Monday, May 29, 2017

Time Rips Off Mad

Some stuff you just can't make up.

Halsey at the Billboard Music Awards (VIDEO)

I meant to post this the other day. Amazing.

At London's Daily Mail, "She's keeping cool! Halsey wears tan bralette amid soaring heat on carpet at Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas."


Finding Florida

The Angels just finished up a 10-day road trip, hitting Tampa Bay and Miami on the last two legs. (They finished 4-6 for the trip.)

While at the Marlins, Fox Sports West showed the most spectacular views of Miami during the little snippets after the commercial breaks. It's so beautiful. I'm blown away. I want to go there as soon as I can.

And so, imagine my interest reading this piece at yesterday's New York Times travel section. I've never been to Florida. It wasn't all that high on my list for vacation spots, but Miami sure did move up the rankings after the Angels' three-day series.

Check it out:


Moment for the Fallen on #MemorialDay

Care of the U.S. Marines:


Unofficial Start of Summer

Via Sports Illustrated.


Heightened Security at Airports and Cities for Memorial Day Weekend (VIDEO)

Good thing.

Watch, at Fox News, "Heightened security across the country for Memorial Day: Airports and cities around the country have increased their security presence for Memorial Day weekend."

Navy Parachutist Died After 'Chute Malfunctioned Over Hudson River for Fleet Week (VIDEO)

No good.

Say a prayer. This sailor's not coming back.

At CBS News 2 New York:



Sunday, May 28, 2017

Danielle Gersh's Memorial Day Forecast

Coastal fog giving way to sunshine by the afternoon.

Looks like to be a wonderful holiday of remembrance.

Here's the lovely Ms. Danielle, for CBS News 2 Los Angeles:



Sunday Cartoons

At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."


Also, at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."

Cartoon Credit: Ben Garrison.

Lais Ribeiro Smokin' Hot in Barely-There Bikini in Miami Beach (PHOTOS)

Amazing, heh.

At London's Daily Mail, "Beach babe! Victoria's Secret model Lais Ribeiro sends temperatures soaring."

Best Sellers in Heating and Air Conditioning

At Amazon, Best Sellers in Heating, Cooling & Air Quality.

I love those Honeywell fans.

BONUS: Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

Whites Only? School Segregation Is Back

Actually, this article is highly misleading, in that its focus is on continued segregation in the South, in Alabama.

But urban areas around the country have been seeing intense "de facto" segregation for decades, in communities as often as not populated by progressive leftists. The article's a throw back to Jim Crow and white Southern conservatives, but that's not the driving force of national segregation trends today. Affluence is, and when push comes to shove, affluent leftists resist integration with poor minorities.

Either way, this is interesting.

At Newsweek, "Whites Only: School Segregation Is Back, From Birmingham to San Francisco."


Secretary of Defense James 'Mad Dog' Mattis: 'I Keep Other People Awake at Night...'

Heh.

He's badass:


German Chancellor Angela Merkel Says Europe Must Take its Fate Into its Own Hands (VIDEO)

Following-up, "Angela Merkel's Germany No Longer a Reliable Alliance Partner."

Paint a little Hitler mustache on her. Pretty soon she'll be calling for "lebensraum."

Watch, "Europe can no longer rely on allies: Merkel."

Angela Merkel's Germany No Longer a Reliable Alliance Partner

Germany's getting pretty freakin' cocky.

If Trump pulls the U.S. out of NATO, Merkel's going to be down on her knees as soon as Moscow threatens German interests. The German people are pacifist. They'll fold in a crisis in a second. Remember, "America is from Mars, Europe is from Venus," even more so with the Trump administration.

Screw Merkel.

At Agence France-Presse:


Daniel J. Sharfstein, Thunder in the Mountains

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Daniel J. Sharfstein, Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War.

Cathal Nolan, The Allure of Battle

At Amazon, Cathal Nolan, The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost.

A Day for Honor, Reverence, Remembrance

At the O.C. Register:


Pat Condell Hoists One for Ramadan

Heh.


He tweeted it again here.

Review of White World Order, Black Power Politics

Here's the book, White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations.

And at Foreign Affairs: