Have I accomplished anything since yesterday? Hard to say. I’m certainly not running through life like a mountain meadow today.
“Do we get to win this time?”
We sent a carrier to Vietnam for the first time since the conflict with that nation ended. No word on whether we’re forcing them to take back John McCain or not.
Trump goes to Davos. I’m hoping its like the UN speech, only laying out a new Federal Reserve policy of monetary tightening with a goal of banks paying positive interest rates on savings accounts. Although other actions indicate that the administration is more interested in further driving US exports upstream against natural barriers.
You know, sometimes its okay to get high on your own supply. Like if you’re a pot mogul who thinks about driving your pricey Italian sports car while drunk.
The Women’s final for the Aussie Open is set, with the top two seeds, Wozniaki and Halep, making it through to face each other. On the Men’s side, Federer will play Chung sometime soon and will take on Marin Cilic, who made it through earlier today…last night…well whenever they played. I can’t tell what time or day anything is being played there, what with ESPN posting scores for Thursday on Wednesday and Wednesday on Thursday and…oh God, I think I’ve gone cross-eyed. (No crazy-eyes jokes from any of the Glibs that have met me, by the way. I don’t need that shit.)
The two top ten college basketball teams from Ohio, Cincy and Xaxier, both won last night easily. The Buckeyes didn’t play although they took care of business the other night and I didn’t get a chance to recap. Other Top 25 teams in action: Auburn won, Florida lost, Nevada lost in double OT and Rhode Island took care of business.
Just two games on the ice last night. TWO! Can’t they at least schedule a couple more back to back games before they give these guys four days off for the all-star game (featuring Kid Rock!)? Anyway, the Blackhawks slide continues as they fall to the Maple Leafs. Meanwhile, the Kings doused the Flames, both of those games going to OT.
I’m sure there’s others shit happening in the sports world. I won’t bother covering the JV tournament in English soccer, sorry. And if there’s something else y’all want me to touch on besides the NBA, let me know.
Get it? Got it? GOOD! Now let’s move into…the links!
David Cop-a-feel has been accused of sexually assaulting the oldest looking 17-year old in the world. Her chiropractor has “verified” her story. The “doctor” said the pain from it has caused ripple effects almost 30 years later and that her “patient” had a panic attack while discussing it recently. And if I know anything about the medical profession, its that when patients finally decide top confide in the doctor chiropractor they’ve put their faith in, the real truth comes out…then they get adjusted and everything turns out fine. If the doctor is worried about her panic attacks or anxiety, maybe she could wrote her a prescr…oh that’s right. She’s not really a doctor.
To say that GOP lawmakers are getting tired of the FBI and DOJ stonewalling would be a gross understatement. Elsewhere, polls are saying that a majority of Americans would like a second special prosecutor to look into the FBI’s shenanigans and believe there has been collusion…by federal agents in the Clinton and Russia investigations. Go long on popcorn, people. This is getting interesting.
Apparently, people VOLUNTARILY working at a party in skimpy clothing and being encouraged to be as friendly as they want to be with the guests is a bad thing. I, for one, can’t think of anything more empowering than to offer, for a substantial sum of money, work to women and not even consider offering the same employment opportunities to men…and then telling those women that they’re free to engage in whatever level of fraternization they personally find acceptable and then to forge whatever relationships from the employment they deem appropriate. Aw, who am I kidding? Its more empowering to shut the whole operation down, end the donation of millions of dollars it generates and shame everyone involved that has a dick between their legs.
Bunch of fucking Victorian prudish left-wing assholes.
Classic move used to smuggle liquor into sporting events employed to steal Hennessy. I prefer using a baby backpack, but I can accept their move as legitimate. Although I would never use it to steal, only to get booze into a sporting event that should be selling beer at the concession stands because its at the fucking Staples Center. (EDG repping LBC will confirm this story if needed.)
That’s it. Shit, I had a lot of links today. Sorry for stealing anyone’s thunder.
Holy crap, its Wednesday already? Wow. Lookit the time fly. I’ve spent at least half of today figuring out what somebody changed to break my code. Preliminary signs point to someone else bolluxing up something I have no control over. @#*$@#$&@#$
NSA updates its core values statement to match reality. I wonder if the ISO-9001 audit dinged them.
Bill Cosby makes surprise standup appearance. “What’s funny about barbituates… is…”
Not a fan of the Patriots or Eagles? SMOD might have you covered!
