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GoT Open Thread

by John Cole|  June 1, 20149:03 pm| 60 Comments

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  1. 1.

    billgerat

    June 1, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    GoT sucks.

    Then again, opinions are like…..

  2. 2.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    John Cole: more like the Hound or the Mountain?

    You report, we decide!

  3. 3.

    gf120581

    June 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    “You’re got to fight THAT?!”

    “I’m going to kill that.”

  4. 4.

    raven

    June 1, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    I go to a conference tomorrow and they want $15 a day for internet!!!

  5. 5.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    @raven:

    Do these people spend much time on planet Earth?

  6. 6.

    raven

    June 1, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    @Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers): I guess I can use my iPhone as a hot spot. It’s at Stone Mountain and I suspect the connectivity is pretty decent.

  7. 7.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 9:36 pm

    @raven:

    Information wants to be free! (Sometimes, for cunning people).

  8. 8.

    WaterGirl

    June 1, 2014 at 9:37 pm

    @raven: Bastards!

  9. 9.

    Belafon

    June 1, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    I guarantee you that the war caused by tonight’s episode of cosmos will dwarf anything on GoT.

  10. 10.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    @Belafon:

    “For the night is dark and full of creationists!”

  11. 11.

    smintheus

    June 1, 2014 at 9:51 pm

    Heckavu Game 7 in Chicago going on.

  12. 12.

    HinTN

    June 1, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    @Belafon: Think any deniers are actually watching?

  13. 13.

    Punchy

    June 1, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    GoT my ass. Hawks up 1 at the end of the 2nd. Goalies giving up more scoring than a Tri-Delt house. Go Blackhawks!

  14. 14.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    @HinTN:

    Of course. They need their dose of adrenalin, rage and hysterical ignorance for the week. It’s cheaper than methadone, so there is that to be said for it.

  15. 15.

    Mike in NC

    June 1, 2014 at 10:00 pm

    The duel was a draw, so Tyrion should have walked.

  16. 16.

    coin operated

    June 1, 2014 at 10:11 pm

    @Punchy:
    Damn straight!!

  17. 17.

    Elmo

    June 1, 2014 at 10:16 pm

    @Mike in NC:

    Nope. The Viper died first.
    And it was hubris that killed him.

  18. 18.

    columbusqueen

    June 1, 2014 at 10:17 pm

    @Elmo: Alas, alas!

  19. 19.

    Belafon

    June 1, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    @HinTN: do they need to watch it in order to throw a fit.

  20. 20.

    max

    June 1, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    @Elmo: Nope. The Viper died first.
    And it was hubris that killed him.

    I know! The Viper had the sonofabitch! God! Finish him! But no. He had to have the confession. Sonofabitch. And Pedro Pascal was fuckin’ cool.

    Sansa in black is pretty goddamn awesome though.

    max
    [‘Things now get strange.’]

  21. 21.

    burnspbesq

    June 1, 2014 at 10:30 pm

    @Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers):

    Do these people spend much time on planet Earth?

    Who do you think should bear the cost of making the service available?

    Or are you expecting the Cost Fairy to fly in, wave her magic wand, and make the cost disappear?

  22. 22.

    Biscuits

    June 1, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    @max:

    Agreed. I wanted the Viper to be around for a while. Enjoyed his snarky presence. Also like the conniving Sansa.

  23. 23.

    mainmata

    June 1, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    @Mike in NC: I agree but there was also a lot of chatter about who killed who before he died so much remains unclear (I’ve never read the books). But certainly dramatic episode.

  24. 24.

    gogol's wife

    June 1, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    Just wondering — there were about five front-page stories about how Jill Abramson was fired from the NYTimes for being a woman. Now that Auletta is backing down from that story, I haven’t seen anything about it here.

    http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/05/summing-up-the-firing-of-jill-abramson.html

  25. 25.

    PaulW

    June 1, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    This isn’t even the most shocking episode yet we can expect. There’s still Tyrion (spoiler blocking) and then Brienne finding (spoiler blocking) while Arya (spoiler blocking) and we haven’t seen Gendry this entire year. Yet.

  26. 26.

    PsiFighter37

    June 1, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    That was kind of soul-crushing, even given what has happened on this show previously.

  27. 27.

    Elmo

    June 1, 2014 at 10:39 pm

    @max: Sansa almost made up tonight for her puling victimhood. Loved her tonight.

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    @smintheus: Kane has been amazing for the past couple of games.

  29. 29.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    @Elmo: Not enough people use “puling” these days. Good on you.

  30. 30.

    Belafon

    June 1, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    @gogol’s wife: It still looks like she was fired for protesting her pay being lower than her predecessor.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    I really do not want the Kings to win this game. Go ‘Hawks!

  32. 32.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:10 pm

    Fuck.

  33. 33.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    @efgoldman: Horrible result. Just horrible.

  34. 34.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:18 pm

    @efgoldman: Yeah, sure, maybe. But as a Blackhawks fan, I still get to be disappointed. Go Rangers, I guess.

  35. 35.

    James E. Powell

    June 1, 2014 at 11:25 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    Sorry my balloon-juice friend, but I am doing Snoopy Dance for the Kings, though certainly not at your expense. Until the OT goal went in, I at no time believed the Kings were going to win the game.

    Alec Martinez, whose shot was deflected in for the winning goal, compared his team to cockroaches. Straight faced and he meant it as a compliment.

  36. 36.

    Karen in GA

    June 1, 2014 at 11:28 pm

    It’s on again in a few minutes, and yes, I’m watching it again. What an episode. What a season.

  37. 37.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:37 pm

    @James E. Powell: For me the rooting order is: Blackhawks; Original Six teams (not including the Red Wings); teams with real winters (except Minnesota); fuck it, I’ll just see how the Brewers are doing and how the Packers’ OTAs are going.

