Old Wounds . . . .

The seminal moment in The Gadfly's young life, 1975, that turned his impressionable aggression against "America's Team."







When the word "hate" is uttered by The Gadfly, 99 times out of 100 it is uttered in the same sentence as the words "Dallas fucking Cowboys."

And that is pretty much all that The Gadfly has to say about this sorry subject.



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The Vision it Takes to Foresee This . . . . . . . mmmmmm

Frankly -- The Gadfly is absolutely convinced that tomorrow's pre-game, and after-game Super Bowl activities are going to be nothing short of . . . . freaky ....








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Generational story sharing about the love of the damn crazy game of American Football ......

For the "elderly" football fans amongst us ......






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# 72 . . ah shit! . . # 27 ........

Some more football themed fun .... be patient for the first couple of minutes of the video .. it gets progressively hilarious if you're a football fan ...








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Musical Mis-match? . . . .

The Gadfly, in his own, disturbing and inimitable way, sees tomorrow's gridiron matchup through the lens of a battle of the music.

Observe:


The Denver Broncos:







The Seattle Seahawks:




God - The Gadfly hopes they don't have guns . . . .




Jeebus --- that match-up don't bode well for Peyton and the boys.



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Well --- Are you? . . .

The great, late Chris Farley:









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** Announcement for Sunday, February 2, 2014 **

The Gadfly will be mostly out of pocket tomorrow due to the media extravaganza masquerading as a championship football game.

Suffice to say, that should The Gadfly find an opportunity to gather his self in front of his precious keyboard and also have the will to share his most intellectually gifted observations of this wonderful world we reside in, the resulting product will likely resemble something akin to this:






It is what it is.  Your Gadfly is just as human-flaw infested as the rest of you bastards.



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A Message to the Mainstream Media --- Just Do your Fucking Job of Reporting and Let the American People Decide it's own Future...

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Hehehehe . . . .

The governor was booed at a Super Bowl event in Times Square on Saturday, where he sat on stage with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York.

While the other three beamed and waved, Mr. Christie looked down. Mr. de Blasio sat next to Mr. Cuomo and punched him playfully throughout the ceremony, and the two giggled.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/nyregion/christies-office-targets-former-ally-in-a-memo.html?hp&_r=1


Dear readers, would you care to know what it is exactly that has titillated The Gadfy so deliciously about the structural rupture and succeeding inferno that has engulfed the mighty Airship S.S. Christie?  Believe it or not, it has absolutely nothing to do with partisan politics.

Nope.

Think about it -- how is it exactly that the inflated clown known as Chris Christie became such a daunting figure in Republican politics in such a short period of time, as well as for all intents an purposes, the front running GOP candidate for the 2016 Presidential election?

The Gadfly will tell you how.

Your wonderful, visionary, courageous, principled, and beneficent mainstream media.

Yep.

Christie is their creation.  Their boy.  Their chosen alternative to the strong woman Hillary Clinton, whom they also had already pre-crowned as the Democratic 2016 front runner.  They have been plotting that titanic, news jackpot political match-up since Obama's election to a second and final term.

And so that it is why it is so good to see Christie crash and burn.  Because the craven, untrustworthy fucking media crashes and burns with him - and deservedly so.

Hey kids -- if somebody can find some career killing skeletons in Hillary's closet (good luck though, the right has been trying to destroy her for 20 years and failed miserably) then that would be karmic, full circle justice for the press in this country - right?  Interpret that any way you wish.

In then end -- The Gadfly can dream -- can't he? . . . .



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A 1% Man Breaks Ranks and Speaks The Truth . . . .

The Blogger Digby posted a fascinating guest post from a fellow named John Forbes, an individual, who while financially could be considered a 1%er, he is also quite alarmed and reviled by what he sees that his fellow 1%ers are doing to the country in the name of free-market capitalism.  It is worth reading the whole thing, but here is an excerpt:

Mr. Perkin’s statements are part of a trend by wealthy investors and corporate executives to try and paint the people who are advocating more sensible and equitable economic policies in this country as a bunch of ignorant villagers waving torches and pitchforks, desperate to demonize those that they see as more successful than themselves. Perkins is not the first to take this position, with Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone having made a similarly tone-deaf statement equating closing tax loopholes with the Nazi invasion of Poland. I assume in the coming days that we will see more of these breathless condemnations of those who dare to challenge the privileges that many of these people now enjoy, many of which are completely unearned and actually deeply damaging to our society.

