Greetings from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where SP and I are, in the great tradition of 4th of July weekend, fighting the traveling hordes in Winnebagos and Airstreams. There’s some sort of baseball tournament happening here, and our hotel is packed with hyperactive 11-13 year old boys. They had a farting contest on the elevator, which was fitting punctuation. But Links must go on, travel or no travel.
This was inevitable, wasn’t it? I keep wondering how to say “schadenfreude” in Yiddish.
OK, I’m not a fan of bubble-gum punk, but I have to admit that I now love this guy. Best. Apology. Ever.
And in the holiday weekend theme… as we drove past a fireworks stand set up outside of a church, SP demonstrated yet another one of her considerable skills- she’s a walking encyclopedia of music. This song was inevitable. And brilliant.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. ZARDOZ HAS HAD A GOOD WEEK. GOOD, HONEST GRAIN HAULING AND COUNTRY MUSIC.
ZARDOZ LIKES IOWA SO FAR
IF ZARDOZ STILL AROUND FORT DODGE AREA AROUND HARVEST TIME, HE WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT A POINT TO SEE LOCASH. ZARDOZ NOT CONCERNED WITH WHAT BRUTALS HE WORKS WITH SAY ABOUT FORT DODGE – ZARDOZ BELIEVES THEY ARE SIMPLY BRUTAL H8ERS, AS ARE MANY FROM FROM WATERLOO. HOW DO CHOSEN ONES LIKE ZARDOZ’S SICK IOWA BURN?
REGARDLESS, HERE ARE LINKS FOR HIS CHOSEN ONES, WHOM ZARDOZ LOVES A BUSHEL AND A PECK. AND A HUG AROUND THE NECK.
GERMAN BRUTALS AND TEXAS BRUTALS TAKE DIFFERENT POSITION ON SAME ISSUE
BRUTAL ROB LOWE CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN “WOOD APE” IN OZARKS. ZARDOZ’S FRIEND STEVE SMITH DENIES RAPING ROB LOWE IN WILD, BUT HAS FAMILY OUT THAT WAY.
Brett has today off, so I’m going to keep this very short and oh so sweet. I have beef to cook and beer to drink. Happy early 4th, my fellow Americans. -PM
I've never seen anything like this : Each floor of the NYT newsroom is full of folks walking out in solidarity against the coming layoffs pic.twitter.com/6AgPDa8hKv
The Astros won a day game. The Twins lost to the Sawks. The Dodgers won and a Yankee blew out his patellar tendon in his debut…plus the pinstripes lost. Not much else happened as far as actual games yesterday. The Wimbledon draw is set and Federer is the #1 seed and faces a tough slate if he is to win.
In basketball news, expect there to be an NCAA investigation into Kentucky basketball soon. No other explanation exists for Calipari asking the Knicks if they’d like him to come coach them. And Carmelo Anthony would like to become a Cavalier. But I doubt Cleveland wants to deliberately catch cancer, so I can’t see them wanting him.
Football is coming soon enough, thank God. Until then, I’m gonna struggle to bring you sports in advance of…the links!
Happy Thursday. I get to call it a week after tonight. I’ll be driving across NW Florida for seemingly half of the 5 day weekend. Sadly, we have some family up there we need to visit, because they may not be around to visit by the holidays. On the other hand, I get to spend Monday and Tuesday on a giant beach that will be mostly empty, getting drunk and trying not to get killed by Florida Man’s fireworks displays. Anyhow, here’s the links.
Goddam. Do NOT mess with pregnant women. Dude is lucky he didn’t get that thing parked on his head.
Pigs run amok near Dallas. Just another day for the worst metro area in Texas.
17 year old male shot in dispute. Trans groups stampede to stand on the body and claim victimhood for, by the account given, had nothing to do with transgenderism and everything to do with young people with Y chromosomes being idiots.
NASA joins science denierists, claims coming solar minimum may decrease temperatures. Ha! Just kidding. Despite having a 400 year record of correlation between European temperatures and solar activity, that part isn’t mentioned once.
The Astros won the home run derby last night. God, it was brutal to watch those guys throwing meatballs up there. But a win is a win. Hey, speaking of wins, the Twins won too (see, I pay attention!). But there were bigger things happening in the sports world. Like Tim Tebow going yard on his first day after moving up to high-A ball. An umpire did something good for a change. And the Rockets signed CP3 in what many pundits are calling a serious move against the Warriors for control of the west. I think its a bit premature to call it anything but shoring up an inadequate backcourt partner for Harden, but I’ll let the talking heads go apeshit like they always do with a big signing like this.
That’s really it. You guys will be getting (teaser alert!) a foreign sports ball update in a bit, so I won’t dive into anything else. Which brings us to…the links!
Susan Rice
Poor Susan Rice. If it weren’t for racism and sexism, she’d have nothing to worry about. Well, nothing except for the crimes she’s potentially committed by unlawfully getting the names of American citizens swept up in so-called terrorism investigations and leaking them all over the place in an attempt to smear political opponents in an attempt to influence elections. Poor gal. I hope she’s able to make it through the klan rally intelligence committee hearing without incident.
