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If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Books are my comfort food!

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

We still have time to mess this up!

Hot air and ill-informed banter

When they say they’re pro-life, they don’t mean yours.

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

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

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

Republicans do not pay their debts.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

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  1. 1.

    Arclite

    I’m not sure it is fair to say I have been awol. I just had a busy morning. I had to work on my stance, go over my playbook, and watch film to get used to Ben’s snap count and the blocking assignments, because there is a very solid chance I may be playing tackle for the Steelers in a couple weeks.

    Let us know how that works out for your shoulder…

  2. 2.

    Dave

    Oh, John, you haven’t written anything of substance in weeks. The ladies have been doing all the heavy lifting around here. Which is fine, obvs, I just hope they’re getting paid for it.

  6. 6.

    Cacti

    Speaking of football, I only recently learned of the nature of Peyton Manning’s injury.

    Sorry to say this Colts fans, but my work frequently involves people with degenerative disk disease…

    And I’ll be amazed if the guy ever plays another down of professional football.

  10. 10.

    Cermet

    Don’t do it – as a Raven’s fan, I don’t want the Steeler line to get better. That wouldn’t be fair. BJ would lose you and the Nov 6 game would be a difficult win for the Ravens. Stay here and just blog the game … that will help everyone.

  13. 13.

    General Stuck

    As for being AWOL. Hadn’t noticed since I been mostly the same. Too fucking many trolls, and the gate is always left open. Daddy needs to get his paddle after the mouthy shitsticks.

  18. 18.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    From a computer hardware forum I hang out at:

    As for Obama, all he did was raise the national debt more than all the Presidents before him put together, and then set up a tax system to eliminate the upper income brackets altogether. That, my friend, is called Communism… and the American people realize they’ve been duped and will kick him out of office soon.

    This got two good responses. The first:

    I have read some uninformed and politically clueless shit in my day, but this is damn near the top. I will not waste my time trying to point you to actual facts and statistics, as in my experience people who are so hateful of Obama as to spew this garbage cannot be reasoned with. Goddamn.

    Then a Canadian came in with some info and a suggestion:

    I feel sorry for you. congress has all the power, not the president. presidents make suggestions, which are then thrown out by congress and re-done from scratch by them.
     
    so say it with me: congress raised the national debt. they did that to prevent the end of life as you know it when the financial system collapsed. the financial system in canada has more regulation and didn’t collapse. the people who deregulate the financial system in the us are usually republicans. republicans in congress.
     
    repeat after me: blame congress. blame the racket.

    Politics are not allowed there and the thread was locked down but this shit crops up over there all of the time. It’s never an Obama supporter who starts it, it’s always a winger/teahadist.

    Always. Every single time. It’s like a form of Tourette’s with them.

  19. 19.

    JWL

    Teams turn corners. Sometime for the better, sometimes not. Rothlisburger is entering his prime. If the Steelers are beginning to wane– and I think they are– the most important piece of their soon-to-be rebuilt engine is already in place.

  22. 22.

    Cacti

    @Admiral_Komack:

    Cervical (neck) degenerative disc disease that required a fusion.

    Considering how often and quickly a QB has to be able to turn his head, I don’t see how he bounces back from it.

  24. 24.

    trollhattan

    @Cacti:

    Ugh. Not a Colts fan but Peyton is a wonder to watch–especially changing the play at the line–and if this is the end of his career I will miss him. I’m reminded of Bo Jackson’s disintegrating hip, another cruel early exit.

  29. 29.

    geg6

    An update on my Henry, for all the kind people who sent their good wishes. He is walking again. Not well and certainly not fast, but he’s barking his usual bark (as opposed to the whining, pitiful barks of this morning). He is in no way going to get better, but I don’t think it’s time to call the vet for a house call yet. Probably soon, but not yet.

    As for the Stillers, the season is young and they’re 2 and 1. But I’d pay good money I don’t have to see Cole get flattened on network tv. And then the epic story of his injuries, rehab, recovery, and the domestic havoc it will visit upon Chez Cole. Probably something involving cleaning carpets in a body cast. And Tunch.

  30. 30.

    Jenny

    GaGa Ga Ga for Obama

    Lady Gaga, a champion for the gay community, had been outspoken in rallying her fans to support the end of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, endorsed President Obama and personally thanked him “for what he’s accomplished thus far in office” at a Sunday fundraiser.

    Doesn’t she realize Obama is a homophobe.

  31. 31.

    trollhattan

    @geg6:

    Sorry to hear you’re going through a tough time with a beloved pooch. Whatever moments you still have with him, do treasure them.

