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Let's fight talk about sports.

Does Ochocinco tweet too much?

Tebow! Tebow!

Sneak peak at some of my "investments" this weekend - Denver Broncos (-3½), San Diego Chargers (+7), New Orleans Saints (-7), Manchester City (-1), Clemson (-3), Stanford (-10), Oklahoma (-3 1/2) and a Thursday night special - Miss St. (+4). (Entertainment purposes only.)

Open Thread.

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    Thinking a guy named "Ochocino" (5.00 / 2) (#4)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:46:25 PM EST
    (such a musical name) should be permitted unlimited tweeting.  But Urban Dictionary says he changed his name to his number and apparently "ocho cino" has another meaning.  So, no.  But I really don't care. Urban Dictionary

    Think Ochocinco has any idea (none / 0) (#15)
    by Anne on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:00:44 PM EST
    there's another meaning to his name?

    I'm guessing not.

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    I'm guessing (none / 0) (#19)
    by Zorba on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:13:21 PM EST
    not, too.  Who knew?  ;-)

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    Did the Patriots give the lamest (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by Anne on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:58:41 PM EST
    response ever to this from Tom Brady?

    ...the New England Patriots quarterback gave an impressive audition Wednesday when a reporter asked him during a locker room chat if he had a message to fans coming to Sunday's home opener in Foxborough, Mass., against the San Diego Chargers.

    "Start drinking early," Brady said. "Get nice and rowdy. It's a 4:15 game. They have a lot of time to get lubed up and come out here and cheer for their home team."

    The Pats' response?

    CBS News station WBZ-TV in Boston reports that the front office issued a toned-down clarification of Brady's remarks later Wednesday.

    "Stay hydrated," Brady said through a team spokesman. "Drink a lot of water, be loud, drink responsibly."

    Yeah, I'm sure that's what Brady really meant...

    The better response would have been, "Okay, it was a dumb thing to say, but, come on, he was just kidding around with reporters; Tom would never seriously suggest fans should come to the game drunk."

    [Note to self: don't contact the Patriots if looking for someone good at spin control.]

    The spokesperson could get a (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:00:58 PM EST
    job at White House.  WORM.  

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    Okay, that spin is lame (none / 0) (#45)
    by sj on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:10:09 PM EST
    But you have to admit it is so lame, it's funny.

    btw did you see this?

    Being almost a one-party city also favors incumbency. As a lifelong Democrat, I hesitate saying it, but we need some Republicans or Greens or other parties in on council to produce fresh thinking to address the city's problems.

    Democratic incumbents should be shaking in their boots right now.  They might end up wishing they had been primaried.

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    This is good: (5.00 / 4) (#26)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:36:49 PM EST
    Obama:  Social Security is "off the table."

    This is not content (5.00 / 1) (#48)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:24:43 PM EST
    Atrios wannabe....even though I probably wouldn't know about this until sometime tomorrow or the day after without you :)

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    What? (5.00 / 1) (#72)
    by gyrfalcon on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 12:30:39 AM EST
    "This is not content Atrios wannabe"?  No idea what you mean, MT.

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    It was yesterday (none / 0) (#80)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:06:02 AM EST
    And talking about this dialogue concerning Atrios that started years ago now.  He and his blog are popular because he was first, we all go there out of habit and he provides no content.  It is true that Atrios puts up the headlines and makes his comment or two.  And some people call that no content and I call it being some sort of affective blogger that keeps me coming back and coming back and coming back.  I don't comment, but who doesn't read Atrios?

    The other thing that I was told was that he was just milking his blog for the last dime he could get out of it, and that he doesn't put any real work into it.  I think he has more cows to milk though now, like his one cow that he neglected of course snuck out and had a night on the town and then had a baby or something, and then that wild neglected youngster cow got out and had a wild night and had baby, and he has almost half of a herd now :)  When will that damned worthless blog just finally die?

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    A conversation from yesterday (none / 0) (#91)
    by sj on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 01:56:03 PM EST
    Starts about here

    And, MT?  Perfect choice, for all the right reasons.  And again, you made me laugh.

