Hey, guys, I’m sure this will get us labeled as a white supremacist group, but I didn’t want the URL to be wednesday-afternoon-links-44 and I’m out of good ideas. Which is pretty much why I do links instead of original content. Sloopy at least has Teh Sprotzball to fall back on in the morning. Although now that football is over, I can start focusing on spring training. And talking trash to Rangers and Dodgers fans. Suck it! One baseball related link — it seems that players and owners have a different idea of what free agents are worth. The way that baseball players are valued now, ageing “almost HOFers” just aren’t going to get the money they want unless a team really needs their particular skill to make a deep run. Look for a lot more players to find their salaries plummet as the new valuations make it all the way through the market. And now… the links!

I guess landing two boosters on twin pads is easy, but making the correct burn to get to Mars is hard. My thinking based on the tweet and map is that they just burned all the fuel in the tank to see how far they could push the mass they had. Pillory me as a fanboi if you must

Black Lives Matter leader* fatally shot in New Orleans. *As I understand it there is no leadership or structure per se, but this guy was prominent in several actions.

You’ll be shocked to find out that the “bipartisan deal” to a 2 year budget agreement “adds billions to spending”. Fuck. Pull me up a chair and draw me a Glenn Beck chart. Who coulda seen that coming?

Joe Biden — Joe Trans-Am Biden! — would even advise Trump not to answer questions to the special counsel. Unless she was young and it gave him a chance to put his hands on her.

This guy needs to start wintering in FL. h/t Pope Jimbo

Speaking of Rocket Man


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“You had one motherfucking job!” the hat screamed.

“I know, I know,” the hair moaned.

“One job! Hold the fuck on! That’s all you had to do!”

“Look, I feel bad enough as is, so just lay the fuck off me.”