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

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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

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

I was promised a recession.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

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

The words do not have to be perfect.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

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

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

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

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Not all heroes wear capes.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

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

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

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A special treat for you all for the Vikings v. Packers game. Here is my godson, Cole, aka Bug Buggington, all dressed up in the Steelers gear I sent him for Christmas:

buginsteelersgear

The kid spent a week or so here and I never saw him frown, and I have yet to see a picture of this adorable little kid when he wasn’t smiling. He clearly does not take after his godfather.

Go Vikings!

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  1. 1.

    Short Bus Bully

    Will Clay Matthews and his gigantor HGH grown skull help the Pack avenge last week’s loss to robo-Petersen?

    Yes, I’m afraid he will.

    I don’t want my Seahawks to have to travel to Lambeau to play their next road game if they squeeze past the RG3’s…

  7. 7.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    He clearly does not take after his godfather.

    are you really going to say that while standing there in a giant steeler’s onesie?

  8. 8.

    burnspbesq

    Where’s his Terrible Towel, Cole?

    Some godfather you are, sending a defenseless baby into the world without the right equipment.

    I’m calling CPS on you.

  10. 10.

    burnspbesq

    Great moments in random ad placement: an ad for cougarlife.com attached to this thread.

  15. 15.

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

    The south end zone at Lambeau is not happy right now.

  17. 17.

    Suzanne

    @Raven: Actually, I’m getting the CougarLife ad, too. The young Sex Idiot on the ad is hilarious.

    Cole is adorable.

  18. 18.

    Steeplejack

    Touchdown Pack! I don’t have a problem with that review. Starting to think I would like the Vikes to win, though. Underdog fever.

    ETA: Although I do like that nice Aaron Rodgers boy in his “discount double-check” ads.

    ETFA: “That’s Mr. Hubble.” “No, it is not.”

  19. 19.

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

    The south end zone at Lambeau is a bit happier now, but they still didn’t get a Leap.

  24. 24.

    gene108

    I got up to go to the bathroom. Where I sat down at is not where I left the remote control, but I do not want to get up to get the remote.

    I am facing a dilemma of being comfortable versus being powerless to change the channel, if I so choose…comfort is winning out at the moment…

  25. 25.

    Raven

    @gene108: Sounds like a personal problem. Go see the chaplain and get your card punched, you are authorized one personal problem per day.

  30. 30.

    Raven

    @asiangrrlMN: Not too shabby if the princess didn’t have this nasty herniated disc that is not resolving with all kinds of therapy approaches. We just had a facetime session with my main man in berkeley to see if his angle might help.

    How bout U? Gophers comin to Champaign this week.

  31. 31.

    JPL

    Webb probably needs to be told not to toss those air thingys. He has been pretty lucky that air thingys are picked off.

  32. 32.

    gene108

    @Steeplejack:

    In the Third World you can at least get up and change the channel on the T.V. itself, without the remote.

    I don’t think I can do that with my new T.V.

  33. 33.

    Robin G.

    WTF, Webb.

    By the way, fence-sitters should probably be reminded that the Vikes have Chris Kluwe. Root for ’em just for him.

  34. 34.

    Alison

    Oh man, what a cute little muffin. I’m not a parent and have negative-kajillion desire to be one, but there is something about a baby grin that makes you think the world doesn’t totally suck.

  35. 35.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    @John Cole:

    It’s not a onesie you asshole. It’s a very expensive two piece, fuck you very much.

    i’m sure it looks great on you. calm down.

  37. 37.

    JPL

    Obama’s inauguration shop has onesie’s for sale. link
    They also have a ten percent off coupon. I ordered some flutes, and a ruler.

  39. 39.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Robin G.: Chris Kluwe is the MAN. Plus, he faaaahn.

    GO VIKES!

    @JPL: Not at all. But, if they dig down deep, leave it all on the field, and give it 110%, they just might be able to pull it out at the end.

  43. 43.

    JPL

    Anyone still watching the game? Minnesota has negative passing yardage. Maybe the second half will be better.

  59. 59.

    Svensker

    The kid is totally squee worthy.

    Sad about the Vikes. Don’t think Mr. Webb will be getting any calls to run anyone else’s offense.

  60. 60.

    AndoChronic

    Even though I live in Minneapolis, given up on this team since ’98, good luck with that John may the Lord help you!

  61. 61.

