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by Pruitt
Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:13 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Champions League 2021-2022
Replies: 139
Views: 2475

Re: Champions League 2021-2022

mister d wrote: Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:38 am City returned a league winning + CL finalist roster but added Jack Grealish. That seems more good than bad.
They scored 10 more goals than any other team in the EPL last year. They should be fine.
by Pruitt
Fri Aug 27, 2021 5:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
Replies: 5293
Views: 130185

Re: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread

That is really disturbing.
by Pruitt
Fri Aug 27, 2021 5:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Summer Reading Thread
Replies: 28
Views: 764

Re: Summer Reading Thread

This book is blowing me away - like living inside the internet. Funny and disturbing... (read half of it in one sitting)

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by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:10 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Premier League 2021-22
Replies: 284
Views: 5008

Re: Premier League 2021-22

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by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2025
Views: 43951

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

This seems like a bad idea... https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1430589405236957185?s=20 I'm willing to bet that this officer has been told that theyare going to get named (by FoxNews, probably) and so is trying to get ahead of it. I hope to God they aren't African American...or Muslim. DailyMail.com...
by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:39 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Champions League 2021-2022
Replies: 139
Views: 2475

Re: Champions League 2021-2022

Group B looks brutal.
by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:27 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2025
Views: 43951

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

The Sybian wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:32 am
Pruitt wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:03 am These fuckers are trying so hard to make her into their very own Horst Wessel.
I'm sick of Liberal social media attacking Horst Wessel. I mean, sure he was a Nazi, but did they get to know the REAL Horst? He had some good qualities I'm sure.
He was only fighting to make Germany great again.
by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:26 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart
Replies: 1194
Views: 47765

Re: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart

EnochRoot wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:21 am Yeah, dehydration and exhaustion were once code words for overdosed or Betty Ford clinic.
In Britain they said "tired and emotional" as a euphemism for drunk.
by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:03 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Replies: 2025
Views: 43951

Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years

These fuckers are trying so hard to make her into their very own Horst Wessel.
by Pruitt
Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:02 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart
Replies: 1194
Views: 47765

Re: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart

Rittenhouse's former attorney who is representing a number of Capitol rioters. Said shit like this: “a final-phase designed-purge of Patriotic Americans from the Army. Prepare for anything and everything at this point. This goes deeper than anything I thought even a few months ago. No one should be ...
by Pruitt
Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:34 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: World Cup of Anthems: Week 24
Replies: 9
Views: 163

Re: World Cup of Anthems: Week 24

Pruitt - I don't know why but I'm LOLing at "Bad batch" I actually liked Iceland, maybe for the reasons you don't - it actually doesn't sound like an anthem at all to me, more like the 7th movement of a longer symphony. Points. Also I like Iceland, so i'm probably biased. My only other vo...
by Pruitt
Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:19 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2020/21
Replies: 790
Views: 17447

Re: EPL 2020/21

I will bet that Kane tweaks an ankle or pulls a hamstring in the next few weeks and nurses it until the transfer window reopens in January. Seen this scenario before - Christian Eriksen, Modric, Berbatov. Eriksen was the most egregious, when he didn't get the transfer, he sulked around the pitch and...
by Pruitt
Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:38 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Sweet Science
Replies: 419
Views: 36131

Re: The Sweet Science

Watched the first episode of the 4-part documentary series The Kings on Showtime, and it is outstanding.

I've reached the age where things that I can remember clearly are now a part of long-ago Sports history.
by Pruitt
Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:45 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Charlie Watts
Replies: 11
Views: 174

Re: Charlie Watts

Back in 1989, I had a chance to see the Stones in Vancouver, on the Steel Wheels tour. I thought 'I better see them now...they won't be alive much longer'. At the time, the joke was that it was the "Steel Wheelchairs" tour. Not to be harsh, but they've been an oldies act for 40 years or so.
by Pruitt
Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8935
Views: 412703

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

rass wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:16 pm Would never have eaten ketchup with eggs before living here. Definitely need that on a breakfast sandwich.
Eggs need ketchup.
by Pruitt
Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Replies: 3059
Views: 251640

Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.

Barnet FC had some problems last week...

Barnet FC had some problems last week...
by Pruitt
Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:37 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 20th anniversary of 9/11
Replies: 48
Views: 1192

Re: 20th anniversary of 9/11

Are we allowed to express any skepticism about whether the Bush admin was taken completely off guard? And not just "if he'd read his memos"? I think we've seen enough through the years - both before and after 9/11 - to see that the US security apparatus, the State Department and the Milit...
by Pruitt
Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:35 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza
Replies: 1434
Views: 108485

Re: Swamp 6 Link Dump Extravaganza

wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:59 am ht: sportsfilter
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/opin ... e-psp.html
That was an unexpected gut punch.
by Pruitt
Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:32 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 20th anniversary of 9/11
Replies: 48
Views: 1192

Re: 20th anniversary of 9/11

I don't even have the energy to express how over all this shit I am. It was the earliest "truther" comments that really previewed what the future would hold. Not even a matter of (as people said back then) "or, the terrorists will win" - more a matter of "the homegrown idio...
by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: World Cup of Anthems: Week 24
Replies: 9
Views: 163

Re: World Cup of Anthems: Week 24

Bad batch.

I liked Fiji, hated Iceland (too much of a hymn) and Uzbekistan (no melody).

