No grid girls any longer, F1? THEY CAN TAKE OUR GRID GIRLS, BUT THEY CAN NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!
This would be the spot where sloopy would wax on (and wax off) about golf or futbol or THE State of Ohio, but dat shit’s boring. That’s why Zod invented F1
We’re deep into the season now, just coming off the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring. Short, but fast track and was one of the better races of the year so far. Why, you ask? Well, any race that the master clown Lewis Hamilton DNFing (and losing the championship lead) is a good race (Merc teammate Valtteri Bottas, who poled, also DNF’d, so it sucked for him). But it actually was a fairly interesting race with a good bit of mechanical failures mixing it up. Mercedes’ double-DNF opened the door for other teams to pick up spots and points. Wunderkind Max Verstappen (and his Orange Army) picked up a win, Kimi looked to be in his old form with a P2 finish and even tiny, little Haas picking up good points. My man (and Monoco GP winner) Dani Ric DNF’d, which was a bummer.
This week we’re at the Queen’s racing circuit, Silverstone, which hopefully will not be a 1-stop processional snoozer. Not looking good for Verstappen so far, dropping out of FP1 with a gearbox issue and binning it in FP2. Oh well, post-winner, winner, chicken-dinner buzzkill.
OK, soccer has its good points. I was in London the other week and did get to experience first-hand a solidly drunken soccer celebration in the streets, after England beat Panama 6-1. So, I have that going for me.
To the (mostly Trump-free) links!
Uh, how in the fuckity fuck can we run out of sand? WEREN’T YOU LISTENING TO SAM KINISON? But as in all things, the market delivers.
Let’s do historical events first, shall we? On this date, Stamford Raffles, a dude with an awesome name and also the founder of Singapore, was born. As was Tsar Nicholas I, Harry Ford Sinclair (of Teapot Dome infamy), artist Marc Chagall, eyebrow aficionado Frida Kahlo, astrology fan Nancy Reagan, early adopter of Rock N Roll Bill Haley, TV host and exec Merv Griffin, hotelier Conrad Hilton Jr, the Dalai Lama himself (Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking.), Hollywood treasure Ned Beatty, former president George W Bush, underrated actor Sylvester Stallone, rapper and businessman 50 Cent, comedian and (near) midget Kevin Hart, and loving wife and also a (near) midget Banjos. Happy birthday, sweetie!
Its also the day Francis Drake curb-stomped the Portuguese Navy, Captain Kidd was captured, Louis Pasteur successfully tested anti-rabies vaccine, T.E. Lawrence captured Aqaba from the Turks, MLB held its first all-star game, Patton landed in France, Abbott and Costello’s “Naughty Nineties” was released, the AK-47 went into production in Russia, Jefferson Airplane was formed, “Forrest Gump” hit theaters, and California passed the nation’s first “no-fault” divorce law.
Some fun baseball games yesterday. Winners were: Washington, Texas, Milwaukee, the MINNESOOOOOOOOODA TWIIIIIINS, San Diego, Seattle, St Louis and the defending World Champion Houston Astros walked-off the White Sox as Justin Verlander got another no decision.
Are you serious? Get up, pussy!
Serena and Federer both in action today at Wimbledon. And in the World Cup, France and Uruguay, arguably two fo the more enjoyable teams to watch this year, play at 9 am and Belgium-Brazil play at 1 to see who rolls their way into the semis. Dios Mio, man. My picks: France and Belgium.
That’s it for sports ball. Now time for…the links!
This is not surprising news at all, if you merely look at the overall numbers. Reading into the details, however, it looks like the issue is considerably more important to GOP voters than Dems, who still place healthcare at the top of their list. What is surprising is that only 7% of Team Blue members polled place immigration as the most important issue yet they’ve got the news media banging that drum nonstop. Look for the media to start talking about how evil anything shy of single-payer is as we get closer to November. In fact, look for it today on Twitter as Journolist 2.0 members get their marching orders.
