Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

He really is that stupid.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

I would gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

White supremacy is terrorism.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

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  2. 2.

    robertdsc

    Why is Leighton starting? He’s a sieve.

    The Philly uniforms are godawful ugly.

  4. 4.

    stuckinred

    I’m puzzled. I am a sports maniac and have my favorite teams but, when they are eliminated, I watch because I live the game(s). Hockey is not one of my favorites but damn. . .this is pretty cool.

  5. 5.

    BombIranForChrist

    Wait, is this the sport where a bunch of dudes move around on grass for a long time, never scoring, or the sport where a bunch of dudes move around on ice for a long time, never scoring? I need to measure out how many bullets I am going to pump into my brain.

  7. 7.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    @jeffreyw: Very slow here as well, but that is normal. Almost to the day, on July 1, the hordes of little flying jewels arrive, and I become obsessed with them and taking their pics. Got the web cam ready and a faster internet connection this year.

  10. 10.

    jg

    flyers squeeze-out blue collar goal to tie it up, 1-1, after first period. Flyers talent chasm to hawks def show in rushes up ice and on the PP. If flyers get in Nemo’s crease they’ll win. got to keep him on his back. Bufflin starting to find groove. he scores when prongs off the ice. i’m hoping for a game 7! that’s when hockey players put all other athletes to shame. hockey is too fast for american tv viewers. they want slowness so they can eat and pretend to understand fantasy leagues.

  11. 11.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    And Lanny Davis was just on The Ed Show stating emphatically that Blanche Lincoln is a progressive.

    I’m actually a little surprised that LD would go on with Schultz, or even on MSNBC.

  13. 13.

    John PM

    Go Hawks, but I still don’t like hockey. And, yes, Americans love slow sports like basketball.

  14. 14.

    ajr22

    Go Hawks, worst case scenario I get super drunk watching game 7 in Chicago on Friday.

  16. 16.

    CJ

    @robertdsc:

    As a Philadelphia everything fan, I vehemently disagree with your uniform comment.

    Also as a Philadelphia fan, being a Philadelphia fan sucks. I live in perpetual fear of failure. I’m not happy when they’re winning because I know they’ll screw up. This game is agonizing.

  17. 17.

    South of I-10

    Alright gardeners, I have white flies all over my roses. Can I get rid of them without spraying something toxic? If so, how?

  18. 18.

    schrodinger's cat

    @Elisabeth: Who are you rooting for? I think it is Susur Lee’s title to lose, but I wouldn’t mind if any of the last 3 win.

  19. 19.

    robertdsc

    @CJ:
    I can live with the 1997 versions just fine. The original versions of these orange unis were OK. But today’s are terrible.

    I’m also one of the few who liked the long pants they wore in the early 80’s, lol.

  23. 23.

    Breezeblock

    It’s clear the NHL wants a Game 7. Well-played refs. You fucking suck. I wouldn’t let you ref a fucking mites game.

  25. 25.

    Mike E

    The unis may be ugly, but their effort to get to this point has been beautiful. Lotta heart, these Flyers, but the ‘Hawks are built for the 2010 Cup. Kinda reminds me of when Iverson led the 76ers against the Shaq/Kobe Lakers, they ran out of body parts. Oh well, par for the course when you’re a Phila sports fan–it just makes the random championship that much sweeter.

  26. 26.

    wrye

    I hate the Hawks and Flyers, so it’s an annoying outcome for me. I keep hoping a bus will crash onto the ice or something, but it hasn’t happened so far. I get the sense the NBA final’s no better. bah.

  27. 27.

    Kristine

    Go Hawks!! Let them wrap it up tonight, please.

    As a fan from the opposing camp, I think the Philly uniforms are fine, but I like orange.

  30. 30.

    wmsheppa

    As a Penguins fan, go Hawks! I can imagine nothing worse than seeing Hartnell and Carcillo’s ugly mugs defiling the Cup.

  31. 31.

    mellowjohn

    not really a hockey fan (i can’t ice skate and HATE cold weather), but since championships happen in chicago with about the same regularity as the appearance of glaciers – GO HAWKS!

  32. 32.

    Josie

    @South of I-10: I read somewhere that you can use yellow paper plates with any sticky stuff smeared on them stapled to stakes in the garden to catch white flies. They are attracted to the yellow color and get stuck. I haven’t tried it yet but I am getting ready to do so.

