https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to3y3cmWWRY
I hope you got outside, and it was nice where you live.
Rain is forecast for Vancouver tonight and into Sunday, and none of us can fucking wait. This goddamned smoke is killing the summer. The last few days have been humid as fuck, and the reflective properties of the smoke that was beneficial in keeping the temperature down is now killing us because the moisture can’t leave the surface, so the humidex is telling us we are now getting no benefit from fires that are cumulatively the size of either PEI or Delaware.
Plus, everyone I meet sounds like Jon Lovitz’s imitation of Harvey Fierstein.
Game Preview: Cowboys at Rams
You can tell the difference in the two teams perceived fortunes by reading their respective fan blogs. Blogging The Boys is all about the Cowboys simply determining positions to be filled or requiring effective backup for what talent they already have. Y’know, what you expect from a Cowboys fan site now that they’ve had a couple of winning seasons in a row.
Meanwhile, Turf Show Times has a slightly less-optimistic outlook on the Rams upcoming season:
- Is LA Rams QB Jared Goff Too “Soft” To Lead The Rams?
- Rams Open Near the Bottom of Bleacher Report Power Rankings
- Five Reasons For Hope
So, it seems safe to say that tonight’s contest will not so much be a feeling-out process for teams looking to evaluate talent, but a match between one team pretty much ready to go and another team looking to figure out how to make 7-9 a functional reality without the master at the helm.
Tonight’s sports:
- NFL:
- Cowboys at Rams – 9:00PM | NFL Network
- CFL:
- Blue Bombers vs. Tiger-Cats – 7:30PM | TSN
- Baseball:
- Little League Baseball:
- West Regional final – 9:00 PM | ESPN
- Little League Baseball:
- MLS:
- New England vs. Whitecaps FC – 8:00PM | TSN2
- LA Galaxy vs. New York City FC – 11:00 PM | ESPN2
Always check your lug nuts
That take out place; she was………………….. TIRED of it anyway.
BOOSH
Looks like someone is going to have to retire.
Good thing she held off on that boob job.
*fingers crossed this works*
So, Bryce Harper looks like he might be done for the year:
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Fuck. Didn’t work. Twitter is impossible to figure out in terms of how to post their content on here.
You had me at Fuck Twitter.
“Twitter is… [shit]”
FTFY
Ok, maybe not an appropriate use of quotation rules.
Always check your lug nuts
Torque wrenches are your friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRMZzVmTc3U
NSFW: Language
Ron White is fucking great. The rest of the Blue Collar guys, not so much.
It’s always sad to see those mechanics hit the unemployment line.
BREAKING NEWS: I didn’t win the lottery. I gotta go to work on Monday.
Sorry, dude.
And to think you could have had me as your very best friend.
The burrito Zach ate at Taco King surprised him a bit later.
Couldn’t bring myself to watch the ‘game”, checked the score and see that I chose wisely.
The Dame and I finished our CCL course today, can’t wait to see how many hackles that’s gonna raise. Many of you will likely have to Google that, please do.
Hackles? It’s when people don’t get training that really scares me.
Just because you are prone to road rage is no cause for concern.
I’m pleasantly surprised. Yeah, I don’t do the road thing much, I’ve resigned myself to the reality that people are stupid. I can’t change that.
250?
NICE! Superb owl!
I’m going to assume CCL is one o’ them christian programs for kids who don’t go to christian school? In the immortal words of Timothy 2:12 “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence”.
/In my state CCL is a 12 hour course offered in ONE day with no masturbation breaks, no thanks,
8 hours here, plus 50 rounds. I’m actually not a gun nut, not really a fan, but watch the movie Nocturnal Animals and you’ll know my reason.
You can’t rub one out during a bathroom break? Fucking rookies man…
Without Arman’s copy of Swank I am nothing.
I stole my copy from the sperm bank. I was pretty pissed they only accepted deposits.
It’s been a few years but I’ve heard about some states, perhaps one of the Virginias, where the ccl course is basically a joke. You show up, your check clears, you get the license.
Typical East Coast. Here’s the test:
“One if by land, two if by…”
It’ll be open book as well.
Train? Moped?? Horse-drawn carriage???
