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  1. Variety had a long cover article on this yesterday and was weirdly transparent about their frustration trying to get Sydney Chandler (who plays the lead) to participate.
  2. Point of order, nothing is signed for 2026.
  3. There’s 2nd lien cash out loans (which, if your current loan is a cash-out you’ll be ineligible for) and lots of “buy before you sell” options. I’m not a big fan of the latter because they are pricey (we have a deal with UpEquity and we typically waive the premium they pay us, but it’s 2% or more in fees), but they are a solution to someone who needs a short-term loan to buy a house they can’t qualify for otherwise.
  4. That part was the most pure channeling of Grant Morrison in the film. Maybe if Gunn gets to do Batman he’ll include Bat Cow. I’m not a Snyder defender, but I do think they each had very different stories they wanted to tell. I am a little impressed, in hindsight, that Warner gave Snyder so much money to make a version so kid-unfriendly. Gunn has a good interview on Arm Chair expert and covers some of the developmental process-one factoid was that he claims to have written 650 script pages in a year for Superman, Creature Commandos, and Peacemaker S2.
  5. Rocket stock is up 46% YTD. I’m presuming investors are counting on rates dropping.
  6. While I totally agree with you, if we’re being fair, our opposition is based on the same logic (redistricting is poised to diminish our own control of political outcomes). This is also a reason why I think the Dems should have a continual background campaign of preserving voting rights integrity, including pushing for state and national laws that bring consistency and fairness to elections (ideally, around the idea of increasing competition between candidates).
  7. This is flat out wrong and indicative that you are inattentive to races held primarily in African American communities. In many of those, a religious element is deeply tied into the winning candidates rhetoric. I’ll also point out that the evangelicals running away from the Democrats began in the 70’s and longer articles in The Atlantic and Politico (discussed here when they were published) link them to an anti-abortion movement that was truly an appeal to racial segregationists. You’re not pulling these voters back in because you run a Talarico and he puts his faith front and center. Anyway, my main point is it’s a big tent and ascribing a party wide disfunction is to neglect races in which it’s a major element and in which a Democrat uses their faith effectively.
  8. I guess I’m not following, with the animating word from your original post compel as the part I’m stuck on. I would have a philosophical distinction between the religious morals, exemplified by Christian ethics, to that of the enlightening ethics, which harken more to Greek or classical ethics. I’m a poor scholar in this regard, but the founders lived in a time in which the classical ethics were popular amongst the elites and comprise much of the foundation for our rights as described in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. You seem to advocate Christian ethics, but not if they are the sole basis for law or regulations, is that correct? Talarico should not use Christian ethics to create law except when it coincides with secular ethics (which might be utilitarianism, consequentialism, etc.)?
  9. For someone under the handle Chewbacca you sure are mean to the Ewoks.
  10. I don’t think the small community of chipmunks at the St Elmo ghost town will suffer from catastrophic species collapse because they were hand fed sunflower seeds during the warmer months.
  11. I don’t find anything about the teachings of Christ unique in that they should or should not be justified to defend collective actions. And I say that as someone who enjoys Talarico’s calling out of the right’s hypocrisies. Following your example, what other behaviors that Jesus preached against would be impermissible for the government to enforce against non-believers? Murder? Theft?
  12. So we’ve hit all of this in week one (besides fly fishing, they wanted $1k for half a day and I don’t think we have sufficient interest to justify that expense). Major Dad fail on the whitewater park-I didn’t do a good safety brief on where to exit and the kids ended up going through the wake boarding section. The 8 year old was fine but the 6 year old was terrified. Lots of great coffee options here and Silver Whisker Bakery is A+. We also had fun at the farmer’s market and Salida Art Festival. Next door in Buena Vista is Simple Eatery, which I really enjoyed as a dining out option that has healthy meals. That whole main street area has a pretty different feel from Salida, considering how close they are.
  13. @mdmost is correct. Also, this has been true for the hundreds, if not thousands, of theatrical films I’ve seen in my life at a host of different theaters.
  14. I don’t think a plurality of Texans will be voting for this biography; what’s the source of your optimism?
  15. I don’t want to go full Lobo and start name dropping, but I’ve interacted with them a time or three going back over 20 years and neither has been anything other than curious and friendly. You’re likely not wrong about operations and finance, some of which I’d attribute to an intentional strategy to build early, non-Austin Alamo’s to be independent enough that management could have a more organic “rebel” attitude with screenings and the menu, and which I think was a big part of their adoption in Austin and attracted the investors. Whole Foods had the same problem, fwiw. Each one had a separate personality, product selection, in house restaurants, etc. Since the Amazon purchase all that independence has been wrung out of them for almighty profit.
  16. This, let’s not forget that it wasn’t just Saban who pioneered trapdooring guys-Meyer had a long history with it for Day to follow. Plus, OSU had a history of up or out demands on the 2nd string when the rest of Div 1 was promising 4 year scholarships, and was at least familiar that this led to some solid depth and development talent bleeding away annually.
  17. I’d like Talarico a lot more if he ran for something like AG that might be more attainable.
  18. Come to think of it, Snyder would be an inspired choice for an adaption of The Authority. Imagine Cavil’s Superman like character in a romantic relationship with Ben Affleck’s Batman.
  19. I’ve tried to get my kids into it and they check out whenever the the film shifts to Lex. Superman II holds their attention better. They’ve been raised on a heavy diet of the animated Justice League, so that’s kind of their definitive version (and tonally, the Gunn version is closest to that). I’ve let them watch Man of Steel but I turn it off before the third act (basically when Superman destroys the world engine in the Indian Ocean). Everything that follows isn’t in keeping with the popular version of Superman as a protector.
  20. I’m now on week 2 in Salida and I’ve seen a ton of (what I presume to be) hot lesbians at Topo and elsewhere. Most of them are pretty tall and lean, so not fitting the more stereotypical “butchie” look I see more often in Austin. Actually, most everyone here is like Texan minus 20+ lbs, even at Walmart.
  21. Hah! I would not have taken you for a comics girl. And yes, I think the times call for a slightly sillier or lighter version of comic book heroes than the Snyder “Greek Gods battling each other, humans behold in AWE.”
  22. To your point, we’ve witnessed a 50 year run of culture and technology progress one might describe as “anti-social”. I like the blame social media for a lot of today’s problems, but the patient was already on life support.
  23. On the Chase side, the Priority Pass lounges are crowded, ghetto or non-existent. I might swing by for a free Diet Coke, but I’m not drinking a fucking Heineken and stuffing my face with a ham and cheese croissant right before I depart, and because I fly out of ABIA I’m usually sprinting to my connect. It’s frankly been more valuable when you can get credit at some random restaurant. I presume that’s why Chase is trying to build out their own lounges.
  24. Do you? I’m pretty down conceptually on how the supposed credits are “tuned” to limit their value (like selling a $120 Door Dash credit but it’s actually $10 a month for 12 months-both of these cards are replete with that kind of chicanery). Precheck is $120 once every four years. Chase touts it because it’s marketing their card as the best for travelers, so it’s a complimentary offering, but the actual value isn’t that high. My big concern with switching is a) Chase and Amex are really pretty good when it comes to resolving disputed charges, b) additional warranty coverage on some purchases and c) built in trip insurance (which I actually have reason to need because we do a good bit of flying out of ABIA (so not direct) and I bet we end up delayed 50% of our trips.
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