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Dbeasy

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  1. I think most people have felt for awhile that the employment situation seemed worse than the reported numbers. I’ve certainly felt that way for about a year. But with that said, you do realize that there are 160 million people employed in the US, right? The unemployment rate is still not high, and these number adjustments are still relatively small on a large denominator. We haven’t even begun to see the types of job loss numbers you see in a recession. Those numbers are coming, though, because of the government policies being enacted. The economy is being driven into a ditch as we speak, and it’s not due to Fed policy. It’s a President looking for someone to blame. The BLS numbers have become the latest politicized topic for people to try and bolster their “team”. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm Rate cuts are definitely coming now, but too much too fast and the inflation problem that is already a problem (PPI 3%, etc) will become a serious problem. Oh, and the inconsistent tarriff policies, global foreign relations disasters, and other bad policies make it virtually impossible for the Fed to do their job. The problem is this President. Period. There is a reason this administration has been begging for rate cuts. They don’t care about inflation, and especially don’t care about the fact inflation is an incredibly regressive tax on the lower income populations. They care only about business growth for their wealthy donors and their own business interests. And there is a real chance he wants a recession so the wealthy can buy up even more of the country’s wealth during it. All this to say that the Fed has not been driving thru the rearview mirror, and I don’t think you’ve fully realized who this President is really working for.
  2. We had family in town last weekend. For those of us that punted our season tickets during Covid, does anyone stay during the game and watch it from the tailgate?
  3. Pretty interesting video. Survived a hellfire missile hit.
  4. Jesus. This is unbelievable. The US has become the Taliban. edit: what’s even more frightening is all the Aggie rubes supporting the firings on Facebook. Thousands of people.
  5. Dbeasy

    TexMex

    Eating here now. Pretty decent food, and the hot sauce is good too.
  6. So did I miss who won this? edit: clarifying for a particular rube that I’m talking about the score contest not the game.
  7. I tend to get overly critical of the Horns after games when they don’t play to their potential, but this thread is ridiculous. That game was not that bad. Grow a pair, pussies.
  8. Haven’t watched the whole game but when I have watched Mateer looks ok against an over-rated Michigan team. His running will give the Texas defense problems if they don’t use a spy.
  9. The game threads are intolerable. There is so much negativity. I see that some of that has leaked over here. It was a basic game against an inferior opponent and was never in doubt. So they didn’t look dominating. It was good enough.
  10. A very talented running back with great vision, decent speed, and nice escapability. And he will never see the field again. He just can’t hold onto the ball.
  11. Arch’s mobility and pocket awareness gives him a huge advantage over Ewers.
  12. Based on that the throw a few plays ago, it seems Arch may have an injured shoulder. He’s still throwing darts, but something’s up. That grimace was not normal.
  13. That was very concerning. It was like his shoulder is hurt.
  14. MVP? Longhorn Hall of Honor?
  15. Spreading sour cream on anything is one of the most annoying things ever. Whatever you use to spread, the sour cream will stick to it like a Velcro super glue fastener.
  16. I’ll just say it again. If they had bunted the runner over to second, instead of hitting into a double play, Altuve’s hit would have scored a run. I don’t believe the analytics these teams are using.
  17. Or some ill-booten gotty.
  18. Sorry about that. I just get so frustrated with the state of our country right now, I have no faith a billionaire will face any real repercussions.
  19. That is the America we live in these days and it’s incredibly frustrating. It will ultimately be the demise of this great experiment. Yes there was. At the turn of the century in the early 1900’s the public got so fed up with the cheating, lying, illegal, and immoral behavior of the super rich that they elected as president Teddy Roosevelt, who reined in the super rich, at least as much is possible, by breaking up monopolies and implementing other policies. He was successful because he had a well informed public that valued integrity behind him. Today, even people with the right integrity can’t make a dent in the corruption because the public is stupid, and doesn’t care.
  20. Yes. What’s interesting is that the 5 yr bond is down to 3.5%, which is below both of the rate cuts planned for sep and nov. so the bond market believes it’s headed lower, faster than the current consensus rate cut predictions.
  21. OP please note this post. A few years ago I had your symptoms and the above is what I ended up having. Despite reading that it was a condition which might not go away, my primary care doctor treated it with some sort of medication and it cleared up right away. It was a terrifying level of pain. Almost unbearable. I went to the doctor after the dentist failed to identify the issue correctly.
  22. This may have been covered already but why no Gibson or Clark appearances? I would have thought Gibson especially. So if he didn’t even get a touch I’m assuming portal in December.
  23. I pay way too much for tv service right now, and am finally cutting services as soon as the regular baseball season ends. However, stealing service isn’t my style, so we will pick up YTTV or Hulu Live. And while the cost of tv service can be a waste, in our case it probably keeps us from going out at least 3 nights a month for dinner, which would cost us $300. So, it’s not quite as wasteful is it first seems.
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