Your “July Eve” Thursday Night Open Thread

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Brace yourselves, but the year is halfway over.  That’s right, tomorrow is July, the beginning of a four day weekend for Scotchy and Horatio, the start of a regular work weekend for Archduke LaCross, and a countdown to Independence Day festivities for most of us working stiffs south of Ontario.

I, for one, intend to spend the holiday weekend rejecting the reality that it’s already July, and also grilling and probably working a bit. And of course, nursing my fucked up and deteriorating body while I count down the days of my self imposed 30-ish days of abstaining from booze.

In NFL land, it’s pretty quiet, except for another round of disciplinary hearings for TheShaun, which might explain the timing of Goodell’s announcement with Ice Cube today on a partnership between the NFL and the Contract with Black America. I’m sure it’s a purely well-intentioned move on behalf of the League and not a craven play to paper over the deep problems plaguing the NFL, especially on race.

I hope this is the entirety of any subsequent press conferences with Ice Cub and Goodell.  Bonus points if they have an event in a Korean Church.

If you REALLY want to be patriotic this weekend, call your local elected officials and tell them they need to fight for democracy and a woman’s right to choose.  Make some damn noise because everyone is too damn complacent given how messed up everything is (thanks, Mitch McConnell and the rest of the evildoers in the GOP!). My vote doesn’t matter (and neither do the Canadiens’) so the rest of you need to pick up the slack or we’re all fucked.

What’s On TV Tonight?

CFL

BC Liouns at Ottawa Redblaucks, 6:30PM DFO Time, ESPN2

Béisbol

Padres at Doyers, 9:10PM DFO Time, FSN
Honestly, tons of other games on but check your local/regional listings

Fútbol (but MLS if that counts)

Charlotte v Austin, 6pm DFO Time, ESPN+
NY v Atlanta, 7pm DFO Time, ESPN+

Aussie Footy

Carlton v St Kilda, 4:50AM DFO Time, WatchAFL App

That should do it (well over the minimum wordcount, thank you very much).  If you want to continue the theme from yesterday and keep talking about your weekend plans, have at it.  Regardless, here’s a trip down memory lane with some insane 4th of July PSAs the DFO crew wrote 5 years ago:

4th of July Weekend NFL Player PSAs

Enjoy, and Happy Commenting!