Author: sloopyinca

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals set aside an injunction and paved the way for the NFL to impose its six-game suspension of Ezekiel Elliott.  The appeal hinged on the complete lack of charges, the evidence of the “victim” trying to convince friends to lie on her behalf and the fact that the NFL’s only investigator to speak to her saying there should be not penalty for the player whatsoever. But when you collectively bargain to let the league commissioner have professional power equivalent the that of Kim Jong Un when it comes to meting out punishment, this is the kind of bullshit you can expect. Of course, Zeke never agreed to the CBA since it was put in place prior to him entering the league. But when you effectively have a closed shop, his options are limited. (Note I said “effectively” before you get into the nuance of the CBA and the law.) Zeke’s legal team are weighing their options as the Cowboys are on a bye week. I won’t go into anything else pro football related. Sorry. I’m still red-assed about the shenanigans going on.

I guess the St Louis Blues aren’t perfect after all. And neither are the Maple Leafs, whose rapid descent to the Wales Conference cellar should start right…about…now! Hey, the Red Wings are looking good in their new arena. Mike Illitch would be proud. The USA Mens National soccer team still sucks ass and Bruce Arena isn’t interested in the WC anymore.  Why? Because he’s a dipshit, that’s why. But either way, I hope Panama are proud of the way they got to the playoff game. And I hope the Socceroos beat them.

And then there were four.  Sorry Nationals fans. But you have to know a team managed by The Lizard is gonna lose when they have a chance to clinch a series.  Its happened nine consecutive games now. The Cubs won what can only be considered a wild game by any measure.  Big hits, goofy errors, crucial challenges, and some interesting pitching moves. This one had it all. They’ll head to Los Angeles where their series against the Dodgers begins tomorrow.  Meanwhile, on the other side of the playoffs where the games are always four hours and pitchers don’t hit, the Yanquis will be in Houston today. Masahiro Tanaka will take the hill for the pinstripes while the Astros send out Dallas Keuchel. Game time 7:08.

Here we are at the end of the week and I know you want some news instead of sports.  So I’ll oblige you with…the links!

What happens in the Dominican Republic stays in the Dominican Republic. Well, at least through the autopsy.

The Wine Country wildfires are still burning as the death toll rises. FEMA offers to help. Again, to our NorCal friends, please stay safe. If y’all need anything please let us know at the submit email address. We’ll do what we can.

Wait, does this count as rent-seeking?  Or is it literally the opposite? Either way, the taxpayers are gonna get fucked.

Guess who might kill President Trump’s tax break bill? If you said a brain tumor that had taken control of its host, you may be more right than you think. Seriously, this motherfucker needs to GO. THE. FUCK. AWAY.

Three peas in a pod? I don’t know. but I’m sure as fuck grabbing my popcorn. This is better than anything I’ve seen out of Hollywood in years. Meanwhile, the movie mogul was spotted in a Phoenix eatery hours before checking into his sex rehab clinic. Apparently he ordered the manicotti and was said, in unconfirmed reports, to have offered the waitress a really big tip in the penthouse of the nearby W Hotel. Also unconfirmed is whether he recreated Jackie Treehorn’s doodle on the back of the bill.

“Nighty night, everybody. I’m done, warden.” Damn, dude is cold-blooded even as they roll him away to die.

Robert Pruett was given a lethal injection for the fatal attack on corrections officer Daniel Nagle in December 1999 at a prison southeast of San Antonio. Nagle was repeatedly stabbed with a tape-wrapped metal rod, though an autopsy showed he died from a heart attack that the assault caused. Prosecutors have said the stabbing stemmed from a dispute over a peanut butter sandwich that Pruett wanted to take into a recreation yard against prison rules.

Crazy fuck probably liked crunchy too.

Well to finish off the week’s theme of crime I give you the opposite of Mr Pruett.

And finding that link as a lead in was a total fluke. But sometimes God smiles at even me. I hope he smiles on each of you and your family today too. Have a great weekend.

Banjos is home safe and sound and I can finally relax about being stuck a single parent.  Jesus, that was not an easy three days. You’ll also note the earlier links are back because my wife is. So thank her instead of my lazy ass.