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    I think oculus beat Atrios (none / 0) (#99)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:22:41 AM EST
    He put it up, but I think she beat him getting it up :)

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    But Medicare? (none / 0) (#47)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:22:53 PM EST
    Medicare is still considered a bargaining chip, though....

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    New Diary (5.00 / 3) (#31)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:12:16 PM EST
    here.

    I hope it doesn't sound like all
    i do is pi$$ and moan about health care... I also pi$$ and moan about college football.

    War Eagle!

    Georgia Bulldog fans, Pressure somebody to hire a coach. I'll do it, and I work for cheap!

    Jesus traitor (5.00 / 1) (#44)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:05:36 PM EST
    At least you aren't volunteering to coach football for minimum wage North of the Mason-Dixon line :)

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    UGA is rich! Hold out for more. (5.00 / 3) (#46)
    by Addison on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:15:43 PM EST
    Seeing as how University of Georgia has the second most profitable football team in all of college sports, I don't think you'd need to work for cheap! And yes, Georgia is 0-2 coming off a pretty miserable season. But they had Boise State and South Carolina as their first two games this year! If they lose to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers then maybe it's time to ditch Richt.

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    Uhhhh... I really stink as (none / 0) (#52)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:01:27 PM EST
    a coach... I'll take 800k per year, to make the UGA loyals feel good.

    But I'll tell you, my UGA team would beat Boise State. No question. Either that, or they'd run so many stadiums I'd use the light bill budget in a week.

    I'd make up for it by not washing their practice uniforms, etc., and no hot water during the week. there are ways to motivate, since people wouldn't allow me to hit them, lol! How about 6 hours of up-downs?

    Beatings will continue until there's a semblance of motivation, and a semblance of team.No I in team, but definitely an I in pain!


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    They have more than one Bulldog too (none / 0) (#54)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:14:09 PM EST
    Can you imagine that?  What a bunch of rich fakers.  They have them stashed all over the place so that they can have a fresh Bulldog close by all over the South or ready for travel.  Odom's Bulldogs told me :)

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    Counterfeit dogs. (5.00 / 1) (#56)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:20:44 PM EST
    I am appalled!

    But actually, I've read that those bullys don't travel well, especially if it's hot.

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    Close call Tuesday (5.00 / 4) (#34)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:24:57 PM EST
    Fire broke out about 3 miles away from where I stay.  The wind was blowing it away, but it's fricken damn scary driving home and seeing a big dark area in the direction you call home.  So all night we waited to see if the sea breeze was going to reverse the winds, freaky.

    The George Bush Park (senior) lost 1500 acres to fire.  Sucks, the park is huge and has all kinds of activities going on, including the Millie Bush Bark Park where I take my dog regularly.

    The city is on edge, more on edge would be more accurate.  The park is surrounded entirely by dense housing and had it been a normal park, and not a reservoir, it would have probably burned through many homes.

    It's a reservoir for when we get out normal rains this time of year, so there is a huge embankment around which allowed firefights to keep in contained.  But it's the lowest land in the city and dry as a bone.  3 times it has re-lit since Tuesday.  They think a cig butt was the culprit.  You think smokers were hated before...

    We have some 650 parks and now they are getting a band of volunteers going through and raking up leaves, pine needles, and sticks.

    I am really worried the city could get a serious fire.  We have a lot of green space and because of the drought, it's highly flammable brown space.  Big beautiful trees are dead everywhere, sad.

    Maybe now might be a good time to re-hash CO2 emissions, how many disasters this year and counting...

    Stay safe brother... (none / 0) (#87)
    by kdog on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 11:42:32 AM EST
    wish I could send ya some Northeast water...we're saturated.  Trees are uprooting cuz the soil is too wet.  

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    Last Night Another Re-Ignition (none / 0) (#89)
    by ScottW714 on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 12:49:03 PM EST
     ...and a dude on bike was spotted leaving the area.

    They are tracking him down, I hope no on is so dumb as... never mind, they are that dumb.

    I would not want to be the guy convicted of arson in Texas right now.

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    I wouldn't wanna be.. (5.00 / 2) (#90)
    by kdog on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 01:05:26 PM EST
    convicted of anything in Texas...ever!  I'm way too pretty:)

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    Medal of Honor winner gets to have a beer with the (5.00 / 1) (#39)
    by republicratitarian on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:43:15 PM EST
    President.

