Your “Let Us Never Speak Of It Again” Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

  • The Texans plan to release Brian Cushing prior to the new league year starting on March 14.
    • It’ll save them $7.6 million on the cap, and leaves them clear when he eventually picks up his third suspension for PEDs.
      • Because he totes learned his lesson this time, guys.
  • Julius Peppers might be back in 2018.
    • He wants to see what money there will be.
    • He’s unlikely to sign with another team.
  • Somebody in Tom Brady’s family went & sold their replica Super Bowl LI ring for $344,927.
    • “The ring, which has 265 diamonds compared to the 283 that Tom Brady’s actual ring has and is about 10 percent smaller, has the same engraving that Brady’s ring would have.”
      • It’s appraised value from Jostens is $29,700.
    • As of now, the seller is anonymous.
    • The previous record for a Super Bowl ring was Lawrence Taylor’s actual Super Bowl XXV ring, which sold for more than $230,000 in 2012.
  • Today’s Crimebeat! thievery comes from the prison cell of Rae Carruth.
    • Ahead of his October release, 17 years after his conviction for conspiracy to commit murder, he has written an apology letter (of sorts) to the mother of his victim – the caregiver for his-now 18 year-old son.
      • I say “(of sorts)”, because this doesn’t sound like full contrition:
        • “I’m apologizing for the loss of her daughter. I’m apologizing for the impairment of my son,” Carruth said. “I feel responsible for everything that happened. And I just want her to know that truly I am sorry for everything, . . .”
      • If you want to read it, have at it.
    • The grandmother is concerned Carruth will try to obtain custody of the boy.
      • Mostly because he killed her daughter; partly because she’s concerned about how he’ll treat the boy’s disability fund – which isn’t much, but is supported by donations (& not the Panthers).
      • He used his time to become a certified barber in North Carolina, and will pursue that employment upon release.

In case you didn’t see it yesterday, here’s how it was done,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBWZI6f-38

here’s what it felt like watching it,

https://youtu.be/y4c2KDLWpI0?t=7s

and here’s how it should have been done.

Oh yeah – put that into my veins. It’s not even my song, and I wanted to start waving the flag. That’s what you want out of an anthem performance.

I just don’t get why people think they need to “interpret” something like an anthem, which is just going to garner more criticism than compliments. She will never be able to undo that to her career, and she makes Josh Duhamel look smart for walking away.

And in case you think I’m being anti-American by focusing on Fergie, I refer you back to my feelings on the issue vis-a-vis Nelly Furtado

versus Sarah Maclaughlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IyxGO4v0yA

Her voice might be the sound of abused animal images, but she sings a darn-fine anthem. Because all people want is to listen, possibly sing-along, and then get the match underway.


Tonight’s sports:

  • Olympics:
    • NBCSN
      • 7:00PM – Figure Skating: (ice dancing), Alpine Skiing
      • 10:00PM – Men’s Hockey Playoff : USA vs Slovakia
    • NBC | 8:00PM – Bobsled, Freestyle Skiing, Figure Skating
    • CBC
    • TSN
      • TSN1: 7:00PM – Figure Skating: Ice dancing Final
      • TSN2: 8:30PM – Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Final
    • Sportsnet:
      • 7:00PM – Men’s Curling : Canada vs Japan
      • 10:00PM – Men’s Hockey Playoff : USA vs Slovakia

  • NHL: no national broadcasts
  • NBA: All-Star break
  • NCAA:
    • Maryland at Northwestern – 7:00PM | FS1
    • Miami at Notre Dame – 7:00PM | ESPN
    • Howard at North Carolina Central – 7:00PM | ESPNU
    • Baylor at Texas – 8:00PM | ESPN2
    • Minnesota at Wisconsin – 9:00PM | FS1
    • Oklahoma at Kansas – 9:00PM | ESPN

Vancouver looked like this yesterday

Eight years later, we finally got snow during the Winter Olympics. THANKS A LOT, GOD!

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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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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Evening, homeslices

Gratliff

Fuuuuck That was pretty

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My wife and her mom are evaluating all the freestyle skiers based on their heights and weights.

Senor Weaselo

“Shouldn’t they be evaluating all the snowboarders?” -Rikki’s mom

Mr. Ayo

What’s your score?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

According to them I am too short and too fat (even though I weigh 153 lbs).

montythisseemsstrangetome

Sounds like you’re more built for curling.