  33. 33.

    South of I-10

    @jeffreyw: Thanks a lot, I had lost 5 lbs., and I just gained them back looking at that picture!

    @Josie: I think I have some yellow plates, I will give it a shot. I want to get them under control before they spread to my veggies.

  35. 35.

    madmommy

    @South of I-10:

    Have you tried spraying them with soapy water? A few drops of dish soap mixed with water in a sprayer might do the trick. It’s what my Granny used when her roses would get aphids.

  38. 38.

    madmommy

    Tie game!

    Are all hockey games this exciting? The goalie didn’t even seem to see that shot until it was in the net.

  40. 40.

    Steeplejack

    Night shift checking in. Just got home from work, thought the hockey game would be over, but apparently not. Must stoke up the big-ass TV. Back shortly.

  41. 41.

    wmsheppa

    @madmommy: Yes they are.

    @Mike E Hartnell has had a great series. I’m honestly a bit surprised after a pretty forgettable season.

  44. 44.

    wmsheppa

    Overtime in an elimination game in the Stanley Cup Finals. Only way this could be better was if it was game 7.

  45. 45.

    Steeplejack

    O.T. Does Philadelphia look tired and slow, or am I still trippin’ from work?

  46. 46.

    wmsheppa

    @Mike E: Leighton in particular surprised me. I always thought that Boucher has got a bit of a tough ride over the last decade. When it matters and he’s been given the chance, he’s been very good. It’ll be interesting to see what the Flyers do in net after the Finals are over (outcome aside).

    @Steeplejack They actually look a lot better than they did in the second. They went back on their heels after the tying goal, but before that it was all Flyers for about 5 minutes.

  49. 49.

    madmommy

    @wmsheppa:

    I watch Olympic hockey but never pay much attention to the regular season until the playoffs start. To me it seems hard to watch on tv, the action moves fast and the puck is hard to see. Plus I don’t know enough about the subtleties of the game. But I can say that this game is quite action-packed!

    So now what? An overtime period, or straight to penalty shots?

  50. 50.

    SixStringSlingr

    @madmommy: no penalty shots in the playoffs. 20 minute overtime periods until somebody scores.
    ETA: By that I mean, sudden death overtime with a break every 20 minutes of game time.

  52. 52.

    madmommy

    @SixStringSlingr:

    Really? I knew they’d implemented penalty shots for the regular season, I just assumed they were also in the playoffs. A quite exciting way to decide a game.

  54. 54.

    SixStringSlingr

    Longest overtime NHL game was six overtime periods. Heh heh.
    But they usually don’t go nearly that long.

  55. 55.

    SixStringSlingr

    @madmommy: The shootout is hated by many long time hockey fans and I can’t honestly see them ever implementing it for the playoffs.
    Shootouts in the regular season were a way to eliminate tie games without having regular season games go to extreme lengths.

  60. 60.

    madmommy

    Well. That took a while to become official. Congrats to the Blackhawks.

    I like how both teams always line up for handshakes after the game. Reminds me of Little League, in a good way. No other pro sport does it in quite this formal a way.

  61. 61.

    handy

    Grats Blackhawks. Maybe your win will inspire the Cubs.

    (A guy can dream, can’t he?)

  63. 63.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @madmommy:
    IIRC, they don’t do that in regular season games or after any game except for the final game of a playoff series. I could be wrong, but I’ve been to a few that weren’t the final game and I seem to recall the teams just shuffling off the ice when it was over.

  64. 64.

    wmsheppa

    Classless by the Flyers fans. You don’t boo the team that wins the Cup. Pittsburgh and Detroit were both classier than that losing on home ice the last two years.

  65. 65.

    Katie5

    Ugh. Still, it’s nice to see Toews hoist the cup. And it’s better than Montreal getting torn to pieces. That would be bad seeing as how we have the Grand Prix this weekend.

  66. 66.

    SixStringSlingr

    @madmommy: Yes, that’s one of the great things about a great sport. Every playoff series ends like that. Guys try to kill each other for four-to-seven games, then line up, as you said, just like little leaguers for handshakes and congratulations. I also love how when the road team wins, like tonight, almost all of the fans stay to watch the Cup presentation. Love this game and love its fans!

