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

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

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

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

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

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

Weird. Rome has an American Pope and America has a Russian President.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

White supremacy is terrorism.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

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

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

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  3. 3.

    gbear

    The ‘new’ Vikings are already down by 7. Go team…

    edit: spoke too soon. Vikes score a touchdown.

  6. 6.

    asiangrrlMN

    @gbear: Now tied. Funny. TV guide thing still says Packers/Falcons game is on my teevee. It’s not. Go, Vikes, I guess.

    P.S. AP needs to touch the ball more. Duh!

    @Andy K: You. Suck. GO FALCONS!

    And, NFC Central represents in this thread!

  8. 8.

    Andy K

    Packers making a nice drive deep into Atlanta territory.

    Damn, if there was ever a game where Sherman should still be the Packers’ coach…

  12. 12.

    Gravenstone

    Apparently Atlanta thinks dirty is the way to play. Three personal fouls in the first 17 minutes.

  20. 20.

    Gravenstone

    Bone stupid call, QB sneak on 3rd and 1 after getting stuffed on the same play on second down? C’mon D, pick the morons up.

  25. 25.

    Yutsano

    Seachickens not until this afternoon. Woot. No haz to touch kitchen for a couple more hours.

    @asiangrrlMN: Long tight sleeves? There is a difference you know.

  30. 30.

    mr. whipple

    Had an eye opener a few weeks ago. A customer gave us 2 tickets to an NFL game. We hadn’t been to one in about 20 years.

    Seats: $125 each
    Parking $25
    Small beer $8
    Hot Dog $6
    Jerseys $80
    Bottle of Water $4
    Coffee $4

    We bought nothing while there, of course. But I began to wonder who has the money to do this in a horribly depressed, rust belt city? About 70,000 people, apparently.

  33. 33.

    Andy K

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Billick is a horrible commentator.

    Maybe I’m, uh…..What’s the opposite of jaded in this case?…Whatever…But until Phil Sims is no longer allowed to speak, all other color commentators are Oscar Fucking Levant and Dick Fucking Cavett combined.

  37. 37.

    ricky

    Speaking of the NFL, did anyone see the final quarter of the AAA game between the Oklahoma Draft Choices and Oklahoma State Free Agents? Looks like they stole the script writer from WWF while their boss lady was distracted.

  41. 41.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Eleven carries, seventy four yards, three touchdowns in the first half. Not even Bradshaw could fuck that up. Sigh. I’d love to have him here but I’m also glad he’s in a place where he’s thriving.

  42. 42.

    NobodySpecial

    @Andy K: Wait. Before hating that much on Simms, I think all football fans can agree that the combination of Snappy Leg Joe and Matt ‘Sinistar’ Millen is pretty much the standard for lack of intelligence in football conversation. Hell, I bet if we wrapped Howard Cosell’s body in copper wire and piped commentary from those two into his coffin, there’d be no energy crisis anywhere.

  45. 45.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Heh. You can love him lust for him from afar. And, Eddie Guns’ shirt is tight through the torso (yum), but baggy in the arms (boo).

    ETA: Sounds like AP’s ankle is worse than originally thought. Boo!

    @Omnes Omnibus: Welcome back into the football fold. Where the hell were you last week? Well, harrumph.

    AP, WHO?! Woot! ETA: Come back, AP. We still need you.

  47. 47.

    ricky

    @asiangrrlMN:
    Well you missed a show. Forty points. And unlike that game the night before between the top teams in the Sisters of the Poor League (AA NFL affiliates), they even made field goals in between touchdowns of 80+ yards.

  48. 48.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Half an Eddie Guns is better than no Eddie Guns at all? Or am I about to spark a poutrage moment here? :)

    BTW kitteh has finally deigned to forgive me and is on my bed again. She’s even occasionally letting me touch her.

  50. 50.

    S. cerevisiae

    Alright Toby! Great push for the TD. Of course, the long pass to Shank on 3rd and short set it up. Nice drive, maybe I can still enjoy the rest of the season.

  52. 52.

    S. cerevisiae

    What is this? Halftime adjustments that work? On offense and defense? I’m starting to like Frazier.

  53. 53.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Or like this.

    @S. cerevisiae: I remember an earlier NFL thread where someone was completely confused because people watching the same game would talk about it without using full sentences. Heh.

    ETA: I’m willing to give Frazier a chance. Why the hell not? Can’t be worse that Childress.

