Los Angeles Rams First Regular-Season Home Game in 22 Years (VIDEO)

It's a noon-time game, for some reason, heh.

Usually you'll have a game at 10:00am and 1:00pm, but the Rams wanna be special, I guess.

In any case, here's the video, featuring Lindsey Thiry of the Los Angeles Times, "Preview: Rams vs. Seahawks in Week 2."

Plus, "Rams will try to bounce back against the Seahawks in L.A. homecoming."

And, "Rams hope to reshape rowdy reputation of Coliseum in NFL circles."

ADDED: Game time's actually 1:05pm. Noon-time is the pre-game show.

🏈: Rams vs. @Seahawks
⏰: 1:05 p.m. PT
📺: @NFLonFOX
📻: @ESPNLosAngeles
💻: https://t.co/Hu29A4OelD#SEAvsLA pic.twitter.com/excMbQst8P

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 18, 2016

Bo Krsmanovic on What's Sexy (VIDEO)

Well, Bo Krsmanovic's sexy, heh.

Via Sports Illustrated:



Previously, "Bo Krsmanovic Summer of Swim 2016 (VIDEO)."

Bonus: At 90 Miles from Tyranny, "Morning Mistress." And at Pirate's Cove, "If All You See……is a wonderful fossil fuels free sailboat, needed when the world floods, you might just be a Warmist," and "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup."

Here's Your Sunday Kim Kardashian Roundup

I haven't posted Kim Kardashian Rule 5 in four years.

Reaganite Republican used to give me a hard time about it, and I guess I internalized it. But Reaganite's a "Never Trumper," and I've hammered him as an idiot and a loser. Now he's blocked me on the Disqus commenting at his blog, so I called him out on it on Twitter.

What a dick.

In any case, enough about that.

I think Ms. Kim's a good looking lady. She's not at the top of my list, but she's not someone you'd kick out of bed. Not by a long shot.

Here's a bunch of Kimye posting at London's Daily Mail, "The sheer cheek of it! Kim Kardashian puts cleavage and booty on parade in see-through dress as she pulls out another outrageous outfit from wardrobe for Kanye's show," and "Whatever happened to Kim's bra? Kardashian goes without underwear in yet ANOTHER sheer top."

Also, "It's a bit early for that, Kim! Kardashian goes braless in yet another sheer top on early morning outing in New York," and "It's all gone West! Kim Kardashian shows her nipples in a sheer bustier as she wears bizarre outfit with Kanye."

Shoot, the woman's got 48 million followers on Twitter. I think I could get a few hits on my blog with a follower count like that, heh.

Silver Surfer pic.twitter.com/kNCNLAgFW4

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) September 7, 2016

Sunday Cartoons

At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."



Also at Theo's, "Cartoon Round Up..."

Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – San Francisco Forty-Whiner."

Leftists Cheer: Manhattan Bombing Not Tied to International Terrorism — Hoorah!

We're in a very bad state when the best thing to come out of a New York terror attack is that so far there's no official link to global jihad. Boy, leftists are not only breathing easier, they're cheering the findings. That'll sure tell those deplorables!

At the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "Manhattan Blast That Injured 29 Does Not Appear to Be International Terrorism."

Actually, it doesn't matter if al Qaeda or Islamic State was factually behind the attack. New York suffered a terrorist attack last night, one of the devices was a pressure-cooker bomb like the one used in the Boston Marathon attack, and but for God's grace no one was killed.

Frankly, regular Americans will be able to see through the left's ruse and appeasement. Donald Trump called it a bombing from the get go, and idiots progs called him out. But Trump was right. Even Hillary Clinton called the attack a "bombing" during the same statement in which she said no one should jump to conclusions. Progs are twisting themselves in knots. They can't even get their Orwellianisms straight.

It's kind of weird how when there's a possible terrorist act we've somehow become conditioned to call it anything but that...

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

...as if it violates some unwritten rule to suspect the obvious.

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

I understand officials don't want to panic people or jump to conclusions, but these days it's not unreasonable to consider events like this

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

...are possibly terrorist-related until we know otherwise (rather than the other way around).

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

I think people are more panicked by the idea that officials seem to go out of their way to avoid certain words and phrases..

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

(And then, sometimes, the same government happily leaps to unfounded conclusions in other instances when it serves the narrative.)

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

Furthermore, (not referring to tonight but) in the face of overwhelming evidence, we in the media don't have to wait for the govt. to

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

instruct us on what we can call it.

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

For example, there was ample evidence the San Bernardino mass shooting was likely terrorism well before the govt. said so...the media can

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

call it "possible" or "likely" terrorism even if the govt. does it when the evidence warrants. (Again, not referring to tonight).

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

The media has somehow grown accustomed to very often waiting for the govt to tell us what to say and do. #ThinkIndependently

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) September 18, 2016

Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Minnesota Mall Stabbing Attack (VIDEO)

At Legal Insurrection, "ISIS Claims Responsibility for Minnesota Mall Knife-Wielding Terrorist."

And at the Wall Street Journal, "Minnesota Mall Stabbing Suspect Made References to Allah, Police Say."

Gerges, ISIS: A History

At Amazon, Fawaz Gerges, ISIS: A History.

Joby Warrick Black Flags [BUMPED]

At Amazon, Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS.

Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, Inside the Army of Terror

At Amazon, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.

Stakelbeck: ISIS Exposed

From Erick Stakelbeck, ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam.

Stanford's Christian McCaffrey Too Much for Flustered USC Trojans (VIDEO)

Maybe I should be rooting for Stanford.

