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  1. And the lives of Americans are immeasurably better for it. Don't forget that three trans kids can't play sports.
  2. Don't care, that Wapo article is scurrilous. And an horrific example of the mainstream press trying to normalize one of Trump's worst abuses. PS Trump is also a Russian stooge.
  3. Speaking of #bothsides, WaPo apparently ran an op ed comparing the Comey indictment to Jack Smith's Trump indictments. Ben Wittes goes off. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--democracy-dies-in-both-sides-ism
  4. Are you "in the middle" on Trump's tariffs? Militarization of cities? Brutalization of immigrants and other browns? Open politicization of executive departments, including DOJ, complete with retaliation against civil servants? DOGE? RFK? Or is that all ok as long as stonks stonk and your taxes don't go up?
  5. I've seen several pieces that mention pretty much this exact plan was under consideration during the end of the Biden administration, but Bibi crawfished because he thought he'd get a better deal under Trump.
  6. Pretty much all "service" companies, a/c, plumbing, etc. are shit now thanks to private equity.
  7. That Charlie Kirk poster is fucking disgusting.
  8. My favorite recent fan shot was the husky Asian fella wearing an orange hard hat with his arms crossed in the middle of the aggy student section.
  9. Cunt reply. Why don't any of you cunts state a position? Do you mean Thomas Sowell, who says Trump is dangerous? https://www.lenconnect.com/story/opinion/columns/2016/04/11/thomas-sowell-why-donald-trump/31990185007/ But, I have figured it out. There was a long history of peaceful coexistence of Jews and Muslims in the Middle East before the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the western carve-up. The carve-up led to as much or more strife between Muslims as between Muslims and Jews, and led to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. The creation of Israel threw a match into that powder keg.
  10. I was watching the Gilded Age on PBS, highly recommended, and it noted that Andrew Carnegie, the most self-made of the robber barons, was initially quite sympathetic and empathetic to the working man. But he had a heel turn later in life.
  11. Well, add in fundamentalist Christians. It's not the Christian or Muslim part, it's the fundamentalist and the fact that all of them are under the control of at least minor demagogues. In the case of the technocrats, the demagogues are themselves. Another thing these groups do, generally, is eschew or denigrate education to insure that their followers' worldview is as constrained as possible. Yeah, you may not need a degree in CS to be a total code freak, but that degree comes with probably 12 hours of humanities (it did and I think still does at UT), plus some history, English lit, and government, and that goes a long way to keeping you from being a dangerous incel.
  12. Exactly what the founding fathers were afraid of. And sad that those rudderless, depressed youngsters don't follow the teachings of Christ and make themselves of service to others. They, and we, would be a lot better off.
  13. I've said it before, but all these internet billionaires commenced their commercial life believing the rules of "bricks and mortar" business didn't apply to them. That belief was somewhat ratified by the insane valuations that made them rich. But that wasn't just some benign little self-deception, these fuckers have completely internalized the notion that the rules, not just business rules, don't apply, shouldn't apply, and they're going to make sure of that. It's insidious and malevolent as hell.
  14. It's just a theory. And, I have seen that repeated, but I find it pretty difficult to believe that the position coaches don't have significant input.
  15. Oh for sure. That is something that is amiss in Sark's program. He's probably overly deferential to his coordinators.* But broadly speaking, to compete regularly with the UGas, OSUs and Alabama's of the recent past (probably should throw Michigan and ND in there too), you need multiple consecutive years of top rated classes with solid evals and development. You can't just walk into a situation with an aggregate 4 star rating, and nothing more, and expect that squad to execute and perform at a top level. I think Sark knew there'd be a dropoff but didn't know how it would interfere with his plans. And has misunderestimated a bit what it would take to reach a Bama level of talent. And, I think he lets himself be deceived that his team executing his offense in practice means they'll reliably do it in games and is shocked when they can't. And then tries to force the issue and make them play through it to do what he thinks they can. And I think that's a valid coaching strategy to a point. Jerritt Elliott makes the volleyball gals play through underachievement regularly, sometimes to their short-term detriment. But OU maybe proved that when clubbed over the head that we lack the talent/execution to do that, he can adapt. It's just not his first instinct. *There's nothing fundamentally wrong with deferring/delegating, I think most of the best leaders do it and do it well, but maintain accountability. If Sark has to be the uber control freak micromanaging every assistant, I don't think he can or will do that.
  16. Is a piece of shit. Possibly more so than the rest of the recent billionaire class.
  17. So, there's a pretty good chance he's an (even more) dementia-riddled (even more) blithering idiot in 2028. If he is no longer capable of giving a shit about being criminally prosecuted, what then?
  18. No not at all, but it's still fact free. One of the irritating things about Trumpco is when they make a fact-free assertion and something later comes to light that makes it partially true. Like that vindicates the initial lie.
  19. I don't doubt that it was some insider, but I doubt that post has any facts behind it. I do believe it has been documented that Barron has profited handsomely from the Bitcoin scam, though.
  20. There's some document out there that they are claiming puts 274 FBI agents there. I looked at the document, which is some kind of after-action spreadsheet list of items, and it doesn't say that at all. I have no idea what they're blathering about. Here's the answer. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-many-274-fbi-044816806.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALhu046t6kYtusyPFODln36zLckIqKD3LeEg6HmWUxZc_vgxm-w4sQB1UG6EtKBrsSQ4JLU_oL_DNqbTTkBol-QsqpovgKXdKVvB3Z7BV86lgCNKPV1R9RQoqEn0oa1tQtEpmLKp593NpF4qWdXNIV_4ioti390WKOk65dEqdfEW
  21. I think Sark is learning that a program like Texas that "recruits well" isn't quite the same as a Bama or Georgia of the recent past. And learning himself that just stacking the talent like cordwood isn't all that easy. And I think that's a mistake all of us associated with this program make.
  22. No idea wtf happened with our D last week.
  23. Goddamn, our D just had a rotten, no good, very bad day last week.
  24. What a fucking disaster these refs are.
  25. Still, though, that's one read and we don't know to what extent Arch and the OL's limitations force those.
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