Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.

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

The choice is between normal and crazy.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

I conferred with the team and they all agree – still not tired of winning!

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

The revolution will be supervised.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

When the time comes to make an endorsement, the pain of NYT editors will be palpable as they reluctantly whisper “Biden.”

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Found liable for massive fraud, is required to post a massive bond, gets a break, then files a *fraudulent* bond!

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Cole, when it comes to calico cats, restraint is overrated.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

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  2. 2.

    Corner Stone

    James Harrison should be met outside the stadium by three or four grown men with baseball bats.
    That fucking piece of shit should have been blacklisted after the hit he put on Colt McCoy.
    Fuck him and fuck anyone who says he should still be in this league.

  4. 4.

    Corner Stone

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Well, is it three or is it four? Precision matters.

    It depends. Can they swing the bat without injuring each other? Then four.
    Otherwise, three will do.

  5. 5.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Corner Stone: That is actually an interesting question. How many bat wielding thugs can beat one person before they begin to get into one anothers’ way? I suppose it might vary based on the skill level of the bat wielders. Their experience working together might affect the result as well.

    ETA: A study should be undertaken.

  7. 7.

    PaulW

    Regarding website responsiveness, whole Internet seems slow tonight.

    The NaNo Word Count setup is currently broken, so have to report by hand that I’m up to 4,666 words right now.

  12. 12.

    KG

    @efgoldman: been moving this weekend, so i am without tv until wednesday (thank the sweet baby jeebus for the internet), which means i didn’t get to watch any games this weekend (saw the first half of arizona/dallas while having breakfast and then back to moving). so i’m looking at the stats and trying to figure out how it is that the patriots won by three touchdowns. the internals, for lack of a better word, would predict a broncos win – broncos with more yards on fewer plays, first downs and penalties were close, neither side was particularly good on 3rd down. i’m guessing the punt return for a td and probably one of the interceptions manning threw had something to do with the difference?

    eta: looking at the drive summaries, it looks like both of manning’s interceptions gave new england really good field position.

  13. 13.

    Marduk

    @KG: The stats don’t really reflect how lopsided the game was. A lot of manning’s yards were garbage time middle of the field passes against safe defense looks.

  14. 14.

    Heliopause

    @Corner Stone:

    Always wondered about “Mean” Joe Greene, as he actually had a bit of a cuddly rep due to the Coca Cola ad. Jack Lambert was reputedly the “mean” one of the bunch.

  16. 16.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman:

    Not saying they were evil or wrong.They played under the rules as they were.

    Exactly. And for Association Football fans, a legal tackle from 1986 is a red card today. Rules change.

  24. 24.

    Mike J

    @Howard Beale IV: Absolutely nothing at all like that happened at the end of the F1 race today, and it was held in Tejas.

    Go Hamilton! Pity about the stupid double point rule on the last race. Five wins in a row, ten wins for the season out of seventeen races, and he could still lose the championship.

  25. 25.

    Roger Moore

    @KG:
    The punt return TD was very big, as was the extra INT. The Broncos also had a missed FG and a bunch of failed 4th down conversions. It all adds up.

    FWIW, where a turnover happens doesn’t matter as much as you might think. If you turn it over deep in your own territory, you give the other team a better chance of scoring, but you lose less of your own chance of scoring. If you turn it over deep in the other team’s territory, you lose a good scoring chance but give the other team less of one. The different balances out. The easiest way of seeing this is imagining back to back turnovers with no return; the two turnovers cancel out.

  26. 26.

    different-church-lady

    So I hear Tom Brady is no longer considered an elite quarterback by some. Good thing nobody told Brady that.

  27. 27.

    danielx

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Are there candidates for the subject of the beating? The possibilities are endless, but Bloody Bill Kristol would rank right up there, preferably right after he’d consumed a bowl of salted dicks.

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @different-church-lady: Nah, there are three at the top right now. Rodgers, Manning, and Brady. Manning and Brady will not get better; age plays a part. Rodgers has the possibility of being amazing.

  30. 30.

    cckids

    @efgoldman:

    I’m sure funding is available from Heritage.