Dusty “The Lizard” Baker played a little game of Serbian Jew Double-bluff and ended up starting an allegedly under-the-weather Stephen Strasburg. The righty threw a 12-strikeout masterpiece as the Nats thumped the Cubs 5-0 to force Game 5 today.  The winner will fly to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers starting Saturday.

And on the junior circuit, the fucking Yankees came back from two games down to beat the Indians 5-2.  They probably already had their bags packed for Houston and will probably be there by the time I write this.  That series starts tomorrow. The win was an act of redemption for Joe Girardi, who failure to replay a call earlier in the series had every talking head going insane.  He still probably left CC Sabathia in a little too long, but a comedy of errors by Cleveland in the top of the ninth sealed the deal and made that a long-forgotten memory.  In related news, Aaron Judge accumulated three golden sombreros in the five game series.  He struck out a total of 16 times over the five games.  He avoided the record-tying fifth strikeout in a nine inning game by meekly slapping the ball down the third base line to end the top of the ninth.  Man, Jobu has not been kind to him this postseason. But they advance, which is all that matters.

USA Soccer still sucks. And that mighty Troy team that went in and beat LSU on their home field played South Alabama last night. And they got beat 19-8. That’s how bad LSU is (and how bad pre-season pollsters were slotting them at #12 and 13 in the coaches and writers polls respectively). Still not as bad as their miss on Florida State being #3, but the hurricane and the Francois injuries have the Seminole snakebit this year.

Last but not least, the Penguins beat the Capitals. Because that’s what they do.

Alrighty. You people want links? I’ll give you links. Oh yeah, here are…the links!

Remember that crazy little fat fuck who lords over North Korea?  Well he’s back in the news shooting his mouth off.  I swear, Trump has played him better than he’s playing the NFL. Wildcard, bitches!!!!!

Alec Baldwin: litterer, psychopath, anti-Italian xenophobe. But hey, at least he didn’t call this guy a faggot or berate an 11-year old child. So he’s making progress.

The latest news on the California wildfires ravaging wine country. Hint: its all bad.  Stay safe NorCal Glibs.  You’re in our thoughts and  prayers.

Fight Club: The Early Years. Oh, except for the fact that the plot is actually coherent and the people involved were not doing so freely.  Jesus, I hope those fuckers involved in this end up thrown under the jail.

Well here’s a thought-provoking (and hopefully comment-generating) story. It’s a pretty fucked up situation, but those are the ones that drive law and policy.  Weigh in below!

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says Texas is about to get “rolled” on the Harvey aid package. If by “rolled”, he means they won’t get the freebies other places have gotten after storms, then he needs to practice what he preaches and call for fiscal sanity.  But that never happens. (Bonus local link of eye candy from Austin City Limits)

I don’t usually go for live versions, but its kinda impossible not to for this song.

We hit our 300 thousandth comment yesterday. You guys are the absolute greatest! Thank you so much for being a part of this little experiment.

Something (not so) funny happened on the way to the 2018 World Cup. Seriously, USMNT? Seriously?!?!?! How do you go to the worst team in the tournament at their stadium that seats 10,000 people and they only have about 1,000 tickets sold in a game where you can’t afford to lose and play with such a lack of heart?  I can forgive the fluky first goal. But a 45 yard shot in the open field that gets by the “greatest goalie to ever play for the USA”? And then the complete lack of effort going forward against Trinidad?   They’re freaking Trinidad and you’re the USA. You can’t get hyped up enough to show a little energy in that game then you deserve what you got.  And Bruce Arena, you’re an idiot that got fired the last time you were in over your head and you deserve to get fired again.  Stupid bunch of prima donna assclowns.  And in South America, Chile won’t be going either as a wild bunch of games ended up with them staying home.  But at least they can say they lost to Brazil on the final day and not Trinidad.

Well the NHL has been playing for a week now and its time to update things.  The St Louis Blues are off to a 4-0 start in the west, which should make one special Glib happy.  Your boys are on a tear, Jake. Good for them.  The Blackhawks should be tied but they lost their third game in OT to “settle” for 3-0-1. They look all but unstoppable.  The Maple Leafs are enjoying their greatest season in the last 20 years and sit at 3-0, atop the east.  That’s great since they’re usually looking to see how close they are to the last WC spot by the third game of the season. The Caps, Devils and Red Wings are likewise off to good starts, but its so early I don’t want to even look for trends yet.  Well, except for the trend of twice as many whistles a game.  Seriously, NHL front office, you guys need to reel these officials in. I know slashing was going to be a priority this year but they’re taking it too far.

