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  1. The working class isn't a buzzword, though. It's a well defined group of voters. People who need to work for a living. It's true that they're not a monolith, but it's also true that they have common experiences and values. They don't listen to people with soft ideas. The way to reach them is by being bold, and saying you will change things. The reason they want change is because they are struggling. So in an election between "nothing will fundamentally change" and "I am your retribution" who do you think is going to do better? And why do you think Mamdani overperformed so much?
  2. They finally elected a guy who was willing to just do it.
  3. I'm talking about the Alamodome, not the overall project. What specific Alamodome renovations are being promised?
  4. I'm talking about the party. Build Back Better did not happen (fucking losers couldn't corral Manchin and Sinema). Immigration reform did not happen (fucking losers got outmanuevered by Trumpists and the courts that Dems allowed them to stack). In California, Gavin has governed as a centrist. This is his first foray into making promises and pretending to be bold. Until I see those congressional districts come into existence, it's sizzle.
  5. It took a long time for the gentrification bug to bite around there. For a long time it was not somewhere you'd want to be at night. We can debate how much the dilapidated arena contributed to that. Before UTSA football, it really seemed to serve no purpose once the Spurs left. Even back then it wasn't ready for the NFL. Might need more than a facelift, but to be honest I haven't looked too deeply into what Project Marvel would do for it. The most common thing to happen is the prettier, shinier, bigger, better stadium gets built nextdoor and the old one gets demolished.
  6. Sizzle is funny tweets, press conferences, and long-ass filibusters. Steak is results. Confirming corrupt judges, carrying out mass deportations, destroying the environment. Right now, only one party is getting results for its base, and it sure as fuck isn't the Dems. And it hasn't been for a long time.
  7. You're 100% correct here. This would be political suicide, and she is not doing herself any favors. Which is exactly why I'm not going to dismiss her concerns as out of hand. She's probably smart enough that this deal's already gonna be done, and she wants to be able to say I Told You So when shit hits the fan, which she's expecting will happen. The Alamodome gets events and has a bowl game, but you can't tell me the area around it has developed well.
  8. The ROI on that 50k is pretty high if it stops the city from making a multi-billion dollar mistake.
  9. I don't want the Spurs to leave, but we should know what we're getting into before we get into it. That's the only objection I have, and from what I've read, that's GOJ's position too. It's reasonable. She's going to lose a lot of political capital and city council is probably going to disregard her, but she's not out of line for asking for an independent analysis that isn't a total clown show.
  10. The working class hates Dems because of the centrism. If they don't understand this, they're fucked. If they do understand this and disregard it for ideological reasons, they're not just fucked, they're in league with the fascists. No matter how you approach it, the centrists are the ones who need to fuck off.
  11. I'm skeptical. The Frost Bank Center fka SBC Center project was an abject failure that didn't do shit for the area when it was built. Anyone can say anything in a powerpoint because there's no accountability when their projections fail. I would love an arena downtown, but if you fuck it up it will have generational consequences, like the Albatrossdome. Most concerning to me is that we don't even know the full price tag of the project. An arena is one thing, but this has turned into, in your words: I don't trust billionaires at all. If they are willing to offer up this much money to entice the city to do something, they have something cooked up and I've never seen this movie end with the taxpayers not getting fucked.
  12. He's all sizzle, no steak.
  13. This is kind of my point. Nobody actually understands the deal, except the people who stand to benefit from it. The case needs to be made to the taxpayers, and it can't just be a team relocation threat.
  14. Every one of these "5 percent," "10 percent" that pop up in the Gulf of Mexico turns into a named storm. Not sure why they even pretend as if there's a chance they won't develop.
  15. Her position is responsible, if you ask me. Most people have no idea what's actually being promised here, so taking a moment to get everyone on the same page and eliminate wiggle room for weasels to weasel out, because in this economy you better believe every opportunity for people to lie, overpromise, underdeliver, and overcharge will result in the taxpayers being lied to, overpromised to, underdelivered to, and overcharged, is a good and smart thing to do. Besides, even in the worst case scenario they'll go to Austin, which (A) if the owners probably want to do anyway, Project Marvel wasn't going to stop 'em, and (B) definitely beats what happened to Oakland and Seattle.
  16. Eight year olds, Dude.
  17. yes they are, and yes they will
  18. Imagine an arena in such a shitty location that
  19. Know a good real estate guy?
  20. You don't even need to do this, anymore. Plenty of grown Gen Z and Millennial women (and not just an "odds are good but the goods are odd" situation either) are also regular video game players, and if they're younger, they're even more likely to play video games about as often as they watch TV. Gaming is basically a mainstream thing now, so it's not disqualifying and can even be a way to meet normal women. That's how easy it should be. And yet, here we are. I think the microplastics and COVID did something to their libidos.
  21. The destination of choice for pedophiles.
  22. He didn't even know about hybrid vehicles (yes, like the ones from Season 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which would've aired over a decade before Hank went to Aramco)
  23. His only mistake was waiting until after the debate, although he at least had some plausible deniability about Biden's senility. The most culpable people are the higher ups in the party.
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