Your “They Keep Pulling Me Back In!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Dammit! I keep trying to avoid the NFL, but stupidity keeps bringing it to the fore:

  • “Aaron Hernandez’s Attorneys Might Argue That Weed Made Him Violent” – Deadspin
    • At first, this sounded like something out of the Jeff Sessions “War on Drugs” playbook.
    • Actually reading the article, and it’s supporting sources, gives the semi-legitimate option of a “diminished capacity” defence
      • to use the football-pun’d quote from the Boston Herald, “those experts could be used in a Hail Mary maneuver to try to erase the mental state needed to convict Hernandez of two counts of first-degree murder.”
  • “Jameis Winston laments ‘poor word choice’ in elementary school speech” – ESPN
    • According to the Tampa Bay Times, “this is a story about a well-intended photo op that had some good in it and some bad”, and then Winston said to a bunch of kids he was trying to motivate:
      • “But all my boys, stand up. We strong, right? We strong! We strong, right? [snip] But the ladies, they’re supposed to be silent, polite, gentle. My men, my men [are] supposed to be strong.”
      • He’s now defending himself against accusations of encouraging women to “know their role” and be quiet.
    • As a reminder, in December, Winston settled a federal lawsuit filed by the woman he was accused of assaulting at FSU. Florida State also agreed to pay the woman $950,000 in January 2016 to settle a lawsuit she filed against the school for its handling of her Title IX complaint.
      • This is the image he is trying to rehabilitate.

This ties into tonight’s discussion topic, raised by Cuntler in our super-secret discussion forum: “Worst thing you did as a kid or your kids have done.” Anything from regular shenanigans to sibling dick-moves. I believe we need to limit the age-of-responsibility for such acts to 12 and under, because any admissions to acts beyond that age might still – in the US – not have a statute of limitations. Unless you worked at Penn State.


Canada 150:

February 23, 1909 – Canadian John Alexander Douglas McCurdy makes the first powered flight in Canada, aboard his plane, the Silver Dart.

Built of steel tubing, bamboo, friction tape, wire and wood, the aircraft was covered in rubberized silk and had no brakes. The flight departed from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, flew for about half a kilometre, and was the first of its kind in the British Empire, a full 6-years after the Wright Brothers first flight.                      (Source)


Tonight’s sports:

  • NHL:
    • Avalanche at Predators – 8:00PM | Sportsnet
    • Coyotes at Blackhawks – 8:30PM | NBCSN
    • Bruins at Kings – 10:30PM | Sportsnet
  • NBA:
    • Knicks at Cavaliers – 8:00PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
    • Clippers at Warriors – 10:30PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
  • NCAA: best options
    • Memphis at Cincinnati – 7:00PM | ESPN
    • Wisconsin at Ohio State – 9:00PM | ESPN
  • Turning Left:
    • Can-Am Duel at Daytona – 7:00PM | FS1 / TSN2
      • Two 60-lap races determine starting positions 3 through 40 for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

In Grade 7, I once deflated all the teachers’ car tires. NOW I’M A TEACHER!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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Trevor Semen

I’m going to use this as an opportunity to vent, be warned: I FUCKING HAD HIM, I GOT MY DUMBASS PINNED, I WOULD’VE FUCKING PLACED, HOW THE FUCK COULD I NOT TURN HIS ASS, WHAT THE FUCK FUCK ME FUCK. I FUCKING HAD HIM ON HIS FUCKING BACK AND I FUCKING BLEW IT AND NOW I DONT HAVE SHIT TO SHOW FOR IT. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. FUCK THIS SHIT WHY DO I PUT MYSELF THROUGH THIS HELL. FOR WHAT? TO FUCK MYSELF OVER WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE?

Brocky

alright, i’m off to dreamland….. hugs all around.

except for those of you with swords for arms. because you know…. reasons…

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Brocky

let’s try that again…

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Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

TSCC song only like 2 people will like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VbupHLwQ5U

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
WCS

So, Seamus, Don T, BFC, Balls and I just played poker for three hours. You cocksucks ought to join. I definitely get a “Hearts in Atlantis” vibe. The book, not the crappy movie.

laserguru

I love that book.

Give me a minute to sign up.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

[email protected] not tonight though I am drinking all the alcohol

theeWeeBabySeamus

And I have a lot more fake money than I had 3 hours ago.

Brocky

what format?

Brocky

you know, one of these days i’m gonna learn to actually check the friggin time stamps on posts lol.

Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Marc Trestmans Windowless Van
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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JerBear50

Hellish panties and heavenly underoos?

Brocky

not to steal your thunder moose, just my humble contribution:

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

No thunder here; just a putrid gust of wind from the dump.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I was looking for a better resolution image for Hippo…… then the rabbit hole happened.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Marc Trestmans Windowless Van

I am back taking classes at a tech college that wants their credits to be accepted at every state school in WI and beyond so they have a grading scale where 70% is F and 83%ish is transferable. The problem is they use other peoples tests, with information that is not covered in class, in the book or any other resources. I took a test today in a class that has like a 33% failure rate, it isn’t because the people are dumb it just is never covered or in any book or resource we get. I got an A but I am still pissed on my lost points.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brocky

obligatory:

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Perfect.

Brocky

dang, good hustle.

evening all, I showed up just in time to see Hippo in midseason form.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Unsurprised

I need to apply for reciprocity with that bar.

Unsurprised

The Timbers play Minnesota next Friday. If I had the money I’d go just for the hell of it.

Anyway, I once threw a dart into my brother’s hand. Which reminds me that I need to edit the video I have of my roommates trying not to hit each other’s hand while playing darts recently.

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