Senor Weaselo

Hot taek: The USA hockey uniforms are kinda uninspired this go-around. Must be the lack of NHLers.

Gratliff

They’re made by the same mom who provided the Capri Suns at the bench

Senor Weaselo

…Olivia Manning?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I feel like “Olivia Mung” would be a good name for a Garbage Pail Kid.

montythisseemsstrangetome

They shoudl be waring MAGA hats imho

Wakezilla

Most of the jerseys this Olympics cycle is booty and stolen from EA Sports’ NHL series

Gratliff

Side note on Fox News’ losing effort against the teenagers, and their disbelief at the fact that kids can form coherent sentences and effectively use social media that has existed for 70-90% of their entire life without heavy coaching from THE LIBERAL MEDIA: I remember being an impressionable 16 year old when MTV was doing a big concert series thing, and one of them was Rage Against the Machine’s Battle of Mexico City concert. It being Rage, there was of course, heavy focus on conditions in Mexico, including a segment on the Zapatista rebellion and what NAFTA was doing to poor Mexicans and why leftists were fighting it. I remember the next day asking a few different history/economics teachers about it, because I was a dumb kid who now knew One Thing and was going to make sure everyone else heard about it, them just rolling their eyes, and going back to spouting whatever bullshit they were talking about. The weird joy I felt annoying them by simply stating a fact that didn’t support their narrative and that they didn’t have a prepared response to really did a lot to inform my behavior to this very day. In fact, I STILL like to annoy people by randomly jumping into their NAFTA talks by saying “YEAH AND IT’S EVEN WORSE FOR MEXICO”. What I’m saying is, I hope they use their natural understanding of social media and organization to troll every one of those motherfuckers until their dicks can’t get hard anymore because all they can think about is a 15 year old owning them online 24/7.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’m very curious to see what kind of effect these kids are going to have in 2018 and 2020. If they carry through with what seems to be getting started it is going to be BIG. And these kids have a shitload more energy than the typical sixty year-old campaign volunteers (on either side).

Brick Meathook

They won’t accomplish jack shit. Internet movements are wide and shallow and have a life measured in weeks until the next thing comes along.

I’m not saying that’s how it ought to be, I’m just saying that’s how it is.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

We’ll see. If a campaign is smart (Chris Murphy comes to mind cause gun control is his signature issue) they will scoop these kids up and build firm ties with them for 2020.

Gratliff

I mean, I’d just be happy with the whole GOP erectile dysfunction thing

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Another thing is that they are going to be coming into the game in what looks to be a big blue wave year so it’s going to be like someone who has great luck their very first time gambling – they get hooked for life.

Gratliff

If nothing else, we’ll have the joy of watching life break them as they trade in their Revolutionary Che gear for the less ambitious “Someone please pay me a livable wage” business casual attire.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

They can register people to vote while driving for Uber!

nomonkeyfun

can’t get hard anymore because all they can think about is a 15 year old

Ummmm… this is the party of Roy Moore now.

Wakezilla

I have this thing where I view Trump as the baby Boomers’ last stand. A smart politician should be able to use these kids’ momentum and ride the wave to the presidency if we lived in a democracy. That’s not how things work anymore. Which ever politician piggy backs onto these kids, they still won’t be able to get around the (presumably) DNC primary gauntlet, which is going to groom the next wall street, big business, war hawk friendly prick to presidency.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I think it’s really classless of NBC to keep describing their premiere of The Voice as “big” and then cutting to shots of Kelly Clarkson.

montythisseemsstrangetome

Nobody tell Beerguyrob that USA is up 3-0 so far.

Col. Duke LaCross

A silver medal all because her titty popped out. Gotta feel for them.

montythisseemsstrangetome

Is that how the scoring works in hockey?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Gotta feel for them.

“FTFY” – Al Franken

Gratliff

We’re all literally watching the game right now. It is half over.

Gratliff

I am offended at the fact that TV Guide is still a thing

Romonobyl

You can usually find them right next to the road atlases.

montythisseemsstrangetome

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WCS

Sting’s voice really dropped.

Romonobyl

Sounds like he could use a lozenge.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I want Tessa Virtue to make a heel turn and start calling herself Trixie Vice.

SonOfSpam

And Ice Rams beat Ice Bears.

In other news, may get down into the 30s tonight in SoCal. Hoard your supplies!

