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Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

“woke” is the new caravan.

We still have time to mess this up!

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

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

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

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

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

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

Trump should be leading, not lying.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

I really should read my own blog.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

We will not go back.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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Let’s try this again.

I have no idea why the comments are borked. I was digging someone out of the spam filter since apparently the other front pagers have gone ban crazy lately, and apparently I screwed the whole comments section up.

And front pagers, I beg you- when you ban someone, email me. You have no idea how many whiny ass emails I get everyday about the comments section not being available, then I look, and someone has been banned and that is why they can not post. Sometimes, you ban IP’s that tons of people use. So from now on, email me if you ban someone, explain why, and send me the username and email and ip.

Grumble. God damnit.

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  2. 2.

    Badmoodman

    As I was saying….

    I’m only watching to see if Bernard Pollard accidentally delivers a kill-shot to teammate Ray Lewis. Win/win.

  13. 13.

    Alison

    HOORAY. And now I’ll repeat myself for who knows what number time:

    As I just curmudgeonishly tweeted, I’m from the Bay Area so go Niners, I suppose, but gridiron football is mostly meh to me. I was way more thrilled about Newcastle beating Chelsea yesterday :P

    I’m a terrible American!

  20. 20.

    Cassidy

    I was digging someone out of the spam filter since apparently the other front pagers have gone ban crazy lately,

    At least someone cares enough to keep it civil around here. And it was so quiet.

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    @Schlemizel: The Bud commercial with the hawt horse trainer and the CUTE Clydesdale foal rocked!

    (Not watching the game as I’m about to get stuck in a tube and zapped. But it was on my Book of Faces.)

  27. 27.

    dance around in your bones

    Well, my whiny-ass comments apparently got eaten, so what the hay.

    Eating potato chips and drinking vodka + orange juice and really don’t care who wins this game. Marginally B’more since I lived there for a while.

    Glad you got it fixed JC!

    @suzanne – my 2 older grandboys were in the room when that ad came on and they both just about puked from the sucky-face.

  39. 39.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    The Doritos ad, with the little girl getting her daddy and his friends to play dress up was the best in IMHO. The Ravens are running the game so far.

  42. 42.

    Corner Stone

    @Wag: I’ve wondered a couple things:
    1) how much he paid some casting director to get that gig
    2) how many takes he calculated he could get away with re-doing before they booted him

  43. 43.

    mai naem

    @Southern Beale: Oh, but Massachusetts is not good enough for Ann. Surely, Ann’s fate is to bigger and better things than lil ole liberal sosulistic Mass. I say, she should run for California. Meg Whitman could give her pointers on how to spend the rest of that Romney fortune. And Phil Mickelson’s a neighbor who will donate money to their campaign.

  56. 56.

    BGinCHI

    My comment got eaten.

    I solved the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and an obscure mathematical problem but for the life of me I can’t remember what I wrote.

  59. 59.

    dance around in your bones

    @BGinCHI:

    I solved….an obscure mathematical problem but for the life of me I can’t remember what I wrote.

    I bet the answer was 42.

  63. 63.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    Keep watching those Puppy Bowl kiss cams and I will need to start getting Insulin shots.

  64. 64.

    Suzanne

    I have a couple of friends who sing in church choirs that think that that gives them the credibility to complain about how EVERY POP STAR who ever sings the National Anthem sucks balls.

    I hate everybody.

  67. 67.

    Corner Stone

    @Badmoodman:

    Wonder what’s going through Alex Smith’s mind right about now…

    “I’m better than at least 15 starting QB’s right now. I’s gonna gets pizzayed!!”

  68. 68.

    elmo

    I love goats. Raised properly, they’re like puppies. Our goats used to run to greet me when I got home from work. They also give kisses.

  76. 76.

    gian

    Right now seems like the refs are afraid to throw a flag. Could’ve sworn that pushing a ref in anger was grounds for ejection. And a post whistle head slap next to a ref would draw a flag. But im watching game and kids so maybe my observations are incorrect

  78. 78.

