keever

writer, editor, failed musician, lifelong coog

[Bill Maher @billmaher]

The World Cup is at our shores, and all these people are doing us a great service. They are reminding Americans that this place is kind of awesome.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

A Texas man is taking World Cup tourists four-wheeling, dancing, horseback riding, and shopping at Buc-ee's to give them the best American experience.

Drew Haas of Texas is taking tourists to his 30-acre property to help them make the most of their travels.

"We love this lifestyle. We enjoy every second of it. We just wanna, like, soak it in," one tourist said.

Amazing.

[el gato malo @boriquagato]

i am so exhausted by the endless media narrative of "everyhting is awful, no one is happy, and everyone hates you but us."

it's tiresome, manipulative, and most of all it's false.

i was on the roof deck at a bar for lunch yesterday. it was packed with big beefy swedes who looked as if they had been carved from solid blocks of elk bacon. they were in team jerseys, painted faces, yelling at the screen in swedish, having a blast. good folks. funny. good humor despite getting shellacked 5-1 by the dutch.

we talked. i asked them how their trip was going. they said they were loving it and could not beleive how big america is and how nice everyone was and how easy it is to just meet everyone. they were super into the bison burgers and tater tots (though jalapenos made them sweat like floyd mayweather at a spelling bee).

i have no idea what their veiews of the US had been before (and didn't ask) but they certainly seemed to be enjoying it yesterday.

they liked it here. it was fun to have them here.

sorry, but to my mind, that's a feel good story for the world cup. there's just no real question about it.

the real question becomes: why is the media so desperate to convince us all that this is not so? why do they want americans to think that the EU is a hell hole and vice versa? why are they so committed to the story of incompatibility and discord? what are they afraid of? that we might like each other? that we might learn from one another (and uncover the media lies)?

do you really want people like that curating your news?

of course they're freaking out. this is like watching the mean girl who has been talking behind everyone's back and stirring up acrimony suddenly realize that all the victims are talking and have figured out how she's been playing them off of one another.

why, it's almost as if letting a media this dishonest shape your views about people you never met and places you've never been is unwise...

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

“Always go to the funeral”

[Misha G. @tastybits]

BBC added some much needed mountains to the Houston skyline.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

You don’t see stuff like this during other World Cups. There’s a whole generation discovering America for the first time right now without the news and the BS and they freaking LOVE it.

[FOX 4 NEWS @FOX4]

"TEXAS IS GOOD EVERYTHING IS BIG"

[Houston Rockets @HoustonRockets]

Ketchup and mustard are back on the menu! 🔴🟡

Reservations open June 4.

[Snarcasm Queen @MoreOrLessAMess]

The most disturbing part about this video is if she did have a right hand, the ticket would stand, her insurance rates would go up, if she had a cdl, her company might fire her.

We give entirely too much weight to the testimony of cops who refuse to believe they were ever wrong

[keever @mbkeever]

@LizWolfeReason As a longtime reader and father of two young children, my heart simultaneously breaks for you and swells with pride at your ability to see so much of the good in life. Keep being you, Liz. The world is a better place because of people like you and families like yours.

[𝐴 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑎𝑛 @NotWhoYouDream]

First on campus Caesar’s Palace when?

Houston deserves to have their athletes feel “connected to their team” by placing bets on if they win.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

When I was a kid, every Republican primary was a battle between a Chamber of Commerce wife-and-kids guy who wanted to bomb random countries and a cranky old dentist wife-and-kids guy who was really into the Constitution and "sound money." Now I have no idea what is going on.

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

become ungovernable