Author: sloopyinca

Just one lone game on the ice last night?  Jeez, NHL. Throw me a bone here.  Anyway, Columbus dispatched with the Maple Leafs. The Jags’ DE Ngakoue stands by his assertion that Richie Incognito called him a racial slur. Nobody on the field, which totals at least 21 people, several officials, those with sideline mics and the people catching almost everything with tv cameras, managed to hear anything, and Ngakoue won’t even say what the word was, although he has said that he “doesn’t remember” if he said the n-word.  What a strange situation where the only guy getting press on it is the one guy who simply can’t, or won’t, recall what was said. And Andy Murray lets the media know that he had hip surgery and will miss at least the Australian Open and French Open this year.

Anyway, that’s it for sports. Let’s quickly and quietly move right into…the links!

I didn’t think it was possible, but Meryl Streep has gone even further up her own asshole. All we needed was an encore performance of her giving a standing ovation to a convicted child rapist or calling someone “a God” that everybody in her profession knew was a serial sexual assaulter. That would have crowned her Queen Shithead in perpetuity.

Ghana’s Immigration Service says it will not hire women who have bleached their skin or have stretch marks. Hey, I know black is beautiful, but are you telling me that white can’t be right?  I reserve comment on the stretch marks pending further explanation.

You want to read about a shitshow? Well, here’s your chance. Never change, Chicago cops or the people who work closely with them. Well, actually do change and stop being so corrupt. It would be nice for your residents and visitors to know the guy near them carrying a gun and wearing a badge will be held to the same standards of the law that they are.

Remember when O.J. Simpson penned “If I Did It”, or whatever that book was called?  Well it looks like the NYPD’s very own “Cannibal Cop” has decided to follow the same script after being released from prison.

What a dumbass. Has he never heard of a boot? Or a book? Or…hell, almost anything wound have been smarter than what he decided to do.

Some dude killed his “wife”. GLAAD goes off the rails. Hey, you know it might have been a domestic dispute instead of an attack on the entire tranny movement. You know, since all of the evidence points in that direction.

Salvadoreans are afraid their country might not be ready for the return of some of their 2 million people living in America. The people were granted temporary status in America following an earthquake…in 2001. The returns might happen for less than 10% of those here over the next two years.  Because, you know, 17 years isn’t enough time to rebuild some infrastructure and get people home after an earthquake.

::googles photos of Berlin or Paris in 1960::

Yeah, its possible to accomplish a rebuilding effort if you really want to.

After these links, we all deserve this song.

Good luck out there today. It’s a crazy world.

Playoff football is worth covering, no?  Well I’m covering it either way.  The Rams got shut down at home by the Falcons. (Just a little over a week after the team they share a stadium with got curb-stomped by the Buckeyes in Dallas, by the way.) Tennessee held on the beat the Chefs in a wild game.  In Sunday action, the Saints did everything they could to blow their game against the Panthers, but we were still given the gift of Cam Newton crying when it was over. And there Jacksonville Jaguars outlasted the Buffalo Bills in a horrible game that, according to a lone Jags player, was filled with racial slurs. I’m sure that’s the first time Ngakoue was exposed to nasty language on the field, if it happened.  I hope he’s able to get over it by the time they roll into Pittsburgh.

In hoops action, Miami topped FSU in a clash of ranked opponents. Arizona State got off the schnide. Cincinnati won. Wichita State rolled. And lastly, Ohio State took down the top-ranked Michigan State Spartans in their first big win in a couple of years at least. Plenty of good hockey played, and your winners yesterday were the Islanders, Flyers, Crapitals, Blackhawks, Jets, Blue Jackets, les Canadiens, Lightning, Penguins and Las Vegas.

In the world of cricket, Australia ran riot over England and finished the Ashes with another thrashing of their guests from Limetree Island.  The series ended 4-0, with the hosts claiming the cup back. And in soccer news, the world was stunned thrilled when Arsenhole, the defending champs, were knocked out of the competition in the third round.  Aside from a few draws, most of the big name squads are through to the fourth round draw. Chelsea will have to do a replay and “we’re fucking Milwall” are through. And Liverpool took care of their crosstown rivals but broke many hearts this weekend as they sealed the deal to ship Coutinho to Barcelona for a record fee.

Big sports update there. If you don’t like it, feel free to bitch about it after you read…the links!

A BBC news editor has quit her post over the gender pay gap. Good for her, standing up and making all kinds of noise after walking out on the contract she had signed and the salary she agreed to during negotiations.  I’m sure this will help her with any other network she seeks employment from, as it will do likewise for her most vocal supporters.  But the pay gap is a serious issue, right? I mean, even in the world of non-profits it seems to be quite a serious issue. (What’s sadder: the hypocrisy or the inability of that little rat-faced fuck to count?)

