Category: Daily Links

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.

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.

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!

My entry for dumbest hot take on the Las Vegas shooting:

Hospitals Aren’t Fully Prepared for Mass Shootings, and It’s the Gun Lobby’s Fault

Man-made mass casualty incidents seem increasingly common. But are medical teams actually learning enough from them? Are we really getting any better? The answers are unclear because in the United States since 1996, there has been an effective ban on federally funded research on firearm injuries. At that time, pro-gun members of Congress actually tried to eliminate the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention simply because it was funding research on gun injuries. The members instead succeeded at removing $2.6 million from the House’s CDC budget—the exact amount of money allocated to firearm injury research. (The money was later reallocated specifically for research on traumatic brain injury.) At the time, Congress’ language was difficult to interpret, but the result of that language has been clear as day: The CDC stopped funding gun injury research. The National Institutes of Health followed suit. Almost everyone in the research community now errs on the “safe side.” Research on the epidemiology of who, why, and how people die as a result of gun injuries in America has virtually vanished.

VANISHED! I mean, how does a bullet traveling at supersonic speeds even penetrate human skin? Why does blood come out of the hole? Which is the worst place to get shot? We just don’t know. Damn you, gun lobby! [shakes fist at sky]

Chess player banned by Iran over hijab switches over to US

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A young woman banned form the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, has joined the U.S. team, an Iranian news agency reported Monday.

The semi-official ISNA reported that Dorsa Derakhshani refused to wear the headscarf, known as the hijab, during a February competition in Gibraltar, and joined the U.S. national team.

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has required women to wear the hijab in public places.

However, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Monday that the president of Iran’s chess federation, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, said that Dorsa had in fact changed her national federation to the United States, which was not unusual among chess players.

Her brother was also banned from playing for the Iranian team for the dread crime of agreeing to play chess against an Isreali. He caught them Jew cooties!

Nagging daughter harangues father into returning Native America robe

Sara Jacobsen, 19, grew up eating family dinners beneath a stunning Native American robe.

Not that she gave it much thought. Until, that is, her senior year of high school, when she saw a picture of a strikingly similar robe in an art history class.

The teacher told the class about how the robe was used in spiritual ceremonies, Sara Jacobsen said. “I started to wonder why we have it in our house when we’re not Native American.”

She said she asked her dad a few questions about this robe. Her dad, Bruce Jacobsen, called that an understatement.

“I felt like I was on the wrong side of a protest rally, with terms like ‘cultural appropriation’ and ‘sacred ceremonial robes’ and ‘completely inappropriate,’ and terms like that,” he said.

“I got defensive at first, of course,” he said. “I was like, ‘C’mon, Sara! This is more of the political stuff you all say these days.’”

But Sara didn’t back down. “I feel like in our country there are so many things that white people have taken that are not theirs, and I didn’t want to continue that pattern in our family,” she said.

The robe had been a centerpiece in the Jacobsen home. Bruce Jacobsen bought it from a gallery in Pioneer Square in 1986, when he first moved to Seattle. He had wanted to find a piece of Native art to express his appreciation of the region.

Appreciating the art of different cultures is straight up bigotry.

Egypt: Police don arrest 22 people on top gay matter

Tori be say for di last 3 days, police for Egypt don arrest 22 people wey get anything to do with LGBT rights.

Activists say since 23 September dem don count at least 33 people wey police arrest because di people raise one rainbow flag to support gay rights.

According to one lawyer, Amr Mohamed, wey dey represent two people wey police arrest, im say dem say na because dem “join group wey no dey obey law”.

Im say di authorities charge one of im clients, Sarah Hegazy, wey be di first woman wey dem go arrest for dis kain matter, for wetin dem call “promoting sexual deviancy and debauchery”

And di Supreme State Security Prosecution don order say make dem detain dem for 15 days.

No word on if bottoms were also arrested in the sweep.

A damn fine song. Damn fine, indeed.

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

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.

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.

ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. IT APPEARS THAT ZARDOZ IS NEEDED EVERYWHERE. GRAIN, GUNS OR ENFORCERS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. BUT NO MATTER THE DEMANDS ON ZARDOZ, HIS CHOSEN ONES WILL STILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE LINK.

• ZARDOZ AWAITS THE CALL FROM MADRID FOR BRUTAL ENFORCERS – IT APPEARS THE ONES THEY ARE USING ARE ONLY GOOD AT “WOUNDING” – THEY NEED TO GO FORTH AND KILL!
• ZARDOZ ALSO THINKS THESE BRUTAL ENFORCERS ARE DOING IT WRONG. ZARDOZ MOCKS THE ENFORCERS LAME EXCUSE.
• ZARDOZ SEES THAT SPAIN IS NOT THE ONLY BRUTAL COUNTRY WITH SEPARATIST ISSUES. ENGLISH SPEAKING BRUTALS SHOULD NEVER HAVE JOINED WITH FRENCH SPEAKING BRUTALS. WHAT KIND OF STATE WOULD RESULT FROM THAT?
• ZARDOZ THINKS BRUTALS AT SPORTSBALL GAMES SHOULD SHOW DISPLEASURE WITH BULLETS, NOT BOOS. GO FORTH AND KILL!
• ZARDOZ WONDERS IF BRUTAL SINGER WILL NO LONGER BE ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE NOW?

GO FORTH AND SNARK.. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.

Apologies for the tardiness- I have now had two computers in the past three days ascend to join Jesus in Heaven. So my planned football-themed links may be a bit abbreviated.

The top news is, of course, The Juice Is Loose. Now more than ever, we need common-sense knife control laws.

Trump tweets. Everyone goes nuts. Rinse. Repeat.

I used to think that Chinese drivers were the worst. I’m starting to revisit that prejudice.

As a former semi-pro flautist and current child molester, I wonder if they’re going to try to pin this one on me.

Here’s hoping that Joe Flacco manages to exceed his passer rating from last week (an impressive 12- I didn’t know the numbers went that low).

STEVE SMITH ALL CAUGHT UP ON RAPE QUOTA…SO WILL TAKE THE NIGHT OFF. HA, HA – FOOLED YOU. STEVE SMITH NEVER TAKE TIME OFF FROM HIKER RAPE! OR PARK RANGER RAPE. OR BIGFOOT HUNTER RAPE. OR ANY RAPE. THAT IS LIFE AS RAPESQUATCH!

BUT STEVE SMITH WILL GIVE LINKS FOR FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE. THEY MAKE STEVE SMITH LAUGH. WHEN STEVE SMITH HAPPY, HE RAPE WITH A BIGGER SMILE ON HIS FACE!

1. STEVE SMITH THINK FRIEND ZARDOZ WOULD LIKE THIS GUY. HE GO FORTH AND KILL.
2. NOW STEVE SMITH KNOW WHERE POLITICIANS MIGHT GO FIND MONEY.
3. ADAM SILVER NOW GOING TO BE OFF SJW LIKE LIST, STEVE SMITH PREDICTS.
4. STEVE SMITH SHOCKED TO FIND POLICE GET LIGHTER TREATMENT THAN REGULAR PEOPLE.

STEVE SMITH HOPE YOU LIKE LINKS. NOW TO GO TO RV PARK AND ENJOY EVENING. AND BY ENJOY, MEAN RAPE.