    As to a shattered Cole, post-NFL career, can’t we at least get him house visits and sponge baths from a saucy young nurse? I hate to imagine the tub injuries, otherwise.

  32. 32.

    Boudica

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: Agreed. Politics occasionally pop up on a high school football forum I follow. Always starts with an insult towards Obama/liberals followed by multiple calls to “keep your politics out of my football.”

  33. 33.

    Stooleo

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    I feel sorry for you. congress has all the power, not the president. presidents make suggestions, which are then thrown out by congress and re-done from scratch by them.

    This Canadian knows more about how our government works, than your average teabagger. Imagine that. sigh..

  35. 35.

    MikeJ

    BTW, some of you already know of it, but if anyone is interested in a greasemonkey script that will warn you before you post something with mod bait, click on my name.

    You’ll need firefox and greasemonkey, and you’ll need to install it before it will work. Save it someplace, then drag it into a tab in firefox. greasemonkey should ask if you want to install, say yes, and it should work.

    It doesn’t make it possible to use those words, it doesn’t correct them itself, it just warns you and puts the cursor on the word. If you’re already super careful you would never even notice it and wouldn’t need it.

  36. 36.

    fleeting expletive

    Somebody asked me for details on the various Wall Street protest venues, but all I got from my FB peeps was another FB page for Occupy Dallas, w/dates between October 6 and early February. The kids are making pretty long-term plans for an extended presence, relieving each other as work/studies require. Most are, in fact employed students.

  39. 39.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    @geg6: Aw Henry, I had a Henry Doodle bug many years ago. Give him a hug. We’re going to LA for a week and my pups are not happy with the suitcases. Man they play me like a violin.

  41. 41.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Since this is an open thread, I have a food question: What can I do to keep a hunk of blue cheese from stinking up my ‘fridge? It is currently wrapped in two layers of cellophane and a layer of aluminum foil, yet every time I open the ‘fridge … yoicks! Suggestions?

  42. 42.

    JWL

    Raven (formerly stuckinred): I always admired the Braves of the Bobby Cox era. Who didn’t?

    As much as I admire their team this season.

    And, once the Giants were out of the picture, I was always prepared to cheer them on when playoffs had begun.

    Until, invariably, game #1, when their fans would begin their obnoxious, bush league, “tomahawk chop” chant.

    It’s long past time they shit-can that mass, Pavlovian exercise in annoying behavior.

    It’s not as if the team doesn’t know right from wrong.

    After all, the Braves forcibly retired Chief Knockahoma all those years ago..

  43. 43.

    trollhattan

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Maybe keep it in a sealed glass container? I don’t know of a stink that can make it through glass. Plastic’s not much of a barrier after awhile.

  44. 44.

    Calouste

    @KG:

    there remains a portion of our population that really wants a heriditary monarchy, preferably one that has the power of the purse…

    The US already has an elected monarchy, except the usurpers keep getting elected from time to time. (Try finding a constitutional monarchy where either the monarch or the PM has a veto that can only be overridden by a 2/3 vote).

  52. 52.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Use the plastic bag you can cook a turkey in, they are excellent and damned near impermeable. Smart pot growers transport their goods in them because they are so effective.

    @Stooleo:

    Sadly, you are right. Maybe we can get them to come down here and teach some Americans about how their government works?

    Too many of them, on both the left and right, have no fucking idea.

    Yeah, I went there. :)

  58. 58.

    cathyx

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I believe that cooked spinach is evil. Truly evil. Spawn of the devil evil. Like mayonnaise.

    Oh my!!! Mayonnaise is just the best condiment ever invented. I could, and do, eat it right out of the container. I have no more food advice for you.

  59. 59.

    Suffern ACE

    @trollhattan: Well, I don’t know how early it is. He’s had a long career by QB standards. Heck, since he joined the league, the Bears have started a dozen players at that position, in their 60 year quest to find the next Sid Luckman.

  62. 62.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    My wife uses her Meal Seal (or whatever it’s called) to seal our bleu cheese. No vacuum, she just seals it up.

    It’s my preferred salad dressing. That or just sprinkling crumbles on it is good for me.

    Mmmmm, good stuff!

  66. 66.

    Roger Moore

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    Use the plastic bag you can cook a turkey in, they are excellent and damned near impermeable.

    I would guess that the heat seal vacuum bags would work well, too. They’re designed to be gas tight, which is exactly what you want. Most vacuum sealers can seal without pulling the vacuum first, which is probably what you want with blue cheese. Of course it would be annoying to have to heat seal the thing after every use, so it’s not the best suggestion if you want to cut off a little bit at a time.

