TheRealTigerHorn

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This is why Musk got involved in the election - the next administration is going to write the rules about AI development and with Trump in his pocket Musk will be the one writing those rules.

Average workers might get fricked but Musk will be the worlds first trillionaire

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You do realize that Musk is literally the only tech billionaire trying to put some curbs on AI development? The rest of them want unfettered freedom to build Skynet.

Let me be the first to say Fvck Robert McNamara and LBJ too.

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They hate us cuz they aint us

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To your point, here's a Brit explaining T$'s win to other Europeans on X:

For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming.

Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.

1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.

2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.

3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.

4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.

5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.

6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.

7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.

8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.

9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.

10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.

During the Bush-Gore hanging chad debacle, I was at Honda Motor's Tochigi Tech Center in a day-long meeting with about 30 top engineers and a couple of senior executives.

With the timezone differences, they interrupted us to announce "Your new President is....". When they had to change it and do it a second time, they were visibly unsettled. The third time around, they were seriously distressed. By end of the day, they were a bunch of long-tailed cats in a room full of rocking chairs, and much extra saki was consumed at the required post-meeting dinner that night.

At that time, something like 60% of Honda's global revenues came from the US. Any uncertainty here is potentially disastrous for companies like that.

Quality rant, 5*, would read again. :cheers:

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Don't disparage our special teams by leaving out their contribution to another loss. The 2 missed FG and giving up a 40 yard punt return helped, along with the dumb penalty for jumping over Vandy's line that essentially gave them a TD.

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We are extremely young everywhere. We play 6 TFR and 2 Sophs on most defensive downs. ST penalty was one of the true sophs who's also a budding star - Faulk. Rest of ST are a lot of TFR and untalented upperclassmen.

The whole thing, and all of our losses this year, have been a combination of PT mistakes and typical young player mistakes. Take away either one and we're bitching about being on the edge of the playoff field.

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Let's wipe your roster of talent and give you a garbage OL and QB then see who you beat. Haters aren't going to say anything but that Freeze was supposed to walk in and every 2* or 3* suddenly started playing at 5* levels.

People who aren't Auburn fans and lived through the player and roster dropoff don't understand how far Harsin took it down.

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Harsin's last NSD Auburn signed ZERO players. ZERO.

Yesterday a defense that starts 6 true freshmen and 2 true sophomores held Vandy to their lowest point total of the year. Better that 5* loaded, upperclassmen-laden Texas and Alabama did.

Give AU almost any other QB in the SEC, and we're a contender right now, playing true frosh and sophomores all over the field. I think CHF has mishandled the QB situation, but anyone looking closely knew this was going to be a rough year coming in.

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He always was beat up. Brandon Cox took arse whippings.

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During one of those seasons, a pic of Cox's leg leaked out on the ITAT premium board. It was a solid black bruise from midway up his thigh to just below the knee. IDK how he played, much less threw on target.

Welp, I thought the fanbase couldn't get any worse than AUFamily, then I clicked on this thread.

We have ONE senior who has played here four years (Hunter).

We have 11 upperclassmen xfers starting for their FIRST YEAR in this system. The rest of the upperclassmen, with three exceptions below, are on their 2nd year here.

We have SEVEN true freshmen in the two-deep, most starting.

We have EIGHT true sophs/RSFR in the two-deep.

The entire danged two-deep except for Hunter, his backup Damari, and an injured backup TE is composed of players who have been here one or two years.

Then we play teams loaded with Jrs and Srs with 3-4 years in a system and you guys think we're supposed to win them all?

Some thoughts relevant to AU from 1st half of Texas-Vandy:

1. Both Texas QB's have NIL deals >$1M.....and a company car. An Aston Martin. Remember the good 'ol days when all we had to match was a Charger with rimz?

2. Speaking of QBs, Pavia went down with a knee injury, came back a series later with a knee brace. Does not look as fast. Texas is hitting him a lot. He will be beat up when they play us.

3. So far, Texas is taking care of business after getting a tipped pass TO (sound familiar?) on the first drive that set Vandy up for a quick TD. Since then, Pavia has thrown for 55 yds coming up on HT.

4. I didn't realize that the UNM OC went to Vandy along with Kill and Pavia.

5. Vandy ran that play again where they fake communications issues with the sideline and quick snap it to someone besides Pavia while he's waving his arms at the sideline. It worked again, but was called back on a penalty. I hope we are ready for that crap play. That is at least the 2nd time they ran that this year.

6. People used to criticize AU on prior boards for our WRs having to learn how to block. Sark told the announcer crew that "To play in this system (Texas') a WR had better be able to block!"

7. Vandy has gotten some pressure on assignment busts along the Texas OL, including a couple of big sacks. I hope our OL is ready.

8. Despite all of that, Texas QB Ewers completed 17 straight passes after the 1st drive tipped INT, and would have hit 18 had PI been called as it probably should have been.

9. Vandy's backup QB, a former 4* recruit xfer from Utah, is a big step down. So much for recruiting rankings. Somewhat like Cam Newton, Pavia was discovered playing juco by accident - UNM coaches were watching the juco game at a Hooters to see another guy they were recruiting. IIRC, we went to Blinn to look at someone else, maybe a RB?

10. Bubble/Tunnel screens and outlet passes to the RBs are killing Vandy. If we throw to him, Cowboy finna eat.

11. Vandy is almost automatic for 3rd and 6 or less, but is abysmal for anything longer.

2nd half:

1. Another tipped pass INT that set Vandy up with a short field. This will be a problem for us, I'm afraid.

2. Pavia has definitely lost a step with the injury, but he's not limping.

3. Texas is head hunting on slant routes, has prevented a couple of completions by doing so.

Here's the thing, without two tipped pass TO's, this is a pedestrian 24-3 or 31-3 Texas win. Shows you that even uber-talented teams have trouble overcoming TOs. If AU holds onto the ball, and has the same gameplan as KY with the passes to our RBs out of the backfield, we win. Try to go deep down the field too much on Vandy, and we lose amid a flurry of sacks and INTs.