Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

No one could have predicted…

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

He really is that stupid.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

No Justins, No Peace

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

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

The willow is too close to the house.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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  8. 8.

    passerby

    Dear Pittsburgh Steelers,

    Please beat the SF 49ers tonight.

    We really need your help to achieve and keep #2 seed status because the S.L. Rams (2-12)beat our fat, lazy, bloated, millionaire asses in a game that should have been a cakewalk and we’ve been behind SF for months.

    So, please! please! PLEASE! beat ’em like a drum tonight.

    Thank you in advance,

    The N.O. Saints

    p.s.: And thank you KC Chiefs for the study film on how to sack Aaron Rodgers 4 times and defeat a juggernaut like GB. We’ll be putting that film to good use if we make the division playoffs.

  9. 9.

    Cacti

    So which non-dirty Steeler will be “victimized” tonight by the evil rule against helmet to helmet hits?

  10. 10.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    I couldn’t care less about the Steelers, but I will not be particularly sad if my husband and his friends have to watch their 49ers lose again. The swelled heads were starting to make the living room a bit crowded.

  12. 12.

    passerby

    @cathyx:

    I wish it were televised.

    Me too. Don’t have cable so I paid NFL.com for Audio Pass and I just follow along on the Game Center graphics. Meh, better than nothing.

  14. 14.

    Villago Delenda Est

    OK, for the Seahawks to even imagine getting into the playoffs, the earth needs to swallow up both the Lions and the Falcons and cause them to lose both of their next two games.

    That’s just for starters.

    I think we can safely assume that the Seahawks will not make the playoffs, which was, after all, pretty obvious in week three.

  16. 16.

    passerby

    @Villago Delenda Est: The Saints have the Falcons in the dome next Monday. It’s usually a dust and blood fight but the Saints are favored–plus Brees is on a major roll.

    So, be optimistic about 50% of your dream…

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @passerby: Packers play the Lions on New Year’s Day in Lambeau.

    @Baud: I hope not. The Saints are the team that scares me the most. I hope someone else takes them out. OTOH home field would probably be the difference between the two.

  18. 18.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Go Steelers! Win, keep Ben upright, and avoid any more injuries and/or suspensions.

  36. 36.

    pragmatism

    I saw a monkey riding a dog like a horse in the pre game show. My life feels more complete somehow.

  37. 37.

    tulip

    And the lights go out at the Stick, way to represent SF.

    There’s a metaphor in there somewhere…

  39. 39.

    passerby

    Hey, Cathyx, I’m trying to share a link to a video stream of the game and it won’t post. When I hit submit the comment goes no where (3x).

    So I try this:

    Copy and paste this

    firstrowsports.tv/watch/98922/1/watch-san-francisco-49ers-vs-pittsburgh-steelers.html

    And then include this as the prefix: http://www.

    It’s called First Row Sports

  46. 46.

    Nalbar

    Let me save John some trouble,

    OMG, did you see that call by the officials, it suxours. Steelers get robbed again!

  47. 47.

    BruceFromOhio

    What in the sam-hell is the PGH coaching staff doing putting this man in at QB? He’s limping around like a drugged coyote stuck in a spring trap. Why not just paint a fucking target on him, hang some strip sirloin on his balls and let the wolves loose?

    I got no love for the Steelers, but this is a tragedy waiting to happen – this guy is gonna get drilled, and drilled badly, and it ain’t gonna be pretty.

    ETA: This is going to be a defensive battle, the game will be determined by turnovers.

  53. 53.

    EnfantTerrible

    Regarding the blackout, once again, PG&E represents! At least a gas pipeline didn’t explode.

    And how come the Niners can’t tackle?

  63. 63.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Joel: Is he doing his impersonation of Tebow? The “chevrons of mallards” throwing one?* Sounds like it. Heh.

    I wish I could remember who wrote this Brady v. Tebow comparison before the game yesterday:

    Tom throws spirals that could slide into a mailbox from across a cul de sac. They nestle into receivers’ arms like babies returned to new mothers. Tim throws chevrons of mallards. He has more overthrows than the Arab Spring.

    Tom is the namesake of the NFL’s Brady Rule, which prohibits hitting QBs below the knees. Tim is the namesake behind the NCAA’s Tebow Rule, regarding athletes wearing messages on their eye black

    I laughed, loudly and repeatedly. That’s good prose. For a sportswriter. Oh, and FYWP.

