Category: Daily Links

Goooood Monday Morning my Glibertariat shitlords. I’ll be giving you the links because Sloopy had a prior engagement this morning. Let’s see, Astros lost. Justin Verlander appears more interested in seeing what pregnancy is doing to his wife’s already generous bust than striking people out. And good for him. Seattle lost, too. As did Croatia, The Yankees, D-backis, Angels, and Toronto. Its the All-Star break, so lord only knows what Sloopy will talk about tomorrow.

People had birthdays and shit happened in the past.

NASA chief says the new US Space Force will be based on the Navy, not the Air Force. So I guess the dropship Rodger Young is a possibility.

Elon Musk calls Thai rescuer “pedo” in tweet, fuck stick.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug, that encourages you to engage in poor choices.

We give Californians a lot of shit, but I’m going to give this one’s persistence a thumbs up.

Okay this is too funny. Is this one of you?

SEA SMITH HAVE JOKE!  WHY NORWEGIAN NAVY PUT BAR CODE ON SIDE OF SHIPS? SO THEY CAN SCAN DA NAVY IN!

THAT FUNNY! HAHAHAHA!

YOU NO THINK FUNNY? …WELL SEA SMITH DON’T SEA IT THAT WAY!

HAHAHAHAHA!

OK, NOW YOU ALL LAUGHED TO POINT YOU TIRED, SEA SMITH GIVE LINKS! SEA SMITH HAPPY STEVE SMITH ALL SAFE, AND HE NOT HAVE TO WORRY!

1. SEA SMITH CANCEL SWIM UP RIVER SEINE…SEE FRENCH HOOMANS ACT TOO SILLY. SILLY HOOMANS KICK BALL, NOW MANY HURT. SEA SMITH SHAKE HEAD.
2. SEA SMITH WONDER IF OMWC INVOLVED WITH CRAZY ELECTRIC CAR HOOMAN?
3. THIS MAKE SEA SMITH SAD. HIM WONDER IF OLD SUPPORTERS OF SANDINISTAS GET MAD?

Sundays suck. You’re just getting into the swing of the weekend and you realize that, shit, it all starts again tomorrow. There isn’t even any football- yet.

Yes, I’m in a shitty mood. Even “Today in History” sucks. John Ball, who is an inspiration to us all for protesting taxes, forever wars, and the unaccountable Deep State, was brutally executed by some asshole king who was young, elegant, and handsome, so therefore totally woke. Christians broke into Jerusalem and slaughtered the Jews, while burning their synagogues to make the city Judenrein. Georgia was readmitted to the US, a major mistake that ended up giving us Jimmy Carter. Twitter was launched, plunging the world’s IQ into the single-digit range. There was seriously nothing good happening. Looking at birthdays, for a moment I got excited when I saw Ian Stewart was on the list, but then found out it wasn’t the mathematician, it was some guy who drove his car around in circles.

Fuck Sunday.

Well, at least I ran across a cute dog and baby pic. It’s still not enough.

And on these depressing notes, here’s some news to chew on:

Mencken once observed, “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” This is one of those times.

The police got a search warrant for the devices, claiming that they contain evidence of “Possession of Cannabis Less Than 20 grams” and “Possession of Drug Paraphernalia”—both of which Montanez already admitted to, which makes it unclear why the cops still want to search the phone to prove the charges.

It was that warrant that brought Montanez to court, where the judge asked him to unlock the phones, which he again refused—or simply couldn’t do because he didn’t remember the passcodes for the devices. Now he’ll spend nearly the next six months in jail for not allowing police to dig through his phones for evidence they don’t seem to need.

As stupid as the London “protests” were yesterday, this might even be stupider.

Across the other side of London, a pub in Hammersmith had renamed itself “The Trump Arms” for the presidential visit and was scheduled to hold an event Saturday evening featuring hot dogs, cocktails and other American treats. Decorated with copious amounts of American flags, MAGA caps and a life-size cutout of President Trump, patrons told Fox News they had come out of their way to show support for Trump.