Romonobyl

Might have to draw straws to see who gets eaten first.

WCS

73 in Yinzburgh tomorrow, 68 Wednesday

Gratliff

57 tomorrow in mid-Michigan. It was 2 degrees 6 days ago. We’re under a flood watch now.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Single digits here. Was in the 60s yesterday

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Hey gang!

So last night it felt like the judges were in the tank for the French pair. Kind of feels like that again tonight.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Nice butt on Frenchita, though.

Romonobyl

Someone say pair?

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SonOfSpam

Something gold globes something something

montythisseemsstrangetome

Roughing the Passer – 2 minutes

Gratliff

Fuck. Is Brady playing hockey now?

Mr. Ayo

“The best night of my life is when I held my sister up, with her legs wrapped around me, as we spun about”
was not at all uttered by Alex Shibutani after that performance.

SonOfSpam

The Slovaks got a guy named Tchaikovsky. Gonna be pissed if he scores at 18:12.

Romonobyl

Just something you’ll have to get over…ture.

Sorry man I got nothing.

SonOfSpam

Better than my original comment deserved.

Senor Weaselo

That was absolutely Pathetique.

Romonobyl

These skaters wanna impress me? Try a routine to an Avenged Sevenfold song then maybe I’ll be impressed.

Gratliff
litre_cola

Maybe some Primus too.

WCS

Tool

litre_cola

The dude would throw her out of the arena.

Gratliff

It still amuses me greatly that USA cast Liam McPoyle as the investigator in their Tupac-Biggie movie.

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Gratliff

Every time I see this, I have to take a moment to appreciate the brilliance of the 3 cuts to the increasingly less impressive attempt.

Col. Duke LaCross

Madison Chock. Sweet Jeezus.

Mr. Ayo

More like Choke/Bates, amiright?

Gratliff

Some good GMing up there in Detroit

Red Wings retaining half the salary in the Mrazek trade with Philly.

— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) February 20, 2018

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Gratliff

Flyers pick up Mrazek from the Wings. Mrazek is doomed.

WCS

USA-Slovakia hawkey about to drop the puck.

SonOfSpam

Can we call the new Ice Rams defenseman Dion “Enuff” Phaneuf? Or is that a little too hair-bandy?

WCS

Berman-ish

SonOfSpam

Good point.

Plus, upon reflection, I like Dion Phaneuf “Z’nuff” better.

litre_cola

Maybe he is into snuff films?

SonOfSpam

Watching Maddie Bowman crash on the same 900 on all 3 Ski Halfpipe runs was pretty devastating. Stupid human emotions, not letting me make fun of her.

At least she has the gold from four years ago.

Col. Duke LaCross

Maddie and 20 other Olympians all attend the same little college I teach Community Ed for. That was hard to watch. Poor kid.

SonOfSpam

So you’ve dealt with her? Good kid? The way she just wouldn’t get up…

Col. Duke LaCross

I’ve seen her at the gym a few times. Don’t know her personally. They’re all there on a special accelerated program with the USSSA where they can attend class at the school for two days a week to earn their degrees and train up in Park City the other five. It’s a pretty great program that seems to get bigger every Olympic cycle. Plus, it’s great publicity for the college.

SonOfSpam

That’s terrific – thanks for the info!

Col. Duke LaCross

This is an older article, but it explains the program a lot better than I did.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123849545

WCS

Any of you cheesedicks ever been to Put-In-Bay? Apparently, my parents booked a condo there for my mom’s 60th in August, and there’s going to be ten of us.

Gratliff

Just how many will be putting it in bae, exactly?

WCS

I don’t think so, but, I bet you can find this at Buffalo Jump:
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SonOfSpam

Putin Bay? I’ve been there!

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blaxabbath

Also, I trust pro baseball/basketball players to be EXPERTS on the national anthem. LeBron has probably sat through that song….1,200 times? I mean, he knows how it’s supposed to sound.

Fergie didn’t sound….right.

SonOfSpam

Better question…who the fuck expected good things from “Fergie Sings The Anthem”?

litre_cola

Rich out of touch white guys? Or synergy merchants also know as the marketing department?

SonOfSpam

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blaxabbath

Trump must not know Fergie has some mexican heritage or else he’d have been skewing the hell out of her on twitter all weekend.

ballsofsteelandfury

Hacienda Heights. Whaddaya expect?

Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

Google nerfed the fuck out of image search. God damn Getty Images. Anyway, it turns out it snowed while I was sick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2tA7fzugxM&feature=youtu.be&t=1m

rockingdog

Funny for the evening:

Lawyer: I only have one question for my client *dramatic pivot* WHO’S A GOOD BOY?
Judge: Let the records show that the accused’s tail wagged

Gratliff

Rumors are swirling about Flyers going for a big goalie trade. I can’t wait to see who they get that will get outperformed by the 3rd stringer and end up getting pulled in game 3 of the first round.

Col. Duke LaCross

That was borderline treasonous…
https://youtu.be/Yq1N7knp2tI

Redshirt

Funny things is, the commentator are true, sort of. In WWI, the enemy would get nervous if they are facing Canadian soldiers. Maybe that crappy X-Man Origins movie was right and Wolverine and Sabertooth did fight in that war.

Redshirt

Done! I found a video that connects the Olympics to National Anthems. Well the first part anyway.

(NSFW: Language)

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/palbps/stand-up-daniel-tosh–uncensored—national-anthems

JustStopDude

I got to say it…I hate the Naked Gun Series of films.

Police Squad is superior in all ways.

Frank was never supposed to be a fucking idiot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CympFl-1yAk

Redshirt

On my Sacred Honour, I don’t know why they haven’t redone this series. They’re doing everything else!

Gratliff

That’s the same way I feel when people say the US version of the Office was better.

Unsurprised

Nobody says that. I don’t like the British version either, but I refuse to believe this has ever been said by anyone.

ballsofsteelandfury

You’d be surprised…

JustStopDude

I had a seizure at work. Last week. Its from getting cracked in the head in the military god knows how many fucking times. It happens rarely, but it does happen from time to time.

For the last five years, i have never had one at work…noticeably. I have successfully hid it from the company. On Friday, I had one. It was literally one of those things where if a person was not in my cubical, no one would have noticed. But my fucking luck, I was conversing with a new hire and it happened and the little shit just didn’t back away and keep his mouth shut (I’m kidding, I do not blame the kid at all).

Instead, i came to at the local VA hospital.

And of course they are asking me what drugs I took. I got a rep from the company and they are asking me if I took dust, PCP, meth…Jesus Christ man…how many folks in fitted suits are getting wet during the work week?

This was Friday.

Come today, its all this “bless your heart” and “why didn’t you tell us you were disabled?” from the HR people. These are direct fucking quotes from people that should know better…but its rural fucking Virginia. While I love Roanoke, some of the people here are fucking inbred hicks.

My boss, who is a sweet old honky…that is the best way to describe him…saw me in the morning “Sweet Jesus them HR girls won’t shut up. I assume you is okay to work. If you ain’t…shut up about it. I ain’t learning another name”

I like my cracker ass boss.

Viva La Tabula Raza

If you don’t mind my asking, what was your rate in the Navy (I think I recall correctly that was your branch) that resulted in the blows to the head?

JustStopDude

I was a steam mechanic. MM.

Walked into many a valve…vent duct…pipe…etc. Hell once I broke my own ocular socket trying to loosen a condenser cover. (I drove the racket into my face)….

Viva La Tabula Raza

Makes sense. I conked my noggin more than a couple of times down in the main space; fortunately for my clumsy ass I was a fresh air snipe (MR) and only had to go down in the hole now and then whenever I had to take measurements to fabricate a pump shaft or something, or heli-coil a stripped thread (BT’s could cross-thread a light bulb).

theeWeeBabySeamus

I’ve had a couple myself, but not in a long long time and only once in public (in a fucking Walmart of all places).

Agreed, waking up to that bullshit is a pain in the ass.

Redshirt

My mother suffers from seizures too. I feel ya. People respond differently when really, its not different. Its just your brain someone gets mixed up signals.

Really, once you seen your mom have a Grand Mal Seizure and come back from it, its doesn’t become a disability. All you have to tell them if when you say you feel an aura, don’t hold you down (it’ll hurt you), keep breaking stuff away from you, and talk you through it.

Unsurprised

Instead, i came to at the local VA hospital.

You lucky devil.

Gratliff

We had a kid in the saw mill who had diabetes and didn’t tell anyone. He lasted for about 2 months before passing out while tailing a band saw. I believe he was fired before he hit the ground.

