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  1. 1 hour ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

    How does Texas go about getting abortion rights on the ballot, like other states?

    The language gets muddied because we frequently refer to numbered ballot propositions leading up to elections.  But it’s really just a short-handed system to track proposed creation, modification, or elimination of certain constitutional elements.  And even then, it the Leg would have to vote to codify most of them. And after that, our state SC can really go to work on them if they don’t like what we had to say.  
     

    To your question, we do not have a direct ‘proposition’ mechanism like most other civilized states.  Unless, it’s a constitutional question, we can’t gather signatures to put on the ballot: “Prop 3 to overturn Abbott restrictions on abortion” or “Prop 7 to allow for legalized gambling and marijuana consumption” nor “Prop 12 to require any AG to disclose any conflict of interest including real estate deals.”

    It would have been wild to see what would have happened if vouchers were put straight to the rural/exurban Texas who knew the score, coming together with urban voters.  But like most voters things here, we gotta do it the fucking hard, corrupt way. 

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  2. 2 hours ago, dcar00 said:

    yeah but John Hiller made it.  what American League record does John Hiller still hold?

    Not sure the exact record, but something to do with how he somehow went 17-14 as a relief pitcher (most decisions w/o starting, I guess?).  Considering just a handful of starting pitchers run up that decision count, that's quite impressive. 

    Speaking of Jenkins though, he played on some shit teams most of his career.  This isn't a trivia question, just me wondering---what year did they make that rule where every single team got at least one player (position or pitcher) on the All-Star roster, no matter how the voting came in?  

  3. There's a way to cast attention to the plight of Black athletes in the U.S. while also marking that Black Olympians have been winning medals for their country for over 100 years.  Long before they broke the color barrier in collegiate and professional sports.  You can tell a story with good and and make it compelling.  In fact, it's the basis for almost human literature, cinema, and art.  

    Owens had a hard enough time in his home country, gets the call for Berlin.  Thinks "I hear Europeans are some enlightened folks...let's do this!"  Then he gets to Berlin in 1936, sees the early warning signs of ethnic cleansing/master race propaganda and probably though, "Are you fucking kidding me?"  

    There was an unbelievably well done traveling exhibit on the Berlin Games about 10-12 years ago.  It was actually housed in the Stark Center in the NEZ for a few months.  It was co-curated by several German historians.  It showcases all aspects of the games from the buildup to the competitions to the geopolitical implications.  They don't awkwardly try to insert Hitler's dogma into a panel about the Discus or Archery.  But there are sections that get deep into what sport meant to society, and vice-versa.  They did not shy away from the plight of Jewish athletes, Black athletes, Asian athletes, and others.  Every four years, every German grammar school student learns about the shame of the 1936 games, and then the horrors of the 1972 games.  They don't teach it to make the kids feel bad about their heritage.  They embrace the lessons that demonstrate when a Dictator starts talking about the physical superiority of his athletes versus the world, what he really means is the overall genetic superiority of his people.  They think better, build better, learn better, wage war better, worship better.  /rant

    Nobody wants a 2.5 week lecture in the ugly parts of sports history.  But you can weave some of it into the overall games with ease and thought-provocation.  I think there'll be a big celebrity element, not just for ratings.  But many foreign guests, despite claiming they're attending for the Canoe and Handball, they'll be quietly expecting lots of famous people.  There's geographic beauty and a few cool buildings in SoCal, but it's not worth trying to go toe-to-toe with Paris or Athens.  I think they'll gloss over it.  Former U.S. Olympic star power should get a lot buzz considering how many grew up/trained in California.  Another cool thing could be having exhibition games (or for medals) at the two pro baseball stadiums, and/or pre-season football game for shits 'n giggles (towards the end of the games when pre-season starts anyway).  And the concert lineup at night should be filthy good given all the venues and summer tours that roll thru SoCal anyway. 

    I guess I should start my protest/boycotts now just to be safe.   

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  4. 6 hours ago, Underdog said:

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    I still remember I was 6 or 7.  Two my mom's brothers who lived in NW Chicago would come down on Friday after work.  Mom would cook a big Mexican dinner for all of us.  One of 'em had some crappy TV and cheap VHS.  But my father had spring for a decent Sony and Betamax.  So they'd go to Benny's video (this was before Blockbuster).  And rent war movies, and westerns, etc.  One evening they came over with "Amityville" and "Rosemary's Baby."  At the time, I thought it was cool I got to hang out with my uncles and dad up late watching scary movies, fetching them Old Style beers and more chips/guac.  I didn't sleep right for the rest of the month.  For years afterward, whenever I'd ride around with one of my uncles and we saw a home for sale, they'd same the same thing, "Oh, I doubt they'll ever be able to sell that place after they find out what's in the crawlspace."  /csb

    FBO question-is the billing/fuel cost attached to the Tail # or the plane's owner?  I've know folks that "split" the cost of storage and operations/maintenance, and then whoever uses it for a specific flight, they pick up those specific charges.  And of course, there's aircraft that are owned by a corporation which usually covers the billing/fuel, but what's the recourse if the organization can't pay?  Usual LLC flow chart?  

  5. London was fantastic.  Tokyo did great considering the circumstances.  Barcelona will always stick out in my head as well.  

    It's like pizza, no such thing as a bad Olympics...just some that standout.  For me, and this is completely subjective, it's Paris/Beijing, then a handful of others, then everybody else since 1984---when I started understanding/following the Games.  

  6. 2 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

    I don’t see any way that Los Angeles will do as good or better a job as Paris did. France crushed it.

     

    2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Will be quite different, just need to not try and emulate it. I fear way to much hollywood crap.

     

    1 hour ago, flatdawgs said:

    Yeah, this. I imagine at the flag transfer during the closing ceremony the LA rep is seriously thinking about backing away going "Nope nope nope we don't want this but merci mille fois."

    On a scale of Paris 2024 to F1 Las Vegas, I fear a whole lot of Vegas + Hollywood. Hopefully not - LA if done well could also be a great event in its own right.

    I expect they'll go overboard with celebrity and the 'glamour' days of Hollywood.  But I think they'll be doing that mostly for foreign visitors who, despite what they say, will kinda be expecting it with excitement.  

    I think there's plenty of environs in Southern California, even Inland, where they can host events in a World Class fashion. 

    The surface transportation in Los Angeles is going to be a shitshow though, of the highest order.  Unless they completely overhaul the Metro A-K rail lines, I don't see how half the visitors get around those two weeks.  Plus half the venues aren't within walking distance of the nearest station.  We're gonna go for a week and stay at a friend's extra home near 405/Sunset.  Great location, horrific logistics to get to any venue.  Will we have the flying car thing by then? 

    All that to say, despite Americans bitching and moaning about every perceived slight in France...Paris did a fucking fantastic job and will nearly impossible to top.  Only other Olympics in my adulthood that rivaled it was Beijing08, but you can put on a really great Olympiad when they have your family in a basement somewhere.  

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