Author: sloopyinca

Columbus Day has me thrown off. I had to check three times to make sure I had the day of the week correct. No mind, its not like I ever have a normal work week or anything. But I could use a day off sometime.  Not a lengthy layoff like the Yankees now have, but just a couple days in a row.  But back to that…they gave game effort but they stuck with CC too long when he had average stuff last night.  Boston will take on the defending world champion Houston Astros starting Saturday and the NLCS kicks off Friday in Milwaukee.  Good luck to whoever you are rooting for (unless its the Dodgers or Red Sox).

Hockey winners last night were: Columbus, Carolina, San Jose, Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto. Nothing else of note happened in the sports world.

Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi was born on this day.  As were: jazzman Thelonious Monk, eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood, actor Peter Coyote, rocker Alan Cartwright, accordionist James Fearnley, rocker David Lee Roth, singer Kirsty MacColl, politician and terrorist attack survivor Steve Scalise, actress Bai Ling, jeans pitchman Brett Favre, underachieving driver Dale Earnhardt Jr, and acting legend Mario Lopez.

Its also the day on which the cellulose billiard ball was patented, the Chicago fire was finally extinguished, the dinner jacket made its debut in Tuxedo Park, NY, Ho Chi Minh entered Hanoi, “Giant” (a better film than it gets credit for, in my opinion) made its debut, so did “From Russia With Love”, Fiji became an independent nation, Spiro Agnew resigned, Giants Stadium opened, Steve Perry joined Journey, Springsteen’s “Tunnel Of Love” album was released (it was garbage), Joseph Harris went postal, LT’s #56 was retired by the Giants, and the cornerstone for the Holocaust Museum in NY was laid.

That’s it. Now…the links!

Hurricane Michael is about to absolutely hammer the Florida panhandle. Fortunately its moving pretty quickly, but its still going to be devastating.  My thoughts and prayers are with those in its path.  I hope you’ve all gotten out of there In time.

Well, Sears is circling the drain and is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection. I mean, pretty much everybody not living under a rock saw this coming but that doesn’t make it any less sad.  They were a retail titan for damn near a century.

I’m not sure if this is a call for violence or not, but I don’t know how else to take someone who says you “cannot be civil” with your political opponents. Look for things to escalate in the sunup to the midterms and fully expect the left to resort to violence should they fail to capture the House. Well, I suppose I should say more violence.

Nikki Haley is stepping down from her post as ambassador to the United Nations. I think most everybody was caught off-guard with this one.  We’ll see what happens next, but I really want to see John Bolton get the post based solely on the statements he’s made about the UN in the past. (And yes, I know he’s got a lot of assholish views, but he’s dead right about our involvement with the UN.)

Fresno woman shocked to find naked stranger masturbating in her living room. (Sometimes there’s no need to rewrite the headline. This is one of those times.)

Murderer Jason Van Dyke has been moved far away from Chicago as he awaits sentencing. I hope he doesn’t get a single good night’s sleep while there. Or after sentencing. Or once he’s in prison. Or ever.

The finger-pointing has already begun in the aftermath of the deadly limousine accident in New York. The limo operator can expect to be sued out of existence at a minimum, but if the latest claims are true, he’s probably facing a slew of criminal charges as well.

The DC Doxxer will not be granted release before trial. Prosecutors claim a potential flight risk.  Looks like the judge learned something from the Awan family situation after all. The alleged Doxxer was employed by Shelia Jackson-Lee (D), Maggie Hassan (D) and others (D, D, D, D).

I’m sorry, I have to play two songs by two artists today.  I was genuinely torn but didn’t want to disappoint anybody: This one is an obvious choice. You know, seeing as it is perhaps one of the best 80’s rock songs recorded. And here is the second song. Which has a level of brilliance only that band could exhibit.

Now go out there and give em hell today!

The Astros are joining the Brew Crew as divisional series winners and will await their opponent.  The Brewers will face the Dodgers, who took care of Atlanta yesterday. Houston, who are the current world champions, will wait to see if the Yankees can bounce back from that manhood-robbing beatdown Boston put on them yesterday.  16-1…Jeez, that’s bad.

I hear basketball has started, but I still need to wait for a month or so to confirm.  On the ice, Anaheim are off to a hot start while the Rangers and Coyotes are close to being eliminated from the playoff race already…as usual for the ‘yotes.

NO UCL this week, as national teams prepare for a round of games. Which seems like its happening every other week lately.  Meh, oh well. Liverpool need a break.

If you were born on this day, you share it with: anti-slavery campaigner and first African-American publisher Mary Ann Shadd Cary, French artilleryman Alfred Dreyfus, ballplayer Joe Pepitone, singer-songwriter-guitarist John Lennon, rocker John Entwhistle, vocalist Jackson Browne,  TV’s Scott Bakula, musician PJ Harvey, LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam, hockey star Henrik Zetterberg, and the lovely Bella Hadid.

