Author: sloopyinca

The Women’s final for the Aussie Open is set, with the top two seeds, Wozniaki and Halep, making it through to face each other.  On the Men’s side, Federer will play Chung sometime soon and will take on Marin Cilic, who made it through earlier today…last night…well whenever they played. I can’t tell what time or day anything is being played there, what with ESPN posting scores for Thursday on Wednesday and Wednesday on Thursday and…oh God, I think I’ve gone cross-eyed. (No crazy-eyes jokes from any of the Glibs that have met me, by the way. I don’t need that shit.)

The two top ten college basketball teams from Ohio, Cincy and Xaxier, both won last night easily.  The Buckeyes didn’t play although they took care of business the other night and I didn’t get a chance to recap. Other Top 25 teams in action: Auburn won, Florida lost, Nevada lost in double OT and Rhode Island took care of business.

Just two games on the ice last night.  TWO!  Can’t they at least schedule a couple more back to back games before they give these guys four days off for the all-star game (featuring Kid Rock!)?  Anyway, the Blackhawks slide continues as they fall to the Maple Leafs. Meanwhile, the Kings doused the Flames, both of those games going to OT.

I’m sure there’s others shit happening in the sports world. I won’t bother covering the JV tournament in English soccer, sorry. And if there’s something else y’all want me to touch on besides the NBA, let me know.

Get it? Got it? GOOD! Now let’s move into…the links!

Erykah Badu might want to consult a physician and have those meds changed. Or maybe not. After all, I hadn’t heard her name mentioned in years. And all publicity is good publicity. Or something like that.

David Cop-a-feel has been accused of sexually assaulting the oldest looking 17-year old in the world. Her chiropractor has “verified” her story. The “doctor” said the pain from it has caused ripple effects almost 30 years later and that her “patient” had a panic attack while discussing it recently. And if I know anything about the medical profession, its that when patients finally decide top confide in the doctor chiropractor they’ve put their faith in, the real truth comes out…then they get adjusted and everything turns out fine. If the doctor is worried about her panic attacks or anxiety, maybe she could wrote her a prescr…oh that’s right. She’s not really a doctor.

Butthhurt dumbasses are butthurt. Get over yourselves, freaks.  That is all.

The next step in the creation of a libertarian utopia has taken place. Sorry gang, but this is the only way we can keep pace with the looters that are otherwise gonna breed and bleed us dry.

To say that GOP lawmakers are getting tired of the FBI and DOJ stonewalling would be a gross understatement. Elsewhere, polls are saying that a majority of Americans would like a second special prosecutor to look into the FBI’s shenanigans and believe there has been collusion…by federal agents in the Clinton and Russia investigations.  Go long on popcorn, people. This is getting interesting.

Apparently, people VOLUNTARILY working at a party in skimpy clothing and being encouraged to be as friendly as they want to be with the guests is a bad thing. I, for one, can’t think of anything more empowering than to offer, for a substantial sum of money, work to women and not even consider offering the same employment opportunities to men…and then telling those women that they’re free to engage in whatever level of fraternization they personally find acceptable and then to forge whatever relationships from the employment they deem appropriate.  Aw, who am I kidding? Its more empowering to shut the whole operation down, end the donation of millions of dollars it generates and shame everyone involved that has a dick between their legs.

Bunch of fucking Victorian prudish left-wing assholes.

Its good to be the king. But not quite as good in an age where almost everything you do is caught oil camera.

Classic move used to smuggle liquor into sporting events employed to steal Hennessy. I prefer using a baby backpack, but I can accept their move as legitimate. Although I would never use it to steal, only to get booze into a sporting event that should be selling beer at the concession stands because its at the fucking Staples Center. (EDG repping LBC will confirm this story if needed.)

That’s it. Shit, I had a lot of links today. Sorry for stealing anyone’s thunder.

Today’s music is dedicated to the people in the last link. (I apologize in advance to anyone offended by me posting that morose fucker.)

Have a great day, friends.  A great day!

Here we go, Wednesday, here we go! ::clap-clap::

Roger Federer seems ageless there last couple of weeks as he rolls in straight sets, Nadal is forced to sadly retire in the fifth set, the Korean upstart Chung ended the dream run of the Englishman Sandgren and Gregor Dimitrov was bounced by the other limey Edmund. Expect the two limeys to make a splash at Wimbledon…and expect British dreams to be crushed as is (mostly) usual there. Simona Halep cruised into the Semis, as did Kerber, Wozniaki and unseeded Belgian Elise Mertens. Should be kinda fun, but its sad to see injuries take such a toll on the aging stars.

