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

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

All hail the time of the bunny!

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

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

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

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

So many bastards, so little time.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Those who are easily outraged are easily manipulated.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

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Open Sports News Thread: Sam Goes to Canada

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I may owe somebody a hat tip for this. From ESPN:

Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team, signed a two-year contract Friday with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

“With the signing of Michael Sam, we have become a better organization today,” Alouettes general manager Jim Popp said in a release. “Not only have we added an outstanding football player, we have added even a better person that brings dignity, character, and heart to our team.”

The Alouettes have held the exclusive CFL rights to Sam since his senior year at Missouri, when he was the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

“I am very excited and proud to join the Montreal Alouettes,” Sam said in a statement. “… I cannot wait to put on the pads, get back on the field and work hard each and every day with my teammates to bring a Grey Cup to the great fans here in Montreal.”…

After he came out, Sam’s NFL jersey was an instant best-seller and President Barack Obama publicly congratulated Sam and the Rams… Aware of Sam’s celebrity, the team immediately put his No. 94 Alouettes jersey on sale on its website for $139.95…

Popp said Sam was considered a tweener by NFL clubs; he didn’t have quite the right body type to be a defensive end or an outside linebacker in the league.

But Sam may fit perfectly in the CFL. Popp believes Sam can follow a path similar to that of Cameron Wake, who was converted from linebacker to end when he joined the BC Lions in 2007. Wake was the Defensive Player of the Year in his two CFL seasons before signing with the Miami Dolphins, with whom he has had a successful NFL career.

“If he proves (NFL) people wrong, it would be great for us, and I think he can do it,” Popp said.

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  8. 8.

    Splitting Image

    Good for the Alouettes. I hope this turns out to be the start of a long and fruitful career for Sam.

    I imagine a Tim Tebow joke would be appropriate here, since the TV bobbleheads all thought he might join the CFL after his NFL career ended, but poor passing is an even bigger liability for a CFL QB than it is in the NFL. Besides *snicker*, Philadelphia’s got him.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    @raven:

    I don’t know. But when you turn on traffic on Google maps, it always shows where Waze users have reported traffic issues.

  10. 10.

    Tripod

    @Baud:

    That shit is sentient.

    Humanity better choose wisely when picking a side in the machine wars.

  12. 12.

    wooflikeabear

    After the drafting of Shane Ray I don’t have time for the NFL and its homophobia – fuck em. I’m glad Sam can see a future for himself in Canada.

  13. 13.

    lamh36

    Ok,

    Anyone following the escapades of that 57 year old Virginia Senator with the 19 year old fiance…

    10 Burning Questions We Have For 57yo Politician Joe Morrissey & His 19yo Girlfriend

    THE TEA: Joe Morrissey is a former Virginia delegate. He’s 57 years old. His baby mama, Myrna Pride, is 19. And his receptionist. Yes, it’s gross and strange. Lawmakers agree which is why he served a 90 day work release sentence for “contributing to the delinquency of a minor.” He’s planning on running for The Virginia State Senate as an independent and also on marrying his 19 year old baby mama…

    The “family album” picture released…wow!

  16. 16.

    Baud

    @Tripod:

    Humanity better choose wisely when picking a side in the machine wars.

    Humans will occupy the bottom side regardless of who wins.

  19. 19.

    Valdivia

    Will Radinho ever come back and do some soccer posts? Copa America is coming up in a month and in two weeks is the Champions Final. Would be nice if it weren’t just me jumping up and down in my living room scaring the hell out of my cats when Barca scores. I am also taking bets on how long it takes Suarez to bite Chellini during the game.

  20. 20.

    lamh36

    @Anne Laurie: The obsurdity of the picture aside, I know people in Virginia who are taking it very seriously.

    Been talking about it for days, today Chris Hayes actually did a short segment on it for his show.

  21. 21.

    Mister Papercut

    @lamh36:
    I live in the Richmond area, so I’m trying my best t to avoid it (but I actually work in a TV newsroom, so good luck with all that!). All it takes is for me to hear the name “Joe Morrissey” and everything goes all Charlie Brown’s teacher.

    But with the Duggar news, I’m just waiting for the Teabaggers to catch wind of it. Brace yourselves, ‘Both Sides Do It’ is coming.

