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Ivan Fedorovich Choultse, "Soir d'Automne, Bois de Boulogne" (n.d.)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 12:02 PM

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1 Found the nuclear fireball!

Posted by: rickl at September 30, 2015 11:59 AM (zoehZ)

2 Oneth again?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 11:59 AM (LUgeY)

3 Shazbot. I'll fetch the others.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 11:59 AM (LUgeY)

4 Big trees in North Dakota.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:00 PM (LUgeY)

5 Gorgeous!

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:00 PM (hUdMz)

6 In my yoot, I'da been climbing all over that tree.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:01 PM (LUgeY)

7
Translation: Air Burst Over Paris

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (9mTYi)

8 How pretty.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (FsuaD)

9 It's obviously a rapey rape tree.

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (TSVhl)

10 I love this picture!!!

Posted by: Lea at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (vmMMi)

11 Bolton bitch-slapping Choom Boy on Outnumbered.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (FsuaD)

12 WSJ/NBC poll, Trump down and only one point ahead of Carson, Rubio in 3rd.

Pope Francis met with Kim Davis and urged her to stay strong in her faith. Libs who keep forgetting the Pope is Catholic hardest hit.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (ljZD2)

13 Yeah, but somebody has to rake up the leaves.

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (TSVhl)

14 In my yoot, I'da been climbing all over that tree.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Skinny dipping in the river.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:02 PM (9mTYi)

15 Trust the Ents to help out when push comes to shove.

Posted by: Nip Sip at September 30, 2015 12:03 PM (jJRIy)

16 Years ago, we had a kitteh who loved diving in fall leaves.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:03 PM (FsuaD)

17 Pope Francis met with Kim Davis and urged her to stay strong in her faith

Did he give her any carbon credits?

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 30, 2015 12:03 PM (TSVhl)

18 Ahhhhhh. Stressful day so I needed that.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at September 30, 2015 12:03 PM (RD7QR)

19 Yeah, but somebody has to rake up the leaves.

Leaf blower... Blow them into the neighbors yard...

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:04 PM (hUdMz)

20 I don't see the sni

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 30, 2015 12:04 PM (WiU5D)

21 Looks like some of the pictures I have been loading for wallpaper. I always try to load a scene corresponding to the season and that pic say "fall" all the way.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (t2KH5)

22 Leaf blower... Blow them into the neighbors yard...
Posted by: donna
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Germany?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (9mTYi)

23 Yeah, but somebody has to rake up the leaves.
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Let it burn.

Posted by: Roy at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (VndSC)

24 Translation: Air Burst Over Paris

Alternate title: Missing Malaysian Airliner.......

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (D5XRv)

25 Yeah, but somebody has to rake up the leaves.

I say Nay! Nay!

Posted by: Owners pf Giant Fans & Big Extension Cords ... at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (qOsoH)

26 >>16 Years ago, we had a kitteh who loved diving in fall leaves.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:03 PM (FsuaD)

When I was a kid, I would take the leaves into a pile next to the boat and the dog and I would jump in. It was fun.

Posted by: Lea at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (vmMMi)

27 Box of Baloney?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (0yhH4)

28 I always try to load a scene corresponding to the season and that pic say "fall" all the way.
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Only in the U.S.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (9mTYi)

29 And then Choom Boy tossed a cig into the leaves...

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:06 PM (FsuaD)

30 "WSJ/NBC poll, Trump down and only one point ahead of Carson, Rubio in 3rd."

Oh joy. So the top three slots are The Combover That Walked Like A Man, Colin Powell M.D., and Chuck Schumer's Ventriloquist Dummy.

I should have skipped the drip coffee today and gone direct to the intravenous drip of Val-U-Rite.

Posted by: torquewrench at September 30, 2015 12:06 PM (noWW6)

31 Thanks. During the coming burning times I'll remember that idyllic scene.

Posted by: Daybrother at September 30, 2015 12:06 PM (DBWLT)

32 20 I don't see the sni

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 30, 2015 12:04 PM (WiU5D)

Winner

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 30, 2015 12:06 PM (gW5Vg)

33 Rake! Why is auto correct so convinced that real words should be different words???

Posted by: Lea at September 30, 2015 12:06 PM (vmMMi)

34 Horse Boy is droning.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:07 PM (FsuaD)

35 Kerry is surrendering to Russia in Syria at the UN right now. So we got that going for us.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:07 PM (/tuJf)

36
Oh joy. So the top three slots are The Combover That Walked Like A Man, Colin Powell M.D., and Chuck Schumer's Ventriloquist Dummy.

I should have skipped the drip coffee today and gone direct to the intravenous drip of Val-U-Rite.

At least it's not jeb!

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:07 PM (hUdMz)

37 33 Rake! Why is auto correct so convinced that real words should be different words???

Posted by: Lea at September 30, 2015 12:06 PM (vmMMi)

Because...Patriarchy.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 30, 2015 12:07 PM (gW5Vg)

38 Kerry just said, "Let me be clear."

And Russia quakes in its boots.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (FsuaD)

39 Trees....

French trees no less...

SMELL the culture baby

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (g8Hfr)

40 I found AllenG!

Posted by: Waldo at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (WiU5D)

41 36: "At least it's not jeb!"

It's still not too late for the GOPe to mess it up.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (4nmNX)

42 28 Only in the U.S.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:05 PM (9mTYi)

Well since it has been 38 years since I had to go out of the country I only worry about the US.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (t2KH5)

43 Rake! Why is auto correct so convinced that real words should be different words???

Pardon my tech ignorance (since I still have a dumbphone) but can't you turn off auto-cucumber or at least teach it new words?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (LUgeY)

44 41 36: "At least it's not jeb!"

It's still not too late for the GOPe to mess it up.

Damn, You harshed My mellow...

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:09 PM (hUdMz)

45 I'm glad that Jungle John Kerry is finally paying off for his KGB handlers from the 70s

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:09 PM (g8Hfr)

46 Pope Francis met with Kim Davis and urged her to stay strong in her faith

You know, when Francis was given the opportunity to address Congress, he could have mentioned this, and the outrage of Kim Davis being arrested and cuffed. But no, he preferred to wail about climate change.

Back in the day, the pope was just another European ruler, with an army, territory, etc. But nowadays, it seems that the pope is just another leftist hack.

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 30, 2015 12:09 PM (TSVhl)

47 44: "Damn, You harshed My mellow..."

At your service Madame.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 30, 2015 12:09 PM (4nmNX)

48 Kerry just said, "Let me be clear."

And Russia quakes in its boots.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (FsuaD)

Nobody lets you be clear, Kerry. You have to pay us a whole shitload of money for the privilege.

Posted by: Scientology at September 30, 2015 12:09 PM (0yhH4)

49 I love this one.

Posted by: Moderate Salami, weeping for our dead Republic at September 30, 2015 12:10 PM (/Ho8c)

50 You know, when Francis was given the opportunity to address Congress, he could have mentioned this, and the outrage of Kim Davis being arrested and cuffed. But no, he preferred to wail about climate change

That's what I thought.... Chicken shit met in private....

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:10 PM (hUdMz)

51 >>Pardon my tech ignorance (since I still have a dumbphone) but can't you turn off auto-cucumber or at least teach it new words?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (LUgeY)

Probably? The weird thing is that it's very good of making sense of gibberish. But it doesn't think 'rake' is a proper word.

Posted by: Lea at September 30, 2015 12:10 PM (vmMMi)

52 Don't they teach these photographers in photography 101 not to point your camera directly at the sun?

Posted by: NotCoach at September 30, 2015 12:10 PM (rsudF)

53 Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich has scored 10 goals in the last 3 matches. Now has personally scored more goals than all but 7 teams in the German league.

