Today is Superbowl with an L and a couple of I's. I have no idea what that spells.

So today is indeed the Superbowl game of 2018.

Everybody is very, very excited.

Except of course me and probably a lot of the women.

If you are a wife this means of course that you have an increased chance of being the victim of domestic abuse, or at the very least will have to listen to your man yell at his TV like a freaking psychopath.

If you are a female who likes football then more power to you, I think you must have accidentally received my football lovers gene by mistake. Cause mine is missing.

If you have been a visitor here in the past then you likely know that I ONLY watch one football game a year, and this is it.

(This is no joke I only learned which teams were playing yesterday afternoon.)

I know very little about the teams, except that I fucking hate the Patriots and damn it this year they need to lose, and lose big!

I really mostly like the cool commercials and previews to upcoming movies which always premiere on Superbowl day.

And of course the best part may be that we do not have to listen to any Trump lies today.

A reminder about what's missing from the Super Bowl pre-game show: President Trump. He's snubbing NBC (https://t.co/w7lcvtF3eR) https://t.co/QjzEq8F8Xc

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 4, 2018

Pansy ass!

I will update this post with tweets and perhaps a few of those cool commercials as the day progresses.

However be warned that today is also the only day that I drink beer and the effect that beer has on me is that it lowers my IQ and allows me to enjoy watching a bunch of grown ass men playing a children's game for obscene amounts of money.

That also means that my updates can be a little nonsensical and even odd.

Anyhow here is your open thread, do with it as you will.

Update: Maybe for their next Superbowl Tom Brady will not walk into the stadium like the biggest douchebag on the planet.

 I mean, seriously?

Florida brewery has the perfect response to a white nationalist showing up in their community to inspire hatred and instigate violence.

Here's Alligator Brewing Co's response to Richard Spencer's upcoming speech. This is amazing. pic.twitter.com/moN8dzAUtv

— Socktober Koebi (@koebimoonlight) October 18, 2017

Here is more about the event: 

A state of emergency has been declared in Florida ahead of a controversial college event featuring Richard Spencer, the infamous white nationalist who helped organize the deadly rallies in Charlottesville. 

Gov. Rick Scott made the move Monday, issuing an executive order as officials prepared to deal with the fallout from Spencer’s speaking engagement. 

“I find that the threat of a potential emergency is imminent and hereby declare a state of emergency in Alachua County,” Scott wrote in the order. 

Spencer, 39, is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida on Thursday. He will also be addressing issues during a question-and-answer session, according to the Orlando Sentinel. 

Floridians reportedly are furious about the event, with protests already taking place in Gainesville.

You know a racist has stepped over a line when even Florida does not want him around.

As it turned out there were far more protesters than supporters.

Protesters likely to exceed supporters of white nationalist Richard Spencer today in Gainesville. More here: https://t.co/LsXfLWYpkY #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/x6huE1Gqp9

— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) October 19, 2017

During the speech Spencer was heckled and shouted down, which ultimately forced him to just give up.

This is what it sounds like during the Q&A. Spencer trying to explain white ethno-state. Audience keeping up the noise. #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/W0umTCmIuv

— Claire McNeill (@clairemcneill) October 19, 2017

Courtesy of The Hill: 

He was eventually forced to beat an early retreat as protesters drowned him out with chants of "go home Spencer."

Well it looks like the score is 1 for the ale brewery and 0 for the white supremacist. 

Chicago brewery stops making beer for Donald Trump, renames leftover beer "Fuck your hair."

Courtesy of Boing Boing:  

A Latino-owned brewery in the Chicago area is renaming leftover beer they produced for Donald Trump, after he called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and drug dealers. 

"We would be doing an injustice to the community we serve (and live in) by engaging in business with someone who does not accept our role in society and expresses a rhetoric of hate and ignorance towards us," said Andres Araya, co-owner of the 5 Rabbit Cerveceria brewery. 

Araya told Chicago radio station WBEZ the brewery is going to stop making beer for Trump Tower's Rebar, and instead insult the orange-haired pendejo by re-christening what's left 'Fuck Your Hair.' 

The 50 remaining kegs of the summer golden ale will be sold to Chicago area bars under the name “Chinga Tu Pelo."

Okay does anybody else suddenly want to buy beer from this company? 

Because though I rarely drink beer, I kinda do.

Let's play (Actually let's sit on our fat asses and watch) some FOOTBALL!

So today is the day where I do a bunch of things I NEVER do.

I'm going to watch a football game. (I have watched absolutely NO football games this year.)

I am going to watch commercials. (I usually turn the sound off when they come on.)

I am going to eat potato chips. (I very rarely eat chips.)

I am going to drink beer. (I bought a six pack for the last Superbowl and I did not drink the last beer until right before Christmas.)

And I am going to listen to Katy Perry sing. (I have heard her sing exactly two songs, "I Kissed a Girl" and "Roar." And I don't even remember why I listened to those.)

But today like millions of my fellow Americans I am going to participate in the ritual known as Superbowl Sunday.

I actually tend to enjoy it. In fact the games in the last few years have been pretty exciting.

However I am, for the most part, morally opposed to football since it causes lifelong suffering for those who play professionally and even men who played as kids can suffer debilitating brain injuries that can effect them for the rest of their lives.  

I sort of approach the Superbowl like I do Christmas. I'm not really a believer, and I think being drawn into the faith that promotes it can be injurious, but I enjoy the pageantry.