Its also the day on which RichardI left Jerusalem in disguise, Woodrow Wilson became the first president to attend a World Series game, Babe Ruth hit his first WS homer, NBC formed, Laura Ingalls completed the first transcontinental flight by a woman, Hoover Dam began sending electricity to L.A., Boston had a race riot, Penthouse Magazine’s Hebrew edition hit newsstands, David Souter was sworn in to the Supreme Court, and the SR-71 made its last flight.

Wow, that’s a  big day for birthdays. Anyway, on to…the links!

Hurricane Michael bears down on the Florida panhandle and Big Bend regions. If you’re in either of those places, its time to get the hell out of there. Seriously.

The tolerant, loving left are showing their true colors. How long are we away from another psychopath trying to kill a bunch of people for merely having the wrong opinion or affiliation?  And how long after it happens will it take the media to blame the victim?  I give it until mid-November.

The limousine driver involved in the crash that killed 20 people shared safety fears hours before the deadly crash. Hindsight being 20/20 and all that, I would never get behind the wheel of a lumbering death machine if I didn’t have confidence in its ability to stop and go as designed.

Don’t worry, it was an accident. Mistakes happen. But people never take advantage of things like this. Move along. Nothing to see here.

Some people would have you believe that public sector unions are there to prevent malicious politically-motivated actions by superiors and to ensure a diverse, diligent group of workers in our cities and states. It also means, apparently, you can be an absolute piece of shit and be really hard to fire. And if you’re surprised this happened in Chicago, you haven’t been here long.

Trump misspeaks about Kavanaugh “ordeal”, although the evidence provided leans in the direction of him being more accurate than his accusers. Either way, these kind of statements drive the progressives insane and I hope he keeps them up.  The American people need to see those idiots on display as they try to erode the concept of due process and innocence until proven guilty as well as utilizing political hit-jobs in order to derail our established and enumerated systems…all in an effort to regain power.  I only hope they never get power of the WH and Senate anytime soon, because they will pack the courts about 5 minutes after that happens.

Nobody left my bachelor party smelling like fish. I don’t think they did anyway. These guys cannot say the same. (Yes, its nice to post a human interest story once in a while. It helps keep us all sane.)

This is a tough day to pick a song. So I’ll pick three, in no particular order of brilliance on the part of the birthday boy: Let’s get this started off strong. And then let’s take it up a notch. And then finish it off smooth. (I may not leave the computer all day once I take R to school. And if I don’t, I might leave those three on loop for the duration. Brilliance. Pure brilliance.

Anyway, on that note, go have a great day, friends.

The Yankees brought out the bats yesterday in their wild card win over the Athletics. And now we get a five-game series between them and the Red Sox to decide who moves on to face the winner of Cleveland and Houston.  But before those kick off, we get both NL Divisional Series starting today, with the Rockies-Brewers facing off and then the Dodgers-Braves.  Enjoy it.

In the big Champions League matches yesterday, Liverpool fell to Naples, PSG rolled, Athletics did as well. Barcelona doubled up Spurs and BVB got back on track. Now everybody’s focus on soccer can move to Sunday’s match between Man City and Liverpool.

Nobody other sports are playing meaningful games yet, so they get no mention. Sorry, house rules.

If you were born on this day, you get to celebrate it with: Ohioan Rutherford B Hayes, comedic genius Buster Keaton, gun rights champion and emotive actor Charlton Heston, author Anne Rice, twitchy manager Tony LaRussa, idiot (but good actress) Susan Sarandon, wrestling matriarch Linda McMahon, actor Christoph Waltz, rap mogul Russell Simmons, keyboardist Chris Lowe, Stuttering John, actor Leiv Schreiber, and the skinny-fat-skinny Alicia Silverstone.

Its also the day on which the following took place: Mexico became a republic, The Orient Express made its maiden trip, Dick Tracy debuted, Hitler and Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass (and somebody should have bombed it), “Leave It To Beaver” hit the small screen, Jim Brown carried the ball 37 times(!) in a football game, “Thundarr the Barbarian” was introduced to American youth, “Beverly Hills, 90210” hit the small screen, the Oilers traded Messier to the Rangers, and Wikileaks was launched.

OK, to…the links!

The White House says they found no evidence to support claims against Brett Kavanaugh in the FBI follow up report.  The Senate is set to look at it today, so expect several “anonymous sources” to contradict those findings with cherry-picked data.  Also expect the entire report to never be released to normal people like us.

Is there no statute of limitations for taxes in New York? Can people be forced to pay for the sins (if you want to call using the tax code to your advantage or getting past the auditors for decades a sin) of their father?  Well, apparently we’re about to find out.

