Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

You cannot shame the shameless.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

This blog will pay for itself.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Bark louder, little dog.

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

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

I really should read my own blog.

In my day, never was longer.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

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I’m going to be tired in the AM, but I love a doubleheader on Monday night. If I had my way, there would be a game every night of the week and the leftovers on Sunday afternoon. If there is football on, it is the best thing on tv, without question.

Also, as a Steeler fan, I am obligated to root for the J… E… T… S… JETS JETS JETS!

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  1. 1.

    Wiesman

    There is no good excuse to root for the Jets. Not that I have anything against any of the players, I don’t. Their fans, however…

  3. 3.

    Jager

    Just as the NBA Championship trophy has already been Fed Exed to the Miami Heat…listening to the asshats on ESPN the Lombardi Trophy should be sent to Woodie Johnson, Rex Ryan and the Jets before the end of tonight’s game. Hype, Hype and more freakin Hype! The Jets got nothin once you get beyond that D Line. If Revis has been working out it would be a miracle, he’s huffing and puffing like Aunt Edith!

  4. 4.

    j

    As a Bears fan I just gotta say “The Lions Was ROBBED!” There is NO WAY that Lovie could be proud of his team.

  5. 5.

    Jager

    @j:

    Yeah, that Cutler is the real deal aint he, providing all the fire power the Bears have lacked for years.

  6. 6.

    El Cid

    Anyone point out yet that the previous quarter’s deficit is lower vs same quarter last year?

    The U.S. government posted a smaller budget deficit in August compared with the same month last year, helped by rising tax receipts.
    __
    The , excess of spending over revenue totaled $90.5 billion last monthsmaller than the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News and down 13 percent from $103.6 billion in August 2009, according to a Treasury Department report issued today in Washington. The gap for the fiscal year that started in October was $1.26 trillion compared with $1.37 trillion last year at the same time.

    This would be important except we know all the difference is really going to Obama’s terrorist jihad allies in Kenyonesia.

  8. 8.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Gonna be rough watching the Ravens lose while listening to Gruden’s way cool laconic drawl.

  11. 11.

    Little Boots

    @El Cid: No, wish somebody would, hope it helps.

    I strongly suspect that out of anger at the unemployment rate, this matchless republic will put in power a party that never has and never will give a shit about the unemployment rate.

  13. 13.

    Irony Abounds

    John, you really seem like a nice guy and all, but you have the worst taste in sports teams. The Jets can kiss my ass.

  14. 14.

    4jkb4ia

    I suspect that Nadal and Djokovic are going to be over after the Jets game. This is an awful shame because I was looking forward to seeing the new stadium.

  21. 21.

    Corner Stone

    @stuckinred: She’s a beautiful woman. I’m unclear on what happened, or what the real issue is.
    But somehow I doubt she deserves scorn or derision.
    May be just me.

  22. 22.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    As this is tagged as an Open Thread, I will add some news that is entirely unrelated to football:

    You remember how Kristof linked to me on Saturday?

    Today, Stephen Walt linked to me at Foreign Policy!

    In the same sentence as Matt Yglesias and James Fallows !! http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/13/will_harvard_do_the_right_thing

    I assume that real bloggers, the kind that are grown up and savvy, don’t run around telling people when the famous and influential link to them. But I am far from that manner of blogger at this stage.

    Whoot!

  24. 24.

    katherine

    As a long suffering Jets fan, I’m surprised at all of the negativity directed at the Jets. A team usually has to win to garner that kind of hatred.

  26. 26.

    stuckinred

    @Corner Stone: =We report you decide

    Her TV persona is based off of the premise that sex sells. NFL players are used to seeing her every winter at the Super Bowl, having her caress their strong arms, sit on their shoulders, and wink, smile, and nod for the camera—all while being dressed like she is playing, not working.

    She isn’t a journalist, she’s an actress whose act has long involved flirting with professional athletes.

  29. 29.

    Amanda in the South Bay

    Yesterday I got scared out of my fucking ass by a train. (all observations are about Caltrain and the Mountain View, CA Caltrain station).

    I was waiting at a light rail station, about 50 metres away from an idleing commuter train (the lrt station and the commuter rail station are co-located). The idleing train was going southbound, and in the distance I heard another southbound train approaching. I thought, since there was a delay in the system earlier in the evening, the trains were just out of whack and the approaching train would slow down until the idleing train left.

