Author: sloopyinca

The CFP poll debuted yesterday. Bama and Clemson were sitting on top.  Ohio State was being Kentucky and Washington State. I can’t say I’m that surprised.  A large slate of hockey games took place yesterday.  The winners were: Calgary, the NY Islanders, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Tampa, Nashville, the MINNESOOOOODA WIIIIIIIILD, Phoenix (who are above .500, which should be cause for celebratory riots in PHX this late in the season), Philadelphia and the NY Rangers.  Congratulations to all of them.

Famous Halloween birthdays include: painter Jan Vermeer, poet John Keats, Girl Scouts founder Juliette Low, (non-commie) Chinese head of state Chiang Kai-shek, “truth”-teller Dan Rather, actor and brother Brian Doyle-Murray, rocker Bob Siebenberg, dead-too-soon actor John Candy, the devil reincarnated Nick Saban, filmmaker Peter Jackson, incredibly wonderful musician whose music is timeless Johnny Marr, the stapler Rob Schneider, and another timeless god of a musician Adam Horovitz, rapper Vanilla Ice, and Ace Of Base singer Linn Berggren.

Big happenings on this day include: Martin Luther sent his 95 Theses to the Archbishop of Mainz, the Donner Party set up their winter camp, “The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes” was first published, Mussolini was named premier of Italy, Mount Rushmore was completed, the first thermonuclear bomb was detonated, Jim Morrison was sentenced to six months in jail, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards, and 13-year old Bethany Hamilton had her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing.

OK, now on to…the links!

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellin says that deficits are not sustainable. And says if she had a magic wand, she’d raise taxes. Right, because there’s nothing left to cut, is there dumbass?

Megyn Kelly is determined to get her money while NBC bristles at the thought. Get your popcorn, because if they don’t pay, expect the tell-all to be published in a month.

This Mueller sexual-harassment thing is getting weirder by the day. Fortunately I already had my popcorn ready over the Megyn Kelly situation.

Republican turnout is big in early voting in key California races. But that’s cool, say Dems. Because what really matters is who counts them.

Pervy Chicago firefighters cost taxpayers $11.2 million. No word if any people were held accountable for their actions. I doubt it though. They have a union contract, after all.

Somehow I don’t think this is anywhere near the top of cop compensation for major cities. But still, that’s some serious scratch for “serving” the public.

Today is an awesome day for music. Although I foresee some bitching about one of the choices. Or maybe both go them. But those people would be wrong.

Very, very wrong. N ow go have a great day!

The New England Patriots rode a series of big plays (and generous calls) to an easy victory in Buffalo.  The Red Sox made it home with the trophy. Man City beat Spurs on a horrendous field (thanks to the NFL playing the day before and Spurs inability to schedule construction projects). The NBA continued playing games. On the ice, Calgary skated past Toronto while the MINNESOOOOOODA WIIIIIIIIILD were getting drilled by the Canucks. Oh yeah, Terry Francona is probably looking over his shoulder as the second head coach of a Cleveland sports team got the axe yesterday.

If you were born on this day, you share it with Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. And so do the following people: President and patriot John Adams, neurologist **FUCK, SHIT** Georges de la **FUCK, SHIT** Tourette, poet Ezra Pound, admiral Bull Halsey, bodybuilder Charles Atlas, pitcher Bob Feller, singer Grace Slick, actor Henry Winkler, musician Chris Slade, actor Harry Hamlin, soccer legend and cocaine aficionado Diego Maradona, and businesswoman and diplomat Ivanka Trump.

Its also the day on which the following occurred: Vasco da Gama returned to Calcutta, Charles I gave the Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath, Jesse James and his gang robbed a bank for $2000, Helena, Montana was founded, the first black man (Republican) was elected to Congress in 1868 although he was never seated, Mussolini formed a government in Italy, a panic is caused when Orson Welles did his “War Of The Worlds” radio broadcast, Abbott and Costello made their big screen debut with “One Night In The Tropics”, the shot clock made its debut in the NBA, Sputnik II carries a dog into space, Ali defeated Foreman in the Rumble In The Jungle, Ayrton Senna won his first F1 drivers title, and Disney bought Lucasfilm (and proceeded to fuck up a gold mine).

