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  1. What’s cool is that the small positives coming out of today’s results will cause 2 things:

    1. Trump to claim election fraud and use it as an excuse to suppress the vote in blue counties next November.

    2. Dems will claim the tide has turned and take their foot off the gas and fuck up in 2026.

     

    The flickering ember inside of me is thinking that these No Kings rallies 2 weeks ago juiced turnout and there’s now some small momentum that just needs to be sustained for 12 months, and from there we can finally start to heal.

    One thing is for sure, Democrats in congress should not cooperate with the Trump administration in ANY way.  The more pain his base and the unengaged feel, the swifter the tide will turn.

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  2. 12 minutes ago, kevwun said:

    Gonna need a wellness check on Wulaw if he's not.

    I will be very surprised if the Astros don’t trade at least one of Blubaugh, Pecko, or Ullola this offseason.  Same for them trading at least one of Matthews, Melton, Cole, or Dezenzo.  They’ve currently only got about $15M to work with and they have 3 glaring holes (2 SP and a backup C).

  3. 58 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

    Notable names unprotected for the Rule 5 Draft:

    - Jadher Areinamo
    - Kahlil Watson
    - Hendry Mendez
    - Miguel Ullola
    - Nick Morabito
    - Andry Lara
    - James Triantos
    - Edwin Arroyo
    - Esmerlyn Valdez
    - Joshua Baez
    - Marco Luciano
     

    Where are you seeing that?  Rule 5 rosters don’t get set until 11/18.

  4. 23 hours ago, swraith said:

    So AISD listened to feedback and made a change that was an improvement?

    I’m mostly ignorant on the topic overall, but my guess is that the changes they made to the map in SW Austin probably kept a few dozen kids in wealthy families from going private vs what would have happened if they’d gone with the draft map.  
     

     

  5. 18 hours ago, LCHorn said:

    Maybe, but a healthy org should be seeing junior management hired by other orgs in roles that represent promotions.  
     

    I know they are only starting the process of bringing in candidates for these bench and GM/scouting openings, but it’ll be interesting to see if they promote from within and/or which orgs do they hire from (in other words, a lot of comfort hire Atlanta guys might be nothing, might be a red flag).  
     

    I think there’s been some atrophy in scouting and coaching so new blood (outside hire) here would be preferable, imo.  

    They need to mine Cleveland, Brewers, Dodgers, Jays, and Twins orgs.

  6. How wrong am I to assume a TEA takeover wouldn’t really be a doomsday scenario (even though it also would certainly not mean an improvement)?  TEA taking over the district just means a change in leadership not any change in available resources.  Have Houston public schools gotten worse since they got taken over?

  7. 4 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

    There was a save Bryker Woods rally this morning ahead of the superintendent’s visit. One parent was on the news saying they hired a data analytics firm to show closing the school would cost AISD money. Not sure they have all the relevant data to show that, especially with the 6.1 million in construction costs that are needed.

    I think the district is in a tough spot with this one. If they continue with the closure plan, the protests will ramp up. I’m guessing there will be lawsuits related to the bond. If they take BW off the list then the perception will be that the rich white people are getting their way while closing minority schools. 

    Glad I don’t have to deal with this on a personal level anymore. Insert popcorn gif.

    Yep they are in a tough spot.  You could bring in the smartest people on earth and I really don’t think they could come up with a perfect solution under the constraints the district is under.  There just isn’t enough money to satisfy everybody (and by that I mean there isn’t enough money to provide quality education for all the kids in the district while letting all the kids go to the school they want).

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  8. 47 minutes ago, swraith said:

    If that is what is needed to help balance the budget, I don't see the concern being worth the pearl clutching.  Collect what money you can.

    Zero people would have a problem with their kid going to HEB Elementary if it meant well funded, high quality schools.  Unfortunately I doubt there’s meaningful money in it.

