Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Second rate reporter says what?

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

White supremacy is terrorism.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Infrastructure week. at last.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

People are complicated. Love is not.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

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Are other people confused by the blue and yellow strip on the 20 yard line in San Diego? How can it be both the first-down marker AND the line of scrimmage? If the league is going to require that players pull their socks up and not take off their helmets, shouldn’t it also require that San Diego use different colors for their 20 yard line?

Update. The play-by-play guy just said “Hay-sha” for Haiti. Never heard that one before.

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  1. 1.

    MysticalChick

    The quarterback from that other team is kinda cute. Was watching the Flyers/Caps game at the local sports bar and was forced to also watch football hence noticing the cute QB. Sanchez? Very cute.

    MC+1

  3. 3.

    DougJ

    It marks where the Red Zone starts, Doug…

    NO, it’s still there when your on you’re own 20.

  4. 4.

    Seth 4:10

    Also the sing behind the end zone reading:

    “DANGER: High Boltage”

    Really, San Diego? Really?

  5. 5.

    J.

    I think the San Diego Chargers are color blind or color confused. Seriously, have you checked out their outfits? Teal and canary? Come on. I rest my case.

    (Btw, as a Jets fan, all I’m seein’ is red. GO JETS!)

  6. 6.

    paradox

    As a boy I thought San Diego had a team of battery chargers, really, isn’t that what the name and the electricity bolt were for?

    The first years they had a horse with the bolt, the “chargers.” But for whatever reason they dropped the horse early and just kept that stupid electricity bolt.

  7. 7.

    Davis X. Machina

    Must be pronouncing the final -ti in ‘Haiti’ as in ‘nation’, or in the famous Shavian ‘ghoti’ for ‘fish’.

  8. 8.

    me

    My local CBS station is over-compressing their signal. Every high motion cut has tons of artifacts.

  9. 9.

    Morbo

    Or they could ask the broadcasters to use different colors for their CG stripes on fields where the teams use blue and/or yellow for their team colors.

  10. 10.

    AnotherBruce

    That blue and yellow stripe thing is the most controversial and exciting part of this game.

  11. 11.

    GregB

    Whoever the announcer is, they are trying to sound hip. Like when Peter Jennings used to pronounce Nicaragua on the news….Nee-ca-rrrraaagwa!

    That being said the French pronounce that T in Haiti. The only quirky thing they do is drop the H. Making it sound like Ayti.

    -G

  13. 13.

    joe from Lowell

    He said “Hay-shee-ah.”

    The teleprompter must have read “Haitia” or “Hatia.” I hope.

  14. 14.

    joe from Lowell

    I like the Jets offensive line. Using two first-round picks to take the best tackle and best center in the draft was genius, and then putting Faneca between them? Great.

    Former center, former guard, former Patriot Damien Woody at RT is cool, and then some unsigned rookie earning a starting spot at guard is a great story, too.

    That was the same year that the Texans took all that grief for signing Mario Williams instead of Reggie Bush, but who’s laughing now?

  16. 16.

    AnotherBruce

    The Revis is a force of nature, and with all due respect to Woodson, Darrell Revis should have been named defensive player of the year.

  17. 17.

    J. Michael Neal

    God, these E-Trade commercials make me angry. Most people, and by “most,” I mean “99%,” should just put there money in a couple of Vanguard funds and leave it there. Check back in a few years before retirement.

  22. 22.

    Svensker

    Man, even if we lose, Jetties are up 10-7 in the 4th against the Chargers. The kids have got heart.

  23. 23.

    gbear

    @gbear:

    Movie memory fail. Should have looked it up first.

    Doug, I tried to request deletion but that failed too. Today has been fail day.

  26. 26.

    ploeg

    @J. Michael Neal:

    I read such commercials as being aimed only at that vanishingly small segment of the viewership, those who would have the funny money to invest in stocks personally and the attention span to make it work. Kind of like IBM ads (how many people are interested in an xSeries computer?) or commercials featuring cars with bows on them.

  27. 27.

    DougJ

    Do I have the gist of this new Mel Gibson movie right? He’s not only reprising his role from Lethal Weapon, but he’s playing Danny Glover’s role, too?

    I can’t look at Mel any more without thinking “What are you looking at, Sugar Tits”?

  28. 28.

    GregB

    Remember the teleprompter for Sarah Palin at the GOP convention. They spelled out nuclear as new-clear so she would mispronounce the word.

    -G

  30. 30.

    Mike Kay

    @GregB:

    They spelled out nuclear as new-clear so she would mispronounce the word.

    Actually, “New-Clear” is a mispronunciation.

