Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

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

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

… gradually, and then suddenly.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

Come on, man.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

Everybody saw this coming.

Stay strong, because they are weak.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

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

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  7. 7.

    demkat620

    Can’t get into football yet. My Phils are still playing. Hollywood Hamels is on the mound.

    And obligatory, FTFY!

    Let’s go Phillies!

  10. 10.

    Wiesman

    Chargers fan representing.

    Oh, and how fun will it be if the Cowboys start out 0-3?

    Answer: Really really fun.

  11. 11.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I was wondering why idiot trolls choose NFL Open Threads to barf up garbage. I guess my answer is contained in my question.

  14. 14.

    madmommy

    Geaux Saints, beat the Dirty Birds!

    Texans over the Cowgirls, also. If Dallas ends the day at 0-3 Bum’s boy will be on the unemployment line.

  16. 16.

    Third Eye Open

    Go Phins! Ok, now that I have exorcised that, Who doesn’t like seeing “America’s Team” start-out 0-3?

  22. 22.

    JenJen

    FYCBS. High-def channel has no video, standard channel has no sound.

    If I want to watch my Bengals today, I’m going to have to find a radio, and I don’t even know if I still have one.

    ETA: Well, standard-def channel finally has sound, so it wins. WHO DEY!

  24. 24.

    4jkb4ia

    In another stroke of luck, I have TEN-NYG. Eli needs to acquire some more efficacy.

    (The baseball season was over sometime last week!)

  25. 25.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Just Some Fuckhead: Gus Johnson.

    ETA: Favre just got intercepted. What a fucking surprise. On our own ten-yard line or so. Nice. Goddamn fucking Lions touchdown. That deal with the devil is really gonna hurt this season, methinks. But, Favre plays for the love of the game, so that’s all that really matters.

    @Corner Stone: Probably our genial blog host.

  29. 29.

    4jkb4ia

    @ruemara:
    Football occupies an important place in modern society. It occupies the mind between the World Series and spring training.

    (Loosely taken from Shoe cartoon on mom’s office door)

  32. 32.

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

    @4jkb4ia:

    Football occupies an important place in modern society. It occupies the mind between the World Series and spring training.

    It kills Sunday afternoons when the NHL rarely plays. I’ll miss it some with my Gopher women’s hockey season tickets. Big deal.

  34. 34.

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

    @asiangrrlMN: I’ve been a Lions’ fan for 30 years. That hurts far more than your rusty pitchfork could.

    Damn. Tied.

  35. 35.

    Yutsano

    I had to look up who the Seachickens are playing. Da Bolts. Hello 1-2!!

    @Mark Centz: You have much more faith than I do. However you could be correct in that weather shock may yet be a factor in today’s game. So I’ll just piggyback off your enthusiasm.

  36. 36.

    Mark Centz

    Always misspelled here, it’s properly rendered Stealers. 12th man in the rain today, that’s our element-Let’s go Seahawks!

  37. 37.

    Mark Centz

    Always misspelled here, it’s properly rendered Stealers. 12th man in the rain today, that’s our element-Let’s go Seahawks!

  41. 41.

    Nethead Jay

    Wow, Lance Moore is making the most of Reggie Bush’s absence. First he takes a punt return to the 6-yard line which leads to Saint’s first TD. And then he runs half the field through a gaping hole in the Falcon’s defense to a 2nd TD.

    Oh, and Brees is on a roll too :-)

  46. 46.

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

    Let’s see, on the last two plays, the Vikings’ secondary has delivered a shot to the head and led with their helmet.

    Nice, guys.

  47. 47.

    Yutsano

    @ruemara: You of course do have the rather convenient out of it being an open thread. And I’m multi-faceted, so I can pretty much discuss whatever. That and the Seahawks are playing an evening game.

  48. 48.

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

    Helpful hint: If you ever find yourself trying to sell your brand of beer based upon the shape of the container it comes in, it means that your product sucks.

  50. 50.

    PaminBB

    Finally something relevant to post on this open thread. Hubby and I flew down to TPA on Friday from PHL for the weekend, and the USAir plane had originated in PIT. Plane full of Steelers maniacs. So FYI, the Burghers are representin down here in partly sunny, 85-ish Florida.

    Now time to get it together and head out to catch our flight home. Important not to be late, the stadium is near the airport….

  58. 58.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: FSM bless her, that’s my wifey. She’s a feisty one, that.

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Yutsy, is NFL Open Thread. Means you can only talk about the NFL!

    So no mention of cookies or puppehs or kittehs? I don’t talk politics here unless one of the resident trolls pops up and I need to lay down the smack.

    (edited because FYWP)

  68. 68.

    JPL

    What’s up the Patriots? This was suppose to be an easy game.
    Gotta say that the Falcons are keeping up with the Saints and that makes me happy.

  72. 72.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Oh, got it. Total sun worshiper, eh? Alas, then we are not meant to be.

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yeah. But, he doesn’t need any stinking training camp! Last year was a blessed year for him. This year, he’s showing the proclivities that make him Favre.

    ETA: I’m just waiting for morzer to show up and rub it in. 14-10.

  73. 73.

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

    Gee, Lions’ coaching hasn’t gotten any better. Quelle surprise.

  74. 74.

    asiangrrlMN

    So, the guys on the halftime show basically said what I did. The magic of last season is not there. He is out of sync with the receivers (cough, training camp, cough). Blah-di-blah. Can I get paid mad monies to spout these inanities, please?

  78. 78.

    Ailuridae

    I’m a Cowboys’ fan but it looks like Andre Johnson just got hurt. That’s an incredible shame. Classy, tireless worker on the short list for best receiver to every play the game. I hope its something minor but it doesn’t look like that’ll be the case.

