Category: Daily Links

  • Boker Shabbat Links

    A bucket for Monsieur
    Food should signal virtue

    One of my insufferable Facebook friends posted about a social-signal dinner he flew over to Paris to attend, the theme of which was dishes from countries on Trump’s “banned” list. Because: “This is what people in decent, kind, intelligent countries do. Thus: not ours.” We certainly have work to do before we reach this level of kindness. And what France needs is common sense hammer control regulation.

    The concept of moksha is characteristic of Hinduism, and may be attained in many ways. This may not be one of them.

    Missing children numbers in DC have been declining, so we need to Do Something. Break out the milk cartons! The government is on the job!

    Nuggets of Death
    I want these right now!

    Folks who don’t live around here are likely unaware of the wonderful, junky deliciousness that is Wisconsin Cheese Curds. I’ll put in a plug for the ones from Culver’s, which are approximately 153,000 calories per serving, and absolutely irresistible. But besides imminent heart attack and stroke, they carry their own particular brand of insidious danger. (Warning: autoplay)

    Not actually OMWC and SP's closet
    Nice rack!

    Every once in a while- rarely, but not “never”- something positive for liberty happens. And this time, it happened in one of those flyover states. This is a state that our local Hate Radio guy ranted shouldn’t exist. And he was being serious. I can’t decide which is my guiltier pleasure, Culver’s cheese curds or Hate Radio. Anyway, celebrate this in an appropriate way, like randomly firing guns in the air.

     

  • ZARDOZ FRIDAY NIGHT LINKS

    ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. HAVING PLEASED ZARDOZ, HE GIVES YOU LINKS TO ENJOY THIS NIGHT. GO FORTH AND SNARK!

    • PORTLY BRUTAL CALLS FOR KILLING. WHY ARE CANADIAN BRUTALS UPSET? ZARDOZ HAS OFTEN CALLED FOR GOING FOR AND KILLING…
    • FAMOUS BRUTAL PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE PILOT ANYMORE.
    • GERMAN BRUTAL MUSES ABOUT CITY JERRYS ONCE TRIED TO DESTROY.
    • PRIMATES SAVE BRUTAL.
    • HOODED BRUTAL BELIEVES IN GOING FORTH AND KILLING …FRENCH BRUTALS
    The links....they have bullet points!
    I see…links!
  • Friday Afternoon Links

    Back to little old me, for links.  We simply cannot count on the awesome presence of ZARDOZ every day, you know. With that in mind, have some Links before Happy Hour (assuming you are in a civilized time zone, i.e. Central)

    • A follow up on the STEVE SMITHED bull fighter.
    • Borderline NSFW Daily Fail for those that like the wimminz. [UPDATE: previously revealed (heh heh) by Just Say’n]
    • Slim pickings at the Daily Fail, for those like the menz, so look at this Scottish rugby player.
    • Say, a few years back, I remember hearing something similar to this. Live Hilarity Updates here. And down for the (short term) count?
    • Um, wut?

    Right then. Promptly ignore these and talk among yourselves!

    THAT WHICH IS IGNORED!
    Got Lynx?

     

  • Friday Morning Links

    Friday is here.  But to basketball fans, the weekend started last night.  Three fantastic games and one blowout.  Poor Purdue, they just didn’t show up in the second half.  But on the bright side, Michigan lost (few things could make me happier), and Arizona lost (few things could make Banjos happier) to Xavier (my old hometown team representing).  And I’ll admit, I’d have liked to have seen WVU beat Gonzaga, but the refs managed to completely take them out of their game by alternately calling every touch foul for 5 minutes and then letting them play a rugby match for five minutes.  Totally schizophrenic officiating.  Oh yeah, and Duke doesn’t play again until November.

    Alas, this isn’t a sports website, so I need to get my focus back and get down to business.  So here we go…

    Senator Schumer.

    President Trump has given congress an ultimatum: either pass the proposed Obamacare replacement this week or leave the ACA in place.  I guess he’s unaware that there are grave concerns from House and Senate members in his own party that the replacement doesn’t solve some of the structural problems related to the terrible law and that it doesn’t sit well with people that wanted a better bill.

    Next week’s House Intelligence Committee meeting ought to be interesting if this turns out to be true.  And by “interesting,” I mean people ought to be walking out of there with subpoenas if what that story alleges is true.  Lots and lots of subpoenas.

     

    Coming soon to a ballpaak neah you.

    Senator Moobs threatens filibuster on Gorsuch, which will pretty much mean the nuclear option if most other Democrats stay in line.

