Everything posted by Bozo_Casanova
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Good post- however I believe the phrase “Five Cities in the Middle of Nowhere” came from Warren Leslie’s remarkable post-Kennedy assassination anatomy of the reactionary Dallas power structure and the Citizens Council, Dallas Public and Private, all the more remarkable since Warren Leslie was an Executive VP and and primary spokesman for Neiman-Marcus at the time.
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
I don’t have any illusions about that but I don’t think Dallas gets enough credit for getting shit done. The best and most accurate description of Dallas I’ve ever read is from 1964- “five cities in the middle of nowhere.” Where Austin is and was an embarrassment of natural riches and advantage that manages to achieve very little, Dallas had nothing other than collective hustle and the will to become a world-center of industry and commerce, a great city. And it did. Something to be said for that. I often defend Austin’s city government on here because people act like there’s some secret inner working or cabal in charge and that’s fantasy. Virtually anyone can step into the arena in Austin and make a big difference, but people in this city are mostly too lazy and cynical to do it. Austin’s not corrupt in a meaningful way, just myopic and small minded. This logo exercise is a good example. They just think too small.
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The Democratic Party
- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Oh yeah. Big time. Not a fan of Johnson but we’ve done worse. And besides, since Dallas is not a strong mayor city (and neither is Austin, Mashallah!) he doesn’t actually manage anything.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Fifty and they hit it out of the park, too. As always, Dallas does everything about being a city better than Austin and decades earlier. Probably because it has much smarter voters and far stronger civic leadership both inside and outside of city government.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
$1.1mm? That’s WAAAY too cheap for a consultant grift. This is just a poorly executed design.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
She’s not wrong, but only half of that is spent externally. The rest is cost that will get deployed going forward.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
$570k- $200k for the actual design work and the balance for engagement. Actually rebranding stuff with it will cost another $500kish. So, this isn’t a high dollar project for this kind of work. But the result is Fiverr level circa 2010.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
They spent about $500k on this and the majority was on engagement as opposed to design hours. So… pretty much.- RFK Jr. off the chain and off his rocker
Avocado oil is fantastic and has become the default for all uses in my kitchen that involve cooking with unsaturated fat except for those that specifically require others, eg sesame.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
As branding exercises go, this wasn’t terribly expensive and I don’t get bent out of shape by small potatoes expenses but the result here is absurd and somebody in the CM’s office should have redirected this or better yet, done it in-house. This bears all the marks of overthinking engagement and feedback during the process. The firms involved should have insisted on a better outcome.- What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,538 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- The New Car Fanatic Thread
I love Mazda’s commitment to impractical ideas Mazda just patented a 6 stroke engine that makes its own hydrogen from gasoline- Trump puts Washington police under federal control, National Guard to be deployed
Gotta stay away from le figaro, man. It’s just a whole different game of pétanque in there.- The New Car Fanatic Thread
340/369 is disappointing to you? In a Mazda CX-90? I mean…those are tuned N54 numbers.- All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
What’s a 15 yr jumbo fixed going for today?- The Democratic Party
He’s good at holding the caucus together and whipping a vote. That’s the job. Nancy Pelosi was a below average communicator and she’s the GOAT. Jeffries’ limitations are only important because the party has a number of would-be national leaders gearing up for a presidential run and they are all at the state level.- Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 1,537 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩- Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
Not as long as <CR>- What is your biggest business regret?
- Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
It wont be utilized at all because the legislature, the governor, and their party won’t let it happen. If you think the government should stop private industry from taking a risk on a product the market says it wants, you’re winning, because that’s what they are doing. But for the record every legitimate piece of market research that’s been done on this and every point of comparison where high speed rail exists makes the argument that it be popular in Texas.- Report: 14 billion dollar deal for Bullet train from Houston to Dallas is done
Exactly. If an air route between two places is viable, HSR is almost certain to thrive.- All Encompassing Investment and Financial Planning Thread for the Surly 99.5%
Lol, that was not my takeaway so much, and I actually thought that was a bit of a flaw in the book. The combination of concentrated risk and ownership of assets that scale and appreciate exponentially to the investment of time and money you put in is what gets a person from level 4 to level 5. And, it’s true that most people who achieve it through small business ownership. But I thought he pressed that path a little too strongly, compared to other paths, such as early stage equity in startups that do well. That brings up something I really liked about the later parts of the book. Making that move from 4-5 comes with a ton of risk, a shitload of stress, and has limited upside unless you REALLY want the things that ONLY come with that level of wealth, and are willing to make the trade. - What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
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