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  1. 21 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

    I went to watch this last night. What I felt about this movie is that the subject would have been better covered in a 1 season series. The movie ran a little under two hours and it felt rushed and parts were skipped. Austin Butler’s character blended fairly well with this cast. I wish Michael Shannon’s character had a bigger role, especially in a movie like this. I would have had him and Butler switch roles or at the least the positions in the hierarchy of the gang.

    Is Austin Butler still playing Elvis in this movie?

  2. 1 hour ago, troph said:

    How the market responds by driving stock values higher is somewhat irrelevant. I’ve driven two Teslas since 2017, I’ve found build quality to be fine - warranty has been good, helps to have 1/5 the total parts of an ICE car. I also find my 2016 X to be on par with 2021-2023 model cars when it comes to tech and features. You can hate all you want but Tesla forced innovation, changed the auto industry for good and is a dominant force and player. 

    It’s honestly shocking to me that you still own a Tesla given everything Elon stands for. How do you square supporting him financially while he foments hate?

  3. 8 minutes ago, troph said:

    that's amazing. RIP to her. #40dogs is our official hashtag when I used to post more on insta and I've got a necklace that says "fortydogs" in cursive my wife gave to me on my bday. 
     

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    love his music. Top 5 all time for sure.

    Looked at the necklace before I read the post and thought it said Farty Dogs.

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  4. 5 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Co-Author of Louisiana 10 Commandments Bill goes on CNN and tries to defend this idiocy.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/politics/video/louisiana-classrooms-ten-commandments-sanchez-ventrella-cnc-digvid

    Outdone by the fine politicians in Louisiana, Dan Patrick has a dad that Texas wasn’t first.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4733538-texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-ten-commandments

  5. 19 minutes ago, PvilleStang said:

    Which party enacted Robinhood / recapture?  I'll give you a hint: it was before Texas turned red...

     

    I think the bigger thing: it's political suicide to try to undo the current arrangement, as the benefitting ISDs are loving their golden goose and don't want to lose funding to their golf courses and water parks.

     

     

    Would diverting funds from those ISDs to fund private schools be political suicide? Because one party is going hard in the paint with that agenda right now.

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  6. 1 hour ago, ousux said:
    3 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:
    The cost of beer at stadiums 2023:
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    Froggy has to pack their stadium somehow now that we'll never play there again.

    Hmmm. I have season tickets at Amon Carter and go to 3-4 games per season. I would love to know where one can find one of these $3 beers. They do have a pregame “happy hour” special one hour before kickoff and even that’s $5 IIRC.

  7. 14 hours ago, tchookem said:
    15 hours ago, royiv said:
    Big improvement over Beto? Like him or not, he ran a competitive campaign against Cruz in 2018. Since then, Cruz has become even more unpopular in Texas yet he will clean Allred’s clock by a significantly wider margin. Allred is running the most milquetoast campaign I’ve ever seen. Solid D’s will still vote for him because he’s not Cruz, but he’s doing absolutely zero to excite voters on either side or down the middle. For a big rough football player, he’s taking it easy on wimpy Cruz.

    Beto did one thing... he got around Texas. I think that made a huge impact. Talking everywhere, red counties and blue. He actually listened and talked to them. I think it could work for Allred too. His football background will open a lot of doors easier than they opened for Beto. Now, getting his message across, I don't know about that. I think taking some suggestions from Beto might be a good idea. I'm sure suggestion one is to actually have a message.

    It could work for him. The problem is that he’s not doing it. At all. He has no message. He’s not visible. He’s not kissing hands and shaking babies. The dude is invisible. At this point in the campaign, Beto was everywhere. He was generating energy, he was meeting voters, he was holding town halls, etc. It was all getting tons of free media attention, both local and national. I follow politics more than the average bear and I’ve seen nor heard nothing from the Allred campaign since the primary and even then it was just annoying daily texts hitting me up for money. He’s been a totally disappointing candidate so far, IMO. I hope he can pull something together and make it competitive.

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  8. 7 hours ago, Chopper said:

    If you can't turn out enough voters who want to oust Ted Cruz (not saying you have to win, just that they need to motivate turn out) you're not going turn out voters in close down-ballot contests, as well. IMO. Also sorry to hear y'all think Allred sucks. I'm in CO so knowledge about Tx politics is limited, and was hoping he'd be a big improvement over Beto.

