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They both pass some though. They both have great talent. They both can be money in the clutch. Having two, REAL, money guys is big. Then you need your center who can defend, rebound, and score some from close range. Depth that are contributors and defenders might make it work. Not guys who go 0-15 from wide open 3-land in the playoffs though. There is a need for some clutch shooting beyond Westbrook and Harden. I'm intrigued with that duo plus Capella.

That combination with Capella in the middle and some serviceable guys to take some open look shots could work. Will your interest rise if they are winning and get a top 2 or 3 seed going into the playoffs? Of course Westbrook will have to mesh with the team a bit but he and Harden have a history together. Paul is over the hill or at least trending down so you have real talent replacing him. Of course if Westbrook is cancer to the locker room or is worst Westbrook then you will be right. Surely he wants to win enough to do the right things that will maximize the best of what Harden brings with his own massive skills. But that might be hoping for too much.(even for a dispassionate DFW-ite just looking at the new intriguing Rockets situation from afar) At least your GM/owner is making deals to win.(trying to win)

And destroy anything not to their liking of course. Let it all come out into the open.

So stop bitching, lay back and enjoy the ever increasing spending. /some failed, short, old aggy Republican for Governor vs Ann Richards in the 80's named "Claytie"

There hasn't been the will to cut anything for as long a I can remember, possibly back to Graham-Rudman. Certainly the budgets that were set 4-5 years in advance before Trump came into office, you can check the Federal record, showed 4-5-6%(or more) increases yearly virtually across the board for every program in the federal government on a pure escalator future budget. It wasn't sustainable then and it certainly isn't now with the business cycle that has gone on longer than ever likely coming to the natural slowdown recessionary correction. Maybe the Fed will push it further down the road again with another round or two of Quantitative easing or some other masterful policy they have in their yuge bag of financial tricks? For all of you bitching about Republicans, has the now Democrat controlled House of Representatives called for cuts to anything? I'd be for a 30% across the board , real, cut to every program over the next 3 years 10% at a time with the caveat that nobody on the lowest 2 rungs of any Federal program could be fired. Only salary adjustments are allowed and middle or upper management positions can be fired to make the budgets work with those cuts. It wouldn't be enough to put much of a dent in the deficit, much less start paying the Debt. But, at least, the least the Federal Government could do is stop the automatic increases to the spending budget. Hold them steady for a decade or more and do creative budgeting on a priority basis. The first month of the Trump Administration there were some cuts in the State Department. Everyone cried. They still cry about those cuts and the jobs that are not filled. There haven't been cuts to anything since. Stop saying, if you are, that you are for cuts when you know you aren't.(I'm looking up the thread when I say that) TLDR: I say cut it all, 10% a year across the Federal Budget till we balance and start paying the debt down significanty, so the pain is universal and no favorites. There isn't will to even stop the never ending into the future automatically scheduled budget increases so that will never happen.

Just a guess: are some or most or even all of the generic alternative drug making companies from the past X years still around or have they been swallowed/merged into other companies perhaps? Are the regulations to be able to produce drugs different now/recently wrt onerous costs that might make it prohibitive to produce drug generics? Does Medicare pay full price for generics when they are available or some %? If the prices available to be paid from forced providers don't cover costs then you won't produce the products to fulfill those orders at a loss for very long if at all. What can be done without Government causing a substitution effect that would potentially provide further disincentives to companies to compete with a non-cost worried government entity? What can be done to do the opposite, what incentives for companies to provide cheap generics for drugs off the protective patent schedule would be advisable to jump start the process? The previous paragraphs are pure supposition on my part.

was he in state, local, or federal custody?(when/where this happened)

The local channels worked fine before and since. There mignt have been something in the contract somehow somewhere about saturday night primetime ABC games are blacked out in certain circumstances, or something. IIRC that was the timing of that game. It freaked me out but the results of that shitshow had me more pissed about the game than the PSUVue at the time. I don't honestly know what/why it was that way and I've not worried about it too much since. Edit: anyone else see that with PSUVue on blacked out events? This is the style of refurbished hdtv antenna that is electric powered for great reception if you put it in the right spot: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FWKHHCC/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B00FWKHHCC&pd_rd_w=vizwh&pf_rd_p=8a8f3917-7900-4ce8-ad90-adf0d53c0985&pd_rd_wg=QUFtO&pf_rd_r=EHF4KVFJ1ESGTTJFMSXV&pd_rd_r=97ac93bc-69e5-4118-a54f-2436877acea8&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE1N1o1NlUwSlg1Q1UmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAwMTA2Mzg3SE9BWVZZT1FTT0MmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDQ2NjA0NTE1WTFTSVpBWjJBU0omd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

One interesting quirk is the way PSUVue treats local stations on the level I was on, it was Core level, and will be on again here just before 8-31. Local stations you need to be sure to have your HD antenna set up because certain games will only be shown via that and are blacked out via PSUVue. My HD Antenna was unplugged the night Texas played OSU(the horrible game where the DB's were suspended for the first half I think) By the time I figured out the game was blacked out and got the antenna figured out, with WTF, WTF minutes going by troubleshooting first PSUVue then antenna, I missed almost the whole shitshow first quarter. Point is, be ready. PSUVue overall is worth it. Edit: signed back in on the Core level. Price has gone up but is still decent.

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"Poona-palooza" hahahahahahahaha

This could be fun. Let him stay.

unless Trump, right?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/opinion/sunday/talking-dog.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

interesting map of donations imho:

‘GET HOME ASAP!’ Donald Trump celebrates as ASAP Rocky is released and allowed to leave Sweden ahead of street fight verdict BREAKING Alahna Kindred 2 Aug 2019, 18:36 Updated: 2 Aug 2019, 19:10 A$AP Rocky is allowed to leave Sweden while he awaits the verdict over a street fight in Stockholm, it has been reported. ... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9643933/aap-rocky-allowed-leave-sweden-after-being-released-while-awaiting-verdict-over-street-fight/

gave up 2 hits in 3 scoreless innings in relief: https://www.milb.com/gameday/indians-vs-emeralds/2019/07/31/578178#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=578178