Seriously, what the fuck is it about Boston and massive police over-reaction? “De-escalation” is apparently too many syllables for cops to understand. But hey, I’m sure procedures were followed, officer safety was paramount, and no-one will suffer any consequences, other than the dead kid and his family. And that’s only fair, right?
Sometimes, the elderly will die during routine surgery. We can only hope. It’s a pity that’s what it takes to get career politicians with a deep sense of Top Man entitlement to exit the stage- there is no modern Cincinnatus.
Expanded health insurance choice to devastate America. Women and Minorities Hardest Hit. Because if you don’t force SP and me to pay for maternity insurance, we could suddenly have a baby that we can’t afford. Hey, it’s not totally crazy, Yahweh did that to Abraham and Sarah, and you can’t be too careful.
Goddammit, now all I want to do is day-drink. News is so fucking depressing.
STEVE SMITH DO LINKS TONIGHT – BIG FUNNY HEAD IS RACING NOW. STEVE SMITH NOT LIKE CAR RACING – PREFER FOOT CHASE. EASIER TO CATCH HIKER THAT WAY. AND BY “CATCH”, MEAN “RAPE”. OK, NOW LINKS.
STEVE SMITH ALSO SURE THISWILL WORK. WHO ELSE BETTER?
THIS NOT STEVE SMITH’S FAULT. NO STD CAN LAND ON STEVE SMITH AND LIVE!
THESE ONLY WORDS NEED TO KNOW BEFORE LAUGHING AT FUNNY NEWSPAPER; “We don’t know where the money will come from, or even how much it would cost overall.” REMIND STEVE SMITH OF JOEFROMLOWELL.
IF STEVE SMITH HEAR HOW BIG FUNNY HEAD DO IN RACE, HE TELL YOU…HIS WHAT HE CALL YOU? BRUTALS? CHOSEN ONES? STEVE SMITH CHOSE MANY ONES… FOR BRUTAL RAPE!
It’s been a long week chez Candy, so SP and I decided that Zinfandel from Mendocino (one of the most interesting wine regions in California) would be an appropriate finish. I’m paying for that this morning. But with great power comes great responsibility, so I’m gritting my teeth against the clicking of the keyboard (goddamn, can’t I silence this damn thing?) and actually trying to put up a few interesting stories for you wonderful top-hatted folks to ignore.
Iceberg Panic is in fashion this week. I am amused and not at all surprised that CNN chose as a writer someone they describe as “a columnist for CNN who focuses on climate change and social justice.”
And a personal music indulgence- a song from my teen years that not only still speaks to me, but also has maybe the best bass line of any rock song I’ve ever heard (with the possible exception of the Beatles’s Hey Bulldog).
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ READIES FOR RACING. A PIT CREW OF BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS IS READY, AND ZARDOZ HAS THRICE CHECKED HIS GRAVITRONIC DRIVE.
“Why are we holding tires?” “Does anyone know if Zardoz uses fuel?”
BUT THE CHOSEN ONES NEED NOT FEAR. ZARDOZ STILL FOUND TIME TO PROVIDE LINKS.
RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE LINK!
ZARDOZ DOES NOT UNDERSTAND “HIRING“? DO YOU NOT SIMPLY HAVE BRUTALS ENSLAVED BY ENFORCERS?
IF THIS BRUTAL IS BORED WITH WORK – ZARDOZ COULD USE HIM TO ARRANGE GRAIN SHIPMENT SCHEDULE.
ZARDOZ SUSPECTS INVOLVEMENT OF ROMANIAN BRUTAL KNOWN AS PIEINTHESKY.
BOVINES VERSUS BRUTALS – ZARDOZ IS ROOTING FOR BOVINES….NO OFFENSE TO HIS CHOSEN ONES.
Yeah, I don’t have a whole lot to cover this week either. I still haven’t gotten to try my new gun (although with any luck I will have by the time you read this) so I can’t talk much about that, and nothing particularly noteworthy has popped up this week that I can devote a whole topic to, so I’ll be doing more firearms links. At least these one’s are actually worth talking about.
