In honor of having done the links this morning and my links supply being low, I give you the Wednesday Afternoon “empty links” to do with as you please.
Well, except for this one horrible link. I don’t advocate for mob violence, but I would probably have participated in the moment and regretted later.
…and some tunes. At least we still have David Bowie.
I love ZARDOZ. He and STEVE SMITH might be favorite parts of this site, although the edit faery is, uh, exciting at times as well. Great advice, oh floating head. Speaking of floating head, they’re finishing my fence today. I got my raft ready, just need to sell my wife on it. Also, I guess there’s something happening on FB that makes people explicitly write, “Me, too.” Which is also a good 2 word summary of the website.
Looks like the Middle East is going back to a round robin war format as Iraqi forces rolled into the area some call… Kurdistan. I have complex ideas about all of that, but I guess “no longer our business” is the position this libertarian would want a government of Libertopia to take.
Cork stadium topless after Ophelia blows through Ireland.
Florida woman, abducted by undocumented immigrants aliens, now running for Congress. Might improve the delegation.
Scientists discover recipe for gold and platinum: 1) Take 2 neutron stars…
$1.2M worth of fajitas? That’s a lotta meat! Don’ worry your pretty little head about it.
Have fun with this one.
And lo, it is Thursday. The day before the end of the week. My brain has finally managed to rend its way free of this illness miasma and worked today. It was crazy maintaining the same thought for more than five minutes.
That sonofabitch Trump MADE Puerto Rican officials withhold hurricane relief.
Can one be a Nazi and also part of (((New World Order)))? Asking for my friend, Don.
That sonofabitch Trump is pissing off state insurance regulators? I read these articles and articles posted by certain other people like Russians used to read Pravda. I assume this will be at worst no less effective than the status quo, and at worst positively affect some people’s ability to receive affordable healthcare.
SugarFree’s pancreas may not work, but he had plenty of spleen to vent about Slate proposing the Library of Congress take over Gawker. I’m trying to think of a good off-line analogy. Maybe they should take over Playboy now that its a bombed out shell of its former self.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug — 80s Hair Metal, lazy edition.
Good news, everyone! The fence people showed up today. By this weekend, I’ll be able to skinny dip again without all of those complaints. My lawyer got the charges dropped, but the prosecutor said that if my neighbors with the young kids had been home, it would be the sex offender list for life. Separately, fuck those bums on the US Commie Football Team. If a single one of them had played with an ounce of heart in the qualifying tournament, instead of assuming their inclusion as a foregone conclusion, they’d be in today. Bums. This is how you play football (bonus link). You think D-battery night at an Eagles game is a bad idea…
Live by administrative rule-making, die by administrative rulemaking. As someone pointed out, following this to its logical end would create problems for IUDs and other post conceptive anti-implantation birth control, but some sort of Metal Rule applies.
Congressional pharmacist: “Its worse than you think. ”
OMWC needs to raise his game. Some other asshole is using drone tech to attempt to lure kids*.
*This has all the makings of a completely false moral panic
Lol. “I want you to kick me in the jimmy as hard as you can!”
Cocaine is a hell of a drug — 80s Movie Soundtrack Edition
I’d like to take a moment to thank Playa Manhattan for stepping up to the plate yesterday. Sunday and yesterday I was sicker than I’ve been in a long time. Today its just cough syrup and whiskey toddies. I was so sick last night I had a dream where I went to a Glibs meetup and STEVE SMITH showed up. Woke up feverish, shivering, and clenching my anus against the oncoming rapelopithicus “caress”. If my hats start talking to me, I may have to go cold turkey.
I believe this is what they call “taking the piss”: “Israel ought to offer her services to Spain and the EU as an ‘honest broker,’ and negotiate an end to the Catalonian crisis on the basis of ‘land for peace.’”
An interesting analysis of Universal Basic Income and the relationship between government and the governed.
How in the fuck can a country that doesn’t have a functioning electrical grid hack our war plans? This is just more of a type of baseless story that is modeled on the old Red Scare. Russians/Norks are starving, half-literate, and have no real army, but are magically super spies that makes them a threat. I’m just going to say it, if you can’t secure your information from the North Koreans, you are doing it wrong.
I see all this pearl grabbing about some young man shooting a cop on a college campus, with much discussion of “campus carry”. *Reads story* Wait, they arrested him for possession of drugs? I didn’t realize Texas had campus carry for drugs. If only they would pass a law against having drugs on campus, a cop would be alive today!
Local (to me) afternoon bonus link: This guy needs to learn how to use Porn Mode on his browser. Maybe he could google it.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug — Tuesday 80s Dance Edition
It looks like Nate is going to get big and ugly. Putting this here for people to check in and/or let us know what you need overnight and into the morning. Stay safe, Glibs. Let us know if we can help.