Yer leavin’ me in suspense here…
http://professorbuzzkill.com/paul-revere-myths/
You are going to ruin Schoolhouse Rock for me, aren’t you?
Don’t worry. Three is still the magic number, not that it did Shannon Hoon much good.
When I got mine in Indiana at 18, there was no test. There was an application, a check to the state, and a check for the PD for running the background check and that was it. I should have transferred it when I moved down here but I let it lapse like a dumbass.
I keep drinking but I’m not throwing up or calling ex-girlfriends yet: which one of you fuckers drank all my booze and refilled the bottles with water?
“He looks different from his profile picture, but he certainly dresses nice.”
Good to see the NFL hasn’t figured out what a catch is!
/actually agrees with the call, just wants to be a contrarian dick.
Shocking.
So now, if I say something about the white official, I’m OK, right?
But if I say something about the black player, I’m a racist.
That’s how this goes, yes?
And yes, I’m baiting the hell outta you. We’re gonna find out just what you’re made of.
I’ve fucking had it with your race baiting shit. And since no one else seems to care, looks like we’ve got a Mexican Standoff.
Oh shit….now we’ve brought Mexicans into it.
Secure your shit once and for all and get a fucking clue. If no one else cares, that’s their prerogative I suppose.
But Imma call you out for your racism every fucking chance I get. So yeah, just keep going.
/peeks around corner…
Sorry, I feel asleep.
Cracker says what?
OH LOLRAMS!!!!
My liver isn’t far behind…
Look at the complete lack of lens distortion in this shot. Everything is dead-on square along the edges and the corners, and even in this little gif you can sense the sharpness. That’s impressive. Professional lenses like this generally cost as much as a house, and often times more. This is why.
Absolutely, plus a very detailed director and cinematographer. I guess my point is; she’s makin’ a sammich.
Okay. The Racist Ohioan Dodge Driver only got charged with 2nd Degree Murder. The cops that in 2.3 seconds pulled a gun and shot a driver get charged with premeditated murder but the guy that drove into a crowd gets charged with spontaneous murder?!
Oh my God. They’re right. I think I just got woken.
As noted below, I have a Challenger. It is a big, powerful car. I drive it very carefully and politely, because I have no desire to intimidate anyone with it. I cannot even imagine using it as a weapon. That is just fucking sick.
A Dart, sure, but a Challenger oh my no
Probably because there is a difference between intending to murder someone and taking a course of action that, while not guaranteed to kill someone, does have a high risk of killing someone.
It’s been a while since I had anything to do with criminal law but to prove first degree the State may have to prove that the accused intended to kill the specific person who died, rather than just engaging in a very dangerous assault on a group of people resulting in one of them dying.
Long story short, it’s easier to prove 2nd degree than 1st.
Yep.
No worries; even if a police officer is charged they will be set free if the person in the car is black. They only have to say they were scared.
The girl makes the papers.
Sadly that’s what happened I agree with him getting of with murder (2.3 seconds to go from “this guy’s getting a ticket” to “this guy is dead” is too much), but his actions resulted in a death by his hands. That’s manslaughter.
Yeah, 7 points a game sounds about right for the Jets.
They’re going to be hilariously bad. 0-16 is very possible.
I’m holding out hope for 0-0-16.
The season that never happened.
Good thing I got my surgery done before I turned 26 and before Jets season!
Believe me, I’m having fun with the preview. And the Browns preview.
And with that interception, Wakezilla typed in “Game Over’ on a dick joke site disguised as a football blog.
Imgur doesn’t play nice anymore.
imgur sux all the sux. Just sayin’.
Time to bust out the glue…
Sad Ram is sad.
Sad Ram is Ram
That was a hell of a hey-maker thrown to pop out the ball.
YEEE HAW! That is some quality tackling on the D!
On a lighter note, here’s one ball in two faces:
There is a black kid on the Utah Little league team.
You just know this is going to create a scandal because there’s no way he lives there.
Stowaway from a missionary trip?
Samoan?
Not with a name like Keenan. Straight up African-American. He also appears to be roughly twice the size of the kid who hit behind him. Keenan walked, next kid went yard.
LL baseball is hilarious.
So not the notorioUs Keenan’s from Papeete?
Pfft. Thin mint or GTFO.
