her because they had a close, trusting working relationship and he had more confidence in himself to get it right sooner than an actor or stagehand would
• Uma Thurman probably needs to learn how to drive a car like 99.99% of American adults.

Gavin Newsom gives a stunning and brave interview in which he waves off his marriage-ending affair from a decade ago and blames problems on “toxic masculinity” rather than, you know, individual responsibility.  As a bonus, I never knew he was married to Kimberly Giulfoyle.

Professor invites Steve Bannon to debate him. Takes time to courteously explain to snowflakes that that’s how life is going to be once you leave the cocoon of college life. What a bunch of idiots. Do they really think they can avoid confrontation with people who have opposing viewpoints their entire life through censoring them and preventing them access to public forums?  Are they really this stupid?  ::sigh:: I get the feeling they are.  Well, good thing they’re not the ones with all the guns.

If you wondered what was going on with Catalonia, you’re not alone. But you might want to shift your attention to Corsica if you want to know what the next separatist European hotspot is.

Penn State to NASA: eat shit!

Musical tie-in for the last link.

That’s all I’ve got.  Have a great day out there.

Lots of happenings over the weekend. But I get the feeling I’d be lynched, and not Loretta-style with a sweet meeting in a private jet but the kind involving a rope and a tree, if I didn’t at least bring up sports.  So I will:

The Buckeyes struggled early put pulled away in a game of runs to beat Illinois. Meanwhile Villanova rolls along. And I know it was Saturday, but its worth noting that Kentucky got rocked my Missouri and the mighty Duke fell to lowly St. Johns in an odd out-of-conference game in February.  I hope it drove Dickie V to tears, the one-eyed fuck. And on the ice, Montreal beat Ottawa, Carolina topped San Jose, and Army beat Washington.

And then…there was the reason Philly will probably be burning as you read this.  But as far as this man is concerned, its a small price to pay so the rest of the civilized world can get a tase of those salty, ham lobster tears. I haven’t tasted anything this sweet since walking out of the Superdome a few years ago after Ohio State beat Alabama on their way to a National Championship. But don’t worry, Bradyiots, ESPN made sure the second story in the headlines was you guys being favored to win it all next year.  Also, T-Mobile pandered too much, Jack In The Box (feat. Martha Stewart) nailed it, and Gordon Ramsey is still funny as fuck.

Whew!  What a game.  Now let’s see if I can find anything else worthwhile to talk about in…the links!

Well that’s just, like, your opinion little man. When asked for comment, Lester Holt said he agreed and then got back in the ski lift line at the direction of the 8-year old kid that was manning it.

Man vs hate birds, the birds that hate: or Man vs government bastards, the bastards that govern.Either way, I like this fellow for his position on taxes but I’m not a big fan for his desire to get the government to solve what could easily be remedied by dumping bags of poison on the lawn or hiring a few gents with shotguns. (And I always thought his wife was hot way back in the day before that crazy German fucker stabbed her in the back.)

Well, I guess the taxes aren’t high enough in Chicago, otherwise this wouldn’t be happening.  And even though they’re required to go by law, I doubt there will be any legal consequences for these lazy fucks.  Also, note which cases they didn’t go to and take a wild guess as to why.

In the infamous words of Jack Napier: Never rub another man’s rhubarb.

Keeping it in the family. This story is weird as shit, but the criminal charges are a bunch of bullshit.  Adultery? Seriously? And correct me if I’m wrong, but someone ceases to be a minor when they turn 18. Get a math textbook, North Carolina.

Christ, what a couple of assholes. That is all.

Here’s one for the techies out there. Ands for the IP- and anti IP-warriors out there to fight over.  Hell, it’s actually a pretty interesting case that I wish got more attention.

The California “bullet” train continues to be an absolute shitshow. And if you’re surprised by that, then you haven’t been paying attention.

This is for the people in the last link (and OMWC).

Have a great day, friends.

 

Memo Day 2: Electric Boogaloo! Memo Day 2: Electric Boogaloo! Memo Day 2: Electric Boogaloo!

Sequels are so much better than the original.  Rocky II, Jaws II (even though some certain deviant on here with a white panel van still refuses to watch the original), Temple Of Doom…instant classics compared to the original, right?  Of course, the difference today is that the memos might be released whereas they weren’t released in Memo Day. So this is a different dynamic than in Hollywood. Maybe because there’s no casting couch.  God, I hope there’s no casting couch in the House Judiciary Committee offices. That would be…unpleasant for all involved.

Wichita State gets shocked again. The Sun Devils continue to falter. And meanwhile, Villanova, Gonzaga and St Marys continue to dominate lesser opponents.  A heavy slate of games on the ice last night, resulting in the following winners: Boston, Florida, New Jersey, Toronto, Carolina, Ottawa, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas and Army.

