NFL Noise:
- According to the NFL’s Chief Medical Doctor, 68% of all players have had at least one dose of COVID vaccine.
- That outpaces the national rate of 67.1 percent and is well ahead of the national rate of 53 percent for men between 18-39.
- There are five teams on which 85 percent of players have received at least one shot.
- Players are not required to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but will face heavy restrictions if they choose not to do so for training camp and preseason games.
- A fact Sean McDermott brought up during his chat with Cole Beasley.
- “I trust the players in a our locker room that they’re going to make good decisions and we’re gonna be where we need to be when the season rolls around,” McDermott said.
- A fact Sean McDermott brought up during his chat with Cole Beasley.
- Players are not required to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but will face heavy restrictions if they choose not to do so for training camp and preseason games.
- Well, the XFL is coming back in 2023, not 2022 as originally planned.
- This comes after its planned collaboration with the CFL fell through.
- “Our talks with the XFL, exploring the potential for collaboration and innovation, have been positive and constructive. While we remain open to finding new ways to work together in the future, we and our XFL counterparts have jointly decided to not pursue any formal arrangements at this time,” the CFL said in a statement.
- Speculation is that it’s because the CFL didn’t want to play in the Spring.
- The CFL is set to open its 2021 regular season on August 5th and hold the Grey Cup on December 12th in the wintry delight that will be Hamilton, Ontario.
- Also, to borrow a line from Senor Weaselo, he didn’t want to change his name to The Rouck.
- This comes after its planned collaboration with the CFL fell through.
Non-football observances:
- Canadian politics:
- Oh God – they’re not opening the border, they’re planning an election.
- Because nothing says “summer of pandemic relief” like 28 days of fucktards handing out brochures & making speeches.
- By law, it has to be held before October 16, 2023.
- Since Canada’s constitution only mandates an election be held within a five-year window from the last one, and the Fixed Date law only applies to majority governments, there is wiggle room for JT to make his move.
- But since it’s a Minority Government, it can be triggered any time, even engineered by a PM who wants to win a majority.
- Since Canada’s constitution only mandates an election be held within a five-year window from the last one, and the Fixed Date law only applies to majority governments, there is wiggle room for JT to make his move.
- Here are the current polling numbers:
- Oh God – they’re not opening the border, they’re planning an election.
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- Some truths you need to know:
- The Liberals & NDP are the only “true” national numbers, as they have representation across Canada.
- The Conservatives numbers are skewed because they have limited options in some provinces.
- They are big in rural Ontario but not the cities, which skews their popularity in the province.
- They are almost non-existent east of Ontario due to various mismanagements.
- They have acquired a social conservative vibe in the last 25 years that has driven so-called “red Tories” to the Liberals.
- The Bloq only runs in Quebec, so multiply their number by four in order to get their Quebec support.
- They are the real competition for the Liberals in Quebec, as they satisfy for voters the socialism the NDP runs on & the nationalism the Conservatives run on.
- The Greens are in freefall because they have turned on their current leader, and she’s blaming their racism for that.
- The main issues, in order of polling priority, will be the economy, the environment, the deficit, health care, and the pandemic.
- Some truths you need to know:
- The Spelling Bee:
- The Finals are tonight – there are 11 finalists, out of the 209 that started the competition via Zoom back in June.
- To help winnow down the field, each preliminary round had a Word Meaning Round, which required the speller to orally select the correct multiple choice answer to a vocabulary question read by the pronouncer.
- The speller had 30 seconds to view the question and the three answer choices. They had to answer correctly in order to move on.
- To avoid last year’s eight-way tie, they introduced a “spell off” for the end of the tournament.
- Each speller remaining in the competition will have 90 seconds to spell as many words as they can from a predetermined spell-off list of words.
- After all spellers remaining in the competition have competed in the spell-off, the speller who spelled the most words correctly will be declared champion.
- To help winnow down the field, each preliminary round had a Word Meaning Round, which required the speller to orally select the correct multiple choice answer to a vocabulary question read by the pronouncer.
- The winner is gonna get paid!
- The Finals are tonight – there are 11 finalists, out of the 209 that started the competition via Zoom back in June.
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- The runners-up just get cash – $25000 for second, all the way down to $2000 for 7th & lower.
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Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Done until after Canadian Thanksgiving.
- NBA:
- Bucks at Suns – 9:00pm | ABC / TSN
- MLB:
- Blue Jays at Orioles – 7:00pm | Sportsnet
- Phillies vs. Cubs – 8:00pm | ESPN / TSN5
- Wrestling for newly-employed guys named Jake:
- IMPACT – 7:00pm | AXS / FiteNetwork Canada
- Spelling, not telling:
- Scripps National Spelling Bee:
- Finals – 8:00pm | ESPN2 / TSN2
- Scripps National Spelling Bee:
- Futbol:
- MLS:
- Nashville vs. Atlanta – 8:30pm | TSN3
- MLS:
I got my second Pfizer dose today. Everything tastes like metal, but at least I’m now a member of the Illuminati. Headache & nausea seem to be the only side effects so far. So, it’s an average Sunday morning, just that there’s no football on.
