Author: sloopyinca

Its Friday.  Hooray!  We all need a break after this week.  All I did was drive nearly 2000 miles with three toddlers in the car, and then do 5 days of work in a 2 day stretch so I could play golf today.  So whether you need the break or not, I can assure you that I do.  Ooh, and speaking of golf, the WGC-Bridgestone kicked off yesterday with all of the big names playing.  Ian Poulter went loooooow yesterday, but Rickie Fowler is on his heels and will probably contend since this isn’t a major. Jason Day and Rory are just a few back and Tiger is one behind them with Tommy Fleetwood and Patrick Reed. Should be a hell of a weekend and a soft course and calm winds lend themselves to low scores.

And in baseball news, the Rays beat the Angels, the Cards topped the Rockies, the White Sox beat the Royals, the Phils beat the Marlins, the Nats beat the slumping Reds, the Red Sox pounded the Yankees, the braves beat the Mets, the Rangers used a late field goal to put the game out of reach and beat Baltimore 17-8, the Pads topped the Cubs, the Dodgers drilled the Brewers, the Gigantes hammered the Diamondbacks and the Blue Jays took down the Mariners.  The world champion Astros had the night off.

One of the most important inventors in history for city folk and the disabled, Elisha Otis, was born on this date. He shares it with: educator/litigant John Scopes, crooner Tony Bennett, actor Ramon Estevez (Martin Sheen), convicted felon Martha Stewart, Irish soccer legend Eamon Dunphy, bassist Morris Dickerson, comedic genius John Landis, hockey legend Marcel Dionne, rocker James Hatfield, football player Tom Brady, and knucklehead swimmer Ryan Lochte.

Its also the date when Tiberius beat the Dalmatians (all 101 of them) at Bathinus, Columbus set said on his first voyage for the “Indies”, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded, the US passed the first law restricting immigration, Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president when Harding was assassinated, Hitler assumed the title of Fuhrer after merging offices of Chancellor and President, Jesse Owens (Ohio State Buckeye) won his first of four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, Patton famously slapped a GI for being a coward, the first VTOL flight was recorded, Paul McCartney formed Wings, Jeff Baxter left Steely Dan for the Doobie Brothers, the Air Traffic Controllers strike began, “Unforgiven” made its box office debut and the Superdome opened.

Now that was a better date than yesterday!  Anyway, here come…the links!

I assume he was trying to get to Florida.  But seriously, it beats the lines at the TSA checkpoint.

Tommy Robinson talks about what it was like being thrown in jail for exercising what we in America call “free speech”. Hell, I’m surprised he made it out alive.

I can’t wait for Mexican Sharpshooter’s review of this one. I’ll say no more.

I’m just wondering how the logistics for giving him NARAL’s “Man Of The Year Award” are gonna work. ::SMDH::

Move over, Jesse “The Body” Ventura. Someone else has entered the political ring.

Anti-violence protesters shut down street and prevent people from going where they want. Which, strangely enough, isn’t done with violence when the mob they create is big enough to intimidate anyone who would dare try to use a public street for its intended purpose.

Every one of you that said “that Monopoly fraud thing would make a cool movie” the other day will be sad to know that it won’t make a cool movie. Not now, anyway.

Dude, they’re fifth graders. Come on! Oh well, its Florida.

That crazy killer is still running around Houston after the cops cleared his house following a false sighting. I hope I haven’t slighted this guy.  Jeez.

For the birthday boy. (And before you say “its not as good as the original”, I know that. But what you gonna do?)

Have a great day and a better weekend, friends!

Hey look, the Orioles beat the Yankees!  And with the Red Sox idle, that pulls them back within 41.5 games of the division.  Nice! Elsewhere, the Nationals topped the Mets, the Tigers dumped the Reds, the Indians blanked the Twins, the Cubs beat the Pirates, the Rays over the Angels, the Royals doubled up the White Sox, the Cardinals beat the Rockies, the Dodgers beat the Brewers and the Astros took two of three from Seattle to get off the slide a little bit.

I won’t even attempt to gloss over the big sports news story of the day. Which is apparently this: Urban Meyer allegedly did not admit to knowing of alleged abuse (for which no arrests were ever made even under Ohio’s stringent domestic abuse statutes, the victim refused to press charges, and the entirety of evidence is hearsay) in a press conference discussing a situation that happened three years ago that the victim’s family, friends and everyone who knew her with the exception of Meyer’s wife told her to keep out of the media and legal process. And for that, he’s been placed on leave pending an investigation of…wait, what are they investigating? Oh yeah, whether or not he was aware of the aforementioned abuse. Abuse that the victim refused to pursue or even bring up publicly until her ex- was fired (upon his first arrest in the matter) and no form of income for her exists any longer.  Well, fuck. The media won’t let this one go until they claim a scalp from one of the three of four biggest football programs in one of the three biggest athletic programs in the country.  Let’s see if Ohio State caves or if they defer to the legal process, which the victim refused to do for years.

Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the designer of Washington, D.C., was born on this date. So was Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, designer of the Statue Of Liberty (and by extension the developer of our immigration policy according to dumbasses who don’t understand an inscription on a statue isn’t binding law). Those two share the day with actress Myrna Loy, Israeli leader Shimon Peres, comedic genius Carrol O’Conner, American sports pioneer Lamar Hunt, brilliant actor Peter O’Toole, film director Wes Craven, celebrity judge Lance Ito, TV Land’s Butch Patrick, “musician” Mojo Nixon, drummer Pete de Freitas, and ageless knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

Its also the day Henry Hudson entered the bay which would be named after him, the formal signing of the Declaration of Independence took place, Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland”, the first roller rink opened in London, the first Lincoln head pennies were minted, the Army Air Corps was formed, the Potsdam conference ended, Mussolinin signed a peace treaty with Ethiopia, PT-109 was sunk in the Solomon Islands, the survivors of the USS Indianapolis were spotted, the Beatles first played the Cavern Club, George Brett got his first MLB hit, American Graffiti, George Lucas’s best directing job, premiered, Iraq invaded Kuwait and George HW Bush ordered US troops to Saudi Arabia, and Rick James was arrested on sexual torture charges.

What a day. And now…the links!

Mad Max hit with FEC complaint over mailer money.  I guess in retrospect, it may have not been a good idea paying her daughter $60k a year to lick stamps.

James Blake gets education on the difference in being a big-city union cop and being a little person.  And he’s not happy about it.  Well welcome to the party, James. Now go out there and raise hell.

The Barnum-esque experiment known as “Tesla” recorded its worst financial quarter ever. And their stock rose.  Why?  Because apparently due to population growth, there’s a sucker born every 15 seconds now.

Humanity will always find a way to circumvent stupid legislation. Still no word on when those lids that require 4x as much plastic as the straws will be showing up at Starbucks, by the way.

Judge gets tired of prosecutors trying Manafort for his lifestyle. I’m sure they’ll circle back to wealth envy at some point in closing arguments. After all, nobody deserves an ostrich vest or a $21,000 watch.  Nevermind the fact that actual people are employed to make those things.

All that is not expressly permitted is forbidden. No, seriously. That’s what its like to live in Massholechussetts.

This is how much better Whataburger is than the others. You won’t see this at an In-N-Out or Five Guys. It makes me proud. Sort of.

Here you go, 80s kids.  Enjoy greatness.

Have a great day.  O-H…

The trade deadline this year was a flurry of activity. Let’s hope it made the divisional races more exciting.  One of the more active teams was the Washington Nationals. And they went out afterward and put up 25 runs on the Mets. Jeez, that’s gonna leave a mark.  Other winners were: San Francisco, Philly, the Yankees, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Tampa, Atlanta, Kansas City, Cleveland, Colorado, Arizona, Oakland, Milwaukee and the World Champion Houston Astros, who needed a win pretty badly.

On the historical note, Roman Emperor Claudius was born on this date.  He shares it with American explorer William Clark, composer Francis Scott Key, long-winded writer Herman Melville, funny fat man Dom DeLuise, hippy musician Jerry Garcia, bassist Rick Anderson, role-actor extraordinaire Taylor Negron, and rapper Coolio.

Its also the date on which King George I was crowned, Horatio Nelson routed the French Navy off the Egyptian coast, London Bridge was opened to traffic, the British Empire abolished slavery, Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew Nicholas II and kicks WWI into high gear, the 1936 Olympics were opened in Berlin, the first Jeep rolled off the line, Anne Frank made her last diary entry, David Ben-Gurion’s party wins the first Israeli election, Charles Whitman went on his rampage, Mike Tyson unified the heavyweight championship, Rush Limbaugh made his radio show debut, Hedy Lamarr was arrested for shoplifting, the Rolling Stones began their Voodoo Lounge World Tour, and the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis collapsed during the evening rush hour.

That’s a decent amount to take in, even if the birthday cupboard was pretty bare.  Anyhoo, on to…the links!

