Category: Daily Links

Thursday.  Not only Thursday, but the least productive Thursday of the year.  Good luck if you’re participating in a basketball pool.  (I promised not to plug ours again here.)  Now let’s get down to business.

• OK, everybody in the US Senate, if you trust Rand Paul not to be a stooge of the Russians, raise your hand.  1, 2, 3…97, 98, 99.  That leaves you, John McCain.  You crazy old bastard, eat a Snickers bar.
• Women and minorities are buying guns in record numbers.  Reasons vary, but its still good news when more people are discovering that the Second Amendment is there to protect them from their government.

  

• The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates a quarter of a percent, as expected, with the economy heating up.
• California residents are flocking to Texas to escape the lousy job market and skyrocketing cost of living.  Note to people making the journey: don’t bring your retarded-ass big-government ideas with you, ok?  We don’t need them.
• Provo, Utah residents assumed it was family issues that caused the police chief to quit. Turns out it was something a little more serious.  And based on the reasons his predecessors left, I’m thinking there might be a systemic problem there.
• Just read the article and stay away from the comments. Those people have no shame. Which reminds me, we need to invite them here.

  

• This is for Mad Scientist.  As he’s going up the country for a ski trip.

Happy Pi Day to all my fellow nerdgineers and other mathists. Remember to hug a math-cripple, or “mathically-challenged” friend or family member and tell them its okay that they will never be a whole person. Today we shall review the case of the attempt to legislate Pi. Which is, I know you will find this hard to believe, even crazier than a bunch of innumerate legislative Hoosier Canutes.

• It’s becoming pretty obvious that the Hat and the Hair are for molesting fewer Americans with the regulatory state, while also being terrible on murder-droning and perhaps actual molestation by government agencies in pursuit of law’norder.
• Oh wow, and a late-breaking Executive Order mandating every agency present a reorganization plan to the OMB within 180 days. Do note that they will be accepting public comments and suggestions. Not sure if “Kill it with Fire” will be construed as a suggestion or threat.
• Not sure whether to give Rep. Gutierrez a prize or a raspberry for getting himself arrested by theatrically refusing to leave an ICE office. Yeah, buddy. You’re the modern Thomas Becket, speaking truth to the King’s Men.
• It looks like the Trump model has gone international — with French candidate Marine Le Pen telling a reporter that nobody trusts the media. Like they boy who cried ‘wolf’, we may live to regret how cheaply they sold their credibility — will they?
• Roseville, MN bans sale of cats and dogs at pet stores. Local Asian butcher shops have promised to fill the gap.
• Without the government, who would help the poor and mentally ill?
• …And, it looks like I will not be taking in the new version of It. I scream like I’m related to Janet Leigh at these sorts of things. It embarrasses my wife.

You people in the northeast still with us?  Did you survive the snowpocalypse?  Let’s hope so. Now let’s get down to business…

Remember the great things I had to say yesterday about the budget?  Well, one surefire way to lose all that good feeling from libertarians is to do this.  Come on, Trump.  Don’t go down that road.

I do want to point out the ironic stupidity that is the WaPo’s first paragraph. Read it below and stand, mouth agape, marveling at its simplistic, revisionist retardation. (emphasis mine)

In his final months in office, President Barack Obama sought to lock in a structure and set of rules governing targeted killings and drone strikes so that the in­cred­ibly lethal tool would not be abused by his successors.

What the shit?  Abused like, oh I don’t know, killing American citizens not even charged with a crime? Or their teenage kids? Or killing more civilians than your predecessor did? Or killing more people in more jerkwater shitholes lacking the means to cause America any harm whatsoever than can be counted?  Keep licking those boots, WaPo. That’s gonna continue building your well-deserved reputation of being a myopic shill for Team Blue.

::deep breath::  Moving on…

If Scotland are gonna leave Britain, they’re gonna have to wait until Brexit is complete before they get a chance to vote on it.

Is Europe about to spiral out of control?  We can only pray that she does.

Just in case you weren’t aware that California government can be stupid as shit and caters to their pubsec union overlords, then read about their latest hare-brained scheme.

I almost hope UCLA makes it far in the tourney (don’t forget to sign up for the bracket challenge, dammit!), just so we can spend more time with Lonzo Ball’s dad.  Dude is off the chain!

Looks like Florida Man will have to pleasure himself at home today rather than the bank.  The CDC is telling people not to donate their baby batter in three counties due to Zika.

That’s all I’ve got.  Except for libertarian music! (Not that anybody ever comments on the music I post anyway.)

Happy Time Change Monday. It may have sucked for you, but my kids slept past 6:00am for about the first time since DST ended. I hope your day has been “productive” for whatever that means to you and your employer.

