Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

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

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

“woke” is the new caravan.

We still have time to mess this up!

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

I swear, each month of 2025 will have its own history degree.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

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

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

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  1. 1.

    Corner Stone

    I have to agree with you here. The Chuck previews displayed bikinis.
    That is worlds better than any Vikings Jets game nonsense.

  3. 3.

    General Stuck

    Gonna watch the paranoid Marathon Man tonight. No feetsball till this Sunday when the Browns dogpound the stillers. At least for three quarters, till they run out of mojo.

  4. 4.

    Kathy

    Oh but we are not dealing with the real competitive issue of the night. What is the over/under on Bristol getting the boot?
    Just kidding, John you can put your exploded head back together. I am going to watch Brits blow up cars on Top Gear tonight.

  5. 5.

    Cat Lady

    How great is it that the NFL network has an old white guy host named Randy Moss who gets to talk about Randy Moss, and has to say “no relation”. What a country.

  7. 7.

    Corner Stone

    @Kathy: Love Top Gear.
    I think a lot of Americans are missing it. Just an awesome freakin show.
    Don’t like about half of the gimmick contests, but they work awesome cars through their paces.

  8. 8.

    Punchy

    ESPN briefly touched on something about some old geezer QB who’s been passing balls (and pictures of balls) maybe possibly throwing to some tall dude with ‘rowz and ‘tude. They implied their might be some minor encounter later tonite, whereby both gangs meet up and push each other around.

    I have been told this might be better than Charles tonite.

  10. 10.

    NobodySpecial

    I will check into the game once, briefly, to see the score. If the Jets are winning by a profound amount, I’ll stay long enough to revel in Brett’s tears and profound FAIL.

    The only question now is what week he walks away from the Vikes.

  11. 11.

    Steve

    Best sports weekend in a long time for this fan of the Lions, Red Wings, and Michigan State Spartans. I’m going to quit while I’m ahead!

  12. 12.

    Kathy

    @Corner Stone:
    Top Gear is the absolute best thing on TV. Yes the cars are amazing (I loved seeing Michael Schmaucher put the Ferrari through its paces) but I do have a soft spot for the stunts. When they gutted a Mercedes and turned it into “Anne Hathaway’s Cottege and then took it for a test drive I busted a gut, it was one of the funniest things I ever saw.

  13. 13.

    suzanne

    I am depressed. I just got a call from one of the Dem operatives asking if I could come to the Mitchell/Schweikert debate tomorrow. (Mitchell is the two-term Dem congressman in AZ-5, a lovely older gentleman who used to teach high school government and civics classes, became the school principal, then the very popular and beloved mayor, and then kicked J.D. Hayworth out of elected office and back to the radio.) Schweikert is apparently trying to load up the audience with Tea Partiers. And I can’t go. FUCK. I am so pissed off.

  15. 15.

    fucen tarmal

    @NobodySpecial:

    he may not walk away, if he was sexually harassing independent contractors and a jets employee, he may get an early gate…though i personally doubt the nfl will do it, things are different when you are favre.

    the bonus is, the ladies can finally see the inspiration for brett’s uniform number, in all its glory, right here on the internets. alledgedly.

  16. 16.

    Gravenstone

    And NLDS. Save your scorn for those hockey loving sorts that haunt these virtual halls.

    /ducks

  19. 19.

    lamh32

    Not Chuck or NFL related, but I know I don’t know them personally, but reading this kinda made me a little sad:

    Courtney Cox and David Arquette Announce Trial Seperation Split

    In Hollywood speak, “trial seperation” usually means we have contractual movie obligations to uphold, so we may still be seen together, but we are def apart.

    I’ve just always like them as a couple, they just seemed so quirky and cute!

    Oh well, too sad!

  20. 20.

    morzer

    Grandpa Grey Balls versus the Slime Balls… could be a movie in there, somewhere. Oh how sad it is to have to root for the Minnie Mice. Rex Ryan, you will pay for this cognitive distortion!

  22. 22.

    asiangrrlMN

    Yay. Go team with the two divas, neither of whom I like. Rah the mofo rah.

    Update Whatever: I hope AP singlehandedly wins the damn game.

    @jeffreyw: Squee. Homer is teh cutie.

    @suzanne: Your babies are bee-yew-tee-ful. Thanks to you both. Needed the cuteness right about now.