Bayern players and smoking hot WAGs showed up for Oktoberfest festivities in Munich this week. Beer and cream puffs for everybody!

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:10 PM (ljZD2)

54 Go ride a bike, Kerry.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 30, 2015 12:11 PM (FsuaD)

55 I would love to have been a fly on the Kremlin wall when Kerry announced that we would be conducting "incredibly small" air strikes in Syria. That must have gotten a good laugh.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:11 PM (/tuJf)

56 Go ride a bike, Kerry.

Preferably off a cliff...

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:11 PM (hUdMz)

57 >>Kerry just said, "Let me be clear."

Wonder when Kerry and Obama are gonna figure out that this is a big ol' "tell" that they're about to drop some major b.s.?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2015 12:11 PM (NOIQH)

58 Jeb in 5th, behind Carly.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:12 PM (ljZD2)

59 West Paris. Brings back bittersweet memories. Also last time I ever drank an entire bottle of cognac.
Pro tip: Even French cigarettes will go out if you are sitting in a chair in the rain.

Don't ask.

Posted by: Daybrother at September 30, 2015 12:12 PM (DBWLT)

60 And then Choom Boy tossed a cig into the leaves...

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And blamed it on the tea party.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at September 30, 2015 12:12 PM (XUKZU)

61 Lovely selection, rdbrewer!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2015 12:12 PM (NOIQH)

62 OOh, Samantha Power broke out the pink pen. She must be serious.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:12 PM (/tuJf)

63 I'm seeing a huge push for Rubio lately.

It's almost if he was the GOPe Plan B all along.

I just got back from five days in WI. Spent most of it in Minoqua, went to their Beef-o-Rama festival, then down to Green Bay for the Monday night game.

Amazing how little liberal and leftist bullshit there is out in the real world.

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (ZvKdv)

64 60:"And blamed it on the tea party."

We didn't start the fire....

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (4nmNX)

65 "Please convey to Vladimir I'll have more flexibility after my next election."

Posted by: Capt. Kickass at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (FsuaD)

66
Trees....

French trees no less...

SMELL the culture baby

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:08 PM (g8Hfr)

I love marching in the shade.

Posted by: German Infantry Battalions at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (UBLhq)

67 When I was a kid, I would take the leaves into a pile next to the boat and the dog and I would jump in. It was fun.
Posted by: Lea
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Playing in leaf piles was standard fare when I was a kid.
'Progressive' society and technology have robbed childhood of its innocence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (9mTYi)

68 And trumpetdaddy outs himself as a soccer fan. Tells you everything you need to know right there, doesn't it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (0yhH4)

69 Lovely selection, rdbrewer!

Seconded. I won't even complain about not having a skeleton that pops out.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (LUgeY)

70 Oh, my.

Sun rapes the leaves.

The leaves rape the ground.

The ground rapes the tree.

Such violence.

Posted by: @PeeteySDee at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (B77dy)

71 Like the art today a lot.

The tree is America, the leaves are what made her great.

Winter is coming and there is no Spring.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at September 30, 2015 12:14 PM (7RXcs)

72 Wow. Vox strikes again. They manage to be both hacks and idiots like no one else.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 30, 2015 12:14 PM (gW5Vg)

73 Pardon my tech ignorance (since I still have a dumbphone) but can't you turn off auto-cucumber or at least teach it new words?

You can both teach auto-correct new words and remove the stupid words you never use.

As to why it doesn't think "rake" is a real word, you probably didn't type "rake", you typed "gake" or something and it guessed take because it's more commonly used than rake.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:15 PM (jhqr1)

74 I just walked down to the border fence, but there were no volleyball games going on.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat, referring to the burger ad in the sidebar at September 30, 2015 12:15 PM (v9d0Z)

75 Wow. Vox strikes again. They manage to be both hacks and idiots like no one else.

What now?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (D5XRv)

76 This Boys of Balogna paitning blows the shit out of that crappy Van Gogh from the other day. Not even in the same ballpark.

That said, if I wanted to look at trees I'd just go outside.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (zc3Db)

77 "And trumpetdaddy outs himself as a soccer fan. Tells you everything you need to know right there, doesn't it?"

Yes. I have great taste and appreciate the best game God ever saw fit for Man to invent. Have played and coached for years and years.

Glory, glory, Man United!

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (ljZD2)

78 So, while I was gone: How many people did trumpetdaddy convince to abandon Trump?

Oh, none?

But, he's kept up the same stupid "don't you all know Trump is a liberal/can't be trusted/will destroy America, etc., etc." BS all the same?

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (ZvKdv)

79 Alternate picture title: "88mm Gun Position Covering the Stream "

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (hhirG)

80 Even French cigarettes will go out if you are sitting in a chair in the rain.
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Shakes out a dry Gauloises for Daybrother.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (9mTYi)

81
So, is Dead Storm Joaquin going to evoke memories of Thuper Thorm Thandy amongst the climate warming faithful?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (VLTL9)

82 Seconded. I won't even complain about not having a skeleton that pops out.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (LUgeY)

Well, if your skeleton could pop out, then you could slither under Kate Upton's door. So there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (0yhH4)

83 "I would love to have been a fly on the Kremlin wall when Kerry announced
that we would be conducting 'incredibly small' air strikes in Syria.
That must have gotten a good laugh."

The UK press are reporting that the newly arrived Russian contingent are conducting air strikes which are incredibly large. With a metric shit-ton of very nasty ordnance -- cluster munitions -- and with no apparent concern for civilian casualties.

The first order of business for Ivan? It's not bombing the Islamic State. It's comprehensively wiping out the "moderate Syrian resistance" to Assad which Barky so expensively attempted to train and arm. And at this rate of application of raw firepower, it's going to take about five days to finish them off.

Oh, that wet sound you just heard was Juan McLame overflowing his Depends again. You know how fond he is of those "moderate" Syrians.

Posted by: torquewrench at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (noWW6)

84 You know, when Francis was given the opportunity to address Congress, he could have mentioned this, and the outrage of Kim Davis being arrested and cuffed. But no, he preferred to wail about climate change.

Back in the day, the pope was just another European ruler, with an army, territory, etc. But nowadays, it seems that the pope is just another leftist hack.
Posted by: OregonMuse

"You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems." .....Pope John Paul II

Posted by: Daybrother at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (DBWLT)

85
You can both teach auto-correct new words and remove the stupid words you never use.

As to why it doesn't think "rake" is a real word, you probably didn't type "rake", you typed "gake" or something and it guessed take because it's more commonly used than rake.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:15 PM (jhqr1)

I've taught my IPhone auto-cucumber lots of new words, like "SMOD" "SCOAMF" "cockholster" and "squeekhole".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2015 12:17 PM (UBLhq)

86 Pope Francis met with Kim Davis and urged her to stay strong in her faith.

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I heard a story one time about some famous author or actor who got a scathing review from some critic. Later, after another performance, he happened to be standing in the men's room next to the critic. The critic told him that he had been wrong and that his latest work proved him a great whatever. The artist thanked him but said tht in the future he would prefer to be complimented in public and insulted in private.

Maybe Pope Frank should be a little more circumspect about his public and private remarks.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at September 30, 2015 12:17 PM (XUKZU)

87 What now?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (D5XRv)

http://tinyurl.com/ohu2gc4

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 30, 2015 12:17 PM (gW5Vg)

88 You know, when Francis was given the opportunity to address Congress, he could have mentioned this, and the outrage of Kim Davis being arrested and cuffed. But no, he preferred to wail about climate change.

The Pope's spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny meeting with Davis. We only have Davis saying she met with the Pope.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:17 PM (jhqr1)

89 zerohedge says the Teamsters are looking for a meeting with Trump.

