You know it’s a unique day when I had to fight WordPress to get it to accept February 29 in its calendar. Anyway, I was bored so here a few
Leap Day Historical Facts!
- 1980 – Gordie Howe scores his 800th NHL goal.
- He’d score one more in his career, giving him 801 & the NHL record until Wayne Gretzky breaks it.
- Because he was a Hartford Whaler when he did it, there’s only one sound effect that matters:
Other important February 29th events:
- 1796 – The Jay Treaty comes into effect between Britain & the USA.
- Properly known as The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America (the Jay Treaty is not so much a mouthful), it helped settle trade disputes after the Revolution as well as the the boundary between Canada – technically, “British North America” – and the USA vis-à-vis the 13 colonies.
- the peace lasted until the War of 1812.
- A side effect is that it allowed, via its language & subsequent legislation, Native Indians born in Canada to be entitled to freely enter the United States for the purpose of employment, study, retirement, investing, and/or immigration.
- Article III of the Treaty stated that Great Britain and the United States would allow First Nations people to live on either side of the newly established border and to freely cross the border.
- For immigration purposes, the person must be 50% aboriginal, as such evidence would include either an identification card from the Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs or a written statement from an official of the tribe from which they or their ancestors originated.
- It’s a right still enforced today.
- Properly known as The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America (the Jay Treaty is not so much a mouthful), it helped settle trade disputes after the Revolution as well as the the boundary between Canada – technically, “British North America” – and the USA vis-à-vis the 13 colonies.
- 1916 – In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
- There were strenuous objections from the SC senators, who argued for state & local governance over a federal imposition.
- In context, marriages under age 16 were only prohibited by state law in 2019.
- The age of consent had been raised in South Carolina from age 10 in 1880 to age 16 by 1920.
- 1936 – The “Pocket Rocket” Henri Richard is born.
- Fifteen years younger than his elder brother, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, he played 20 years for the Habs & won 11 Cups, the most by any one player.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Canucks at Leafs – 7:00PM | CBC / Sportsnet
- Hurricanes at Habs – 7:00PM | CityTV
- Red Wings at Senators – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
- Jets at Oilers – 10:00PM | CBC
- NBA:
- Rockets at Celtics – 8:30PM | ABC
- NCAA: highlighted matchups
- Duke at Virginia – 6:00PM | ESPN
- DePaul at Butler – 6:30PM | FS1
- Michigan State at Maryland – 8:00PM | ESPN
- Arizona at UCLA – 10:00PM | ESPN
- St. Mary’s (Cal.) at Gonzaga – 10:00PM | ESPN2
- Fútbol:
- MLS Soccer:
- Nashville SC vs. Atlanta United – 8:30PM | FOX / TSN4
- Whitecaps FC vs. Sporting KC – 10:30PM | TSN
- Liga MX:
- Club América vs. Necaxa – 7:55PM | UNI
- Tigres UANL vs. UNAM – 9:55PM | UNI
- MLS Soccer:
- XFL Football:
- Seattle Dragons at St. Louis Battlehawks – 5:00PM | FOX
- Fisticuffs:
- UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
- Prelims – 6:00PM | TSN2 / ESPN+
- Main Card – 8:00PM | TSN2 / ESPN+
- AEW Revolution – PPV
- UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo
Tonight’s TV:
- Saturday Night Live – 11:30PM ET / 8:30PM PT – NBC / Global
- Host: John Mulaney
- Musical guest: David Byrne
I will be out at a bar watching the AEW show, hopefully enjoying myself & not getting roped into some sort of physical confrontation. I will keep you posted.
Let’s rock.
I don’t really care if UA loses this game to UCLA because a Bruins win would put the nail in ASU’s conference championship hopes. That said, UCLA has the most fair-weather, obnoxious, “lowercase f” Fans in all of sports.
Looks like that was the annual Loser Tours With Fozzy match
Ah, the long awaited followup to the “Save the Cheerleader” tour.
Unreal
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Photoshop?
Nope. It’s an outtake from the Treats shoot she did when she was 18.
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Yep, sure, I’ll take another.
Never know how the night might end up.
THERE, THAT’S BETTER.
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GODDAMNIT!!
Chris Jericho sung to the ring by a choir doing the top single by his band. I stan a legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqURPBtGJzg
This has been a most excellent show so far. Allin vs. Guevara was sick – in the best way possible.
It had all the greatest hits, including the Cody Rhodes Memorial Over-Booked NWA Special. The tag match was the standout, especially with that perfect heel turn tease.
We’ve been here 8 months and I think I’m finally ready to set up my downstairs “office” which is annoyingly a room right when you walk in the house with glass French doors so you can’t ignore it. On top of that, it’s the room the dogs use because I put the dog door in there and it’s the room I can sequester them to when we have company and don’t want to deal with their spazzing.
So far all I’ve got is a “Raiders Fan Parking ONLY” sign.
How appropriate.
“That is NOT what I meant, Mike!”
“Damn it; if one of my tits fall out we’ll have to do another god damn take.”
Stupid censors. ABC would’ve benefited from her showing off her tits.
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Whoa! I heard Moose cum all the way from California!
Who the hell downvoted this? You’re insane, whoever you are.
Or are you related to Lynda Carter?
Sean Penn in 8th grade.
Apparently.
Has anyone seen Jodie Foster and Sean Penn in the same room at the same time?
-Priest in the early 70s
JFC I’m in a great mood.
On a dare?
The one mask appears to be eating a Vienna Sausage.
Cody Rhodes got a really stupid tattoo and I’m happy Dusty didn’t have to see it
MURKA!!
