Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“Why isn’t this Snickers bar only a nickle?”

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

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

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

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

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

In after Baud. Damn.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Fani Willis claps back at Trump chihuahua, Jim Jordan.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

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  3. 3.

    Cat Lady

    The Chiefs suck. Fact, not opinion. Those fans deserve better, yet there they sit dressed all in red filling that stadium year after year after year waiting for the second coming of Len Dawson and instead they get Matt Cassell. What’s the matter with Kansas? They’re a bunch of corn fed motherfucking morans.

  5. 5.

    Baud

    Um, I have my tv on mute, but something just flashed on the screen about Farve playing for Houston. Someone please tell me it ain’t so.

  6. 6.

    cathyx

    I just got my computer back and it’s running better than I ever remember. I now have a computer guy and he’s the best ever. I think I’m in love(not really, he’s married and really not my type) but I spilled wine on it about 7 months ago and it hasn’t worked right since. He can’t believe it was working at all after I did that. Anyway, yay me!

  7. 7.

    Arm The Homeless

    Juice-box wins. Have to go to church now…

    On a happier note, The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale is on in a few. Someone needs to get their ass eaten tonight. I have had just about enough “emotions” for one season.

  9. 9.

    Ron

    @Baud: It was some speculation that Houston might try to get Favre if Leinart is out for the season. the general consensus was “no fucking way is this actually happening”

  11. 11.

    Neutron Flux

    What’s the matter with Kansas? They’re a bunch of corn fed motherfucking morans.

    I usually just walk on by these kind of comments, but tonight I will just reply with a hearty fuck off.

  13. 13.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    C’mon Blue Bombers, only down 8 at halftime to the Lions. Does Vancouver riot again like they did in June?

  24. 24.

    RareSanity

    @Roger Moore:

    Mostly he’s hooked himself up to a defense that can keep the other team’s score to within his limited ability. Not that I’m unhappy to see Denver winning.

    One thing that cannot be denied is that the guy is improving. That’s really all one can ask, constant improvement.

    I do think that he is putting the Denver organization in a bad spot for the future.

  27. 27.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    Tough day on the flats Rare Sanity.

    You can say that again, Georgia obviously had the better team. But, I thought Tech would be a bit more competitive. Some of Paul Johnson’s antics (and tactics) are starting to get old to me. Being curmudgeon is overlooked when you are winning. When you are losing, not so much.

    Watch out for that Baton Rogue Buzzsaw though…those guys mean business! :-)

  30. 30.

    khead

    @jeffreyw:

    Heh. Once upon a time we had a kitten that would wake me up by cleaning what little fur I had…

    That pic brings back some great memories… I was just stunned when I saw it.

    Also, love your photostream.

  31. 31.

    Raven

    RS. We have nothing to lose! I got pretty crappy seats so we’ll see what they fetch on the stubhub. It’s strange to think back to September a where this looked like it was headed. And then there’s my Illini. Biggest collapse in history.

  35. 35.

    RareSanity

    @Raven:

    I’m sure the “Fire Zook!” has started in earnest in Champaign…

    But, the Illini backers need to ask themselves a very serious question…fire him, and hire who?

  37. 37.

    cathyx

    @arguingwithsignposts: You know, I was here when it happened because I remember writing about it after I got it all cleaned up. And the sad thing was, I hadn’t even had any of it to drink when it happened. I had just set the glass down and was ready to read, and as I was sitting, I bumped the table and it spilled right on the keyboard. That’ll teach me to drink it first before I sit down.

  41. 41.

    Roger Moore

    @RareSanity:

    I do think that he is putting the Denver organization in a bad spot for the future.

    I was glad to hear that they’re not declaring him the QB of the future yet. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with the option from a performance standpoint, but I’d hate to see the QB of the future trying to run 15 times a game.

  44. 44.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Raven: Maybe the Ole Ball Coach needs some midwest golf course memberships.

    I don’t know who they follow with. They’re not high profile enough for Urban Meyer.

  47. 47.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @RareSanity: Other than Mike Leasch, I am sure there is a coordinator at Alabama, LSU or maybe Wisconsin ready for a chance to step up. JoePa is availible. );-)

  48. 48.

