You’re probably right. I’ll admit it’s a self selection bias because I’m old enough to have made up my mind not to associate with people that have fundamentally different beliefs than I do.

So there are likely a lot of them, but none of them are MY friends, so it’s easy enough to believe in my little sphere.

Yeah dude, I’m fairly confident most of us dislike Reagan a fucking lot.

At least, most people in my generation that I hang out with, so it could be self selecting.

Then call it for everyone equally. If not, it’s favoritism plain and simple. It was a bad call. Both times.

Where they went wrong: Deshaun Watson

How to fix it: I guess you just wait it out, back in the dumpster.

Connections Puzzle #565

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Blue is the one that threw me, but once I caught purple I understood it.

Same. 14kW system on the roof, 2800 gallons of water storage refilled from well with electric pump. 4xPowerwall batteries for storage/backup, all electric appliances/hvac.

We can theoretically go for weeks as well, assuming moderate sun.

Central Texas, 260+ days of sun here.

So this is a bit of a personal peeve of mine, so please don’t take it as an attack or argumentative, I’m just offering a perspective.

Generally speaking, gamey is a misnomer. Unless, if by gamey you mean “doesn’t taste like domesticated beef”, in which case you’re right on, but gamey itself isn’t a flavor.

Every meat has its own distinct flavor and calling something gamey just indicates that it’s not culturally normal for you.

Tie it to the federal retirement age, which is currently 67.

TCEQ is a fucking joke. They’re a rubber stamp for anything industry wants, and they don’t care where.

Burnet county TX residents are currently trying to fight the installation of (another) rock crusher/quarry in an area with limited water and where three other similar plants already exist.

TCEQ rubber stamped their air quality permit after admitting they have ZERO air quality monitors in the entire county. But I’m sure it’s fine.

Not op, but HABITUAL restarts.

If that’s their approach, I’ll just refrain from doing business with a company whose default position is that their customers are intending to commit fraud.

Yeah… that should be tied to the product, not a person. And it doesn’t need a unique serial number. Take the old one back, verify it’s not a fraud, send the replacement. If it’s a fraud, destroy it and let the customer know why, then offer them credit on a genuine piece.

A backpack company doesn’t need to know who I am.

No one is wondering why a backpack has a serial number to begin with? Vehicles, sure. Electronics, ok. But a backpack? Why does it even need a serial number?

It’s essentially a clothing item. My t-shirts don’t have serial numbers. I’m just finding it a bit insane that a backpack would have a unique serial.

I’m just saying that before he’s removed there needs to be something official. A legal finding that he did indeed participate in insurrection.

Once that’s officially and legally established, then and only then, 14-3 should be invoked.

That’s already happened. There was a finding of fact that Trump participated in insurrection by state of Colorado.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/18/1213961050/colorado-judge-finds-trump-engaged-in-insurrection-but-keeps-him-on-ballot

That’s in part why this is the case the USSC has taken up. It is now established legal fact that Trump participated in insurrection, but 14-3 isn’t super clear that it pertains to POTUS, unlike the clarity for Senators and Representatives.

So there’s no question of guilt. That’s established. It’s now a question of applicability.

Second OT in Super Bowl history… both lost by Kyle Shanahan teams after a comeback by the opposition.

Agree completely.

SSA retirement age should be the maximum age for a new term. If you hit 67 during a term, you cannot run for another.

SSA will likely be hesitant to shift that number at will, or risk drawing the ire of one of the largest voting blocks: retired persons.

Yeah! That’s the one.

Boy I’m glad they approved that “winter storm surcharge” from 2021 so they could make all the necessary updates to the grid, so we’d never have to deal with this again.

On top of courts ruling that they’re not really responsible for making sure you actually HAVE power… can’t get in the way of that sweet, sweet cash flow.

HEB was a circus. It’s like the apocalypse was announced. There’s so much shared PTSD over the ‘21 storms it’s crazy.

Speaking of… any of y’all got that ercot dashboard page still? Not the official one, but the aggregated monitor?