Your “Those Guys Are A Couple of Master Debaters” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

  • It begins: up to eight Titans players & personnel have tested positive for Corona virus.
    • It’s three new positive tests for players and five new positive tests for personnel.
      • Outside linebackers coach and defensive playcaller Shane Bowen missed Sunday’s game due to COVID protocols.
      • They now have to confirm the results.
    • All in-person activities have now been suspended until Saturday.
      • Minnesota is also being tested since they just played the Titans.
        • They say they’re clean.
        • League contact tracing identified 48 close contacts with the eight members of the Titans who tested positive.
    • All players who test positive must be cleared by the team’s physician and undergo cardiac testing.
      • Maybe that’s the real reason the Chargers’ doctor shanked Tyrod Taylor.
    • FYI – the Titans host the Steelers this Sunday, while the Vikings play at Houston.

It’s “Debate Night In America”!

Tonight is the first of the three scheduled debates between Biden & Trump. Tonight’s topics will concentrate on the political records of Trump and Biden records, the Supreme Court, the coronavirus pandemic, race and violence in cities, election integrity, and the economy. While most networks are trying to imply an image of fairness in the face of battle,

FOX already has their banner image prepared,

That starts at 9:00PM ET. People want these to be knock-down, drag-out affairs, but in reality it’s just ninety minutes of this:

followed by three-hours of talking heads making POINTS! and deciding a victor based upon pre-existing political biases. I can’t wait!


Baseball playoffs:

One sport ends; another begins.

Look! If you don’t want to watch the debate, then this is all you’ve got.

Because of the ‘rona, the baseball playoffs are being played inside a bubble. The play-in round is being held in the top-seed’s park, followed by select bubble locations for the remainder of the playoffs. The hope is that, by the time they get to the actual Series, they will be able to have 25% attendance. Here’s what’s what:

  • NLDS: Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas and Minute Maid Park in Houston.
  • ALDS: Petco Park in San Diego and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
  • NLCS: Globe Life Field.
  • ALCS: Petco Park.
  • World Series: Globe Life Field.

Globe Life Field is the new stadium in Texas, built right next to their “antiquated”, 25-year-old old Arlington Ballpark.

In short, here are the first-round matchups. Each series is only three games; first to two wins. The seedings are based on division winner, then divisional second place based on record, and then two wild-card team based on record. The 4-5 seeds are two second-place teams.

National League:

  • Dodgers (1) vs. Brewers (8)
  • Braves (2) vs. Reds (7)
  • Cubs (3) vs. Marlins (6)
  • Padres (4) vs. Cardinals (5)

American League:

  • Rays (1) vs. Blue Jays (8)
  • Athletics (2) vs. White Sox (7)
  • Twins (3) vs. Astros (6)
  • Cleveland (4) vs. Yankees (5)

Now, I don’t want to speak for everyone, but I think fact makes us root against the Astros, Yankees & Cardinals, and emotion for the Padres & Cleveland. The Astros are cheaters who deserve nothing but scorn, and the Yankees & Cardinals have the worst fans and inflated senses of their own importance. The Padres have never won, and Cleveland has the longest Series losing streak.

But, as always, you do you.


Tonight’s sports:

  • MLB:
    • Yankees vs. Cleveland – 7:00PM | ESPN / Sportsnet
  • WNBA Playoffs:
    • Semifinals – Sun vs. Aces – Game 5 – 7:30PM | ESPN2 / TSN

And I will try to remember to put the 506 maps up this Saturday. Geez, you people are so picky.

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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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Sharkbait

Biden is better when Fuckface von Clownstick shuts the fuck up

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I can’t embed tweets on mobile but this is spot on:

https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1311113865963409409?s=19

Sharkbait

Re-fucking tweet

SonOfSpam

Yup fer sure.

rockingdog

This isn’t a debate. It’s a DDOS attack happening in front of a human moderator.

Fronkenshteen

I can’t believe this is who the Democratic Party put up there under these circumstances.

Recovery Whiskey

Blame the Electoral College. And the Sons of Bernarchy

SonOfSpam

lol yeah Bernie would be better.

No one will be able to debate normally against this idiot.

Biden’s doing fine.

Redshirt

THANK YOU!

Redshirt

Well, time for me to defect to the UK. At least they don’t have a radical right asshole in charge with a bad hairdo.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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rockingdog

found a funny:

The little sloth claps her hands. She knows it’s too slow to not sound like sarcasm but she’s proud of you and trying her best.

Fronkenshteen

Shit. Trump has this election in the bag.

SonOfSpam

WTF would make you think that? He’s a flailing moron, and he’s never even sniffed 50% approval. He gonna lose bigly.

Recovery Whiskey

Nah. Nothing going on here that changes anyones minds that I’ve seen anyway

SonOfSpam

Never thought I’d say this, but Chris Wallace is to be pitied and has an impossible job.

Gratliff

No, no. He deserves so much worse

SonOfSpam

You’re right, but this thing has warped all reality.

Sharkbait

Alcohol?? Don’t mind if I do

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Recovery Whiskey

Gish galloping is Trump’s forte.

Senor Weaselo

Brett Gardner’s gone yard to center, so that should put a bow on that.

rockingdog

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Recovery Whiskey

Herman Cain says hi

Porky Prime

I had to turn it off. Some train wrecks shouldn’t be watched.

It’s like watching two drunk uncles argue on Thanksgiving over how to carve the turkey, then suddenly they’re calling each other assholes and shitty fathers…and then you have to go live with one of them for 4 years.

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Except one of them took a shit in the turkey and keeps hitting you in the face with it.

Still hard to pick which one to go live with?

Porky Prime

Don’t get me wrong, it’s an easy choice, but this debate is just anti-ibuprofen.

Recovery Whiskey

Trump getting away with steamrolling every topic.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I wouldn’t call it steamrolling, more loud incoherent blabbering, but he is getting away with it.

Recovery Whiskey

I would donate $20 to the DNC if Biden turned to him and said “what do you know, Brokeahontas?”

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Chris Wallace has no idea what to do

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Senor Weaselo

Can Chris Wallace just say “Rocks fall, everyone dies”?

WCS

In Trump’s mind, more like, “CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN YOOOOOOOOOOO SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN?”

Redshirt

Nancy Pelosi was right. Biden shouldn’t have debated Trump.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.BPTNjVXU4q85R1IZb-LsZQAAAA?pid=Api&rs=1

SonOfSpam

I see her point, but the headlines woulda been “HURR DURR BIDEN DUCKS DEBAIT”

Recovery Whiskey

Trump trying for a haymaker.

SonOfSpam

No idea what Biden should be doing. Laughing condescendingly may be the best strategy.

Redshirt

He need to call him of his bullshit. Don’t let him get away with anything.

He’s a narcissist. When you tell him he’s wrong, it infuriates him.

BaldingSpiritually

I disagree. Ignoring Trump and talking directly to the audience is his best bet

SonOfSpam

Again, you’re both right to a degree and that’s what makes this so difficult.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Apparently I’m not the only one who got to the heckler analogy:

https://twitter.com/birbigs/status/1311113302773239814?s=19

Redshirt

They need to cut the mics.

Sharkbait

THIS

Gratliff

A very orange lemon party

Redshirt

This is Biden’s fault. He prep’d for a Presidential Debate, not Jerry Springer.

WCS

Former Mayor of Cincinnati, Jerry Springer!

Senor Weaselo

In fairness Jerry Springer knows how to deal with the unruly.

Gatoraids

Yeah they actually had Mayor Pete as his mock Trump in the prep debates

Viva La Tabula Raza

I thought I read that he played Pence to Harris in practice?

Redshirt

That’s like training a lion tamer using a gerbil as the lion.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

This is so painful. The President is a drunk heckler in a comedy club and Biden is a geriatric cab driver on open mic night

Sharkbait

I legit do not think there is enough alcohol in this house to deal with this.

WCS

There isn’t enough in the solar system.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I can’t, I am ashamed it came to this.

clint greasewood

I’m mixing overproof rum with ever clear.

Recovery Whiskey

Bought a bottle and its half gone

Gratliff

Joe’s next ad is gonna be a reenactment of the blowjob from The Shining with a cop on the bed instead and they’ll still be accusing him of wanting to defund police

Viva La Tabula Raza

“Will you shut up, man! How un-presidential!”
Noice

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WCS

There’s your Uncle Joe moment.

clint greasewood

No plan, no plan, you’re the plan!

Senor Weaselo
Recovery Whiskey

Wallace and Biden are both letting Trump lead with disruption and abuse. Its working so far I think.

WCS

20 minutes in of a two hour debate, and I already want to chug an entire bottle of bourbon.

Recovery Whiskey

I’m 6 shots in since kickoff

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

This would be hilarious if this wasn’t my country.

scotchnaut

Really? Your take is that if this happened somewhere else, in some other country, (that you don’t give a fuck about) it would be funny?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I took it as an SNL skit, but you could be right, like a country the CIA fucked with.

Sharkbait

God Trump is a fucking asshole.

Gratliff

C’mon. One of you old fucks throw a punch

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gratliff

How is Chris Wallace of all people the first person to ask this motherfucker a real question?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Jesus, the President is such a prick

Recovery Whiskey

Trump trying to disrupt as much as possible.

WCS

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Gratliff

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-partner=”tweetdeck”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Feels wrong to not have all 5 types of dementia represented on stage tonight</p>&mdash; Pinboard (@Pinboard) <a href=”https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1311111744748572672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Fronkenshteen

Joe doesn’t have the energy to get in a cunt-off with this nasty prick.

Recovery Whiskey

He sounds fine so far

scotchnaut

You might want to turn off your “Pornhub Translator” going forward.

Recovery Whiskey

“I am the Democratic Party right now” – Biden

Redshirt

Biden: “So the 115th Congress has more of a right to vote for the Supreme Court than the 114th?”

Sorry, I was mind-canoning the debate.

Recovery Whiskey

Socialist. Drink

WCS

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

I wish Chris would just ask the President where in the constitution does that authority come from

Gratliff

Gonna have to take some points away from Biden for referring to him as “Mr. President” and not “orange cunt”