LCHorn
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Viewing Topic: Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Pining For IOLs Who Can Fog A Mirror
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The Democratic Party
That's actually something I've been bringing up in PC one on ones, because it's a problem I can wrap my head around. I don't like the idea that a process gets so complicated that only the well-capitalized can navigate it. That said, I don't well understand alternatives besides a Power Broker-esque central authority and don't favor moving backwards to that, either. Gargle balls BECAUSE he's on Hanania's podcast? I want the thought leaders on the left to get out and take their ideas to the right's home turf I doubt there's much overlap between the listening audience there and Real English.
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The Democratic Party
Tim Miller countered with that-basically, isn’t Abundance a jumping off point for a party admitting failure to solve problems and its animating ideas part of the conversation toward a vision to compete with Trumpian nihilism.
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The Democratic Party
It sounds like you’re not donating to Zephyr Teachout’s next run for office… I’m unlikely to read the book (after years of listening/reading both authors, I have a pretty good idea on their arguments), but the part of the conversation I’m more interested in is the mechanics of how you fix it. If, for example, you want to shrink public comment periods, is that leading to poor planning decisions and unmet citizen needs? Klein has brought up repeatedly the story about Newsom taking over a project under emergency powers, Shapiro doing the same with the I-95 bridge, and that exercise of power a useful example of what can be done without the bureaucracy critiqued in the book. That said, it’s also the same kind of power we wish to restrain when used in bad faith to deport legal immigrants without due process.
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The Democratic Party
You’ve read one article but haven’t read the book and your conclusion is that the author sucks and that its arguments are flawed? Fwiw, Klein had on two guests from the left last week to critique his book from that side, one of whom was AOC’s chief of staff. Derek Thompson was also a guest last week with Tim Miller on the Bulwark and made a good point that the book’s argument are a little nontopical when ‘26 is going to be a referendum on Trump and ‘28 is likely to be as well.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
And… these kinds of neighbors are why we passed on buying in Westlake.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
Ugh, just horrible 4th quarter
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$9.95 worth every penny
I only clicked the mugshot link but I see it now in the bar link. He looks like Buffalo Bill.
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$9.95 worth every penny
Holy shit. He’s been a known drug addict for at least a decade, I can’t believe he’s still upright.
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$9.95 worth every penny
Scipio was far more fun back in the hornfans days when his contributions didn't result in a cascade of obsequious responses. That said, he's got a strong voice and it'd be good for clicks.
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$9.95 worth every penny
I don't know why I thought this, but at the time I presumed that maybe Burton loaned him the money and it wasn't that much. I don't think IT has a lot of value to transfer to a third party absent the ongoing commitment of the various reporters to continue generating content. Burton would have done it as an investment in On3 and for the platform for his Youtube career.
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Sinners - Coogler, Goransson, and Michael B Jordan
I'm a little disgusted with myself that it's only playing at the Bullock IMAX through tomorrow and it's sold out. If it's selling out the theater they should keep running it.
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The Democratic Party
I don't know this to be true, but what if I told you that this was a program available nationally using HUD money but administered by the states, but this particular program was simply branded "for black people" in an effort to better engage with that community? Would that change your mind? I'd have to dig into this one further, but bear in mind we have state (via multiple agencies) and local (both for Travis county and city of Austin) 2nd lien down-payment assistance functionally similar to each other but branded differently (this one is for teachers, this one is for first responders, this one is for veterans, etc.). My favorite is from SETH; we don't get to use it in Travis County but last I checked, it was also a 0% down-payment assistance lien, forgivable depending on length of ownership. It's possible something of this ilk is available to EVERYONE in Washington state. That said, I agree with you and @Brisketexan that it's bad optics and I'd not be giving conservatives an easy target if I were them.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
He’s 23 now and you have to squint to see upside when he’s getting paid $33m and $36m in the next two seasons at his current performance level. I think you have to move him because he’s been only going to lose value going forward.
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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]
Can it be neither smart, nor dumb? Almost a year later and I think you can move it but only as part of a package with pieces that have some actual attraction to another team.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I know Brown isn't a stats guy, but maybe broke pitchers is the new market inefficiency.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Not with a bond election, that would be silly. My point is that Austin voters don’t seem to realize that $130 million of it is a tax on their (our) unwillingness to adapt to the current electoral environment. And it would be far cheaper to spend that on elections outside of Austin but willing to make transactional decisions for financial support and willing to play ball on state education funding.
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The Democratic Party
I think @Bozo_Casanova has said this, too, or I'm conflating him with Ezra Klein who has made this point repeatedly.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
I’m somewhere between a grimace and a laugh about that one (since I’m paying into it), but the fact that Austin voters approved that particular bond was insane. Let’s raise taxes by $171 million so we can keep $41 million of it. I guarantee you if we could deploy $171 million for the 2026 election we’d run this state, update the recapture formula, and maybe have a more permanent solution.
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Warfare. Alex Garland makes a war movie
I can’t speak for how it was used in the film, but we would use that terminology any time it was appropriate to let the Iraqis know we were there (since we were primarily conducting reconnaissance missions, we’d usually be trying conceal our presence, or the size of our presence, and would want to warn away the curious). That might be a flare or any other force escalation necessary to deter closer inspection. Bear in mind, nothing moving over land is meant to be entirely unobserved so oftentimes it was about enforcing a safety barrier for Iraqis’ protection, too.
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The Democratic Party
I'd bet Thompson and Klein have confided in each other that their book would have played a lot better in 2022. I'm sure it's agonizing to hatch that baby and realize the conversation for the next four years is only going to be about Trump.
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The Acolyte (Star Wars Disney+ show)
Synopsis? Surly is as far into social media as I venture.
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Warfare. Alex Garland makes a war movie
Task force tomahawk holla! I was in Ramadi then, too, but I was in a USMC recon unit so we were everywhere in Al Anbar. Personally, I have zero interest in the film because I already lived it. Also, SEALS are some self-aggrandizing motherfuckers.
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2025 NFL Draft
You can sell that one as a cautionary tale to guys thinking of leaving early. Ewers, on the other hand….
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2025 NFL Draft
A place kicker before Quinn…