Roger Federer seems ageless there last couple of weeks as he rolls in straight sets, Nadal is forced to sadly retire in the fifth set, the Korean upstart Chung ended the dream run of the Englishman Sandgren and Gregor Dimitrov was bounced by the other limey Edmund. Expect the two limeys to make a splash at Wimbledon…and expect British dreams to be crushed as is (mostly) usual there. Simona Halep cruised into the Semis, as did Kerber, Wozniaki and unseeded Belgian Elise Mertens. Should be kinda fun, but its sad to see injuries take such a toll on the aging stars.
Huge slate of games on the ice last night. The winners: Boston, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Philly, Tampa Bay, St Louis, Dallas, Buffalo (by 5 goals!!!), Army Las Vegas, Vancouver, Winnipeg and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Congratulations to all of them.
Looks like the NCAA is gonna go after Michigan State for not paying attention when it was reported that a doctor on their staff molested hundreds of girls. Based not he Penn State precedent, the gymnastics team will be suspended from the postseason for a couple years and then reinstated. Based on the #metoo bloodlust, the entire athletic program will be flushed down the toilet. It’ll be interesting to see which tack the organization takes.
That’s it for sports. Let’s talk about other stuff in…the links!
OK, so I guess her sin here was being a therapist. Because, what’s the point in even having a hot tub if you can’t use it for its designated purpose? Also, thanks for the grainy pics, assholes. Based on what I’ve seen, she’s not unattractive. Also, note to media: you’re not a social worker if you are a therapist working in a private practice. Social workers are the ones who work for the state and don’t pay attention when people are neglecting kids but take them away when the parents question their authority. There’s a big difference.
Idiotic says idiotic things, most of which mirror the words of black activist groups on college campuses, and is rightfully fired. Because you can’t say stupid shit like “the races should voluntarily separate” and keep your elected position…but you can forcibly exclude certain races from certain college dormitories, groups, meeting spaces and clubs and be hailed as a “campus leader”. What a world we live in. Where certain people are judged by the content of their character (and fired) rather than the color of their skin (and hailed as empowered).
The Illinois Governor (right) and some greasy looking Illinois Nazi investment partner (left).
Amid new signs that special counsel Robert Mueller is pursuing an obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress have intensified their own investigationsof the Justice Department’s and FBI’s handling of inquiries into Trump’s ties to Russia.
Tuesday brought several dramatic developments in the Russia saga, including the news that Mueller recently interviewed Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the first Cabinet official known to be questioned in the investigation. The New York Times also reported that former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by Mueller last year.
But even as Mueller showed apparent momentum, Republicans made new charges of political bias and even potential criminal misconduct in the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.
First, has anybody even made the remotest statement that Mueller is pursuing a specific obstruction charge against Trump? And if so, obstruction in what regard: firing someone he has absolute authority to fire for any pr no reason (according to the fired person in sworn testimony before a Senate hearing)? Good luck with that.
Second, the Sessions interview could have been anything, including “did you find out people at the FBI illegally obtained FISA warrants or otherwise acted illegally in trying to prevent Trump from taking office?”, both of which would seem like reasonable questions to ask in light of what’s now becoming public. Lastly…if that’s what passes for momentum at Politico, they might want to consult a dictionary, because his investigation has hit what could be considered a serious credibility roadblock at best. But good luck peddling that narrative, guys. I’m sure you know what’s best for your failing website.
Hey everybody, good news! The dentist says my teeth are all fixed, and I can once again travel outside of the South (and England) without being identified as “from there”. This is probably a good thing since it appears likely that I shall start spending about a week a month in Michigan for work starting in February. Hooray business travel!
WaPo clutches pearls at the idea that a Cabinet Secretary is doing work at the behest of the President! Mostly having to do with wrangling about the ongoing pro-Clinton, pro-Democrat stance of several senior FBI and Justice employees.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this article claiming Right to Work laws are killing Democrats. I mean there are so many jaw dropping assertions in here that are factually untrue, as well as a complete recasting of the history of union opposition as a literal ploy by the KKK to break up worker solidarity. That’s not exactly how I remember the big UMWA and Pullman Car Porters Union struggles going down.
Unions reduce racial wage and wealth gaps, and many union contracts include rules mandating fair hiring and promotion standards, leading to less discrimination in the workplace
Oh Gods, do you think? Geoengineering may have unforeseen consequences. Especially since most geoengineering projects are aimed at fixing the problems with a model that is diverging from what is being measured.