  9. 2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    I want to be clear up front that I don’t think “government shutdowns” should be a thing and that legislation should be passed to automatically continue funding. 
     

    That said- for 30 years I have watched Republicans use the threat of shutdowns to bully Democrats into compliance, by holding a gun to the head of their own voters and forcing Democrats to be adults in the room. This is the first time the Democrats have said “pull the trigger,” and it has clearly unnerved the GOP caucus. I’m not sure where this ends, but as a matter of strategy they are in a far stronger position than they would have been had they rolled over again. 

     

    Dems better not cave here.  This is potentially their one shot to get some sustainable momentum.  If they continue to be the cowards they’ve been for going on a decade then we are all just more fucked than before.

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  10. 18 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

    and then who orders the products off amazon amd buys the teslas?  These people seem to have no idea of how economies or societies work...

    Nah.  These motherfuckers will just hire most of them back at a 10% paycut once rates come down.   

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  11. My thoughts:

    Sark’s on-field results do not warrant firing him or wanting him gone.  Texas is 6-2 with a new QB and a rebuilding OL, coming off b2b playoff appearances.  He’s more than meeting the standard.

    No way Sark is angling for a raise.  He just got one and isn’t having the kind of season that justifies another bump so soon.

    No way Sark is being heavily courted by the NFL right now.  His rep/results aren’t that good.

    So either…he’s just unhappy for whatever reason (it could be that one of his players fucked his wife, it could be the pressure of the job, he’s feeling heat for some reason, whatever), and he’s looking to get out, or…it’s all bullshit.  It doesn’t seem like bullshit.

    Texas having to find a new HC amidst a disappointing season because Matthew Golden fucked L’Oréal Sarkisian while Texas is a non-contender and fucking Aggy goes undefeated and wins the national title would be something.  Fuck my life.

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  12. On 9/19/2025 at 1:44 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    Man, if I thought back to every decision I made and how my parents must have felt about some of them I'd just lose it.  They will make their way, and it's THEIR way.

     

    On 10/19/2025 at 12:03 AM, Etexhorn13 said:

    Any of yall have that second child that shows serious “second child syndrome”? My first (4) is the most laid back, go with the flow kid ever, and always has been. Segundo is the total opposite. Huge personality, very demanding, life is on his schedule etc. I think I get it, psychologically, but holy shit can it be straining sometimes. Hes been going through a phase lately where he only wants mom and will tell me to go away, never wants me to put him to bed, etc, which kinda hurts my feelings until I remember he’s 2.
     

    My 4 yo is turning into an awesome big brother and is generally an easy kid, but #2 puts me through the wringer sometimes. I will say that he has an extremely vocal, fun personality, though. See video for evidence: 

    My 2 are very different too.  
     

    Oldest is a superstar achiever.  99th percentile on any standardized test, straight A’s, and every teacher she has ever had gushes about what a kind, bright, lovable kid she is.  Her Achilles heel is meltdowns when she gets overly tired, and I have not been able to get her interested in sports, but otherwise she’s pretty much the perfect kid.  As a parent I feel a lot of pressure not to fuck her up or do anything that might prevent her from reaching her potential, but mostly I’m just always proud.

    #2 is a low achiever.  For my part I feel like she’s very intelligent, but just a little quirky.  She’s very articulate for her age, and she often picks up on things that only a kid with a high intellect would notice or understand.  But she has zero motivation to perform, and she has a LOT of trouble staying on task.  Carrot, stick, doesn’t matter, she doesn’t give a fuck.  She recently scored in the 33rd percentile on reading and her teacher said she is regressing (teacher is a sweet kid but a dumbass so I take her opinion with a grain of salt).  But then the next day we get an email that she performed well on the gifted and talented assessment.  It feels like I fucked something up somewhere.  I don’t have a career or any significant hobbies.  I have poured everything I have into  these kids and to see one not doing well is making feel like a failure or feel nihilistic.  I anchor back to the fact that despite her quirks/struggles, she is an extremely thoughtful, kind, empathetic child, and is as adorable and lovable as Shirley temple, so it could be a LOT worse.  But from time to time I’m tempted to just kind of give up and let her do what she’s going to do.

