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Ghost of LL last won the day on February 11 2021
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This is exactly what we have an independent press for, and what the NYT should be doing more of. That they have largely swallowed their whistles makes me even more pissed off.
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There is no question that SMU football is trying to do what Schnellenberger did at Miami 50 years ago. It's a good play. Good for SMU. But also, good for Dallas.
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I don't disagree with any of that. Molly Ivins wrote about it when she characerized Dallas as "Boosterville" (she wasn't being complimentary). Historically, Dallas is a great city in large part because it has the regional Federal Reserve Bank. And it has that entirely because it out-hustled everyone else (primarily Houston, but also New Orleans) just before WWI. But a lot of the shit Dallas has gotten done (or tried to get done) has been dumb, stupid, ill-advised, or outright wicked. In the former group is the stupid-ass standing wave in the Trinity River; in the latter group is the stupid golf course in the middle of the Great Trinity Forest. Still--the biggest thing I will say is that Dallas has real, legitimate philanthropists. It has people who pay hundreds of millions of dollars to put their name on parks, museums, hospitals, theaters and other things build and dedicated to the public good. Austin has none of that. It's not that Austin doesn't have plenty of rich people; a quick drive along Highway 360 on a Saturday afternoon will disabuse you of that notion. It's that hte rich people in Austin--with the sole exception of Michael Dell--don't have a philanthropic bone in their bodies. There's no Perot Museum here; there's no Winspear Opera House or Meyerson Symphony Center; there's no Klyde Warren Deck Park. And that is to this city's very great detriment.
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Dallas's civic leadership--which is to say the Citizens' Council--is problematic on a lot of levels. But this isn't the thread for that. It will suffice to say that you damn with faint praise when you say it's better than Austin.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Ghost of LL replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
It's kind of a mixed bag. Contrails during they day in some areas will reduce heating by reflecting the Sun's radiation back into space (the same as natural clouds). But contrails at night definitely have a warming effect (again--same as clouds). I think the current consensus is that they have some warming impact, but on balance we don't know how much. -
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The idea of Nebraska celebrating a win over Cincinnati is so weird to w.
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For someone of my generation, it is so weird for that N on the helmet not to have any meaning or strike any fear.
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The place seems to have pretty good blackout curtains.
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Cross-posting from the oyster thread, but the Hampton Inn on Franklin Street is up a very short back stairs from Eventide. It might as well be the hotel bar. This is where I’ll be for the next four days, if anyone wants to pop in and hear some hot takes.
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Ok—for those of you looking for a recommendation in Portland, the Hampton Inn is a short walk up the back stairs to Evantide. It might as well be the hotel bar. And for the next four days, that’s where l’ll be hanging out from about 9:00 to midnight.
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