Happy Fifth of July! To celebrate, I think I’ll drink a fifth of something tonight. Probably Early Times in honor of my wife’s stepfather. He passed quietly Tuesday with his family having made their good-byes. Someone else will step in tomorrow afternoon, as I have a memorial service to attend. I don’t want to hear any “that sucks!” or “sorry!” in the comments, go hug someone you love or at least send them a text. I’m glad to have known him and he’s far more comfortable today than he was Monday when last I shared. We’ll take care of my mother-in-law as she rebuilds her life. If you’re inclined to raise a glass, it’s one jigger of whiskey and two of coke on the rocks.
Apparently, Florida Man needs to just redneck up and do the fireworks himself in my neck of the woods. From my spot on one of the highest hills in Pinellas County (approximately 65ft above sea level), I was able to watch my neighbor’s fairly awesome display, as well as see two or three other, more professional fireworks shows. And everyone was done by 10:00. Except the random Florida Man, but he was pretty quiet.
The Fifth Circuit picks a fight with Clarence Thomas. The reporting is so terribly opinionated its hard to tell, but the 5th Circuit did find the strip search of 22 girls unreasonable. Perhaps if they had identified a single suspect? Any Constitutional scholars want to weigh in?
Time to start watching for Cones of Probability again? I would say it’s my 3rd favorite season behind “College Football” and “natives with bikinis retake the beaches”.
I hope y’all had a nice Fourth of July. It rained here pretty much the entire day and downtown flooded, as usual. But today looks a little better.
ESPN showed how much they care about their readership when they turned off comments without any explanation a couple days ago. So now I think I’ll seek out my basic sports (scores and quick headlines) somewhere else. Let me know in the comments where I should go. (Note: I do not want to go somewhere where I have to scroll for a mile to get past the hundred videos they have of their talking heads yammering on about a trade deal, new shoe release, etc before getting to the actual game scores and recaps.) And on that note, Boston, the Yankees, Cubs, Indians, Dodgers, Cardinals, Astros, Marlins, Phillies, Athletics, Angels, Brewers, Reds (they’re on fire!), Mets, and Rockies won. Wimbledon has a few good matches today. I recommend tuning in if you can. No soccer until tomorrow.
Barnum employees
If you were born on this date, you share the day with such famous and infamous folks as: Mary Walcott (accuser at Salem witch trials and herself probably a witch), Admiral David Farragut (of “damn the torpedoes!” fame), genius entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, inventor of tree-ring dating A.E. Douglass, football coach John McKay, musician Robbie Robertson, rocker Huey Lewis, pitcher Goose Gossage, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Wu-Tang member RZA, (too) skinny person Eva Green, and Dolly The Sheep.
Its also the day Newton’s Principia was published, the USA beat the Limeys and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario (and should have kept the place as a trophy), FDR signed the NLRA (like a good socialist), the famous tank Battle of Kursk began, Ian Fleming graduated from spy school, the bikini made its debut in Paris, Israel passed the “Law Of Return”, William Shockley invented the junction transistor, that creator of billionaires Robert Mugabe was re-elected and “Seinfeld” debuted on NBC.
Hope that suffices for needless stuff. Now we can do…the links!
Angela Merkel warns of a worldwide financial crisis if Trump presses NATO. You know, we should stop this insanity and go ahead and pull all of our troops out of Germany, Italy and elsewhere in Europe if their nations don’t want to pay the required percentage of their economy to the organization. Its high time they paid their fair share as outlined in the charter rather than keep letting us piss our money away defending their lazy asses. Same goes for the United Nations.
Michael Avenetti eyes White House. He says he will run if there is no other candidate “that has a real chance of beating” Trump. Well, he should start getting those PACs together, because unless the entire nation takes socialist crazy pills and buys their bullshit, I don’t see the Dems coming back to the political center.
Orlando group pushes for more “diversity” in medical marijuana business. They go into the barriers to entry and the steep startup costs including licensing fees and compliance costs. Unfortunately it never occurs to any of these people that they are essentially asking the government for handouts rather than calling for free market solutions to a problem created by the government themselves. Maybe they’ll catch it the next time it flies by, but I doubt it.