JustStopDude

My job…its no big deal. I don’t do field work anymore. Even then, its still not that big of a deal.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Why is the Duchess of York singing the American National anthem anyway? She’s not even married to Prince Andrew anymore.

Gratliff

I’m disappointed this took this long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHnXajIex4

theeWeeBabySeamus

Dammit, I was just getting ready to post that myself.
But Gratliff is correct….you people disappoint me.

theeWeeBabySeamus

But I didn’t search for that for nothing dammit…I’m still posting this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYyv8bOHUKg

Redshirt

I didn’t want to disparage the memory of Enrico Pollazzo, okay?!

Unsurprised

He was just here like last week. Pats Schadenfreude Day for sure.

Redshirt

(( DOOR STAYS CLOSED ))

(muffled) Guys! I forgot the password! Hello?!

ballsofsteelandfury

Guest

Unsurprised

/ROOT ACCESS GRANTED

ballsofsteelandfury

I swear to you, this song used to be played before every Lakers game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcADqxnQA_4

King Hippo

was gonna be my guess

theeWeeBabySeamus

We also would have accepted….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxmOnBCgX9o

herodotus450
Redshirt

One Bengals game had Katy Perry’s “Eye of the Tiger” playing to send the players out instead of “Welcome to the Jungle” or the “Hard Knocks Theme”.

No one would’ve blamed the Bengals for refusing to enter the field and forfeiting out of principle alone.

montythisseemsstrangetome

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Mr. Ayo

Are they heading to the Hunger Games?

rockingdog

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herodotus450

Hee hee, why hasn’t anyone I wonder how many people have tried to sue the federal gubbermint to allow each States’ anthem to be played instead of BIG GOVERNMENT’s NATIONAL anthem.

King Hippo

I mean, at least Dixie amirite??

herodotus450

Born in the USA for everyone!

Viva La Tabula Raza

If the south ever secedes again, this should be their national anthem.

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

herodotus450

They would only have to change one word and could use this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo

SonOfSpam

Texas sporting events would be preceded by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX6ggRByE8g

herodotus450

I was definitely not affected by any outside sources or agents to post this anthem thoug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsC2ETsZL0g
/Dr. Grant should’ve stayed underneath the waves smh

King Hippo

My goal in life is now to have my hair cut by Rae Carruth,

Mr. Ayo

That barbershop should hire Michael Irvin too. And have Ray Lewis as a consultant.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

“What about my friend, Tiki Barber?!”

— Peter King

herodotus450
ballsofsteelandfury

O Canada >>>>>>> Star Spangled Banner

And it’s not even close.

SonOfSpam

YOU UNAMERICAN BAST

/listens to both

Yeah, you’re right.

King Hippo

A full ice footbaw arena belting out O Canada is a truly moving, beautiful thing.

Gratliff

I agree, but it’s probably the fault of hockey

rockingdog

Hahaha

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montythisseemsstrangetome

“Oh shit, sorry Beerguyrob, my bad.”

– God

montythisseemsstrangetome

I feel responsible for everything that happened.

Aw, that feeling must be rough for you.

JustStopDude

The Rae Carruth shows how NFL teams have no fucking idea how to do PR.

Say I am in charge of the Panthers.

FUCKING BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THEIR PLACES! AND GOD DAMN JEWS…..

shit hold on…my god the power…

So I am in charge of the Panthers and this shit happens. I take over all costs for the kid. What do we think it is…$150k a year to take care of the boy? Have him literally in the owners box. The kid and his grandma can’t be that annoying.

Tie in a whole “Panther Pride” campaign or some shit like a pride of lions where we don’t abandon our own. Its free fucking easy PR. Every start of the season, the NFL would be sucking me off to borrow the kid and the grandma to warm the cockles of idiots across the US. And every local TV station would have raging hardons for an easy feel good piece. The kid would be a better mascot than the fucking idiot in the panther costume.

Even at $150k a year, that is cheap compared to an advertising campaign.

SonOfSpam

They could even have a corporate sponsor. “The Carolina Panthers and Nextel Wireless Present The Carruth Kid!”

Your point is, of course, spot on.

ballsofsteelandfury

Put his face on the hood of a NASCAR Monster Energy Series car.

But not Bubba’s…

SonOfSpam

Why not on the trunk?

ballsofsteelandfury

Holy shit! I love you.

Unsurprised

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