Oprah brought the house down in a searing Golden Globes speech. Way to go, O! You finally put into words what every single person in that room refused to acknowledge during several decades of persistent and ongoing sexual abuse, tit-for-tat, harassment and other shenanigans. Those applauding were so brave for taking a stand against the things they knew had been happening forever but said nothing. I hope the rest of America takes notice of these brave souls who are now speaking out when its easy and hip to voice your opinion on the creeps they all sucked up to when they knew the abuse was actually taking place.

Only in Florida. Well, that or wherever that dude who played Chekov in the Star Trek movies lived.

Trump says he’s open to the possibility of talks with North Korea. This after the Little Rocket Man begged the SoKo government to let his country benefit a little from the Winter Olympics (when, oddly enough, nobody ever profits from them), and began to slowly walk back from his threats once the Americal president called his bluff.

The Iranian government doubles down against the west.  I guess they never got the memo on never going full retard.  Because this borders on full retard.

The NAACP says some members will be protesting President Trump appearing at a college football exhibition game tonight in Atlanta. They said his presence there is “a terrible decision and is disrupting the game”.  I’ll be sure to scour through their history for similar statements when the last guy in the WH went to sporting events.  Because if the NAACP is known for anything, its in their consistency of how they treated Obama relative to the other people who held the same office but with considerably less melanin while doing so.

I gotta give Elon Musk credit where its due: Space X seems to be doing well.  Of course, its mostly busy due to the failed NASA programs, but its still always nice to see the market solving problems that government seems to screw up with regularity.

Here you go.

Stay warm. Stay dry. And have a good start to your week, friends!

Well it looks like the cold is starting to move out of here. Its already 40 degrees! Apparently they’ve named the winter storm now, which is retarded as shit, but whatever.  Good luck with Grayson, east-coasters.  It doesn’t look pleasant.  And remember, its all Donald Trump or the GOP in general to blame for not taking global warming seriously enough.

On America’s hardcourts, Wichita State won, Michigan State won, Arizona State lost, Arizona won, Cincinnati won, Ohio State won and Gonzaga won.  On the fields of Europe, Spurs drew with lowly West Ham, Barca drew Celta Vigo, and Real Madrid won big. On the frozen ponds, Carolina, Philly, Montreal, St Louis, MINNNNEEEESSSSOOOOOOOOODA, Colorado, Edmonton, Calgary, Phoenix and Dallas were your winners.

No more sports, you say?  OK, fine.  Then here come…the links!

Justice Dept launches new “pay-for-play” investigation of Hillary Clinton and Clinton Foundation from her days at the State Department. Let’s hope they actually do their job and make public what everybody knows anyway: that the Clinton’s entire enterprise was based on buying access and padding the pockets of the family who were “dead broke” when they left the White House but are rolling in dough just 16 years later.

Al Gore quoting Michael Mann about why these recent cold snaps are the fault of man-made global warming would be hilarious if it weren’t so terrifying to know that those two grifters have had more influence on the world, and have caused more money to be diverted from legitimate power production programs to “green energy” scams in the third world, resulting in continued poverty, than they ever should have. Thanks, assholes.

A man wants to get transferred to a women’s prison. Yeah, I bet he’s not alone and about every dude on his cell block wants to go with him. If he gets his transfer, I’m sure this will end well.

The writers at the LA Times will begin voting today on whether or not to form a union.

In their call to unionize, the LA Times Guild cited ballooning executive salaries, including a $15 million consulting contract that Tronc approved for one of Ferro’s other firms.

“There’s a reason they’ve been fighting so hard against us,” guild members wrote. “They want a free hand to give us less and less.”

So it looks like its as much about wealth envy as needing safeguards against mistreatment.  Well good luck to them! I hope they succeed and the owners get rid of them all.

North Korea has agreed to meet with South Korea officially for peace talks. Kim says its not about nukes but I find it hard to believe that his willingness to sit down at the negotiating table is a coincidence with someone finally standing up to his bullshit threats rather than giving away the farm and funding his regime in exchange for false promises.

Iran protesters spotlight the nation’s shady dealings in the Syrian war. You know, the pallets of cash we sent them in order to buy the weapons Obama sent them through Libya. So I guess maybe we got some of that money back through some CIA front, but I doubt that happened either.

Enjoy this.

Take care and bundle up! And then have a good day and a great weekend!

