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Open Thread: Counter-Programming

by TaMara|  February 2, 20209:43 pm| 134 Comments

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Strong, successful businesswomen ✔

Bilingual ✔

All of TrumpNation’s heads exploded (if twitter is any indication). ✔

I’m happy. Now I’m digging out all my Shakira tracks to listen to on my commute tomorrow.

Also: They had two Great Dane puppies in the puppy bowl who basically got to make an appearance and then leave because the cameras really only could film their legs and they intimidated the other puppies (the life of a Giant Breed). ?

ETA: These were my two (and only) favorite SB ads this year:

Did you have any favorites?

Open thread.

 

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  1. 1.

    PsiFighter37

    February 2, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    I hate it when the refs blatantly tilt the field towards one team. They bet on the chiefs this year. They bet on the Ravens when they played the Niners. The Seahawks got totally screwed when they played the Steelers in the mid-2000s. I don’t know why I bother watching – and I don’t care who wins this game.

  2. 2.

    brantl

    February 2, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    I can’t believe what a douchebag Lamarr Alexander is. What a ridiculous shitbag.

  3. 3.

    Suzanne

    February 2, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    There was also a female symbol in the stage set and a moment with J Lo in the Puerto Rican flag singing “Born in the USA” and belly dancing…. plenty to irk the Deplorables.

    No matter who the President is…. the world is not made for their tastes.

  4. 4.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 2, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    I’m in SF and it’s very quiet here on Valencia. Did we lose? Is everybody one block over? I legit forgot the game was today until like an hour ago.

    Gay Twitter is also very pleased with Shakira.

  5. 5.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 2, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    I’m not a financial expert (so far from it), and this looks like panic, but this is one more bit of news The Beast doesn’t want as he waddles into SOTU week

    Financial Times @ FinancialTimes
    Chinese stocks tumbled 9.1% as markets reopened after an extended holiday despite a central bank promise to boost liquidity to cushion the blow of the coronavirus outbrea

  6. 6.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: You are currently down by 4 with 2:44 left.  Just happened.

  7. 7.

    PsiFighter37

    February 2, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Thank the refs for the directive from Roger Goodall to hand this trophy to Patrick Mahomes on a plate. Most one-sided officiating since the Steelers-Seahawks SB (I know Cole will disagree, but whatever).

  8. 8.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 2, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    The Groundhog Day/Jeep commercial was good.

    This Rublesberg ad needs to relax.

  9. 9.

    Debbie(Aussie)

    February 2, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    That was amazing, what talent!
    Would it be rude to suggest that this was a large middle finger to the trumpists?

  10. 10.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 2, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: oh dear

  11. 11.

    Kai-two

    February 2, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    How can any thinking person cheer watching people inflict head-injuries on one another?

     

    I mean, the fact that they’re predominantly minority men being maimed and injured for your entertainment is just the fucking cherry on top.

     

    Do better.

  12. 12.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    @PsiFighter37: Whatever.

  13. 13.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 2, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Yo.

  14. 14.

    PsiFighter37

    February 2, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    Honestly the last fucking Super Bowl I spend time on, especially since I have a kid now and really could use the sleep instead. Fuck the refs and fuck Goodall. I hate it when games get ruined by multiple terrible calls, all skewed against the same team no less.

  15. 15.

    Starfish

    February 2, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    The prudish whining in Jeb Bush’s thread about how he liked the half time show is so sad and also funny.

  16. 16.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    @PsiFighter37: Yeah, that’s why why they call that delay of game on SF.

  17. 17.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 2, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    yowza!

  18. 18.

    clay

    February 2, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Don’t worry, Wilbur Ross says this will be good for American jobs!

  19. 19.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 2, 2020 at 10:04 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: this, right here? good content.

    ETA: ah, now we’ve lost

  20. 20.

    OldDave

    February 2, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    I now better understand Tbogg’s “Shakira‘s Ass” exclamation. :-)

  21. 21.

    clay

    February 2, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    Did I just see Maisie Williams singing a Disney song in an Audi commercial?

     

    This seems very bizarre to me.  Like… how did those three worlds collide?

  22. 22.

    Felanius Kootea

    February 2, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    Reposting from the thread below (fits better in this one):

    I recorded the Shakira and J Lo concert – it was amazing! Had to fast forward through a bunch of guys violently knocking each other about the head to induce brain damage but finally I got to the music.