    Nom de Plume

    @Suzanne:

    gives them the credibility to complain about how EVERY POP STAR who ever sings the National Anthem sucks balls.

    Every pop star who ever sings the National Anthem does suck balls. That song should never exceed about a minute in duration. Anymore, we’re lucky if it clocks in under 3 or 4 minutes.

  89. 89.

    Darkrose

    On one hand, I’m a northern California, so go Niners. On the other hand, I really was hoping Culliver would spend the game keeping the bench warm.

    On the third hand, pitchers and catchers report on the 10th, so handegg, whatever.

  90. 90.

    LanceThruster

    @Suzanne:

    It becomes more about the singer than the song itself, and each artist tries to outdo the other so we get some pretty weird permutations. But true, they’re free to do it anyway they want, and we’re free to complain.

  91. 91.

    Todd

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    The Ravens are running the table, House of Cards here I come.

    I may wind up sitting with the women and watching Downton Abbey. This is like watching paint peel.

  95. 95.

    PsiFighter37

    I hope the Niners win, mainly because I hate how much Ray Lewis has been deified. But they have got to start playing better soon, and fast.

    Oh, and stop turning the ball over.

  96. 96.

    dance around in your bones

    @elmo:

    Goats are pretty cool but they do have a tendency to eat any damn thing in front of their faces, so I’m not sure they are the greatest boosters of Doritos.

    A goat in a petting zoo tried to eat my velvet coat and another one we had on a farm ate a bunch of agave leaves and died of a perforated intestine, poor thing.

  102. 102.

    Anne Laurie

    @Suzanne:

    I have a couple of friends who sing in church choirs that think that that gives them the credibility to complain about how EVERY POP STAR who ever sings the National Anthem sucks balls.

    Tell them the National Athem sucks balls, so the popstars are being true to the source material. Doesn’t exactly sastisfy the complainers, IME, but it makes them take their whinging elsewhere.

  105. 105.

    max

    Was there a problem with comments? Is there a football game on? Is John Cole actually an elderly spinster named Marge?

    It was snowing like Mt. St. Helens had erupted but it all melted in half an hour. Strange day.

    max
    [‘Did you know Microsoft shipped a file with Windows 7 called ‘BWContextHandler.dll’ that they sorta forgot to label or identify internally? (It’s called ‘Bluewire’ and handles Bluetooth tethering. Took a while to figure that out.)’]

  106. 106.

    Suzanne

    @efgoldman: No, my friends are pretentious traditionalists. If the Constitution is a living document, then the Anthem is a living song. It doesn’t have to be the same every time, and other stylistic traditions should be brought to it. It,s a drinking song, FFS, not holy writ.

  108. 108.

    Todd

    The tale will be told 5 min into the 2nd half. If the Niners come out looking like this, it’s done.

  109. 109.

    Cassidy

    The refs are letting a lot of extra stuff go. I do not know why.

    The Ray Lewis deification must be completed.

  110. 110.

    Moonbatting Average

    I’m imagining John Cole cheering on his hated division rivals, led by an accessory-to-murdering, God-bothering, camera whore just so the Niners don’t get as many Super bowls as the Steelers. Gross.

  111. 111.

    Alison

    @Suzanne: My thing with pop stars singing the anthem is – it’s generally meant to be a song everyone sings together, especially at a big game. But when the singers do all the vocal acrobatics and turn it into a pop song, no one else can really sing along. I don’t get as annoyed by it as my parents do, but still, it sort of feels like defeating the purpose.

  114. 114.

    Morbo

    Hard call for me, basically boils down to whether I want the Niners to win because Jim and I share the same alma mater or lose because they’re 5-0 and they’re the Niners. Considering I cheered for the Panthers against Tom Brady’s Pats to no avail, I’m going to go ahead and hope they lose.

  119. 119.

