Author: sloopyinca

Freaking Liverpool. How’s about making your penalties and putting easy goals away, huh?  And I won’t even go into the first goal you gave up.  A draw…while everybody else that was supposed to win did so in fine style.  Also, Salah is sooooooft. But I suppose it could have been worse. And there are some soccer-haters on here, and I don’t want to lose them in the first paragraph anyway. (As if they read the first couple of paragraphs anyway.) So I’ll move on.

On the American sports front, all we had was baseball yesterday. And the biggest story of the year lives to see another day, as the Indians tied the all-time consecutive win streak at 21. I’ve made it clear that I don’t recognize win streaks that involve ties, so I’m considering this the record. They’ve got the Royals tonight at home to try and get sole possession of the mark. Elsewhere, the Yankees won and the Red Sox lost, bringing the division to within 3 games. The Braves dropped the Nats again. The Phillies win (since someone showed interest in them yesterday, I felt the need to mention them.) The Orioles stopped their slide by beating Team Canada. The Cubs rolled the Mets. The Mariners clung to their playoff hopes by beating the Rangers. The Brewers kept pace with a win while the Cards dropped one to the Big Red Machine. The Dodgers stretched their win streak to 2. The D-backs put down the Rockies to get a little breathing room in the Wild Card chase. The Astros got thumped. And those Twinks just keep giving Minnesodans hope, as they won again and sit in that last AL Wild Card slot.

Hey, I wish there were more sports things going on during the week, but that will start happening tonight. Its September, what do you expect? But most of you didn’t come here for that anyway.  You came for…the links!

Oh, Harvard.  Continue your fall from grace at this accelerated pace. I’m sure your alumni are just thrilled. (For added lulz, be sure to read the whole article, especially the last paragraph.)

Cook County, IL delays vote on soda (or pop, or soda-pop, or even Coke) tax for a month. That should give them enough time to preen about how they’re doing for the citizens what the citizens are too dumb to do for themselves.  Then it can land in court anyway.

“It’s time to abolish the Electoral College”, says person who lost the most recent event involving the Electoral College. Its strange, since she blamed mysoginy, Russians, Comey, the media, racist voter ID laws, aliens, the weather, flooding, and a plague of locusts for that loss. The old drunk can’t even keep her blame game straight. But she can breathe while sticking a finger in her nose one side at a time. So she’s got that going for her.

All that glorious lecturing about global warming during the telethon for the hurricane victims was great, wasn’t it?  I mean, those celebs sure must care about the earth and definitely practice what they preach.  Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh. About that…

American technology company, Apple, don show with new Smartphone. Meesa thinkin’ issa muy muy nice.

Texas AG sues three companies for price gouging in aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. That was some serious price gouging, but it doesn’t look like the customers were paying attention to what they were paying in two of the three cases until it was too late.

The music has been all over the place this week. I may as well keep it going.

Get out there and have a great day, friends!

I guess sacrificing that live chicken did more than wake up a bat.  The Indians reeled off their 20th win in a row as they took down the Tigers last night. The world waits for tonight, when they will attempt to tie the all-time record for consecutive wins. (Again, I do not recognize a 26-gae streak that involves a tie.  There’s no tying in baseball! Elsewhere, the Royals topped the White Sox.  The Braves blanked the Nats, whose playoff position is already secure. Team Canada topped the Orioles again. The Red Sox beat the Athletics. The Yankees lost to the Rays. The Mariners won. The Cubbies won. The Twinks put up a HUGE number on the Padres and won. The BIG RED MACHINE shit the bed. The D-backs lost to the Rockies, as the NL Wild Card home field advantage race gets warm again. And, hey look, the Dodgers managed to win a game. And lastly, the Astros kicked the Angels in the balls with a 1-0 victory as Verlander pitched a gem.

The UCL got fired up, with a bunch of blowouts and a couple close games.  Liverpool plays today though, and the world will be watching to see how they bounce back from the blowout loss (that was in part cause by a dubious red card of Sadio Mane.)

No more sports for today. We’ve got bigger things to discuss in…the links!

What could possibly go wrong? The franchise is supposed to mean something, and in my opinion, this degrades that. Yes or no?

