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Ewers back fully healthy for WVU to tune up before OU would be ideal.

I am not qualified to school anyone but given the global nature of inflation it seems pretty clear that US economic/fiscal policy is not the only (or even leading) cause. Sure, loose spending and tax cuts over the last 2 decades are contributing factors, but it looks pretty clear to me that the pandemic and subsequent war in Ukraine are still having a major impact on supply. The questions relevant to this thread are: How much of the inflation is Biden’s fault? Some, but only a fraction. Biden didn’t cause the pandemic which led to global supply chain issues that still haven’t fully resolved. He didn’t cause the Russian invasion of Ukraine that led to supply shocks in food and gas. Yes, Biden has spent, and I personally wish he hadn’t signed that stimulus in 2021. But that represents only a fraction of the money supply. The Bush/Trump tax cuts and the Obama/Trump stimulus packages dwarf the amount of money released during Bidens term. Of the 8.3 YoY cpi increase for August, my guess is Biden’s spending has contributed less than 2% of that 8.3%. What can Biden do to combat inflation? The Fed is raising rates to combat the inflation caused by increased money supply, but technically Biden doesn’t control that. Biden has made several key moves to battle inflation with pretty clear positive results. Releasing oil supply helped tame gas prices. The Inflation Reduction Act will likely lower overall inflation impacts for middle and lower class Americans. There are several other things I’d like to see him accomplish: work with the Saudis to increase their supply, work to resolve the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and work to assist China in resolving their supply chain issues. Obviously avoiding more supply shocks (eg railroad strikes) is also important. I personally think an underrated aspect of this inflationary period is demographic trends. Boomers are aging out of the workforce and there aren’t enough workers to replace them. I am not sure if addressing that issue via immigration is politically feasible at this time, but medium and long term something will have to be done there.

UTSA: Wright, with a limited Card ready to come into a close game, RoJo with a slightly expanded wildcat package, and Lourd being ready with 6-10 plays. Ideally Wright shows well and the game is never in serious doubt. TT: Card, with Wright as the backup and RoJo with a slightly expanded wildcat package. WV: Card, with Wright as the backup and (hopefully) Ewers looking pretty good and able to get some practice reps as the emergency #3. OU forward: Ewers with Card as the backup and Wright as the #3.

Wow, he sounds great in that clip. Fingers crossed he’s on his way to 95%+ recovery.

I fully expected YoY cpi to come in under 8, so 8.3 was a really bad number from my perspective. Now I am thinking about joining those that are worried they’re gonna crash the plane to avoid flying too high.

Fuck. We may see a full point. This is bad.

I expect Sorrell and Overshown to have big games this Saturday along with RoJo, Whittington, and Sanders.

I have not dug into it, so my assumption could be incorrect although that would go against logic imho because they are migrating to urban areas in Texas and I am pretty sure those cities aren’t less blue than 10 years ago. Link?

This is gonna be the RoJo game. We might not blow them out, but we are going to beat UTSA’s ass. This is where we see that Sark is a good evaluator of talent who does not leave players on his roster who can’t play. Wright is not as good as Ewers, not even close. But if he is the guy this game then he will be fine. He can make the plays necessary to beat a team like UTSA.

I said I have no heroes, but I do have a deep admiration for Fred Rogers based on what I know about him.

If California exported people to Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho like they do to Texas, those states would be blue pretty quick.

I was in section 17 from 2009-2021 before they relocated me to section 31 and lemme tell you brother I am fuckin pissed. I went from being about 4 seats from the aisle to being as far away from the aisle as mathematically possible. And I went from being able to see the field (from the middle of the north end zone lower level) to about the worst seats you can possibly have on the lower level, back of the side south end zone. This fucking sucks.

My heroes growing up were my grandfather, my mom's 9 brothers, and Muggsy Bogues. Now, I don't have heroes. There are certainly people I admire (whether people I know personally or people I have read about), but adulthood has jaded me against holding anyone up too high; people will always disappoint you at some point. It's amazingly sad how growing old forces you to see the flaws in other people.

Terrifying.

The googles are telling me only about 10% of stroke victims fully recover. Yes he’s younger than the average stroke patient but I think expecting a full return to his previous abilities is setting up for disappointment.

You sure about that?

Goddamit why did he have to have a fucking stroke. One of the brightest political stars of the bunch. So lucky Oz is such a worthless turd. But they’d prolly be smart to keep Fetterman on Twitter and not behind a podium until the election is over.

I do wonder if the turning point has reached at which more MAGA turds have beaten off to Hunters giant wang than Libtards have wanked to vintage Melania. Gotta be close.

Abreu is a beast. Gonna be a quality setup man for Houston for the next 5 years.

I think .75 is just about guaranteed. I did think inflation would come down more by now. I do expect the next CPI to be under 8% YoY but 4 months ago I would’ve predicted it to be under 5%. We might not see YoY under 5% now until November.

I am trying to understand the logic behind Biden’s speech last night. Of course everything he said was true, but it seems to me the speech will do more to rally Trumpists than unite the rest of the country. Unless he has intel that Trumpists are planning to even more aggressively subvert the November elections or engage in open civil war, it doesn’t make sense. The Dems have all them momentum, so it’s really unlikely to be politically expedient. And if he does have information that we are heading toward civil war, those details should have been released prior to or during the speech.

Rob Schneider comparing himself to WW2 pilots because he believes Trumpism stands alone as a step toward enlightenment for humanity…hmm.

Aren’t we already in a recession? I for one will be totally completely shocked if unemployment gets above 10% anytime in the next 18 months.

Gerrymandering is the real reason for Republican optimism. The GOP WILL control the House. It’ll be way less than expected 6 months ago but >220 House seats will be red.

Fetterman needs to stay away from personal appearances where he has to speak. There’s only downside there imho. He has a significant lead with <80 days to go; hunker down and get it across the finish line.