    Fluke bucket

    @JPL: the only pass I have seen him throw was the one he threw straight up into the air while being sacked. WTF? I do not keep close tabs on pro ball and I could not help but wonder how a guy who made it to professional ball could do something that damn bone headed.

  64. 64.

    BD of MN

    @efgoldman:

    A team without a QB usually doesn’t win in the playoffs, said the master of the obvious

    Is Trent Dilfer the exception that proves the rule?

  68. 68.

    Steeplejack

    @gene108:

    Tell me about it. In the move to the new apartment the universal remote got unprogrammed from the big-ass TV, so whenever I need to change the volume I have to get up and feel my way along the slick, no-button surface of the front of the TV to find the volume control, hopefully avoiding the channel control that will throw me off the cable. It’s a nightmare, I tell ya!

  69. 69.

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

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I have a hard time seeing the Vikes coming back from this deficit. After that first possession, the Pack’s D made the adjustment. It was that easy.

  70. 70.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Batocchio: Yeah, the sentimental side of me wants DD to get a touchdown here tonight. It could well be his last game at Lambeau. The man has been a class act throughout his career and it would be nice for him to get one last Leap.

  71. 71.

    eemom

    It’s not a onesie you asshole. It’s a very expensive two piece, fuck you very much.

    i’m sure it looks great on you. calm down.

    I’m no expert on this shit but I think onsies gots legs?

    Literally LMAO. Best fucking football thread EVAH.

  76. 76.

    Cassidy

    Invicta FC main card is about to start. It’s free now that Ustream couldn’t handle the volume and bungled the PPV delivery.

  79. 79.

    Steeplejack

    @efgoldman:

    I always assume that stuff is available on line somewhere, but I can’t fix it because there is a part of me that is pissed because it doesn’t know how the remote got screwed up and doesn’t feel like it should have to fix the remote, so it’s dragging its heels.

    Subpersonalities can be a drag.

  80. 80.

    eemom

    @Raven:

    thepajamacompany.com sells footie pajamas in adult sizes. I was gonna get my husband and son matching cammo ones for Christmas, but I got the order in too late. Maybe next year.

  81. 81.

    rda909

    Anyone who considers themselves a liberal and a fan of football should really be a Packers fan. They are the only team not owned by some white privilege, nepotism .00000001% numb nuts. The Packers are a publicly-owned nonprofit organization. The only one. Truly America’s Team. Go Pack!!!

  91. 91.

    redshirt

    You can have Onesies without legs, right? I’ve seen them – one piece of clothing, buttons in the diaper area. One piece, no legs. Like pictured above.

    Also, adult Onesies with legs and feet are gross. Unless you’re trying to make weight for the upcoming Wrasslin’ Meet.

  93. 93.

    Steeplejack

    Hello! New footage for that “Hello!” commercial.

    Vikes are done. Stick a fork, etc.

  96. 96.

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

    @Batocchio:

    I just happened to catch it on the WTMJ pregame. They sort of threw it in there after discussing the Ponder move.

  102. 102.

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

    @Raven:

    Who hires the GM? Who sets the tone for the GM who builds the team and coaching staff? Where are the Bears golfing this weekend?

  107. 107.

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

    @Raven:

    What was that? I was distracted, counting out those league-leading thirteen championships.

  108. 108.

    Batocchio

    The Packers are my team, but I have ties to Chicago and Minnesota, and don’t hate the Bears and Vikings… But haters gotta be hating. Have some cheese, beer, brats, and chill!

    (By the way, too bad about Ponder, and Peterson remains a stellar player. What a comeback story.)

  113. 113.

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

    @Batocchio:

    I don’t hate the Bears. I started watching games when Abe Gibron was their head coach.

    BIG. PLAY. CLAY.

    The Vikes, OTOH…

  118. 118.

    J. Michael Neal

    @Raven: My father has a great story about Mike Ditka. He was a freshman at Carnegie when Ditka was a senior at Pitt. At the time, Pitt was a dry campus so their students would show up at Carnegie frat parties. At my father’s frat, the freshmen tended bar. All they had for alcohol was beer, but they had a bunch of bottles filled with water or tea behind the bar. So, one night Ditka tells him he wants some of the whiskey in that bottle. Dad tried to tell him that it wasn’t booze, but Ditka wasn’t having any of that. He wanted whiskey, and he was going to have what was in that bottle. So Dad shrugged and poured him some.

