Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Not all heroes wear capes.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

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

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

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  3. 3.

    raven

    We have a friend who is from Cleveland and we have a little bet. She keeps trying to bait me to get into a flame war about the series but I’m too fucking bummed about the Dawgs to engage.

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    the Conster, la Citoyenne

    I would love this to go 7 games, as a disinterested observer. World Series game 7s are the best.

    @Gin & Tonic:

    The racist mascot team has all the pieces, and the confidence. It’s exceptionally hard to overcome, but, I saw the Red Sox come back from 0-3 against all odds.

  6. 6.

    redshirt

    So Sunday Night Football’s intro has not a single Patriot featured, even though they are, easily, the most successful team in the NFL for the last 15 years. Go figure.

  7. 7.

    jharp

    Longtime Indians fan Once had season tickets in the old 80,000 seat Municipal Stadium.

    I very much want the Indians to put this away tonight.

    And yeah, I’m going to the parade should they win. (5 hour drive)

  10. 10.

    Mary G

    @the Conster, la Citoyenne: I agree, I have no real dog in the game, but the Indians seem quite charming and funloving, especially Lindor, who is a cutie. Seven games would be better, but it’s not looking too probable now.

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    MomSense

    Never take a tennis ball obsessed dog to a nursing home. Fortunately no seniors were harmed in her attempts to get all the tennis balls off of all the walkers.

  18. 18.

    MomSense

    @Adam L Silverman:

    She was so funny. Behind in the air, tail wagging, barking and then kind of dancing/jumping to try and get the tennis balls. We got there right after lunch so all of a sudden there were about 100 tennis balls moving all around her in the hallway.

  19. 19.

    PhoenixRising

    Cleveland Municipal Stadium: We used to have nice things, like 80,000-seat stadia with $1.50 tickets for kids, $3 for adults, and cheap beer. Then everything got privatized and corporate sponsors. I’ve realized during this series that my fond feelings for the Cleveland team are about those golden days, and not really about baseball. But these games have been enjoyable.

  26. 26.

    Jeffro

    Without Romo, my Cowboy-hatred has dropped by at least a third…I’ve reallocated it to hating the Patriots even more and that works well too.

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    As I watch this game, I keep noticing that I’m sitting rock still with my eyes wide open and my hand over my slightly-agape mouth, not unlike the famous picture of Hillary watching the capture of Bin Laden.

    Need to remind self that it’s only a game.

    OTOH, self keeps reminding that IT’S THE CUBBIES IN THE WORLD SERIES.

  32. 32.

    raven

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’ve been a serious Bear fan all my life so it’s hard to think back 31 years ago and remember the Super Bowl win. We had a big party and I was bonkers. As the Bears dissembled the Pats I ended up the only person watching the game. My strongest recollection is that I thought “This is it? This is what I’ve been waiting for all these years”?

  35. 35.

    raven

    THAT was pretty good, bitch about Buck all you want but he nailed the shit out of that!

    eta I assume it was Buck and not Smotlzy.

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @raven:

    Kind of how I felt in 1995 when the Braves finally won the WS. After the unspeakable giddy joy of the1991 and ’92 seasons, it seemed very anticlimactic. (Probably the residual bitterness of the ’94 strike had something to do with it.)

    WOOT! And just like that, we’re tied!!

  39. 39.

    Betty Cracker

    @Pogonip: My husband used to deliver pizzas many years ago. One time, he was delivering to a nursing home that was located on a hill with a little pond in front. He failed to properly set the parking brake, and while he was inside dropping off the pie, the car rolled into the pond.

    He was sick about it, of course — especially since it was his girlfriend’s car! But the one bright spot was the old folks’ reactions. They poured out into the driveway to witness the spectacle. When pizza boxes floated to the surface, they laughed and cheered.

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: I wasn’t being harsh toward the cubs! I started out by saying “you can do it”, which was challenged by G&T. I was, however, trying to acknowledge that tonight is make or break time. This is the game not to fuck up and is the time to get out of your head and bring your best game.

    For what it’s worth, I haven’t seen a minute of the game tonight but I think the Cubs will win tonight.

  50. 50.

    raven

    @SiubhanDuinne: Looking at the picture reminded me that David Barbe was the prez. He’s now the Director of University of Georgia’s Music Business Certificate Program. His mother Jane was: ” known as the “Time Lady” for the recordings she made for the Bell System and other phone companies.[2][3] The ubiquity of her recordings eventually made her a pop-culture figure,[4] and her death drew national attention.[5]

  52. 52.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WaterGirl:

    For what it’s worth, I haven’t seen a minute of the game tonight but I think the Cubs will win tonight.

    Looking good, but I learned a long time ago, in baseball and in life, don’t get complacent no matter how far ahead you are, and don’t despair no matter how far behind you are.

    Fat lady, singing, etc.

  53. 53.

    Mary G

    California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa is facing his toughest re-election challenge in eight terms, with a new poll for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee by Tulchin Research showing Democrat Doug Applegate up 46-42, with 12 percent undecided. That’s encouraging news since no challenger in CA-49 has gotten within 16 points of Issa. Recent internal DCCC polls have shown a tighter race, either tied or giving Issa a small two-point edge. So this new poll could either be an outlier or sign that things are breaking in the right direction for Democrats.

    Certainly the DCCC sees an opening and continues to invest in ads against Issa, a candidate with the deepest pockets in Congress. Some prognosticators have also moved the race out of their “Safe Republican” categories.

    Even better—Issa himself seems rattled too, threatening to sue over a pretty standard-issue attack ad run by the Applegate campaign.

    Can you pitch in $3 to help turn the House blue and make sure Darrell Issa gets the boot?

  58. 58.

    Eric S.

    I’m getting better at guessing the actual play based on hearing the crowd reaction from my window.

  61. 61.

    Sab

    I love the Indians because I am from ME Ohio and also because my late mother loved them more and waited from their last world series win when she was 20 and never saw another although she lived well into her eighties. Why does FOX coverage suck so much? Even in sports? It’s like their news coverage: the Cubs are playing some other team we can’t be bothered to mention or show. Cubs get a run and we see the trot around the bases, Indians get a run and they cut to commercial. Normally I like the Cubs, but now I wonder why the Murdoch’s love them. Not good for their image.

  63. 63.

    Mary G

    Glad to see David Ross so beloved by Chicago. I remember when he was young, curly-haired and peppy in LA.

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    frosty

    @Sab: As an Orioles fan I sympathize. From my perspective tho, Cleveland’s getting respect. They’ve got the underdog vibe … And it seems pretty clear they’re the better team. At least for relievers. Sheesh.

  65. 65.

    BruceFromOhio

    The two people behind home plate doing the spinny-arms thing are getting annoying. Just watching them is irritating, it must be fun paying big dinero to sit next to them.

  70. 70.

    Bill

    @efgoldman: His son, the governor of Nebraska endorsed Trump in May, but all summer the parents were on the never Trump bandwagon, until they changed their tune last month. The daughter was a Hillary superdelegate.

  72. 72.

    Bitter Scribe

    Cubs pull it out, against the pitcher they already beat.

    If Javier Baez would just stop flailing at breaking balls in the dirt…

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