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  1. Well yeah, conservatism within the context of liberal democracy. And, although my examples were monetary or fiscal in nature, it goes beyond that. It seemed to me for a good while that Rs, by comparison, were less likely to do stuff that had unintended consequences, yes, cost, but other things as well, as nice as a progressive thing might sound. And, although I approved of the "status quo," that didn't entail enshrining me or my fellow male whiteys and rich-ies, just a healthy whenever government makes a big departure, there's usually a lot of fallout kind of thing. Also, being an alcoholic and making recovery and getting reconnected with spirituality/faith/the spaghetti monster, whatever, got me to a more progressive mindset.
  2. Can't improve much on that. But more than any slogan like small government, I am just fundamentally conservative. I'm kinda cheap, I'm super-careful with my clients' money and resources and my advice to clients is conservative, although I present more extravagant options. I was never comfortable with the social/culture bullshit.
  3. And, if you start reducing the "what do we do with the morons" question and carrying the oiligarch's solution to its end, everyone ends up being a moron, a drag on the bottom line. That includes various intelligent and diligent folks that didn't choose the "right course of study," or through various life events categorized as "luck," so that the line defining "morons" starts to creep to the right of the mean and before long, it's the sub-90% and not just the sub-50%.
  4. Thanks for the reminder on this. Love things with a nautical bent. An observation on this that sort of encapsulates Larson. In recounting contemporary headlines, he threw in that a Grape Nuts ad referenced its ability to fortify youngsters for schoolyard fights, complete with an illustration of such a fight. Great shit. Maybe this one:
  5. And all the positives they attribute to Stephenson are actually negatives going by his track record at ATT.
  6. Is that a brand of hair extensions?
  7. You're the one that brought up Nancy Pelosi. Not to defend her, but you realize that unlike most Congress critters, her spouse is a professional investor. Also, point of order, those things I mentioned aren't "social issues," they are fundamental to our system of government and how it operates.
  8. And the lives of Americans are immeasurably better for it. Don't forget that three trans kids can't play sports.
  9. Don't care, that Wapo article is scurrilous. And an horrific example of the mainstream press trying to normalize one of Trump's worst abuses. PS Trump is also a Russian stooge.
  10. Speaking of #bothsides, WaPo apparently ran an op ed comparing the Comey indictment to Jack Smith's Trump indictments. Ben Wittes goes off. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--democracy-dies-in-both-sides-ism
  11. Are you "in the middle" on Trump's tariffs? Militarization of cities? Brutalization of immigrants and other browns? Open politicization of executive departments, including DOJ, complete with retaliation against civil servants? DOGE? RFK? Or is that all ok as long as stonks stonk and your taxes don't go up?
  12. I've seen several pieces that mention pretty much this exact plan was under consideration during the end of the Biden administration, but Bibi crawfished because he thought he'd get a better deal under Trump.
  13. Pretty much all "service" companies, a/c, plumbing, etc. are shit now thanks to private equity.
  14. That Charlie Kirk poster is fucking disgusting.
  15. My favorite recent fan shot was the husky Asian fella wearing an orange hard hat with his arms crossed in the middle of the aggy student section.
  16. Cunt reply. Why don't any of you cunts state a position? Do you mean Thomas Sowell, who says Trump is dangerous? https://www.lenconnect.com/story/opinion/columns/2016/04/11/thomas-sowell-why-donald-trump/31990185007/ But, I have figured it out. There was a long history of peaceful coexistence of Jews and Muslims in the Middle East before the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the western carve-up. The carve-up led to as much or more strife between Muslims as between Muslims and Jews, and led to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. The creation of Israel threw a match into that powder keg.
  17. I was watching the Gilded Age on PBS, highly recommended, and it noted that Andrew Carnegie, the most self-made of the robber barons, was initially quite sympathetic and empathetic to the working man. But he had a heel turn later in life.
  18. Well, add in fundamentalist Christians. It's not the Christian or Muslim part, it's the fundamentalist and the fact that all of them are under the control of at least minor demagogues. In the case of the technocrats, the demagogues are themselves. Another thing these groups do, generally, is eschew or denigrate education to insure that their followers' worldview is as constrained as possible. Yeah, you may not need a degree in CS to be a total code freak, but that degree comes with probably 12 hours of humanities (it did and I think still does at UT), plus some history, English lit, and government, and that goes a long way to keeping you from being a dangerous incel.
  19. Exactly what the founding fathers were afraid of. And sad that those rudderless, depressed youngsters don't follow the teachings of Christ and make themselves of service to others. They, and we, would be a lot better off.
  20. I've said it before, but all these internet billionaires commenced their commercial life believing the rules of "bricks and mortar" business didn't apply to them. That belief was somewhat ratified by the insane valuations that made them rich. But that wasn't just some benign little self-deception, these fuckers have completely internalized the notion that the rules, not just business rules, don't apply, shouldn't apply, and they're going to make sure of that. It's insidious and malevolent as hell.
  21. It's just a theory. And, I have seen that repeated, but I find it pretty difficult to believe that the position coaches don't have significant input.
  22. Oh for sure. That is something that is amiss in Sark's program. He's probably overly deferential to his coordinators.* But broadly speaking, to compete regularly with the UGas, OSUs and Alabama's of the recent past (probably should throw Michigan and ND in there too), you need multiple consecutive years of top rated classes with solid evals and development. You can't just walk into a situation with an aggregate 4 star rating, and nothing more, and expect that squad to execute and perform at a top level. I think Sark knew there'd be a dropoff but didn't know how it would interfere with his plans. And has misunderestimated a bit what it would take to reach a Bama level of talent. And, I think he lets himself be deceived that his team executing his offense in practice means they'll reliably do it in games and is shocked when they can't. And then tries to force the issue and make them play through it to do what he thinks they can. And I think that's a valid coaching strategy to a point. Jerritt Elliott makes the volleyball gals play through underachievement regularly, sometimes to their short-term detriment. But OU maybe proved that when clubbed over the head that we lack the talent/execution to do that, he can adapt. It's just not his first instinct. *There's nothing fundamentally wrong with deferring/delegating, I think most of the best leaders do it and do it well, but maintain accountability. If Sark has to be the uber control freak micromanaging every assistant, I don't think he can or will do that.
  23. Is a piece of shit. Possibly more so than the rest of the recent billionaire class.
  24. So, there's a pretty good chance he's an (even more) dementia-riddled (even more) blithering idiot in 2028. If he is no longer capable of giving a shit about being criminally prosecuted, what then?
  25. No not at all, but it's still fact free. One of the irritating things about Trumpco is when they make a fact-free assertion and something later comes to light that makes it partially true. Like that vindicates the initial lie.
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