Kim Dotcom has lost his appeal and will be extradited to the United States. His crime: creating a website that people used freely to conduct their own business he knew nothing about. As a side note, he never visited or resided in the United States and his business was never incorporated there. How’s that for justice?
I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was…holy shit, it was fireflies!
Happy America Day to the American Glibs, and happy Hump Day for everyone else. I made the dirty water hot dogs. I… I have shame for how good those are. My kids ate two each — which is pretty good for them. I’m holding at one, but these links are being pre-recorded live.
Leave! Leave now Canadians and Michiganders! Florida is drowning! I’m looking at being beach-front!
I know Shooter Jennings isn’t for everyone, but I will continue to push him because I like his delightfullyalbum choices. This, however, is just straight pop-country, which he does better than most, too.
Hope y’all have the day off. I’ve got plenty of work to do but will hopefully get a chance to relax as well. Like Colombia does now, right? Their hack-a-shaq strategy almost paid off with a late goal, but England prevailed in PKs. Thank goodness, too. They might have killed somebody in the next match, should their violent play continue to progress. Also moving on are the Swedes, who dispatched the Swiss in a pretty boring game. Quarterfinals start Friday, so enjoy Wimbledon or baseball until then. Speaking of tennis, Venus and Serena are both playing today. Sharapova was bounced yesterday and the womens draw is completely up for grabs now.
In baseball, Boston stayed red hot and whipped Washington, The Yankees beat Atlanta, Tampa beat Miami, Seattle beat the California Angels and the Houston Astros continued their domination over the Rangers with a 5-3 win.
Kissing bandit Morganna
Bane of high school English students Nathanial Hawthorne was born on this date. So was libertarian presidential hero Calvin Coolidge, cartoonist Rube Goldberg, mobster Meyer Lansky, lovely actress Eva Marie Saint, playwright Neil Simon, Raiders owner Al Davis, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, the buxom Morganna Roberts, singer John Waite, drummer William Goldsmith, and sign-language-using gorilla Koko.
Its also the day the colonists told England to fuck off. And the day the first US Tariff Act was signed by George Washington, the first city bus went into service in London, Whitman’s “Leaves Of Grass” was published, the Tuskeegee Institute was established by Booket T Washington, Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast, LBJ (in one of the only decent things he ever did) signed the Freedom Of Information Act into law, “American Top 40” with Casey Kasem debuted, Kobe Bryant was arrested in Eagle, Colorado, and Nolan Ryan got his 3000th strikeout.
OK, its a holiday so I better get rolling. Please enjoy…the links!
The head of the DNC makes clear that they’re now effectively a socialist party. Its a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off. You know, I’m sure it will be just as effective after being attacked by Donald Trump as it was in a primary with <2% turnout of just her own party in one of the most progressive enclaves in the country.
And this is the nice part of town!
San Francisco is circling the drain. Actually, they’re not circling the drain because its clogged with human waste, used needles and other shit the hobos leave all over the place. But it is turning into an interesting case study on terrible politics mixed with zero personal responsibility.
One Masshole cop pleads guilty to fraud. Three more are yet to face their charges. And no word on sentencing yet. The other three are collecting their retirement already, so it’ll be interesting to see how that part of the equation plays out as well.
If any of you are planning on taking your mother to a nursing home: Please take note of this. And be careful.
“Drunken” is a little false, they weren’t any more drunk than the professional soldiers
Happy ‘Murica Day Eve, y’all. I hope you’re proudly carrying our forefathers’ tradition of taking the day off or working as little as possible. My wife is doing clinical rounds in a hospital, so she has to work for her first July 4, like, ever. The boys and I will go to the beach, play with sparklers, eat dirty water hot dogs, and then go out to the field around the corner (which I think is owned by the cemetery but not used yet) to watch fireworks. The four year old is… sensitive, so he doesn’t really like fireworks up close. Anyhow, I am hopeful that during all that excitement I’ll find time to put up a set of links for our foreign friends who won’t be drinking and getting sunburns.
In Old World Football, the Swedes topped the Swiss. Our love to Swiss Servator. We’ll see whether the English can continue to get lucky. The were up 1-0, but gave up a goal with 2 minutes to go. England may give it away.
