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  1. 52 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Yep, father time is doing work.   Not fast enough, but we'll take what we can get.  I'd put over under at 5 years and put a nice chunk on the under. 

    Please let you be right.  But I don’t think I have that kind of luck.  Based on the last decade that motherfucker is going to live at least another dozen years and be in office for 8 of them.

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  2. 15 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

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    One surprise recently is that Trump has chosen the straight up denial of reality over the more seemingly reliable blaming Biden.  Interesting move.

  3. 13 hours ago, immamac said:

    I don't really understand what the fuck is going on here and how there are no leaks, but also how they can just not redact or conveniently lose files. 

    This.  What the fuck.  If there really is evidence that would be severely damaging to Trump, why the fuck wasn’t it released years ago and why the fuck aren’t people oppposed to Trump who know about it not talking about what it is?  If there’s not evidence against Trump, why isn’t Trump just releasing the files?  None of this makes any sense.

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  4. 10 Hallmarks of the Trump Economy:

    1. More adult children living with their parents since the great depression

    2. The most October layoffs in over 2 decades

    3. $18.4T in household debt, the most ever

    4. $31.5T in federal debt, the most ever

    5. Highest debt as % of GDP in US history

    6. Lowest consumer sentiment in over a decade

    7. Highest YoY DJT personal net worth increase in his lifetime 

    8. Highest concentration of total market cap in US history

    9. Lowest inflation adjusted minimum wage in over 70 years

    10. Highest Shiller PE Ratio in history

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  5. 3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I wanted to write in one of our cats in 2016.  Texas doesn't allow write ins though.  At least not in presidential elections.

    Texas did allow write ins for president in 2016.  I wrote in (but I should have voted Clinton).

  6. 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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  7. 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).

  8. 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.

  9. 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.  
     

     

  10. 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.

  11. 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?

  12. 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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  13. 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.

  14. 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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  15. 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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