    Parenting is hard.

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  13. On 8/21/2025 at 1:01 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

    It’s in Virginia. Our younger daughter has a start at 0845 for elementary school, the high schoolers start later as well.

    0715 is when she needs to be in the door, I think the bell for first period rings at 0720.

    That sucks.  Here in Austin elementary starts at 7:40 an middle school and HS are staggered later.

    I know it’s controversial but if/when my kids get run down I will give them a day where they can sleep in and just be tardy.  As long as they’re tired from being productive (and not from screen time or throwing fits at bed time) I feel like it’s justified.  And I’ve had their teachers agree with me.

  14. 18 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I want to say this again, and not because we are looking like a middle school team against MSU, but I really think that sports and the entire mentality that this country has about it is a big part of our societal and political problem.  I think I am going to take a big break from it.  I've got season tickets for UT baseball, but after that, I don't want to give money or, more importantly, my life to something that I can't control.  It's akin to drugs or alcohol, I think.  Sorry to those who suffer from those addictions, but I have to imagine it's kind of similar. 

    This stuff doesn't affect us.  Or it doesn't have to.  I can go hiking, I can enjoy friends and family and food.  I don't have to have these societal constructs taking over my existence. 

    The real reason for this diatribe was because of the reaction on the football board to Sark's supposed NFL aspirations.  It got real dark, real quick, and I don't think the internet society we have built is healthy.

    Sports as entertainment is a distraction; to your point, much like drugs.  Video games, TV, social media, hobbies, etc. etc. etc., the main purpose of all that is to distract us from the horror of how meaningless our existence is.  And as more and more people realize that organized religion is mostly a bullshit scam, they turn to those other distractions.  It can be healthy.  But it can also turn into a net negative.  Navigating the nuance is the key to keeping it positive.  People who can get a thrill when their team wins without getting down when their team loses are doing it right.  For maybe the first time ever, last night I did it right. When Texas was sucking (most of the game), I wasn’t upset, I was just watching the game, but then I got a big thrill when “we” came back and won.  Overall, I care very little about sports now.  NIL has dramatically reduced how much I enjoy college football; it’s just minor league NFL, and I hate watching dudes prostituting themselves to bash each other’s brains in.

    Society has really lost its way with people taking their distractions too seriously.  It’s evidenced in how “us vs them” and “my team” the narratives in politics have gotten.  It’s fucked up and I don’t know how it gets fixed.

    Anyway, I encourage anybody who is seeing their distractions become a negative to take a break from them.  It’s not worth it for something so meaningless to be a bad thing in your life.

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  15. 28 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

    Look our government has its stress test and turns out it was not designed for this level of stupidity in the population.  We can look forward to restricting voting to property owners soon.  It is not going to look anything like the old system.

    I think the populace has been this stupid for a long time (possibly since the beginning), but technology (social media) made it incredibly easy for ill-intended authoritarian super-wealthy shitbags to take advantage.

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  16. 2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    As I sit here and watch College Gameday while the president openly and brazenly robs the American people day after day, literally trying to take funds from the treasury now, while the rest of the government just allows it to happen, along with inflicting pain upon the weakest in our society on a daily basis, I realize that the game is over.  We aren’t going to fix this. He figured out we are too dumb and complacent to stop it now. If we had stopped him after January 6th, we might have had a chance. That will be the moment in history where the American experiment truly failed. Now it’s all over but figuring out which oligarchs get what. 

    When I read this post it’s actually amazing me.  He’s literally taking money directly from the Treasury and putting it into his bank account and nobody is making any meaningful effort to stop him.

    Im off the ledge.  Its over.  We are all just living in the epilogue.

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