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  1. Honestly I don't know and I think that's why it's a dilemma. Maybe take the Newsom playbook and start communicating to America in a way that America will understand and get on board and change the vibes. To use a football analogy, the D's are like the Detroit Lions and we are like Detroit citizens. There is a culture and a stink of losing and we are beaten down by the weakness and losing and the jokes. The D's need their Dan Campbell. Leadership that will come in and change the culture. Sure people will make fun of that leadership initially because it will sound or appear absurd at first (e.g. biting knee caps), but in time the change agent will be validated and well loved. We just have to live through a 2-10 season and be patient. I think the Mayor of NY guy is closest to that change agent right now, but I'm not that plugged in so maybe there are a lot more. Either way it's a tortured analogy but if we shut the government down and have no plan or hope, it feels in vain. Like Florida tanking their season and extending Billy Napier. Where is the hope?
  2. 10/10 no notes. Well that's a lie-- one note. You could have used "periodt" where you said "period" and it would have hit harder in a "clocked the tea" kind of way.
  3. This is a good point. The stock market, economy, and job market for the lower-middle to the upper class (sorry, poverty/poor class) is what will affect turn out and elections. The main question is: can D's effectively message that the economy is tanked because it's the R's fault or will the R's win the messaging with lies, obfuscation, and propaganda that it's the D's who are crushing you in the wallet (yet again)? Because if it's the latter, what are we REALLY doing here?
  4. I'm not really suggesting anything as much as I am extrapolating out what my opinion is of the likely effect from D's not caving. I initially thought like Bozo that the R's were making a misstep and political instincts were wrong (and I still think a shut down is bad politics) but I have softened on the result being that the R's will wear it. I think we live in a country where, right wrong or indifferent, the D's will wear this. That's all I was saying. This is a better, pithier way to express what I was trying to say @Huckleberry, if that helps you understand where I was coming from. @Dbeasy gets it.
  5. Which, to your point, is why I thought I agreed with the OP but now I think not. If the general public or a vocal half of the country actually appreciate and like Trump and what he is doing, the fall out is going to be on the Dems who are viewed as sour grapes, obstructionist, trying to use loopholes to stop the government that America voted for. Not on learned messageboards full of good poeple like surly, but in the court of popular opinion where the polls get done, the D's might be worse for the wear for any negative outcomes that happen with a prolonged or semi-prolonged shut down (e.g. crime spikes, airline issues, interest rate/stock market sell offs, lay offs, etc.) It's putting 2026 midterms at risk potentially.
  6. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2025/09/30/ice-agents-arrests-41-in-alleged-human-trafficking-sting-at-dallas-chicas-bonitas-club A raid by the Homeland Security at a Dallas adult entertainment club last week ended with the arrests of 41 people during a human trafficking and unlawful employment investigation, according to a news release. ICE officers, federal agents and local Dallas officers, descended on Chicas Bonitas Cabaret in the 11000 block of Harry Hines Boulevard Friday night, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office said in a Tuesday news release. ICE arresting 41 illegal immigrants in a Dallas Chicas Bonitas is unethical even to those who are pro-ICE. It's like the hunter who uses deer feeders year round and then hangs out in his deer blind and kills bambi. Great job, but that's not hunting. C'mon. Talk about a honeypot trap.
  7. I thought it came out that “trained on $300k of older nvidias” was later confirmed to be click bait and that it was a bit more involved than that (if not materially or significantly more).
  8. What’s nuts to me is that this elderly people were ostensibly once upon a time savvy, responsible, clever, discerning people with good judgment. And now they are falling for the most idiotic and illogical scams. What does that say for us? One day our great great grandkids gonna be like “my old granddad vegasgeezer68 is 98 years old and giving the AI machine his life’s inheritance because they said you have to pay your taxes through the virtual reality IRS agent kiosk at the mall and now his quantum phone is charging HIM money and he’s scheduled for debt prison or execution next Tuesday. 6-7.” Thats probably about how an elderly person who was a 40 year old top dog in the 70’s hears technology today.
