Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

You cannot shame the shameless.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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

“Squeaker” McCarthy

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

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

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

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

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Come on, man.

I really should read my own blog.

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  7. 7.

    Tall Tom

    Specifically, Steelers uniforms look like an Alleghany county jailbreak, upon which the Cat-in-the-Hat spewed noxious, gooey Tunch-sized hairballs from head to toe. Unable to concentrate on the sheer hideousness in front of them, the hapless Redskins are losing to the abomination of yellow and black.

  12. 12.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    TD Seahawks!!! That should keep the Matt Flynn people quiet. Oh BTW the Huskies won last night,ESPN710 Seattle. Just letting you know.

  13. 13.

    Maude

    @PeakVT:
    About the NYC subway system, they have make sure there is no one left in the subway cars.
    The storm is moving more quickly than it did yesterday.
    Wall Street is saying it will be open. Of course.

  15. 15.

    SuzyQ

    I think the tan pants throws the whole look. And I’m a member of Steeler Nation. So you know I say it with love.

  16. 16.

    Corner Stone

    @Maude:

    About the NYC subway system, they have make sure there is no one left in the subway cars.

    Somebody please locate PsiFighter37 + 12 and make sure he’s not passed out in the subway system somewhere, vomiting on his shoes.

  17. 17.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Off Topic I saw the comments section over at the Daily Oklahoman over the James Harden trade, brave words over there. I still have the Thunder as my favorites in the NBA, but I think the odds are lessened.

  19. 19.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    I like the Steeler unis. Not as much as I like seeing their offense carve up the Skins. And Jonathan Dwyer had a hell of a game. Bring on the Giants!

  25. 25.

    ruemara

    is there a baseball game today too or is this the big game? One of my goals for the year was watching a sport to completion. And I’m too sick to draw or write.

  30. 30.

    ? Martin

    @JPL:

    JOHN.. btw some of us are concerned about your dad. How’s he doing?

    Last we heard it sounded like he was 1 ½ thumbs up!

    Sorry.

  34. 34.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Didn’t we go through the hideousness of the Stillers’ throwup uniforms last year? Since they haven’t changed the regular uniform in going on a century, there wasn’t much they could find to throw back to.

  36. 36.

    Jerzy Russian

    It looks like the Chargers lost to Cleveland. That pleases me. Let’s see if the Chiefs can put down the Raiders, although given how bad KC is, I am not too sure that is possible. I would settle for a tie game.

  46. 46.

    JPL

    @efgoldman: Is there are word missing from this article or did I just scan it to quickly..
    link
    the url doesn’t count btw…

    edit.. I just read an article about falcons on the ajc and they didn’t mention the word also…..

    since football is assumed to be soccer in Britain, I figured it was an intentional oversight. …

  47. 47.

    Southern Beale

    What in the name of Tebow were the Cincinnati Bengals wearing on the field today? Please tell me that was a one-time thing. They looked like fucking bumble bees out there.

  48. 48.

    Poopyman

    Not NFL related, so sue me:

    I’m an election judge Nov. 6, so I just voted today. A coupla things:

    ATTENTION MARYLAND VOTERS: POLLS ARE CLOSED MONDAY DUE TO EXPECTED WEATHER

    Besides that, I was in line for 50 minutes, nearly unheard of around here although someone in line had come by yesterday and seen the same thing. The election coordinator said that they had over 1400 voters during yesterday’s 10 hour period, more than the entire week of early voting in 2008.

  49. 49.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @Maude:

    All the executives have drivers to take them home, so why should they close?

    Not that it’s going to do them a whole lot of good to have a driver unless the driver has an amphibious car that day.

  51. 51.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    Everybody try to keep it clean — the 8-year-old sitting behind me at the cafe keeps trying to read over my shoulder.

  52. 52.

    Petorado

    @efgoldman:

    What is it with Wall Street putting themselves in positions where other people will need to rescue them, and this time the folks bailing them out will need to bring actual buckets — full of cash when they arrive, preferably.

  55. 55.

    Roger Moore

    @Jerzy Russian:

    Let’s see if the Chiefs can put down the Raiders, although given how bad KC is, I am not too sure that is possible. I would settle for a tie game.

    I’m rooting for injuries. Of course, I’m a Broncos fan, so I’m not exactly an unbiased observer.

  60. 60.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @efgoldman:

    She is sitting down. It’s a very small place.

    I’m the only person here without at least one kid in tow. It’s a little disconcerting. One dad keeps giving me the stinkeye for some reason.

  64. 64.

    The Dangerman

    @robertdsc-iPhone 4:

    But we still have the same shitty coach. Mike Clown has to go.

    The Lakers have a fine starting cast but their bench is scary weak. I’d play the starters massive minutes except they’re all getting close to qualifying for Social Security (excluding Howard). It will be interesting (and could be a train wreck).

  65. 65.

    Gator90

    Lovely to see Miami give the trash-talking Jets a well-deserved thrashing. Go Fins! (As I continue to lick my wounds from yesterday’s collegiate action… Sigh.)

  66. 66.

    JPL

    OT..college football… Spurrier released a statement today on Lattimore’s injury and said it is not as bad as previous thought..
    Spurrier said the injury was significant, but discounted speculation Lattimore would never play football again. Lattimore has not used a redshirt season so he could take as long as necessary to recover and still return to the Gamecocks for the 2014 season.

    Lattimore is twenty one..is that a realistic statement? link

  71. 71.

    Sayne

    Fear the Bumblebee! The Steelers looked great today!

