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A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

Consistently wrong since 2002

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

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

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When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

The words do not have to be perfect.

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

Not all heroes wear capes.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

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

Their freedom requires your slavery.

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

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

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

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  9. 9.

    Bnut

    So kickoff for UA-AU is 2:30. I think the last time I was drinking 2 days in a row before the sun sets was Spring Break 2004.

  12. 12.

    Anonymous At Work

    Yeah, I’m curious who will win and go on to win the Conference and then have to play a team from the Real BCS conferences (including Mountain West) that drew the short straw to have to play the winner.
    Sorry, but Big East is on par with Conference USA this year.

  15. 15.

    Bill H.

    I’m a Crimson Tide fan, but have a close friend who is third generation Auburn graduate. When I lived in Atlanta that made for interesting times at Iron Bowl time. I always made it a point to sit well out of arm’s reach from him.

    It got even worse when Auburn played LSU. I will tolerate someone beating Alabama but not my LSU Tigers. Of course, all the screaming about “Geaux Tigers” and “Go Tigers” got a little confusing.

  16. 16.

    burnspbesq

    At the airport, heading up to Portland for tomorrow’s Duke – Oregon basketball game. Hopefully the Ducks will put up at least some resistance. It’s a long way to go to watch the walk-ons get significant minutes.

  17. 17.

    chicago dyke

    ah, football. i remember when i used to watch it. i still like the occasional college game at the stadium, for all i can’t stand the pro stuff anymore. all that militarism and those super-annoying commercials really turn me off. not that i have a TV to watch any of it on, but still. men in tights beating the shit out of each other over possession of an oddly shaped ball? somehow, strangely appealing. but then again, i played (not fluff, not tag) football until the 9th grade. that’s when they told me “girls aren’t strong enough, you’ll only get hurt.” these were the same coaches who also told me “girls can pole vault, they don’t have the upper body strength.” someday i’ll go back and find coach Don and rub that one in his snide, misogynist face with a big picture of Stacey D and her long, hard, well-handled phallic signifier.

  18. 18.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Jim C: Uh huh. I hope the Gophers at least show up. Sigh.

    And, can I say how much I’m loving the fact that there’s a woman doing the play-by-play for the WVU v. Pitt game? Added note: Can I tell you how much I hate the fact that the first link in Google when I tried to find her name (Beth Mowlins) says how he ‘just cannot listen to a woman doing play-by-play’? Well, sucks to be you, then.

    ETA: And, she knows her shit.

  19. 19.

    2th&nayle

    @Bill H.:

    I will tolerate someone beating Alabama but not my LSU Tigers.

    I’m very sorry to hear that. Intolerance can prove to be such a harsh mistress. Go Hogs!

  21. 21.

    Jim C

    @asiangrrlMN:
    Well, there’s always the chance that Iowa won’t really show up, either.

    In the NYT today there’s an article about the origins of the trophy.

    Floyd allegedly died of cholera. I was always told that they ate him.

  22. 22.

    geg6

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I am refraining from much commentary in this thread due to my extreme investment in this game and the fact that it’s on the opposte side as Mr. Cole. But I’m with you on the pleasure of a smart and knowledgeable female doing play by play.

    That said…GO PITT!

  24. 24.

    ThresherK

    The unis are listed as Nike’s “Pro Combat” line for both WV and Pitt.

    Details here, a place one can lose a lot of productivity at.

  25. 25.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Jim C: Huh. Did not know the history. Fascinating–especially the racially-charged aspect of it. I have a hunch Iowa will win big. Sigh.

    @geg6: I am on your side, but don’t tell Cole. With his vindictive streak, I will never see another pic of Tunch again.

  27. 27.

    sb

    The Steelers are in a bowl game? I thought they were an NFL team. But they do have a quarterback that behaves like a frat boy, so there is that.

    (pause)

    Yeah, my trash talk sucks.

  28. 28.

    Mr. F.L. Atulent

    How funny would it be if Oregon and Auburn both lost today leaving Boise State and TCU as the top two…?

  29. 29.

