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  1. 8 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

    What is that based on?  You’re data-driven.  The polling data shows Biden with a bigger lead over Trump in national polls and (more importantly) a recent NBC poll showed Biden mopped the floor with Trump in battleground states whereas Bernie was in a dead heat.  

     

    And that is before the GOP machine even begins rolling against Sanders.  

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  2. 11 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

    The GOP did crack first. They went all Trump. Centrist Pubs moved to the Dem party. The Dems will first get bigger and then split in two. 4 parties would be ideal. 

    1. Trump. Hate minorities, gay people, and poor people - all tax money to the rich and corporations.

    2. Old GOP. Hate minorities and gay people being around - some tax money to poor people, but mostly its just for the rich.

    3. Old Dem. Like minorities and gay people being around - still, other than some token welfare, they only get tax money if they are rich or a corporation.

    4. New Dem.  Like minorities and gay people around - tax money should go toward supporting the people.

    I also saw this post on facebook this morning

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  3. 8 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

    I know you guys are strongly (even primarily) motivated by how much you hate anonymous online personalities, but you have to understand that makes you a freak anomaly among actual voters.

    It didn't work. It's a losing play.

    It's a side dish at best. It's not the main. It's not even an appetizer.

    I'm voting Biden in the primary because bad_teammate.  

    I hope the rest of this board and the country join me.

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  4. Do bleeding hands resulting from washing hands 40X a day increase likelihood of exposure?

    Also, one of the theories re: children is that they are constantly exposed to colds and, therefore, have stronger immunity than adults.  I'm sure that everyone has read that but it bears repeating given some of the recent comments.  If true, parents of young children should also have relatively stronger immunity since the children bring that shit home.

    Finally, I was at a charitable event where "someone who would know" was discussing corona and was optimistic that a vaccine would be available sooner than the media reports are suggesting.  There is a massive global effort underway with complete cooperation to develop a vaccine before the second wave hits this fall.

     

  5. The response of our government to this has been about effective as Iran's.  

    Trump will be held accountable by the electorate when everyone's grandmother dies in the next six months.  

    Bernie better choose an electable VP because he has a significant chance of dying if he catches this.  

     

  6. Markets are getting slammed.  This shit will very likely plunge the global economy into recession, result in 1000s of deaths in the U.S. and  yield a Sanders victory in November presuming that elections aren't suspended in the wake of Trump's imposition of martial law.

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  7. 17 minutes ago, Hate said:

     


    He goes to the CR and talks about the end of the world because of the current POTUS. You do that and you are pretty much a god in there. Look at all of the highest repped posters on this site and you will find one thing in common. It’s from the CR.

     

    Pos rep on CR should be registered as neg rep.  I think I will post that in the board recommendations thread. 

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  8. 21 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Weren’t one or both of them found not guilty? Or was that your point?

    My point is simply that two Texas football players faced similar allegations five years ago.  The reaction thread on shaggy was almost identical to the current threads on the Buckeye boards.

    Sanders was found not guilty and charges were then dropped against Meander.  If you followed the case, you know that Sanders is a complete POS and very lucky to be represented by Brian Roark instead of a public defender.

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  9. 10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Super fun watching Bernie Bros bitch and whine that the media isn’t screaming from the rooftops about Bernie’s wins. Why would they? The “entertainment” is Pete narrowly finishing second in both and Amy surging. Media is now entertainment. 

    Exactly.  Bernie basically performed to expectations in both IA and NH.  The more important story, and the one that media is focusing on, is that voters who abandoned Warren and Biden generally supported Pete or Klobuchar instead of Bernie.  Bernie's ability to expand his base beyond that core 25-30% is a real concern for him.  Fortunately for him, Biden and Warren likely won't drop out until after Super Tuesday and Bloomberg will further split the non-Bernie core support.  Brokered convention is definitely in the cards if Bernie's base doesn't expand.

  10. It will be interesting to see where Precourt places FC Austin within the MLS payroll bands.

    In 2019, there were roughly four payroll groups.  I have listed their 2019 Supporters Shield ranking in (X) after the team name.

    Tier 1 ($14.4 million - $22.2 million): Toronto (9), Galaxy (8), Chicago (17), LAFC (1)

    Tier 2 ($11.5 million - $13.0 million): Kansas City (21), Seattle (4), Atlanta (3), Montreal (18), Portland (11), Orlando (22) 

    Tier 3 ($10.1 million - $10.9 million) Columbus (20), D.C. (10), SLC (6), Cincinnati (24), NYCFC (2) 

    Tier 4 ($7.2 million - $9.1. million): Philadelphia (5), San Jose (15), Minnesota (7), Colorado (16), New England (14), Dallas (13), NYRB (12), Houston (19), Vancouver (23)

    I imagine that Precourt envisions Austin as ultimately settling in Tier 2, which includes some of the most successful teams in the league but also Montreal and Orlando.      

     

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  11. On 2/5/2020 at 4:29 PM, Somnio said:

    Holy shit, I can't imagine things could be going any better!  Those are some impressive bits of information.

    Imagine a downtown stadium.  That said, traffic really shouldn't be much of an issue under the current MLS scheduling since almost every game is on the weekend.  

    The training facility should be one of the best in the league based on the plans alone, although those academy players who don't live in north Austin are going to be living in their car.  

  12. I can scratch the itch by going to 1-2 games a year.  Take the kids to a non-conference game in September and pony up for or mooch some good tickets to the one solid home game a year.  

    The Texas home football schedule can be offensive when the big non-conference game is away due to the OU game being in Dallas and playing in the Big 12.  We are basically back in the SWC at this point.

    2020 Home Schedule

    USF

    UTEP

    WVU

    Baylor

    TCU

    Iowa State

    1997 Home Schedule (last year of SWC)

    Pitt

    Rice

    Virginia

    Tech

    TCU 

    Baylor

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  13. 8 hours ago, Druggist said:

    One of the April 78 Dave’s picks has a phenomenal Wharf Rat (maybe 4/22).  

    Yup.  Dave's 15.  It even depicts the song on the cover

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    BTW, the new Dave's 33 (10.29.77) is outstanding.  Jerry is on fire throughout.  I always loved this show but the low end sound on the new release is a dramatic improvement over the Miller SBD.  Sounds amazing.  

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