Considering Trump wants to crack down on illegals and is in favor of ditching or modifying free trade agreements that aren't 'fair', he might be their best candidate.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 30, 2015 12:18 PM (AC0lD)

90 Yes. I have great taste and appreciate the best game God ever saw fit for Man to invent.

Baseball, then?

Posted by: SkyNet can spell its own name! at September 30, 2015 12:18 PM (9krrF)

91 I'm conservative, I swear. Look, just because I love futbol (that's soccer for you flyover rubes), hate guns, love taxes and adore Obama, doesn't mean I'm any less conservative than Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: Trumpet Daddy at September 30, 2015 12:18 PM (0LHZx)

92 This Boys of Balogna paitning blows the shit out of that crappy Van Gogh from the other day.
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Coffee spew

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:18 PM (9mTYi)

93 Look fuckers, I'm exhausted trying to figure out what you friggin morons are trying to type. If you'd lose some weight, your fingers wouldn't be so fat and we wouldn't have these misunderstandings all the time. Capisce?

Posted by: Autocucumber at September 30, 2015 12:18 PM (WiU5D)

94 "I just walked down to the border fence, but there were no volleyball games going on."

Perhaps they were all off playing soccer, with the thousands of soccer balls that Glenn Beck personally delivered to the poor Guatemalan and Salvadorean waifs as they streamed north.

Posted by: torquewrench at September 30, 2015 12:18 PM (noWW6)

95 Quiet. Just wait, it's coming.

Posted by: mojo at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (OmBeX)

96 Switching out one genocidal computer sock for my usual genocidal robot sock.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (9krrF)

97 "We only have Davis saying she met with the Pope."

No. The Vatican confirmed it a little bit ago. There are photos.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (ljZD2)

98 And trumpetdaddy outs himself as a soccer fan. Tells you everything you need to know right there, doesn't it?

You misspelled "kickball."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (LUgeY)

99
Trump / Trumpka 2016 - All Trump, All the Time!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (VLTL9)

100
Yes. I have great taste. it is only exceeded by my modesty. I could talk about it for hours.

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 12:20 PM (326rv)

101 I see the sock puppet is at work again. Dude, do please try to be funny, yes?

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:20 PM (ljZD2)

102 Soccer: football for pussies.
Rugby: football for Englishmen.
Aussie Rules: a controlled riot, followed by a good slosh.
NFL: Corporate Games

Posted by: mojo at September 30, 2015 12:22 PM (OmBeX)

103 Awesome!! My poster of Jon Boehner just arrived. I love that 1 day delivery from Amazon. Now I have the entire RINO collection.

Posted by: Trumpet Daddy at September 30, 2015 12:22 PM (0LHZx)

104 Speaking of autocorrect, have you trained your AI to recognize foreign words like Weltanschauung or Gleichschaltung? Or the common french phrases that appear here and there to add an international flavor to blog commentary.

Two words popular with elite pundits. Google's online spell check built into the browser already knows those words but you have to search google for the word to get to a thesaurus; i.e. it's not built into the spellcheck.

Addons and extension to your favorite word processor are another area for exploration. Presuming you have the time, and like to play with words.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 30, 2015 12:22 PM (BPBUF)

105 98 Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (LUgeY)

Kickball that will quit keeping score in 50 years IMHO...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:22 PM (g8Hfr)

106 "It's charging right at us!"

Posted by: mojo at September 30, 2015 12:22 PM (OmBeX)

107 You misspelled "kickball."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:19 PM (LUgeY)

I'm Canadian. My Brit heritage causes me to use those antique English terms sometimes. But it's still a silly game.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (0yhH4)

108 The Pope's spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny meeting with Davis. We only have Davis saying she met with the Pope.

According to the story, a Vatican official and her lawyer confirmed it.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (D5XRv)

109 Kickball that will quit keeping score in 50 years IMHO...

Given what passes for scoring, I'm amazed they bother now.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (9krrF)

110 I see the sock puppet is at work again. Dude, do please try to be funny, yes?

Posted by: trumpetdaddy

Attempt #1: Everyone listen to me!! You are all naive, extremist, nativist, istists. I command You!!

SO...You're all turned off about Trump now, right?

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (326rv)

111 I have great taste and appreciate the best game God ever saw fit for Man to invent.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:16 PM (ljZD2)

Soccer didn't need Man in order to be invented. The game bans the use of the opposable thumb, which means that Man is about the only creature that can foul in soccer and he can only foul if he acts like a Man. That's pretty much all anyone needs to know about soccer.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (zc3Db)

112 Soccer is a good sport for kids

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (IfSin)

113 mob killed a 50-year-old Muslim man and severely wounded his 22-year-old
son in a northern Indian village over allegations they had eaten beef

Aren't we all glad we don't live is such a sh*t hole...

Posted by: Colin at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (Espnc)

114 Attempt #2: I will now AMAZE you and add to my street cred talking about soccer.

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 12:24 PM (326rv)

115 I'm conservative, I swear. Look, just because I love futbol (that's soccer for you flyover rubes), hate guns, love taxes and adore Obama, doesn't mean I'm any less conservative than Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: Trumpet Daddy

OK. That was the funneh.

Posted by: Daybrother at September 30, 2015 12:24 PM (DBWLT)

116 I've taught my IPhone auto-cucumber lots of new words, like "SMOD" "SCOAMF" "cockholster" and "squeekhole".

My Win 7 auto-cucumber app blushes regularly. It was strangely resistant to "goatfucker." Had to type that in several times before it got the clue.

"Boobehs," by comparison, was a one-time thing.

It's alive...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:24 PM (LUgeY)

117 Wow. this one is amazing. Love the light.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Liker of Arts and Stuff at September 30, 2015 12:24 PM (RwwCT)

118 "I've taught my IPhone auto-cucumber lots of new words, like 'SMOD' 'SCOAMF' 'cockholster' and 'squeekhole'."

Amazing how often they are all used in the same sentence.

Posted by: torquewrench at September 30, 2015 12:24 PM (noWW6)

119 109 Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (9krrF)

Given the PDA that's shown for the rare GOOOOOAAAAAALLLL I'd say it will be featured in playgirl.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:24 PM (g8Hfr)

120 After a nearly two month hiatus, I just got The Call to get back into streaming sportscasts for HS football. Not sure when/where my first game will be, and I've never done football before, but I'm on the roster, which is all I can ask. Basketball season not far away, and I'm hoping for a jam-packed winter of hoops, gotta get in "game shape".

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (2cS/G)

121 112 Soccer is a good sport for kids
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (IfSin)

________

No, no, no. It's a sport for enlightened people like me. You silly flyover crazy rubes just can't appreciate the awesomeness of a 0-0 tie where every 12 seconds someone falls to the ground and writhes in pain for 6 minutes afterwards. Then magically gets up and plays the rest of the game perfectly fine once the red card is issued.

Posted by: Trumpet Daddy at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (0LHZx)

122 108 The Pope's spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny meeting with Davis. We only have Davis saying she met with the Pope.

According to the story, a Vatican official and her lawyer confirmed it.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (D5XRv)

It seems like it was all done very quietly.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (88fBD)

123 19 Yeah, but somebody has to rake up the leaves.
Leaf blower... Blow them into the neighbors yard...
Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:04 PM (hUdMz)

Wait for the government to do it.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (oKE6c)

124 >>As to why it doesn't think "rake" is a real word, you probably didn't type "rake", you typed "gake" or something and it guessed take because it's more commonly used than rake.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:15 PM (jhqr1)

Wrong. I typed rake just like this and it is still trying to change to take.

Posted by: Lea at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (vmMMi)

125 112 Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (IfSin)

4 year olds that can barely walk let alone run maybe...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (g8Hfr)

126 I just converted "The Devil's Dictionary" to .dic format

Posted by: mojo at September 30, 2015 12:26 PM (OmBeX)

127 mob killed a 50-year-old Muslim man and severely wounded his 22-year-old
son in a northern Indian village over allegations they had eaten beef

Aren't we all glad we don't live is such a sh*t hole...

