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Posted
6 hours ago, Helobious said:

Why does everyone discredit Silver and say he’s shifted right? Because he posts predictions you don’t like? He’s a pretty well-respected mathematician that’s nailed every election except 2016. He hasn’t posted any personal political opinions that I know of. I wouldn’t be so quick to right him off. 

As mentioned, but not named, he works for a Peter Thiel-backed company that happens to be the world’s largest prediction market, and it dabbles in crypto as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymarket

 

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43 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

The people who majored in a liberal arts major and didn’t dual or tri major are wastoids.

I doubled-majored plus took a ton of extra stuff on top of that, and I will out-waste any single-major person every day and twice on Sunday, good sir.

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49 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

The people who majored in a liberal arts major and didn’t dual or tri major are wastoids.

i kinda regret the triple major, should have had more electives.

Posted
2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well said.  I have thought this, but been unable to articulate it concisely.

When it comes to you, sometimes I want to deliver a right cross (your core, innate, intrinsic need to believe in the legal system to the point that you can't see what Aileen Cannon is all about); other times, I want to buy you a beer. You are a genuinely good person trying to make sense of a world inhabited by others who aren't good people. Admittedly it all makes sense from my perspective because that's the one I see, but I feel like even with disagreements you and I could engage in hours of respectful discussion. You know, like Madison and Jefferson's Great Collaboration.

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1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

When it comes to you, sometimes I want to deliver a right cross (your core, innate, intrinsic need to believe in the legal system to the point that you can't see what Aileen Cannon is all about); other times, I want to buy you a beer. You are a genuinely good person trying to make sense of a world inhabited by others who aren't good people. Admittedly it all makes sense from my perspective because that's the one I see, but I feel like even with disagreements you and I could engage in hours of respectful discussion. You know, like Madison and Jefferson's Great Collaboration.

Ha, thanks.  I have no urge to hit you.  But same.  Except I don't drink.  Topo or club soda with lime.

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Posted
7 hours ago, Js1 said:

I, for one, am so glad everyone has channeled their anxiety into talking about Chili’s instead of wetting their pants every 45 minutes 

 

I’m about to start up the Outback Steakhouse wars.

 

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Just now, TwiceHorn said:

Ha, thanks.  I have no urge to hit you.  But same.  Except I don't drink.  Topo or club soda with lime.

Well then that's good news for me. I can blame the alcohol, you have to answer more directly for your own transgressions.

Posted (edited)
39 minutes ago, Pancho said:

SAS finally useful 

 

When SAS does the Kamala look with the hand on the face it slayed me.

 

 

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He’s a treasure when he’s ripping on Jerry Jones and he Cowboys
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Posted
4 hours ago, aggie08 said:

Fucking fuck. Who the fuck sees this and thinks, "That's something I want to be a part of"? And then somehow have the gall to consider themselves "independent thinkers."

That’s Christians in 2024.

The hypocrisy used to be a little more hidden, but occasionally it would blow up in public.

As a kid, I had some Christian friends - they wouldn’t drink or do pot or even curse. I could trigger them with a well-timed “fuck” and I have no idea why they tolerated me. My friends all watched as marriages of some of our parents ended spectacularly.  The dad of one of our friends cheated on our friend’s mom with another friend’s ,I’m and I don’t know how it didn’t end up win a fight because everybody knew it.  Hell, when I turned 18 and moved away to school, one of my friend’s moms left my friend’s dad for me.  We used to go over to their place to play basketball, and my dumbshit friends would actually play basketball while I stayed inside and banged her.

 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Since when are we making a push for hydrogen cell cars?

The race to create a non-C02 creating car has come down to electric or hydrogen.  I guess Elon is whispering in his ear now.

Posted
5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Since when are we making a push for hydrogen cell cars?

Being afraid and grumpy of new technology is one of Trump's deals. He went on this bizarre rant encouraging people to buy incandescent light bulbs while President. It was weird.

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4 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

The race to create a non-C02 creating car has come down to electric or hydrogen.  I guess Elon is whispering in his ear now.

Yeah it could be that to. Buy Tesla!

But if all MAGA nation goes out and buys electric cars I guess that would be a win.

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

Anybody going to this rally?

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Posted
17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

That’s Christians in 2024.

The hypocrisy used to be a little more hidden, but occasionally it would blow up in public.

As a kid, I had some Christian friends - they wouldn’t drink or do pot or even curse. I could trigger them with a well-timed “fuck” and I have no idea why they tolerated me. My friends all watched as marriages of some of our parents ended spectacularly.  The dad of one of our friends cheated on our friend’s mom with another friend’s ,I’m and I don’t know how it didn’t end up win a fight because everybody knew it.  Hell, when I turned 18 and moved away to school, one of my friend’s moms left my friend’s dad for me.  We used to go over to their place to play basketball, and my dumbshit friends would actually play basketball while I stayed inside and banged her.

 

14 min without a comment…

Respect, my man. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


Wouldn't she be unrecognizable if she died in a ICE vehicle explosion, too?

Well that's different. ICE vehicles are familiar and old. It is less scary to die in one of those.

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Wouldn't she be unrecognizable if she died in a ICE vehicle explosion, too?

Not at all. See, it’s only the other kind, with the hydrogen, and the batteries, and the sharks. The sharks. That’s what makes her unrecognizable. Duh.
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Posted
8 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah it could be that to. Buy Tesla!

But if all MAGA nation goes out and buys electric cars I guess that would be a win.