Christian McCaffrey's the man!

At LAT, "USC can't keep pace with Christian McCaffrey and Stanford in 27-10 loss":

Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey always seemed to be one cut away from tearing a huge chunk out of USC’s defense Saturday evening. There were exceptions: On some plays, he actually did tear huge chunks out of USC’s defense.

There was a long touchdown reception when he was inexplicably uncovered. There was one of the patient, tackle-shedding runs that have made him a Heisman Trophy favorite. Mostly, though, he wore USC down with consistency.

USC could not get in McCaffrey’s way often enough, nor could it get out of its own way with enough frequency. The Trojans hobbled themselves with penalties and muddled play calls in a 27-10 loss to the No. 7 Cardinal in a Pac-12 Conference opener.

USC committed six false starts. Officials threw eight flags on USC overall, for 56 penalty yards, enough to saddle the offense with too many third-and-long tries.

“We clean up the errors, we will be a good football team,” Coach Clay Helton said after the game.

Instead, USC was left gawking at another masterpiece by McCaffrey, who has quickly become a vexing nemesis. Last season, in two games against USC, McCaffrey tallied 710 all-purpose yards against USC, including 461 in the Pac-12 title game. In the past 20 years, only two FBS players had more all-purpose yards against the same opponent in a two-game span.

This season, McCaffrey relegated USC to 1-2, with a suddenly crucial trip to Utah on Friday looming over the Trojans like an anvil...

More.

Also, from Bill Plaschke, "So far it's a bad deal for USC after a 27-10 loss to Stanford."

Islamic State Supporters Celebrate New York City Chelsea Explosion

At Jihad Watch, "Muslims celebrate NYC bomb: “The lions of the Caliphate roar in New York, we cause you pain inside your house”."

Hillary Clinton Struggles in Florida

This is a surprisingly great piece at the New York Times. It must've been painful for them to write. Indeed, if things don't improve for Crooked Hillary, The Donald's going to take the Sunshine State. That would be yuge!

Hillary Clinton Struggles to Gain Traction in #Florida, Despite Massive Spending and Latino Support. #MAGA https://t.co/HfalvCU8ry

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) September 18, 2016

Weston, The Mirror Test

Here's J. Kael Weston, The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Shop Books Today [BUMPED]

I'm going to plug my Amazon affiliates sales like crazy today. I need to get my affiliates fees up so I can finance my book addiction, heh.

Thanks for everyone who's been shopping through my links. I always appreciate it and the residual fees are usually enough every month for me to afford a couple of new books, and perhaps some used jewels as well.

Thanks so much.

Here's the link, Books at Amazon.

At Least 25 Injured in Explosion in Manhattan (VIDEO)

I have football on, but accidentally flipped over to CNN and saw the news.

Happening now: NYC officials give updates about explosion. Watch on @CNNGo for details https://t.co/oZz0jU4MJI pic.twitter.com/adX9AOpJrQ

— CNN (@CNN) September 18, 2016

Belgians Have a Term for People Who Drink Stella Artois — Tourists

I first tried Stella Artois this summer at my sister's. At first I thought it was a light beer, but it's not. I was impressed. It tastes good and goes down smooth. When I visited my mom's over Labor Day weekend my sister was there as well, and again we had Stella Artois. I haven't bought any since, but I like it.

So, now I'm getting a kick out of this piece at the Wall Street Journal. It turns out Stella's a tourist's beer. Belgium locals don't drink it:

BRUSSELS — Michel Sabourin, a 75-year-old bar owner, spends most days here tucked between his counter and a 5-foot pink neon sign touting “Stella Artois,” Belgium’s best-sold beer world-wide.

Don’t ask him for a Stella, though. He stopped selling it months ago. “I had to give up,” he said. “I didn’t have enough demand anymore.”

Stella is ubiquitous in bars and restaurants abroad, where it is increasingly seen as one of the most distinctively Belgian products. In the country of its birth, the pilsner has gone flat.

Laurent Van Der Meeren, manager of La Bécasse, a bar and restaurant in a southeastern Brussels residential neighborhood, stopped selling Stella in 2014. He replaced it with Jupiler—a pilsner owned, as is Stella, by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV—which he said is more popular with younger people. “I think it’s a generational thing,” he said.

“Herbaceous, with a metallically bitter finish” is how Michael Vermeren describes Stella. The southern-Belgium chef and zythologist, as beer sommeliers like to call themselves, said it is the last of Belgium’s mass-produced pilsners he would choose.

“Industrial beer isn’t really my thing,” he said. “Stella is an everyman beer and its taste is designed to be liked by everyone.”

At home, Stella had a 6.5% market share last year, far behind Jupiler’s 35%, according to market-research firm Euromonitor International.

On the bright side, “it’s still the No. 3 lager in Belgium,” said Todd Allen, vice president for Stella, which AB InBev said also trails Heineken NV’s Maes Pils...

More.

Okay, Gonna Read Exodus Now

I'm still working on this novel.

Here, at Amazon, Leon Uris, Exodus.

I'll post more links a little later.

Deal of the Day: BARSKA Starwatcher Refractor Telescope

At Amazon, BARSKA Starwatcher 400x70mm Refractor Telescope w/ Tabletop Tripod & Carry Case.

Also, Top Hunting Products.

More, UTG 1-Day Situational Preparedness Pack, Black.

And, KIND Bars, Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt, Gluten Free, 1.4 Ounce Bars, 12 Count.

BONUS: Gordon S. Wood, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.

Gorka, Defeating Jihad

At Amazon, Sebastian Gorka, Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War.