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Ojo Rojo

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  1. We are talking about two different groups. The group I'm talking about is going to vote for the guy who espouses Republican policies no fucking matter what. Closed border, anti-abortion, pro guns, small government, lower taxation, etc. etc. etc. Think of the worst human being possible - John Wayne Gacy, Hitler, whoever. If that person is the R on the ticket running against a D, a large number of voters are going to vote for the R guy absofuckinglutely no matter what because they find D policies so abhorrent and counter to their own political philosophy that there literally is no character flaw that could possibly overcome it. The group you are talking about probably don't care about actual policy to begin with. These are the "fuck your feelings" cult of personality types where policy doesn't matter so much as image, message, owning the libs and shit like that. Both of those groups exist. They both suck.
  2. Bowers was the guy who sparked the radio host's (Smerconish) conversation. Trumpers protested Bowers' fucking house where his daughter was suffering from some kind of grave illness. He actually got choked up about his wife and daughter being subjected to that during his testimony. THAT GUY would still vote for Trump today. It's completely batshit insane.
  3. Just so Turtleman can not take up the appointments after the midterms?
  4. Oh, my sweet summer child. I don't pretend to understand politics, but some parts of the picture are coming into focus. What I think I know is that we've got a tail wagging the dog wagging the tail situation going on here. Nothing happens unless it is politically popular enough to happen. Except that it's often hard to tell, so mostly nothing happens, just in case. I was listening to a political radio program earlier today and I think the host explained a part of this very well. There is a large swath of Republicans who find Trump to be unsavory, but in their view he is far better than the alternative. This is mostly based on their policy views, not necessarily on their views of the character or ability of the candidates. So, for example, a serial rapist, say, would still get Republican votes as long as he was for closed borders. The host pointed out the major flaw in this approach, which is that voters who do this are putting party and policy above country. It's especially true when there are not only huge character flaws, but actual attempts to overturn a lawful and valid election. We're talking real, live attacks on democracy. Even that is not enough to get people to vote for someone with a different view of guns, abortion and the border. It's absolutely insane.
  5. WOW and gigantor fuck that all at the same time. Talk about stress: encouraged to solo with Alex Honnold by Alex Honnold and the terror of falling to to a terrifying and painful death in the same moment.
  6. I've been out of touch for the last ten days or so, can someone catch me up on roster moves? Meyers out with shoulder surgery? How long? Bielak up because Taylor injured? Pena injured? Matijevic up b/c Pena is on the DL?
  7. Okay, face diabetes then.
  8. Okay, face AIDS then.
  9. I'm not Bill; Tigrett or otherwise.
  10. Yeah, this is in a small coastal town. It's supposed to be a hot market too. Very little inventory, can't get a builder for new construction and even if you could materials and labor is still super high. So you'd think it would be a hot seller's market. So far that has not been our experience. We've been listed about a month. We've had like 6 showings and one offer.
  11. We listed at X. Potential buyer looks at it and makes us an offer of Y. We agree in the middle at Z. Then they get the inspection and go to Z minus $50K. I could see it being just accepting an offer if they offered us our asking price. Otherwise we will be negotiating a contract price.
  12. I am a lawyer so I am very tuned in to the duty to disclose and all the bad shit that could happen if we don't. We know that we now have to disclose everything that is on the inspection since we have seen it. We had already disclosed 90% of what was on the inspection anyway. The only major thing we didn't disclose was active termites because we didn't know about them. We're going to treat for termites because we really have no choice at this point. At least now, with the inspection done and everything out in the open on the front end, we won't have the two-step process where we negotiate a contract price and then negotiate again, where it can only go down, during the option period. That is unless they get another inspection that turns up new shit.
  13. We didn't know about the active termites before we did the disclosure statement. We know we have to disclose it now that we know about it. Our agent has told us too.
  14. This is a second home. We are probably going to do a tenting treatment and we will have to disclose it no matter what. I'm most curious about whether to do "no option period" or what. This is an old house and we've priced it accordingly. I just fucking hate the game with getting the disclosure and then having it massively used against you. It would be one thing if everything on the inspection is a legitimate concern, but it's not.
  15. We didn't have any other backup offers at the time. It is the standard TREC contract. The buyer had the ability to renegotiate after the inspection. We couldn't reach an agreement, today was the last day of the option period and contract was terminated. They just wanted too much and it's still pretty early. Property has been listed less than 30 days and there's very little inventory, especially in our price range. Who knows what's going to happen, but we just felt like we could do better. Still trying to decide whether to change anything about the listing now. No option period? No inspection? Huge option fee? Do you say that in the listing or when they make an offer and incorporate it into the contract?
