Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

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

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

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

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Bark louder, little dog.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

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

I really should read my own blog.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Their freedom requires your slavery.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

A Senator Walker would also be an insult to reason, rationality, and decency.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

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

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  2. 2.

    The Dangerman

    No rooting interest, no bets, not even any squares. Just want a good game

    ETA: On halftimes, I remember “Up WIth People”. Maybe I’m dating myself.

  6. 6.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Anne Laurie attempts to summon Raven….

    So I have successfully missed the pre-game interview? Yay me.

  9. 9.

    Mnemosyne

    @Omnes Omnibus: 

    Well, shows how much attention I’ve been paying. Shakira should be good, at least.

    I was hypnotized the other night by the sight of Green Day playing what was apparently a hockey halftime show? How does that even work when the game is 3 periods?

  12. 12.

    Jerzy Russian

    I caught bits of the pregame on the radio.  It was military this, military that.  I guess we are Klingons now?

  13. 13.

    The Dangerman

    OK, enough pageantry shit; let’s play ball.

    ETA: Tom Brady didn’t touch that ball, right?

  14. 14.

    MisterForkbeard

    I’m watching the game at my dad’s house, and I keep getting struck how I’m not the target audience for the game.

    For example, being intensely amused that there were 7 times as many cameramen as players on the field during the coin flip.

  17. 17.

    zhena gogolia

    We proved our case. Republican Senators now admit Trump is guilty as charged.Still, they blocked witnesses from testifying, and deprived the American people of a full accounting of Trump’s misconduct. Senators will now render judgement – and be held accountable for it. pic.twitter.com/VpSbBDofYL— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 2, 2020

  18. 18.

    ThresherK

    Count me disappointed that the Puppy Bowl didn’t include a fake (?) interview with a Draft King pundit about how to bet.

  21. 21.

    PsiFighter37

    No dog in the game – just hope for entertainment. I do think the Niners will win, though.

  27. 27.

    frosty

    Not a strong rooting interest, but in favor of the Chiefs. 1) they beat the Titans who knocked out my Ravens, so yay; and 2) 49ers knocked out the Packers, the only fan-owned team in the NFL, so boo.

  30. 30.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    Those who missed (or tuned out) the coin toss pageantry also missed seeing a Tuskegee Airman walking onto the field.

  31. 31.

    Soprano2

    I’m sitting in our bar in Missouri watching the game. It’s been pretty crazy here,  as you can imagine. One of our regular customers decided to have a party at the last minute, the asshole. We still have a decent crowd,  though.  I’m not a football fan but still say Go Chiefs!

  33. 33.

    Ohio Mom

    Oh so this is where everyone went!

    See you all later, sports hold no interest for me. I’ll hope your team wins (have no idea who is playing),

  38. 38.

    The Dangerman

    Well, that commercial seals it; the number of African Americans voting for Trump just doubled to … 2.

  40. 40.

    ThresherK

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism: In Trump’s presence?

    I hope this wasn’t another scenario like how “we” allowed Ali to be at the ’96 Atlanta Olympics opening, deep into his Parkinsons’, as some half-assed apologia to the treatment shown him as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War.

  41. 41.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Baud: “Trump signed a bill that Democrats have been pushing for years and Republicans have been waiting for a Republican president to sign” pretty much.

     

    I’m always struck that Republican have to pretend to have liberal positions to get elected.

     

    Also, the Chiefs have a throwing game, unlike the 9ers.

  44. 44.

    mrmoshpotato

    @MisterForkbeard:

    I’m always struck that Republican have to pretend to have liberal positions to get elected. 

    Well if the Rethuglicans were honest about their fuck-everyone-who’s-not-rich policies…

  45. 45.

    MisterForkbeard

    My brother brought his 5 year old to watch this, and he keeps yelling “WHO WON?!?!” every time anything happens.

     

    It was cute the first 4 times.

     

    I’m probably also annoyed that the Chiefs are doing well.

  53. 53.

    Anya

    jingoistic start now let’s see if the MAGA douche or one who committed domestic assault and battery, and possibly, physically abused his child wins.

  57. 57.

    La Gata Gris

    Both teams mascots suck. The “Chiefs” are nothing but moronic mockery of Native Americans no better than that of the Washington DC team. The 49ers were a bunch of genocidal brutes that thought raping Indian women, stealing Indian children, and burning down Indian villages was a super fun Saturday night past time. A pox on both their houses.

