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When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

He really is that stupid.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

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

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

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

DeSantis transforms Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

The words do not have to be perfect.

Consistently wrong since 2002

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

A consequence of cucumbers

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

This really is a full service blog.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

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  6. 6.

    Liberal Sandlapper

    If you want to see a great running back, keep an eye on South Carolina’s Marcus Lattimore. That kid is a freshman Emmit Smith.

    Which sucks, cuz I’m a Clemson fan.

  7. 7.

    robertdsc-PowerBook & 27 titles

    Speaking of football, John, does Rosie the piglet have her own Stillers collar for tomorrow?

  13. 13.

    Liberal Sandlapper

    @stockinged: yeah, I saw the whole thing. I’ve been watching him for a couple of years at Byrnes High in the Upstate. That kid is going to be the best running back USC has ever had, including George Rogers. And that’s sayin’ something!

  19. 19.

    Phyllis

    @fucen tarmal: Three run walkoff homer by Gonzalez to make your wish come true.

    And Lattimore? He be a stud. I see another Heisman winner from Carolina sometime in the next couple of years. That was pretty to watch.

  24. 24.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @efgoldman:

    I was much more impressed (and posted in an earlier thread) about JMU (of the 1AA JMU’s) beating “ranked” VaTech.

    Va Tech, for whatever reason, is always overrated. I wish they would just stop doing those stupid fucking preseason polls.

    Nevertheless, because Va Tech is in the ACC, they will likely be in a semi-big bowl even if they don’t end well, because they have a bunch of fans who “travel well.”

  31. 31.

    Mary G

    I haven’t had much time lately, just wanted to say I’m happy for soonergrunt’s great news and share mine – my mother is homefrom 3+ weeks in the hospital and
    nursing home and walking in the driveway
    this afternoon.

  33. 33.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @stuckinred and several others:

    PHILLIES LOSE, Bitchez!! Yeah!!

    This is beginning to feel like 1991, and I’m pretty superstitious about saying that. But it is. (That was my personal Magic Baseball Year, the season that changed me forever in many profound and unexpected ways.)

  35. 35.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @efgoldman:
    Not sure. They have in the past had a pretty weak conference division and escape relatively unscathed.

    I should say VT is not that different from most any big-time football school, fan-wise. But they do seem to get pushed up in the rankings to absurdly high levels based on what I don’t know.

    (div ii school here, and South Carolina alum, so no dog in the hunt)

    ETA: I should mention that I *always* root for the underdog. :)

  37. 37.

    Andy K

    Cheering on the Braves as though you really care? Really? Atlanta’s torrid love tepid like affair with the Braves any of their professional sports clubs doesn’t impress me. at. all.

  43. 43.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @stuckinred #24: What art show, if I might ask? Is she an artist — by which I mmean, entered in the show — or merely, like mme, an admirer/observer?

    (Cannot see what I’m typing here, imm sure there are numerous typos)

  45. 45.

    Markk

    Lattimore was fantastic today. Had 58 of the Gamecocks 59 yds on that last drive late in the game. A true freshman carrying the team. Wow! Go SoCarolina….

    stuckinred, I’m from Tampa and Murray will be a great QB for UGa. He can throw a 20yd out like a NFLer and is real tough. Clearly the best QB on the field today.

  47. 47.

    Andy K

    @stuckinred:

    Oh, I can spread it around: How many times have the Braves made the playoffs in the last 20 years? And how many times have they won the World Series?

  49. 49.

    Sakura

    OT, but I was just on TPM and they have a photo from the protests going on in NYC today (on the front page)… and this woman is wearing a tshirt that caught my eye. It says “Waterboarding Instructor”. Is this some kind of wingnut thing I haven’t been aware of until now? Are these people PROUD of wearing shirts that (in my view) glorify and, if I may say so, even encourage torture?

    Or am I just misinterpreting the message of the shirt?

  52. 52.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Andy K #40: You know what? You can just go fuck yourself with a rusty farm implement.

    Sideways, also too.

    Hater.

  54. 54.

    stuckinred

    @MattR: If you click on the Mercury link you will see Richard Olsen as one of the artists. He’s a retired painting Prof who was a chopper pilot in the very early days of Vietnam. A complete mad man!

  56. 56.

    stuckinred

    @MattR: If you click on the Mercury link you will see Richard Olsen as one of the artists. He’s a retired painting Prof who was a chopper pilot in the very early days of Vietnam. A complete mad man!

  57. 57.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @stuckinred: Not that one… Lawrence University.

    WRT UW-W: Booker Stanley, a former RB for the Badgers, was the leading rusher for Whitewater. He is an interesting story; played a couple of years at Madison, got into some off the field trouble, kicked off the team, spent some time in jail. He is now around 27 y/o with a year or two of eligibility left. He turned his life around and is back in school at Whitewater, playing football.

  58. 58.

    Yutsano

    @SiubhanDuinne: We get told the same shit about the Seattle teams all the time. Never mind the fact that we hit constant attendance goals for all three of our major sports franchises (football, baseball, and sociaIist football) and the traffic gets snarled for miles when one of the teams is playing. Fortunately there will never be a trifecta sports day, the Sounders play in Seahawks Stadium as well. Ignore the haters.

  67. 67.

    stuckinred

    @MattR: Cool, they are in a new building now and I don’t know how moving away from downtown has impacted them. Ask her if she ever eats at the White Tiger.

  69. 69.

    Andy K

    @Yutsano:

    Seattle is a great sports town, and it’s been screwed out of two franchises. The fans turn out when the teams are mediocre or sucky. Why you don’t have an NHL franchise- other than the Canucks not loving the idea so much- I’ll never know.

  70. 70.

    Liberal Sandlapper

    @cacti: braves won their division 14 consecutive years. At least, here in our universe. Not sure what fucking planet you live on.

  72. 72.

    Yutsano

    @Andy K: I first heard they were considering upgrading the T-birds when I was a junior in college. That was 1997 or so. It’s not like there isn’t a great facility just waiting for them to sweep in and renovate. More than likely it’s about money: King County sold their souls to keep the Seahawks and the Mariners which was part of the motivation to tell Bennett to suck an egg when he wanted Key Arena redone to keep the Supersonics in town. No one is gonna sponsor another stadium renovation here for a hella long time.

  74. 74.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    WRT UW-W: Booker Stanley, a former RB for the Badgers, was the leading rusher for Whitewater. He is an interesting story; played a couple of years at Madison, got into some off the field trouble, kicked off the team, spent some time in jail. He is now around 27 y/o with a year or two of eligibility left. He turned his life around and is back in school at Whitewater, playing football.

  79. 79.

    Andy K

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Not a Yankees fan (Los Tigres del Norte are my team- grew up hating the Yanks, Sawx and Orioles equally). But at least Yankees fans turn out in decent numbers when their team is rotten. I’ve made that subway ride to and from the South Bronx, so I’ll give their fans the benefit of the doubt for their passion.

  80. 80.

    Cacti

    @Liberal Sandlapper:

    braves won their division 14 consecutive years. At least, here in our universe. Not sure what fucking planet you live on.

    Your planet must be planet “I don’t know shit about baseball”.

    Laughing at you, not with you.

  81. 81.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @stuckinred: BTW, there’s a *possibility* I may be coming over to UGA in the next couple of weeks, for a day. Would love to meet if it can be arranged. If not this month, then probably November. I’ll be out of town most of October (going to meet up with ellaesther in Chicago, YAY) — anyhow, say if you might be agreeable to a coffee or something and we can email offline and figure out the logistics. No rush.

  82. 82.

    Andy K

    @Yutsano:

    From what I heard from my friends in Seattle is that once the Sonics were sold, they were assured to move to OKC.

