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  1. I’m fine with discussing it. It’s just odd (and telling) that you run to this thread with your peepee wagging every time something bad happens. I have a hard time seeing unemployment rise to the point of stagflation. What’s it called when there’s moderately high inflation, moderately low economic growth (not recession), and low unemployment?
  2. This is hard core suckitude. Singleton’s inability to barrel and elevate is going to end his career. He’s badass at taking pitches knowing when to swing but he fucking rolls over everything.
  3. Why does bad news for the world economy make you erect?
  4. Hader, Pressly, and Brown having an 0-7 record at this point in the season would not have been something anybody would’ve predicted a month ago; flip that around to something more expected like 4-3 and the Astros are 11-14 and nobody is panicking. Everything else pretty much makes sense. Nobody should’ve expected Arrighetti, Henley, Suero, or Scott to pitch well enough to win games. Hell, 6 months ago nobody would’ve even expected any of those guys to have thrown a pitch for Houston this early in the season. The Astros season got completely derailed by pitching injuries. That might be something to blame on the front office, but I don’t see how any organization absorbs constantly having 5 of their best 7 SP on the IL for the first month of the season. They really needed a lot more out of Hunter Brown and France, 2 guys who were relatively established compared to their other healthy options. And then Brown’s bedshitting got compounded by Hader and Pressly running into horrendous luck.
  5. Astros win loss record by pitcher: Blanco, Javier, JV: 5-0 Arrighetti, Brown, France, Henley: 0-10 Hader, Pressly, Abreu: 1-4 Suero, Scott, Martinez: 1-4
  6. G Pope/Larry G Mark/Weaver G/F Johnson/Pryor/Clark F Kent/Codie/Bott F ???/Shedrick/Onyema They get one more good player they should be ready.
  7. There is so much pent up demand waiting on rates, there is no way the Fed wouldn’t rush in to lower rates the minute it actually looks like the economy starts to turn. And as soon as rates come down, another boom starts. The deficit will come home to roost at some point but it won’t be before the election.
  8. That’s great and all but 17,000 people strewn across Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Phoenix are still gonna decide the election.
  9. Gotta admit I could not stop laughing at the thought of the Republican nominee for president (and a former president) calling a NYT reporter named Maggie “Maggot” multiple times. LMFAO. At this point anyone who votes for that guy is an indefensible piece of shit. Has anybody done a deep dive into the logic he uses to decide which words to capitalize? I am excited to get to ~September when Trump can liquidate his shares.
  10. I’m more surprised that so far 23% of respondents think Trump will die or become incapacitated within 8 months.
  11. I initially had a much longer set of choices but figured I needed to pare them down. I should have changed the wording on the “plea” choices to also include if he’s convicted without jail time. In my mind there’s not much meaningful difference between him reaching a plea or getting convicted. It might matter to his followers or others, but in terms of real world impact, the real barometer for me is how it effects his odds of being president again.
  12. Fwiw here’s how I’d currently handicap the odds of the poll choices: Wins election: 39% Plea deal, loses election: 29% Exonerated, loses election: 15% Plea deal, can’t run: 12% Health problems, can’t run: 5% Prison, can’t run: 0%
  13. Interested in how everybody is feeling about what will actually happen to Trump this year.
  14. All the crypto bros stroking it over the idea of countries being able to get around sanctions. Cool, let’s see how that plays out for everybody.
  15. I agree with all this. My point was that what seems like a logical fix (make it easier for women to have both a career and a family) appeared to have been tried elsewhere and not addressed the full problem. I kinda feel like society has reached a point of ugly truth: having kids kind of sucks. Even if you have the resources to accommodate them, whatever you don’t outsource is still a real pain in the ass. Life has evolved to the point that we don’t need children for work or companionship or religious obligations. So we are left with some pretty narrow benefits of having kids and a lot of people don’t see the value. I say all this as someone whose entire life revolves around my kids; they are my primary source of joy and purpose in life. But I wouldn’t really recommend having kids to anyone and totally understand why more people are choosing to forego the experience.
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