Open Threads

Football

I am still reeling from the way the Steelers managed to snatch a tie from the jaws of victory against the Falcons on Sunday. Trent Lott and Democrats, you could learn something from this- When you play to not lose, you might just get what you ask for.

I also need some input from everyone. Why is it than when a team gets called for a false start, the official does the hand signal for fales start, and then states:

“Prior to the snap, false start, offense.”

Is there such a thing as a post snap false start? I thought only the offense could false start. Why don;t they just do the hand signal, and then say, “False Start, # 64, five-yard penalty?”

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Hunh?

Russia’s media expressed has shock over a remark by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-EU summit in which he urged a Western reporter asking about the war in Chechnya to come to Moscow and “get circumcised”.

Clearly something has to have been lost in the translation.

“But if you are prepared to become the most radical Islamist and prepared to get circumcised – I invite you to Moscow.

“We have specialists that deal with this problem. I suggest that you do such an operation that nothing grows out of you again,” Mr Putin reportedly said.

Again, hunh? Kinda makes you wish you could listen in on a Bush/Putin conversation. But just out of caution, I am staying the hell out of Moscow.

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R.I.P.- The term ‘Chickenhawk.’

R.I.P.- The term ‘Chickenhawk.’Post + Comments

Republicans and Abortion

Apparently Trent Lott is dumber than I think he is. Starting this culture wars crap is one way to alienate me, and I will make Barbra Streisand seem reasonable by comparison.

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Now Will You Admit It Was a Pep Rally?

And that it had an impact on the election?

As they meet, DFL pollster Paul Harstad is completing an overnight survey. Harstad finds that 73 percent of those interviewed agree that the memorial service went overboard — and 52 percent agree strongly. Furthermore, they are taking it out on Mondale.

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Why Should I Have To Pay For This Crap?

Bill Moyers, in all his glory:

Way back in the 1950’s when I first tasted politics and journalism, Republicans briefly controlled the White House and Congress. With the exception of Joseph McCarthy and his vicious ilk, they were a reasonable lot, presided over by that giant war hero, Dwight Eisenhower, who was conservative by temperament and moderate in the use of power.

Iraq war ‘could kill 500,000’