I’d like to start by congratulating our British readers on their new Prime Minister:
Much digital ink has been spilled in relation to Boris Johnson’s various scandals about his longstanding resistence to stepping down, despite being a giant festering ball of blubbering dogsnot. It’s weird to the American eye, because the British tradition (for as long as most of us can remember, going back to Maggie Thatcher) is for the Prime Minister to voluntarily resign as either PM or head of party when it seems that they have lost the support of their own party. As Johnson has faced severe criticisms for his many, many failings as a leader, a man and a sentient organism, it looked to us like he should have resigned a year ago under this system.
This is because we don’t understand you, and the concept of shame in politics has become alien to at least half of our electorate. Trump signaled the final death of “shame” “embarrassment” or “common decency” in our politics, but it began with Iran-Contra and spread from there.
That was Boris’ downfall. He thought as Smarter Trump he could brazen his way through scandal after scandal in an increasingly partisan political environment just like Donald or Bush II. The problem is that certain things Americans will put up with will not fly in the UK, despite the close cultural parallels.
For example: compare the ill-fated European Super League proposal in Lesser Footy to the Singularity of college football we are approaching after the last week. Both were naked money grabs involving beloved institutions that threatened to upend decades-old structural assumptions of the sport.
In America, we view this as largely inevitable. Rich programs get richer and jettison their conferences at the chance for an extra dollar. College football analysts who moaned about athletes making money Destroying the Soul of the Sport immediately pivot to Who Should Jump Ship Next.
In Britain, they fucking rioted.
So kudos to the 50+ sycophants who had the courage to finally betray their rotten boss and resign from his disgusting “government”. Would that our spineless twatweasels had half your courage to flee a sinking ship instead of holding the passengers at gunpoint.
NFL NEWS:
Not much. We are all still absorbing the shock and implications of the Baker-to-Carolina news.
Just kidding. Other than fucking over Jimmy G and/or the 49ers, there really aren’t any implications.
NON-NFL NEWS: Tennis continues unabated. Pray for the people of Southeast England.
WHAT TO WATCH:
The NHL Draft. Players Who Might Help Your Team in Three Years Fever- Catch It!
It’s on ESPN this year!
I still find it hard to care, because (like MLB) the developmental delay means even if your team hits on a guy, you may not see them in uniform until your current coach, GM and mascot have been sacked.
Also, because the NHL changed the draft rules specifically to dick the Sabres out of Connor McDavid. Fuck Gary Bettman
I checked if You Tube had my fave Fox joke. Of course. And more!
https://youtu.be/p6vpVxbVFNQ
Marge: Lisa, I’d normally say stand up for what you believe in. But you’ve been doing that a lot lately.
Bart: Yeah, remember when you made us march in the Gay Pride Parade?
Homer: And we can’t watch Fox anymore because they own those chemical weapon plants in Syria.
A little old, but the end of an era. Fun fact: Senorita Weaselo was supposed to go here for her Master’s. We’re glad she didn’t or else we never would have met.
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2022/06/23/mcgill-conservatory-of-music-to-close-after-more-than-100-years.html?fbclid=IwAR09dT3YGt7IflJ7l2bh-zYBn4QKWAdYD0uVBxmkEjQcziUgzZoE9aJaFiQ
Somebody shot Shinzo Abe. He might be dead.
Well it’s only incumbent upon us to uphold the 2nd amendment and do the same.
Japan has double digit gun deaths per year (sometimes single digits). The fact that one of those might be a former PM is pretty nuts.
Assassination is a time-honored political maneuver in Japan.
I thought this comment summed things up nicely.
Worst. Runway. Photo. Ever.
Sexxxxay tree
Famous tree(s). This is Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg. Straight ahead is “The Angle” and above my shadow is the “Copse of Trees,” the aiming point for Picketts Charge. Hancocks II Corps was defending the ridge, by this point firing double-canister artillery rounds point blank. After 30 minutes there were 1100 corpses on this field, many blown into pieces, and 4000 wounded.
You were lucky to survive that one
Thank you for your service.
Most confusing Achewood yet
“Look at this filthy black…” – the Dr. Mrs. right now, presented without context
I might have seen this porn.
“Unlike the NFL/NBA drafts, in the NHL there are no strutters, walking up to meet the commissioner in their gold-trimmed fedoras, confident in their future, their tight-fitting purple suits, with their bulging crotches glistening in the lights, no thoughts of going home to an over-bearing witchbitch. These humble white boys represent all that’s good about America.”
-Clarence Thomas, writing a dissenting opinion regarding a case involving The National Parks Act of 1930
Oh, like Thomas will ever have to write a dissent again.
I feel like a simple +1 does not do justice to how much I enjoyed this.
I know. He deserves a medal🎖
Gotta love it when you took Friday off, but decided to hold off on drinking until Friday anyway, and then your brother calls and says he’s down the street for buck-a-shuck oysters and now here you are, 4 beers deep and gloating about the Yankees managing to squeak by the Red Sox despite inexplicably pitching to idiot savant Raffy Devers and giving up 5 runs in those 2 ABs.
How many oysters does one eat at this kind of happy hour?
I assume however many you need to legit call out sick tomorrow
I took tomorrow off, so I stopped at an even dozen.
All of them.
This bar/restaurant is part of a chain of 4 total. There’s another one about 45 minutes from me that does buck-a-shuck on Wednesday’s, and they always have a variety, and that one you hit like it stole something.
This one doesn’t even tell you what kind they have, and the tin foil hat in me suspects they just get the leftovers from the better place farther away, so I’m a tad more discrete.
This is what I miss out on by being an only child, I have to be my own bad but fun influence
HA! We left our daughter home with the pets…after my wife made her cook dinner!
The Whalers are fucking up the NHL Draft though-it’s like they’re not even bothering to show up!
I’m sure the Vichy Whalers will pick up the slack.
AZ just expanded their school choice voucher to all students in the state. Good for $6,500/yr towards any school tuition, per child, annually.
I’d have never voted for it but, since it’s there, I think that about wraps up the conversation I’ve been having with the Mrs regarding sending blaxito to our 49th best public school system in America.
Or you could just move out of the state with the 49th best public school system in the USofA, which is largely desert and facing water shortages which are going to make that school system the least of your problems in about 15 minutes.
Not last! Score! (unless, of course, they teach that there are only 49 states because they bought a bunch of flags in Feb 1959 and they’ll be damned if they’ll buy new ones for some librul island state)
The good news is that with all that voucher money being withheld from the public schools, they’ll be 50th in no time!
Exactly.
Doucey has been in office 8 years. His exit gift is literally telling his constituents, “now you won’t be stuck sending your kid to the schools I was responsible for. “
https://twitter.com/DrLongissimus/status/1545233070084833280?t=LInKs2xtnlxGNwSW6Y5BYg&s=09
This trip was totally pointless, but at least I got to eat some free meatballs! Will be flying back Sunday night for attempt number 2, and if UPS somehow actually delivers in the meantime my very good friend who I trust with a key has graciously volunteered to at least move them somewhere out of the way if not up the stairs
Oh, and I made a yummy drink, geranium brandy, meyer lemon syrup, soda water, bitters
Found a funny;
joe biden on Hot Ones but he’s just eating 10 normal grapes
Maple Leafs GM: “Can we pick Austen Mathews again? He’s really good and we’d like another one of him. Thank you.”
TSN Host: “This is the most incredibly brave and risky move that any hockey GM has ever made-let’s hope he pulls it off!” [makes squee noises as the broadcast goes to commercials]
Announcers are comparing this guy who just got drafted to Zach Hymen, but we all know you can’t get a second hymen.
I love this so much. Maybe because I relate?
https://twitter.com/matteottismith/status/1545085545516343297?s=21&t=uXFraLrwAYJS_hr-ruxGQQ
“Let me tell you about loving someone you’re related to…” – Rudy Giuliani
Nashville sent 10 members of their management team (plus a Make-A-Wish kid, I’m guessing, he’s really scrawny) to the podium to make their pick.
If you’re ever feeling inadequate or have imposter syndrome, just remember that UPS is a successful package delivery company that is worse at delivering packages than anyone else is at absolutely anything at all. I can speak Swahili better than they can deliver packages and I know exactly one word of Swahili, so if they somehow manage to make money and persevere, then by comparison you are truly amazing! Congrats to all of you!
For me it’s always FedEx. Soon as it’s shipped I redirect it to the local store for pickup. Way easier than watching them not deliver for a week.
FedEx routed a package sent to me from Cleveland to Columbus (on my side of town) to Memphis to Columbus #2 (same facility) to the delivery truck. Four days, and two of then were to/from Memphis.
I usually do that with UPS, but these are 2 49 lb tatami mats so they don’t have space for them at the UPS store down the block. I paid extra to get them delivered on a particular day (today) and specially flew out to Chicago for them to completely fail to deliver them. Just for kicks I spent a bunch of time bothering customer service. Turns out they won’t reimburse a rental car even if they make you do their job and deliver your own package.
Ah yes, I am quite amazing in comparison.
Counterpoint: I have (illegally) shipped many packages of beer across the country, to people who shall remain nameless, (but who you all know), I have always used UPS, and UPS has never failed to deliver my illegal packages on time, and in some cases even earlier.
Perhaps your problem is that you’re shipping things legally?
I’ve used USPS for all my illegal shipping needs and they’ve done well. But just to be on the safe side maybe I should have asked them to stuff the tatami mats full of cocaine
This NHL draft is maybe not quite bananacakes, but certainly at least bananamuffins.
I’m so-so on Sens GM Pierre Dorion but he managed to get a quality top 6 winger in Alex DeBrincat for only draft choices, no prospects! And apparently had a deal to send Matt Murray (and his ugly contract) to Buffalo before the goalie nixed it. Impressive!
I am just baffled by Chicago. I know they’re planning to rebuild, but you really want to get rid of a 40-goal scorer because he’s at the ripe old age of… 24?
The only reasons I can think of is that he’s a really small guy-5’8″, 165-and because he was signed so young he’s an unrestricted free agent after next year.
Restricted, not UFA.
I am indeed a liar and the minimum offer is 9 million bones.*
*that would be great for a DeBrindog but not so much for a Debrincat
I’m hoping for bananawalnutscones
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Sneaking away from field work for an hour to go surfing appears to be my chicken soup for the soul.
Wait – hold that. It’s better than chicken soup. It’s more like steak for the soul.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/07/ohio-republican-senators-were-mailed-poop-cleveland/7829088001/
WANKER!
You’re going to have to be more specific, that applies to a lot of us.
I figured we were talking about the Brits so I could just shout it
You’ve got my vote for backbencher MP!
You have to yell “Resign!” too.
RIP James Caan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJU2cz9ytPQ
Damn, I hope the end was easier than that!
It bums me out that none of the tributes I’ve seen for him mentioned “Way of the Gun”.
Dude could lie on the asphalt like few other actors. A true craftsman.
And of course…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNMtHosai08