NFL Noise:
- Stealing from Crimebeat!:
- Bengals CB Mackensie Alexander is having himself a rough few days:
- On Monday, his father went missing on a palmetto berry picking trip in Okeechobee County, FL.
- On Tuesday, Alexander was arrested for assaulting the man who allegedly left his father behind. He remains in jail pending a bail hearing on Wednesday.
- He apparently confronted the fellow in the presence of law enforcement, and when they left he took matters into his own fists.
- The pull-quote from ESPN says it all:
- A former Washington Football Team executive instructed employees to create a behind-the-scenes video for owner Daniel Snyder featuring clips of partially nude team cheerleaders pulled from a 2008 swimsuit calendar shoot.
- According to the Washington Post, which wrote the original story, twenty-five more women have spoken to the Post about experiencing sexual harassment while working for the team since their first story came out a couple of months ago.
- These new allegations also include an incident where Dan Snyder attempted to coerce a cheerleader to “get to know each other” with a friend of his up in a hotel room where a function was taking place.
- Bengals CB Mackensie Alexander is having himself a rough few days:
- Le’Veon Bell is pissed with Adam Gase over whether or not his hamstring is at risk.
- Gase pulled him from practice when he observed him apparently favouring the leg.
- Not wanting to risk serious injury three weeks from the alleged start of the season.
- Bell, however, had opinions on the matter that differed from his coach.
- Gase pulled him from practice when he observed him apparently favouring the leg.
ain’t nothin wrong with my hamstrings https://t.co/6ri3vCVQ1U
— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) August 26, 2020
In-between periods of the Flyers-Islanders game today, I flipped around & got hooked into “Scarface” on AMC. It had been awhile since I’d seen it, and I was simultaneously engaged and horrified. Thus, I have a number of questions, for which I will be parroting [DFO]’s award-adjacent feature, “25 Questions”.
- How many people have actually seen the Paul Muni original?
- How many people have actually heard of Paul Muni?
- Did you know Al Pacino’s agent came up with the idea for the remake after watching the Paul Muni original on late night TV?
- And that Sidney Lumet was going to be the director?
- Oliver Stone was hired to write the original script, and said he spent two months in Florida “doing research and cocaine”. Based on the script, how much cocaine do you think Oliver Stone did?
- Do you think you underestimated the amount of cocaine?
- You did, didn’t you?
- Do you think Oliver Stone being a coked-out spider monkey is what caused Sidney Lumet to quit?
- Do you think cocaine is why Brian De Palma signed on to direct?
- The “Scarface” remake is set in Miami, using Marielitos as the protagonists. Outside of Florida, do you think anyone knew what a Marielito was?
- Al Pacino is Italian. Cubans are not Italian. Correct?
- They had to apply bronzer to Pacino to darken his complexion to make him look more Cuban. This is “Brownface”, no?
- His Cuban accent is also a gross stereotype. Does the cartoonishness make the Brownface better or worse?
- It’s gotta be worse, yes?
- Steven Bauer was the only Cuban in the main cast. I don’t have a question here; I just want to point out how handsome this bastard was.
- They couldn’t have found someone non-Italian to play Gina, Frank Lopez or Omar?
- They couldn’t make this movie today, with these casting choices, right?
- Did you know they shot most of the movie in California, due to threats from locals and the city government?
- They only shot exteriors in Miami, and only spent 10 days there. Can you tell they shot most of the movie on a lot in LA?
- Why do they show this movie on AMC?
- There is so much swearing, the dubs make it seem like a totally different movie. It was the first film to have over 200 uses of “fuck”, which is abbreviated “the f-word” on most movie trivia sites. What’s the point, at this point?
- How soft are American viewers that the violence isn’t what gets edited but the swearing and the occasional sideboob?
- Also, why is it on at 3:00 in the afternoon?
- You know what doesn’t get edited? Maricón.
- Seriously, in today’s culture, how does this movie still get a pass?
This concludes my rambling. It doesn’t end my questioning, however.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins – 7:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
- Game 3 – series tied 1-1
- Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars – 9:30PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
- Game 3 – Dallas leads 2-0
- Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins – 7:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
- NBA: All games postponed due to player boycott over Kenosha
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets – 6:30PM | TNT / TSNGame 5 – Series tied 2-2
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers – 8:00PM | TNT / TSNGame 5 – Lakers lead 3-1
- MLB:
- Yankees at Braves – 6:00PM | ESPN / TSN3
- Blue Jays vs. Red Sox (from Buffalo) – 6:30PM | Sportsnet1
- Dodgers at Giants – 9:00PM | ESPN / TSN3
- MLS:
- Miami vs. Atlanta – 8:00PM | TSN2
- Wrasslin’:
- NXT – 8:00PM | USA
Thanks to the basketball schedule, AEW is pushed to Thursday night if it airs at all, so has got you tomorrow. Balls will be back on Friday, so it’s an early weekend for me. Adios!