Michael Westbrook is about to pay a hefty fine for shoving a fan and the Phoenix Open started up yesterday, and with it one of the most enjoyable venues in all of sports from a fan’s perspective.

Anyway, here are…the links!

Christ, what an asshole. That is all.

A federal judge is no fan of federalism apparently.  I mean, there’s no federal system in place, there’s no violation of the Constitution at play here, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this system other than the fact that a single man doesn’t think its “fair”.  Shit, if the guy in the first link wasn’t so odious I could have saved the “Christ, what an asshole” for this guy. And while I’m no fan of depriving voting rights once a sentence is served, this system is in no way discriminatory against any protected class.  If its to be overturned, it should be by a vote of the legislature.

Peter Thiel telling it like it is.  I’m sure that’ll make him a lot of friends in his neck of the woods.  Damn, I wish he’d move to Texas and speed up the exodus.

Was Trump an anti-Semite or did he just hate the Muslims? I can’t remember the latest talking points from the MSM Democrat Party. Well, this sure is a strange way to act toward people you fundamentally hate. Which makes me wonder if the media might have gotten this one wrong.  Nah!!! That’s crazy talk. He still hates them all. And the blacks. And the hispanics. And women. And dogs. And probably even Asians and whitey, truth be known.

Ikea Founder doesn’t leave fortune to family. That’s his call, but I don’t think I’d have done the same unless my kids were assholes.

When you have a hard time finding a jury willing to convict four people on a video they recorded themselves, in which they kidnapped and beat a mentally disabled person while screaming “fuck white people” and “fuck Donald Trump”, then we might have a societal breakdown in Chicago.  Or you have an idiot prosecutor who can’t tell the difference between knowing about a case and the ability to be impartial.

And on the lighter side: NEEEEEEERRRRRRDS!!!!!!!!!

This goes out to those Jeopardy! players.

Have a great Groundhog Day and a better weekend.

Today is memo day! Today is memo day! Today is memo day!

Looks like a bunch of Russian athletes will have their doping bans lifted.  But who cares since there will be no NHL players in the Olympics.  Speaking of which, the Maple Leafs, Crapitals and Red Wings were winners last night. And on the hardwood, Cincy, Purdue, UVA, Arizona and Michigan State all won while West Virginia fell.

Across the pond, Bournemouth drilled Chelsea, Man Shitty won again while their crosstown rivals fell to Spurs. Everton won (after Liverpool won Tuesday, by the way) and there were a couple of ties.

That’s all for that.  Now…the links!

Oh no! Here’s the smoking gun that will take the admin down for sure.  I’ll lay it all out: A former spokesman for Trump’s legal team allegedly said he is prepared to tell Mueller that Hope Hicks may have considered obstructing justice in one comment she made to him about Trump Jr’s meeting with a couple of Russians. You got that?  And apparently he said he keeps notes of meetings. So that, you know, should corroborate his story of her making a comment that no evidence suggests she even followed up on. By the way, what Trump Jr said in public about the reason for the meeting doesn’t matter as long as he told the truth to the FBI and the congressional committees that interviewed him. And we all know what he told them was leaked about 15 minutes after he said it, which is what caused the talking heads at CNN and MSNBC to explode…until it came out that the people he met were somehow allowed to be here because someone in the Obama White House had personally signed off on their presence but have since refused to discuss it.

The whole thing is laughable. And if they’re thinking this latest round of unsubstantiated claims of thoughtcrime that can’t in any way be corrobborated is going to move the needle on impeachment at all, they’re as dumb as they look.

Speaking of the memo that is set to be released today, the FBI has grave concerns about its accuracy since it omits so many facts.  In other words, it only discusses what the principals may have done wrong and doesn’t touch on the good parts of the investigation.  Because every time they hold a press conference about a suspect, I know they go out of their way to tell the public that the perp was an otherwise kind person and even took care of a stray dog once.  Hell, there are enough violations of ethics rules by McCabe alone to sink any investigation that ensued from information he gathered or was involved in finding.  Like, for instance, if he essentially tricked Michael Flynn into lying to him in what he would have considered to be a normal FBI briefing as opposed to an interview about Russian collusion.

In related news, Mueller and Flynn have both requested a delay in the sentencing hearing of Flynn. This on the heels of the same request being made for Papadapolous’s sentencing.  Conjecture away as to the reason, but I have no idea why a defendant would submit to a delay in sentencing for something he’s pleaded guilty to (that carries a minimal sentence with little to no jail time) unless there is a compelling reason to do so…like rescinding the plea because the evidence gathered was tainted.  But we’re gonna have to wait to find out about that too, although I suspect Nunes will shed a little light on that as well.