Tommy Robinson is out on bail. A judge found that there were “irregularities” in the original finding. Let’s hope he stays out as the British attack on free speech continues to criminalize actions we take for granted in America.

It looks like TANSTAAFL is once again going to become a reality in Ontario. Its amazing that a program throwing free money at people for doing nothing is financially unsustainable.  The comments (at least before it was linked at Drudge) are hilariously pathetic.

What’s surprising to me is that this is surprising to anyone with a functioning brain. Draw your own conclusions about voter ID, registration, etc., but the fact that this surprises anyone seems ridiculous.

Oregon congressional candidate keeps it classy. Isn’t making fun of a First Lady supposed to be grounds for excoriation by the media?  Apparently not.

Jim Harbaugh: idiot. And he’s also 0-3 in The Game.

Way to go, Chicago!!!! Looks like your budget deficit will be below $100 million for the first time in over a decade. I wonder how much they have budgeted for police abuse though. They seem to manage around $1m a week to settle those cases for the last 12 years.

Am I the only one creeped out by this? I better not be because…::shudders::

Well this could be an interesting case. Can the Pulse nightclub survivors sue unnamed police officers for not trying to capture the shooter right away.  Pretty sure the Supreme Court has already ruled that cops have no obligation to protect, but maybe that only applied to criminal responsibility and not civil law.  Maybe a couple of our legal minds can chime in.

And lastly, there are new wildfires in Northern California and they are threatening 12,000 homes.  Stay safe, NorCal Glibs.

Not their biggest fan, but I do quite enjoy this song. I hope some of you do as well.

Go have a great day, friends.

Sorry Eldrick, the aura isn’t there anymore.  Jack and Bobby, in no particular order since I don’t want to start a fight this morning, are safe atop golf’s Olympus.  You not only didn’t intimidate the field anymore, you lost by 3 to your playing partner, who was as cool as the other side of the pillow coming down the stretch as you were hitting shots that would have been OB had it not been for a couple fortuitously and unaware patrons.  I’m more concerned with Jordan Spieth blowing what was a reasonably good chance to repeat in what has been a trying year.

Baseball winners were: San Diego, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Boston, Washington, LA, KC, the Cubs, Texas,  (of) Anaheim, Oakland, Arizona, Seattle and Philly. New York-New York was rained out.

And some sad news for our MINNESOOOOODA VIIIIIIKINGS fans, as their offense line coach Tony Sparano unexpectedly died yesterday at the age of 56. Condolences to our Vikes fans and the Sparano family.

Some famous people born on this date were: baseball player Pee Wee Reese, Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy, hurler Don Drysdale, shock jock Don Imus, sax/oboe player Andy McKay, Dutch filmmaker and victim of a terroristic murder Theo Van Gogh, rocker Martin Gore, actor Woody Harrelson , guitarist Slash, dead junkie who left three kids without a father Philip Seymour Hoffman, funny man Marlon Wayans, cigar-holder Monica Lewinsky, and actor Daniel Radcliffe.

Its also the date on which Napoleon captured Alexandria, the first typewriter (of sorts_ was patented in America, Lou Gehrig hit his first of 23 (23?!?!?!) career grand slams, Italy’s fascist government banned foreign words,  the Germans got their ass kicked at Kursk, VP Richard Nixon visited the Soviet Union, the Beatles “Help!” was released, Classy Fred Blasie won his fifth world wrestling championship, Nixon refused to release the Watergate tapes, Billy Carter admitted to being paid by Libya, and ISIS set off a bomb in Kabul killing 80 people at a protest.

Weak birthday day, that’s for sure. So let’s move on to…the links!

Some presidents send a theocratic shithole pallets of cash in the middle of the night and some decide to go completely in the opposite direction. You decide which is more prudent. Me? I’ll take peace over either one, which I’m sure is what we will end up with.  After all, the Iranians can only buy so many weapons with the $58 billion in cash and securities they were handed over, so I’m sure Rouhani is just talking shit to appease his base.

You know, I thought Toronto was a much longer walk from Indiana. Huh, guess I was wrong.

The Team Blue freakout over the Russian “spy” meeting with the NRA for access will likely blow over now.  Unless they want to explain why she was actually meeting with high-ranking officials from the Obama admin in 2015.

So the FISA warrant application was released with a lot of it retracted.  But it sure looks to me like it completely supports the GOP claim that essentially all of the evidence used was the Steele dossier that was completely funded by the DNC and the Clinton campaign (by way of a lawyer to avoid FEC oversight), although that detail was conspicuously left out of the document.  And Brennan himself even said that it was all done at Obama’s behest…although that won’t see much airplay except over at Fox.  All these bastards involved should at a minimum be fired for falsifying a warrant application by claiming that all sources and sub-sources had been vetted for accuracy and identified. Because they had to know that was a lie.

