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  1. I don't know how you justify this criticism in the face of Biden's terrible campaign. I had the same thought, but I'm also far less fond of both of them than you are and wouldn't mind seeing them bloody each other in the primary.
  2. This is more for @Ag with kids, but one reason Bozo keeps picking on you is that you're a good representative of the kind of thinking that's confused the present, dysfunctional system as working for you. Millions of Texas Republican voters would be, for example, shocked to find out that their business friendly, low tax, low service state is taxing their household more than they would pay in blue or purple states.
  3. I haven't used DoorDash since the Covid lockdown because it results in an additional $10 expense for cold food. Am I missing out?
  4. Not to pile on, but there's a good argument that gerrymandering results in weaker, less competitive candidates whether the district is drawn for team blue or team red. And that's not including the general presumption that we SHOULD be trying to steer this democratic experiment back towards majority rule, and the most simple method of doing so would be to have districts drawn in a manner that invites the most general election competition.
  5. I've already hit on Mackie's weakness as a lead, but also the character in the MCU is pretty far down the list of notables about which I want to see more, and that's after sitting through all of the Falcon and Winter Soldier episodes.
  6. I will say this--I think there's some bloom off the Feige rose. I'm loath to criticize a studio giving chances to up and coming talent with light CV's or confined to TV, or even to prioritize African American screenwriters over more decorated options when the story directly revolves around matters or history experienced in that community. That said, it's Feige's job to greenlight a production or not and that film was just BORING.
  7. I have mixed feeling on this as prima facie evidence of bad production management. There's just plenty of evidence of films with that start with a final draft, end up crap, and films that basically get re-written on the fly and end up terrific. Marvel has basically been breaking up productions into a big shoot and a supplementary shoot, anyway. Also, Beau DeMayo is basically making the same complaint every creative has ever had about production executives.
  8. I'm going to be downgrading while my wife keeps her card, and one of the reasons for both is that booking anything through Chase is an enormous inconvenience if there's any kind of flight changes or delays. Also, I do not get the benefit of "The Edit", at all, but then again I'm not spending $1500 a night to stay at the Four Seasons if I can get something 3 star for $200. I love being able to go downstairs and have a cool bar in the same building, but it's not worth $1k, and I loath the whole "$100 for breakfast for two" or " "$200 credit for hotel amenities, not including room rate" bull shit that I'm disinclined to use. I'm not going all the way to Paris so I can have a hotel breakfast. I bet if you have an annual spend of $75K you can find better card options...
  9. So on the Kingcast they will ask of their guests their Stephen King origin story...mine was seeing this at the floor of an older neighbor that I looked up to--I was most likely nine or ten: To be followed by Night Shift. I was a little scared of trying the novels because I had seen Cujo on TV, and my Mom had shared that the book does not have a happy ending. It would be a few years but I think my real affinity began with the 1990 update of The Stand, after which I tore through most of what King had published in the 80's besides the Dark Tower books, which I didn't get going on until I was an adult (and I still haven't read Tommyknockers or the Dark Half).
  10. FWIW, Wayne was there Saturday, so if it was bad then there’s no one else to blame. I’ve had somewhat inconsistent BBQ pretty much everywhere beside Franklin.
  11. I feel like someone upthread had Louie Mueller recently and said it was bad-we went yesterday for the first time in a few years and it was A++, particularly the lean brisket. Also, only two people in front of us in line.
  12. It’s probably the same 10 assholes, but I’m shocked at how many Athletic articles on the Astros are just overwhelmed with comments referencing trash cans and cheating. Fangraphs, too.
  13. Appraisal Districts asses a value as of 1/1 in the current calendar year. There’s informal deference, at times, to purchases made in the previous year (they may ask for the settlement statement and use the purchase amount as the current value), or, like in 2021, they may make time adjustments. At least in Austin, they ARB hearing volunteers are mainly older females. They tend to be unfairly deferential to the county but that’s kind of the nature of it.
  14. They’ve already started; Thunderbolts, Captain America NWK and FF had estimated production budgets of $200m or less. Quantumania was at $330m, by comparison. Marvels at $303m per Wikipedia.
  15. yeah, but that’s same as it ever was-I remember going with my Dad, who was doing some appraisal work to make ends meet after the S&L’s went to shit in the early 80’s, in Crosby and Mont Belvieu and seeing clean Corvette’s parked in front of small houses that looked like goats lived there. There’s another, more urban contingent who can’t make a $3k house payment but they can do $1k on a SUV, and delayed gratification is for pussies.
  16. Derek Thompson had Conor Sen (Bloomberg columnist) on his podcast a couple of weeks back and they think housing unaffordability is pushing crypto investing amongst younger generations--I wonder if this is an example of that, as well ("I can't afford a house, but I can afford this car..")
  17. We went to Kopke, it was fine. I wish I liked port more but it's just too sweet. 7G Cafe is just behind the Port Houses and it's really good for breakfast/coffee/place to work or post on Surly.
  18. That's basically arguing for the destruction of the republic. The Democrats do need to shift focus, however. You can't gather support for social programs if half of the electorate is convinced the real problem is lazy minorities. You can't protect public health if a significant portion has convinced themselves that vaccines explode your organs. You can't defend against a Trump-like seizure of power if you're yelling "hey, that's against the rules!" and too much of the electorate doesn't care, it's all performative bullshit, anyway. There needs to be a significant crack-down, either through penalty of law of civil jurisprudence, for lying. There are plenty of Democrat billionaires to fund lawsuits against bad actors; let the courts decide if they are frivolous.
  19. There are generally accepted rules the appraisal district must follow. The problem is enforcement; between negotiating with the district, the ARB, and arbitration on a subjective value truly only known at the time of property conveyance there's a lot of wiggle room. FWIW, we appear to be down roughly 11% on our two investment properties in Austin after the hearings. Selfishly I'm glad, but that's troubling from a "how do we fund AISD and city services" perspective if that's at all indicative of TCAD's broader value reductions.
  20. I was contemplating making a fresh post on this subject, but it'd go ignored while we rehash the latest offense from the GOP/Trump. Anyway, I'm convinced that the largest challenge facing the Democratic party (truly, the country) is the failure of our shared beliefs in core fundamental truths PAIRED with relatively high political engagement by low information participants. It's like the Democrats have been pushing DEMOCRACY and expanded voting since the civil rights era, but the voters weren't sufficiently educated so that they make good choices. Lost in all of the abundance agenda, let's focus on populist economics, the Democratic leadership is too old, etc. conversation is that basic challenge, and it'll begat just more change elections unless the Democrats can sufficiently combat the disinformation so prevalent in the Fox sphere, social media, etc., or they need to just concede that governance by an enlightened few is preferable, if undemocratic.
  21. I've had to go to the North Austin Baby A's several times in the past few years for networking events and I'm convinced it's a front for cartel money laundering. There's zero chance that place makes a profit.
  22. Yeah, I don’t think Hunt is any more of a challenger than Cornyn. Even Abbott appears scared of Paxton.
  23. If Pritzker is paying, anyway, I hear Toronto is pleasant this time of year. Also, best exotic dancing north of Atlanta.
  24. I'm waiting for the @austingirl review.
  25. LCHorn

    Heat 2

    Robert Downey, Jr probably owns this space currently. DiCaprio’s superpower is getting his usual paycheck on films that don’t look to be obvious hits.
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