    Shakira has talent off the charts – she played the guitars, the drums, featured rock, pop, cumbia, champeta (Colombian music with Nigerian, Congolese and South African influences), and my 2nd favorite Cameroonian song, Zangalewa, which she previously covered for the 2010 World Cup. She also knows how to dance. J Lo was good as well – I loved that she had on a Puerto Rican flag cape as she covered “Born in the USA.” Laughed out loud at that one because I know some in that stadium have no clue that Puerto Rico is part of the US (I know J Lo was born in the Bronx).

    50 and 43 and they could pass for women half their ages. They killed it!

  23. 23.

    MazeDancer

    February 2, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    Loved how much of the halftime show was n Spanish. both verbally and musically.

    And yay, JLo, for the Puerto Rican flag coat.

  24. 24.

    p.a.

    February 2, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @PsiFighter37: That was the game where Roethlisbergererer had a qb rating of 25 and still won.  Horribly reffed game.  I’ve just been occasionally checking in tonight so don’t know what the issues are.  Pick plays?  They almost never get called.  PI’s?

  25. 25.

    Brachiator

    February 2, 2020 at 10:07 pm

    @clay:

    Did I just see Maisie Williams singing a Disney song in an Audi commercial?

    This seems very bizarre to me.  Like… how did those three worlds collide?

    I was waiting for a dragon to show up and eat one of the vehicles.

     

  26. 26.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 2, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Hehe :)

  27. 27.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    February 2, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I have to ask, were you messing with me, or did I actually say something wrong in the Super Bowel thread?

  28. 28.

    p.a.

    February 2, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    @Debbie(Aussie): Really amazed and pleased the NFL doesn’t exercise editorial rights over the show.

  29. 29.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): You really need to stop worrying about things like that.

  30. 30.

    ruemara

    February 2, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    JLo’s costume looked like she had silver maxi-pads in her stockings. And half of what they played was stuff I have Zumba choreography in my head for. But, DAMN! – JLo & Shakira look good and danced their asses off. Good half time show. And I made good pizza & wings.

  31. 31.

    PsiFighter37

    February 2, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @p.a.: Multiple issues:

    1) Offensive PI called on the Niners at the end of first half – the completion meant they would have scored a field goal easily. Instead, no points and took a knee instead. There was no material pushoff that occurred.

    2) No defensive offsides called on the Chiefs on a possession that eventually led to a punt. It was so blatantly obvious that  I assumed it was a free play as soon as the ball was snapped.

    3) When the Niners were clinging to the lead, Garappolo got a clear helmet-to-helmet hit on 3rd down. No penalty thrown and they had to punt. The replay camera very clearly showed that, by today’s NFL rules, it would be a clear 15-yard, automatic 1st down penalty.

    Screw this game. Goodall has some vested interest in handing the trophy to Patrick Mahomes is my takeaway, or the refs had a lot of money riding on what was set as a close-money game in Vegas.

  32. 32.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    February 2, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Fuck me, that should “Bowl”, JFC lol

  33. 33.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 2, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Zergnet ads are still click-baity gossipy shit.

  34. 34.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 2, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    Wilford Brimley @ RealWilfordB
    Ellie, no. I am the “diabeetus” guy.

     ellie schnitt @ holy_schnitt
    serious question is the chiefs coach the “diabeetus” guy

    And since it’s kind of a theme on the twitter tonight, Wilford Brimley was 50 when he filmed Cocoon. J-Lo was fifty when she did the Super Bowl halftime show tonight.

  35. 35.

    West of the Rockies

    February 2, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    They’re called The Forty Whiners for a reason.

  36. 36.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 2, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): That’s just your love for Bob’s Burgers shining through.

  37. 37.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 2, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @OldDave: Considering that when Shakira and JLo do a duet it is officially referred to as a brace of booties, we probably need to do a welfare check on TBogg.

  38. 38.

    West of the Rockies

    February 2, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    @West of the Rockies:

    I’m not a 9er fan, obviously.  Here in NorCal, fans are insufferable.  I think they did Colin K. dirty (so did every other team for not picking him up).

  39. 39.

    Suzanne

    February 2, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    @ruemara: I only watched the halftime show. I enjoyed it very much. Both of those women are among the best in the business at what they do.

  40. 40.

    clay

    February 2, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    You know what I liked best about the halftime show?  I loved how much Shakira loved performing. She had such a big grin on the entire time; it was really infectious.  Hell, she had such a great time that even J. Lo was smiling by the end.

  41. 41.

    different-church-lady

    February 2, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Each according to their ability…

  42. 42.

    different-church-lady

    February 2, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    The best thing about this year’s halftime show is that it was not last year’s halftime show.

  43. 43.

    PsiFighter37

    February 2, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    @West of the Rockies: Regardless of what folks feel about them, the Niners got screwed over hard at every crucial point in this game. I am a J-E-T-S fan (Just Endure The Suffering, baby), but this is the kind of bullshit that kills my general interest in the sport overall – especially since my team shows a special ineptitude in being any good.

  44. 44.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 2, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    Here’s the counter-counter programming from Mar a Lago. You may want to remove small children, the aged and infirm, pregnant women, and those with cardiac conditions from the room before you look!

    The Trumpettes’ gala at Mar-A-Lago

    Because I want you to suffer pic.twitter.com/mTkt7TCQXl

    — ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) February 3, 2020

  45. 45.

    danielx

    February 2, 2020 at 10:24 pm

    @OldDave:

    I remember that. And yes, very old Duroc that I am, Shakira’s ass is performance art beyond compare. Also too, she is beloved in Colombia for her charity work.

  46. 46.

    Mary G

    February 2, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    Twitler congratulated the Chiefs for repping the great state of Kansas. It was deleted, but screenshots live forever:

    This is already a classic pic.twitter.com/NGn8LV1wOl— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) February 3, 2020

    You couldn’t sell this shit for fiction.

  47. 47.

    Suzanne

    February 2, 2020 at 10:25 pm

    @different-church-lady: TRUFACTS. Maroon 5 is terrible and Adam Levine is just such a fucking bag of salted dicks.

    I enjoyed Big Boi last year for the about three seconds that he performed. But that was it.

  48. 48.

    Bruuuuce

    February 2, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    WeatherTech absolutely rocked the ad of the night

  49. 49.

    Bruuuuce

    February 2, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    OT: I learned this weekend that a friend of mine who is deaf and an advocate for the deaf is chairing a caucus in Iowa for the deaf, who are, as are so many others, disenfranchised by the normal caucus process. I’ll hear about it afterward, and hope and expect it’ll be a rousing success, as have been her other projects through the years.

  50. 50.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 2, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    @Bruuuuce: Let your friend know that if she’d like us to do a guest post on it, she should feel free to write it up, send it to you, and you can send it to me, and I’ll post it. There’s no pressure here. I won’t be offended if she says no.

  51. 51.

    HumboldtBlue

    February 2, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    Shakira also knows her sports and what championships are about.

    Her husband, Gerard Pique plays center back for Barcelona FC and Shakira and their kids had to endure one of the most heart-breaking sporting events we have seen in the past 30 years when Liverpool overcame a 3–0 deficit in the semifinals of the 2019 Champions League to beat Barca 4-0 and advance to the title game, a match the Reds would win.

  52. 52.

    West of the Rockies

    February 2, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    I hear you.  I also hate the cheating angle:  stealing pitches, taping opponents…  You want a fair contest.

  53. 53.

    Bruuuuce

    February 2, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Thank you. I’ll PM her your text if you don’t mind, and we’ll see if she likes the idea

  54. 54.

    janesays

    February 2, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    @p.a.: The NFL contracts out production of the halftime show, but you better believe they get the final say over whether or not the routine gets to be performed as arranged. Nothing happens during the broadcast of that game that the NFL didn’t sign off on.

  55. 55.

    oldster

    February 2, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    If you like that Bill Murray ad, and generally like Bill Murray in his retirement phase of beyond caring what anyone thinks, then I highly, highly recommend watching him on the Graham Norton show with Matt Damon and Hugh Bonneville. They are incredibly funny, silly, and beyond caring (and yes, some alcohol is involved). At one point Murray starts laughing so hard that he begins weeping incoherently and cannot explain what he is laughing about.  Matt Damon sums up the hour by saying that it is the most fun that he has had on any talk-show.

  56. 56.

    Another Scott

    February 2, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    It’s Missouri you stone cold idiot. pic.twitter.com/O1cAAOFsJ6

    — Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) February 3, 2020

    Guess who she’s referring to…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  57. 57.

    Bruuuuce

    February 2, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    @PsiFighter37:

    the Niners got screwed over hard at every crucial point in this game.