  68. 68.

    SixStringSlingr

    And the Philly fans are booing like the classless assholes they are.
    You can always count on Philly fans….

  70. 70.

    madmommy

    @SixStringSlingr:

    I like the traditions of the Stanley Cup. How the teams let each player take it and do pretty much whatever with it over the summer. Then they take it in and buff out the scratches and dings for the next year. Even in the opposing team’s arena there are a lot of fans still there watching the ceremony.

    If every player for the winning team gets their name engraved on the Cup, do they keep adding rings to it over time?

  73. 73.

    SixStringSlingr

    @madmommy: They used to until the Cup got unwieldy. Now they have five big bands at the base of the trophy. When the bottom band fills up, they remove the topmost large band and add a blank one at the bottom. The removed bands go into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, along with the original Cup.

  77. 77.

    madmommy

    @SixStringSlingr:

    Thanks! If they kept adding rings it would eventually get so big no one could hoist it without help! Still a very cool trophy. I’ll be looking forward to reading the Sports Illustrated article on where the Cup goes this summer. Next year I’ll follow the season more. Living in tropical Louisiana we don’t get so much hockey coverage :)

    Thanks for answering my questions, y’all. Goodnight!

  79. 79.

    Corner Stone

    Freakin Grand Slam by Carlos Lee of the Astros in extra innings in CO! Yeah baby!
    Uh, and wasn’t there some ice-based nonsensical competition also going on somewhere?

  80. 80.

    handy

    So the longest drought without winning a Cup is shared by 3 teams: the Leafs, the Blues, and the LA Queens, the latter two having never won.

  81. 81.

    Punchy

    Blackhawks win! Oh yeah! Did Chrissy Pronger gank the puck again?

    Now if only the Cubs can do something…..

  85. 85.

    AxelFoley

    @handy:

    Grats Blackhawks. Maybe your win will inspire the Cubs.
    (A guy can dream, can’t he?)

    I’m dreaming, too. The Cubs are now the only Chicago sports team to have not won a title in my lifetime. Since 1985, all of the major sports teams in the Chi have won at least one title–Bulls (6), Bears (1), Blackhawks (1), White Sox (1), Fire (1).

    C’mon, Cubs!

  86. 86.

    Elie

    @Corner Stone:

    Man, show some respect.

    It is very hard for us Chicagoans…wherever we are, these things are very important… we know what it is to be on the bottom more times than not…I actually could identify as much with the Flyers tonight after the BHs won — out of sheer being accustomed to this … We understand the significance of the stigmata — we bleed all the time for our sports teams

  90. 90.

    AnotherBruce

    Anybody else see Jeremy Roenick break down and cry from the NBC broadcasting booth? Couldn’t help but be a bit touched by that. I’m such a sentamental guy.

  91. 91.

    fucen tarmal

    thank you chicago.

    for keeping my wealth of comparisons from now to 1975 relevant for talking to flyer fans….

    that ot goal was a career killer soft goal for leighton…he is gonna dream that one over all summer….

  92. 92.

    Comrade Kevin

    Congratulations to the Blackhawks, the team that knocked out the Sharks, for winning the Stanley Cup.

  93. 93.

    wrye

    Yes, well done Hawks. At least you aren’t the Sharks!

    Chicago Fans had to put up with Bill Wirtz, too, so I don’t begrudge them some fun. Just this one time!

  94. 94.

    Ash Can

    OK, my girlfriend (whose 40th birthday was yesterday) and I just got back from standing outside of Harry Caray’s restaurant in Rosemont and cheering the Hawks as they got off their bus from the airport. The guys headed into the bar for a private party, and brought the Cup with them. When I saw the boys getting off the bus carrying Lord Stanley’s silverware, I lost it. ::looks skyward:: Maggie, you are avenged!

    The Stanley Cup is beautiful. And so are the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks.

    ::staggers off to bed for two hours before she has to get up and get Bottle Rocket to school::

  96. 96.

    mike

    I must be mellowing with age because I’m just happy the Flyers overachieved and played their hearts out throughout the playoffs. That was some great hockey.

    Congrats to the Blackhawks–loved Hossa’s face as Toews handed him the Cup.

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