    Nuclear has three syllables, while “New-Clear” only has two syllables.

  31. 31.

    Comrade Jake

    If the JETS manage to win this, they will get picked apart by INDY in what will arguably be the most boring AFC playoff game, evah.

  34. 34.

    J. Michael Neal

    @ploeg:

    I read such commercials as being aimed only at that vanishingly small segment of the viewership, those who would have the funny money to invest in stocks personally and the attention span to make it work.

    Not really. They’re aimed at people who have money to invest and are going to make lots and lots of trades. That’s how a brokerage makes its money: collecting a fee every time you trade. On the whole, this means that they’re trying to sell their services to people who are going to be chasing returns, which is a fabulous way to make money. The key is their reference to “analytics.” Technical analysis, which is what they mean, is a complete load of crap. The only reason it works at all is because a lot of people using it turns it into a self-fulfilling prophecy. For a time. Then it stops working, and the people who thought they were getting ahead find their winnings disappearing rapidly.

    On some level, I shouldn’t complain so much, because those are exactly the type of people I end up making money off of. It still bothers me. asiangrrlMN should turn her pitchfork on these bastards.

  36. 36.

    GregB

    Mike,

    Agreed, but it sounds better than Nuke-you-ler. Which is how I’m sure she was saying it.

    -G

    I also meant to type “so she would not mispronounce the word”.

  38. 38.

    J. Michael Neal

    @Comrade Jake:

    If the JETS manage to win this, they will get picked apart by INDY in what will arguably be the most boring AFC playoff game, evah.

    Was Indy the only team in the AFC this year that had both an offense and a defense?

  39. 39.

    Mike Kay

    Sanchez’ running toss in the corner end zone for the go ahead score reminds me of Joe Montana’s most famous toss.

  41. 41.

    MattR

    I am looking forward to the Jets giving the Colts both their first and last loss of the season.

  42. 42.

    Andy K

    @J. Michael Neal:

    The Colts were the only AFC team with both a consistently good offense and defense. IMO. had the Ravens been consistently good on offense, they’d probably be headed to the Super Bowl this year- they were just too weak in the passing game, though.

  43. 43.

    Mike Kay

    Payton is gonna go down, and go down, hard.

    Ryan is gonna pound the tin-man all night.

    Jets-Saints super bowl

  48. 48.

    CaseyL

    @Mike Kay: Sigh. I always feel awful for players in that position – even when they deserve it; even when I’m rooting for the other team.

    I wouldn’t feel that way if the cameras didn’t zoom in on He Who is Without Hap, to give us a close-up of his despair-struck face.

  51. 51.

    MikeJ

    @J. Michael Neal:

    The key is their reference to “analytics.” Technical analysis, which is what they mean, is a complete load of crap.

    Every time I hear somebody talk about a head and shoulders pattern I don’t know if I should stab them in the eye with a ball point pen or come up with a way to separate them from their cash.

  52. 52.

    CaseyL

    Someone lit a fire under SD’s offense. Guess they figured they have to go for a TD, since their kicker just ain’t working out today.

    ETA: OK, this is officially Very Exciting. One on-side kick, coming up.

  53. 53.

    MattR

    I just opened up the window and was overcome by the stench of every Jets fan in the NYC metropolitan area shitting their pants.

  55. 55.

    J. Michael Neal

    @MikeJ:

    Every time I hear somebody talk about a head and shoulders pattern I don’t know if I should stab them in the eye with a ball point pen or come up with a way to separate them from their cash.

    Why limit yourself to either/or?

  56. 56.

    CaseyL

    So… whaddaya think? Will SD get the ball back with enough time to score? Will they dare try for another FG to tie, or (considering their kicker is cursed today) will they go balls out for a TD?

  58. 58.

    CaseyL

    OK, never mind. Jets it is, and I have to say I’m tickled by the idea of a Jets-Colts post-season (re)match. I mean: the reason I became a football fan is because I developed a huge crush on Namath after SB III, when I was a kid.

  59. 59.

    Bostondreams

    Ugh. I hate the Jets almost as much as I hate the Yankees. Thank you, San Diego, for putting this Gator and Patriot fan in the horrific position of having to root for that…Peyton Manning.

    I say again, Ugh.