    Let me rephrase that for you. The Real Murikans From the Heartlands obliterated the Wussy Coastal Elites. [/sarcasm] (I might dispute some of your objections, but not all. It was, at least, one of the better Super Bowls to watch.)

     

    @PsiFighter37:

  58. 58.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 2, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @Another Scott: she seems to be really enjoying the life of an ex-Senator

  59. 59.

    zhena gogolia

    February 2, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @brantl:

    HAHA, it wasn’t until now that I realized who you were talking about. I thought “Lamarr Alexander” must be the Chiefs’ quarterback.

  60. 60.

    janesays

    February 2, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    Didn’t realize this, but apparently the stars of the halftime show don’t get paid for their performance. The NFL picks up the tab for all of the production costs, but the performers basically do it for the massive publicity – 100 million sets of eyeballs watching them for 10-15 minutes. And their album sales skyrocket in the week immediately following the show.

  61. 61.

    Common Sense

    February 2, 2020 at 10:37 pm

    @Kai-two: Each player  decides  if they play football  or not. They are not FORCED to play football. They definitely get paid for it.

  62. 62.

    The Dangerman

    February 2, 2020 at 10:38 pm

    @Mary G:

    Twitler congratulated the Chiefs for repping the great state of Kansas.

    Sharpie time!

  63. 63.

    prostratedragon

    February 2, 2020 at 10:38 pm

    Thanks for the halftime show link, TaMara –that was actually fun!

  64. 64.

    zhena gogolia

    February 2, 2020 at 10:38 pm

    @OldDave:

    Yeah, that was . . . something.

  65. 65.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    February 2, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I know. I try not to, but sometimes I’m afraid I’m saying the wrong thing; that I’m being a terrible person or something. I try to my very best to filter out what I’m saying

  66. 66.

    zhena gogolia

    February 2, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    @ruemara:

    I wonder why the guys who show up to rap get to wear baggy sweatsuits, tho.

  67. 67.

    Mary G

    February 2, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    @Mary G:

     

    @Another Scott:

     

    LOL Senate Republicans passing a “Sense of the Senate Resolution” that the Chiefs belong to Kansas too and then pundits being all “but the city does straddle two states.” And then the NYT editorials being all “Democrats Lack Civility in Kansas Misunderstanding.”— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 3, 2020

  68. 68.

    Ken

    February 2, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    @The Dangerman: Doesn’t the Supreme Court has final say over all boundary disputes between states?  I wonder if they’d cave (well, 5 of them, and we know which 5) if Trump started babbling that the whole KC metro area should be in Kansas.

  69. 69.

    zhena gogolia

    February 2, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    @Mary G:

    That is hilarious. Yes, there is a Kansas City in Kansas, but that ain’t the one with the football team.

    I’ve spent my whole life explaining that I’m from Missouri, not Kansas.

  70. 70.

    Bruuuuce

    February 2, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Email sent to you with her email.

  71. 71.

    John Revolta

    February 2, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    @Mary G: When he invites the team to Washington, I hope they go to Seattle.

  72. 72.

    PsiFighter37

    February 2, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    Also, as for the halftime show – I am not super-familiar with either J-Lo’s or Shakira’s catalog, as I am both too young to remember when they were meaningfully famous, and too old to appreciate whether their music actually is above the meaningless dreck that passes as pop music nowadays. Personal opinion – the folks who decide the halftime performance should be up to speed on contemporary pop culture and invite someone folks younger than my age should recognize, since that is the demographic that is going to be really challenging to hold onto as NFL viewers.

  73. 73.

    BC in Illinois

    February 2, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    @Another Scott:

    My Sister-in-law just sent me a tweet of a map of the state of Kansas, with a sharpie-extension of the border, so as to include Kansas City, MO

     

    ETA: https://twitter.com/SykesCharlie/status/1224175857763221505

  74. 74.

    Barbara

    February 2, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    @PsiFighter37: I would guess that the NFL was eager for a show that appealed to Hispanic/Latino groups. 

  75. 75.

    randy khan

    February 2, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    @clay:

    You know what I liked best about the halftime show?  I loved how much Shakira loved performing. She had such a big grin on the entire time; it was really infectious.  Hell, she had such a great time that even J. Lo was smiling by the end.

    Yeah, that was great.  She just seemed to exuding happiness on the stage.

