Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

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

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

Bark louder, little dog.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

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

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

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

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

“Perhaps I should have considered other options.” (head-desk)

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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  1. 1.

    Keith G

    Go Buckeyes!!!

    Alabama is going to be a very tough opponent but it should be a fun game to watch.

  3. 3.

    Corner Stone

    Texans are all but eliminated from the playoffs but they still seem to be playing hard for their coach. Good sign, and hopefully some fun games to watch down the final stretch.

  5. 5.

    KG

    On the college level, I’m pretty sure that TCU being left out if the playoff is just another sign of how oppressed Christians are in America

  9. 9.

    shelley

    Hey, anybody hear anything about Betty Cracker’s dog’s injured tail?

    (That’s an interesting sentence.)

  12. 12.

    jharp

    How about those Buckeyes!

    Thrilled to see The Ohio State University pull it off again.

    I suppose they will be 10 point underdogs though.

  15. 15.

    lamh36

    @raven: yeah. I’m hearing bout it on my FB page. the fam ain’t happy with da Saints.

    anyway, Reggie Bush during pre-game warm-ups today, wore a t shirt with the #ICantBreathe tagline on it.

    first of all, much respect for wearing the shirt. Secondly. from a purely superficial perspective, but woo Lord, is he filling out that damn shirt or what???

    https://twitter.com/sixfever/status/541655799106637824

  18. 18.

    KG

    @jharp: opened as 10 underdogs, but that’s already dropped a half point, which means early action was on the Buckeyes

    I think one of my favorite memes I’ve ever seen was an OSU one that said “no really, it’s a buckeye”

  19. 19.

    raven

    @JPL: The inaugural College Football Playoff pairings will be announced beginning at 11:30 a.m. Central on Sunday.

    The four-team playoff field will be announced at 11:45 a.m. live on ESPN. The teams will face off in semifinal games at the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, with the winners playing for the national championship Jan. 12 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

    Live stream for the Playoff Selection Show is available via Watch ESPN.

    Following the announcement and analysis of the playoff field, the full Top 25 rankings and pairings for the other playoff committee bowls will be announced at approximately 1:45 p.m. Those bowls are the Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Peach.

    After the College Football Playoff committee makes its bowl choices, the other bowl games will make their selections. Those team announcements will be made by the individual bowls and/or involved conferences and schools.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh36:

    It’s kind of funny to see who used a microphone for their lip-sync and who didn’t. Bowie did, but when Al Green appeared with “Let’s Stay Together,” he didn’t bother.

    In England, Morrissey was supposedly the first person to refuse to use a microphone to lip-sync on Top of the Pops when The Smiths made their first appearance with “This Charming Man.”

  22. 22.

    TriassicSands

    @KG:

    Amen. Thrown to the lions once again. It should also be noted that Baylor is a private Baptist university. So, the Christians are, as always, the victims of the godless infidels.

  23. 23.

    JPL

    @raven: Thanks. I saw the selections. I just didn’t know when the lesser bowls would announce. GA should go someplace as well as Clemson.

    My Clemson friend wants to go to Orlando.

  27. 27.

    jharp

    Alabama is a 9.5-point favorite over Ohio State, while the Ducks are favored by 8.5 over Florida State.

  28. 28.

    KG

    I’m actually a little surprised they didn’t try to put Oregon and OSU together in the Rose Bowl. And I suspect that both lines will get closer as the games draw near.

  29. 29.

    lamh36

    @Mnemosyne: Soul Train did start out doing LIVE performances, but it was much more costly to do so. So I believe a good but of the early singin was LIVE. But the cost of say using the while darn Love Orchestra of Barry White cost way too much for a little show like Soul Train was at the time.

    Later shows were all lip synced. too bad though, the best performances for Soul Train were the LIVE one like Al Green.

    Speaking of Al Green he’s one of the Kennedy Center Honors and I can’t wait to see who performs for his portion of the show

  30. 30.

    ThresherK

    Finally got my flu shot. Wife saunters to the front of line each year (if there is a shortage) because she works in a healthcare facility.

    And I heard a new-to-me rendition of “I’ll be home for Christmas”, male vocal over something akin to a New Orleans street band. Pretty cool. Seems like everything I can’t stand about coom’l radio is distilled to essence for the season, and that includes playing about 30 percent fewer selections than a decade ago. Am I imagining that?

    Obligatory sport comment: The soccer team I have rooted for since before MLS was dreamt of is going for their first cup win today.

  37. 37.

    BruceFromOhio

    Browns D doing the heavy lifting, solid performance from running backs West, Crowell. A little sorry to see Tate gone.

    Little leery of the Browns clock management though, where the hell did all the timeouts go?

  38. 38.

    max

    @lamh36: #Cleveland Browns Johnson Bademosi protests death of #EricGarner today before the game.

    Lot of guys doing that. Can’t wait for the St. Louis police meltdown.

    max
    [‘Why only four teams in the college playoffs anyways?’]

  39. 39.

    Corner Stone

    @BruceFromOhio:

    A little sorry to see Tate gone.

    I loved Ben Tate on the Texans. He presents like a really big downhill runner but he has such great, quick feet. Really fun guy to watch in the Kubiak cut block zone running scheme.

  42. 42.

    Betty Cracker

    @jharp: I hope the Ducks kick the shit out of FSU and then lose to the Tide in the title game.

    @PaulW: The Bucs are suffering the same fate as the early Roman Xtians — thrown to the Lions!

  44. 44.

    jharp

    @raven:

    That is what the Miami Hurricane fans said when they were favored by 13 in the 2003 National Championship game right before Ohio took them out to the woodshed.

    And how can you root for any Alabama team? Are you not aware of what that entire state stands for?

  45. 45.

    jharp

    @Betty Cracker:

    I have a good buddy from Oregon rooting for the Ducks. I too wish them well.

    And how can you root for anything Alabama?

    Ohio will give them all they want.

  46. 46.

    BruceFromOhio

    Bengals bungle and Browns fall, and now the two teams I hate the most are 1/2 game out of the top in the AFC North. Gaia has a sense of humor most cruel, it cuts like the icy winds of December off Lake Erie. A perfect nightmare would be the Cowboys winning the NFC East, and a Broncos-Packers SB.

    ->Sticks a fork in the Browns and turns them over, looks like they are done.

  48. 48.

    Tree With Water

    RIP the 49ers 2014 season- they were beat by the Raiders today and jee-zus they looked wretched. My primary concern is that owner Jed York is a chowderhead. It’s inexcusable trade rumors about Jim Harbaugh were headlines in the Bay Area while the Niners were still in contention, and the blame for it rests squarely on York’s shoulders. His “apology to the fans” for the Niners getting creamed by Seattle on Thanksgiving didn’t inspire confidence in his football judgement, either. I’m beginning to wonder if he might in fact be another Dan Snyder. Of course, that’s worse case scenario. The very worst.

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