Sex. Incest. Politics. What will happen next in Westeros? Just kidding. This is the Emerald City, not Kings Landing.

Woman in Silicon Valley, she dye hair when she no don belong in de boardroom. Its not purple, so I assume she’s not working for a think-tank.

What the Ninth giveth, the Supremes take away. I guess powers specifically granted in the Constitution actually mean something after it leaves the Nutty Ninth Circuit.

The homeless are taking over Southern California. Orange County declares emergency…whatever the hell that means.

I guess that whoring license never got renewed. Ah, Waco. Way to take away the little bit of pleasure your residents are looking for as they attempt to eke out an existence in your town. Alternative headline: The cops were afraid dancing might have broken out.

For the Kaptious one herself. The rest of you are free to enjoy, but Kristen deserves a little special treatment after having to deal with two Senators yesterday.

That’s all, folks. Go out there and make the best of today.

Well, we have the first week of the NFL in the books. And the Vikings are tied for first in their division! That means it’ll be at least another 6 days before out Minnesodan contingent need to be talked down from a ledge.  The Broncos also won in the nightcap of Monday’s doubleheader.  Which, by the way, is an awesome thing the NFL should do a lot more frequently than opening weekend.  As a person who once lived on the west coast, I can assure you that 6 pm start times for all the “prime time” games sucked. But that’s just like, my opinion, man.

In baseball, the Dodgers are officially shitting the bed after losing to the Giants to extend their winless streak to 11.  Team Canada took the Orioles down a peg  as the Baltimore team has now all but faded from the wild card race.  The Yankees won. The Brewers lost. The Mariners lost, which helps the Twinks. The Rockies beat the D-backs. And, oh yeah, the Indians throttled the Tigers to capture their 19th in a row and move within two games of the all-time win streak (I will not accept the 26 game streak with a tie in there, sorry).

Lastly,UEFA Champions League soccer im back in de continent. Dem games gon start today!

Anyway, on to…the links!

Nearly half of the state of Florida is without power in the aftermath of Irma.  Thank God she seems to have scooted through without the destruction that might have been, but there’s still quite a bit of a mess left behind.  Hang in there, Florida Glibs.  And please, check in with us when you can (Carol, I’m looking at you! Put down the crunchy peanut butter and let the gang know you’re ok.). We know y’all are busy but we’re worried about you.

What kind of crazy, mixed up world do we live in when a presidential candidate who is expected to win easily can’t even look in a mirror and reflect soberly on her mistakes?  Hahaha, just kidding. It wasn’t her fault.  It was the Russians. And Comey. And Facebook. And…an old friend came in from out of town. And someone stole her car. There was an earthquake. A flood! Locusts! It wasn’t her fault!!!

Looks like the assholes are at it again. You know, instead of building a new HQ, Amazon ought to invest in a Thunderdome thats large enough to accommodate all of these antifa and right-wing nutballs. Then we can lock them in and not open the doors until they’ve beaten each other to death.

Well here is some weird-ass shit. And no, it didn’t happen in the south. If it had, it would have been the leading non-weather story across the country. I’m curious if the “answers” the family are looking for are in the head of their child who decided to do something stupid.  Because a few parts of the story just don’t add up.

My question is: when did she start smelling the burning toast? Seriously, she needs a doctor, because she’s either senile or she just had a stroke.

Mexico rescinds offer to help Texas in Harvey’s aftermath. No word from Michael Moore condemning the move yet.

There’s lots of shit going on in the world. But it’s alright.

Have a great day, friends!

Ah yes. The opening weekend of NFL football.  May its splendor forever wipe the stain from the earth that is the Ohio State Buckeyes showing against Oklahoma on Saturday night.  Hey coach, you do know you have a pair of 5-star QBs waiting in the wings, yeah? You do know our QB is allowed to lead receivers into open spots, yeah? You do know that someone can still be a team leader from the bench, yeah?  Just curious. Elsewhere, Clemson beat Auburn. USC beat Stanford. Georgia beat Notre Dame. And everybody else that was expected to win, did. Good for them.

