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  1. 3 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    That’s what I thought. So all of the folks here saying that “someone” won’t let a vote happen for a speaker who cuts a deal with democrats, how would that work. For example let’s say someone can get enough votes from a republican private vote. Would the speaker temp then arrange for a public vote where a few democrats at the end put him/her over the top? How are the minority republicans going to stop that?

    I don't believe the minority republicans could stop it alone.  However, it would be difficult to win the nomination from the caucus in the first place if they knew of your plan to solicit Dem votes.  You'd have to be sneaky about it.

     

    ETA: and even then you have to deal with the MTV rule that still allows Gates to tank the speakership all over again

  2. I’m not thrilled about all these traitors getting sweetheart deals.  Like, is there a huge lack of evidence here where you might need a bunch of cooperating witnesses?  Me thinks not

    Getting all aspects of truthful accounts about what happened behind the scenes has quite a bit of value for the country IMO. I know the cult members won’t hear it, or care if they do, but the historical record on this whole circus will need to be studied and understood for generations to come and these pleas will be pretty solid content for that.
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  3. Button straddle kills more action than it creates in my experience. Blinds are much more likely to fold when they have so many players left to act behind them.

    At Bestbet it’s only allowed in time games ($5/10+). All others are UTG only.

  4. 5 hours ago, 52-80 said:

    I know some people who volunteered away from management roles after having sampled it, back to IC track. 

    The painful part are the people nudged into management, or convinced themselves that they are good at it. 

    That's me.  25 years in leadership roles burned me out on it so I specifically looked an IC role which I found in my current gig.  Life's to short for that stress and drama.

    Of course, I've been sucked back into a management role "short term to fill a gap" anyway.  /facepalm

    I've seen so many examples of the peter principle I've lost count.  My experience is though I've been absolutely surrounded by highly intelligent individuals (software), many people just don't naturally orient themselves around others, making training/mentoring/strategizing/directing/delegating/leading difficult to execute well.  Mistakenly thinking everyone lives/works/thinks like you sets you up for failure as a leader.  Happens all the time.

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  5. My course, Jax Beach, is the perfect walk. 6 miles, almost completely flat other than features. I beat my playing partners in carts to nearly every tee box.

    Bought my own push cart for maximum features. Key to the push cart game in the summer is a solid umbrella for shade.

    I love having total flexibility with my full bag available around the green.

    Burn 1500 calories a round and get in 2-3 of the per week.

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