    Big improvement over Beto? Like him or not, he ran a competitive campaign against Cruz in 2018. Since then, Cruz has become even more unpopular in Texas yet he will clean Allred’s clock by a significantly wider margin. Allred is running the most milquetoast campaign I’ve ever seen. Solid D’s will still vote for him because he’s not Cruz, but he’s doing absolutely zero to excite voters on either side or down the middle. For a big rough football player, he’s taking it easy on wimpy Cruz.

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  9. 2 hours ago, 52-80 said:

    An interesting observation is how in a conversation solely about automotive manufacturing and finance you cant refrain from pivoting instead to other men and their assholes. 

    Freud would have a field day with that. 

    Judge Judy Eye Roll GIF

  10. 4 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

    The Cybertruck is about to eclipse the sales of S&X combined, and is still backordered - meaning excess demand on the books. 

    What happened with comparative sales when the government teet wasn’t offering consumers tax credits?

    And for teet to the manufacturer, look at the governments balance sheet and tell me which automotive companies have a loan with federal bucks? (starts with F and ends with Ord)

     

    Dude, S&X are super low volume vehicles. Like they barely sell at all and they’re more stale than week old bread. Of course there’s a backorder on the Cyberturd. It’s brand new and they took a bunch of orders for the four years it was promised. A more interesting metric would be new orders. Man, you’ve got your head so far up Elon’s asshole that you could chew his food for him.

  11. 32 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    Even if he did, The TMB would not reinstate him. I guess he could fire the board, but even so that guy will never be able to bill a government or private payor again. I guess he could set up a med spa or something for cash. Yeah injecting women with testosterone would be the perfect outcome for him

    I was being intentionally hyperbolic, but I wouldn’t be surprised by anything in today’s Texas.

  12. 41 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

    Theyve put 6 million battery vehicles on the road. They produced the best selling vehicle globally for the last 2 years. Their vehicles are more American-made than any vehicle from any US brand.

    But sure, theyre “hardly legit” because… you dont like Elon. 

    Theyve also turned a profit for the last 4 years. Their “slowing” last 4 quarters US sales was 625,000 vehicles. The “legit auto manufacturer growing EV sales”, in 2nd place over the same period sold 80,000. They also separate EV business on their financials. Wanna share how much money that venture made?

    Care to share your thoughts on the Cybertruck? And, yes, I don’t like Elon and don’t think he’s a legit CEO at this point. I believe he is an existential threat to Tesla being an ongoing concern. The company is listless at best and chaotic at worst while others are catching-up. Companies lose their way all the time and I think that’s what’s happening to Tesla at this point. If and when the government teet dries up Tesla is fucked. Just as much as you make a point that I don’t like Elon (true) I can argue that your blind love of him Tesla blinds you to bright blinking red lights.

  13. 3 hours ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

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    so, would you remain a Horn fan or…become a Sooner fan?

    killing KE isn’t an option.  

    Post that on the football board and you’ll get a bunch of spontaneous ejaculations.

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  14. 5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

    That was one of the most predictable things ever.

    The EV market is basically legit EV manufacturer that is Profitable - Tesla; legit EV manufacturer subsidized by Saudis and Bezos - Lucid and Rivian; and then a bunch of scams and pretenders a la Farraday, Nikola, Canoo, etc. Henrik Fisker has a hurrible track record.

    I hardly think any manufacturer that releases an albatross like the Cybertruck into the wild can be considered a “legit” manufacturer. It is, on no uncertain terms, a complete joke of a vehicle. Several major insurers won’t even insure them. Hardly legit. 

    You also miss a whole lot of “legit” auto manufacturers that are seeing increases in EV sales as opposed to Tesla’s decreasing sales. 

    2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    So I hear Tesla has an EV in the works that will be priced in the $25,000 range. 
    Something like that could be a game changer in the lagging EV market.

    But I don’t really know diddly squat.

    Elon doesn’t have the best track record of cashing the checks that his mouth writes.

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  15. 10 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

    I’m pretty sure with a conviction for a healthcare related felony that is exactly what will happen 

    Our governor pardons felons if the crime fits his agenda.

  16. 3 hours ago, DixonHur said:

    Is it just me, or was anyone else flabbergasted to read he worked at Baylor?

    Just not the type of thing you'd expect from such a well-regarded, ethically minded institution like Baylor.

    Baylor University and Baylor College of Medicine are unrelated entities.

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