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  1. fozz is taking some time off for mentioning the books futureman is taking time off for fucking up the thread
    15 points
  2. Bloat and inefficiency ≠ "swamp." The "swamp" term has been pretty consistently used by Trump and plenty before him to symbolize corruption by the "elites" that provides them with unique advantages while fucking over everyone else. Three lower-level bureaucrats in the EPA doing an amount of work that two could do isn't remotely like that. A political appointee leading the EPA and using his authority there to grant special favors in exchange for a nice lucrative job with an O&G company once he leaves, on the other hand, is. But that's got very little to do with the bureaucracy itself (other than the fact that it exists). And to go ahead and head off the dumb point that Onboard will probably make about its existence being the problem, abolishing law enforcement in its entirety is a really stupid answer to the problem of the chief of police accepting bribes.
    15 points
  3. What are the good points? It appears that Wescott, as he always does, wants to whine and cry and bitch about shit but he doesn't want to talk about the actual recruits or the elephant in the room with DFW recruits and the respective trainers/7on7 guys that have leverage there. Look, there are guys in the DFW area that I want to be in this 2020 class. There are some in every class but I see exactly zero reasons to fucking panic about DFW area recruiting short and long term or see anything systemic at fault. First, let's talk about the 4 guys that have Texas offers in 2020. Does anyone here think that Texas has a systemic issue because OU has Ryan Watts, Drew Sanders, and Micheal Henderson committed? Do you truly think that Wescott has a good point because of this trend? Do you think that if Texas had those 3 players committed that OU would have a systemic issue recruiting in DFW? 2019? Theo Wease was NEVER EVER EVER coming to Texas. Ever. Ditto Stogner. Does anyone think this staff wanted and/or pushed for EJNO? Would anyone here trade Adimora for Jamal Morris or Ty DeArman? Do you want to trade Braun, Hookfin or Shepherd for Marcus Alexander? Trejan Bridges is fucking good but he wasn't coming to Texas. 2018? Darrel Simpson is not a Texas OL. Anyone here want to trade AlVontre Woodard for Jaylon Robinson? Which of Sterns, Foster, or Overshown are you going to trade for Delarrin Turner-Yell? Malcolm Epps for Brayden Willis? I'm not trying to blow smoke up anyone's ass and saying everything is puppies and rainbows but I fail to see anything systemic about DFW recruiting. Fuck that guy and his constant crying.
    15 points
  4. I’m so sick of the Dems = identity politics line. Identity politics is the ONLY thing the GOP can run on because they have no actual popular policies. Dems are out there running on health care plans and shit, the GOP is just running the same fucking War On Christmas playbook ramped up to 11 so now it’s about look out white man your country is being overrun by messicans and mooslims and feminists and they want to tell you Santa isn’t white! Central Americans are invading and it’s an existential threat, Minnesota is under Sharia law, and illegals are voting to steal the elections!!! And it’s all nothing but a cover to take health care away and cut taxes for rich people, which nobody would vote for if they just said that.
    15 points
  5. Jesus. It's like some of you have never read a book without pictures in it. If you didn't like this or the first episode, are whining about the pace, or the fact that characters are acting like (shocking!) their characters... You should probably think about just quitting now and go watch something else. Might I suggest an episode of "Barney", or...
    13 points
  6. Out of the 430 total run time minutes in this season, they spent 5 rewarding the only knight that has been a true knight. It was good to see.
    11 points
  7. Major and minor plot points advanced in these two episodes: - Dany’s Armies arrive in the North in alliance with Jon Snow to face the Night King - Tension between Dany and the North (Sansa) is introduced and built. - Euron’s running away ruse is exposed and Cersei now has the largest fleet in the world and a 20K man army. - Jon learns to ride a dragon. Small but probably important. - Jon learns he is the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. - Tons and tons of dragonglass being shaped into weaponry. - Jaime arrives at Winterfell - important to his story arc - Tension builds between Dany and her Hand. - Brienne character arc conclusion. - Dany learns that she is not the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. - The Night King arrives for the existential battle. I supposed all all of that could have happened in an 80s style music montage, but I’m good with them taking a bit of time for it.