    Raven

    arguingwithsignposts
    One illini coach in modernness history has left for a better job. I bleed orange and blue but it’s a graveyard. (mackovick)

  49. 49.

    Raven

    arguingwithsignposts
    One illini coach in modern history has left for a better job. I bleed orange and blue but it’s a graveyard. (mackovick)

  53. 53.

    RareSanity

    @Roger Moore:

    I was glad to hear that they’re not declaring him the QB of the future yet. I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with the option from a performance standpoint, but I’d hate to see the QB of the future trying to run 15 times a game.

    There’s a reason why nobody runs the option in the NFL, eventually, your QB is going to get hurt, period. The personnel you need to run the option is different from a “pro-style” offense. If your option QB gets hurt, you better damn well have a backup option QB, because you can’t just flip a switch and start running a “West Coast” offense.

  54. 54.

    burnspbesq

    @Cat Lady:

    Their athletic department is monumentally stupid for firing Turner Gill after only two years. Jesus Keerist His Ownself couldn’t have cleaned up Mangino’s mess in two seasons.

    Gill won at Buffalo, fer Crissakes. The man can coach. This is going to haunt the Rockchalks for a decade, minimum.

  55. 55.

    RareSanity

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    I think quite a few people would argue (including me), that being a coordinator at LSU or Alabama, is a better job than being head coach at the majority of schools in the country.

    Someone like Mike Leach is exactly who they are going to end up with, now that Rich Rod is off the market. Head coach at Illinois is a hard sell in 2011 for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that, you are going head to head with Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Notre Dame for the same recruits. Even with Penn State weakened, it’s still a daunting task.

  56. 56.

    moderateindy

    As a Bears fan I have to say I despise Mike Martz. The dumbest fucking offensive genius ever. You have second and 1 from the five, you’re running the ball at will, and you decide to try a screen pass? Even if your QB wasn’t starting his first game ever, this would have been a moronic idea. And it’s not a regular screen, but one where the QB roles to the right then throws all the way back across the field, making it even more difficult. So instead of going into half-time with at least a field goal and the lead, the interception is returned 80+ yards and gives a score and the momentum to the Raiders.
    This guy makes more idiotic calls in the red zone than any coach I’ve ever seen, all trying to prove how unpredictable he is.
    And how difficult is it to figure out that with an inexperienced QB, and your running backs averaging over 5 yards a carry against a woeful run defense that maybe, just maybe, you should spend the bulk of the game handing the ball off. Is there anything more pathetic than a coach that is incapable of adjusting his game plan to the conditions that actually exist? I’ll bet he’s a Republican and believes that the answer to every economic condition is deregulation and tax cuts.

  58. 58.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Cat Lady: The (Browns) suck. Fact, not opinion. Those fans deserve better, yet there they sit dressed all in (Orange and Seal Brown, wearing dog masks) filling that stadium year after year after year waiting for the second coming of (Paul Brown) and instead they get (Chris Palmer, Butch Davis, Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Pat Shurmur). What’s the matter with Cleveland?? They’re a bunch of (abused, mocked, chopped liver, The Drive, The Fumble, Red Right 88, cursed schlubs).

  60. 60.

    Paul

    Wow is Steelers’ favorite Bill Leavy doing this game? The refs see holding on the Chief defenders but miss it on the 2 consecutive play by the Steelers.

  62. 62.

    Paddy

    My WTF of the Day- Video- Scottsdale Gun club invites children to pose with Santa… and their choice of firearm

    P.S.- For those who chastised me the other night that I damn well knew I was going to get another dog, the visits have started. Top contestants are a 4y/o Hound mix and a 6y/o Shepherd/Hound mix. 6y/o has the more dramatic back story (almost hit on road, driver stopped & found note attached to collar giving name of dog, and plea for someone to take care of him, they couldn’t anymore). Two more to see.

  65. 65.

    RareSanity

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    What about Earnest Byner?

    I remember that dude from the time my family lived in Denver. Him and Kevin Mack, used to always have big games against the Broncos.

    As good as he was, it’s a shame that he is most remembered for one fumble…

  67. 67.

