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Uh, you can fuck right off lumping prosecco with moscato.

I guess I'm looking at it more from the standpoint of seeing some of the younger players out there. My bitching about Altidore is more about bitching about coming up into the next generation. The "story" right now is that instead of sending Brek Shea's over to fail in the Premiership, some of these younger guys who started in MLS are getting some purchase in the big leagues. I may not see the Jesus (Ferriera) in the World Cup, but he's a bit symbolic of a more confident 3rd or 4th string player we are putting out there in these games.

My 30ish kid and spouse just moved into their second house (the first was a townhouse that she will now rent). It's a nice house. Model: Spouse 1 (parents paid for private education through grad school - kid is a salaried type accountant). Spouse 2 (joined military out of high school, obtained college degree while in military, entrepreneur-style do-it-yourself real estate kid). Model - no college debt. Got to figure college debt out.

Brian Deese's comment in the quoted tweets is all Biden's team should say at this point. They don't get anything out of whining about bad faith. I want this administration to talk softly but carry a big ass stick and to use it when they need to. I think that approach will win them some votes next cycle. Biden was pretty quiet signing all the Exec Orders and I think he should be quite going forward on legislation.

Maybe Zimmerman who started his MLS career there?

Plus, negotiating in bad faith>>>>>>supporting insurection

You negotiate first and then accuse the other side of not negotiating in good faith.. A shitty opening offer isn't "negotiating in bad faith". Don't get me wrong, I assume they will negotiate in bad faith. But you still need to go the dance if you are harping on people reaching across the aisle.

It will help decent, ethical people who respect the rule of law. Fuck the rest.

He tries my patience and his presence on the pitch -- indeed, in the stadium -- irks me.

These fucking gringo announcers tho.... Can we not talk about Altidore PLEASE.

Minding the Gap (2019) (documentary) I thought it was pretty manipulative, but I liked it. The skateboarding scenes really were well done, and you could understand how these kids would have died without skateboarding. Mostly depressing, but a couple of bright spots, and the non-human character I was worried about for most of the movie ends up okay.

Is there a Middle Carolina attorney that can be hired?

gah. Altidore.

I like Greg Abbott more than most people like Greg Abbott, and certainly more than I like Ted Cruz. And I hate Greg Abbott. Beto got beat by the biggest asshole in the history of Texas. He's not going to win statewide against your run of the mill asshole.

This is a bit of a spoiler, but In a Lonely Place is as good as this guy says.

Yeah.....So? Nicholas Ray directed RWAC, In a Lonely Place, and Johnny Guitar, and all of those are OUT THERE. Plus, that guy fucked. In other words, I agree with what you say but you come to the wrong conclusion. It's a fucking great mess, plus it has Thurston Howell. (I don't think I've seen his other movies, so if anyone has any recs, please provide them.)

SF gonna SF. When those housing prices drop in Marin I'm going.

My new imagining of ztejas' view of the world...

You know, I still refuse to believe that lots of this stuff is lack of ability to communicate. I'm still holding off that some of these folks are simply resentful (wrongfully) that believe that whites are now getting the short end of the stick, and its more about white resentment than white supremacy. Everything is so damn bombastic that that is just the way it comes out. In other words, just because you are jumping to conclusions and stupid doesn't mean you are racist. It probably does, but there may be exceptions, and that may include your dad.

Thanks for some great responses. I am reconnecting with some people I knew and liked in high school and some of them are Trumpy. I kind of wish I had more time to drink with some of them at least to get to a point where they are real people again to try to work through some of this stuff on a one on one level, while we are bonding with how getting old sucks.. So yeah, while I feel a bit hopeless I think to the extent I am still communicating with some of these folks, well, maybe there is some communication left to be had. On the broader front, yes, I think we all still need to keep the energy up so that we can work to keep stupid people from office. There will always be plenty of that work to go around.

Just because you grandma was right about the Irish doesn't mean anyone needed to fight about it.

I met R. V. Burgin, the Marine from the show, The Pacific. I'm paraphrasing him, but like most Marines probably, when I asked him a bit about how he was able to do what he did during the war, he looked at me kind of funny (I suppose because I look funny and he wanted to strangle me) and more of less said that it's what Marines do. When my wife was taking care of her mom who was fading away with Alzheimers, I kind of got the same vibe from my wife. It's what you do -- you take care of your dying parent. There is no secret or way to sugar coat it, but you do your familial duty. I'm starting to get a bit hopeless about the nonsense in the US and Texas. Before there was some hope, but now it's quickly turning into "you do what you do as a citizen" and if it helps fine, and if not, fuck it.. You are for impeachment when someone should be impeached, you are for government programs when they might effectively help people, you are against what isn't working. But all you can do is to put on your CITIZEN cap, vote and perhaps get involved in some small way but thinking things will be better? Man, I know many of you have been preaching that but it seems worse now than it did when we were working to jettison fuckhead. These fucking zombies won't go away. Just because it doesn't seem like there is any hope with all the knuckleheads screwing everything up, doesn't mean you don't do your duty. I guess.

If I had mad computer skills I'd shop Bill Murray in for that guy in the back.

And Trump was Ziggy Sobotka.

You remember Yogananda Pittman? Half-black,half-Samoan, used ta call him Yo Mama Pittman.