  26. 26.

    Corner Stone

    @Kathy: I want to say it was the AMG C 12 that I totally gave in to Top Gear.
    Dude took it around the track and I…well, TMI but I gave it up watching that one.

  33. 33.

    Kathy

    @Cat Lady: Link won’t get me to Mr. Hamilton, bummer. Saw a great interview with Nicole whatshername at a F1 race. Guy interviewing her thought she actually paid attention to the races, was he in for a surprise.

  35. 35.

    morzer

    Apparently the Gods are angered by the combination of Favre, Moss and the Jets. Torrential rain and lightning are prevailing at this time.

  36. 36.

    Morbo

    @arguingwithsignposts: I have the opposite problem, need Moss to beat Harvin by no fewer than negative 9.5 points. That’s a pretty comfortable margin, but a touchdown would put my mind at ease.

    Oops, broke the site…

  38. 38.

    Dee Loralei

    Top Gear cracks me up no end. It’s like my very secret passion. I’m not into cars or status symbols, though I do like to drive and drive fast. But God, I love that show. There’ve been quite a few shows where I giggled and guffawed so much I cried, or even almost tinkled.

    Like the 2 or so shows where they made boats out of cars they bought for less than 5000 Pounds. Or the winter Olympics one, or any of them where they get shot at and hunted by the Military. Those guys crack me up.

  41. 41.

    asiangrrlMN

    @morzer: What did you say? I don’t have my reading glasses on. And, My hair (which is ass-length) turns white, not gray. It’s cool. I’m waiting until it all turns white (like Storm from the X-Men) and then cut it all off.

    AP wins the game with Favre getting knocked out and Moss taking himself out because he isn’t getting enough touches. Please, football gods, let it be so.

  46. 46.

    Corner Stone

    @Corner Stone: I’ve been looking but I can’t find it. It may be the C63.
    In any event, it’s an AMG where Jeremy is like, “It’s a beast! It’s a monster! It is eating me up!”
    It roared like a fucking dragon. And random analogies to sex with girlfriends, etc.

  47. 47.

    asiangrrlMN

    @morzer: Bwahahahahahahha! That’s funny. And, how the hell does Matt Millen have a fucking job? Why the fuck is he on my TeeVee? And, rain delay? Really? Ugh. More salivation over Favre/Moss.

  49. 49.

    Corner Stone

    @asiangrrlMN: Matt Millen is actually a very good analyst.
    Horrible, horrible, horrible GM.
    But solid in small sound bytes. I like hearing his 20 second break down bytes.

  57. 57.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    ugh. Media Matters has another quote from our pal, Mark Halperin

    Throughout the year, we have been treated to Obama-led attacks on George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Congressman Joe Barton (for his odd apology to BP), John Boehner (for seeking the speakership — or was it something about an ant?) and Fox News (for everything). Suitable Democratic targets in some cases, perhaps, but not worth the time of a busy Commander in Chief.

    Imagine! Criticizing the nice Rush Limbaugh, and our heroic former Vice President. I’m going to ring for my smelling salts.

  63. 63.

    James K. Polk, Esq.

    You guys talking about Battlestar Galactica on instant Netflix… Thanks! It’s so fucking rad!

  64. 64.

    Corner Stone

    I’m sorry my homage to Hakeem Olajuwon got lost in Columbus Hate.
    I’m reposting here:
    Hakeem
    And I’ll keep reposting until he’s given his due props.

  66. 66.

    debit

    @asiangrrlMN: I saw your post to me earlier today, just before all hell broke loose at work and I couldn’t reply. I like the idea of a meet up during Netroots Nation when other BJ denizens are in town. Party!

    And here we go. Go Vikes!

    ETA: WHAT THE HELL?!

  72. 72.

    JWL

    (Between innings in Atlanta…) So, big badass NFL players are spooked by weather. “We might be struck by lightening”. Boo friggin’ hoo…

    Halas lost dozens to frostbite over the course of his Hall Of Fame Career.

    It’s bad enough the league bought into the “danger of concussion” rubbish. But to take counsel of self-styled “climatologists”? Is that what this country has been reduced to?

    NFL= “National (Hothouse) Flower League”.

  73. 73.

    asiangrrlMN

    @debit: Cool. That would be awesome.

    “Brett Favre himself pulled out.” Probably not what you want to say about a guy under review for sending inappropriate texts.