Okay, which one of you idea stealing fuckers set this website up? I thought we had a deal!
better than the last time there were German rifles walking around Paris.
I want to talk quickly about a serious topic for a bit. There have been some high profile cases lately in which police officers have shot suspects under less than justifiable conditions and ended up found not guilty after a trial. The two that most readily spring to mind are Philandro Castile and Terrence Crutcher. My personal opinion is that both of these shooting were not justifiable, and while they may not constitute outright murder I would not hesitate to label these as involuntary manslaughter. The thread tying these two cases together is that both of the victims were either high or at least regular drug users (Crutcher tested positive for PCP while Castile tested positive for THC). A very disturbing trend I have noticed on my gun blogs (which in general run on the conservative side) are that these people somehow deserved their fate because they were drug users and therefore criminals. I get very bent out of shape when I hear people suggest that using drugs somehow justifies being murdered by a police officer because you violated a minor traffic law. It’s particularly maddening when very pro gun people, nearly all of whom carry a concealed handgun everyday, justify Castile’s shooting on the basis of ‘well he’s a drug user then by definition he’s not a legal concealed license holder’. And yes I have heard these actual arguments out of gun owners. It’s really put me off from the usual gun blogs as of late. I don’t have an answer to these problems, but it really sobers you up on the reality of traditional conservatives opening up their views on drug decriminalization.
Wimbledon mens semifinals today. Go Sam Querry! Ladies played yesterday and Venus beat that limey girl to make it to the finals. USA! USA! I hope she wins and does her usual classy interview. And I hope her smarmy, jerk of a sister takes notes. The dude I assumed was a lock to win the bike race seems to have lost his lead. I’m sure a few of you will clue us in on what’s gonna happen from here on out, because I’m not really paying attention.
Tebow Time!
Baseball, which I thought was back last night, is actually back today. Well, the minor leaguers are still playing but I doubt anybody wants to hear about the exploits of Tim Tebow. Nope. We’re all waiting for the face-off between the Minnesodans and the mighty Houston Astros. Series starts tonight, which means if Houston doesn’t do well, I only have to mention it once in Monday’s links. We shall see. Of course, the dicks over at ESPN will probably have the Yankees-Red Sox series on wall to wall coverage instead, so find the MLB Network on your tv.
No more sports (mostly). Time for…the links!
OK, a little more sports. I hate the team, but I gotta applaud the coach for this level of trolling. Also, Vice have completely turned into a bunch of pussies.
Ladies enjoying National French Fry Day at St Arnold Brewery
Yesterday was National French Fry Day! Therefore one of the greatest breweries in the world threw a party. Seriously, if none of you have had the pleasure of drinking some St Arnold beers, you’re really missing out. Their beers range from outstanding to ohmyfuckinggodittasteslikejesushimselfpissedinmymouth delicious. Which reminds me: I’ll probably try to schedule the Houston meet up at the brewery during one of their events.
For the Tour de France fans. (Some of you might want to open this in a very small window or in the background if they’re at work. It might be NSFW!)
That’s it for me. By the way, I shot a 76 at the Shell Houston Open course yesterday. From the member tees, not the tips. Played out of my mind, but its noticeable when you play a course like that because the greens are always so receptive and hold shots most local tracks won’t hold. Let’s see if I can repeat the feat at my home course today, as I have a small money match with Judge Smalls and Dr Beeper today at noon.
Since your normal (hahahaha!) purveyor of Afternoon Links Of Amusement is once again slacking off, I have generously volunteered to sling some links at you. See if you can guess the theme!
Here is another good reason to be like me and avoid the product in question.
And this is why we can’t have nice things. Or at least why Europeans can’t.
One-two punch out at Wimbledon yesterday. Looks like I was wrong about Sam Querrey vs Andy Murray. And Joker had an injury and was forced to retire. So its Fed’s to lose now. On the ladies side, Venus marches into the semifinals today, where she has to be the favorite to win it all now, although the locals will likely be cheering for her opponent.