Marc Trestman over at your house for a couple brews?
I’m drinking Treehouse and I only share that with DFOers that find their way to CT.
Most Glorious el beisbol Cardinals 6, Shameful el beisbol Redacteds 3.
Don’t get nervous, Small Bears.
Hard to imagine that not only is Hamilton winless, but, a season ago, Tim Horton’s Field was seen as an automatic win for the Ti-Cats.
How the mighty have fallen
1. The Bombers will find a way to fuck this up.
2. Have you and Mrs. Zilla decided whether you are moving to Calgary?
3. The Saints will find a way to fuck up tonight in AFL as well as I do not deserve nice things.
@litre_cola: In all likliness, probably next summer, yes. Mrs and Baby Zilla are there right now.
Let me know when u are in town
Imagine if America was located in the Middle East.
Journalist who doesn’t speak Arab and never been to the area: “Guy who was elected despite not having the majority of the votes and is in single digits approval rating, now has the masses on the streets conducting violent protests. We should liberate the masses or at the very least, stage a coup.”
And they obtained nuclear weapons WITHOUT ANYONE ELSE’S PERMISSION!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/15/article-2692573-1F70352900000578-114_634x801.jpg
Middle East? Camels? Anyone?
Speak Arab?
Not as good as I should.
I would hope you were being sarcastic.
Ritz crackers are incredibly underrated.
This message brought to you by positivity, we need some.
Ritz crackers is more addicting than crack.
Hey, Redshirt, didya hear? The Nazi Charger guy was an Ohio Republican.
It was a Challenger. I own one. I’m not happy about that at the moment.
So people gon’ be sieg heiling you all week, eh?
A Dodge, ironically enough.
Yep. I heard.
I ain’t never did no heroin, but when I see one bug flying around my house and all of a sudden it feels like I’m crawling with ants.
That doesn’t happen when you chase the dragon. So’s long as you keep a chasin…
How we doing tonight? Anyone watching Rams/Cowboys?
The good: Glow was pretty good, except when they tried to make it OITNB and I’m 4 beers in.
The bad: I’m going to have to walk to the grocery store to get some grub and Fortune Cookie (aka: Knives Chao from Scott Pilgrim vs the World) didn’t get naked. I guess they got to save that for season 2.
how can anyone NOT be watching RAM IT!!/Pokes??
Watching Les Bomberes v Tiger Cats, not to be confused with other cats.
God damn Tiger dogs.
It’s August and preseason baseball is like shooting dirty street heroin after a lifetime of the pure, pharmaceutical stuff. At least according to what some guy* told me once.
August is for baseball, watching your team getting blown the fuck out by their rivals and then drinking until the next game tomorrow.
*John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas told me this courtesy of a Rolling Stone article way back when. John Phillips really liked heroin.
And being a father.
I forget, did the daughter accuse him of molesting her, her did he “only” get her hooked on smack?
Both. Which is just…ick.
Cass got off easy
How bout a ham sandwich?
I can’t imagine what losing a really high-quality, reliable heroin dealer would feel like.
Thanks to Sevvy’s -14 I’m down 5 points in fantasy!
Baby Buster made a touched down? What’s next, he will poop in the big boy toilet all by himself?
Out of the current owners, who is the worst?
I got to go with old Jimmy Haslam.
Richardson, THE OL’ DOUBLE J, Kroenke…
I got a soft spot for Jerry, just because he is fucking HILARIOUS unintentionally.
The stripper picks and the “Glory Hole” interview gives him a pass from me.
And the war daddies, don’t forget those.
One of my favorite Jerral-isms is (Drunk with enthusiasm … and Walker Blue) “OOOoohh, Romo wuz a muricul …”
Plus, he was part of the inspiration for the “Wade and Jerry” series. I think that that was the series that first got me reading KSK
Mike Brown gets a pass because he doesn’t move his team. He uses the threat of moving his team to let a city and county bend of backwards while he gets a sweet deal out of their asses.
That and while they are a train wreck in the wild card round, at least they get to the playoffs.
That’s my fault. You need to be very specific when giving a wish to a genie.
You’re telling me.
/Tells 12″ pianist to knock off the noise for the 14th time today.
Non-moving division, you mean?