    Seriously I love those uniforms. I mean, they’re hideous. But awesome.

  73. 73.

    JPL

    @Raven: I googled and according to Yahoo Spurrier hasn’t spoken with Marcus’ doctor only the team doctor who put the knee back in place. Hopefully, Spurrier is right.

  74. 74.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    The Packers played w/out Jennings, Nelson, Kuhn or Benson on the offensive side, and without Raji, Shields, Woodson, Wiiliams or Perry on the defensive side.

    Was it an ugly win? Yes…But it was also, ironically, a solid win.

  75. 75.

    Raven

    @JPL: I edited my comment and it got ate. Spurrier is doing the right thing to be as positive as possible for Lattimore’s sake. There is nothing lost if her turns out to be wrong but when you see the kind of injury McGehee had you know recovery can happen. Doesn’t mean it will but it can’t hurt.

  77. 77.

    Raven

    Remember Robert Edwards from Georgia?

    Edwards was chosen by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He rushed for 1,115 yards for the Patriots in the 1998 National Football League season, before blowing out his knee at an NFL rookie flag football game in Hawaii. Edwards barely escaped the injury without having his leg amputated below the knee, and he was told he might not walk again.[1]

  78. 78.

    Spaghetti Lee

    Bears pulled one out of their ass, but I’ll take it. Tennessee next week should be an easy win, but then it gets brutal (HOU, SF, and 4 division games.)

  79. 79.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Raven:

    If nothing else, it gives the kid a reason to stay in school. I can easily imagine him being so depressed that he might drop out.

  84. 84.

    Raven

    In Red Hook, Short on Time, and Kale

    In the Zone A neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, residents along the streets closest to New York Harbor were checking sump pumps in their basements, and piling sandbags against exterior doors.

    Cars tore down Van Brunt Street and into the parking lot of the Fairway Market, where scores of people were stocking up on food supplies. (Jordana Rothman, the food and drink editor for Time Out New York, sent out a dire message via Twitter from the scene:

    BREAKING: KALE SOLD OUT AT FAIRWAY. EVAC NOW! EVAC NOW! #sandy
    — Jordana Rothman (@jordanarothman) October 28, 2012

  85. 85.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Mr Stagger Lee: One more thing F–K Jerry Jones if there is a FSM in the after world I hope one of those big screen TV’s falls on him, and I would sacrifice 100 bulls if it fell on him and Dan Snyder for the sake of the Redskin Nation.

  86. 86.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Raven:

    …KALE…

    I WANT MY VEGI BOY! I NEED MY VEGI BOY! IT’S GOT KALE!

    Damn you, Raven. That episode of Cheers is going to stick in my head for a month.

  89. 89.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    @Raven:

    Aspiring actor Woody lands gig in ad for a new vegetable juice. He tastes a sample and is immediately disgusted due to his aversion to kale. Frasier hypnotizes Woody so that the latter can drink the juice for the ad. The hypnotism works so well that Woody becomes addicted to the juice, and accepts a lifetime supply in lieu of money. Woody receives a letter from the manufacturer informing him that the juice has been discontinued, cuing the outburst…

  90. 90.

    Billgerat

    Seahacks is too nice of a term.

    The whole Steeler team needs to be arrested for felony ocular assault. I’ve never seen a worse looking outfit than what they wore today. Obviously they have no self respect.

  91. 91.

    Eric U.

    I don’t want to get rid of Jerry Jones, I’ve always hated the ‘boys and if Jones goes they might start winning again. Daniel Snyder, otoh, can diaf.

  93. 93.

    Joel

    @Mr Stagger Lee: I think the Heat are odds-on favorites again. Lebron James is in a class of his own. He could roll to several more consecutive titles on his own at this point.

  96. 96.

    Unsympathetic

    Holy christ, I got smoked today in fantasy.

    RG3.
    Bradshaw, LeShoure.
    Maclin, Britt, Nicks.
    Gates
    Giants kicker

    When the kicker is your high score, you’re getting the “you suck” award in your league.

  97. 97.

    jayboat

    I was over at the Ft Liquordale boat show today and caught a few minutes of the Stillers game on a food court tv.

    My very first thought was- can’t wait to see the snark regarding the fashion sense of the team, and, as usual the bj commentariat does not disappoint.

    Carry on wif yer bad selves.

  98. 98.

    anadromy

    @Jerzy Russian: CAN NORV TURNER FINALLY STOP HAVING A JOB NOW–OR AT LEAST THIS ONE!? I AM WRITING THIS HERE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IN THE LONG NIGHT OF MY SOUL KNOWN AS BEING A LIFELONG CHARGER FAN, IT’S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE NOW.

  100. 100.

    JWL

    The Dallas Cowboys & the New York Yankees share this in common- I like to watch each team play, and I love to see them get beat.

  101. 101.

    The Sailor

    Colts finally won on the road*, first time in 2 years. Woohoo! One hell of a catch in OT, with an Olympic diver performance to get it over the goal line.

    Eli & the Giants beat Dallas, woohoo!

    Peyton & the Broncos are looking good against the Saints.

    * Tho it may have been due to a bad call at the end of regulation.

  104. 104.

    Ellyn

    I just heard horns beeping, Fireworks exploding, shouts and dogs barking. The Giants won! Hooraaaaay! Now, if Obama wins I’ll be a perfectly happy woman.

  105. 105.

    Wally Ballou

    “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, October 28, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone.”

    – Bart Giamatti, The Green Fields of the Mind (1977). I’ve taken the liberty of changing the date from the original.

    Damn, it’s going to be a long winter.

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