Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

The willow is too close to the house.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

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

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

Come on, man.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

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

We still have time to mess this up!

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

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  1. 1.

    Violet

    The Maserati commercial was awful. They must have paid a fortune for an ad that long and it was weird and creepy. At least everyone’s talking about it. No such thing as bad publicity and all.

  3. 3.

    eyelessgame

    I thought the Maserati ad was going to be a Tesla ad, and it would have been a lot more fun if it were.

  4. 4.

    Xantar

    I’ve always been a fan of Bruno Mars, not least because he sounds just as good live as I’m studio. So this halftime show is all right by me.

  5. 5.

    Warren Terra

    I think the two parter Budweiser frat-boy-fantasy-by-committee ad (Schwartzenbopper? Really?) was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

    Also the Lambourghini ad, which was interesting (in its suspense-laden we’re all in this together little-boy-narrated build up) but turned out to be for a fncking Lambourghini.

  9. 9.

    Helen

    Site is borked. Before it borks again – go over to the Coke FaceBook page. The wingnuts are out. Amazing how many “Real Americans” think that “America” is our national anthem. Next year I want to see a Planned Parenthood commercial. Advertising abortions. Starring Sandra Fluke.

  16. 16.

    Citizen_X

    Dylan does an ad!

    Anyway, the commercials are outdoing the game. Or Denver’s game, at least. Liked Colbert’s ad best.

  17. 17.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Well, Broncos managed to score just as the 3rd quarter ended.

    And BJ came back after a brief hiatus…wardrobe malfunction?

    So much for the shutout.

  18. 18.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    Oh my God, we broke Balloon Juice! Us bastards!

    TD Broncos!! Where’s your shutout now, Seahawks fans?!??!!!

    Nyah nyah nyah!!!

  21. 21.

    PsiFighter37

    I guess no shutout. If they don’t onside kick, I’m going to sleep – they need 4 TDs in 15 minutes, just from a mathematical standpoint, I think they have to kick it – every Seattle drive, if a 3-and-out, will still burn 2-3 minutes from the clock.

  22. 22.

    Violet

    @Citizen_X: Loved the Dylan ad. I love, love, love that song, “Things Have Changed.” It’s from the film “Wonder Boys”, which I also love. He won an Oscar for it.

  24. 24.

    Elmo

    Posted in thread below, which appears to be dead, so reposting here:

    So my wife and I loved the multilingual Coke ad, and said at the same time, Yeah, but you know there are ppl out there who hate it.
    So I went to Freeperville to see them in their native habitat. And sure nuff, there is some serious butthurt in the rightosphere. Furriners! Singing! In their own gibberish, instead of Jesus English as God intended!

  25. 25.

    Violet

    Did Richard Sherman get injured? I was in the kitchen and thought I heard them say he did and someone replaced him.

  27. 27.

    Pogonip

    Commercials are better than last year.

    Has anyone checked the Hallmark Channel’s Kitten Bowl?

    Next year: the Cole Bowl, in which John tries to go from one end of his house to the other without injury.

  28. 28.

    Jay C

    Finally! A chance to BS on BJ!

    Denver’s escaped the shutout, but the blowout still looms…

    Being outclassed on defense will tend to do that, I guess…

  29. 29.

    mellowjohn

    liked the cheerios ad, especially the mom’s expression at the end of the spot (plus the fact that it will make more RWNJ heads explode!).
    but most of them leave me cold. it could be my 25+ years in direct response advertising, but most of them a) give no hint of what it is they’re selling until the very end, and b) don’t give any reason why you should buy whatever the hell it is they’re selling.

  31. 31.

    Jay C

    @Pogonip:

    Next year: the Cole Bowl, in which John tries to go from one end of his house to the other without injury.

    Naked, while sweeping a jar of mustard in front of him with a mop. While trying to catch Steve. With an ass-razor.

  33. 33.

    Warren Terra

    Wait,for the second time recently a Seattle receiver walks through four or five defenders? Did the Denver players bet heavily on Seattle to beat the spread by 30?

  38. 38.

    JGabriel

    Is there some kind of football or basketball game going on tonight? Or some other kind of sporting event?

  42. 42.

    Schlemizel

    It seems we broke BJ for a time. There was a long stretch I couldn’t get the page to load. Missed you guys!

  43. 43.

    JGabriel

    Remember, everyone, the final score doesn’t matter — just that everyone involved enjoyed themselves and were good sports about it.