Just a reminder that Kraft, Belichik, and Brady are all filthy pieces of MAGA shit and people should be calling them out every fucking second of their existence.
Look, I don’t know why you guys are always on Boston about racism. The Bruins defense clearly joined today’s boycott.
It’s a strike.
Where’d you get this photo of my car?
It’s amusing watching the hockey coverage of the NBA boycott. “Uh, well, of course we support those guys. Racism is bad and stuff.” I don’t think a reporter has dared to ask a player if his team discussed joining the boycott, which is just as well because I’m sure the answer would be a real beaut.
Separate but equal bubbles still exist in 2020.
“I can’t play because you’re too stupid to legislate out going to the doctor causing your family bankruptcy? No thanks and I’ll smoke this weed here.”
– the ‘just gonna send it’ guy
The size of this hurricane seems to be inversely proportional to the amount of coverage it is getting from the networks.
So another white chick is missing?
Fuck, now I’m actually nostalgic for when that was the biggest story on cable news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLjb0_v-CM
After four years, even Bush was checked out on the Iraq war
“Here’s your helmet. What’s your hurry?”
-Tampa Bay Lightning, up 6-1
And “Goodfellas” is on AMC. Everything’s coming up dog shit.
Must be in Texas, getting ready for the flooding.
If anyone has any leverage on Gary Bettman, now’s the time to use it to make him declare that any extra Tampa goals from this game can be carried over to future games in this series.
Absolute shame what’s happening to the Bruins
Couldn’t happen to a nicer team.
“Eek, eek.”
Apropos of nothing…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y71iDvCYXA
Jack Chick was far more subtle.
Jesus and Trump did both fuck many prostitutes. Or one prostitute, many times.
*zooms in on license plate frame*
“OOH-RAH GUNNY!!”
Don’t ask Ben Shapiro, or Ben Shapiro’s wife.
VanTruckCar: Half car, Half truck, Half van.
Evangelicals are satanic death / apocalypse cultists and in any decent country they’d be locked up and not given control of their own pudding selections let alone this country
Rex. My man. One word: MOISTURIZE
So, I’ve been listening to Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius these days. Just heard a song that I haven’t thought of for nearly a half-century. I had the 45 back in 1970 or so, when I lived in Turkey on a small NATO communications installation. I was in the sixth grade, and had a girlfriend named Mary Hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WfbmIkyISs
Cassettes were such an improvement over 8-tracks.
I was saying “Booo-urn Marchand at the stake”
Well at least when the Bruins have to pull Halak they’ve got that zomboni driver to plug in.
Oh that is fantastic
Contestant: “I’ll take ‘Triggered’ for $600, Alex.”
Mr. Trebek: “This team lost to a goddamn Zamboni driver and their fans went round the bend afterwards, smh.”
Contestant: “Who are the fucking pathetic Toronto Maple Fuckheads?”
Mr. Trebek: “You got that fucking right. Buncha wanna-be frontrunners. Am I Rite!?”
Aaron Judge, back off the IL… for 5 innings before he gets hurt again!
My Very True Twitter Story-
I signed up a few years back. The only purpose of the account was to make silly jokes/cheer them on during Syracuse men’s basketball games. I shut it down after a few months. People are vile/stupid.
Fucking pirates.
Isn’t that just a euphemism for … never mind
I liked this guy until I found out he was a murderer, not a lovable cop who never lit the cigarette he carried around constantly.
Any opinions on the human?
“the human” in general, or that one specifically?
What is the new weirdest thing you have caught yourself doing regularly since Roni showed up?
Due to being at home working solo for this, there is so many genres of podcasts, genres of tunes to listen to. I have found myself listening to French (France) alt rock. Never had before.
i started pumping off with my left to liven things up
Ah, the stranger. Do you sit on it first so it falls asleep?
Can’t usually am standing in the window waving at the neighbor
So, both hands are free?
Property Values skyrocket!!!
Mix that with rubber bands cutting off the circulation and self-choking…. that’s the ticket.
Drinking too much.
I’m done with twitter tonight. Too many brain dead morons.