Somehow, Dallas Keuchal, who doesn’t throw strikeouts, and didn’t throw nearly enough strikes in the first two innings, is living by the K right now. Astros are continuing to treat the first inning like BP, with Correa going yard early. Springer gets one, too. If the kids keep hitting, the curse is lifted. Throwing away bases loaded though. Damn.
One last reminder to our Gulf Coast Glibs. If Nate is going to be a problem for you, reach out in the comments or via email to submit@glibertarians.com and let’s help each other.
Evil WMAs are already posting militant videos showing how to get around the coming bump stock ban because they hate America and are terrorists who don’t vote for the Right People.
I agree with this. Don’t short Tesla. “The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” Someone will make a killing shorting Tesla. Many will just lose good money.
Half of all new cancer drugs approved by the Europeans had no net benefit. Me: So? Importantly, in a fair number of cases there were some real wins, just not enough to be statistically meaningful. If I’ve got stage IV cancer, give me that thing that saves some people, but fewer than 5%.
The Jerusalem Post names daughter and son-in-law of the biggest Nazi since Hitler as the World’s #1 Jewish Power Couple.
I’m going to bow down to Sloopy in the white boy Funk-off. I had to end the week with this one because damn was the cocaine good in the 70s.
About the time this comes out, we’ll see whether the Justin Verlander trade is going to pay all this season or if the Lastros curse is too powerful. Should be some good pitching, but who knows. Don’t look for Sale or Verlander to get pulled early. Not without a fistfight at the mound.
So there’s a storm coming. To all our North Gulf Coasters — I was just on the good side of a Cat 1 and it sucked. Be prepared, and GTFO if it looks like its going to turn into a real hurricane. Otherwise, just hunker down and drink. As has become our custom anyone who thinks they might need a place to run to, post it up here. Floridabamans are certainly welcome to come down to St. Pete.
I think one of our readers pointed out Amazon would be smart to own the last 5 miles of its logistics system as well.
Apparently, my Neanderthal heritage is why I burn instead of tan. Thanks PROTO-STEVE-SMITH!
Street artist gives Jimmy Kimmel the kicking he deserves.
I went down the rabbit-hole, and found my Friday video, listened to a lot of awesome music, but I’m going to sneak in some neo-funk because its a fun jam.
Wednesday. Hump Day. Three and a half hours of meetings down. Three to go. And then I can do my real work. I’m starting to sound like management. Hopefully, they’ll soon figure out I have no people skills! And now… The Links
Washington Post now frantically spinning that Trump didn’t see the real, desperate Puerto Rico! They just took him to the rich parts where food was being delivered! May every Glib be lucky enough to be opposed solely by incompetent morons.
Its National Taco Day, and at least locally, one chain was offering free Uber Eats delivery. Which, still a ripoff, but less of one. I just ate leftover pork tacos with onions, cheese and salsa — because I already ate all the pico de gallo.
In sporting news, I found the crew I want to party with at Disney. Alternate headline, “People who won’t be featured in ‘I’m Going to Disneyworld!’ commercials”
When the Prince of Heaven removes his Mandate, things go badly for leaders.
Sloopy wants a white boys funk fight? Bring it.
I know it’s been a crazy morning, so I’ll just give you two items of good news: 1) The Bucs have now won more games on field goals than when they had college superstar (and fellow FSU alumnus) Roberto Aguayo. I hope that guy can get better and isn’t completely unable to play his position again like Rick Ankiel — ‘Beto don’t have the body to switch positions in football and 2) DeShaun Watson can, in fact, complete passes if given enough time. Learn from Cam Newton, kid. Next year, they’ll have enough film for linebackers to go head-hunting.
Wouldn’t you know it — interspecial relations gave early humans herpes.
I’m not saying it was a gremlin, but thank God Bill Shatner was there.
Republicans realize that more than half their base don’t give a shit if they have jobs or not next year. That’s right. They want you to actually fucking do something with that power, not keep expanding job opportunities for idiot nephews of elected officials.
“We need to be honest about the fact that there are some powerful people inside the Republican Party who have no interest in governing,” he told me. “They’re focused like a laser on decapitating the party’s leadership, and have no interest in growing the party’s base into a lasting majority.”
Salina Zito has a great article on how the future is unevenly distributed. I post this because, for me, American and to perhaps a greater extent continued Western success will depend much on whether the government either: (a) gets out of the way and lets individuals and groups build their own successful programs or (b) magically finds a way to prepare people for the coming future. Whether you’re going to be a suddenly displaced home weaver, or the manager of a weaving factory depends on your own ability to adapt. But I hope that organic groups like maker spaces and user groups help with that.
And something light to round out the links.
For Riven, glad you’re alive and uninjured. Sorry some A-hole fucked up Vegas for you guys.