Tossup between Snyder and Kroenke
Gotta be Snyder.
In honor of today being horrible, off to the brewery!
Godspeed the only other DFOer that I know isn’t in my imagination, godspeed.
“It’s okay, Wyatt. My parents have more money than you can possibly imagine.”
/gets me every time
Shhh. Don’t tell the Nazis that Wyatt Earp married a Jewish woman…
Spoke to some people who still in Charlottesville. Mood is understandably tense; they all said they wholly expect more violence tonight.
This is gonna get interesting as the Greyhounds get ready to pull out tomorrow night….
Today was supposed to be about the start of lesser footy. Fuck me, I was very excited, now I end the day with a glass of wine, angry and empathetic and it isn’t about my shitty futbol club.
Glad to say I’m home. Here’s a song to celebrate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rDDviYpHEE
Welp … that video was fun … creepy but fun just the same.
[DFO]: Where Imaginary Lives Matter(TM)
We all love each other except Russians, escoUrts, and those with questionable identities……
As good a rallying cry for Fantasy Footballers as I’ve ever heard
OOK!
Charlie Day is hawking Sunday Ticket. Charlie Day is hawking Sunday Ticket. Charlie Day is hawking Sunday Ticket.
Evening gents. Day 7 of 9 of inlaw internment is almost in the books. HOW THE FUCK WE DOIN BOYS?
BRUBB BRUB BRRRUBBB BRUB!!
Last half hour of Tombstone? Don’t mind if I do.
One of my top five movies of all time. Val Kilmer deserved an Oscar.
Something we agree on!
Love 90% of the movie. It’s only the Earp-led carnage near the end that sticks in my craw.
I know what you mean about that rampage. If it makes you feel better, the part where he repeatedly shouts “NO” and completely ignores the bullets whizzing around him is apparently pretty true to the accounts of what happened. Some people are just ridiculously lucky. Supposedly, in all the gunfights he was in, Wyatt was never shot, though his clothes ended up with some holes.
Also, for me the end of the movie was redeemed by the last scene between Doc and Wyatt
I’m watching it right now.
Oh, yeah, great stuff. Earp and his men did go on a bit of a rampage and killed 4-6 Clanton men, where the movie shows…what, 20 to 30? But that 4-6 was enough for the governor to call for Earp’s arrest, because the West wasn’t always quite as wild as movies often depict it. 😉
The legend of Curly Bill’s demise is still disputed, but I like the movie’s version. Same with the death of Johnny Ringo, which was much, much different.
This sounds so complex and interesting. I can totally see Hollywood rebooting it as a Western Series (like Star Wars, now with its little spin offs), so they can branch out into Ringi’s own films and Curly’s final days. It’ll be like the x-men hoe there’s the main storyline but then the prequel stuff and the character-specific films (‘Wolverine’).
I think the Costner Earp movie would have done a lot better if it hadn’t come out so close to Tombstone. And it would probably help if someone would explain to him that every movie doesn’t need to approach four hours.
It would have been a shit tonne better without Costner.
So, you’re their huckleberry?
I’ve been drinking since way before my wife got mad. I think I win today. Tomorrow? Oof.
“fires that are cumulatively the size of either PEI or Delaware”
Are the fires as big as an American state or an Asian architect? I mean come on.
Mmmm, pie!
I’d take a kraken at that pie.
Inside SonOfSpam’s head, 7:04 pm DFO Savings Time:
(Hmm, is he Chinese or Korean. Or maybe Japanese? No time to look it up, timing is everything; I’ll just put “Asian.”)
This guy seems to know me. Must kill.
I.M. Pei? I. M. Impressed.
Days Without Accidents: 0
(thanks Obama)
When protestors show up in riot gear, regardless of party affiliations, it’s time to go home.
Yes, the racist fucks started this. They were looking for trouble. I get it.
But the protestors of the protestors didn’t help. I say this in spite of the fact that I agree with the protestors of the protestors viewpoints.
But you know what? Grow a goddamned brain already and figure this shit out.
No I’m not blaming the “victim” here. But if you don’t recognize a situation for what it is, and can’t keep your ass from escalating it?…. just stay the fuck home.
Is domestic terrorist incidents the preseason field for #hottakes?
