Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

The gop couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

The current Supreme Court is a rogue court. Very dangerous.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

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

We are aware of all internet traditions.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

Please don’t feed the bears.

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

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

People are weird.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

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

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    Roger Goodell is taking his revenge upon America one painful NFL game at a time. I’d honestly check his background for ties to Al-Qaeda.

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    Politically Lost

    True Grit was sold out so we saw The Fighter. Mostly because my wife likes to see Whalberg without his shirt on. Baby Jesus was nowhere to be seen.

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    joe from Lowell

    I’ve heard more “War on Christmas” blather about the NBA disrespecting the Jesus than the NFL.

    The Commissioner of the NBA is named Stern.

    The Commissioner of the NFL is named Goodell.

    I’m not even Jewish, but it’s getting to the point where you can’t miss it anymore.

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    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    You might check your listings, even if you have just basic cable. It’s sort of a weird throw-away channel, not part of some awesome premium sports package. I don’t have one of those.

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    debit

    My son got me a Roku player and a 3 month subscription to Netflix. I may never leave the house again. The Roku is, in a word, awesome.

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    asiangrrlMN

    @Fax Paladin: That actually makes sense. A business reason.

    And, holy shit! This game is bizarre! Cowboys get a penalty against the Cards, then throw a touchdown. Up by two. PAT missed. Still up by two! Less than two minutes to go. Crazy.

    @Mark S.: No shit!

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    Evolved Deep Southerner

    You want to know one of snow’s most underrated qualities? And I can say this because I live in a region where snow is so rare that you’d notice such.

    I love the way snow has the quality of altering SOUND, you know? It makes the whole world like one of those rooms where you have that egg-crate foam acoustical shit all over everything. It just kills any echo that would normally exist.

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    asiangrrlMN

    Holy shit! Nice catch on 4th down and 15. Cardinals still lives!

    @Evolved Deep Southerner: Snow is awesome. I’m glad you guys got to experience it a bit. I just hope it hasn’t messed up travels too badly.

    AZ ahead by one with five seconds to go! Amazing–oh wait. Flag. Excessive celebration, but FG good!

  25. 25.

    Sentient Puddle

    Saw True Grit today with the family. My big disappointment was that Johnny Cash’s version of God’s Gonna Cut You Down wasn’t in the movie, just the trailer.

    But other than that, liked it quite a bit.

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    RobertB

    That was some pretty horrible qb play there. Dallas has an excuse because of the injuries, but I had heard that Whisenhunt was a bright guy. The heck with crimes against Baby Jesus, I want to know who’s looking out for Fitty.

    /disgruntled Fitzgerald FFB owner

  33. 33.

    Ailuridae

    @Southern Beale:

    I was surprised by just how good True Grit was and entered with high expectations.

    And yes, the right-wing-nut-o-sphere is definitely going to flip out about it.

    Random football d-baggery from me.

    Cowboys titles: 5
    Steelers titles: 6

    Cowboys titles tainted by presence of insanely favorable officiating or obvious well-known cheating: 0

    Steelers titles tainted by presence of insanely favorable officiating or obvious well-known cheating: 5

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    Ailuridae

    @Mark S.:

    Prescient! As a die-hard Dallas fan I actually cheered a little bit for that miss. I’m doing my first (and only) NFL draft ever live this spring – the better the Cowboys picks the more I’ll enjoy it.

    And it counts double as the Boys losing to the Cards ties them up with Dallas having no reasonable chance to win next week (PHI)

  36. 36.

    Polar Bear Squares

    Any night I don’t hafto see that ugly, urine-colored towel and that arrogant schmuck Ben Rothleisburger is a great night for me. Regardless who plays.

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    Ailuridae

    @Yutsano:

    The chances that Romo is is need of a beard like Brady are pretty minimal. He was a notorious skirt chaser at Eastern Illinois long before any NFL fame shone upon him.

    Although as a Dallas fan you are constantly bombarded with who he is dating so I guess I am happy that is over. I never understood the Jessica Simpson over Sophia Bush choice. That’s something a gay man trying to stay in the closet would do.

  38. 38.

    Gina

    @meh: Not the OP, but I have a Roku and love it. The big tv in the living room is hooked to the giant computer, so I moved the Roku to the teeny tv in the kitchen. The Roku is nice and small, so it works well in the kitchen setup.

    I really like the user interface as opposed to the Windows Media Center or direct IE browser one. The HD quality is great, and it also does Amazon videos on demand, and bunches of other channels. I’ve been geeking out on the news stuff from Al Jazeera English and France 24 from MHz networks since I don’t bother with US based TV news (too much bulky filler). I found some cheap Bose computer speakers I added so now I have Gina’s Dance Party Kitchen Fun Time with Pandora streaming.

  39. 39.

    Yutsano

    @Ailuridae: There is one other possibility that fits in the Brady vein: bambino on board. And Eastern Illinois? No wonder I’d never heard of Romo before he was a Cowboy.

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    debit

    @meh: Grrr, my reply disappeared.

    What @Gina: said. I love all the channels (they have CrunchyRoll!) and the low profile box. It’s so tiny and cute! I just plugged it in, got the activation code and was off to the races.

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    Ailuridae

    @Yutsano:

    I lived in Boston from around July 1st 01 until about a month after 9/11, I head a lot of talk that a really handsome back-up QB for the Pats was frequenting gay bars and assumed it was Michael Bishop. But I didn’t ever remember him beig particularly good-looking. Bledsoe goes down that season pretty early, I realize that Brady won the backup job in camp and I have my “a-ha” moment. Who knows though? Right out of college a lot of straight men will hang with gay friends from college at gay clubs. Brady was like 22 at the time.

  42. 42.

    Gordon, the Big Express Engine

    Reminds me of Beano Cook’s comment about the suggestion that the released Iranian hostages should receive season passes to their favorite major league baseball team: “Haven’t they suffered enough?”

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    MattR

    @Yutsano: Eastern Illinois is a surprising football mecca of sorts. It was more impressive earlier this season when Romo was still playing and Brad Childress was still coaching, but both Sean Payton and Mike Shanahan also graduated from Eastern Illinois.

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    Yutsano

    @MattR: Huh. Best football school I’ve never heard of. Of course Jon Kitna went to Central Washington, so they can crop up in the NFL from literally all over. And yeah I still feel the need to apologize for inflicting him upon the world.

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    4jkb4ia

    This was the NFL’s way of saying, “We are sorry we have to schedule a game for filthy lucre. Please watch the NBA instead.” But the Cardinals actually won instead of a blowout, so this was the best possible outcome.

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    Uncle Clarence Thomas

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    If I had to choose to read any book to guide my actions and improve my mind and my character, I’d read a biography of President Ronald Reagan.
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