    However, the noise and whistle of the approaching train indicated that it was not slowing down. For a very brief moment, I was scared shitless b/c I thought the trains were going to collide-I immediately got behind the cover of part of the lrt station, not believing this was going to happen.

    Of course, the SB train was going south on the (normally) NB tracks, so crisis averted! I know trains occasionally do that maneuver, but I was tired after a long day at work and wasn’t thinking properly.

    that’s my exciting life for ya.

  30. 30.

    Midnight Marauder

    Is this where we come to talk about how AWESOME the Houston Texans are going to be this year? Because they are, in fact, going to be pretty awesome.

  32. 32.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    @j: Yesterday I happened to be crossing the street from the Millenium Park to the Art Institute, just after the game ended up the street at Soldier Field.

    I don’t follow football on any level, but from the looks on everyone’s faces, I assumed the Bears had lost.

    It was with real befuddlement this morning that I learned that the opposite was the case!

  37. 37.

    stuckinred

    @Jager: Yea and she wore a wedding dress to media day at the superbowl and proposed to Brady. I don’t really give a shit but if you want to play grab-ass don’t be whining about harassment.

  38. 38.

    Corner Stone

    @stuckinred: Not going to get into a debate with you. Especially if you’re going to use a Fox Dallas Fort Worth feed as proof of something where she did nothing but talk to a superstar athlete when he asked her to.
    She may or may not have the chops to be the real deal. Not up to me and I do not care.
    I’m going to stick with my baseline on this.

  50. 50.

    Corner Stone

    @Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther: Should we start the count down clock until your “Austerity yesterday! Austerity today! Austerity forever!” post?
    Or will the borg subsume you to write only pro national security treatises?
    I’m just wondering where your first Villager posting will fall.
    Maybe we should start a pool on possible topics?

  62. 62.

    WaterGirl

    @WereBear: A woman of many talents! I am wondering what your area of expertise is, besides cats. Or maybe they were they talking to you about cats? Inquiring minds want to know…

  64. 64.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    @Corner Stone: Oh dear, I know that! Oh dearie me. Internet jokes and japes are sometimes to fail-riffic!

    I was stating my clear and unabashed desire to actually work for the Village (in the Village?). I realize, however, that if such a thing were to happen (please, God!), I would have to be accepting of my fate at the hands of my BJ overlords.

    If you see what I mean.

  65. 65.

    4jkb4ia

    (Not so very long ago, it was the French Open, and there was relief that Nadal had come back. Now we have the prospect of absolute Nadal dominance and the discussion of Nadal breaking Federer’s record.)

    @ellaesther/Emily L. Hauser: The recognition was the “sign for good” :)

  69. 69.

    JCJ

    @Emily and @stuckinred

    I thought everyone walking through Millenium Park on a nice day was required by law to look at him/herself in the Bean!

  75. 75.

    tree

    Ugh. If this is the best your Steelers and the (obviously superior) Ravens can do…I wouldn’t look for the AFC North to represent come February.

    (yay ravens!)

  76. 76.

    Loon Juice

    Jon is or was on the Jets side because he, like me, is a Steeler fan. Aside from disliking them because they are a tough rival in the Steelers division, it is best for the Steelers that the Ravens lose as much as possible. There’s plenty of reason to choose the Jets over the Ravens, particularly in a season where the Steelers are now playing their eleventh string quarterback.

  77. 77.

    Glenndacious Greenwaldian (formerly tim)

    Love me some televised football too, but much more so of the Collegiate variety.

    Boomer Sooner

    Rock Chalk Jayhawk

  82. 82.

    Bulworth

    10-9. ZZzzzzzzzzz.

    Until Sanchez establishes himself, the Jets don’t have a high quality QB. And getting rid of Thomas Jones might not have been real smart either. Was Braylon Edwards at this game?

  83. 83.

    Corner Stone

    @Bulworth:

    Was Braylon Edwards at this game?

    I saw the ball on the ground a few times so I’m pretty sure that’s proof enough he was there at some point.

  84. 84.

    REN

    Tough game. Hard nosed by both sides. I have a great dislike for only one team,hint, they wear purple. I guess I’ll just stick with the only NFL team without an owner.

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