Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

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

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

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

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

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

Books are my comfort food!

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Republicans in disarray!

In my day, never was longer.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

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

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

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

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Liverpool FC. Because this year they have about as good a chance of winning the Super Bowl as they do of winning the English Premier League.

  7. 7.

    Haydnseek

    @Amir Khalid: C’mon you Spurs! Alas, without Harry Redknapp, I despair for their chances. They’re having a fine year, but it’s not hard to hit a rough patch and slip a few notches, knocking them out of Champions League contention……

  11. 11.

    ? Martin

    According to my mom, I should root for the Patriots and against anyone named Manning or the Jets.

  12. 12.

    The Dangerman

    For today, I guess I have to root for the Bengals since they haven’t done shit in years (decades? they had a chance a few years back until Palmer broke his leg early; I forget who they were playing, some team from the Northeast).

    As for Game 2, I’m just rooting for frostbite; WTF is the NFL doing putting the Texas game on early and the Green Bay game on late? Fucking sadists (and Houston has a dome IIRC; ridiculous). I guess I have to root for the Packers since they got boned out of a bye week.

  14. 14.

    ? Martin

    @Comrade Jake: Yeah, at this point they should just disband the NHL and invent a new sport. They’ll never be profitable again – not with the costs sunk in arenas and players now. Try something new on ice, preferably involving harpoons.

  17. 17.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I willing be wearing my Charles Woodson jersey later. Does that answer the question?

  19. 19.

    Raven

    Whoo hoo, the Illini slap the shit out of #8 Ohio State after losing to 6-6 Purdue Thursday. Welcome to the road in the B1G!

  21. 21.

    ? Martin

    @efgoldman: Yeah, that a little bit of what I had in mind (never saw the remake, though). Arenas aren’t large enough, and I don’t think we want to get into another round of taxpayer money for new arenas. So, the new sport needs to fit in the area of a current hockey rink – kind of what indoor soccer/football/lacrosse has done.

    Maybe harpoons in such a small space is a bad idea. How about we repurpose some of the non-lethal weaponry used by police – those beanbag guns and tasers would be cool. On ice.

  22. 22.

    PopeRatzo

    I’m rooting for the teams’ medical staffs. I’m tired of hearing about great athletes ending up brain damaged due to repeated concussions.

    Dave Duerson and Jim McMahon were two of my favorites and one has committed suicide because of the damage caused by concussions and the other can barely function due to early-stage dementia caused by repeated brain injury.

    Not worth it.

  24. 24.

    The Dangerman

    @John Cole:

    It was the Steelers.

    Well, I was technically correct, that’s Northeast (and, yes, it was very much an accident). Was that the year the Seahawks got screwed in the Super Bowl (shamefully baiting Seattle fans here)?

  27. 27.

    2liberal

    since the Steelers are not playing, Mr Cole, I am counting on you to be pulling for the Patriots.

  29. 29.

    The Dangerman

    @efgoldman:

    Just turrble.

    Another pet peeve; the “Who Gives A Shit” bowls should be back well prior to 1/1; I know ESPN needs filler, but, come on, there’s always Bowling or High School Cheerleading.

    ETA: Also, waiting for 1/7 to play the NC game is bullshit, too; remind me again how there can’t be playoffs because they are concerned about the “student athletes”

  35. 35.

    The Dangerman

    @MattF:

    …in the very early days of ESPN…

    I recall those days; I figured there was no way that a channel like that could survive. Oops.

    ETA: I kinda miss all the Lumberjack events; those were kinda fun.

  36. 36.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Raven: WTF with the Buckeyes??
    Anyway I’ll go with the Seahawks, but my money will be a Denver-Green Bay Packers Super Bowl, with a Peyton 2nd Super Bowl Trophy. STONE COLD LEAD PIPE LOCK!

  37. 37.

    Suzanne

    @MattF: Some people just can’t enjoy a damn thing unless there’s a way to win at it. Those people generally suck at life.

  38. 38.

    Suzanne

    @MattF: Some people just can’t enjoy a damn thing unless there’s a way to win at it. Those people generally suck at life.

  44. 44.

    Steeplejack

    “Whom are we rooting for?”

    Ultimately the Falcons. Gotta be a NoVa homer for the Redskins and Ravens this weekend, but, truthfully, I’m not that invested in any of this weekend’s games. Just want them to be good. And I have to admit I’m looking forward to the Vikings-Packers rematch tonight. That could be epic.

  45. 45.

    West of the Rockies (formerly Frank W.)

    Anyone else really dig the Snorg Tees girl with the red T-shirt? (As a Rams fan, I don’t have much to cheer about at present. Go Snorg Girls!)

  49. 49.

    The Dangerman

    @efgoldman:

    …only some stones are mined…

    I think we need some crossover for maximum appeal; for example, the Curling House contains Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter. Those would work for the harpooning possibility, too.

  55. 55.

    Woodrowfan

    Eh, the Bungles I guess since I’m from Ohio and the Reds are not in Spring trainign yet. I live near DC now but I’ll cheer for the R*****ns when they get a less racist name. Or when hell freezes over..