  46. 46.

    Elmo

    @trollhattan:

    Enjoy it! They’re not my team, but I am rooting for them tonight – in no small part because of Richard Sherman.

    I wish you all joy. My poor Chargers will remain in the wilderness a while longer, alas.

  57. 57.

    different-church-lady

    Manning sets a record for completions in a Super Bowl.

    Is there a more telling stat about how a player’s legacy is going to come down than that? A great stat quarterback, but somehow all those numbers don’t add up to championships.

  58. 58.

    Davis X. Machina

    Manning’s 33 completions a record. Greatest quarterback ever, amIrite?

    I blame the NFL head office for this blowout. They always favor the Patriots.

  59. 59.

    Central Planning

    @JGabriel:

    Remember, everyone, the final score doesn’t matter — just that everyone involved enjoyed themselves and were good sports about it.

    That, and if I won any money in the pool.

  61. 61.

    Violet

    @mainmata: The whole thing was awful. But you know what? It’s the ad I remember the most. I remember it for its creepiness, it’s complete lack of relation to the product and the very idea that Maserati would be advertising at the Super Bowl. So..memorable.

  62. 62.

    FlipYrWhig

    @efgoldman: it makes sense if you’re making cerebral short films. Less sense if you’re trying to use short films to sell a product.

  63. 63.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Davis X. Machina:

    Well, two of his “completions” were to Seahawks…

    BTW, I hope John Fox didn’t plan on spending that $1 million bonus for winning the Super Bowl this year…

  71. 71.

    Jay C

    Who was that ghoul carrying the Lombardi Trophy around?
    I noticed nobody was going near HIM…..

  77. 77.

    Elmo

    @trollhattan:

    Closest we came was the incredible year of Miami OT followed by the Freezer Bowl in Cincy. I remember being completely unable to stay in the room during the Miami game at the end – I couldn’t stand the tension.

  82. 82.

    gene108

    @efgoldman:

    QB wins / losses isn’t a good measure either, because a QB with a great defense can win a ton of games and not be as good as one with a less than stellar defense.

    QB’s get too much credit for wins and losses, in my opinion.

  83. 83.

    Corner Stone

    @Schlemizel:

    The worst was the SONOS ad, even at the end they still didn’t tell you what they were selling.

    I didn’t see their ad, but SONOS is a fantastic system if you can spring for it.

  85. 85.

    JPL

    I’m thinking they will give it to Wilson but wish they would give the MVP to the thug. Seattle defense was awesome. Now a puppy commercial. Life is good.

  87. 87.

    different-church-lady

    @JPL: It won’t happen, but I’m hoping for Sherman, because Jerry Callahan of WEEI said if Sherman won it, “…I won’t even come into work on Monday.”

  88. 88.

    Schlemizel

    @gene108:

    Hell, one of the worst QBs in the moderen game is in the HoF simply because he was on the Steelers when they were unbeatable. I could have QB’ed that team to the super bowl

  89. 89.

    ruemara

    I missed everything. I spent the afternoon to evening with a friend, analysing her script. 5hrs later and we got about half done. I think I’ll write the rest up and send it. Does anyone know if analysis takes a long time? She said she paid for a script doctor and she got a 1 page write up and no discussion. Maybe I put the anal in analysis. But I really wanted her to get good feedback.

  90. 90.

    different-church-lady

    “Do not attempt”

    They’re fucking Doritos — of COURSE I’m not going to attempt!

  92. 92.

    maeve

    Anyone but me think the Clydesdales stomped to death the somewhat sleazy guy who was “adopting” the puppy and taking him away from his true love?

    Or am I just reading between the lines?

  95. 95.

    Ernest Pikeman

    @Violet: Um, yes, a wholly owned subsidiary of multinational corporation, Fiat, is advertising “Detroit” out of the goodness of their little hearts. I have a bridge here that is being decommissioned. Charge or cash?

    Well, Chrysler is going to be more irrelevant soon, again. Their lineup has no high efficiency or non-fossil fuel vehicles.

  97. 97.

    Schlemizel

    @Corner Stone:

    It was a very modern high end house with a pair of hands using their smart phone to play different types of music in different rooms that turn colors depending on the music being played. The music & the colors creep towards each other. Followed by their name

  99. 99.