Posted by: Colin at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (Espnc)

Just wait until I get my claws on Michael Douglas...

Posted by: zombie Cecil at September 30, 2015 12:26 PM (0yhH4)

128 "
Soccer is a good sport for kids"

One of my kids played Kickball this summer. 6 games. All 0-0 ties.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:26 PM (dOD0J)

129 Watching Moo sock others and call them RINOs might just be a sign of the apocalypse.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:26 PM (/tuJf)

130 I have to go spend money I don't have. ~~Seize~~ Enjoy the day Le horde.

Posted by: Daybrother at September 30, 2015 12:26 PM (DBWLT)

131 120 Posted by: LincolnTF at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (2cS/G)

Congrats Linc...

hope things work out.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:27 PM (g8Hfr)

132 Soccer didn't need Man in order to be invented. The game bans the use of the opposable thumb, which means that Man is about the only creature that can foul in soccer and he can only foul if he acts like a Man. That's pretty much all anyone needs to know about soccer.

And you can lose and still advance in a kickball tournament. That's just wrong on so many levels.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:27 PM (LUgeY)

133 112 Soccer is a good sport for kids
Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Dice at September 30, 2015 12:23 PM (IfSin)

Sure, hitting the ball with your head is a great idea. Because we've got so many IQ points we can afford to lose a couple with every header.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:27 PM (oKE6c)

134 "Soccer is a good sport for kids"

It absolutely is. Cardio, teamwork, coordination of your eyes and feet, constant motion and on-the-fly thinking from the players, no pads, only 17 rules, clock constantly running.

It's an even better game for adults for those reasons.

That fact that most of the top 10 most valuable sports franchises on the planet are soccer clubs isn't an accident. It's a great game, amateur and professional.

The Manchester United-Liverpool regular-season match last week drew a bigger TV audience than the Super Bowl.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (ljZD2)

135 One of my kids played Kickball this summer. 6 games. All 0-0 ties.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:26 PM (dOD0J)

Pitchers duel.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (oKE6c)

136 The only problem with Trump is he might not fire someone. That is a main reason to elect Trump. He might fire a Lois Lerner or Jamie Gorelick instead of giving them a golden parachute. The effect of Trump's administration would likely be as conservative as Huckabee's or Rubio's or even Jindal's. Because even Ronald Reagan had trouble firing people. (Yay fired gold brick ATC). Next to impossible with civil service rules. If anyone can find a way around the brass hats it would be Trump.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (I0sxh)

137
That looks more like a autumn morning than an evening. I think the painter is lying.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (ODxAs)

138 Thanks, Sven.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 30, 2015 12:29 PM (2cS/G)

139 What we need is a real conservative leader like Jeb. A leader who created common core, think states should ban guns, quadrupled spending on education as governor and believes anyone in the world has the right to move to America.

That is conservatism you fucking rubes, not the nonsense you people talk about like limited government and low taxes.

Now if you'll excuse me my futbol game is about to go into penalty kicks.

Posted by: Trumpet Daddy at September 30, 2015 12:29 PM (0LHZx)

140 It seems like it was all done very quietly.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 30, 2015 12:25 PM (88fBD)

Wouldn't want to cast a critical light on his best buddy in social justice, Obamao, would he?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:29 PM (0yhH4)

141 134 Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (ljZD2)

Communism had at peak 32% of human population living under it....

doesn't mean it was a great SYSTEM.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:29 PM (g8Hfr)

142 The Manchester United-Liverpool regular-season match last week drew a bigger TV audience than the Super Bowl.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (ljZD2)

But for the important part: who won the gang fight outside the stadium?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:30 PM (oKE6c)

143 The UK press are reporting that the newly arrived Russian contingent are conducting air strikes which are incredibly large. With a metric shit-ton of very nasty ordnance -- cluster munitions -- and with no apparent concern for civilian casualties.

Given that Russia has no qualms about acting much closer to the "total war" line than we do, how did they get their butts handed to them in Afghanistan? I get that our equipment is better, and our troops in general are better (though their very best and our very best are much closer in skill and capability than I'm comfortable with), but the opfor is still crap compared to both Russia and the US.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:30 PM (jhqr1)

144 Soccer? Pffft
I'd rather watch Rugby; burly men doing manly things.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 30, 2015 12:30 PM (BPBUF)

145 Watching paint dry is more exciting than Socialist Soccer teaching the children how to pursue Government Benefits.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:30 PM (PJ0bc)

146 70 Oh, my.

Sun rapes the leaves.

The leaves rape the ground.

The ground rapes the tree.

Such violence.
Posted by: @PeeteySDee at September 30, 2015 12:13 PM (B77dy)
==========
It's The Circle of Rape...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (iQIUe)

147 What happened to Mr. Moo Moo?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (dOD0J)

148 "But for the important part: who won the gang fight outside the stadium?"

Same as who won the match. United, of course. Fuck the Scousers.

What's the best year in Liverpool club history? Next year.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (ljZD2)

149 Kickball in three minutes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppt7NdIj_yg

Turn the sound off.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (LUgeY)

150 The Manchester United-Liverpool regular-season match last week drew a bigger TV audience than the Super Bowl.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:28 PM (ljZD2)

Meh. Local access cable shows in China probably draw larger audiences than the Super Bowl.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (zc3Db)

151 "drew a bigger TV audience than the Super Bowl"
Soccer is as interesting to watch on TV as Golf. What I would like to see is (sedentary worker) companies requiring workers to play soccer twice a day for 15 minutes. No showers.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (I0sxh)

152 143 Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:30 PM (jhqr1)

Perversely Russia can go weapons free and by reflex the Democrats and US media will refuse to report on it...

we probably should have subcontracted Afghanistan to the Russians as much as possible...

Jungle John Kerry would have backed their actions by reflex.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:32 PM (g8Hfr)

153 Wrong. I typed rake just like this and it is still trying to change to take.

Apologies.

I'm curious now. What phone is this? I'm guessing it's older and has limited space for a large corpus for its dictionary.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:33 PM (jhqr1)

154 Soccer is a sport that anyone in a slum can play. That's why it's the #1 sport in the world. When you have 2 billion people living in abject poverty all around the world, it kinda makes sense that a sport requiring no money will be popular.

Kinda why you don't see too many golf super stars from Brazil while Brazil has the best soccer (err excuse me futbol) players.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:33 PM (0LHZx)

155 But they're bombing in the manner of Janghis Khan.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:33 PM (PJ0bc)

156
I'm giving two thumbs up to Bloodline. However, I dont think that Florida is that pretty all the time. But it is nice to look at. Where are all the criminals? All the race riots?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 30, 2015 12:33 PM (iQIUe)

157 Soccer is the failure theater of sports. Lots of movement with almost no effect.

Posted by: Willy J. at September 30, 2015 12:34 PM (GfSPN)

158 Center holds the ball!!

Center still holding the ball!!

Still holds it!!!!

Holds it!!

Holds it!

Holds it

Holds.....

zzzZZZzzzz

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:34 PM (dOD0J)

159 148 "But for the important part: who won the gang fight outside the stadium?"
Same as who won the match. United, of course. Fuck the Scousers.
What's the best year in Liverpool club history? Next year.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (ljZD2)

I lived in Europe for many years, and used to dread home soccer matches. The place would be inundated with drunken gang members marching down a main street, arms linked, bellowing and spoiling for a fight with ... anybody. And that was only ONE of the gangs; there would inevitably be another doing the same thing someplace else.