  76. 76.

    Mai naem mobile

    February 2, 2020 at 11:05 pm

    @John Revolta: Hey, they’ll meet some real billionaires in Seattle who won’t serve them cold hamburglars.

  77. 77.

    Another Scott

    February 2, 2020 at 11:08 pm

    @BC in Illinois:

    …..”and that, grandchildren, is how the state of Missouri ceased to exist when it was forcibly nationalized and ceded to Kansas.”— ShrugHat (@Popehat) February 3, 2020

    Hehe…

    Er, …

    (sigh)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  78. 78.

    patrick II

    February 2, 2020 at 11:08 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Wilford was only  three years  older than  Redford  when they did “The Natural”.

  79. 79.

    TomatoQueen

    February 2, 2020 at 11:11 pm

    That was lovely and either those ladies will have arthritis in 20 years or they won’t. The ads were slick and cool and didn’t put a foot wrong and there was my beloved Big Papi (spoiler) and the chirping sounded like Merlin when he wakes up from his mini naps.

  80. 80.

    Jeffro

    February 2, 2020 at 11:12 pm

    @West of the Rockies: Amen.

    1) Great game!

    2) Chiefs came back ONCE AGAIN and for the love of the FSM, if they could just learn to get ahead and play with a lead, the stress on my heart would be totes awesome.

    3) People who whine about ref calls are…probably wishing their team had shown up stronger.  I’m sorry but empirically bad ref calls drop about 50/50 in any given game.

    that said…WHOOOOOOOOO CHIEFS!

  81. 81.

    different-church-lady

    February 2, 2020 at 11:14 pm

    Today’s episode of “Loomis Gotta Loomis“

  82. 82.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 11:15 pm

    @clay: Arya Stark was from the North.  Winter is coming.  The cold never bothered me anyway.  And that is all I’ve got.

  83. 83.

    minachica

    February 2, 2020 at 11:15 pm

    @zhena gogolia: As a native Wichitan, I wish that Missourians would allow us to be Chiefs fans. They sucked as a team for my entire childhood+ but I still cheered them on. It’s depressing enough to be from Wichita; it would be nice to be allowed a bit of ownership of the Chiefs.

    At least I’m allowed to be a Packer fan now. In fact, it’s kind of impossible not the be one here in WI.

  84. 84.

    Ohio Mom

    February 2, 2020 at 11:17 pm

    Goku @ 65: cut yourself some slack; “reading” emotion is hard to do when it’s just text.

    You’re fine, Omnes is a very smart, and good guy who can be very brusque. To everyone. It’s his style.

    How’s school going? Is graduation within sight?

  85. 85.

    OldDave

    February 2, 2020 at 11:20 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: If halftime took out TBogg, at least he went happy.

  86. 86.

    Ohio Mom

    February 2, 2020 at 11:21 pm

    Goku: I may have to look for your answer tomorrow— just looked at the clock and Egads — past my bedtime! Have a big appointment tomorrow.

  87. 87.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 11:23 pm

    @zhena gogolia: So does Billie Eilish.

  88. 88.

    Brendan in NC

    February 2, 2020 at 11:27 pm

    In addition to those ads, that Google ad got me….

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 11:30 pm

    @Brendan in NC: Oh no, don’t start us down that path again.  That way danger lies.

  90. 90.

    MoCA Ace

    February 2, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    @Mary G:

    Trump congratulated the Chiefs for repping the great state of Kansas. It was deleted, but screenshots live forever:

    I was at a stuper bowl party full of MAGA’ts and one of them got this tweet right after the game.  He laughed about it then shared it and everyone laughed.  Another Trump supporter noted there were no misspellings so Trump probably didn’t right it himself… I noted he only hires the best and everyone laughed along.

    Even his supporters know he’s a joke!  Makes it even more maddening that they still vote for him.

    On a positive note I expected to hear all kinds of racist shit after the add about the NFL players brother getting murdered by the off duty cop but it was crickets until one young MAGA’t broke in and noted that maybe the cops needed to stop shooting unarmed people…. PROGRESS!

  91. 91.

    debbie

    February 2, 2020 at 11:40 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    His face isn’t nearly orange enough.

  92. 92.

    different-church-lady

    February 2, 2020 at 11:42 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’ve spoken my peace. Or piece, whatever.

  93. 93.

