FMJRA 2.0: Night Owls

Posted on | September 9, 2023 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: Night Owls

I am embarrassed that I forgot (until now) to pimp Hans Schantz’ Based Book Sale. Everything’s 99 cents or free, and written by authors who don’t hate you and the principles you believe in! What a concept, right? Head on over and take a look at the hundreds of books on offer!
A much better week for the Senators. Took two out of three from the O’s, and then swept all three games with the Pirates. The bullpen bailed us out in the two wins against Baltimore (and one of the Pittsburgh games), while Jim Kaat and Juan Marichal went the distance against the Pirates for their seventh and twelfth wins respectively. Fly the Curly W flag!
The twelfth volume of Klaus Schulze’s La Vie Electronique showed up in my PO box this week, though weirdly enough buying the CD enabled me to download the MP3 files and enjoy them last weekend. The reason I say it’s weird is that if you buy the MP3 files and skip the CD box, it costs you $1 more and you have no physical backup in case something happens. I don’t understand it either.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

‘Debunked Conspiracy Theories’
The DaleyGator
The Pirate’s Cove
Flappr
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

‘Coach Prime’ Silences Critics as Colorado Upsets TCU in Season-Opening Shocker
Flappr
EBL
357 Magnum

FMJRA 2.0: Run Through The Jungle
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

Rule 5 Sunday: Salma Hayek
Animal Magnetism
Flappr
A View From The Beach
EBL

In The Mailbox: 09.05.23
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

Crime Wave Now Reaches Hospitals
The DaleyGator
Flappr
EBL
357 Magnum

In The Mailbox: 09.06.23
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

It Has Been 207 Days
EBL

In The Mailbox: 09.07.23
A View From The Beach
EBL
357 Magnum

Is President Kamala Harris Inevitable?
EBL
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach

In The Mailbox: 09.08.23
EBL
357 Magnum
A View From The Beach

Top linkers for the week ending September 8:

EBL (11)
357 Magnum (9)
A View From The Beach (8)

Honorable mention: Flappr, who fell one link short of making the leaderboard this week.

Amazon Warehouse Deals

Category: FMJRA Award

Asking The Important Questions

Posted on | September 9, 2023 | Comments Off on Asking The Important Questions

pic.twitter.com/4tieVRy057

— I Came?I Saw?I Got Over Macho Grande (@smitty_one_each) September 9, 2023

Category: Uncategorized

The Destructive Force of ‘Equality’

Posted on | September 9, 2023 | Comments Off on The Destructive Force of ‘Equality’

Many Americans were shocked when it was recently reported that the principal of John Glenn Elementary School in Oklahoma City, Shane Murnan, is a drag queen who performs as “Shantel Mandalay.” Furthermore, the fact that Murnan had previously been arrested on child pornography charges might have been a red flag, even if the charges were dropped on the grounds that it could not be proved that the material depicted minors. We might have expected this in some left-wing bastion like San Francisco, but Oklahoma City? Shocking. The state school superintendent called it “outrageous” and “completely inappropriate.”

How did this happen? Let our older readers think back to their childhood and ask whether any such person could have been hired as the principal of an elementary school back in those days. The explanation for this — Weimar-style decadence in public schools, even in Trump-voting “red” states — can be summarized in a single word: “Equality.”

This problem didn’t start with drag queens, nor is it of recent origin. Rather, if we want to point the finger at the most direct cause of our descent in degeneracy, the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution must be critically examined. Liberals have interpreted the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to mean things that those who drafted and ratified that amendment certainly never intended it to mean. The chief purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to establish the citizenship of former slaves, and to guarantee their protection under “due process of law.” The amendment was sufficiently controversial at the time that some of the ratifying states, including New Jersey and Ohio, voted to rescind their ratification after Republican supporters of the amendment lost control of the state legislature.

Given the mischief subsequently unleashed — the Fourteen Amendment has become the Pandora’s Box of constitutional chaos — we must wonder what those old-time Republican abolitionists would think of such consequences as Shantel Mandalay, the draq queen school principal.