Another example of the great racial tolerance of the Bay Area liberals? Or just a busybody neighbor? You decide.  Although in this case, it would appear that the cops and business owner all acted the way civilized people act.

Look, why would anybody possibly think this had to do with the political campaign? “Its merely a coincidence!” says man who is running for mayor and happens to hand out $200,000 in cash on a Sunday afternoon.  Oh, Chicago. Never change!

It looks like the Senate is about to confirm Robert Wilkie as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Let’s see if he can fix that dysfunctional and corrupt place.

You can criticize the song if you wish. But there was only one choice for the artist.  Aw fuck it, he deserves a second one.

That’s it for me this week.  I’m gonna be in Cincy the next few days and then Phoenix through next Tuesday.  But I’ll be checking in from time to time.  So have a great week, friends!

Well we’ve made it to the end of another week. Congratulations.  And also congratulations to the Cubs, who beat the hated St Louis Cardinals in the lone Thursday game after the ASG break.  The Open Championship also gets underway. Second round is going and Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy are on the move.  Tiger is going the wrong way and Jordan Spieth started strong but faltered coming in. Thursday’s leader, Kevin Kisner, is yet to tee off.

Famous people born on this date include Alexander The Great (whose life was only marginally longer than the director’s cut of the movie about him, monk and geneticist Gregor Mendel, explorer and namesake (yeah, right) of a twice-failed presidential candidate Sir Edmund Hillary, Pizza Pizza man and late owner of the Red Wings and Tigers Mike Ilitch, writer Cormac McCarthy, eye-candy Diana Rigg, bad swimmer Natalie Wood, guitarist Carlos Santana, communist sympathizer Thomas Friedman, guitarist Jay Jay French, drummer Paul Cook, musician Chris Cornell, director Robert Rodriguez and Heisman trophy winner and holder of a 3-0 record as a starter against TTUN Troy Smith.

Also on this date, Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops, the Methodist church allows women to become pastors, Eisenhower got to Normandy, the US invaded Guam, UNICEF was formed, Neil Armstrong becomes the first human being (since the Egyptians or Aztecs, according to some) to step foot on something other than earth. And Hank Aaron hit his last homer.

Good stuff. And I apologize to any of those people listed above whose life I may have made marginally more difficult through my youthful acts. Anyway, no time for a public shaming. Its time for…the links!

The purges for wrongthink continue. Big shock there.  But I bet Whoopi doesn’t so much as get a formal reprimand.

So it looks like you’re better off being from the left side of the political spectrum if Robert Mueller is snooping around your business. Or maybe its common practice to give a connected person immunity so you can go with both barrels at someone accused of a crime that is generally handled by having them file an amended statement that they were lobbying on behalf of a foreign nation several years ago. Also of note is that Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager’s name is on at least 20 emails entered into evidence.

Elon Musk continues his downward spiral into insanity. Not good timing as it also recently came out that 24% of the orders for his latest car have been cancelled and refunds requested.

San Jose decides to cut down on free association and voluntary participation in something thats completely legal a couple hundred miles away. Yeah, nice job assholes.

Wait a fucking minute. Why is this judge facing a “tough day of questions”? The questions are all easy to answer. He should just say “fuck you, its a natural right. I’ll buy a better holster. Now get the fuck out of my face.” Or something a little less eloquent if he chooses so.

The Democrats can shit in one hand and demand that the translators for the Trump – Putin summit be compelled to testify in the other. And they can let me know which one fills up first.

Trump slams rate increase by “independent” Federal Reserve. Yeah, heaven forbid we abolish that market-manipulating scam and go back to the gold standard.  Oh man, if Trump proposed going back to the gold standard, that would quite possibly cause the retards on the left to go completely mad.  Soooooo, here’s to hoping he does it.

This should surprise nobody.

Have a great day and a better weekend, friends!

Literally no sports yesterday. Although bring on this side of the Atlantic means we’ve got some early rounds in at Carnoustie.  Kevin Kisner is ahead (-5) as I type this, with the majority of the big names yet to tee off.  I’m going with Tommy Fleetwood this week, although I would really like to see Jordan Spieth (who is -2 through 8 right now) repeat or see Rickie Fowler finally win a major.   And that’s all that’s going on.  Baseball returns with…one game today. That’s it, one freaking game?  ::sigh::  OK, that’s fine by me. I’ll give a full update on golf tomorrow then.