    Can’t we just use people from Heritage? :) It’s not as though they’re adding anything positive to the world.

  32. 32.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Mike J: Too soon to put Wilson in the mix. If he keeps it up, he is in the mix. Rodgers took several years to make the list. Wilson can wait too.

  34. 34.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @redshirt: Brees is on the downswing. A top 5, sure, but, not in the mix for best anymore. Luck, he is working his way to the top table, but he isn’t there yet.

  35. 35.

    Chickamin Slam

    I am posting to say that just now my cat had its head right underneath the bathtub faucet. Like our blogger in chief once I was so tempted to flip it on full bore. Surely there wouldn’t have been any adverse side effects from doing that. Oh no.

    A friend in Pittsburgh will be mailing me a gift package soon.

    Local NFL team won. So all good I suppose.

  37. 37.

    danielx

    Definition of “ohnosecond”: that instant when you realize that when you removed the processor heat sink from the spousal unit’s desktop so you can replace it, the fucking processor (nice high end AMD) came out also, nicely fused to the bottom of the heat sink by the cheap thermal grease they used at Foxconn*.

    Mental reactions
    1. shit, that wasn’t supposed to happen
    2. fuck me running, what to do now
    3. she’s going to kill me
    4. i’m going to have to buy a new processor or a new computer
    5. she’s going to kill me slowly
    6. okay, bag this shit up and take it a mile down the road to fry’s electronics, where hopefully one of the nerds (nice or otherwise) will have some ideas about how to salvage this situation, since i have clearly just screwed the pooch in a major way

    It ended happily, aside from the spiffy new heat sink not fitting, meaning I get to go through this ordeal again tomorrow. Hopefully the part will come off/out this time without the cpu coming out as well, Jeebus willing.

    And yes, this is most definitely a first world problem. Still enough to make one break into a cold sweat and have weird internal sensations.

    *or whatever chinese industrial hellhole assembled the box.

  39. 39.

    BruceFromOhio

    Done. AFC North, let’s see how it goes from here, it’s been a damned interesting ride so far.

    Top QB discussions gotta include Big Ben. He may not be Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees material, but the nasty SOB threw for another 500+ game this season, that’s gotta count for something.

  40. 40.

    Gian

    @Heliopause:
    Rocky Bleier is the favorite steeler player for me.

    the whole got drafted, went to Vietnam and got wounded and was told he would never play again is the kind of life story that gets to me.

  41. 41.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    What the hell is the point of punching someone whose helmet and facemask are still on?

  44. 44.

    trollhattan

    Lessee, SF loses (you go, Kap!) Sea wins (no style points though) even the lowly Kings win, so yeah, decent sports day all around. And it was seventy-something and clear as it ever gets here, so there was that. Had to finally turn on the furnace though, long nights are starting to get chilly.

  47. 47.

    redshirt

    @Omnes Omnibus: Rodgers is awesome, no doubt, but he doesn’t have the pedigree of Brady – and I mean current pedigree as well. Brady keeps going to AFC championship games, playoff games, and Super Bowls.

  48. 48.

    trollhattan

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Hard to say how many yards Wilson could rack up in under a system that stressed passing but it’s unlikely such a team would have ever drafted him. One thing he has proved is being the guy you want to bring you back trailing in the fourth quarter–he’s on another plane then.

  50. 50.

    NotMax

    Enough is enough. Just received a robocall from Dennis Kucinich about a ballot initiative here on Maui.

    Willing to lay down good folding moolah that over 50% of those called have no idea who Dennis Kucinich is.

  51. 51.

    Mike J

    @NotMax: Dipshit was threatening to run for Washington’s newly created CD last election. I was prepared to do at least 20 hrs/wk for whichever Dem was running against him.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @redshirt: Personal opinion, a player who is still on the upswing fron someone who had peaked. Age does matter.

    @trollhattan: As a Green Bay fan, I would kept Rodgers off the OMFG list a couple of years ago. Wilson is a candidate; he needs another two or three years of performance to make my list.