Huge slate of games on the ice last night. The winners: Boston, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Philly, Tampa Bay, St Louis, Dallas, Buffalo (by 5 goals!!!), Army Las Vegas, Vancouver, Winnipeg and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.  Congratulations to all of them.

Looks like the NCAA is gonna go after Michigan State for not paying attention when it was reported that a doctor on their staff molested hundreds of girls. Based not he Penn State precedent, the gymnastics team will be suspended from the postseason for a couple years and then reinstated.  Based on the #metoo bloodlust, the entire athletic program will be flushed down the toilet.  It’ll be interesting to see which tack the organization takes.

That’s it for sports. Let’s talk about other stuff in…the links!

Don’t Minnesodans (other than the wonderful contingent here on Glibs) have more important shit to worry about than this bloviating windbag and his exploits? Who knows what’s true and what isn’t. But I’d be shocked if they were really so quick as to let their cash cow go over a case of he said-she said as opposed to a very well-documented series of events.

OK, so I guess her sin here was being a therapist. Because, what’s the point in even having a hot tub if you can’t use it for its designated purpose? Also, thanks for the grainy pics, assholes. Based on what I’ve seen, she’s not unattractive.  Also, note to media: you’re not a social worker if you are a therapist working in a private practice.  Social workers are the ones who work for the state and don’t pay attention when people are neglecting kids but take them away when the parents question their authority.  There’s a big difference.

Idiotic says idiotic things, most of which mirror the words of black activist groups on college campuses, and is rightfully fired. Because you can’t say stupid shit like “the races should voluntarily separate” and keep your elected position…but you can forcibly exclude certain races from certain college dormitories, groups, meeting spaces and clubs and be hailed as a “campus leader”.  What a world we live in. Where certain people are judged by the content of their character (and fired) rather than the color of their skin (and hailed as empowered).

A 300% profit on an investment wasn’t enough for the Illinois governor apparently. Damn, dude. I’ve got two words for you if you want to really boost your portfolio: cattle futures.

The local DA in the case of those two pieces of shit who kept their 13 kids prisoner wants to bar them from any contact with their victims. Seems reasonable to me. They no doubt brainwashed them into believing their life was normal. I, for one, have no problem limiting their ability to reach out to, and probably intimidate, their victims ahead of their trial.

The GOP are starting to flex their investigatory muscles in their probes into what appears to be a very politically-motivated cabal of people at the FBI.  Of course, Politico begins the article thusly (emphasis mine):

Amid new signs that special counsel Robert Mueller is pursuing an obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress have intensified their own investigations of the Justice Department’s and FBI’s handling of inquiries into Trump’s ties to Russia.

Tuesday brought several dramatic developments in the Russia saga, including the news that Mueller recently interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the first Cabinet official known to be questioned in the investigation. The New York Times also reported that former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by Mueller last year.

But even as Mueller showed apparent momentum, Republicans made new charges of political bias and even potential criminal misconduct in the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.

Sorry, Minnesodans. It was a good run, but that was a tough way for it to end.  And sorry to the rest of the decent, God-fearing people out there in America that will likely end up seeing the Patriots win another Super Bowl on the heels of Bama winning another CFP Playoff.  Just more proof that Satan does, in fact, exist and that he is ever-watchful and playing his fucked up games on mankind.

Djoker man got bounced down under, as Federer cruised and American Tennys (that’s not a typo, btw) Sandgren upset Dominic Thiem and Limey Kyle Edmund topped Italian Andreas Seppi. On the Women’s side, three of the top 4 are in the quarterfinals, joined by Madison Keys, who will face Angelique Kerber in that round.

Not much else happened in the sports world, really. Ah fuck it. We all know plenty happened. I’m just too depressed to go into it after the Jags collapse yesterday (with the help of some convenient PI calls one way and no-calls the other). So I’m done with sports for the day. And I’l throw my energies at…the links!

The homeless problem in America is getting out of control. Sad, really, that he didn’t think to install some doors he could use to lock himself into his house when he was installing the locks he could activate to keep women in his office.

