Jump to content

LCHorn

Full Members
  • Posts

    2930
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by LCHorn

  1. To be fair, let's not exaggerate the political brilliance of Casar winning in a district that's 53.8% hispanic. I know you like to lay the blame for enforcing the homeless camping ban at the feet of law enforcement, but it's undoubtedly true that he was way out in front of a permissiveness that was loudly rebuked by voters.
  2. I'm not picking on you specifically, but the left doesn't need to aggrandize the GOP and shouldn't try to mimic their more dysfunctional behaviors in order to win elections. This requires some hope, but if the Dems can find a really good communicator that's cool it'll go a LONG way to revealing how fragile the GOP 2024 coalition was. @Bozo_Casanova has been beating this drum (and for the record and for @bolverk, I disagree with him somewhat on "it's the singer, not the song"), and it's been also getting discussed by all the of the lefty podcasters--throw out 2024, that was a self-own by Biden and the rest of the party and it's not going to teach helpful lessons next year or when the race heats up in 2027. Instead, what they/we need to acknowledge is that the way information is getting passed from elites to everyone else, from business to consumer, from neighbor to neighbor, etc., has had a revolutionary change in the last decade. I'll give you an example--my 75 year dad asked me yesterday "Do you know what Reels are? I've been watching those, they are so funny!" He's not watching 60 Minutes, he's consuming media via the shit we mock as the domain of ignorant Gen Z. Whoever masters the new media environment is likelier than not to win elections. Do that and pick a few policies that are broadly popular like David Shor recommends and see who's best at getting attention in a long primary season.
  3. I would be shocked if a) the Astros were willing to take on his salary or b) Brown would be willing with the prospects needed to get Tampa to pay his salary. Also, Lowe kinda sucks. He's an upgrade only because Rogers is terrible (although, if you are taking a look at second basemen league wide, he's below average but far from the bottom in WAR). I wish they'd give Whitcomb the at bats and we can at least see if he's viable before he's a minor league free agent.
  4. I'm not really into calling out individual posters out on it, but @Bozo_Casanova is right in that a number of contributors to this thread (and across CR) want to make this an echo chamber demanding a progressive purity that is a doomed electoral strategy. It's also tone-deaf, as they sit in judgment of politicians that try to reach out to Trump voters and then wonder why those same voters think Democrats are a bunch of snobs. There is no Obama coalition anymore. If you don't want President Vance in '28 we're going to need to make inroads into any groups that share some (but not all) of the party's priorities. Nah, that's a bad process and what led to Harris (although I'm not second guessing the decision given the lack of time for a proper primary). Dems need whoever is able to win a fully contested primary, that's it. I don't think that's a permanent solution to governing an electorate that wants every election to be a change election, but that's a separate discussion. I actually disagree with each of these. Let's not confuse Trump's almost singular ability to pull in unlikely voters for durable Republican support. They've built a coalition that can unite around a tax cut but that's a) hanging by a thread and b) they are almost totally incapable of aligning around any other single issue. It's partially why Trump has discovered the Presidency is a grift machine--there's no other leadership to counter him.
  5. Chandler Rome has been adamant that Espada/Brown aren’t moving Altuve back to 2nd. You might read into that they would prefer to lose offense in exchange for better defense there, at least for this season.
  6. I think you’re confusing the thread for Scott Galloway’s suggestion from that same podcast. Announce now and make it about bringing justice to every corrupt administration official and start building popular support for that three years from now. I’m not sure I agree, but I did want Biden to spend his political capital on election reform and not BBB. Trump has sent an enormous signal to every grifter politician in the country that you can get away with it.
  7. Ah, I see. I didn’t realize agents took that so personally. I get hard shopped probably 50% of the time lately and life is just too short to get upset over it.
  8. Why is he an asshole? Do you expect that he not follow the request of his client to lowball yours?
  9. I’m not trading that Phoenix ‘27 unless I’m getting back a starting calibre player that is on the same timeline as Sengun/Jabari/Amen.
  10. That's a great trade for maximizing the value of those Phoenix picks the Rockets own.
  11. Hmmmmm......
  12. Thanks! Because I hate myself I powered through it all. I think what I really want is a podcast that just explores any and every way to get rid of Green.
  13. Let's be honest--there's a lot of stupid in this country and social media has convinced them their opinion is valid and under-represented.
  14. I appreciate you sharing but I only made it through the first 20 minutes because Sam Vecenie is a good reporter but a terrible listen and talking NBA salary cap holds is the the kind of discussion only an autistic masochist would enjoy. Cliff notes? Also, I'm only interested in one subject--how can the Rockets upgrade at SG.
  15. I feel like I'm starting to get a sense of your taste and I bet you've seen everything Mike Flanagan has done.
  16. Echoing this, I’m on r/USMC (which is definitely not the fleet, it’s a little wiser and more left) and it’s been refreshing to see the warnings from veteran Marines to those in service to be super careful with civilians.
  17. To be fair, I will admit to misreading Harris’ support, and the fact that we (wife and I) ejected pretty much everyone anti-vaxxer in our social network during COVID meant we didn’t know anyone that voted for Trump (besides family, who were stuck with), which was a pretty big blindspot. I’ve also just listened to like my third podcast with Buttigieg in the last month, and I think the fact he sounds overly polished may be more detrimental in a general election than his sexual preference.
  18. Yeah, I don’t think anyone here presumed a Harris victory in the wake of Biden’s late exit. Everyone was pretty jubilant that sufficient pressure was being put on Biden, though, because his campaign was truly hopeless.
  19. At the same point in his career, Shai was hitting 50% of his shots and 40% from three. He was also 2:1 on assist to turn over with 6 assists a game (actually, he’s superior at pretty much every statistical category). Haliburton is pretty similar (50-40-80, 4:1 assign to turnover, more steals, etc. If anything, the comparison should serve as evidence that Green isn’t poised to be on their level.
  20. Well, in support of your argument, it’s hard to top a Viking and a Ninja as your first two protagonists.
  21. I didn’t mind it-if you want to pick something mostly modern they needed a character who wasn’t a commando type, since it’s been done already. It also accentuates the idea that war fighting has evolved so that individual martial prowess is less important than mastering the technology. The Predators are skilled at both.
  22. The animation is pretty amazing for those of us who grew up thinking GI Joe/Transformers was the apogee of animated violence.
  23. How old are the kids? I hiked the mountains in Deer Valley with my 1 year old in a kid carrier and then dined at the resort restaurant on the deck after. It was pretty perfect (particularly the beer).
  24. To be fair, pretty much every WS champion I’ve ever seen has had a couple of average players with their career best season.
×
×
  • Create New...