On the one hand, we can only be delighted that the single most evil and corrupt member of the Senate has gotten kicked in her wrinkled ass by her own party. But it’s not like the alternative is any better, and if he’s not as blatantly senile, he could even end up being worse.

De León’s campaign has focused on the party’s energized liberal faction. He supports single-payer healthcare, aggressive goals for renewable energy and helped lead the successful effort to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. He has criticized Feinstein, known for having moderate tendencies, for being too conciliatory toward Trump, such as when she urged people to have “patience” with the president last year.

Left harder!

On the topic of stupidity, I don’t know if I can top this.

When she was about 16, Ms. Ponce decided to undergo hormonal treatment and eventually vaginal plastic surgery, “to remove what for me was a burden and a trauma.” But she said that her message to the teenagers whom she now meets is always that vaginal surgery is a personal choice, and that it is not essential to being a woman.

“There are women with a penis and men with a vagina, because the only key part of being a woman is to be and feel like a woman,” she said.

I suspect that a “woman with a penis” probably doesn’t feel much like a woman, but what the fuck would I know.

Did I say that I couldn’t top the previous stupidity? Hold my beer. Vegan beer, that is.

The global workplace startup told employees this week that the company will ban employees from expensing meals that contain red meat, pork or poultry. The company won’t provide meat for events at its 400 locations, either — part of an effort to reduce its environmental footprint.

“New research indicates that avoiding meat is one of the biggest things an individual can do to reduce their personal environmental impact, even more than switching to a hybrid car,” WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey said in an email to staffers.

Employees wanting “medical or religious” exceptions can hash those out with a company policy team.

As a lifelong vegetarian, I admit to being embarrassed.

Wait, didn’t somebody make a remarkably shitty movie about this?

“The waters are back open this morning. Ocean Rescue will remain on high alert and will continue monitoring the water,” the city said on its Twitter page Saturday — which just happened to be Shark Awareness Day. The city fire department said it received a report of the first incident at 3:35 p.m. ET Friday. Three minutes later, while attending to the first victim, the department received a report of a second biting incident. The city then closed the beaches to swimmers.

There’s only one thing that can possibly cheer me up. Yes, indeed, Old Guy Music. I admit that I’m not much on dinosaur tours, but at least this one still had Robert Fripp, even though Greg Lake was unavailable due to being dead. And it’s a pretty enjoyable rework of a classic, capturing the way I feel today. Still, couldn’t they have replaced the three drummers here with one Michael Giles? (trivia: the singer here is Giles’s son in law)

STEVE SMITH HAVE BUSY WEEK. HIM WORK WITH REINDEER PEOPLE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH COUNTRIES. SEA SMITH TELL STEVE SMITH STRANGE STORY ABOUT GLIBERTARIAN LOOK FOR STEVE SMITH. BUT HIM NO SEE ANYONE.

HIM MAKE REPUTATION FOR CASCADIA GOOD. TALK MUCH WITH LOCALS. THEM NEED HELP. MAYBE FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE APPLY? MAYBE SAMI PEOPLE RECOGNIZE CASCADIA!  STEVE SMITH WOULD BE MOST PROMINENT FOREST LAWYER EVER!

STEVE SMITH GIVE LINKS, THEN FIGURE OUT IF HIM RAPE NORWAY OR SWEDEN OR FINLAND OFFICIALS TO SOLVE CRISIS. STEVE SMITH GOOD AT DIPLOMACY!

1. STEVE SMITH FIND CHANCE FOR SEA SMITH BE HERO. GO RAPE ICEBERG AND MAKE IT GO AWAY!
2. WAIT…STEVE SMITH KNOW HOW DO THIS! “YOU KNOW WHO ELSE FROM AUSTRIA TOOK HELM OF EUROPE?” STEVE SMITH LIKE “YOU KNOW WHO ELSE” GAME!
3. STEVE SMITH DID NOT KNOW FAN MAN STILL AT WORK? HIM THINK VERY SILLY THING.
4. MAYBE FRIEND ZARDOZ IS GOING TO MIDDLE EAST? HIM LIKE CLEANSING.