    10 points
  8. If you think about anything differently than another poster here on any given topic, you are a trumpkin. It's how this place works.
    8 points
  9. JFC, keep your cuntiness on the politics board, you miserable cunt.
    8 points
  10. Bank bailouts, auto bailouts, trillion dollar tax cuts for the rich, corps playing zero in taxes but this bothers you? GTFOH
    7 points
  11. Eh, at least VY got to do this: Been a few minutes since an OU qb's even had the chance to do that.
    7 points
  12. 7 points
  13. 500+ pages Did I miss the impeachment?
    7 points
  14. 1st off, I agree 100% that both the first two episodes have been meh for those that only watch the show for battles and don't give a shit about the characters and their stories. Yes, a lot of people love the show for the action but just as many if not more love the characters. Neither side is right or wrong both just need to realize that like everything else there can be multiple reasons why someone can love a show. The episode was a victory lap for a ton of characters that are probably going to see little to no dialog or closure before they get their head's ripped off in a intense battle that won't give any time for the viewer to process the death or complete their story because it will be in the middle of an epic battle. The writers were in a no win situation and someone is always going to bitch about how they finished it. If they had a 6 episode battle, people would bitch they didn't get the closure on their favorite characters and vice versa those of us that love the fight scenes and action are going to be pissed that they had a couple of set up episodes to give fans that love everything else about the show something to enjoy. We aren't talking about extras dying in mass we are assuming that a ton of characters that people know and love will be seeing their demise in the next couple of episodes. Bottom line would I have done the first two episodes a little different? probably but I also understand why they did what they did, and don't have a problem with it.
    7 points
  15. Childish insult? You mean where you accused me of defending Boeing or working for them just because you once again demonstrated that you don’t even begin to grasp that it’s not one bad guy at fault. Accidents have chains. Breaking any link usually stops the the accident from happening. There were failures at every link. And the pilots failed egregiously when their time came. I’m not an expert in certification. I don’t design planes for a living. I don’t decide how much oversight to give a manufacturer or which safety items to ignore as a purchasing airline. I can only acknowledge those failings. I am an expert in flying airplanes and am type certificated in the ones I’ve talked about in this thread. That’s why I point the finger at the pilots. They had lots of help, but ultimately, as the last line of defense, they failed. No, they don’t teach union negotiating in flight school. But you do realize that the aviation industry is heavily unionized? That every 4-5 years there’s a huge fight with arguments, information, disinformation, strategy and outright dirty tactics being used by both management and the professional group seeking the new contract? I’ve been a professional pilot for nearly two decades. You actually learn things when you pay attention to the process. So with that in mind would you consider SWA an unsafe operation? Sure, they’re making a bit of a habit of departing the pavement, but overall would you say they’re safe? Sure you would. You’d jump on them in a heartbeat and never give it a second thought. But very recently their mechanics union made statements indicating that the planes were unsafe due to maintenance being outsourced. Strangely, this occurred after years of negotiation. At the same time numerous SWA aircraft littered ramps in various states of inspection because the mechanics slowed their work and started refusing overtime. Tactics. It’s an old ass playbook that has no new plays. Thats not to say that their might not be some issues at the Charleston 787 plant. One built to take advantage of nonunionized labor. Just as there’s kernels of truth with regard to SWA outsourcing their maintenance to Central American mechanic shops. But really, it’s just a means to publicly apply pressure. And it’ll be used again at another operator or at the same one in a few years. And that’s why I say you aren’t acquainted with how somethings work in the world. Because all you see is bad actor Boeing, and it’s a helluva lot more nuanced than that.
    7 points
  16. Sigh. Because of course, we all have GLORIOUSLY efficient experiences with our cell phone carrier, the cable company, our credit card bank, etc. etc. ad infinitum. If you are dealing with anything outside of a mom and pop business where you are known, odds are that you are getting crappy customer service. But there are exceptions, and I'll hazard a guess that the percentage of those is similar in both the private and public sector. I get great customer service from Southwest Airlines. I also get great customer service from a number of state and city offices around Texas. Friendly people, willing to put in a little work to make sure my question gets answered, etc. Wanna know what the common thread is for shitty customer service? Not spending money on customer service. If you are a private enterprise that saves money by making me go through a 10 minute long phone tree before I get a real person, and then it's someone in a call center in Timbuktu, OR you are a government agency whose budget allows you to pay $29k a year for your front office folks, the consumer who interacts with those systems is probably going to have a sub-par experience. We do love our myths, though.