After the Democrats killed the 1 am vote overnight, Senate GOP leaders have set a noon vote to reopen government. Team Blue leaders have said there’s no deal in place and will likely attempt to prevent from happening again.  I breathlessly await the myriad news stories lamenting the shutdown that’s being caused by the Democrat Party’s refusal to allow the vote to get to the floor.

Many California Democrat lawmakers are not fans of the business tax breaks (that many, many companies are sharing with their employees and customers). And their solution is to take half of the money away from those companies…or convince them its time to leave the Golden State for a place that actually wants their businesses instead of the tax money they can loot from them.

Its good to be the king. Or even a mayor who, for some reason, needed to rack up $46,000 in airfares…just to run his city government.  Don’t worry though. Its not just the airfares. He also makes sure to keep the hotel staff on its toes at the ritziest spots in the places he travels to, going so far as to stay at the W Hotel in San Francisco to the tune of $919 a night.  Hey, I wonder what the odds are that he bitches and complains about the government shutdown sometime today? Because, you know, there is nothing left to cut in the bloated federal budget, or even the city budget he presides over that can’t even get companies to safely invest in the bonds issued to keep the pension plans afloat.

T. Boone Pickens calling it quits. I blame global warming.

And last but not least, and with a hat tip to commenter Chafed, I bring you what will be the most under-reported on political scandal of the year. And to accomplish that feat, that means it would merely have to not be plastered all over the front pages of every newspaper for weeks on end, which it definitely deserves.  But I’m pretty sure this will fall well short of even that, and will be lucky to get so much as a mention on Fox News, let alone any other major outlets on tv or much of the print media.  The fact that The Hill put it on their opinion pages, when the information being reported on is a matter of public record now, tells me everything I need to know about the seriousness of the dickheads reporting on the matter.  The Obama Administration made the Nixon gang look like pikers. And unless those with oversight, and that includes the media in my opinion, treat their abuses with the seriousness they deserve, it will be to the everlasting detriment of our nation.

Sorry to end those links on such a downer. but This Damn Nation has me pissed off today.

::takes deep breath…repeats “serenity now” 100 times…exhales::

I’m ok now. And I hope you are too.  Forget about the assholes I listed above and have a great start to your week.

Tennis going on down under and the top seeds are all still cruising. On the ice, the Bruins, Devils, Flyers, Blue Jackets, Blues,  Predators, Avalanche, Penguins, Rangers and Las Vegas won. But the big NHL news was off the ice, as the league are taking the unawake AF position of standing by Kid Rock amid all the backlash of him playing at the All Star Game even though he’s been a supporter of President Trump and has displayed the confederate flag at his concerts and written misogynistic lyrics.  Jeez, I’d hate to see what the backlash over at ESPN would be if the NBA chose, saaaaaay, Jay Z to perform. Or maybe to own a sizable share of a team.  LOL, just kidding. Everybody knows that opening “an escort service for all the right reasons” is way worse than“You know I, thug em’, fuck em’, love em’, leave em’, cause’ I don’t fuckin’ need em.” Way to be stunning and brave, ESPN.

Does that count as a rant? It might count as a rant.  Not too sure, but let’s count it as my rant for the morning and move into…the links!

The Pope wraps up his visit to Chile by running a 105 fever, doing six shots of everclear, taking a couple hits of acid and then giving a speech. I mean, what other explanation can there be for saying that?

You know who else treated their pets well relative to children in their charge? Yeah. You know.

I know he’s campaigning, but does this guy know who he’s dealing with? I mean…that’s a bold statement coming from the man wanting to head a country whose entire economy is dependent on the nation whose executive branch, not to mention immigration policy, is led by the person he plans to get into a public feud with.  I wish him the best of luck.

This is what a shitshow looks like:

Govt official and head of non-profit regularly meet alone. Govt official secures publicly-funded loan to non-profit even though they shouldn’t have qualified for it and over the objection of other government officials (who were not meeting the head of the non-profit in private).

Other govt official: hey, your group needs to pay us the money it owes.

Non-profit head: one of your people sexually harassed me! But I just never mentioned it until now.

Other govt official: Fuck you, pay me.

Yet another govt official: We need to actually take a look at the creepy fuck who pissed taxpayer money away to a chick he was probably boning on the side.

