At least she’s progressed from threatening to ram balls down officials’ “fucking throats”.

This was a pretty big sports weekend, so if I re-post a news link, I apologize in advance for not even paying attention to what was going on in the rest of the world.  I mean, I wanted Djoker to win…and he did. I didn’t want Serena to win, and she not only lost but did so in a way that should forever taint her legacy as much as the incident against Clijsters some years ago.  Of course, she’s playing the victim card and many of the usual suspects from the media are lapping it up. But most commentators and former players/officials from the rest of the world are calling it for what it was: a pathetic attempt to avoid responsibility.  Congratulations to Osaka though. She remained graceful in the face of Serena’s idiocy during the match and her selfish grandstanding afterward.

Elsewhere, Ohio State annihilated another opponent and are ready to head to DFW this week, where I will coincidentally be as well on Saturday at gametime.  Huh, I guess I may as well attend. ASU (shout out here to Banjos and family) beat MSU sometime Sunday morning. Stanford easily handled USC, Mississippi State looks to be for real, TTUN had a WR catch a TD pass for the first time in over a year, Clemson won in College Station, Va Tech needs people to start paying attention to them, and the other usually suspects took care of business, although Notre Dame struggled with Ball State.

The NFL kicked off the season. I tuned out last night after Rodgers was carried off on a cart…only to find out that was a mistake.So his Packers won, as did: the Ben-gals, Dolphins, Vikings, Patriots, Buccaneers, Jaguars, Ravens, Chiefs, Broncos, Redskins and Panthers.  The Steelers and Browns played to a well-deserved tie…meaning they both sucked.

The birthday roster is so weak, that Rin Tin Tin gets mentioned. That son of a bitch shares it with the late, great Arnold Palmer, eccentric designer Karl Lagerfeld, baseball player* Roger Maris, singer Danny Hutton, rocker Barriemore Barlow, hypocrite Bill O’Reilly, guitarist Joe Perry, rocker Johnny Fingers, under-appreciated writer/director Chris Columbus, actor Colin Firth, and film director (and probably carrier of countless strains of VD based on who he married) Guy Ritchie.

Ali-Norton…timeless.

September 10th is also the date on which the following historical things happened: John Smith was elected president of Jamestown Colony council, Simon Bolivar was named Presidente of Peru, a London cab driver became the first person ever fined for drunk driving (1894), Leopold and Loeb were convicted for murder, Neal Diamond hit the Top 40 for the first time, Ali beat Norton, and Alex Trebek hosted his first episode of Jeopardy!

OK, now you get to…the links!

That Dallas, TX cop who shot someone in her apartment building after she claimed she mistook his apartment for hers has been charged with manslaughter. Its also been revealed that she is a member of the “elite” crime response team and that she shot someone else a year ago…after she let him take her taser.

Go away, Florence!

Hurricane Florence is heading toward the Carolinas. I’m still thinking it will veer north just enough to miss the mid-atlantic and hit New England. But we’ll have to wait a couple more days to know.  Wherever it hits, stay safe and evacuate if you can.

Oh look, another media bigwig has been exposed as a piece of shit. The embattled Moonves now has six accusers and a host of other complaints about sketchy behavior, which was an open secret tolerated by the profession for some time.

“Move along. There’s nothing to see here.”  The facts are just a series of coincidences and do not indicate a pattern at all, right?

A crackhead in his natural habitat

You think your local government bureaucracy is a mess? Check out this shitshow in the San Francisco area.

And if you thought your local government bureaucracy was corrupt, then take solace in the fact that they’re probably not as corrupt as this Catholic diocese.  I sincerely don’t understand how these people can do what they’ve done to protect their “brand” rather than the children of their flock.

Nice apology, but no matter now as the damage has already been done and the narrative set.  Nice job, deep state. You did what you were supposed to do: undermine every politically-motivated organization you disliked to create unrest.

And Sweden faces an interesting political future after neither side reach a majority in latest elections.  Gee, maybe have a separate but equal government setup for legislative and executive functions and avoid these kinds of things.

Anyway, here’s a little tune to start the day. Enjoy.

Now go out there and have a great day!