There we go. Now on to…the links

This one is breaking as I write the links up, so its probably thin on details. But it looks as if Trump will try to put an end to birthright citizenship for those people born to illegal immigrants and tourists. This one is sure to stir up some excitement in the news today.

Migrant Caravan 2: Electric Boogaloo. Looks like Mexico tried to keep these people out but they managed to break through.

Well, Well, you sure don’t see scorching hot takes like this every day. I congratulate her.  A few days ago, she was an absolute nobody. Now she’s getting gigs on CNN. Pretty soon thousands of people will know who she is.

I, for one, am positive a Republican leader would get the same treatment as Hillary Clinton for saying that all black people look alike. Yep, they’d get rousing applause from the entire audience and a pass from the media.

Well this just feels like the biggest waste of time and money I could imagine. I mean, just because you shove a tube in your hoo-ha for a week doesn’t mean you had anything to do with the development or genetic makeup of the child.  The courier who carries a box from LA to NY over a week doesn’t own what’s inside.  But to each their own. As long as my tax dollars weren’t involved I don’t give much of a shit.

The Chicago City Council sure don’t want to give oversight to the people. I mean, that might cut off the political donations from the FOP. I’d imagine excessive force settlements will still come from taxpayers rather than the council’s operating budget though. Because the citizens are good enough to pay for the malevolence even if they’re not entitled to oversee punishment for it.

Damn, that does not sound like a pleasant way to go. But still, she was there voluntarily. Its a tragedy, but why sue someone for organizing an event your kid voluntarily went to knowing the risks involved?

I know if I was a kid at that school, I’d be carrying metal in my pants every day in order to get a pat down.

Song Number 1.  The second song.  And the (unsurprising) finale.

Go have a great day, friends.

The Red Sox doubled up on the Dodgers for the second night in a row and I’m gonna say right now that I’ll be somewhat surprised if the series returns to Boston.  They’re just too much for anybody in these playoffs.  Their pitching has been more than adequate, but their hitters just grind pitchers into dust creating long at bats and forcing pitch counts that push them out of games early.  They’re just too damn good this year, the bastards.

The UCL slate yesterday was interesting. Bruge and Monaco played to a draw, as did PSV and Spurs (which effectively takes the latter out of advancing to the knockout stages).  PSG and Napoli also drew as did Galatasary and Schalke. Meanwhile, Barca beat up on Inter 2-0, Dortmund demolished Athletico 4-0. Liverpool boat-raced Red Star Belgrade by the same score, and Porto derailed Lokomotiv 3-1. Those we’re some serious ass-kickings.

A small slate on the ice last night. Winners were Florida, Toronto, Tampa Bay and Vancouver.  Also, the NBA played.

Famous birthdays include: composer Georges Bizet, automobile pioneer John Francis Dodge, artist Pablo Picasso, aviation pioneer Richard Byrd, hurler Smoky Joe Wood, notorious asshole Klaus Barbie, the last Shah of Iran Mohammad Pahlavi, “Happy Days” mom Marion Ross, “Little Rascal” Porky Lee, basketball coaching legend and Buckeyes player Bobby Knight, singer Jon Anderson, lizardp-person/Skeletor impersonator James Carville, guitarist Glenn Tipton, football player/actor John Matuszak, cricket legend Imran Khan, hockey player Mike Eruzione, guitarist Robbie Macintosh, hockey tough guy Wendel Clark, retarded person and Canadian Samantha Bee, other retard JA Adande, one of the greatest pitchers of all time Pedro Martinez, and singer Katy Perry.

