Boring Torah sedrah this week. Nothing remarkable in the Middle East (other than Palestinians driving like elderly Florida Jews). No prominent Member of the Tribe doing something stupid on a newsworthy level. My brain is fried from work and trying to get an actual paying article finished. SP vetoed my idea about Best Christian Baby recipes. So… I got nothin’.
If you want something serious, Eddie wrote a mini-book in Afternoon Links. Me, all I wanna do is have some fun. So before I start pounding alcoholic beverages with the estimable SP, I have some assorted pix to toss out, all stolen from various spots on the Web. Feel free to caption any of them if it strikes your fancy.
I would have thought this tasteless, but my dog actually has one of these outfits, a Hanukkah present from Grand Moff Serious Man.
Jeremiah Wright, call for you on Line 3.
This was a scene from my last visit out to see jesse, Playa, Los Doyers, and Mad Scientist. And once I was there…
This is seriously how SP envisioned me when we first met. Joke’s on her, I guess:
Its only Tuesday. I feel like I’ve lived a week since Monday.
Here’s a great story about government arbitrariness. The FDA and “expired” medications. My favorite part is that the US military saves $2Bn/year by exempting itself. Also the idea that pharmaceutical grade baking soda is expensive or rare just took me aback.
I guess I respect Chris Cillizza for engaging Reddit, but I’m glad his AMA going like a dumpster fire. Put this up as Exhibit A of why the government doesn’t need to police speech.
Chipotle has brought back it Weight Loss Special in VA. Playa Manhattan hardest hit.
The House of Representatives is thinking of taking the radical step of passing a budget. They also appear to be exploring new and radical ways of fucking it up.
It’s kind of gray here today, so have a Monster Magnet deepcut.
Nothing happened in the bike race yesterday. I guess everyone will have to wait until the time trial for any potential excitement. The NBA summer league, which got an incredibly amount of hype from ESPN for some reason, wrapped up and nobody really cared. The Open pairings have been announced. The 1:04 and 1:26 pairings are sure gonna get a lot of eyeballs. As will the 2:48. And while its not as enjoyable to watch at the US Open, in my opinion, at least Birkdale isn’t a tricked out course.
In Texas sports, the Astros lost after clawing their way back and having every chance to win in the 9th. Zeke seems to be having a hard time growing up. And a Texans player gets arrested but happily proclaims, “oh, that is definitely my gun” to the cops.
Feel free to wear me out for the Zeke story. I can take it. Especially after the Buckeyes added to their ridiculous 2018 recruiting haul over the weekend by getting a commitment from the top TE in the country. Suck on that, TTUN!
Well, that’s all for stick and ball stuff. One more sports-related story to go. But I’ll get to that one in…the links!
RAND PAUL WINS! RAND PAUL WINS! RAND PAUL WINS! At first, the right were shitting themselves over it, but now seem to have embraced a straight repeal, which is what the people want instead of a garbage bill full of garbage compromises and garbage throwaways to interest groups. Way to stand for your principles, Rand, Lee and a few others. Now get the government out of the business forever!
ESPN goes further up its own asshole. Cool takedown of a non-American and his willingness to play along with the antics of a serial woman abuser and flat-out piece of shit human being while glossing over, for the most part, the history of that piece of shit human being. Note no comments allowed at that site.
This gibberish makes absolutely no sense to me. Do you mean to tell me that Illinois, blue anchor of the plains, doesn’t have some sort of mandatory sentencing for gun crimes?
Milo Y must be crying himself to sleep at night on a huge pile of money. I hope he spends it on good stuff. Like coke and rent boys.
Well the Wimbledon finals were sure underwhelming. Venus collapsed like wet cardboard and Cilic got hurt. That’s not to say the two victors didn’t deserve it, but it sure would have been nice to see better matches that what we got. Oh, and the bicycle race continues and that Froome guy is back in the lead last I checked. I assume there’s more drama to come, but I don’t really know. More knowledgeable people will explain it all in the comments, I’m sure.
And then we come to the Minnesota-Houston series. The Astros took two of three from the Twins and got the second half of the season off to a good start. They gotta work on that pitching staff, but if they hit like this, they’re gonna be tough to beat even if they put Rudi Stein on the mound. (Apologies if I already used that joke. It’s early.) Seattle is up next.
Also, there was some event on tv last night with a season premiere. Please discuss at your leisure, but remember there are some people out there that want to watch but haven’t yet. So at least give spoiler alerts. And with that little courtesy warning, we can transition to…the links!
Paul Begala: dumbass
From calls for impeachment to demands that we bomb Russia, the Team Blue narrative on the election has good from sad to scary.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. VICTORY WAS ZARDOZ’S! BRUTAL DRIVERS WERE EASILY INTIMIDATED OUT OF THE WAY OF ZARDOZ WHEN CROSSING THE CENTER OF THE FIGURE 8.
HOWEVER, LOSING BRUTAL DRIVERS ARE APPEALING LOSS TO RACE OFFICIAL BRUTALS. ZARDOZ EXPECTS RULING NEXT WEEK. SOMETHING ABOUT VIOLATING RULE #2:
1. All cars must pass inspection before entrance into the pits.
2. Cars must be stock (GM-GM, Ford-Ford, etc.). No headers allowed.
WHEN ZARDOZ FLEW UP TO INSPECTION POINT, INSPECTOR BRUTALS FLED IN TERROR – SO ZARDOZ ASSUMES A PASSED INSPECTION. ZARDOZ IS STOCK (ZARDOZ-ZARDOZ) AND BELIEVES “NO HEADERS” IS UNLAWFULLY DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST LARGE STONE HEADS. ZARDOZ MUST CONSIDER CALLING IN BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS TO CLEANSE THE WEBSTER COUNTY RACING BOARD, IF LOSS ON APPEAL. OR PERHAPS ZARDOZ CAN PERSUADE FRIEND STEVE SMITH TO PAY BOARD A VISIT…
BUT ZARDOZ STILL SHOWS FAVOR TO HIS CHOSEN ONES WITH LINKS:
BRUTALS IN ENGLAND HAVE ODD LAWS ON STOPPING CRIMINALS.
SOUTH AMERICAN BRUTALS MIGHT HAVE HARDER TIME MOVING AROUND CONTINENT?
BRUTAL CITY OF DETROIT – 50 YEARS OF FALLING DOWN.
ZARDOZ WONDERS IF SOCIALIST BRUTALS IN VENEZUELA WILL PAY ATTENTION?
Here’s a proposal for a different way of representation to be determined by election, the so-called Fair Vote Act. Putting aside my pet peeve about that sort of naming (as well as ostentatiously “designed” logos and pleas for donation), there’s some interesting points here that I’d love to see argued over so we can get an honest idea of the pros and cons of this proposal. My own take so far is that I’m frankly not in favor of more “democracy” nor “making government work better.” But… anything with the potential to break the Mafia stronghold of Team Red and Team Blue (and their respective donors) has merits worth discussing.
One thing that stood out to me is the strong probability of total gridlock and ineffectiveness. But perhaps there’s a downside as well.
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!