    Not an auspicious start.

    @JWL: You serious about the concussion thing? It’s a real danger, and I don’t think some old guy losing his toes to frostbite is something to which the players should aspire.

    @mr. whipple: I hope they go with the double entendres all night. Intentional or not.

  75. 75.

    mr. whipple

    “Brett Favre himself pulled out.” Probably not what you want to say about a guy under review for sending inappropriate texts.

    Before the game one of the bobbleheads said he ‘could really drill it in there’.

  80. 80.

    morzer

    @debit:

    Imitating Grandpa Brett?

    Seriously, the Vikings really are playing poorly so far. This is looking more and more like a season when parity reasserts itself with a vengeance.

  82. 82.

    debit

    @asiangrrlMN: No, I can only run when I have music and nothing to watch. Otherwise I get distracted and bored and poop out.

    Yeah, the Vikes can’t stop anything right now. I must run. BBL.

  83. 83.

    JWL

    Asian Girl: Halas never lost an appendage. But men willingly laid down their feet and toes for him… you know, like the Sixth Army at Stalingrad.

    As to concussions? A very small price to pay for my entertainment.

  87. 87.

    Ash Can

    In all fairness to the Jets, New York was under a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. They may have delayed the game as a precaution, to get the fans downstairs and away from the lightning, hail, high winds, etc.

  88. 88.

    morzer

    Well, so far Favre doesn’t look terribly convincing. Lucky not to have at least one interception, if you ask me.

  94. 94.

    WaterGirl

    @jeffreyw: I was late getting back to the thread… That bee photo of Homer is just too cute. And he did look pretty grown up, just for a minute!

    Is there a way you could post that photo in such a way that I can drag it to my desktop?

  95. 95.

    Ash Can

    @Omnes Omnibus: Not only that, but high winds can blow small pieces of debris around, and hail stones are no fun to get pelted with either. Team officials don’t want their fans to get dinged up, so when the weather gets a little too frisky, they’ll give the fans a chance to duck and cover. (Or, as was the case at Wrigley Field a few years ago when a tornado warning was issued during the game, they’ll shoo all the fans down to the lower concourse.)

  96. 96.

    JWL

    “Stadiums, with their metal seats and all that, are apparently lightning magnets”.

    No one in their right mind would take a seat during a thunderstorm.

    But I thought New Yorkers were the toughest of the tough. Which excused their being the rudest of the rude… that they earned it the hard way..

  98. 98.

    morzer

    @JWL:

    No one in their right mind would take a seat during a thunderstorm.

    True, but then, who in their right mind would root for the Jets?

  99. 99.

    morzer

    Oh dear. The Vikings can’t go handing the ball over like that.

    PS: comically, Brett now is tied for the Most Fumbles record in NFL history….

  102. 102.

    beltane

    @Ash Can: Take it with a grain of salt, but on FB they’re saying there might be another tornado in Brooklyn. They’ve been having wild weather lately.

  103. 103.

    hitchhiker

    And now for something completely new.

    Yesterday a team of surgeons injected cells grown in culture from a human embryonic stem cell into the spine of someone with a broken back. That person’s name is not known, but think about this . . . probably 10 days ago that person was walking around, innocently enjoying life, not knowing that they were about to become the luckiest and unluckiest mothereffer ever.

    Unlucky to damage your spinal cord and become completely without movement or sensation below your injury.

    Lucky to do it at a time and place where you become a candidate for the first treatment based on embryonic cells every conducted under the stringent control of the FDA of the USA.

    I’ve met the scientists who spent 15 years working on this therapy. It’s based on a ridiculously vast range of basic science. They grew those cells in culture, millions and millions of them from a single donated blastocyst after a successful IVF treatment. They figured out the genes to tweak to get the cells to turn into just the right kind of progenitors.

    They showed that it worked on rats, like 5 years ago, to put these cells in and watch them wrap protective insulation around whatever axons survived the injury . . . and the rats got some movement back.

    So here’s this injured person with the most crappy diagnosis: you’re never gonna feel anything below your belly button ever again . . . and then they say . . . BUT right now is the first ever clinical trial of a therapy that no human being has gotten until today.

    Do you want it? Hell, yes.

    And that’s my eff off to all the nutballs who’ve spent so many years fighting against letting this research go forward. Somebody donated a blastocyst, somebody funded this research, somebody is hopefully going to change medicine.