Its also the day the Dutch discovered Australia, John Hancock became the first governor of Massholechussetts, Clemenceau became the PM of France, Otto Graham fumbled the ball four times in one game, the first microwave over was sold, John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Boredom, Vikings player Jim Marshall ran 66 yards the wrong way for a safety, “Halloween” hit theaters, the US invaded Grenada, and Windows XP his the shelves.

Those updates were awesome! But now…the links!

In what has to be the greatest coincidence in timing ever, the Post Office delivered supposed pipe bombs to several different Democrat leaders and CNN on the exact same day. None of them worked, of course and bomb experts scoffed at their alleged design, but they’re legit from Trump supporters and in no way should ever be considered to be a false-flag or a hoax.  The most interesting thing, to me anyway, was the efficiency with which the USPS delivered multiple “bombs” on the exact same day in multiple cities and states with at least one of the packages bearing no visible postmark on the stamps. But I’m just a dumbass rube.

Megyn Kelly was excommunicated from the church of progressivism yesterday. Her crime? Saying people, including white people, should be able to dress up and color their faces as other races for Halloween.  The left has gone completely retarded.

Look, I’m not one to post stories from ZeroHedge. So I won’t pull a Drudge and do so. Instead, I’ll post the original story as it appeared at the Mises site. You can click here for the ZH link and the inevitable stupidity that follows in their comments section.

San Francisco newspaper goes to the source for an expose on the homeless issue. I hope they didn’t step on any piles of human shit as they were walking the street.  Well, maybe just one or two piles.

Teachers place students first…until they don’t. Pubsec unions are a black eye and need to be abolished.  I’m for free association, but public sector unions aren’t free association for the employers (the taxpayers) because they cut them out of the loop when the unions are negotiating their contracts with the people whose campaigns they fund rather than the people who are actually footing the bill.

The ECB still plans to end its stimulus plan at the end of the year. Good.

Song 1. The Second song. And then this.

Now go have a super day. Mine will be mostly on the road.

Hump Daaaaaaay! The Rd Sox doubled up the Dodgers to start off the World Series. Kershaw was Kershaw…playoff Kershaw. Winners of the big UCL games were: Bayern, Ajax, Roma, Juventus (over ManUre), Madrid, and Man City. And on the ice, the Red Wings continue to personify Detroit by sucking as much as possible.   Les Canadiens and the Maple Leafs are playing great, as are Boston and Carolina in the east.  Pittsburgh is getting it together and the (I hate to cll them this) Stanley Cup champ Cpitals are doing just fine again. In the west, the Preds, Avs and Jets are looking solid with the Blackhawks, Sharks and Mighty Duck Fucks nipping at their heels.  The Kings, Coyotes and Blues are sucking hind tit.  And that’s the day in sports.

Playwright Moss Hart was born on this day. As were famous G-man Melvin Purvis, bluesman Sonny Terry, football legend YA Tittle, musician The Big Bopper, notorious gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray, rocker Bill Wyman, underrated actor F Murray Abraham, drummer Jerry Edmonton, actor Kevin Kline, Canadian mass murderer Robert Pickton, oilman and psychotic soccer team owner Roman Abramovich, personality Tila Tequila, Mr Potato Head-looking soccer player Wayne Rooney, and Internet personality PewDiePie.

Its also the day Kepler succeeded Brahe as imperial mathematician to Rudolph II. Its also the day the Treaty of Westphalia was signed and Switzerland’s independence was recognized, West Virginia seceded from Virginia, “Black Thursday” on the stock exchange, Al Capone was sentenced for tax evasion, the (worthless) charter of the (worthless) United Nations went into effect (without any force behind it), Ike pledged support to South Vietnam, “The Manchurian candidate” hit the big screen, Zambia gained independence from the UK, Mick Jagger was busted for pot, the Yom Kippur War ended, Keith Richards was convicted for heroin possession, the Concorde made its last commercial flight, and Michael Schumacher won his fifth straight world drivers title.

And now I bring you…the links!

What could possibly go wrong? Not that it really matters in that single-party shithole.  But still…this is a bad precedent.

