Signs AND Portents? In This Economy?!?: Tuesday Open Thread

Open Threads

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - June 25, 2024June 25, 2024130

Congratulations to the Florida Panthers. You have placed another nail in the coffin that is The Natural Order. We've covered many times how the Modern Captialist Corporatocracy is not satisfied by mere excellence, but demands infinite growth. Unchecked growth is also one of the definitional characteristics of cancer. Extending the metaphor,

Subsequent GTD reflections

Game Time Decision - June 25, 2024June 25, 2024105

Hello there fellow DFO'er. Hope you're well today. And thanks for coming back to see last weeks tl;dr of last week as decided by my brain. There's no reason as to why some comments make it and others don't. Seriously. There isn't. This weeks cheesy motivational quote is:There is a fellowship

Monday Night Thread – Futbol and hockey extravaganza!

ArmedandHammered - June 24, 2024June 24, 2024105

Evening, No Warhammer tonight as we have a game 7 of the Stanley Cup plus soccer. Can Florida win the cup for the first time in franchise history or will the Oilers be the first to come back from 0-3 to win the cup? Let us watch and see, shall we?

Monday Morning Mock Draft: Oh Let’s Not Coach Them Up!

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Horatio Cornblower - June 24, 2024June 23, 2024151

Good Monday Morning to you folks. I'm writing this while icing and heating a likely sprained ankle, and getting ready to address that issue with alcohol and painkillers, the nightcap of champions everywhere. I had a beer and I'll probably take an Ibuprofen before bed. I'd like another beer, but I

2024 Copa América: Uruguay, presented by Marcelo Bielsa

Don T - June 23, 2024June 23, 2024102

Before elaborating on Uruguay, let me address The Thing for single-issue Uruguay observers: Luis Suárez, 37, is in the squad. Uruguay won the first three recognized world championships of fútbol early last century, and later the 1950 Mundial in Brazil. Those championships represent the four stars atop Uruguay’s crest: The wheat, of

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Time to Show Off. Garlic and balsamic glazed chicken with Fondant Potatoes

yeah right - June 23, 2024June 22, 202499

Good morning all! That banner image caught your attention didn't it? I hoped it would. After writing, cooking, researching and documenting these here posts for over ten years now it was inevitable that some of the components would evolve by sheer repetition alone. In some cases the improvements were definitely intentional. The lighting, staging

Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 17: The Copa Has Started!!

ballsofsteelandfury - June 22, 2024June 21, 2024155

We just finished the battle for who has the best yellow, blue, and red flag between Ecuador and Venezuela. Colombia looks down on both of them. This evening's game features a Soon-To-Be- Disappointing Mexican team against Jamaica. I say Soon-To-Be because Jamaica is not good enough to embarrass México. I

Euros Euros Everywhere Saturday

King Hippo - June 22, 2024June 21, 2024178

Are y'all enjoying the concurrence of TWO Euros in the same June/July? Hippo sure enough is, even if (as usual) the teams I would like to do well are mostly...uh, not. But Spain looks really good and fun, plus my prediction of the Krauts faceplanting....YEESH. They showed up as the hyper-efficient

Sexy Friday – 20240621

Mr. Ayo - June 21, 2024June 21, 2024121

TGIF! We're balls deep in footy and ice footy finals. Let's get straight to it! Survival - Personal Edition Heading out to the bar this evening? Here's a fun little game to get some free beers. I'm not responsible for any black eyes. Identify a group of bros drinking together. You want

Request Line: Five Q’s and only two U’s and also Euro Open Thread

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 21, 2024June 20, 2024172

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER sits at his desk, sipping coffee. DJ 3000 remains in his usual location, but his "connection active" light keeps flashing repeatedly. PRODUCER: Having any luck? DJ 3000: YEAH, I JUST GOTTA KILL ALL THESE MALWARE ADS. NO, I DON'T NEED TO UPDATE MY FLASH PLAYER, SSN_RIPPERS.RU,

2024 Copa América: Journey to the Extreme (Argentina Preview)

Don T - June 20, 2024June 20, 2024104

Argentina has Lionel Messi, the world’s most famous player. “Again!”, point out pointedly some folks my age or older who saw Diego Armando “D10s” Maradona play (197X - 1990). Sure, there are some folks who call Him the most INfamous futbolista, to which I retort: Pft [averts gaze, mutters] this guy... Haters

CFL Beat: Week 3

The Maestro - June 20, 2024June 18, 202462

This heat wave affecting the Eastern seaboard sure is a pain in the ass, huh? As inconvenient as it all is, I'm grateful I just had my furnace replaced and A/C spritzed up in the house. I truly cannot imagine how some of you Bayou folks deal with this every