Updated senate chart:
- Close in KS, AK, and MI
- Weekend Thread
- Close in Maine and Iowa
- Strange Arizona Poll
- Close in Michigan
New Book:
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrat +15 | 210 | 225 |
***There are no “freepassers” here***
Weekend Thread
114 responses to “Weekend Thread”
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Seems like less of a sea of blue than last time.
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Is she the J-Lo of Qu’chua?”
She is no Yma Sumac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQoxjn0_5U
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The telefreako saga continues.
What are the chances that a private plane took off from Austin and flew to tiny Hamilton airport in Ohio which is 20 mins from the Lindner Center, a private inpatient mental health treatment facility, and then turned around and flew back to Austin landing yesterday morning at 10:24am right before James Talarico magically reappears at the Austin City Limits music festival that afternoon? Lindner Center also happens to be the same facility that Talarico’s good friend and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spent 7 weeks in when she had a mental breakdown 3 years ago… So many coincidences!
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The flu story seems suspicious on many levels.
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Back a couple of years ago [2022] ⁸California Bishop Art Hodges stated the difference between the Democrat and Republican Party platforms:
“One mentions Morality, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Strong Families, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Religious Liberty, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Traditional Family, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Inalienable Rights, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Traditional Marriage, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Sanctity of Human Life, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Traditional Family Values, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Traditional Religious Beliefs, the other doesn’t.
One mentions our Judeo-Christian heritage, the other doesn’t.
One mentions the Declaration of Independence, the other doesn’t.
One mentions God Bless America, the other doesn’t.
One mentions Christian 8x & Muslim 1x; the other mentions Christian 1x & Muslim 8x.
One mentions Praise 2x and Protest 0x; the other mentions Protest 4x and Praise 0x.
One mentions God 15x and LGBT 0x; the other mentions God 1x and LGBT 26x.
One mentions Bible 3x, the other 0x.”
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KANSAS
Dem Hamilton (mega church pastor) who has changed his views on LBGTQ issue abortion issue and other issues from conservative to liberal.
Has been endorsed by 6 of the 8 former Governors of Kansas?
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I think/fear D Hamton will win in Kansas.
In church, our Sunday school class did a number of video series by Hamton about journeys to the Holy Lands A d Wkong with Jesus etc. He is very personable speaker.
Hamilton was a Rep, then Ind. And now a D.
Was pretty conservstive, ot not so much???
His ads have slammed REP. Marshall [an MD who has sued patients for failure to pay medical bills, and even the former patient did not showbiz for court date, they were arrested so Hamilton ads claimed Marshall was throwing them in jail for debt, which is a violation of Kansas state constitution which outlaws debtor prisons….]
Plus Marshall owns 5 homes…[one his reisdence in Kansas, one in FL, two vacation homes on a lake, and two homes he bought for his two adult children…]
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Plus Marshall owns 5 homes”
Why is that a problem?
He bought 2 houses for his kids? Horrors!
“Hamilton ads claimed Marshall was throwing them in jail for debt which is a violation”
Zzzz….
A doctor can’t throw anyone in jail, only the courts can do that.
And the KS courts violated the KS constitution.
Smells like unmitigated BS to me.
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Looks like Hamilton is actually a scumbag that covered up sexual abuse at this church.
Now he says “he should have handled it differently”
Zzzzzz….
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Hopefully Hamilton is another Greg Orman. A lot hype, a lot of polls, got crushed on election day.
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I remember when the Dems and the MSM made a big deal because John McCain didn’t remember how many homes he had.
Of course, 4 years earlier, it was not a problem John Kerry owned like 6 mansion worth tens of millions.
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Will all tech reports and papers need to use “Super Intelligence” from now on.
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Paul has been released from the mental health facility? How is Talarico doing?
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Jhole,
My comments about #of homes Marshall owned and him “throwing former patients in jail.for unpaid medical bills” were not concerns of mine…BUT you know how untrue , inaccurate things get absorbed by many low info voters who accept them at face value and it impacts their vote.
I think Pastor Hamilton’s ability to present Biblical history truths is A+.
I also know he is running under the D banner which automatically causes me to oppose his effort to win a U.S. Senate seat.
The fact that polls show such a deep erosion of % for Marshall in such a short time to me is alarming.
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He’s good. He only pretended to take the Haldol however.
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Trump has called for a new leader to replace Sniffy.
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Can we swap Zelensky for Trump? I would rather have him as President than Trump’s constant inane ramblings.
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Questions Tina won’t answer:
Does she think Jason is a second class citizen?
Why is every Republican a RINO except lifelong Dem and party thief Trump?
