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Posts posted by Chuckie Finster
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7 minutes ago, Slacks said:
Man... If we hadn't lost to UF, I'd be in this... But we lost to UF.
If we had scheduled Wyoming for our first game, we could have lost to UF by 30 and still be safely in the playoffs.
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Again, we would be an absolute LOCK if we didn’t schedule Ohio St. What message does the committee want to send about OOC games?
If I was CDC I would start floating rumors about cancelling our big OOC games if we miss. Even if it’s bullshit, let’s start manipulating the conversation.
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20 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:McCrery declined an interview request through a representative who declined to answer questions about the architect’s interactions with Trump in recent weeks.
Trump’s intense focus on the project and insistence on realizing his vision over the objections of his own hire, historic preservationists and others concerned by a lack of public input in the project reflect his singular belief in himself as a tastemaker and obsessive attention to details. In the first 10 months of his second term, Trump has waged a campaign to remake the White House in his gilded aesthetic and done so unilaterally — using a who’s-going-to-stop-me ethos he honed for decades as a developer.
Multiple administration officials have acknowledged that Trump has at times veered into micromanagement of the ballroom project, holding frequent meetings about its design and materials. A model of the ballroom has also become a regular fixture in the Oval Office.
The renovation represents one of the largest changes to the White House in its 233-year history, and has yet to undergo any formal public review. The administration has not publicly provided key details about the building, such as its planned height. The 90,000-square-foot structure also is expected to host a suite of offices previously located in the East Wing. The White House has also declined to specify its plans for an emergency bunker that was located below the East Wing, citing matters of national security.
On recent weekdays, a bustling project site that is almost entirely fenced off from public view contained dozens of workers and materials ready to be installed, including reinforced concrete pipes and an array of cranes, drills, pile drivers and other heavy machinery, photos obtained by The Washington Post show.
Plans for the addition as of Tuesday had not been submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission, a 12-member board charged by Congress with overseeing federal construction projects and now led by Trump allies. A preliminary agenda for the commission’s next meeting, scheduled for Dec. 4, does not include the ballroom project under projects expected to be covered at the meeting or reviewed by the body in the next six months. White House officials say that the administration still plans to submit its ballroom plans to the commission at “the appropriate time.”
The administration’s rapid demolition of the East Wing annex and solicitations from companies and individuals to fund the new construction have caused controversy over the project, which Trump believes the White House needs to host special events. Democrats, historical preservation groups and some architects have criticized the project’s pace, secrecy and shifting specifications. The White House initially said this summer that the ballroom would cost $200 million and fit 650 people, while Trump in recent weeks asserted that it could cost $300 million or more and would fit about 1,000 people.
McCrery has kept his criticism out of the public eye, quietly working to deliver as Trump demanded rushed revisions to his plans, according to two of the people with knowledge of the conversations. The president — a longtime real estate executive who prides himself on his expertise — has repeatedly drilled into the details of the project in their Oval Office meetings, the people said.
McCrery has wanted to remain with the project, worried that another architect would design an inferior building, according to a person with knowledge of his thinking.
McCrery, a classical architect and the founder and principal of McCrery Architects, had designed works like the U.S. Supreme Court bookstore and the pedestal for President Ronald Reagan’s statue in the U.S. Capitol. The ballroom was the largest-ever project for his firm, which has specialized in designing churches, libraries and homes.
Trump hired McCrery for the project on July 13. Eighteen days later, the White House announced the ballroom project, with officials promising to start construction within two months and finish before the end of Trump’s second term.
Trump also appointed McCrery in 2019 to serve a four-year term on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which provides advice to the president, Congress and local government officials on design matters related to construction projects in the capital region.
Democrats have pressed the White House and its donors for more details on the planned construction and what was promised to financial contributors. The ballroom is being funded by wealthy individuals and large companies that have contracts with the federal government, including Amazon, Lockheed Martin and Palantir Technologies. (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Post.)
Several donors have cast the decision in statements as an investment in the future of a building that belongs to the American people, pushing back on the suggestion that their largesse was intended to curry favor with Trump.
A donor list released by the White House of 37 businesses and individuals who underwrote the ballroom is not comprehensive, administration officials acknowledged, leaving open the possibility that millions of dollars have been funneled toward the president’s pet project with no oversight.
“Billionaires and giant corporations with business in front of this administration are lining up to dump millions into Trump’s new ballroom — and Trump is showing them where to sign on the dotted line,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) said in a statement last week. Warren and her colleagues also introduced legislation that would impose restrictions on White House construction and require more transparency from donors.
So they demolished a huge portion of the White House without even having a concrete plan of what is going to be constructed?
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My dad got too drunk so my (lib) brother had to drive them home. Bro opened up the car door and found a MAGA hat sitting in the door compartment. Even worse, it was a dorky Elon black one.
Thanksgiving is a rough day to learn that your father has been going out in public with a black MAGA hat.
