Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

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

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

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

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

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

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

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

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

ha ha ha! Nice try weird people.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

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

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

In after Baud. Damn.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

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  3. 3.

    2liberal

    Go Cardinals! I have season tix but this year since i have no car, I am not going to the games. I sold my ticket for this one at 3x face value on Ticketmaster.

  4. 4.

    PurpleGirl

    But they have multiple games to play on any one day and if everyone is to get a chance to see all the games, they need to stagger game times. At least with football you have a set time for how long a game lasts and therefore you can stack game times. Do you want to cut the number of games you can see each game day?

    (I don’t know much about sports and I don’t watch; just remembering Sunday afternoons when I dated someone who did watch a lot of football.)

  6. 6.

    burnspbesq

    Jets defense rises to the occasion.

    Shame that Manchester United’s couldn’t do the same.

  7. 7.

    Steve

    I used to hate Steve Largent as a kid, but I have no problem with Tim Tebow for some reason. I must have changed.

  8. 8.

    General Stuck

    Brownies just won, barely. Which it always is when they do win. Can’t watch the game though, it pisses me off you have to get Dish TV to watch NFL games. Fucking fascists.

  9. 9.

    burnspbesq

    The only good thing about playing NFL games at Wembley is that the fucking Glazers will get to see both of their teams lose in person on the same day.

  12. 12.

    BD of MN

    I should probably turn off the TV right now, the Vikes game is going to undoubtedly go downhill from here…

  15. 15.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq:

    The Seahawks got three points against the Browns’ defense?

    In order to score against a defense, one must have an offense. There is still insufficient evidence Seattle has either.

  17. 17.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Yutsano: Cleveland O was on the field for 40 minutes. You may conclude whatever feels right.

    Also: ATTENTION: NFL OFFICIATING SUXXXORS! LATE HITS BY BIG, LUMBERING LINEMAN SHOULD BE LEGAL, ESP. IF YOU’RE THE PGH STILLERS. THAT IS ALL.

  19. 19.

    Svensker

    Jets come to play and mostly do. Also, WTF Chargers 2 minute drill? Could it have sucked more?

    Also, officiating sucked on this game, too. Bogus calls on both sides.

    Still, Jets!

  20. 20.

    JPL

    It appears there are a few teams vying for the chance to select Luck in the first round. How do they decide if their are multiple contenders? Miami did their best today blowing a lead with three minutes left so I’m curious.

  22. 22.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @General Stuck: That Browns game was the epitome of SUCK, though I am happy they won. Man both offenses stink! Seattle Sports radio will be interesting tomorrow, first their Huskies got slaughtered, the Coogs were the Coogs, and the Seahawks was a snore fest. Will they talk Softy off the ledge? Will Brock and Salk outdo Hugh Millen in having a snore fest of a show? Will the Groz get drunk on air?

  23. 23.

    Yutsano

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I am of the conviction the quality of sports radio contributes to the suicide rate in Seattle.

    @asiangrrlMN: Why I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Other than the Broncos are keeping me from a full on sports depression. And you know I don’t mean Denver.

  24. 24.

    burnspbesq

    @Mr. Stagger Lee:
    @Yutsano:

    You could always talk Sounders. At least you have one good team in your town.

  25. 25.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Yutsano: Oh! You read my mind! Any Hoo!!To those who hate the NFL The Rugby World cup is on New Zealand-France on NBC. But 5-0 All Blacks lead it is a snooze fest unless you are Zoe Bell or Peter Jackson.

  26. 26.

    Roger Moore

    @Yutsano:

    And you know I don’t mean Denver.

    If Denver was keeping you from a full on sports depression, I’d say that there was either something severely wrong with you or you were a fan of some other team in the AFC West [ETA: and have very low standards].

  29. 29.

    Death Panel Truck

    What the fuck are you talking about, Cole? Football starts at 10 a.m.

    For those of us on the left coast. :)

  30. 30.

    Joel

    The Vikings are really bringing it against the Packers, in what might be the only interesting game of the day (other than the race to the bottom game between MIA-DEN).

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: I could break out the French video. That would have you about ready to fly out here just to kill me. But we eat at Wild Ginger first dammit!

    @Roger Moore: My only salvation is my other alma mater. Which was starting to show signs of football brilliance when I was there right before their jump into Division 1. Now they’re currently undefeated and will most likely get screwed out of the NT game.

  33. 33.

    BruceFromOhio

    After a tantalizing appetizer of a Vikings score on the opening drive, the AT&T UVerse deity has determined that the Cheesehead-Viking Apocalypse Opera is disallowed in my sector.

    Darkness descends to the sound of NSA wiretaps and exhausted, drunken Dawgs.

    Meanwhile, back in Arizona …

  35. 35.

    Morzer

    Well, Tony Sparano is a strategic genius, that’s for sure. It took genuine talent to keep the Dolphins in pole position to Suck for Luck today. Presumably the next step is for Stephen Ross to invade Iraq looking for Rex Ryan’s secret WMD stash.

  38. 38.

    burnspbesq

    @Morzer:

    Rex’s WMD is no secret. His name is Mark Sanchez. It’s just an open question from week to week whether he’s going to massively destroy the opposition or the Jets.

  39. 39.

    Joel

    @efgoldman: He told some long rambling story that went nowhere, using the word “Daddy” about 15-20 times. It sort of creeped me out.

    Frankly, I hate the Fox broadcasts.

  41. 41.