  64. 64.

    zhena gogolia

    Fun fact: I was born in Kansas City, Missouri. I haven’t got the slightest interest in the football team. That’s one of the reasons I no longer live there.

  66. 66.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:

    Kinda. If you’re not interested in football or food to pretty much the exclusion of anything else, there’s not much there for you.

  69. 69.

    MomSense

    I think The Rolling Stones halftime show is the only one that was completely live.  Usually the bands perform to pre recorded tracks, but the Stones refused.

    I can understand why the producers would want to record the shows.  They only have about six minutes to set it all up.

  71. 71.

    zhena gogolia

    Wow, Jennifer Rubin hit it out of the park yet again (sorry about the mixed metaphor):

    We always knew that two-thirds of the Senate was not going to vote to remove President Trump. However, if at the onset of the president’s impeachment trial, you had told me that the House managers would methodically prove to the satisfaction of any rational human being that Trump extorted a foreign government to announce baseless allegations against a political rival; would be able to tease out that the Trumpian Republican Party is now devoted to the notion that the president can do no wrong (at least no impeachable wrong) in pursuit of reelection; would reveal the utter spinelessness of Republican senators as accomplices to a coverup; and even manage to prove the proceedings not only illegitimate but not even a “trial” in everyday parlance, I would have said that was asking too much.

  72. 72.

    zhena gogolia

    @zhena gogolia:

    History will treat them all well and take note that when truth and constitutional government were on the line they did their jobs in exemplary fashion. That is “winning” by any legitimate measure. And for that we can say, well done.

  84. 84.

    Spanky

    Bring it.

    Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R), a recent Biden sparring partner, warned in an interview Sunday that congressional Republicans would likely call for the former vice president’s impeachment if he wins the White House in 2020, citing unfounded claims about his work in Ukraine.

    “I think this door of impeachable whatever has been opened,” Ernst told Bloomberg News. “Joe Biden should be very careful what he’s asking for because, you know, we can have a situation where if it should ever be President Biden, that immediately, people, right the day after he would be elected would be saying, ‘Well, we’re going to impeach him.’ ”

    (WaPo link)

    ETA the woman is an idiot, obviously, but I have no doubt she’s parroting what Republican Senators think.

  87. 87.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Baud: I was mind of hoping the 9ers would just blow them put of the water, but it’s been remarkably close the whole game.

  90. 90.

    Suzanne

    Mr. Suzanne is having some feelz, as his dearly departed grandmother “Nanny Rose” was a huge Niners fan and we very fondly remember how she, a little old Italian lady, would sit there and scream “GO NINEHS!” at the TV in her hilarious Brooklyn accent, complete with smoker’s cough. And because she didn’t live to meet Spawn the Youngest or his cousin’s daughter. Grief is a strange beast.

  97. 97.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    S.V. Dáte
    @svdate
    Donald Trump traveled to Florida this weekend for the express purpose of hosting a Super Bowl party at his golf club — which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars just to join. Who’s paying the $3.4 million travel and security tab? You are.

  112. 112.

    MisterForkbeard

    @mrmoshpotato: I thought it was touching. Had a fiancee pass suddenly about a decade ago, and having something like this where I could have just spoken and had it remember and organized ize would have been lovely.

     

    I kept a journal at the time and it was… hard? I don’t know, maybe I’m overthinking this.

  119. 119.

    Baud

    I like the tell myself that Shakira is a big FU to Trump, even though it’s probably just a commercial decision.

  120. 120.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Baud: Thanks. Sorry, didnt mean to bring the mods down in here. Point is – it’s sappy but even something like that is useful for grieving people.

     

    Also, this halftime show is nuts and not in a good way.

  128. 128.

    different-church-lady

    THE DUDE NEEDS GOOGLE TO HAVE MEMORIES. CREEPY. WHY DOES THIS NEED ‘SPLANIN’?

  129. 129.

    AndoChronic

    LMAO. I was at that Super Bowl, my one one, and hopefully last. I got in by giving a douche-bag scalper a $25 fake Rolex with a dead battery I bought on the streets of D.C. I still have the swag that was on my seat!

  137. 137.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @different-church-lady: 

    Dinosaur Sr czechsaaz
    Hey @Google will I miss my dead wife less if I give you every bit of personal data I can spare?

    am I the only one who thought they were trying to suggest google as  some kind of alzheimer’s therapy?

