The funniest part about all of this is that we’re now on day three of this controversy, and there’s still no evidence that Odell Beckham Jr. knows that any of this is going on.

That book is great and indeed very long. If you make it to the end, you’ll eventually get to the paragraph where Hitler’s Downfall rant is described in detail, and I think this book is the source material for that scene.

Well he also didn’t kill a guy. A guy killed himself on his car.

I like to bet on the NFL—I roughly break even*, but it provides me a lot of enjoyment in that a game with a rooting interest—even a manufactured interest—is more fun than one with no interest.

He’s not that rich according to the internet. I was actually surprised that he’s been unable to effectively monetize his persona.

Certainly both ways

I disagree with the thesis that “most everything is awful”. This is something that is not borne out by any statistical appreciation of humanity in an historical context.

I also think it’s weird that members of the military would try to lay claim on the flag when the last big war we won (the Cold War) was won by non-military aspects represented by the flag.

Why do you hate SPQR?

Interesting productivity graph.

The peak of Harbaugh’s career prominently involved Colin Kaepernick, so it makes sense to ask him the question

Sorry—you had Goths in the headline and I skipped to the end

The irony is that after the Ostrogoths beat Odoacer—who had himself sacked Rome in 476—the Ostrogoth leader Theodoric occupied Italy and basically adopted Roman law and its civil service apparatus except that he ran it competently.

That guy was born in 1992

Honestly though, the cosmetology license raj has gotten out of control

Putting Bannon (or even Rick Santorum) in the same boat with Romney or George HW Bush or James Baker or Hank Paulson—the type of Republicans who have traditionally wielded real power within the party apparatus and government—is puerile looney tunes exaggeration.

I remember they did a big writeup on him in SI (or something) talking about his red contact lenses, how they gave him 80/20 vision and a kind of unfair advantage at making contact.

This is really sad. I never wanna dance again

It’s too bad about NRG because NRG bought out Reliant, they changed the name of one of the least awkward sounding corporate sponsorships (Reliant Stadium).

As such, the Texans lost 30-0 in the Wild Card round to Kansas City.