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  1. This doesn't surprise me. I think that the Texas Rangers were one of the very few teams that did NOT do a Gay Pride night or celebration game.
  2. This is actually shocking to me. I've never personally been but everything I have ever read or watched (reels, shorts, etc.) of Savannah Bananas had me believe it was the kind of goofy, irreverent fun that a bunch of goofy liberals like me would enjoy. If the Disney Channel was commissioned to put on baseball games type gooberness. Really shocked to hear the Nascar demographic has taken it over. Maybe I'm projecting because I've read a bit and seen a lot of the owner, the marketing genius guy who is skinny and goofy and looks like a guy who would be in those Obamacare ads that people would make fun of for being too liberal.
  3. Walking distance from the Omni was a selling point tbh.
  4. Saw this yesterday and thought it was strange (the "masculinity" part):
  5. What you are saying is pigs get fat (e.g. every other President in modern times via consulting, speaking, books, etc.) but hogs get slaughtered .
  6. Looks like it peaked in 2022: Here are the reported attendance numbers for the State Fair of Texas in recent years: 2024: Nearly 2.4 million 2023: More than 2.3 million 2022: Over 2.5 million 2021: Over 2.2 million 2017: 2.2 million
  7. It's giving if Chanel and Gucci got together and then did a retro telecom logo from the 90's
  8. Out of curiousity and trying to put myself in the average layman who doesnt follow and doesn't understand the government, I prompted ChatGPT with what I would imagine the unwashed masses would ask ChatGPT to try and make heads or tails: Here was the response: Blame for a government shutdown usually depends on which side the public thinks is being unreasonable. In this case (October 2025), here’s the breakdown: Republicans (majority in both House and Senate): They advanced a short-term funding bill, but it did not include the full health-care subsidies Democrats wanted. They argue Democrats are “holding the government hostage” to push for Obamacare-related spending. Democrats: They refused to support the GOP bill, saying it did not sufficiently protect health-care funding (particularly Affordable Care Act subsidies). They argue Republicans could have avoided a shutdown by including these provisions. Reality: A shutdown happens only when both sides fail to compromise before the deadline. Republicans technically passed a bill, but without bipartisan buy-in, it was doomed in the Senate. Democrats blocked it, insisting on their demands. So, in plain terms: Republicans are blamed for putting forward a partisan bill. Democrats are blamed for refusing to accept it without changes. The actual cause is the standoff over health-care funding tied to the budget. Do you want me to show you how media on the left vs. media on the right are framing who’s at fault? That way you can see how the blame narrative is being split.
  9. 20 tickets ($20) for two strawberry lemonades is crazy work. Especially when you can see the Sam's sized cannister of Country Time and Domino granular sugar bag in plain sight.
  10. That's what we said about Ted Lasso! I hope it follows that arc because Glen Powell is one of ours.
  11. This was us. Not only is it wildly expensive for what it is, it's gross. Maybe I've just aged out of it, but the fried foods, the socioeconomic demographics, the venues and shopping and rides and games -- all scream grimey and gross in a way that I never considered when I was much younger and it was much cheaper. I also live like an hour away going from the toll road. TX/OU game or not at all for me.
  12. Ted Lasso 2.0?
  13. Ole Pete is expecting a baby. Maybe that's entered some of the calculus.
  14. I loved the first 10 seasons but I bailed so long ago I didn't even watch the first Simpsons movie. I would love to watch a few of the excellent episodes from the last 10 years though.
  15. I missed the first wave of Sinners when it became a bit of a circular, virtous cycle where the hype begat more hype and people were breathlessly impressed, but from what I've gathered as a late to the party guy is the reception has come back to earth a bit. Anyways, to the plot hole: Or is it a plot hole? But the whole "I guess my brother just couldn't kill me" at the end and how the vampire struck a secret, off camera deal in 5 minutes, that I won't kill you if you promise to leave our cousin alone. Firstly, everything we saw in the movie and the vampires in that universe is once they turn they aren't governed by any higher order thinking like family, loyalty, honor, making an oath, etc. but they are primal, needing to feed and gain more souls for the hive mind. Secondly, the idea of brokering this sort of deal in the 5 minutes needed was absurd. The non-plothole would have ruined a cute ending and twist.
  16. I was stuck on a plane and doing spreadsheet work while the violence was in the background towards the end tbh.
  17. Honestly I don't know and I think that's why it's a dilemma. Maybe take the Newsom playbook and start communicating to America in a way that America will understand and get on board and change the vibes. To use a football analogy, the D's are like the Detroit Lions and we are like Detroit citizens. There is a culture and a stink of losing and we are beaten down by the weakness and losing and the jokes. The D's need their Dan Campbell. Leadership that will come in and change the culture. Sure people will make fun of that leadership initially because it will sound or appear absurd at first (e.g. biting knee caps), but in time the change agent will be validated and well loved. We just have to live through a 2-10 season and be patient. I think the Mayor of NY guy is closest to that change agent right now, but I'm not that plugged in so maybe there are a lot more. Either way it's a tortured analogy but if we shut the government down and have no plan or hope, it feels in vain. Like Florida tanking their season and extending Billy Napier. Where is the hope?
  18. 10/10 no notes. Well that's a lie-- one note. You could have used "periodt" where you said "period" and it would have hit harder in a "clocked the tea" kind of way.
  19. This is a good point. The stock market, economy, and job market for the lower-middle to the upper class (sorry, poverty/poor class) is what will affect turn out and elections. The main question is: can D's effectively message that the economy is tanked because it's the R's fault or will the R's win the messaging with lies, obfuscation, and propaganda that it's the D's who are crushing you in the wallet (yet again)? Because if it's the latter, what are we REALLY doing here?
  20. I'm not really suggesting anything as much as I am extrapolating out what my opinion is of the likely effect from D's not caving. I initially thought like Bozo that the R's were making a misstep and political instincts were wrong (and I still think a shut down is bad politics) but I have softened on the result being that the R's will wear it. I think we live in a country where, right wrong or indifferent, the D's will wear this. That's all I was saying. This is a better, pithier way to express what I was trying to say @Huckleberry, if that helps you understand where I was coming from. @Dbeasy gets it.
  21. Which, to your point, is why I thought I agreed with the OP but now I think not. If the general public or a vocal half of the country actually appreciate and like Trump and what he is doing, the fall out is going to be on the Dems who are viewed as sour grapes, obstructionist, trying to use loopholes to stop the government that America voted for. Not on learned messageboards full of good poeple like surly, but in the court of popular opinion where the polls get done, the D's might be worse for the wear for any negative outcomes that happen with a prolonged or semi-prolonged shut down (e.g. crime spikes, airline issues, interest rate/stock market sell offs, lay offs, etc.) It's putting 2026 midterms at risk potentially.
  22. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2025/09/30/ice-agents-arrests-41-in-alleged-human-trafficking-sting-at-dallas-chicas-bonitas-club A raid by the Homeland Security at a Dallas adult entertainment club last week ended with the arrests of 41 people during a human trafficking and unlawful employment investigation, according to a news release. ICE officers, federal agents and local Dallas officers, descended on Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in the 11000 block of Harry Hines Boulevard Friday night, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office said in a Tuesday news release. ICE arresting 41 illegal immigrants in a Dallas Chicas Bonitas is unethical even to those who are pro-ICE. It's like the hunter who uses deer feeders year round and then hangs out in his deer blind and kills bambi. Great job, but that's not hunting. C'mon. Talk about a honeypot trap.
  23. I thought it came out that “trained on $300k of older nvidias” was later confirmed to be click bait and that it was a bit more involved than that (if not materially or significantly more).
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