  55. 55.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Hehehe. Did teh Google and saw that, but I figured you’d beat me to it. Now get me a picture of Peyton doing that and we’re in business. Or you might not hear from me for awhile.

    @Downpuppy: Because all he needs to do is hand the ball off and Peyton does the hard work? I thought he was out of the NFL anyway.

  56. 56.

    Andy K

    @NobodySpecial:

    Ya know, when- Touchdown, A-Rodge!- Millen was doing the Monday night games on the radio (and was the number two Fox p.b.p. guy) I thought he was pretty good. Not Bob Trumpy good, but pretty good.

    BTW: Snappy Leg Joe? Oh, Theismann…Yeah, well, he just talks too much. I prefer Jaworski, but he seems to come across as Rainman at times.

  61. 61.

    asiangrrlMN

    Oh, shit. Toby Gerhart hurt. Damn it. Down to third runner–Percy Harvin.

    EJ Henderson with the pick at Washington’s 10-yd line! Woot woot!

    ETA: Gerhart back, but still limping.

  64. 64.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: This do not sound like happiness. And I’m still of the opinion Toby got shafted in the draft.

    BTW Peyton has a smile. You don’t see it much, but it totally changes his face.

  65. 65.

    Andy K

    From Tom Silverstein at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel blog:

    This game is basically even. The difference is Rodgers’ fumble on the goal line. Both teams are matching drives now, but the Packers’ failure to score on that early drive may cost them the game.

  67. 67.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Heh. Yeah. I saw it a few times while Googling him.

    Ah, nice. The saga of the Vikings this year in newspaper headlines. Like I needed to revisit that. And, WTF field goal? Sigh.

    Gerhart is nice, but he isn’t AP.

    Special teams–not so special. “They can’t bring him down, until they do.” Nice analysis.

  71. 71.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: Is that a positive or a negative?

    @asiangrrlMN: I about had a heart attack when I saw a picture of Peyton holding a baby. Turns out it was just a fan event.

    And Toby is a big ol’ Cali boy. AP is, well, AP.

  74. 74.

    Andy K

    BTW Peyton has a smile. You don’t see it much, but it totally changes his face.

    I saw it a few times while Googling him.

    Googling, in this case, is a euphemism for what?

  75. 75.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: I was gonna ask the question to Andy K. as well, but O.O. cleared it up.

    Baby: Ha! Yeah, I can just imagine. AP is in his own dimension. And, he has hands that can crush a man. I know. Many announcers have commented at length about it.

    @Andy K: Funny boy. I was noting how close Googling was to ogling when I typed it, but in my case, it means Googling. Peyton Hillis does nothing for me, so Yutsy is welcomed to him.

  76. 76.

    Yutsano

    @Andy K: Yer overthinking it. :)

    @asiangrrlMN:

    And, he has hands that can crush a man. I know. Many announcers have commented at length about it.

    This would imply his hands are hard, which from what I understand in the football world is a net negative for an offensive player. Methinks they need to dial back their metaphorisms a wee bit.

  77. 77.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Nope. They talk about meeting him and how from his handshake they can tell he’s a real man or something like that. “You notice how big his hands are and how strong his handshake is.” His first season, that was all they could talk about (besides his spectacular running ability, of course). I made up the “crush a man” bit.

    @Andy K: I’m giggling like mad over here!

    @Cat Lady: Which game? Patriots aren’t playing!

  78. 78.

    Cat Lady

    3rd and 1 and they throw long? WTF? Then they can’t get 4th and 1. As that fucktard Easterbrook always says on TMQ, I wrote in my notebook, Game Over.

  79. 79.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Peyton Hillis does nothing for me…

    Well, in the circumstance described above, that’s irrelevant, no? I’ll paraphrase JFK:

    Ask not what Peyton Hillis does for you, but what you do for Peyton Hillis.

  86. 86.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Uh huh. I know where your mind is.

    @Cat Lady: Ah! Got it.

    The Vikings are being pecked to death. 17-7. Then, 17-10. Now, 17-13. Ugh.

    ETA: Percy! Move one damn yard further down the field! Aaaaargh!

    ETA II: Yes, I adore Eddie Guns, but I do not want to hear him talk if it’s assessing penalties to the Vikes.

    ETA III: Special teams–you’re killing me. But, flag. Against…Washington! YES!

    @Yutsano: What do you mean ill?