You can either give $38M you got for free to someone else or you can pretend you’re Monty Brewster. The Irish-American running against a hispanic in Texas is opting for the latter.

Somebody in South Carolina became a billionaire last night. Elsewhere across the country, tens of millions of people voluntarily paid the government and got nothing in return (me included).

The Darwin Awards are starting a music category. Also, “Canadian rapper” sounds weird to say.  Also, the last sentence of the story made me laugh.

What the fuck is wrong with people? Seriously, what the fuck?

“Actress” says “LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEE”. OTHER ACTRESS RESPONDS “NO, LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!” Then both proceed to heap raise on each other. Fucking celebrities.

And I thought initiations by American fraternities were weird. What a pisser.

Bulgarian socialists say: keep voting until we get the results we want. Well, those dips hits will have to keep trying, I guess.

You get the good stuff today.  At least in my opinion. Which is what matters.

Now tell me what I should have played from the vast catalog in the comments. And have a great day!

Hey look: the Falcons won and the Giants suck. But don’t worry Giants fans. So do the Jets. Arsenal beat Leicester 3-1 and have moved level on points with Chelsea and Spurs in 3rd through 5th place.  The LeBron Lakers are 0-3. And that’s about it.  The UCL returns today and tomorrow and the World Series from hell starts tonight. Enjoy it all.

Marcus Agrippa was born on this day.  So was football coach John Heisman, TV host Johnny Carson, pitcher and politician Jim Bunning, soccer god Pele, drummer Freddie Marsden, writer Micheal Crichton, musician Greg Ridley, musician Wurzel, filmmaker And Lee, country singer Dwight Yoakam, Weird Al Yankovic, actor Sam Raimi, short man Doug Flutie, actor Ryan Reynolds, coattail rider Meghan McCain, and actress Emilia Clarke.

Its also the day Mark Antony and Octavian routed Brutus and then he killed himself. Also, the first plastic surgery was performed, 25,000 women marched for their voting rights in NYC, the US Army fired their first shots in WW1, “Dumbo” ht the big screen, Joe Frazier won the Olympic gold medal, Jack Brabham won both the FIA drivers and constructors titles in the same season, the US national debt hot $1 billion dollars (in 1981), a suicide bomber killed 243 Americans in Beirut, Robert Bork was officially Borked, Jack Kevorkian helped two women kill themselves, Israel and Palestine reach an agreement to exchange “land for peace” (and we see how well that worked out for Israel), and for you Canadian baseball fans, today’s the day Joe Carter hit the ultimate walkoff homerun.

That’s the sports and old stuff.  And now on to…the links!

I know the trunk of your car can get to be a mess, but this guy was taking things a little too far, dontchathink?

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office window was smashed in with a boulder.  And at the same time, somebody put a bomb in George Soros’s mailbox. Great job, whoever you assholes are that are doing this shit.

As the caravan of “refugees” continue their trek to America (through multiple other countries where they could seek asylum if they so wished), questions linger: how will the fact that Mexico are not stopping these people, even though our government has asked them to intervene, walking over 1000 miles through their country to get to ours going to affect trade, general relations and immigration regulations between the two countries?  My guess: not very fucking well.

Its a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him. Too bad for captain dumbass here that he’s not famous and can’t remember entire quotes. (The comments are predictable, by the way.)

After Chance the rapper and Kanye West endorse her and dump money into her campaign, a long shot candidate in Chicago moves quickly up in the polls. But remember, a week ago Kanye was just an Uncle Tom lapdog of Trump and doesn’t have any influence at all. CNN told me so.

I swear, men create the most toxic work environments. Just look what he made this woman supervisor do to him. LOL, fortunately for both of them, the union will be sure its the taxpayers that poor the bill. The victim here will get a fat chunk of money and the perpetrator will still get a sweet retirement.  Win-win, as they say.

