LCHorn
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Viewing Topic: Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Shit In One Hand, Hope In the Other, Tell Us Which One Fills Up Faster
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I think the cake is mostly baked there-Trump will blame Harris regardless and his voters will follow suit. Harris actually has the potential to message this as “the higher prices you see because of the strike are just a taste of what you’re going to see under the Trump tariff plan.” Her voters will agree with it and the media will run with whatever they think gets their viewers pissed off enough to watch more pundits blathering.
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Surly kids who can't get into UT
I would easily take on $30k-$50k debt to avoid those schools mentioned in favor of CU. Have you been to Lubbock? It’s like an episode of The Walking Dead when the kids aren’t in school.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I got three texts just during the debate. Apparently Kamala can’t do this without me, which I’m totally honored by of course, but I wonder what plan B is when I ignored it.
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Israel vs everyone war thread
Petition to change the thread title to “Israel vs Errbody War Thread”?
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
Wishful thinking, amigo. Maybe it’s being stocked by the same management who decided these were a good idea…
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
I’m glad we switched conferences because of the upgrade in competition, but I saw this at the Co-Op Sunday and it’s very Aggie:
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RIP Dikembe Mutombo
Not get side tracked, but that was also a sublime moment because those Seattle teams were a bunch of assholes coached by a bigger asshole.
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Mexican
So not entirely Mexican, but we went to Bar Toti last night (it’s from the Suerte/Este folks and adjacent to Este). Anyway, it was terrific-all day happy hour on Monday helped keep the cost tolerable and the hongos a la plancha were a highlight.
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Colin Allred, doing what nobody asked
Well now I’m a little jealous because I’ve twice voted in the Republican primary purely to have the satisfaction of voting against Cruz an extra time. Using that as kindling would have made my weekend.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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You want a challenge...Healthy Restaurants downtown??
I first found Casa De Luz after seeing the raves on Yelp years ago and risked taking a lunch date there. For me, it’s 5 different ways to over-boil squash with a Scandinavian aversion to anything resembling spice or heat. If you’re craving something that approximates 17th century gruel four weeks into crossing the Atlantic then it’s a good spot for that.
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
@Gil Bang has never met a problem a couple of travel nurses couldn’t fix…
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Lack of faith in the American electorate, imo. Can’t imagine why, of course.
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The Acolyte (Star Wars Disney+ show)
It’s funny that I’ve spent more time reading this thread than I did attempting to watch the show.
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
That would be awesome but good luck getting a PIW right now. Fannie and Freddie tightened eligibility requirements for automated underwriting software and I mostly can’t get borrowers to meet them, even with 30%-40% equity in purchase made 12 months ago.
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Gumbo
I usually cook the slime out of my okra but it still thickens a little bit, too. I actually prefer it a little less thick, personally. It's not etouffee.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Fredericksburg is so weird. The residents are typically very friendly, the town is charming, it's the rare small town in a rural area that's thriving in the 21st century, plus tons and tons of outside investment and high-earning immigration. It's like all that is cover for the Klan.
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
I had Adams for American Lit since 1910 (subtitle was "God is dead"). Unfortunately I got on his bad side taking another student's graded paper and my own to point out the inconsistency in his grading (admittedly hers was better but not THAT much better). Plus he gave me a B+ on an essay on mechanism in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a B on another paper I wrote on Jesus' Son. I spent 15 hours on the former and maybe two on the latter and I would've given myself an A+ on the former and no better than a C on the latter. This was in 2001, mind you. Clearly I'm over it.
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Ukraine War
Miller’s not a Dem and most of his guests are Never-Trumper Republicans. It’s really weird-I think it’s a strong place to attack, particularly coming from the right.
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Ukraine War
I think it’s #1 but I’m always surprised I don’t see it written about, talked about on podcasts, etc. Maybe the media exhausted themselves over it in 2018 and I was paying less attention. I’ve probably listened to Tim Miller on the Bulwark podcast and Pod Save America 80 hours over the last month and they’ve definitely talked about #2-#5 but nothing on Russian “investments”.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
I'd love a recommendation for a pool resurfacing pro in Austin if anyone has one.
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Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread
That’s just because Tucker is aloof. I hope we offer him market but it’s easier to get average production in the outfield and upgrade elsewhere. One thing I want to take a closer look at is our peers bench production. We’ve got probably 800 at bats with, at best 650 ops. Some of that is bad luck (I wouldn’t expect Chas to repeat last year but this level of production is unexpected), but it’s also a place to upgrade for a low relative cost.
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Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread
Look, if the window is closed, who cares if the payroll is $65m or $165m? Bregman appears irreplaceable in 2025 and 2026 is going to be contingent on replacing Tucker or his wins.
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Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread
The last couple of years on most longer contracts are shitty anyway; I don’t know why that should be a hindrance. I’ve been moved into the “pay whatever the market requires” camp by the relative paucity of replacement candidates. Particularly with a hole in LF, 1B, and ideally hunting an upgrade in CF.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
So I listened to that yesterday because a Klein/Buttigieg combo is like crack to me, and Mayor Pete as always delivered. That said, I think his failure as a candidate (and to some degree as a surrogate) is because his communication style is exactly what someone of my education and social class wants to hear. He’s a little like Elizabeth Warren in that he proposes solutions that seem appealing because they are based on data, are constructive, etc, but is almost over polished for an electorate raised on reality TV. I don’t think he or Ezra laughed or cracked a joke in the whole hour. I get that they want to discuss serious topics, but if he dares to run again he’s got to try to entertain a little. It also made me think that maybe he’s a better Senate candidate than Presidential candidate. He can be Gen X Daniel Patrick Moynihan.