The rest were "meh" with Slovenia being the best of a bad lot.

And the unabashed pandering of singing a national anthem on "The Voice" is wild.
by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:55 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Yo, Jews!
Replies: 178
Views: 7601

Re: Yo, Jews!

Okay this is fascinating. Also the last part of the article about the other person is a pretty interesting inclusion. https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistans-last-jew-kabul-under-taliban-rule-2021-8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsil...
by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6252
Views: 343816

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Somewhat of a profile on Brett Goldstein, AKA Roy Kent from Ted Lasso. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/ted-lasso-brett-goldstein-interview-1211189/?fbclid=IwAR2iFDwfO40C6XyQxJ9hb51fjNViRaLNIo_dR-_du6V4I800fWSLaiJV44Q Pru - Dude is from a Spurs family. No wonder he plays angry so well.
by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:24 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread
Replies: 5293
Views: 130185

Re: Not so funny real life Capt Trips thread

My God that's terrible.

Hang in there Dave.
by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Premier League 2021-22
Replies: 284
Views: 5008

Re: Premier League 2021-22

I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the beer that flew past James as he ran to the corner. Looking at that pic, imagine how great it must feel to score a goal and looking into the crowd like that. This is a classic shot... https://images.cm.archant.co.uk/resource/responsive-image/3589798/article-lea...
by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:16 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Premier League 2021-22
Replies: 284
Views: 5008

Re: Premier League 2021-22

by Pruitt
Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Sports Stats for Nerds
Replies: 14
Views: 318

Re: Sports Stats for Nerds

Larry Fitzgerald may retire But as great as he is and has been, this stat is astounding: Even more mind-boggling is that on 2,263 targets, the veteran wideout has only dropped 29 passes. He has more career tackles (39) than drops. Incredible when you first read it, and it gets more incredible the m...
by Pruitt
Sun Aug 22, 2021 9:13 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4685
Views: 292310

Re: Movies

Godzilla v Kong was weird, but I haven't watched much of the previous ones in this series. Just... the amount of mass death and destruction seems weirdly ignored, but I couldn't really get past that every time one of them would destroy an aircraft carry or an apartment building or whatever and I'm ...
by Pruitt
Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Premier League 2021-22
Replies: 284
Views: 5008

Re: Premier League 2021-22

I can't remember when a team like Wolves today so dominated the game yet didn't even score. They looked the better team, but "domination" is a bit strong. Traore epitomized their efforts today - unstoppable until it came time to shoot or pass, then he was not up to the task (save for once...
by Pruitt
Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6252
Views: 343816

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Watched the first 2 episodes of "Shmigadoon" on Apple TV. Laughed my fool head off. Absolutely amazing.
by Pruitt
Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Tropical Storm Henri
Replies: 14
Views: 301

Re: Tropical Storm Henri

Fucking French guys - they ruin everything.
by Pruitt
Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Man's Best Friend
Replies: 2257
Views: 104519

Re: Man's Best Friend

wlu_lax6 wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:55 pm Try again
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jMsTL5VkNsFpsv8p6
That's a great looking pup!
by Pruitt
Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:32 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Getting the spins
Replies: 3316
Views: 197052

Re: Getting the spins

I love reggae.

I love dub.

A lot of you guys don't, but if you are high tonight, you'd do a lot worse than listening to this, the best dub album I've heard in quite a while.

by Pruitt
Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:30 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Replies: 3881
Views: 216257

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Songwriter Hall of Fame member, including Harper Valley PTA, Tom T. Hall, 85. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmVjjMG-BE I thought he was gone years ago. That's a great song. Also remember his song "I Like" a very sweet song that if I recall properly had the line - "And I like grass...
by Pruitt
Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:06 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6252
Views: 343816

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

White Lotus stuff: * - I didn't really have a ton of sympathy for Armand. As much as the husband was an absolute piece of shit, Armand fucked up the reservation, and instead of doing what most 5* resorts would've done (which is admit the mistake and upgrade them/comp the shit out of at least part t...
by Pruitt
Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:02 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Politics
Replies: 9270
Views: 466413

Re: Random Politics

by Pruitt
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:32 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart
Replies: 1194
Views: 47765

Re: The Important Sounds of Things Falling Apart

Johnnie wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 3:30 pm Dude showed up like he ran over a stripper in Grand Theft Auto.

Guess he didn't get a tour from Lauren Bobert.
by Pruitt
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Official Jeopardy thread
Replies: 166
Views: 3655

Re: Official Jeopardy thread

It really is amazing how worked up people got over the hiring of a game show host.

Poorly made choice, but the fact that so many people got so angry about this speaks volumes about the state of our culture.

(Not meant as a jibe at you guys - just a general statement)
by Pruitt
Thu Aug 19, 2021 7:18 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Official Jeopardy thread
Replies: 166
Views: 3655

Re: Official Jeopardy thread

Yeah this dude can’t be the full time host. Does anyone know, is Jeopardy’s viewership as woke/liberal as I’d assume? Because yeah, at some point someone in charge there has to realize they can’t afford to alienate a big part of their audience. It definitely skews 50+, so I'm thinking the audience ...
by Pruitt
Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:33 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2021 NFL Season Thread
Replies: 642
Views: 20492

Re: 2021 NFL Season Thread

DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 2:39 pm

I just laugh about this shit because it helps keep me sane.
Good God!

This is (hopefully) old Browns level shit.