South Korea and North Korea reconciliation moves forward. But not everybody in the south are happy about the way in which they’re progressing. Now is the tough part, in my opinion. Selling peace to a broke-ass enemy is easy. Selling the sacrifices to a free people might not be. I wish them all the luck in the world.

Occasionally I go off and post three songs on a morning. Today os one of those days.  Here’s the first.  And here is the second song. And finally we come to the third masterpiece. Ignore the poor video production and enjoy the sound.

Now go have a great day, friends.

Back to the grind for some of you.  It feels like its been nonstop for me.I started a new business last week with my brother and a couple other people from the equipment business. Its been hectic as things get underway and its taken me away from my assumed duties here.  I apologize for the absence and appreciate everyone who helped bail me out.  Hopefully I won’t have to lean on them all the time in the future, but only time will tell.  Anyway, my current business will continue but will eventually become an extension of the new company once my partners and I are fully underway. It’ll maintain its own identity, which makes me happy since it has my name in it and I’m a bit arrogant/nostalgic when it comes to things like that. The new company will focus exclusively on heavy equipment and such, which is really our area of expertise. And these guys expect to bring a very large book of business with them. Hopefully it will be as enjoyable and profitable as we are planning for.

Anyway, I half brought it up last week and then wasn’t really around to address. So there you go.

NFL winners yesterday were: Los Angeles (both teams!), New England, Indianapolis, Detroit Rock City, Minnesota, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Houston, Nawlins, Washington and Kansas City absolutely crushed Cincinnati.  Not a good weekend for Ohio teams at any level. (And that’s all I’ll say about that debacle on Saturday night.) Not much else really happened. ManUre and Chelsea played to a 2-2 draw as Chelsea scored at the death and Jose Mourinho went berserk as an assistant coach. Otherwise everybody that was supposed to win did. Liverpool are going to struggle with injuries, that seems apparent. And the World Series is set with the Dodgers and Red Sox advancing.

Today’s birthdays of note are: composer Franz Liszt, comedian-extraordinaire Curly Howard, baseball legend Jimmie Foxx, Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại, actress Joan Fontaine, drug connoisseur Timothy Leary, rocker Leslie West, eccentric actor Jeff Goldblum, drummer Bobby Blotzer, bassist Darryl Jenifer, musician Shaggy, filmmaker Spike Jonze, and funny man alleged comedian Carlos Mencia.

In historical events, Sam Houston was elected first President of the Republic Of Texas, the first transcontinental telegraph line was completed, the first baseball union was formed (fat lot of good it did to get them a five-day work week), Harry Houdini got sucker-punched in the gut, Pretty Boy Floyd was killed by the FBI, Jean-Paul Sartre refused to accept the Nobel Prize, Bobby Orr scored his first NHL goal, John PAUL II was inaugurated as Pope, Reagan decertified the ATC union, and AT&T bought Time Warner.

Well there you go.  Now on to…the links!

8 year olds, dude. Seriously, what the fuck were these assholes thinking?  If you guessed “we can do whatever we want and never face serious consequences” then you win a prize!

I wonder if Mexico would be ok with what’s going on if those people decided to stop moving north today. Or if the money they are being given suddenly dried up and they decided to stick around.  Methinks their tune would change pretty quick. Until then, its a humanitarian crisis the likes of which have never been seen (credit to CNN/MSNBC for that last sentence).

What’s worse than Nazis? Well, nobody. But global warming is as bad, according to an idiot that’s about to become a congressperson. Way to go, New York. You’ve found someone dumber than Sheila Jackson Lee.

Well, if you didn’t think the Kashoggi case could get any weirder, you were wrong. Side note: candidates, officials and media members are being killed in Mexico at a rate of about one a week for the last couple of years and the Washington Post doesn’t give it any coverage. But nobody wants to note the hypocrisy.

Rahm Emanuel is determined to completely fuck up Chicago infrastructure before he leaves office. Oh yeah, and he wants to make it more expensive for commuters at the same time.

The only sad part of this story is the need for the last sentence. If you read it, you’ll know why I say that.

