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  1. Do you trust your wife? What I mean is, do you think she’d go behind your back, try to hamstring you?
  2. Unfortunately, that one requires power first. That said, I do think bringing justice that errors on the side of retribution needs to be part of the '26 platform. There's so much corruption going on in this admin that isn't contemplated by current laws and I'd not let that stand in the way enforcing anything popular.
  3. See, I disagree with this, too. Those are the old tools and they don't work anymore. Shame only works on the socially/economically aspirant and, as you've forcefully written many times, the cruelty for the right is an end unto itself. You don't go into the right's podcast and media ecosystem looking to convert the hardliners, you go because they are popular with the groups that have abandoned the left and center and you have to meet them where they are. Most listeners of Rogan and Theo Vonn* aren't there for the wackadoo politics, they are there to laugh or because they like the guest or the sense of community listening conveys. Otherwise, you're just feeding more into the delusion that lefties are alternatively snobs or pussies. *I'm not putting Hanania in this category. I have no idea who listens to him since the most popular media on the right appear proudly anti-intellectual.
  4. Except that’s flat out untrue. If you want to maintain a rigid definition built around nazism and make the case that WW2 forced ignorant white nativists to hide their natural prejudice in mixed company, I get it. It didn’t go away, though, and instead evolved and fractured into Christian nationalism, white supremacy, anti-democratic movements, etc., it’s all rooted in the same place. And I’d far rather the left’s standard bearers confront that ignorance head on than imagine they’ll disappear if we just wish hard enough. Two Trump victories should be all the proof you need.
  5. It's always interesting to see that which fan bases outside of College Station prefer being told the truth by their recruiting mods.
  6. See, that's what I disagree with. The dawning lesson of the last four years is that Democrats can't get their message out of orbit, absent a transcendent communicator. The podcast universe needs to be used as the laboratory, and as long as there is a listening audience for someone like Hanania, I think failing to engage with it is ceding that terrain to bad actors.
  7. I finally caught it yesterday at the Alamo and had the same problem, especially in the first act. I get verisimilitude, but there's something lost when stage trained Delroy Lindo doesn't get to use that amazing voice in a way that can be understood. Also, weird to see the kid from Starred Up all grown up (also another film begging for subtitles). I love that WB let Coogler make ambitious choices and that he was willing to go there. Also, Michael B Jordan might be the closest approximation to late 90's-early 2000's Tom Cruise energy. I can see him playing Jerry Maguire, Ethan Hunt, Frank TJ Mackey, Interesting reading the Variety review and the reviewer was shocked to be introduced to Wunmi Mosaku-I felt the same way after seeing her in Lovecraft Country in a more challenging role. I doubt it ends up winning many Academy Awards but the score has to get nominated and is probably going to be the betting favorite. I also noticed that Coogler gave Ludwig Goransson an EP credit. I'm sure some of that is a flex on Coogler's part, but also maybe a statement on how intertwined THIS story was with the music.
  8. That's actually something I've been bringing up in PC one on ones, because it's a problem I can wrap my head around. I don't like the idea that a process gets so complicated that only the well-capitalized can navigate it. That said, I don't well understand alternatives besides a Power Broker-esque central authority and don't favor moving backwards to that, either. Gargle balls BECAUSE he's on Hanania's podcast? I want the thought leaders on the left to get out and take their ideas to the right's home turf I doubt there's much overlap between the listening audience there and Real English.
  9. Tim Miller countered with that-basically, isn’t Abundance a jumping off point for a party admitting failure to solve problems and its animating ideas part of the conversation toward a vision to compete with Trumpian nihilism.
  10. It sounds like you’re not donating to Zephyr Teachout’s next run for office… I’m unlikely to read the book (after years of listening/reading both authors, I have a pretty good idea on their arguments), but the part of the conversation I’m more interested in is the mechanics of how you fix it. If, for example, you want to shrink public comment periods, is that leading to poor planning decisions and unmet citizen needs? Klein has brought up repeatedly the story about Newsom taking over a project under emergency powers, Shapiro doing the same with the I-95 bridge, and that exercise of power a useful example of what can be done without the bureaucracy critiqued in the book. That said, it’s also the same kind of power we wish to restrain when used in bad faith to deport legal immigrants without due process.
  11. You’ve read one article but haven’t read the book and your conclusion is that the author sucks and that its arguments are flawed? Fwiw, Klein had on two guests from the left last week to critique his book from that side, one of whom was AOC’s chief of staff. Derek Thompson was also a guest last week with Tim Miller on the Bulwark and made a good point that the book’s argument are a little nontopical when ‘26 is going to be a referendum on Trump and ‘28 is likely to be as well.
  12. And… these kinds of neighbors are why we passed on buying in Westlake.
  13. Ugh, just horrible 4th quarter
  14. I only clicked the mugshot link but I see it now in the bar link. He looks like Buffalo Bill.
  15. Holy shit. He’s been a known drug addict for at least a decade, I can’t believe he’s still upright.
  16. Scipio was far more fun back in the hornfans days when his contributions didn't result in a cascade of obsequious responses. That said, he's got a strong voice and it'd be good for clicks.
  17. I don't know why I thought this, but at the time I presumed that maybe Burton loaned him the money and it wasn't that much. I don't think IT has a lot of value to transfer to a third party absent the ongoing commitment of the various reporters to continue generating content. Burton would have done it as an investment in On3 and for the platform for his Youtube career.
  18. I'm a little disgusted with myself that it's only playing at the Bullock IMAX through tomorrow and it's sold out. If it's selling out the theater they should keep running it.
  19. I don't know this to be true, but what if I told you that this was a program available nationally using HUD money but administered by the states, but this particular program was simply branded "for black people" in an effort to better engage with that community? Would that change your mind? I'd have to dig into this one further, but bear in mind we have state (via multiple agencies) and local (both for Travis county and city of Austin) 2nd lien down-payment assistance functionally similar to each other but branded differently (this one is for teachers, this one is for first responders, this one is for veterans, etc.). My favorite is from SETH; we don't get to use it in Travis County but last I checked, it was also a 0% down-payment assistance lien, forgivable depending on length of ownership. It's possible something of this ilk is available to EVERYONE in Washington state. That said, I agree with you and @Brisketexan that it's bad optics and I'd not be giving conservatives an easy target if I were them.
  20. He’s 23 now and you have to squint to see upside when he’s getting paid $33m and $36m in the next two seasons at his current performance level. I think you have to move him because he’s been only going to lose value going forward.
  21. Can it be neither smart, nor dumb? Almost a year later and I think you can move it but only as part of a package with pieces that have some actual attraction to another team.
  22. I know Brown isn't a stats guy, but maybe broke pitchers is the new market inefficiency.
  23. Not with a bond election, that would be silly. My point is that Austin voters don’t seem to realize that $130 million of it is a tax on their (our) unwillingness to adapt to the current electoral environment. And it would be far cheaper to spend that on elections outside of Austin but willing to make transactional decisions for financial support and willing to play ball on state education funding.
  24. LCHorn

    Tex Mex

    This place is awful, automatic decline if one of the kids gets a party invite here. It's the Circus Circus of the kids games and pizza places. At least they brought back chili rellenos, finally.
  25. I think @Bozo_Casanova has said this, too, or I'm conflating him with Ezra Klein who has made this point repeatedly.
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