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Checking in from Georgia: this is the first cell service I’ve had since late Thursday night. I’m glad the horns won, but from the threads on the football board, we’re either ok or terrible? We braved the down trees and power lines and 1-lane roads Friday evening to find a better place to stay. We’ve been through many hurricanes and this is the first one that was genuinely scary as it passed over us. It moved inland so fast that it didn’t lose much power. My town is in bad shape and we’re pretty far inland. No power and water with varying timelines as to when it’ll come back. I’ve heard reports that there might be undrinkable water as of late last night. Some towns are looking at 30+ days possibly.

This thread:

I’ve been sitting on a hot take for a while about how overrated Euler was; how we have way more advanced math these days; how he would just be average these days at some middling directional school; and how asinine it was to name a Houston-based professional football team after an overrated math nerd. Is this the right thread or should I go to the ugly shoe thread? Also, calling my shot, Trump loses GA. We’ve rejected his movement every time since 2016 and like elsewhere, flag enthusiasm is WAY down.

There is certainly a highly distorted view of strength and courage running rampant through our dead and rotting culture, but we all watched a woman stand up to and make a fool out of the big scary avatar of all of our worst traits while so many terrified men are desperately inventing new fears to fear; maybe it’s way past time to drop gendered insults regarding toughness and courage and find new ways to insult these trembling weaklings.

I can’t place it, but I’m pretty sure “laminated women on a bulleting board” is a line in a Bruce Springsteen song.

As you come into Cincinnati, keep an eye on the left for the giant Jesus statue that looks like a butter sculpture. The locals lovingly call it “Big Butter Jesus.” The connected church is called Church of the Solid Rock. Their last giant Jesus statue was NOT solid rock but rather styrofoam and burned down when it was struck by lightning. After an act of God destroyed the giant statue, I guess they decided to try again in butter form. After you try the original Skyline in Cincinnati, be sure to hit up the Kentucky Welcome Center on 71 for maps, coffee, and to deal with your diarrhea. In Louisville, the Steak ‘n Shake on Hurstborne is always a good show. Enjoy it, because you’ll be waiting for about an hour for sloppy burgers and of course shakes. I’d follow that up with the Great American Cookie for desert at the Mall of St. Matthews — an easy drive from Steak ‘n Shake. If you’re feeling adventurous, visit the University of Louisville and the surrounding neighborhoods. I can PM a map of where various friends and family were mugged or shot at. Enjoy your trip!

Conservative values as demonstrated in the current era: 1. Outrageous over-the-top dishonesty 2. Blasphemy in the name of Jesus 3. Tacky flag desecration 4. A love of violence 5. Ineptly climbing walls and fences in an attempt at something that is totally not religious terrorism.

That guy obviously doesn’t belong in decent society, but from the comfort of my couch, “fuck that baby” is hilarious and perfectly delivered.

I teach at a college that has a pretty large athletic population. It’s very far down the pecking order from a place like Texas, so most of the students don’t openly harbor professional aspirations; they’ve just found a way to finance their education and keep playing their sport. Generally they’re not entitled and decent to talk with; there are some general traits for each sport. My favorite are the wrestlers. It’s like taking a bunch of surfers who spent the summer working at a funeral home and shooting them up with horse tranquilizers. They’re probably just hungry. Regarding baseball as the “thinking man’s game,” there’s plenty of strategy and a certain kind of thinking in any sport played at a high level. I always figured that baseball got that moniker due to it being a quite a bit whiter than the big three sports at the top level. At least prior to NBA rules changes regarding the draft, MLB was clearly the least educated of the big three major league sports, yet culturally it was and still is considered the thinking game over the other two. I can’t imagine why.

Here’s the solution:

Nothing of consequence, but I noticed a quirk in how Pete speaks. I don’t watch a ton of talking political heads, but I watched the Pete clip and have seen a one or two others recently and notice that he rarely/never says Kamala Harris’ name; he’ll say the awkward “her and Tim Walz” and of course he’ll contemptuously say Trump’s name over and over, but the only time I heard Kamala Harris’ name in the CNN interview was “Harris/Walz” one time. Maybe I missed another, but the point remains. Im not sure if it’s just a Pete quirk or something else, but it caught my ear.

I don’t think he wins GA. Statewide races have consistently rejected MAGA since 2016. MAGA has largely lost in republican primaries to those pretending to be reasonable republicans and when MAGA makes it to the general election (see Herschel), it loses.

On 1/6/21 I realized that garbage in garbage out applies with him and that hearing him speak is harmful; for evidence, see what’s become of many of our previously normal parents. Since that day, I turn off or down anything where he speaks, so I haven’t heard more than one word in 4 years with one exception: I did listen to Jon Stewart’s bit on the Gettysburg Wow Address.

Regarding the attacks on Waltz’s’s’ services and my perspective as a veteran: it makes me angry that republicans would lie to denigrate any veteran’s service. It’s just about the most anti-veteran, unpatriotic, and unAmerican thing I could imagine. It’s not surprising coming from a movement with no moral compass, but it still is anger inducing.

This election has a Sorry ma, I forgot to take out the trash vibe to me.