    Suffern ACE

    Man. I can’t imagine starting a three hour event with a downer complaint about the anthem. Sets the mood dial to dour.

    And beyonce is no Madonna. This will never top the Greco-Egyptian-high school cheerleading extravaganza.

  123. 123.

    Suzanne

    @Alison: I can’t help but think that the criticism is somewhat racist. The whitey-white Anthem “ruined” by the singing traditions of black musicians.

  124. 124.

    Elie

    @Bob In Portland:

    I can’t stand the “niners” going back to their big rivalry with the Bears. I don’t care a huge amount, mind you, but its really okay if they lose.

    MY teams are the Bears, Seahawks and Giants.

  126. 126.

    Nerull

    @Alison: I’ve been to my share of sporting events at various levels all the way down to elementary school, and I’ve never seen a single instance of fans singing along. Maybe it’s just not done in the midwest.

  132. 132.

    dance around in your bones

    Lately all this dance choreography just reminds me of what Janet Jackson did back in the day. Not that I was a huge fan.

    Plus I hate the flashy flashy give me a seizure lighting stuff. So get off my lawn, you damn kids.

  134. 134.

    Badmoodman

    The 49ers are fortunate they get a very extended halftime break to figure out just what in the Wide World of Sports they’re doing out there.

  135. 135.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Best FB comment on the half-time show in regards to Beyonce:

    She needs to stop spreading her legs and showing us her “cash and prizes” as we say in Texas.

  138. 138.

    Suzanne

    @efgoldman: Well, I’ve heard audio of ose performers singing it. The majority of the criticism I hear has to do with the vocal flourishes some singers put on the ends of the phrases, which is a style brought from gospel music. And, of course, it,Sony my white friends and acquaintances that whine about it.

  139. 139.

    The Dangerman

    Just about everything about this Super Bowl has sucked (although Walter was happy in the GoDaddy ad; lucky fuck, thought the ad sucked, too)

  140. 140.

    Cassidy

    I like Beyonce. I’m just glad they didn’t pick Rhianna. I’m glad they brought Destiny’s Child in. Spreading the wealth is a good thing.

    @Alison: Yeah. When I hear conservatives complain about it, I assume that it’s more about the blah people ruining a perfectly good patriotic ‘Murikan song. Everyone else I just give the benefit of a doubt as being traditionalist for something they’ve probably never heard played traditionally. Personally, I don’t like any R&B after Motown and can’t stand most country.

  142. 142.

    patrick II

    Just before San Fran’s first field goal, Kaepernick threw a pass into the end zone that was touched by a receiver, but was too high to be caught. I thought Kaepernick was actually throwing to Moss — open at the back of the end zone — and that the receiver who deflected it actually made a unexpectedly great play to get his hands on it, but cost SF an early touchdown.

  143. 143.

    LanceThruster

    @Cassidy:

    That’s the siren’s song of family entertainment. For me to like the performance I have to like the tune and overall, I’m not moved by the peices (but for those Big Beyonce fans she’s probably going over well). My two favorite pretty girl visuals are the Rockettes in Iron Man gear for the AC/DC “Shoot to Thrill” Iron Man 2 stadium footage. I also love some YouTube clip of Bryan Ferry doing “Let’s Stick Together” with two girls in danskins just making me glad to be alive,
    ‘
    I’d have to think about sexy female artists to pick my fav. It’s about the music for me overall, the visuals are gravy for the most part.

    Love, love, loved Re Styles of the Tubes. It was like watching Gwen Verdon of “Damned Yankees.”

  145. 145.

    Corner Stone

    @Paddy:

    The new Star Trek looks awesome and I’m in for World War Z, but I love that end of the world stuff.

    Nothing lasts forever.

  146. 146.

    gian

    @Nerull: if its take me out to the ball game everyone sings along
    Not sure about anthem. I have vague memory of being told that it was bad protocol to applaud at the end of it. I also remember people singing along
    But that was some 30 years ago. I haven’t been to a game in decades

  151. 151.