In an 1880 Supreme Court decision — issued when knowledge of the Fourteenth Amendment’s purpose was still fresh in memory — it was declared that the Equal Protection Clause was “designed to assure to the colored race the enjoyment of all the civil rights that under the law are enjoyed by white persons, and to give to that race the protection of the general government, in that enjoyment, whenever it should be denied by the States.” Enforcement of that federal protection proved problematic in the post-Reconstruction era, giving rise to the 90-year tenure of Jim Crow, which finally ended in the mid-1960s with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. The triumph of the civil rights movement occurred (perhaps not coincidentally) at a time of social unrest and liberal domination of the federal court system, and it was from the tumult of the 1960s — riots and protests, “hippies” and “free love” — that new radical movements emerged.

Feminism was the first of these movements, asserting that social inequality between men and women was the product of unjust discrimination that deprived women of “equal protection,” resulting in a series of legal cases which, among other things, established sexual harassment as a civil rights violation (Meritor Saving Bank v. Vinson, 1986). Meanwhile, what was called the “gay rights” movement began to argue that discrimination against homosexuals likewise constituted a deprivation of “equal protection,” and one of the most notable early controversies to arise from this claim was in Miami, Florida, where the Dade County Commission passed a gay-rights ordinance that met with a protest led by Anita Bryant. At the heart of Bryant’s “Save Our Children” campaign was the argument that a policy of non-discrimination would require schools to employ homosexuals. Here is how the result of Bryan’s campaign was reported by the New York Times in 1977:

MIAMI, June 7 — In a decision almost certain to have national impact, residents of the Miami area voted by a margin of more than 2-to-1 today to repeal a law that protects homosexuals from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation.
The vote, a referendum on an ordinance enacted more than four months ago by the Dade County Commission, was the first of its kind in a major United States city. It came at the end of a heated campaign that focused national attention on the long-smoldering question of what legal and social status should be given the 5 to 10 percent of the nation’s population that practices homosexuality.
Both the winners and the losers in the campaign vowed to continue their struggles elsewhere in the country.
Anita Bryant, the pop singer and television personality who led the repeal forces, celebrated the victory by dancing a jig at her Miami Beach home. Later, she told newsmen that she was establishing a national committee to fight homosexuality and added:
“All America and all the world will hear what the people have said, and with God’s continued help, we will prevail in our fight to repeal similar laws throughout the nation which attempt to legitimize a life style that is both perverse and dangerous.”

You may disagree with Bryant’s opinions, but the voters of Dade County supported her position by a 2-to-1 margin. What is remarkable is how rapidly liberals had transferred the concept of “equality” from the matter of race — the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — to the matter of sexual “life style,” as Bryant called it in 1977. The logic of this transfer has never been subjected to the kind of critical scrutiny it deserves.

Why is it that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, enacted in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, when the legal status of freedmen was clearly a matter of national concern, metamorphosized more than a century later to become the basis of legitimizing homosexual behavior? What seems to me to be the unifying factor was the liberal celebration of victimhood. Black people were viewed by liberals as “mascots,” to borrow Thomas Sowell’s term from The Vision of the Anointed. Because black people were victims of unjust discrimination, their cause was championed by liberals, who derived a sense of personal heroism from the civil rights crusade. Subsequently, when homosexuals claimed that they, too, were the victims of unjust discrimination, liberal endorsement of their cause was automatic.

This logic was always a non sequitur. Homosexuality is a matter of behavior. The distinction between gay and straight is not analogous to the visible hereditary differences between black and white people, for the simple reason that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Most people never would have suspected, for example, that Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually attracted to young boys. Nothing about Sandusky’s appearance or behavior suggested such an interest. Sandusky was very much “in the closet,” and I suppose most gay-rights advocates would even deny that he was a member of the “LGBTQ community,” as it is now called. But my point is that nobody ever discriminated against Sandusky on the basis of his sexual preference because nobody had any inkling what his preference was.

By contrast, no investigation is required to recognize black people — a matter of visible hereditary traits, genotype producing phenotype — so that anyone wishing to discriminate against black people easily knows whom to target. In order to discriminate against gay people, however, you must obtain information beyond mere appearance, unless the gay person makes a point of announcing their sexual orientation.

