Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

Republicans in disarray!

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

GOP baffled that ‘we don’t care if you die’ is not a winning slogan.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

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

“woke” is the new caravan.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

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Early Morning EDT Football (Soccer) Open Thread: Euro 2020 / Copa America

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(Pogba, I am told, is Muslim.)

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Copa America doesn’t seem to be getting much respect:

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  1. 1.

    mrmoshpotato

    Cristiano Ronaldo’s removal of two Coca-Cola bottles during a #Euro2020 press conference has coincided with a $4bn fall in the company’s value

    Good on ya, stock market!

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    germy

    Paul Gosar demands that all video be released.

    The Capitol Police say if that happens it'll help terrorists better plan next time.

    — emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 15, 2021

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    Amir Khalid

    At a press conference during the last Euros in 2016, Germany’s Shkodran Mustafi took offence at the beer bottle a sponsor had put in front of him. (It was Ramadhan, so as a Muslim he was fasting; and even if he had broken his fast for the tournament, he certainly wouldn’t want beer.) But when he pushed it away, he got a lecture for on sponsor’s rights. One rule for regular players and another for the superstars, I guess.

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    JML

    Some interesting matches today: Italy should get a real test against the Swiss, opportunity for Wales to show they can make the underdog run, and I’m really rooting for the Fins to stomp on Russia.

    Bit of a test for the Fins to see how they respond after the scary game against Denmark. They got the win, but you know their players were really impacted by Eriksen going down like that too.

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    WaterGirl

    Anne Laurie, I applaud you for doing these soccer posts!

    Does anyone know what happened with randhino (sp?)  The last thing I heard was maybe a year or two ago from Cole, and randhino (sp?) had been hurt in an accident or something.

    I can’t go back and check in Balloon Juice because I don’t know how to spell his name.

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    WaterGirl

    @cope: I don’t think that’s the person I am thinking of.

    This was a person who front-paged soccer posts on BJ whenever there was a big soccer tournament in Europe.

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    cope

    @Origuy: Thanks. I didn’t understand she was referring to a BJ poster (whom I actually remember), not an international player good enough to go by a single name.

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    tokyokie

    @Spanky

     

    As it happens, Coke owns Dasani and Smartwater brands. They should be able to spin this.

    Coke also acquired the Mexican sparkling mineral water Topo Chico a couple of years ago. Since then, it’s become easier to find — I used to have to go to the Hispanic supermarket to get it — but I doubt it’s available in Europe.

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