Makes sense actually — I think the Alt Right protestors (Nazi’s, whatever you wanna call them) are about on par with the 2017 Jets.
A person is reasonable and can be reasoned with (usually).
PEOPLE….go into a hive mind. There is no reasoning with a hive mind.
Psychology classes should be a requirement before anyone is allowed in public.
I slept through most of my Psych class. IWDB took good notes, though, so I still got an A-.
The only Psych class that I ever took was taught by a Professor Emeritus who gave no fucks, and who almost exclusively used the socratic method. We covered about 0% of the material in the official textbook, but I honestly did end up learning some interesting new ways of understanding people’s motivations
As a Psych major, I can definitively say that it was easier than most other majors. Also, I don’t know shit about shit.
Yes, by all means…they should forego their Constitutional rights while the Nazis indulge in theirs.
/s
They did achieve their goal in a very dramatic way. They wanted to sway public opinion against the white nationalists, and this incident will certainly do that. The question is, was it worth the price that was paid? There were other options besides purposefully creating a powderkeg.
Did you really think we were going to get through the next four (maybe, although doubtful) years without violence and bloodshed? Trump is the alt-right’s savior. He is the figurehead they’ve been waiting for for decades. If he (and they) aren’t stood up to now, in the most vehement* way, then we are pretty much done as a Democracy.
*And by this I don’t mean violent. But it wasn’t an anti-Nazi protester that drove a 2-ton Challenger into a crowd of people.
Beastie, I get that. There is no excuse for it. Sincerely.
But anyone with a brain could have seen what this could become today.
I’m a confrontational asshole. You know that. But I’d never have taken my ass anywhere near that shit.
The people who did go near this are, dare I say, heroic. (And I probably wouldn’t have either.)
This was inevitable. Hard stop. Trump’s complicit support of the Nazis has made them bold and confrontational. To ask those who oppose Nazism and white supremacy to just stay home is asking too much.
OK. I can agree to disagree.
Still love you.
Not sure if he fully supports them…but holy shit do they dress alike…
I do understand where you’re coming from, and I’m sure that the counterprotest was very cathartic right up until it suddenly wasn’t. I’m still not entirely comfortable with the notion that the best way to combat Trump and the alt-right is to give them the opportunity for violence and hope that they only hurt enough people to make them look bad.
I’m not that optimistic, but “violence was inevitable” is not a great reason to thrust yourself into harms way. Also, the alt-righters are pushing a message of us against them, and I’m not sure that providing a very visible face for “them” at their protest is a great strategy.
That message is going to be pushed no matter what. The Nazis are great at deciding who the “them” is going to be and pushing an agenda of hate and fear. It’s up to those who don’t want hate & fear to be our heritage to call them out on their line of ignorant bullshit.
Beastie, I agree with you. I’ve gone to the mat multiple times against hate rhetoric. You may or may not know that about me.
But in a hive mind, like today….in a volatile situation like that? it’s pointless. No one is going to hear it.
That was my only point before.
Now I’m really retired for the night.
Have a nice night folks. Tell the people you love that you love them.
Eh, you’re probably right. I’m wrong a lot, so just by the odds alone…
This guy gets it.
That’s not what I meant, and I think you know that.
I didn’t actually. It sounded like (and correct me if I’m wrong) that you thought the anti-Nazi protesters should have stayed home, or left when it looked like the Nazis were going to get rough.
They all should have kept their asses at home.
Yes, the racist fucks went there looking for trouble.
But if one can think for oneself, then one should be able to realize that if you don’t go there and further the hate, then hate loses.
Sadly, hate won today. Those fucking pricks got what they wanted.
Hate won.
And I’m sorry, I thought you knew me better than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc4nPaaAKd0
Hate doesn’t lose if it’s not confronted head-on. If it’s ignored, it wins. The Nazis in the U.S. have been ignored for the most part for decades, and they have grown considerably in size and influence. So I’m not trying to offend you, but I disagree that anti-Nazis should just stay home when the streets are full of, y’know, Nazis.
I respect your opinion.
You expecting white folks to protest non-violently?!?
When the fuck has that ever happened?
See, that right there. In a volatile situation, even just pointing out that it’s about race can escalate.
