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  1. 2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    lol. Biden stepping down voluntarily is a coup but changing the electoral structure of your state’s votes 7 weeks from the election is totally normal. 
     

    I swear to god if we get all 3 chambers at any point of the next presidency, pack the court, make dc and PR states, fuck the filibuster, and enact a new voter rights act that outlaws gerrymandering and implements ranked choice voting, and overturn citizens united. 

    it’ll take a generation for the shrieking to subside, but it will eventually and we’ll be better for it. 

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  2. Any politician (R or D) that claimed the covid vax would prevent ALL illness was obviously incorrect.  But politicians tend to be self-serving narcissists that play fast and loose with facts, so anyone who gets their medical advice from them is a fool.

    My recollection from the actual virologists who spoke publicly is that the vaccine trials showed it was very effective at preventing death and *serious* illness (i.e. hospitalization).  Which is really the goal - keep people alive and out of hospitals.  If there are any doctors or scientists who claimed 100% protection from transmission and mild illness, they should lose their license or funding.

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  3. 2 minutes ago, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

    Not sure the exact area, but generally these are closed systems.  Waste from homes/industries only.  Storm water (from street runoff) would not be entering this system. 

    This is correct.  Storm sewers and sanitary sewers are totally different systems.  At least in Texas.

    Also, the biggest sanitary force main I've seen was 36", plenty big enough to fit a person.  Gravity lines are surely bigger but it takes some powerful (expensive) pumps to force shit water through pipes bigger than 3'.

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  4. On 5/26/2024 at 10:36 AM, jimmyjazz said:

    "We're in it!  We're in the tornado!  What do I do?"

    Not to diminish the power of a tornado, but oh, I don't know, maybe stop driving once you see shit flying horizontally across the road and back up?

    I know it must've been terrifying but the first "HOLY SCHITT!" really got me.

  5. 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

    Our next door neighbor (a stone-cold knockout, by the way) is Persian Baha'i.  She got here as a teenage refugee, worked her way through college and grad school, and is remarkably successful.  I've met multiple Persia Baha'i over the years, and they all have been fine human beings.  It seems your grandfather was no exception.

    My wife and I watched the last episode of A Gentleman in Moscow last night (we loved the book), and at the end, we ended up in a discussion about defectors, people fleeing oppressive states, and the like.  How we grew up in Houston knowing multiple defectors from behind the iron curtain, and from Iran, and even several Latin American countries.  How it is such a terrifying, and brave thing, and how difficult a calculus it is -- leaving everything you know behind, with no certainty that you would actually end up better off.  It's a decision for each individual, for their own reasons.

    Your family story is both not unique but also an incredibly beautiful and tragic chapter that belongs to your family alone.  Thank you for sharing it with us.  Your grandfather was a blessing.  I wish you could have known him; I wish we all could have.

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  6. 1 hour ago, immamac said:

    It’s shocking to me how much people struggle with the law of averages, understanding the median and self awareness of being top quartile. 

    The issue isn’t that there aren’t still ways to be successful in the system as it is today, the issue is that it only rewards those at the top. That means you likely came from a good home, got help, or are in some other ways “remarkable” not in the sense that you are a top 1% IQ prodigy, but in the sense that you have the basic tools to function and get ahead in todays society. 

    When he talks about “unremarkable” people getting an opportunity this is what he’s talking about. He’s not saying we need sub room temp IQ people going to college, he’s saying that the average person is fucked and that the requirement to be above average to get ahead systemically in America is fucked. 

    If you are average you have gotten fucked harder than any time in American history over the last 5 years, and definitely looking like it for the next 20 years. This is the issue. The fucking has been a slow oppressive force since the 70s, but just recently rapidly accelerated to the point of absurdity. 

    Programs and institutions that were built to level up the average have done so, their foundations were altruistic and noble. That’s all gone away, now the foundations are built on greed, ego and prestige.  I mean just look at your post.
     

    The growth at all costs mindset paired with nepotism, ethical collapse and non merit based selectivity have turned everything into shit. There is not a single billionaire on planet earth under 30 that isn’t a product of nepotism. At a time in history when there are the most billionaires ever. Let that sink in. 