Anybody going to this rally?

 

20 mins walk but i’ll pass 

Posted
Just now, tx 3 putt said:

 

20 mins walk but i’ll pass 

Fair. I hate the whole idea of going to a political rally even if I love the candidate.

But it would still be cool to hear what one of you thought about it if one of you go.

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On 10/23/2024 at 6:27 PM, MidTexHorn said:

As a veteran and former voter for Republicans I am perpetually disgusted by everything Trump and his supporters do. Fuck them all to hell. Every one of them. Many should be imprisoned for their behavior and the people of color who vote for him deserve to be rounded up and deported immediately if he is elected ( as he’s essentially promised). 
 

Here’s a little voting anecdote for y’all. We’re south Austinites. My 50-something year old wife grew up with evangelical “Christian” Republican parents like me. We met as kids in church. She protested for the anti-abortion position at the Jimmy Carter Democratic National convention as a teen. Since we’ve been married she’s been very disinterested in politics and I would always have to try to talk her into voting and she would frequently be “too busy” to vote or “forget” to vote. Since Monday morning she’s been begging me to go vote with her. Totally new behavior for her. She also asked me to help her put together a voting list that has zero Repubs on it and as many anti-Republican positions as possible. She is disgusted by Trump and our parents who support him.
 

She dragged me to the polls twice on Monday and twice yesterday, but the long lines deterred her. Last night after dinner she asked me if I wanted to try again to go vote with her. I said, nah, I’ll try again on Thursday since I had a business trip today. So she left by herself but the line was long again and she bailed. While I was on my flight this morning, she texted that she was in line to vote. And had waited almost an hour.  I nearly cried. So proud!

Oh...I was hoping she voted multiple times.

On 10/23/2024 at 8:04 PM, Bullneck said:

Hold onto your hats.  We have dodged a bullet:

 

I'd imagine he wanted to bomb France after Macron fucked Melania

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13 hours ago, 'stache said:

Sonic smasher is pretty darn good, but I did get it at the one “good” Sonic still in the area. Not cheap but less than Chilis and you can avoid the shame spiral from realizing you’re sitting at a table eating at fucking Chilis.

Meh.  I've had much worse shame.

12 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

I remember the giant caravan slowly moving towards our borders in the 2018 election. Did it ever get here or is this the same caravan?

Same caravan.  A shitload of Mexicans, but only 1 set of jumper cables.

10 hours ago, Tuco said:

Chili's was always my go-to if I was on a business trip that lasted more than 3 nights.  First three nights I would seek out interesting, local restaurants.  By the fourth night, I was tired and just wanted to go to some place that was easy.  

My work took me to some shitty towns.  I was always relieved to see that Chilis sign near my hotel. 

9 hours ago, heso said:

I’d love to see the numbers from Westmoreland, Washington, or Lancaster counties before I get too excited about those numbers. I expect she’ll do fine on the eastern 1/3 of the state. I’m more concerned about the western half. 

As Carville said, you've got Pittsburgh on the left, Philly on the right, and Mississippi in the middle. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

My economics teacher was a history teacher teaching another class. My government teacher was badass, though.

My HS government teacher was the best fucking teacher I ever had, including college.  He got arrested a few years back for diddling his own granddaughters. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Fair. I hate the whole idea of going to a political rally even if I love the candidate.

But it would still be cool to hear what one of you thought about it if one of you go.

it’s 3  - 8 crazy 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

My HS government teacher was the best fucking teacher I ever had, including college.  He got arrested a few years back for diddling his own granddaughters. 

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Posted
23 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Kamala onstage in Houston with Willie and Beyonce ... I will never be cool enough to attend such an event.

... meanwhile ... in a dark corner of a private jet terminal in Austin ... Trump and Cruz yuk it up with Joe Rogan ... so so exciting.

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1 minute ago, Texas Jeff said:

Kamala onstage in Houston with Willie and Beyonce ... I will never be cool enough to attend such an event.

... meanwhile ... in a dark corner of a private jet terminal in Austin ... Trump and Cruz yuk it up with Joe Rogan ... so so exciting.

 

it’s a dem neighborhood and u of h is very close by + downtown right there. montrose very close 

Posted (edited)

So, the Washington Post...

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Yesterday published a map and database that looked like this

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Then they realized they missed something and tonight they made a correction:

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and now the map looks like this

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The incompetent fucks somehow left out donations to the Trump National Committee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/trump-harris-donors-zip-code-map/

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Posted
5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

it’s a dem neighborhood and u of h is very close by + downtown right there. montrose very close 

forgot about tsu and the entire 3rd ward 

Posted (edited)

That revised map is funny for Texas in that all the Rs that live around the periphery of the blue urban centers are donating much more than their rural counterparts.  More expendable income in the suburbs and exurbs than the farm towns?  More density to pile up a big number?  Or does proximity breed resentment?

boise and kind of Atlanta are the only similar areas. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That’s pretty much the entirety of Houston light rail 

 

 

come to think of it. 5 min walk to the rail and it drops me off at shell stadium front door 

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44 minutes ago, Chopper said:

So, the Washington Post...

Pretty strong contrast there between San Marcos and NB. WTF, New Braunfels? Also a little surprised to see Williamson County, Bastrop, and Buda/Kyle so blue and Bastrop & Lockhart blue at all. Good to see.

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Posted (edited)
9 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Interesting updated chart

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We have got to get the money out of politics!- Rs suddenly, before being told to stfu by their mega donors. 

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