Everything posted by swraith
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Jon Stewart Knocks It Out of the Park
That social contract fails if the population does not hold members of Congress accountable for failing to act. That is where we are today.
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Jon Stewart Knocks It Out of the Park
There is only shame to be had on this topic. The fact that politicians can not be embarrassed by their positions on this topic reflect how much “noise” is in our daily lives. The electorate just doesn’t follow through and hold Congress accountable.
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2019 Gardening thread of homegrown tomatoes
Blackberries collected from last several days minus what I eat while picking.
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2018 Lawn and Landscape Thread
My St Augustine ( cultivar unknown) is really starting to thin out under the canopies of several of my mature pecan trees. As mentioned above, my primary suspect is too much shade. Wife doesn’t want the pecan trees thinned or limbed up, so I just put in 144 plugs of palmetto st Augustine. I put them in a range of conditions from almost full sun to full shade. We will see how it performs. Online, palmetto reads as being one of the better shade tolerant varieties.
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2019 Rain Thread
Some crazy fun is 78757. Neighbors Croos the street appear to have lost power. 1 lady sitting in her car in the driveway for the last 20 minutes
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Markets still falling like whoa
Seems we are in bad news = rising stock market based on the belief the Fed will cut interest rates. Everybody is addicted to cheap credit.
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2019 Rain Thread
Southbound Mopac
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The Kush -- Jared Kushner's Rise to Failure
American society clearly worships at the alter of wealth. The means to obtaining that wealth appears immaterial at the point.
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2019 Gardening thread of homegrown tomatoes
Tomato from garden. Blackberries have been producing for a week. Getting my first blueberries.
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The Batshit Insane QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Reading the Q nonsense seems like a sure fire strategy to kill brain cells and lower your IQ
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The Kush -- Jared Kushner's Rise to Failure
^^^ basically anything said in the past doesn’t have to be defended. Just evade. It’s all about winning today.
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Trump's Trade War
^^^ in bunker mode....keeping their powder dry for the democrat president...whenever that is It is all a show
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Trump's Trade War
Right Trump got just shy of 4.7 million votes in TX in 2016. Hillary got just shy of 3.9 million votes in TX in 2016. Beto got 4.0 million in 2018 for Senate. Do we have evidence Trump would get less than 4.7 million in 2020? Seems to me Democrats still have a very high bar to clear to win TX in 2020.
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Late Night Political Talk Shows
Trump is doing his best Señor Phlegm impersonation.
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Trump's Trade War
^^^ don’t think so. Too many republicans already don’t vote in their own self interest. Why would this be any different?
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Markets still falling like whoa
Nothing like a natural hedge.
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America has a Moscow Mitch problem
Mcconnell has no problems today.
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Trump's Trade War
Clearly this will help to continue to drive economic growth for years to come.
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Markets still falling like whoa
Sp500 futures only down 20 points. Clearly no big deal if Americans pay 5 to 25% more for our limes and avocados.
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Battleship Texas being relocated
I don’t get the appeal of Kemah.
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McConnell: "We'll fill seat if Supreme Court Justice dies next year"
Par for the course.
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Battleship Texas being relocated
If it would fit....Galveston would be cool. My son and I slept on the ship overnight as part of a Cub Scout event last fall. It was a good event. Many of the parents who had been to the Lexington commented that the experience on the Texas was far superior. My son loved the overnight event.
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2019 Rain Thread
Except for Some potential on May 30th, I guess the rain is over for the summer in Austin.
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Markets still falling like whoa
It’s interesting that with S&P down another 75 points today, VIX is still only at 21. I would have expected a higher VIX.
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2019 Rain Thread
I think I am in love with El Niño.