Great sport. We need it here. We could make the Bloods and the Crips two of the first franchises.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:34 PM (oKE6c)

160 Interesting that Brazil also has the best Indy car and Formula 1 drivers, too, given your theory about poverty and sports success. Because auto racing is for poor people, yes?

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:34 PM (ljZD2)

161 Guys I'm totally conservative. Which is why my wet dream is for America to be just like England. Just like Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: Trumpet Daddy at September 30, 2015 12:35 PM (0LHZx)

162 The Manchester United-Liverpool regular-season match last week drew a bigger TV audience than the Super Bowl.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy
--------------------

I always consult Anglo/European values before reaching my own conclusion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:35 PM (9mTYi)

163 They have really cool chants at some Soccer games.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:36 PM (PJ0bc)

164 154
Soccer is a sport that anyone in a slum can play. That's why it's the #1 sport in the world.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:33 PM (0LHZx)

Exactly. Before soccer, the number #1 sports in the world were tag and 'hide and seek.'

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 30, 2015 12:36 PM (AC0lD)

165 >>Kinda why you don't see too many golf super stars from Brazil while Brazil has the best soccer (err excuse me futbol) players.

Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet and a boat load of other F-1 drivers come from Brazil. Senna is amongst the best ever. And it costs one hell of a lot more to get in the F-1 game than it does golf.

It's not all about money.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:36 PM (/tuJf)

166
Scousers

I love these new words
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qdsarks

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 30, 2015 12:37 PM (BPBUF)

167 Hide and Seek should be at the Olympics.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:37 PM (PJ0bc)

168 "how did they get their butts handed to them in Afghanistan? "
It's not the equipment. It's the officers and NCOs. Take all the quality people Obama has drummed out of the US military, give them Russian equipment and a reasonable time to train with it, they would kick ass. Putin is using elite troops the equal to any in the world. US had better quality in non-elite troops.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:37 PM (I0sxh)

169 When I mean Brazil has "the best" F1 racers, what I really mean is 2 of the top 20 drivers in the world are from Brazil while about 5 or 6 - including the top 3 - are from Germany.

Forgive my math skills, I learned math the common core way, which was created by my hero El Jebbie.

Posted by: Trumpet Daddy at September 30, 2015 12:38 PM (0LHZx)

170 'Interesting that Brazil also has the best Indy car and Formula 1
drivers, too, given your theory about poverty and sports success.
Because auto racing is for poor people, yes?"

Who owns the cars?

My guess if they are owned by or are sponsored by Petrobas, the U.S. Tax Payer helped out a bit.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:38 PM (dOD0J)

171 What happened to Mr. Moo Moo?

Posted by: Tim
--------------------

We milked him for all his was worth.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:39 PM (9mTYi)

172 Hide and Seek should be at the Olympics.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:37 PM (PJ0bc)

Tag is banned, though. Too nasty.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:40 PM (zc3Db)

173 Eat Mor Chikn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:40 PM (PJ0bc)

174 It's not all about money.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:36 PM (/tuJf)

Brazil is like most countries in Latin America. Vast numbers of people in relative poverty, and a few super-rich. So the soccer/F1 dichotomy is not at all surprising.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:40 PM (0yhH4)

175 Soccer is a sport that anyone in a slum can play. That's why it's the #1
sport in the world. When you have 2 billion people living in abject
poverty all around the world, it kinda makes sense that a sport
requiring no money will be popular.

Yep. It's why polo has never taken off.

Soccer has another advantage: it takes zero athletic ability or skill to play. To play well, yes, but not to play at all, and have fun. Six year olds can run around squealing and kicking madly, absolutely bereft of skill, and yet have fun.

Contrast the American sports: baseball, football, and basketball. If you can't catch, throw, and hit the ball at least to some extent, baseball is no fun. Football (touch) is almost entirely passing, so if you can't throw a spiral and accurately lead a receiver, and/or he can't catch the ball (future DB), football is no fun. Basketball, same thing: you have to be able to shoot to some extent or it's boring.

Compare tennis with racquetball. Tennis is no fun until and unless you can serve and return service. But racquetball is fun from minute one: killing the ball takes skill, so unskilled players have rallies that go on and on as long as they're willing to run.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:40 PM (oKE6c)

176 OK Horde, fess up, which of you was this?

https://twitter.com/CBCStephenQuinn/status/649117955536588800

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 30, 2015 12:41 PM (9krrF)

177 Ace, we need to have a year-end tournament to determine the biggest leftist circus act of 2015. Here suggestions. Please offer your own:

1. Ahmed the Clock Maker.
2. The Woman Who Ran a Marathon With a Bloody Period.
3. Rachel Dolezal, the Caucasian Black Woman.
4. The "Infrastructure" myth after the Philadelphia AMTRAK crash.
5. The Baltimore Riots and the foulups of the Mayor/Attorney General.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 30, 2015 12:41 PM (YqcVw)

178 Sock puppet, please.

I"m pimpin' for Rubio now that my man, Walker, bailed. Get it right.

Who are the highest paid team-sport athletes in the world? That's right, soccer players. Best-looking WAGs, too.

Hell, ever defenders pull some serious chicks. Ask Gerard Pique.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:41 PM (ljZD2)

179 "Brazil also has the best Indy car and Formula 1 drivers"
Motivation and selection by merit. Bad drivers get killed. Works everywhere it has been tried.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:41 PM (I0sxh)

180 Hide and Seek should be at the Olympics.

If you look at the history of the Olympics, there have been worse suggestions, and worse events to actually take place.

Eg take a breath of air, then swim as far as you can go underwater before resurfacing. Majesty! Ratings gold!

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:42 PM (jhqr1)

181 "biggest leftist circus act of 2015"
Hillary

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:43 PM (I0sxh)

182 Soccer is a sport that anyone in a slum can play.

You would think that even slum dwellers like using their hands, though.

Soccer is just unnatural.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:43 PM (zc3Db)

183 164 154
Soccer is a sport that anyone in a slum can play. That's why it's the #1 sport in the world.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:33 PM (0LHZx)
Exactly. Before soccer, the number #1 sports in the world were tag and 'hide and seek.'
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 30, 2015 12:36 PM (AC0lD)

Now the Middle East has come up with a new sport: clock building.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:43 PM (oKE6c)

184 ....and that is how 'choking the racoon' entered the horde's lexicon.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 30, 2015 12:43 PM (BPBUF)

185 Before soccer, the world's number one sport was bobbing for apples. Those were the days!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:43 PM (zc3Db)

186 163 They have really cool chants at some Soccer games.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:36 PM (PJ0bc)

The Horst Wessel song was pretty cool too.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (oKE6c)

187 Do they have McDonald's in India?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (PJ0bc)

188 If nobody in Europe played soccer, liberals wouldn't give a fuck about it. But since it's the Euro sport, they have to embrace it. They don't give a shit about the game itself, they just want to embrace it to show how much better than the rubes they are.

Trumpie Baby is the perfect embodiment of it.

But he's like totes conservative and stuff.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (0LHZx)

189 Huh, I was going to ask about the podcast. Then the thread disappeared.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (eytER)

190 >>Brazil is like most countries in Latin America. Vast numbers of people in relative poverty, and a few super-rich. So the soccer/F1 dichotomy is not at all surprising.

That's true but soccer is also the national sport in the UK, France, Germany, etc. It is not all about poverty although that is a draw for certain areas.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (/tuJf)

191 Pod and then Nod.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (rwI+c)

192 I would title that, 'Deja Vue'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (9mTYi)

193 Motivation and selection by merit. Bad drivers get killed. Works everywhere it has been tried.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:41 PM (I0sxh)

Toldja.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (oKE6c)

194 Unfortunately, after the apocalypse, soccer will most likely be the only game.

Posted by: GBruno at September 30, 2015 12:45 PM (u49WF)

195 But for the important part: who won the gang fight outside the stadium?
Posted by: Jay Guevara

Outside? They have gang fights IN the stadiums.