Welcome top Bay Area Political Science 101. Hell, or just ask Kamala Harris. She can explain that this is how things work up there.

Looks like Newsweek might have some splainin’ to do. I’m thankful it was the Manhattan DA and not the feds. Anyway, maybe all us Glibs can pool our resources and buy the place for a song when this is over with.

Hey look, a Chicago politician weighing how a decision will effect her political future before going public with it. Not surprising at all. What is surprising is that she bothered to charge the murderous bastard at all.. But the worst part of the story is this:

While City Hall paid more than $500 million in settlements and legal expenses over allegations of abuses by police officers in recent years, Alvarez’s office rarely prosecuted them, records showed.

Now that’s the Chicago way!

You think things are tense enough in the world?  Kashmir says “Hold my beer.”

I’ve got something for ya, darlin’!

Good luck out there today and through the weekend. Make the best of it!

Yeah, I know its a shock that I dragged my ass out of bed today…like every other weekday with the exception of a few, to do the links.  My wife sure was shocked too.

::rolls eyes::

Anyhoo, the Aussie Open is underway, and I’m gonna focus much of my sports attention there.  Why?  Maybe because its good to see people outside in beautiful weather playing a game.  The Men’s draw is progressing as planned for the top players, with Nadal and Djoker other advancing, and Federer looking strong in his match, up 2 sets to 0 as I write this.  On the Ladies side, Sharapova has advanced and will face off in the third round against the top seed, Simona Halep. Should be interesting to see how Sharapova does with the potentially high pollen count. You know, what with her severe asthma she apparently suffered from for several years.

In mens hoops, Ohio State continued their torrid pace in conference play, although this time they had to hang on after a late Northwestern charge too win their seventh conference game to start the season, which a rookie coach at a Big Ten school hasn’t done in nearly 100 years.

On the ice (and I mean in hockey stadiums, not the back yards and city streets of almost every state in the nation), the Bruins topped les Canadiens and the Mighty Ducks dropped the Penguins. Those were the only games played.

That’s it for sports.  And now…the links!

California government: Christ, what a bunch of assholes.

The largest, and most liberal at least when I was there, newspaper in Puerto Rico has a pretty hot take published on the problems the island has faces after Hurricane Maria. My Struggle in getting through it had less to do with the subject matter than the language barrier. But I putsched through until the end.

It would appear that there is nothing left to cut in the British government, and things are actually so good they’re putting together new, more wasteful ministries. Seriously. What’s next, the Ministry of Dreary Weather?

Remember the Las Vegas massacre where 58 people were killed and news or discussion about the investigation simply vanished into thin air? Well now the idea is being floated that others could be charged. Although the article is short on any new information, which seems strange seeing as the dude killed 58 people and injured hundreds more and the news media has exerted less effort on the story than they did a winter storm. I’m sorry, but the whole thing stinks like rotted fish left out on a summer day.

It looks like the federal government, who has sole authority over immigration laws, and the state of California, who considers itself a sanctuary state, are about to have a showdown. I’ll get the free-range, vegan, non-GMO popcorn.

I’m pretty sure I’ve posted stories about how dysfunctional and corrupt the brass running the Chicago Public Schools system are. But just in case you missed it, here’s the latest.

Hey dummy, don’t you read the news out of New York City? You don’t solicit prostitutes when you’re a cop. That results in an arrest. You’re supposed to just pull women over while in duty and then have sex with them, claiming later that it wasn’t under duress.  That way you get your whoring done and you don’t even have to pay.

That’s all for the links. Now enjoy a little music. Feel free to skip ahead :50 if you don’t want the weirdness.

Enjoy the thawing process, friends. I know I will.

Hey look! Its about to start snowing in Houston. Which means very bad things for those of us who need to get on the road. So let’s jump into this as fast as we can, ok?

In the sports world, attention shifts to sunnier climes. That’s right, its Australian Open time!  It doesn’t look like there were any upsets through the first couple of days. Unless anybody considers one hit wonder Kevin Anderson a favorite for anything.  Oh yeah, and CoCo Vendeweigh went bananas over…bananas en route to being bounced out in the first round. I guess that’s an upset, although with her mental state, anything is possible.

