Category: Daily Links

I just want to start off by saying that I enjoy deep dish. Hell, I will go out of my way to find it today (Geno’s) and have some.  But I ain’t calling it pizza because its not.  Just as Dr Pepper isn’t a cola and Bruce Jenner isn’t a woman. Sorry, some things are truths.

Hey look! There’s still sports going on even after the armageddon-like weekend of college basketball.  Of course, if you wanted me to give recaps on the Women’s NCAA Tournament, you’re about to be disappointed. But if you were hoping for a down-the-stretch hockey update, then you’re in luck! There were five games on the slate last night. The Blue Jackets topped the Bruins in OT. The Predators blanked the Sabres. The Kings topped the MINNESOOOOOODA WIIIIIIIIILD!!!! in OT as well. The Panthers dumped Les Canadiens. And the Flames were doused by the woeful Coyotes.

So let’s take a look at the standings, shall we? In the Wales Conference, Tampa Bay has locked up a playoff spot and has a 3 pt lead over Boston but has played an extra game.  They’re trailed by the Maple Leafs. The Washington Capitals lead their division, with the Pens and Flyers close on their heels. Not that it’ll matter come playoff time when they lose to a lower seed. And the Wild Card race is pretty hot even though it only contains three teams. Currently, the Blue Jackets and Devils hold the two spots with the Panthers 3 its back of the Devils but with two extra games to play. Everybody else is pretty much playing out the string and the Red Wings, losers of 10 in a row, will soon join the Sabres as mathematically unable to make the playoffs.

Over in the Campbell Conference, The Predators, Jets and MINNESOOOOOOODA WIIIIIIILD are cruising in in their division, while the Army/Las Vegas Black/Golden Knights, Sharks and Kings are currently in.  The two wild card spots, held by the Avalanche (who have a game in hand) and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are sitting on the same point total as LA, with Dallas and St Louis nipping at their heels.  Should be a hell of a fun 2 weeks and change. The Canucks and Coyotes are already eliminated and should soon be joined by the Oilers and the Blackha….wtf? Yes, by the Blackhawks. Sorry, Swissy.

There’s probably something I missed in there, so I expect to be corrected in the comments. Or at least challenged. But that’s cool.  And anyway, its time for me to stop worrying about sports and start thinking about what I’m gonna put in…the links!

Sometimes people get what they deserve. Can’t say this makes me sad. The culture there was akin to a beehive, where everyone was expected to serve the queen (in this case, the king), even sacrificing their personal beliefs or morals in order to advance their career. OK, so not exactly like a beehive except for the everyone serving part. But seriously, they know they were doing little more than satisfying the sexual idiosyncrasies of a perverted dickhead and they knew they were often sacrificing the physical safety of innocent women in order to do so, and in return they were financially rewarded.  They all deserve to never get a job in Hollywood again, unless its selling maps to the houses of the people they served up to their disgusting pig of a boss.

SXSW bomb threat cancels concert amid series of bombings. Meanwhile, a bomb went off in San Antonio’s FedEx center, and FBI officials say it may be linked to the events in Austin. Meanwhile, with little known about the bombings or bomber, President Trump pledges support for the people working on the case and for the victims (and is promptly called a racist by “leaders” in the black and latino communities). Meanwhile, the NAACP and CBC, also armed with little to no information, called on officials to classify it terrorism and to make sure they find out the motivation of the bomber since its allegedly targeting black and latino communities (except the FedEx location, obviously).

Look out Northern California. here comes some more global warming for ya! This is gonna end up being one hell of a winter for precipitation. And you can thank the good people over at Global Warming, Inc for it…but only if it causes some destruction. And when it doesn’t rain for two months straight, as its prone to do there since the dawn of time, you can also blame global warming for the “drought”. But only if it has a negative effect on crops. If it raises yields, it’ll just be due to sheer luck that the global warming didn’t cause the levels of precipitation to be even higher…or lower…depending on what’s needed to extract more money from taxpayers and transfer it to politically-connected shitheads. And not to be outdone, Old Man Winter is prepared to pay the Chowderheads a visit.

Wow, what an interesting coincidence. There’s a laundry list of coincidences that seem to follow Brown around. Yet she’s slicker than a greased pig when it comes to her being prosecuted.  Ooh, I know! Let’s have a special prosecutor charge her with “Conspiracy Against The United States” with nothing else attached to it. That ought to work.

Crazy man does crazy thing and dies. Dude had quite the arrest record. Perhaps he should have received a mental evaluation at some point in his recent past rather than a dragnet which spooked him into jumping in a freezing river while butt nekkid.