  81. 81.

    asiangrrlMN

    Can one announcer please mention that Favre chose to skip training camp when they go on and on about Favre and the receivers being out-of-sync?

    “Favre has no confidence in these guys (the receviers).” What the fuck will it take for them to say, “Favre is sucking right now.” They are blaming the receivers. Favre: I can’t trust them right now. Well, maybe they don’t fucking trust you! And, he just got the fuck picked off AGAIN. OK. Defensive interference, so not a pick, but still. Darryl Johnston just blamed the receiver–again.

  84. 84.

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

    The Lions aren’t that good, but the Vikings are very lucky to be ahead right now.

  96. 96.

    Andy K

    @That’s Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN):

    Hey, I might be a Packers’ fan, but the vast majority of my friends and relatives here in the western part of Michigan are Lions’ fans. Most weeks I’ve got an eye on their games, too. This team is playing a lot better than they have in the last, uhm….Well, the best they have in a loooong time. I credit Schwartz for most of the improvement. You should hope they give him two more seasons after this one to prove himself, regardless of the record at the end of this season.

  99. 99.

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

    @Andy K: I was really just complaining about the end of half clock management. They do look a lot better, but I don’t follow closely enough to know why. I’m a baseball/hockey guy, primarily.

  106. 106.

    geg6

    Man, do the Bucs suck. And I can’t believe we’re down to one QB and may get through this at least 3/1. Dayum. GO STILLERS!

  107. 107.

    asiangrrlMN

    “It’s getting chippy out there!” Two fights (one fight, one scrap) in two minutes, so I trotted out the aforementioned cliche. Moose says, “They have to get control of the game.”

    @JPL: So, is Bush hurt? Or is he out for other reasons?

  109. 109.

    madmommy

    @Nethead Jay: Atlanta is out of challenges for the game, with the way things have been going thus far, that might hurt them late. What can ya do, saving them in case you need them late isn’t the best strategery either.

    Just saw an ad for Carolyn Fayard, she’s running for Lt. Gov. She sounds sane and reasonable. Pity she hasn’t a snowball’s chance. You cannot even see sane and reasonable from this state.

  112. 112.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    In the words of the great Mickey Redmond, ‘Katie bar the door! It’s getting rock ’em sock ’em out there!’

    Yeah, I’m getting itchy waiting for the puck to drop.

  113. 113.

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

    @Andy K: I’m going to be very interested to see how Yzerman does in Tampa. That’s one fucked up franchise, and I’m usually suspicious about a former player moving quickly to become a GM, but Garth Snow seems to have the Islanders moving in the right direction. And, Stevie had the benefit of working with Ken Holland.

    I wish him well and, as hard as this is to say, I’m rooting for the Lightning. Of course, if he does well, I suspect he’ll be on the list of people to eventually replace Holland.

  117. 117.

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

    @Andy K:

    Yeah, I’m getting itchy waiting for the puck to drop.

    The Gopher women played an exhibition last night. The real season starts next week at Clarkson. I have become a big fan of the women’s game. It’s a lot slower, which is too bad, but I might actually prefer no-check rules.

  123. 123.

    JPL

    Well I for one am sick of hearing Lance Moore’s name. I sure am glad he wasn’t trying for the long ball just now.

  125. 125.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Damn it. This game is dragging. It needs to end now.

    Agreed.

    Wishing I was at the sports bar right now. I can’t even pick up my CBS affiliate here to see what’s going on in the AFC.

  127. 127.

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

    @Andy K: I’ve been a college hockey fan longer than an NHL fan. My father was a professor at Harvard when I was little, and at Michigan in high school, with three years in the college hockey wilderness of Philadelphia in between.

    I’ve really only gotten into women’s hockey in the last year. My father and I had gone to every Frozen Four since 1990 until last year, but it’s finally become so large and commercialized that we decided that we decided we were done with it. We looked for something else to do as a trip, and chose the women’s Frozen Four over the DIII championships.

    The University of Michigan needs to get off its ass and start a women’s team. Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin already have one, and Penn State is starting both a men’s and a women’s team in a couple of years. Wayne Fucking State has a women’s team, for god’s sake. Finlandia, in DIII, is the only other women’s team in the state.

  137. 137.

    Andy K

    Almost forgot to share this: My son’s little brother, Jordan “Newman” P., scored on a two-point conversion for the East Grand Rapids third/fourth grade Pioneers yesterday in a 42-0 romp over Wyoming Park.

    I’ve gotta start bringing this kid out on the town with me- he’s a total chick-magnet. Biggest kid on his team (not fat, just tall and filled-out), outgoing, handsome and cute at the same time, and super k3wl for an 8-year old.

  145. 145.

    asiangrrlMN

    Game over. Sigh of relief. (Int. by Antoine ‘he’s so fine’ Winfield). Now, mebbe I can see overtime for the Falcons/Saints game.

    Update Infinity and Beyond: I get to see overtime in Saints’ land! Woot!

  148. 148.

    asiangrrlMN

    @stuckinred: I get to see the former! And, hahahaha on the latter (I have a good friend who is a baseball fan of Atlanta, so we have a friendly rivalry going).

    Holy shit! Missed FG by the Saints! Noooo! Do not cut away from the game to the postgame show! Aaaaaragh! Go Birds.

    @madmommy: Totally and completely. NO excuse!

    And, go Colts.

  154. 154.

    madmommy

    Grrr! Boy, did it get deathly quiet in the Dome all the sudden?
    No excuse for Hartley missing that kick. From Super Bowl hero to goat in three short games.

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