Well, busy day yesterday. And long night last night. I crawled upstairs in the wee hours, but SP and jesse.in.mb were still drinking. I think they decided to take a pause when the sun came up. So they’re gonna be useless all day and I’m going to have to make my own sammiches. And links.
STEVE SMITH TRY TO CHEER UP BIG FUNNY STONE HEAD – BUT HE HAVE NONE OF IT. WHY HE NOT WANT TO GO AND RAPE HIKERS WITH STEVE SMITH IS MYSTERY. BUT STEVE SMITH THINKS FUNNY GLIBERTARIANS SHOULD STILL GET LINKS. EVEN IF THEY HAVE ELUDED STEVE SMITH RAPE THUS FAR.
The march came hours before a Saturday rally that police anticipate will attract as many as 2,000 to 6,000 people, in an event that could be the “largest hate-gathering of it’s kind in decades in the United States,” as described by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
So much dishonesty packed into one sentence (as well as bad punctuation). Bravo!
Sadly, this was not us. If it turns out to be Ed Wuncler, we’re adopting him. If it turns out to be Swiss, we’re going to guilt him into throwing a mil or two in our direction.
This guy shows what WINNING really is. Again, Bravo!
And from the greatest band in the Solar System, a classic done like you never quite heard it before, breaking on-land speed records. The sax solo by the superb John Gilmore (who actually could thread) starting in at 5 minutes absolutely knocked me over. Clifford Jarvis’s solo right after was not exactly chopped liver, either.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. NORMALLY ZARDOZ IS ALL IN FAVOR OF BRUTALS BEING CLEANSED (ASIDE FROM HIS CHOSEN ONES, OF COURSE) – BUT ZARDOZ IS SAD THAT HIS COUNTRY MUSIC INSPIRATION, GLENN CAMPBELL, HAS PERISHED.
ZARDOZ WISHED TO HONOR HIM, SO HE HAS THE BRUTALS IN THE BAND WORKING WITH HIM ON A TRIBUTE VERSION OF ONE OF HIS SONGS:
I am a brutal enforcer for the Vortex
And I fly the main road
Searchin’ in the sun for another brutal victim load
I hear you screamin’ in the razor wire,
I can hear you through the bullets whine
And the brutal enforcer is still on the firing line
I know I need a small vacation
But it don’t look like a delivery of grain
And if it snows that force field down south won’t ever stand the strain
And I need the gun more than want the gun,
And I want you for all cleansing time
And the brutal enforcer is still on the firing line
And I need the gun more than want the gun,
And I want you for all cleansing time
And the brutal enforcer is still on the firing line
BUT ZARDOZ HAS NOT FORGOTTEN HIS CHOSEN ONES, AND THEREFORE, RECIEVE THE GIFT OF THE GUN LINK:
After a week off, I’m back on the beat. There really was nothing of import going on last week in the gun world. My what a difference seven days make! Lets get right into it.
Glock also gets a well played for this post. Everyone’s a comedian.
The first big story is that the Sig P320 apparently gets a little shooty if you drop it. So shooty in fact that Sig has temporarily halted production while they sort things out. You may recall that this particular firearm (or, more specifically a very close derivative thereof) was recently chosen as the successor to the Beretta M9 for the primary sidearm of the US Army. According to Sig, the military versions do not suffer the same problems, and Sig is releasing a free ‘voluntary upgrade’ on Monday for all current P320 owners that will put the civilian models on par with the Army guns. You may also recall that yours truly happens to be one of the suckers people that bought said pistol. I actually did my own drop test on my gun and managed to drop it twice onto my back patio without it going off. I would have tested it more but it’s really not that easy to intentionally ruin a $500 gun you paid for yourself. In any case I will keep you up to date on the story as it develops.
The second big story also involves in the military, but in a more direct way. The US Army is apparently going back to it’s ex, cause it has officially released a solicitation for a 7.62 caliber battle rifle to replace the M4. They claim this is because the proliferation of modern body armor has led to the obsolescence of the 5.56mm round currently used. Now, I have never been in the military but I do know that 7.62 weighs a lot more for both the rifle and the ammo. I don’t know where or how they plan to make up the weight difference between the two loadouts, but I have a feeling they don’t either. Any of our local military experts want to weigh in on this?
