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Larry T. Spider

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  1. I’m a fan of Liz but that was a bit much for me.
  2. Warren after bloomerberg again.
  3. I threw up a little in my mouth.
  4. This. I was still weighing my options until a few days ago. Still plan to vote early but wanted to see how a few things shook out in the presidential primary first.
  5. When should we expect polling that will include the debate and its potential bump? Interested to see if it translated to anything. Also and word on a fundraising bump? I am constantly blasted with Bloomberg and Bernie commercials.
  6. Trump is -240 on my book to win.
  7. They get money off welfare while voting against such programs because its socialism.
  8. The Bloomberg line where he tried to downplay his sexual harassment as “only some jokes” was truly cringeworthy for me.
  9. I’m back. She’s the best candidate in the race and she will get the two votes from this house.
  10. Pete is that annoying guy in high school that didn’t do any work on the group project because he was busy promoting himself at a student council meeting. But he made sure that he got a killer spot in the presentation and took all the credit by being a smooth talker.
  11. Last couple of digs not withstanding, Liz is having a great night. Not sure it will translate to the polls but it’s a good night for her. Needs to finish with some positivity though.
  12. Wife and I went through all the candidates to decide who to vote for in the primary. We both like warren the best but aren’t about throwing our votes away. We ended up deciding to just roll with her and hope things somehow turn around. It’s a long shot but this race has been schizophrenic so far.
  13. Sounds like you are leaving right around then but Lone Star Park starts live racing in mid-April.
  14. I don’t have specific knowledge of any collectable but like to hustle to make extra money on the side. What is something easy to get into just to get some experience with this? I have bought and sold on eBay in the past but it was just stuff I wanted to get rid of, not something I was trying to flip. Any advice you have would be helpful.
  15. I’m in for ‘bout tree fiddy.
  16. 10 years ago - solid republican voter 8 years ago - luke warm republican voter 4 years ago - luke warm Democrat voter Now - Democrat donor and solid voter who will be an insufferable prick to republicans when this state goes blue. Fuck those vote suppressing mother fuckers and the bullshit they pull to try to retain power at the expense of the least advantaged in society. Unlike republicans, Dems won’t have to play those games because when this state goes blue, it’s never going back.
  17. I’ll gladly vote for her if she is the dem nominee. If you like her policies, I highly suggest you register and vote for the eventual dem nominee as well. They will have much more in common with her than a cruel con man like Trump.
  18. I have so much respect for Beto and what it is doing. He could easily be sitting at home or making a shitload at a corporate gig. Buts he’s been out campaigning for other people, even if they have little shot at winning. He’s done more to turn Texas blue than anybody since the republicans took over.
  19. I’ve read through the thread and thought about it. I moved here as an 8 year old in 1991 so I have seen most of the changes and I have two answers. 1. The late 90s tech boom because it populated the suburbs. Austin wasn’t really a city where many people lived in the burbs until around that time. At the beginning of that decade, in 1990, around 5,000 people lived in cedar park. Now there are 80,000 there with an additional 130,000 in round rock. It was the first time where the greater Austin area began to stretch across large swaths of land. 2. 2009 The freak out over the 2008 collapse was in the beginning stages of recovery and people started moving to Austin from all over with good paying jobs. They growth was always there but this time it was different. Many were coming from outside of Texas and with a big budget. They wanted to live in the city and didn’t mind paying a ton or living in a high rise condo.This is when the culture of the city changed as much as the skyline. I never cared much about money growing up because I could do everything that I wanted to with my middle class parents footing the modest bill. Rich or middle class didn’t matter too much because we all hung out at the same places. Hell, half of what I did was completely free. You never knew if the guy next to you wearing jorts and an obscure band shirt was homeless or a millionaire. Money matters a lot in Austin now. It’s expensive to live in the parts of the city that make Austin cool. Most events and the better restaurants are expensive as well. I still hang out at places like workhorse and draughthouse that have a local vibe and won’t break the bank, but that’s not most people’s version of Austin anymore. Im not too bitter about the changes because it’s been a constant since I’ve moved here. There was never a time that Austin wasn’t growing. I think the poster that said Austin is in it’s weird pre-teen awkward phase is pretty correct. There is a lot of almost anxiety about what Austin is and what it will become.
  20. Would love to hear prosecutors defend evidence collected by that cop in their upcoming trials.
  21. There was a great article that came out in the Atlantic a few years ago about “the death of expertise”. We now distrust people that have devoted their life to a field of study to instead listen to a political hack with a catchy phrase.
  22. Bernie madoff talk no going away 2020
  23. Same thing with fake complaints on regular uber rides. People just scamming for free rides and uber says no less than south Austin’s mom.
  24. CNN currently interviewing people from different candidates asking them what they will do if their candidate isn’t the eventual nominee. 100% said vote for the democrat no matter what.
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