Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

He really is that stupid.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

This blog will pay for itself.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Bark louder, little dog.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

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  1. 1.

    dedc79

    The Pens appear to be starting their third string goalie… Hope the Rangers can take advantage

  3. 3.

    p.a.

    Much as I respect what the ‘Hawks have accomplished, I don’t like em.. Let’s go Blues! And ‘Wings in the East; battle of the 2 best insignia in all sports in the LSC finals. (Not bloody likely).

  4. 4.

    OldDave

    Just arrived home. I see that only the Wings @ Bolts tilt has started. How does that game look?

    Our series starts tomorrow. Butterflies.

  15. 15.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    @raven: Yep. Kobe’s last game tonight and the Warriors are playing for a record 73 win season and we get a thread for Crackers on Ice.

  22. 22.

    raven

    @Omnes Omnibus: SO you think I’m the only one that ever thought or said that?
    Is Hockey a Racist Sport?

    As a hockey nation, we also tend to completely dismiss the character and toughness of European players and, specifically, Russian players. (And, yes, French-Canadian players, too.) We call this analysis, but that’s not really true. Russian players are treated from their draft day like they have to prove something over and above their Canadian counterparts, or like they have to atone for previous players from Moscow and the surrounding area who were viewed as soft or fragile or Prima Donnas, despite any evidence to the contrary.

    Is there really much difference between Henrik Sedin and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins? What about Sergei Fedorov and Steve Yzerman? Or, Teemu Selanne and Ryan Getzlaf? Gretzky and Kurri?

    Let’s face it: hockey is an extension of us, and we all still have a lot of work to do.

    eta This is a Canadian author.

  25. 25.

    raven

    @Baud: Well, it ain’t the hill I’m gonna die on, golf is largely white and I think a lot pf people were happy as hell to see Tiger fall but I thought it was worth it to broach the topic once.

  26. 26.

    raven

    @efgoldman: You love hockey, good for you. I don’t and I sure as hell don’t think there is “nothing better than playoff hockey”.

  28. 28.

    Gin & Tonic

    @raven: I know you don’t care about NBA, but I got a dollar that says we won’t get an NBA playoffs thread as quick as we got an NHL playoffs thread.

  37. 37.

    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    First time since 1970 there are no Canadian teams in the playoffs. OBAMA>>>TRUDEAU

  39. 39.

    Linnaeus

    @raven:

    That’s a fair beef – bring it up with Cole. But there’s no need to come into a thread for a sport that you don’t enjoy and piss on other people’s enjoyment of it.

  42. 42.

    raven

    @Linnaeus: I’ll bring it up whenever I want to. You don’t like it YOU bring it up with Cole. Every goddamn time I bring up and of the sports I like EF chimes in with some fucking bullshit. Fuck all ya’ll.

  44. 44.

    Linnaeus

    @raven:

    I don’t want to get into a nasty fight about this, so I’ll just say that I disagree with you and leave it at that.

  48. 48.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    @raven: Jesus, just talk about basketball in this thread. It’s an open thread. I sometimes get the impression that your main desire is to bitch about something rather than to talk about a particular subject.

  53. 53.

    p.a.

    @Mike J: I miss having cable for F1 and WRC. Been so long since I had it, it was the Schumacher Ferrari/Renault dominant era, as Renault briefly passed Mercedes & Williams.

  54. 54.

    Linnaeus

    Wings spending too much time in their own zone – they’re lucky it’s not 4-2 right now.

  56. 56.

    dedc79

    @LAO: I was worried the Rangers would make the Pens’ 3rd string goalie into a star, and that seems to be what they’re doing so far.

    ETA: And damn, now it’s 2-0

  62. 62.

    Linnaeus

    @dedc79:

    Yeah, although sometimes that takes players away from the action. Toward the end, the Wings’ Abdelkader didn’t need to be mixing it up with the Bolts’ Palat when it’s less than a minute left and the Wings are trying to get six skaters down the ice.

    The last ten minutes of the game were brutal for the Wings in the d-zone; they couldn’t get the puck out even when Tampa Bay had one forechecker.

  64. 64.

    Old Dan and Little Anne

    As a Sabres fan I still watch as many playoff games as a I can. I saw a few Penguins games at The Igloo when they had Lemieux and Jagr. To hell with the Rangers. I liked the Islanders in the 80’s.

  65. 65.

    Linnaeus

    @dedc79:

    They actually looked pretty decent most of the game, so I’m not too worried right now. They got a lot more scoring chances in this Game 1 than they did in the Game 1 against Tampa last year (and that’s a game they won).

  69. 69.

    smintheus

    @Linnaeus: No, it’s not a fair beef. It’s just a stupid complaint; nobody’s preventing anybody from playing hockey, and nothing to stop him from dragooning POC into taking up the sport if that’s what matters most to him.

  74. 74.

    geg6

    @dedc79:

    Am I a terrible person if I hope he’s hurt just enough to not come back for this series? If so, I don’t care.

  76. 76.

    smintheus

    Remember how eager the Rangers were to pick up Eric Staal? He was supposed to be the missing link in their playoffs this spring.

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