Before the NFL, let’s talk some tennis. Rafael Nadal won the US Open and inched back within shouting distance of Roger Federer for overall Grand Slam wins (16 to Fed’s 19).  Those two truly are two of the best ever along with Sampras and Laver.  On the ladies side, Sloane Stephens took Madison Keys behind the proverbial woodshed and destroyed her.  So now we can all (mostly) forget about tennis until the Aussie open starts in 22 weeks.

In the pro pigskin league, Detroit rallied back against the Cards. The Iggles beat the Washington football team freaking Redskins. They beat the team called the Redskins. The Dirty Birds held off da Bears. The Jags crushed the Texans, but a little glimmer of hope arose at NRG with the QB change at halftime. The Bills topped the Jets. Raider Nation invaded Tennessee and came out victorious. Baltimore blanked the Bungles. The Rams mauled the Colts. The Panthers put it to the 49ers. The Packers took down the Seachickens. The Cowboys got the better of the Giants and the Steelers beat the Browns, and in doing so made Ben Roethlisberger the winningest QB in Cleveland’s stadium since 1999. (Not the winningest visiting QB…the winningest QB, period.) A couple more games tonight will round out the week.

On the diamond, the Astros got swept by the lowly Athletics. The BIG RED MACHINE won. The Nats clinched the NL East. The Twinks lost. The Brewers swept the Cubs and tightened up the NL Central. The Yankees drubbed the Rangers. The Dodgers continued their freefall with a tenth straight loss, falling to the Rockies. The D-backs returned to their winning ways. And the Indians reeled off their 18th straight win and moved to within 2 of the all-time record. They have three at home with the Tigers starting tonight.

That’s a lot of sports. And there’s plenty more, probably. But I won’t cover it. Instead, I’ll jump into…the links!

Hurricane Irma is creeping Northwest, according to the models. It sure looks to me like its making a beeline toward Jacksonville and the Atlantic.  But I’m sure the models are correct even though they missed the landfall guesstimate from Thursday by 400 miles or so. Stay tuned to the news if you’re within 100 miles of its projected path and prepare accordingly.  It’s breaking up, but it ain’t over.  Also, if its passed, please let us know you’re ok.

Pontiff plants puss on Popemobile Plexiglass. Video available for lulz.

ONLY READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO CRY!!! That’s a legit warning. Unless you’re ready to cry or want to read a story about the ultimate sacrifice and unselfishness, don’t click.

This is a really, really important court case that’s been flying under the radar. And a decision could come down today.  Keep us in the loop, Chicago Glibs.

Ghanian slot machines: Di box no dey spectacular, but im get shine-shine lights.

Finally a town is for sale in a civilized part of the country! And its named Mustang, Texas.  Break out your checkbooks, Glibs. We got a crowdfunding campaign to kick off.

Sometimes I’m right… and I can be wrong.

Forget all your problems for 5 minutes and just be happy you’re above ground…wherever you are.

A bunch of New England Patriots players must have homes in The Bahamas or something.  Because their heads were elsewhere last night as the Chiefs beat the piss out of them to start the season. And of course I have the Patriots defense in my FFL.  Meanwhile, Sloane Stephens knocked off Venus Williams (the gracious one of the two Williams sisters) and Madison Keys  also won to set up a 15 vs unseeded finals at the US Open.

On the diamond, The Yanks took care of the Orioles. The Nats topped the Phillies. The Cubbies topped the Pirates. The BIG RED MACHINE fell. The Padres beat the Cards while the Rockies beat the Dodgers, who have lost 10 of 11 now, and got a little separation again in the NL Wild Card race. The Twinks did the same while tripping up the Royals and the Indians reeled off their 15th straight win.

That last few weeks of the season is gonna be a nail-biter for some of you (Looking at the Twin Cities and the Denver contingent). I’ll enjoy the excitement as the Astros battle to see who gets home field in the AL now that Cleveland is en fuego.

Nothing else in the world of sport, unless you count hurricane survival as a sport.  But that’s not a sport, that’s news.  And for real news, we need…the links!

The main story hasn’t changed, unfortunately. There are still a few different tracks, and none of them spare Florida’s Miami-Dade area. Please stay safe out there, Florida Glibs.

Harvey: asshole. Irma: asshole. Actually that couldn’t be further from the truth. (Read this if your day needs brightening!)