    The things I'd ask or say if I had that opportunity.
    Actually, I don't know what I'd say.

    I do... (none / 0) (#88)
    by kdog on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 11:44:39 AM EST
    I'd say that alcohol will kill ya, then quote The Dude....

    "Mind if I do a jay?"

    And when the pres says "yes I do mind", do it anyway, then get pummelled by the Secret Service:)

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    I could see you doing just that (none / 0) (#98)
    by republicratitarian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:15:53 AM EST
    I wonder if they would still let you visit TalkLeft from Guantanamo?

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    I'm full of sh*t... (none / 0) (#100)
    by kdog on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:24:29 AM EST
    more likely I'd chicken out and just sneak one in the crapper like the Beatles in Buckingham Palace before meeting the queen.

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    Maybe if you didn't inhale you'd be ok (none / 0) (#102)
    by republicratitarian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:53:55 AM EST
    I never heard the story about the Beatles.

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    It's in dispute... (none / 0) (#103)
    by kdog on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 11:01:29 AM EST
    John said they did, Paul & George said they didn't.

    Ringo said he couldn't remember and that leads me to believe they did.

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    It would be a waste if they didn't, why bother? (none / 0) (#104)
    by republicratitarian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 11:44:08 AM EST


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    Medal of Honor awardee Dakota Meyer (5.00 / 2) (#61)
    by christinep on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 09:06:06 PM EST
    We talk about the profile and look of courage, and JFK even authored his famous evaluation of "Profiles in Courage."  Watching PBS recap the bravery leading to this Marine's Medal of Honor recognition today, my husband & I fell silent. How a singular soldier places so many before himself, saves so many lives in Afghanistan with the expectation of loss of his own & in furtherance of a common purpose is a matter not learned by rote nor in books.  What a stupendous effort on his part...and, more wondrous, what humility he evidences in the face of it all. How will his life unfold, I wonder....

    I totally agree, I haven't seen the PBS recap, (none / 0) (#101)
    by republicratitarian on Sat Sep 17, 2011 at 10:25:03 AM EST
    but I read about it online. Incredible story.

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    Man...I didn't watch (5.00 / 2) (#68)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 10:37:12 PM EST
    that dumb debate.  I wouldn't do that to myself, hurt myself deliberately like that :)  But I did just see a clip of Bachmann whippin Perry.  I was about to start feeling sorry for him, she'd bloodied his nose and she was blacking his eyes in the abstinence and children our precious and glorious ring.... he was speechless.  She pounded him speechless and then after winning she stepped on her own foot and punched her own self out.  Now that's a damn shame :) What a mess

    This is not cool (5.00 / 1) (#82)
    by CST on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:29:43 AM EST
    It's downright cold

    "Tonight could bring first frost of season"

    Say whaaat?  At least it's only in Western MA, but still.  Oh summer, you were nice while it lasted.

    Thank god (none / 0) (#84)
    by jbindc on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:44:52 AM EST
    I was SO over summer a month ago.  Thrilled to wear long sleeve shirts and sleep with the windows open.

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    I cannot like Tim Tebow (none / 0) (#1)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:40:52 PM EST
    I hope he chokes as bad and as often as John Elway.  God knows he's pretty enough to do it in Elway style....and really....God knows Tim Tebow is pretty enough

    Good thing he's pretty (5.00 / 1) (#63)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 09:16:14 PM EST
    'cause, bless his heart, he's a few bricks shy of a load.  The elevator doesn't quite go to the top.  Not the sharpest knife in the drawer...

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    He fell out of the (5.00 / 1) (#85)
    by Zorba on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:45:28 AM EST
    stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down?  He's one taco short of a combination plate?  (Or, as I like to say, one spanakopita short of a mezedakia platter.)

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    Yes and yes. (5.00 / 0) (#92)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 07:51:37 PM EST
    A few Paczki (mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Paczki) short of a dozen you could say.  

    The poster boy for home schooling and a <university name redacted> education!  

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    And (none / 0) (#93)
    by CoralGables on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 09:29:32 PM EST
    being paid millions to watch a game with a baseball hat on his head. If only I had his skills. I'd take that job in a heartbeat.