Why won’t she explain her allegations of drug use against Zelensky?
What did she do yo deserve being a citizen?
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Sniffy will run to the stooge and macaroni
BREAKING: US threatens to cut off all intelligence sharing with Ukraine if it continues attacking Russian oil refineries, with Witkoff and Kushner telling the Ukrainian team in Miami that sharing could be cut off if Kyiv did not halt the strikes, calling it “a firm request from POTUS,” per the FT.
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Why are we trying to hold Ukraine back? Sorry, I don’t get it.
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Is that like having a problem with Poland attacking Germany after they invaded.
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Phil – Trump is pissed that Ukraine did not fail already so he could stop being reminded his Plan to end the war on day 1 was absurd.
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So Trump blames Zelensky for starting the war? Trump really is a moron on this issue. Of course, I said that years ago. I also said Trump would sell out Ukraine.
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When is Trump going to call for Putin to be replaced?
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If Trump is really worried about high prices the first thing he should do is end the stupid tariffs and trade wars.
Coddling Putin because Zelensky is destroying his oil industry is not the right approach.
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Candidate for the 2026 Darwin Awards (posthumous)
“A man has died after being attacked by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, police have confirmed.
South Yorkshire Police said it had been called at 13:35 BST to reports of a man entering the tiger enclosure at the attraction near Doncaster. The tiger then attacked the man and he died at the scene, the force said.
His family had been informed and were being supported by officers, it added.”
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Cleveland and Tampa Bay will be a ratings disaster for the NLCS.
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News stories today
–Trump wants to fire Zelinskyy, blames Z for high diesel fuel prices.
–‘Trump irate, says he should have been awarded 8 Nobel prizes.
Trump subconscious plan to ruin midterms for Republicans moving along swimmingly.
Democrats temporarily shelve plans to orchestrate a mass shooting at an all Black abortion clinic and all Hispanic school…(being morbidity sarcastic.)
Praying that Trump will be sidelined with the flu for the next 29 days…or at least laryngitis for 29 days…
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Bessent tears Elizabeth Warren a new a-hole in hilarious letter:
I have received your October 7 letter, which adds to the mounting body of evidence of your complete paucity of knowledge about financial markets. Rather than take my suggestion of studying introductory economics, you have continued your letter-writing crusade and participation in tabloid fodder about the Treasury Department.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to treat your concerns as sincere. As the federal funds rate climbed from near zero to its highest level in 22 years, with inflation hitting a 40-year high, you were a cheerleader for the Biden Administration’s reckless spending. You blamed the economic consequences on the Federal Reserve, rather than your own irresponsible fiscal policies. Your view of the economy depends on who occupies the White House, but your woeful understanding of the issues is consistent.
While you voted for a $5 trillion tax hike on everyday Americans, the Working Families Tax Cuts continue to deliver for families and workers across the country. The average refund this filing season was over $3,400, an increase of 11 percent over the previous year. More than 30 million workers claimed NO Tax on Overtime, more than 7 million claimed No Tax on Tips, and more than 37 million seniors claimed their enhanced deduction. More than 34 million families claimed the permanently enhanced Child Tax Credit, and millions of families are utilizing Trump Accounts to unlock a new savings vehicle for children. All of which you voted against.
“Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day in advance to you and your family.”
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How are you doing, Bunu? Still handle stealing?
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Praying that Trump will be sidelined with the flu for the next 29 days…or at least laryngitis for 29 days…”
Not me. Trump is needed to get out the MAGA vote.
You can’t say Rs lose when he is not on the ballot and then say you don’t want him on the trail.
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I think Pastor Hamilton’s ability to present Biblical history truths is A+.”
Good. Sounds like he sure stay on as a pastor.
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Sounds like Pastor Hamilton is good at biblical truths and really bad at other truths.
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Communist Pope might have lung cancer, will undergo surgery. I don’t imagine he is a smoker, but lung cancer occurs in non-smokers too.
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Nick Sortor says he is going to reveal where Talarico was at 1 PM today.
I will believe it when I see it.
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Trash Michigan football?
Great strategy.
Abdul El-Sayed on Michigan football: “Is Michigan ever going to win a game without cheating? I say this as a Wolverine.”
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El-Sayed is calculating he can get more votes from Michigan State, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan alumni. However, the out of state Michigan money will take a hit.
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Could be. But U Michigan probably has the most fans in MI independently of the alumni.
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But if you can be anti-American, pro-terrorism, pro-open borders, pro men in women sports, and win, why not go for broke and trash U Michigan while you are at it.
