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Your “TGISF Hostile Takeover: TGISS!!!” Sunday Evening Open Thread

theeWeeBabySeamus -
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I do hope we are all having a wonderful weekend.  Those of us in the States are, if we're lucky, in the middle of the rare four-day weekend due to the Independence Day holiday falling on a Tuesday.  So without further adieu (and before that pain in my ass, ballsofsteelandfury

TGISF…aka Your “Happy Birthday ‘Murrica” Sexy Friday Open Thread

theeWeeBabySeamus -
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Can't fool you guys, you're too smart.  Yep, it's Independence Day weekend.  Uncle Sam might not officially turn 241 until Tuesday, but we're celebrating the whole damned weekend. So find your beverage of choice, grab your flag (I said FLAG!!!!!!)....and let's do this. Sexy, Patriotic, Red, White and Blue Girls is the

A New Yorker’s Postmortem on This Election

Senor Weaselo -
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Well, this election has come and gone and taken years off our life with its vitriol. Colbert was right, too much venom and it feels like we all ODed. By the last few weeks I just wanted it to be over and after I went and voted I sat in

Colin Kaepernick Makes A Tough Decision

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers -
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2 WEEKS AGO - INTERIOR - COLIN KAEPERNICK'S BAY AREA HOME [COLIN KAEPERNICK is on the phone with his AGENT and is clearly very upset] KAEPERNICK: Absolutely not! I won't do it! AGENT: But Colin, if you don't, he'll cut you from the team. He's been trying to since day one! And you know how

And Now, Please Rise For Our National Anthem

SonOfSpam -
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Oh, say can you see, By the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed, At the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, Through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, Were so gallantly streaming. And the rocket's red glare, The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night, That our flag was still there. Oh say

Euro Preview: “If It’s Scottish Football – Sadly, It’s Crap!”, by John Angus MacBurns

Beerguyrob -
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(*deep breath) LET'S JUSS GET THIS OUTTA TH' WAY NOW, Y' IGNORANT BASTARDS: WE DUNN'A ALL TALK LIKE THAT! YOO BLEEDIN' YANKS ALL THINK WE SOUND LIKE SHREK! HO HO HO; 'GET OUTTA ME SWAMP, DONKEY!' HO HO HO! WELL, I'VA GOTTA STEREOTYPE FOR YEE; NOW THAT WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE, HOW'S

Six Years? Six Damn Years.

WCS -
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I found [site redacted] back in 2007. I don't exactly recall the first time I found [site redacted], though I do recall the almost instantaneous connection I felt.  Though I didn't comment for well over a year, I lurked, and just laughed and laughed and laughed. I had heard about [site

Out With A Wimper: The Final Oakland Raiders Preview

blaxabbath -
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Ok, settle down. Yes, yes -- it's the Raiders. The pre-LA rendition of the post-LA version of the west coast's most punchline of a sports franchise. If their population were white, Oakland would be cutting in on Cleveland's national exposure as the most suffering fan base. The team that inspired such characters