My apologies for brevity, I’m moving kinda slow this morning. Much alcohol, much superb food, much stimulating conversation with hyper-intelligent people, much late-night, not much sleep. The Wonder Dog was thrilled because she got pizza. She is less thrilled about the imminent drive back home today, trapped in the back seat for seven hours.
The EU is so much more progressive and caring than we are. Yet again. Silly people, you should know better, keep your insults restricted the the Jew blood libels. At least their hands aren’t tied by some crappy old piece of parchment penned by a lot of old dead white guys like a hundred years ago or something.
Old Guy Music today is old, but not obscure. For whatever reason, this song was stuck in my head yesterday. So here’s my attempt to stick it in YOUR head today.
SP and I are traveling again, this time en route in deepest Iowa on our way to perform a ritual of liver-bashing with our dear friends, the RAHeinlein family. And fittingly, we passed the Field of Dreams tourist trap along the way. Emphasis on “passed.”
But you’re here for news and snark, not to watch our vacation slides.
“Failure of any one nation to adhere to international norms and the rule of law undermines regional stability at a time when it is needed most,” Mattis said. He did not mention de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by name at any point.
Yes, we need to preserve that stability for which the Middle East is known. On the bright side, there’s no indication (yet) that Trump is going to follow in the footsteps of Bush/Obama and start a couple of new wars there.
“The accused bomber plastered a picture of me on the side of his van, with a crosshairs target over my face. Actually, the target is over my neck, which I’ll take as a minor concession on his part,” [rich piece of shit pretending to defend the working class Michael] Moore said in a statement.
“The threat of right-wing violence against figures on the American left is not new. It is not an aberration. It is not a violation of norms. It IS the norm,” Moore added. “Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel and right-wing radio have preyed upon those who’ve seen their American Dream go up in smoke, and they have helped to create a generation of angry and violent conspiracy theorists who will believe any lie that is perpetrated on those airwaves. These angry right wing men have been openly encouraged to act on those lies, even as late as this very morning when Trump was tweeting his doubts that the bombs were real.”
Several thousand Central American migrants turned down a Mexican offer of benefits if they applied for refugee status and stayed in the country’s two southernmost states, vowing to set out before dawn Saturday to continue their long trek toward the U.S. border.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced what he called the “You are at home” plan, offering shelter, medical attention, schooling and jobs to Central Americans in Chiapas and Oaxaca states if they applied, calling it a first step toward permanent refugee status.
Oops.
On Friday evening, Irineo Mujica, whose organization People without Borders is supporting the caravan, accused Mexican immigration agents of harassing migrants in an effort to stop the group’s advance. He urged them to travel closely together.
“They are terrorizing us,” he said.
As someone who is strongly pro-immigration, I confess to being horribly embarrassed and offended by these assholes.
Speaking of assholes, it’s interesting to see the conundrum when the Border Patrol is faced with the choice between more power and support for their organization and more power and support for their union. Guess who wins?
[Union president] Judd appeared in TV ads for McCaskill and Tester. In the McCaskill ad, Judd said: “Those ads against [Senator Claire] McCaskill [D-Misery] on immigration just aren’t true. She was one of only four Democrats to vote to end sanctuary cities.” Judd also praised McCaskill’s record on border security.
In its 361-word September endorsement of McCaskill against Republican challenger Josh Hawley, NBPC wrote: “Sen. McCaskill has risen above the partisanship of Washington to genuinely listen to the concerns of Border Patrol agents and to fight for the increase in resources and staff needed at the border.”
When NBPC announced its endorsement of [Senator Jon] Tester [D- On His Way Out], also in September, Judd said:“The Republicans don’t own border security [as an issue] … There are Democrats that do support border security. There’s a lot more that run away from it unfortunately, but Sen. Tester is not one who does that.”
Who loses? Yep, us. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had an administration that concluded that the 100 mile Bill-of-Rights-free-zone given to the Border Patrol gestapo was blatantly unconstitutional? I know, that’s crazy talk.
llinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has an ad out this week depicting a mock wedding between Democratic rival J.B. Pritzker and state House Speaker Michael Madigan. The 30-second TV ad, titled “Unholy Union,” features an officiator and stand-ins for Pritzker and Madigan at the altar.