And who can forget the Colombians murdering one of their own players.

Now THAT'S entertainment.

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 12:45 PM (326rv)

196 184 Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 30, 2015 12:43 PM (BPBUF)

My secret is safe...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (g8Hfr)

197 The Horst Wessel song was pretty cool too.

I saw some England v Germany game where the England side sang, "If you won the war, sta-and up!" Then every England supporter stood up in unison.

Master trolling.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (jhqr1)

198 Do they have McDonald's in India?

They do indeed. You haven't lived until you had a McAloo.

About the only food in India that won't give we western devils the runs.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (eytER)

199 And who can forget the Colombians murdering one of their own players.

Now THAT'S entertainment.

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 12:45 PM (326rv)

If it had been in Uruguay they would have eaten the guy, too ... also without using their hands.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (zc3Db)

200 It's as if millions of hamsters cried out in agony, then were suddenly silenced.

I fear something terrible has happened to the Podcast thread.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (LUgeY)

201 My kids both played soccer and both quit because they got bored of it. They both still do gymnastics and one of them plays tennis and has some real potential (come on scholarship!!). So they are into sports, but just not a "sport" where all you do is run around aimlessly for 2 hours.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (0LHZx)

202 The amazing AoSHQ time machine strikes again.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:47 PM (9mTYi)

203 Did you see the woman in OK who was chased by the cops, rolled a car 4 times, and still managed to run like hell before they nabbed her.

Then there was the chick who crashed a stolen car on the Oakland SF Bridge and managed to jump in the Bay and swim away.

I propose the Criminal Olympics!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 30, 2015 12:47 PM (iQIUe)

204 Soccer is as interesting to watch on TV as Golf.
What I would like to see is (sedentary worker) companies requiring
workers to play soccer twice a day for 15 minutes. No showers.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:31 PM (I0sxh)

When I was in grad school two French guys used to play singles tennis at lunch in the summer, then come back into the lab - without benefit of a shower.

How very sophisticated.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 12:47 PM (oKE6c)

205 Pan to left and you'll see Barry riding his unicorn.

Posted by: Fritz at September 30, 2015 12:47 PM (UzPAd)

206 This is one of the nicest paintings yet. Thanks so much for finding them. I could watch this one for hours enjoying the color and working out the details. Wonderful technique. And it beats the hell out of paying attention to the damn news.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2015 12:47 PM (FvdPb)

207 How about that kickball referee that pulled a gun? How close did he come to pulling the trigger?

Civilized behavior. We has it.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:48 PM (dOD0J)

208 If nobody in Europe played soccer, liberals wouldn't give a fuck about it. But since it's the Euro sport, they have to embrace it. They don't give a shit about the game itself, they just want to embrace it to show how much better than the rubes they are.

Trumpie Baby is the perfect embodiment of it.

But he's like totes conservative and stuff.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (0LHZx)

You nailed that one, Moo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 30, 2015 12:48 PM (0yhH4)

209 Unfortunately, after the apocalypse, soccer will most likely be the only game.

Mayan Football.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 30, 2015 12:48 PM (rwI+c)

210 I saw some England v Germany game where the England
side sang, "If you won the war, sta-and up!" Then every England
supporter stood up in unison.

Master trolling.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:46 PM (jhqr1)

So I say again: who won the gang fight outside the stadium?

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 12:49 PM (oKE6c)

211 So they are into sports, but just not a "sport" where all you do is run around aimlessly for 2 hours.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew

I'll have you know that soccer has the same aim and vitality as one of my posts........What?

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 12:49 PM (326rv)

212 But he's like totes conservative and stuff.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:44 PM (0LHZx)

*snort* The irony.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 30, 2015 12:49 PM (rwI+c)

213 "I saw some England v Germany game where the England side sang, "If you
won the war, sta-and up!" Then every England supporter stood up in
unison.

Master trolling."

Absolutely. In 10 days, USA will play Mexico to earn the right to play in the Confed Cup tournament in Russia. USA fans will be happy to remind the Mexico fans the score of the last several USA-Mexico matches, in Spanish. Dos a cero. Dos a cero. Dos a cero.

You haven't truly trolled unless you troll in the trollee's native language.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:49 PM (ljZD2)

214 LOL. The comment about being first on a new thread to have it disappear just ... disappeared.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:50 PM (zc3Db)

215 That Carl's Jr. ad is mesmerizing.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Weep in Victory at the Outrage Outlet! at September 30, 2015 12:50 PM (hLRSq)

216
I commented on the podcast thread. Pfftt!
"Now I have guilt."

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at September 30, 2015 12:50 PM (oDq0R)

217 That Putin guy is just as bad as Bush because he hates persons of color and lied to Presdent Obama. Bush is probably telling Putin what to do to make him look bad !

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at September 30, 2015 12:50 PM (EIFYf)

218 The popularity of soccer surged in Europe in the 30s and continuing into post WW2. Let's see what was happening in the 30s, 40s and early 50s in Europe.

Oh right, there was a depression a war and post war poverty for 25 years.

And you say soccer got popular during this time when the great masses were poor? Weird.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:51 PM (0LHZx)

219 Podcast thread just went *POOF*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 30, 2015 12:51 PM (VPLuQ)

220 You can get a jump on listening to the podcast @ http://ace.mu.nu/archives/359252.php

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 30, 2015 12:51 PM (rwI+c)

221 That Putin guy is just as bad as Bush because he hates persons of color and lied to Presdent Obama. Bush is probably telling Putin what to do to make him look bad !
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT

These are funny, and spot on.

They would be a whole lot funnier if they didn't sound exactly like most of the brain dead beautiful people in this pisshole of a state.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 30, 2015 12:51 PM (326rv)

222 And who can forget the Colombians murdering one of their own players.

Now THAT'S entertainment.

MANY soccer players have been killed by their own people.

A star player for Mexico was killed in his home village for scoring an own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup during a match against the US.

Saddam Hussein's son tortured football players for losing. They dragged people through a gravel pit and then dumped them into a sewage tank. They forced guys to kick a concrete soccer ball around with no shoes on, etc.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:52 PM (jhqr1)

223 "Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at September 30, 2015 12:50 PM (EIFYf)

Did you or Dorcus come up with that one?

Anyways, good try!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and unimproved. at September 30, 2015 12:52 PM (dOD0J)

224 Speaking of Kim Davis, I am surprised that no one else has attempted to do something similar.

The federal courts have no legal authority over inventing new types of marriage, and were other to follow in Ms Davis's footsteps it would have been a powerful (and the constitutionally intented) response to judicial over reach.

It would require guts, but the minute you get a governor to tell the feds to buzz off on an issue like this one you have achieved the model of government intended by the Constitution.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2015 12:52 PM (X7E8f)

225 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 30, 2015 12:51 PM (VPLuQ)

Good to know I wasn't hallucinating.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 30, 2015 12:52 PM (GDulk)

226 Absolutely. In 10 days, USA will play Mexico to earn the right to play in the Confed Cup tournament in Russia. USA fans will be happy to remind the Mexico fans the score of the last several USA-Mexico matches, in Spanish. Dos a cero. Dos a cero. Dos a cero.

You haven't truly trolled unless you troll in the trollee's native language.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:49 PM (ljZD2)

________

You're a bigger moron than I thought. When the USA plays Mexico in CA, 90% of the fans are cheering for Mexico. You'd think an uber soccer fan like you would know such things.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:52 PM (0LHZx)

227 #bringbackourpodcast

Posted by: lurkingestlurker at September 30, 2015 12:52 PM (k8xvx)

228 Podcast thread just went *POOF*
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

open the podcast doors HAL.