Just watched most of the movie Anna, not that great of a movie but I sure did enjoy depictions of a women shooting a lot of men in the head.
Not sure if it is related, but apparently Kirk Douglas brutally raped Natalie Wood when she was 16. The world is a beautiful place…… apparently.
ALLEGEDLY.
Nothing like that has ever been covered up.
Everyone is on the straight and narrow if Bahamian islands taught me anything.
“Nothing to see here, let’s move along.”
“Or hear either, people.”
“Ummm, dude!”
Pete Buttigieg may be the first Democrat to get a negative percentage of the African American vote.
At some point, it goes from being funny to being sad, then all the way back to funny.
Not a lot of people out around town.
I can’t imagine why.
Found a funny:
DEATH: You’re grounded! Get back here!
DEATH’S DAUGHTER: Whatever. *gets on motorcycle, zooms across tightrope*
DEATH: HOW DARE YOU DEFY ME!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFN5DveQH0o
TJ likes it like that.
That’s a pretty good spankin’….
Where’d you find footage of my hockey career?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ER11CTSWsAAe9wH?format=jpg&name=large
Celtics up by 14
Jason tatum should tap into kobe brain and just start getting his
lol Tom Steyer just spent a ton of money just to see how well he could do in literally one state before dropping out
New plan for eliminating the billionaire class: National elections every year
At this rate Ottawa might catch San Jose.
/This is an hilarious hockey joke, in case you don’t get it.
Any season when Arizona isn’t dead last is hilarious.
But at least HockeyTown is mathematically eliminated.
I have a sneaking suspicion that most of you will like me more again when I’m allowed to start drinking again on March 3rd.
Woooooo Sobriety!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISatLDG0
Kind of interested in this rockets celtics game
You guys thought we were done with Disco last night, didn’t ya?
Hehehehe….suckers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARt9HV9T0w8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz9pZW5OvM4
So are we eventually gonna get Pete or Amy to drop out or is literally every one of them going to wait it out and hope for a brokered convention?
And jesus christ, Tulsi. Go home.
Gabbard, too. I didn’t realize she was still running.
Wait, there’s a Tulsi and a Gabbard?
/is disappointed she hasn’t lost out to people who have already withdrawn.
I’m pretty tanked right now. I was going to have another shot if Bernie crossed 20% in South Carolina, but looks like Diamond Joe is back from Mexico, baby.
Is it OK if we start calling him “joey”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpRfq7xHstg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cigAR6Su9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC4VXwFibWY
I have one goal as a wrestling fan, and that’s to never be the guy walking around an arena with a replica belt over my shoulder like I stopped aging emotionally at 13.
Looks like Tom Steyer got that Juvenile bump
XFL 2.0’s Contrubutions to Society: an original 1-, 2- and 3-point conversion idea and a chance to St. Louis to show the NFL that its still a football town.
This game is actually pretty entertaining.
The games are good. If they were played in stadiums with 40,000 capacities, it wouldn’t feel so cavernous you would feel the crowd’s energy.
Scotchy’s Sens are in for it tonight
Your dirty Swede’s are no match for our AHL All Stars!
Hey all our dirtiest Swede’s happen to be on LTIR at the moment, so there.
You sure showed me, smgdh…
XFL FIGHT!!! XFL FIGHT!!!
BahGawd, that’s He Hate Me’s music!
I’ve barely been out of the house for 2 full days and I am slowly going insane. I do not know how shut-ins do it.
Your first mistake was to stop masturbating
So much Whalers on this post Horatio for sure has an erection and could probably use some “alone” time.
Stop?
That’s your answer to everything!
Someone has way too much free time on their hands.
http://hankehenryontime.com/html/calendar.html
Also, October 31st and all Friday the 13ths would be gone. Plus, we would get a February 30th.
And every six years there’s just an extra week? That’s so much less jarring than an extra day every 4 years (unless the year is divisible by 100 (or something like that))
My favorite wrestling trope is when they do montages of wrestlers training with actual fighters to prepare for a match. Even better when Jericho starts shooting off at the mouth about them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiY23ja3Iu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db9ab7kCr0E
I once dated Gordie Howe’s niece. She kept calling him uncle Gordie.
Obviously I had to end that relationship, but not until I actually met Uncle Gordie.
Good Dude.
Um, what else would she have called him?
Well sure. But it was constant. Uncle Gordie this, Uncle Gordie that. Uncle Gordie used to say. It was literally out of her mouth every 5 minutes.
Yes, I’m a yuuuuuuge hockey fan. But you’re kinda hot if you’d stop saying Uncle Gordie.
How she ended up in Raleigh, NC I have no idea. I guess she and Uncle Gordie followed the Whalers south.
/ducks rotten fruit thrown from Hartford
Howe, I think, had some sort of honorary, no-show job with the franchise. Good for him. I hope he stole as much of the cocksucker Karmanos’s money as he could.
Me too, actually.
“Whooooosh!”
-sound made by rotten fruit
Yeah, the name dropping would get old fast.
But would I do the same goddamn thing if my uncle was Gordie Freaking Howe? Yes. Yes I would.
She had bigger tits than you and I still got tired of it.
We have the sports edition of Trivial Pursuit that came out sometime in the 80’s. It’s a joke in our house that every answer for the hockey questions was Gordie Fucking Howe. We ended up mixing those cards in with the regular game, because you could play for days with no winner!
We have the Genus edition from the 80’s and it’s the same with Entertainment with the answer being “The Beatles.”
I don’t know why you would end such a perfect arrangement, but you do you, I guess.
Looking forward to Big Boss walking away with it tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw6uzxFi-ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHr3ag7B410