At the federal level, tax law experts expressed skepticism that the IRS would mount any civil investigation. The main reason, they said, is that the Times account says IRS officials have already conducted extensive audits of the estate left by Trump’s parents.

Earlier on Wednesday, de Blasio, a Democrat, warned Trump that the city will squeeze him for back taxes he might owe on money and other assets he got from his father.

‘The city of New York is looking to recoup any money that Donald Trump owes the people of New York City, period,’ he said during a press conference.

De Blasio claimed a ‘good-old-boy network’ decades ago had allowed Fred Trump to minimize his tax bill and enabled his son to take advantage of the sleight-of-hand without being held accountable.

‘If a lot of people had done their jobs, he would never have been president of the United States,’ said de Blasio, a liberal Democrat.

Oh, so this is about politics. Gee, what a shock.

Congratulations for getting Amazon to cave in to the “fight for $15” nonsense, Dems. Of course, it never really works out the way they expect it to, does it? Actually, in this case it probably does. Those dipshits want to eliminate incentive and performance-based pay to effectively socialize companies. Because removing the incentives to do better always work.  What a bunch of dumbasses mendacious pricks.

Well it looks like a Democrat congressional staffer was the one who doxxed the Republican Senators after all. Oh well, at least nobody was killed, right?

Most debates delve into policies and political philosophy.  When you’re in Illinois, they are all about pointing out whose scandals were worse. Never change, Illinois. You’re a constant reminded that our elected “leaders’ could always be bigger shitbags.

I’ve seen some really cool marriage proposals. I’ve seen some silly ones. But I think I may have found the one made by the dumbest motherfucker on the face of the earth. This is as dumb an idea as Hillary 2020.

Damn, yo. Try being a little more discrete next time. Also, Houston is racist against robosexuals. I’m now ashamed to call this place home.

Slim pickings for music, unless you are interested in one of the best electronic songs from the 80’s. Because that’s what you get today.

Now go have a great day, friends! I won’t be around until Tuesday. I’ve got an auction this weekend in Fort Worth (if you want to buy a real grizzly bear or a legit Bengal fucking tiger, you’re in luck!) and also have to catalog another sale of an auto shop while up there.

Who doesn’t hate the one game wild card playoff for baseball?  People from Colorado, that’s who. What a game last night. With a pitching masterclass by both teams, I don’t know if that game should have ended, but they all have to and the Cubs came up short again this year.  AL wild card game is tonight in New York.

Elsewhere, Man City won, Juventus won, ManUre drew, as did Bayern and Real Madrid blew ou…holy shit, they lost to CSKA Moscow and its officially time to start pushing the panic button. Preseason basketball and hockey is boring, so it gets no mention.  But I’ll bring up just one more thing about the Ohio-State-Penn State football game from this past Saturday. No, not to gloat. But to illustrate just how bad some decision-making can be when you think you can do no wrong.

Birthday time!  Today we celebrate or acknowledge: historian George Bancroft, writer Thomas Wolfe, writer Gore Vidal, the father of butterfly goaltending Glenn Hall, rocker Eddie Cochran, singer Chubby Checker, tiger pal Roy Horn, singer Lindsey Buckingham, HOF outfielder Dave Winfield, HOF pitcher Dennis Eckersley, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, grifter and racist Al Sharpton, “Boom Boom” Freddie Couples, hepatitis carrier Tommy Lee, actor Clive Owen, the lovely Neve Campbell and musician Gwen Stefani.

Its also the day on which the Gauls surrendered to Julius Caesar, the Duke of Montrose issued a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy, Edgar Allen Poe was spotted for the last time alive, the motor-driven vacuum was patented, Trotsky founded “Pravda”, Woodrow Wilson fucked America over (and started the endless advance of the one-way ratchet) by signing a 1% income tax into law, “The Maltese Falcon” premiered, so did “Captain Kangaroo” and “Mickey Mouse Club”, jeez, so did “The Dick Van Dyke Show”, “The Andy Griffith Show”, and “Mr Ed”, Jerry West retired, the Watergate criminal trial began,  the coup against Noriega failed, and the Battle of Mogadishu, which was the loose basis for “Black Hawk Down” took place. Oh yeah, and OJ Simpson walked after being acquitted on murder charges.

OK, that’s it for that.  Now…the links!

 

Christine Blasey Ford might have some explaining to do herself. Somebody get to the Bay Area and ask her these questions. You’ll probably find her in the Delta Sky Miles Diamond Club Lounge at SFO.

If you’re involved in a feminist journal and you’re bitching about the methodology used here, then you’re not serious about advocating equality or feminism or truth in research. Seriously, this is a bit of a long read, but absolutely stunning and hilarious in the absurdity of what these guys were able to pull off. (Open it in incognito or private mode-or somebody please provide an archive link in the comments)

The nanny state comes to Texas. Well, it was always here in some respects, but the creep, especially in Austin, is now complete.