OK, after SP’s masterpiece links yesterday, I have resolved to never try to outdo her on her terms. Like most bright 9 year olds, she’s adept with modern technology in a way that I cannot be. So I need to be more clever.

/racks brain

Fuck, I give up. She wins. For now. But one day, ONE DAY…

Anyway, the obligatory birthdays: Woody Guthrie, a despicable person who wrote some excellent songs; Martha Coakley, a despicable person of no particular achievement; Jane Lynch, tall, talented, and surprisingly intelligent for an actress; Tom Carvel, whose birthday we will celebrate with Fudgie the Whale; and Patrick Kennedy, the human equivalent of what would be best scraped off the bottom of my shoe after I’ve walked through a dog park.

In history, today marks the anniversary of the Alien and Sedition Acts, proof that the absolute first reflex of a government is to be oppressive and self-preserving. That didn’t take long. Fuck John Adams. And it’s the anniversary of the Chicago Fire, which didn’t finish the job and stuck us with multiple generations of Daleys. Loser!

On a personal note, my sincere wishes for a rapid recovery for Suthenboy. It will be great to see you back!

And in the news:

Today is the birthday of Ben Skardon. He’s 101 and still kicking. Who is that, you ask? He is the last living survivor of the Bataan Death march. And a damned remarkable human being. h/t deadhead

Guess who died? Nancy Sinatra. At 101. Not the boots Nancy Sinatra. The other one.

This whole story just infuriated me, and it’s getting worse and worse. Now the “victim” of the “hate crime” has figured out (or was advised) that there’s some extra magic words she needs to use to put someone in jail for exercising his First Amendment rights. And I rarely have sympathy for a cop, but I do for this one. Asshole shouldn’t have apologized for not arresting someone for the crime of unpleasant speech. Even his union is equivocal.

It doesn’t matter how much money we “give” the government, they can always spend more. Record tax collection, and yet still, deficits on the $670B range. Interesting, though, in that this is a perfect illustration of the difference between tax rates and taxes, a distinction which still eludes the progressive mind. And some conservative minds as well, given their nostalgia for big-spender Reagan.

This really should have happened in Florida. Well, Georgia is close.

I cannot adequately express my disappointment at this.

The youthful face of Team Blue. This is rapidly becoming a weekly feature.

And speaking of weekly features, Old Guy Music. A ’60s classic, where I can’t decide which is goofier, the costumes, the dancing, the hair, the psychedelic production, or the lyrics. Still, damn fine band and a nostalgia rush for me.

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. FINALLY, ZARDOZ IS IN MAINTENANCE PHASE. AFTER SO MANY GRAIN DELIVERIES, ZARDOZ REQUIRES CALIBRATION OF HIS GRAVITRONIC DRIVE. THIS ALLOWS ZARDOZ TO GIVE HIS CHOSEN ONES THE GIFT OF THE LINK. ZARDOZ REMINDS YOU THAT HE RAISED THE CHOSEN ONES FROM BRUTALITY, TO SNARK AT THE BRUTALS WHO PLAGUE THE EARTH.

1. SOMEONE HAS USED THE GIFT OF THE GUN…HOWEVER, NOT EFFECTIVELY. REMEMBER, CHOSEN ONES, THE GUN IS SUPPOSED TO SPIT DEATH.
2. APPARENTLY THE GIFT OF THE BOMB IS BEING USED INEFFECTIVELY AS WELL. BRUTALS, PLEASE.
3. ZARDOZ BELIEVES THE BRUTAL PHRASE IS….AND THE WORLD YAWNED. CAN A BRUTAL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING MORE EFFECTIVE?

ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Yeah, SP’s Morning Links were without a doubt, brilliant. But, you get mine this afternoon. I’d say “sorry about that”…but I am not sorry. So take yer mediocre links AND LIKE IT!