    BruceFromOhio

    From the ever-growing list of Things I Did Not Know:

    During the first sixteen weeks of the schedule, both Fox and CBS are each given eight doubleheaders. The two networks alternate doubleheaders, but not necessarily week-in and week-out. The networks never run three consecutive weeks of doubleheaders. Fox insists on having a doubleheader on the Sunday it airs Game 4 of the World Series, and uses the featured 4:15 game as a lead in for the baseball playoffs.

    Which happens to be today.

    So the locally broadcast Browns/Seahawks on CBS precludes the local ability to see the Nordic Dairy Meltoff, in favor of two teams I care for not at all, and an essentially meaningless baseball outing.

    Conclude: AT&T meets its match in NFL broadcast contracts.

  42. 42.

    Palolo lolo

    it starts at 7am in Hawaii,so the last game is done by 1pm. It’s a bit better when DST ends-the games move up to 8 and 11 am. Pack looking lame,but it’s 80 and partly cloudy,so I don’t mind too much.

  43. 43.

    Morzer

    Strange days. I may even feel compelled to cheer for the Viking Quarterback Retirement Mobile Home Unit against the Pack, just to make sure they don’t spoil the Suck for Luck stakes with a delayed run of.. well .. suckitude.

    Still, I’ll always have the Clay Matthews jersey and bottle of scotch.

  45. 45.

    JWL

    It also ends near midnight on the east coast. Way better in PST-land, where a person can watch a late game and still get a good night’s sleep.

  53. 53.

    Irony Abounds

    I absolutely hated how the announcers were fellating Tebow. He had a terrible terrible game and was only bailed out by a Dolphins implosion, a botched recovery on the onside kick and some incredible catches. Now he’ll be treated as some miracle worker. Makes me want to puke.

  54. 54.

    Batocchio

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Even better after that interception.

    Ponder has played well, overall, though, which should be encouraging for Vikings fans. (And it would be a shame if L.A. stole another team from MN.)

  57. 57.

    Morzer

    @Irony Abounds:

    Denver Jizzus must have someone looking after him, because he was flat awful for the vast majority of the game. And then the Dolphins remembered the Suck for Luck gameplan and fell apart.

  58. 58.

    Batocchio

    @asiangrrlMN:

    That was going on even when I was in college in MN! I don’t think it’s ever stopped, alas.

    But most Angelinos don’t care about getting a football team, because the big passion here is the Lakers. And MN already lost the Lakers, and the Northstars… although they got replacement teams. The point is, whether it’s losing a team or blackmail for a stadium, Minnesotans deserve better.

  63. 63.

    4jkb4ia

    It may be time for this Lambs game to be put out of its misery, on both sides of the ball.

    Here’s Douthat, John, in the highly likely case you weren’t paying attention:

    Romney “embodies the very tendencies that the conservative movement came into being to resist: technocracy, ideological flexibility, Northeastern moderation” and is “America’s most opportunistic politician”. But “Romney is improbable, but his rivals are impossible, and so he will be the nominee”.

    What’s more, Republicans have only themselves to blame for his inevitability. Romney owes his current position to two failures: the Bush era’s serial disasters, which left the Republican establishment without a strong bench of viable national politicians, and the Tea Party’s mix of zeal and naivete, which has elevated cranks and frauds and future television personalities to the party’s presidential stage.

    To date, neither the establishment nor the populists have come to terms with the failures of the last age of Republican dominance. And despite occasional flashes of creativity, neither has groped its way to a credible vision of what the next conservative era should look like.
    What they have to offer instead is a largely opportunistic critique of a flailing liberal president.

    Glad to hear you are feeling better today.

    /exercises somewhat heroic self-control not to change name to RallySquirrel

  67. 67.

    Thymezone

    Bright spot for Cardinals fans: One step closer to getting Whisenhunt fired.

    Later today, on the local paper comments board: Fire Whisenhunt!

    Oh yeah, and replace him with what?

    I dunno, how about your mother? I am sure she will do better.

  68. 68.

    2liberal

    i am pretty much done with Whuz. THe team is done for this year, and should start playing the kids at the LB spot. they also should do some experimenting, like for example play a 4-3 as i think they have better players for that scheme. but they wont/

    I don’t think Kolb makes it in the long run, too many of his passes get batted around and he acts scared in the pocket.

    My prediction is that they will both be here until the end of 2013 and then the bidwills will clean house.

  69. 69.

    S. cerevisiae

    Well, the Vikes covered the spread which was better than I expected. Ponder made some rookie mistakes but overall showed a lot of potential.

  70. 70.

    arguingwithsignposts

    There are several teams still in the Suck for Luck sweepstakes, including the Colts, who are about to lose another to the Saints.

  71. 71.

    Thymezone

    @2liberal:

    It’s an arithmetic problem which has caused Whiz to manage a losing record, and lose 3/4 of his games in the last two years, with a team that took him to the Superbowl not long ago.

    The problem is that he has a 20 point offense and a 30 point defense. Just got them backwards, is all. 20 point offenses don’t win in the NFL, and 30 point defenses don’t win in the NFL. So on each point, the team is doomed. Together, they could lose all their remaining games this year, possibly, with a good deal of talent on the field. Mismanagement on a rather dramatic scale.

  73. 73.

    JWL

    @Palolo lolo: But the early games in the islands start at what? 7 AM?

    You can’t tell me Hawaiians never rip it up on Saturday night, and are then inclined to sleep in on Sunday morning.

    A 10 AM start for NFL games is just about right.

  77. 77.

    Suffern ACE

    @Ron: I have never seen a worse game of football at the professional level. I’ve seen uglier games, sure, games marred by bad field conditions and fighting and whatnot. But the Colts are a pathetic Division III NCAA team at the moment.

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