  56. 56.

    Schlemizel

    Man, the US National Junior team played a heck of a game against Sweden to win the world Championship 3-1 around 10 AM Eastern this morning (games were in Ufa Russia). It was very close till the US got an empty netter. Canada apparently had no sense of pride & dropped the bronze game to Russia after a tough loss to the US in the semi.

    The family will gather around the TV to watch young men suffer repeated head trauma and internal organ damage from pain killer abuse tonight. Nominally I will ‘cheer’ for the Vikings and hope some sore head Packer fan does not decide to shoot the coaches dogs if they lose.

  58. 58.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @JenJen: I figure the bengals will bungle it somehow. It’s the dynamic I count on when the Ravens play ya. But the Texans have been on a downward slide and the Bengals can score. So I think the Bengals will win this one.

  60. 60.

    Schlemizel

    @JenJen:

    Yeah but I am feeling guilty about the trollish content of my comment. Canada played great in a rather brutal game (since international players have moved on the the National Hoodlum League the amount of ugly has increased.

    And I am sure Packer fans are as decent as football fans everywhere

  63. 63.

    Jerzy Russian

    I’ll go for the Bengals in the ACF game. Figuring out who I should root for in the second game will take more energy that I have right now.

  67. 67.

    negative 1

    SEA! HAWKS! Can’t wait for Bam Bam Kam and the Legion of BOOM to lay out known republican RG3.

  68. 68.

    Bob In Portland

    I’m a Niner fan so I’m hoping the Washington Native Americans knock off the only team I’m really afraid of, Seattle.

    And I generally root against any team from Texas because they killed our President in 1963.

  69. 69.

    Bob In Portland

    I’m a Niner fan so I’m hoping the Washington Native Americans knock off the only team I’m really afraid of, Seattle.

    And I generally root against any team from Texas because they killed our President in 1963.

  70. 70.

    Darkrose

    On one hand, I hate the Washington team’s name. But I love RGIII.

    I dislike Minnesota teams on general principle, especially when they keep Chicago teams out of the playoffs. But I adore Chris Kluwe.

    Also, too, Niners.

    At the end of the day, though, meh. Handegg. Pitchers and catchers report in a month.

  71. 71.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Now that was a stupid sit your ass on the bench and STFU move by the Bengals special team player.

  72. 72.

    Raven

    I’m trying to fry plantains for the first time. I found the recipe fof the Versailles garlic chicken and decided to got the full route with black beans, rice and plantains.

  73. 73.

    Schlemizel

    @Darkrose:

    Any team the Vikings could possibly keep out of the playoffs does not really deserve to be there in the first place!

    WTH happened to Da Beers this year? I thought they were going to knock off the packers?

  75. 75.

    JenJen

    These NBC announcers are total Houston homers. Assholes.

    @Schlemizel: It’s not effective smack-talk if you apologize for it immediately after! Any poutine-eating Canadian worth their salt would be giving us the business if we dropped the bronze medal game to the Russkies.

  76. 76.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Looks like the Texans must have a blistering ass chewing in the locker room at half-time.

  78. 78.

    David Koch

    rooting for RG3 only because a black quarterback kissing his white fiance after winning the Super Bowl will cuz the teabaggers to explode.

  79. 79.

    Schlemizel

    @JenJen:

    Yeah, it was mostly the cheap shot at the fudge packers I felt bad about.

    I was on an American College hockey list-serve back in the 90’s & there was some Canadian kid talking a LOT of smack about the 94 Olympic team. I really unloaded on him after they lost to Sweden. He was back for 98 so it was pretty delirious when they lost that one to Czechoslovakia.

    But I’m old enough to remember how close the entire nation came to mass suicide when the Soviet Union came over and cleaned the NHL’s clock in the 70’s. If they want to claim that Canadian NHL players are the best in the world they still have to explain how Dave Shultz had a career when he skated on his ankles.

    Rewatching the Canada/Russia Bronze game and the NHL influence is painfully obvious. So much thuggery so many cheap shots.

  80. 80.

    Steeplejack

    Uh-oh. Vikings QB Christian Ponder declared hors de combat, so untried backup Joe Webb will be starting tonight.

    Even worse, Al Michaels gave the report from Green Bay, which makes me fear he will be the announcer tonight. God save us!

    At least I have time to check for an alternate audio feed on Sirius or the Web.

  81. 81.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @Steeplejack:

    Even worse, Al Michaels gave the report from Green Bay, which makes me fear he will be the announcer tonight. God save us!

    no way, al michaels is the best announcer in the game, despite his rumored wingnuttiness.

  83. 83.

    Short Bus Bully

    @The Dangerman: Why yes, that was the year. The “Stealers” got a few freebies that year, enough to make me glory in their shitty ass season this year and all the pain Rape-lisburger had to endure as well.

  89. 89.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @gwangung:

    Oh, because for the Seahawks, it would be a black quarterback kissing his white wife?

    is that his wife or is he doing an episode of the muppet show?