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I wonder if they serve warm beer in London stadiums.
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I think they serve warm beer everywhere…..tastes like llama piss (rumored)
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Election denier?
Hillary Clinton lumps her 2016 election loss in with “a series of hard times” the country has endured like 9/11 and Covid. “We had an election in 2016 that raised a lot of questions that we’re still trying to find answers for about what kind of really went on.”
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President Trump has announced an energy ceasefire in the Russia and Ukraine War. This comes two days after the U.S. announced a major deal with Russia securing diesel and after Trump called for Zelenskyy to be replaced as President for continuing strikes on refineries.
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🚨 UPDATE: Sen. Mike Lee CALLS OUT President Zelensky for trying to help Democrats in the midterms “Zelenskyy is working overtime. To help Democrats in November.” “With “friends” like Zelensky, who needs enemies?” 💯 Keeps hitting refineries. Keeps blowing up peace talks when the opportunity arises. If he wanted a deal, HE COULD’VE HAD ONE BY NOW. Zelensky must abide by the latest Trump energy ceasefire or he will prove he’s in it for Democrats EVEN MORE!
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Zzzzzzzzz Zelensky’s job is to the get the Russians out of Ukraine. Putin could have a deal, too. Just leave.
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Zelensky must abide by the latest Trump energy ceasefire
Why? Has Putin abided by not targeting civilians, hospitals, schools, train stations when civilians are trying to leave Kiyv, etc?
I supported the war in Iran but don’t blame Zelensky for fuel prices.
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Good news. The tiger will not be put down for killing a moron.
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“Moron” is generous.
In a clip the man can be heard saying ‘Excuse me, can you grab a shot of myself with the tiger?’ while Altai lies in the background under a shaded tree playing with a fallen branch.
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Sortor’s bombshell is that Talarico was at an Ohio health facility and an employee confirmed it.
Sortor has come up with BS theories before, but he does have some backup from other sources.
If this is true I think Talarico cannot survive it. But if its a lie, it only helps him.
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https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2109329520247660715/video/1
It matches the jet location mentioned on Friday. He was 20 minutes from the airport.
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So far no denial from the campaign, which you think would be quick to respond if untrue.
Let’s see.
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The facility is not going to confirm this. The employee cannot really be identified or will lose job.
They are going to have to confirm this by other means. Maybe the pilots/crew of the plane, airport employees, limo drivers, etc.
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HIPPA will not allow hospital or healthcare providers to confirm.
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So far we have Sara Gonzalez, Caroline Wren, Nick Sortor, Spencer Pratt as sources. The first 3 are MAGA influencers, Gonzalez has over 500k folowers.
Gonzalez is very confident, promises more revelations later today.
I will believe it when I see it, but I do think the flu story is unconvincing for a 37 year old that needs to campaign. 13 days? I can see like 5 days for a serious case of the flu, light schedule following, but AWOL for 13 days is not normal.
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Also is strange is that when he disappeared, there was no campaign announcement “Talarico is down with flu, will be out for a few days”. The flu story seems to be concocted after all the questions started.
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CNN “fact check” that Dems don’t support gender surgery for children
The limited available data suggests a tiny percentage of transgender people receive surgery as minors and that the vast majority of the gender surgeries that minors do receive are chest procedures between the ages of 15 and 17.”
All the surgeries performed on children are on children under 18.
Fixed it for CNN.
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HIPPA will not allow hospital or healthcare providers to confirm.”
True, but not confirming is a tell too.
In other words, the facility could state “no one name Talarico was a patient here”, that is not a HIPPA violation.
Anyway, here is the recording of the conversation. Make up your own mind.
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Funny:
“I have to give Talarico credit. Most Democrats don’t acknowledge they are mentally ill”
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HIPAA’s Privacy Rule (45 CFR 164.510(a)) allows covered health care providers to maintain a facility directory and disclose limited information—including that a patient has been “treated and released” or is no longer at the facility—to anyone who asks for the patient by name, unless the patient has opted out or restricted the information.”
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Talarico went to a facility to have a sex change operation.
Dem internal polling suggested “Jasmine” Talarico does 1.75% better against Paxton than does James Talarico.
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“You can’t say Rs lose when he is not on the ballot and then say you don’t want him on the trail.”
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All the person said was he was discharged, so might not be a HIPPAA violation.
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Was invited by good friends to Charles Town Race Track/Hollywood Casino last night for dinner and horse racing events.
Dinner was great, ran into a number of my old buddies from being in the legislature who were here from other roasts of the state.
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Its exactly 100 miles from my house, 2 hours by car, 3 days by buggy.