Oh yeah, and then there’s this epic troll making the rounds:
Well played, asshole customer and/or employee. You win this round.
Hey, here we are at the end of another week. And it can’t come soon enough for the Astros, who got swept by the lowly Chicago White Sox after shitting the bed in the ninth last night. OK, guys…get your collective head out of your collective ass and stop this nonsense. Elsewhere, in games with announced Glibs interest, the Nats won, the Yanks lost, the Cards (welcome to the party) won, the Twinks won, the Orioles won (and inched closer back to .500 ball) and the BIG RED MACHINE won.
Hope that satisfies everybody. If I left you out, feel free to excoriate me in the comments.
Elsewhere, the EPL starts today, and I can look forward to early Saturdays and Sundays for the foreseeable future, which I’m sure just thrills Banjos and our kids. And at Quail Hollow, the rains never came…and neither did the hotness of Spieth’s putter which helped propel him to the British Open a few weeks ago. 5 back after the first round isn’t impossible. But in a field this deep it won’t be easy. Phil Mickelson wishes he’d have stayed at home and John Daly had a good round going until he triple-bogeyed the last hole. Maybe somebody swapped out his vodka bottle, accidentally giving him water. Shame on them.
That’s it for sports. Well, for the update anyway. I think they’re already on the course in Charlotte. I’ll know when I turn on the TV after I finish with the rest of…the links!
Mimi Pond: brave person of (hair) color
You want to know who else was sexist as shit? Apparently The Simpsons’ Matt Groenig. Hoo-boy, I can’t wait to see the reactions when they see all of the gay humor in the first few seasons. Also, who the hell colors their hair purple in their 50’s or 60s? (TW: Jezebel)
Talk about your fresh-faced politician. Hey, can he run on “let’s leave the kids out of politics at the debates” and pretty much say whatever he wants? Either way, he’d be better off if he focused his energies on something more productive than lording over a bunch of other people. Also, he looks like he’s prepping for a “fat man in a little coat” skit with that jacket. Don’t you even haberdash, bro?
You think our political system is fucked up? It could always be worse. Oh Argentina. The country full of Brazilians that speak Spanish but think they’re Italian. (Except for the ones that know they’re Nazis. They’re there too.)
Feds tell Cook County, IL not so fast, my friend on their immoral, and likely illegal, soda tax. Looks like women and children actually are the hardest hit.
I’ll be on the golf course today after a lengthy layoff. I hope each of you has the chance to do something that makes you happy as well. Get out there and make today great!
Happy Thursday. And Happy Birthday to my younger son. I’m really going to miss the high-stakes charades when he starts talking.
Hi diddly ho neighbor! I pooped in your car!
Does a bear shit in your car? Only when he steals it first. Griz needs to have a talk with some of his fellows about car theft etiquette.
Does everything have to be a criminal case? I mean, do we need to give these two idiots felonies, or could the neighborhood just share the information that they aren’t safe babysitters and let their parents deal with them? What the two teens did was stupid and dangerous, but it is weird how people who aren’t mature enough to sign contracts or get tattoos or buy cigarettes are suddenly required to have all of the adult tools when they do something dangerous out of ignorance, not malice. While ignorance should be no defense against actual harm, I don’t think this rises to that standard.
I checked the timeline again, and I’m pretty sure the WWII bomb was on the premises before the nuclear plant was built at Fukishima.
I hope the members of the Eighth Circuit get beaten by public officials on the courthouse steps and can’t produce evidence to prove it. In a free speech ruling that contradicts six other federal circuit courts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that says Americans do not have a first amendment right to videotape the police, or any public official, in public.
In the good news department, there may be Earth analogues only 12 light years away. Hopefully, there are two. We’ll set up Libertopia on one and Commietopia on the other and see who’s resorted to cannibalism in the first century.
And in the interest of preventing a schism we are featuring this, uh, “local news” story about a man acquitted of assaulting police officers by absorbing their blows with his body. We don’t think this person is related to any of our commenters, but Pope Jimbo sent it, and we don’t want him to release those tapes of the last meetup.
Sloopy and I were talking about Matt Damon’s best work as an actor.
