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Hopefully President Trump doesn't start and stop with D.C. Make this a nationwide trend.

my bad that position is reserved for a coach's kid right.....................🤷‍♂️

Ok

Not good! @UT alum @CardinalBacker

Good to see Javier pitch well. Hope he can keep it up. Neris has not pitched well at all and now Hader in for tests with shoulder pain.

I think I’d find someone else to parrot other than the Socialist/Communist Bernie Sanders loving Dana Bash. Just me.

Just a friendly reminder NO ONE WINS A SCRIMMAGE! That is all, Thank you.

The only ‘national’ news program I watch is Fox Business. They are the most accurate business coverage on the airwaves. Yes, you have to listen to some politics. But, it’s not near the amount or respective bias of the other straight news/opinion outlets. You can tune most of it out & focus primarily on the economics—which is what I do. He’s been a fairly regular guest. Once or twice a month I’d say. Pretty much a supply side conservative. Friedman/Laffer type. Not a big tariff guy. A lower tax & lower regulation guy.

I was actually expecting worse job numbers with the ex-government workers actively on the job-seeking roles again. We're still at almost record employment even with the layoffs in multiple sectors. People have to understand the economy of today is like a bubble. It's flexible now. Our economy is more technology driven than physical assets. It can easily adapt to changing conditions because it's more knowledge based. Coding, content, talent and IP rights contribute a lot more than physical/manufactured items. That's why the drivers of the markets are mainly Tech firms. They have high upfront costs, with exponential returns, and basically no marginal costs after the initial investment. Code is written, code is employed, costs are complete, and revenue is then scalable. Similar with any of the high tech ventures. Even engineering processes are licensed out. Yes. We still have manufacturing. But, not for low margin/low tech goods. Trump is attempting to open up the technology sectors in other markets. He can afford to do this without crashing our economy because our economy isn't driven by physical items anymore. Our main export is actually technology, services, and licensing. His other arrow in the quiver is deregulation. Not talked about much. But, a critical component of costs and the economy. The EPA rolling back the 2009 Endangerment policy from the Obama Administration that justified over $1 Trillion in regulatory costs is going to save individual taxpayers thousands. This was the policy that basically allowed the government to regulate almost everything we buy and use. Choice will return, and the cost of goods for everything delivered by truck will decrease substantially. Estimates are that the American consumers should save around $54 Billion annually just from this regulatory change alone. Press/News Release from EPA: [Hidden Content]

The most violent day in recent DC history was January 6th, 2021

Man oh man hard to believe how this game was played but win 7-6 after blowing 5 run lead. Baseball at it's best

Astros with a 7-6 win. Javier gets the win, going 5 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, 5 K's. Sousa with the save.

What kind of person makes fun of Trump for firing someone who doesn’t do their job? Oh yeah…..the haters.

Trump Names His Pick To Take Charge Of Jobs Data: ‘HONEST And ACCURATE’! [Hidden Content]

Lol... 90 more days

Out of area: Euless Trinity visits North Crowley Thursday on ESPN @700 pm

Just watched a couple videos of "Meet the Pirates." Does Vidor not have a freshman team this year?

That would be me.

Pretty sure he was joking about the "redshirt statement."

Oh, OK, so you are disputing Rep. Babin's Homicide statistics that Washington D.C. has 4X or 5X more murders than 3rd world capitals. He just made it all up. Got it.

Almost 40% of U.S. homeowners own their home outright as of 2024. We’re one of them. I’ve joked it will take a nuclear bomb to get me to move. Hard to go back to having a payment of any size once you’re used to having none. Ours has been paid off for almost 20 years. I’d have no clue what to do with a house note. I’ve read that many are selling (when they do) and taking the cash to buy another smaller home. No new mortgage.

Well, if it didn’t happen to me, it must be false. 🤣🤣🤣 That’s the Ostrich Effect.

Gotcha. I was thinking along a different track. Generally speaking, I’m not a tariff fan either way. But, in the economic/political scheme of things (as far as exerting influence beneficial to U.S. policy) tariffs are actually an easier and more adaptable measure than sanctions. They can exact a price on the issuer (U.S. in this case), but, so can sanctions & sanctions are much harder to enact, enforce and/or modify. Tariffs are a relatively straight forward economic and political tool with flexibility. I would prefer tariffs not be used for knee-jerk personal issues. However, some—like Brazil at 50%—supposedly started as a personal issue, and now is helping our big tech firms. Will it hurt U.S. coffee drinkers some? Probably. But, not THAT much. Our cup of Joe may go up a nickel or two. But, Big Tech—a major driver of our economy as a whole—will benefit greatly. So, you have to view them all through an economic lens, and that lens is different depending on where you’re looking through it. Economic measures of any means are preferable to military conflict if influence is needed to affect a political goal for the good of the nation. I’m not a ‘war/conflict is good for the economy’ person. I’ve been involved in my past. Avoid it at almost any cost. Hopefully, that answers your question better. @UT alum

He just pretends like Washing DC is not violent because he's been there over 12 times in the last 25 years and felt safe.......ignoring actual crime data that is what TDS will do to you

The numbers are the numbers......Unless you're trying to dispute the numbers on practically every crime page I've gone to Beaumont and live in Port Arthur.....I've never been assaulted or obviously killed...but that does not mean the violent crime rate in Beaumont is not 278% above the national average in violent crime.