Your “DFO Super Bowl Hate Week” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Before I get started on tonight's hate, I'd like to reflect back on last night's. I talked a lot of shit about the NFL & racism, and felt that was justified. Well, don't I just feel like an asshole because, in a press release & press conference seemingly designed to torpedo

Your “DFO Super Bowl Hate Week” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Racism in the NFL I think the aggravating part of the whole Brian Flores saga is that everyone can see the problem except for the 32 people who could actually do something about it. We all know it's nothing new, but it seems so craven these days that the shock of

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 3 - Who Are These Fucking Guys? In the first two editions, we looked at How Canadian democracy works The backgrounds of the competing parties So now it's time to look at the party leaders, because it's that person who goes to all the parties & signs the treaties. A. What the

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 2 - Who Are the Main Parties: Well, well, well - look who's back two weeks in a row? No. No Now you're just hurting my feelings. Look dummies, it's me - Beerguyrob. Well, despite what you think, I'm going ahead with the second part of my primer. The debates start tonight, so if you

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 1 - A Canadian Political Primer: Hi everyone, I've crawled out from under my bed because some of you have seemed curious about what's going on up here in America's hat. Justin Trudeau has dissolved Parliament and called an election for September 20th. He was just two years into his up-to

The DFO EURO 2020 (IN 2021!) Preview: SCOTLAND!!!!!!!

This is really a big deal in Scotland, so for this one there will be two of us. Fellow Scottish Canadian BeerguyRob will join me, since he wrote the Scotland preview for their non-appearance in 2016. Sorry about him - he tends to get a bit nationalistic those rare times the

La DFO Copa América 2021 Avance: Bolivia

¡Hola Commentistas! We're on the verge of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa América (being held on time; being held in a different host country) Euro 2020 (one year late; more countries) CONCACAF Gold Cup (one week late; same country) Tokyo Olympic Games (one year late; same country) And

The DFO Euro 2020 (in 2021!) Preview: England

We’re on the verge of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa América Euro 2020 Concacaf Gold Cup Tokyo Olympic Games And it all starts on June 11, 2021 with the European Soccer (Football) championships aka Euro 2020! Yes, it is 2021 but they decided to keep the name, ok? From

The DFO Euro 2020 (in 2021!) Preview: Turkey

We’re on the verge of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa AméricaEuro 2020CONCACAF Gold CupTokyo Olympic Games And it all starts on June 11, 2021 with the European Soccer (Football) championships aka Euro 2020! Yes, it is 2021 but they decided to keep the name, ok? From now until the tourney

The DFO Euro 2020 (In 2021!) Preview: Sweden

Good morning. As with most authors of these posts, I am stealing the format that has come before me. We’re on the verge of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa América Euro 2020 CONCACAF Gold Cup Tokyo Olympic Games And it all starts on June 11, 2021 with the

The DFO Euro 2020 (In 2021!) Preview: Portugal

We're on the verge of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa América Euro 2020 Concacaf Gold Cup Tokyo Olympic Games And it all starts on June 11, 2021 with the European Soccer (Football) championships aka Euro 2020! Yes, it is 2021 but they decided to keep the name, ok? From now until the tourney

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