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Chuckie Finster

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  1. 2013: "Congress has overstepped their authority in enforcing the 14th Amendment"

    2024: "Congress is the only body that can enforce the 14th Amendment" 

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  2. On 2/28/2024 at 9:40 AM, RomaVicta said:

    Here's a tidbit from Texags. More to come, I'm sure:

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    The problems with building a powerhouse that's the envy of your conference and country is that A&M will come poaching all your staff with their huge money and facilitiesfacilitiesfacilities and traditions. Everybody wants a program like Billy Napier's program.

     

    Mike Elko hired 5 coaches that were not brought over from Duke or already on the aggy staff. He watched the 2023 Florida Gators go 5-7 and still decided that 40% of these new hires, as well as his Director of Recruiting, needed to come from this program. I'm sure this will be fine.

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  3. Legit one of the worst players the show has ever seen.  So bad that it was incredibly entertaining.  Legendary performance by Jelinsky.

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  4. 41 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

     They've fully disgraced themselves and the court and ruined any remaining credibility they had. 

    Here’s the thing: they don’t give a fuck.

    While the NY Dems are worried about looking too partisan, the Republican Justices are ready to declare Donald Trump a King.

    One side has concluded that winning is all that matters and it’s why we are a nation circling the drain.

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  5. 59 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    YouGov's poll today (44-44 tie) broke down what groups are even paying attention to the race right now:

    • Only 17% of independents
    • Only 25% of 18-29
    • Only 27% of Hispanic voters
    • Only 29% of black voters

    Yeah, ain't nobody paying attention yet. 

    A (genuinely intelligent) coworker made the comment today that "ah, looks like Trump will be the nominee again.  Guess I should start paying attention, should be interesting."  

    Yet another reminder that most normal people just don't care about this shit yet.

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  6. Eager for all the smart lawyer brains to tell me, a stupid person, why this actually is to be expected.

    Our courts were not designed to handle a man like Trump.  

  7. 33 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    It's incredibly frustrating.  All the media typically covers is "Biden old" or "Dems hate Biden."  They're so afraid (or unwilling?) to cover Trump's cognitive decline.  Or, if the GOP was a Middle East terrorist group, they'd never stop covering their rallies and actions/plans - rounding up immigrants, deporting Muslims, going after IVF, national abortion bans, etc. But because it's Trump/the GOP, they just don't talk about it at all. 

    Project '25 should be in the news every fucking day.  And the media should be the ones screaming about it, because they're in just as much as danger as the Muslims, Mexicans and LGBT folks. 

    Team Biden on it.

     

     

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  8. 50 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

    AND, I am concerned about this "uncommitted" thing in Michigan. I think a lot of people on this board are dismissing the very real possibility that it could be a difference maker. 

    I guess I just don't see the logic here.

    • Biden won Michigan in 2020 by 150k votes.  Uncommitted will likely end up between 100-110k.
    • The people who care enough about Gaza to make it a political red-line likely made their voices heard last night.  I don't think there is much untapped growth potential in the "uncommitted" number.  
    • There is some percentage (I would argue fairly large) of voters who absolutely will still vote Biden, but viewed last night as a consequence free way to let him know they aren't pleased 
    • The vast majority of people who do care deeply enough to not vote for Biden will just stay home.  Biden won Wayne County (Dearborn) with 68% of the vote.  These "Trump is winning Dearborn!" takes are not based in reality, as he won't be getting these people's votes.  (And if they do vote for Trump because of Gaza, then they are too stupid to even consider pandering to)
    • Any action dramatic enough to genuinely shift the opinion of the Gaza hardliners would likely have negative repercussions in other, much larger political groups
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  9. 20 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    i still don't get how the Right loves Russia when that was somewhat satanic not too long ago. 

    Jon Stewart made a great observation on this topic.

    The "great battle" used to be Communism vs Capitalism.  Obviously Russia and the US are on opposite sides, here.

    Now, the "great battle" is woke vs. unwoke.  For Republicans, Russia is now an ally in this war.

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  10. 19 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    Yeah, he's just not a good ensemble comedic actor.  No sin in that.  His monologue actually had genuinely good material in it, he was just visibly/audibly nervous.  I don't know if this was some grand scheme by Lorne or what.  But I have been around enough established stand-ups in informal settings, there are people that are just brilliantly funny in their bones.  It was something they always knew but weren't always able to translate it to a straight set.  And there are great 'performer' standup comics who really aren't that funny but just silly storytellers who get some laughs through other means on stage.  

    I think of the Menuhin Competition, which is like the Olympics of the Violin (moves around every 4 years to different countries and is like the World Cup of Music).  The judges tell me there are these set pieces that the young people rehearse and perform.  And they usually nail it.  And then they throw out these random pieces to play to see if the musician actually has the music in their bones.  You can recite, or 'recital', your way through music, or comedy, or acting.  But at some point...it's either in your bones or it's not.  Shane is funny in his core, he sees the hilarity in real life, even in sadness.  But it doesn't always land.  His mirror opposite would be like a Dane Cook who is a great showman and performer and tells mundane stories in a really animated and fun way, but he has no funny core.  

    It's perhaps for the best that Shane wasn't hired full-time to SNL because he has a hilarious worldview of the shit in his life, but he just doesn't quite nail the showmanship part of it.  No shame in that, he's had a great career and will continue to great things.  

    The thing is, Shane has a number of SNL-esque (NSFW) sketches on Youtube that absolutely kill. He definitely has the skillset, even if it didn't land this weekend. 

     

    My working theory is that he doesn't fully love being the "Republican" comedian.  He's good at hanging with the bros and shooting the shit, which is why he's developed the Barstool following, but I saw him in Houston a few months ago and he seemed noticeably uneasy by the very vocal right-wing attitude in the room. I thought it could have just been an off night for him, but seeing his reaction to the lukewarm SNL audience has given my theory another data point.

    His two specials have been filmed in Austin and (just outside) Washington, DC, if that speaks to what audience demographic he prefers. 

     

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