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    The Sarah Palin of football. (none / 0) (#94)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 09:55:30 PM EST
    Like Sarah, his adventures this Summer (the golf, the "book" tour, the not working out with a QB guru) didn't exactly endear him with the organization.  The baseball hat is the best he can hope for as long as Fox and Elway are calling the shots. He better enjoy it while it lasts.  

    Unless, of course, they decide to be a player in the Luck sweepstakes...

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    by my calculations (none / 0) (#95)
    by CoralGables on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:18:30 PM EST
    if he never plays another down the Broncos will pay him 7.7 million dollars. A damn nice payday if you ask me, and far better than nearly all the other 63 quarterbacks in the NFL that are wearing baseball caps on Sundays. And yes this next statement is a bit of a shot...he's collecting much more than Colt Brennan who went unclaimed in the United Football League. (okay that was mean)

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    No worries. (none / 0) (#96)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:50:39 PM EST
    I'm not Donald and I don't live on the Islands and I don't follow Warrior football.
     

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    I do like (none / 0) (#97)
    by CoralGables on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 11:11:26 PM EST
    Hawkeye football, even though when I referred to them as "that yellow team" at the Outback Bowl Parade one year a six year old Hawkeye fan almost bit my head off. I gave her the gold beads my daughter and I had collected and exchanged them for her blue ones as a peace offering.

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    I am a bigot (none / 0) (#2)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:42:49 PM EST


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    Yes you are. Just enjoy the view and (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:44:07 PM EST
    ignore the bible verses, if he is still doing that.  

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    Okay sexual objectifier :) (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:48:05 PM EST


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    I don't even watch football! (none / 0) (#6)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:49:29 PM EST


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    It's like opera: tight pants, liquored up crowd... (5.00 / 3) (#11)
    by Dadler on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:58:25 PM EST
    ...prima donna stars.  Different songs, that's all.  Check it out.

    Ahem.

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    I can't bear unhappy endings. (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:08:10 PM EST


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    I want to see a line of people painted (5.00 / 1) (#33)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:16:45 PM EST
    with "Rigoletto" on their guts. I guess they'd have to use green, though, right?

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    Red for Pagliacci (5.00 / 1) (#43)
    by Dadler on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:01:00 PM EST
    The clown logo on their helmets would be nice.

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    Aida, Act IV, scene 7. (5.00 / 1) (#51)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:58:06 PM EST


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    Listening to the victory (none / 0) (#53)
    by jeffinalabama on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:04:24 PM EST
    march on youtube now.

    I had forgotten how compelling Joe Green's music can be.

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    Slow, but I got it. Clever. (none / 0) (#71)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 11:39:18 PM EST


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    You have to be able to track (none / 0) (#7)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:56:11 PM EST
    where the football is on the field :)

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    You have to care. (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:57:27 PM EST


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    What if it's Michigan playing? (none / 0) (#10)
    by jbindc on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:57:49 PM EST


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    I don't watch Michigan either. (none / 0) (#13)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:59:14 PM EST
    Sometimes I listen to game.  Did learn an avid fan had a heart attack during Notre Dame last week.  Watched fourth quarter from ICU at Univ. Hospital.  Good think Mich. won or he probably would have died in ICU.  

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    That was terrible (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by jbindc on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:00:09 PM EST
    But at least he was in good hands at U of M hospital!

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    Does anybody playing (none / 0) (#17)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:02:01 PM EST
    have a butt like Tony Dorsett's?  I really miss that

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    "You might also like this." Weird. (none / 0) (#23)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:25:16 PM EST


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    I think once (none / 0) (#29)
    by jondee on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:45:42 PM EST
    you win a Super Bowl, you're offially off the choke artist list for life.

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    There is always one forgiver in every pitchfork (none / 0) (#30)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:02:07 PM EST
    crowd, years of pain and suffering forgiven in one instant of brief happiness.

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    try being a Buffalo fan (5.00 / 1) (#32)
    by jondee on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:15:47 PM EST
    it gives you a sense of perspective.

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    I can top that (none / 0) (#77)
    by jbindc on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 07:21:04 AM EST
    Try being a Lions' fan since birth, which was after they won their last championship.

