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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. And… these kinds of neighbors are why we passed on buying in Westlake.
  5. I only clicked the mugshot link but I see it now in the bar link. He looks like Buffalo Bill.
  6. Holy shit. He’s been a known drug addict for at least a decade, I can’t believe he’s still upright.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. I know Brown isn't a stats guy, but maybe broke pitchers is the new market inefficiency.
  14. 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.
  15. LCHorn

    Tex Mex

    This place is awful, automatic decline if one of the kids gets a party invite here. It's the Circus Circus of the kids games and pizza places. At least they brought back chili rellenos, finally.
  16. I think @Bozo_Casanova has said this, too, or I'm conflating him with Ezra Klein who has made this point repeatedly.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Synopsis? Surly is as far into social media as I venture.
  21. 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.
  22. You can sell that one as a cautionary tale to guys thinking of leaving early. Ewers, on the other hand….
  23. A place kicker before Quinn…
  24. I’m glad we won but I’m pretty pessimistic about an offensive showing that has Green taking 18 3’s. He’s not going 8 for 18 again.
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