  146. 146.

    Suzanne

    I liked the halftime show. These things demand spectacle, and J. Lo and Shakira are some of the best in the business at that.

  155. 155.

    PsiFighter37

    Just saw the Bloomberg ad. He spent his money way, way better than Trump did for the 30 seconds.

  157. 157.

    Ruckus

    Took a 2 mile walk this morning and just now found at least one republican on twitter who said he is done with the republican party and is going to vote straight dem ticket – his words – right down to the dog catchers net mender.

    So my superbowl Sunday is now complete. And I didn’t have to watch crappy football or eat snacks that are far worse than not good for me. An almost completely salt free diet sucks all kinds of ways.

  158. 158.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Baud:

    They have fire-proof safes with key locks dude. I own one with a key lock

    Edit: I don’t care that much, tbh. If the ad is the same one I’ve seen on Youtube, the guy doesn’t sound that old anyway

  160. 160.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    tweets of the unexpected

    Jeb Bush @JebBush
    Best Super Bowl half time show ever.

    I remember his brother FEC chair, Michael Powell, son of Colin, waxing grundy-ish about the Wardrobe Malfunction of the Early Aughts

  163. 163.

    The Dangerman

    Oh, well, back to football.

    I assume New Orleans is bitching about the OPI call and non call in their game.

  169. 169.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Wait a minute, is this Al Pacino as some kind of Van Helsing hunting Nazi vampires?

    God I hope so

  171. 171.

    Tom Q

    @different-church-lady: I for one am totally with you.  I don’t need a frickin’ device to keep my memories for me.

    And, for the record, my wife of 28 years died seven years ago, so I have standing on this matter.

  175. 175.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Baud:

    Geez dude, no need to be so snarky. Anyway, my safe came with the keys attached to the handle with a plastic tie. For me, it’s not about security as it is about protecting important documents and personal effects from a natural disaster or a fire. The safe would need to be pried apart in the event of fire anyway

  178. 178.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Local man @BobbyBigWheel
    J. Lo is older than Ted Cruz

    @Spanky: with Bar gone all hell is breaking loose at Walker’s Point

  180. 180.

    Mnemosyne

    @La Gata Gris:

    I only found out fairly recently just how extensive the genocide was in California after gold was discovered here. The missions were bad enough, but at least they weren’t deliberately slaughtering people.

    A lot of people blame the missions for the native population of California nearly being wiped out, but it was the Gold Rush that was the true culprit.

  183. 183.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Ruckus:

    going to vote straight dem ticket – his words – right down to the dog catchers net mender. 

    Isn’t net mender an appointed position?

  184. 184.

    Jackie

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): My 99 yr old Dad wouldn’t be able to deal with that. He had me and my sisters to help him remember. Not all elders have someone. And, memorizing codes? Ha! I thought the commercial was sad – but realistic for those who don’t have family for help.

  186. 186.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Is DCL doing that? Or am I? People can do what they want. I just prefer having my pictures have hard copies and I see having a fire-proof safe as a better alternative to letting Google have access to them. I really do think we’re letting tech companies have too much control over our lives

  197. 197.

    MisterForkbeard

    @different-church-lady: Having been in that position, sometimes you don’t want to talk to people. Just being able to relate and remember is good… and the google ad was  basically like having a journal.

    Also, it’s not a big deal so can we please stop yelling about it and focus on how the 9ers just served the Chiefs?

  199. 199.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    He kinda looks like Tim Tebow. I remember when it was all the rage for (white) people in 2012 or so to kneel like that sanctimonious fraud did

  209. 209.

    different-church-lady

    @MisterForkbeard: Yeah, well that’s one of the things I found creepy about it: Google as a middle-man in your imaginary conversations with your departed loved ones. It made her more absent, not less.

  211. 211.

    Eric S.

    No real rooting interest.  My buddy did a voice over in the Kia commercial in the 3rd quarter. He was the stadium announcer.

  212. 212.

    gene108

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    John Eliss’s wife is Mexican. He knows Spanish.

    Early 2016 Republican primary had a bit of a Spanish speaking contest between JEB, Rubio, and Cruz…and now Trump…

    Anyway, looked up J-Lo’s & Shakira’s ages. Today is Shakir’s 43rd birthday. J-Lo. turned 50 last year.