• If you think RUSSIANZ BOTZ!!!! is the worst thing for an election, then hopefully you will not go near Pakistan. Mexico had a spate of killings recently as well. Maybe seeing a MAGA hat (not MAGA PRIME) isn’t quite as traumatic as being blown to bits by a bomb, eh?
• I’m looking at you, PieInTheSKy. I am looking at you. Oh, not to blame. I am sure all 5 of Romania’s libertarians are innocent. Hopefully Pie can fill us in a bit about this story, as he has mentioned the heady mix of ineptitude and corruption that is government in Romania (well, to be fair, everywhere else too).
• A fool and his money are soon parted. I encourage this use of money for something just a bit less useful than a bonfire.
• I suspect the tabloids in the UK could not be any happier that the Hat and Hair are there right now.
• Future weasel-informer for The Party.

Oh, music. I guess you all usually want some sort of link.

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Fear not on this Friday the 13th, my dear Glibs. Nothing but comfort and peace will you find here in the Morning Links.

I like to live my life with a cheerful attitude. An attitude of gratitude, if you will. I thought I’d give you a day-in-the-life glimpse into my lovely, idyllic world.

I commence my day by letting my beautiful dog outside to gambol with the baby bunnies and those new cute black-and-white kitties that have recently moved in.

Next, I make myself a cup of Fair Trade, organic, non-GMO coffee (with a splash of organic, non-GMO, unsweetened, unflavored almond milk and a dash of stevia), and sit down on the back porch to breathe in beauty and contemplate how wondrous is nature.

When my soul is refreshed, I come back into the kitchen and have a big glass of cool, delicious water, free from nasty chemicals.

Then I pull aside the drapes, throw open the bay window, and settle in at my beautiful handmade, free form, antique, mesquite table from Mexico, and open my browser to get down to work on a new website design for a group of women who are even more of just everything I’ve ever wanted in my clients. Along the way, I may even do some troubleshooting for some random humans who ask me for “computer help.”

Don’t you wish your life were as simple and beautiful as mine? But, it’s not. Try to enjoy your day anyway.

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On this day in history

1866: Construction begins on Fort Phil Kearny. This fortification was meant to protect travelers along the Bozeman Trail (Hi, Montana Glibs!). But, ultimately, the Indians had the last laugh when they burned the fort to the ground in 1868.

Speaking of native peoples, Sloopy is hard at work on his latest auction: collectible arrowheads. Check out the cool items on offer and bid if you are into these sorts of artifacts, no matter how unwoke it may be to collect them.

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On this day in history

1930: Of interest to some Glibs, although I confess I do not know why, on July 13, 1930, France defeats Mexico 4-1 and the United States defeats Belgium 3-0 in the first-ever World Cup football matches, played simultaneously in host city Montevideo, Uruguay. The World Cup has since become the world’s most watched sporting event.

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Celebrating birthdays

• Paul Thorn turns 54.
• Cheech Marin is, amazingly, 71.
• Ernő Rubik transforms himself into a 74 year old.
• Harrison Ford and Roger McGuinn turn, turn, turn 76.
• Patrick Stewart loses his nicely palindromic 77 and moves on to 78.
• Sir Francis Drake would be celebrating birthday 478, except for, you know, that death thing.

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Week From Hell Breakfast Coffee Hot White Russian

2 1/2 cups coffee
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup Kahlúa
1/4 cup vodka
whipped heavy cream for garnish if desired

In a saucepan stir together the coffee, the 1/2 cup cream, the Kahlúa, and the vodka and heat the mixture over moderate heat until it is hot, but not boiling. Divide the mixture among heated mugs and garnish each drink with some of the whipped cream.

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1985: Live Aid opened at Wembley Stadium in London, the event that would eventually garner Bob Geldof a British knighthood, as well as bring us the term “extreme poverty” from the UN.

