The spectre of disaster was an incentive to watch, not a reason to avoid watching.

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Ryan Lochte (on mic center ring): You people are disgusting, Rio is the worst trash city I’ve ever been to. Can you blame me for pissing on it? And I dare anyone to shut me up, and shut up Team USA. We OWN these Games!

Let me guess why rating are down:
1) Events are never live; when the Vancouver winter games were on all of us on the west coast were stuck with a 3-hour delay even though it’s located in the SAME FUCKING TIMEZONE!! Would they do a time delay for the Super Bowl?
2) Only show the traditional events (track/field, running,…

This is now a Seinfeld episode.

INT Yankee Stadium

Kramer forces way into women’s restroom

just remember everyone. The TSA confiscates liquids in case they are a bomb. They then throw these alleged bombs in the trash...right next to them...in the busiest part of the airport...in case they are bombs...with all the other ‘bombs’ that they confiscated. right there. If this doesn’t tell us just how idiotic our…

Name ten? Okay. From now on ten is to be called Steve.

Thank you for this, Burke! This crossed my mind yesterday at the Gold medal tie (I hadn’t seen the men’s butterfly tie until you posted this) and thought it was really strange they weren’t using a more precise system. I find it pretty amazing that they’ve taken into account the affect tolerances in construction and…

this. ,i think he wants to lose at this point so he can have run and keep up the scandalous narrative that the election is rigged against him. he’ll be able to write books, make appearances, get more money and more attention with no governmental responsibility.

Xj boxy Cherokee, awesome.

Yep. Makes you wonder how many they’re missing. Also who are all these people who either think they can fly with their gun, or are so careless with a deadly weapon they forget they have one on them.

Local media reporter = all tape on a car is duct tape

It was unprofessional. But Mr. Mathews WAS discussing a former model. And he didn’t know his mic was on.

I thought you were being an asshole. Then I watched it.

Oh, and that facial expression is just so...goddamned...stupid.

So let's see...

-Only served four years, but wears two hashes on the sleeve
-Doesn't rate having (retired) appended after his name
-Wears ribbon of the one award he earned (not the full medal as stipulated by regs)
-Gives really a half-assed salute which could be better delivered by a first-day enlistee
-Sings a hackneyed…

This, this this this this.

As a former Sergeant in the Marine Corps I am more annoyed that HE didn't do the right thing in regards to wearing shit he doesn't rate (hasn't earned)....

So the guy was in the Marines, but he was not deserving of the (retired) honorific designator. That's a minor offense. The major crimes were his hackneyed gesticulations, Jack Bauer-impression facial expressions, and bullshit salute.

I just couldn't stand his voice. That vibrato was all over the damn place.

I've seen Trooper Dan sing the anthem a few times at sporting events, and each time has been a generally loathesome experience. While I do not doubt his sincere love of the US, his performance comes off as Lee Greenwood Knee Jerk Patriotic Narcissism, rather than a respectful performance of our national song. He's the…