    LanceThruster

    @Cassidy:

    I don’t overthink it. Musical taste is like a taste in food. You don’t really have to jusify it. There’s been plenty of “white” versions that are non-traditional that I didn’t like either.

  153. 153.

    FlyingToaster

    @LanceThruster: I didn’t see any chipmonks on the PuppyBowl. Puppies, kittens at halftime, a hamster cameraman and a parrot on twitter, plus the hedgehog cheerleaders.

    Maybe after I put WarriorGirl to bed I can pay more attention.

  154. 154.

    Cassidy

    @LanceThruster: I hear ya. I try and consider the source when I hear that complaint. I don’t like all the vocal flourishes either, but that’s because I think today’s pop singers are covering up for a lack of range and training. It’s an easy out.

  155. 155.

    LanceThruster

    An to resurrect my lost comment at the very start of the thread, as an antheist, I found the Sandy Hook choir singing about God’s grace shed on America a bit unnerving…but that’s just me.

  156. 156.

    The Dangerman

    @Mr Stagger Lee:

    Maybe play Alex Smith?

    I had a feeling coming into the game that Kaepernik (sp?) was going to get clocked and Smith would play (and play well). Other than the clocking, Smith is sitting.

  157. 157.

    Todd

    @Badmoodman:

    The 49ers are fortunate they get a very extended halftime break to figure out just what in the Wide World of Sports they’re doing out there.

    Shouldn’t have taken that long for them to figure out they’re losing, and heading into rout territory.

  158. 158.

    patrick II

    I normally prefer the more traditional renditions of the national anthem to some pop star’s attempt to “make it their own”. But I would not want to have missed Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Hendrix, or Jose Feliciano’s beautiful versions of the anthem. So I’ll live with some less stellar attempts.

  160. 160.

    elmo

    @TaMara (BHF):

    My Dad was career Navy, and I remember him coming home from Westpacs during Vietnam at least twice. Westpac were nine months back then.

    He died Dec 14, on my 46th birthday. I left the room as soon as I understood where that Jeep ad was going.

  170. 170.

    dance around in your bones

    Well, I guess the 49’ers just figured out that it IS the agony of defeat.

    Holy shit.

  180. 180.

    gbear

    I want to support San Francisco because it’s my favorite city, but as a Minnesotan, I really don’t want to see Randy Moss get a superbowl ring. I’d like to see him just go away.

  182. 182.

    Nerull

    Ha, the announcers audio got cut out. If God really loved us he would make sure it doesn’t come back.

  184. 184.

    TaMara (BHF)

    @elmo: Oh, I am so sorry. I just talked to my dad yesterday and when I hung up I thought, so many of my friends can’t do that and I dread the day I have to face it. My dad was career Air Force, military brats unite!

  185. 185.

    FlyingToaster

    @LanceThruster: It’s running in marathon over on Animal Planet. WarriorGirl has been glued to it since 3 (modulo violin practice, bathroom breaks, and pizza). She has 8 more minutes and then it’s hair-washing time.

    I couldn’t be bothered with the football game. In every poll, I kept voting for the comet. Which is now too late to save us from the Ravens.

  186. 186.

    NotMax

    Upper, lower and lowest lawns all mowed.

    Off to do a little shopping locally. Should be no prob to find parking.

  187. 187.

    LanceThruster

    I didn’t care about who won (and I’m from SoCal) for the most part but SF’s got enough to be happy about (beautiful city). Never been to Baltimore but I really like John Waters. I’m surprised how established franchises die (Colts, etc.), but then I thought Pan-Am would still be here in 2001.

  210. 210.

    LanceThruster

    @trollhattan: Get all the cars in the parking lot to shine their headlights at the field.

    Problem solved (at least it din’t knock out the entire corridor grid for the region).

  214. 214.

    Schlemizel

    @Paddy:

    Thanks! you saved me from having to sit through what is usually a horrible football game for the only entertaining part.

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