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Hah! Listening to the Bulwark podcast with Stephens as a guest as we speak, mainly to see if Miller will call him out for being such a gigantic pussy.

Late Night with the Devil is now on Hulu for those lacking a Shudder sub.

I wouldn’t mind a better punter if we’re shopping for specialists.

Boerne is a nice visit but it’s also the “fuck you, I got mine” capital of Texas.

They think of themselves as German, though. It's another way to distinguish themselves from the Mexicans and everyone else. It's also very Aggie despite the fact few are ranching (and fewer are farming).

That’s part of it, Big Sort and all. I also think that the old German pioneer, independent and yet community building spirit curdled into selfish NIMBY’ism. The old German families resent the Mexican Americans that now outnumber them so the demographics are more like apartheid South Africa. The whole area is a really good example of the weakness of the state Democratic Party. If they were capable of party buiding it would be a great candidate because the numbers are there.

She bothers me less than Bateman, whose public “Bruce Wayne” performance is pretty hammy, along with any time Batman attempts to quip. Like when he is back from Princeton and go to the narrows to meet Carmine Falcone, gives a homeless person his coat and says to the homeless dude “people are going to come looking for me.” The homeless man says “who?”, and he replies back “everyone.” It makes him seem extremely narcissistic, which is at odds with a plot trying to paint him as a selfless hero. Then you have the callback later with “nice coat” that takes a scene doing a lot of heavy lifting to suspend audience disbelief that this character would be frightening to criminals and adds that ridiculous dad joke.

I’m presuming that’s from the WaPo survey and article, the author of which was on the Bulwark podcast yesterday. Tim Miller asked the obvious question-“If her policies are so popular why isn’t Kamala doing better?” He started to answer his own question, echoed by the reporter, that Trump supportive voters aren’t ranking policy alignment very highly. They are MAGA cultists and/or pissed about inflation.

Look, the polls aren’t the problem. Political scientists would like to believe that asking citizens about their preferences is healthy for democracy and for communicating preferences to elected officials. The problem is they are now being used to feed a media ecosystem that is far more interested in talking about a horse race than policy. And in support of that you have media acknowledging the results of shit pollsters and treating them the same as non-partisan polls. It’s not entirely different from all the goddamn bowl games that end up hosting Nevada versus Vanderbilt and both have 6-5 records.

I’m glad she’s reaching out to sports fan but I still want her on Rogan.

I don’t think they are garbage, but I’ve been re-watching with my eight year old and there’s definitely some weak spots that I bet Nolan would acknowledge don’t work. Heath Ledger, fwiw, is still incredible. Have you seen the Phantom Thread? He’s relatively subdued in it and it’s probably the best lead performance of anyone in 2017.

Voted yesterday at the Balcones Woods shopping center. Line was about 40 deep both before and after I voted but it moved fast; I was in and out in half an hour. Definitely extra satisfying this year compared to ‘22. I wish I could vote against Ted Cruz every morning for a little hit of dopamine.

I live close and eat out a lot so have been to everywhere in the Domain and most of them close by. The restaurants in the Domain are all aggressively mediocre. On the bright side, no place is terrible but there isn’t a standout and there isn’t a budget friendly option. Ambiance is usually the best part of all of your options. We usually will do Flower Child or True Food because there are at least healthy options. Outside the Domain there’s Turnstile (love their drink menu), Con Todo for tacos (also a Taco Deli is close at Gracy Farms). Tomodachi Sushi is relatively close, as is House of Three Gorges (over praised on the Austin Reddit thread but probably the only “wow, that was great” meal I’ve had in Austin in years).

All the more reason why structural reform that better enables majorities to craft policy should be the #1 Harris priority. You can’t “fix” things if a nihilistic minority is empowered to put the breaks on everything, or you need to have a rare moment when all of the levers of power are in the hands of your party. The GOP should want this, too, if there are any left capable of acting in good faith.

She’s aging in dog years.

If Green didn’t like it he could have just played out his rookie contract and go into restricted free agency. This is a compromise option between getting some security. If he has a good year the Rockets will want to max out an extension. If it’s not heading that direction then it’s probable the Rockets will want to move him.

At least in Austin, it‘s hard to get more “foody” than a $10 taco at Nixta* *what’s worse is they don’t innovate-the menu is mostly the same as five years ago, just more expensive.

Hot take-Cuantos Tacos is the most overrated taco in Austin. Also, calling a taco Mexico City style is bullshit. They have ALL KINDS of styles in Mexico City.

The Persians don’t really have any experience with socialism, but some of the olds do recall the Shah fondly and I think there’s some sympathy for the authoritarianism. The younger, 2nd gen vote like their white generational peers and most lean Dem because they had to become white collar professionals or risk the wrath of maman and baba.

Sorry dude, you read like someone who, by virtue of friendship, has had their reason compromised. And I would say the same to someone who has family in Gaza-they just aren’t able to make smart decisions at the moment. It’s unfortunate that there’s so many innocents caught up in the violence, but the cold reality is the policy of the United States remains supportive of Israeli agency over alternatives and they should be voting for a Harris presidency that promises to at least show compassion to the Gazans who have lost so much.

I generally agree with your takes but excusing Muslim Americans voting for a greater evil, in essence out of petulance, for a lesser evil is ethically indefensible.

Well, it might be better to say that MY presumption about his handicapping is suspect 😉 So what’s your prediction?

That’s one reading of it. I think there’s more chaos in the markets at present than one explanation can account for, i.e., there’s little consensus about what comes next. The immediate, post 9/18 deterioration in bond pricing wasn’t due to inflation concerns, it was reassurance the the Fed would be more accommodative and that the risk/reward balance favored equities (which depressed bond demand). War in the Middle East, oil price shock risk, the election, inflation coming down globally, seasonal adjustments are all in the strew pot, I just don’t know how you tease one out from another. My old boss wrote a blog post a couple of days ago and he thinks the rates will fall after the election*, but it might be later in Q1 before we get back to where we were 9/12-9/17. *he actually didn’t write this part, but I bet he’s counting on the Dems losing the Senate, House and President both go Dem, and a divided Congress reassures markets that fiscal policy will be restrained.

Not like we hang, but I bet Farrell loves it and will happily cash Warner Bros checks as long as they want to produce it.

That’s a really good one.