In the ad, the two characters swear to “honor and obey” each other. The officiant concludes, “By the power vested in me, I now pronounce Illinois fucked.”
Good on ya. You’re still a piece of shit, though, just like your Team Blue opponent, so we’re of course voting for Kash Jackson, nee Benjamin Winderweedle.
The most amusing part is the faux outrage.
Meanwhile, the ad drew a backlash from gay rights groups. “We are deeply disappointed by Gov. Rauner’s new campaign ad that mocks marriage equality by tying two of his opponents together in a parody wedding,” Brian C. Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said in a statement. “The governor should be ashamed of using the LGBTQ community for comedic value to make a political hit.”
HAHAHAHA!
Remember when civil rights groups were pro-free speech? That seems like a distant memory…
…a group of civil rights and advocacy groups are weighing in with advice on how big tech services can better identify and remove hateful activity.
In a new report, six organizations — including Center for American Progress, Color of Change and Southern Poverty Law Center — have drafted a series of policy recommendations, such as:
Make it clear to users that engaging in hateful activities is grounds for termination.
Use both technology and human employees to help remove hateful activities.
Routinely test any technology that’s used to screen content for bias.
Allow users — but not government — a way to flag hateful content, and create a trusted flagger program for vetted human-rights organizations.
Provide the public with a regularly updated report summarizing hateful actions taken on its platforms and the company’s response.
“Vetted human-rights organizations,” of course meaning “Center for American Progress, Color of Change and Southern Poverty Law Center.” It’s always nice to see the transparency of fund-raising and power-grabbing trumping any sense of principles.
Old Guy Music. This song came up at work yesterday when it was playing on the stream of one of my senior chemists- when it first came out, I used the intro as an example of English dialects that are absolutely incomprehensible to American ears. Many years later, I had a Cockney friend translate it for me. Nonetheless, Mick Abrahams is a great blues guitarist, this is a great song, and goddam it, you ought to listen to it.
I hope everyone on this site will take a deep breath at the arrest of Florida Man, broke, bad at being a criminal, and apparently living in a Trump-bestickered van down by the river for the attempted bombings of several Democrats and decidedly pro-Democrat news outlets and personas. Angry, earnest and idiot won again. As much as it would confirm our own worldview to suspect dirty tricks and false-flag operations, every time those start circulating it degrades the credibility of actual conspiracies and cover ups. Like the Las Vegas shooting.
Important PSA from Warty
Speaking of Florida Men, the worst part about our electoral system is that I almost always have to choose between two of them* to decide whom I will be ruled by.
Oh, Hell. Let’s just make it Florida Man Friday. Here’s one who tried to beat a gator to death with a shovel. There’s a reason Swamp People use a gun, Florida Man.
Florida Man substitute teacher drops gun from pocket while teaching kids to do a backflip. One the one hand, that’s too bad, because those kids will be less safe, on the other hand, its definitely not safe gun handling to perform manuevers that cause it to drop from wherever you were storing it.
Buenos Dias! Okay how does Sloopy normally do this….
The Texans won!
So the news today…Legions of third world barbarians are gathering in large number around the US/Mexico border—but enough about LA Dodger fans. Game 3 of the World Series starts tonight at 1700 hours (Arizona Time).
Speaking of caravans, they’re going to walk right into a Category 4 hurricane. Nice timing.
A ICE detention facility in Phoenix reaches max capacity. So ICE does the sensible thing and lets them out. Thanks ICE!
Good news for Brett! It seems Columbia has a record harvest for coca, the primary plant used to make cocaine.
Here in America, we’re used to being lectured by musicians on the proper way to think. That may not fly well in Brazil.
However, many Brazilians resent outsiders interfering in their politics. Humberto Miranda is 54 and plans to vote for Bolsonaro. He acknowledges Waters is a political activist who campaigns on many fronts, but thinks that in Brazil, the musician should be wary of broadcasting his opinions.
I swear everything is marching hammers to this guy.
Last but not least…man who won’t go away yells at us on CNN. John, let me break it to you gently: nobody gives a rats ass what you think.
Sad news for this band, their guitar player found dead. I am rather fond of his work. Here’s a tune to help you kick Friday’s ass!