Ands now I present today’s song.

Have a great start to the week, friends. Enjoy the World Series from hell.

Halfway through this week and I’m exhausted.  The Dodgers-Brewers game didn’t help that matter last night.  The Dodgers needed that win and got it. Let’s see if the Astros can duplicate the feat tonight after the bullpen shit the bed yesterday.  Also, the NBA started real games yesterday. You can find the scores somewhere online if you look.  Nick Bosa will not be returning to the field in Columbus this year and will work on getting ready for the NFL draft.  Best of luck, big guy. You’ll be sadly missed.

Today’s famous birthdays include: actress Irene Ryan, Pope John PAUL I, playwright Arthur Miller, comic book writer Jerry Siegel, the lovely Rita Hayworth, trombonist Rico Rodriguez, daredevil Evel Knievel, musician Gary Puckett, drummer Michael Hossack, actor George Wendt, actress Margot Kidder, acting legend Dolph Lundgren, comedian and tireless tweeter of minutiae Norm McDonald, golf legend Ernie Els, rapper and Trump hater Marshall Mathers, baseball player Kenny Powers John Rocker, F1 legend Kimi Räikkönen, and actress Felicity Jones.

Its also the day Mendelssohn’s 1st piano concerto premiered, Luxembourg’s constitution was adopted, Edison filed a patent for the first motion picture, the Bank Of America (Bank of Italy) was founded, the first transatlantic wire service began, Einstein arrived in the US as a refugee, “Mr Smith Goes To Washington” was released, so was “Bullitt”, Jimmy Carter restored Jefferson Davis’s citizenship, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Prize, and the Traveling Wilburys released their first album.

OK, on to…the links!

A Hispanic man and an Irish-American debated last night for the Texas Senate seat. The minority candidate will likely walk away from it with a bump in the polls, as the Mick’s chances of winning fade when he decries fossil fuels with a picture of a giant oil barge (a large part of the state’s economy) rolls behind him.

If you were one of the hundreds of Americans that watched “The Connors” last night, you know the petulantly killed off Roseanne’s character with an opioid overdose and made her part of a local opioid distribution ring. The aforementioned star of the show did not react well. Neither did Twitter, but whatever. It’ll be cancelled in six months anyway.

The breakdown of the family unit continues apace. Sadly, this should be the biggest story of the day. But it won’t be by a long shot. Anyway, this is the result of social planning that says the government will take care of you and your kids if you aren’t married.  And it also results in the creation of a bunch of boys being raised without fathers and ending up sipping hot chocolate in a bathtub when things don’t go their way.

Nate Silver takes a swipe at the media. That’s what we in the real world call “hedging”.

This trial is a circus. But that’s what sells papers.

The Khashoggi case gets weirder and weirder. I only hope the media’s bloodlust (that exists solely in order to harm Trump) doesn’t drive us into another war.

Here’s one.  And another with some pace.   And a rocking third.

Now go give em hell, friends!

Today is a really big day for me.  I’ll tell ya’ll why tomorrow. But its a big day for me. So my stress level will be high. But hopefully the Astros will bring it down a peg or two. Just like the Brewers did for their fans at the end of that pitching masterpiece last night.  They’re up 2-1 now. The pivotal Game 3 is on tap for tonight.

In other sports, the Packers topped the 49ers to cap the week in football. England beat Spain in a wild one in the UEFA Nations League and your NHL winners were: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Nashville.  Hey, a trifecta of Canadian teams winning.  Nice job, America Junior.

Lexicographer Noah Webster (sorry, Miriam) was born on this day, so were noted pervert Oscar Wilde, Isreali statesman David Ben-Gurion, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, actress Angela Lansbury, annoying sportscaster Tim McCarver, rocker C Fred Turner, actress Suzanne Somers, guitarist Bob Wier, director David Zucker, quality actor (but idiot) Tim Robbins, bassist Michael Balzary, and baseball player Bryce Harper.