When #believeher goes horribly wrong. But they’re, like, raising awareness to a bigger issue and if we’re gonna make a feminist omelet we’re gonna have to break a few eggs.

I feel bad for the lady, but this seems a bit excessive. No mind, they can just raise taxes!

If you’ve ever wanted to hear a killer explain how he did his thing, you can read it in his own words right here. The testimony is not consistent with many other evidentiary items, namely the video of the event. But who are you gonna believe, members of the jury…the brave, selfless officer or your lying eyes?

Well, it looks like you may be able to bang a robot in Houston after all. But be warned that Big Brother will be there to shame you. Why? Because fuck you, that’s why.

Well, I sure hope you enjoy this. I know I did. I mean…that’s every bit as good as the original.

Now go enjoy the middle of your week. Even if you’re a Cubs fan.

I guess that Mahomes dude is the real deal after that performance in the fourth quarter last night.  In a quirk of scheduling, the two losers from yesterday’s divisional one-game playoffs will meet this evening in Chicago to play the NL wild card game.  The winner heads to Milwaukee to start that series later in the week. My money is on a Cubs-Brewers rematch. The AL game takes place tomorrow in New York, with the Yankees taking on the Athletics. And the second group of UCL group games starts today, with ManUre-Valencia headlining today’s slate. Look for a managerial change if the red debbils lose. And damn, are Penn State fans ever salty after they lost to Ohio State. But they’re not nearly as salty as this fuckhole is. I mean…come on dude. Do you want to ever be taken credibly again? Objective “Sports journalists”, amirite?

Are you a birthday boy or girl today? If so, you share it with the following: badass rebel Nat Turner, German leader (who failed at keeping a giant asshole out of power) Paul von Hindenburg, pacifist and sex freak Mahatma Gandhi, brilliant, unrivaled, incredible (I’d never run out of superlatives to describe the) comedian Groucho Marx, also hilarious Bud Abbott, movie critic Rex Reed, founder of NFL Films Steve Sabol, musician Don McLean, picture-taker Annie Liebovitz, rocker Michael Rutherford, actor and singer Sting, wrestler Yokozuna, skinny woman Kelly Ripa, and singer (who got naked in Playboy) Tiffany.

Its also the day on which the following occurred: Saladin captured Jerusalem, Jacques Cartier discovered Montreal, Charles Darwin returned to England, Brigham Young was arrested for bigamy, Potter’s “The Tale Of Peter Rabbit” was published, the San Diego Zoo opened, “Peanuts” made its debut, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” made its tv debut, strangely enough, so did “Twilight Zone”, “The Bridge On The River Kwai” made its big screen debut, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice, “Scrubs” debuted, and Vin Scully finally shut up after calling his last game which the Dodgers hilariously lost to the Giants.

Sorry if that last bit ruffles some feathers. I never cared for his endless droning or that voice.  Anyway, on to…the links!

NBS News effectively gives an open platform to the biggest nut job this side of Alex Jones. And they excuse it by saying, in about 10 seconds, that the claims she’d made over the last hour can’t be verified or corroborated by anybody at all. Stay classy, “journalists”.

If I ever consider taking a trip to New Zealand, would you guys find someone to slap the shit out of me? Christ, what a bunch of assholes.

The left (and media)’s latest freakout? An alleged bar skirmish 33 years ago where ice may have been thrown. Because nothing says disqualifying like somebody possibly throwing ice over what nobody knows may have been said or done to him or a friend of his in the preceding moments. Stupid, puritanical SoCons, you know?  Oh wait…

Mother of kid who sucks as an athlete goes out of her way to prove she’s an asshole. I’m sure that’s gonna help her son make friends.

After reading the headline, I expected the complaint to be about not wanting to sell the piece at all. After reading it, I discovered that there’s at least one smart person involved in politics in Chicago. And it ain’t the mayor.

This sounds like a good use of taxpayer money. I just hope she invests a little bit of that in getting rid of that wart or whatever it is in the middle of her forehead.  Jeez, looks like a man scorned can be just as furious as a woman.

Well, if you were planning on coming to Houston to bang a robot, you may want to hold off on booking that trip. Looks like the city council will have the last word on the plan.  Which means it won’t happen and pervs will continue to not have an outlet for their desires aside from other people.

I don’t want to hear bitching about my music today. I’m playing three songs because I think these guys were really solid.  Song #1.  Second song. The finale.

That’s it. Go to work. And have a great day!