    As for an NHL franchise…I can understand why there won’t be a team coming there any time soon, but I can’t figure why you didn’t get a franchise in the late 60s/early 70s, when the league originally expanded.

  84. 84.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @stuckinred: Their leading rusher is an interesting story; played a couple of years at Madison, got into some off the field trouble, kicked off the team, spent some time in jail. He is now around 27 y/o with a year or two of eligibility left. He turned his life around and is back in school at Whitewater, playing football.

    When I try to write his name, I go into moderation.

  85. 85.

    Loneoak

    @Moses2317:

    Woot! Denard Robinson (aka Lil’ Wayne) for the Heisman! 500 yrds offense! Dude can play some football.

    I propose we rename those papists “The Notre Dame Pedobears”, btw.

  86. 86.

    Keith G

    It’s September and Saturdays have gotten a lot more fun. What can beat sitting sitting in our little neighborhood sports bar downing Shiner Bock watching four football games and a tennis at the same time.

    That and sharing in some friendly trash talk with some Miami alums.

    Go Bucks!

  90. 90.

    Yutsano

    @Andy K: That wasn’t an inaccurate assessment. When Bennett bought the team he wanted to move them right away and the city fought back saying that he couldn’t just break the lease on Key Arena. He countered with he would only stay if they agreed to a ridiculous renovation cost that the city would have to pay the vast majority of. The court sided with Bennett but said the city had the rights to the franchise name. Which is why they are now the OKC Whatevers. (I’m not being snarky there, I honestly don’t remember their name and I refuse to Google it. The situation was bad blood the whole way around.)

  96. 96.

    stuckinred

    @Omnes Omnibus: It says that Anderson is from Madison and Stanley from Whitefish on their site? I went to their National Championship game 2 years ago when they lost to Mount Union. $12!

  97. 97.

    Andy K

    @Yutsano:

    I’m not being snarky there, I honestly don’t remember their name and I refuse to Google it.

    Me too. Or either…Whichever. If you call ’em the Colts or Ravens (or the Braves, who were poached from their last city despite great support) it will work for me.

  102. 102.

    stuckinred

    @Omnes Omnibus: The Stagg Bowl! They had a “big screen” they pulled in on a trailer and set it up on the hill in the endzone. Last year they played they day after that monster storm and the field was the only patch of green in Virginia!

  103. 103.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    @Yutsano:

    It’s not like there isn’t a great facility just waiting for them to sweep in and renovate.

    Actually, it’s exactly like there isn’t a great facility just waiting for an NHL team to sweep in and renovate. Key Arena only seats 10,000 for hockey; the rest of the seats are all obstructed view. The renovation necessary to make it a facility the NHL would be interested in would be more expensive than the one that wasn’t done for the Supersonics.

    Gopher fan here. Fortunately, I’m used to losing to Div IAA, or whatever they’re calling them now, teams. We’ve done it three times in the last eight years. Hockey starts next month.

  104. 104.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I’m from Oak Park,
    Couldn’t be prouder,
    And if you can’t hear me
    I’ll yell a little louder!

    I’M FROM OAK PARK etc.

  106. 106.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @stuckinred: I dated a guy from Fenwick, back in around 1958 or so. My family did NOT approve :-)

  108. 108.

    Andy K

    @Loneoak:

    Was that in the last drive? Because that’s when I nodded off. I so love late wins over Notre Dame, especially down there, because I remember well the Harry Oliver kick, and I’m bummed that I missed this one.

    :(

  109. 109.

    Bill Murray

    @stuckinred: Dakota State was the team they played. The Trojans are an NAIA team with little football tradition. They were so bad back in my day, I played against them a couple of times.

    In other South Dakota college football news, the University of South Dakota (an FCS team) beat Minnesota 41-38 in Minnesota.

  113. 113.

    Andy K

    @stuckinred:

    …it was ONLY 45 years ago.

    FIFY

    Tell a Cubs fan to get a life because 1969 was 41 years ago and she’ll pop you but good.