    I am in between their ages and look old and decrepit, in comparison

  218. 218.

    MisterForkbeard

    @Baud: I heard a lot about the Chief’s defense before the game. They actually held the 9ers down in the first half but seem to have forgotten whatever it was they were doing.

    Having trouble with it now, though SF defense is having it’s own trouble now.

  227. 227.

    opiejeanne

    @different-church-lady: He has a dog. You have us. Mostly. I think.

    And dear God, the Twitterverse is full of idiots tonight, fighting over the Olay commercial and whether women are taking jobs from men. Started by a woman.

  228. 228.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Logan Wilber @ LoganCWilber
    I shouldn’t be able to guess your political views based on your halftime show opinions, yet, here we are…

    I can’t remember if it was last year or the year before, but I think it was Jeep that ran an ad about how we’re all Americans, all in this together, that was taken as an anti-trump ad. Super Bowl stuff has been politicized for a long time now

  229. 229.

    gene108

    @Baud:

    Don’t know, if it’s possible for men.

    Guys get famous for abs, eyes, arms, pecs, but rarely butts and legs.

  231. 231.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Yeah, I thought it was kind of lame. James Gunn wrote the script for that movie and has since apologized for it. Scrappy is a little annoying but he doesn’t deserve to be left for dead in the middle of the desert (a scene in the movie) by the gang, which was way OOC

  234. 234.

    debbie

    Well, I tracked down the Google ad. I didn’t find it creepy; I think some may be overreacting. It reminded me of the beginning of “Up.”

  237. 237.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @opiejeanne:

    Fun fact: You know incels? Femcels exist too and are just as toxic as their male counterparts, talking about Chads and Stacys. They have a very shallow worldview about relationships work (men only care about looks, etc)

  241. 241.

    opiejeanne

    @different-church-lady: Yeah, me too. I think I need something like that stuff to get this blood glucose thingie off of my arm. They use some mighty adhesive to make it stick for two weeks. Face cream or baby oil would help get it off

  242. 242.

    opiejeanne

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): That wasn’t her point. She said women needed to work harder if they want to get ahead and feminists just want more women in charge or something. It was nearly incoherent. She told a guy who argued that he needs to take a blue pill.

  250. 250.

    Peale

    Continuing my streak. I’ve not won a quarter, half or final score payout in the office super bowl game. 15 years running.

  252. 252.

    Bill Arnold

    @different-church-lady:

    I WILL NEVER BE HAPPY AGAIN AFTER THAT CREEPY FUCK AD.

    A friend who works at Google (quite smart software engineer) told me a couple of years ago that his job was basically to make sure that google never forgets things.
    He is probably now spinning up entertaining cover stories to respond to questions about that ad…. :-)

  256. 256.

    frosty

    @gene108: Damn! And my only good parts were butts and legs. That’s what happens when you’re a cross country runner.

  258. 258.

    opiejeanne

    @different-church-lady: Haha! Been there, done that. I had my appendix out three years ago, came home the next morning. Found two of them, one each night after I was allowed to take a bath. I thought the nurses got them all, but nope.

  273. 273.

    Jay

    @Mnemosyne:

    then they came north for the Fraser River Gold Rush. Two waves of robbery, ( the Salishan people already had gold panning, claims and trade with the Hudsons Bay Company) and genocide. One south from the Coast, one east to Merritt then west to the gold fields, when Britain shut down the Coast. Two or so million murdered, and open war which the British supressed news and the history of, for fears of losing British Columbia to the US.

    https://ronsdalepress.com/books/claiming-the-land/

    Brand new history tearing mythology a new one.

  275. 275.

    JMG

    The weirdest thing about this Super Bowl was that Google wasn’t the only commercial about people way older than 70-year old me. I didn’t think that was Madison Ave.’s prime demo.

  276. 276.

    Ruckus

    @opiejeanne:

    Leaving those things on too long is not fun at all.

    When I got my first ambulance ride in August the paramedics put on  the max number of pads, I think they call them 10 lead EKGs, got to the hospital and they used different pads. So I had on 2 complete sets of pads. No one took any of them off. And by the time I got home the hospital pads wanted to take skin with them. It was a good day. Of course I was in the VA hospital a day later and they had to put on another complete set that no one took off. The next day I had to go through the same process – again. Three full sets of patches in 3 days. Try that with hair. Which is growing back. Fun times. BTW the heart was fine.

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