I might just possibly be procrastinating on handling more important things, but when Brett L sent up a flare to have someone rescue the afternoon links, I volunteered sharpish.
However, it was kind of last minute, so you get no fancy formatting, no theme, and undoubtedly links you’ve already seen. Since you only want the new post for a blank page on which to enshrine your bon mots, I figure this will do.
I can see my dog doing this. But it would be Lou Malnati’s.
More of a press release, but having lost a Great Pyrenees companion animal to this disease, I am glad to see this development, if a decade too late. And…fuck cancer.
Really? Shouldn’t the people who purportedly have the same goal be working together on this proposition? Wait, you mean several of these groups just want press and money? Dude, you’re cynical. (Which doesn’t make you wrong.)
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.
Keep winning the big ones. Or tying at least.
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.
James Carville (left) and unnamed associate plan another Dom election push.
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!
Seems legit.
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.
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.
Unfortunately, the San Francisco government thinks the biggest problem here is the size of the cup from BK.
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.
Hey guys, y’all tell me what’s good, because I don’t have anything to add today. I’m still… digesting… SugarFree’s latest story. So far I’ve vomited twice.
“It Just Got Easier to Make Hordes of Blood Cell-Sized Robots All at Once” — Huge progress, whether towards Utopia or Dystopia is difficult to say. I have been fascinated by the Drexlerian vision of nanotechnology since I first discovered it in… 2002? For those of you who don’t know about Eric Drexler, his ideas on diamondoid carbon chemistry, atomically precise mechanical assembly and how that might affect the future are basically the foundation of Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age.
“Pipe Bombs” sent to Clintons, Obamas, and CNN. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but why would anyone target three groups that are waning in power? Oh, right, the type of people who mail pipe-bombs are idiots.
“It was for the girls”, Roger Daltry claims about The Who’s instrument smashing antics. I am strangely moved by his heartbreak over seeing a perfectly good guitar smashed.
Well, these Florida Girls have the Mean Girl thing down. Now we need a re-write of Heathers where the Heathers are the killers and Veronica and JD are fighting them.
How about a song from The Who with great shots of Bonham just absolutely smashing the kit.
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.
The former ManUre star celebrates
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.
If only this were possible…
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.
Howdy, y’all. Nothing has happened since the last time we checked in except that my eldest son has the diving part of soccer down pat. Also, he and the best athlete in his group (team?) had a decent shoulder-to-shoulder fair charge for a ball. The problem is, they were on the same team. Its still a work in progress, but he’s not coordinated enough to catch a baseball, so this is intro to team sports 101. The coaches out there are saints. Saints. Oh, but I picked up a sixer of Cigar City Oktoberfest. I’ll let y’all know in the comments if it is any good.
Links? I thought about running a couple of Sloopy’s since he’s been running my regularly the morning after. I assume if he’s awake he’s drunk after the way OSU quit when Purdue started running the ball in the 4th quarter, so I’m going to cut him some slack this week.
Trump gets another Supreme Court pi… what? She retired during W’s administration? Never mind. More seriously, I don’t wish that on anyone, even Supreme Court justices who completely bludgeoned the law of the land to keep educational affirmative action alive.
Most innumerate article ever? “We sold over 300M lottery tickets for this draw, there are 302M possible combinations. 75% of the possible combinations have been picked”. I’ll need A Leap at the Wheel’s help on this, but that sounds not fantastically out of statistical bounds.
OMG! Gorsuch is going let Trump count black bodies as 3/5 of a person in the next census! Just kidding. They blocked a deposition of a Federal official in a case about whether or not it is or should be legal to ask whether or not a respondant is a US citizen in the 2020 census. So they ask your age, ethnicity, race, and income, but they can’t ask citizenship status? T/W Slate. Holy cow, there are so many stolen bases it looks like a late-80s baseball game.
I always wanted a pair of glasses that would display the date as a HUD. SMDH. Maybe it can also display my heart rate and a bunch of other shit I don’t need for 99.9% of my day. Outside of professional use, smart glasses are a solution in search of a problem, and even inside professional settings, Its probably most useful for truck drivers.
Buenos Dias! Okay how does Sloopy normally do this….
Good news for Brett! It seems Columbia has a record harvest for coca, the primary plant used to make 