  22. 22.

    Keith P.

    So I came home tonight without cat food. I ate some food myself and went to lie down for an hour. Then I got up to go to the store for the food, and when I came home (15 minutes later) there was two piles of a dead bird on my front door step The head and wings in one pile and the guts and feet in another. I’m sure it was the sweet little black female kitty who did the deed. Always the artist…

  24. 24.

    lamh36

    @Mister Papercut: On the subject of the Duggars, what really pisses me off more than anything is the media headlines, STILL calling this “allegations”…the dude admitted his guilt in his damn apology. “Teenage mistakes” = MOLESTING HIS FUCKIN’ SISTERS AND ANOTHER GIRL!

    And Mike Huckabee…when Josh Duggar was 14 the age of the sisters in the house ranged from 4-12 years old. “Teenage mistakes” is getting drunk off of moonshine and puking all over ur parents car…NOT possibly molesting ur 4 y.o. sister..

    Fuck Mike Huckabee and the rest of the Duggar-apologists

  25. 25.

    Steve in the ATL

    @raven: I have been using Waze for a couple of months now and find it quite helpful. It even found me a relatively low traffic way home from the airport tonight. Only gripe is that is drains my battery.

  28. 28.

    JPL

    @lamh36: There were 5 girls at the time and supposedly the oldest one was not touched. The perp has a daughter who is five.

  30. 30.

    gene108

    On the Duggars, I find it interesting none of the sisters have made any statements. I know one of them got married, so it is not like they are afraid of media attention, per se.

    I do wonder what they are thinking.

    Especially with all the media attention gone, i.e. no one more wedding photos in weekly gossip mags, for example.

    EDIT: I think the way the media is going to run away from the Duggars, instead of trying to get information / awareness out about abuse is another form of sweeping things under the rug.

  32. 32.

    lamh36

    @JPL: yeah 5 girls, the age of the oldest sister was 12 at the time he was 14. the remaining sisters then were 4-10.

    I don’t know how anyone who learns about the exact language in the police report about WHAT exactly Duggar did can even try to defend it or try to “blame the media” or “blame the gays” for it all…ugh.

  33. 33.

    princess leia

    And a judge ordered all the records on the Duggar arrest to be destroyed today. This in Arkansas. I know you are all so surprised.

  38. 38.

    princess leia

    Fortunately the newspaper got a copy before it was destroyed. Which makes the judge’s order seem even stranger.

  39. 39.

    JPL

    @gene108: Although I responded money, I think it’s more than that. The Duggar’s are obviously not fond of psychologists, since that was not part of Josh’s therapy, the girls might not have a safety net. If they write a book about under the covers, their family is destroyed and they might have money from the book but nothing else. Losing ones family whether or not it is dysfunctional, is difficult.

  42. 42.

    Anne Laurie

    @JPL: I’m already seeing comments, just on ‘mainstream’ websites like the Washington Post, that the girls (women) will be considered “unmarriageable”, “spoilt for life”, if they’re identified as victims. Which is a sick, sick attitude, but when you grow up in a cult it’s hard to think like a normal person. If the ‘girl’ who wanted those records destroyed still believes that her only hope — in this world & the next — is being married to a fellow cultist and popping out future cult members, I can understand her being shamed/persuaded into trying to destroy all evidence of her “sin”…

  44. 44.

    Hal

    Duggar girls have no autonomy. They help their mother raise their younger siblings and then they are married off ASAP to a man of Jim Bob’s choice. Of course their abuse was not reported and of course they forgave their brother. What other choice did they have? This family’s mother and father are disgusting and I have never understood their appeal. Rap your cultish ways in evangelical Christianity and you can get away with anything.

  46. 46.

    Suzanne

    @lamh36: I believe that, legally, the media has to use the “alleged” term until someone is found or pleads guilty in court in order to not commit libel, even if they admit to the crime in a statement.

    Having said that, I know of a registry and a Molotov cocktail that should have Josh Duggar’s name on them.

    The Duggars are disgusting. Every one of them.

  49. 49.

    Gian

    @Baud:

    I may be late to this, but google bought waze. waze essentially crowd sources traffic reporting, you are on the map and part of the data

    it “learns” your preferred routes and steers you around the worst jams.

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