You killed my brother. Prepare to receive a strongly worded diplomatic message.
(Come on, do you really need a hattip?)
(Sipsey Street Irregulars has been on Gunwalker like a fat man on an all-you-can-eat buffet, but I want to be sure to keep this in front of you, my regular readers. Also my irregular readers; as I often tell you, I find Dr. Pepper and Cherry Coke Zero tend to…get things moving, for those of you in that group.)
I forgot to stick this in the loser update update, but it may merit a separate post anyway.
Someone (I forget who; it may have been the bloggers at Jimbo’s old site) alerted me to Taylor Branch’s “The Shame of College Sports” in the October issue of The Atlantic.
I think this is worth your attention, even though it is long. I’m still digesting the article, but there’s quite a bit of interesting material in it about the NCAA’s past (and current) legal battles; the information Branch brings out makes me more convinced that we’ll see the end of the NCAA in the next decade.
Dakota Meyer has been awarded the Medal of Honor.
Meyer is credited with killing at least eight attackers despite being wounded in his arm by shrapnel.
By the way:
Meyer also recovered the bodies of four friends killed in action.
At the time of his actions, Meyer was a corporal. He
(Post title borrowed from LaRue Tactical.)
Bill Muehlberger, longtime geology professor at UT, and the man who trained the NASA astronauts.
Back in 2009, WCD linked to the Statesman‘s profile of Professor Muehlberger. The Statesman website is acting hinky at the moment, and we’re not sure the original piece is still up. If we find a link, we’ll update this post.
(Apologies to Weer’d for stepping into his territory.)
Ranger Up is one of my preferred clothing vendors. (As I may have noted previously, I am partial to my “Mr. Grenade” shirt, since that phrase gets a lot of use around the office.)
Anyway, I was poking around the site this morning (looking at the new MAC-V SOG shirt) and ran across Nick’s Rules on Leadership. I think these are linkworthy. There is a lot of overlap with other entries in the leadership series, but this is the kind of thing that’s good to have in one place, maybe so you can print it out and drop it on someone’s desk.
(I would like to note, for the record, that I do not currently feel any need to print this out and drop it on someone’s desk. I note this because certain someones have mentioned that they read this blog. This is also one of the reasons I do not talk very much about my work life.)
(I would also like to note, for the record, that I haven’t abandoned the leadership series, even if there haven’t been any recent updates. I post stuff when I find it, and when I think it is worth posting.)
The Atlantic‘s Vladimir Putin photo gallery.
See:
Someone should have told this man, “Look. “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” was not a documentary. And you’re not Peter Weller. Okay?”
This week in TMQ: the Chronic-what-les of Narnia?
No, we’re not kidding. And we’re not going to call Gregg Easterbrook Aaron Burr, either. After the jump…
Back in March, we noted that the Miami PD had shot a bunch of folks, and some people were upset over this.
Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito was fired on Monday. The reason for his firing does not appear to involve shootings:
The City Commission voted 3-2 in favor of firing Chief Exposito, and is calling for amendments to the city charter. But don’t cry for the Chief:
Alex Schaefer is a painter.
Alex Schaefer likes to paint banks.
Alex Schaefer likes to paint banks on fire.
Alex Schaefer was questioned by the LAPD because, supposedly, someone “felt threatened” by Mr. Schaefer standing in front of a Chase bank branch and painting it on fire.
Alex Schaefer just sold that painting to a guy in Germany for $25,000. Mr. Schaefer sold another painting of a burning Bank of America branch on eBay for $3,600.
The LAT does not mention where Mr. Schaefer has his accounts.
The BATFE assured Mr. Howard they were going to follow the guns into the hands of Mexican cartels. We all know that didn’t happen.
So why am I linking this?
The NFL loser update will return Tuesday morning.
In the meantime, we wanted to note that the Houston Astros have tied the club record for losses in a single season. 100 losses seems well within reach. But with 97 losses and 16 games left, they only have to win four more games (which would be a .250 winning percentage for the rest of the season; they’re currently at .336) to avoid 110 losses.
Missed posting this yesterday, as I was tied up with other things.
Cliff Robertson, Oscar winning actor and the man who brought down David Begelman.