The Cubs-Nationals game was rained out yesterday and they’ll play Game 4 today.  The Yanquis-Indians series-clincher will also happen today in Cleveland.  Meanwhile, the Dodgers, who I was so wrong about heading into the Diamondbacks series, and the Astros are calmly waiting and getting their pitching staffs rested in anticipation of their league championship series, which will start Saturday and Friday, respectively.  And elsewhere in sports news that was just too funny for me personally not to share, Paul Finebaum went on the radio yesterday and told it like it is. I’m not so sure his paymasters at ESPN will be happy that he went against their “golden boy” narrative in such strong words. But they’ve got bigger problems to deal with than that little, bald turd shooting his mouth off.

Right-o then. You guys ready for some links? I bet you’re ready for some links.  Then let’s give it up for…the links!

California permanently eliminates exit exam requirement for high school graduation. The reason given was that it didn’t align with the new common core standards.  I guess they couldn’t have changed the questions?  Either way, the public school system there is an absolute joke so I don’t think this is going to matter any unless there was a rider on the bill that snuck merit-based pay and retention for teachers. And we all know that will never happen in the Golden State.

Remember that cop who arrested the nurse in Utah because she refused to break the law? Well he got fired yesterday. Want to get an unfortunately all-too-real laugh? Read this bit from the article (emphasis mine):

Attorney Greg Skordas, who represents Payne, said his client plans to appeal a firing he considers unfair and over the top. Skordas said Payne would still be employed if the body camera footage hadn’t generated so much attention and blown the events out of proportion.

“Blew it out of proportion? You mean shown what really happened rather than allowing the cop to be the only official version of what happened? His supervisor that let the whole thing happen got demoted. And as far as I can tell, nobody will face prosecution and the taxpayers will eventually be on the hook for some sweet, sweet settlement money.

And speaking of idiot cops, explain to me how this doesn’t constitute a criminal conspiracy to cover up a crime. Do we have a dunphy signal over here yet?  Or is he still touring in the far east since his wife Morgan Fairchild is filming there?

Was that wrong? Was I not supposed to do that? Because if I’d have known… What a dickhead.

Harvey Weinstein is off to sex rehab in Europe. Not quite sure where, but my money is its on to a nation without an extradition agreement for the types of crimes he has all but admitted to. Roman Polanski was not available for comment as he was spotted building an addition onto his chalet yesterday.

If you’re gonna bang your parishioners daughters, be prepared for this to happen. DAAAAAAAMN!

Germany will not recognize an independent Catalonia. They fear if the Sudeten Catalan people are torn away from the Fatherland the rest of Spain, bad things could happen.

I got blisters on my fingers!

Halfway through the week and today is the last day of me being a single parent. I think I’m gonna make it. Hope your week is going as well as mine is.

We are now moving on to day 2 of the Sloopy Single Parent Experiment. Day 1 was an adventure but I managed to survive it intact and everybody remained fed and (mostly) clothed. Hopefully I can keep the place together for the next two days while Banjos “works” in Chicago. All I saw from Day 1 were sightseeing photos and pictures of italian casseroles. But whatever. I still think I’ll win the bet that the house will be in one piece when she gets home tomorrow night.

A pair of teams punched their ticket to the next round of the MLB playoffs yesterday. The Dodgers got the brooms out and swept the D-backs back to the desert, I’ll be honest, I thought they’s beat the Dodgers. But to get swept and be all but humiliated?  Jeez, that’s rough. They await the winner of the Cubs-Nats, which sits at 2-1 Chicago after the Cubs won yesterday. They’ll be the lone game tonight.  The other team was the ASTROOOOOOOOOS!!! They brushed aside a game Red Sox team in an action-packed game that included a bottom-of-the-ninth inside the park homerun to cut the lead to one.  The Yankees won last night, despite Aaron Judge getting his second golden sombrero in four games and hitting a measly .067 in the series.  Dude needs to have them sacrifice a live chicken in the clubhouse or run to KFC. They’ll play the Indians in the deciding Game 5 tomorrow night.