  87. 87.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: You do realize, of course, if the Vikes win, the knob polishing of Old Man Yells At Football will be insufferable, no? After all he’s ILL and still haz teh gutz to play! I hate it when I see shit like that coming.

    BTW I’ll get pissed if the Browns manage to blow their lead.

  89. 89.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Oh, hell. I just Googled it, and bleah. You’re right. It’s gonna be all about his heroic measures. Blech.

    @Andy K: What?? You can’t just write Holy crap! and leave it there. Just saw it. Holy crap!

    @S. cerevisiae: Gee, wonder why?

    Harvin has to spell Gerhart. Gah.

  94. 94.

    Andy K

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Sorry….It was a 4th and 1 around their 20…Aaaron scrambled around, looked like he was going to run it, then flipped a little shuttle pass kinda thing to get us down to the 6.

    And the tying td came on 4th and goal from the…11?

  96. 96.

    sherifffruitfly

    Ok wtf is wrong with the stillers. And why isn’t my pirate stream linky for that game working?

  104. 104.

    Andy K

    Okay, everyone, wish Jordan Newman (as in “Hello, Newman“) a happy ninth birthday, wouldjya? He’s my son’s little brother (lesbians and turkey basters involved), and he’s cool as hell. I learned flirting from him.

  116. 116.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: I’m cheating: I’m throwing it all into a pan and baking it up then cutting it later. I still may yet go shopping this afternoon and get my extra special cookie sheets, but the kitchen cleaning will come first.

    @jeffreyw: It’s the homemade crackas that make that soup!

  117. 117.

    billgerat

    Bills tie Stillers! WTF is going on with Pittsburgh?

    Seahawks get walked all over on the Chief’s first possession. At least some things stay normal.

  119. 119.

    Linda Featheringill

    @Yutsano:

    Under the post down a couple, “Suffer, little children”, my comment, #76.

    This is also a response to a comment you made a few days ago about starting a third party that actually pursued the best interests of the people.

  121. 121.

    ricky

    Cowboys are looking good today. Oilers too. Horns will hold steady in the BCS poll. Tom Delay is still free to gas bugs. Everything fine in Texas.

  125. 125.

    JenJen

    I’m enjoying the Bills thoroughly today, but I fear for Cole’s health while he’s watching this game. :-)

    Did everyone catch Andre Johnson beating the crap out of Cortland Finnegan during the Texans-Titans game? It was like a hockey fight broke out! Never seen anything like it in the NFL.

  127. 127.

    asiangrrlMN

    “He’s a cop playing by his own rules”. Because there haven’t been enough shows about renegade cops. No, really. JUST what I want to see. (Chicago Code, new upcoming FOX show).

    @JenJen: Yeah. They showed the replay on the aftershow.

    OK. Really. Can we force all the channels to have the same volume? Please?

  128. 128.

    Natah Wind as Cochise

    This Bills-Steelers game is nerve wracking enough if you’re a Bills fan, and we gain little by winning. Steelers fans must be going crazy.

  129. 129.

    A Ghost To Most

    Are you finally breathing again, John? Looks like your Steelers have finally gotten the best of the Bills

  130. 130.

    Geeno

    John, I’m a died in wool Bills from way back, but, seriously, how the hell did your guys let us tie this up?

  133. 133.

    JenJen

    Well, crap. Gosh I sure don’t like the Stillers one bit.

    Hey, does anyone know if I can catch the Grey Cup on US TV? I’m pretty sure it’s going to be on ESPN3.com, but I’d much rather watch on the teevee.

  137. 137.

    Susan Ross

    Ahhh, eff the Steelers. If it took that much effort to beat the crappy Bills, then they suck even more than I thought they did.

  139. 139.

    billgerat

    When you’re a Seattle fan, you take what little victories you can. The only good thing they have done all day was block 2 kicks. The rest of the time they have sucked green donkeys.

  140. 140.

    Yutsano

    @billgerat: I believe we label that the eternal life of a Seattle sports fan. It’s always and forever the little moral victories that get us through our days.

  142. 142.

    burnspbesq

    @Joel:

    the Giants could lose another one at home.

    Blasphemer! Ye of little faith.

    This is the year of the Subway Super Bowl, and the rest of the country can just suck on it.

  145. 145.

    burnspbesq

    @Nethead Jay:

    “Fuck, I hate the Falcons. That is all.”