This week keeps dragging on and on. And it seems to be getting colder as it does. I know its gonna finally get into the 50s here today and back into the 60s on the weekend so I’m not gonna bitch too much.  But still…I hate cold weather. And most of a week in the 20s and 30s for me suuuuucks.

Not too much going on in the sports world yesterday. This article was written.  You know, heaven forbid a team hire who they want without wasting other people’s time and money checking off a stupid box. It’s insulting to professional coaches and insulting to what are essentially the token blacks being brought in for no reason other than to comply with a race-based rule. Maybe some players should propose a Rooney Rule for white receivers and running backs. That would get panned as racist, while on the other hand, this desire to judge people by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character coaching ability is viewed as “progress” of some sort.

In hoops, Brett’s Seminoles took down the Tar Heels last night. Kentucky barely beat LSU. Oklahoma rolled. Miami fell to Ga Tech. Clemson, UVA and Purdue all won. On the ice, the Red Wings and Blackhawks took care of business. And across the pond, Arsenhole and Chelski played to a draw.

Didja get all that? Do you really care? Doesn’t matter. Time to move on anyway into…the links!

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on the move to stamp out “sedition.”  That can’t be a good sign and I hope the move is condemned by the leaders of free countries.  But don’t count on the leader gf Froglandia to do so. He’s too busy calling Trump out for his “inflammatory comments” that have been little more than supportive of the people protesting the barbaric assholes who throw gays off of water towers and stone unescorted rape victims to death.  Way to stand up for freedom, Macron…you worthless, cowardly piece of shit.

I swear, this current storm is like a movie plot. If only it had waited until The Day After Tomorrow then it wouldn’t be causing so much havoc.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit this morning near Berkeley, CA. No word from local authorities if its because of man-made global warming or if it was Trump’s fault personally. Either way, there’s no way it could have been a naturally-occurring event.  Serious traffic delays are expected.

There was a fire at the Clinton house in Chappaqua, NY. No injuries were reported and it was quickly contained.  And all we have to do now is wait for the “surprising” news that it unfortunately burned up [insert something that was either under subpoena or had been requested under FOIA] but that the former SoS and President were doing their best to comply with [insert name of agency that had demanded it be turned over].

As the latest member of the Kennedy cabal family enters the political world, so does mudslinging. This time its accusations of racism. And I can’t see how its gonna help him any.  Who knows, maybe he was just doing what Kennedy’s do best before going out in public: getting drunk.

I’ve had to discipline employees in the past.  But I didn’t do it quite like this. In the guy’s defense, I’d like to see photographs from the time for a little context.

And last but not least: Houston keeps winning!

This album cover reminds me of this week for most of the country. Plus I like the song.

Good luck out there, friends. Stay warm.

This week already feels weird. It feels like a Tuesday. No wait, it feels like a Friday. Or a Monday. Or…well anything but a Wednesday.  Damn, its hard together back in the work mode. Which is probably not what RichRod was thinking when he checked his email this morning or late last night in N. Nogales, AZ. This is sure one hell of a weird way to lose your job. And one hell of a way for a school to let you go for losing to Purdue. Because from what I can read of the story, the “shocking” headline notwithstanding, they’re paying him as if he was fired without cause, the “accuser” refused to cooperate or hand over anything to substantiate her claim of…what exactly?  And they never once mention anything he might have done wrong.

His workday was marginally worse than the grounds crew in Melbourne, after the ICC rated the MCG “poor” following an uninspired fourth test draw in the Ashes series. The Limeys have already been embarrassed in the five match series, having failed to retain (correction from earlier post there) the silverware or even be competitive, but this at least moves the spotlight away from their poor play and onto someone else.

The Las Vegas hockey team keeps rolling. As does Man City in soccer, who all but have the EPL locked up just over halfway through the season. Crystal Palace and West Ham also won to move further away from the bottom of the table.  And Kansas looks to be in jeopardy of not winning the Big 12 (with ten teams) this year after dropping another conference game at home.

That was a schizo sports update, I know. But most of you don’t come here for that anyway. You come for…the links!

Replying with all the seriousness Kim Jong Un deserves, Donald Trump takes to twitter after Kim’s “I’ve got a button” remarks. LOL. I mean, that’s all I can do is laugh. If we’d have had this kind of statesmanship instead of bowing and scraping and giving free food and aid every time the little nutcase made a threat while building nukes, perhaps we wouldn’t be dealing with a little nutcase with nukes making threats now.