Some more soccer teams punched their ticket to Russia 2018 last night, but the most interesting development was Ireland beating Wales on the road 1-0 and sneaking into the playoffs.  Th interesting night is tonight, with CONCACAF and CONMEBOL both playing their final round of games. Will the USA get in (if the field is even playable)? Will the Mexicans and Ticos dump their games in order to give the Hondurans and/or Panamanians a chance to pass us? Will the Argentinians sneak back in on the last day?  Lots to shake out.

OK, we gotta talk some serious stuff now. Well, kinda. You decide for yourself what’s serious and what’s a joke as I present…the links!

Lena Dunham bitches about the silence of men surrounding Harvey Weinstein. And she regales us of a similar tale that happened to her with another Hollywood producer…who she refuses to name.  No word about sticking her fingers into her pre-pubescent sister in the story or falsely accusing someone of rape while in college. And no word about her sexually harassing Odell Beckham at a gala event where she was grinding all up on him when he wouldn’t give her a moment’s attention.  Maybe they’ll come up in the next installments.  Maybe not. Clinton, Obama and other Democrat power players are conspicuously silent.

Wine Country in California is ablaze. At least 10 dead and well over a thousand structures burned.  Stay safe NorCal Glibs. SoCal is in the same boat as the Anaheim Hills fire grows to 6000 acres and forces evacuations.  Stay safe SoCal Glibs.

Audit warned that Florida Hurricane Response System wasn’t prepared for Irma. I’ll be honest, I thought they’ve done a pretty good job with the national resources stretched after Harvey. Floridians may beg to differ but the ones I know haven’t complained that much.

Remember how Colorado legalized pot? Not everybody got the memo. The four arrested all “have ties to Cuba” and the local cops arrested them with help from there FBI and DEA.  At a “street value of over $1,000,000”, we can assume it was all really worth a couple grand and is more about the state strictly enforcing their oppressive licensing and taxing scam.  Which, when you think about it, is ironically what the Cuban growers were probably fleeing in the first place.

Woman posts picture kissing her kid. People become judgmental assholes.

And, oh yeah, the police made a minor change in the timeline of the Vegas mass shooting. And by minor change, I mean they make a fucking earth-shattering alteration to the timeline and release that THE SHOOTER SHOT A SECURITY GUARD OUTSIDE HIS ROOM A FULL SIX MINUTES BEFORE HE STARTED TO OPEN FIRE ON THE CROWD. A full six minutes before he opened fire, he shot someone, without a suppressor, in the hallways of a huge Las Vegas hotel right at the time people are heading out for the night. And the hotel and/or police never came up to investigate for another 76 minutes? Never got a call down from a curious guest that happened to open his door and see a security guard bleeding after hearing a loud bang? Well congratulations, LVMPD and FBI. You’ve managed to make pretty much anything else you say questionable. In further news, they’re still 100% certain he had no ties to any extremist groups and that he for sure, without a doubt was the only one in the room. Jesus, what a fucking disastrous fuckup.

Getting deeper into the week. And into the groove. (no, its not Madonna).

Good luck out there today. I’m gonna try and keep the place in one piece as I work and as Banjos enjoys a mini-vacation work conference in the Windy City.

Boy was I ever wrong about the Dodgers-Diamondbacks series.  But seriously, what was the manager thinking with his pitching decisions?  I mean, throw your best pitcher opposite Kershaw. Dude doesn’t have the best track record in the postseason and you all but give them that game?  Elsewhere in the NL, the Cubs and Nationals are deadlocked at 1.  Meanwhile, the AL East finally stepped up as the Red Sox and Yankees both clawed a game back in their divisional series.  Indians and Astros will each get a chance to close out again today, as will the Dodgers. And in Chicago, the Cubs and Nats will seek to get the upper hand in Game 3.