  68. 68.

    Quaker in a Basement

    OK, Ben. See all those guys wearing jerseys that look the same as yours?

    Throw it to one of them this time.

  73. 73.

    Suffern ACE

    Emergency generators to run the signage, but no one thought to hook up the actual field lights to it?

  74. 74.

    Steeplejack

    Hmm, power at the game is out again. There must be a free-market solution to this. ’Cause I know there can’t be anything wrong with our infrastructure.

    Anyway, while we’re waiting, sorta reminds me of this joke.

  76. 76.

    DCLaw1

    While the power’s out, can we talk about Big Ben? He’s the lumpiest, most stick-legged QB I’ve ever seen. Looks like Will Ferrell out there.

  77. 77.

    fasteddie9318

    FUCKING BULLSHIT WHY DOES OBAMA KEEP CUTTING THE POWER TO CANDLESTICK PARK? DOES HE HATE AMERICA THAT MUCH?

  82. 82.

    trollhattan

    @EnfantTerrible:

    In PG&E’s view, so long as nothing’s exploding they’re doing just fine, thank you.

    That SF doesn’t have 14 already doesn’t speak well for their playoff chances. OTOH Stillers are just painful to watch. You’ve gotta be a fan to admire this team.

  83. 83.

    Leadpipe

    Another testament to shareholder owned public utilities. Have they ever been turned down for a rate hike? What’s the excuse going to be this time around?

  84. 84.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    @Steeplejack: Oh, man, I’m laughing so hard I’m crying. I’ve seen it before and I dunno why that joke hits me like that. I guess it’s in the delivery:

    Is this goin’ somewhere?

  85. 85.

    cathyx

    @Steeplejack: No cable here. I was monitoring it on NFL.com and was wondering why it was taking so long to come back from a commercial break. So I checked in here and read what happened.

  87. 87.

    trollhattan

    @fasteddie9318:

    Heh, indoozle. Obama is an NFL hatah because he likes the hippitihop NBA, also, too. “No power for you!”

    Next: Nancy SMASH restores power!

  88. 88.

    BruceFromOhio

    How about a chevron of double-A’s and free flashlights? Or is it just too Gaia-damned ironic to have repeated blackouts in park called “Candlestick”?

    C’mon, crew, wind the fucking rubberband or feed the squirrels or whatever.

  90. 90.

    passerby

    @BruceFromOhio:

    Yeah, Ben looks awful–but then he always lumbers around like that. I’m gonna guess that he plays the rest of the 1st half and if he doesn’t turn the ball over, they’ll leave him in after another pain shot at halftime.

    Looks like Will Ferrell out there.

    Haha!

  93. 93.

    stinkdaddy

    There’s no way Roethlisberger should be in there. Charlie Batch can throw 2 picks – more even! – without jeopardizing the rest of the season. High-ankle sprains are no bullshit. That said, as a Packer fan I still can’t decide if I’d rather the 49ers or Saints get a bye so whatever.

    can we talk about Big Ben? He’s the lumpiest … QB I’ve ever seen

    Can I introduce you to my bros, JaMarcus and Jared?

    And holy crap, Lorenzen was 6’4/315? I knew he was a big dude but those are left tackle measurements.

  94. 94.

    DCLaw1

    @stinkdaddy: Yeah, those guys are pretty lumpy, but nobody beats the Barbie-doll-like physical impossibility of Ben heaving his torso of mashed potatoes around on those peg legs of his.

  95. 95.

    2liberal

    harrison supposedly tweeted during the blackout (which i did not see)

    If I cant play then can’t nobody play… Lights out!

    i hope the stillers lose but still a funny tweet.

  99. 99.

    stinkdaddy

    @DCLaw1: It’s funny you mention it, cuz I never paid that much attention to Ben’s legs but looking closer I notice I’m built a lot like him. My legs do better than his above the knee, but they’re pretty spindly below it and we have roughly the same torso. I also tend to get lots of minor ankle, knee, etc. injuries and then turn around and do something like slamming my hand in a car door with no breaks. And I broke my jaw once and I drink too much. I AM ROETHLISBERGER. Weird.

    ps. No rapey stuff though.

  101. 101.

    stinkdaddy

    As a former PG&E customer I’m setting the over/under for total blackouts at 4.5. Who wants some of this action?