It appears Ali Watkins will be receiving a mentor, who will teach her how not to sleep with sources and subjects of her columns. Because apparently, “don’t fuck people you quote” is hard to communicate.
What a horrible fucking person. Remind me again how this is worse than shooting up a school shooting up a school is worse than this. Editing h/t Bob Boberson
Greenpeace idiots introduce foreign contamination into spent fuel pool. 2nd take away, intercepting 1 of 2 drones isn’t quite good enough.
You had Hiroshima. You had Nagasaki. And now you have Rostov-on-Don. Those poor Japanese had it. Then the Belgians got one back, yet the Japanese kept pushing. Then it was tied yet the Japanese kept pushing. Then, with what might have been the finest outlet from a goalkeeper ever, Chadli scored at the death as Japan were pushing for the win themselves and the Belgians were moving on to face Brazil. What a hell of a game. Both teams pressing, nothing dirty. Just an enjoyable game of attacking soccer. Oh, and Brazil beat Mexico in a game that was very much the opposite: flopping, hacking, dirty cheap shots one after another. I hope Belgium thumps Brazil after that shit. And I hope Neymar’s legacy is marginally tarnished for all of his bullshit play-acting antics. There’s no place in a man’s sport for garbage like that.
Serena, Venus and Federer all moved on at Wimbledon on Day 1. Sloane Stephens and Gregor Dimitrov made early exits.
And on the diamonds, the Tigers beat the Blue Jays, the Red Sox beat the Pats, the Braves beat the Yankees, the BIG RED MACHINE topped the White Sox, the Marlins beat the Rays, the Brew Crew topped the Twins, the Indians drilled the Royals, Colorado beat San Francisco, St Louis beat the D-backs, and the Dodgers annihilated the Pirates.
Heed these words
French explorer Samuel de Champlain was born on this date. So was Austrian writer Franz Kafka, assclown “attorney” Gloria Allred, selfie-taker Geraldo Rivera, “Baby Doc” Duvalier, tv’s Montel Williams, midget Scientologist Tom Cruise, eye candy Olivia Munn, four-time F1 champ Sebastian Vettel, and hero to those who believe in transparency Julian Assange.
Today is also the day the aforementioned Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec, George Washington took command of the Continental Army, Jesse James pulled off a $45,000 robbery in Iowa, Karl Benz took the first automobile for a spin, Idaho was admitted to the union, the first color tv transmission was made, the Veterans Administration was created, “Double Indemnity” was released, Jim and Gaylord Perry faced each other for the only time in their careers, “Back To The Future” hit theaters, the 2 Live Crew were charged with indecency in Florida, and Steve Yzerman, arguably the greatest captain in Red Wings history, announced his retirement.
Those were better than many recent days. I even got a little love for our Canadian brethren in there. And the Frenchies at that! I hope they’re happy. And with that, I’m on to…the links!
She should be doing this with police guns drawn on her
You want to read about some shady, deep-state shit? Well this is some shady, deep-state shit. There’s no way any of this passes the smell test. No way all 40 of these (Democrat) staffs were unaware of what was going on. And no way it wasn’t a coordinated effort to get rid of evidence. DWS and Xaxier Becerra should be in an interrogation room until they give some straight answers. This is totally unacceptable and I, for one, and in no way surprised that the MSM are choosing to keep as much of a lid on it as they possibly can.
OK, so here’s a head-scratcher: the city of New York’s Staten Island DA’s office is being sued for back pay…byt the guy who took care of their therapy dog. That’s right, tax cattle. You’re paying handlers of therapy dogs now for use in courthouses. Congratulations.
And let the pants-shitting, anti-Catholic bigotry begin! Trump to start interviewing possible Supreme Court candidates, which means Amy Coney Barrett can expect the progs to try and Bork her. Which will not go over well with feminists, right? RIGHT?!?!
What’s up guys? I had a pretty good Saturday — the Astros got hammered by the Rays while I watched from great seats, but I got hammered, too. I think I win. And a pretty shit Sunday. My wife’s step-father is in hospice care and failing. She went out of the house Sunday afternoon not knowing much beyond that. It is definitely the end, we’re just not sure if its tomorrow or next week. Fuck cancer!