In football news, the Oklahoma Sooners laid an egg. The Longhorns set a big OT win. There was a 7-OT game. THE Ohio State University absolutely pulverized Maryland. But there was one in-state game that gave me the lulz. Congrats to the Spartans for going into the big house and taking care of TTUN once again. What’s that make Jimmy in rivalry games now, 1-4?  And at $10M a season…

I’ll get y’all a hockey update later in the week. I wanted to get a little more into thew season before talking shit.  Four days isn’t enough.  Anyway, let’s go ahead and roll into…the links!

Trump lays out his immigration enforcement plan. Dems lose their shit because he’s actually said they’re going to have to compromise if he’s going to give them DACA amnesty. I guess they’re not used to someone actually holding them to the same standard of compromise they demand out of Team Red (which is “you give us all this and we promise to give you something later”).

The Weinstein Company has fired their namesake. I wonder when the next wave of people will come out and say on the record they knew he was serially harassing and abusing women while they sat silent for decades. So far the Nuremberg defense seems to pass muster for the left.  No comment yet from any of the talk show hosts or SNL. Big fucking surprise there.

New gun legislation on the move through the House. And its not what you think.

We might want to get those military bases set up in Israel or wherever else over there. Because our relationship with Turkey is getting a little frosty to say the least.

Any hurricane-caused death is tragic. But when your throat gets slashed during a brawl, I think the hurricane designation might be a little off.  Global Warming: it’ll lop your head off if you’re not careful.

Austin City Limits kicks off. And there was eye candy.

Setting up for the week.

Have a great start to the week. Don’t forget, this is the day we celebrate Columbus finding the new world.

Did anything crazy happen yesterday in the world of soccer?  Not really, unless you consider Argentina falling out of World Cup qualification with one match left to play “crazy”. They’ve been to every tournament since 1970, so this would be HUGE. In Europe, Germany and England punched their tickets. Its time for the United States to step up tonight against Panama.  If they don’t win that game, I don’t see them making it to Russia next year.  And that means Trump and Putin will have to find another excuse to have a secret meeting so they can further their world-domination scheme.

It takes one hell of a player to win a Heisman Trophy.  It takes a lot more than that to win a pair of them.  Archie Griffin is the only man to have ever done so.  And after the last few weeks, I can safely say that he will continue to be the only man to have ever done so for at least a couple more years. Sorry, Jefe Hayek and the rest of Louisville fans. Jackson just doesn’t seem to have the goods this season. But you know who did have the goods at Louisville? Rick Pitino. At least when it comes top raking in 98% of the shoe contract there school inked with Adidas.  Well, good riddance to bad rubbish.  You guys are better off without that piece of shit anywhere near campus. It might not feel like it for a couple years, but you’re better off in the long run.

I wanted to give a recap of the Astros game, but I was afraid if I started it, I’d have to constantly be editing it because Altuve would hit another home run when I was halfway through. Why, he was only one dinger shy of matching Aaron Judge’s strikeout total from last night’s tilt against the Indians. Anyway, while we was possibly locking up the MVP (and yes, I know voters aren’t supposed to take the postseason into account when they cast their ballots, but they do anyway), the Astros were pasting the Red Sox 8-2.  Sale was serving up meatballs from the word jump and it never felt like the Beantown boys were gonna challenge the home team.  In the nightcap, the Yankees failed to even get a hit until the sixth, as Trevor Bauer was filthy from the hill.  The bullpen came in for the last seven outs to finish off the Pinstripes 4-0 (the 4 is for the Indians runs, not Judge’s strikeout total. Which, to my recollection, was also 4). They both go back at it today, as the Astros are relegated to the early game (fuck you, MLB schedulers) at 1, The Yanks and Indians start back up at 4. Then the National League gets their divisional series underway with the Cubbies heading to Washington at 6:30 and the nightcap is the D-backs at the Dodgers at 9:30 (sorry east-coast fans). All games Central Time, as God himself intended.

Alrighty then. You know what’s next.  Time for…the links!

Slate goes full retard on guns. (TW: Slate – duh!)

California is now a sanctuary state. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law yesterday and pretty much ensures Trump will cut federal funds at the first opportunity. I’m grabbing the popcorn.

Robert Mueller met with the former british spy who was paid by John McCain and then the DNC to write the Trump dossier. I wonder if he had a stack of immunity agreements as he interviewed the man. Or is that more of a Comey thing?