    He says Ditka didn’t say a word to him and was already drunk enough that he didn’t seem to realize that it wasn’t whiskey.

  122. 122.

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

    @Raven:

    I’m not a Yanks fan, either. But I don’t begrudge John Amato for being a Yankees fan, because he inherited it from his father like I inherited my love of the Packers from my father, who got it from his father, who got it from his father.

  123. 123.

    Alison

    @Raven: Is “linoleum leeches” a new term for babies? Because…they crawl on the floor? And/or put their mouths on it?

    Also, I don’t have any either, as I said above, but what adult hasn’t ever been around any babies or seen baby clothes? Weird.

  125. 125.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Omnes Omnibus: I was being all delicate and shit!

    Seriously, though, this is the first full Vikes game I’ve watched all year. Obviously, I picked a bad time to stop huffing paint.

    ::hands you a comma::

    OH SHIT JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. ::sobs::

  126. 126.

    AndoChronic

    @Raven

    :) I’ll need stories tonight. My wife is slowly rocking me to sleep …AGAIN!! I do believe this may in fact be the worst football game I have seen in my life.

  128. 128.

    Batocchio

    The NFL has a salary cap. The MLB doesn’t. Big difference. People who grew up in the NYC area are excused for rooting for the Yankees, but everyone else should root against them on principle. Trying to buy a championship, every year… (Although at least their owner tries to win, unlike some owners.)

    Did I mention I’m also a Cubs fan? Because, masochist.

  131. 131.

    ? Martin

    @Batocchio:

    People who grew up in the NYC area are excused for rooting for the Yankees

    No, they aren’t. NYC had the Dodgers, the Giants, and the Mets. What’s more, there’s always been an NL alternative to the evil horrible AL teams.

    No excuse.

    Oh, and FTFY!

  132. 132.

    Gravenstone

    @Batocchio:

    Did I mention I’m also a Cubs fan? Because, masochist

    /high five

    I tell people I have the misfortune of being a Cubs fan. Because I seem to enjoy tormenting myself six months out of the year.

  133. 133.

    asiangrrlMN

    @efgoldman: He’s probably not happy either as his ‘Hawks will have to face the Pack tomorrow.

    And, yeah, I need to work my way up to my fighting weight.

    ETA: WHAT THE MOTHERFUCKING JESUS CHRIST LOVE OF DOG WAS THAT FUCKING BULLSHIT RIGHT THERE?

  137. 137.

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

    @? Martin:

    NYC had the Dodgers…

    No, Brooklyn had the Dodgers.

    …the Giants…

    Whose long time manager, John McGraw, was a very polarizing figure.

    …and the Mets.

    STFU, man! Yer killin’ me!

  138. 138.

    J. Michael Neal

    Aaaaaannnnnd the Vikings fans begin to abandon the Buffalo Wild Wings I’m at.

    Gophers host North Dakota next weekend. That should be fun; the twins’ last regular season trip to Ridder.

  140. 140.

    Batocchio

    @Martin:

    Fair enough.

    @Gravenstone:

    I’ve moved around so much I try to adopt a team from each area. Or at least have my second and third favorites in a sport…

    I had a theory that, if the Cubs actually met the then-long-winless Red Sox in the World Series in 2003, the entire universe would have been devoured by a black hole.

  142. 142.

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

    @Batocchio:

    I had a theory that, if the Cubs actually met the then-long-winless Red Sox in the World Series in 2003, the entire universe would have been devoured by a black hole.

    My theory back then was that if it had been those two teams, the Cubs would have been devoured by a black cat.

  144. 144.

    Steeplejack

    I’ve got to find a toy for the housecat. She’s only awake for about two hours a day, but when she is she wants action! Lately she’s been plinking her claws on the carpet beside my desk while giving me a look like “I wish this was your balls, hu-mon!” Kind of scary.

  145. 145.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    All is forgiven. It’s just taking me a while to get back up to speed. Maybe you should start with the rusty pitchforks and work up from there.

  146. 146.

    ? Martin

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Family was from Brooklyn, so yeah, they were all Dodgers fans. Most still are, actually, as many moved to Cali the year after the Dodgers did.

    And I’m not defending any other NYC team, just to note that NYC residents have always had a choice of other teams.