SEA SMITH SAY GOODBYE TO FRIEND ONE LAST TIME. COMMIT HER TO BOWELS OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA.

Don’t even ask how I picked this song. Its a mystery to me too. But now I want to go see what Winona Ryder is up to.

Well that about does it for the links.  Hope y’all have a nice day.

 

As the resident embodiment of Neutrality, I am calling for a truce this afternoon, in World War G. We have already had the ultimate threat issued by SP…

 

 

So we had best smarten up for a bit. The best way to do that is Links. Links of Neutrality. And I am just the one to deliver them!

• Testing…Testing…1,2,3. Well, not anymore. At least for now.
• Next time anyone tells you we need to be more like Europe. Have them read this, and then say – “ready to go to prison for saying bad things about Donny from Queens?”
• Nobody expects the brutal inquisition! But we can all agree this is an awful story.
• Paging SugarFree, SugarFree to the author courtesy phone. Hat and Hair material abounds.

 

So, it is either back to the war…or

This was me Thursday at 11 am:

Full of hopes, dreams…and 64 teams. This was the year I’d win it all and let everybody know I could pick with the best of them.

This was me at 10 pm last night:

This is one fucked up tournament. From UVA getting boat-raced by (basketball nobody) UMBC. To North Carolina following that up with a soul-robbing beatdown at the hands of aTm. Cincy, Xavier, Michigan State, Ohio State, and then Michigan winning at the buzzer.  I can’t fucking take this kind of abuse.  Its not fair.  Its like God is trying to punish us.  Well thanks a lot, Big Guy. It’s working. I’m a broken bracketer. My March Madness has turned into March Madness. I may not watch any more of this three-ring circus. I don’t know if my constitution is up to it.

You want to know what really churns my stomach?  The leader of the Glibs March Madness Pick Em Extravaganza is…Banjos.  That’s right. My wife, who watches jack shit for basketball all year except for the odd Buckeyes game I’m watching while she sits and twits with the twitterers, is winning the damn thing. But I don’t see it holding up.  Her total of 45 points (with Tennessee cutting down the nets) is one ahead of a solid group, T&T’s boring bracket is in second (with UVA winning it all). Gbob sits tied for third (with the Buckeyes as champs) and is tied with Pie (who is an asshole because he has Duke winning it all). In fact, the bracket with the greatest max possible is MikeS, way down tied for 7th. I’m gonna be watching him even though his possible champ (Texas Tech) has no chance. Except of course, that they have a great chance.

Look, I’m actually having a good time with this year’s insanity.  Its just…if Duke win it all, I will smash the fuck out of something very valuable.  I can’t stand the thought of that rat-faced creep and/or that cheap-shot artist he has in the low post winning anything. That would truly make for an awful Easter weekend, only surpassed by the death of Jesus Christ himself. But at least with that, we get the rising from the dead part. If Duke wins, we get just the misery.

Ugh, I can’t bear to think of it anymore. I’m gonna quickly point out that Liverpool bounced back pretty well by thrashing Bournemouth over the weekend.  Now they need to get ready for Man City in the UCL quarterfinals. The rest of the EPL squads that were in it can sit home and watch what the big boys can do on the biggest stage.

OK, no more sports. The rage is subsiding and the bile is creeping back down my throat as the thoughts of Duke hoisting the trophy go away. Let’s talk about something else.  I know…the links!

Another bombing in Austin set off by tripwire, injuring two. Police appeal to bomber to stop (sensible). Also order residents to stay inside until 10 am (what the fuck for?) I do recall this being blamed on racism by HuffPo early last week and I haven’t followed it since. Can somebody please explain to me what’s going on or if the bomber’s motivations have been made clear?

The National Review can be douchey. But occasionally they publish a (pretty long but quite readable) piece that is pure brilliance and sums up the state of affairs wonderfully. Seriously, if anybody thinks that what Mueller is doing is a good thing, they need to read this and shut their pie hole for the duration of this witch hunt.

Texan Good Samaritan with knife meets California crook with shotgun. Guess how this one ends up?

Two trains derail and collide in Kentucky. Four people are injured.

Betty Boyner had just laid down when she heard what she thought was something exploding. “We thought, what the hell was that? Was it a train? Was it a trailer? We didn’t see any smoke,” she said. She then got a call from her son in Missouri asking if they were being evacuated. He’d apparently gotten a text from a friend who saw the accident on Facebook, she said. She grabbed her purse and a pillow and headed over to the elementary school. “I’m supposed to be up at 6 a.m. in the morning to go to work,” she said. “That ain’t happening.”