    History and tradition are at least 50% of the reason we cheer for our teams. The teams we root for today are the stuff of tomorrow’s fond- and sometimes not so fond- memories.

  116. 116.

    stuckinred

    @stuckinred: @Andy K: They dedicated a statue of Sweet Swingin Billy this week. Complaining about a team that was moved from Boston to Milwaukee because they moved to Atlanta 45 years ago and was replaced is hardly the same as what you are talking about with the Cubbie’s don’t you think?

  120. 120.

    General Stuck

    Reds are gonna give me a heart attack. Blow 3 run lead in 8th and go down one, then tie game in bottom of ninth, and win it on Votto walk off homer in 10th. Up 7 again. GO Reds!!

  121. 121.

    That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)

    @Bill Murray:

    In other South Dakota college football news, the University of South Dakota (an FCS team) beat Minnesota 41-38 in Minnesota.

    You say this like beating the Gophers is somehow impressive.

  124. 124.

    Andy K

    @stuckinred:

    I’d say that was true if Milwaukee hadn’t fallen in love with that team so quickly and passionately, but I think it’ll take a few generations dying off before they let it go. There was no reason for the Braves to leave- the stadium was relatively new, the fans filled it until the last year, after the new ownership (Chicagoans, iirc) announced they were moving to Atlanta the next year…Do you know what F.I.P. stands for, and why the people in Wisconsin use it?

  126. 126.

    stuckinred

    @Andy K: No, haven’t heard of that. My great county stadium story is, when I was about 5, we went for a night game and went to the zoo during the afternoon. Sometime late in the day we heard the game on the radio! It was a day game and we rushed there just in time for the last inning. My old man was coaching at Wauwatosa at the time.

  128. 128.

    burnspbesq

    While y’all were gearing up to watch football, there was a bit of a changing of the guard in basketball today. After watching Kevin Durant lay 38 on Lithuania in the semifinals of the world championships, I’d say there is a sound basis to assert that he–not LeBron and not Kobe–is the best player in the world.

  130. 130.

    fbihop

    Before anyone complains (except for Virginia Tech fans) can’t match the frustration that UNM (New Mexico) fan have this year.

    The first game this season was in Oregon… and the Lobos lost 72-0. It was 59-0 at halftime.

    The Lobos are losing 38-17 to Texas Tech at home and we are happy about that. With TCU, BYU and Utah left on the conference schedule… it is going to be a long, long year for the Lobos.

  131. 131.

    Andy K

    @stuckinred:

    Oh, that sucks…I hope it wasn’t your first game, although as a kid it would feel as bad if it was your hundredth!

    F.I.P.: Fucking Illinois People- the Chicagoland residents who cross the border, fall in love with the little supper club in which they had the great lake perch on a Friday night, buy the supper club and try to turn it into something their friends from the Gold Coast would like….Suddenly the menu changes, there’s a wine list, you can’t afford to take the family there…Fucking Illinois People.

    They don’t have a name for us Michiganians.

  137. 137.

    burnspbesq

    @fbihop:

    Umm, Durant led the league in scoring last year, and he’s had a summer-long master class in defense with Coach K. What else do you want?

    If Oklahoma City gets some complementary players to go with Durant and Westbrook, they are going to be something very special.

    Watch the championship game tomorrow. 2:30 Eastern on ESPN. See for yourself.

  138. 138.

    Cacti

    @Bill Murray:

    14 out of 15 and 11 in a row isn’t that far off

    Division Title =/= Pennant

    is not a synonym for pennant, is not interchangeable term for pennant.

  139. 139.

    Cacti

    @stuckinred:

    They made the big mistake of saying “pennant” so these sport geniuses jumped all on them

    The Yankees are looking strong this year.

    I think they’re gonna win the Super Bowl this October.

  140. 140.

    Steeplejack

    @Mary G:

    Happy to hear that. I had a sudden visual impression of a gray-haired lady using a walker but enjoying the sun. Glad she’s back with you.

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