Nashville mayor admits to having an affair with her head of security. Hey, what they do on their own time is their own business…oh wait, apparently it wasn’t on their own time. Not unless they were banging after he had clocked out. Which doesn’t seem to have been very often since he racked up $50,000 in overtime last year.  And there’s not a whiff of impropriety in the fact that he, and he alone, accompanied the mayor on “fact-finding” trips to Paris and Athens and other exotic locales.  Because if I know anything about the relationship between Nashville and Paris, Athens and Madrid, its that they need constant maintenance from the mayor and her head of security alone.

California: prepare to get fucked at the pump.

And coming to you live from the “No Fucking Shit” Department.

Meanwhile shit that happened overnight less than a block from my babysitter’s house. Which means I did the links with three little monkeys hanging all over me this morning because I can’t take them over until 8 because she had to drive her kids to school.

That’s it.  Except for this tie-in to the last link.

Go have a wonderful day, friends.

Hockey is back! And there were some nice upsets (Go No Gata!), close calls (Vandy-UK) and good games in college basketball last night, especially the Buckeyes dismantling Indiana after that tough loss the other day in which they got screwed by the refs. I know many of you chose one of those two things rather than the SOTU last night.  I decided to watch Weird Science and explain to my son this is how nerds used to overcome adversity: by creating women (or Pershing missiles) in their bedroom with bras on their heads.  He was taking notes, which makes me nervous. Also, RIP Chet.

So you guys can discuss all that in the comments or you can discuss, among other things…the links!

From the recaps I saw and the comments I looked at last night, I can’t tell if Trump delivered his State Of The Union speech last night to his base, to those he’s courting to add to that base or exclusively to his political opponents.  I do know CNN apparently conjectured that his wife wore white to protest…him? And that she rode separately out of protest too…even though she was escorting his guests personally to the event.  And then Kennedy and the chapstick and his calling out Trump for bullying tranny kids or something?  And where was Maxine?  I was spectin to hea a ho lotta biness bout ‘peachment. An wif her not speak’n, I dinna hea bout ‘peachment. Oh well, I’m sure she’ll start talking about it again soon when the Nunes memo gets released.

Looks like Andrew McCabe, new hero of the left, has a few questions that need to be answered. I’m curious how the “Hillary got railroaded because they waited till the last minute to examine her emails” narrative will play out now that it looks like they were trying to sweep the whole thing completely under the rug but had to announce their existence as the truth was being leaked by front-line FBI agents.

Speaking of FBI agents, this one here sounds like a real idiot. Which means he’ll keep his job and/or get a sweet early retirement…all for killing the person he was sent to rescue but completely failed to identify before pulling the trigger twice. You know the way to not “fear losing control of your weapon”? Well, try not jamming it through a window barrel-first to a dark room in a hostage situation for starters.

Shit, I saw the headline and I assumed SA had finally got a spine. Then I read the story and realized they had merely increased the wattage in their social signaler. Seriously…what a bunch of fucking asshats.

I can’t figure this out.  Is it some Harrison Bergeron-type shit going on, or is a Berkeley, CA public school using a weighted compression vest to punish kindergarteners who get a little excitable? Either way, its child abuse and stretches any acceptable level of in loco parentis beyond a reasonable level. And if it happened to one of my kids and I was given such a flippant answer when I questioned it, there would likely be blood spilled. Plenty of blood.

I’m shocked! Shocked to find corruption going on in Cook County, Illinois!

Somebody get this guy a bus ticket to Florida. Oh wait, Powhatan is the Florida of Virginia, so it all makes sense.

Here’s his theme music. He’s earned it.

Good luck out there today, friends. I know it’ll be filled with apoplexy over the SOTU. And with a little luck, the Nunes memo will push them over the edge. ::fingers crossed::

 

Still no hockey. Duke won in college basketball, preparing Americans’ disgust for the upcoming New England Super Bowl victory. And there was a big NBA trade that I couldn’t possibly care less about.  And that’s it. That’s pretty much the entire sports world yesterday. I don’t count the witch hunt of the football and basketball coaches at Michigan State a sports story. But I will mention here that neither of those head coaches or men on their staff have a responsibility to monitor, punish or otherwise do anything to adults whose alleged actions are the purview of the legal system, not Title IX kangaroo courts set up by the schools. Doing so diminishes the right of due process to those people and undermines our entire criminal justice system. Participating in those shams should be actionable.

That’s it. I went off the rails again.  Sorry.  Let’s see if I can make it up to you in…the links!

