Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

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

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

We will not go back.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

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

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

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

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

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  2. 2.

    Schlemizel

    Great MArch! Gopher women kick Cornell’s ass this Friday in the opening round &, assuming Wisconsin does not fold on Friday like they did in the WCHA playoff will beat two red teams this weekend.

    The boys still have the WCHA playoffs this weekend before NCAA madness hits

  4. 4.

    The Dangerman

    No real upsets today (though ‘Cuse almost had no excuse). I’d love to see Kentucky go down (it would only be the biggest upset ever, so I’m not watching yet).

  6. 6.

    General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero)

    Western Ky, is a scrappy bunch and very quick. Kentucky has pulled away some, and this wildcat team, this season, is the best second half team I’ve see anywhere for some time. They just crush the oppo in second halfs. They didn’t with Vandy though.

  7. 7.

    JCT

    Well, as a Cal grad it’s all about the Bears for me, but on a fun note. Was woken up in the middle of the night here in Shanghai by my youngest – a lifelong UMich fan. He found out this morning that he was accepted by his dream school, and now gets to go to Ann Arbor and be a Wolverine! A colleague of mine there gave him a Michigan football helmet over 10 years ago for good luck!

    Poor kid had been battered by this college application process – so we are thrilled .

    Just felt like sharing.

  10. 10.

    The Dangerman

    @TBogg:

    Refs did to Ashville…

    That one OB call with about a minute left was brutal. Like Booker Turner bad (old Pac-10 ref, probably dating myself).

    ETA: Moderation! Shit!! Was that for dat-ing or Book-er (I suppose that could be gambling term).

  13. 13.

    Schlemizel

    @S. cerevisiae:
    I will say the women do have a gripe about the NCAA letting the Sue in instead of the bulldogs. They showed at the WCHA they deserved to be there, the Sue not so much. Maybe if coach Miller had whined as much to the NCAA as she does to the refs they might have been in.

    It was a big weekend for the Dogs – we have been going to Womens games for 12 + years * seen something like 30 Bulldog games only seen four where Miller did not hold the refs hostage between periods – 1/2 of them last weekend!

  15. 15.

    Spaghetti Lee

    My bracket is currently in first place in ESPN’s bracket challenge! Well, tied with probably millions of others, but STILL.

  16. 16.

    Schlemizel

    @S. cerevisiae:
    Are you in Duluth? seriously, we will be there this weekend of the NCAA finals – I would buy you a beer – name the place. We can woof or talk politics, my choice 8-{D

  23. 23.

    Libby

    Just want to say thanks for letting me into your pool again this year. I savored my five minutes in the top ten before my bracket tanked already. Meanwhile, thought I joined the Weird pool, but not seeing any extra points on the board. Wonder if I joined the wrong one.

  24. 24.

    Ken

    Suicide watchfor John Cole. Mountaineers are getting manhandled; not that there’s anything wrong with that..

  27. 27.

    Clime Acts

    Are there some games today?

    The tournament doesn’t really get going until tomorrow when the Jayhawks take the floor.

    Rock Chalk

  28. 28.

    piratedan

    watching from Laughlin, nice and understated and allowed to decompress in peace, hopin this latest parley hits, have the under in the Ky/VCU and baylor games…..

  30. 30.

    S. cerevisiae

    @Schlemizel: I’m currently out in Oregon watching from a distance. It’s harder to find coverage of the women, I’m just glad I can get FSN on DirecTV so right now I’m watching the Sue and the Huskies.

  32. 32.

    Schlemizel

    @Raven:
    What is this “tubby” you speak of? Nobody that plays hockey could ever be tubby in any sense of the word.

  33. 33.

    ThresherK

    It was hard to pick even before knowing what Long Beach State (yellow as an “away”) and New Mexico (gray as “home”) would wear.

  37. 37.

    Schlemizel

    @S. cerevisiae:
    Interesting game so far. Two mean teams beating on each other.

    Too bad you can not see the women this weekend. Sadly there are just not enough talented women players to have the number of great games the boys can generate. I have not seen Merceyhurst or Cornell this year (the cancer thing really curtailed the adventuring) so I don’t know anything about them but if MN & WI meet in the final it will be faster than the boys, physical without the goonball crap and some of the best hockey you will ever miss. A few of weeks back they played with the WCHA leadership on the line & they were the two most fantastic games I have seen in years. Probably neither team is as good as USA/Canada but comparable so it was as good or better than the gold metal game at the Olympics!

  38. 38.

    Schlemizel

    @Raven:
    BTW – best basketball game in history – Gophers v Buckeyes 1972.

    Also Mussleman – The St. Paul newspaper reporter who asked him at the start of the 72 season “Do you really think you can draw a crowd starting 5 spearchuckers?” Billy to his ever lasting credit banned all St. Paul reporters from his locker room for the season.

  39. 39.

    S. cerevisiae

    @Schlemizel: Have fun at Amsoil! I have yet to see it, except on TV. If that is the final it will be a hellava game with a split crowd.

    ETA: Blackwoods on London Road has great little wood fired pizzas half price at happy hour and Bell’s Two-Hearted on tap.

  41. 41.

    Montysano

    Well crap… looks like the ‘Eers are going to be the one red spot on my bracket (if VCU hangs in and wins).

  44. 44.

    RareSanity

    What an age we live in when I get real-time bracket updates, on my smartphone, wherever I am.

    Remember the olden days, when we used a stack of low quality copies, of brackets that you had to…gasp…fill in manually? (shudder)

    In the immortal words of Yakov Smirnoff…”What a country”

  49. 49.

    Heliopause

    The committee did everything they could. They made an established program travel all the way across the continent. They gave a 13 loss team what amounted to a home game. Alas, it was to no avail. Oh well, at least Syracuse got an NBA officiating crew to coax them into the second round.

  50. 50.

    RareSanity

    Greg Gumble: “Baylor, in those uniforms…”

    Charles Barkley: “…are ugly.”

    I love Chuck…

  53. 53.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Gotta love those Baylor Lime green colors, their women’s program is the monster. I must say as a Buckeye fan I am not expecting great things from OSU in the tournament. If they get outof the elite eight into the Final Four I would be stunned. The Bucks are not that good, despite the record.

  54. 54.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @burnspbesq: Jcks beat the Washington Huskies earlier this year, a reason the Dawgs are playing in the NIT. Sad about Nate McMillan, but he had time to do something with the Blazers, they let draft bust Greg Oden go too.

  57. 57.

    Raven

    @Libby: Waddaya gonna do. I went to a calcutta the other night and I have been totally priced out of it. Used to be you could get a high seed for $25-30 bucks. This year they were in the $70’s and the total pool of almost $10,000.

  58. 58.

    Libby

    @General Stuck (Bravo Nope Zero): As usual I didn’t fill out my bracket until minutes before the deadline, so I only joined the one. Just checked and I am in the Weird pool. Bonus points helped me out of the ditch. VCU saved me from early obscurity. Still searching for the just the right amount of upset picks. Two that I changed to upsets lost. Knew I should’ve stuck with Vandy instead of those snobby Harvard boys.

  60. 60.

    Linnaeus

    @JCT:

    Was woken up in the middle of the night here in Shanghai by my youngest – a lifelong UMich fan. He found out this morning that he was accepted by his dream school, and now gets to go to Ann Arbor and be a Wolverine!

    Congratulations to your son. It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine. :)

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