David Paul

NBC makes the interesting decision to not actually talk about the crowd’s reaction to America at opening ceremonies, after talking about the incredible crowd of literally dozens of other teams. I miss the world thinking we were the good guys.

Remember in the third Christian Bale Batman movie when everyone rooted for Batman against Bane because he was so clearly evil? Like 40percent of the country is now celebrating Bane’s ways in real life. What has happened to us?

Pritzker: "An American president should be standing up, calling for calm. That's not what this president ever does. In fact, he wants the temperature to go up. Why? Because what he's looking for is an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, to bring actual troops into American cities."

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

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I would like to hear what the NRA has to say about federal officers shooting Americans who are just carrying their legal gun to a protest. Aren’t those the people we’re protecting with our gun laws? The hypocrisy is too great.

Fare thee well Bobby Weir. Thanks for making me part of the family. #RIPBobWeir

I did not have Trump arguing for Iranian citizen rights while squelching Minnesotans’ rights on my 2026 bingo card.

Tonight’s World Cafe hits hard. Great show of firsts @kallao.bsky.social!

Happy New Year to those who celebrate it

And yes… I put a Christmas album on the list. Don’t judge until you’ve heard it.

Honorable Mentions: Lady Gaga - Mayhem, AVVT/PTTN, Jeff Tweedy - Twilight Override,
Goose - Chain Yer Dragon, Head and the Heart - Aperture

6. Sad And Beautiful World - Mavis Staples
7. Automatic - The Lumineers
8. Tears Of Injustice - Mdou Moctar
9. Saving Grace - Robert Plant
10. Preservation Hall Wishes You A Very Merry Creole Christmas - Preservation Hall Jazz Band

I admittedly leaned heavy on Americana this year. Before we see what next year holds, these are my favorite albums of 2025:

1. American Romance - Lukas Nelson
2. Is - My Morning Jacket
3. Nobody’s Girl - Amanda Shires
4. Room On The Porch - Taj Mahal & Keb Mo
5. Snipe Hunter - Tyler Childers

I used to not hold this opinion, but after listening to Nothin’ and Atlas, I’d like Guns N Roses to remake Chinese Democracy with just Slash on guitar. Or at least give us a modern live show with those songs on it.

YouTube video by Goatness Incredible 9pts in 8secs by Rodney Rogers... Bonus Awesome put back !

Rest in peace to Rodney Rogers, an all-time favorite Nugget from my first years as a fan when we moved here in high school.

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Amazon’s deal with the NBA must mute their announcers on poor officiating. This is just brutal to watch them not react to every replay where a foul is not called. For both sides. Might be the worst officiated game of the season.

Always good to see Saric stealing money from an NBA team wearing his warmup shirt.

What do we actually get out of NBC basketball coverage? I’m staying up super late to watch a tip, and now I’m watching a late-arriving crowd cheer for the home team during introductions? And all the set up makes me feel like I’m watching the Olympics. No thank you.

Freddie Freeman had been crushing pitches for the last 9 innings. Good to see him get just enough to get it out of the park.

I’m not sure what’s more painful in this Game 3… all the Fox promos or all the pop ups.

Either baseball games have gotten so even, long extra innings games like this are more frequent or players don’t play small ball anymore and we could have all been asleep a few hours ago. I think it’s more of the later, but certainly partly the former.

I see YouTube is campaigning for Disney to charge less for ESPN. Google and Disney claiming they don’t have the money to work together to make sure average Americans can watch sports after earning way less at their jobs. I’m so sick of the filthy rich ruining lives in literally every way possible.

But I also wouldn’t have rushed to judgement and assumed a guy clearly watching the game thought fans were bored and were leaving when Fox cameras showed time and again that fans were emotional wrecks throughout the extra innings. …And here I thought BlueSky was a more sane place to be.

Looking at your timeline, it’s clear you were most likely ignoring the announcers who were talking about the regular season extra-inning rules. So there was plenty of context, but I’ll forgive you because I would have been wrapped up in the game as a fan too.

Or one of us has a real problem understanding sarcasm. I’m clearly critiquing the ghost runner in the regular season in this post.

And baseball purists everywhere. Terrible small ball playing.

The announcers were just talking about this, but this is how baseball is supposed to be played. No freebies. Earn everything. And look at all those bored fans leaving early. #ALDS

Slash Says New Guns N' Roses Album Is 'Coming': 'Everybody Is Thinking About It' Slash is once again giving fans hope that a new Guns N’ Roses album is in the works.

I think about winning the lottery, owning an MLB franchise, and finding the fountain of youth. So I’m sure these guys thinking about new music is going to actually go somewhere.

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