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Chuckie Finster

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  1. Continuously amazed at how none of the old Democrats understand how the game is played now.
  2. No, they are murderous projectiles. Given what we know about Elon, how confident are we that those things stay attached when going 80 on the highway?
  3. I think this is the disconnect. In reality, we are not nearly as divided as we were decades ago. Marriages, friend groups, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces etc. are all much more integrated and cohesive than they used to be. HOWEVER, we now have a well-oiled propaganda machine hellbent on convincing half the country that they have nothing in common with the other. That's why it FEELS like we are so divided, yet most of us don't openly experience that division in our daily lives, at least in the ways our country did in the '60s. And not to derail the discussion too much, but fuck your both sides on this issue... this is a right-wing problem. The left-leaning news networks focus their attention on individuals (politicians, Elon, etc.) The right-leaning networks focus their attention on "the other side." I'll let you draw the conclusion as to which of these is more conducive to carrying out a mass shooting on strangers.
  4. A bit of an unrelated point, but it's absolutely wild how terrible almost every ex-Astro is doing this season. Aledmys Diaz: -1.0 WAR Trey Mancini: -0.7 Tony Kemp: -0.5 George Springer: -0.5 Yuli Gurriel: 0.0 Christian Vazquez: 0.1 Carlos Correa: 0.2
  5. Yainer proving to be competent defensively is a wildly significant development for this organization’s future. Just need Dusty to buy in.
  6. He did, you are absolutely correct. However there was a 100% chance that he was armed, so I just stuck to the turkey.
  7. Salazar has to be one of the weirdest roster decisions in recent memory. He made sense if we were going to be creative with Yainer, but Diaz has just turned into your standard backup catcher that plays 1/5 days.
  8. My cousin showed up to Thanksgiving with this tatted on his bicep a few years ago. Don't have the heart to tell our Jewish grandmother what it means.
  9. I saw what you wrote, and I'm glad you agree with me. But the "yeah, but..." tone of your post is what that the Daily Texan crew will cling to in order to prevent any change. Yes, there will still be a handgun problem. No, it should not prevent us from tackling the low-hanging fruit. And as I wrote a few pages back, the symbolic message sent by an AR-15 ban would be just as important as the ban itself.
  10. The "we can't solve 100% of the problem so we shouldn't make any attempt at all" line of thinking is a big reason why we are where we are.
  11. Not a single player in the league has more ABs than Abreu with 0 home runs. Jean Segura is the only qualified player in the league with a lower slugging percentage/OPS. This isn't just a slow start, this is our $20m clean-up hitter being arguably the worst hitter in baseball. This is BAD.
  12. Tom and Shiv are up there with the most compelling couples in TV history.
  13. I understand banning AR-15s won’t solve all the problems. I recognize that the gun nuts already have prepared paragraphs stating why this is a stupid move and there are equally deadly guns still out there. The perception that guns are an ultra-powerful, ungovernable, mythical figure is at the core of many of the problems this country faces and banning AR-15s would be a sign (even a small one!) that guns are not untouchable. There’s a long road to fixing gun culture in the country, a road that can stop well short of an outright ban. But it has to start somewhere.
  14. Letting Hensley bat should be enough to keep Dusty permanently out of the HOF.
  15. Bagwell the GM really boned this team
  16. What? Statistically, Chas is basically Barry Bonds at the plate compared to Straw the last two seasons. Hell, even Jake Meyers has better numbers than Straw.
  17. Allred personally needs to keep the same vibe, but he needs to hire Fetterman’s social media team. Cruz is such a fucking easy target.
  18. Jacket off, ready to fight vs. hiding in a supply closet is an inspired metaphor to define this race.
  19. I understand what you are saying and I'd like to believe your efforts are genuine, but in my experience "there's problems with both sides!!!" is almost always 1) a grift for right-wingers or 2) a guilty conscience from someone who is going to vote Republican but feels bad about it. I said the line for years, but it is what it is.
  20. Would love to get the inside story of what really is going on with this shit. A weekend of the most glorious weather we've seen in years, and not even a consideration of an open roof. Yet this is now the second time this season that I've seen the team publicly announce an open roof with rain potentially in the forecast. Fuckery is afoot.
  21. Eovaldi started the second game of the season for the Rangers. He never would have agreed to come here to be a "just in case of injury!" spot starter. Anyone who was willing to be the 7th (or 6th, if you insist) option on this team likely wasn't talented enough to make a difference. And, in the hypothetical world where we do sign someone talented enough to actually crack our rotation, all that means is that Hunter Brown would have started the season in the bullpen. Yay?
  22. He's a clean-cut football player that went to a Baptist University. The Republicans will certainly find ways to attack him, but he very much does not fit neatly into the profiles that are the subject of their current culture wars.
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