Posted by: Dave at September 30, 2015 12:53 PM (326rv)

229 Zippy has reports that Russia is bombing moderates...not ISIS.

I believe the Moderates are our guys, yes?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 30, 2015 12:53 PM (VPLuQ)

230 The podcast thread is as solvent as Jindal's campaign.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at September 30, 2015 12:53 PM (vYoQI)

231 http://ace.mu.nu/archives/359252.php
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From top post to archive in record time. Unless, of course, you have a time machine. Which Ace totally doesn't.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 30, 2015 12:53 PM (9mTYi)

232 And you say soccer got popular during this time when the great masses were poor? Weird.
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Well, I've been helping a lot of Americans to appreciate soccer then haven't I?

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 30, 2015 12:53 PM (X7E8f)

233 I believe the Moderates are our guys, yes?

There's no such animal

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:54 PM (hUdMz)

234 >>You're a bigger moron than I thought. When the USA plays Mexico in CA, 90% of the fans are cheering for Mexico. You'd think an uber soccer fan like you would know such things.

I find this hostility you demonstrate toward trumpet daddy fascinating. He muscling in on your gig? What's got your panties in such a twist?

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 12:54 PM (/tuJf)

235 Soccer's awesome in the third world because you don't have to touch that valuable ball with your shitty hands.

Geez, you guys.

Posted by: Chupacabras at September 30, 2015 12:55 PM (XiVKO)

236 I believe the Moderates are our guys, yes?
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Well seeing as the other 20 guys are so are heading to Germany I think that would be rendered in the singular now.

Posted by: Obama's remaining moderate Syrian at September 30, 2015 12:55 PM (X7E8f)

237 "You're a bigger moron than I thought. When the USA plays Mexico in CA,
90% of the fans are cheering for Mexico. You'd think an uber soccer fan
like you would know such things."

I'm well aware of that. But, the 20% of the Rose Bowl wearing red, white, and blue will be chanting "dos a cero" the whole match, just like they did the last time the two sides met.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (ljZD2)

238 So when does Syria get the bomb?

Posted by: Puddin Head at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (oDCMR)

239 I believe the Moderates are our guys, yes?

They're the ones riding the unicorns into battle.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (9krrF)

240 Never did like soccer.... Kids played it and now grand kids....

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (hUdMz)

241 The reason America doesn't give a shit about the world cup, or the Olympics or any other international competition is simple.

For a country like Brazil, winning a silly soccer competition is all they have. That's their identity. Lose the big game and it's a national shame.

For Americans it's meh. Oh we lost a soccer game? Oh we didn't get the gold in figure skating? Oh well, somehow our lives will go on seeing how we have indoor plumbing everywhere.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (0LHZx)

242 All I ask is that you bury me with my golden arm.

Posted by: Podcast Thread at September 30, 2015 12:57 PM (vgIRn)

243 But, the 20% of the Rose Bowl wearing red, white, and blue will be chanting "dos a cero" the whole match, just like they did the last time the two sides met.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (ljZD2)

Yeah ... that really sounds like a fun afternoon ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 30, 2015 12:57 PM (zc3Db)

244 Geez, you guys.
Posted by: Chupacabras

How do you decide which Chupacabra will get to comment next? Is there a hierarchy? Is it committee-driven? Or is it whichever Chupacabra is watching the homestead while the others are tracking down goats?

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 12:58 PM (jhqr1)

245 DR commercials tell you that you can create mulch for your grass. I call BS! We had four trees in our front yard, one of them a Ginko that shed its leaves in a couple of days. You'd have so much mulch you wouldn't be able to see the grass!

Posted by: Derp Williams at September 30, 2015 12:58 PM (2X7pN)

246 It would require guts, but the minute you get a governor to tell the feds to buzz off on an issue like this one you have achieved the model of government intended by the Constitution.

Damn straight!

Posted by: Orval Faubus and George Wallace at September 30, 2015 12:58 PM (2Ocf1)

247 It's also why Canada gets so riled up for hockey tournaments. Hockey is their thing. Lose at hockey and it's a national disgrace. And it's especially sweet to beat the evil Americans in hockey. And yet most Americans hear that Canada beat the US in hockey and shrug it off. It's just not a big deal. Kind of like your little brother beating you at something, it's a huge deal for him, for you, it's whatever man.

** No offense to Canucks here, we love you guys

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 12:59 PM (0LHZx)

248 Soccer's awesome in the third world because you don't have to touch that valuable ball with your shitty hands.

Geez, you guys.

Also so's you won't have to touch it after it's rolled through an open sewer or a cowpie.

Or over a dead body.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 12:59 PM (LUgeY)

249 People ask how smart Baltimore criminals are.

http://cbsloc.al/1O84DTq

When they identify him, he's already in the holding pen at another district for f'n Shoplifting.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 30, 2015 12:59 PM (VPLuQ)

250 Soccer sucks......

Posted by: Zombie Eusebio at September 30, 2015 12:59 PM (D0NZx)

251 Europe would straighten up quickly if they ditched soccer and adopted dodgeball.

Oh, And nice Sunnirise over France.

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at September 30, 2015 12:59 PM (uPxUo)

252 "Yeah ... that really sounds like a fun afternoon ..."

Watching USA beat Mexico is always a fun afternoon. I'd think you Trump fans would appreciate that, even if you don't like soccer.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:59 PM (ljZD2)

253 Watching USA beat Mexico

How can You tell which team is which?

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 01:00 PM (hUdMz)

254 Everyday's a different nic, bonhomme.

It's whichever one the hamster chooses, generally.

They're all sort of dicks that repeat themselves, though.

Posted by: Chupacabras at September 30, 2015 01:00 PM (XiVKO)

255 Russians bombing Moderate Muzzies ? What's next, bayoneting Baby Seals ? SAMs against the Delta Smelt ?

Fine ... Send in the XXII Tranny Corps, maybe with the 1st Rangerette Battalion attached.

Posted by: Irony at September 30, 2015 01:00 PM (9miVc)

256 I'm well aware of that. But, the 20% of the Rose Bowl wearing red, white, and blue will be chanting "dos a cero" the whole match, just like they did the last time the two sides met.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 12:56 PM (ljZD2)

_______

And the other 80% will spit at them, throw shit at them and start many fights. You know, since futbol fans are like uber sophisticated and stuff.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:00 PM (0LHZx)

257 253 Watching USA beat Mexico

How can You tell which team is which?
Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 01:00 PM (hUdMz)

_______

Mexico: Mexican players with Mexican coach

US: Mexican players with German coach

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:01 PM (0LHZx)

258 >>And the other 80% will spit at them, throw shit at them and start many fights. You know, since futbol fans are like uber sophisticated and stuff.

Sounds like an Eagles game. Any Eagles game.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 01:01 PM (/tuJf)

259 Boehner to work with Democrats to end sequester.

Posted by: blaster at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (2Ocf1)

260 I'd think you Trump fans would appreciate that

Posted by: trumpetdaddy

On account of you being a mob of mouth breathing scum that fail to appreciate my magnificence.

Note how I play the cards of bigotry so deftly, so quickly?

Posted by: I blow my daddy at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (326rv)

261
Sounds like an Eagles game. Any Eagles game.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2015 01:01 PM (/tuJf)

Or Raiders...

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (hUdMz)

262 Watching USA beat Mexico is always a fun afternoon. I'd think you Trump fans would appreciate that,

Depends on how we are beating them. About the head, neck, and shoulders with axe handles? Sure. Sissy game? Not so much.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (D5XRv)

263 "How can You tell which team is which?"

Ours would be the team not in green and red.

USA are the ones in the red, white, and blue kits.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (ljZD2)

264 Never did like soccer.... Kids played it and now grand kids....

It's sorta OK to get small children accustomed to playing together. But as their motor skills improve they can move on to other, more mature games.