    Roger Moore

    @RareSanity:

    If your option QB gets hurt, you better damn well have a backup option QB, because you can’t just flip a switch and start running a “West Coast” offense

    OTOH, the Broncos seem to have done a good job of moving from a conventional pro-style offense to the option when they decided Plan A wasn’t working. Maybe the option is a good choice as Plan B. At the very least, it’s different from what defenses are used to trying to stop. I think there’s some value to being different from everybody else.

  68. 68.

    Raven

    From an Iliini message board:

    Zook is a class act, a great guy. I think it is time to start fresh with a new coach however. We had some really memorable times under coach Zook’s tenure. We were an illegal formation call at Iowa from a Big Ten title, the year we went to Pasadena. He did everything you could have asked out of a coach, he ran a clean program and he loved our University, but the one thing he didn’t do was get the W’s. Maybe the next coach can, maybe not. Either way it was time for a change, I wish him well in his future, good luck Zook

    I’m sure to some of the players, Zook was the only father figure they have ever had. This must be a very difficult time for those players, but I’m confident in saying they were in good hands with Zook, and they will carry themselves as better men for it.

  69. 69.

    Svensker

    @Paddy:

    Scottsdale Gun club invites children to pose with Santa… and their choice of firearm

    Because nothing saint Saint Nicholaus and the Prince of Peace like a machine gun or two. Jesus.

  71. 71.

    RareSanity

    @Roger Moore:

    At the very least, it’s different from what defenses are used to trying to stop. I think there’s some value to being different from everybody else.

    Yep. That’s what me, and the rest of the fans of Georgia Tech, tell ourselves too.

    Usually, that statement gets painfully countered by a good team. In our case, it was Georgia removing us from our fantasy land. In Dever’s case, it will Belichick and Brady performing the same function.

    I’ve been here before in the NFL too. It was Tampa Bay, that showed the rest of the league, how to defend Mike Vick when he was a Falcon. Being different, works up until the other team is so much better, that it doesn’t matter how different you are.

  84. 84.

    jurassicpork

    My Pats whalloped the Eagles, so I’m happy. Next week: The Indie Colts. For some indefinable reason, it won’t be the same. Can’t quite put my finger on why.

    Anyway, if you haven’t already seen this, please help keep a fellow lefty/blogger/novelist and his missus and cat indoors during the holidays. Rent day is Thursday. I’ll be willing to send free copies of my novels on request.

  85. 85.

    fasteddie9318

    I have to ask, even though I love the guy: is it Tomlin? Because this team never takes bad teams seriously, and that tendency needs to stop.

  86. 86.

    Ed Drone

    @Gordon, The Big Express Engine:
    You know, I’m surprised we haven’t heard unanimous praise-phrases like that from the Republicans so far. Once they choose a candidate, you can bet we will.

    And pretty much for the same reason as the original of the one you quote.

    Ed

  88. 88.

    moderateindy

    @techno:
    Ran off Phil Jackson? What planet are you on? Phil left because he was smart enough to realize that because of the teams age and contractual situations, there was little if any upside to continue coaching here. If there was anyone hoping for Phil’s departure it was the front office and not the fans.You never heard anyone calling for Phil to go. If you had even the slightest knowledge of Chicago sports you would also know that while Ditka is beloved for bringing a Championship, craploads of people were calling for his ouster in the final couple years of his tenure.
    And Martz sucks. Anyone that has an ego so big that he prohibits his QB’s from ever calling audibles is an idiot. Last year it took him 8 weeks, and this year 4-5 to figure out that if you have a crappy O-line you might want to reconsider sending everyone out in pass patterns 15+ yards deep, and having your QB take 7 step drops. He’s probably shortened Cutler’s career by a couple of years because of all the extra punishment he took running the “Genius'” offense.

  89. 89.

    patrick II

    @moderateindy:
    Martz is a football ideologue. In St. Louis, when he had the tools to run about anything his offense worked. But he does not adjust to his players and their strengths and weaknesses. His offense was immensely fun to watch when I lived in St. Louis, it is often painful(like today) to watch in Chicago. And I agree with moderateindy@56, the call for a screen on second and one at the five is one of the worst calls I have ever seen.

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