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Ojo Rojo

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  1. Rolled up to this a few months ago at the intersection of Ella and 34th in Houston. My son was in the front seat of the car with me. It gave me a good opportunity to convey to him the effect certain drugs have on people.
  2. I went to high school with that dude. We had a little morning news program in our high school that we produced and broadcast closed circuit. It was pretty cool. Gerald and Ernie Zuniga, now one of the anchors on the Fox affiliate in San Antonio, really got started there.
  3. Reading some of the posts from texags posted here, it strikes me that they all seem to suffer from, "I think it, so it must be true." My theory is that this is a defense mechanism to the truth that they just cannot bring themselves to admit, which is that they are inferior in every way. Pencil necked geeks pretending to be some kind of military group. Fat, ugly chicks who stand out only by comparison to each other. All steeped in failure, ineptitude and a complete lack of self awareness. This is why they have to stick together so much. To consort with people outside of their cult would expose them for that they truly are.
  4. It sure will be nice to get LMJ and Jake Meyers back. It would also be nice if they are still good players when they return. For y'all GM types, any chance they would call up Leon or Brown this season? Korey Lee? If Siri and McCormick stay the same is it more likely Leon gets the call up? If no starting pitchers get injured or start underperforming, would there be any reason to call up Brown? If Castro and Machete continue to suck this bad at hitting, would Lee be an option? I don't know shit about any of their service time and how that might affect these decisions.
  5. No, no, no. I was not insinuating that Carlson would fall because Fox would do the right thing and fire him. LOLOLOLOL!!! I would never insinuate that because I know that is beyond impossible. No, no. What I was suggesting is that maybe the families of the victims would sue Carlson and Fox and possibly drive him into financial ruin just like Alex Jones. But the victims here are black and not white kids, so probably wouldn't work anyway.
  6. Is there any way to look at it other than Tucker Carlson is directly responsible for the mass shooting in Buffalo? This could be his Sandy Hook/Alex Jones moment. Maybe this is the way it gets done.
  7. There is a difference between being partisan, political and ideological. Besides, scoring judges on a political ideology is a bit like looking at the 3 pointer stats of Bryce Harper. They are not supposed to be politically motivated.
  8. Kinda wish Bregman would pull his head out.
  9. Ojo Rojo

    Class Warfare

    Pretty spot on. I would add that the wealthy, left or right, mostly act in ways to increase or protect their wealth. Just as you say, the wealthy on the left are doing things that don't cost them much and don't address the bigger problem. To me, the overall problem can be summarized simply: "For too long too many have acted in their own self-interest to the detriment of what is good for all." At some point someone is going to have to pay the piper. There was equilibrium before because politicians and the people in power operated on the functional equivalent of one of my favorite axioms, "Pigs get fat; hogs get slaughtered." Basically, you can milk the system a little bit and get plenty rich as long as you do enough actual governing and good in the world to prevent open revolt of the lower classes. I think the limits have been tested and many have realized they don't actually have to do the governing and good in the world part or restrain their grift in the slightest. Trump showed them all how it's done.
  10. To me, the Supreme Court is the canary in the coal mine of democracy. It's very fragile. It's the last line of defense against tyranny. As I've said before, I do not believe the justices themselves are political actors. But the people who are responsible for putting them there certainly are. That is why Mitch McConnell dying a very painful, very public death would not bother me in the least. When Republicans started treating politics like a bloodsport, with a win at all costs attitude and the belief that it's okay to impose your will on others no matter what (hey, that's what winners do!), that is when our democracy was in serious jeopardy. We haven't reached the end or the bottom, I don't believe, but we're close. The outright theft of a seat on the Supreme Court put us close to the end. The pendulum is either going to swing back the other way or the U.S. will become a fascist state. True freedom, the way the Constitution actually means it, will no longer exist if the far right wins. There will be no justice, no due process. There will be persecution. There will be lots and lots of suffering and death.
  11. Yeah, and Yordan just drove in Bregman. 4 AB, 4H, 3R We may never lose another game. Ever.
  12. And away we gooooooo!!!!
  13. I guess where I'm coming from is that we don't NEED Soto to have a chance to win the WS. I think we have a team right now that is capable of winning it all. Pitching depth is a big part of that. Once LMJ comes back we are going to have seven legit starting pitchers on the roster. For me, I'd rather have the pitching depth, with two starters coming out of the pen, than a big bat in CF. In terms of prospects, I think we need to be turning most or all of our guys expected to make the big leagues in 2022-2024 into more 2025-2027 guys when our core is going to be in deep decline and a lot of others will be gone because their contracts are up.
  14. Like what? @Snake Diggity, what would you give for Soto?
  15. Okay, thanks for the clarification. He's currently making $17M/yr and he's arbitration eligible next year, right? So what would we be looking at through 2025?
  16. We don't play another team with a record currently over .500 until June 21st. That's the next 34 games against teams .500 or worse.
  17. Fuck. That. Leon + Whitley + one of Siri/McCormick/Meyers. I don't think Leon is The Answer at CF. He's a major league player, but probably not a star or difference maker. I'm ready to move on from Whitley. I don't think he's going to amount to shit and if he does with another team, good for them. We have three CFs and we only need two. You can pry Javier and Garcia from my cold dead hands. In any case, Soto would be a half-season/postseason rental, right? He's a free agent after this year. Not sure how wise it would be to spend a big chunk of our spare $35M on him when we could possibly sign Ted and Yordan to long-term deals.
  18. We still rank 28th in the league in BA, though, at .217. I don't know how that number can be right, even with Maldy and Gurriel's current numbers.
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