Grownups playing kickball? Give me a break...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (LUgeY)

265 Jindal-cast is back.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (GDulk)

266 Wait a second I thought patriotism was bad, or so liberals keep saying. But it's good when it comes to soccer. Makes sense.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:03 PM (0LHZx)

267 "Boehner to work with Democrats to end sequester. "

Just three days ago he was bragging that cutting spending was one of his proudest accomplishments.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 30, 2015 01:03 PM (BPBUF)

268 If nobody in Europe played soccer, liberals wouldn't give a fuck about
it. But since it's the Euro sport, they have to embrace it. They don't
give a shit about the game itself, they just want to embrace it to show
how much better than the rubes they are.

So true. Our asshole mayor has put in bike lanes all over the place (it's green, you know), and spent major bucks putting in a roundabout at a critical junction into the city. They have them in Europe, don't you know. And therefore, we have to have them too.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 01:03 PM (oKE6c)

269 Boehner to work with Democrats to end sequester.

Posted by: blaster

Which is somehow a triumph of sanity over purity obsessed soooooooooo cons.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 30, 2015 01:03 PM (326rv)

270 When we lived in Italy, it was incredible watching the fixation to Futbole by the locals.

But, they had football.
We had indoor plumbing and reliable potable water pressure.

I was happy with that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 30, 2015 01:04 PM (VPLuQ)

271 USA are the ones in the red, white, and blue kits.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:02 PM (ljZD2)

Kit (singular), not "kits" (plural). Idiomatic usage in Britain.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 01:04 PM (oKE6c)

272 Podcast thread is back up.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 30, 2015 01:04 PM (LUgeY)

273 My money is on Syria getting really, really ugly.
Really, really fast.

Posted by: GBruno at September 30, 2015 01:05 PM (u49WF)

274 Jindal, live and inside. Step right up.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 30, 2015 01:05 PM (rwI+c)

275 We had four trees in our front yard, one of them a Ginko that shed its leaves in a couple of days. You'd have so much mulch you wouldn't be able to see the grass!
Posted by: Derp Williams
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Ground, and mixed with water, it makes an excellent sandwich spread.

Posted by: Euel Gibbons at September 30, 2015 01:06 PM (9mTYi)

276 "Kit (singular), not "kits" (plural). Idiomatic usage in Britain."

I've heard it both ways on BPL broadcasts. Tomato, tomahto.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:06 PM (ljZD2)

277 Podcast thread is back up.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
--------------
Fool me once...

Posted by: Euel Gibbons at September 30, 2015 01:06 PM (9mTYi)

278 BPL? You mean EPL?

Lol

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:07 PM (0LHZx)

279 [i266 Wait a second I thought patriotism was bad, or so liberals keep saying. But it's good when it comes to soccer. Makes sense.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:03 PM (0LHZx)

Patriotism is a sometime thing. Kinda like "questioning authority" or "dissent is the highest form of patriotism."

If the President is a traitor, it's A-OK to be patriotic, whereas questioning authority or dissenting is treasonous. But if the President is a loyal American, exactly the opposite is true.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 01:07 PM (oKE6c)

280 Because it requires virtually no skill to play and everyone can do it with virtually no talent, soccer is the rap music of sports.

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 30, 2015 01:08 PM (AC0lD)

281 Just three days ago he was bragging that cutting spending was one of his proudest accomplishments.

Rapid mood swings is one sign of an alcoholic. Forgetfulness is another.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 01:09 PM (jhqr1)

282 "BPL? You mean EPL?"

Yes, the "Barclay's Premier League." That's the name of the top division in England. People use "EPL" and "BPL" interchangeably.

I really enjoy putting you some knowledge on so many subjects. I truly admire when someone wants to learn and expand their horizons. You are to be congratulated.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:09 PM (ljZD2)

283 273
My money is on Syria getting really, really ugly.

Really, really fast.

Posted by: GBruno at September 30, 2015 01:05 PM (u49WF)

"Where did we put that f@cking US - Russia relations reset button!?"

Posted by: President Dumbass at September 30, 2015 01:10 PM (AC0lD)

284 I've heard it both ways on BPL broadcasts. Tomato, tomahto.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:06 PM (ljZD2)

By native speakers of English? I can believe the Krauts would say that; I've never heard a Brit say it.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 01:11 PM (oKE6c)

285 283 273
My money is on Syria getting really, really ugly.

Really, really fast.

Makes one feel real safe with a leader like Obama in charge...

Posted by: donna at September 30, 2015 01:11 PM (hUdMz)

286 As many people say BPL as say Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, that is to say zero.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:11 PM (0LHZx)

287 Rapid mood swings is one sign of an alcoholic. Forgetfulness is another.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2015 01:09 PM (jhqr1)

The third one is ... uh ... wait ... don't tell me ... uh ...

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 01:12 PM (oKE6c)

288 286 As many people say BPL as say Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, that is to say zero.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:11 PM (0LHZx)

I hate that bullshit re the Angels. I refer to the Dodgers as the Brooklyn Dodgers of Chavez Ravine.

Posted by: Chuck Darwin at September 30, 2015 01:13 PM (oKE6c)

289 Trumpie have you ever actually watched a soccer game? I mean for real, not just watched clips on youtube from Slate articles.

Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 30, 2015 01:13 PM (0LHZx)

290
"how did they get their butts handed to them in Afghanistan? "
It's not the equipment. It's the officers and NCOs. Take all the quality people Obama has drummed out of the US military, give them Russian equipment and a reasonable time to train with it, they would kick ass. Putin is using elite troops the equal to any in the world. US had better quality in non-elite troops.

Posted by: just saying at September 30, 2015 12:37 PM (I0sxh)

Yup.
The Russkies lost A-Stan because most of their troops were drunken, ill-trained conscripts. Same reason they largely got their asses handed to them in Chechnya until massed artillery and air power flattened Grozny. In both cases, the only ground troops that were worth a damn were Spetznaz.

There's an interesting Russian after-action report on Afghanistan that's floating around, the English translation is titled "The Bear Went Over The Mountain". LOTS of Russian fuckups in detail. A definite must-read for anyone interested in Russian military affairs.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bear-Went-Over-Mountain/dp/0714644137

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 30, 2015 01:16 PM (UBLhq)

291 "By native speakers of English? I can believe the Krauts would say that; I've never heard a Brit say it."

Manchester United's official website has a link to buy shirts that is titled "New kits 2015/16."

Last time I checked United are an English club located in an English city and the website is in English.

Like I said, I've heard both used interchangeably.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:16 PM (ljZD2)

292 "As many people say BPL as say Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, that is to say zero."

Just every sports writer that covers soccer in the world. Because, it's the actual initials of the name of the league.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:19 PM (ljZD2)

293 Fantastic painting.

Posted by: Strictly from apathy at September 30, 2015 01:19 PM (8n+U+)

294 "Trumpie have you ever actually watched a soccer game? I mean for real, not just watched clips on youtube from Slate articles."

I've watched every minute of United's season thus far. They'll be playing against Wolfsburg this afternoon if you'd like to check out the most valuable sports franchise on the planet, yourself.

United are the side in red. Hope that helps.

Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 30, 2015 01:21 PM (ljZD2)

295 Will somebody please get this mouthy fuck to hell out of here?

--Protestant in Philly. May also apply to Greatest Fan of Greatest Sport.

So, details slip out. Turns out Pope also secretly excommunicated 100 congressmen, and secretly declared a new crusade. Take that, NBC.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 30, 2015 01:24 PM (xq1UY)

296
Truly gorgeous piece.

Posted by: Trump Super Fan at September 30, 2015 02:38 PM (l2dSQ)

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