Here we come to a weird aspect of the gay-rights argument, namely that being “out” is necessary to their happiness, so that they are victimized in any situation where they can’t proclaim their homosexuality (and be applauded for doing so). This is part of what I’ve called the Compulsory Approval Doctrine of the gay-rights movement, the unspoken premise that no one can be permitted to express disapproval of homosexuality (as a behavioral phenomenon), a belief that tends toward a policy of exempting gay people from any criticism whatsoever, so that to be gay is to possess carte blanche — do whatever you want, without consequences.

Now, there are many gay people who vote Republican and who embrace conservatism quite generally. Peter Thiel is both gay and “far right,” and he is certainly not the only example of this phenomenon. In discussing the metamorphosis of “equality,” its transference from civil rights for black people to an all-purpose weapon now wielded by LGBTQ activists, it is not my intention to insult any of my fellow conservatives. But when we behold a situation like this one in Oklahoma City, with the drag queen “Shantel Mandalay” as elementary school principal, it’s important to ask the question: “How did we get here?” My contention is that by an uncritical acceptance of “equality” as a core value — indeed, a moral imperative — Americans have opened the door not only to such glaringly obvious wrongs, but to a thousand other problems that make life worse and are contributing to the destruction of our country.

Category: Education, The Transgender Cult

In The Mailbox: 09.08.23

Posted on | September 9, 2023 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 09.08.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: FBI Undercounting Statistics On Mass Shootings Stopped By Citizens
EBL: The Dream of Greater Bharat, You thought the witch hunt would stop with Trump? Lock ’em all up!, and Biden Crime Family: Keep your friends close, but your drug addicted criminal son closer
Twitchy: Wajahat Ali asks for definition of “woke mind virus” & gets brutal answer, Huge 1st Amendment victory in Missouri v. Biden, and Glenn Greenwald Busts DNC Operatives Working With ADL To Censor Us All
Louder With Crowder: Anti-cop Democrat calls for tougher crime laws after being assaulted, doesn’t appreciate irony, White House won’t promise financial aid to Florida and Maui unless Ukraine gets a taste too, and Boston Announces Climate Emergency With Today’s High at a Whopping (check notes) 87 Degrees
Vox Popoli: The Media Extinction Event, also, New York Runs Out of Magic Dirt
According To Hoyt: Killing Me Softly, Knowledge of Good And Evil, and The State Of the Writer, or September?
Monster Hunter Nation: Black Pill Doomerism Nonsense
Granite Grok: Depopulation Speculations
Jon Del Arroz: Mainstream Publishers Gaslight Authors Into Slave Mentality About Their Books
Stoic Observations: A Choice Of Slaveries