• Don’t forget that any logos for the logo contest are due tomorrow. Send them to submit@glibertarians.com. We’ve got some good ones, but yours could be the great one.
• The way this whole Russia thing has been handled leaves me confused as to which is the Stupid Party. Let’s just go with the party that mistakes fundraising for votes.
• Following on Sloopy’s excellent news about Trump’s plan to slash the Federal employment rolls, a primer on how Scott Pruitt could gut the EPA’s climate change regulations. RC Dean, please send a copy of your Iron Laws to Federal Regulatory agencies, they seem to be experiencing them painfully.
• Hints that Trump’s FDA approval policy may actually do something positive — Pharma Execs hate it. He may be a populist, but right now the popular wind Trump thinks he’s riding seems to be blowing against government regulation. He might end up the best accidental libertarian since Jimmy Carter. Or the worst since Wilson. Hard to tell.
• I really like this guy’s Banana Equivalent Dose for measuring panicky radioactivity reporting. For example, a single banana is 50,000 times more radioactive than the seawater “radiation” plume from Fukishima. This is an excellent place to start discussions with “just because we can measure it doesn’t mean its bad for us.”
• Jeff Bridges brings back The Dude for John Goodman’s Walk of Fame Star Unveiling.
• I was totally going to steal an image from this article, and then realized it was awesome. And that the image wasn’t licensed under Creative Commons. We try to be good web citizens even if we don’t necessarily believe in the concept of IP.
• Lastly, you’ve got just a few days to get in the Glibertarians Basketball Thingy (Password: Podesta)

Good morning!  Only, why is it so damn dark outside at this hour?  Oh, that’s right.  Some dickheads changed the time on us.  Well, that’s not gonna stop me from providing some sweet links for you to get your week started right.  At least I hope not.

• President Trump’s budget expected to seek largest reduction in federal workforce since end of WWII  Let me repeat that: THE LARGEST REDUCTION IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE SINCE THE END OF WWII.

The cuts Trump plans to propose this week are also expected to lead to layoffs among federal workers, changes that would be felt sharply in the Washington area. According to an economic analysis by Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, the reductions outlined so far by Trump’s advisers would reduce employment in the region by 1.8 percent and personal income by 3.5 percent, and lower home prices by 1.9 percent.

HALLELUJAH!

• Is the issue-oriented nonprofit about to get killed by disclosure requirements? Free speech advocates fear it might be.  Because, you know, nothing is worse than letting someone use their money to support a cause without the federal government knowing about it.
• Raise your hand if you’re as shocked as I am when you find out that the California Supreme Court is Republican-controlled, but will lose that control when the Pete Wilson-appointed Kathryn Werdegar retires in August.  Finally, the ceaseless, progress-killing GOP obstruction can end!  (No word yet on adoption of a hybrid Bear Flag with a Venezuelan color scheme.)
• Anheuser-Busch jumps on the GRRRRRL Power bandwagon.

“In our world, women have been important to us for a long time,” explained Selena Kalvaria, senior director for Lime-A-Rita. After all, women are statistically 51 percent of the population and according to surveys they make 85 percent of consumer purchasing decisions.

Whatever.  You dicks went political and dropped Bud Bowl for Amy Schumer and some story about a legal immigrant.  Besides, have you tried this stuff? It’s worse than Bartles & Jaymes.

• A couple of Charlotte area charter schools plan to set aside seats for poor minorities to achieve diversity that otherwise isn’t happening.
• Lastly, you’ve got just a few days to get in the Glibertarians Basketball Thingy (Password: Podesta). and the logo contest ends tomorrow at noon central.
• Peace Frog

Ah yes. Nothing better than waking up at 7:00 to that fresh smell of eggs and bacon.  Except, you know, its not 7 anymore, its 8.  Thanks, dickhead government.

Anyway, here we go…

I know you’re all excited for the field to be set today so you can participate in the Glibertarians NCAA Mens Basketball Bracket Challenge Contest. (Password: Podesta).  There will be prizes from your hosts for the winners and some losers, so get in there and play.  And speaking of contests, you need to hurry up and get your submissions in by noon on Tuesday for the Logo contest. We’ve had some really good stuff submitted. Remember: every serious entrant gets a free Glibertarians.com bumper sticker with the new logo!

Global Warming is cold as shit!

FBI foiling lots of terrorism plots. Of course, most of the ones they “foil” are of their own design. You know, just like libertarians have been saying for years and years.

New York Magazine could use a history lesson. A good starting point would be 8 years ago.  or 16. Or 24.

Florida Man takes “dey terk our jerbs” a bit too far. Also he replaced Messicans with Ay-rabs.

Since Spurs are playing today, I’ll play this song for you. It’s from the same area.

Have a wonderful day!