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Repped not necessarily because I agree with everything you said but because it's an insightful post and it captures a broader strategic misstep that Democrats continue to make. I can't quite give a name to this broader strategic misstep, but the gist of it is treating the electorate like better people than they truly are, accepting certain premises at their face value and placing a strong emphasis on appealing to those premises. A naïve belief that voters have some kind of deeper convictions that will get them to switch parties. In the W era, the Dems accepted the premise that the electorate just LOVES the troops, so we're gonna TOTALLY WIN OVER those troop-lovers by running a candidate WHO SERVED AND WAS WOUNDED IN VIETNAM instead of that effete Texas national guard and didn't see any action! How many Republicans switched party lines due to their affinity for "real" veterans? In 2024, Joe Biden's campaign accepted the premise that the electorate just LOVES tough border policies, so we're gonna TOTALLY WIN OVER those border-hawks by trying to pass a "tough" border bill and forcing Trump to accept political responsibility when republicans refuse to vote for it! Then Kamala Harris took over, and her team (which was just Biden's team) accepted the premise that the electorate just LOVES Liz Cheney, so we're gonna TOTALLY WIN OVER those "classic" conservatives who miss Dick Cheney. How did that work out for them? We've seen this tried here in Texas at the state level, too, with MJ Hegar (the "real deal" servicemember) and Colin Allred (the "real deal" Texas football player). How many "real deal" farmers and "real deal" cops do we need to churn through before party leadership finally gives up on this idiotic way of thinking? And that brings me to Talarico. I don't dispute his religious bona fides. He is a "real deal" pastor. And if that's gonna be the campaign strategy, then his donors might as well light their money on fire for all the good it'll do.
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Yup. I've mentioned it before, but our youngest has no business being at UT. None. I mean, top 40% at his HS kind of guy. Super immature (at the time). The thing was, he played club soccer at a very high level and wrote his essay about how he had to learn to interact with kids on his team who only spoke Spanish, and how it helped his leadership skills. It was a pretty poorly written essay but it was definitely from the heart. I corrected a few grammar mistakes the night before it was due but I thought "no way". And then he was CAPed. And he kicked ass at UT-Tyler. And here we are. There are many paths. If one avails itself to your kid, they might be advised to take it.
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An Altuve TOOTBLAN automatically results in a loss.
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I don't need to make a religious argument or appeal to Jesus' teachings or the Ten Commandments to make a case for why theft and murder are detrimental to a society. That's my point. My personal beliefs about murder are formed by both my Christian faith and my secular understanding of the political tension between freedom and order. But I don't need to appeal to "Jesus said so" when I can also articulate that in our society, political/legal tradition, and under our Constitution, the freedom to murder citizens at will is both detrimental to order and a violation of an individual's right to life. In the same way, I don't need to make a religious argument or appeal to Jesus' teaching to make a case for feeding, housing, educating, and providing health care for those who are in need. A healthy society provides services for those in need because that is conducive to maintaining good order and promoting the general welfare. A lack of order is not conducive to the exercise and protection of anyone's rights and freedoms.
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Well Written Content OU Football 2025 - League Average & Loving It
closetojumping replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Another thing that fascinates me about OU heading into the 2025 season is that they brought Kevin Wilson in to help "manage the program". This guy was despised at Indiana and Tulsa. He represents the meatheadiest part of the Stoops era and the okies absolutely love him. They talk about him likes he's a great addition and great guy. He comes across as toxic and clueless. You take Wilson, Schmidt, and Venables running practices together and it seems pretty fucking obvious that they're going to have more injuries this season. Venables loves to have his defense beat the shit out of the offense from day one through the bowl practices (if they qualify). Yet, every season, OU and the media are stunned by the spate of injuries and "bad luck" that befalls OU during the season. I was listening to Dvoracek (OU homer), Nowkhah (OU honk), Jacob Hester and Chris Doering (blindest Florida/SEC honk to have ever lived) talk about OU being sneaky good this year during the SEC Media Days last week. Nowkhah started reeling off the WR names we know here and spoke about them as being a strength of the team and that "they would have been last year without the bad luck with injuries". Burks put up great numbers against Temple and overall averaged less then 9 ypc. Jayden Gibson can't stay healthy and is still recovering from a torn up knee that he hurt again in the spring. The other Gibson just got out of his boot from a fractured lower leg. Everyone else is from FCS or a complete unknown. If that's a team strength, boy, don't even show me your weaknesses. Is anyone going to be shocked when there are more injuries in the WR room by this time in September? The easiest unit to hurt through physically violent practices run by a defensively-oriented idiot is the WR group. -
And if a random double play happens to end an inning the game is automatically ended or something silly like that.
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Yea 3rd one. Get those extra lives baby
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Terry Donald joined the community
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I really hope BV can scratch out 8 wins and keep his job.
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MPJ profiles as a good defender because of his length and rebounding ability. Then he steps on the court. He showed some promising steps forward in 2023 then was awful in 2024 and awful/hurt in 2025. Now that he’s on the Nets, I doubt he ever becomes even a middling defender. I’ll take Cam Johnson all day because I’m trading elite (but streaky?) wing shooting for good wing shooting and an uptick in everything else. The next time MPJ puts the ball on the floor and makes a play will probably be the first time.
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Harry Potter night should have runs arbitrarily rewarded throughout the game based on offensive and defensive outcomes. Negative points for starting the wave, strikeouts, errors etc.
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Damn, forgot to apply this year. Congrats to those of you that got selected!
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Trump calls for former Guardians and Commanders names.
mchookem replied to boilerhorn's topic in Cloak Room
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
South Austin replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
You show that turd who's boss! -
Trump calls for former Guardians and Commanders names.
VivaNaranja replied to boilerhorn's topic in Cloak Room
Dude is basically arguing that a blonde joke is the equivalent of the N word. After a few pages of "just asking questions" and feigning offense when you point out the implied argument behind them. Hes a clown -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Pato del Muerto replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Those crazy fools have invented real life NFTs! -
Shit, we're gonna do touristy stuff most of the day. Figure we'll get to Fenway late afternoon, to take in the sights and scenes.
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Apparently, their IT went down. I thought we had it bad 'til i stepped off the plane and saw the people in a long line trying to re-book their flights...at 3am!! Wonder where they all slept? Probably in the chairs.
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Epstein files update (there are no Epstein files)
Ted Lange replied to Gil Bang's topic in Cloak Room
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Is it possible for someone to have thinner skin than Trump and not have their bodily fluids leak out of their meat sack?
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While I agree mostly, it was year 1 and it was a pretty big success. I could see it going very much along the lines of what the Big 3 league is doing. That league is moving more to individual franchises based in different cities. Its not a rival to the NBA (no matter what Ice Cube says) and Unrivaled isnt a rival to the W. It is a great starting point for that league and for players to have an option to earn good money while staying here in the US. They can also have some input on how that league grows/changes going forward.
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explosion at L.A. Sheriff's facility. At least 3 cops dead
Brisketexan replied to Gil Bang's topic in Daily Texan
In dealing with bomb squad bidness, I would think that all such assumptions are a bad idea. -
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