    According to the LA Times, whites without college degrees are driving up the death rate.  Silly me, I assumed the death rate was 100% eventually.

    Keep your flappy-headed monstrous ideas north of the border!  ::looks at photo:: On second thought, where can I find that in my neighborhood?

    For Banjos

  • Thursday Afternoon Links

    ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. LINKS NOW, SPECIAL ARTICLE ALL BRUTALS MUST READ LATER.

    ZARDOZ REMINDS BRUTAL COMMENTERS TO REMAIN CIVIL, OR BE CLEANSED.

    • ZARDOZ LAUGHS AT FUTILE GESTURE OF BRUTAL WITH MOOBS.
    • DRUGGZ?
    • ZARDOZ LAUGHS AT FUTILE REQUEST OF UN.
    • ZARDOZ CAN’T EVEN.
    "Your comment is in 'moderation'. Please wait to be cleansed."
    BRUTAL ENFORCERS REPORT TO LINKS COMMENTS.
  • Thursday Morning Links

    Basketball is back today!  And Duke is still out of the tournament, which should be cause for celebration to any decent human being.  Anyway, here are your links for the day (or the patties for people like Ted S, because we strive to give you what you want)…

    Islamist asshole responsible for London terrorist attack.

    Some puzzle pieces are being put together in London after the terrorist attack yesterday.  Several arrests have been made in connection with the English-born man of middle eastern descent. Radical Islamism is his motive, though no connection to a particular group has been established at this point.

    Devin Nunes, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, is giving some credence to President Trump’s claims that he was “wiretapped”.  Democrats accuse him of playing politics because he told the White House before he told them.  I guess they wanted their talking points in order before the tweets started going out.

    Clean and sober.

    Ben Domenech argues that the real threat to free speech is corporate.

    Woody Harrelson has given up the demon weed after 30+ years.

    Chicago leads population loss in American cities.  Windy City sees population decline for second year in a row.  (Sorry, Detroit. I know you tried.)

    U.S.A.!!! U.S.A.!!! U.S.A.!!!  Take that, Puerto Rico.  Which is actually part of the U.S.A.  But whatever, you got pasted last night.

    Well, I hope these links got you feeling’ alright.  They did the trick for me.

  • Wednesday Afternoon Links

    OK you lot, Afternoon links for ya. Even a bit early. Try to read a couple before going OT and posting a dozen of your own, yes?… What is that?  I am being overly sensitive?!  ME?!!! WHY I …

    *storms out wiping away tears of rage*

     

    • Due to a completely random car attack, Westminster Bridge saw dozens of casualties, then it got a bit stabby/shooty outside Parliament… probably the IRA.
    • How did Florida Man get his python a work permit in Dresden, Germany?
    • Chicago contemplates going NYC.
    • Some Daily Fail cheesecake for those who likes the wimmins.
    • Daily Fail for those that might like Orlando Bloom.
    • Germany sez “want monies, be nice” Turkey sez “send monies or we release the Bashi-bazuks”. Oh, and some bonus Erdogan-derp.

     

    Libertarian-style
    A Libertarian Rage Quit
  • Wednesday Morning Links

    Good morning, friends.  Getting antsy about the basketball tournament getting back underway?  You’re only one day away.  And yes, Duke is still eliminated…thanks to those trans-hating bigots in the North Carolina legislature. Or something like that.  Either way, the important thing is, they’ll be watching the last last 15 games, same as you and me.  And that’s reason to rejoice.

    You think you got the votes?

    But I digress.  I have a reason to be here.  And that reason is to provide you with fodder for conversation.  And a pretty little forum to do your thing.  Enjoy.

    Rand Paul says the Obamacare “repeal” bill doesn’t have the votes. He’s predicting that his party will pull the bill and start over.  Hopefully they do and use his bill as a template.

    More details coming out about the two illegal aliens that allegedly raped a 14 year old girl in the bathroom of a high school they all attend.  The 18 and 17 year old freshmen from Guatemala and El Salvador both have outstanding immigration orders against them and at least one was stopped in Texas seven months ago after he entered the country.  Sound like Dreamers to you?  17 and 18 year old freshmen.  Needless to say, there are a lot of people in deep blue Montgomery County right now that are rethinking things.

    Hollywood continues their tradition of having no original ideas.

    Are we all less safe when a politician lies*?  Susan Rice wants you to think so. Of course, our intelligence community nor the Brit’s version has ever told a lie, so when they refuted the “wires tapped” claim by Donald Trump, we can surely take them at their word.