    It's been a really long dry spell.

    But, after last week, things might be looking up a bit!  :)

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    You can always enjoy (none / 0) (#86)
    by CoralGables on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 11:34:40 AM EST
    some Marv Levy docufiction with
    Between The Lies featuring quarterback Kelly James.

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    Elway???? (none / 0) (#59)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 07:08:56 PM EST
    Let me see... went to 5 and won 2....

    heh

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    Gotta credit the guy though (5.00 / 2) (#62)
    by brodie on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 09:09:55 PM EST
    His two SB wins came in his last two appearances once they brought in Shanahan, and second he left the game early when he was still at the top of his game.  He actually left one or two SB rings on the table since his surrounding cast mostly was still intact.

    So I have to applaud Elway for his football exploits even as I despise his Repub political attitudes.

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    You hate Tim (none / 0) (#66)
    by CoralGables on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 10:14:40 PM EST
    because he wore an orange and blue that was different from your preferred shade.

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    Bruschi's right (none / 0) (#9)
    by lyzurgyk on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 02:57:41 PM EST
    Brady throws for 500 yards and Ocho only gets 14.   Clam up and learn the offense, 8-5.  The better quote was Tom Brady telling the Pats fans to get "lubed up" for the Charger game.  Woo hoo!

    The NFL lines look awfully tough with only one week of games to go on.   Don't see anything I love.  Think I'll take the Texans and buy it down to -2.5.   Second pick would be Buffalo.

    "Doonesbury" has been having a (none / 0) (#21)
    by Anne on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:22:50 PM EST
    field day with this, for sure; the strip has appeared every day this week in my paper, the Baltimore Sun.

    What's so hilarious isn't so much the juicy tidbits being revealed, but the way the character - Roland Hedley, the reporter for Fox - has been taking these tidbits and massaging them for Fox to report on.  The push-up bra comment?  Roland decides on: "Book: As mayor, Palin used every tool in kit."

    Trudeau is still as good as ever at slicing and dicing these nitwits.

    The Washington Post (none / 0) (#36)
    by Zorba on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:34:24 PM EST
    (which I normally call "The Washington Compost," but I may have to rethink that sobriquet, at least briefly) is also running the Doonesbury Palin book strips.

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    Chicago.. (none / 0) (#38)
    by jondee on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:41:53 PM EST
    or the U of Chicago, for all the wingnut media talk about "Chicago politics", seems to have been a regular petri dish for neocon cultures: Wolfowitz, Chalabai, Allen Bloom, Leo Strauss; and the list could go on, I'm sure. I think that influence radiates outward to some extent.

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    Who ever thought (5.00 / 3) (#41)
    by Zorba on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:56:21 PM EST
    that "Chicago politics" were about left-wing ideology?  Not those of us who grew up in the area.  "Chicago politics" was about power, and staying in power, no matter what it took.  And the University of Chicago was the birthplace of the Milton Friedman's "Chicago school of economics" free market, monetarist economic ideology.

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    What place (none / 0) (#65)
    by Rojas on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 09:28:13 PM EST
    or time or people or party spawned citigroup?
    On any rational scale capone and daley just arn't on the charts.

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    Well, if you want to go back far enough, (none / 0) (#83)
    by Zorba on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:41:20 AM EST
    New York City gets the honor.  Citi was originally City Bank of New York in the early 1800's.  Of course, now Citigroup is a sprawling conglomeration of many banks and financial corporations.  But you can blame New York and the early Nineteenth Century.

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    Had to be a U of M guy. (none / 0) (#25)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 03:27:32 PM EST


    Hey! (none / 0) (#76)
    by jbindc on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 07:20:04 AM EST
    We're not supposed to care about whom other people sleep with!

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    Explanation? (none / 0) (#35)
    by Addison on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:31:32 PM EST
    LSU is going to win by double digits. Mississippi State couldn't even beat Auburn (or lose by 4 to them, for that matter). The Bulldogs' passing game isn't good enough to make up for the fact that they will have no effective running game to speak of. Also, a tiger could beat a bulldog in a fight (this strategy worked in predicting the LSU-Oregon game). Can you explain your reasoning?

