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  1. Yeah, that whole legal profession was super-receptive to the election lies. And is currently about the only thing standing up to Trump bullshit in a meaningful way.
  2. Can't recommend anything specifically, but it's probably worth your while to have a look at trailforks and mtbproject for green and green/blue trails. https://www.trailforks.com/region/austin/trails/ https://www.mtbproject.com/directory/8010446/austin They may not be all that useful at really deciding which trails you want to ride, but they do get you to the trails and help you navigate them some. For actually recording rides, and locating yourself on trails, I have found alltrails to be pretty good. One thing it has that Strava really doesn't is entire loops of trails rather than segments that the speed merchants try to ride at suicidal speed. The Marlin is fine as a starter bike. If you stay committed to riding and enjoy it and want to up your skills and abilities, you can make a more intelligent choice as to a more capable bike later on. Also beware when researching trails that GoPro video of rides significantly flatten actual climbs and descents and could deceive you into trying something you're really not ready for.
  3. Rather than blame DOJ, probably need to look at Congress here. DOJ is pressing an antitrust suit, that doesn't address privacy or data rights directly. It is, by nature, a trailing remedy that reaches a lot of harm after it's done. Based on statutes more than 100 years old. Something like GPDR comes from the lege, which in these United States can't be bothered to do anything that benefits the people at the expense of the donor class.
  4. One (really more than one) factor in the Arkansas rivalry is that things have changed outside of athletics and general university rivalries. Before WWII, Arkansas and Texas were more similar than different, rural agrarians plus oil. But Texas blew up in the post-war economy while Arkansas struggled with a post-rural economy. Thus bred the general jealousy expressed in the university/sports rivalry. But with Walmart and the resurgence of NWA, things are starting to equalize a bit. The rurals that probably fueled aspects of the rivalry are even more marginalized than before. And, of course, UA is full of Texans now.
  5. Yeah, I think apathy and general disengagement has been a major factor and once those (the convinceable middle to me) see things up close and personal, they realize what a traveshamockery it all is.
  6. Haha was just coming to post because IIRC you had expressed interest in a Revel. Going for cheap. https://revelbikes.com/shop-in-stock/?_on_sale=1 If you're a lil fella, or a big un. Some rumors that they may be rescued, but unclear what that's gonna look like.
  7. Of course, these days, what constitutes "shitty schools" varies pretty widely. It's nice that they fell on the not-banning-books side of that equation.
  8. One of my favorite things now is that he claims to be following the advice of "his" lawyers. With the exception of Roy Cohn's extra-legal advice on self-promotion and general ratfucking, he's never followed a lawyer's advice in his life.
  9. I'd say that's a good sign. Mansfield is one of those semi- or recently rural places that is filled with non-natives, some of which may be Texan-types finding affordable housing and some out-of-staters. So, like a lot of Texas suburbs. I'm guessing that it has some pretty hardcore Magat types as well as some "convinceable" lean-right types. And I would take this that once the convinceables saw the Magats in full effect, they flinched.
  10. By global, you mean the territory is "anywhere in the world"? Also, given that it has been more than two years since taking the class and signing the non-compete, I guess the term is more than two years? Not a WA lawdog, but nearly every formulation of law governing covenants not to compete holds that they must be reasonable as to time, territory, and scope of activity restrained. And, under most formulations, "anywhere in the world" would not be reasonable, and a term of more than two years would be pushing it, if not also unreasonable. Quick search of WA statutes indicates a different, but related approach. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.62 It looks like the general test above is applied, with certain statutory additions or glosses. Notables: may only be enforced against employees and independent contractors; a term of longer than 18 months is presumed unreasonable; only enforceable against employees paid more than 100k, independent contractors more than 250k.
  11. Yeah didn't mean to contradict, rather to elaborate on what I'm guessing is the real reason a lot of bookshelf speakers say keep a certain distance from a wall. Not all, but quite a few.
  12. At some point, I'm going to modernize my stereo. Unfortunately, many of the "higher fi" brands seem to have pretty crappy technology solutions to go with their nice amplifier electronics. And I am disinclined to spend $1k on a streamer to go with an amp. Based on @jimmyjazz recommendations of Yamaha stuff for mid-fi, I think my next receiver is probably going to be this https://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio_visual/hifi_components/r-n303/index.html I have had bad past experiences with Bluetooth, so wifi/Ethernet vastly appeals to me and not necessarily having to use my phone or a PC to cue things up appeals as well. It seems to have a Burr-Brown DAC, which I have experience with, they're reputable and I know it makes a huge difference.
  13. I defer to your acoustic expertise, but many bookshelf designs have rear-facing ports or passive radiators simply because of size, thus causing the recommendation to keep them away from walls. Like you said, it's not so much a matter of the wavelengths as the speaker design itself. And not every bookshelf design has those things.
  14. I don't think a coach can prepare a team for a rivalry game that the team has never experienced as a rivalry. We've at least played aggy every year one way or another, so someone on the roster has experienced it. Same with blOwU. That's a bit different from what Mack did with OU because I think a) Mack was intimidated by Stoops because b) Stoops always outcoached him and frequently out-talented him. Mack personally had to treat it as just another game because he always doubted winning it.
  15. It's reported all over the place. She's pure-dee white trash and can be counted on to grift it for all it's worth. I give 90%+ odds of being a recent stripper. https://www.givesendgo.com/ShilohHendrix
  16. Lil smokies are a world away from vienna sausages (maintain the old lips to peckers to assholea ratio perhaps). But I can imagine that baking them for a while might dry and firm up the viennas so they're less disgusting.
  17. And, probably most importantly, contribute more than they take.
  18. Seems oddly similar to what happened when we lost Tanner Witt. Team just nosedived for a while. To a greater degree than can be explained by the loss of a single pitcher.
  19. Also "he is the exception not the norm" is a complete load of horseshit.
  20. Except this timeline proves that this is pretty definitively not true. Truth in this administration is irrelevant. Expertise is ignored and even vilified.
  21. I mean, it's not just Walz, look at who is on his list. VP, SoS, DNI, whatever Witkoff is. Total opsec clown show.
  22. No comment on Audrey? Surly has evolved.
  23. So, I had to look at the docket. There's nothing in there that would indicate any reason for the government to settle, of course. Somewhat curiously, the government had not made a qualified immunity motion. But they were still jockeying around with jurisdictional motions. One fun thing, though. Apparently, the Babbits had hired a contingent fee lawyer out of Maryland to handle their case before Judicial Watch popped up. He has intervened with a fee lien so they're not going to get it all.
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