The dark night of fascism, still descending on America and landing on Europe.
Aldi is expanding in America. I’d be more excited, except the one near me is particularly haphazardly organized. Sometimes I feel like the $10 I saved is lost by having to toss the entire store.
Chances of SMOD coming to solve our problems: getting better!
Well, that’s over. The Penguins overcame a series of penalties in the third period, including an extended period where they were facing a 5 on 3 , and scored late on a fluke shot from behind the goal to beat the Nashville Predators in Game 6 and win the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive year. Of course, that fails to mention the official inexplicably whistling a play dead in the second period where the puck was sitting in the crease and a Nashville player was about to knock it in the goal to take the lead. Nashville fans were justifiably salty about that at the end of the game. But I guess it doesn’t matter. Adding insult to injury, Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP.
In soccer news, the US pretty much played defense all game except for a few off chances and an incredible goal from 45 yards away for Michael Bradley. It resulted in a 1-1 tie against Mexico on the road and sets them up in decent shape for the rest of the World Cup qualification, assuming Brad Guzan does more than be a statue when somebody puts a shot on goal from 20 yards out.
UPDATE: And in tennis, unseeded Jelena Ostapenko won the women’s French Open in a match that nobody seemed able to hold serve in. And Rafael Nadal absolutely demolished Stan Wawrinka on the men’s side. Happened so fast, I forgot to even mention it. Sorry, straffinrun.
Also, the Astros are on a bit of a slide. Something like losing 4 of the last 6 games. They better get it together with the Rangers coming to town otherwise their lead might shrink to 10.
Aaaaand that’s it for sports. Basketball is up tonight. My guess is it gets closed out and Draymond Green grabs someone in the nuts. And Steve Kerr will get a technical foul for it or something. Whatever, here are…the links!
Grandstanders gonna grandstand. I’m sure their intentions are pure. If you think this is deliberately partisan, you must be a fan of Drumphy McHitler.
Good morning, Glibs. Fire up the coffee pot and set yourself down. I have some fresh links here for ya.
Cuba no, Yanqui si? (spoiler alert “…and lack of running water there.”)
There is something very libertarian about this. Best part = “Prison authorities say they can’t do anything about what’s going on at the parking garage.”
So… this seems fun (in behavior, it seems very Glibertarian).
If this was one of you lot, we can install a tipjar, dontchaknow.
Enjoy, scorn, ignore – whatever you’d like to do on this Sunday morn.
STEVE SMITH WATCH ZARDOZ WITH DISMAY. STEVE SMITH WANT TO HELP. ALSO WANT TO RAPE. STEVE SMITH LIVE IN CAVE. ZARDOZ MOUTH LOOK LIKE CAVE. MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.
SO STEVE SMITH LET ZARDOZ STAY IN WOODS AND GET SOBER. IN MEANTIME, STEVE SMITH GIVE LINKS. AND RAPE.
STEVE SMITH NOT SYMPATHIZE WITH COSBY…HE USE DRUGS TO ALLEGEDLY RAPE. AMATEUR!
THIS DISHONORABLE RAPE. STEVE SMITH RIP MAN’S HEAD OFF AND USE FOR BEACH BALL, IF COULD REACH HIM.
Wow. You’d think we were running a fundraiser with all the content we’re throwing out today, but no. We can’t seem to get all our shit in one sock when it comes to raising money. Sloopy, beat the orphans harder. They forgot to remind us to get the tipjar set up again. On to the links
Kevin D Williamson has a first-class rant against right-wing stupidity in NR. I remember when that publication used to have these sorts of columns on the regular.
It is my contention that US O&G will do more for world freedom than any actual diplomacy we engage in in the 2010s. Sadly, it did not load from the terminal I worked on building.
Mens tennis semifinals just getting started so no news there yet. U-S-A! U-S-A! beat the Trinadadians (and the Toboggans) 2-0 in World Cup qualifying. And now…Mexico awaits. The NBA Finals might very well wrap up tonight. And Ohio State gets turned down by Creighton’s coach for the basketball job, which is fine by me. I think they need to offer the job to Bobby Knight for an interim year and do a more deliberate search than the one Gene Smith has inexplicably thrown on them. Either way, its not a good situation at the moment at the Schottenstein Center, but it’ll get better soon I hope.
And then onto Nashville-Pittsburgh. The Penguins took a serious chance sitting on the two field goal lead knowing that a Predators touchdown and extra point would have been dev…oh wait, wrong sport. They absolutely and without exception demolished Nashville. Which I expect the favor to be returned tomorrow night since home teams have dominated so far, one period in Pittsburgh notwithstanding.
Well the Buffett concert last night was quite a lot of fun. Will do again next year when he comes, I would imagine. And I highly recommend if he’s coming near any of you. I also recommend getting there around noon, cause those fuckers tailgate like its college gameday.
Winner Loser In Bail Hearing. Does that sentence make any sense at all? Can a winner be a loser? I’m not sure. But a Winner sure can sit in jail until her trial starts, according to a US magistrate judge.
Massacre at Pulse nightclub remembered by Kissimmee Pride group. I wish they’d honor the people killed by allowing individuals to defend themselves when psychopathic members of a death cult target groups for murder because they don’t adhere to the same belief system.
Happy Thursday. Someone on my Facebook wondered how Republican Senators can so hate America that they would try to keep the truth from coming out by having Jim Comey testify before a Senate Committee. Smart people type the dumbest things. I, also, hate America because well, look at the feckless pack of asshats that are selected as our leaders. What the fucking fuck? And for our 87% Canadian contingent, I don’t want to hear it. You guys are living out the Idiot Son stage, which puts you about 15 years behind us. Enjoy it.
The EU Central Bank will continue its stimulus plan — I guess because Mario Draghi is secretly a British Tory?
Which one of you perverts… oh wait, Mallorca. None of you can afford Mallorca. Subhed: Why American tabloids are inferior to British. The Brits would have social media pictures of the women looking cute. (Spanish girls, not Brits for those of you wondering about my use of “cute”)
