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  1. He fired the Ticket as flagship station for the same thing (and then fired Ticket morning host George Dunham as stadium PA announcer just out of spite). I guess the 105.3/Audacy folks somehow thought this time would be different...
  2. We did our Ark. tour a few weeks ago, with similar results - it's now my senior's top choice. He also toured UT, Tech, UNT and TCU. He felt UT was too big and, as a parent, the tour was pretty lackluster compared to the other schools (they don't have to do too much because of demand, I guess). He really liked TCU, but I just can't stomach the cost even with merit-based aid. Arkansas was gorgeous, really rolled out the red carpet for prospective students, and is a bargain given the aid he's eligible for (32 ACT and 4.0 GPA). He wants to do poli sci, which worried me given the state's overall politics, but the school seems well-regarded and pretty even-keeled in terms of overall nonpartisanship. I really hope he sticks with it as his top choice - I'd really love to make the trip up there for games and general visits every so often. One of his closest friends is leaning towards Ark. for the architecture program, which may also influence his decision to go up there already having a potential roommate.
  3. The NYT Daily podcast had an episode earlier this week about the effects of NAFTA, specifically dialed in on the example of the MasterLock factory in Milwaukee which finally closed in March after decades of downsizing and disinvestment in favor of their Mexico plant. They interviewed a black man around 40 who had worked there his entire adult life, rising to supervisor but now facing bleak job prospects. Despite all that he still says he won't vote because "none of the candidates care about me" - but said if he HAD to vote it would be for Trump because "he's a businessman, and he's gangster".
  4. Saw this in an MTB FB group today. This is only 3.5h from D/FW, so I'm excited to check it out.
  5. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/04/allred-closes-gap-against-cruz/
  6. Patterson hated what CFB was becoming with NIL and the portal, and hasn’t been shy about expressing it. And his last few seasons at TCU were kinda rough. Having said that, Dykes seems good at using the portal to bring in talent but (1) doesn’t seem to know how to build a culture and (2) can’t seem to get on a consistent page with his coordinators in terms of playcalling. Patterson’s teams always seemed to play with a chip on their shoulder and rise to their competition. That’s not happening now.
  7. Not football, but football-adjacent, and I bet there are a lot of LHB alumni on here who knew him. https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/09/robertcarnochanmemoriam.html
  8. Allred signs are all over Dallas area.
  9. UCF offense woke up, and Frogs made a couple dumb mistakes.
  10. Rod lived a block away from me in Munger Place in the early 00s during his DMN days. He was a nerdy academic conservative back then, not too far off the path of normal - but in the ensuing two decades he’s gone totally off the rails.
  11. Hadn't seen this shared yet (SIAP). https://www.denverpost.com/2024/08/29/kamala-harris-bus-stop-signs-denver-rtd-police-immigration/
  12. Same here. My mom has been posting quotes from DNC speakers the last few nights on FB and is more fired up about this election than any I can remember. Growing up, they always voted Republican. Her parents had a signed portrait of Ronald Reagan on their wall until the day they died. And yet here we are.
  13. They played a clip of this guy Ross on Pod Save America recently, trying to read something, and dude is barely literate.
  14. Sofia Nelson goes into a lot more detail in this extended interview with the NYT Daily this morning. I didn't like Vance before, and dislike him even more now as this shows in more depth how much he was willing to sell out everything he seemingly believed in. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/podcasts/the-daily/vance-friend-sofia-nelson.html
  15. Every time Doocy is on with Gordo and Junior, it reminds me they’re my favorite morning combo. Great chemistry.
  16. Right-Wing Conspiracy Twitter is worked up into a lather tonight, convinced that Biden is on his deathbed and won’t make it to tomorrow. It’s disgusting, and also strangely fascinating, to watch.
  17. Nope, this is up in McKinney on their awesome Wilson Creek trail network.
  18. Got the bike tuned up, spent some time getting seat height right and had a more upright stem put on since that's the stance I'm used to. Put over 50mi on the bike this weekend and it's been fun getting used to a road bike again. It's so lightweight and quiet after riding MTB for almost two decades. Sure, it's probably a little big but I'm really enjoying it and not getting any weird aches or pains (yet).
  19. I saw Vance speak at an education conference years ago, right after Hillbilly Elegy came out. At the time I was interested to hear what he had to say, but I came away thinking he was pandering a bit, and his trajectory since then has borne that out. He gamed out that he could gain power and prestige by going all-in on Trump and right wing talking points, and he was right. But he seems like a shapeshifter who doesn't really have any true compass. Not surprising he got picked.
  20. I'm a regular in the MTB thread, but haven't posted here because I haven't owned a road bike in 20+ years. However, with all the rain this spring I ended up riding my MTB on a lot of pavement while the dirt trails were closed, and realized I enjoyed it. I got into a conversation with a neighbor that led to me being gifted a 2009 Felt Z80. I'm excited, but feel like a newbie in terms of this type of bike and geometry. I know this bike is 15 years old, but the reviews when it was new are good, and I feel like it'll be a good gateway drug to see if I can adjust. It's a 61cm; I'm 6'0" 200lb so that seems a little on the large size for me, but it felt like a decent fit when I rode it a few houses down and back - and given that it was free, I'd like to give it a shot. Aside from getting the obvious checked out at my LBS (tires, brakes and gears), anything else I need to watch out for or consider for an upgrade? Here are the specs: https://99spokes.com/bikes/felt/2009/z80
  21. This reminds me, Project 2025 also sets it up to permanently defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and thus NPR and PBS. The major market stations will be able to survive for a while, but that will dry up funding for educational programming, as well as most of the rural and small market stations that rely on the federal subsidies to survive. Oh, and it also does away with license fee exemptions for non-commercial stations and seems to be pointing towards removing the 88-92 FM part of dial being reserved for public stations.
  22. I need to start doing more strength and conditioning in addition to just riding, now that I'm on the downside of my 40s. With the condition of trails around here the past few months, I've mainly stuck to paved trails (and am nearly to 700mi total for the year) so I guess that's helping, but I do feel regression of skills on MTB trails after doing paved for a while.
  23. Aaaaand he also has other prior experience...
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