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Last night, LMJ just didn't have it. At times this season, he has pitched well. At other times, like last night, he just didn't have it and the hitters put the bat on the ball. 5 innings, 5 earned runs, the Yankees opened the game with three runs, and two long balls. Overall, not a good night for LMJ. He competed, he's not a quitter, and he doesn't sulk on the mound, but his "stuff" just wasn't there. The offense didn't do anything either. The crowd was probably 70/30 Astros over Yankees, but when the Yankees opened the game with three runs and then had back-to-back big innings in the sixth and seventh, those Yankee fans got loud. I hate when that happens. Yankees, Cubs, Rangers, and Dodgers fans can get loud at Minute Maid/Daikin Park. On to the next game. Let's go Astros! Win, lose, or blow-out, I'm sticking with you. Go Astros!

Astros Friends, I'm afraid our Astros may have a long and ugly season in 2026. After last night's 9-6 loss @ Seattle, our beloved Astros are 9-10 on the year and struggling with a five game losing streak. Ouch! Our starting pitching is hurt (Brown), or has too small of a sample size to say if they are good or bad (LJM), or they are not very good (the rest of the group). I've got my unwashed 2022 Altuve jersey out of the closet (I last wore it for game six of the 2022 World Series vs. Philly), my rabbit's foot out, and my rally cap on. Time to break the five game losing streak and get on a five or six game winning streak (fingers crossed). 143 games left! Time to go 143-0. GO ASTROS!!!

+1 baddog. We need the Astros to play clean baseball, keep the bats hot, and hope the pitching comes around. Maybe Abreu will break out of his funk and have a big year? I know its only been 10-games, but I'm a tad concerned about him. On to Colorado and Seattle. GO ASTROS!!!

Last week President Trump told the public that the Iranian military was destroyed, the United States had total control of the air space, the war was won, and the operation was near complete. I guess not. We have a F-15 down and a missing pilot. Last week President Trump told the public that Iran wanted to make a deal very badly. I guess not. We're having to send B-52 bombers to the region to destroy Iran's infrastructure, which will make the everyday Iranian on the street angry at the United States for destroying their water and electricity supplies. Has anyone in Iran found the uranium that was days away from being enriched to a level for nuclear weapons? Maybe it's hidden with the weapons of mass destruction that Iraq had in the 1990s? Even President Trumps strongest supporters have to be thinking, has he embellished the truth and gotten us into another Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan/Taliban situation?

Listening to the oral arguments and the questions asked from the bench, I predict a 7-2 decision affirming birthright citizenship. Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for the majority, and Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito dissenting. We'll see in June or July when the decision and written opinions are released.

Enjoyed the game tonight. LJM was on fire. I like B. Matthews. He's got game. GO ASTROS! Good guys win!

In honor of the late, great Ken Hoffman (Journalist/Writer/Columnist, Houston Chronicle): Why won’t the Houston Astros serve beer this year at Daikin Park? Answer: They lost the opener. Like others in this thread, I hope it’s not a sign of what’s to come in 2026. 161 games to go! Let's Go Astros!

Other countries already have nuclear weapons capable of reaching the United States, including Russia, China, and North Korea. What is the cost of the defense systems designed to address those threats? Do we not already have and maintain defense systems such as the North American Aerospace Defense Command, along with missile defense networks, early-warning systems, and strategically deployed defense assets around the world? The United States spends billions of dollars each year on the military, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and defense contractors. The country has also monitored Iran for more than four decades. Yet the argument now being made is that the United States must assassinate Iranian leaders and seize Iranian oil because, if Iran obtains a nuclear weapon, it could not be stopped—despite the fact that the United States has long deterred nuclear-armed adversaries such as Russia, China, and North Korea. If our systems are good enough to monitor Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un, aren't they good enough to monitor the mullahs in Iran?

The same guy that posted things such as:

This is your source? Do you ever take your tin foil hat off?

President Trump has not ensured that Iran cannot rebuild its facilities—potentially even deeper underground. He often makes statements that sound definitive but are not supported by subsequent facts. In June 2025, following Operation Midnight Hammer, President Trump stated that B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from Navy submarines had destroyed Iran’s nuclear program. Eight months later, we have Operation Epic Fury, and we are again told that Iran’s capabilities have been eliminated. All that bluster, yet current events suggest otherwise. Iran continues launching drones and missiles at Israel and at American assets in the Middle East. This raises a fundamental question: was Iran’s nucler program truly neutralized, or are we once again facing a situation where Iran is rebuilding its nuclear capabilities? We hear on the news that Iran still has uranium and no one can find it. Sounds like George W. Bush and Dick Cheney looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Absent regime change in Iran, the underlying dynamics will not change. At the same time, the United States is unlikely to commit ground forces, as doing so would likely entail another prolonged conflict with years of uncertainty, solider deaths, and significant cost. If you don't care about that, then go sign up your children and grandchildren first...right after Barron Trump grabs a gun and a uniform. It's easy to support President Trump when its not your child or grandchild serving. Send me photos when your child or grandchild enlists. So, after all of President Trumps marketing bluster and salesmanship, the question remains: what has materially changed in Iran? What has been accomplished? Iran is unlikely to capitulate simply because the United States takes a confrontational posture. President Trump is a bully salesman. Iran is not dropping to its knees because President Trumps says so and continues to throw a fit. Meanwhile, the United States faces significant domestic challenges. The national debt continues to rise, the cost of groceries and fuel has increased, the American education system is in shambles, infrastructure requires substantial investment, no one can afford health insurance, and the country remains polarized along political, racial, religious, and socioeconomic lines. Remember when Republicans cared about those things? Me either. Instead, let's bomb other countries, assassinate others we don't like, spend until the printing press breaks, don't worry about the sh-tshow inside our own borders, and let's tell everyone that we are producing the Epstien files, but while you're at it, fire off another bomb in Iran. One more thing, keep all of those brown people in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, or wherever the hell they're from. Let the good looking women in, grab'em in the p--y, and Make America Great Again.

One of Paxton's problems is that he eats too many tacos. He eats his taco at home, and other people's tacos at the office and when he's on the road. I like tacos too, but I don't sneak around and eat tacos behind my wife's back.

I think Talarico has a shot to turn that Senate seat blue, especially if the Rep candidate is Paxton. The RGV, Coastal Bend area, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and DFW may be the path to beat the old money in Midland-Odessa. As Reagan says, we will see. As mentioned above, the youth movement in Texas politics is here. Red-to-Purple-to-Blue.

Charlie Kirk's Bible crowd endorses Paxton, whose wife divorced him on biblical grounds, i.e., adultrey? Anyone else sense hypocrisy? The Texas GOP is okay with adultery and securities fraud?