Today I'm going heavy on the topic of welfare and related fraud, as a followup to Sloopy's morning link about Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (who probably isn't so cheerful now). Before I punch you in the 'nads, here's something completely different....
HAPPENING NOW: New Glenn rocket launching two Mars orbiters and trying to auto-land the booster for the first time. PEACEFUL LEFTIST MAKES IMPASSIONED PLEA: A Danville teacher is under investigation after a social media post drew concern from members of the school...
WHY IS SHE STILLL HERE? The mayor-elect of St. Paul, Minnesota, State Rep. Kaohly Vang Her (D) admitted earlier this year that she and her family are living illegally in the United States. Either this is performative bullshit, or she's due consequences. WE HAVE TO...
BREAKING -- KASH PATEL CONFIRMED AS FBI DIRECTOR FEDERAL JUDGE GOES ON BIZARRE RELIGIOUS RANT DURING HEARING ABOUT TRUMP EO: During hearing about Trump's EOs about transgender service members, US District Judge Ana Reyes asks, “[w]hat do you think Jesus would say to...
BREAKING CONFIRMATION NEWS: Kennedy confirmed as HHS secretary. Patel nomination advances, full floor vote as early as next week. LIKE TOSSING GOLD BRICKS OFF THE TITANIC: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promises to claw back $20 Billion in grants that were rushed out in...
Everyone sing!
BREAKING -- FEDERAL WORKER BUYOUTS PAUSED: A federal judge in Boston has paused federal employee buyouts. Dammit. If I'm understanding this correctly it means that the roughly 60,000 employees who had already accepted the offer will have to show up at work tomorrow....
GERMANS HAVE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH: In what may serve as a pivotal moment of the federal election campaign and perhaps the future of German politics as a whole, the ‘firewall’ barring establishment parties in Berlin from working with the AfD broke down on Wednesday as...
You kids can follow the headlines on your own. Here is a wrap-up of things you may have missed this week. YOUR DAILY NUTPUNCH (OR OVARY TAP): DC Jail, Federal Bureau of Prisons slow to release J6 prisoners who were pardoned. The DC Jail holds federal prisoners under...
Okay, little astronauts, we’ve got a long checklist to go through. So buckle in and get ready to launch into the links.
If you see this, then manual excerpts are back.
Today I'm going to focus on catch-up links since I was off last Thursday. Also, today is couch swapout day here at Castello di Ursi. Must remember to verify the whereabouts of the cat before taking the old couch to the dump. Here's some fluff and fun for you:...
Since WordPress is still doing the ignore your manual exerpts thing and ganking your first Text Block, I'm putting this here. This delightful little ditty from my youth popped into my head when I began composing these here links. KLEO AND SVEN IN BERLIN -- WHEN THE...
The excerpts you manually create using the "add an excerpt" control (below the "Featured Image" control) are currently not showing on the feed (main page) and WordPress now automagically uses the first paragraph (text block) of your post as the feed excerpt. But...
Did you miss me?
SugarFree and I are switching links duty for this week. Today you get me. He’ll bring you your afternoon links tomorrow.
I’m baaaaack!
Your linkster takes a break from idyllic country life to bring you the value-added links you’ve come to expect in this timeslot.
I’m busy af this week, mostly in a good way, but not to busy to bring you your linkings.
Fall has arrived here in the 804, and your linkster is enjoying the gorgeous weather and domestic bliss. So you get a slapdash, haphazard collection of links. But lucky to has ’em at all, you is. Lucky to has ’em.
Wha…??? It’s Thursday again? I guess it’s my turn to enact your labor and bring you some links.
Lucky to has ’em, you is. Lucky to has ’em.
The usual collection of links and snark that you have come to expect.
A return to normacly.
Assholery all-around, down with the special sauce, a rare moment of testicular (or ovarian) fortitude, skulduggery, why we can’t have nice things, transport insecurity, a new cohort speaks, and, of course, space links.