Not much else happened anywhere. Dallas, Colorado, San Jose and the Islanders all won on the ice.Man United won to move into sole possession of second place in the EPL. FA Cup third round replays are on for the next couple of days. And the world waits, stunned, for the NFL conference championship games, still talking about that wild finish in Minnesoooooda.

That’s all for sports. Now…the links!

Looks like Twitter has some splainin to do. Well, they would if anybody decided to get off the shithole comments and focus on a blatant invasion of privacy.

Two weirdo-looking psychopaths are arrested for essentially enslaving their 13 children. They had them chained to the bed and weren’t feeding them properly either. They were arrested after one of the kids escaped and called 911. Those disgusting pigs need to rot in prison.

Talk about irony! He might have made it had he gone back to the shithole lovely paradise he and most of his gang came from. But he stayed in America and is now a casualty in the horrible gun wars. Let’s see if the retarded gun-grabbers blame the NRA for this peach of a guy getting whacked.

The Airbus A380 was hailed as the future of aviation. It soon may become just a part of its past.

Chicago is still hiring too many white cops apparently. The story goes on to say how the number of minorities hired is way lower than the percentage of them that sign up to take the exam. But it never touches on the percentage that actually pass the exam.  And there’s also this:

Johnson says the stagnation in minority hiring is the result in part of candidates not following through after signing up for the police entrance exam.

But never fear! There’s this as well:

Johnson says many minority candidates are eliminated by the physical fitness and credit-check portions of the hiring process.

He says the department has “put things in place” to see that fewer minority candidates are eliminated from consideration.

So you see? Its easy to boost the number of minority candidates hired to be Chicago cops: you just have to lower the physical standards, hire more people that can’t pass the credit check and apparently lower the testing requirements.  And all that just to become a part of what might be the most corrupt police force in America and become basically above the law.’

Damn, dude. Wouldn’t it have been easier to just, you know, do your job?

I’m gonna just quote this story’s headline word for word. Because it’s earned it: Danish man charged with killing reporter on his submarine.

Goodbye, Dolores.  I’ll miss this song.

Good luck out there, friends. Especially those of you dealing with snow and ice in a place where it never snows

1. Here was an exchange several of us had on a group chat yesterday:

JW: Looking bad for Minn. Now it’s hero or goat time

Swissy: Oh boy… Not much of a chance unless they can get out of bounds’

OMWC: zzzholy SHIT!

Swissy: DID I JUST SEE THAT

JW: HOLY SHIT

OMWC: HOLY FUCKING SHIT

Sloop: Holy fucking shit

Los Doyers: God dkan. Damn, even

Swissy: DAYUM.

That started at 6:55 and escalated quickly at 7:07.  I mean…wow. I bet the Minnesodans on here are still drunk. I know the coonasses probably are, but that’s just because they’d be anyway.  But…wow. What a finish.

Elsewhere, the Steelers forgot what the fuck they’re supposed to do on 4th and less than a yard. Way to hand the AFC to the Patriots again, Tomlin and Haley. That game is completely on you two dumbasses. Meanwhile, the Eagles advanced to play the Vikings after a defensive battle. And the aforementioned Cheatriots will host the Jags next week.

In college basketball, I just want to mention that the Buckeyes tore the asshole out of another decent opponent and might actually start getting a little bit of the respect they should have earned a couple weeks ago. Look for them to make a splash in the polls today.

And across the pond, Arsenhole’s woes continue, as do Everton’s (I couldn’t resist) while their crosstown rivals Liverpool put a stop to Man City’s run at a season without a loss by throttling the Citizens (except for the last 5 minutes).

No more sports. That update was enough for some of you. Not enough for many of you. And a painful reminder that activities exist where they keep score to a few of you. I apologize to each of the latter groups.  And now that I’ve done so, let’s move on into…the links!

Idiot government worker causes millions of people to freak out. But instead of firing him, they give him another job. And now Hawaiian taxpayers get to pay two people instead of one to do the same job…which is basically to NOT push a button unless they’re really under attack.

Trump accurately, if inarticulately, labels several places. The dumbest person in the House (debatably) goes berserk again and claim’s its grounds for impeachment.

Aziz Ansari is under fire now in the #metoo wars. I had no idea. Did this all explode over the weekend? Actually, don’t tell me. I really don’t give a shit.

