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  1. 9 hours ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

     Tatum couldn’t have played much worse. 

    *shot worse. Career High 13 assists, an NBA Finals debut record.

     

     

    This got a giggle out of me:

     

    As did this one:

     

     

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  2. If we're talking about legit plot holes and not just nitpiks:

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    WTF is this assclown doing chasing pussy when he's got a week to save the world?  Go home and pour over data to make sure every possibility is exhausted? Nah!  Fuck that, let's go sailing for the day!

    To be fair, Penny does appear to be A+ quality tail...

  3. Also, did a quick search and didn't see it mentioned, so SIAP, but Glen Powell - Hangman - is an Austin native who went to Westwood and is a Texas grad.

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  4. Saw it yesterday and have to say it was pretty damn good.  Pleasantly surprised and definitely recommend.  My nitpiks:

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    Could the attack run be any bigger ripoff from Star Wars? Very sneaky how they changed the target size from 2m to 3m though.

    When they're on the final attack run, I think when Rooster finally gets his shit together and is making the climb, you can see a GoPro mounted on the rear of the aircraft.

    I get why they're using F18s and not F35/F22 for the movie, as they weren't going to get that access, but the premise that we don't have Gen5 aircraft to fight their Gen5 aircraft is idiotic, particularly since there is an F35/F22 (I can't tell the difference in passing) in the opening scene of the movie.

    The black guy that follows Maverick through the whole movie...that's not how the military works!  Dude can't be running a test flight program, then be a Top Gun instructor/staffer, then be running an aircraft carrier's launch/capture ops.

    Aircraft Carrier w/o their support group anywhere in sight, yet cruise missiles are fired from nowhere...and on the same flight path as the planes?

    Something they did in the OG and carried over again - refusal to launch support aircraft, and when they do, it's only 1 plane.  That's not how that works at all.

    All pretty minor Hollywood stuff and certainly doesn't impact the movie for the masses, just my OCD and understanding of how those ops go.  

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  5. ABIA attempts 'unusual' use of eminent domain to force out South Terminal operator

    Ask anyone stuck on an airplane waiting for a gate at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) if the Barbara Jordan Terminal is big enough, and you'll hear something like this:

    "It's mind-boggling to me that Bergstrom has not grown as it's needed to. It's embarrassing," said Jon Lamb, a Florida resident who last month was stuck on an American Airlines plane after landing because no gates were available. "I was angry that now I'm going to miss an important customer call."

    Officials who run the city-owned airport want to fix this problem by building more gates. A big plan in the works would add a new concourse by 2028 with at least 10 gates and the ability to expand to 40. The concourse would be connected to the Barbara Jordan Terminal by an underground pedestrian tunnel.

    But there's one big obstacle: The South Terminal where ultra-low-cost airlines Allegiant and Frontier operate would have to be demolished.

    The South Terminal is run by a private company, Lonestar Airport Holdings. In 2015, the Austin City Council approved a 30-year lease with Lonestar's parent company plus two optional five-year extensions.

    Lonestar says it has invested close to $20 million in the South Terminal, including about $1 million to accommodate a $75 million Allegiant base of operations that opened in November.

    So now the City of Austin is attempting a novel use of the state's eminent domain law to terminate Lonestar's lease. ABIA wants the company gone by July 2023.

    As part of the condemnation process — legal steps under eminent domain law to seize a property — the city sent an initial offer in late March to buy out Lonestar's lease for nearly $2 million.

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    Lonestar rejected the offer as "objectively offensive." In a blistering response, the company's lawyers accused the city of trying to "wrongfully condemn its way out of binding contractual obligations." They said the city's attempts to force out Lonestar would fail in court.

    Jacqueline Yaft, the airport's executive director, signaled confidence that the eminent domain process would proceed as planned.

    "The city's next steps will be to send a final offer letter to the tenant as required by the Texas eminent domain statute," she told commissioners overseeing the airport.

    If that offer is rejected, the city would then file a condemnation lawsuit to force out Lonestar.

    Attorneys who work in eminent domain law said this is far from an open-and-shut case.

    "I think this is kind of an unusual one," David Todd, an eminent domain attorney based in Austin, said. "We may even develop some new case law based on the result of what the result is here."

    "There is some precedent to say [the government] can't use eminent domain simply to take over a business that it had already contracted to allow someone else to do," Todd said.

    Usually, eminent domain is used to seize property for a public use. In this case, the city is trying to terminate a lease on its own property.

    "That's a very atypical scenario," said Luke Ellis, an eminent domain attorney who teaches at UT Austin. "Usually the condemning entity is not the owner."

    Ellis says even if the city can use eminent domain to force out the South Terminal operator, it may have unintended consequences.

    "If the city could simply condemn its way out of any contract that they no longer believe is suitable or advantageous to the city, the net effect of that is private enterprise is going to have zero interest in doing any business with the city," he said.

    Airport officials have been reluctant to comment publicly on a case that could wind up in court. ABIA issued a statement that reads in part: "The Department of Aviation will continue to work with all business stakeholders and tenants throughout the duration of this program and looks forward to delivering an improved passenger experience to all AUS customers."

     

  6. 21 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    I don’t know if Rudy’s is slipping or not but the location at Selma puts out Brisket that is so overcooked and dry that I gave it to the dogs. Not exaggerating.

    Pretty sure that's a rogue Rudy's and not part of the overall Rudy's corp.  I think someone on here gave the details at some point.  I avoid that place, which is disappointing, because it's a perfect spot to grab grub on the way back from SATX.

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  7. 6 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I'm watching Season 1 for the first time in forever and my god, the format was such a shit show.

    The very first guy kicked off is still one of my favorites, hundreds of knives packings later.  Bragging his ass off about where he worked and who for.  Think he couldn't butcher fish and/or didn't get his dish completed - I don't even remember the specifics, just how beautifully swift and ruthless justice/karma/whatever was executed.

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  8. Whoa.  I know Greg and there's no way he's aware of this guy's conservative views, or he wouldn't be giving him a testimonial.  Not that it matters, but he's been in that house for well over 20yrs (25 maybe?), so it's not exactly a relevant endorsement.

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  9. Miami GP feature on SportsCenter just now with a theme on how the US and F1 have had a checkered past w/ no real history....and just completely ignored the past 10 years in Austin.  I know ESPN sucks and all that, but this is one of the reasons I was (am) anti-multiple GP in the states.  Taking our shine.

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