New York Times editors don’t like getting laid off. I guess they don’t understand how markets work…which would explain the overwhelming majority of their financial and economy pieces for the last decade or so.
The US — being less unfree than many places — is experiencing a secondary petrochemical boom (except for the petroleum coke Sloopy needs, apparently) from fracking due to free(r) ability to take risks and make money. If only there were some political philosophy that recognized this ability for people to take more risk for higher reward without the government distorting either the risk or the reward, and the relative benefits that might accrue to such a society.
One of those more unfree places is Venezuela, where their police apparently have the same average marksmanship as the US. A helicopter strafed the Supreme Court and lobbed grenades, causing no casualties. However, the apparent ringleader is attractive, if not effective, so look for rising support for anti-Maduro factions.
Glad I didn’t stay in my first IT job today. My former employer is on the affected list. I was there for the Slammer SQL worm. That sucked.
Fifty percent of nothin… carry the nothin… I’m coming up with… nothin. Large percentages of small numbers are still small numbers. Being able to do math might make me a science denier.
I love this guy. You just know he has mullet pics. And would probably be a better representative than Paul Ryan.
It looks like SMOD might be able to save us, but not until 2029. And by save, I mean mercifully destroy.
Well the Florida Gators won the CWS. The Astros lost. John McEnroe keeps giving honest answers which keeps pissing off SJWs that can’t handle reality and the Knicks are finally done paying Phil Jackson to troll them. That’s pretty much it for sports. Damn, that’s one thing about summer that sucks.
But there are plenty of you Glibs that hate sports anyway, so you’re probably giddy that I will be forced to jump more quickly into…the links!
The New York Transit Authority just gets worse and worse at their job.
Gee, um, we’re really sorry we lied to you. Its a good explanation how the old kids game of “telephone” gets played in the news game and how it results in so much bullshit being printed that you could fill Yankee Stadium with it (which isn’t a bad idea).
Hopefully, by the time you read this, I will have A/C again. Or a plan for A/C. Otherwise, I’m going to be sitting in a kiddie pool full of ice wearing my Florida Man birthday suit, cooling my taint.
Damn. I guess I’d better “lose” my chainsaw. I’m sure “common sense” chainsaw regulation is coming.
In lieu of flowers, send donations to the Nats Bullpen Fund. I guess they should show up as pallbearers so they can let him down one more time.
I’ll be driving by the sacred site where this happened in Apalachicola, FL on Friday
My entry for worst journalism of the week award. I am completely unable to follow the narrative.
I’d pick somewhere else than an arsenal to get shooty. But Alabama isn’t really known for its education system.
State of California — active science denier. There is good evidence that glyphosate does not cause cancer. In fact, there appears to be active scientific fraud perpetuating the myth. But hey, fuck Monsanto, right? At least this ruling probably won’t sentence tens of thousands of the world’s poorest children to die horribly like DDT myths did.
I wore just the skirt today. Working from home means I make my own dress code.
Florida took game 1 in the CWS championship series. But the real winners were in the stands. Russell Westbrook won the NBA’s MVP award after being the first player since Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double. And it seems like every single one of the popular baseball teams on here, or perhaps its the teams of the most vocal fans, lost last night. Fortunately the Astros didn’t play and the Dodgers lost after reeling ten in a row off, which means the longest streak of the year will remain in Houston. Firstros back at home tonight against the Athletics where they hope to maintain their torrid pace coming into the All-Star break.
Serena Williams being classy
Oh, yeah. And I need to make sure I mention that Serena replied to John McEnroe’s interview answers. I could have called this a mile away. She could have easily just reiterated her comments from some years back. But she decided to accuse him of invading her privacy, even though he was merely answering a question and then a follow-up question. Furthermore, she did so on twitter…where she’d posted a dozen things in the last week alone. You know, because she wants her privacy. Christ, what an asshole. I only hope McEnroe replies with a little more science-based commentary and puts her where she belongs.
Anyhow, I’m sure you didn’t come here for sports, although sometimes those are the best people we can cover on a given day. Let’s see what kind of people we can talk about in…the links.
Fake news story claims three CNN employees. Plus, none of their chicks have nice legs and wear short skirts every day. So as far as I’m concerned, they’re no longer a legitimate source of information. Brian Williams was not available for comment.
Bernie Sanders is starting to feel the heat. I guess that’s to be expected when you and your wife are accused of using your office to influence a private business and bank fraud, respectively.
Greetings from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where SP and I are, in the great tradition of 4th of July weekend, fighting the traveling hordes in Winnebagos and Airstreams. There’s some sort of baseball tournament happening here, and our hotel is packed with hyperactive 11-13 year old boys. They had a farting contest on the elevator, which was fitting punctuation. But Links must go on, travel or no travel.