  53. 53.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @redshirt: In other words, you give Brady credit for having better teammates than Rodgers has had. It will take an awful lot of knowing how to win for Brady to make up for the facts that Rodgers has averaged almost a yard more per pass attempt (true both for regular season and playoff games) and has a TD/Int ratio much better than Brady does (again, true whether one looks at the regular season or playoffs).

  54. 54.

    trollhattan

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Yup, Wilson’s only on year 3 and how he stacks up depends on what stats one chooses, ’cause he’s not a prototypical NFL QB. OTOH to judge Rodgers (yo, Chico represent!) against Brady one must necessarily compare spouses/GFs. Just sayin’.

    Looking at today’s stats am wondering whether this has ever happened? Oakland and Seattle’s leading rusher and receiver were their respective running backs.

    McFadden : rushing, 20 yards receiving, 47 yards
    Lynch: rushing, 67 yards receiving, 76 yards

    Weird

  56. 56.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @redshirt: You do realize that all I am saying is that Rodgers is a elite QB who is nearing his peak and that the Brady is an elite Qb who is going to be falling off from his peak? Right?

  57. 57.

    Tree With Water

    After Kaepernick took over for Alex Smith and led the Niners to a Super Bowl, I really thought he had the makings of an all time great. I overlooked the fact that opposing teams would study him on film and figure him out. He’s good, mind you, and still has time to get better, perhaps considerably so. But he’ll never figure in any conversation about all-time great QB’s. Hope I’m proved wrong.

    Something is off with the Niners, and I’ll no longer be surprised if Harbaugh moves on.

  58. 58.

    Gian

    @Tree With Water:

    he’s gifted in all the physical ways you’d want, an he’s got the brain to make the right calls when he can slow the game down and use it, I really don’t know why he hasn’t been able to get the brain in gear all the time. Could be the needs more time, or the just doesn’t click for him thing., maybe he’s just another fran Tarkington, destined to never win the big one.

  59. 59.

    goblue72

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): The Belichick era has been characterized by NOT surrounding Brady with elite weapons.

    He currently has one elite weapon – Rob Gronkowski (TE), one decent but not amazing WR (Edelman) and whole bunch of spare parts. Which except for the season with Randy Moss, Wes Welker, & Donte Stallworth, has been the Pats MO ever since Drew Bledsoe went down. Deion Branch? Reche Caldwell? Ben Watson? David Patten? Jermaine Wiggins? Chad Jackson? Brandon Tate? Laurence Maroney?Chad Ochocinco? Its like a who’s who of yesterday’s trash.

    Peyton, for most of his seasons, was provided plenty of weapons. Brady – constantly given the short end of the stick. Which is what makes Brady so impressive. That and having Belichick as your head coach who managed to ride Matt Cassel to 11 wins that year Brady was out all season.

  60. 60.

    goblue72

    Apparently mentioning Reche Caldwell, Chad Ochocinco and Jermaine Wiggins in the same comments has caused WP to choke itself and prevent my prior comment from posting. FYWP.

  61. 61.

    goblue72

    @Tree With Water: Its the NFL. Its really really hard to win year in and year out. Its why the Patriots – in spite of having Darth Vader as Head Coach – get a lot of respect around the league. Eight out of last 11 seasons, they’ve won 12 or more. They’ve never won less than 10 over that same time frame. They are 85-15 at home since Gillette Stadium was built. They’ve won the AFC East every year since 2003, except 2007 when Brady was out the whole season with a torn ACL & MCL (and even then, they finished 11-5, same record as Miami, who won the AFC East due to one more win within the division)

    Kaepernick is good, but he’s a running QB. I’m not convinced running QBs are really built for the long term success needed to be a “great”. The pocket passing QB still rules – Manning, Brady, Rivers, Brees. Rodgers is a semi-exception – he has mobility, but even Rodgers isn’t the kind of scrambling QB that Kaep is (or Russell Wilson or RG3).

  62. 62.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    I still can’t believe that many people still think that Peyton Manning, a paid licker of Crappa John Schnatter’s taint, is still in any way superior to Tom Brady.

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