STEVE SMITH THINK ALARM CLOCK GO OFF EARLY, OR MAYBE LOST RV HONKING HORN FOR HELP (STEVE SMITH HELP…BY HELP, MEAN RAPE). BUT IT NOT EITHER. IT TSUNAMI WARNING! HIM CHECK INTERWEBZ AND SEE DANGER. SO HURRY UP AND MAKE LINKS FOR FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE NOT LIVE ON COAST. JUST AS STEVE SMITH FINISH… THEM CANCEL WARNING.
AT FIRST, STEVE SMITH HAPPY. IT NO FUN RAPING STRAGGLING SURVIVORS OF DISASTER. THEN STEVE SMITH GET MAD AT ENGLISH TABLOID. MAY HAVE TO BOOK TRIP TO LONDON TO VOICE DISPLEASURE TO STAFF. BY VOICE DISPLEASURE, MEAN RAPE. COULD ALSO TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE NESSIE, UP NORTH. BEEN WHILE SINCE SEEN. USED TO BE WILD TOGETHER.
STEVE SMITH AND NESSIE IN GOOD OLD DAYS
BUT FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE NO CARE ABOUT THAT. THEY WANT LINKS. SO HERE LINKS, AND STEVE SMITH GLAD YOU NO HAVE TO RUN FROM BIG WAVE.
STEVE SMITH READ THIS…CAN ONLY SHAKE HEAD. WHAT GOING ON OUT THERE?
IF THEY WANT SNEAK IN SPAIN, STEVE SMITH EXCELLENT TEACHER ON REMAIN HIDING.
WHAT YOU SAY THIS …SMOKE AND MIRRORS? NOT WORK? IMPOSSIBLE?
STEVE SMITH GO BACK BED NOW. NEED REST. GO FIND RELIEVED CAMPERS LATER. BY FIND, MEAN RAPE.
Monday? Is it still only Monday? I worked until about 3am (to be fair, I didn’t really get fired up until 8pm) and was up getting kids ready before 6:00. I think it’s Monday, and I hope this is the Glibertarians Afternoon Links slot. If this is the company wiki, I’m about to be out of a jerb.
Dems realize that nobody gives a shit that the Federal Government “closed”, agree to end closure. My neighbors across the street just had a baby last week and grandma got an extra day with her daughter and new grandson out of this.
I was rooting for this ending
This is pretty much everything I think about the modern US Navy. It’s a long way from “We’ll cross a frozen river on Christmas to kill you in your sleep.”*
*Technically not the Navy, but given that material…
Oh joy, Wonder Woman 2… THAT’S NOT FUNNY!! (may not be the actual subtitle). As someone pointed out, the first movie was basically Captain America, pushed back a war — probably to prevent a lawsuit — with a woman so beautiful that she lowers male IQ 30 points and men didn’t care. I don’t know if that’s going to work for a second feature-length film
Since we have lots of cooking nerds and history nerds, here is a nerd who recreates historical food.
Sorry, Minnesodans. It was a good run, but that was a tough way for it to end. And sorry to the rest of the decent, God-fearing people out there in America that will likely end up seeing the Patriots win another Super Bowl on the heels of Bama winning another CFP Playoff. Just more proof that Satan does, in fact, exist and that he is ever-watchful and playing his fucked up games on mankind.
Djoker man got bounced down under, as Federer cruised and American Tennys (that’s not a typo, btw) Sandgren upset Dominic Thiem and Limey Kyle Edmund topped Italian Andreas Seppi. On the Women’s side, three of the top 4 are in the quarterfinals, joined by Madison Keys, who will face Angelique Kerber in that round.
Not much else happened in the sports world, really. Ah fuck it. We all know plenty happened. I’m just too depressed to go into it after the Jags collapse yesterday (with the help of some convenient PI calls one way and no-calls the other). So I’m done with sports for the day. And I’l throw my energies at…the links!
And her, right over there!. Daddy assaulted her too.
The homeless problem in America is getting out of control. Sad, really, that he didn’t think to install some doors he could use to lock himself into his house when he was installing the locks he could activate to keep women in his office.
Many California Democrat lawmakers are not fans of the business tax breaks (that many, many companies are sharing with their employees and customers). And their solution is to take half of the money away from those companies…or convince them its time to leave the Golden State for a place that actually wants their businesses instead of the tax money they can loot from them.