Only two baseball games on tap for today, so there won’t be mu…hey wait a minute! Two baseball games?  That means we had two ties atop divisions and will now have a couple of one-game tiebreakers to decide who gets into a real series and who gets stuck in a one-game playoff.  And that, my friends, is why a 162-game schedule isn’t too long after all. Brewers at Cubs at noon (I’m picking the Cubs) and Rockies at Dodgers at 3 (I’m picking the Rockies). The losers face each other in the wild card game (at Milwaukee or Chicago) and the winner of the first game will face the winner of the two losers while the winner of the latter will face Atlanta in the divisional series. Sound confusing?  Here’s a primer on how it all works.

Your NFL winners so far were: the Bungles!, da Bears, the Cowboys, Green Bay (in hideous throwbacks), Tennessee, Houston (after an inexplicable decision by Frank Reich), New England (let the hype machine return), Jacksonville, Oakland (sorry Cleveland), Seattle, Nawlins, San Die-er, the Los Angeles Chargers, and Baltimore (write off the Steelers).

The big game of the week in soccer ended in an entertaining draw as Liverpool and Chelsea both remain frontrunners for the title along with Man City.  Man United are officially in a state of disarray with Mourinho and his players publicly airing their grievances amid a 3-1 loss at West Ham.  The team is inexplicably standing behind him.

 

And there was a great college football game Saturday night. No, not the Domers, who dominated Stanford. You all know who it was and you know what a roller coaster that was for me and a few others on here.  Anyway, that felt fantastic. Here’s the recap.

Today’s birthdays include: outlaw Bonnie Parker, aviation pioneer William Boeing, acting great Walter Matthau, beer deregulator Jimmy Carter, singer/actress Julie Andrews, rocker Jim Martini, baseball great Rod Carew, off-his-meds actor Randy Quaid, gutless flake Theresa May, juice fanatic Mark McGwire, and actress Beer Larson.

Its also the day on which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III at Guagamela, Siemens AG was founded, “Das Kapital” was published…by capitalist swine who used their printing press, which costs money to use and maintain, “Little Women” was also published, the first National Geographic his the shelves, T.E. Lawrence captured Damascus, Babe Ruth (allegedly) called his shot, Chairman Mao declares the Peoples Republic of China (50 million Chinese will not get the chance to join him in the celebration), “Honeymooners” made its small screen debut, Johnny Carson made his “Tonight Show” debut, and the (worthless, money-sucking) Department of Energy was established.

That’s it for all the silly stuff. Now on to…the links!

Canada comes back into the fold as NAFTA agreement reached. Unsure if the first thing to cross the border after the deal will be Trudeau’s balls in a Fedex box, but that’s what I’m hearing from unnamed sources familiar with the deal.

If this is disqualifying for someone being on the Supreme Court, then we are officially entering some kind of Puritanical hell for a free society. I mean…the last four Presidents have had (in reverse order) a slew of women he had admitted affairs with, used cocaine in high school and sold pot with his “chum gang”, had a notorious drinking and drug problems, has been accused of several sexual assaults and had his wife go after the women who happily slept with him during his impeachment trial for perjury.  Seemingly only one of those pasts matter to the media, who are doing their job as DNC mouthpieces with aplomb. Little do they know how many good people this will drive from ever wanting to “serve” the public.

City governments sue the federal government for wanting people to be taxed less. That’s pretty much it. From the article:

“It’s monetary, but it’s also a protest,” Ms. Paulin said. “I worry that the changes to SALT are going to destroy our way of life in our state, and I want to be part of an effort to preserve that.”

Then keep donating your own money, lady (which she is). And stop trying to get your local and state government fat on the fruits of labor of middle class and poor people.

California’s government, long known for some of the stupidest shit ever, actually gets one right. I mean they really get this right.

Instead, under the new law, a suspect can be charged with first-degree murder only if he or she was the actual killer, solicited the murder or aided the slaying in a way that showed a “reckless indifference to human life.” The law will allow those who have been convicted under the felony murder rule to petition a court to be resentenced.

There is one notable exemption: any case in which a police officer is killed.

Son of a bitch.

I will be shocked if he takes the stand. I also hope the judge finds a way to clear the courtroom. Not completely, just of the scores of uniformed cops who will be sitting right next to the jury box staring holes through them. Because that’s what always happens when a killer cop takes the stand.

Kanye West knows how to stay in the news. And the dumbasses keep taking the bait.

How long before one of these clowns gets shot? Literally. Either way, I laughed.

Let’s get a little funky this morning, shall we?

Now go have a great day!