    And all you did with your stupid bleating about the sanctity of a fertilized egg was condemn a lot of paralyzed people to an extra decade of suffering. Dicks.

  104. 104.

    bostondreams

    Well, he’s no Randy Moss, but an Old Patriot is back in the fold. Pats traded for Deion Branch today.

  106. 106.

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

    Can anyone explain why they’re still wearing eyeblack in the rain?

  108. 108.

    WaterGirl

    @jeffreyw: Thank you! I have a mac so normally I can just drag a photo to my desktop, but that doesn’t work with the new Flickr. I see now that I need to click on “view all sizes”, and then I can drag as usual. I was gone on vacation for a week, but now I see why everyone is so crazy about Homer.

  109. 109.

    debit

    Okay, this is more like it.

    Also, too, mmmm well deserved pie.

    ETA: I take it back. I thought the defense had stopped ’em and went to the kitchen. I guess not.

  111. 111.

    JWL

    “..who in their right mind would root for the Jets”?

    As a kid, I watched the ’69 Super Bowl (or ’70, if you want to nit-pik). As much as I admired Morrel, I remember pleading with the TV to send in Unitas. I was definitely an NFL snob at that point. I was bummed when the Colts lost. But I was forced to wise up in the next few years.

    Since then, anytime the Jets have fielded a good-enough team, I’ve always wished them well.

  114. 114.

    morzer

    @JWL:

    anytime the Jets have fielded a good-enough team, I’ve always wished them well

    You mean the last two years?

  115. 115.

    debit

    Hm, well, I don’t think this game requires my attention. Prove me wrong, Vikings. Prove me wrong.

    Night, everyone.

  116. 116.

    morzer

    Starting to look as if Belichick made the right call on Randy Moss. Not so sure about Deion Branch though.

  118. 118.

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

    Also, too, shouldn’t the cheeleaders be wearing white t-shirts in this weather?

  123. 123.

    JWL

    Morzer: Testaverde got the Jets within striking distance. The Jets of Gastineau were decent enough.

    That’s all I’ve got.

  128. 128.

    morzer

    I have to say, I simply don’t see why you would use Camarillo to return punts. He isn’t fast or quick, and never has been.

  131. 131.

    morzer

    I am also thoroughly sick of the sycophantic over-rating of Sanchez. He’s had a lousy second half, and yet the commentators are fawning on him.

  132. 132.

    asiangrrlMN

    @morzer: Grooming him to replace Favre until Tebow can take his rightful place.

    Aaaaaaargh! Harvin, why wasn’t he in the game as a punt/kick returner earlier?

    Sacked. Damn.

    “He looks down the hole; he pumps down the hole”….I’ll leave it there.

    TOUCHDOWN! My heart can’t take it.

  133. 133.

    JWL

    Morzer: As in a “lousy, 9 point lead”, second half, by a 2nd year, up-and-coming premier NFL QB?

    Alex Smith for Mark Sanchez. Believe me, that’s a trade that can be arranged.

  134. 134.

    morzer

    @JWL:

    No, as in a lousy second-half performance, redeemed by the rest of his team. Sanchez looks better than he did, but he still can’t finish games off, as a top-flight QB should.

  136. 136.

    Svensker

    Are the Jets going to let this one get by? Can’t believe they made that stupid stupid play right before the 2 minute. My heart.

  138. 138.

    morzer

    Well, that was, sadly, classic Favre. What an interception to throw with two downs to get five yards.

  141. 141.

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

    I’ve never understood why thewy don’t teach a DB to go to the ground in that situation. If he does, the Jets just need to kneel on it twice. It’s extremely unlikely the Vikings can win here, but it would be zero if the Jets just hold on to the ball.

  144. 144.

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

    Fuck. Does that mean I have to root for the Vikings next week?

    Yeah, it does, actually.

  145. 145.

    morzer

    @Svensker:

    Hmmm, consider that next year the Jets will be dumping players to get the finances in balance, not to mention the Patriots having 7 choices in the first 4 rounds of the draft. I am not so sure the Rex era is going to be glorious.

  151. 151.

    JWL

    Morzer: “You have not been insulted, simply educated a little”.

    I dare-say I’ve been both.

    “Einrhut ein draufhess racht muusenn das gublichen”.

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