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  1. That started as a ripoff of The New School in NYC. Commendable notion, I suppose, but has been overrun by dumbdumb state politics for a good while.
  2. Growing up poor and then getting money has the potential to screw up a lot of things, especially if that money comes fast. If you're smart/lucky, it's just overindulging your kids.
  3. I think it's pretty clear there will be no public announcement. The capitulation will go on in the background.
  4. That the rumors have been around a long time or are getting talked about more now does not relieve them of the status as rumors. I have been clued in on the source(s) on one of the rumors, and, it's better than "made up of the whole cloth," but is still unverified rumor.
  5. To be fair what Pancho said was the Republican Party has the final word on its own primaries and nominees, and so can ostensibly put forward a candidate that is ineligible for office.
  6. I guess at some point we have to acknowledge that all the vibes turn to shit and the investments are all shorts and then we have a depression.
  7. Some of the private party lawsuits included Walmart. Although this is performative as shit, he's really just bandwagoning on this other shit, that's several years old. https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/MDL/22md3043
  8. Well, it seems the office contracted this out to a PI litigator. Be interesting to see the terms. Paxton has a habit of farming stuff out, like his whistleblower defense, to private firms on pretty luxe terms. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/24/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases/
  9. Probably not, no. People can agree to all kinds of stupid shit, but that seems unlikely. According to this, https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2025/10/26/brian-kelly-buyout-contract-details-lsu-football-fired/86917992007/ LSU owes Kelly 90% of his remaining base salary and supplemental compensation, plus a pro-rated "longevity compensation" bonus to be paid on July 15, 2026. Kelly's contract was set to run through Dec. 31, 2031 or through the Tigers' final game of the 2031 college football season. Kelly has a "duty to mitigate" clause in his contract, though, which means he must pursue other jobs for as long as he receives money from LSU. So, Kelly would have had to wait six years to collect the entire buyout, which was reduced by 10% from his actual compensation, and was subject to a duty to mitigate, so a $20M lump sum probably makes some sense.
  10. The market is not the economy broadly. It's the greedhead's segment of the economy and as long as they can figure out a way to make money off it, the market keeps rising.
  11. There doesn't have to be offset language, that's kind of built into the law. But having a precise offset clause could help. If there was a discounted buyout, you can be relatively certain that it releases or forecloses future litigation over offsets or mitigation. The general scheme of contracts is this: if a hiring party fires someone other than for cause, they owe the balance due under the contract. And that means payable according to the terms of the contract, monthly, biweekly, whatever, over time. This is offset by a duty to mitigate damages by the fired party, to reasonably find other, equivalent employment, the compensation for which offsets the amount due under the payout. All of that can be altered by the contract. That is, no balance due owed (unlikely); something less (specific amounts) than the balance due is owed; or the entire balance due is owed ("guaranteed") without offset or mitigation. The coach's main incentive to agree to anything less than guaranteed or the common-law scheme of balance due less current salary (duty to mitigate), is to get a lump sum certain and/or to avoid litigation over the duty to mitigate.
  12. That's some vivisection math, right there. Assuming Amazon keeps the $0.30, which is best case for them, they fuck over the population of a small city.
  13. So the case was filed in Panola County. I would think it would be removable to federal court in the Eastern District, Marshall Division, which is not notoriously Trumpy. With the state being the plaintiff, I'm not sure it can be MDL'ed with the other suits, that are all private plaintiffs, as far as I can tell. But given that the MDL apparently is within the 2nd Circuit, it appears to take the case out of Trump never Neverland.
  14. Don't forget Finebaum.
  15. Screw all the analysts and talking heads who often get it wrong: Targeting and Making Forcible Contact With the Crown of the Helmet ARTICLE 3. No player shall target and make forcible contact against an opponent with the crown of their helmet. The crown of the helmet is the top segment of the helmet; namely, the circular area defined by a 6-inch radius from the apex (top) of the helmet. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting (See Note 1 below). When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 9-6) (A.R. 9-1-3-I) Targeting and Making Forcible Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent (See Note 2 below) with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. This foul requires that there be at least one indicator of targeting (See Note 1 below). When in question, it is a foul (Rules 2-27-14 and 9-6). (A.R. 9-1-4-I-VI) Note 1: “Targeting” means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball. Some indicators of targeting include but are not limited to: • Launch. A player leaving their feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make forcible contact in the head or neck area. • A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area, even though one or both feet are still on the ground. • Leading with helmet, shoulder, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area. • Lowering the head before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of the helmet. There are two different rules, "defenseless player" and generally. Defenseless player is more complex, the general rule is you can't hit someone with the crown of the helmet, anywhere. Defenseless or not.
  16. Well, why not, we're buying every other absurd rumor as gospel truth.
  17. Outside of manufacturing, where six sigma is just SPC/SQC by a fancy name, it's pretty much bullshit.
  18. Couldn't read. State or federal court and whose court? In a legitimate court, the "Tylenol" report wouldn't meet the Daubert standard for reliability and scientific acceptance and the case dismissed. In Kaczmaryk or O'Connor's court, and the Fifth Circuit, that probably won't matter. But they'll be creating precedent that will hurt big pharma and other moneyed interests.
  19. Hence the "for better or worse." I do think, though, that as helpful and right as student loan forgiveness may be, it is perceived by many working class folks as a sop to educated elites that puts the burden on them. They buy the "pay your debts, loser" part.
  20. Wait, now we're on long stretches plural? First it was 30 days, then it was 39, and now it's plural? And, as to people in high-stress high-time-commitment jobs, there's a notion that you take "vacation," when you can.
  21. They've always been there and have always been stupid and racisty. Before Trump, they a) didn't vote b) in a bloc and c) kept their stupidity, racism, and conspiracy theories mostly to themselves. They need to be told to sit down and shut the fuck up again.
  22. For better or worse, I think they're saying "distance yourselves from things that can be labeled socialism." That, or don't piss off our bank and health industry donors.
  23. About 35% of SNAP recipients are white, compared to 25% black and 15% Hispanic.
  24. I think in English, it's more a descriptive term. In many Latin cultures, it is used as an insult, especially Italy.
  25. He is correct, though, that the modern connotation, especially used pejoratively, is a guy that gets off on it. Or maybe cries in the corner while jerking his lil wang. Also, remember the cuckold is supposedly a horned beast and this is why we don't flash the Hookem in Italy. 🤘
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