Its also the day these things happened: Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Leipzig, “Jane Eyre” was published, John Brown carried out his raid at Harper’s Ferry, BYU was founded, “Pygmalion” premiered, noted racist Margaret Sanger opened her first clinic, TE Lawrence met Faisal Hoessein for the first time, the “Long March” began, “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” was released, CCR broke up, Pope John Pail II was elected, Messi made his Barcelona debut, and the Million Man March was held.

Some heady stuff there. Now on to…the links!

A new caravan of Honduran “refugees” heads toward the US border to seek asylum. I guess they couldn’t find a single Mexican immigration official along the way to whom they could ask for asylum.

The Harvey Weinstein circus is getting cranked up to 11 as a second prosecutor leaves the case amid accusations of covering up evidence against an accuser.

Elizabeth Warren decided to get a DNA test, of sorts, after all. The aftermath could not have been what she planned.  I guess she doesn’t realize a lot of people out there actually understand math, especially statistics.  Among those who can court are leaders of the Cherokee Nation, apparently.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died. He was 65.

A pair of Chicago cops may face firing after shooting at an unarmed teen in a stolen car. The officer who later shot and killed the teen is fighting his six month suspension.

A judge tossed Stormy Daniels defamation suit against Trump. She has also been ordered to pay his legal expenses.  Twitter almost had a meltdown.

This is a bit of an overreaction, in my opinion. But its Florida, so we’ll have to wait and see how it ends up.

The first song. The second song. And the last song. Sorry, deadheads. The rest of you: you’re welcome.

Go have a s great a day as I hope to have, friends.

Well both league championship series are tied up after the Astros had a rough night on the mound. But they’re coming home tomorrow. Hopefully that will help.  The NLCS gets back underway tonight in LA. Tons of upsets in college football this weekend, including Georgia falling, Penn State going down, WVU shitting the bed and and Washington losing late. Alabama is a juggernaut and Ohio State is ranked number 2, but better get their defense shored up or the night game in West Lafayette could turn into another Iowa.

Int he NFL, the Chiefs finally lost in an incredible game with the Patriots last night.  The other winners were: Philly, Atlanta, the Stillers (in typical “beat the Bengals” fashion), the Chargers, Seattle, Miami, Minnesoooooda, the Jets, the Redskins, Houston, the Rams, the Cowboys, and Baltimore. Its Packers-Niners tonight to round out the week’s slate of games.

Today’s birthdays include Roman poet Virgil, philosophizer Friedrich Nietzche, boxing champ John L Sullivan, writer PG Wodehouse, novelist Mario Puzo, pitcher Jim Palmer, dutchess Sarah Fergusson, Chinese businessman Jack Ma, filmmaker Penny Marshall, singer Richard Carpenter, singer Tito Jackson, and skateboarding legend Stacy Peralta.

Its also the day Napoleon arrived on St Helena, the Edison Electric Light Company was incorporated, Alfred Dreyfus was arrested in France, Mata Hari was executed for being a spy, LaGuardia Airport was opened, “The Great Dictator” was released, “I Love Lucy” made its small screen debut, the (useless) Department of Transportation was created, sow as the Black Panther Party, George Brett was forced out of the World Series with hemorrhoids and Clarence Thomas was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice.

Good stuff. But now…the links.

Antifa really don’t like other groups exercising their rights. Its as painted as “rival factions”, but anybody with a brain can see the assault on video and the response.

If you’re going to interview someone, try letting them answer the questions before interrupting them. Otherwise you’re likely to end up getting this for an answer. Supporters will say how much he owned her. Detractors will say he’s an asshole.  SO basically, it was pretty much just like every other interview the man’s given.

As polls shift, some Democrats are beginning to push the panic button. Gee, I don’t know…maybe running on endless investigations and impeachment aren’t big sellers for voters in the age of low unemployment.

I’m not sure if Hillary Clinton is a hypocrite or if she just doesn’t give a fuck. Either way, I won’t hold my breath for #metoo Hollywood elitists to condemn this. Why? Because we already know they’re hypocrites.

