Chris Lynch's slanted view on sports, politics and entertainment. Please send thoughts or comments to chris.lynch@gmail.com
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley: AOC spins anti-capitalist fable about the Founders. BU should be really embarrassed she holds an economics degree from them.
- We have a ship building plan. Someone's excited!
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Arbitration case could bring change to college sports' "messy middle." 18 Nebraska football players sue over NIL rights. Do you now or have you ever supported the CSC?
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The coming revolution down south. "Will Cuba be Libre soon, and if so what happens next?"
- Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest unwittingly reveal the severity of the US surveillance state. Admit I fell for the dog trick.
- Sports court rules disqualification of Ukrainian athlete justified.
- As strengths grow and erode. Good points.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Biden tells fleeing Cubans to get lost - while flooding southern border.
- Awesome bit of history (Via)
- WTF? Seriously WTF? How does 6,300 compare to the number of COVID deaths in the US last week?
- Probably don't hear much about the Swedish Model because it's working. And with just a reported 37% vaccinated rate,
- Heh Heh
- Agree 100%. (Via)
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- UFC champ Jorge Masvidal tells it like it is on Cuba.
- FBI agent in Governor Whitmer case arrested following domestic incident. The whole FBI kidnapping case here is smelling fishy.
- We are all investors now. People are living much longer than in the past and at a certain age most people learn to spend less that they make.
- How China's hacking entered a reckless new phase. Don't trust China - China is asshole!
- Noah Smith expands on Haiti vs Dominican Republic and why the divergence.
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
The Biden Department of Justice has asked all law enforcement departments to refer to any public mention of gangs as "mostly peaceful"... To be honest I had forgot about the existence of Shepard Smith too... Is it just me because I remember there being many more hummingbirds and ice cream trucks when I was a kid than I see today... At this point I feel like Captain Quint in JAWS but instead of a lifejacket it's "I'll never put on a mask again!"... Good for Pitbull - he gets it... If there was a variant of gout that caused inflammation and extreme pain in the penis - it would be called a bigger medical emergency than COVID ever was... Honestly this was the thing that bothered me the most of the that picture. "I'll never put on a mask again"...
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting look at comparing the Intolerable Acts of 1774 to our situation today. Not a perfect analogy but the parallels are there. (HT Borepatch)
- Noah Smith: Why Cuba is having an economic crisis. Good analysis.
- And speaking of Cuba - today's Must Read! We take our freedoms for granted in the US. And like most precious things - you don't really know what you had until its gone.
- Matt Taibbi: Spying and Smearing is "Un-American," not Tucker Carlson.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Remembering Anthony Bourdain
- Today's must read is Darryl Cooper (Martyr Made) explaining his viral Twitter thread that was read on air by Tucker Carlson and referenced at CPAC by President Trump. Interesting to note that it appeared on Glenn Greenwald's Substack. To quote a lyric, "There's something happening here, what it is is not exactly clear."
- Heh Heh
- Understanding Quantum Mechanics. (Posting this so I can come back until I've watched all the videos.)
- VDH: Trump Winds and Biden Whirlwinds. Karma is a bitch.
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Sex Tapes, Hush Money, and Hollywood's Economy of Secrets. Not interested in Hollywood gossip or sleaze but Hollywood "fixers" do hold a certain fascination for me.
- Interesting perspective on Bitcoin. (HT Newmark's Door)
- 12 hidden gems to visit (west of the Mississippi). (HT Newmark's Door)
"...Cuba is now the world's biggest prison for journalists and President Castro has become the 'Maximum Leader' of predators of press freedom." - Reporters Without Borders "Cuba" pageBy now you may have heard that Michael Moore is in trouble for going to Cuba without the proper paperwork to film a "documentary" about how great the Cuban healthcare system is (because we all know that when people get really sick they skip places like Sloan Kettering and the Mayo Clinic in the US to go to Cuba). You may have also seen Fred Thompson's video response to Michael Moore too.
The hideously depressing thing is that Cuba under Battista--Cuba in 1957--was a developed country. Cuba in 1957 had lower infant mortality than France, Belgium, West Germany, Israel, Japan, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Cuba in 1957 had doctors and nurses: as many doctors and nurses per capita as the Netherlands, and more than Britain or Finland. Cuba in 1957 had as many vehicles per capita as Uruguay, Italy, or Portugal. Cuba in 1957 had 45 TVs per 1000 people--fifth highest in the world. Cuba today has fewer telephones per capita than it had TVs in 1957.Castro's government will allow Michael Moore to visit and make a "documentary" (is calling it propaganda too strong?) but they won't allow in the International Red Cross to visit the imprisoned journalists. What does that tell you? And what does that tell you about Michael Moore?
