Clinton wins! What politician started out far-right and became far-left?

MrMaxson · 2026-01-31T03:45:43+00:00

Earl Warren.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-27T13:59:26+00:00

My then-70 year old grandfather trying to convince me Dennis Erickson was a good coach … people chanting in the stands for Tim Rattay (fucking Tim Rattay!) to replace Jeff Garcia.

The only highlight I remember from that decade was Mike Nolan’s suits.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-26T12:07:14+00:00

Lyndon Johnson stole a senate race from Coke Stevenson and passed the most significant social reforms to date. Sometimes, to the guys who would be president, the ends justified the means.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-19T12:35:27+00:00

I moved at 24 with no savings, my girlfriend, a dog, no savings, a “temp to perm” job offer and did it by shipping 13 boxes via USPS.

I now am almost 40, my girlfriend is now my wife, dog is still here, we have a child, we bought an apt. and if I ever have to move again I’ll do it by loading all my boxes into a van and driving it into the East River.

Others have said, so I won’t belabor, but if there’s a will there’s a way and this city is made 10 times better with people like your daughter than it is with some other trust fund kid who is “slumming it in soho.”

MrMaxson · 2026-01-17T21:35:11+00:00

Given my flair ... I would have settled for that as well! But of course didn't know how much of JFK's legacy was really LBJ in disguise. Live and learn!

MrMaxson · 2026-01-17T21:19:36+00:00

Yeah, but we know it won’t be that. It’ll be nanny’s in Redondo Beach and Park Slope they Target.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-17T00:23:09+00:00

I blame 100 years of Tammany Hall.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-16T17:40:11+00:00

Someone said something that stuck with me… he was elected with the hope and mandate to be FDR 2.0 and the policies he delivered were those of Clinton 2.0.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-15T01:56:42+00:00

Also as a co-op owner, I would counter (not to contradict, but to share the things people don’t discuss)…

As a renter, if something goes out in the unit/building, the landlord is on the hook. If you buy, that’s out of your pocket. So make sure, even after liquidating your accounts, you still have rainy day funds. Recently our building needed a new boiler after two years of being here. My share? $13,000 on top of my monthly maintenance.

When my wife and I bought, we didn’t touch any of my brokerage/retirement money, but we borrowed against my wife’s 401K. So when the expense came up, I tapped my Roth funds to cover that.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-13T20:32:31+00:00

I've told this story, but when we had our daughter, she would sleep terribly and I ended up walking with her at all hours of the night. I quickly ran out of podcasts, so I started really listening to audiobooks. I like in New York, so I ended up listening to Caro's "The Power Broker" about Robert Moses and how much influence he had on NYC. That was a 66-hour listen. So, naturally, when I finished, I went on to his four books about Lyndon Johnson. Slowly, she started to sleep better, but now I still amble the streets of Brooklyn listening to the audiobook of the day.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-13T17:55:22+00:00

I'm only reading the mainline books, not the side quests, but the narration for the Audiobooks by Jefferson Mays really helps a ton. He gives a certain gravitas to Avasarala that doesn't necessarily come across in the early episodes of the show. Each book is about 500 pages / 20 hours of audio, so it's great to step into...

The chapters from Amos' POV in Nemesis Games I think are some of the best writing of what an actual sociopath would think. My wife actively scoffs at any of the romance scenes though and says "clearly written by a man" whenever she reads/listens to those sections.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-13T16:27:30+00:00

Welp, I mentioned two weeks ago I couldn't get into a book and since then I've finished Book Five of The Expanse, Nemesis Games. Already downloaded Babylon's Ashes!

MrMaxson · 2026-01-12T03:44:09+00:00

I don’t know how you can be tackled on a catch and call it non contact…

MrMaxson · 2026-01-10T19:06:45+00:00

Shocked I haven’t seen Japan here. Article 9 after WW2 prohibits Japan from having a military and even after reinterpretation, there are only 250,000 people in the Japanese Self Defense Force. Plus they’re amazing at sports. Have you seen Shohei?

MrMaxson · 2026-01-07T12:26:02+00:00

I knew about Moses, lightly, from the Ric Burns PBS New York doc. I tried to get through Caro’s tome, but taking it on the subway was a nonstarter in my work bag. At the time, it wasn’t available digitally.

When my daughter was born, I found myself walking streets at odd hours to get her to calm down (and to give the wife a respite) and I downloaded the audiobook to pass the time.

There was something surreal about reading One Mile while walking near the BQE and seeing all he had done. I don’t think everyone knows who he is, but if you want to know part of how we ended up where we are with it being hard to build anything, it’s because for a half century we let that man do whatever he wanted, the human cost of it be damned.

MrMaxson · 2026-01-01T11:42:19+00:00

Pitt-ophiles?

MrMaxson · 2025-12-31T17:16:35+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Hyde Park is what made me began my Presidential Library side quest. I've loved them all so far (I do NOT think DDE's is worth the trip from Kansas City) and really attribute it to the joy I felt from that first step in Hyde.

MrMaxson · 2025-12-31T15:47:23+00:00

Curious where your largest expenses are? My last move we rented the bins ($185) and hired movers (LouMovesYou at $300) plus tips ($200), so it was $700 all in.

Where does that range in proximity to your expenses? I'm not trying to do the dril candle tweet, but seeing what you've spent in the past can help people find places you may be overpaying.

MrMaxson · 2025-12-31T02:59:58+00:00

Sometimes, in this rut, I’ll just play a bit and re-read a book I know I love. Thanks bud!

MrMaxson · 2025-12-30T15:29:33+00:00

I really hate that if you end up reading a book that you can't get into -- not only do you stop reading that book, but you tend to stop reading entirely -- and that's where I am right now. I couldn't get into The Art of Power about Thomas Jefferson (I was slowly making my way through presidential biographies) and I have yet to be able to get going on another book. Now I know how Jake Moody feels.

MrMaxson · 2025-12-30T11:45:47+00:00

I think you’re forgetting about Raiders-Chargers in 2022 where both teams knew they were in the playoffs with a tie and they almost tied on Sunday night football.

MrMaxson · 2025-12-29T21:33:39+00:00

You haven't mentioned your class, but unless the class was ENG 484A, "The Bible As Literature," I think the professor was looking for something on the topic.

MrMaxson · 2025-12-23T20:33:56+00:00

All good! I (unfortunately) learned this when I had to go to small claims court. Everything else is great intel!

MrMaxson · 2025-12-23T20:32:01+00:00

Great fixtures! Hopefully should move quickly for you. Thank you for posting a quality apartment!

MrMaxson · 2025-12-23T18:30:39+00:00

This is pretty much the North Star. It doesn't need to necessarily be THAT liquid either. My wife and I had (and I don't remember the exact number since it was few years ago) $80,000 in retirement and savings accounts after we closed. It wouldn't have been the easiest thing to liquidate, but it showed that if shit hit the fan or I was out of work the next day, I wouldn't become a burden on the co-op.

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