  16. 1. Human nature. Overly simplistic explanation for a lot of behaviors, but generally humans fear change and gravitate to other people who are like them. This fuels racism, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ and all of the rest of it. People also want to feel good by being right and hearing things that confirm what they already believe. My personal belief is that higher level thinkers know this about themselves and can turn it off because they know it's backwards. 2. Psuedo media types like Rush, the Fox news crew, Alex Jones, etc. They all learned how to make a buck off people's fears and ignorance. Their messages are consumed by many millions whose political beliefs and votes are affected by it. 3. Politicians themselves. In this democracy we elect politicians who are good at getting elected. They may not be good at anything else, like governing. They may have no conscience, no soul, no goodwill whatsoever for their fellow man. They are just good at getting elected. That means that they know if you tell a bunch of people what they want to hear you will more likely get their votes. Again, I personally believe that some people have just a smidge more critical thinking ability and are more skeptical. "You mean to tell me that you can provide me all of these great benefits from the government AND lower my taxes at the same time? Bullshit. No vote for you!" 4. The internet. It can be a massive echo chamber. It's also an endless source for #2 and #3 to spew their messages.
  17. We are selling a home and we got a contract on the place. The buyer had an inspection done and, as expected, found a bunch of shit. This is an old house. We made a shitload of disclosures of everything we knew about and we knew a lot because we do all of the work on the house ourselves. Anyway, one of the things they found, that we did not know about, was active drywood termites. The buyer wants us to discount the price $60K and is telling us that basically the house is about to fall down from termite damage. It's all horseshit, of course. Some of the termite damage has been there for decades. There may be some active termites now, but they move slowly, from what I understand. We're going back and forth now about what to do. They have said we have to basically replace the entire subfloor and all of the damaged frame members in the house. You might as well tear the motherfucker down if you are going to do that. I hate this game. I've played it before. You negotiate and then the buyer uses the inspection to fuck your ass. I've talked to some real estate people I know about how to avoid this and their advice was to state "as is" or "no inspection" or "no option period." What I want is to disclose ALL of the shit wrong - and I will list it all - and negotiate one time. I don't want to run off prospective buyers, but I also don't want to play this fucking game. Any advice?
  18. Former glass and window salesman here. You can't just replace one piece of glass in a double paned window. The two panes are sandwiched around a spacer bar that is filled with desiccant and then sealed with melted butyl. Even if you were inclined to try, I doubt you could get the outer pane completely removed. That butyl sealant is some sticky shit. Use a heat gun to melt the sealant if you want to try. Even if you were somehow able to do it, though, the space between the two panes will fog up instantly and look like shit. If you are inclined to do this yourself, it is fairly easy, but you will need to get an insulated glass unit made to do it right. They are custom made to order. You will probably fuck up the measurements if you try to do it yourself. So you will probably end up ordering two. You have to provide the position of the muntins (the bars inside the glass) with the measurements. Also, fucking with glazing bead is a challenge if you don't know what you are doing. You'll probably fuck that up the first time too. If it was me, I would pay the $350 to get this done once and done right. That's not outrageous.
  19. Yeah, but what? Diaz and Dubon are no better as replacements for Bregman and Gurriel. Castro no better than Maldy. No one on the farm ready to take a spot. Only realistic hope for me is if Jake Meyers comes back and mashes and upgrades the offense at the CF spot. From there I think we just have to hope that Bregman and Yuli somehow find themselves. I just don't see the Astros going out and getting a big bat at the trade deadline.
  20. It's crazy to me just how much our pitching is outperforming our hitting so far this season. Team BA under .230? Never would have thought. Bregman and Yuli sucking shit through a straw (except for Bregman's walk rate, which is saving his OBP) has been unexpected. I haven't checked them all, but it seems like just about everyone on the team is currently hitting under their career averages. Maybe it's the balls; maybe it is shortened spring training. On the positive side, the awesome performance of the both starting pitchers and especially the bullpen was also unexpected (by me). Team ERA under 3, Odo performing above expectations, Verlander back to form, Montero, Stanek and Neris being so good, etc. The only dark spots in the pitching staff, to me, are Urquidy underperforming a little bit and Pressly being a little shaky.
  21. Their "logic" is built on two things: "If I think it, it must be true" and "If there is any seeming basis of support for something that I hear or read that I want to be true, then it has to be true." In this case, the logic is: Pandemic bad for Trump -> Dems want beat Trump -> Dems create COVID; Dems = evil/creating pandemic = evil. Ergo, Dems creating COVID just HAS to be true.
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