If all goes well I will see a good game, gain four pounds, and who knows maybe Katy Perry will pull a Janet Jackson and the halftime show will actually be memorable.

Okay now who's playing again?

Oklahoma church is using beer to attract congregants. Yeah this might work.

Courtesy of WKRC: 

Having a cold one while attending church -- it's something many people may dream about, but it has become a reality in one church. 

Last weekend, East Side Christian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, invited the public for "Beer and Hymns", and its a decision thats turning heads. 

First Christian Church member Michael Riggs said the event was designed to be an outreach event. 

The church is one of four and a local seminary which hosted Portland author Christian Piatt. "It's a chance to reach a wide demographic of people to ask the questions of what's happening in our Christian world, what's happening in our churches, and what's happening in our community," Riggs said. 

They discussed the future of the Christian church in the 21st century and beyond and hoped others would be enticed to come spend part of their weekend, especially if a couple of beers are involved. 

You know this kind of thinking might just be what saves Christianity in the long run.

I for one am more much more open to discussing imaginary sky people when I'm hammered.

I can see the church signs now, "Come for the suds, stay for the salvation."

Brilliant.  

Half of Americans believe that God decides who wins the Super Bowl. I'm really gonna have to move out of the country soon.

Divine interventions certainly didn't help this guy.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail:  

Whether it’s with a good luck dance, whispering a curse or prayers sent directly to God, half of American football fans believe supernatural forces are at play right alongside their favorite quarterback. 

A study from the Public Religion Research Institute found that a full third of all football fans pray directly to God to help out their favorite teams. 

With Super Bowl XLVIII just days away, the study forces the question: Will God be rooting for the Broncos or Seahawks? 

No the study forces the question, how can so many people be so fucking stupid?

I always think it is such an insult to the athletes who trained so long and hard for this chance to believe the outcome is simply based on the whim of a supreme being who feels the need to meddle in the affairs of man.

After all if it is simply up to God to pic the winners why bother running drills, lifting weights, and taking all those steroids?

Well all i know is that I am looking forward to watching a bunch of over paid future Alzheimer's patients, playing a testosterone infused children's game, interspersed with expensive advertisements for products whose name I'll never remember, while drinking myself into a state of slobbering beer soaked euphoria.

And I don't want any supernatural interference to ruin that experience.

Go Seahawks!

Colorado does Obamacare right.

Bros need brosurance. #doyougotinsurance? http://t.co/5f0rwNKJKp pic.twitter.com/p8Ajg2q7S0
— CCHI (@COHealthAccess) October 22, 2013

Courtesy of Political Ticker:

Keg stands. That's one way to promote Obamacare, it seems. 

"Brosurance," reads a new web ad that shows a few bros having a good time. "Keg stands are crazy. Not having health insurance is crazier. Don't tap into your beer money to cover those medical bills. We got it covered." 

The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and ProgressNow Colorado Education launched the web ad, along with a series of other meme-like images that target young residents in Colorado, as well as Latino families–two demographics that tend to lack health insurance. 

The ads are modeled after the successful "Got Milk?" campaign, with each image saying, "Got Insurance?" 

Other ads feature mountain climbers, kayakers and cyclists. The health groups are trying to appeal to "our own Colorado twist," says Jenny Davies-Schley, of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative. 

The idea is to make the images go viral, and each ad is easily sharable through a number of different social media agents, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Or blogs, don't forget blogs.

Can I just say that this marks the first time ever, that I have been jealous of Coloradans. 

Brilliant campaign, and it makes me really WANT to sign up for their health care.

Beer company in hot water for omitting mention of God while using quotes from Declaration of Independence. Turns out they were following the guidelines.

Courtesy of ABC News: 

In the ad, which has an Independence Day theme, an actor says, “All men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The Declaration of Independence states ”…that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” 

The ad has aired for about three weeks focusing on the July Fourth holiday, but the company is still receiving angry comments posted on its Facebook page. 

“I guess I should not be surprised that a company, interested only in profit, would rewrite American history for commercial gain,” wrote one Facebook user on Samuel Adams’ Facebook page. “However, abusers of history will no longer receive any of my money to support their censorsed [sic] advertising campaigns.” 

In a statement, the Boston Beer Company says it was just trying to follow a code implemented by the trade group, The Beer Institute, which is based in Washington, D.C., and represents 2,800 breweries. 

“We adhere to an advertising code, established by the Beer Institute – a beer industry trade organization - that states, ‘Beer advertising and marketing materials should not include religion or religious themes’,” according to a statement provided by a Boston Beer Company spokeswoman. “We agree with that, and we follow these guidelines and approach our marketing with the utmost responsibility.”

Yeah you know, believe it or not, SOME beer drinkers don't really want mentions of God during their beer commercials. Sort of takes the fun out of over imbibing don't ya know.

The company was following the advertising guidelines so fuck them for doing so, right?

I mean does anybody really think that the forefathers would give a rat's ass that a beer company chose only a part of the Declaration of Independence for their commercial? Hardly. After all how many times does a beer company even mention the document?

No the only people who would even notice something like this are the brittle, overly defensive idiots who think that religion should be inserted into every nook and cranny of our country. Which is NOT what the Founders intended.

Besides how much damage to beer sales do these idiots really think they can do by throwing a fit over this? After all their queen already told college students not to drink this beer.