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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. Well, she hired someone who she was about to fuck. That's a big difference.
  2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter (2021) I thought one of the better books on the current fitness/mindfulness etc. zeitgeist. I thought the parts on nutrition and contemplation of death were particularly good nuggets, if covered move fully elsewhere.
  3. I like that theory, wildcat, but I don't think it gives enough credence to the fact that Dems in recent decades just can't make a fucking decision. They agonize and move slowly while the GOP shoots first and lawyers up second. I've got some relatives who are hard shell liberals who work in DC. Working under the GOP is a breeze they say, because the republicans just make a decision and everyone moves on. The Dems fuck around with 20 policy preogatives and nothing gets done. You're mostly right but Dem pokiness adds insult to injury.
  4. Fuck. Looks like I'm going to have to be defending Allred the next few months. I think the book "Dress for Success" came out a fuck long time ago. Anyway, it basically said minorities should always wear conservative suits. Allred is the epitome of that playbook. He's a black man that most whites are comfortable with. I don't begrudge him sticking to that playbook. He's not going to get in the dirt, like Gutierrez will. And that's no fucking fun, but neither is rope-a-dope. The progressive angry Hispanic or Hispanic wannabee hasn't worked over the last couple of cycles for state wide office. When Allred beat Pete Sessions, there were plenty of people in our district who thought he was too milktoast, but miltoast still tastes better than horseshit, and I guess that's the longshot play. Especially when the dems are going to show up to vote against Trump.
  5. He's a faux Metsican.
  6. Allred's style and approach are perfect -- perfect - for suburban Texas. Including the siding with the GOP now and again. We'll find out if that works out on the state level. (I wish he had played for the Pokes or whoever the Oilers became. I especially wish he hunted and kilt animals.)
  7. Just heard a short discussion (Houston Chronicle) with Allred and Roland Gutierrez. Gutierrez sounded pretty good I thought. They didn't talk guns, but this should be the absolute standard profile for any Texan trying for a statewide office. As a gun owner and an avid hunter and fisherman, Gutierrez said he does not want to take away anybody’s guns, but he doesn’t want AR-15’s to be sold anymore. “I own a lot of guns, and I believe in the Second Amendment, but I saw and continue to see what is happening across this country,” he said. “In Uvalde, I saw exactly what that weapon did to those babies. It is not something I want to see any parent have to live through again. We know it continues to happen. We have a lot of work to do in this country.”
  8. You're being too kind, dude. It's a cloying slog but it does feature the song Jessica.
  9. That's partly true, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.
  10. Yeah, the sooner rather than later sounds right. I've got a double bridge due to some amazingly crazy shit my teeth were doing in my younger years (permanent tooth shooting horizontally across the roots of two other teeth) and now one of the "foundation" teeth needed a root canal. When I asked the dentist if I'm going to need a couple of implants eventually, he said that might be a challenge because the bone has receded over the area of the bridge. Since your brother in law is 55, he might want to look for the package senior deal where you get dental implants, prostate TURP surgery, a free stent, and one free lumbar discectomy if you promise to stick with Spectrum for at least three years. Plus:
  11. Will try here instead of starting another thread. Can anyone recommend a solid budget rucking pack? I'm really just looking for a solid plate holder system pack that holds only plates or other weight system, but I'd also look for a relatively small pack that have removable plates that I can use to store a few things if I wanted to use it as a small day pack. But really, would be happy with just a plate system that can hold a phone and wallet. I do lots of walking and may as well put some weight on it. I've had some back issues so I want to start with relatively light weights. Goruck just seems a bit pricey, both for packs and plates.
  12. Literally all of your new stuff is illegal in the US and about 8 other countries.
  13. Pretty much me. I didn't hate Taylor Swift but never found the music worth listening to. But when it became apparent that she had a good heart and was smart and was getting shit from MAGA, I'm all fucking in. Not as all in as I would be if she were lip syncing Madonna and striking the pose, but still, all in.
  14. William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life Hardcover – June 14, 2016 by James Lee McDonough (Author) In audio. Did not like. The recent great slog of a biography of Grant got me motivated to read a biography of Sherman, but this wasn't the one. It all felt very cursory and to me lacked depth. Mabye Ron Chernow liked Sherman more than Sherman deserved. Sherman's wife seemed like a beating.
  15. No question, but at some point, you have to own your strategy, and that's on the Dems. And you have to accept the fact that we live in a democracy and it's the fucking voters' fault. So to me: 1) Fuck the voters for supporting one of the top three or four cunts in the 21st century to date. 2) Bless the dems hearts and pray to non-MAGA jesus for things to work out. 3) Don't read, discuss or retweet shitty media. (PSA: not going to help but may make you less crazy)
  16. Saw both of these flicks during period of extreme work exhaustian/anxiety and both profoundly depress me.
  17. Past Lives (2023) 1) First five minutes: 2) Movie answers the question: Are engineers and playwrites cool asians or asian nerds? Or does it?" 3) Nobody stares at each other than long and hard without cracking up. 4) No way Uber driver waits that long without saying "Hey, Mister Kim, let's get going." 5) Would have liked a little more life out of John Magaro - I like that actor. 6) I loved it, beautiful flick but in the end, the male lead was such a unique guy that it kind of hurt the "universality" of the film for me. But on the flip side, the film only made sense given his somewhat unique approach to the issue at hand.
  18. Pretty great question, and all I can say is that you'd give it up if the alternative gave you a better chance of winning. I've always been relatively upbeat about all the other alternatives. But I'm a bit of an optimist on that front. I think the Dems picked their course and have to stick with it. Again, I wish that perhaps they had fine tuned an alternate strategy a couple of years ago.
  19. The Dem Party should have threatened to release Hunter Biden dick pics if he didn't agree to the strategy.
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