Who is gonna help NASA destroy asteroids? Why, college students of course! I’m gonna go way out on a limb here and  wager they’re the STEM kids.  After all, you can’t “art history” or “women’s studies” an asteroid out of the planet’s path.  Unless there’s a way to bore an asteroid into killing itself.

Nate is coming for the gulf coast.  And as Brett mentioned, if anybody needs help, let us know in the comments or send something to the submit@glibertarians.com mailbox.  We’ll help you or get word to someone that can.

And last, but certainly not least, I give you the Harvey Weinstein story. Jesus, what a piece of shit.  He’s pretty much been a serial sexual assaulter his entire professional life. Nut its cool. He’s taking a leave of absence from running his studio so he can reflect on his life of debasing women and then focus his energy, I shit you not, on going after the NRA and Donald Trump.  That’s how he ended his letter acknowledging that he was a serial abuser of women. By saying how he was going after the NRA.  Christ, what an asshole.

Thank you for a funky week!

You guys are the best. Never forget it! Now I’m off to a 7 am dentist appointment. Wish me luck.

The Lynx beat the Sparks! The Lynx beat the Sparks!  If you’re wondering if that’s code for something, you’re gonna be disappointed.  Apparently its one of the sports headlines of the day.  Something to do with women and basketball. Which is confusing, because the NCAA tournament ended months ago. But apparently there’s this thing called a “WNBA” that thousands of people across the country get excited about and watch every year. Huh, lives and learns I suppose.

The NHL season got off to a fantastic start for…Toronto? They scored 7 in grounding the Jets. The Blues beat the Penguins, which probably makes most people happy. The Flyers took down the Sharks in a heated rivalry game (?). And the Oilers doused the Flames. More hockey tonight, as the league completes its opening round of games…on the same night the AL Divisional Series games are both played.  Shrewd move, Bettman. You wily bastard.

Speaking of baseball, that was a wild ride last night. Thanks, Archie Bradley.  The D-backs will now head to Los Angeles to start their series with the Dodgers tomorrow. The D-backs won the season series 11-8. And they’ve swept the last two series against the men in blue.  So it should be interesting. The AL fires their two series up today as the Astros host the Red Sox in a playoff day game. That will be followed by the (damn) Yankees squaring off with the Indians.  I’m hoping the Tribe scalp ’em!

One last little story somewhat related to sports: Jerry Rice, one of the greatest receivers of all time, has an interesting hobby.

No mas on the deportivos. Es tiempo for…the links!

Looks like that crazy asshole in Las Vegas was targeting more than people. Fortunately, he didn’t understand how fires work. Asshole.

Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker will step down at the end of his turn. Was it because he was tired of the Trump train?  Nah, its because the pro-lifer got caught telling his mistress to get an abortion when he knocked her up.  His wife was unavailable for comment. Asshole.

I wonder if this is what Team Blue had in mind when they all got giddy about Robert Mueller? I also wonder if he’s really even looking into it.  I know the Senate is, as people are willing to go on record there about what they’re doing.  Its odd that the guy John McCain and then the DNC hired to discredit Trump isn’t willing to sit down with them and talk about what he did and who it was for.  It’d be safer than wondering when he’s gonna get “mugged” while walking down the street, if you know what I mean. (And I think that you do!)

Another day, another pederast teacher. This one arrested after her “victim” tried to off himself apparently. The 17 year old boy apparently didn’t want to live with the shame of having gotten laid and drunkenly telling a couple friends.

Fucking Chicago, man.  The greatest place in the country to live if you want to tell constituents they should pretty much fuck off if they want to end overtime abuse by police officers. What are “millions a year” wasted on overtime anyway, when compared to the scratch they burn through settling abuse claims at the hands of their heroes in blue? Those civilians should STFU and count their blessings they don’t get shot by one of these heroes whenever they feel like it, eh Alderman Napolitano?  Asshole.

You don’t know me. My name will be Nate.  And I want to say hello to the people of Mobile bay. Seriously, Gaia?  Seriously, you bitch?

This is my response to the gauntlet Brett threw down yesterday afternoon.

Grab life by the haunches and hump it into submission.