Well, the PGA Championship is finally here. Not much else to talk about if you’re in Houston. The Astros continue their death mediocracy spiral. The Texans do not look good. And that McGregor-Mayweather fight has been postponed for two weeks (in my mind). Oh well, at least I can read this story over and over to keep me happy for the next couple of weeks.
Across the pond, Liverpool have thankfully rejected a second Barcelona bid for Coutinho. Nothing else is happening of note. And the seasons get closer and closer.
Yankees win. Sox win. Nats win. Twins win. Dodgers win. Rockies win. Hell, everybody won (the Orioles had the day off) that played and matters to the Glibs…except the Astros. This slide needs to end. Somebody get me a live chicken.
That’s it. I can’t dwell on sports. Not with impending nuclear war on my mind. I better jump into…the links!
There are things that probably happen and go unreported. Then there are things that probably never happened but do get reported. If this is real, and I’m skeptical, this person needs to not blame society and needs to blame herself for not reacting. Or blame her parents for raising her like shit. Either way, don’t try to shame me for this bullshit.
The left are absolutely losing their shit over Trump having the nuclear codes. I guess they yearn for the peaceful days of “we came, we saw, ::snicker:: he died” leadership. When we picked on small potatoes guys that had given up their weapons programs and were trying to reenter the international community.
Fox News host Eric Bolling has hit back with a $50 million lawsuit at the HuffPo writer that published the story accusing him of sending pictures of male genitalia to coworkers. The writer has responded by telling him to pound sand. Get your popcorn out.
I’m just going to rant for a minute. I’ve seen about 10 Dr. Strangelove references with regards to Trump’s overheated rhetoric about North Korea. I get that crazy guy launches bombers and starts WWIII angle, but its so… lazy. Also, I would love to see the Hat and Hair have the POE conversation.
OMWC sends in a story from near-Chicago where you can pretty safely hate everyone involved.
Watch my eyes roll as NOAA attempts to conflate in peoples minds the number of named storms with Atlantic/Gulf landfalls of major storms. We actually don’t give a fuck about class five hurricanes that don’t make landfall as class five hurricanes. Also, I watched this professionally for five years. They always go high.
You’ll be surprised to learn that many of the breath-taking “facts” in yesterday’s NYT article on Climate Change were entirely untrue.
And finally, beloved commentor Pope Jimbo sends in an article that I, as a formerly decent runner, respect. The Beer Mile. A 4:34 beer mile is probably 55 second laps and 11 seconds of beer chugging. Stupid human tricks rule.
How’s about I leave baseball scores alone for a day and regroup…much like the Astros need to do before they get into a routine where .500 ball is acceptable. No? Fine. Nats lost, Yankees lost, Red Sox won, Rockies lost, D-backs beat the Dodgers, Orioles lost and the Twins won. That should cover most, if not all, of the globs interest. An ump got suspended for answering a question, an answer that contained little more than a joke about a little banter, and not much else happened. Well, other than ESPN making a rather exclusionary list. I can only imagine the outrage if they changed one particular word in the lede. But its their business. They can continue to torpedo it the way they want. But don’t worry. The piece is so riddled with bloat wear that I doubt anybody tries to navigate it for more than a few minutes anyway.
McGregor-Mayweather in three days! The PGA Championship starts tomorrow! And football inches closer every day. Let’s thank God for our many blessings.
The President is also accused of communicating with the special prosecutor. I wonder if he’s talking about Loretta Lynch committing perjury or conspiring with Bill Clinton to keep the contents of their incredibly unethical meeting private by secreting all the communications she didn’t disclose off to the Obama library? Who knows.
Should all be forgiven once somebody serves their sentence? Its an interesting question. I’m not sure there is an easy answer. I abhor the sex registry and don’t think it should exist, but I’m not sure they should be allowed the privilege of playing football.
When a state stops funding an abortion mill, teen birthrates spike. OK, and? Does that mean I should be forced to subsidize something I find morally and fiscally reprehensible? Obviously fans of PP think so.
Well, busy day yesterday. And long night last night. I crawled upstairs in the wee hours, but SP and jesse.in.mb were still drinking. I think they decided to take a pause when the sun came up. So they’re gonna be useless all day and I’m going to have to make my own sammiches. And links.
OMWC sends in a story from near-Chicago where you can pretty safely 