  9. Mainstream entertainment is finding out what professional bag chasers like Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton figured out 15 years ago: In one lowkey weekend in the Middle East hanging out with smelly old men or doing a quick 4 songs at a wedding or birthday party, you can get a nice 7-8 figure payday to bankroll your next 2-4 years in SoHo or West Hollywood while you try and find the next career move with your manager, the next brand business you want to build or the next lick to hit, whichever comes first. its just now with social media (clock the tea generation) there is no privacy and it gave up the game
  10. For sure. I’m sure we have comedy writers on this site that can whip up a decent script and if not, AI is plenty advanced.
  11. Went to Katz’ in East Village two weeks ago when I was in the City, now that’s a sandwich for lunch! Line was out the door at like 11:30am. 10x the Katz we used to frequent on 6th street at 3am
  12. Is the one on the drag dead? The waitress came up to us at lunch (Richardson, off 75 location) and told us to enjoy because they are closing down for good on Friday. Sheesh. I guess it will be another Indian food joint.
  13. Did a site search for this place. It seems the lion share of locations have shut down from their big market blitz of 20 years ago. I had one for lunch today for the first time in 10 years. Mustard blend still great. Still a good lunch. Not sure what there is to hate on.
  14. why did he stop posting and/or why did he unceremoniously change names?
  15. "once it passes his front bumper it's no longer his space"
  16. I won't back up. Their fault for overshooting the spot and assuming I'm going to understand they want to be an incovenience to everyone and take their time to do a two-point back-in. I will just take the spot and head in, most of the time and hopefully it learns them a lesson for the future. Before you say IATA, If they were to somehow try and signal their intetion that would be different and I would acquiese. I'm talking about drivers who pass a spot and then expect us to understand that "oh jk i was really wanting this spot just going to back in"
  17. serious question but how is this (screenshotted) any different than just paying for sex? like professional sex workers or escorts? Doesn't say anything about coersion, underage, illegal drugs, or anything really illegal (outside of obviously prostitution being illegal). He's an 80 year old kinky freak dog with cash to spend-- seems like a bunch of progressives who want to legalize and destigmatize sex work should be defending this. edit to add: "beyond the scope of woman's consent" i didn't pick up on the first read. Depending on what that means, yea, that's a bad person and clear no-no. Maybe not respecting the safe words?
  18. I read one about Africa but they called it Wakanda. Less a book and more pictures.
  19. In this vein, caught Ballerina (John Wick spin off) on a plane over the weekend. Pretty good and I'm a big JW fan so might be biased.
  20. I think Chappelle has been on a generational run the last 10 years-- more as a story telling thought leader and public intellectual who happens to be very funny than a traditional comedian, though. Not sure that I agree with this-- lots of Middle East locales have become very Western friendly and fun vacation spots. I've personally been to Muscat and Dubai multiple times and it largely feels no different than a (different kind of brown) browner Miami vacation. As the millennials gain more and more influence around the culture, KSA seems to be rotating more to the pro-Western comforts that one would think of when thinking of tourist destinations and as crude is careening towards $50, it's validating the thinking of those oil states as to why they are heavy tech and tourism investors of the last 10-15 years.
  21. This is the question. If they are allowed to come in and punch up, maybe it's a bit of that ping pong diplomacy mentioned above. If it's a state-washing put-on to legitimaize KSA in the eyes of the world, no thank you.
  22. Come on rangers-/ lose on purpose for the lulz
  23. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250822168/target-is-getting-crushed-by-walmart-here-are-the-reasons-why And this is interesting: https://powercommerce.com/blogs/ecommerce-hub/targets-struggle-for-relevance-the-fall-of-a-retail-giant No doubt there is some impact from a boycott. But to act like the boycott is the reason when it's OVERWHELMINGLY, like 90%+ because of macroeconomics and shifting consumer behavior for retail in general, seems....less than honest?
  24. I get the pragmatic and strategic value in messaging it this way, but isn't 90% of the pain Target is facing due to to the economy and tariffs and inflation and changing consumer shopping behaviors as the world around us falls apart? Versus a boycott from moving lgbtq merch from the front to the back and that is not top of mind anymore and hasn't been for a while?
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