Guys are riding bikes through France toward an inevitable win for Froome. There USAMNT (soccer for those of you who don’t know or care) beat an island with the population of Sugar Land, TX by one measly goal last night and our very own Brett L was there to bask in the glory mediocrity. And ESPN let Mr Potato Head host an awards show that I didn’t even bother to watch, because…meh.
Thank the good lord that baseball is back today, otherwise I would probably just give up on the intro tomorrow and just head straight into…the links!
Loretta Lynch needs to take another oath
The Natalia Veselnitskaya situation gets weirder and weirder. I’m sure lots of people got special permission from Loretta Lynch herself to enter the country and then weren’t asked to leave for at least six months after their purpose for being here had expired, though. Right? RIGHT?!?!
Talos Energy strikes (black) gold! Let’s see how this works out once the Mexican government gets involved and all but fucks up the wealth her people should enjoy from it.
And finally, the meme war is over. The ultimate battle was a slaughter. Seriously, I can’t stop watching. I had it on loop for a half an hour last night and I was literally crying. It was the most glorious piece of editing I’ve ever seen. Now if we can just get POTUS to retweet it (yes, its twitter, but even if you aren’t a user, you still need to click through this, trust me), the MSM will literally shit themselves. So, you know, I’m praying he does.
Happy Wednesday. It feels like Friday since I worked all weekend. But nope. Anyhow, I’m going to see the American National Communist Football Club take on some tiny island nation with my brother tonight. ‘Murca! Fuck yeah! Let’s hope Arenas’s management doesn’t screw this up.
Sauce for the gander. Lawmakers cite Russian collusion in Greens’ attempt to block fracking. The thing about treating every political struggle like a war is that your ‘enemy’ may use the same tactics.
Iceberg the size of Wales falls into ocean. I am interested to see how fast a 1250 km^3 ice cube melts. Some might blame global warming.
Well the American League won the All Star Game. And Aaron Judge didn’t hit a ball all the way to Coral Gables, much to the fans’ dismay. That Froome guy is still leading the bike race. And the Joker/Agassi experiment seems to be working. Oh, and Venus Williams made it to the semifinals of Wimbledon for the thirty-eighth time. Ok, that is probably an exaggeration, but Jesus, how old is she? She will face limey Johanna Konta in the semifinals, in what will probably be the only match where the locals aren’t overwhelmingly pulling for her. The men Play their quarterfinals today as well, and America’s hopes sit on the shoulders of Sam Querry. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
That’s all I’ve got for sports unless you guys want to talk about the circus of a pre-fight promo tour where one guy mocks the tax problems of the other guy…who pulls out $100,000,000 checks and mocks him back for never seeing a big payday. I have a feeling the fight won’t be nearly as energetic as the buildup for the former once he gets clocked. But I’ve been wrong before.
Anyway, I want to play golf today, but I probably won’t get a chance. Its been raining off and on for a few days now and its coming around again. So expect me to sit here and stalk all day. Especially in…the links!
Natalia Veselnitskaya
So Natalia Veselnitskaya says she never gave intel info to Trump Jr. In fact, she says she has no idea where that part of the story came from. Meanwhile, Don Jr. goes full Fredo-mode and releases emails that show he was trying to do big things, great things, yuuuuge things for the campaign by finding dirt on his dad’s opponent. Jesus, Fredo Donny, just keep Mo Green and the other investors out of the family’s way and stop trying to get too involved, capice?
I don’t quite understand the headline here. By “test,” do they mean “utilizes university policy as intended” or does it mean “enrages violent assholes that seem to have all the influence”? Either way, I’m going long on bike locks for the upcoming school year. I have a feeling there’ll be plenty of them swinging around.
A weird-ass immigration story. I don’t particularly care for his defense. It would be better if, you know, people looked at the absurdity of drug laws.
