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  1. On 6/10/2024 at 9:33 PM, Hank Kingsley said:

    Look at these fucking MAGA pussies and THEIR cancel culture bullshit. You put on your little costumes trying to get a rise out of people and cry like babies when someone calls you out. Eat shit, dork. 

     

     

    Pretty sure the owner of Jimmy John’s is a maga shitbird.

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  2. 17 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I want to believe I can get within 100 yards of Sela Ward without violating any prior restraining orders, but the State of New York says otherwise, at least until August of 2025.

    With that said, I do think the numbers are a lot better for Biden than what we see publicly, which could explain why so many Republicans are freaking out.  We see shitty-ass polling done on the cheap.  Republican politicians are seeing numbers they paid good money for, from companies that aren’t just surveying people stupid enough to answer calls from unknown callers - they are looking at social media engagement, rallies, media coverage, and a slew of other factors, and they are matching that stuff up against voter demographics (for which they have a lot of data).   New York Times may try to extrapolate a nationwide trend (330 million people) from 700 people dumb enough to answer a phone call. People like Trump have access to trends in individual counties in battleground states.

    I want to believe this, but the fact that so many GOP politicians are enthusiastically falling in behind Trump makes me think they believe Trump will win.  Of course, maybe they are doing that because they think he has no chance of winning, thus they know their support doesn’t mean risking another Trump presidency, so they’re just keeping his base in their corner for the future.🤷

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  3. On 6/1/2024 at 12:34 PM, Chips O'Toole said:

    Alright, I'm in need of some educational materials for the summer. 9 and 5 year old are at home with me 2-3 days a week l, and they are constantly angling for screen time. What apps or shows can they consume while I try and get shit done and still feel ok about their mental state? 

     

    I am also thinking about getting some type of kit with educational materials for them to work through to earn some app time, but I haven't researched that yet. 

     

    We will have a part-time nanny/helper starting next week, so I'm also trying to think of hands-on activities for them to do with some oversight. 

    Would love to know what works for you parents with young kids at home.

     

    PBS Kids pretty much has universally good content.  Might be a tougher sell for the 9 year old but any kid 6 and under should be plenty entertained and almost everything they have has some educational aspect to it.  Same for ABC Mouse.  I have an 8 and 5 and the 8 year old is getting to the point where that shit don’t cut it.  Obviously depends on the kid, but my wife taught my 8 year old to crochet and she’s obsessed with it, it’s how she’s spent a ton of time on days at home with no camps or screen time.  We also took them to the library and checked out a shitload of books they liked, so the 8 year old spends a lot of time reading.  The 5 year old hates reading because it’s hard.  We also have homeschool style workbooks we got off Amazon and at the dollar store for 1st grade and 3rd grade.  We’ve had to force them to do it but it has killed a few minutes each day.

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  4. 7 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    What did you not like about Rogue One and Andor? 

    I thought they were both excellent.  Just not perfect.  In Andor, I wasn’t a fan of Vel and Karn.  Vel both acting and character, Karn just acting.  In Rogue One, I have never been much of a fan of non-Jedi using the force and I do not like Whitaker’s version of Saw Gerrera.  But really for both it was just that I couldn’t put them in the same category as Empire.

  5. Star Wars live action groupings:

    Near-perfect: The Empire Strikes Back

    Flawed but excellent: A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Rogue One, The Mandalorian Season 1, Andor, The Mandalorian Season 2

    Not great, but entertaining and rewatchable: The Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Force Awakens

    Meh: The Last Jedi, Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett, Solo, The Mandalorian Season 3, Attack of the Clones

    Aborted fetuses: Rise of Skywalker, The Acolyte (so far)

     

  6. 9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

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    Accurate.  They have 27 games left until the All-Star break and if they don’t go at least 16-11 over that stretch then they will likely be so far out of contention that they will be stupid not to sell.

  7. This team is done.  They can play this out for 4 more weeks, but at this point they have to win 2/3 of their remaining games to even think about making the playoffs.  Not happening.  A half assed deadline where they trade Bregman and keep everybody else is worst case scenario.  They need to be proactive: Tucker, Framber, JV, and Bregman all need to be gone; getting good value for those 4 guys now probably gives Houston a top 5 farm to go into next season with payroll flexibility and a pending top 5 draft pick, which is a lot brighter outlook than what they have now.  Cabbage and Loperfido need extended run to see if they can play.  Dubin needs to be moved into high leverage relief.  Crane needs to start working his way thru the list to pick the next manager.