  38. 38.

    ulee

    June 1, 2014 at 11:42 pm

    I haven’t watched hockey in a long time but they seem to be bad asses. They don’t need to be tall or big. They do need to be able to skate and to take a beating every time they go to the ice. And all those missing teeth–it’s just the cost of doing business.

  39. 39.

    the Conster

    June 1, 2014 at 11:44 pm

    As a UMass alumni, GO KINGS!!!

  40. 40.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:46 pm

    @ulee: The missing teeth thing has changed a lot over time. Helmets, face shields, and mouth guards have made a difference.

  41. 41.

    kindness

    June 1, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    I haz a sad that The Mountain won.

  42. 42.

    lamh36

    June 1, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    Right after news of the soldier being freed, Jake Tapper has seemingly been on a fishing-expedition via twitter to find anti-Bergdahl fodder…well seems like little Jakey has found what he’s been looking for.

    @jaketapper
    Fellow soldiers call Bowe Bergdahl a deserter, not a hero

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/01/us/bergdahl-deserter-or-hero/index.html …

  43. 43.

    ulee

    June 1, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): It’s amazing that these guys used to fly around the ice with their freak flags and sideburns and no helmuts and bladed feet, kicking the shit out of each other. When I was a youngster in Maryland, my parents brought us to a Washington Capitols game, but we left, to my dismay, when a fight broke out between the teams and just didn’t stop for fifteen minutes.

  44. 44.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    I think you should work on your acquaintance with reality.

  45. 45.

    scav

    June 1, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    @lamh36: Well, that was a “swift” rerun pulled out of the bag, no?

  46. 46.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:58 pm

    @Biscuits:

    It’s a pleasant surprise to see Sansa stop being a weepy doormat, even if her transformation is not entirely convincing.

  47. 47.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 1, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    @ulee: I played rugby in college. My mom made me promise to always wear a mouth guard. I still have all my teeth. I have no problem with safety measures to protect athletes.

  48. 48.

    lamh36

    June 1, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    @scav: same thing I was thinking.

    The swiftboating of this soldier and his family has begun and we may look back on this Tapper tweet as the start of it all

  49. 49.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 2, 2014 at 12:05 am

    @PaulW:

    Not to mention Hotpie emerging from the [REDACTED] and Varys turning out not to be an [REDACTED].

  50. 50.

    ulee

    June 2, 2014 at 12:08 am

    I read that Ty Cobb used to sharpen his cleats so when he slid into a base with his feet up his opponents would be intimidated. I don’t think the sharpening was necessary. Everyone knew to get out of his way. He was a bastard, but probably the best ballplayer of all time at smallball. Then Ruth came along and fucked it all up.

  51. 51.

    Hill Dweller

    June 2, 2014 at 12:11 am

    I do find it amusing that the Village hates Obama just as much as the Republicans do, and they make the same stupid mistakes trying to tear him down.

  52. 52.

    Linnaeus

    June 2, 2014 at 12:11 am

    Blackhawks lose. Humanity wins.

  53. 53.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 2, 2014 at 12:14 am

    @Hill Dweller:

    To save the Village we had to destroy the Village.

  54. 54.

    scav

    June 2, 2014 at 12:24 am

    OT: Neolithic Stonehenge builders’ ‘bright and airy’ homes re-created with Blog (of course). Seems somehow to fit, only it’s a rerun I enjoy.

  55. 55.

    max

    June 2, 2014 at 12:24 am

    @Biscuits: Agreed. I wanted the Viper to be around for a while. Enjoyed his snarky presence.

    Just so.

    @Elmo: Sansa almost made up tonight for her puling victimhood. Loved her tonight.

    She even dyed her hair black, I think.

    max
    [‘Big change.’]

  56. 56.

    Ash Can

    June 2, 2014 at 12:26 am

    The Blackhawks played the Kings twice during the regular season and beat them both times. They played the Rangers twice and lost both times. Outright, not in overtime.

    Just sayin’.

  57. 57.

    Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers)

    June 2, 2014 at 12:26 am

    @scav:

    Looks like David Cameron must be really desperate to keep the British housing boom going.

  58. 58.

    max

    June 2, 2014 at 12:30 am

    @PaulW: This isn’t even the most shocking episode yet we can expect. There’s still Tyrion (spoiler blocking) and then Brienne finding (spoiler blocking) while Arya (spoiler blocking) and we haven’t seen Gendry this entire year. Yet.

    I figure Brienne finding [REDACTED] is the last episode of the season. I surely hope they do not [REDACTED].

    @Morzer (0th of His PseudoName and Founder of the Walter Sobchak Peacekeepers): Not to mention Hotpie emerging from the [REDACTED] and Varys turning out not to be an [REDACTED].

    I think the Hotpie thing already happened. On the other hand, Varys already gave a broad hint, so that’s also in the last episode.

    max
    [‘I think Carmen Maura and Pedro Pascal should be in a movie together, because that would be too fucking cool.’]

  59. 59.

    max

    June 2, 2014 at 12:32 am

    @lamh36: The swiftboating of this soldier and his family has begun and we may look back on this Tapper tweet as the start of it all

    I think that happened awhile ago. The Tapper tweet is the Village getting in on the action.

    max
    [‘Because BENGHAZI! continues to not produce the juicy stuff.’]

  60. 60.

    Geoduck

    June 2, 2014 at 12:33 am

    @lamh36:

    The swiftboating of this soldier and his family has begun and we may look back on this Tapper tweet as the start of it all

    The right-wing echo chamber was up and running before Tapper weighed in; Annie Laurie’s last post was about this subject.

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