Here comes the mocking condescension from coastal elitists about the grammar of these hill people (although Lex is hardly hill people country). Then they’ll trot off to work (after a buttered roll!)  and call the guy who bumps into them on the subway, during their 90 minute commute from their 600SF apt to their job in a 6×6 cubicle, a “fucking cocksucker”.

OK, this is seriously the funniest news story you’ll read today. LOL, how did this not happen in Florida?

I was gonna find one more thing, but I have to end ::takes off glasses:: on a high note.

This goes out to all of those whose bracket is busted.

Have a great day, friends!

So, SEA SMITH went AWOL on link duty…Well, I am back from my mini-vacation to bring some ORDER to the Links. We will have links, with actual links in them. And they will work:

• I take grave personal offense at the choice of store this group of banditti attacked! But the mood was lightened by reading “Detectives from the Flying Squad and police in Westminster continue to investigate.” As a Monty Python fan, all I could think of was Inspector Thompson’s Gazelle of the Programme Planning Police, Light Entertainment Division, Special Flying Squad.
• Attention, Rick and Morty fans. If you are in the LA area in October…check this out.
• Florida Woman… Cop. Well, not a cop now.
• Standing athwart energy exports and progress and shouting “¡No!”

OK, now all is right with the Glibs.

You may have been able to tell that the Glibs staff all got pretty shitfaced yesterday and were a bit neglectful. But today is a different day and I’m proudly wearing my “12 Hours Sober” badge. That may or may not last. OK, it won’t, but let me pretend for at least a few hours.

 

This is how libertarians are created.

In accordance with the Safe Schools Initiative, the Zero Tolerance For Guns Act, P.L. 1995 and its companion C.128 and the Lacey Township School Board’s Zero Tolerance Policy, any student who is reported to be in possession of a weapon of any type for any reason or purpose whether on or off school grounds during the academic year shall be disciplined as follows…

 

I guess I don’t see the problem here. But I wouldn’t, would I. Here’s a related story, so to speak.

‘I like my Starbucks like I like my women: short, thick and white,” Sammy recalled.

 

Danny Davis is still trying to thread the needle. His dancing is a wonder to behold. Bonus: pic of that nutbag Florida congresschimp who wears designer cowboy hats.

 

It still absolutely cracks me up to see so-called liberals rushing to defend the honor and integrity of our corrupt National Police Force and its various jackboots.  I swear, if Trump condemned child torture, the TDS crowd would reflexively defend it. I am sincerely puzzled- there’s so much real shit about the Trump administration to criticize, and yet they grab onto this.

 

This is a bit strange. OK, more than a bit. I will never understand Afghan psychology, no matter how many bombs we drop.

 

Keep it classy, Progressives! (In this case, of the South African variety, taking some time off from land confiscation)

 

Old Guy Music! SP and I saw John Hiatt a year or two ago in a two-man show with Lyle Lovett. It was delightful, but he didn’t play my favorite song of his. I am here to rectify this oversight.

SEA SMITH STILL DO LINKS. NOT SURE WHEN COUSIN STEVE SMITH OR ZARDOZ STONE HEAD BACK. SEA SMITH UNDERSTAND SADNESS. WHEN HE SMALL FRY, HAVE PET:

HE GET CAUGHT BY FISHING TRAWLER. *SNIFFLE* NOW SEA SMITH SAD, REMEMBERING BUCKY. SO YOU GET LINKS, AND SEA SMITH GO LOOK FOR REVENGE ON FISHING BOATS. BY REVENGE, MEAN RAPE.

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As I sit here at the age of 63, working my ass off, no chance of retirement in sight, I cry many tears for this poor guy who won’t get a six figure pension for life starting at age 49, all because he did shit that would have gotten him instantly fired (or even prosecuted) anywhere other than government service. This is so sad, he sacrificed so much for the good of his country.

I have something less than zero interest in the Little League “sports” that seem to fascinate so many. Back in the 1970s, I attended an obscure little university that had no sports teams, no fraternities or sororities, but offered outstanding academics and (if you had the right major and could survive- the attrition rate was like 80%) an almost certain guarantee of admission into top medical and graduate schools. Apparently, things have changed there, and I’m supposed to be excited about it. Feh, one more reason to not donate money to them when they come begging every year.

Here’s a story where I hate everyone, other than the poor turtle. The wanton and casual cruelty of bureaucrats is on full display. In other animal news, United Airlines has decided that it wants to go after the police departments’ record.

This is getting boring. I mean, at this point, why not just start drawing names randomly out of a hat?

Will it take a broken hip to rid us of this woman? 

Old Guy Music, you can’t avoid it! Today, the greatest songwriter you never heard of. And that voice… it haunts.

