Dave's Burner

I use this account for Minnesota sports and memes. Ratio Enjoyer.

[Owen Phillips @owenlhjphillips]

watching World Cup matches kick off at the advertised start time as an American sports fan

[Rivers Hughey @RivsHughey]

Wait until they get to the part where we sacrifice a pop-tart

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

We’re gonna call this “blasphemy adjacent”

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Lindsey Graham, in his victory speech:

“I want to thank the big guy. God. Trump comes later. Mr. President, you’re not far behind God.”

This guy is the worst.

[Я @LJJM__]

Nothing over there for ya!

[NFL Fashion Advice @fashion_nfl]

The improvement cannot be overstated.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Scott Pelley responds to Trump saying he doesn’t care about the country: “I’ve never worn the uniform, but I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan, and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I’m not aware that the president has ever done any of those things for his country. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment, you love the country. While all the other descriptions the president used about me might be applicable, not that one”

[College Football Zone @CollegeFBonX]

Norway would absolutely fold if they had to play a Noon game in The Swamp on August 29th

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Softboy @softboywin]

Fries not coming with burgers anymore is the next crisis we need to tackle right after housing, mental health, and people who eat candy corn.

[Alex Insdorf @alexinsdorf99]

Roger Goodell just giving the worst team the first overall pick

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

@WillRagatz Perfectly placed in stride, pour me a glass

[🤺🇸🇳🇧🇪🇳🇱 @philfanacc]

9 yrs of absolute bullshit rest in piss

[TheOldManAndTheThree @OldManAndThree]

"They ruined my career ... I shouldn't have went there" -- Jeff Teague on going to Minnesota Timberwolves

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

@DaneMooreNBA

[Jake Paynting @JakePaynting]

I think there’s plenty of things to be critical of Ant about. Defensive engagement, processing as a playmaker etc — although they do fall on deaf ears a smidge on this series with his health — but this is the worst offensive ecosystem a star player could ever be cursed with.

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

Me in the offseason when the "Julius Randle has been traded for..." notification hits

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

@Timberwolves GLUE JULIUS TO THE BENCH MY GOODNESS

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

@drockgrdeny @JonKrawczynski Tonight when we lose 😭

[Alan Saunders @ASaunders_PGH]

The Pittsburgh Zoo is clearly in win-now mode.

[Dave's Burner @NotPastorDave]

@mnwild