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Won’t get with the program
American Conservative: Community-Based Elder Care is Not Enough, also, Happy Birthday, Mr. Republican
American Greatness: Left-Wing Organizations to Spend Over $500 Million in Campaign to Influence Local Media, Jim Jordan Announces Probe into Jack Smith’s ‘Abusive Tactics’, and New Biden Nuke Deal is a Farce and Emboldens Iran
American Thinker: The Earth Has No Average Temperature, Ruling Regime Locks Up George Washington, and The Long Term Payback from the Ukraine War
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Postal Service Friday
Babalu Blog: Cuban baseball player defies Castro sports authorities, defects in Canada, Federal judge rules Cuban dictatorship must pay $2.6 billion to two Cuban Americans for torturing their father, and Canadian aircraft’s landing gear sinks into the runway asphalt at Cuban airport, stranding passengers
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For September 8
Behind The Black: Senate approves Biden’s FCC nominee, giving him a Democrat majority on FCC, GAO blasts NASA for purposely failing to control the budget of its SLS rocket, Good news? FAA issues own report on April Starship/Superheavy launch, Curiosity’s upcoming travels on Mount Sharp, and Today’s blacklisted American: Law professor fired and escorted by police off campus for being conservative
Cafe Hayek: Tariffs Reduce Domestic Supplies and Raise Prices
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: Pintastic NE T – 2 Video Flashback Home Brews, Pintastic NE T – 1 Todd Tuckey and Steve Ritchie Pinball Royalty, It’s Good to be in the NFL Particularly if you break Gun Laws in Massachusetts, Pintastic NE Starts in 12 Hours Why You Should Go, and The needs of the individual always outweigh the needs of the many
Dana Loesch: New Mexico’s Governor Suspends The Second Amendment
Don Surber: Kamala Can Win
First Street Journal: Federal Judge Orders Texas To Move River Barriers, Splodin’: SCNY Mayor Says Illegal Immigration Will Destroy City, and California General Assembly Sends Anti-Inappropriate Book Ban Bill To Governor
Gates Of Vienna: Weather Goes Boom!, also, To Veil or Not to Veil?
The Geller Report: Palestinian President Holocaust Denier: ‘Hitler Killed Jews Because of Their Social Role’, also, Biden Regime To Order Illegal Migrants to Stay in Red States, Not To Go To Blue States
Hogewash: Black Hole Snack Attack, I’m Not Making This Up, You Know, and Team Kimberlin Post of the Day
Hollywood In Toto: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Offers Less of the Same, also, How to Make the Most Out of Rotten Tomatoes
The Lid: ANWR – Biden vs Sanity, as More Oil Leases Canceled
Legal Insurrection: Jonathan Turley Calls Out Harvard’s Laurence Tribe as the Democrats’ ‘Most Wrong Legal Expert’, Border Crisis: Fifth Circuit Issues Temporary Stay for the Texas Rio Grande Buoys, New Mexico Legislators Petition to Silence Matt Walsh and Other Conservatives, Federal Judge Rejects Mark Meadows’ Motion To Remove Georgia Criminal Prosecution To Federal Court, and New York City is Cracking Under the Weight of the Illegal Immigrant Crisis
Nebraska Energy Observer: Charter of Freedom
Outkick: Mike Tirico Says Lions’ Win Over Chiefs Has An Asterisk Next To It, Immediately Gets Called Out By Detroit Fans, Dan Campbell Gives Incredible F-Bomb Laced Speech After Beating The Chiefs: ‘Built That F**king Way’, Team USA Suffers Embarrassing Loss To Germany In FIBA World Cup Semifinals Despite Being Double-Digit Favorites, Deion Sanders: Love Him Or Hate Him, You’re Paying Attention To Colorado, So The Gamble Is Paying Off Early, Steelers Pull Embarrassing And Hardo Move With Locker Room Logo, and Andreea Dragoi Is Back In New York After A Dominant Swim Week To Work The Runway For Fashion Week
Power Line: Meet the New Principal of John Glenn Elementary School, Panic Over the Border at the White House?, Hunter Biden testifies, and Thoughts from the ammo line
Shark Tank: Mills Co-Sponsors CRA, Challenges Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Attempt
Shot In The Dark: “A Conservative Is A Liberal Who’s Been Mugged”, also, Only Human
The Political Hat: Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right
This Ain’t Hell: The US Coast Guard arrests man attempting to ‘run’ from the US to the UK, Future Soldier Preparatory Course to become permanent, Friday factoids- Arctic, Border, Norks, Red China, Valor Friday, The VA failed to update veterans’ dependent status as early as 2011, and Veteran, fired by Iowa Air National Guard, to get $300,000 settlement
Transterrestrial Musings: GAO On SLS, also, Mark Judge
Victory Girls: Kristi Noem And Donald Trump Flirtation Highlights Silly Season
Volokh Conspiracy: Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Watts Up With That: Wind Power’s Unraveling: A Tale of Bribes and Misguided Ambitions, The Elites Directing The Energy Transition Really Have No Idea What They Are Doing, and The Ill Wind of Offshore Wind Projects
The Federalist: Detractors Call Alabama School Choice Efforts ‘Extreme’ To Distract From Failed Public Schools, Whistleblowers Admit They Reported Ken Paxton To The FBI Without A Shred Of Evidence, Renewed Hysteria Shows Why We Need A Commission For Covid Accountability, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Is Right: Mass Illegal Immigration Is Destructive, Assessing The Legacy Of The Exorcist 50 Years Later, and Fulton County Prosecutor’s Law Firm Sends ‘Uninvited And Improper’ Mailer To Republican He Helped Indict
Mark Steyn: SLAPP is CRAP, also, The Real New Normal

Amazon Warehouse Deals
E-Books $4.99 Or Less

Category: Linkagery

Is President Kamala Harris Inevitable?