The simple fact is that many high net worth individuals and large corporations in this country are no longer paying their fair share of taxes, and the critical infrastructure of our country including core priorities like transportation and public education are being severely damaged by these policies. As with many issues affecting public policy, it has taken some time for the trends and underlying numbers to become clear. I would argue that we have now reached a turning point where the damage that inequality is doing (and the ongoing corruption of our legal and tax system that is enabling it) is no longer a fringe opinion; it is now substantiated by economic statistics and recognized as fact by many economists, investors and financial analysts.

The growing resentment that Mr. Perkins and many other wealthy investors in Silicon Valley and Wall Street are now feeling has its real roots not in envy or class warfare, but in the emerging realization by the majority of taxpayers that they are being forced to shoulder an unequal share of the burden that is required to preserve our countries most fundamental institutions.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/even-top-1-is-disgusted-by-tom-perkins.html


The Mr. Perkins that John Forbes alludes to in that excerpt above is the vulture capitalist billionaire who last week was wallowing in self-pity all over the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal.  You remember dear readers -- the $300,000 wristwatch wearing asshat who was sad-face trumpeting the insinuation that the people (your's truly here) questioning whether or not it is time to start reigning in the excesses of Wall Street and implementing economic policies to stem the trend of rising income inequality, are the equivalent of Hitler's Nazi Stormtroopers herding Jews in to boxcars and shipping them off to the Auschwitz gas chambers just because they are "different" --  remember that repulsive twit?

So yeah -- it's actually good to know that there are some super-wealthy people who still have a conscience and find Mr. Perkins to be much more a causal symptom of America's sickness, instead of a potential cure.

Go read it and learn something.  The Gadfly sure did.



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Idiocracy . . . Coming to a Television Near You . . . .

Jeebus Fugging Kripes . . . .  this exceptional "culture" of ours is just so hopelessly fucked up:

Who wants the first shot?

George Zimmerman has announced he's putting up his dukes for a celebrity boxing match — one that still needs an opponent.

"It was my idea," the heavyweight gunslinger told Radar Online of his upcoming plans orchestrated by former professional boxer Damon Feldman.

Zimmerman called boxing a hobby he had "prior to the incident" — that incident allegedly being the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin in 2012 — and one he's since started up again.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-zimmerman-agrees-celebrity-boxing-match-article-1.1597473


It was bound to happen though -- namely the idea of some enterprising, modern-day P.T. Barnum coming up with the idea and the balls to try and  capitalize monetarily on the tragic death of a 17 year old kid in a politically tinged, racially tainted shooting.

As much as the whole idea itself and the thought of the frenzied media twerking that is certain to surround such a tawdry event is disgusting to even ponder, The Gadfly knows full well that a whole lot of Americans will drool over the whole putrid spectacle.  In fact, it would not surprise The Gadfly in the least if it were to be produced as a cable television Pay-Per-View event and break records for viewership and highest money gross.

And since it's going to happen no matter how many people blanch and publicly protest such immature ugliness, the only way you'll pique The Gadfly's interest enough to have him forcefully hold back his desire to vomit long enough to participate in this freak show as an observer, is if Quick Draw McZimmerman has to fight this guy:

That man is Tracy Martin - Trayvon Martin's truck driver father.  The Gadfly is only speculating when he surmises that Mr. Martin might very well welcome the opportunity to get the unarmed McZimmerman in a ring and close physical proximity.

And to enhance the viewing public's bloodlust and overall spectator experience, both warriors must be outfitted just like this fellow (and yes - that would be an authentic, forged steel pitchfork and shield/spear shown here):

Hell -- make it happen just like that and The Gadfly might even be inspired to fly to whatever goddamn city the event is taking place in and attend the event in person -- maybe even with his own, hand picked entourage of dear Frolicking Gadly readers in tow.

Sigh . . . . . . . . . . . .



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