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  1. I actually think most people do understand that. They also think, for better or worse, that Flood is the number one replacement priority, so should have been the first to go. But, he could also be regarded as the most critical and sensitive hire/fire, so maybe the last to go. There is a legit fear that Juluke was a deck chair shuffle. But if Scott was as unpopular as claimed, it might have just been a no-brainer.
  2. Yeah, slow starts and about 50/50 in the backfield. Pretty pretty good front seven though.
  3. As popehat observes here, Trump seems to have no real internal life (need to click to get the full monty). So questions of morality, spirituality, his place in the universe, have never concerned him in any way shape or form. So, yeah he neither has nor rejects religion or any other belief system except his id and ego. Another fairly typical characteristic of alcoholic/addicts.
  4. I was gonna say, at some point in the not too distant past, I think the Altima, Camry, and Accord were basically the cars that most people should buy. CVTs have infected lower- and mid-range vehicles and seem to be an abomination.
  5. I had kind of a similar dilemma except the pay scale differences weren't as stark, or knowable.. Not quite 15 years ago, after the dissolution of my last firm, I went out on my own. It was even unclear at that point whether I would rent an office or just WFH. But I can work from home just fine, although I miss having colleagues. I took a pay cut, I also work a lot less hard and have a lot more fun or satisfaction doing it. And more free time to work out and mountain bike, among other things. The downside is that I have a relatively static client base and the work ebbs and flows along with the cash flow, whereas at a firm, I could always find filler work between "major engagements." And I could be more aggressive in courting new clients than I am. Not quite the same thing as the above, and more to compensate me than just working at home in return for the pay cut.
  6. Trump's dog ate them.
  7. Well, the first parties injured here would be the techbros and oligarchs, with follow-on effects for the rest of us. So, yeah, I would expect some sort of government supported wealth-preservation strategy for them.
  8. Also note that this seems to be more or less the saga of charter schools everywhere. Private sector solutions to public sector problems are no better than public solutions and far less transparent.
  9. Tricky question. If they have the essential terms of an agreement and indicate an intention to be bound now, then it's a contract, with the details to be filled in later with a comprehensive written agreement. If essential terms are missing and/or it indicates an intention not to be bound pending a subsequent comprehensive agreement, then it's not a contract.
  10. Bari falling down on the job there.
  11. The earliest were made of wood, yes. But from about the 1920s to the war, they were mostly made of steel. My parents grew up in South Arkansas, at the northern end of the Smackover Sands formation, where in the last six months of 1922, 1000 wells were drilled. They built derricks of whatever came to hand. I think the LA area oilfields were actually worse. But those steel ones in Union and Ouachita Counties in Arkansas sat there until the 70s and 80s. I climbed the one built in my Dad's back yard in the 20s in the 70s some time, about 40 years after my Dad did the same. That was probably inadvisable.
  12. Yeah, this kind of social media post is why I go find what was actually said and make sure the reporting was accurate. Propaganda from the good guys may be what the royal we need, but I sure as fuck don't.
  13. That's oldlaw. But he has expropriated so many Congressional funds it might be hard for him to come up with that. Some asshole like Elmo will donate it though.
  14. Show's you what a fragile dumbass he is in reality as he actually tried to argue back. That's one where you just take your lumps or leave.
  15. God forbid the piece of shit should pay more taxes.
  16. Funny thing, though. Although most of us of a certain age are used to seeing oil derricks, they mostly fell out of use after WWII. Unless you want to count the mast of a driling rig as a derrick. Kind of wild when you think about erecting several tons and a couple hundred feet of steel to drill a well and just leaving it there when you're done.
  17. Jack definitely has blue balls.
  18. The internal machinations of the Democratic Party are fascism now. Interdasting. I'm just gonna bet that you didn't know that there were no primary elections in America until 1890.
  19. Yep and their efforts are highly effective, even if temporary.
  20. You express pure contempt for the poor as if every single one of them is permanently poor and if any of them are striving, they're still fucked up because they left their country of origin, just like your forebears did. I don't have to live next door to my lawn crew or invite them to dinner to respect them as human beings with a certain dignity. You can actually strive to better yourself without shitting on people you leave behind.
  21. You know, I can do those things without having utter contempt for those beneath me. Not all that long ago, my grandparents and their parents were at the absolute bottom of the totem pole. Some of those people are going to work their way up, and some aren't. Neither of us knows which.
  22. So, what, you're saying it's a bit and you don't really think this? Or the anonymity of the internet lets your shitheel flag fly?
  23. Oh look it even has Trump CapitalizationTM.
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