Sears officially shits the bed. Schedules the closing of 142 more stores during Chapter 11 filing.

Here’s how you remain credible in today’s media.  You completely misrepresent a public figure’s statement in order to generate clicks (and opposition to him). You wait two days, all the while breathlessly reporting on what a racist he is for the statement for two solid days. You send your talking heads onto other media outlets to gin up support. Then you quietly issue a retraction a couple days later on twitter and don’t bother making the correction on your network while simply moving on to other stories.  Bravo, NBC. You’ll probably get a Pulitzer for this shitshow.

Bicycle race organizers take a stand against a stupid government knee-jerk decision. Good on them, but I bet it won’t matter.

Now if only some of the race organizers her would have protested something equally stupid, then a woman could have actually won a womens race.

Skimpy birthday list today, but we’ve still got this to keep us happy.

Go have a wonderful day, friends.

If you’re a normal person, this short work week is almost over.  If you’re a New York Yankee, its been done for a day and a half.  If you’re a Cleveland Indian, it never really got started. But that’s life in the big leagues, son. And with the baseball playoffs on hiatus for a couple days, the NHL did their best to capitalize on the sports-starved people looking for something to watch.  How’d they do it? By scheduling a mere three games, of course. Nice work, Bettman. Your idiocy still never ceases to amaze me.  Anyway, those winners were: Philly, Washington and Phoenix (who finally won a game!). No other sports of consequence took place.

October 11th is the day the following people came into this world: YMCA founder George Williams, condiment magnate Henry John Heinz, First Lady (for way too long) Eleanor Roosevelt, real estate developer Fred Trump, writer Elmore Leonard, soccer legend (which is an understatement) Sir Bobby Charlton, singer Daryl Hall, guitarist Greg Douglass, drummer Blair Cunningham, actress Joan Cusack, MST3K’s Mike Nelson, Buckeye legend Chris Spielman, actor Luke Perry, comedian Artie Lange, libertarian-is entrepreneur Peter Thiel, actress Michelle Trachtenberg and golfer Michelle Wie.

Its also the day on which an earthquake in Aleppo killed 230,000 people (somebody let Gary Johnson know), Pope Leo X named Henry VIII “defender of the Faith”, roll film for cameras was patented, so was the elevator, the Boers declared war on Great Britain, the Chinese civil war began, Billy Martin was named manager of the Twins, “Saturday Night Live” made its debut, Prince opened for the Rolling Stones (quite the combo), Jimmy Swaggart solicited a prostitute, and Neon Deion Sanders played for the Braves and Falcons on the same day.

Alrighty then. Here are…the links!

Hurricane Michael leaves a wake of destruction in its path. Christ, what an asshole.

Its pretty neat to watch successes. But sometimes its the failures that show man’s greatness. Wow. Whoever designed that deserves a medal.

If you thought the media digging into high-school yearbooks and college accounts of (gasp!) drinking were absurd, well, I’ve got news for you. We’ve almost reached peak idiocy from the media.  Same goes for their commenters.

Women are strong, brave, and capable of doing anything a man can do. Well, they are until they need to be painted as delicate victims easily subjected to abuse in order to make political points.

I called this yesterday: the limousine operator who sent the busted-up vehicle on the road that was involved in a crash that killed 20 people, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide.

Um, yeah. I got no snark for this one. I’m sure there will be enough in the comments.

I’m thinking prosecutors might want to reevaluate the charges on this one.

Prosecutors at the time said it was possible the charge could be upgraded to murder in light of Ryan’s death, but aggravated assault by a public servant would carry the same sentencing range and be easier to prove. As of Wednesday, no higher charges had been added, according to Jack Choate, executive director of the Special Prosecution Unit that handles Texas prison criminal cases.

Wait, what the fuck?!?!?!?!

Oh hell yeah! Enjoy the 80s.

Now get out there and have a day as great as that song is.