Posted on | September 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Is President Kamala Harris Inevitable?

Readers may laugh at the idea that such an obvious incompetent as Kamala Harris could ever become President of the United States, but is she more laughable than the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? Don Surber say Kamala could win “the same way that the dumb, old, plagiarizing, crooked, perverted Biden won: fixing the election.”

America currently seems to be well along the downhill trajectory that formed the comic narrative of Idiocracy (the plot of which was, properly understood, inspired by The Bell Curve, but that’s a whole ’nother subject). My point is that, once the descent into degeneracy begins, there’s no telling how far or how fast it will proceed. There was a time — indeed, as recently as 1988 — when a majority of Americans, including most Democrats, believed Joe Biden was too dishonest and/or too stupid ever to be elected president. Yet the media have successfully convinced most people that Biden got 81 million votes, and you’ll be denounced as an “election denier” if you express doubt about this claim.

Speaking of “fixing the election,” we now have some interesting information about how it was done. Stephen Green at Instapundit links a tweet from Rachel Alexander in which she says:

The testimony by the first witness Trump’s attorney John Eastman called to put on his side of the case in his disbarment trial has been nothing less than explosive. The trial ended for the day with more bombshells. He revealed that the Zuckbucks, $8.8 million from Zuckerberg’s Center for Tech & Civic Life (CTCL) provided to Wisconsin’s five large cities, violated the law. He said he doesn’t call them “grants,” he refers to it as “employment contracts,” since the CTCL employees actually go work with the clerks’ offices and get to see information about voters that the public can’t access as easily (the public has to pay $12,500 for voter roll info, only gets a snapshot of that instant, and usually has to wait 4-5 days for it, so there’s no way to determine whether someone was made active 2 weeks before the election then deactivated 2 weeks after the election). Also since if the clerks don’t comply with CTCL’s requirements, they have a huge penalty of giving money back. Those CTCL employees are able to determine if a voter was likely to vote for Trump or Biden. They were allowed to see voters who had requested ballots but hadn’t returned them, then go chase them down to get their ballots. The CTCL employees were “embedded” in the clerks’ offices and “running the elections.” Yet the Zuckerbergs had made statements they wanted to defeat Trump. He also said votes were “illegally cast” that were dropped off in the drop boxes, since the drop boxes violated the law by not being placed near the clerks’ offices – which the WI Supreme Court reaffimed; instead the clerks let CTCL dictate where they must be placed. The guy the Zuckerbergs hired to run this had written a book on how to defeat Trump, where he said the election would be won dueling it out block by block in these types of big cities.

No doubt Democrats intend to repeat this trick on a quadrennial basis so that no Republican can ever again be elected president. The White House will become like the mayorality of cities like San Francisco and Philadelphia, where winning the Democratic nomination is tantamount to election. The future is a dystopian science-fiction novel.

Category: Democrats, Election

In The Mailbox: 09.07.23

Posted on | September 8, 2023 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 09.07.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.

uh…nope.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: “People are at a point where they are protecting themselves.”
EBL: No One Puts Baby Biden In A Corner!, also, American Masters: Wyeth
Twitchy: Anti-police activist discovers the consequences of dismantling the police, Stephen King Tries Picking Fight With Dan Bongino And Only Gets Misery, and WH Signals Florida & Hawaii Can Kick Rocks Until Congress Approves More $$$ For Ukraine
Louder With Crowder: YouTube just gave us a strike for a FIFTEEN month old video and here’s our response, Eric Adams no longer likes city’s brand as a sanctuary city, now rants illegals “will destroy New York City”, and Progressive CA State Senator Calls To Redefine Child Abuse To Include ‘Not Affirming’ Your Child
Vox Popoli: This is WWIII, An Exclusive Look, A UATV Offer, Losing Africa, and We See Too Much
Gab News: Upholding Free Speech Amidst The Censorship Machine
Flappr: Ranked – The Top Five Cloth Off Videos