    One of the most schizophrenic and exciting games I can remember is being made into a movie.  Let’s hope they keep Michael Bay out of it.

    The Panama Canal for norsemen.  As Brett L said elsewhere about it: “this would be badass if privately funded.”

    Maine Man (although he is actually China Man?, Chinaman?): the Florida Man of the northeast.

    Yes, there will be a music link as usual.

    Susan Rice has a short memory. But her old boss had a loooooong nose.

    *”Lies” apparently doesn’t include things such as: “if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor”, “I didn’t call the Islamic State the JV team”, “Let me say this as plainly as I can, on August 31, 2010 our combat mission in Iraq will end”, “we have not had a major scandal in my administration”, “Over the past eight years, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed an attack on our homeland that was directed from overseas”, and “90% of the budget deficit is due to George W Bush’s policies”.  And a bunch of other ones I’m sure you can repeat in the comments.

  • Tuesday Afternoon Links

    Happy Tuesday Links. I’m busier than a shredder in an EPA office. You’ll have to entertain yourselves today.

    • Interesting, US GHG emissions in 2016 fell to 1992 levels while “green” Germany’s emissions were increasing. Its almost like the fewer government mandates on power generation you have (and the US still has a lot) the faster you can respond to cleaner technology coming online. Please ignore the ridiculously jingoist last sentence of the article that “Washington” is doing anything good for this.
    • Remember, gender is a construct, but having a testosterone factory in your body until you’re 30 being the best way to get strong is fucking science. Transgender athlete wins women’s weightlifting competition.
    • Hmm. This looks like one of those specific, actionable intelligence things. Or else the TSA is suddenly trying to look useful during budgeting time. Or it could just be rumo(u)r and innuendo.
    • As if I didn’t hate the idealized Hipster Millenial enough. Real men follow the George McFly school of “bird” watching.
    • Autoplay at the link, but finding the real Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLouche is worth it for me.
    • More evidence that my favorite example of “settled science” isn’t. To be very clear, Relativity explains everything we could experience at the time of its formation perfectly, but the Dark Matter asterisk seems to be developing more problems. A cautionary tale to why no theory should ever be considered safe from testing.

    And I’ve been listening to this today. Mostly because its off a damn good album from a completely unexpected source. Another unexpected curveball from the same source

  • Tuesday Morning Links

    Judge Andrew Napolitano

    Oh what a crazy world we live in. The Gorsuch and Comey hearings at the same time, with virtually nothing of consequence happening in one (Gorsuch) and a whole lot of consequential things possibly happening in the other (Comey) but both overwhelmed by partisan grandstanding and the reporting varying wildly from network to network.

    One thing is for sure though.  It has, temporarily at least, cost Andrew Napolitano his job.  Because conjecture and unverified sourcing of stories has no place on network or cable news today. And because “wiretap” means physically installing a bug on one’s desk phone.  Come on, Fox.  Have some balls and have the back of the guy that ends up being proven right every time he opens his mouth.

    Canadian immigration policy.

    What a bunch of racist bigots. Almost half of the people in a recent poll want illegal immigrants rounded up and deported. Most of those are concerned the illegals will make the nation less safe.  Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the poll was taken in Canada.

    Remember when confirmation hearings were about the person nominated and their qualifications for office? Apparently those days are gone for good.  Also, how does someone have a “contempt for our democracy” when they won fairly within the rules established? Wouldn’t the people calling the president illegitimate the ones with contempt for our democratic system?  (Bonus link on the same topic. Because doing one’s job and confirming an eminently qualified person to the Supreme Court that not a single sitting Dem Senator voted against last time around is “rolling over”.)

    Proof for the first dollar of the California Republic.

    Has the bell tolled for the California high speed rail project? Based on the 10 year funding plan going tits up, it very well may have.

    Just go away, Dukies!  The world already hated you enough.  But they’ll probably be hating you even more after some of your fans blamed your early tournament exit on the North Carolina bathroom law.  Seriously, just crawl back into your hole in Durham and let the rest of us enjoy the tournament without having to see your rat-faced coach berate officials all game and hear the commentators metaphorically cream in their pants every time your team takes the court.

    Is this not what you expected when you gave a freeloader 26,000 GBP to get off the dole?  Because if its not, then you’re an idiot.

    From the same source as the last link (because its just too bizarre not to also give you), looks like not all of those Japanese anime sexual genres are so far-fetched now, does it?

    Wrap it up. These links are done….