A data breach at credit reporting agency Equifax could potentially effect 40% of Americans. That’s right. The breach made 143 million Americans credit info accessible.  And if that didn’t concern you, maybe the fact that a trio of executives at the company sold off $2m in their stocks in the immediate aftermath of the breach but before it was made public. The stock has since tumbled 13%. If only they were Congresspeople, then they wouldn’t have a problem. But since they’re not, this could potentially be messy.

An 8.0 earthquake hit a remote area of Mexico. “Remote” being the operative word, otherwise it would have been calamitous. Death toll at 5 so far.

Maybe USAToday could worry less about doxxing country club members and focus their energy on real, obvious cronyism and influence peddling. Nah, that’s like real journalism and stuff. Also principles over principals isn’t their bag, baby.

For Kenya, one witch doctor and three men don enter hot water. Naked witch doctors in the street. One with a snake around his neck. Car thieves.  Yeah, this one has it all.

I’m sure there will be no abuse whatsoever with this proposal. This plan sounds worse than the one in the last link.

So many options for the last song of the week. Hope I chose wisely.

Persevere.

Well the Federer-Nadal semifinal plans got upset last night by Juan Martin del Potro. He took Federer down when the latter made a series of uncharacteristic errors and yakked away the third set even though he had seven chances to put it away.  And on the ladies side, its an all-American semifinal after Keys and Vandeweghe won their matches.  I don’t know what ESPN’s on-air personalities will do with themselves. They’ve been cheerleading for all four ladies for a week now. How are they gonna be able to pick sides now that they’ve got their wish?

In baseball, we’ve got two serious streaks going. The Indians ran theirs to 14 games with a win over the White Sox and the D-backs got their brooms out to sweep the Dodgers, extending theirs  to a team-record 13. Elsewhere, the BIG RED MACHINE took down the reeling Brewers. The Twinks got a big win against the Rays (while the Yankees and Orioles got rained out and the Angels lost!). The Cubbies only managed one run, but it was enough against the Bucs. The Red Sox had their smartwatches working against Team Canada. The Cardinals won and inched closer to the Rockies, who are most definitely looking over their shoulder after losing. The Nationals won. And lastly, the Astros remained hot, winning their seventh in a row.

We all have people we’re worried about in Florida, so let’s jump into that and more important stuff in…the links!

Irma’s track seems to be tightening and Miami is not gonna like what they are about to see. Expectations are for the storm to skirt the entire east coast of the state and then come inland around central Georgia to Charleston, SC.  But you never know with these things.  All you Glibs down that way, hunker down and keep us posted. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones.

Sometimes these storms bring out the best in people. And sometimes the exact opposite happens. I guess after Arpaio got pardoned and Clarke retired, this guy saw some shoes to fill. What an asshole.

Red states and Blue states face off in a civil settlement case over the Second Amendment.  Or something like that.

So USAToday is doxxing 4500 members of Trump golf courses. Why? Because apparently they get special access to the President.  And there are 50 execs of companies with government contracts on that list. So they’re obviously trying to buy influence.  You know, because no rich people ever joined exclusive country clubs before the Age Of Trump. Nosiree! They bought influence the old-fashioned way: by donating huge sums to foundations and by buying nights in the White House.

For Mexico, one man don do wedding with crocodile. You heard that right.

(It was covered yesterday, but here’s a bonus link from our new favorite place just for the title: Woman wan troway poo-poo, come trap for window. God, I love the internet.)

How do Texans feel about the demon weed? Pretty mellow, man.

Stickin’ with the theme for the week. (Which would have been easier if it hadn’t have been pre-empted on Monday.)

Lift something heavy today. And be proud of yourself for doing so.

Well good morning, friends. Hope all is well with you.  Which it should be, unless one of you is Ezekiel Elliott.  The NFL unsurprisingly upheld his domestic abuse suspension on appeal. Even though the only investigator that spoke to his accuser recommend that he not be disciplined because she found the case baseless.  Strangely enough (yeah, right) the NFL refused to allow his “defense” team the right to question his accuser during the discipline or appeal process.  And now he will likely miss out on millions of dollars and have his reputation tarnished because the players in the league before he even got there signed a terrible collective bargaining agreement that gave the commissioner the ability to discipline players on a  whim.  Hopefully the courts will put an end to this madness, but I’m not holding my breath.  Meanwhile, the NFL has graciously allowed Zeke to play this weekend as a judge weighs in on the discipline.