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Buenos nachos Glibs! Here’s a quick take on what the Spanish speaking world now thinks of YOU…Okay, maybe not you personally.

Since I last posted links Mexico elected a new president. Some here have called him a populist, some here (I’m not pointing fingers) called him a communist. Others boldly compared him to….well.

AMLO emerge debido a una crisis de legitimidad de la clase política. Esta no ha logrado solucionar el problema de la corrupción, la decadencia económica o la violencia, que cada vez cobra más vidas. La proliferación de los carteles de la droga, asesinatos de candidatos políticos, el crimen generalizado, la rampante corrupción política y la sensación de caos no han sido resueltos bajo los gobiernos del Partido de Acción Nacional (PAN) y del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).

La victoria de AMLO evoca recuerdos de la victoria de Barack Obama casi 10 años atrás. Las guerras de Iraq y Afganistán más la crisis económica que estalló a menos de dos meses de las elecciones nacionales, no solo le dio a Obama un triunfo electoral aplastante, sino que también generó una euforia popular donde las expectativas del nuevo presidente eran muy altas.

AMLO, al igual que Obama, mantuvo un discurso populista, de izquierda y a la vez se mantuvo lo suficientemente ambiguo como para asegurar una amplia mayoría. También, al igual que Obama, ha prometido grandes cambios. Ha prometido combatir la corrupción y la violencia, pero no es claro como lo haría. Ha dicho que consideraría una amnistía a los carteles de la droga con el objetivo de que “logremos la paz en el país”. ¿Cómo se le puede dar amnistía a una organización criminal que no tiene interés en abandonar sus lucrativos negocios? ¿Qué poder tiene el estado mexicano para lograr concesiones de los criminales de la droga? Tal amnistía corre el riesgo de convertirse en una luz verde para el narcotráfico.

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AMLO emerges due to a crisis of legitimacy of the political class. This has not managed to solve the problem of corruption, economic decadence or violence, which increasingly takes more lives. The proliferation of drug cartels, assassinations of political candidates, widespread crime, rampant political corruption and the sense of chaos have not been resolved under the governments of the National Action Party (PAN) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). .

AMLO’s victory evokes memories of Barack Obama’s victory almost 10 years ago. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan plus the economic crisis that erupted less than two months before the national elections, not only gave Obama an overwhelming electoral victory, but also generated a popular euphoria where the expectations of the new president were very high.

AMLO, like Obama, maintained a populist, leftist discourse and at the same time remained ambiguous enough to ensure a broad majority. Also, like Obama, he has promised big changes. He has promised to fight corruption and violence, but it is not clear how he would do it. He has said he would consider amnesty for the drug cartels with the aim of “achieving peace in the country.” How can amnesty be given to a criminal organization that has no interest in abandoning its lucrative business? What power does the Mexican state have to obtain concessions from drug criminals? Such an amnesty runs the risk of becoming a green light for drug trafficking.

Before you say anything else! There is a brief moment of sanity….

Si López Obrador no cumple por lo menos parte de sus promesas en un período razonable, su popularidad se verá disminuida. Aquí no habrá ni mesianismo ni carta blanca ilimitada.

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If López Obrador does not fulfill at least part of his promises in a reasonable period, his popularity will be diminished. Here there will be neither messianism nor unlimited carte blanche.

That’s just….no. Here’s something else to perk you up!

Más de 12 horas después de entrar en la iglesia y después de pasar por un auténtico viacrucis, a Vivas le confirmaron sus peores temores: su hijo, el agente de policía Faber López Vivas, era uno de los 38 muertos de la que, según los datos del Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh), fue la jornada más violenta en Nicaragua desde que comenzaron las protestas contra el gobierno de Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo que han sido fuertemente reprimidas por antimotines y paramilitares.

Pero ella no cree en la versión oficial que dice que López Vivas fue agredido por “terroristas con armas de fuego” cuando intentaba levantar uno de los tranques de caminos que la población había puesto a modo de protesta en el departamento de Carazo. Su madre asegura que el joven fue torturado y asesinado por sus propios compañeros después de pedir la baja de las filas de la policía porque se negaba a reprimir a los manifestantes.