Today’s birthdays include one of the greatest men in the history of gender, racial or ability-equality: Samuel Colt. Sharing it with this great man are nutcase Lizzie Borden, animator Max Fleisher, bluesman Buster Benton, bassist Alan Gorrie, tennis great Ilie Nastase, guitar-player and holder of PhD in Astrophysics Brian May, another guitarist Allen Collins, Nerd Anthony Edwards and actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Its also the day the Circus Maximus caught fire while Nero kept fiddling, Lady Jane Grey was deposed, Johannes Kepler developed his theory for a geometrical basis of the universe, 5 people were hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts Colony, Doc Holliday notches up his first kill, the first Tour de France kicked off, Cy Young got his 500th win, Ton & Jerry make their debut in “The Midnight Snack”, Apollo 11 goes into lunar orbit, Deep Purple disbanded, and piece of human garbage Pete Rose was sentenced to 5 months for tax evasion.

That’s it. Now…the links!

Maybe New York ought to rethink their idiotic gun laws. Nah, I’m sure her having the ability to defend herself wouldn’t have kept this from happening.

Trump administration is apparently convinced that words actually have meaning. Although I don’t see this prevailing in the meaning-fluid state of the English language today.

San Francisco decides that citizenship is meaningless.  I mean, I’m sure they’ll only allow them to vote in this one single election, right? There’s no chance for abuse at all. And anyone who thinks there is is nothing but a bigot.

I wonder if Team Blue are regretting their elevation of this moron yet.  I doubt it. They’re likely to start saying she should get the Nobel Prize. It worked for another lightweight politician from that side of the spectrum.

Oh yeah, speaking of that aforementioned lightweight, he’s signaling his support for taking from the productive class and giving it to those who have contributed little to nothing. Molon Labe, fuckhead.

Just like New York, California might want to rethink their laws that prevent people from protecting themselves.  Christ, what a bunch of assholes.

Well now that the race-hustle is complete, it turns out there may be more to the story in the Chicago CVS situation. Gee, what a freaking surprise.

Wow, who the hell knew being a shitty school administrator could pay off so well. That dude makes more than a US Senator or Supreme Court justice, by the way.

Yeah, you might want to sit this one out, mom. ::SHAKING. MY. DAMN. HEAD.::

Tough day for picking a song. But I’ve made my choice and I’m standing by it.

No wait, today deserves double-billing.

Enjoy your day, friends.

 

Well here I am, ready to report on all the scores and ac…shit, there’s nothing but the baseball All-Star Game?  Well that’s a gyp!  the American League won and an Astro was the MVP. So that’s good.  Oh, and The Open starts tomorrow.  Only soft picks for me. I have no freaking idea who will win. Let me do some research and I’ll get back to you tomorrow with that.

Well since the athletic world shit the bed on us, let’s see what July 18 had in store for us historically. Gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly was born on this date. So was actor Hume Cronyn, anti-Apartheid activist and spouse of a psychopath Nelson Mandela, the man who put the “ass” in astronaut John Glenn, musician “Screaming Jay” Hawkins, writer Hunter S Thompson, directorial genius Paul Verhoeven, balloon- and space-enthusiast Richard Branson, Village Person Glenn Hughes, golf great Nick Faldo, and “actor” Vin Diesel. It was also the day Thomas Aquinas was named a saint, Nero broke out his fiddle (supposedly) as Rome burned, Cap Anson was the first baseball player to 3,000 hits, Hitler’s “Mean Kampf” was published, Ty Cobb was the first to 4,000 hits, “Lucky” Luciano was sentenced to 30-50 years, and Kim Jong-un was made supreme leader of North Korea.

Wow, remind me to mark July 18 as a day that sucked.  Let’s see if we can redeem it with…the links!

America needs some better diplomacy to get the North Korea nuclear disarmament plan back on track. And I can think of nothing that could possibly be better than this.  Oh, please make this happen!

Google gets slapped with a $5 billion fine by the EU. The ruling is supposedly about antitrust (as if such a thing could possibly exist when you have myriad choices of smartphones and at least three operating systems to use), but I suspect it has to do with bankrolling their failed experiments that we all know as “Greece” and “Spain”.

Wel, the super volcano theory can resurface now.  So can the anti-fracking whackos I suppose. I’m sure they’ll also find a way to blame the emergence of a 100-ft fissure in Yellowstone on the oil industry.