Germany doesn’t believe in free speech. Because those poor, sensitive immigrants wan’t read words like this without getting bomb-y.  But the words are the problem…not the ensuing bombiness, right Merkel? Not to be outdone, England piles on the anti-speech wagon too. Funny that the guy is tagged with being right-wing when the real Nazis were socialists in every sense of the word, which last time I checked was pretty far on the right side of the spectrum.  ooh, maybe the Commies and Socialists “switched sides” like the Dems and GOP are said to have done sometime right before or after a majority of Dems voted against the civil rights bill.

Dammit, Jim. I told you to delete everything once we were done! That’s what I’m imagining the latest correspondence between a certain woodland walker from New York and a certain unemployed former civil “servant” went like.  I’m grabbing the popcorn.

Doing their best to fuck up the gravy train, the union representing the snowplow and trash truck drivers in Chicago set a strike vote for Sunday. I don’t get it. Does the city manage all trash service exclusively?  Because in a city that is rapidly growing and will be larger than Chicago very soon, we let neighborhoods or individuals negotiate with competitive trash service.I know their users pay a fairly low rate, but perhaps opening it to competition and getting rid of the legacy costs might be worth considering. As to the low rate, I pay about $100 a year for trash service that comes twice a week for garbage and once a month for large items.

More hilarity as Oregonians voice their displeasure at having to learn a new skill. If you can’t pump gas or change a tire (sorry to any people out there who lack the basic skill or cognitive ability to learn how to work a jack or lug wrench), you shouldn’t be able to drive a car.

OK, this is a dick move. But I’m having a hard time ginning up too much anger at the offending party when the masses of the “aggrieved” are such assclowns.

Trying to keep the music going strong early in 2018.

Have a great day, friends!

OK, apparently I was supposed to do links yesterday morning but went walkabout instead. I humbly apologize.  I was off getting some supplies for the final day of bowl games after having not drank so much as a drop on NYE.  Anyway, my bad.

About those bowls.  I’m pretty stoked that the Big Ten went a perfect 7-1 this year. Congratulations to what was likely the best conference in football. Not that we sit around chanting our conference name or glom onto the victories of those who have won something.  But I digress.

NFL playoffs set after a wild finish to Sunday’s games.  And in hockey, a quick standings update: Tampa Bay is demolishing the Wales Conference, with Washington, New Jersey, Boston and Toronto trying to keep pace. Meanwhile, if the season ended today the Penguins would miss the playoffs. In the Campbell Conference, Las Vegas has the highest point total with a couple games in hand. The expansion team leads Winnipeg, LA and Nashville while a logjam of trams keeps the 5 through 12 positions knotted pretty tightly.  Should be a hell of a run down the stretch this year and I am sure many of you are excited to see what happened once the playoffs kick off in April or May or whenever they finally get to it.

In soccer, the transfer window has opened again and who the hell knows what’s going to happen beyond Liverpool’s defensive gambit. All I know is that they’ve gone without a loss in 13 straight league games and are looking ready to play Saturday in the FA Cup Third Round.

Got all that? Good! That means I can now jump into…the links!

Big tax blue states look to thwart the tax break plan by rigging their own tax systems in ways that will punish their own people.  I guess the possibility of lowering their state income taxes and decreasing legacy benefits to government pensioners and scaling back wasteful and unnecessary public services never occurred to them.  Well, good luck with that, assholes. Meanwhile, I’ll enjoy keeping more of my money.

A bunch of Hollywood actresses put their money where their mouth is and create a $15M fund to fight sexual harassment. I’m not sure why Meryl Streep is doing this. Trolling? Performance art? Guilt over her persistent support of convicted pederast Roman Polanski, who drugged a child and then raped her? I guess we might never know…until someone actually puts a mic in front of her and asks her why she continues to support a convicted child rapist while paying lip service to harassment victims.

The Pope tells people to “forget life’s useless baggage” and to “work for peace” and to end their “banal consumerism.” No word where in the gilded cathedral he said this or whether they had out the gold mitre of throne designed for him. After the speech, he managed to hop a ride on his $10M car, roll around the square with his paid support staff of thousands looking on and then headed to his residence that sits atop the archives where his group sits on treasures amassed over the centuries that are worth an estimated $10-15 billion.

President Trump sends out his first tweet of 2018. And I daresay, its a doozy.

Bootlickers at the NYT get what they deserve for their idiotic tweet. I guess they’re willing to make the protesters look like the bad guys in order to support the moronic nuclear deal Obama did with Iran that has enabled the mullahs and continued to fund terrorism.  Stay classy, Gray Lady.

Could this lead to a breakthrough of sanity on the Korean Peninsula? One can only hope so.

I hope this is the first of a long line of good morning music this year.

That’s all I have for today.  Hope your 2018 is off to a good start.