    ETA: Hmm, I see I got here just a bit late. I’ll also suggest a Ziploc type freezer bag; they’re more likely to be gas tight than just wrapping the cheese in plastic wrap.

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    @cathyx:

    Oh my Mayonnaise is just the best condiment ever invented.

    A guy who wrote a mail list I subscribed to long ago referred to it as “death slime.”

  68. 68.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Suffern ACE: I do want to continue to occupy the apartment. Further, I cleaned the place yesterday morning. As a result, I shall not be following your suggestion. It does remind me, though; if you ever want to do something horrible to someone else’s home, putting a few shrimp (just the shells even) inside a curtain rod works wonders.

  70. 70.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    @Omnes Omnibus: Knew this dude that had been Air-Force rescue. We were fishin on the Mississippi and, while we mostly caught drum perch and carp, he caught a bass. He made a huge deal out it and insisted HE got his fish a the fry that night. We dutifully cut a filet out of a perch and fed it to him. He raved on about how great he and the fish was. When he moved to Florida a few months later in August we taped a couple of fish inside his hubcaps!

  72. 72.

    Anne Laurie

    @Omnes Omnibus: Store-bought pie crust works just fine for a quiche. Substitute plenty of mushrooms for the spinach, maybe ham for the bacon, because with the bleu you don’t need another intensely assertive flavor.

  73. 73.

    Suffern ACE

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    That would work as well.

    I don’t know if putting the blue cheese behind your hubcaps would solve the problem. It must be fairly strong cheese. Whenever I have some, I tend to put it in wax paper, then inside a paper lunchbag wrapped around it tight, then another lunch bag closed loose and that seems to keep the odor down.

  76. 76.

    Dee Loralei

    Fucking Dear God, Lawrence O’Donnell was on fire tonight about the police brutality at the wall street protests the other! You have got to front page it!

  77. 77.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    Use the plastic bag you can cook a turkey in, they are excellent and damned near impermeable. Smart pot growers transport their goods in them because they are so effective.

    You know this how?

  81. 81.

    eemom

    @Emma:

    If I understand correctly what actually happened was FEMA found some extra money in its husband’s pockets that’ll get it through to the end of the week, so they no longer need to include the extra funding in the bill. Not so much a triumph of Dem spine, alas. But maybe next time.

  83. 83.

    Emma

    @eemom: you know, you would rain on a bride’s parade because her dress was second-hand. Sheesh. I’ll take any wins any way I can get them. And according to TPM, Republicans could have kept it going:

    The development represents a setback for Republicans who have been demanding that disaster relief funds be financed with cuts to programs Democrats support. Though the issue never fully came to a head, Republicans could have dragged the fight out longer. They had demanded that $1 billion worth of supplemental FEMA funds be offset by nixing a program to promote the production of hybrid vehicles. That $1 billion turned out not to be necessary — FEMA didn’t need them. But under the terms of the deal, FEMA will still be given over $2 billion in disaster relief funds for the start of fiscal year 2012 — with no offsets. This maintains the spirit of the August debt limit deal, which included allowances for over $10 billion in non-offset emergency funding every year, but it suggests that Republicans didn’t ultimately want to take their demand to its logical conclusion and keep pushing for offsets.

  84. 84.

    trollhattan

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Stinky cheese dilemma, sounds like a Mamet play.

    A Swiss friend grew up on a farm and the family sends him care packages, including homemade cheese, registered post. Because of the registration it goes into the PO safe until he picks it up. Evidently it stunk the safe and everything in it so badly the postmaster pleaded with him to tell the fam to no longer use registered post.

    And you thought the Swiss only threatned our Freedoms(tm) with fussy knives!

  88. 88.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    The best way, hands on experience! Actually, a grower told me about it. The smells those bags can contain is amazing. My latest batch smells like blueberry muffins. Freakin’ tasty stuff!

    And stinky. My grower follows my advice and uses the bags while out making deliveries (I’m an Oregon MM card holder and he’s my designated grower).

    They work.

    @Yutsano:

    I get baked, daily. So you don’t like me?

    /sniff

    Oh, you mean that kind of baking!

    /whew!

    ;)

  89. 89.

    Yutsano

    @Omnes Omnibus: Gruyere is awesome stuff. I’m partial to Amish bleu and gorgonzola too. And Stilton. Hell I think the only cheese I don’t like is goat!

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: Yeah that kind. I’m allergic to the other, but I freely encourage your right to indulge. :)

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