@snackyd
Ironic Hyundai evangelist, lover of books, laugher at life. Only way to survive. Almost certainly skeet too much. Working on that and failing simultaneously. I follow the Portland Timbers and #MLS, generally. #rctid
The chutzpah of *any* American president saying something like that as we stomp around the globe, decade after decade “helping” countries that never asked for it, *literally* leaving rubble and broken societies before “helping” the next country.
But a pig like Trump saying that?
Beyond insulting.
“We think they should put a president in or the head of the country that’s going to be able to do something peacefully for a change. They’ve been doing this for 47 years, killing people for 47 years.”
- Asshole-in-Chief
Still on this. See skeet/essay this reskeets.
newrepublic.com/post/207572/...
Lord’s work!
Fans should get this tatooed on the inside of their eyelids. Saying this as someone who has sinned. More than once.
The game I'm definitely watching for sure in #MLS Week 4:
LA Galaxy v SKC (La has Timbers next; not 100% happy)
FC Dallas v San Diego is likely for a featured game, because hype.
The other game will probably involve an Eastern Conference team...Atlanta v Philly has mud-wrestling appeal... (4/4)
The trends aren't entrenched enough to mean much, but that didn't stop Orlando from sacking Oscar Pareja, so watch your 6 Tata Martino.
I plan on taking in fewer highlight reels going forward and putting more thought into trends at some point.
Soon.... #MLS (3/4)
"The rest" were the five games I noted very briefly besides the featured games - #NYCFC v #OrlandoCitySC and #DOOP v #Quakes74. Those included
#Rapids96 4-1 #LAGalaxy 😳
#RBNY 0-3 #CFMTL 😬
#ATLUTD 2-3 #RSL 🧐
#EveryoneN 3-1 #MNUFC 🤠
#FCCincy 0-1 #TFCLive 🫣
Emojis are approximations. #MLS (2/4)
ICYMI, Trotting It Out. One. More. Time. Ed., The Unmentionable Thing Vancouver Did the Portland & an #MLS Week 3 Wrap Up
LINK: tinyurl.com/3mrck4bb
Some teams felt the pain last weekend, the Timbers very much being one of them.
I've covered them. This plug is about the rest. #rctid (1/4)
To go through life with brazen, unearned confidence of Melania.
The first dream last night…too disturbing, lost in the mists.
The early morning one was cute! I was at a sparsely-attended MLS awards show that featured Richie Williams, but also not Richie Williams in a folksy Pepsi ad.
Good morning. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EG_4...
On a lighter note, my wife asked me who sang the song “Maniac” tonight.
I couldn’t do better than “Michael somebody.”
Now we all know.
Good night. #Musicsky
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That’s a real dumb read, of course, because it misses the point.
Being outraged that even one person died in ICE custody or on their way to it, or in the act of protesting it, is the point.
That is and isn’t a tangent in Rhodes’ essay. A really compelling read if you can get to it.
Quick aside: I sometimes find myself thinking people go over the top when they use phrases like “ICE is murdering Americans in the streets.”
That’s a perverse attachment to accuracy, focusing on how much worse things could be and, of we’re being honest, how bad they could get…
“What innate confidence in our own special character leads the US government to try to control a world that does not want to submit to our will and does not believe in our supremacy?”
Fascinating essay. It touches on Trump’s madness, it’s more about Rhodes’ time under Obama. It is not a defense.
“What led men like [McNamara] into rooms where they made decisions regarding a country they knew nothing about? How could American officials so devalue the lives of the Vietnamese relative to our own, killing more than 3 million before our chaotic exit?”
- Ben Rhodes
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
My wife threatens to leave me for Mark Nelsen about once a week, so there’s clearly something appealing about the man. Good call.
There was a guy I used to call “Boy Weatherman” because he looked like an overgrown high schooler, but I can’t dredge up his name for the life of me.
Thanks!
@jfotheshow.bsky.social I can’t believe I’ve never thought to ask this:
Who are your Top 3 Local News weather personalities?
Criteria is wide open: accuracy, presence, love of science, etc.
No wrong answer, no answer required.
Marveling Trump fans’ capacity to listen to a flatulent old man say the same ol’ shit for a whole goddamn decade.
Has to be a dopamine thing, right?
A bad end to a season, plus a terrible start to the following one, which underlines your point. I don’t know Orlando well enough to wrap my head around all the issues, but it looks like they blew up their defense between last season and this one. Seems relevant?
With a solemn nod to the pain their fans are feeling…Orlando’s gonna be fascinating this season. #MLS
MAGA's rhetoric of western civilizational emergency is so weird. They look at ICE arresting grandmothers and they see the ancient Greeks defeating the Persians or the Franks stopping the Islamic invaders in 732.
Everyone else sees ICE arresting grandmothers.
newrepublic.com/article/2076...
re featured games, real quick:
NYCFC 5-0 Orlando
The latter is playing a very young defense and that's hurting. Their back up 'keeper looked scared shitless.
Philly 0-1 San Jose
San Jose has benefited from a soft schedule. Philly should not be part of it. Credit to SJ for making good. #MLS (4/4)
re Phil, this isn't satisfying, but probably accurate:
"I don’t rate Phil as a coach...If I had to put money on it, I’m betting gets one more roll with a fresh set of dice (i.e., players); I’m thinking end of the season or close to it."
Don't think he gets anything on the roll, fwiw. #rctid (3/4)
Some talking points for the Timbers game:
1) I watched Joao Ortiz and found an existential drama: "Maybe this it's a case of a lack of interest matching a lack of faith?"
2) Eh. Work in progress.
3) Aravena looked lost to me, but I'm giving him ample time to win me over. #rctid (2/4)
Midweek Morn Ed., The Unmentionable Thing Vancouver Did the Portland & an #MLS Week 3 Wrap Up
LINK: tinyurl.com/3mrck4bb
Portland got their asses and a couple other body parts handed to them by the 'Caps Saturday. Fortunately(?), that wasn't the only ass-kicking.
Notes on it all. #rctid (1/4)
The slow, sinking realization that the wallet inspector’s badge might not be real…
Went with something more hopeful!
For what? Or, more importantly, for whom?
I can’t name one good man or woman conducting this war and the people who support it aren’t much better.
Wrapping up, nodding off, contemplating Nyquil.
Good night. #Musicsky
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KgXC...
Thanks!
P.S. Next week's edition will be smaller, but also earlier hopefully.
Home Improvement Phase I is complete, but Phase II is a bigger, heavier lift. #MLS #rctid