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tokamak

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  1. Let’s ram it into the back of our OL for no gain. Just to switch things up a bit.
  2. Brooks is the shit
  3. Apparently one of the dead was a homeless man who was sleeping nearby. Fucking horrible all the way around. Don’t ever drink and drive, folks.
  4. These two teams fucking suck. I was wrong on Young, thought he was going to be a good NFL QB.
  5. So basically, bottom of the 9th, Australia is way behind, and this dude goes HAM and hits like 30 homers in a row? Is Maxwell a superstar-level player?
  6. I don't know the first fucking thing about cricket, but all the sports subreddits are going bonkers about a guy for Australia today. Any context for those of us that have no idea what happened?
  7. Same here but I actually find it useful. If I get a mailer from, say, Steven Hotze, I can just carry that to the polls and vote the exact opposite. Research done for me. My mailman definitely thinks I'm a real piece of shit, though.
  8. I've been getting a ton of mail the last few days hammering Whitmire from both directions.
  9. I know we live in a bubble in this thread and probably a lot of us in our personal lives, but man it is dispiriting to me to realize that ~50% of my fellow Americans still look at Trump after everything that’s happened and say, “yeah, that’s my guy”.
  10. I just watched The Swan, Poison, and The Rat Catcher. I’d rank those three in that order. These things are pretty much exactly what you’d expect from Wes Anderson making films based on offbeat stories by Ronald Dahl. The acting is very good, especially from Rupert Friend. The stories are pretty inscrutable.
  11. "possibly intoxicated"
  12. The Sphere in Vegas
  13. I think it's Evan Carter. He has literally never not won a World Series.
  14. Official 12 minute highlights. I like the way they mix the audio from different broadcasts. I don't think it's been said yet but seriously hat tip to Gallen. He fucking dominated us for 6 innings. Even Seager's and Garver's hits in the 7th were just grounders that found holes.
  15. His swing is a thing of beauty. No wasted motion.
  16. Big. Game. Nate. Career 2.84 FIP in 79.2 postseason innings.
  17. So appropriate that this pic includes someone dropping a 5 spot on the Rangers in the top of the 2nd. We've all sat through a bunch of long ass nights like that. They probably lost this game like 13-7.
  18. Roger Fucking Pavlik. I think that dude was actually our opening day starter for a year or two. Shout out to Roger wherever he is.
  19. Never thought I’d fucking see it. I was born into Ranger fandom. Mom just told me she worked as an usher at the very first game. Wish my dad had lived to see this. Lots of memories of Arlington Stadium and especially the Temple. Watching some bad (and occasionally pretty good) teams. Learning to crack open peanuts and keep score from my dad. Zonk banging that fucking drum. I still have a binder full of Julio Franco cards around here somewhere at my house in Houston. He was always my favorite player, with that insane batting stance and 1991 batting title. Gotta admit I momentarily lost hope at the end of the regular season and after ALCS game 5. This team never even fucking thought of giving up though. Unbelievable. Go Rangers!!!!
  20. Hotel recs? Going in March for the first time. Looking for something classy, peaceful, unique. Not afraid to spend a few bucks to impress the wife.
  21. Formatting is shit because of the way The Athletic does it
  22. Are receiving + blocking tight ends kinda unicorns at the college level? Seems like the players on our roster and ones we recruit do one or the other, but not both. Sanders's blocking is pretty poor. Shannon was recruited specifically to be a blocking surface. I assume this midget from Vegas is a pass catcher only based on frame. Maybe Helm develops into a two way guy?
  23. I never saw an announced attendance, but I'd say the east side was only about 80% full. Lots of empty seats. To be fair, it was pretty warm.
  24. After thinking about it a lot, I ended up going with Garcia. Seems fine. Apparently did a pretty good job running Metro. Also considered Kaplan and Gallegos.
  25. That's my understanding. It's somewhat like the Trump tax cut, in that there is zero long term plan to pay for it. However, unlike the federal government, Texas has to balance the budget. The lege's response to this when they were working on the bill was literally "eh, we'll figure it out later". It has to be one of these 3 options, though: The state continues to run a surplus forever and makes the decision every two years in perpetuity to send a big chunk of that money to public schools. The lege raises taxes. Public schools take a big haircut in revenues. Which one of those three do we think is most likely? It's a little blackmail-y, but I assume it's also much easier for them to send a 2nd bill rather than charge the full amount now and then issue every single homeowner a refund later.
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