    2th&nayle

    @efgoldman: Pretentous twits notwithstanding, the game is called the “Iron Bowl” because it used to be played in Birmingham, Alabama (a neutral site), a historic steel and iron town. But you probably already knew that. Pretentous twits indeed.

  31. 31.

    sherifffruitfly

    Drinking game: Drink every time announcer says “chippy”, “in space” or “the big tight end” (they never say just “tight end”).

  32. 32.

    lacp

    My GF is a serious Tide fan, but I don’t give a shit. However…..a Stillers/Iggles Superbowl could definitely get me wide awake (posting from Philly, natcherly).

  34. 34.

    sherifffruitfly

    @lacp:

    Guess I’ll wait patiently for “the big split end” to make its way into announcer-speak, then. :P

  35. 35.

    Bnut

    @efgoldman:

    Never actually been to a big-program game. Would like to, once. I imagine there’s nothing like it. But not possible in New England.

    Next season Bama is visiting Penn State. Might be the biggest game in the Northeast in awhile.

  37. 37.

    Whispers

    Biggest game of the year. Except the Steelers Super Bowl.

    So you’re saying it’s the biggest game of the year.

  41. 41.

    The Dangerman

    @Bnut:

    Auburn is not a team, they are a quarterback.

    Bought or unbought, the best QB in the land.

    Best team? They may have to go shopping for a secondary.

  48. 48.

    The Dangerman

    @4jkb4ia:

    OTOH this 21-0 Alabama score is outstanding.

    There are Forces that doesn’t want Auburn anywhere near the BCS Title Game; that force could either be Karma or the NCAA (that call on the sack on 90 was horseshit, but it won’t matter, given McElroy could pass for 1000 yards today if he wanted).

  52. 52.

    stuckinred

    @The Dangerman: I’m a biased Bulldog who works with a bunch of War Eagle knuckleheads so pay no attention to me! It is interesting to listen to Danielson babble on about “some coaches” complaining about Fairley when her was all over him in the Georgia game from the outset.

  56. 56.

    stuckinred

    “After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit. They were done in the doctor’s office located on the ground floor of the White House.”

    Now let’s hear that fat motherfucker Limbaugh talk about what an elitist Obama is. His pansy ass would die in 5 minutes on the court.

  58. 58.

    The Dangerman

    @stuckinred:

    …the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit.

    The Right will complain that basketball is a non-contact sport (unless, of course, one plays in the paint, and, at 6’7″, I know a little about trips to the Mash Unit after a game).

  60. 60.

    fucen tarmal

    congrats to west virginia, some couches are going to burn! just remember you hate us more than we can ever care about you, the best you will ever be, is a replacement rival to pitt fans…

    as to the alabama vs the other alabama, whomever isn’t on probation is going to win, as usual. but who can keep track of all the probation between those two “schools”.

  61. 61.

    The Dangerman

    I took a thumb in the eye playing ball once and … well, once was enough. In the top few of most pain ever.

    12 stitches is pretty impressive though.

  68. 68.

    fucen tarmal

    @efgoldman:

    never tell me that irony is dead, unless of course, you are saying so, ironically…

    need we remind them its far more many than choking on a pretzel, or puking on the japanese prime minister.

  70. 70.

    joe from Lowell

    “The Steelers Superbowl?”

    Is that when some smelly losers from Pittsburgh share a big container of pink punch because they can’t stand to watch the Patriots kick somebody else’s ass?

    Hey, hey, I keed, I keed. And remember: Tom Brady is much better looking than you.

  71. 71.

    fucen tarmal

    @joe from Lowell:

    i find it really sad that retards from massachusetts don’t say the word “retard” all that much, because them saying it. would sound, well, retarded.

    as far as super bowls go, the massachusetts version was held in october, and the yankees were in it, but the red sox weren’t.

    as far as bragging about tom brady’s looks, why not brag about how gangsta your qb is instead. i mean even nino brown didn’t shoot first, he was gangsta, but not as gangsta as tom brady.

    oh yeah, and are the bruins planning any 40th anniversaries of the last time they the stanley cup. maybe ray borque can come back in and tell your fans what it felt like, i mean y’all had a parade for him when he won it, for another team…mario always owned him…and cam neely’s knee, yeah take that…

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