“Uh, it’s spelled M-O-R-A-N-S. Stupid.”
-Twitter Morons
GET A BRIEAN!
Is that George C Scott confronting Trump’s dad?
I like to sneak over to 4chan from time to time to see how the kids are.
Those kids scare me.
It didn’t seem so bad when I saw them in this film at the mulitiplex in the Houston Galleria, Summer 1979. They seemed alright to me.
Same place I saw Alien that summer.
CWebb didn’t do too bad tonight either. I reckon this is sports related…
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/watch-nba-all-star-fights-back-tears-talking-about-young-activists-not-giving-up-after-jacob-blake-slaying/
Have we tried not tracking the Hurricane? Don’t have to worry about it if its not tracked right?
Don’t you have a Sharpie and a printer?
Send it south to Mexico and make them pay for the storm damage!!!
I’ve been told by some very good people that some of the best tracking stations were de-commissioned by the Obama government just last week! Sad.
“We’ve got something for this!”
-International Style Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HfOipwvts
“Kev ein Shatten Kirk” also the name of William Shatner’s early German fetish porn movie that he doesn’t want you to know about.
In addition to all the other stuff, we can look forward to another 6k coronavirus deaths by the end of the week, too!
Numerically winning!
Wait til school openings get their minute….
found a funny:
When I wonder how this election could possibly be close, I remind myself that The Monkees outsold The Beatles here in 1967, the year Sgt. Pepper was released.
Hendrix opened for the Monkees in 1967. People forget this.
I like how she’s dressed like Jay Leno on his car show.
Slight difference, not surprised you missed it..
Laura is going to be CAT5 before it hits landfill. I maintain its God’s punishment for making Jerry Falwell Jr. resign.
Praise Jesus. Send me money!
It was fun to fly into in flight simulator
I flew the Shuttle on simulator [the one for tourists] at Johnson (heh heh) Space Center about 25 years ago. Did not have The Right Stuff, and splatted it.
Instead of numbers, hockey jerseys should have giant flexible OLED screens on front and back which could be used to show ads to generate revenue, or to show twitter memes in order to attract younger fans.
Any word on the NHL boycott?
The Stanley Cup is continuing its 53-year boycott of Toronto, if that’s what you mean.
Is that Luke’s Very Special Cousin waving a gun like he’s an honorary Wisconsin State Trooper?
By fans?
The Ottawa Senators have steadfastly refused to participate in any playoff games whatsoever! They’ve been way out in front of this movement for a few years now.
“That was a good day.”
-Lil Bow Wow
“Fine, how was your day?”
Folks
Guess they couldn’t just wait for the monthly harvest…
Not with bears.
https://twitter.com/AbbyJohnson/status/1256604827569860611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1256604827569860611%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadstate.org%2Frnc-speaker-the-husband-in-a-godly-household-should-get-final-say-on-who-to-vote-for%2F
Bow wow
I just started ‘Embassytown’ by China Mieville. Yeah, I went down his wormhole yet again. It’s just like The City and The City, Perdido Street Station, Kraken and The Last Days of New Paris in that his world-building throws you off with respect to your normal book reading. And then it comes together in a way that you didn’t anticipate.
Forget it Scotchy, it’s Embassytown.
Scotchy murdering hobos is less gross than John Huston fucking his daughter Faye Dunaway and fathering a child.
I appreciate that Doc Emrick has a Charleston Chiefs jersey in his home office.
Do you feel the same way about Bugs “What’s Up Doc?” Bunny’s Montreal Maroon’s jersey being featured in his burrow?
Ice cream cones are so refreshing.
Clint Howard in Ice Cream Man (1995)
*The good Howard brother.
Voiceover – “Not necessarily the good brother.”
In lieu of the NBA playoffs, TBS is showing “The Longest Yard” with Adam Sandler. There’s something funny about that to me.
About them showing it. There’s nothing funny about the film.
Spoiler Alert:
That movie sucks bags and bags of very full vacuum bags that vacuumed the house of a cat lady that died with more than 80 cats.
SIR! Your lack of respect for bags and bags of syphilitic dicks IS APPALLING!
Bags and bags of smashed assholes are standing there just livid at being left out of this conversation.
Bags and Bags of Smashed Assholes could be the controversial name of some esoteric musical ensemble.
Cello!
Hand Bells?
Wind Chimes?
Pan flute, kazoo; Jew’s harp to help join together with the band.
Woodwinds!
Where are the marshmallows?
I understand you have to ask that question, but you’ll have to check those bags and bags yourself.
With pleasure.
