I got a computer up and running, but Mrs trshmnstr is using it and I’ll forget to write this article if I wait for her to finish, so I’m phoning it in yet again!!
If you’ve been diligently working toward your goals, week 3 is the week when things start to come together. If you’ve been half assing it like me, week 3 is part two of the week of suck.
Even if you find yourself impatiently waiting for results, you’ve already established the habits necessary to succeed.
As for my week, it was a bit of a blow to the self confidence that the diet portion didn’t go great. However, I did hit my physical activity goal for the first time, and it’s hard to be too down on yourself when you don’t have to wear pants to work. (NSFW)
Hi everybody. Its your friendly neighborhood morning? purveyor of links. Am I in the right place? What’s going on here? As it turns out, I have been in Michigan all week in meetings with my new employer and our clients. The job is pretty cool, my co-workers are pretty cool, but man do we have a fuckton of work to do and by my 8th workday, I’d already been asked if I can compress the delivery schedule — which I believe is a new record. And man, have I missed you guys. I’ll be flying this afternoon and Sloopy is still busy, so… here I is.
Okay, Sports — In hockey, Filthy won, Florida defeated the Capitals, Senators struck by Lightning, Habs beat the Rangers, Blackhawks didn’t lose! In pre-Spring Training news, it looks like the Rays are gonna suck this year as their ownership tries to tell everyone they need a new stadium on the other side of Tampa Bay. Listen, I like Ybor, but I don’t want to fight IKEA traffic for weekend afternoon game parking. And now… the links!
And yet, nobody has been fired and these same editors will probably continue to root for gun control. If only Americans were guaranteed a recourse against a tyrannical or negligent government that can or will no longer keep them safe, if it ever did. Meanwhile, the same sort of technocratic fixation on expertise that allowed the failure cascade to result in 17 deaths, perhaps more except for a few sadly unarmed men who stood fast so others could find cover and safety, comes the idea that experts should be able to confiscate guns once they judge someone a danger.
OK, time to have another themed links…but not in subject matter. Nope, we are going to go to a single type of source….the Tabloids! Roll around in the trashy headlines, the insinuation and innuendo! Rejoice in the lack of weight and seriousness. I give you, the all-tabloid links!
We’ll start out with a typical British tabloid reaction to a motor accident – or, a “Hands Free Horror Smash” as the Sun calls it.
Back to Britain, for everybody’s favorite….the Daily Fail Mail. “LOCKED IN WITH LIONS“. Kudos for incorporating the video bit too. I just love the oddly specific reference to the car brand in the header. And God Bless for adding the pics, so we know it was two attractive women IN DANGER!!!!!!!!!!! Never change, Daily Fail!
I would be guilty of the most egregious malpractice if I didn’t include America’s favorite (no, not The Weekly World News) …The National Enquirer! I found a lovely little sports related conspiracy story…For The Win! This is absolutely delightful in the “journalism” aspect of the “investigation”.
OK, one more, I cannot resist, just as an homage to the World’s Only Reliable News…6-INCH ALIEN!
Just TRY and beat that one!
I just KNOW you have favorite tabloid headlines you can share, yes?
Last we saw, Catalonia had what I suspected would happen – a muddled, slightly pro-independence election result.
How do you say “Big Freakin’ mess” in Catalan?
So, what has been happening?
Well, near and dear to me – Switzerland has been dragged into the mess. One of the separatists from the Left, Anna Gabriel, logically skipped showing up to the Spanish Supreme Court to answer charges of being naughty and not wanting to be part of Spain. After wisely choosing to flee to Switzerland (look what happens when you stick around) she has indicated she will stay there. One of the more theatrical elements of this action by the Spanish Government…no extradition request was attached to their arrest warrant (Switzerland has mentioned they would probably not extradite anyways). And to remind you all how awesome Switzerland is….they have previously offered to mediate between Madrid and the separatists. OK,OK, that is enough Swiss strokin’.
What about me?!
Carles Puigdemont, once (and future?) President of Catalonia’s regional government, is squawking from his exile in Belgium, that he should be running the show – but any kind of law to allow him to do so hasn’t been moved forward. So we are left with a dozen political leaders in exile or jail and Madrid issuing symbolic arrest warrants. Oh, and Madrid not being content with things being muddled, but peaceful, has decided to stick a big middle finger up to the Catalans, regarding one of the sorest points out there.