    Why? Now that Bobby Cox is gone, the only things about ATL that are worthy of hatred are Paul Hewitt and the overpriced, ghastly food at the Varsity.

  146. 146.

    frosty

    @HRA: Argghh. Why did I rest my hopes on the Bills beating the Steelers today?

    (Ravens fan.)

    Also, too, Fox isn’t showing Balmer on teevee tonight. Which I guess means I have no excuse not to balance the checkbook and look through that pile of bills.

  147. 147.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq:

    and the overpriced, ghastly food at the Varsity.

    When I went to my friend’s wedding in Atlanta, she insisted that I just HAD to eat there. I eschewed. I don’t feel any personal loss because of this.

  148. 148.

    JPL

    @Yutsano: I live north of Atlanta and happen to have a Varsity in my town, after eating at the one near Tech, I passed. It’s awful……
    I’m glad the Falcons won though.

  149. 149.

    Yutsano

    @JPL: Yeah. Crappy overpriced hot dogs and sloppy chili doesn’t exactly scream eat me to me. But I could just be a liberal elitist snob too.

    And shock of shocks the Seachickens are down at the half. Sigh.

  150. 150.

    billgerat

    My old Granny (God rest her soul) down in Loganville used to make better food than any you could find in Atlanta.

    And the Seachickens are back in the game.

  151. 151.

    JPL

    @Yutsano: Still in first place in their division. They could go 5/6 and still be in first place..lol
    If Seattle makes the playoffs, I’m not sure if I were u, I’d buy tickets.. It’s not gonna be pretty.

  152. 152.

    Yutsano

    @JPL: I have much better things to waste my money on. Plus if they did make it my brother might insist on going just for the experience. Or as he calls Seahacks games, “church”.

  155. 155.

    stuckinred

    @JPL: There’s one in Athens too! I ate there for the hell of it this summer. Chicken salad sammy and onion rings. They give you chips in the box with the sammy!

    What’ll ya have?

  158. 158.

    Sam Hutcheson

    Wow. Get beat by a better team and you boys are reduced to whinging about The Varsity? Cute. Don’t let your dresses get creased on the flight back north, ‘kay?

  159. 159.

    JPL

    @stuckinred: Varsity serves a hot dog with chili that’s not worthy of leftovers for my pets. When you ate the onion rings, did you have to dig through the grease to find the onion? That has been my experience.
    It looks like you have enough fish to last you awhile. Yum.
    The Bears are handling the Eagles and it’s nice to see Cutler get a little emotional.

  160. 160.

    JenJen

    Like you give a crap, but the Grey Cup is on ESPN3.com for those that don’t have Dish or DirectTV. It’s currently scoreless.

    Also, I have learned today that the an Alouette is a skylark. So aren’t you glad you read this comment?

  162. 162.

    ThresherK

    It may be easier to Bittorrent the new Harry Potter movie than watch the Grey Cup online from the US. No luck from TSN.CA.

  163. 163.

    2liberal

    @Bob In Pacifica:

    The Niners have all of you where we want you, which apparently is ahead of us.

    I am a cardinals fan (the Patriots are my AFC team). You don’t have ALL of us ahead of you.

  167. 167.

    2liberal

    @burnspbesq:

    This is the year of the Subway Super Bowl, and the rest of the country can just suck on it

    Lets see you prove that next Monday night in Foxboro.

  170. 170.

    burnspbesq

    @stuckinred:

    I’ve lived down here 26 years and have eaten there about three times.

    I’ve been there once, when I was in town for the 2003 Women’s Final Four. When I saw what was on my tray, I called my lawyer and made sure my will was up to date.

    In Durham, the preferred site for game-day noshing, Bullock’s Barbecue, serves good food.

  173. 173.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    I just saw the clip of James Harrison hitting the Bills QB in the chin with his helmet, and the NFL should double his previous fine and suspend the stupid bastard for a game. It’s obvious that he either just doesn’t give a damn what the rules are or he really enjoys hurting people.

  174. 174.

    S. cerevisiae

    The interesting thing about this season is that there are really no super dominant teams, even the ones with the best records have many holes. I would hate to be a Vegas bookie this year.

  176. 176.

    Sam Hutcheson

    @burnspbesq:

    I find it strange that people apparently think of The Varsity as the place to go for food when in Atlanta. It’s a tradition, but it’s not really at the top of the list of dining in Atlanta.

    And the only thing you should order there is the Frosted Orange.

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