    Mad Hatter (5.00 / 1) (#40)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:54:10 PM EST
    will keep it close with some lunacy.

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    Nah. (5.00 / 1) (#42)
    by Addison on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:00:37 PM EST
    I've heard rumors that LSU staff sneak into stadiums the night before and spray lithium on the field so that when Les eats the grass he get a dose.

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    Ochenta y Ocho (none / 0) (#37)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 04:39:46 PM EST
    I was wondering what if a team wanted him that retired the number 85, that idiotic move could have cost him a nice little chunk of change.

    Or he could change his name to Ochoidiota, far more accurate then eight five.

    I'm still enjoying the Jeremy Brett (none / 0) (#49)
    by observed on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:28:14 PM EST
    Sherlock Holmes episodes.
    I read that that series was very faithful to the original stories. There are some interesting value judgments contained in some of the episodes.
    Anyone know about legal aid in (none / 0) (#50)
    by observed on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 05:50:13 PM EST
    Indiana? My sister's housecleaner was here today, and she is being forced out of the house she is buyinng. IANAL, but I don't think what is happening is legal. She's a very hardworking single mother with two kids and a deadbeat divorced dad.
    I am not a lawyer, and this (none / 0) (#55)
    by Towanda on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:15:55 PM EST
    is not legal advice, etc.

    But:  She could look for a local pro bono Legal Aid Society like one in my city, bless them, and/or look to a local campus with a law school for such a group.  A lot of campuses have Tenants' Rights Organizations and also offer advice on other issues.

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    Thanks. I wasn't looking for legal (none / 0) (#57)
    by observed on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:30:49 PM EST
    advice.. just where to look.
    There are two campuses in this town---I'll check it out.

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    Good. (5.00 / 1) (#78)
    by Towanda on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 08:42:06 AM EST
    And I know that you weren't looking for legal advice, but I just had to say that, so that Jeralyn would not have to do so. :-)

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    And call local bar association for (none / 0) (#70)
    by oculus on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 11:37:20 PM EST
    referral re legal aid, pro bono, volunteer lawyers, etc.

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    Carville (none / 0) (#58)
    by Ga6thDem on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 06:46:16 PM EST
    with more advice for Obama:
    What should the White House Do?
    Fire, indict, fight. (none / 0) (#64)
    by brodie on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 09:25:06 PM EST
    I like it.  FIF.

    Obama will need to do more than just deliver a spirited stump speech, especially if he's out there having to talk about and defend a decision to chip away at Medicare.

    Carville is always is good for colorfully getting down to the essence of the problem.

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    Yeah (none / 0) (#73)
    by Ga6thDem on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 06:17:33 AM EST
    I especially liked the part where Carville is talking about the possibility of a crazy person being the next president. You would think that would be enough reason for Obama to do something....

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    Crazy man... (none / 0) (#75)
    by Rojas on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 06:49:46 AM EST
    I sit in front of the television and shudder at the thought of one of these..... Wall-Street-protecting Republicans running my country.

    Just crazy....

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    you know what? (none / 0) (#67)
    by The Addams Family on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 10:19:30 PM EST
    if Obama does these things, I will move to Ohio for as long as necessary for me to vote there for him in 2012

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    Yeah (none / 0) (#74)
    by Ga6thDem on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 06:18:50 AM EST
    but the problem is that Obama seems dead set on continuing to shoot himself in the foot unfortunately.

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    Oops...our children are precious typo (none / 0) (#69)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 10:39:07 PM EST


    Interesting blog post about Elway, Tebow and Orton (none / 0) (#79)
    by magster on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 09:16:26 AM EST
    That sounds like something this blog tells us everyday about Obama.

    I was trying to read (none / 0) (#81)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Sep 16, 2011 at 10:25:23 AM EST
    But seriously, is there any other blogger out there who people attempt to document and define the history of like they do Armando?  There is Armando 1.5 through 3, there is caterpillar to butterfly via Jeralyn Armando, and there is alter ego BTD?  I didn't even know it was an alter ego.  People are transfixed.  I hope he doesn't go on Survivor next because the money offered is just too much to turn down.  That would be too much, I just couldn't do it :)

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