Don’t forget the Eastern Romans/Byzantines cutting the aqueducts during their siege to retake the city in the 6th century.

Damned Arians that they were. Actually, that might have part of it, now that I think about it.

Now, that sounds like part of the plot of a Dan Brown-style thriller.

I stand corrected, Theodosius II was just a boy in 410. So, I wonder, what was his regency thinking? Did they just write the western empire off at that point? Granted, they had Huns and Persians to deal with, but still, a happy Gothic army would’ve have proved useful against at least the Huns.

I’ve lived most of my life here in Pennsyltucky and I’ve had this shit rammed down my throat since day one. I hope those that cheer wind up in Hell with their beloved JoePa.

I learned something new today.

As a good faith gesture, the Davis family will introduce the cost-saving measure of hiring the Hell’s Angels as stadium security.

No batteries flying? No boo birds flocking? You’re getting soft, Philly, SAWFT.

Metal Machine Music II?

When do you date the fall? 476 and the fall of the western empire? Or do you date it to 636 and the battle of Yarmouk and the rise of the Caliphate? 1453 and the fall of Constantinople? It’s a subjective date, yeah?

Out of the ring, the DDT was best. “Jake, what does DDT stand for?”, “The end my friend, the end. (sinister laughter)“

But maybe not more entitled white votes.

At least he didn’t break his ankle by jumping off a bus roof during a championship celebration. Not that I’d know anything about that, and certainly not when the Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 1992. Nope, not at all.

Or, y’know, pork-barrel politics got in the way of designing an effective fighter.

You’re right, but the Targaryen genealogy makes the Hapsburgs’ look simple.

What’s so depressing is how this pattern crops up time and again. The Catholic Church, Penn State, Hollywood, school systems, etc. What the Hell is wrong with us?

The Nickleback Defensive Package?

Every time I hear some Nit official or zealot rush to Joe Pa’s defense, this song starts playing in the background:

Maybe the Donald would like her better if she looked like his daughter.

He’s no Ryan Leaf, that’s for sure.