Our neighbors to the south got beat pretty handily. I did not get a chance to watch the match, but I heard Neymar finally got the penalty he spent the whole first round diving for. We’ll see if Japan has anything for the Belgish. The Belgs. The capital of EUtopia. Japan went up 2-0, currently tied 2-2 in the 80th minute. Update: Belgium pulls it out at the last second! Wow! Japan over-commits going for the win and gives it away.
Think of all the progressive car drivers in NYC who will be crying themselves to sleep tonight that they missed an opportunity. And you know, the rest of us who don’t wish death on the children of politicians we disagree with, let’s just give Eric Trump a thumbs-up for doing something decent.
Some people were making fun of this, but I like boiled hotdogs. I think I had five or six hotdogs at two baseball games last week. And I’m not sorry. I’m gonna buy a bunch and try this for 4th of July since my kids will want hotdogs anyways. And I’ll make ribs to fall back on if they are just hotdogs.
Holiday weeks suck when the holiday is in the middle of the week. Especially for those of us who don’t have vacation days. Meh, I need to stop complaining. At least its an extra day I get to spend with the family, even if I do spend it working. Which is not what Spain’s soccer will be doing. LOL, Russia? Really?!?! Also Croatia beat Denmark. And I will be cheering for Russia in their game. At least they’re exciting. That Croatia-Denmark match was exciting for about 10 minutes…the first five minutes of the game and the last 5. The rest was nearly unwatchable boring. And on Saturday, France beat Argentina…and the world laughed. There Uruguay beat Portugal…and it laughed harder. And I have to say, those were a pair of fun games to watch. Let’s hope Brazil-Mexico and Belgium-Japan are as much fun today.
Baseball games keep happening, and that means the Rays beat Houston again. What is it with that division that has them struggling this year? Other winners were: Baltimore (yes, Baltimore), Detroit, THE BIG RED MACHIIIIIIINE, the Mets, Phillies, Braves, Cubs, White Sox, Indians, Giants, Pirates, Dodgers, Mariners and Yankees.
LeBron upon seeing the state and local tax rates for Los Angeles.
And LeBron James signed with one of the Los Angeles basketball teams. I think it was the Lakers. So he will be playing there next year. Best of luck to him and Cleveland as they recover from the inevitable riots.
Hey, Hermann Hesse was born on this date. So was groundbreaking jurist Thurgood Marshall, shoe lover Imelda Marcos, Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas, “The King” Richard Petty, former Mexican President Vicente Fox, funnyman Larry David, Canadian wrestler Brett “The Hitman” Hart, steroid aficionado Jose Canseco, flamboyant figure skater Johnny Weir, drug- and alcohol fan Lindsay Lohan, and actress Margot Robbie.
Now its just called the Air Force. (And a few other things by Marines and Rangers.)
Its also the day Martin Luther decided he would become a monk after a violent thunderstorm, slaves aboard The Amistad revolt, Guiseppe Giribaldi began his hunger strike in Rome, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob a train of $40,000 in Montana, John McGraw managed his first game for the Giants (a tenure that would last 30 years), the US Army Air Corps was founded, Amelia Earhart gets lost over Pacific, the “Lawrence Welk Show” made its debut, Elvis recorded “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel”, Sam Walton opened his first store, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Acts into law after the Democrats who had opposed it via filibuster give up, the Supreme Court allowed the death penalty to be reinstated, the first of the idiotic Susan B Anthony dollars was issued, Airplane! premiered, and the AbioCor self-contained artificial ear was created.
That’s the appetizer. Now for the main course. And by “main course”, I mean…the links!
Remember the link I put up last week about somebody leaving flyers with fentanyl on them on police vehicles here in Houston? It turns out to have been bullshit all along. Which means any cases where people were convicted based on the results of an initial drug test should be tossed out of court, right? They also need to get the deputy who was hospitalized with fentanyl-like symptoms some psychiatric help.