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  7. 2 hours ago, Getafix said:

     

    June 21st.

    Blair Angulo's article below.

     

     

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    Elite linebacker Matai Tagoa'i locks in Texas official visit

    Blair Angulo (247 Sports)

     

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    Elite linebacker Matai Tagoa'i locks in Texas official visit

    Blair Angulo (247 Sports)
     

    SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Elite defender Matai Tagoa'i has circled yet another big weekend on his offseason calendar.

    The four-star linebacker from San Clemente (Calif.) has locked in his official visit to Texas for the weekend of June 21, continuing to fill out an itinerary that already included trips to Washington (May 31) and Utah (June 15).

    The Longhorns joined the race for Tagoa’i with a scholarship offer in late January and have quickly surged up the list.

    “Man, they’ve been a powerhouse program and truly one of the bluebloods since I was born,” Tagoa’i told 247Sports at the OT7 Golden Ticket tournament. “They’ve been consistent and always competing. They have been winning a lot the last few seasons and that’s something I know I would want to be a part of.”

    Tagoa’i is the nation’s No. 71 overall prospect, No. 10 rated linebacker and No. 3 player in the state of California for the 2025 class, per the 247Sports rankings. After transferring in from Las Vegas (Nev.) Faith Lutheran after his sophomore year Tagoa’i had a big junior season in south Orange County, accounting for 59 total tackles, including eight for a loss and seven sacks, to go along with an interception.

    New coach Johnny Nansen has been spearheading the recruitment of Tagoa’i since he arrived in Austin from Arizona earlier this offseason.

    “Coach Nansen came down with coach Sark back in January, and that was my first time meeting them both,” Tagoa’i said. “They both were really genuine, told me things that I wanted to hear, and we’re still building the relationship.

    “This is going to be my first time out there so I’m excited about that. I’m not tied into anything specific when I get on campuses. I know a lot of guys talk about facilties and things on campus, but I’m more tied into the coaching staff and relationships. The weight room and the facility will obviously be things I look at there but for me it’s going to be about the connection I have with coaches.”

    Tagoa’i has already committed to play in the 2025 Polynesian Bowl all-star game in Hawaii next January. He hopes to be able to be ready to make a college choice by mid summer heading into his senior year.

    A long and athletic defender who plays inside and outside ‘backer for the Tritons, Tagoa’i has the physical upside to potentially grow into an edge rusher in college. He carries projectable traits and flashes explosiveness as an athlete.

    “When you look at his ability to play in space, rush the passer or even drop in coverage, he’s an easy player to project as a national recruit with the talent to play for just about anyone in the country,” 247Sports national recruiting analyst Greg Biggins wrote in the most recent scouting report.

     

     

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  8. My understanding is that Biden has a historically low approval rating (especially amongst youth and hispanics) and no incumbent has managed to win re-election with such numbers.  He's also trailing trump in multiple polls, unlike 2020 where he didn't exactly win in a landslide.  I know polls were bullshit last mid-terms predicting a red wave but still seems like Biden is in bad shape at the moment.

  9. For someone who pretty clearly despises politics (or at minimum, politicians), Ana is doing his best impression of Joe Politician by dodging a very simple question.  He wasn't asked who he would vote for of the three, just who the best option was.  You can vote for none of them of course.

    To me, Biden is clearly the best option of that group, and I say this as someone who won't be voting for him.  I have that luxury since Trump will carry Texas by double digits regardless of what I do - I can actually not cast my vote for a horrible candidate and have a clear conscience.  If I lived in a swing state, I'd probably, sadly, hold my breath and vote Biden.  Because a deeply flawed man with a shit morality compass is still better than one of the worst persons to ever walk the earth.

  10. 3 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    This shit right here is infuriating. I ended up creating a new email account just for ActBlue donations so I could keep the spam out of my main email. It seriously cut down the amount of spam I get in my main account by about 500 emails a week. 

    "Pescado!  This is James Carville here, and I am FURIOUS!..."

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