Its good to be the king. Or even a mayor who, for some reason, needed to rack up $46,000 in airfares…just to run his city government. Don’t worry though. Its not just the airfares. He also makes sure to keep the hotel staff on its toes at the ritziest spots in the places he travels to, going so far as to stay at the W Hotel in San Francisco to the tune of $919 a night. Hey, I wonder what the odds are that he bitches and complains about the government shutdown sometime today? Because, you know, there is nothing left to cut in the bloated federal budget, or even the city budget he presides over that can’t even get companies to safely invest in the bonds issued to keep the pension plans afloat.
This man deserves to travel like royalty. Because “fuck you, Chicagoans”, that’s why.
And last but not least, and with a hat tip to commenter Chafed, I bring you what will be the most under-reported on political scandal of the year. And to accomplish that feat, that means it would merely have to not be plastered all over the front pages of every newspaper for weeks on end, which it definitely deserves. But I’m pretty sure this will fall well short of even that, and will be lucky to get so much as a mention on Fox News, let alone any other major outlets on tv or much of the print media. The fact that The Hill put it on their opinion pages, when the information being reported on is a matter of public record now, tells me everything I need to know about the seriousness of the dickheads reporting on the matter. The Obama Administration made the Nixon gang look like pikers. And unless those with oversight, and that includes the media in my opinion, treat their abuses with the seriousness they deserve, it will be to the everlasting detriment of our nation.
Sorry to end those links on such a downer. but This Damn Nation has me pissed off today.
::takes deep breath…repeats “serenity now” 100 times…exhales::
I’m ok now. And I hope you are too. Forget about the assholes I listed above and have a great start to your week.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. FRIEND STEVE SMITH WAS QUITE UPSET, SO ZARDOZ WILL PROVIDE THE GIFT OF THE LINK TO THE CHOSEN ONES TONIGHT.
BE SURE TO USE THE GIFT OF THE LINK ,TO BE RAISED FROM BRUTALITY AND TO SNARK AT THE BRUTALS WHO ARE LEGION. WHEN YOU DO, ZARDOZ IS PLEASED.
TERRIFIC. THIS LOAD OF GRAIN IS CONTAMINATED. OR IS IT ZEDTAMINATED?
BRUTAL AUTOMOBILE MAKER CAUGHT CHEATING. ZARDOZ SUGGESTS TURNING THE VEHICLES OVER TO ZARDOZ…THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS ARE NOT QUITE UP TO DATE ON TRANSPORTATION.
EXTERMINATORS, MOUNT UP!
ZARDOZ IS THINKING OF SENDING THE BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS TO SEIZE THIS BRUTAL AND GIVE HIM TO FRIEND STEVE SMITH.
SOMETIMES ZARDOZ DOES NOT NEED TO SEND BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS FOR THEIR TO BE CLEANSING.
AS FOR THE FIRST BRUTAL ATHLETIC EVENT TODAY… ZARDOZ IS NOT PLEASED. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.
It’s just about the last Sunday of football (with, we hope, two interesting games), SP and I are celebrating an anniversary in style (fondue and a 30 year old Vouvray), and there’s all sorts of news of the weird. Let’s run down a few examples of the last:
One gratifying change in news coverage of the soi disant “shutdown”: the media are actually treating “shutdown theater” as the stupid symbolism that it is. Could a tiny bit of the cynicism that led most of us to libertarianism be infecting the Fourth Estate? I dearly hope so. Would it be sustainable in a Team Blue-controlled government? Not a chance. Nonetheless, “shutdown theater” is, once again, in full swing.
If any of us little people were under court order to preserve evidence and we “accidentally” destroyed it, what do you think would happen? Look up “spoliation of evidence” to see. But what if you’re the NSA? Think that negative inference and jail time for contempt will hit any of their officials? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! On any of the issues that matter, we once again have proof that there’s no fucking difference between Team Red and Team Blue, it’s all Team Leviathan.
Complete non-sequitur: I heard a discussion on the radio a few days ago about the Best Sports Movie of All Time. The usual suspects were brought forth, but no-one mentioned mine. So I’ll throw it out here because it’s timely: It Happens Every Spring.Discuss.
No-one is safe from Old Man music. NO-ONE. And this week, we’re talkin’ flugelhorn and scat by the very best at both.
Bill Cosby makes surprise 