So Senorita Weaselo’s best friend has a running anthology of things he’s been called at Starbucks, and one of the ones that sits funniest with me is “Albany.”
Because who the fuck would name their kid Albany, as far as cities/communities go? Like, “Here’s my son, Detroit.”
Back when I taught elementary school, I had some Filipino brothers whose dad named them after WWII generals. Their names were Macarthur & Rommel.
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery with his two puppies “Hitler” and Rommel.”
France 1944
Yes, chant suns in four Phoenix fans.
That won’t backfire at all
I don’t know, it doesn’t seem unreasonable.Hey, were you watching when one of the announcers said that someone on the Bucks ” looks like a choirboy, but plays like a hooker?” Ummm, thanks?
No. You must suffer
May this picture raise your pulse and blood pressure
She takes her vitamins.
Naan bread is a top 5 bread.
Garlic naan is best naan
Agreed wholeheartedly! Especially if it’s been cooked in a tandoor and is nice and crispy… MUST HAVE THE CHAR
And Plan B in the nightstand!
You keep hangers in your nightstand? Weirdo.
“Uh, it’s called ‘rope’.” – David Carradine
I watched the Black Widow movie. It was good. Not great, but worth watching if you are into the Marvel movies. Scarlett Johansson held her own as the main role instead of in a supporting role or as part of an ensemble, Florence Pugh set herself up as a worthy successor, and at times David Harbor stole the movie. Also, the fight scenes were very good for the characters being assassins instead of superpowered characters.
Its not without its flaws. It didn’t have an epic feel as some of the other movies and at times the writers walk the razor’s edge between “creative writing” and “ass pull”, but it is an enjoyable experience.
If anything, its nice to go to the movies again. Except the previews and pre-show commercial. They not only survived COVID; they thrived.
This is news I can use. Thanks.
I would say the marvel formula hasn’t changed, but black widow was made pre covid.
The disney plus shows are a different animal
That has to be preferable since you can’t see the carnage.
Uh-oh, she said ‘M’, then asked for a definition, then started with ‘M’ again before saying “starting over.”
May as well just play the UEFA finals in London, for Christ’s sake.
That was goddamned impressive.
SLAM DUNK!!
No pressure, Zaila, but if you nail this one, it’s hot plate time!
?w=352
Neureilly-oeuil
HA! SO OFF!!
C’mon, do weather/whether!
Oooh, that was a great guess. She did not know that one.
The sudden death competition is free throws, so Zaila is just packing 11 in the box and going for PKs here.
You know, if you think about it, these Indian kids have an unfair advantage. I mean, they have to spell their own names early in life!
Rachel Nichols is absolutely rooting against Zaila.
“We already know that you’re a champion in so many ways. Just not the one that counts here. Get out.”
Um, black girl is good at playing basketball.
Way to avoid stereotypes, ESPN!
Just happy to see one of these kids who’s been allowed to do something outside.
Dominating the Dictionary is a good FF name.
So is Dominating the D
Zaila is from Louisiana and you think you’re gonna trip her up with some French word? You, sir, can go to hell.
WHERE THE HELL IS DUCHESS WHEN YOU NEED HIM??
Twitter, mostly.
I look forward to The National Spelling Bee’s spinoff series, “Grammar Island”.
So who did Jen Lada have to fuck to get this assignment?
Making your kids perform at the Scripps Spelling Bee for a dog is fucked up even by the standards of hockey parents.
Hey Litre, what’s up with the Cavs? No bueno…
REAL ugly start of course against those fuckers. When Camargo is injured it seems they do not know what to do in the attacking end. Ledgerwood has the arm band tonight though!
Way to remind Roy that he’ll be carrying that stupid word to his grave, fellas.
/random memory
Conservative Client: “Obama is so full of himself, it’s embarrassing.”
Me: “Oh, why do you say that?”
CC: “Well, that healthcare bill he passed, he called it ‘ObamaCare’-that’s ridiculous!”
Me: “It’s actually called The Affordable Care Act, dumb right-wingers started calling it ‘ObamaCare’, trying to discredit it.”
CC: “….”
/fin
If the story doesn’t end with him commiting seppuku or you kneeing him in the balls, I’m disappointed
Who is the old broad that is proud of everybody?
I don’t know but I think she has a ton of participation trophies ready to hand out.
That’s no way to refer to Dr. Jill Biden, sir.
No the VAR lady who is proud.
That was the joke. Clearly the Roy of jokes.
I questioned myself because I heard them talking to Philly Jill and wondered if that was her as I probably couldn’t pick her out of a lineup.
As opposed to “Filly Jill” which is what Ann Coulter’s classmates called her.
Not to her face, of course. And certainly not in a way that would startle her while standing behind her within range of her hooves.
“Your word is ‘sunlight'”
“Can I have all of the information?”
“No. It would break your heart.”
Zaila is not fucking around.
FUCK YEAH ZAILA AVANT-GARDE.
Hey! A Long Island girl!
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“Roy, we’re so proud of you, and we wanted to make sure we made the right decision…to throw your semi-literate ass off the stage. Get out.”
OH MY GOD THEY’RE MAKING HIM DO AN INTERVIEW?
Kid’s getting VAR’d at the Spelling Bee!?
Oh Jesus, there’s VAR in the fucking spelling bee?
Goddammit.
I thought the same thing. It has even infiltrated this. BC Dick would have thrown something at the tv.
THIS ISN’T THE SPELLING BEE, IT’S THE DEFINITION BEE!!
What is this multiple choice bullshit? Spell some fucking words or get off the stage.
Pfft. Sounds like the words of a man who married the first girl he laid.
I will have you know that I made love to many beautiful women in the Niagara Falls area before I met my wife.
You wouldn’t know them because, as I believe I pointed out, they lived in the Niagara Falls area.
I hope seeing Dr. Jill Biden at the spelling bee ruined the experienced for any redhats who are watch…[breaks down laughing]…okay okay, I can’t keep a straight face, we all know those dipshits would rather pull out their own fingernails than watch the children of immigrants display intellectual prowess.
I also think referencing Jill Biden undercuts your claim of being unaware of MILF porn
I know that M Night Shyamalan is in the doghouse these days, but the concept for “Old” isn’t something I’ve seen before, which counts for something.
“Old” is also a genre of porn I have never looked into.
I find it hard to believe you’ve never seen MILF porn…
That ain’t old. I was thinking retire in Phoenix would be in that genre.
Nobody wants GILF porn…
I honestly did not know that was a thing, I am now sure it is a thing.
“Counterpoint: Everyone wants GILF porn.”
-Male residents of The Villages
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HI CORY!!
um, hi random lady whose name I don’t know…
Ted Cruz agrees
If instead of a wall Don T. had promised to lasso the island of Taiwan, tow it across the Pacific towards California, and annex it as the 51st state, I’d have voted for him.
Don T has enough to do managing our investments in shady Puerto Rican energy concerns.
Ooh, wrote this one out before they put it out. I added an extra “l”. I’ll go sit in the corner with the other trembling children.
YOU will never be a success until you make partner. Feel shame.
My name’s on the door, buddy.
I mean, it’s on there in chalk, but it’s on there.
Bigger firm, your sister is a rocket scientist doctor philosopher, at least she isn’t an embarrassment.
You’re lucky you are from a good family or you would be selling roses for rupees in downtown Bangalore.
So Texas is a hotbed for Indian Spellers?
That’s their recruiting slogan in Jabalpur: “Texas: just as hot and racist as India, but with 10% less shit in the streets. Visit today!”
So kids from the Northern States just ain’t spell that good?
“When all you can tortas about is think about…”
And then there were 7.
I’ve got ten bucks on the Indian kid.
Sucker bet
The parents scare me.
Not as much as they scare their kids.
Personal reminder: I don’t like pastisse as much as I think I do
I can’t drink it. I have tried many times and just don’t like it.
The BEE!! WHOOHOO!!
Also Cavs v Forge
Who won? I’m on vacation and not sober.
The Conservative candidate- that’s a guy, right? Why does he spell his name Erin, like a girl? No wonder he’s going to lose- conservatives don’t like the girly men!
Also, the spelling bee- I came in 2nd in the Western Pa Catholic schools bee, got a really nice pen that I promptly lost. The winner went to the National bee in DC. Now, even though I am a highly qualified under No Child Left Behind secondary ( grades 6-12) English teacher, my spelling and punctuation are…let’s just say “whimsical.”
He represents my area. He’s a fucking racist clown. Sooooo embarrassed that he’s my MP.
Ooof that sucks GTD, yes he is an enormous ass clown and hopefully his ineptitude will lead to a complete collapse of the CPC
One can only hope
I won a spelling bee when I was in 3rd grade. It was joint 3rd/4th grade bee. The preliminary round was a knock down, drag out affair that featured a heroic – but ultimately unsuccessful – run by one of the average students in the class. I spent a good month studying for the final, which I won after spelling maybe two words correctly because the other three contestants got the yips.
LOL
https://twitter.com/mollyburkhardt/status/1412878532112490500
Cup – Drink pairings
Stanley Cup – Beer
Scrpps Cup – Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper
drink some cheap liquor and scream at them like their parents do. Give them that homefield feeling.
That earthquake seemed to have jarred everyone awake. It was a gentle rocking here, so nothing too crazy.
Been in several earthquakes in my life; a pretty strong one in Turkey in the early 1970s; while watching John Carpenter’s The Thing while sitting in the Base Theater in Yokosuka Japan whenever that movie came out, and another Japanese quake at the same base but this time I was on the ship tied up to the pier, and we still felt it. Very surreal experience in every instance.
What would Rocking Dog characterize it as?