A wife of a crooked politician is angry that another politician, this one not sitting in a federal prison, is using footage of her husband’s wiretap in a campaign ad. You know, there’s an easy way to avoid your corruption trial becoming footage in a campaign ad, lady.

Some black “leaders” are saying Trump’s presidency is at odds with Martin Luther King’s legacy. That may be true. But I wonder if its at odds with King’s words.  Let’s take affirmative action vs judging someone by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, for starters…

I can’t call the place a shithole for fear of backlash, but I sure as shit wouldn’t feel safe walking through a Baghdad market.

This song works one day out of the year: today. And its not a great song, but it’ll lead you down a rabbit hole of Queen greatness.  So, you’re welcome.

Enjoy the holiday, those of you that can enjoy it. Those of you that can’t, then get back to work!

I can’t believe I’ve made it to the end of this week. Its been a journey, to say the least.  I’m working on another auction, but this one is an old bar/ice house and then someone’s house that the personal property has been taken over to the bar. And let’s just say that the guy’s tastes are…eclectic. I’ve got gas pumps from the 30s, several hundred unopened Matchbox cars from the 60s and 70s, video poker machines, a dozen pedal cars from the 40s-60s, pieces of coal from the Titanic, a Nazi trash can, a baseball card signed by Mantle and DiMaggio, a million old metal beer and gas/oil signs (one a Texaco sign that’s 108″ wide!), about 50 neon beer signs, a perfectly restored Coke machine from the 30s and a Seeburg Trashcan jukebox, and a 1955 chevy truck chassis.  What a mix. And I’ve still got a shitload of work to do.

I have to find a way to get rid of one of those lots, because there’s no way in hell I’m gonna auction it off.

Arizona, Gonzaga and Wichita State all won, while Arizona State continued fading fast and Clemson fell to NC State. And in the Big Ten, Ohio State kept kicking ass by thumping Maryland.In hockey, the Sabres, Hurricanes and Flames won. And in the NFL, LeVeon Bell doesn’t understand the CBA he agreed to play under.  Well, that or he understands it but is willing to retire rather than make $14M a year under it.  Either way, he picked a hell of a week to start bitching.

That’s all for sports (and my personal anecdote about work. Let’s talk about other things for a while in…the links!

Trump asks a legitimate question in an inarticulate way. I wonder the reaction if he’d have said “why can’t we be like 99% of the rest of the world, and have a merit-based immigration system?” instead of calling nations with corrupt governments, completely failing education systems, policies and systems largely incompatible with ours, and large percentages of their people requiring extensive handouts “shitholes”?

There’s nothing wrong with having a side business, but I’m not too sure about this one. Though, tbh, unless it violates the contract they signed with the people paying for their primary services, I fail to see why its any of the FBI’s business.

Speaking of government agencies who exceed their authority, the TSA are doing retarded-ass shit again. Not that they ever stopped or even slowed down. I just wanted to point out their retardation…as well as what appears to be a fairly attractive young lady.

Bella Thorne shows her ass (not in the good way for those of you who might find her vacant expression or other assets attractive), and Rob Lowe promptly puts his boot up it.  I mean…damn, girl! You might want to sit twitter out for a while.

Jon Gruden is already making waves in California. (No, this doesn’t belong in the sports section.)

Talk about bad timing. But that’s ok. He’ll probably get elected since the district he’s in charge of is doing so well.

And lastly, maybe our resident vampire-hunter can shed a little light on this. Because its new to me.

Here you go. Enjoy it the entire time you’re reading the rest of the links.

Have a great Friday, and get the weekend off to a good start, friends.

::Stupid WiFi went out halfway through links  so no pics until/if it comes back up  doing the links with a tablet is bad enough  finding, loading and placing the photos is too tall a task for my marginal skills::

::UPDATE: I put a couple images in there. I’m doing the best I can!::

The days are getting longer, thank God. But the work never seems to get done. At least that’s how the people at the Fritz Pollard Alliance feel.  After all, a person looking for a problem everywhere is likely never done working until they’re planted in the ground.  And seriously, the Raiders have always been out ahead of things on the diversity front. Maybe pick another target next time, eh?

By the way, that still counts as sports. So do these results in college basketball: Duke won, Michigan State bounced back after Ohio State crushed them over the weekend, Villanova thumped Xavier, Texas upset TCU, and Louisville upset Florida State, which means…hooker party in the players dorm!!!