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Fricking phone
Other parts of the state…
AND the really good part was placing my two $2 bets on horses in 6 of the 8 races we stayed for.
I am pleased to report that our TWO $2 in 6 races out of 8 won.
In one ofbthe two races i did not win, MY horse was wildly bumped and pushed hard toward the outside rail in the first turn as he was accellerating and making his move to pass the #2 and #3 horses to challenge the lead horse and the jockey had to pull him up and just trop aroind in last place way behind the rest of the pack.
Usually picked show or place but sometimes placed a $2 to win bet.
Usually, both $2 tickets paid off. No “big” win until the last race.
Both $2 “to show” tickets paid off. We got $50 total payout for these two. One $2 show tickets paid back $40.60 and the other $9.40.
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Russia has just struck Kharkiv’s Thermal Power Plant No. 5, right after Trump declared an energy truce between russia and Ukraine.
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Or maybe the energy truce was just one sided?
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Home the freepassers favorite networks are not “investigating” Freako? Flu-gate never made sense. If it’s a lie, buh-bye
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Talafreako is trending on twitter
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Here are the three counter-arguments of cope about the Talarico tape: A) There is another James Talarico or someone with a very similar name who was recently discharged from that facility (pretty damn weird coincidence given the plane situation) B) The employee was just trying to get Rhein to screw off (unlikely because she seemed patient and never talked to him before, not sure she’d pretend to violate HIPAA for that) C) The call is entirely fake (despite the call log, previous shown attempts/call recordings to the facility, and despite the fact it is a trusted source who has never done anything like this before, and does not want a giant lawsuit on his hands) I think it’s evident that there is objectively at least a 70% chance Talarico was at that facility for some amount of time, whether he was sick earlier in his period of absence or not. The odds that the Talarico campaign would just go dark for almost 2 weeks without providing any updates, or not try to milk the flu for fundraising/political purposes is strange. If the flu was so bad to warrant hospitalization, there would be evidence of that (and possibly a “Get Well, James” rally near the hospital). The guy likely has a flu shot as he is diabetic, and I just can’t see him having an “urgent care takes care of it” flu that warrants him going dark for 12 days. If he truly wanted to “not infect anyone”, he likely still does telerallies. Not to mention the plane that checks out with the airline he frequently flew arriving to Austin that morning from an airport in suburban Cincinnati (strange coincidence), and the fact that his friend in Texas had used the Ohio facility before. Let’s not be naive here either way, and if more evidence comes out, this cover-up is objectively more corrupt than anything Paxton has ever done. Ever. The race is virtually over based on that alone.
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so two years ago there was FocalData polling that was so badly skewed left that we jokingly called it FecalData. They earned an F grade because on AVERAGE they skewed dem by over 4 points.
They just dropped a new generic ballot poll that is “just” Dem +6, 52/44. Coming from them that’s pretty good and more or less confirms the Rasmussen Dem +3
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Jhole,
I have eaten at the Final Cut exactly one time.
When I was a legislator, the track hosted the local legislators to lobby us about some proposed bill to help the casino.
It is excellent food. It is hugely expensive. I would NEVER pay thst kind of money to eat there personally.
I go to the track one time a year for annual WV Breeders Classic big event. Invited by good friend who was a veterinarian for many years in Charles Town and did a lot of work on race horses. He bought several tables each year and invited his friends. Some years we have also gotten tuxed up and went to thr dinner/dance as well. Fun times.
I do not gamble, except when I go to this event. $2 bets, and occasional $5 bet.
We gave probably gone to 6 or 8 of these these annual events in the last 8 or so years.
Other than that, I may have been to the track maybe 5 timed in the last 40 years.
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WHY CANNOT THINGS BE SIMPLE?
Son and i have gone to several WVU bassetball games a year back a couple years ago. Tickers were maybe $30-35 each. Parking near coliseum within walking distance is $20.
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Decided to treat son to see OUR FIRST EVER WVU football game at Morgantown
(3 1/2 hour one-way drive to Morgantown).
LAST WEEK, Ordered tickets for son and I to go to wvu football game in Morgntown for Oct. 17 vs Cincinnati.
AT NOON. So we will have to leave at about 7 a.m. Yuck.
Discover it is homecoming.
Discover that the tickets are expensive– @$500 and up for a ticket, so fish around online and find seats for @ $300 for the pair of nosebleed seats.
Discover that parking is an issue. The closeby WVU parking lots are already sold out–and VERY PRICEY.. Tickets to park at other places are going for $400 to $600 for this one game.
