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Dbeasy

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  1. How about we both just list out all the lies from the two candidates and compare. I’ll do Trump. You do Biden. Since you’ve made the more provocative claim, you go first.
  2. I have a vague recollection of you as a reasonable poster. But your unsubstantiated and wrong attack on Biden regarding young people is just flat out loony, and I’m not a Democrat. He is one of the most genuine Presidents we’ve had in a long time and he has absolutely pursued policies to help young people, as several posters above have listed. If you think he should be doing a lot more, than you’ve forgotten that he also has to balance his decisions against other constituents, like Jewish Americans, minority groups, the aging, etc. Please go find your common sense. You sound completely unhinged.
  3. This is an extremely important post. Both posters hit at the heart of the disagreement and issue being discussed. SquishMitten is absolutely right. IMO it’s fine for the university to be well prepared for escalation and if necessary take firm action. The problem is that they took action too quickly. Would it have escalated to what has been seen elsewhere in the country? Yes it probably it would have. This demonstrates how important it is to be very very careful when taking action against protestors.
  4. Was talking with west coast tech folks and I’m getting the impression Abbott and Patrick have screwed up royally. Originally, Austin was seen as a great destination for tech companies because of the favorable business climate combined with more central politics. Unfortunately, the far right policies of late, and the over the top political posturing have soured the tech community on the city and state. A lot of companies have now put on the brakes on future business plans in Texas. Dumbfucks.
  5. Imo Texas needs two bigger players, not 1. Would have preferred to see that instead of another guard.
  6. We agree, and if we agree that means it really should be done because we do not come from the same world outlook on many topics.
  7. I really don’t understand why there is so much arguing in this thread. The deficits being run right now are considered a serious issue by just about every credible economist and fiscal policy maker out there. Both parties share the blame for this, some politicians more than others,and the only way to get this situation out of the extreme red zone is a combination of more taxation revenue carefully applied, more controlled spending, and using moderately higher inflation over the next 15 years to bleed away some of the debt as a percentage of gdp. That is the only solution. Period. The faster the parties come to terms with it and try to start solving it, the faster the danger can be reduced. Otherwise the climb to catastrophe continues. Maybe we do all end up on Bitcoin.
  8. I don't understand the following post in an online site that exposes corporate misconduct. Maybe one of the mortgage folks here understands this: Hunterbrook Media, a new media outlet that shares its stories in advance with an affiliated hedge fund, published a follow-up article on UWM Holdings (NYSE: UWMC — $10.2 billion), a wholesale mortgage lender. Hunterbrook Media said it “learned that a UWM executive set up a shell company that in 2019 was used to purchase and establish UMortgage, a Philadelphia-based mortgage company that brands itself as independent.” Hunterbrook also highlighted videos posted by a former UMortgage originator who claimed that “UMortgage leadership regularly manipulates its rate sheets to make UWM’s loans appear cheaper than those from other lenders — without telling the UMortgage loan originators whose responsibility it is to shop for the best deal on behalf of clients.”
  9. I hear what you are saying and I probably would have dropped my commission to get the deal done, but unless I'm misunderstanding something, the buyer agent negotiated a rate with the buyer, but when it came time to pay that rate on the house they wanted to purchase, the buyer wasn't offering a high enough price to make the deal work. The fundamental issue goes back to what price the buyer negotiated with the agent. I may be missing something here.
  10. He needs to cut back on his salary a bit, head to San Antonio, and get another title with Wemby and the 2024 draft pick.
  11. Whenever I wonder why disinformation campaigns work so well, I just think of this thread. People will twist logic in absurd directions to satisfy their insecure feelings.
  12. While they’ve drafted to the positions of need, the only pick I like of the entire draft is the KSU pick. I’m going to predict massive busts. They got too enamored with athletic measurables. Hope I’m dead wrong.
  13. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    Who? Never heard of them. It the fact that all the playoff teams and the contenders for the playoffs are all at the top of the draft list. Pretty amazing.
  14. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    This is some of the most compelling data I’ve seen in a long time that talent is what wins championships. Obvious I know, but it also shows how impossible it is for a great coach to win with lower quality talent.
  15. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    love seeing Robinson get drafted. Incredible.
  16. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    Mel Kiper is the Jeff Fisher of Draft Prognosticators. Mel Kiper is a talentless hack. Mel Kiper is the biggest proof point that worthless white men unfairly get good jobs.
  17. After being away from Austin for 28 years and finally moving back, I can say that East Austin is amazing. The food, the bars, the atmosphere. Fantastic. Love it.
  18. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    Just listening to Saban, I think he knows every player in the draft in depth. I don’t think the network even gave him notes.
  19. Two years from now Cowboy fans will wish they had drafted Patrick Paul in the second round instead of Guyton in the first.
  20. I would recommend everyone read the Tribune article if you haven’t already. It’s a fairly balanced account of the situation. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/24/ut-austin-israel-hamas-war-palestine-student-arrests/ Yes there were tents. Yes the protestors violated rules. But yes, there was an over-reaction to the situation. So in reality, like everything these days, the truth is somewhere in the middle, as opposed to the over the top viewpoints expressed by many. But ultimately, the university did not handle this well.
  21. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    It’s a Longhorn fest!
  22. Dammit where was this group demanding justice when I told my boss he was nothing but a used tire salesman. I really could have used the support.
  23. Dbeasy

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    Leonard! edit: Big Human!
  24. You keep saying this but are not digesting what multiple posters keep trying to tell you. Yes he did it in advance. Because the people he works for made it very clear they did not want another Columbia.
  25. Yes. Everyone can blame Hartzell and maybe he was complicit but in my opinion the focus should be on the politicians and administrators driving this from shadowy backrooms. And 90% of the posters on here demanding that he should have done something in the face of this pressure are the same 90% that never say a word to their bosses when being abused in the workplace.
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