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  8. Just finished episode 3.  Easily the worst piece of Star Wars content I’ve ever seen.  The acting and writing were as amateur as the first 2 episodes but this one even sported low budget special effects. The episodes main explosion and the Wookiee costume were laughable.  The “there’s more than one way to skin The Force” is a trope.  So is “the Jedi are bad guys”.  The repetitive lines were something my 8 year old daughter could outdo if she wrote the script.  This is the worst group of actors overall that I’ve ever seen in anything with a budget.
     

    Now the positives.  The dude from Squid Game is good.  Trinity is well-cast.  And despite how terrible this show is, I actually do want to keep watching to see what really happened with the fire, even though I know I will be disappointed.  I’m glad this is only 8 episodes, I wish it were only 4 (or zero).

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  9. 21 hours ago, troph said:

    I’ll lose 5-10 pounds just hiking and riding bikes as the standard “what are we doing tonight or this weekend” when we go up to CO for July. When we go skiing I need to line up therapy sessions by the 4th day I’m so crazy. 
     

    Excluding vacation I’d rank my ideal as:

    Fla Keys or Caribbean Islands Jan and Feb

    Austin March through June 15

    Colorado  June 16 - October 5

    Austin October 6 - December 31

    I’ll die trying to make it happen.

    Not bad but gimme Kona instead of FL/Caribbean and Montana/Idaho instead of Colorado.  But really if I could just get anywhere cool and liberal from July 1 - Sep 1 I would be satisfied living in Austin forever.

    With my current wealth/income, if I were to leave Austin full time the official visits would be:

    1. San Diego

    2. Charlotte

    3. Fort Collins

    4. Omaha

    5. Madison

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  10. 2 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

    It's been more than a month. The last 162 games they are under .500 and needed an epic collaspe by the Mariners and Rangers last year to make the playoffs.

    Meh.  You’re gonna have a hard time selling the idea of an ALCS game 7 as an unsuccessful season.

  11. 4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

     

    Fwiw Keith Law has had beef with the Astros going back to before the sign stealing shit.  So I wouldn’t take his comments as gospel.

    Prior to this season, Crane’s performance as an owner has been impeccable.  It’s possible the sign stealing stuff scared him away from empowering a GM/POBO, and I suppose it’s possible Bagwell/Biggio/Jackson/Cabell have gone Grima Wormtongue on him and made him think old-school thinking is the way.  But until Houston actually has an extended run of things not going to plan (like more than 1 bad month, which is where we’re currently at), I am giving him the benefit of the doubt.

    Aside from Abreu, which was a deal almost universally lauded at the time, and letting his GM go after winning a World Series, the other factors contributing to this seasons poor performance are pretty explainable as not the owners fault.  Pitching injuries and bad luck can hammer any team at any time.  And that with the backdrop of a poor farm system due to a decade as deadline buyers and 4 lost draft picks for cheating.

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  12. Really bad thru the first 2 episodes.  I will keep watching because I am a sucker.

    Casting, acting, writing, and story are all weak.  Visuals are average by today’s standards.  I am not anti-woke but the fat Jedi was ridiculous.

    This show also immediately trots out the most annoying recurring plot device in the Star Wars universe: untalented rookie easily defeats more powerful more experienced opponent.  Trinity went down like a bitch when she should have mopped the floor with that twat.

  13. 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

    I’m guessing he gets a shot at 3rd next season ?

     

    Nah.  He is likely to strike out a lot in the majors, and he is not a great defender at 3B.  He projects more as a quality utility infielder who can hit for power and also offers value as a baserunner.  His power/speed combo do give him a high ceiling though if he can make enough contact.

    At this point if the Astros don’t make a trade or sign a 3B in free agency, Dubon is likely the opening day 2025 3B, which wouldn’t be the end of the world.

  14. 3 minutes ago, troph said:

    Kamala vs Haley? I’d gladly take that race but not mistake after democracy is no longer on the ballot (Haley is a Republican normie) we still have the fuckstains who think this country is only for WASEs* versus the rest of us. So it’s an incremental improvement but still vote for the Donkeys fuck the Elephants! 

    *used to be White Anglo Saxon Protestants now it’s White Anglo Saxon Evangelicals.

    My guess is (assuming it happened before October) we’d see a scramble that would result in Newsome vs Rubio.  I would take that in a heartbeat.

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