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LCHorn

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  1. I think the Dems are a little paralyzed but also following the apocryphal Napoleon quote "when your enemy is making a false move, don't interrupt him." You'll see them get more coverage once there's more discontent amongst the middle and middle-right. You've already got the Bernie Sanders folks and they are the fun police. I like your idea that it needs to come from the bottom up, though. The DNC and elites in the party are totally ignored by the huge swath of young people who don't consume legacy media.
  2. They can’t do that shit, they are institutionalists. Don’t you want them to stand for something besides externalizing your frustration?
  3. I actually think they’ll be hiring a bunch of staff aug consultants from Deloitte and CGI and the funding won’t be considered part of the agency budget (and they’ll be able to tout labor cost savings when the bottom line is actually worse). Of course, we’ll be in a recession by then because firms will have fully pulled back on spending with the increase in unemployment. It’s quite a statement on the current state of affairs that it’s the silver lining.
  4. This is more for @chainsaw, but as an avid consumer of center left media I can tell you the Dems are running all kinds of ideas out there but nothing is getting traction besides Biden fucked us. Maybe they are better off as a lifestyle/culture brand with political leanings. That’s basically what MAGA is. I do think it’s interesting that a lot of Dem office holders are going to great pains to say “look at how heterodox my views are!”
  5. Someone in the Navy is adjacent enough to the USMC to well understand getting fucked by the green weenie.
  6. I think they had successfully hidden the loss of range behind their shift strategy, and the rules change away from that made it more of an acute problem.
  7. I was going to add something about that second point but deleted it and yes, it’s hard not to root for an athlete that’s been grinding in the minors for ten years that’s finally made the show. For an actor, it’s also a reminder on how talented a lot of these performers are even if they’re not getting cast as leads in more visible productions. Pos rep for the Sneakers reference, perfect film.
  8. If we're depending on JP France to do more than pitch for a couple of weeks because a starter is on the 7 or 10 day DL then we're in trouble.
  9. I lost interest when they made it to the Arctic, that’s maybe ep 3 or 4. Does it get better? And this is in spite of the fact that I’m secretly in love with Anna Sawai (Jon Lovitz voice “or actually, it’s Anna that’s in love with me!”)
  10. My hairy ass prediction is he’s up before Matthews. He’s still looks kind of skinny fat.
  11. Unfortunately they will aim their ire locally instead of the appropriate direction.
  12. I think he takes breaks from surly, particularly when there isn’t a reason to remind everyone that LSU is better than us. Plus, I think he’s friendly with @Brisketexan who would let us know if there was cause for worry (or a well-check, he’s been open about his addiction recovery).
  13. I think the genie is out of the bottle there as college football increasingly resembles the NFL. Fans still support regional teams for emotional, personal reasons (me excepted because fuck you Bud Adams, I hope your hell is being forced to watch the 1993 Bills comeback for eternity) even if the players are mostly self interested in their careers. I do wonder if there’s an inevitable collision at some point between college football revenue growth and the NFL because kids aren’t watching or playing football like previous generations.
  14. Not bullshit but also not the panacea for the consumer that it sounds like. Let me give you an example; Joe Smith bought his house in 2018 for $300k, put down 3.5% on and FHA loan, and now wants to sell it (and his 2.5% interest rate) as an FHA assumable loan). The problem is that his house is now worth $500k, he owes $275K, so the new buyer will need to come up with $225k to assume a loan whose PRIMARY utility in the marketplace is to make homebuying more attainable for borrowers lacking great credit and/or more than 3.5% for down-payment. The other shit part is that the assumption (and this is covered upthread) takes 45-“who knows how many” days for the assumption process to conclude and most sellers are going to prefer someone with a predictable timeline. That said, it’s something to sell in a crowded marketplace and there’s probably niche cases (FHA multifamily, VA Jumbo) where it’s far more likely to be utilized.
  15. Pretty crazy she’s not better known this deep into her career. The show itself is a showcase for her and she’s wonderful. Also, credit to the DP’s who are shooting all the close-up shots and capturing all the subtlety from the cast. Milchik guy is pretty great, too.
  16. If they were asking my opinion, I’d be trying to downshift back to practical special effects. I know probably every shot in Iron Man has had digital enhancement but it just looks so much more real, just the basic physics of how stuff moves and how the camera captures that movement. Plus, it’s so much cheaper.
  17. That was the best part. We caught it today for a noon matinee at the Alamo Village and I couldn’t get into it.
  18. I like both the leads but zero chemistry.
  19. This-at least OB has Steve Hicks leaking anything that gets to the BOR level. I’m sure CDC is well aware that there are candidates previously thought unavailable that don’t come out unless the position is available.
  20. I think you’re referring to their communication medium and potential messaging. I have something different in mind, which is they need to resolve to fix the problems faced by loser young dudes that aren’t of their own making. Otherwise they are going to continue to be a voting block that votes “asshole” by default simply because the Democrats seek to elevate every group but them.
  21. Given how much maintenance those take to keep on the road I doubt it gets much use aside from being photographed in their parking lot.
  22. Sign of a healthy program, imo. We should be getting a couple of coaches promoted up every year.
  23. I was actually going to include that but thought it was a little presumptuous considering no one I talk to has mentioned it. I think Rodney Terry would have been fine raising funds from white folks* but his program looks disorganized, his resume isn’t there to tell a different story, and the performance of the team is underwhelming. I think all of those are more material than race in the NIL donor calculus. Honestly, that’s probably what gets him canned, not missing the tournament (although everything is connected). Kind of like Herman, CDC is going to see via donor disinterest that recruiting is going to be tough and it’s downhill from here. *I’ll add that connecting to black parents and selling the “I can be a mentor” in a more natural way because of race and cultural connection is partly why Rodney Terry was hired as an assistant. The template donors are used to is the head coach as the CEO and the assistants as big brothers, in part because that’s how they run their orgs, and Terry being good at that part but not others kind of reinforces the idea that he’s peter principled as a head coach.
  24. I think they’ve been withholding for the same reason @SL Xpress and others have gone over-they’ve been expecting Terry to underperform and will be more willing to stake the next guy, who CDC will sell as a veteran program builder. This is beating a very dead horse, but Beard had the folks I know involved with football NIL very excited and as basketball will be starved unless the program has a coach that can compete with Sark on performance and/or personal charisma.
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