“Nada llena mi vacío. Nadie puede regresarme del dolor de la incertidumbre de saber que a mi hijo me lo torturaron sencillamente por pedir la baja. Me lo mataron a pellizcos, me le quitaron las uñas…”, relata la mujer en conversación telefónica con Univision Noticias.

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More than 12 hours after entering the church and after going through an authentic Via Crucis, Vivas confirmed his worst fears: his son, police officer Faber López Vivas, was one of the 38 dead, according to the data from the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), was the most violent day in Nicaragua since the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo began that have been strongly repressed by riot and paramilitary forces.

But she does not believe in the official version that says López Vivas was assaulted by “terrorists with firearms” when he was trying to set up one of the roadblocks that the population had put up as a protest in the department of Carazo. His mother assures that the young man was tortured and killed by his own comrades after asking to leave the ranks of the police because he refused to repress the demonstrators.

“Nothing fills my emptiness, no one can return me from the pain of the uncertainty of knowing that my son was tortured simply for asking me to leave, they pinched me, they took my nails …”, says the woman in conversation telephone with Univision News.

¡¡¡La Migra!!! Accuses Bill DeBlasio of violating port of entry laws in multiple countries.

Según la misiva, un oficial uniformado de la Patrulla Fronteriza se percató del grupo en la llanura al sur de Tornillo, en Texas, que estaba tomando fotos de la instalación. El agente preguntó si con ellos iba alguien de la Patrulla Fronteriza o del departamento de relaciones públicas que pudiera autorizar su presencia. Un inspector de la policía neoyorquina dijo que no, y cuando el agente preguntó cómo habían llegado hasta allí, el grupo señaló hacia México, según la misiva.

El agente les dijo que habían cruzado la frontera ilegalmente y les pidió quedarse allí mientras él buscaba a un supervisor. Les pidió ir a un puesto oficial de cruce, como lo exigen las normas, dice la carta. Pero, añade, el grupo desoyó la orden, caminó hacia sus vehículos y manejaron de vuelta hacia México. Reingresaron a territorio estadounidense por otro cruce fronterizo unas tres horas más tarde, dice la carta.

Eric Phillips, portavoz de De Blasio, dijo que el grupo no hizo nada ilegal y que tenía autorización para estar allí.

“El alcalde cruzó la frontera con la aprobación directa y bajo la supervisión del supervisor local de la patrulla fronteriza en ese puerto de entrada”, dijo Phillips en un email a la AP. “Decir lo contrario es una mentira directa y un intento obvio de alguien de atacar al alcalde por su actividad a favor de las familias que están siendo separadas en la frontera por la Administración Trump”.

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According to the letter, a uniformed Border Patrol official noticed the group on the plain south of Tornillo, in Texas, who was taking pictures of the facility. The agent asked if there was someone from the Border Patrol or the public relations department who could authorize his presence. A NYPD inspector said no, and when the agent asked how they got there, the group pointed to Mexico, according to the letter.

The agent told them that they had crossed the border illegally and asked them to stay there while he was looking for a supervisor. He asked them to go to an official crossing point, as required by the rules, says the letter. But, he adds, the group ignored the order, walked to their vehicles and drove back to Mexico. They reentered US territory by another border crossing about three hours later, the letter says.

Eric Phillips, spokesman for De Blasio, said the group did nothing illegal and that it was authorized to be there.

“The mayor crossed the border with direct approval and under the supervision of the local border patrol supervisor at that port of entry,” Phillips said in an email to the AP. “To say otherwise is a direct lie and an obvious attempt by someone to attack the mayor for his activity in favor of the families that are being separated at the border by the Trump Administration.”

Hey, maybe Trump will troll him by pardoning him.

Translation services available from the Alpha Beta Corporation, who remind you that technically they aren’t the government therefore they CAN sensor your news.

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.