In other sports news, the last American man is out of the US Open. In the women’s draw, both Americans won their quarterfinal matches in dramatic fashion.  In soccer, the USA managed a draw with Honduras and has fallen into fourth place in their group, which would currently put them in the position of being in a playoff with Australia or someone else from Asia to get to the world cup.  I wonder if Trump was the reason, eh Bruce Arena?  You useless twat.

And in baseball, the Cubbies lost. The Red Sox and Team Canada played a little more than a doubleheader but it only counted for one game, in which the Red Sox prevailed.  I know because I got a notification on my Apple Watch about it. The BIG RED MACHINE took down the floundering Brewers. The Nats beat the Marlins, who are probably looking over their shoulder at Irma. The Twins fell. The Indians stayed hot. The Rockies won. The Orioles topped the Yankees . The Cards  won. The D-backs took down the Dodgers once again and tied their team-record win streak at 12.  And there Astros continue to impress with another victory.

Well there’s the world in sports.  Now its time for the rest of the world with…the links!

Hurricane Irma keeps getting larger and more powerful. And she keeps pointed at Florida.  Time to get out of there, Glibs (and Vhyrus’s parents).  This is gonna be horrible.

CNN are reeling from the fallout over a couple of fake news stories their crack investigative team put out. I guess that’s the fallout from making things up and not doing any editing while a President who is hostile to you occupies the White House.  Here’s a good idea: in that scenario, its best to tell the unvarnished truth.  (That advice also applies in all other scenarios, by the way newsmen.)

Remember that book by Hillary’s pastor we all got a laugh about? You know, the one that elevates her to being closer to God and was written by her pastor?  Well, funny thing there…  I suppose its best for publishers and editors for this publishers to make sure books aren’t chock full of plagiarism. The book is being removed. Shillady said he’s sorry. Clinton was not reached for comment.

In the fight against the spread of AIDS in Africa, Ghana has imported 30 million condoms. But dem no use am. The man in charge, him say is hard to scatter dem all over him country.

This is more advice than news, but if you go out on a Tinder date and take a huge poop… You know what? I’m not going to even explain what happened. I just…I just…aw, read it yourself.

The first Harvey lawsuit just got filed. I gotta be honest with you, I wasn’t sure why they released the damns either. Did it necessarily relive pressure or merely empty the water and create more flooding than was necessary?  I guess we’re about to find out.

I’m takin’ what they’re givin’!

Get out of Florida!!!!!!

While so many of us were slacking off yesterday on that most immoral holiday of the year, there were a lot of people working to entertain us.  Some worked harder than others, like the Diamondbacks working 13 runs harder than the Dodgers. Or the Pirates working 12 runs harder than the Cubs.  Elsewhere, the Yankees beat the Orioles, while the Red Sox got rolled up by Team Canada. And my prediction of the Red Sox running away from the Yanks is proving to be premature.  The BIG RED MACHINE took down the Brew Crew, The Royals tamed the Tigers. The Indians topped the White Sox. The Rockies played the Giants. The Angels beat the Athletics (and were the only California team to win a game yesterday). The Twinks got rolled. The Nationals prevailed. And the Astros continues to play like they mean business as they took down the Mariners.

Team England came from behind to win and put their group all but out of reach, Germany blitzed Norway. and Montenegro did their best to keep pace with Poland by taking down Romania, much to the chagrin of a particular Glib. The mens draw at the US Open is all but a collision course of Federer and Nadal, while the women’s draw is anybody’s tournament to win.  Today should settle a few things in respect to the latter, although none will be as head-scratching as the finish of the Keys-Svitolina match yesterday.  I’ve never seen momentum swing that quickly in all my life.

Anyway, I could ramble on about sports all day, but that wouldn’t really help me accomplish my stated purpose of providing y’all with…the links!

Irma heads toward Florida. If you’re in the southeast part of that state, GTFO as quickly as possible.  You’re in for a bumpy ride.