    Violet

    @Ernest Pikeman: Oh, yeah, it’s not out of the goodness of their hearts. I don’t need your bridge. My point was, it’s been done before by another “icon”. Dylan’s sold other stuff–he did a Victoria’ Secret commercial a few years ago.

  102. 102.

    Villago Delenda Est

    Ladies and Gentlemen…your world champion (ha!) Seattle Seahawks!

    What a conceit that is (world champion, that is).

    But I’ll take it.

  104. 104.

    Laertes

    Oh dear. I’ve heard the wingnuts are freaking out about the Coke commercial. MSNBC had better fire someone.

  108. 108.

    RSA

    Huh. My three favorite ads were all about cars: Kia, Chrysler, and Jaguar. Cool for different reasons.

  109. 109.

    Elie

    @Anoniminous:

    To be fair, it is very hard to prepare for speed. They just were a different team and on another plane from what they played all year.. you can’t address that late in the year. Their tackling worked fine against slower opponents…

  110. 110.

    Ruckus

    @Gin & Tonic:
    I notice that you didn’t say you wanted one, only to be able to afford one. I would as well but then I’d also like to be able to afford a Ford Focus. Not that I’d buy one of those either.

  111. 111.

    Elie

    I’ll say this: Russell Wilson is a LEADER. You cannot measure the impact of that easily, but you sure do know when you Don’t have one (see Bears — Cutler – great arm but no heart and weak character which leads to poor preparation and inability to weather tough games). You know it when you see it… and you know when you don’t. The strong arm always makes the team believe that they have more than they have and they inevitably hold onto the dream too long.

  112. 112.

    Corner Stone

    @Elie:

    see Bears — Cutler – great arm but no heart and weak character which leads to poor preparation and inability to weather tough game

    Bullshit. You don’t know shit about it. When Brian Fucking Urlacher comes out and says Cutler is one of the toughest guys he knows? I’mma take his version over yours.

  113. 113.

    Mnemosyne

    Just getting around to the Puppy Bowl now — I watched the Kitten Bowl this afternoon. Did they advertise that the First Lady was going to be on with Bo and Sunny, or was everyone else surprised?

  114. 114.

    Seth Owen

    So let me get this straight. MSNBC had to apologize to the Rightwing for calling them racist over their expected exploding heads due to the Cheerios ad and moments later their heads start exploding over America the Beautiful in English and a few other languages? Seems to me MSNBC was proven right. The minute that ad ended I knew as sure as the sun rises the Right would be butt hurt over the ad.

    Just like they were butt hurt over the Indian American beauty contest winner, the Puerto Rican anthem singer and the interracial Cheerios family. It was utterly predictable.

  116. 116.

    Elie

    @Corner Stone:

    And you can… I didn’t ask you!!!

    Scuze me if I have MY OWN OPINION!!!

    Didn’t I ask you not to speak to me? There is a reason for that, turd beatle..

  119. 119.

    Ruckus

    @Elie:
    What @Mnemosyne: said.
    I come here to read good comments, learn things and sometimes just to enjoy reading people’s thoughts. When that person is an ass most or all of the time I put the pie filter on them. Reduces my blood pressure a noticeable amount. I think I have maybe a half a dozen filtered out. I have noticed that some people will have a bad day or two and that doesn’t earn them a time out but being consistent does.

  120. 120.

    Citizen Alan

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    The short NFL career of Tebow makes me happy.

    I disagree and hope he gets signed somewhere. Because every day Tim Tebow plays football means another day passes before this telegenic, popular crypto-fascist gets into politics, from whence he will likely never be dislodged.

  121. 121.

    BubbaDave

    @Citizen Alan: Plus eventually the fact of his suckitude will penetrate even the thickest wingnut skulls, limiting his time as a tapeworm in the bowels of our Congress.

  122. 122.

    PurpleGirl

    @Citizen_X: No, they bought the rights to use a portion of a recorded song…

    And Laurence Fishburne wasn’t singing Desum Norma either. Don’t know whose version they used, but it wasn’t Fishburne…

  123. 123.

    Corner Stone

    @Elie: Oh, shut your stupid fucking piehole, you buffoon.
    You’re posting to a public blog. And as such, I will continue to say whatever the fuck I feel like about your transparently stupid musings.
    Let’s see…Monumentally stupid blatherings by Elie about an NFL QB, or Brian Urlacher going on record about his evaluation of the toughness of a QB he actually practiced and played NFL games with?
    Wow…that’s a tough call. Real tough, indeed.

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