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sasquatch69

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  1. That buffet tho. (Not right now, obviously)
  2. Distract, defer blame, repeat.
  3. And if you still doubt this could be true for this swath of the American populace, go read the politics board on TexAgs for a while and you'll be convinced.
  4. The headline sums it up nicely. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opinion/jared-kushner-coronavirus.amp.html
  5. Your whataboutism is showing.
  6. After listening to several of Rick Wilson's monthly appearances on the "With Friends Like These" podcast, I'm now more convinced than ever that the backroom deals/boring old chess route is most definitely the way to go, sprinkled with some political machinery/attack ads on top. It sucks, but it works.
  7. Big difference this time around is that people have now seen the actual (rather than imagined) outcomes of a Trump presidency. Any progressive who sits out the general election (or votes for Trump) is completely turning their back on their values simply out of spite.
  8. If you go on and on about Bernie and the need for change and the need to get rid of Trump, but aren't willing to vote for the D nominee no matter who it is, then your criticism rings hollow.
  9. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/remembering-jim-lehrer I always appreciated his calm, even tone and strong intent to get the reporting right. And, he's a Texan, at least for part of his life - he went to Victoria College in the Valley, then worked at the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald before starting a new kind of news program on KERA in Dallas called "Newsroom" - which eventually morphed into the national MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour that lasted for many years (and is still on today as "PBS Newshour".
  10. The great Bob Rutford, geologist, Antarctic explorer and former president of UT-Dallas from 1982-1994 (and a big part of it becoming a full-fledged four-year university), died a few weeks ago. I had the opportunity to get to know him late in his life, and found him to be fascinating - and a hell of a funny storyteller. This is a wonderful short film produced by Birkenstock, highlighting his Antarctic explorations. The interview segments were filmed at his home in Richardson shortly before his death.
  11. Re the Alabama race, I found this three-part series about the drama in the Alabama Democratic Party (with Doug Jones as a central player) to be fascinating. Worth your time if you're into this sort of thing (which you likely are if you're reading this thread). https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhd33
  12. Man, I'd love Wilonsky to take the gig, but he's already overextended just with his DMN duties.
  13. For a lot of folks, there's nothing wrong with that. The GOP continuing to move far right doesn't demand an equal and opposite reaction on the left.
  14. Clearly management isn't THAT worried about the ratings. https://radiofacts.com/cumulus-media-re-signs-the-tickets-legendary-morning-team-the-musers-to-multi-year-deal-in-dallas-fort-worth/?
  15. The end of this one when Gordo loses it gets me every single time, even 20 years on.
  16. Cue BT's head exploding in 3 ... 2 ... https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/pete-buttigieg-iowa-frontrunner-democrats-2020.html
  17. DON'T YOU DAMN CALL HERE AGAIN
  18. FYI, the Norm Hitzges documentary is airing tomorrow (Thurs 11/21) at 10pm on KERA-13 in Dallas. https://artandseek.org/2019/11/18/frame-of-mind-norm-hitzges-talks-dallas-sports/
  19. Gonna leave this here. https://artandseek.org/2019/10/29/celebrate-norm-hitzges-at-a-special-frame-of-mind-screening/
  20. Doesn't sound like active shooter deal: "BAYLOR ALERT: Waco Police Department reported a shooting at the Eastgate Apartments at 1912 South Fifth Street. Stay away from the area and shelter in place." https://twitter.com/Baylor/status/1179879241493762049
  21. That would be playing an extremely long game, then, because Amtrak just purchased a ton of new rolling stock for the high(er)-speed Acela lines along the NE Corridor, scheduled to enter service in 2021. https://www.amtrak.com/next-generation-acela-express
  22. Yet a lot of moderate/undecided voters - who dislike Trump but are in a position of low to limited information - may look at Bernie or Warren if they get the nod for the general, make the worst sort of "OMG MY TAXES WILL GO UP" assumption because of said limited information and a few things they heard about M4A or otherwise, and vote reluctantly for Trump simply because they think he'll have less of an impact on their own personal status quo. And thus we get four more years of what we're dealing with now. I'm not trashing Bernie or Warren here. Just saying that underestimating the potential growth of a moderate candidate like Pete in the next year of campaigning - and in the general, if he can get there - is foolhardy. It's early yet.
  23. 13-6 Frogs at the half.
  24. "*Student* beauticians, Mitch."
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