    Kraux Pas

    February 2, 2020 at 11:43 pm

    All of TrumpNation’s heads exploded (if twitter is any indication). ✔

    Omg that explains why my buddy hated it so much when I texted him to say how awesome I thought it was.

    I swear to god, my Trumpist friends are becoming old men way before their time.

  94. 94.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    February 2, 2020 at 11:43 pm

    @MoCA Ace:

    Rick Wilson @ TheRickWilson
    That thing when you spend millions of dollars on a Super Bowl TV ad and then one tweet blows up your entire investment because you’re a fucking moron.

  95. 95.

    different-church-lady

    February 2, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    @MoCA Ace:

    …there were no misspellings so Trump probably didn’t right it himself…

    Stones. Glass houses. Projectiles therein. All that all that! ;-)

  96. 96.

    NotMax

    February 2, 2020 at 11:45 pm

    @different-church-lady

    Don’t give short shrift to peas. Peas mean something.

    ;)

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 2, 2020 at 11:49 pm

    @NotMax: And don’t start with the peas in guacamole shit either.

  98. 98.

    NotMax

    February 2, 2020 at 11:51 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Remain staunchly against it.

  99. 99.

    Repatriated

    February 2, 2020 at 11:52 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    All we are saying

    Is give peas a chance.

  100. 100.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    February 2, 2020 at 11:54 pm

    @Ohio Mom:

    Ok. I should graduate this May. Thank you for asking

  101. 101.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    February 2, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    @Repatriated

    No way Jose

  102. 102.

    realbtl

    February 2, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Glad to see you commenting more now that you are retired.  I always enjoy them.

    Liking retirement?

  103. 103.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    February 2, 2020 at 11:57 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    That does sound kinda gross tbh

  104. 104.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 3, 2020 at 12:02 am

    @realbtl: Dear god, I am not retired.  You must be confusing me with someone else.

  105. 105.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 3, 2020 at 12:04 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: And just like that she is on Austin City Limits.

  106. 106.

    NotMax

    February 3, 2020 at 12:04 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott probably put it best.

    :)

  107. 107.

    Repatriated

    February 3, 2020 at 12:05 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):

    Visualize whirled peas!

  108. 108.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 3, 2020 at 12:08 am

    @Repatriated: Speaking of mushy peas….

  109. 109.

    Gretchen

    February 3, 2020 at 12:10 am

    @PsiFighter37: I hate it when 49rs kick opposing team members in the head when they’re down.  They were ugly, spoiling to hurt the Chiefs.

  110. 110.

    Bruuuuce

    February 3, 2020 at 12:17 am

    @NotMax: It was even more fun to watch it happen TO Scotty.

  111. 111.

    ruemara

    February 3, 2020 at 12:23 am

    @PsiFighter37: Boy, I’m probably older than you by 15 years and I shake my booty to both those ladies on the reg. At least, when I haven’t sidelined myself pushing an SUV.

  112. 112.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 3, 2020 at 12:27 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Everyone knows carrots in guacamole are much better anyway.

  113. 113.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 3, 2020 at 12:28 am

    @ruemara: Stupid heavy SUVs.  How’re you feeling today?

  114. 114.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 3, 2020 at 12:29 am

    @mrmoshpotato: Don’t make me cut you.

  115. 115.

    ruemara

    February 3, 2020 at 12:31 am

    @mrmoshpotato: Getting better. MAnaged a good slow pace on the treadmill. that kinda wiped me out, but I feel the strength returning! I hope, Coulda just been delusions.

  116. 116.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 3, 2020 at 12:34 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Go on.  A good roasting with olive oil, salt, pepper and rosemary?

  117. 117.

    The Dangerman

    February 3, 2020 at 12:34 am

    I’ve watched ESPN after the game and the general consensus is that goal line play was a TD. It was obviously really, REALLY close either way (and if it had been called short, it wouldn’t have been reversed, and we would have been treated to the level of balls of Andy Reid, i.e., tie the game or try to get that last inch/foot/whatever). My guess, he kicks the FG, but I haven’t heard him say so.

    What’s fairly surprising is there are a pile of cameras at the Super Bowl and I have yet to see one with a clean look. In the end, one way or the other, play was going to stand as called.

  118. 118.

    mrmoshpotato

    February 3, 2020 at 12:35 am

    @ruemara: Good.  Hope they’re not delusions.

  119. 119.

