Friday Links - 7 July

Lone Star Parson has A New Dog, and another year under his belt.

There was a dog on the porch and a grinning soldier. "Happy birthday, dad. We interviewed a number of dogs and figured this one was best. Look, he's part Ridgeback, and you love Rhodesia. He doesn't even bark."

Moving, eh? The kid had gone off to the pound and found a dog for his dad, with attention to breed(s) and demeanor. Well, there it is, the Compound has a new rescue dog and he's a good boy

Jim Treacher - Hey, Maybe That Cocaine Wasn’t Hunter’s?

So a Secret Service agent found some cocaine in the White House over the weekend. Which, after the events of the last three years, sounds like a joke.

The Other McCain - Anonymous Official: We May Never Know Who Had Cocaine at the White House

When a Democrat’s in the White House, everybody’s on dope.

Second City Cop - What About the Exempts?

We used to have the government list of companies that successfully applied for PPP "loans" and we were amazed at the number of single owner/operator security companies that shared a name and/or address with exempt members of the Chicago Police Department. (media trolls - this is what police call a CLUE.)

Power Line - A Major Blow Against Censorship

Judge Terry Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has granted plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, barring various Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies for the purpose of suppressing free speech.

The O.K. Corral - Florida Man Gets Drunk On Florida Man. This explains a lot.

Whoa, wait, there is a Florida Man beer? Why was I not informed?

Don Surber - The day John Adams predicted

His hope and his optimism were inspirational and well placed. And forgive his spelling. They did not have spellcheck back then. They only had men with great minds.

Meep at Stump - Chicago Pensions: Drowning, Not Waving

Brandon Johnson had been hoping to use his ideas for spending revenue on all sorts of new goodies in Chicago, but really, given that Chicago has the worst city pension situation in the U.S., he’s got to be spending any “excess” revenue on old services — that is, unfunded pension liabilities.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 6 July 2023: Disembroken Edition

You might think that if The Atlantic is reporting on a tech story, it must already be obsolete or irrelevant and you'd be 100% correct. (The Verge)

Juliette Ochieng at Baldilocks Talks - Just Deserts

In my Social Media Life, I get hassled by white supremacists and white leftists often.(Uncharacteristically, black leftists tend to leave me alone.)