The NBA changed their All-Star Game format so there’s no more East-West. Tupac and Biggie would have a sad. The NHL season starts tonight! And the Yankees doubled up the Twinks in a game that started out promising and then went sideways 2 hours later (TWO HOURS LATER BUT STILL IN THE THIRD INNING I might add).  Oh well, easy come easy go.  The Minnesodans had a great second half run and have nothing to be ashamed about.

And now attention can shift to the desert, where the D-backs will take on the Rockies. I’ll not be making a prediction here for fear of doubling up on the ridicule I get the next day. But I will make one long-term prognostication for something that starts tonight: a team from the United States will win the 2017-2018 Stanley Cup. Book it!

Alright. That’s enough about all that.  Let’s get on with…the links!

I bet this guy’s balls are as big as grapefruits. Good on him!

That crazy asshole’s girlfriend is coming back to the states today to answer questions about what she might have known about his rampage. Here’s hoping she can shed some light onto what led him to do what he did. (Hint: it wasn’t “easy availability of guns”!)

Things in Spain are starting to heat up even more. If this happens, will they ask for NATO to help quell the uprising?  Will NATO be dumb enough to step into a potential civil war?  Our very own Swissy asked these questions yesterday and it started a very engaging dialog. This pronouncement moves it further down the road to reality. Let’s hope the governments in Madrid and Brussels respect those who disagree with their position.

I’ve gotten upset about someone else taking the last custard-filled long john, but this is ridiculous!

Hey, FDA: who are you to tell me what love is? (This is one of those stories that remind me how much I hate bureaucrats more and more every day.)

Local youth football league has a pretty successful raffle idea.  I wonder if this will cause progressive tears to flow if it gets out? Magic 8-ball says: oh, fuck yeah!

More of the same for the week.

Keep breeding, Glibs.  Keep breeding.  There are a few of you out there who aren’t impregnating at the rate the rest of us are (or have been).  Pick up the slack!

What happens when you donate a million bucks to the victims of a horrible mass shooting?  Apparently what happens if you’re the UFC: people give you a ration of shit in the comments.  By the way, I’m convinced LaVar Ball is the smartest man involved in basketball.  Its front-page news when he decides to homeschool his next cash register so he doesn’t have any distractions.  Dude is just printing money while people call him crazy and/or a drag on his sons.  But they’re gonna end up with max contracts anyway. And he’ll stay in the spotlight for as long as he wants, because he’s the man holding the strings and the sports media are the puppets.

Baseball playoffs start tonight at 7 when the Twins visit the Bronx. Santana (MIN) vs Severino (NYY) ought to be a good matchup. The two Dominicans, which I have nothing but respect for, both have solid records and ERAs, even if the former isn’t quite the strikeout artist the latter is.  He’s got a lot more big game experience, which should offset that.  I am picking the Twins to win 5-2.

Got enough sports in? I hope so, because there’s nothing else going on except for baseball until the hockey season officially starts…tomorrow! Soccer WC qualifiers kick back into gear this weekend too, as the final two rounds of the CONCACAF Hexagonal and European groupings take place.  I see a playoff for the Americans though. So they’ll get another chance next month to blow it.

Okey-dokey then.  Let’s take a ganders at…the links.

Tired of standing in his fellow race-baiter Ta Nehisi Coates’s shadow, Chauncey De Vega goes completely up his own asshole with this one. (It’s Salon, so consider yourself warned! Although he gets torn to shreds in a good many of the comments.) Bonus Salon derp about guns from AmanDUH Marcotte. And I’m sorry for coming right out of the box with not one, but two Salon pieces. Its my way of thanking you for reaching the 1000 comment plateau with yesterday’s morning links. The reward for 2000 is better, as it involves good edit faeries engaged in some…frolicking, shall we say.  But only one way to find out what that entails.

Catalan leader takes the high road in standoff with Madrid. I swear, he must have watched Ghandi recently and seen how passive resistance in the face of violent state acts can net positive results once the world is made aware.  Its why the Soviet Union kept such a tight lid on media as the socialist nation was butchering tens of millions of her own people.  Same for China, as far as it keeping a lid on media, butchering tens of millions and being socialist. Let’s see what Brussels says. (My guess is nothing, as they are all about more nations and cultures being dragged under one umbrella for the sweet, sweet money they can extract from them. )

Tom Petty had a heart attack and died yesterday. The famous musician was 66 and didn’t appear to be in poor health. I enjoyed some of his music in moderation. I never saw him in concert and never really felt the urge to, but I’d rarely change the station if something of his came on.  He will be sadly missed by many fans of his music and lifestyle.

Congress doesn’t renew CHIP program. Hey, children hardest hit is true for once. I guess its time for the states to take care of their own people if they want to, as this was never supposed to be the responsibility of the nation’s taxpayers in the first place.

The OC Register takes off the gloves and pulls the California government’s jersey over its head. Then it wails on it until the referees step in and stop the beating. Bravo for the beatdown. Unfortunately, I don’t think that many people in your state will care until the entire state is bankrupt (in 10 years).

I’m surprised the landlord-tenant lawsuits took this long to start after Harvey. But this is actually what our court system is for, so I’m happy they’re getting some resolution.

Taking it a step farther than yesterday’s song…

Yesterday was rough, friends. I promise you today will be a better day

The Juice is loose (and is telling people to fuck off about his plans). Pitino has his house up for sale and swears he’ll be vindicated in the college basketball scandal that has effectively cost him his job.  The favorites all won in college ball this weekend. Oh wait, that’s not true. Troy beat LSU at home.  That’s TROY.  And that’s awesome.  Their fans were chanting “S-E-C” as the clock ran out, which for me was reminiscent of when my section started doing it at the Sugar Bowl a few years ago as we beat Bama.  But that was Ohio State, not Troy.  Meanwhile, the Men Of Troy went to Washington State and lost.  Which leaves Washington and Washington State as the two lone undefeated in the Pac-12.  Ohio State annihilated Rutgers, as expected. But another beatdown in the local area took place that was maybe not as expected in the Presidents Cup, as the USA team shellacked the Internationals and all but had it locked up before singles play even started.  And what’s scary is that almost all of the players on the USA team are in their 20s.  So this could be a regular occurrence for some time to come.

The 2017 playoffs are set! And we’ve got all your coverage right here.  The Yankees will host the Twins tomorrow in the AL Wild Card and the winner will head to Cleveland to take on a surging Indians team.  And having finished their series at Fenway, the Red Sox and Astros will head to Houston to start another series…only one that matters a lot more.  That starts Thursday.  On the senior circuit, the Rockies head to Phoenix to face the D-backs.  The winner will face a Dodgers team that is leaking oil.  And the Cubs will head to our nation’s capital to start their series against the Nationals later this week.  My WC picks: Twins and D-Backs win.  I’ll make by divisional series picks once the matches are set (and I get to reset if I’ve made a mistake).

That’s all for sports. I know there’s one thing that will be sucking the air out of the other news, so let’s get to…the links!

Some psychopath used a machine gun to kill more than 50 people at a concert in Las Vegas. He set up his nest in a 32nd room floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel for his rampage. Police confronted and killed him in the hotel.

THIS IS A HUFFPO LINK IN CASE YOU WANTED TO SEE HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO CLIMB ON THE STILL-WARM BODIES AND CALL FOR OUR 2A RIGHTS TO BE TAKEN AWAY.

A guy who got his clock cleaned in the presidential primary by the eventual winner is thinking about leaving the party. You’ll be missed, John. See you in 2020 when you get less than 2% support before fading into the history books.

Did you ever wonder if Canada was more cosmopolitan than the United States?  Well wonder no more. That’s what I call classy.

Daaaaaayum!  Saturday Night Live sure is brave and edgy. I wonder what they’ll do next week?  Oh yeah. They’ll do the same exact thing.

Well good for Miami!  They must be flush with money if their city government is voting on shit like this and people aren’t showing up at city hall with pitchforks and torches.

I know I brought the place up before, but its DEFINITELY going to be the host of the first statewide Texas Glibs meet up now. Hell, we might have to start hosting the staff and/or board meetings there too. (It might be borderline NSFW for the more prudish employers, but its on the website of a major American newspaper, so i’m feeling fine about posting it.)

Here you go. Let’s be a little upbeat.

Go out there and have a good one, friends.  And pray or give good thoughts for everybody in Las Vegas.