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  1. Team Auslaug over here:
  2. There’s a Politico interview from a couple of days ago (found it) that left the impression all of the major tech leaders are gigantic assholes if given the space and freedom to remove themselves from such parochial concerns as concern for fellow humans.
  3. I don’t think this is ridiculous at all, in fact it’s probably the most vital debate of our time. Also, I’m on team Joy Division=punk.
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    Task (HBO)

    Don’t wait, it’s pretty intense in a way that rewards the weekly roll-out.
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    Task (HBO)

    I feel like something is off with the math on this show-if you have the ability to move $1m worth of widgets that presumably command a big margin in the market, it would seem like the members of the motorcycle gang would have professionalized more than they have. At least in The Wire we see they have financial and legal professionals backing them up. Over here we got Perry and Jayson on their own trying to find $1m worth of fentanyl? I’d have every member of the crew, their wives, kids and cousins scouring that river in scuba gear.
  6. I appreciate seeing the improvement, but it’s important to remember that’s what we SHOULD be seeing in game 6 in an area in which unit play is built on experience and continuity. I still think there’s a need to upgrade talent, coaching, and possibly offensive system. Aggie just managed to grind out 34 points, 4.4 yards a carry, zero sacks, zero TFL against the same front that destroyed our line to the tune of 6 sacks and 7 TFL’s.
  7. He’s pretty ripped for 65 (probably a combo of testerone and HGH but whatever)
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    Florida Gators

    Huh, that’s what a drive like looks when you have 8 consecutive plays of positive yardage….
  9. I think you're noticing that the parts of the economy with the most price elasticity are those serving consumers most vulnerable to inflation. Hotels are increasingly chasing after the same smaller number of higher income travelers and the math of fewer travelers at higher rents pencils out for them.
  10. PL did this before Simmons and at Wash so it’s hardly a new thing. It’s possibly a reflection on the lack of challenge going against our guards and center in practice.
  11. Not really the best place to find them-there’s a lot more Colton Gordons than Bryan Woos sent to Arizona and most teams are protecting their top prospects arms after a long season.
  12. I'm not convinced that there's any real merit for UT to enthusiastically reject it. If it were up to me (particularly since Abbot isn't going to stand up to Trump), probably the right play is to make public a somewhat tepid statement of support and then proceed with business as usual. Protecting Higher Ed intellectual diversity or independence is like #75 on my list of priorities in the face of an increasingly authoritarian executive. Also, reading Marc Rowan's op-ed in the NY Times today was a good reminder that the problem truly is as simple as "billionaires are bad".
  13. For the record, this feeling is valid and I’m in support of continuing scrutiny here. That said, the actual amount spent on homeless support (and excluding bond money devoted to affordable housing that might also help provide housing for the homeless) is such a SMALL part of the budget. We’re talking 1500 beds, and that’s 1500 people NOT sleeping on sidewalks or living in tent encampments and making garbage mountains along shoal creek. It’s food for people that would be panhandling more aggressively otherwise, and pretty much every dollar being spent in this regard is supplemented by 3 or 4 dollars in private money to expand the support. I think there’s been this really bad sales job done on the left that makes tax payers feel they are getting a raw deal. Unless the state is going to involuntarily commit them (and cover the expense), homeless people are a byproduct of a society with very few social safety nets, and in which mental health treatment is mostly left to the individual, and along with a level of access to drugs that appears to be almost impossible to curb. It’s a negative externality of the economic system we’ve chosen and they won’t magically disappear if we decide to vote against prop Q. TL:DR What we spend on the homeless is some of the best dollar for dollar value we get as tax payers AND comprises such a small part of the budget that canceling it entirely won’t result in the savings needed to forgo a tax increase.
  14. I'm a little torn and leaning to voting against. On the one hand, I have to hold my nose a little less supporting city expenditures* as they support the services our family utilizes the most, they are mostly well-managed, and there's a lot less fat on the bone than critics in the city of Austin Daily Texan thread would presume. *this is in comparison to AISD and Travis County expenditures That said, I think when only Marc Duchen is voting against the tax increase it's strongly indicative of a path of least resistance undertaken by the rest of the city council/mayor, and I think it's time for Austinites to push back on tax increases overall. It would perhaps push the city into thinking more thoughtfully about development as a mechanism for increasing tax revenue and not default into "let's just put up a tax increase".
  15. I understand you're being a little somewhat tongue in cheek, but I think the "he's an asshole but he's our asshole" voter is an exaggerated faction. Even amongst MAGA voters, I think it was the "he gets us" that resonated more than the wrestling like heel promo language Trump employs. Just don't ask me how Greg Abbott or Dan Patrick earns support; those two confound me. It reminded me of the Christian Bale Terminator Salvation rant, which was quite a bit longer and more fun: Christian Bale loses his shit
  16. Too old. That’s not as bad as the push for a 77 year old Janet Mills to run against Collins in Maine but there needs to be an implied, “we’re not running someone older than 60 unless they’re an incumbent” rule.
  17. Sorry, I’ve quoted you twice now on the subject, but it’s partially because your comment was so asinine. We generally understand that Trump’s bloviating is because he’s a moron with a persecution complex and has to walk around threatening people or he’ll be revealed as the insecure, small and petty person he truly is. I don’t think it’s unfair to apply that same scrutiny to Team D, in fact the presumed clear-eyed values of the party demand it.
  18. Just for the record, I feel like the histrionics that surround losing (“fire everyone!!!!!!”) aren’t particularly productive or rational (not that they need to be, we’re fans). That said, I think it should be pretty standard to look to upgrade over your worst performing unit every year with new management. In this regard, Flood looks a whole lot more like McWhorter than someone we need to making excuses for. Also, if Banks can’t coach better discipline from the punt team and the punt returner (and it’s not like TE play is exemplary) then it’s time to upgrade there, too.
  19. Would you say you’ve never seen a sole soul there?
  20. I’ve had a number of people work for me and I have never, ever given an instruction as condescending as “Get out of my fucking shot.”
  21. I realize this is oversimplifying it, but if I hire someone and four years into his career I’ve been unable to improve his performance sufficient that he’s capable of filling the role, I’m going to put some of that blame on myself. Either I fucked up the hire or I did a bad job of training.
  22. Who do you think is leaking the bad press? That shit’s internal and it’s revenge for poor leadership and petty behavior. She’s the white Sheila Jackson Lee in that respect.
  23. Sorry if already posted-I had such high hopes for this squad and it’s nice that they get any attention at all. The Ringer 2018 Rockets-best team to not win a championship
  24. I saw that on Politico, ugh if you’re on her campaign staff trying to damage control.
  25. I’m presuming WB only has to pay once for the rights.
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