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SimonBolivar

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  1. Yeah I was listening to PSA and they went in on the numbers. They were quoting YouGov showing that 53% approval, but at the same time 66% said he needed to focus more on the economy. They attributed it to two factors, him being a new president in general where the honeymoon phase is still going and also the fact that he's so active and visible compared to Biden. It made me wonder if the economy was even as big a factor as pundits claim it was in November. It might have just been that the people were really excited to burn it all down or to pick a side in the culture war. They blew that off as saying that people aren't holding Trump to the day 1 lower prices promise that he made and that the general voter understands nuance. I'm not as optimistic.
  2. I might be the only one that loves that route. Now Ft Worth to Amarillo is a drag, but once I reach Amarillo then I'm having a good time. Just north of Amarillo you have some wonderful views with those canyons and it certainly looks nothing like Central Texas. The Dalhart to Clayton portion is the excitement of leaving Texas and seeing who can spot the first antelope. Clayton to Capulin is looking for the first signs of the Rockies, plus the volcano is actually a fun stop. Capulin to Raton is basically a victory lap watching the temperature drop and the terrain getting better and better. We're summer Colorado people though so maybe that's what makes it more enjoyable to us.
  3. They're already there, especially in Peru.
  4. Damn, I should go take some Gaza with those prices!
  5. I'm sure that'll stop him!
  6. Big "I wish I was just a rich figurehead" vibe from Abdullah.
  7. Is the area always as full of Chilangos as it was when I was there? It was close to 90% where we were staying in La Crucecita. It looked like everything that was geared towards foreigners was focused on attracting Canadian tourists too, but we were there in summer and they were absent.
  8. In good news, the next ten Olympics and World Cups are going to be split between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
  9. They had a great casta at the San Antonio Museum of Art in their exhibit that focused on Spanish Mexico in 1718 in 2018. I really wish that was a permanent exhibit. San Antonio 1718: Art from Viceregal Mexico - Past Exhibition | San Antonio Museum of Art "Yo, look at what the fuck I did"
  10. Great, I'm going to have to order boxes of pennies every week now at work because old white guys are going to think they're gonna be valuable even with there already being 250 billion pennies in circulation.
  11. But only 7.3% of South Africa.
  12. Trump hates liberty!
  13. The dual risk of ear infections and hepatitis?
  14. AOC? The conservative media has a massive part of the population thinking she's the antichrist. Her (brown assertive woman) getting beat would only make them more popular.
  15. Is there any estimate on how many government adjacent jobs would be lost with a huge cut to the federal workforce?
  16. When did Paradox buy the Civ IP? I already spend all my money on their DLC.
  17. Weirdly enough my nightly viewings of old Yale history lectures and BBC Shakespeare productions only go up by like 1 or 2 views a day. There must be some problem with their counting system.
  18. How did you handle Lake Brazos? I took sailing on that stretch in college, and we had to capsize on purpose to learn to recover and everyone ended up covered in fire ants from the 10 minutes we were in the water.
  19. Man I wanted some property in the UC, sigh.... Also is Foundation like a modern Banished? That's right up my alley if so.
  20. Well to be fair, so was the artist.
  21. Probably some kale while watching To Kill A Mockingbird on TCM. I'm just kidding (about the kale part anyway), I'll probably grill something though I have grilled pollo rojo, pork chops, and NY strips this week for dinner with the weather being nice, so I'm not sure what we'll be in the mood for on Sunday. Growing up with there being 5 of us we laid out a buffet that felt like heaven for a 12 year old. A spread of bagel bites, chicken nuggets, pretzels, goldfish, wings, fruit, candy, etc... It was a white trash smorgasbord.
  22. Man some SpongeBob after surgery really does take the edge off
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