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LCHorn

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  1. How does that help Amazon? Maybe it helps secure IP against Netflix?
  2. On the bright side there should be plenty of available spots should he decide to resume elsewhere. I really liked it as an undiscovered date place prior to the change in ownership but the service has been particularly poor since.
  3. All I know is that when I was in Iraq I was disappointed to get no takers when I was passing out my "Hillary2008" t-shirts. In all seriousness, most of the military leans R because they come from working class parents who vote R. I think veteran Marines care (or know) who Mattis is a great deal more than active duty, who just want to work their 7 hours and then go play Fortnite in the barracks.
  4. That's funny--I always imagine it as a cross between Anthony Quinn in Tony Scott's "Revenge" and Adam Sandler as The Waterboy. With a wash of angry Denzel when he's addressing a jury or ordering fast food.
  5. Not to take this too far off topic but I always thought Big era Elizabeth Perkins was a MILF. Glad to see she's on team justice.
  6. Ha! Art is loving this attention. THIS is why he took the Houston job.
  7. If being a police officer as a career is too stressful then perhaps we should consider it a national service obligation and create a “Teach For America” type program to staff it. Two or three years and you’re out.
  8. Jeez dude, you are the biggest whiner. Warren's video is already fairly viral and Obama and Biden have both spoken out on it. Are you maintaining a checklist of anyone that has a D next to their name and in an elected position before you withhold your constant criticism? The reality is that the majority of the country only cares about this kind of thing when it's front and center every few years. The guy in HJ's video is right; we've got to come up with a better way to manage our affairs and that's broadly. I, for one, would like to see the police de-militarized at a minimum and maybe disarmed entirely. The state shouldn't have the ability for bad actors be so indiscriminately reckless against it's citizens.
  9. Yeah, me too. Had to turn it off when he admonishes the 16 year old (presumably his son) to "find a better way".
  10. I'd expect Acevedo to be all over this. He wants to run for Governor or Senator.
  11. One of the weird consequences of being a mortgage lender is I tend to know what everyone makes. I've done a number of loans for law enforcement with really good incomes, particularly once the pension is taken into account. It's not unusual to see HPD, for example, getting six figures. Obviously they have lots of opportunities for side work providing event security, as well. I did a loan a few years ago (small sample size and obviously may be unrepresentative) for an APD captain about to retire and he had $2m in assets banked plus three houses, two of which were paid off. In Austin they start at $60k, which is fairly commensurate with starting pay at the FBI (not sure if APD requires a degree but obviously the FBI does). In summary, it's unlikely to be an income issue (at least locally; I know NYPD, for example, pays for shit or at least used to). I think it really comes down to leadership and culture.
  12. I don’t think they pay fair market value for your existing residence. That’s where they make their money (that and a shit ton of fees).
  13. Re: Watson--I remember hating him as GM during his tenure but I was also 14 so pretty much hated everything (plus I was reading Bill James and couldn't understand why the McLane Astros cared so little for data).
  14. I think they are finding it relatively easy to penetrate the title companies.
  15. Wake me up when Earl Campbell releases something. Or maybe more likely VY, he’s obviously a connoisseur.
  16. Agreed, though apparently their margins are tight even at $30 a lb. Last week I asked them to divide my four lbs of brisket into two 2lb portions so I could drop half of it off at a friend's and they declined with the explanation "we don't have staff for that." They aren't slicing it and wrapping it until you get there, anyway. Considering the size of my purchase ($200), I would have thought they could have come up with a better excuse. On the bright side, brisket still rocked although I do prefer Louie Mueller's peppery bark.
  17. Not that this is an entirely novel idea but the studios have either a) figured out they really don’t know how to sell anything other than tent poles or b) producers are really only compensated for them. Their problem is they aren’t putting anything into production that isn’t aiming for all four quadrants except for a limited fall release window, and it’s the exhibitors that are really hurting in the long run. The other part (and this is not entirely their fault), but between the technology improvement in the home viewing experience and their own greed, the theatrical experience has gotten considerably more expensive. I’m sure they know this but if kids aren’t taken to the movies (because of expense) then they aren’t buying tickets as adults. This is the same reason why I think the NFL (really all pro sports) will be a totally different animal in 20 years. Kids aren’t watching the Cowboys play, they watch videos on YouTube all day.
  18. It may taste like piss but it looks really nice on the shelf. I still think Rumble is their most interesting effort but I feel like that’s a minority opinion.
  19. Well shit. That place was an institution for cougar hunting. First they take Cool River, now they take Sam's; I'm really not sure what's left for middle-aged single mom's looking for a one-nighter.
  20. I think at least part of it is, at least in the valley, old white money still owns everything. The people that work for them (largely brown) have to maintain a certain conservative friendly posture and that’s what their kids have grown up with since the 70’s.
  21. I actually disagree-I think there’s going to be a not insignificant contingent of “hold your nose and vote for Biden” swing voters that will very easily jump off if they are scared of his running mate. Might not be such an issue if Biden wasn’t so fucking old.
  22. There's no fucking way the insurance market is going to take on the risk if the health authorities are still recommending social distancing.
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