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Debates Over Arlington’s Confederate Memorial
American Greatness: NYC Mayor Eric Adams Gripes About Mass Influx of Illegal Aliens; Says They ‘Will Destroy’ the City
American Thinker: The Death of Informed Consent, Trump’s Movement Transcends Politics, and Groomers, BLM, and the ADL: Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Impeachment News
Babalu Blog: Canadian government warns all travelers to Cuba: ‘exercise high degree of caution’, Human rights abuser Cuba fiercely campaigns for seat on UN Human Rights Council, and Hacked documents reveal details of Russia’s recruitment of Cubans for war in Ukraine
BattleSwarm: Austin Police: “Got Robbed? Don’t Dial 911, We Don’t Have Enough Cops To Respond”, One Soros DA Gone, Another Targeted, and Ukraine Drone Hits Russian Fab
Behind The Black: Targeted layoffs at Blue Origin, MOXIE completes its last run on Mars, producing oxygen from the atmosphere, Ingenuity flies on, completing its 57th flight, Layered glaciers in two small Martian craters, and Judge to blacklisting Maine governor: The lawsuit against your COVID jab mandate will continue
CDR Salamander: DEPSECDEF Hicks’ “Replicator” Speech – 80% Cringe, 20% Excellence
Chicago Boyz: The Tottering Colossus
Da Tech Guy: Review: Season 3 of Ragnarok on Netflix, Pintastic 2023 T -3 The People Behind the Scenes, In Honor of Mexico’s Berlin Wall Move Biden Should Vow Not to Prevent Any Person From Leaving the US Who Wishes To, My COVID pledge, and Why Kurt is Right and My Friend is Wrong
Don Surber: Getting Black People Not To Vote For Biden
First Street Journal: #COVID19: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”, Did $24 million of SEPTA’s money go up in smoke?, You in a heap o’ trouble, boy! and Democrats Now Want Ground Rules On Presidential Impeachment
Gates Of Vienna: Subsidizing Our Own Demise and Other Disturbing Mollycoddling, Cultural Enrichment Comes to City Hall, The Cultural Enrichment of Logatec, Airbrushing the English Out of Historical Existence, and Wheels on Fire
The Geller Report: Arizona University Nursing School Teaching Future Nurses That 3-Year-Olds Can Know If They Are Trans, also, BIDENOMICS: Gas Prices Reach Highest Level to Begin September in Over 10 Years
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of the Day, Don’t Know Much About A Science Book, and 9io9
Hollywood In Toto: Sound of Freedom Nabs No. 1 Slot in 18 Latin American Countries, Woody Allen Perfectly Captures Hollywood’s Moral Confusion, Promised Land Star & Director Stumped by Insane Diversity Question, and Why Good Boy Does What Few Films Can
The Lid: Now, The World Recognizes Palestinian Hatred….But For How Long?
Legal Insurrection: University Rescinds ‘Unconstitutional’ Security Fee Charged to Conservative Group That Hosted Michael Knowles, Georgia’s Largest Hospital System Drops Christmas Eve as Paid Holiday, Adds Juneteenth, FIRE Ranks Harvard Dead Last for Free Speech, Biden Faces Backlash After Ending Oil and Gas Leases in Alaska, and DOJ Crushes J6 Defendants, Excuses BLM Rioters Since ‘a Riot is the Language of the Unheard’
Nebraska Energy Observer: Well, Darn it all! also, Y’all got so lucky!
Outkick: Grow Up: Arkansas State’s Butch Jones Hints That Negativity Around His Program Is From Tennessee Fans, ESPN Vs. Charter Could Be The End Of The Cable Bundle…And Sports As We Know It , Cris Collinsworth Already Catching Heat For Absurd Patrick Mahomes Comment, Pat McAfee Begins ESPN Era Appropriately With Sarcastic Disclaimer That Includes Typo, Tuscaloosa Hotels And AirBnbs For Alabama/Texas Cost As Much As A Car, and The Bikini Bartenders At Florida’s Undertow Beach Bar Are Incredible Athletes
Power Line: A Neoconservative Is a Liberal Who Has Been Mugged, Felony murder in a good cause: Byron York revisits, and NYC Mayor Adams: Trump Was Right About the Border
Shark Tank: DeSantis – Coof Mandates Will Never Return To Florida
Shot In The Dark: Been Down This Road Before, also, It’s A Start
The Political Hat: Quick Takes – Judges vs. Bans: Bans On Gender Surgeries For Kids; Bans On Abortion; Band On Drag Shows For Kids
This Ain’t Hell: NATO versus Russia, Romania avoids close call, Tuberville’s Delayed Flags May Grow to 650, This is my shocked face. No, really, Five More Accounted For, Chinese nationals pretending to be spies to get into U.S. Military bases, and Leave no man behind. Unless you’re Joe Biden
Transterrestrial Musings: Pixel Valhalla, Is The White House Holding Up The Starship Test Flight?, U.S. Space Command, and The Green-Energy Inflation-Reduction Act
Victory Girls: Politicians And Playlists: You’re Trying Too Hard
Volokh Conspiracy: What Explains the Discourse on 303 Creative?
Watts Up With That: The Energy Bill is an Attack on Freedom and Home Ownership, also, Frankly Embarrassing’: Manchin Unloads on Biden Admin for Restricting Alaskan Oil
The Federalist: China’s Coal Boom Shows Its Empty Climate Commitments Are Red, Not Green, Tucker’s Interview With Obama Accuser Follows The Media’s Standard For Covering Sex Scandals, Despite Media Pearl-Clutching, Paxton Has A Clear Path To Beating Impeachment, Before Elon Sues For Defamation, The ADL And Media Should Be Prosecuted For Conspiracy, ProPublica Editor-In-Chief Who Stirred Up Clarence Thomas Smears Built His Career On False Insinuation, and Biden Cancels ‘All Remaining’ Leases Congress Issued In Arctic Refuge, Further Gutting American Energy
Mark Steyn: Elon Musk Takes on the ADL