Hardline Hamas leader “dies” after “shooting himself in the head”.  Maybe the dies shouldn’t be in quotation marks. I don’t know because I haven’t seen the body. But the second part most likely does.  I mean, if he got all suicidy, wouldn’t he have gone full Hamas and blown himself up on a bus full of innocent Israeli children or something?

After such a long wait, has Hollywood finally made a really kick-ass comic book movie? (Confession: I thought Spider Man Homecoming was very well-done.) Well, its Marvel, so it has a much better chance of being good that if it was a DC film. Meh, I’ll have to see what real people rather than critics say.

HBCU graduation rates are probably a little lower than they ought to be. Of course, the researchers quoted in the story have a solution: throw more money at them. You know, because the solution to a 5% graduation rate after six years has to be more spending.

All that bitching from Pelosi and the other scumbag politicians from the Bay Area about how Trump is killing their housing industry by cutting taxes appears to be what L.Q. Clemonds would call “a load of hooey”.

Chicago government can’t even figure out how to run a ticketing scam. Well, they could until the courts reviewed it and realized it was a gross violation of due process.  Now if only every other city in America would abandon the whole traffic camera thing.

Republicans vote to #releasethememo. And the whole McCabe resignation gets funnier as known perjurer and Keystone Kop of an investigator James Comey rushes to support him. He did not receive such kind words, allegedly, from Trump however after his wife lost her Clinton-funded run for office. Or when he let the taxpayers foot the bill for Comey’s use of official transport after he was let go. The whole thing is hilarious and one can only expect it to get even funnier tonight.

Get some visine handy. There’s a lot of dusty air around here. Or is someone cutting onions?  Oh yeah, its neither. Its the last link of the morning links. (TW: you will probably cry if you read this.)

This is for the people mentioned right above.

Have a great day, friends.

 

This has been a loooong week. I’m exhausted. And now I have to drive to Decauter over the weekend to look at a bunch of equipment. Then I have to get back to work on Monday to get the big auction ready.  Meanwhile, the Ft Worth Stock Show is going on so I’ll have to stay in Dallas tomorrow night. So if any of you are up for a little fun in the Big D tomorrow night, let me know.  The wife and I will be headed in to town (she’s coming with since its an anniversary of sorts).

Federer will face Cilic in the Aussie final after the Swiss advanced in a walkover when his opponent got “blisters under blisters under blisters” on his left foot. Lots of hockey last night. Feel free to discuss. All Star Game this weekend, likewise for the NBA.

I’ve got to move on quickly because I’m running behind. So here are…the links!

Apparently Trump ordered Mueller to be fired and then recanted when he was told his White House counsel was going to quit. Wait, is the right word to use there “apparently” or “allegedly”?  I’m not sure what the style guide says to use when a story’s only sources are according to four people told of the matter. Could someone help me out here? Are there any alumni from Columbia, perhaps? I mean, for all we know, those are the same unnamed people they used to break the “Sessions to be fired imminently” a few months ago and other items the NYT would like us to forget they published in the last year based solely on “unnamed sources with information about …”

Pardon me if I yawn and say “I really don’t believe you” to the entire story. Sorry, mainstream media. You’ve lost all credibility in the last year. And by the way, Trump has called it fake news. On the record.

Wait, maybe Oprah is really a Hindu god and actually has more than three arms hiding under that dress. And why do they feel the need to photoshop these women? Doesn’t send a very body-positive message, does it? Those shitlords at Vanity Fair need to get woke.  And I mean WOKE AF as quickly as possible. Either way, I blame the patriarchy.

In a story about the FBI-Russiagate-Trump-Clinton-Strzok-Page-Etc-Etc Scandal, This one with written memos and people willing to go on record, it appears that the lost text messages have been recovered. Strangely enough, they were recovered when the Inspector General had devices seized from the two people who said the messages had disappeared.  I guess the IG has some magic wand that makes things appear when the holders of devices told their bosses they were gone.

At some point, we need to start using this as a tool to cull the herd of the stupid. Because you’ve got to be a real dumbshit to do this.

County commissioner doesn’t attend meetings he’s supposed to attend. Constituent tells him that’s not a good way to do your job. Commissioner shares his true feelings about constituent on Facebook.

Looks like Team Blue are gonna drop the Clintons and go back to another dynasty for their response to the SOTU.  Because, you know, they’re the party of the young, fresh-faced diverse America.  Yet somehow all of their leading voices are old-ass white people or the descendants of a pill-popping junkie president or his drunk driving-to death brother.

Shit, it worked yesterday, so I’m gonna tie the music in with the last link and pay tribute to Ted Kennedy.

Hey, have a great end to your week and an even better weekend. I’m gonna go celebrate six wonderful years.

(Last paragraph edited due to personal backlash)