The 1970s version with film god Burt Reynolds was at least worth watching once back in the day. “I think I broke his fucking neck!”
Beer drinking movie. Stupid, but entertaining and fun.
It was a different time.
“Black Pucks Matter!”
-Eugene Melnyk, out to lunch, yet again
Aren’t all pucks black? Or at least the darkest of darkest blue? (not a hockey guy per se)
Promotional pucks can be in the teams colors. Always a good idea to give them out to hockey fans for a match.
The WHA used blue pucks for a while in their brief existence in the ‘70s; and, of course, there’s always FOX Sports’ mid-90s glowing puck for contrast…
Cubans are some of the toughest mofos around. They’ve endured Castro (and successors), glasnost, Miami terrorists, and the U.S. embargo (ongoing).
This situation is so serious I was able to talk to my teenage sons twenty whole minutes about it before they looked at their phones.
#qualityparenting
Twenty minutes? That doesn’t even happen with no signal.
Between Kenosha and Laura, the RNC week is just shaping up to be a perfect storm.
And we’re fucking George clooney captaining the boat right before it gets hit with the giant wave
Misery, chaos and a chance to embezzle? This is a Republican wet dream
Pacino’s Spanish accent wasn’t bad. It wasn’t Cuban tho. They say Ohga”, never “Olga”.
And Marielitos… I lived thru it! PR received a lot of ‘em and Haitians. A camp was set in Fort Allen, a U.S. military base in Salinas.
My father would’ve approved of the brownface. He hated Cubans. I’m at “Nope” on both issues.
Maybe Pacino’s accent in that film was inspired by the Caribbean Hispanics he no doubt knew growing up in NYC? Just a totally un-back-up-able theory on my part…
I know a Cubano who did 30 years in the USAF. He’s one of the most fucking racist mofos I’ve ever met. Hard for me not say, “Dude, you’re brown, they hate you too and would take your AF retirement pay and Social Security away in a fucking second if they could get away with it. Your service doesn’t entitle you to consider yourself as some kind of honorary white guy, at least not in their eyes.”
Yeah, but his parents’ slaves were black before Castro came along. So he empathizes with white rednecks.
There is a ton of great stories worth watching on the making of that movie. If I remember the whole accent thing and arguments about was one of them.
Some guy talking about America being a beacon of freedom. That ship sailed a long time ago. I believe it was called La Amistad.
A traditional legendary trope is that wreckers deliberately decoying ships on to coasts use tricks, especially false lights, so that they run ashore for easy plundering.[1] While this has been depicted in many stories and legends, there is no clear evidence that this has ever happened.
Maybe it was fake in the past. Don’t they call it gaslighting now?
Answer to most of the middle questions: Cubans were, and still are, filthy communists so it’s impossible to be racist against them checkmate Liberals.
-Marco Rubio
—Perez Prado
Jajaja ja (phonetic)
Figured you might be the only one that caught that one, given your geographical location…
Hey man, hope Laura doesn’t treat you badly. That hurricane looks scary as hell.
It’s gonna be bad, but I’m safely inland. Will be breaking out the MasterCard to contribute to relief ops, though. It’s gonna be fucking awful on the LA/TX border. 20 foot surge, fuck me.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/hurricane-laura-is-heading-for-a-city-that-can-t-take-a-1844857171?_ga=2.31111869.369729129.1598306356-2048169363.1560103807
holy shit
-Inside the locker room, the Milwaukee Bucks were on a conference call with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, sources tell ESPN.
NBA teams wants to talk to attorney generals + Lt. governors now?
Not all AGs are cool, even ones you would expect to side with BLM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Cameron_(Kentucky_politician)
I think the bad Cuban accent is the worst part about brownfacing Scarface.
But yeah, there are plenty of things wrong there.
My big pet peeve, though, is what you said: gory violence and cursing are perfectly fine but GOD FORBID you show a boob.
I think there were plenty of movie bare boobs to be seen back during the era of Scarface. Sadly less bare boobs these days, still a lot of violence and cussing too.
Did not know that there was such a thing as a palmetto berry. But then I’m not a botanist.
Black Lives Matter.
Loved watching Kenny Smith walk off on TNT.
Kenny Smith walking off the TNT set was a Nobel gesture.
from some twitter feed
Charles Barkley on @CNNSitRoom: “Wolf, the bottom line: it’s exhausting being black. Especially when you’re a celebrity. I love Tom Brady, but nobody asks him about what’s going on in white America. Nobody asks Luka Dončić what’s going on in America.”