I get your point and I agree with you, FWIW. But all races can become easily inflamed when tensions are high.
Thank you for illustrating for me.
That picture I used is from the Day of Rage by the Weather Underground. Effectively a bunch of rich white kids from the suburbs, to protest the Vietnam War (none of these kids were at any risk of being drafted), went down to downtown Chicago to riot. They also tore through the nearby black neighborhood.
Cops came in, smashed everyone, including the locals. The rich suburban kids got bailed out by mommy and daddy so they could start their violent bombing campaign. The Black Panther Party, which prior pleaded with the SDS to not do this, got targeted even harder by the FBI because now the BPP was associated with a riot.
Its a long fucking history of white folks wanting to tear shit up and then go home and leave the local folks stuck in the smoldering ruin. I’m just pointing out what I see…where my opinion is right or not…fuck it…its just opinion.
You’ve totally missed my point. Your first inclination was to argue and escalate. To try to get YOUR point across, rather than just realize WE DON’T ALL HAVE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING FOR US TO GET ALONG.
FFS people, if you think these assholes are going to hear you, or what your opinion is, then you’ve already fucking lost the battle.
As has everyone else. Fortunately, we here are not on the verge of already wanting to harm one another. Thank fuck.
Looks like another night of Mark staying out of comments.
Have a good night, folks.
Its cool. I am used to white people ignoring my opinions.
And that’s a joke so don’t get your panties in a bunch.
If my panties were in a bunch, you’d know it.
Thanks for the further illustration tho.
Some people can’t shut their fucking pieholes even when they know they should.
And sure…now you’re gonna make it worse by calling me a white racist. I get it. It’ s your go to move.
Doesn’t matter if you know what you’re talking about or not.
Dude, I love you, but take it down all the notches. Today is not the day to complain about being called a white racist. Nazis got the wink from the president after one of them drove a car into a bunch of people opposing white nationalism. Imagine what message today sends to young people of color in this country. Our first priority should be to band together against the fucking Nazis. If we can’t agree on that, then we’re not America anymore.
BFC, that is my whole point. Thank you.
Direct your opposition to these pricks with some thought. Escalating an already volatile situation isn’t the right place. They’re not gonna hear it.
Well that’s weird bc I was agreeing with JSD and Beastie. Seems like being mad at Nazis is pretty fucking justified.
Yep, shoulda left when I said I was going to I guess.
Now…I am.
I was just riling you up. I apologize.
I don’t think you are a racist.
Thank you for that JSD. Sincerely.
But I’m still outta here for the night.
I agree with you. I believe that many of the counterprotesters were there with completely peaceful intentions, but escalation only requires a few volatile morons.
I have a feeling 95% was there with peaceful intensions. Its only takes a few assholes to start something.
Alright, printing off my official NFL TICKET EXCHANGE nosebleed tickets and heading to Fake College Stadium for some Raiders at Cardinals.
Khalil Mack is gonna make that Dodge Challenger look like a Plymouth Horizon.
I’m thinking this game is going to be pretty damn similar to the Ravens – Skins snore fest. One team will show up, looking like its prepping for the start of the season. The other will look like this just discovered this “Footed Ball Sport” and are trying it out for the first time ever.
You’re in Roanoke, right? What’s it like in the Commonwealth right now?
So the body count in Charlottesville is up to three dead and about 35 people injured.
I for one, would be fucking ecstatic if everyone there would just fucking go home.
I also would love it if our red necks would recognize that the Confederacy was a failed political state that did not achieve any single goals and only lasted less then 5 years…ergo we need to fucking let it go.
For folks not in the South, I would love it if they stopped acting like racism only exists in the South. I will throw money down that none of these fucking clowns marching like Nazis are from the city and the vast majority of them are from out of state.
Case in point, the clowns from the Detroit suburbs that decided to get the shit sued out of them by the NHL and the Red Wings.
And I am going to follow my own advice and just chill at home, drink beer, and not go out and start shit with the townies.
Also bumping this thought from the day thread to the night thread
balls, did you see Toby Greene kick that Western player in the face? Think he gets suspended again?
That Jeff Fisher pic should come with the nightmare fuel tag
It was the most Harry Reems photo of him I could find.