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Absolutely. Delicious food, beautiful women, and pure hatred of Communism.
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Per Wikipedia: "The pipeline is an offshore 700 ft bypass that connects the UTOS Gas Pipeline and the High Island Offshore Gas Pipeline System at West Cameron lease block 167, in the Gulf of Mexico."

re: the dog that hasn't barked

Posted by jat912 on 11/12/25 at 10:28 am to
The phrase likely originated in a Sherlock Holmes story

LINK

re: Berman still has his fastball

Posted by jat912 on 9/23/25 at 1:40 pm to
Jim "Two Silhouettes on" Deshaies

Coach McDaniel

Posted by jat912 on 9/18/25 at 8:52 pm
My wife and I are watching the game. She says Mike McDaniel looks like a guy than won a "Coach for a Day" contest, and the team just decided to keep him.
I couldn't really disagree.
Have a look at Baylor, especially if your kid wants to go pre-med.

On our recruiting visit, the first 2 things they said were:
1. "We are unapologetically Christian", and
2. "80% of our pre-med students get into medical school."

They did not lie. However, the second statement has a catch - if you don't make the grades in the first semester, they "invite" you to select another major. The students call it "Business by Christmas."

My daughter got involved in the Catholic student organization, very TradCath. And she did get into med school (subtle brag, but I'm a proud dad.)
I'm normally not a "name brand" person, but Brooks shoes have been a pleasant surprise. I had tried Hokas and OnClouds, which dominate the clinical medical field (nurses, techs, etc). Those 2 didn't do anything for me. I hadn't realized how much my feet were hurting until I put on a pair of Ghosts - the same ones I just wore through a 24hr shift.

re: Couples with joint FB accounts.

Posted by jat912 on 7/27/25 at 9:27 pm to
My wife and I have had the same FB account for almost 10 years. She created an account to track friends on a mission trip, then I took it over. We also have the same email address and bank accounts.
My daughter will sometimes use our FB account for Marketplace.
We have rented houses at Christmas in Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan. Had good experiences, both times had the beach pretty much to ourselves. Some houses are big enough for multiple families.
Bring your food with you, not a lot of groceries available.
The DI/FM ferry has nice scenery, but isn't always open, and often fills up with cars still in line. If you miss the ferry, you have to go all the way around Mobile Bay to get to FM.
Barrasso (Wyoming) is a veteran fundraiser, does a lot of travelling to help candidates, is from a safe deep-red state, and, AFAIK, doesn't have intra-party drama.
Also, he is a physician.

re: Mitch McConnell

Posted by jat912 on 11/6/24 at 1:16 am to
I was thinking a certificate suitable for framing

Mitch McConnell

Posted by jat912 on 11/6/24 at 1:07 am
He gets a lot of hate from both parties, but, once again, it looks like he made the right budget decisions for Senate races this cycle. I like Cruz, but he obviously did fine without NRSC money.

Also remember, he was instrumental in keeping Merrick Garland off of SCOTUS and giving conservatives a 6-3 majority.

Let's give credit where credit is due, and hope his successor is as successful.

Starting to get into some feels

Posted by jat912 on 11/5/24 at 1:53 pm
MAGA household here.
Voted at lunch today. Wife, daughter, and MIL voted early.

My neighbor's son is voting for the first time this evening after football practice. He has been MAGA since middle school - he would stand out in the front yard waving a Trump flag, just for fun.

I think I am just as emotional about his voting today as when my daughter voted for the first time 4 years ago.

There are young people who understand, and are willing to stand and fight. We just have to protect, teach, and reinforce them.

:usa:
As much as I dislike NYT, their Election Day coverage and analytics are top-shelf.
I did this in 2016, and did not in 2020.
The results speak for themselves.
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Reagan at the Republican Convention in New Orleans (1988)

Carter at LSU Spring Commencement (1992)
I am pleasantly surprised by the EV data for MAGA, and want to thank you deep-divers for keeping us up to date. However.....

Does anyone know of a metric to assess how much of an Election Day drop the Rs will suffer because of banking the early vote? IIRC, Florida EV for Dems was thought to be enough in 2016, but it eventually became apparent that they had cannibalized their Total Vote, and Election Day R turnout was enough to give the state to DJT.

I would like to think that he new-voter registrations would account for the increase in EV, and that the traditional R voters will still vote on Election Day - but I would like to base that on some objective measure.

TIA :usa: