I didn’t see anything scheduled so here we are on this crusty morning. I say crusty because it’s so cold the snow is making weird noises when you walk on it. Mother Nature has blessed us with -36C (-45 with windchill) weather. May she get her head stuck in the entrance to a cave and have to be ‘rescued’ by Raijin (the Japanese god of thunder and lightning). Oh Raijin, what are you doing back there?
For the footy types we’ve on offer:
West Ham/Sundy: Live!
Burnley/Hotspur: Later!
Fulham/Hove Albion: Also later!
Man City/Wolves: Again, later!
Bournemouth/Liverpool: Even later!
As far as college basketball is concerned, the ranked teams playing this afternoon include #5 Duke, #7 Nebraska(!), #10 Michigan State, #14 Virginny, #15 Vandy, #18 Clemson, #2 UCONN, #21 Georgia and a spate of others.
Enjoy the sports and let us know how you’re doing in the comments.
There are currently zero (!!!) active calls here…
This is just fate’s way of saying, “You. Are. FUUUUUUCKED.”
Another cat meme in these trying times
Five dimensional chess being played in Pittsburgh by the Rooneys.
Now, I’m sincerely hoping the Bills hire King Laserface, so Fat Fuck McCarthy’s new employment isn’t the worst new head coach in the league.
I’m hoping Tomlin goes to the Bills
He’s going to tv, at least for a few years.
I don’t think he can. He resigned, so the Yinzers still have his rights. Buffalo would have to trade for him.
This hat has never been more appropriate. I bought this during the George Floyd moment.
Think it needs to make a return.
I was going to check if Steelers Nation DFO County heard the news, but the two screaming guys on the roof and the one in the kitchen holding a butcher knife ranting and screaming answered my question.
Congratulations on having the third best coach in the AFC North!
If yinz thought Yinzers would like this hire, you’re very mistaken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbU_LPa9cVM
The posters just keep getting bigger, like Mike McCarthy.
How anyone thinks this guy is a good head coach is a mystery akin to ‘Where The Fuck Did Amelia Earhart Wind Up’
Not to pile on the Cowboys but he’s Jason Garrett 2.0 in that the game has passed him by at least 10 years ago.
When you said “pile on” I thought you were talking about what Mike McCarthy does with toppings at the sundae bar.
Whereas a “pile up” is what Britt Reid causes driving home from the stadium.
Holy fuck!
CHERRIES!
That was amazing!
Drive home Liverpool and be sure to take lots of time to fuck right off!
Wooooo!
Biggest upset in Bournemouth since a mouse boy and his grandmother took down every witch in England.
I spent the better part of the morning in the yard rigging up a new clothesline umbrella. Of course the fifteen minutes when I step into the house for lunch is when the Dr. Mrs. decides to fire up the vacuum in the living room.
/I should chill out; for all I know she’s been doing this all day.
The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, sources tell ESPN, in wake of this murder
https://bsky.app/profile/coreyoneill.bsky.social/post/3md6xfrzvmk2o
The NRA should get right on this blatant use of government force to violate our 2nd Amendment rights! Yee Haw!
“Wow, it’s so quiet in here.” – anyone setting foot in any bar where 2nd Amendment enthusiasts normally congregate
it was never about rights, it was so they could play with toys
🎶If that’s not blatant murder, then murder can’t be found🎵
Howdy do! Back from my son’s indoor soccer game, and finished with all pre-snow errands. Got everything we’ll need to keep our heads, hearts, and bellies happy and cozy. Unless the power fails, or some billionaire vampire-freak unleashes his doomsday device when we’re all staggering around through ice and sleet and all manner of fuckawful nonsense and our backs are all out from shoveling the stuff and are as helpless as newborn kittens. Then we’re fucked. Here’s a fantastic, show-opening Zappa solo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi37ziNab_g
One of the best concerts I’ve ever attended was a Halloween show in Champagne Illinois. He was fantastic.
Given the run on eggs that always happens when DC gets a winter storm, I have done the responsible thing and picked up Fee Foam for my cocktails over the coming days. You’re welcome, neighbors.
Me reading about today’s Steelers news:
“Oh look! AFL season starts March 5!”
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The “defending” UFL champions, the DC Defenders begin their UFL title defense at Street Louis on March 28!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZoDxnT8wO3U
Uh. Just a … stray politico-news-y question. And .. feel free to tell me I’m wrong or that I watched fake news and the like..
But uhh.. the media in Europe’s reporting on some shit from your side of the Atlantic that reads A LOT like the start of the Troubles?
Is the media overreacting (as a way to change the subject from our feckless cunts at Davos.. or there’s truth to the reporting) ?
Trump thinks he’s a king, but Charles actually is. I don’t know if that answers your question, though.
I think I translated it – “Trump has gone full shitheel, I suggest you start drinking”.
Well, Salut. I think I have some Bushmills 12 around here.
You’re gonna have to be more specific. I mean, the Troubles were based on religion issues and we don’t really have that.
My feeling is that Europe is butthurt because Trump has called them a bunch of pussies to their face and they are trying to call him names back but it doesn’t matter because he doesn’t give a shit about them.
Or something to that effect.
The state overreaching and sending the military in against its own people.. and basically turning a situation that *may* have been contained non-violently into a bloody low-grade civil war? That specific enough for you?
Oh, yeah, that’s definitely an undercurrent in the news coverage. Basically a vibe of “Oh, the guy that called us names is having problem at home. Big ones.”
I’m not sure the phrase “non-violently” exists in America. This is the country that gave the world the Purge movies.
Point me to the part where any of the protestors in Minnesota acted violently towards ICE.
Hey, the colonel is back!
It’s less the troubles and more parts of V for Vendetta. Except ~30% of America is fine with the finger shooting anyone they want.
ICE is Stephen Miller’s private army. They have no training, hide their identities at all times, and have been given direct orders to violate citizens’ constitutional rights. They have been mobilized in areas most likely to explode in protest, and have been given carte blanche to use deadly force as a first option in any situation they see fit directly from the head of the executive branch. The head of the executive branch has personally appointed 1/3 of the most ignorant Supreme Court since the Taney Court wrote the Dred Scott decision, and holds the Congress in the palm of his greasy hand. Now a third citizen has been shot in Minneapolis. This one was killed. The president is essentially baiting citizens into retaliating against ICE by having them murdered in public. He is doing this in order to invoke the Insurrection Act which would allow him to cancel the upcoming mid-term elections, which, presumably, were going to wipe out his majorities in the House and Senate. Even if the elections were to go off on schedule though, they would only result in gains by the Democratic Party, whose utter uselessness is the yin to the yang that is the galloping, drooling evil of the GOP. I hope this helps.
That…yeah, that’s pretty much sums it up.
I really wish the Dems would get a backbone and a clue
It’s hard to find your backbone when age-related degeneration has pretty much eroded the damn thing.
This year I get to vote for Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is currently 79. He’ll win in a landslide, although I’m not voting for him because I am no longer willing to vote for people who don’t have realistic skin in the game for more than 10 years.
At least the Taney Court attempted to use Constitutional Logic in Dred Scott. Racist 19th Century logic but logic nonetheless. It seems the current court rationale is “Because we said so!”
They’re about to find their backbone on the tariff and Fed Reserve cases, because those things affect the economy and the economy is the only thing the people who bribe Thomas and Alito care about.
I’ve sworn off most college basketball but this Houston/TTU tilt is really intense. Guys on both teams are gassed nine minutes into the first half.
Whatever I did in a past life, God’s still pissed about it.
Also, can’t listen to the WVU-Zona game.
I don’t know what I did, but, I’m genuinely sorry!
Found a funny:
The Reddit NFCNorthMemeWar page is ROCKINGGGG!!! 🏈
https://www.reddit.com/r/NFCNorthMemeWar/
the pittsburgh steelers you’ve known since 1969 is about to become the pittsburgh steelers you knew before 1969
To avoid that all they need to do is draft four Hall of Famers in the first five rounds like they did in 1974. Easy peasy, my friend.
The return of Buddy Parker.
Oh Lord.
I really touch myself too much….
Well, you might as well put something to put yourself in the mood 😀
Divinyls – I Touch Myself (Official Music Video)
🚨 CAPTAIN BLUEBUNNY TO PITTSBURGH 🚨
So.. uhh.. How many DFOers are now on murder watch? ’cause I have some old Tula ammo that could help “reopen the coaching org chart” at Heinz (yes, I know they changed the name, IT IS HEINZ FIELD)
yes
“At least he’s white” – SWPA
They HAVE to keep A-Aron.
Welcome to “The Land of 8-9”, yinzers.
Meanwhile, in the ex-coaches Discord,…
Cold Weather Bonus:
Had to go into the warehouse this morning and the very top of the windshield caught a stone. It was an extremely small chip that our mechanic could seal on Monday morning. But in this cold the crack has extended all the way down to the left side.
/starting a “White Guy Has Been Slightly Inconvenienced” Fund to cover the costs of something I don’t have to pay for
I keep a windshield repair kit in my car for this very reason, ever since I had a brand new windshield get a chip and crack and it was right back to the autoglass place
Because my sister and brother-in-law forgot to get a snow shovel, my mother gave them our leaving us with a snowblower but nothing to dig out the gate to access it unless I found one hours before the snow storm starts.
This is my life…
Uhm, surely there’s a mil surplus store you can hit up for a surplus E-tool? Depending on the levels of price gouging (or lack thereof) you can grab a couple?
God Bless local hardware stores.
You can have one of mine. Have 4. Note that they are all different as there are different tasks and kinda snow
The next 72 hours are going to be interesting. I’m about to police up me gear and head on in.
There’s a CLUBHOUSE HOOPSBALL DERBY at 14:00 EST: Blax’s #1 Arizona Wildcats (19-0, 6-0)) hosting Mountaineers of WVU (13-6, 4-2) in Tucson.
It’s currently 59 degrees in Tucson, 11 in Morganhole.
Oh, it’s 5 degrees here in Western Allegheny County.
Am I posting from Canada or from California?
/Walks outside and feels temperature
Oh Thank God!
For that matter, should we change Game Time Decision’s name to “Balls of Hockey and Maple Syrup”?
Hey, what you two do on 2 bottles absinthe is between you, 4 separate national intelligence services and an uncaring God …
Done
That’s awesome!!
It’s a beautiful day!
Well shit, we won. Did nae deserve it but we didn’t turn into pumpkins after the 90th minute.
“There’s CP in the bathroom, should the need arise…”
¡PALO!
And just like that, the Hotspurs go down.
Or not. You’re welcome Tots.
Every DFOer in Canada as I complain about 8 degree weather (-8 in the wind!):
https://theonion.com/man-from-canada-acts-like-hes-not-cold-1819568234/
I went for a jog this morning. – 25C when I left with the windchill
Wasn’t bad
Back when I could still run on the original model knees the coldest I went out for a run was -3 F.
It was a 3+ mile run. I finished it, and I heartily recommend never doing it unless you’re being chased by someone welding a chainsaw.
Weekend reading:
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-breaking-point
Feel free to share that
I don’t have much faith in american cops, but between the Maine incident and this mornings murder, local PDs deciding it’s too toxic to work with the feds is something to watch.
I don’t believe that the majority of Americans are *really* going to care about the Trump administration’s abuses until the economy goes sour. But Europe seems to genuinely be losing faith America as a trade partner (and China is more than happy to step into the rifts that have been created*), so that reckoning might come sooner rather than later.
*look at me using the passive voice, just like a friendly journalist describing an officer-involved shooting!
From the outside looking in, Canada/Carney are casting about, just looking for stable trading partners that will adhere to agreements that have been made and won’t be threatened/undercut because someone didn’t get enough sleep the previous night.*
*I wish that was hyperbole
I was talking to a (non-DFO) Canadian earlier in the week and he said America has managed to piss off the most polite people in the world. When are Americans going to figure it out?
Keep warm, friends. I swear to praying for youse and your family’s wellbeing.*
* Warmth, some incapacitation, summary execution for the first fucker who says “I’m bored”
Vaya Dios, es [Tito]. Protege a los panitas de la página y a sus familiares. Hasta a los que todavía apoyan a Trump e ICE, cabrones. Cuídamelos bien; no Te pongas como con los sodomitas. Amén.”
It’s gonna be 14 degrees here today, which would be cold if it were Farenheit but it’s not, it’s Celcius!
Of course then I am flying to Chicago again where it will be ‘bitter cold’ so I should enjoy the reasonable temps while I got em
History judges me fairly. Predictive texting is a defamer most foul!
You: Source?
Yo: 👇🏼
Los piojos?!?
Who have you been hanging out with???
They shot & killed a guy in front of a donut shop in Minneapolis this morning. Straight murder/execution.
It’s bad. Yes there’s video.
This is not rocking. 😔
Well shit
The War on Terror is coming from inside the house.
They called themselves domestic terrorists how long ago?
Here’s something to cheer us all up this cold (CT is a relatively balmy 8 F, -8 with the wind) morning: PK Subban absolutely laying the wood to Brad Marchand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YG9Na5F9eg
Most people would be in a full body cast for months after a hit like that. Hockey players are like ” give me a second to spit some teeth out and I’ll be right back out there”
You love to see it
Many thanks. Still no wifi and wouldn’t let me mobile-add-new-post. HAIL, ANTS.
Ciao tutti. Just an 8C rainy day over here.
Re: Your image.
Word.
Girl in the white needs to get her right arm/hand over to the other side of her opponent’s head/neck. If she does that she’s in position for one hell of a throw.
Yeah, but girl in black has her in the Tittie Twister. That’s hard to come back from.
That’s not the only thing that’s hard.
Seagulls have never won at The Cottage, tune in and watch my rage metre go through the roof.