Author: Brett L

Happy Thursday. Someone on my Facebook wondered how Republican Senators can so hate America that they would try to keep the truth from coming out by having Jim Comey testify before a Senate Committee. Smart people type the dumbest things. I, also, hate America because well, look at the feckless pack of asshats that are selected as our leaders. What the fucking fuck? And for our 87% Canadian contingent, I don’t want to hear it. You guys are living out the Idiot Son stage, which puts you about 15 years behind us. Enjoy it.

• The House looks to weaken Dodd-Frank. The Senate, being feckless morons, will screw it up.
• The EU Central Bank will continue its stimulus plan — I guess because Mario Draghi is secretly a British Tory?
• Which one of you perverts… oh wait, Mallorca. None of you can afford Mallorca. Subhed: Why American tabloids are inferior to British. The Brits would have social media pictures of the women looking cute. (Spanish girls, not Brits for those of you wondering about my use of “cute”)
• Unintended consequences. US Soil Bank subsidy less profitable than farming. Private enterprise to blame.
• This guy makes entirely too much sense, and as such will never be listened to. As a professional engineer, I’m sure he’s used to that.

Its been raining for days and days. I’m ready for a little sun. This ain’t England.

• These geniuses from Tallahassee want “a white ethnostate”. Main color of their flag is black. Probably the guys googling “wbony porm” all day.
• Speaking of assholes in Tallahassee, it looks like Florida lawmakers are going to be dragged kicking-and-screaming into passing an MMJ statute that the citizenry voted for last year. Of course its going be a shitfest with only 10 grower licenses and such, but its nice to see them deigning to change the law to match the (state) constitution.
• In other Florida news, invasive crocodiles, like migrant humans threaten the less-aggressive local population. Wait, something about that analogy isn’t right…
• Two major terrorist attacks in Iran. It looks like the Iran-Saudi war of influence is getting hot. This is not going to be good if true.
• WaPo remembers when Progressives in Portland wore white hoods to cover their faces instead of black. Weirdly, this is somehow recast as right-wingerism.

  

• Australian columnist takes exception to assault. Good. I mean, not good that political violence is increasing, but good that attacking someone while wearing a mask gets a fight.

Rainy days and Tallahassee make me think of this. Here’s a little something from a friend of mine. (She is definitely NOT a white nationalist)

Man, what a week. I just passed the 20 hour mark around noon. Friday afternoon might be, er, “flex time”. Or I might still be working my arse off.

It looks like our slide (back) into political mobs street fighting is continuing. Is it racist of me to notice that the vast majority of these people are white?

Bob Dylan delivers his Nobel Lecture to get his Nobel money. As best I can tell, he said, “I stole it all from Buddy Holly and black folk singers”

Paris cops shoot hammer-wielding man in Notre Dame. Apparently it was not Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogaloogalooga.

Man chokes bride over wedding gifts. Not Florida Man (he used his hands), or Grand Moff Serious Man.

I have today’s newest health scare. (For you non-followers, “Aluminum Should be Considered a Primary Factor for Alzheimers”, type: editorial) My take: I assume this is for people who grind/manipulate aluminum and not oxidized aluminum in food preservation, but its hard to tell. I’ll take my chances with aluminum food preservation rather than foodborne illnesses

Interesting outlier poll from WaPo predicting British Conservatives pick up about 20 seats. We’ll see. Just because the old polls were not predictive doesn’t mean the new ones are.

In the big news of the day, apparently, a unidigital wave is no longer considered a friendly greeting in Queens. I’m sure you can still use it in the Bronx.

It looks like that sonofabitch Trump is going to single-handedly destroy the entire world climate, while running the economy into the ground, and crashing the stock market. SLD: It is my belief that the regulatory gridlock caused by the Chaos Lord-in-Chief is the only thing remotely attributable to an economic driver. (**Takes look at Facebook, cancels account, sets fire to computer**)

PlayaManhattan, I hope you got those batteries installed. California hints at power problems during August eclipse.

Pratt & Whitney are giving away an F-35 engine upgrade. **Reads further** Oh, receiving $1B for a different engine development program. Lots of zero unit cost upgrades if you spend a gigabuck with anyone. You drop a billion bucks in hotel stays, Hilton will give you a free suite with a sex worker in the gender of your choice.

If white smoke means a new Pope, does black smoke mean a new anti-Pope?

This is exactly what I expect from my alma mater.

Have a little throwback Monster Magnet. (Is this song really almost 25 years old? Fuck me. No way is this album as far away from its release as the White Album was when this came out.)

I hope everybody had a great time over the weekend. We went to an even nicer beach than the one that’s 2 miles from my house, and has even fewer people on it. My kids loved it, and my wife is happy. Me, I’m back to work. Here’s some links to get us through to the end.

Evergreen headline: Zookeeper killed by tiger died doing what she loved. Memo to my family, don’t ever imply that being mauled by a tiger is “what I love/loved.”

Also from the news-to-no-one department: Fathers treat sons, daughters differently. It appears that the average American dad remains unwoke, modelling different behavior for their male and female offspring.

NASA literally wants to burn money in the form of a space-probe launched directly into the Sun. If they want a list of people I think would be great to use as test subjects, I have one.

I’ve found a place where we can all be together. But, seriously, no kool-aid at the meetups.

Holy fuck. 10% of Clearwater residents are Scientologists?

Have a little Reckless Kelly. More triggering for you.

Happy Almost Friday. Let’s all start slacking a little early, shall we?

• I’m not saying that there’s a China bubble, but if I was, this is the sort of stuff that I would worry about.
• OPEC saw an almost 20% decrease in revenues last year. It will be interesting to see how nations hold on with less hard currency to trade for free shit.
• Voter fraud? I don’t think it exists.
• Do the Germans want F-35s? Do we spin this as “Trump makes Germans Feel Less Safe” or “Obama Efforts Pay Off Six Months Later”?
• Washington Post, unsatisfied with Fake News by anonymous sources goes to the master, quotes Infowars.

I got to thinking of mixtapes this morning.