Adding some extra scrutiny to their sanctuary city policy, San Francisco releases an illegal immigrant on bail that has been accused in a series of violent rapes.  Nice job, assholes.  We put people in solitary confinement that are awaiting tax charges from over a decade ago but we let an accused (multiple times) rapist out who isn’t even here legally.  Nice priorities.

I know this will probably come as a shock to you, but the city of Chicago is fucking people over in a way that violates the law. Crazy, innit?

Damn, Dartmouth. Let’s try to keep our pants on for a minute, shall we? academia, Hollywood and politics…why are those professions so attractive to gropey and rapey people? I guess we’ll never know.

We all know the alleged serial killer that was running around, literally, in my neighborhood has been caught.  But here’s a little more good news from the bayou city. Well, marginally good news.  A pair of hearses showing up would have been better, but we take what we can get.

And that’s pretty much it. Except for this birthday tribute to some of our men in uniform.

Have a great day, friends!

Thursday means a travel day for me. But first I’ll do my daily duty to y’all and see what fun I can provide you to start (or finish as it may be) your day.

Poor England. They ran out of gas when the Croatians should have.  They put a whopping one shot on goal the entire game. And they managed to lose.  Maybe get an assassin of a striker again and you’ll be ok.  Raheem Sterling may as well have sat in the dressing room all night, because he wasn’t anywhere in the attacking half of the field…and he has now gone three years as a #10 without scoring a goal for England.  Also, poor Roger Federer. He was two points away from a straight sets quarterfinal win. Three hours later, he was packing his bags from Wimbledon.  He will not be joining Novak Djokovic, Kevin Anderson, Rafael Nadal and John Isner (yay America!) in the semifinals. Speaking of which, the Women’s semis are today with Ostapenko and Kerber on one side and Georges playing Serena Williams on the other.

Meanwhile, on the civilized side of the pond, the Rays, Pirates, the MINNESOOOOODA TWIIIIIINS, Red Sox, Yankees, Indians, Mets, Marlins, Braves, White Sox (yes, its true), Athletics, Rockies, Mariners and Dodgers won. And I double- and triple-checked the score and the Giants beat the Cubs in extra innings with a Buster Posey walk-off.

 

Henry David Thoreau was born on this date. So was Kodak founder George Eastman (who Paul McCartney can thank for making him rich), so was scourge to allergy victims George Washington Carver, architect and inventor of the geodesic dome R Buckminster Fuller, the notoriously well-endowed Milton Berle, actor-comedian-genius “Curly” Joe DeRita, sci-fi author James E Gunn, sexual predator and pudding pitchman Bill Cosby, musician Christine McVie, fitness nut Richard Simmons, the angelic Cheryl Ladd, bassist Phillip Taylor Kramer, boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez, the lovely Kristi Yamaguchi and NASCAR owner-extraordinaire Rick Hendrick.

Its also the date on which Richard The Lionheart stomped the Saracens in what was then known as Palestine, Alexander Hamilton succumbed to his wounds, Joseph Smith gains a lot of new followers when he says God allows polygamy, the immoral 16th Amendment was passed by Congress, the dumbasses also passed the first minimum wage law, Eisenhower proposed the interstate highway system, “Family Feud” with Richard Dawson made its debut, the White Sox hold the infamous “Disco Demolition Night”, Boris Yeltsin quits the Communist Party, Axl Rose was arrested on riot charges in St Louis, and Kirby Puckett retired from the aforementioned MINNESOOOOOODA TWIIIIIIINS.

Now that’s a better date compared to the last few, in my opinion.  Well anyway, on to…the links!

Uh-oh! Better pull the nomination.  Apparently it turns out that Brett Kavanaugh,,,now stay with me here…charged things to credit cards…and then paid them off! That can only mean he’s owned by BIG CREDIT and can’t be trusted.  LOL, nice opportunity research, Team Blue (and your WaPo mouthpiece).  He’s all but doomed now.  (For bonus lulu, go enjoy some of the comments. They’re pretty much unhinged from any semblance of reality.). And if that wasn’t bad enough, he was spotted wearing a red cap hours after the nomination.  The fact that he was feeding homeless people is beside the point. He’s wearing a RED MOTHERFUCKING HAT!!!!!

John Schnatter resigns from Papa Johns after share value plunges $96 million because he used the n-word during a conference call two months ago. I almost hope he had recently shorted the damn place, because the whole thing is absurd. Sure he’s an idiot, but the reaction by shareholders is equally stupid. They virtue signaled their way out of a shitload of money…that people like Schnatter will happily puick up when they gobble up the undervalued stock.  Also, their pizza sucks.

