Morrissey's American Cousin

I love sports and teach history to college kids (yes, on purpose). This is not class. This is me with my hair down - what's left of it.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

Cheering intensity rate reminder (all alma maters):
Football - Miami 65%, WVU 30%, UGA 5%
Basketball - WVU 55%, Miami 35%, UGA 10%
Baseball - Miami 80%, WVU 10%, UGA 10%

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@OldAPG @prmade313raised Additionally, the county itself is just slightly over 10% African American, which means that a representative jury would have included one black person.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@OldAPG @prmade313raised There were Asian and Latino jurors.
Also, if black people wanted to be on the jury, perhaps prospective black jurors shouldn't have admitted outright that they would have trouble convicting a young black man.

[Ladytron Fan Account @Lady_FanAccount]

Karen O wrote "Maps" inspired by her boyfriend of the time, Angus Andrew (Liars singer), with whom she lived a troubled and long-distance relationship - the two bands were always on tour.

The striking line "They don't love you like I love you" came from an email she sent him.
The video, directed by Patrick Daughters, is legendary: Karen O cries real tears at the end of the performance. Angus was late for hours on set and she was about to go on tour; when he showed up, the excitement really overflowed.

Released as the third single from Fever to Tell, it became the biggest Yeah Yeah Yeahs hit to date (#9 on Billboard's Alternative Songs). It is considered one of the best songs of the 2000s by Pitchfork (#6) and Rolling Stone (#7), and voted the best "alternative love song" of all time by NME on a dedicated list.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

Black lives absolutely matter in Collin County, and he knows that.
The problem for him is, so do white ones . . .

[Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello]

🚨VERDICT REACTION🚨

Dominique Alexander reacts after Karmelo Anthony CONVICTED OF MURDER.

“Black lives do not matter in Collin County,” says Alexander.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

This is because officials don't want America to burn . . . again.
Mob justice, courtesy of the BLM movement.

[MaryAnn Martinez @MaryAnnreports]

BREAKING: MANSLAUGHTER is now on the table with Karmelo Anthony. The lawyers and judge in this case have agreed to include it in the charging document that jurors will consider today after closing arguments.
Manslaughter is a lesser charge than what he's charged with, MURDER. Manslaughter is when a person acts recklessly and takes an unjustifiable risk but did not INTEND to kill.
A murder charge carries 5-99 years in prison.
Manslaughter carries 2-20 years in prison.
#AustinMetcalf

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@JBen_80 Excellent timing.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

This guy is a literal demon.

[Current Report @Currentreport1]

JUST IN:

Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir urged the political-security cabinet to abduct and imprison Lebanese women and children as a psychological warfare tactic to pressure Hezbollah.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@SpartyOn21 @TylerDreiling I don't want to go back and check because I'll puke, but I know we had plenty of time.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

He's right.
It's almost like West Virginians, and Appalachian people in general, have a real sense for the consequences of being raped by outside exploiters . . .

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Brad Paisley urges his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario” in an Instagram Reel. https://t.co/EmxKUw5oav

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

1. Correct. These boys come from rich families.
2. These girls want comfort. They want to go from their parents' $900K McMansion to their $3M sorority house to their own (new husband's) $650K starter home in Alpharetta.
Not at all hating the game, by the way. It is what it is.

[College Sports Only @CSOonX]

We need a reality dating show called "Average SEC Couples" that's just 15 Average Joe's from the South wooing 15 gorgeous women with generational wealth.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@Kurt_Steiner Peak cringe is that they write about something they have no understanding of, have never experienced, and really don't want to understand or experience.
And there's always this tinge of regional supremacy - "look at these dumb rubes."

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

"We hate Christianity! See our movie!"

[Disclosure Day @disclosureday]

This is Disclosure Day. Experience it in theaters Friday.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@SpartyOn21 @TylerDreiling Even Beck's INT at the end of the game was suspect to me.

[Jet Jackson @Bari_3J]

College athletics in the dumps because they wouldn’t let kids monetize their YouTube channel or sign their jerseys for money. Kids weren’t even asking for much and now the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction with no guardrails.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

The Big 12's response is simple:
1. Tell TTU that if Sorsby plays a single down, they are out of the league.
2. Replace them with USF or Tulane.

[FischerKing @FischerKing64]

I spent a chunk of my early years around Mormons and they were in general exemplary people. Solid families, friendly and open. If I had one complaint it would be aggressive proselytizing - which even happened on the school bus. But that is also a healthy sign of confidence in their way of life.

Exact discussions of their theology strike me as beside the point when they frequently live more ‘Christian lives’ than men serving as Jesuit priests or leaders of prosperity gospel megachurches - which are basically a Sunday infomercial.

[Morrissey's American Cousin @EERCANE]

@JBen_80 @officia1_dell Vedder based it on an actual incident in TX.
We watch the video in my Rock History class as an example of the "Politics of Damage" that grunge bands tapped into in the 90s . . .

[Fr. David Paternostro, SJ @DavidPaternostr]

This man is a modern day Alexis de Tocqueville

[Jeremy Carl @realJeremyCarl]

I was blown away when I read The Radicalism of the American Revolution shortly after it came out 35 years ago.

I have read the last chapter again and again over the years, particularly the last few pages, which are as good as historical writing gets.

RIP Gordon Wood.