  62. 62.

    teak111

    God damed mother fucking bull assholes shit and shinola crap ass mother fucking idiots jesus mother fucking christ, I hate being a Charger fan because it always ends in…tears and heart ache, like a bad fucking ass girlfriend who is a great lay but wrong in all other ways. Could we possibly play any worse, could we possibly have more unforced errors, could we possibly, sheet, forget it. Back to the beach, the pool, week of rain then sunny warm days until next January. Sports in San Diego are truly pathetic, except the Soccers!:) And I don’t wanna hear from Steelers Fan, with 5 Lombardi trophies or New England fan with a resent dynasty gone bust. Name me another team that is so good but so bad in the playoffs. Ok rant off. Back to work.

  64. 64.

    Toast

    @Bostondreams: Pats fan, huh? By what fucking right do you hate the Jets? You, whose coach wrote, on a fucking NAPKIN, “I resign as HC of the NYJ”. You, whose coach has a vendetta against his former team and who wastes no opportunity to fuck them every chance he gets, up to and including cheating. Yeah, you. Sorry boss, I DENY your hate. Your scumbag coach and your scumbag team has no business pissing on my Jets. We’re in the AFC Championship, and Belicheat and Brady are sitting at home in their living rooms. SUCK it.

  65. 65.

    Paul (Jvstin)

    I am amazed that the Jest didn’t manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, as is their usual M.O.

    That said, my pre playoff Superbowl pick of the Chargers over the Cowboys…is no longer operative.

  67. 67.

    Grisha

    As a Raiders fan, I can’t count on much these days, but I can always count on the Chargers choking in the playoffs.

  68. 68.

    Bill H

    Utterly predicatble that the Chargers will play shutdown football in the first half and then “make halftime adjustments” to protect the 7-point lead in the second half. When that lead becomes 4 points they will continue to try to run the ball up the middle and use conservative defense to protect the 7-point lead that they no longer have. When the margin becomes a deficit they will continue to try to run the ball up the middle and use conservative defense because that’s what they decided to do at halftime and it isn’t posible to, you know, talk to each other on the sideline and, maybe, change the plan right out there on the freaking field.

  72. 72.

    Gian

    growing up a pats fan, it’s hard to root for the Jets, but, the chargers owner is Bush prionerr/ranger and when the city wanted to give the tickets it had to purchase (to avoid a TV blackout) to charities for kids, Spanos vetoed it and demanded the city shred the tickets it bought. the city wanted to do something like give them to the boys and girls club, and the city was paying for them.

    and really the ownership goal seems to be simply to spend enough to beat a really weak AFC west and make the playoffs – and that’s all – I mean really in a division with the pathetic raiders and chiefs – in a 16 game season they’re basically 4-0 to start, and Denver is a mess lately – call that a split say 5-1 in division play 500 ball against the rest of the schedule and they’re a 10-6 team, and I just don’t see them winning it all with their ownership, that kind of mean with the city betrays a mindset too stupid to build a champion

  73. 73.

    Jager

    As a Pats fan, I hate the Jets, but I hate the Chargers more and by God, at least a team from the pats Division snuffed out the Chargers hopes again!

    Holy shit did the Vikings kick Dallas ass…I loved seeing that prime asshole Jerry Jones on the sideline looking like someone shit in his mouth!

  74. 74.

    Bostondreams

    @Toast:

    Bitter much?
    As far as abandoning a team…well, hey, you stole our coach first, remember? Or does the name Bill Parcells mean nothing to the gangrene folks these days?
    And we will take the 3 titles our Bill has brought us, thanks.

  75. 75.

    Kinchyle

    Update. The play-by-play guy just said “Hay-sha” for Haiti. Never heard that one before.

    My driving instructor was a racist, misogynistic ass. He once complained to me about how the DMV had to find a Laotian translator and that those people should just go back to Laotia where they belonged. Not having my license yet and not wishing to be stranded, I did not point out that Laotians are from Laos. Anyway, same ignorance on the part of the announcer. Haitians must be from Haitia.

  76. 76.

    Redshirt

    Looks like the Pats fans have found a secret refuge here! Pats fan here too, and somehow found myself rooting for the Jets yesterday even though I hate them, but, I found, I don’t hate them as much as the Chargers.

    I used to like the Chargers, not too long ago. I’ve come to really, really loathe Rivers, and absolutely detest LT – what a crybaby! You could see it on display again yesterday.

    I don’t hate Norv, but I have ZERO faith he can win anything of merit – so he’s a good guy to always bet against.

    And as mentioned above, the Chargers ownership is Neocon happy, and I’m glad to root against anyone who choses that side.

  77. 77.

    deadrody

    Wow, liberals are dumb when it comes to football, too!

    Uh, dopey, the line of scrimmage and first down lines are not real. They are magically superimposed on the screen for TV viewers only. And if you can’t figure out which is which, sorry, maybe you shouldn’t be allowed to vote, either.

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