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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. I get that but it’s not like the city is going to get better without more money.
  2. Peterson has a history of seeking out unorthodox medical treatments. He pursued being put into a coma during his anti-anxiety drug addiction treatments. He couldn’t find a western doctor/hospital willing to put him into a coma so he went to Russia for an 8-day coma. I’m guessing that is not a normal treatment method.
  3. Many podcasts are only good for the clips, if at all. I also couldn't imaging listening to mid comics talk for 1+ hours.
  4. I dislike comedians who have to spend hours filling content for their podcast. If they're telling stories or interviewing someone, then ok. If they have to talk about current events, like politics, then they're insufferable. They have no insight, no experience, often don't know the law or facts. So why should we listen to them.
  5. Many people don’t need their car for lunch. It can depend on walkable lunch options or if you take care of errands on the weekend. but I’m onboard with the idea that the mass transit options shouldn’t be drastically slower than driving. Then the only reason to use it is due to cost. Either you can’t afford a car, gas or parking costs.
  6. I’ve started to see google treat Facebook posts like they’re news sources. I get it that the right trusts no one and the left distrusts Fox News or News Max, but can’t we all agree that a random Facebook post shouldn’t serve as a news sources?
  7. Want to hear a cute story how other democratic countries handle scandals over elections. One of the Irish presidential candidates, Jim Gavin, was polling in 2nd place not far being behind 1st. He had a good chance of winning. In transparency, undecided was actually in first place. over the last few days, it came to light that a tenant of Jim’s continued to pay him rent for a few months after they have moved out. Auto bank payment sort of thing. €3,300. $3,800 in today’s exchange. This was a transaction from 15 years ago! The former tenant claims Jim ignored them, his defense seems vague at best. he dropped out of the the presidential race today. Because of an issue of less than $4k from 2010. Maybe there are other skeletons in his closet but imagine if we cared about all the times Trump stole from people or lied to us.
  8. the old style was that a season was filmed over 39 days. Now they film in 26 days. Both normally with 18 survivors. Survivor may have had no choice in the past but to give away food due to malnutrition and zero energy. I'm guessing that most episodes in today's show cover 1 day, meaning there is a tribal council most nights.
  9. I don't think they threw the comp. They're dying to get the flint so they can cook a crab or something. They're probably wasting more energy to open up a coconut then the calories they get from it.
  10. I had forgotten that SJL ran for mayor promising to drop out of the congressional race regardless of the mayoral outcome. Then she lost the Dem mayoral primary and promptly filed to run for Congress again. She died ~5 months before that election.
  11. Fine you guys win. 99.9% of America knew OBL by name and picture pre-9/11. 9/11 maybe moved the needle by .05%
  12. Maybe. maybe not. IMO Americans would have had an easier time naming the characters on Friends or the main doctors on ER than OBL.
  13. Could you imagine bringing bad economic news to Trump? You're out of a job.
  14. You can do anything with an absurd comedy but Blazing Saddles left it so there isn't a natural sequel. The characters literally came through the 4th wall into a Hollywood film lot, fought other actors, and chased down the villain (Harvey Korman) in a cinema who was watching them on the screen coming after him. Completely absurd but fantastic at the same time. Then they rode off into the sunset in 70s Cadillacs. The story ended. What's the sequel? And remaking Blazing Saddles is unnecessary. I get the concept to make more money so I wouldn't blame Hollywood for remaking it, but I can't think of a reason why a fan would want to remake it, or see a watered down sequel. I never watched History of the World, part 2 on Hulu. Was it any good?
  15. After the Uvalde shooting, McConaughey called for common sense gun control or background checks. Vague goals without specific changes but that's not the end of the world from a celebrity. I have to wonder what backlash he received and how that has shaped his public statements. But he also most likely had some positive reactions as well. From what I understand, gun control or shootings did not come up in the Rogan interview at least to a point where McConaughey could be expected to offer a gun control opinion. Wouldn't surprise me if Rogan was asked to avoid certain questions.
  16. Yep. The perfect candidate is one who can appeal to someone's heart and mind. But you probably can get by with heart alone. Mind alone should be someone who works within an administration or on a team.
  17. Trump hasn't changed his writing style at all in 25 years. lol. Like I wrote earlier, what are the chances that Trump even got past the forward when he was handed the book he "wrote"?
  18. Did you hear McConaughey on Rogan? Zero chance that I would listen to the full episode but he was very close to espousing far right ideals. But instead of discussing the problem and solution that you would hear from the right, he stuck to the problem only, following it up with "but I don't know how to solve it." As an example, McConaughey mentioned that he was worried about the destruction of marriage and it's too easy to get out of a marriage but he just doesn't know how to solve it. Don't worry Matt, the far right has solved it for you: don't let women leave marriage except in cases of extreme and provable abuse perhaps by a criminal court. He also was in favor of posted 10 commandments in Texas schools. Like I said, I didn't listen to the full episode but McConaughey came across as leaning into red pill territory.
  19. Why should he? He's a democrat candidate, without much political experience, in a crowded primary. I would think that staying away from partisan politics might be a decent strategy. Attack the policy or strategy, not the person.
  20. Culberson doesn’t matter anymore unless he has a role that I’m unaware. I’m not even saying to build out or even seek funding for a full light rail map in central Houston but to create a vision. Show downtown workers being able to shop at the galleria over lunch, or have a fall picnic at memorial park. Or someone flying into IAH and having a quick (relatively) rail ride to the med center. will a vision piss off some politicians or industries? Maybe but they can be told it’s decades away.
  21. TDP needs to negotiate some small victory for the upcoming ACA subsidy decreases and then let the remainder go. Will people lose the healthcare ins, suffer and die? Yep but that is what America voted for. Then start educating Americans in purple and red states why they’re in such trouble now. Remember many Americans state their hatred of Obamacare but that they love their ACA plan and subsidy. They’re ignorant of the truth. The plan shouldn’t be to hope that Americans see the light on their own. The plan should be to scare Americans of maga. Get trumps approvals number down to 20 so that even gop senators up for re-election have to abandon him or maybe just intentionally slow him down. americans need a painful lesson to end their infatuation with maga and project 2025. TDP may just need to step out of the way and let maga take care of that especially over the next 13 months.
  22. Yeah $140k seems possible by the end of the end of the year.
  23. I’m reminded how the postal service started downgrading its services in 2017 to align with financial realities. Now the service is much slower and more unreliable, and gives the public the belief that we don’t need the postal service. You can always destroy something by intentionally making it worse so that no one complains when you propose to end it. If I were metro rail, I would publish 25 or 50 year visions to show what the system could become, even if the odds of completing the plans are low. Afton Oaks doesnt want a line down Richmond, publish a plan that says it will go underground there. Create a plan for a line to go down Memorial drive from uptown park to downtown. Etc.
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