Well it didn’t rain yesterday. But I was stuck inside all day with a daughter who had an ear infection and fever. So I didn’t even get to enjoy it. C’est la vie!  Which is what CC Sabathia is saying to himself after he threw at a guy in the 6th inning yesterday and was ejected…two innings shy of a $500,000 bonus. Its also what Ohio State is saying after one of the most retarded twitter mobs ever went after them. And what the Dodgers and Cardinals are saying after sitting idle yesterday while the Rockies won. That was effectively the only meaningful baseball game played yesterday, and with three left to play, the Dodgers travel to San Francisco who would love to rain on their parade, St Louis travels to Chicago (NL) who has a lot to play for and Colorado awaits Washington at home in a series that doesn’t matter to them.  Could be interesting.

Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Rams beat the Vikings, who are struggling to maintain defensive focus.  Miami drilled UNC in football. And the Ryder Cup is underway with the United States taking a 3-1 lead after the first session.  Tiger and Patrick Reed dropped the only point and will sit in the alternate shot pairings that start ups in a little bit.

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday from all the Glibglobs. And you share it with: Confucius, wife and advisor to emperors Livia, gift from God Himself Arthur Guinness, TV pioneer Ed Sullivan, boxer Max Schmeling, actress and sexpot Bridget Bardot, bassist Nick St Nicholas, actress (who was naked a lot) Sylvia Kristen, musician Ned Lukhardt, idiot Janeane Garofalo, “musician” Moon Unit Zappa, actress Naomi Watts, and Texan Hillary Duff.

Its also the day on which Cabrillo discovered California, Maryland legalized divorce in 1701, Napoleon graduated 42nd out of 51 cadets from the Paris military academy (which is almost as bad as John McCain!), Lou Gerigh made an error after 885 straight games without one, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, Martin And Lewis make their film debut, Ted Williams hit his final homer (#521), Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted, and SpaceX launched the first ever private spacecraft into orbit.

OK, onto…the links!

You’d have to be living under a rock if you didn’t know what the big story of the day was.  Brett Kavanaugh gave an enthusiastic defense of himself as Team Blue attempted to turn his confirmation hearing into a circus. Not to downplay Christine Blasey Ford’s “truth” as it was described by noted groper Corey Booker, but he absolutely crucified the character assassination attempts from the left that included forcing him to explain his high school yearbook entry, to account for diary entries from when he was 16 and attacking him for drinking occasionally to excess when he was a college student.

The SEC has sued Elon Musk for fraud. They’re claiming he has misled investors and went so far as to peg the “buyout” price at $420 a share because of its significance to pot culture.  The suit sounds half solid and half retarded.  But my question is this: if he’s committed fraud, why aren’t they criminally charging him?  Methinks this is more about stealing Tesla and handing it over to an actual businessman who knows how to run production than it is about prosecuting genuine fraud.

Here’s a story about two of the dumbest people in the world. Just in case you were interested in #metoo infighting.  Me-ow!

That’s some good flying there, Lou! At least it didn’t happen in New York so we’d hear reports of heroism on endless loop for weeks on end.  Also, that might make a cool reef in a few years.

Gee thanks, Chicago. You guys have almost killed enough of each other to start drifting back toward the mean.

Just as I predicted, President Trump has delayed a meeting with Rod Rosenstein because of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing.It will be held someday next week. Enjoy the rampant speculation and plenty of scoops from unnamed sources in the meantime.

Come on, Houston. Stop being busybodies and trying to tell people how they can spend their own money. WinStar can’t have that much pull here, can they?

Enjoy today’s song, children of my generation. Well, everybody else should too.

Now go out there and have a good day and a great weekend.  Beat Penn State!

I barely even know what day it is anymore.  All I know is that its a day when rain falls from the sky…every day.  Seriously, I don’t know when was the last day when we didn’t get some rain. And the forecast for today is …rain.

The Diamondbacks may yet have something to say about who wins the NL West. They dumped the Dodgers yesterday and with Colorado winning, the teams flip-flopped places. With Milwaukee winning, St Louis is now a game back of LA in the wild card with 3 games left. Colorado has an extra game to play if necessary. So let’s all pull for a 3-way tie and the minor chaos that ensues from that. The only other race that matters is for home field for the 2nd-3rd division winners in the NL and the AL wild card slot, although the Yankees have a pretty good hold on that.

Today’s famous birthdays include: Cosimo de Medici, brewer and patriot Sam Adams, Mexico’s first emperor Augustin de Iturbide, the first black US Senator Hiram Revels, “Soul Train” host Don Cornelius, rocker Randy Bachman, rocker Marvin Lee Aday, baseball’s Mike Schmidt, TV’s Shaun Cassidy, moron Gwyneth Paltrow, singer Brad Arnold, rapper Lil Wayne, and Canadian person Avril Lavigne.

It was also the day on which the following took place: the Jesuit Order was founded, John Adams negotiates peace terms with (a defeated) Britain…on his birthday no less! The James Gang attacked a train and left 150 dead. the equation E=mc^2 was introduced, the first Model T rolled off the assembly line, the first “Native American Day” was celebrated (with much drinking perhaps?), the “Tonight Show” made its debut, the garbage book “Silent Spring” was published, Phil Niekro made his final appearance, and Greg Maddux won his final career start.

