Brian Lyman

They should give the MVP trophy to those newlyweds.

Macbeth: SHIT

One of the nice things about approaching 50 is I don’t have to know who Mr. Beast is.

i am just saying we can have nice moments that have nothing to do with him

My wife instantly called the baby bird in that ad as a bald eagle.

halftime show

what a shot

heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show

What in the hell was that Mike Tyson ad

That final sequence of the marching crowd/flags is all the statement you need

And elderly people dancing! Definitely new.

Also bless Bad Bunny for not having the hyperactive “fans” rushing to see him.

Kind of nice to see some fresh staging for a halftime show.

Looking forward to our president’s completely rational reaction to this halftime show

Honestly thought it was Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2.

OK let’s take the coin toss back to a six

God mend thine every flaw.

One of my unshakeable opinions is that the national anthem should be “America the Beautiful.”

NBC: Yeah, we aired Knight Rider, come at us

And then I saw the New Jerusalem descend, and I turned to the angel and demanded my $40

If Jesus shows up, how do you collect on this

Via Stateline: President Donald Trump’s calls to “nationalize” elections capped a year of efforts by his administration to exert authority over state-run elections. The demands have some state and local election officials fearing — and preparing for — a tumultuous year. https://ow.ly/R5TC50Ya0xR

A lot of you are acting like the Olympics is happening

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🎶It’s time to question methods
It’s time for petty fights🎶

What Tommy Tuberville’s residency issues say about Alabama | Alabama Reflector Alabamians can't trust our state institutions to determine whether the leading candidate for governor is following the law. That's a problem.

My column from Monday. Alabamians deserve clear answers on whether the state’s leading gubernatorial candidate is violating constitutional residency requirements. But the Alabama courts’ recent history of advancing GOP policy through petty and tendentious readings of the law give us no hope of that.

James Polk was really one of the worst human beings to ever lead the country.

A war started by a lie from a pathological liar; that directly led to the genocide of California indigenous tribes and almost fatally destabilized the United States and Mexico.