Attention whore (among other things) seeks attention. Receives the kind she probably doesn’t want. The law she broke: letting a customer touch her while onstage.  That’s kinda stupid, but in all seriousness, I hope they’ve quarantined that person to make sure whatever she’s got isn’t contagious.

 

The woman who was caught on camera beating up a 91-year old Mexican man has been arrested. The three men who piled to help the attacker, Laquisha Jones, have not been identified.  And the story like so many others conveniently forgets to post a picture of the alleged assailant, so I will.

I’m perfectly fine with this happy ending. Lazy bastard should have done something when the person literally told him she was fearful of the drunken asshole berating her. He should be unemployed…which he probably won’t be for very long since this is the kind of shit Chicago PD recruits on.

They better prepare to open up the checkbook. Guilt by association is pretty bad.  Guilt by association to someone that’s not even been prosecuted is absolutely insane.

Oh great, now I gotta worry about clown robbers when I cross 610.

Here you go. Hope you enjoy.

Have a great day.

Halfway through the week for many of you.  I’ve got an all-weekend work-a-thon with the arrowhead auction coming up, so I don’t know when I’ll have a day off next. But that’s all good with me.  You know who has a loooong weekend?  the Belgium soccer team.  Those dudes have to go to play in the 3rd Place game later, but that’s never really mattered much.  They’ll face whoever loses today between Croatia and England, while the winner of that match will square off against France for all the marbles.  My pick: England 2-1.  If they weren’t completely gassed, I’d go with Croatia, but I think the tank has gotta be about empty.

The Orioles beat the Yankees, the Nats got above .500 after beating the Pirates, the Red Sox topped the Rangers, the big red machine took down the cross-state rival Indians, the Phillies beat the Mets, The Brewers doubled up the Marlins, the Rays stung the Tigers, the Blue Jays drilled the Braves, the Cardinals embarrassed the White Sox, the Royals bested the MINNESOOOOODA TWIIIIIINS, the D-backs topped the Rockies, the Giants beat the Cubs, the Angels beat the Mariners, the Padres topped the Dodgers, and I went to sleep in the middle of the 8th with the Astros up 4-0, so I assumed they finally got Verlander a decision. Apparently that was a mistake. I wish I’d have seen the circus play that ended that game in the Astros favor.

Scottish king Robert the Bruce was born on this date. So too were  President John Quincy Adams, “lawman” Bull Conner, author E.B. White, slap-head actor Yul Brynner, fashion designer Giorgio Armani, rocker John Lawton, singers Jeff Hanna and Bonnie Pointer, boxer Leon Spinks, Bauhaus’s Peter Murphy, guitarist Richie Sambora, vocalist Suzanne Vega, and Thurston Harris.

Its also the day Antonius Pius succeeded Hadrian as Roman Emperor, Henry VIII was excommunicated, Samuel de Champlain returned to Quebec, Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, the US Marine Corp was established, the first auto race was held, Babe Ruth made his Boston pitching debut, the Marx Brothers “A Day At The Races” opened, “To Kill A Mockingbird” was published, Earl Weaver made his debut as Orioles manager, “Space Oddity” was released, Nolan Ryan recorded his 4,000th strikeout and Mike Tyson hired Donald Trump as his advisor.

Heady stuff there. But I digress. Its time for…the links!

Well the start of the NATO meetings sure wasn’t boring.  I swear, I’ll fly to DC and kiss the man if he pulls our troops out of Europe and those people start funding their own defense.  We’ll see how those social safety net programs get funded if they actually have to supply their own military.

Sacha Baron Cohen appears to have struck a nerve with former Governor Sarah Palin. Well, her and disabled veterans support groups.  I don’t have Showtime. If anybody does, let me know if its funny or not.  I assume it will be a combination of hilarity and cringe-worthy stupidity.  Not sure yet who will supply each.

Exhibit 1,329,692 for Hollywood being out of fresh ideas. I assumed an “origins” story would require hiring a younger person rather than an older one.  But he will save them money on face makeup.

But they have strict gun control! How could this have happened?  I bet he went to Indiana.  Yeah, let’s blame Indiana.

Chicago government: is there anything they can’t fuck up?  Also, good on the ACLU for taking this up. I guess that’s where they’re spending all their energy after abandoning free association, the second amendment and the right for people to have religious objections to regulations.

This one is for all you potheads out there.  ::sigh:: FINE, everybody else who likes making fun of the DEA can pile on too.