Cool stuff there.  Now…the links! (Which will not include anything about Trump’s incredibly awesome press conference yesterday because I don’t even know where to begin.

Michael Avenatti might want to use a less crazy person the next time he wants to grab the spotlight. The people who know her seems o think she’s less than credible.  Of course, Robby Soave seems to think this is the final nail in Kavanaugh’s coffin (because a college student attending 10 high school gang-rape parties before getting gang-raped herself seems plausible) and said he should withdraw.  But that dude can’t even change a tire.

Meanwhile, it sure looks like #resisting is a pretty expensive gig. Unless FB are giving her the ad space for free, which wouldn’t surprise me.  But serious question: if we are a representative democracy, why would the person doing the representing and one of two people from the state with an actual vote on thew matter be pissing money away running ads to get people to say he should be denied Senate votes? That’s literally her job.

WikiLeaks has quietly replaced Julian Assange with a new editor-in-chief. Not sure what this means for Assange or the organization, but it is definitely an interesting development.

United Airlines will soon release their new slogan: “At United, we don’t give a fuck!” Seriously, you gotta figure out a better way to handle crying babies on a plane because it is a pain in the ass. But berating the parent of the baby is probably not a good start. Maybe sacrificing a row of seats to build “quiet rooms” would be a better plan on longer flights at least.

It looks like Jason Van Dyke is playing the “look, some of my best friends are black!” card in his trial. Uh, that doesn’t mean you aren’t a prejudicial sociopath that discharged your weapon 16 fucking times at an unarmed dude standing in his own yard that posed no threat to you whatsoever.

Damn, dude. Lay off the steroids next time, ok? Also, who wears white briefs these days? You think you’re Walter White or something?

Lighten up, Francis. Its just trying to get kids to participate in a way that might boost attendance to the Homecoming dance.

With apologies to BTO, this is the only song I even considered playing today.

Now go out there and have a great day!

We’re up and running at full speed this week. I had to spend most of my day dealing with the Nissan situation yesterday, but I managed to resolve it if not amicably, then at least favorably.  Its was a typical trip for me to a car dealership where everyone at the end of the experience is exhausted but I drive away with a better deal than I should have.  So now I can put that clusterfuck to rest.  Thanks all for your prior advice on the matter.

Hey look, the Steelers won a game.  They sure needed that.  And on the diamonds, the winners were: New York (AL), Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Colorado, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Oakland San Diego and the world champion Houston Astros. Colorado is a half-game behind St Louis for the last wild card spot. Everything else is settled with 5-6 games left. So get your popcorn and watch the NL Central and West scores as we come down the stretch.

Let’s see who was born on September 25th: Genius writer William Faulkner, communist “spy” Ethel Rosenberg, baseball play and sportscaster Phil Rizzuto, jazz musician Sam Rivers, TV personality Babbawa Wawlters, writer of children books Shel Silverstein, bluesman Booba Barnes, Sec Def Robert Gates, actor Michael Douglas, guitarist Onnie McIntyre, supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, actor Mark Hamill, equestrian novice Christopher Reeve, bassist Steven Severin, actor Michael Madsen, another supermodel Heather Locklear,  actor and “rapper” Will Smith, and the ageless beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Its also the day on which the following occurred: there first printing press in North America went into use, Benedict Arnold turned, the US Congress proposed the Bill of Rights, Congress created the first all-black university (Howard), Columbia’s school of Journalism was founded…and has gone downhill ever since, Henry Ford announced an 8-hour a day-5 day work week…before there was a UAW, Germany firebombed Warsaw, “Doc” Duvalier won the Haitian presidency, Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” hit #1, “Evita” opened on Broadway, Nolan Ryan threw his fifth no-hitter, Antonin Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court, Bruce Jenner changed his name, and Anthony Weiner was given 21 months in jail for being a pervert…but received nothing for having a shitload of classified information on the computer he was using to sext a kid pictures of his junk.

And that’s it! Now to…the links!

If the GOP needed an event to rouse up the base and make TV ads with about how intolerant the hard left can be, then yesterday was their lucky day.

Gee, who couldn’t have seen this coming a mile away? I suppose someone refreshed her memory on what can happen when you lie under oath to a congressional committee.

All those soft-commie rags in the EU that loved the Pope are starting to turn on him. Yeah, you can commie as hard as you want, but even (most of) those bastards will turn on you when you start ignoring and actively covering up child sexual abuse, as he has been accused of doing.

I’ve seen some frivolous lawsuits, but this one takes the cake! But since it is filed in California, I assume she’ll win a fat judgment or at least get a hefty settlement. (Had to use this link since the one cited isn’t in English.)