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8 minutes ago, chainsaw said:
This one is more or less the MTG demographic. TN-7 is intended to dilute the influence of some of the Nashville suburbs/exurbs in the same way GA-14 is intended to dilute some of the Atlanta suburbs/exurbs. Not surprised that the R is a batshit nutjob, that's by design and the way MAGAts usually win these districts. What do we know about Behn?
2012 graduate of our fine university 🤘🏻
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40 minutes ago, aggie08 said:Please call yourselves TPublicans you fucking imbeciles.
Fragile, white, and full of shit? “TP” is perfect.
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24 minutes ago, victory88 said:
Man these last few commits and guys we are after seem like JAGs and our plan B and C options. This staff has shown the ability to find late risers and have hit on their fair share of 3 stars and players that were offered and evaluated late so I guess they get the benefit of doubt. But yeah, taking guys from Standford, Cal, Minnesota doesn't seem like a recipe for success when we want to beat UGA and tOSU.
I think we are going to need to see the entire cycle play out before being able to draw conclusions. If there is a concerted effort to focus more on transfers to fill holes, then I could get behind that strategy as I think that’s the way of the future. But if this is indicative of the type of players we are now chasing in general, then I think the alarm bells are valid.
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Please, please, please force a prominent Democrat to repeatedly state “I don’t think our military should follow illegal orders” while the general public watches the current administration completely lose their shit at this. Just an incredible own goal opportunity presenting itself.
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Mark Kelly is unfortunately a pretty boring candidate by himself. But if empowered as the face of anti-MAGA, he is basically a fucking dream candidate for Dems.
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2 minutes ago, Underdog said:
In lieu of the $10k bonus check these atc workers with perfect attendance will instead receive a voucher for Jelly of the Month Club.
To be fair, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
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3 minutes ago, mdmost said:
Bama last year says you're wrong. The bad loss to OU absolutely kept them out of the playoffs.
An 11-1 Bama makes the playoffs last year, even with the OU loss. Much like us this year, their OOC loss eliminated any margin for error and turned a bad loss into a season ender.
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22 minutes ago, BillyGoatHill said:
Everyone is wringing their hands over playing/losing to the OSU. This ^^^ is the loss that is really the problem. They are a bad football team, + in conference.
I mean you aren’t wrong, but a team with one loss to Florida makes the playoffs. A team with two losses, including Florida, makes the playoffs.
A bad loss doesn’t keep you out of the playoffs. A bad loss when you’ve lost a tough OOC game and eliminated the margin for error might.
The committee might be about to give every team clear direction to stop the fun OOC games.
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The bottom line: if we had scheduled, like, Wyoming for the first game - we would be 9-2 heading into the aggy game and an absolute lock to get in with a win - Florida loss and all.
I get that there are a lot of moving parts, but if we miss the playoffs then the lesson we will unquestionably learn is that we shouldn’t schedule tough OOC games. I’m not convinced that’s a lesson the committee wants to teach.
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6 minutes ago, satyanash said:
Now our offense is going to stall, and Arky will take the lead on their next possession.
Arkansas defense is so bad it’s satya-proof
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"Abraham Toro, but .100 OPS worse" is a hell of a selling point.
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Genuinely the weakest, most easily influenceable man in human history. Do you know how easy it should be for an 80 year old Republican to stay mad at a brown millennial socialist, and this motherfucker can't even do that.
QuoteFor all the speculation about a potential Oval Office dust-up during Mamdani's visit, Trump was cordial so far in the Oval Office.
"We're going to be helping him," Trump said, adding that "we agree on a lot more than I would have thought."
That's a notably different message than the one Trump gave during the New York City mayoral campaign, when he repeatedly threatened to withhold federal funding to the city if Mamdani were to win.
"I think you're going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor," he said. "The better he does, the happier I am."
Directly asked about his previous comments that Mamdani is a "communist", Trump said simply that he would "change".
"Some of my views have changed," he added. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job."
Trump repeatedly expressed support for Mamdani during tough questions from reporters, tapping him on the arm and telling him it's "okay" to say he is a despot.
"I've been called much worst than a despot," he added. "So it's not that insulting."
Trump seems to be going to great lengths to avoid any spat at the White House - as does Mamdani.
Looking to the future, Trump said that the two might have disagreements, but that ultimately they would be able to convince each other.
"I hope we do [meet again]," Trump said towards the end. "We had a great meeting."
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There are few things on this planet I hate more than that fax account.
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4 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:
Amazing how when a HC selflessly gives up play-calling duties the offense starts rolling.
Honestly not sure which part of this sentence to question first: the insinuation that Demeco Ryans was calling our offense or the fact that they “rolled” last night.
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This defense is incredible.
Even just a mediocre offense would have this team in the upper echelon of super bowl contenders.
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This game is unwatchable.
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Hey so, like, the President just said Democratic congress members should be killed.
Not an exaggeration, literally his quote.
Even for Trump, this seems like new territory.
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Seems weird to DFA Urias if we knew this was coming the next day.
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Thanksgiving being in pool season will take some getting used to.
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Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
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EXACTLY the correct messaging. Make Texas’s playoff selection a referendum on OOC scheduling.