Discover that if I park at a shopping center several miles away I can park for free(?) and pay $20 for a shuttle to get us to the game. But no gurantee i will find parking spot there. I could park downtown Morgantown in any city garage for $5 and either get a taxi or possible shuttle (for some price) to get us to the stadium some miles away. No guarantee I will find spots at the parking garage.
I discover they do not send our ticket via email THAT I CAN FRICKIN PRINT OUT and bring with me.
Instead, I have to do a bunch of online rigamarole to access tickers electronically that takes me a LONG time to do. Password created to access my tickets must BE EXACTLY 14 characters long. IT MUST include ONE AND ONLY ONE capital letter, must include one and JUST ONE number, and one and JUST ONE symbol.
But tickets cannot be printed and I must find tickets on phone and show on my phone at the gate at game time to get in.
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This will be my first and last football game live at WVU or anywhere.
WHY…can things not be simple???????
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The Race Rack paid for the legislators meals at the Final Cut. Told us to order anything we wanted.
The average customer will probably $200+ for a steak dinner there… other things…maybe $400+. Don’t forget to tip afterwards.
No way I would ever spend $500-$700 for a dinner for wife and I.
As a legislator, even though i was not paying for it, I did not order any drinks except water, and ordered the cheapest thing on the menu. Did not order any dessert.
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At the track last night, the only two races one or both $2 show tickets did not pay off was the one where my horse got badly bumped (formal complaint lodged that stewards had to look at and rearranged which horses came in 1, 2 ,3, 4), and one other.
The other thing unusual last night was one antsy horse managed to thrash around in the starting gate, break out of the front of the closed gate, injuring itself, injuring the horse next to it causing boyh horses to be scratched. And injuring a jockey on another mount still in the rave and delayed the start of the race considerably while walked the scratched horses off the track and they got another jockey to be a substitute jockey…
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Still in the RACE…
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Everyone is dragging James Talarico for disappearing for two weeks to get monkeypox treatment, but far too few people are thinking about how hard this whole thing must be for Karl Rove and John Cornyn. They must be so sad to watch their gay wonderboy’s precious little campaign implode.
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Another freako inconsistency. He said he went to urgent care. Now he says he saw his pcp.
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I guess any time not discussing Paxton’s baggage is a win.
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Wait. The woke Eagles went ahead 17-16 with 8 seconds to go, kicked off and still lost the game?
Someone do a welfare check on Bitter.
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Ok, I see now.
The guy receiving the kickoff managed to run it back to the 40 yd line of the Eagles and go down with 1 second to go. Then the Jaguars kicked a long FG to win it.
Geezus, I don’t even care about football and I feel like killing myself.
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I wish I could have put in a bet right after the Eagles kicked the FG, I probably could have gotten 1000-1.
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Urgent care in one city (days ago)
Now pcp in a different city,
freako is imploding. I don’t know if the call is legal or real or fake.
But the whole flu thing stinks.
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Thank God Bitter is ok.
Meanwhile, flash flood warning here in York Co.
If I get swept away don’t mourn for more than a year, I had a good life.
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Maybe Talarico TOOK pcp…
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If I get swept away don’t mourn for more than a year, I had a good life.
A year? Damn.”
I know, not long enough, but I want everyone to try to move on.
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Walt, you can get away with an appetizer (shrimp cocktail, crispy pork belly, tuna tataki) for 18, plus a 16 oz ribeye 46 + sauce 4, side of mashed potatoes or asparagus 13.
Add a cocktail for 15.
Skip the enhancements and desert.
That’s a total of 96. 20 dollar tip and you are at $116
Of course if you go crazy with the seafood platter, lobster tail enhancement for the steak, dessert, bottle of wine, etc. you can easily spend $250-$300 a person.
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In any case we can meet at the bar, have a couple cocktail sand appetizers, my treat. Bring the slave dri…, huh, wife along.
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Bowing to tigers does not prevent them from attacking.
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Welcome
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This was a Siberian tiger, it probably only understood Russian.
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The tiger was actually born in Norway, so maybe a prayer in Norwegian would have helped.
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There might be a connection. Hersh said the Norwegians helped blow up the pipeline. And the tiger was born in Norway.
Anyone can connect the dots.
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Bowing to tigers does not prevent them from attacking.”
I don’t think it works with bears either. For this reason I don’t hike without a Glock.
I don’t carry bear spray. I have watched too many videos of bears breaking up beehives while hundred of bees sting their sensitive noses to no avail, the bear will get the honey anyway. It makes me think they have a high tolerance for pain and bear spray is not going to stop them.
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Omar’s home was raided this am. Allegations of immigration fraud.
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