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@89th said in What’s the difference between a pack of cigarettes and the Houston Texans?: Probably. It's not like he's on a team that'll likely get him to the super bowl again, if he were on the Eagles or 49ers I could see him coming back next year if there was more potential. They’re actually further along than you might think. They have a top 10 offensive line, and they are young. Like 2nd year in the league young. Their D-Line is also very promising and young (except for Cam, who was an all-pro, curious to see what he does). The EDGE group is great, TJ is becoming less effective, but Herbig and Sawyer are high quality and Highsmith is a stud. Roster wise, their issues are DBs and WRs (plus QB), but there’s no QB in this year’s draft that they can get that would be an instant answer). Joey Porter Jr. is quietly a top 5 CB, but after that, it’s garbage. The problems this season were 85% on the coaching staff. Refusal to throw to the middle of the field, not committing to the run, piss poor defensive schemes that the other teams could see a mile away… You bring in a young and talented coach? This team can compete.

If they think it’s unconstitutional they could always challenge it.

Dalek poetry might be interesting.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly informed Trump on Sunday that the investigation “made a mess” and risked destabilizing financial markets. A source told Axios, “The secretary isn’t happy, and he let the president know.” Former economic government officials—including three former Federal Reserve chairs, four former treasury secretaries, and former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas—signed a statement describing the reported criminal investigation into Powell as an “unprecedented attempt to use prosecutorial attacks to undermine [the Federal Reserve’s] independence.”

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@89th said in Hi Fi on the cheap...: Send links to what you got? It's on Amazon - DX5 II Reviews are all over YouTube - e.g. at Link to video

Unless it’s a dude in drag then it’s 10 crazy 0 hot.

And if Xi or Kim or Putin win? Greenlanders would be both selling and trading. Its not just about the cash, it's also about maintaining their way of life balanced with new US citizenship. What's US citizenship worth? I'm pointing out the idea has a lot of upsides

https://x.com/robbysoave/status/2010820478185660701?s=46

Who knew that FDR basically sketched out I-80, I-90, I-10 and I-95. https://x.com/amazingmap/status/2010820525195739340?s=46

@Doctor-Phibes I think it could be described as seeds for brains stupid. If you were to throw dirt on their heads their brains would sprout shoots.

Hard to lose money on real estate unless you are in California.

Yep. And it's also amazing the number of wrong answers it comes up with.

@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?: I only just yesterday finished Chernow’s Mark Twain. While I liked the book and was never really tempted to put it down, it was definitely an endurance test. 1200 pages. I listened and the narration was 44 hours. I think they would do well to create an abridged version. Still a fascinating man and a fascinating life. I read/lillstened to that book as well - great listen - but you're right, lonnng.

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said in The Venezuelan Oil Thread: Darren Woods, who leads the largest U.S. oil company, Exxon Mobil, was especially blunt during a televised portion of the meeting. “We’ve had our assets seized there twice, and so you can imagine to re-enter a third time would require some pretty significant changes,” he said. “Today it’s uninvestable.” https://x.com/osint613/status/2010716004947485070?s=46

These videos will become so much more valuable to high school kids in the near future. Similar to @mik 's post about missing decency with GHWB.

There was a guy who was famous for "walking" the entire earth. I believe he said Kazahkstan was the most beautiful place he had seen. I could see that, mountains and cold lakes are hard to beat.