    Besides, anyone who’s actually attended a Yankees home team during a game that the Yankees lost should have immediately changed loyalty out of profound shame for how their fellow fans behave. Just as there’s an asshole law of politics, there’s an asshole law of baseball, and it can most succinctly (if incompletely) can be summed up as The New York Yankees.

  147. 147.

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

    @? Martin:

    …there’s an asshole law of baseball, and it can most succinctly (if incompletely) can be summed up as The New York Yankees.

    But not the Phightin’ Phils?

  150. 150.

    Suzanne

    A onesie with legs and feet is not a onesie. That is a SLEEPER. A onesie is a T-shirt with a snap crotch. Can be long- or short-sleeved. The sleeping bag with arms is a SleepSack.

    Christ, get it right, people.

  154. 154.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Need to get my act together and upload pics to Flickr. Will advise.

    Adopted her when I moved into the new apartment in August. Her former owner was going into assisted living and she was facing the shelter fate. Gray tabby, wonderful personality. We are hitting it off famously. Need to get a cat tree and some toys that she likes. All the ones I have given her so far she ignores.

  158. 158.

    J. Michael Neal

    @Steeplejack: Al Michaels hasn’t said anything interesting in 16 years, but he gets a lifetime pass for, “Do you believe in miracles?”

  161. 161.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    She will occasionally go for a crinkly paper ball. The thing she likes the best is a little protective plastic cap thing that came on the plug end of the cord to the new microwave. Go figure.

  167. 167.

    salsify

    So I was rooting for the backup QB not to shame himself and he didn’t mostly but the juggernaut of Green Bay at home prevailed, no surprise. So then I just returned to the wonderful pic of baby Cole and I feel that all is good in the world.

  174. 174.

    Steeplejack

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    It has its moments. Some talent carried over from the movie, especially Black Dynamite’s weird verbal locutions. “Where is this place located, and tell me how to get there.”

  180. 180.

    J. Michael Neal

    @dollared: Geez, you don’t have to back that far to find some glory days.

    Winning a title on UMD’s home ice last year was pretty satisfying, though.

  181. 181.

    dollared

    @J. Michael Neal: Wow. Just catching up. Very cool. I keep suggesting to Seattle U that they should do Div 1 Hockey. They have a facility, they have ready access to many Canadians, and Seattle is a huge northern market with no hockey. UMD’s new league would be a perfect fit. Some day…

  182. 182.

    JWL

    Too bad the Vikes lost, because Green Bay always seems to give the 49ers a bad time.

    When I was a kid, I watched Lombardi’s Packers dismantle the Niners at Kezar Stadium. But even when the tables were turned, and the Niners were riding high, GB has always played them tough. Recall the greatest professional moment in Terrell Owens career was his playoff game winning catch from Steve Young against the Pack. It’s a fact it came in the final seconds of a game that GB otherwise dominated. It’s explains why fans around here were pleasantly surprised when SF whipped the Packers to open their season.

    So be it. Go Niners.

  183. 183.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @JWL:

    Recall the greatest professional moment in Terrell Owens career was his playoff game winning catch from Steve Young against the Pack.

    Thanks for reminding me.

  184. 184.

    Yutsano

    @dollared: Where’s the facility? I drive by there rather often and I THINK I know where it is but I’m not totally sure. And it wouldn’t surprise me if SU is just being liability shy. Not to mention they’d have to travel to play anyone. But if we get a few other Northwest schools to jump on the bandwagon…

  185. 185.

    dollared

    @Yutsano: The facility is Key Arena. They already play their BBall games there, and the city would lease them hockey dates for a song. Key Arena lost the Thunderbirds – they play at ShoWare Center in Kent now.

    Hockey is a money maker – only 12-15 scholarships per year, and the top 20-30 schools average about 6,000-8,000 in attendance.

  187. 187.

    kindness

    Niners Packers…Saturday at 8 pm EST. You all better hope it doesn’t rain all week like it is now. Candlestick can get mighty sloppy.

  188. 188.

    zombie rotten mcdonald

    Rodgers likes playing in San Francisco, he grew up in California, so he likes to show off for the home crowd.

    Meanwhile, Kaepernick is having some bad dreams about Woodson and Matthews…

  189. 189.

    zombie rotten mcdonald

    Also, LOLing at the Packerz Haterz.

    Look, letting the Vikings win was the cost of keeping the Bears out of the playdowns. Beating the Vikings at Lambeau was never going to be a trick, regardless of Tony Dungy’s dream of Joe Webb’s competence.

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