Only two games on the ice last night. The Senators took down the Maple Leafs and the Minnesooooda WIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLDDDD snuck past the Blackhawks.  I guess they wish they had a few of those goals back from last night.

Across the pond, Chelski and Arsenhole played to a lifeless, goalless draw in the first leg of their League (read: JV) Cup semifinal.

No more sports for you. Mainly because nothing else is going on. So I’ll just move on into…the links!

The Republican Governor of Missouri is in a bit of a pickle. But he says he never blackmailed the lady he had an affair with a couple years ago. Either way, I thought the non-famous person was supposed to blackmail the politician, not the other way around. Meh, live and learn.

If image is everything, then our country is on the right track.

Is James Franco the next Hollywood star that’s going down for sexual assault/misconduct? The number of women accusing him of such has reached five in just a few days.

I don’t usually like to spread rumors, but I’ll go ahead and share this one, because I believe that we will hit $80 a barrel oil very soon. But don’t expect Venezuela to be the recipient of those profits. Much of the increase will happen because their wells will be offline.

The California government is poised to fuck up on the “clean energy” front once more. Its like words don’t even have meaning to those morons.

Here is great music.

Get out there and enjoy your day!

Get your hot coffee in?  Good!

Well it looks like my focus is gonna drift to college basketball, soccer and hockey for the next little bit. I apologize in advance for those of you who hate real sports.  But take solace in the fact that the links will soon be replete with updates on silly shit like ice dancing, cross country skiing and ::gasp!:: curling! But until then…

West Virginia, UVA, Purdue, Kansas, UNC, UK, Auburn, Tennessee and Creighton all beat unranked teams. Seton Hall got drilled by unranked Marquette while Oklahoma prevailed over Texas Tech in a battle of top ten teams.

On the ice, the Jets beat the woeful Sabres, the Crapitals took down the Canucks, the Peredators topped the Oilers, The Panthers topped the Blues, the Lightning struck against the Hurricanes, the Flames beat the Minnesoda WIIIIIIILLLLDDD, and the Blackhawks hung dog balls on the Senators.

Man City just kept on winning in the League Cup, where they prevailed with a b-side in their first semifinal leg against Bristol City. Chelsea play Arsenhole today in their first leg, in what has suddenly become priority number one for the gooners.

That’s the sports update. Now come…the links!

13 dead in Southern California as torrential rains following a series of wildfires left the areas vulnerable. Several have been hospitalized, four in critical condition. Many more are unaccounted for, so expect that death toll to rise.  Stay safe, SoCal Glibs. You’re in our thoughts and prayers.

New Hampshire legislature, not waiting on a study to be completed, has taken a big step toward legalizing recreational use of marijuana. I’m telling you, the Sessions move will precipitate this getting to Congress before the fall elections and you’re gonna see the right thing done the right way (real legalization, not this quasi-legal, “turn the other way when its convenient but leave the laws on the books” bullshit that leads down a path to rule of man vs rule of law.

Stunning…and brave.  I can see it happening at the media’s awards shows, since that entire industry seems to run on sexual favors and rampant abuse. But the State Of The Union?  This might have been more appropriate, oh, 20 years ago. But it wound have been part of a right-wing conspiracy then, as opposed to a gallant stand by leftists, who tend to populate the industries in much greater numbers where this abuse is rampant.  But somehow I think their target is not the guy or gal looking them in the mirror every day.

Kodak’s shares double in value in one day after they announced the launch of their own cryptocurrency (KODAKcoin) to be used by photographers.

A powerful earthquake hit the Caribbean, with several smaller tremors following. The tsunami threat appears to have diminished.

Exxon Mobil struck back at California communities that had sued the oil company blaming them for “climate change”.

At first, I was relieved when I saw this in a Cleveland paper. Then I realized this idiocy had happened in the Cincinnati area.  Way to go Kings, you bunch of dumbasses.

As an aside, I want to note that my first competitive darts team were called the Cleveland Steamers and we won the CVDA (Richmond, what’s up?!) B League in our first year of play. The trophy is still in Breakers West End to this day.  After the league “requested” we change our name, we were runners-up in the A League our next two years as…The Shockers.

No time left for more links.

Gotta get to work.  Make today the best Wednesday of the year so far.  Take care, friends.