SEA SMITH HERE TO DO LINKS. AFTER LAST WEEK, COUSIN STEVE SMITH AND ZARDOZ TOO SAD TO MAKE LINKS FOR HERE. SEA SMITH DO GOOD JOB…HE LIKE TO MAKE LINKS FOR PEOPLE. AND BY MAKE LINKS, MEAN…MAKE LINKS. SEA SMITH GO LOOK FOR FISHING BOAT LATER. HE BE MOST DANGEROUS CATCH. BY MOST DANGEROUS CATCH, MEAN DANGEROUS TO FISHING BOAT CREW!

1. LAND CREATURES WALK OUT, HIJINX ENSUE. SWIMMING MUCH BETTER THAN WALKING.
2. FOR THAT MATTER, PILLAGE BETTER THAN WALKING.
3. MUCH SPAWNING, VERY INEFFICIENT! SEA SMITH CAN TEACH DOLPHIN TECHNIQUE.
4. SEA SMITH THOUGHT THIS WAS SALMON AND GOT HUNGRY. MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH!
5. SEA SMITH INTRIGUED… AND NOW HUNGRY.

NOW RELAX AND ENJOY WAVES LAPPING.

Good morning everyone. First, I’d like to start with an apology. Beloved Commenter The Hyperbole let us know in an excellently glibertarian way (drunk and ranty) last night that some of you have been submitting articles and not hearing back from us.

Okay I didn’t wanna be a whiney bitch but fuckk it IO’m drunk. I’m not even gonna correct the tpos that are redlined, thats how little of a shit I give. anyway if you are gonna ask for sbmissions and request pitches and say ‘we’ll get back to you’, then you should get back to people. ‘Hey, thanks for the submission but you’re proposal sucks ass’ is much better than nothing. I’d assume maybe shit gotl,ost in the ,ail but it’s been like three times now. I can take it , if my bllshit ain;t yo bag, groovey, but fuck sakes tell me to piss off the silen treatment just leave fuckers in the lurch nd nobody nees hat. fcks sake.

We give that an 11 out of 10 on the glibness scale. We are not ignoring you or out spending your donations on old hookers and young meth. It appears the email filter has been a bit — zealous — in keeping the submission email box clean. We’re sorry. If this has happened to you, or happens to you in the future please go to the link at the top of the main page that says Leads/Submissions and fill out the form there to tell us submit@glibertarians.com is being a bad robot. That one goes to about 5 real email addresses, and not as a redirect. Thank you, and again, we’re sorry. We fucked up.

In the Tourney Pick ‘Em — JamesG, Banjos, Ed Mavis, and Paul are tied for first. I’m not there because Miami lost. I suspect they may have been distracted. And now… the links!

 

For those of you who were rooting for Apprentice: White House, it looks like your ship has come in.

Also, it looks like Fredo Trump may be headed for the big D.

Charlie Stross was both early and late on this trend. Rule 34 came out in 2011, but I believe was set in 2019. Anyhow, child sex robots are creepy but better than actual sex with children by night and day.

Stupid pilot, save that drugging and raping for the cabin crew, not other pilots.

Sorry, this has been in my head and needs to come out. Sometimes you just need to ding a ding dang your dangalong ling long

The Ides of March they are upon you/All the live long day. If you belong to a certain college fandom, that will be rattling around in your head if it wasn’t already. Otherwise, it’s just a Thursday that feels like Friday to me because holy hell does it take a lot of energy to pretend to have things to do.  I am in the waiting stage of a project, and a little like a smart dog left at home too long. I’m about to start tearing shit up out of boredom. That’s not great. Also, some sportzball thing is happening — sorry Sooners fans. Missed it by that much. So onto the links

More collusion between the Trump administration and Russia. This time the administration is attempting to throw the Gnostics off the truth by apply sanctions! Don’t fall for it, Sheeple!

I hope he was eye-blinking SOS through this whole interview. H/T SF

Conclusive video footage of that brave SRO standing around attempting to draw fire by not seeking better cover. “Investigators revealed Peterson’s focus was on getting nearby streets and the high school shut down and keeping deputies away from the building.” Were a crowd to descend on his home and burn it down with him inside it, I’d have a hard time convicting them of anything worse than burning trash without a permit.

Cue Dennis Hopper speech from True Romance: “Your great-great-great-grandmother f’d a Denisovan. In fact, Denisovans did so much f’ing with Mongolian women that they changed the whole bloodline.”

Holy shit, this is horrific. A footbridge installed last weekend collapsed in Miami. It looks flat and there are people under there.

This has nothing to do with anything, but the song came up earlier offline and I feel like sharing some guitar.