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TexArcher

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  1. Because I have an aging parent to take care of. When that's over, I'm out of here. I'm going to check out Argentina next month, and next year to Costa Rica, Panama, and Spain. And I'm learning Spanish. I will watch the final death rattle of this failed empire from somewhere else. So, I am doing something. Not as fast as I'd like, but as fast as I can.
  2. Is there a name for what's wrong with you? I don't want to laugh at a guy with an actual condition.
  3. Spoiler alert: they don't know the difference between a Republic and a Fascist State, and when they learn it in real time they won't want their Republic back anyway. I think a lot of us are waiting for these "A-ha! Oh, shit!" realizations that aren't coming. They're going to accept it all with open arms.
  4. Actual question from a client today: "I see the market's green again, so is everything okay now?" Oh you sweet summer child...
  5. I mean, there was a flurry of fouls on Florida at the start of the 2nd half, and everybody here said they were all legit. And I agreed, with one exception. Are the same people saying that the flurry of fouls on U of H later was bullshit? I thought the refs were too involved in the 2nd half, but I didn't feel like they favored either team.
  6. WTF is a conference ally? I only see conference foes.
  7. What kind of grown man has a favorite animal? And it isn't even dogs? So weird.
  8. Yeah, he seems like a massive douche rocket.
  9. And the 4 championships.
  10. Ha, these teams could play with 4 and beat us.
  11. Yeah, but Greenspoint said, "ballgame" when U of H was up 12. So this pretty much has to end in a tie, somehow.
  12. Y'all can say these are all fouls, and I agree except for the clear moving screen that was called a blocking foul, but this officiating is ruining the game every bit as much as calling holding on every single play in a college football game would ruin it. You have to let them play at least a little.
  13. Your hometown has never won shit, bandwagon boy.
  14. Quick, someone loan me infinity money to bet on Florida....
  15. That last one was a textbook moving screen. Offensive foul.
  16. My favorite part is how when the market went up 3 or 4% right after the Inaguration, it was the "Trump Bump." Then when it started it's slower decline, the first roughly 8% off the high, that was the result of shit Joe Biden did last year. I eagerly await hearing whose fault the last few sessions are, but I know it's not really the tariffs, because Jesus put Trump in office to save us, so it must be something else.
  17. Fox News talking points circa 08/01/2025: -- It's our patriotic duty to pay more for groceries, clothes, and gasoline. -- This is the short-term cost of bringing good jobs from China back to America. -- The 9% unemployment rate is the result of Joe Biden's failed economic policy. It would be 15% if Kamala had won. -- Sure, the market is down 30% YTD, but Joe Biden stuttered. It would be down 40% if Kamala had won. -- Yes, we're leaving NATO, and it's about time we joined our Russian comrades in their fight against Ukraine, then Poland, then the rest of Europe. Those Europeans have been taking advantage of us ever since we single-handedly defeated the Nazis for them. Now they're going to pay us back by becoming colonies. -- Murka.
  18. A-fucking-men. We were given a very clear choice. A was a continuation of the previous four years, which were pretty damn good, especially considering that Biden was sworn in during a pandemic. B was outright fascism, isolationism, and xenophobia. Trump made no secret of his admiration for despots or his desire to become one. Yes, you did vote for this. You might be too stupid to understand it, but that doesn't exactly excuse you. Stay home next time.
  19. Wait, does this mean that the guy who had a hundred million dollars in seed capital from his dad and went bankrupt several times anyway might not be great with money after all? No shit? Well, I'll be damned. Who knew? I mean besides all the people who are smarter than you and tried to tell you for the last 9 fucking years. Who else could have seen this coming?
  20. Would be? Why is he talking as if it's a hypothetical?
  21. Yep. Fareed Zakaria called it an own goal. In 2000-2002, 2008, and 2020, we knew exactly why what was happening was happening. The first two were systemic issues and the third was a black swan from outside the markets. It sucked, but it all made sense. This is just the worst economic policy in the history of the civilized world, and a refusal to back away from it. Unless someone actually wants to break the global economy, which cannot be ruled out. So, this is either accidentally or intentionally tanking everything when it was in really good shape a month ago, and I'm honestly not sure which is worse.
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