Amazon Warehouse Deals
Up To 31% Off Energizer Batteries
Up To 37% Off Atkins & Quest Protein Powders & Snacks

Category: Linkagery

It Has Been 207 Days …

Posted on | September 7, 2023 | Comments Off on It Has Been 207 Days …

Labor Day is fading in the rearview mirror. The leaves on the poplar tree down at the corner are already turning yellow, and the cornfields nearby have turned from green to gold, which can only mean . . .

FOOTBALL TIME! Nearly 30 weeks have elapsed since Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, and NFL fans have had to make do with draft talk, free agency speculation, trades and other roster moves, spring OTAs, mandatory minicamp, training camp, preseason exhibitions, but . . . No real football has been played for the past 207 days, and we are desperately craving tonight’s season kickoff between the Chiefs and the Detroit Lions.

Every commentator and analyst expects Kansas City to win this one, and who can argue? Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is a wizard, capable of eluding rushers, escaping the blitz, completing passes while throwing underhanded with a linebacker breathing down his neck. Nobody wants to bet against Mahomes, but there is just a wee bit of doubt about this game because (a) KC’s star defensive tackle Chris Jones has been holding out over a contract dispute, and (b) the Chiefs’ All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce suffered a knee injury in practice Tuesday.

Here’s a fact: Mahomes has never won an NFL game without Kelce in the lineup. Having the reliable tight end as a sure-thing pass-catcher on crucial third down plays has been an ace-in-the-hole that Mahomes has been able to rely on ever since he became the starter in Kansas City in 2018. The Chiefs say Kelce may be able to play tonight despite the injury — a bone bruise, it’s reported — but if he’s not able to make it, the absence could throw Mahomes off his game just enough to give the Detroit Lions a chance to upset the defending Super Bowl champions.

Well, enough talk — it’s REAL FOOTBALL time!