  102. 102.

    stinkdaddy

    Wow, Ben’s mechanics are totally shot. He isn’t lifting his back leg at all. With him like this everything’s going to be thrown short, just like it would with Batch, and if he gets hit in the leg some really ugly, beginning-of-2012-in-jeopardy kinda shit could go down.

    I don’t get it.

  107. 107.

    BruceFromOhio

    Pittsburgh deserves to lose this game for letting this guy continue to play. I dunno who the fuck thought it was a good idea to leave this damaged, lumbering man in at QB, but they need a good smack across the back of the head.

    Wait! I know! Hold off until there’s like 4 minutes left and your down by nine or twelve instead of six, THEN put in your backup! Bitch at how he loses the game for you because he can’t make up for the impossible stupidity at play in the first 56 minutes!

  108. 108.

    Quaker in a Basement

    Ben is not Tebow. Ben cannot go out there and suck for 55 minutes and then expect a miracle.

  109. 109.

    stinkdaddy

    Ben’s throwing a lot better after the half. Wonder if they shot him up again or what? The difference is pretty drastic- all of a sudden he isn’t throwing flatfooted.

  113. 113.

    SFAW

    Next: Nancy SMASH restores power!

    She was going to, until the TeaBaggers decided it might be seen as benefitting the Demoncrats, so they had Orange Julius postpone the vote until tomorrow, at which point they can blame the Dems for making them delay things, because, well, SHUT UP! THAT’S WHY!

  125. 125.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    @stinkdaddy: Seconded. And it pisses me off to no end that the booth won’t shut the fuck up about anything, but fail to discuss that interference call that overturned a fumble. Now a guy jumps and is penalized which leads to seven points. Fuck. And now Moore’s down. Ugh.

  127. 127.

    EnfantTerrible

    It’s a rockem-sockem game between two evenly matched teams – small wonder we are all tearing our hair out.

  129. 129.

    gentlewind

    Just wondering how you can root for the Steelers when they have someone who should be in jail for assault and rape at the helm? I’m a staunch Bears fan but if my QB did what yours did, I would root for the Packers before rooting for the Bears.

  133. 133.

    burnspbesq

    Good news and bad news, football fans.

    The good news is that you won’t have to listen to Craig James on ESPN any more. He’s resigning.

    The bad news is that he’s resigning to run for the Republican nomination for the Senate in Texas. And he might just win.

  135. 135.

    Leadpipe

    @burnspbesq: The bad news is that he’s resigning to run for the Republican nomination for the Senate in Texas. And he might just win.
    Will ESPN be doing fundraisers or is that just a fox thing?

  136. 136.

    EnfantTerrible

    “49ers and Iggles will be in the NFC championship game”

    Given that that Niners need a Garmin to find the end zone in the first half, I’m not so sure about that.

  142. 142.

    Ron

    That was just ugly. As I said elsewhere, they better play better than this or they will be one and done in the playoffs.

  145. 145.

    Yutsano

    @burnspbesq: Open thread goodness:

    Something from my Facebook wall:

    Note to future tax attorneys: if you client is hiding $12,000 from the IRS, it’s not a smart idea to fax me direct evidence your client is hiding $12,000 from the IRS.

  147. 147.

    Yutsano

    @James E. Powell: Nice part is that won’t fly: the CPA showed me exactly where it is (it’s in an escrow account) and it’s readily accessible. He screwed his client six ways to Sunday and tried to intimidate me into not doing anything with it. BZZT!!

  150. 150.

    Cermet

    As a Ravens fan I am extremely unhappy that the Steelers lost AND further hurt their QB. The Ravens do not and had better not keep the second seed and NEED to be a road team so they get exactly what they deserve – defeated as the pretenders they fully are.

    What a joke they are (3-4 on the road.) If they get all home games and end up meeting and (gasp) beating the Steelers it will be a travesty! Those jokers do not deserve or are they a real quality team thanks to the loser couch coach and poor QB.

    Steelers fans – you have a great coach (really – I’d trade any day)BUT you need to complain that your QB does NOT run the team – the coach does! (yes, I hate Ben’s activities off field but on field he is one of the best and should have been setting -at least the last quarter! when all was lost.)

  151. 151.

    Uncle Ebeneezer

    This was just ugly (Steeler fan here.) I’ve felt all year that we are not a real-deal team (like the Packers.) Now I just wish there was SOME team out there that I could hope will keep the trophy from going back to Green Bay.

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