  90. 90.

    Trinity

    Bengals.

    Husband is a Bengals fan.
    I am a Ravens fan.

    So far…we remain married…so far…

  95. 95.

    ruemara

    I’m rooting for myself. I just got NAS 3T Drive for my network. All I need is name for my new storage baby. I’ve been skimping a long time to get this, and I’ll skimping a long time to pay it off. Name suggestions?

  97. 97.

    David Koch

    @gwangung: a black quarterback has a white wife? Jimmy the Greek must be rolling over in his gravy.

    “if blacks take over coaching jobs white women, like everybody wants them to, there’s not to be anything left for white people.”

  100. 100.

    Steeplejack

    @Raven:

    Well, they always hope until the last minute that physical therapy and illegal drugs will work their magic.

  102. 102.

    Roger Moore

    @Yutsano:

    Don’t make me despise you…

    Is rooting for Denver OK for those of us who grew up in Colorado and have been cheering for them since we were kids?

  105. 105.

    Yutsano

    @Roger Moore: Well I looked past it for a good friend from college. Plus I’m a pretty forgiving guy. This incidentally is also true for SG. I still reserve my right to spit in disgust however.

    @Steeplejack: Can’t we just blame the new wife? Maybe she wore him out last night or something.

  106. 106.

    ruemara

    No, no. SCIENCE or SCIENCE FICTION. Although the TerribleTerabite was on the table 5 minutes ago. Tesseraction? Logopolis. Kalimdor? BridgetoTerabitia?

  107. 107.

    max

    @Steeplejack: Ruemarapolis.

    Yeah. Ruemaristan! Ruemorovia,

    Ruetheday. For a bad 70’s flashback: Ruemours. (Ruewood Mara!)

    Ruepedin. Killedbyarue!

    Madame President.

    max
    [‘Is there someone other than the Ravens playing? Hey, the NHL is on strike so I can’t watch too much football.’]

  111. 111.

    JCT

    @Raven: Oh man, Versailles garlic chicken – grew up going there. My boy has only been living in LA since Sept and is already hooked.

    Congrats on the Illini! Just back from the AZ game, go Cats!

  118. 118.

    Elizabelle

    Watching “To Have and To Have Not” on Turner Classic Movies.

    Bogie and baby.

    Marine gas was 28 cents a gallon.

  119. 119.

    MrSnrub

    I had hoped for the Bengals to win, but as a long time Denver fan, I’m happy to see Gary Kubiak do well. I’d like to see he Vikings win tonight.

    Tomorrow I’m rooting for the Colts (Peyton Manning vs the Colts in the playoffs would be fun), and the Seahawks.

  120. 120.

    Ron

    Rooting for the Packers right now, but if they can’t figure out how to stop A.P. it’s going to be a long night for them.

  125. 125.

    Steeplejack

    It does seem kind of weird that they have Minnesota-Green Bay as the night game. The frozen lunar hellscape would have been slightly less hellish in the afternoon.

  126. 126.

    EnfantTerrible

    Joe Webb??? Vikes are doomed. But there are worse teams to lose to than the Pack.

    I say this as a transplanted Minnesotan who lives in the Bay Area and can’t quite warm up to the 49ers. Or the Raiders. Not the Raiders, for sure.

  130. 130.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @MrSnrub:

    Tomorrow I’m rooting for the Colts (Peyton Manning vs the Colts in the playoffs would be fun)

    More fun than one last chess match between PM and Ray Lewis? With Jim Caldwell calling plays from the visitors’s sideline? Doubt it.

    I was hoping the Bungles would pull it out this afternoon & sneak past the Nags–then with Poe’s Crows doing the necessary the AFCCG could have been an all-AFC North affair. Ah well. Forza i Corvi! Forza i porporoneri!

  135. 135.

    Elie

    @Bonnie:

    I’m all over this game —

    I amm living in Northern VA right now for work. But my HOME is in the Northwest (Northwest WA). Seattle was screwed out of the superbowl a few years back from shit assed bad calls in the favor of the Stealers. They have a great team now with a great young quarterback and players. The Skins also have a great team and quarterback. Both have examplary leadership with their young quarterbacks. What more could one ask? I am sitting my ass down and hopefully enjoying a great game…

  136. 136.

    Elie

    Totally off topic but had the BEST time last night watching the Creature from the Black Lagoon — what a HOOT. Laughed my ass off — from the beautiful “scientist” who must have travelled with 5 trunks of clothes to the neoprene “monster” — it was great fun… The big MACHO weapon was the — ta-ta — Speargun carried by the big white guy. so big it had to be carried with two hands… Again — big laughs…

  137. 137.

    JCT

    @Raven: No – the one in Culver City near Motor Ave. Ack, I can taste that chicken. The two times I’ve visited my boy at UCLA he only wanted to go to Versailles or The Pantry.

    That is really cool, the Edge is a true Wildcat legend. We’ve gone to several of the home basketball games and I haven’t so much fun at a sports event since I was a college student. The fans are a blast. And of course that Gators game was the BEST.

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