    Amir Khalid

    February 3, 2020 at 12:52 am

    @HumboldtBlue: 
    Funny, I didn’t find The Miracle at Anfield at all heartbreakng.

  120. 120.

    Lyrebird

    February 3, 2020 at 12:53 am

    @PsiFighter37:

     

    Had to chuckle… how far past the biggest part of her career was Janet Jackson when she put Super Bowl halftime shows on the media map anyhow?  And still very beautiful.

    Says someone not that much younger than J Cole who does like tapioca and who will not mind if the concussion scandal ushers pro football into its proper place in history books.  Until that time… well, thanks Anne Laurie for the link, that was an awesome show!

  121. 121.

    Amir Khalid

    February 3, 2020 at 12:55 am

    @MoCA Ace:

    Okay, so which Kansas City do the Kansas City Chiefs come from?

    (Non-American here.)

  122. 122.

    smike

    February 3, 2020 at 12:57 am

    @clay: Yep. That was different…

  123. 123.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    February 3, 2020 at 1:07 am

    @Amir Khalid: The Missouri side. There is indeed a Kansas City, KS, but it’s much smaller. When people say “Kansas City,” they generally mean the one in Misery.

    ETA: I suppose I should say that the default assumption is that they mean the city in Missouri. If it’s Kansas City, KS, then one specifies that, because it’s the exception.

  124. 124.

    PJ

    February 3, 2020 at 1:07 am

    OT:  Points for consistency: back in 1972, when he was a youngster (30), Bernie argued that a vote for Humphrey over Nixon, or Johnson over Goldwater, was a wasted vote, and that people should vote for him instead:

    https://twitter.com/m_mendozaferrer/status/1224144498021847040

    https://twitter.com/m_mendozaferrer/status/1224144498021847040

  125. 125.

    MoCA Ace

    February 3, 2020 at 1:08 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    Kansas City, Missouri.  There is also a Kansas City, Kansas right across the river.  To be honest I knew the geography but I don’t follow the NFL all that much and I didn’t even catch that the team is from the Missouri side of the river.

    It was interesting to see how little respect the orange shitstain gets from his own voters.  He’s a moron and they know it.  All that matters to them is owning the Libtards.

  126. 126.

    Jerzy Russian

    February 3, 2020 at 1:08 am

    @Amir Khalid:

     

    Okay, so which Kansas City do the Kansas City Chiefs come from?

    The one in Missouri.

  127. 127.

    HumboldtBlue

    February 3, 2020 at 1:15 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    I was just being sympathetic as I am wont.

    You know, sensitive.

    Origi!

  128. 128.

    frosty

    February 3, 2020 at 1:24 am

    @clay: Maisie Williams? It’s like every celebrity no matter how famous no matter what for sez  “Get me in the Super Bowl!!!”

  129. 129.

    TriassicSands

    February 3, 2020 at 2:42 am

     

    @different-church-lady: 

    …there were no misspellings so Trump probably didn’t right it himself…

    His geography tutor wrote it for him.

  130. 130.

    WaterGirl

    February 3, 2020 at 3:14 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Dear god, I am not retired.  You must be confusing me with someone else.

    Oh, good.  For a minute there I was terribly confused.

  131. 131.

    WaterGirl

    February 3, 2020 at 3:16 am

    @Lyrebird:

    well, thanks Anne Laurie for the link, that was an awesome show!

    I think it’s TaMara you want to be thanking. :-)

  132. 132.

    Chris Johnson

    February 3, 2020 at 5:31 am

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Omnes, messing with somebody? Inconceivable ;)

  133. 133.

    Uncle Cosmo

    February 3, 2020 at 8:40 am

    @PsiFighter37:  Classic Neeners fan whining. Once again the refs hosed you, just like in SB47 with that defensive holding no-call at the goal line because it wasn’t holding, you moron**. Waaah waaah waaaaaaaaaaah. Go follow curling or Liverpool Untied or something & STFU.

    ** Ravens fan here. We took our loss like adults. Yinz Seven-Squared whiners need potty training.

  134. 134.

    Michael Cain

    February 3, 2020 at 9:55 am

    @PsiFighter37:

    Re the offensive pass interference…  It was one of the league’s “points of emphasis” this year.  Arm extended and elbow locked has been called offensive pass interference all season.  There were a ton of them called the first month while the receivers learned not to do it.  Zero chance that the refs would let this one slide.

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