Want to know when thew time is right to find another scam to run? Probably when the e-book debunking your scam outsells your second book promoting it. Dude, hunker down in your mansion, find a nice couple of honeys to release your chakras, and just enjoy life. Stop doubling down. The jig is up.

The hospital at the center of a firestorm over police abuse of power has barred cops from contact with nurses. Um, unless you start arming all your staff, I don’t see how you’re going to enforce this policy. But I do like the symbolic gesture.

Kim kicks the sleeping bear once more. Seriously, dude is begging someone to do something stupid but so far he’s alone in that category.

Tenants facing eviction in Harvey’s aftermath. (In before leftist calls for rent control in 3…2…1…)

I always love hearing this song.

Good luck out there getting back to work or continuing that grind.

It’s been a long week and a half, friends.  I want to thank everybody that filled in for me while I was dealing with the insanity down here.  Its good to know you have friends that can lend a hand when you need them.  OMWC, Swissy, Brett L…and anybody else that jumped in to do the links: you guys were a big help to me these last 10 days. And thank you to everybody who sent their thoughts and prayers Houston’s way. It means a lot to me.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Someday, I’ll put everything that happened down on paper, so to speak. When the nightmares end, lol. But seriously, its been a trying time and your support has been most welcome.

::breathes deeply to collect thoughts::

So how bout them Aggies?  I went ahead and tuned out at halftime, so I feel like I missed something pretty phenomenal.  No way does Sumlin survive this. So whoever out there in CFB that’s the flavor of the week, pack your bags and get ready for College Station. The Hokies also beat the Mountaineers yesterday.  The big game Saturday was a bit of a snoozer, with Bama cruising, helped a great deal by Florida State’s incessant mistakes.  And adding injury to insult, they’ve lost their QB for the year.  The Clemson band got in a bit of trolling during their halftime show, and I can’t say a negative word about it.  And Florida lost to TTUN because they still don’t know what offense is with the same coach in Gainesville for 4 years now.

As for baseball, the Yanks took a pair from the Red Sox this weekend, tightening the AL East race.  The Astros look to have their act together, reeling off four wins in a row. The Indians won. The Orioles beat Team Canada in extra innings. The BIG RED MACHINE went down to the Pirates. The White Sox beat the Rays. The Nats and Twinks both fell. The Cardinals topped the Giants. And the D-backs beat the Rockies.  Coming down the stretch run now, and this is shaping up to be a fun end of the season.

World Cup qualifiers are on for the next few days, and I have to say I’m not surprised at the USA’s terrible showing against the Ticos on Friday night.  Bruce Arena sucks as a game manager and he sucks as an inspirational figure.  I see a two-leg playoff against an Asian team in our future if we expect to end up in Russia next year.

That’s it for sports.  Let’s get down to me enacting my Labor Day labor by providing you…the links!

Kim Jong Un plays the biggest game of chicken imaginable. One can only hope a coalition of potential targets are formulating a defensive plan that eventually leads to a freer Nork people and no bloodshed. But I’m not holding my breath.

Some more about the missile test and Trump’s reaction…in pidgin!

President Trump will end DACA program. Gives Congress six months to fix it before ending the policy of federal agencies ignoring the law as written and applying it evenly regardless of age. Hopefully this will result in a better legal and consistently enforced immigration policy instead of the “turn a blind eye (sometimes)” approach. But that’s there job of our legislature, not the whims of an Executive Branch who decides what laws to enforce and which ones to conveniently ignore.

Could somebody get a balm for that man?  Oh, never mind. He’s dead.

I remember being proud of the GOP Senators and Reps that refused to sign off on the Sandy relief package because it wasn’t a stand-alone bill and had a bunch of other legislative pork attached to it.  Let’s see if they have any principles and do the same thing now that Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is already demanding strings get tied to any Harvey relief.  Ted Cruz, I’m looking at you especially.

Not to be forgotten, Los Angeles is dealing with a horrible wildfire in La Tuna Canyon. Gov Jerry Brown has declared a State of Emergency.  Stay safe, SoCal Glibs.

Worth reading before you donate to a charity.

Well, it is Labor Day after all. I hope at least a few of you were expecting this song.

Have a happy and safe Labor Day.  May your BBQ be all it can be.