When your defense is “well sure my client fired sixteen rounds into an unarmed person in his own yard doing nothing actionable, bit only one of them technically mattered”, you might be fucked in a sane and fair legal system. But let’s not forget that this is Chicago and the shooter was a cop. And let’s also take a moment to remember that this “expert” testimony is contradicted by the actual dash cam footage of the killing.

Remember when those cops on the New Jersey shore were caught on video beating the shit out of a woman on the beach? Well after months there’s finally been an arrest in the case. You’d think that is a good thing, except…well you know.

“Listen kid, there’s only one way to get an A in my class.”  And the Pythagorean theorem ain’t gonna help you get there.

The Trump White House is staying mum on Rod Rosenstein. Meanwhile, the media are reporting the following:

• Rosenstein has verbally quit
• Rosenstein will quit on Thursday
• Rosenstein has been fired
• Rosenstein will be fired on Thursday

All of those claims were floated throughout the day by “sources with knowledge about the situation.” So you can count on them all being true, I suppose.

Enjoy a great song from a generation of great songs.

Now go out and have a great Tuesday!

Well Tiger ended his losing streak. And I have to say that he might actually win another major now, although the window of opportunity is still small. Your NFL winners were: Detroit (what’s wrong with New England?), Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles (Rams), New York (Giants), Balmer, Tennessee, Washington, Philly, Buffalo, Miami, Kansas City, and Nawlins.  The Stillers play the Bucs tonight.

In college, Va Tech shit the bed, Oklahoma almost did. Texas got off the schneid and Ohio State is preparing to take on Penn State in the white out this weekend with Urban Meyer back at the helm. The Astros clinched a playoff spot and the A’s all but have as well. The AL is practically set for the postseason and the NL isn’t far behind, although Colorado is trying to hang in there.

Today’s famous birthdays include: Western Samurai William Adams, Chief Justice John Marshall, blues man Blind Lemon Jefferson, writer F Scott Fitzgerald, religious sociopath Ayatollah Khomeini, muppet man Jim Henson, cancer victim Linda McCartney, “Mean” Joe Greene, murder victim (thanks a lot Andy Dick, you asshole)) Phil Hartman, and bassist Sean McNabb.

It was also the day on which the following happened: Columbus set sail on his second voyage. The Ottomans set siege on Vienna, John Jay was nominated to be the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Honda Motor Company was founded, so was Kentucky Fried Chicken, President Eisenhower had a heart attack while on vacation, the first nuclear aircraft carrier was launched, “The Munsters” premiered, CompuServe began operations, West Germany signed the reunification treaty, Mahmoud Amadenijad spoke at Columbia University (but antifa didn’t deem it as worthy of riots as a Milo or Amy Coulter speech). And “The Big Bang Theory” premiered (and may God have mercy on your soul if you watch it).

That’s it for all that. Now on to…the links!

Wait a second, are people actually calling this a credible claim against Kavanaugh? Let’s see what she has to say (emphasis mine):

For Ramirez, the sudden attention has been unwelcome, and prompted difficult choices. She was at first hesitant to speak publicly, partly because her memories contained gaps because she had been drinking at the time of the alleged incident. In her initial conversations with The New Yorker, she was reluctant to characterize Kavanaugh’s role in the alleged incident with certainty. After six days of carefully assessing her memories and consulting with her attorney, Ramirez said that she felt confident enough of her recollections to say that she remembers Kavanaugh had exposed himself at a drunken dormitory party, thrust his penis in her face, and caused her to touch it without her consent as she pushed him away. Ramirez is now calling for the F.B.I. to investigate Kavanaugh’s role in the incident. “I would think an F.B.I. investigation would be warranted,” she said.

Yeah, seems legit.

Well, I’ll excuse you if you read the headline and think “not another Hillary article!” Well, you’d be wrong!

Switzerland voters in one province overwhelmingly affirm their hate for Cousin It, among other things. Over 2/3 of the voters.  Wow.

Bill Cosby set to be sentenced today for three counts of sexual assault. I bet he gets six months to a year.

Nothing like a government manipulating the market in order for housing to be affordable for all. (That same home in Houston would probably cost $30-40k in average shape, or $60k with a complete remodel.)

You want to know whether or not public school systems place the kids first? Well, here’s Exhibit A for them not doing so. Stay classy, Chicago Public Schools.

Well, I hope none of you had invested in Lime. Because they will be done after this regardless of the facts of the case.

As Iran holds funerals for people killed in a terrorist attack, I will hold my breath that the US doesn’t somehow get dragged into the mess.

Having a hard time picking a song today. I’ll choose two: Song 1.  Song 2 (may be NSFW for a few of you).