In my opinion, Madrid is caught on the horns of a dilemma – do they try to keep a sort of soft squashing of independence going (the arrest warrants – but no extradition requests, hovering around and waving Article 155 – direct rule by Madrid – of the constitution, and diplomatically pressuring other nations to not recognize Catalan independence) or do they clench a fist and swing – disbanding the regional government again, pushing Spanish language and national feeling, and actively trying to round up leaders of the independence movement.
At least it is still jaw-jaw (mostly, pay no mind to the jailed and exiled) and not war-war. But sooner or later, one side is going to fish or cut bait. Right now, I’d say it is likely Madrid will be the first to push hard. We will see, one way or the other.
Quick, cheap, high quality- pick two. In this case it’s quick and free, the latter of which offends my Hebraic sensibilities. This is what “Hey, Old Man, you have five minutes to put together a post” looks like.
Friends! It has been so long. Brett is in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and his second through fourth string replacements are working (yes, Rufus, some of us work). So you get some slap-dash, last-minute links from me:
Florida legislature! “Florida House declares pornography as a health risk: Republican Rep. Ross Spano says there is research that finds a connection between pornography use and mental and physical illnesses.” Republicans are apparently aiming to be the party of science now. Good for them.
Now here’s some science. “Drinking Alcohol Helps Better Than Exercise If You Want To Live Past 90 Years Old” Guess what, we at Glibertarians don’t care if this is good science or not. 건배!!
Time to sit your boss down and have The Talk. “Phishing schemes net hackers millions of dollars from Fortune 500: IBM has uncovered sophisticated campaigns which are successfully targeting Fortune 500 companies.”
It’s no secret that in counting from 1 to 10, the ACLU seems to always skip 2. It’s also no secret that they have a continuing habit of conflating, “You have a right to do X” with, “You have a right to demand taxpayer money to do X,” and their remarkably immoral support of Mandated Racism Affirmative Action is stunningly hypocritical. More and more, they seem to have lost sight of their purported mission, despite flashes here and there of doing something good. But this morning when I clicked over to their site to read an article about our loss of Fourth Amendment rights in the notorious 100 mile zone, I got this popup:
Remember when they used to beg, “Donate monthly to fight Obama’s attacks on people’s rights” after the arrests of journalists, the abuse of the IRS to attack his political enemies, the drone killing of Americans, record-setting deportations, expanded domestic spying, and stepped-up incarceration rates for victimless crimes? Yeah, me neither.
So at this point, it’s not a matter of the mask slipping, it’s been totally removed. The ACLU is nothing but an arm of the Democratic Party, no different than MoveOn.org or Democratic Underground, and now doesn’t even pretend otherwise.
That sound you hear is Nat Hentoff and other principled civil libertarians of yore spinning in their graves.
This morning I can think of no better theme for the Links than the source of wisdom, moral exemplars and inspiration that is Hollywood. Bask in the glory. Take to heart the lessons. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD…uh…scratch that last one. Anyhoo, here is Hollywood for ya:
Should you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of a divorce….who other than Ashton Kutcher could you look to for an example of how to manage the whole thing?
I realize that many of you are in business, and in supervisory roles. Learn how to deal with your subordinates from yet another sterling example!
We should be grateful that Hollywood brings us into contact with down to Earth, real people, you know – ones that can inspire us all to greatness.
And if there is one more thing we can get from Hollywood, lately, it is originality!
Now, you must excuse me as I go bow, reverently, toward the Hollywood sign.
Of craps, I give none today. But I don’t want to end up hauled in by rampaging Red, er…Links Guards, so you get links.
“He failed to post the Links!”
I wonder how many Glibs bid on one of these? NOTE: this is NOT something Sloopy auctions, so don’t even start making that joke. In case any of you do, I’ll just do this now… *narrows gaze*
NIMBYs and Slavers try to thwart useful apps. If I was in a crap giving mood, I’d make some sort of ROADZ! joke. I’ll leave that for all of you.
Death Panels? Rubbish made up by people standing against progress!