Just in case you needed an excuse to go get one. Personally, I’d mix cherry with blue raspberry and call it a day.  Although I was always more of a Slush Puppy kid growing up, I’ll probably try to find a local store.

Quanell X is gonna have some explaining to do. This one could be interesting. These cases usually turn into an airing of grievances.  I’ll get the popcorn.

Yes, I had several options. And I’m perfectly content with the direction I decided to go today. Feel free to complain and/or supplement it in the comments.

Have a great middle of the week, friends!

World Cup semifinal #1 is today.  After a little deliberation, I’m going to go with France. Belgium look tough as nails, but the French are playing really well too and I think they have what it takes. Which means jack shit since I thought Spain would win it all.  But we can forget week-old predictions at our leisure here and I will.  France 3-2 is my pick.  Federer and Nadal both won yesterday.  The circus of a Woman’s draw fires back up this morning with 6 seeded players (are there more than 6 left int he entire draw?) taking the courts today.

The baseball all-star game balloting process is taking its lumps on social media after Justin Verlander knocks its antiquated system. The Astros, Yankees and Cubs all lost. And that’s about it for sports.  7 more weeks until college football. Thank God.

Theologist John Calvin was born on this date. But that was his lot in life.  So were painter Camille Pissarro, swill-maker Adolphus Busch, “creator” of A/C electricity Nikola Tesla, intellectual Marcel Proust, Houston Symphony founder Ima Hogg (seriously), boxer and wop Jake LaMotta, actor Fred Gwynne, tennis great Arthur Ashe, dipshit singer Arlo Guthrie, musician Greg Kihn, “The Hawk” Andre Dawson, Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant, anti-war activist (who hasn’t played party politics) Cindy Sheehan, “singer” and “poster” Jessica Simpson, musician Wally Bryson and R&B singer Willie Ford.

Its also the date when Caesar defeated Pompey at the Battle of Dyrrhachium, the city of Dublin was founded, Lady Godiva took her naked horseback ride, Louis XVI declared war on Great Britain, Rochambeau landed in the US to join the Continental Army (and figuratively help kick the limeys in the nuts), Wyoming became the 44th state, the Baltimore Orioles sold Babe Ruth to the Red Sox, Woodrow Wilson delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate (and puts in motion the steps leading to WW2), Bobby Jones (a very fine golfer, one of the best ever) won the US Open, Howard Hughes flew around the world in 91 hours, Allied forces invaded Sicily, MLK Jr was arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Georgia, Telstar 1 was launched, “Escape From New York” debuted, Coca-Cola admits they fucked up and will re-introduce old Coke recipe, French intel agents blew up Greenpeace’s “Rainbow Warrior” in New Zealand, Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as the first President of the Russian Federation, and Joe Camel was pulled from ads by RJR-Nabisco.

Well this date has some significant stuff.  But we have to move on to…the links!

President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to there Supreme Court. The guy looks really solid on 1A and 2A issues. He looks a little less solid on 4a issues and I don’t really know where he stands on 9A or 10A issues, which should come up in front of him.  Of course, the left is painting him as the most evil person since forever, but that was expected if Trump had nominated Jesus Christ himself.  One thing’s for sure: Red state Dems are going to be hard-pressed to go after him.

Whoever called Boris Johnson a squish yesterday (and yes, I’m looking at you, UCS), you might want to rethink that position. Looks like he’s sick of the Brexit team being staffed by Remoaners and is about to move in for the kill on Teresa May.

Want read something absolutely amazing…in a good way… for a change?  Then this might be the story for you.  These are the kids places with socialized medicine write off and let die. They’re the type of thing American doctors figure out and then get to work on.  And that’s why we are better than the countries with single-payer.

Boston is considering making citizenship meaningless. I can’t possibly see how this could have negative consequences (for Team Blue anyway).

Just in case you’d forgotten that the world is full of busybody assholes, I present you with this reaffirming piece.  Words escape me….

George Clooney released after being involved in a motorcycle crash in Sardinia.  I suppose he will be back to hectoring people about their global footprint after he flies back and forth to his Lake Como home a couple times.

Everybody trapped in the cave in Thailand is out now. That’s a great story about the triumph of humanity…and free market capitalists solving a problem government couldn’t.

If you’re gonna call this much attention to yourself, you might want to make sure you’re not giving cops a reason to pull you over.  Furthermore, you might want to make sure you don’t have any outstanding warrants.

The choice could have been so much worse, so no bitching!

Have a great day, friends.