    6 points
  17. It's a shame that GoLL's predictions stopped coming true a few seasons ago. We could really use his sight-seeing prowess now.
    6 points
  18. If we are going to start negging in-game bipolar outbursts, half this board will be crowd-sourced right out of here.
    6 points
  19. 1. RC Slocum was the coach during undeniably the most successful run for Aggy football after their last made up championship from the WW II era. 2. During that time Aggy cheated like it was their job and RC was the head of the institutional cheating scandal that led to them being placed on probation. 3. Aggy brags about their culture and people being one of their greatest strength based on their inflexible honor code of “An Aggie does not Lie, Cheat or Steal, or tolerate those who do!” 4. Aggies hire RC as interim athletic director and brag about how great that is and how their people and culture are a strength. . . . 5. Profit!
    6 points
  20. I binged the first seven seasons all at once last year, so this is the first time I've been able to partake in these threads in real time. Y'all are some miserable bastards. As soon as the episode runtimes leaked, anyone with a functioning brain should have known nothing serious was going to go down until Episode 3. Personally, I'm okay with 25% of the season's minutes leading up to a presumably batshit 4 episode finale, especially when some of these conversations are bound to explain decisions made over these next few weeks. I know that the poor fanbase has now had to endure THREE WHOLE EPISODES since the last major battle, but most of the people complaining right now would also have complained if they jumped right into war without touching on the human element of 95% of the shows character suddenly being in the same location, some meeting for the first time. Two thoughts: 1. Tormund is in the conversation for best character on TV. 2. Anyone complaining about the Brienne knighting scene is too far gone to be taken seriously. I get the desire for bloodlust, but that scene (the motives, reactions, buildup, etc) was damn near perfect and I suspect will be looked back on as one of the classic sequences of this show.
    6 points
  21. Do not quote that stupid fuck. He has to be the most ignored poster on this board. Do not encourage his worthless bullshit.
    5 points
  22. You're right but he will never address this in a serious way Republicans have really done a great job pitting working people against each other. Seriously, Trump could add 1 trillion dollars to the military industrial complex tomorrow and there wouldn't be a peep from these posters. I know everyone loves to hate on the current generation, but the facts are we fought two wars, came home to the bankers crashing the economy and at the same time have to deal with automation and globalization transforming the job market. It's about time something bold like this be done for the working people of this generation.
    5 points
  23. So if you majored in a degree program that actually makes money or if you are married and both make 50k, you get screwed on this? If you are going to do debt forgiveness, do it across the board or not at all. This just looks like pandering to single millennials and two income families with degrees with limited income potential. I disagree with student debt forgiveness for the same reasons I disagree with the idea of reparations. It tries to fix a symptom instead of fixing the underlying problem.
    5 points
  24. I think the biggest difference now is that the NCAA is absolutely disinterested in catching and/or punishing anyfuckingone for cheating. I've been saying for ten years or more, A&M should just cheat, because who cares? It's not like they have a sterling reputation as it is-- they THINK they do, but the addendum to "Aggies don't lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do" is "only Aggies believe that horseshit". The way they're seen outside of their bubble is, they're incompetent cheating redneck goober hicks who are more interested in winning bidding wars against themselves than anything decided on the field of play. I mean, look at Jimbo Fisher. People-- Stewart Mandel comes to mind-- act like Fisher is some novelty in College Station. Wow, the Aggies got themselves a national championship caliber coach with their huge Texas oil money, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. In 1982, they offered Bo Schembechler an obscene raise over what he was making at Michigan and what Michigan would ever pay him, and he nearly took the A&M job. When he decided "no" and was asked why, he said "Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to be a millionaire?" Not, "I think I can finally win a national title there" or "it's a sleeping giant" or "I can recruit better there". It was "they offered me a lot more money than I ever thought I'd make as a football coach". Then they threw similar money at Jackie Sherrill in the midst of several years of national championship contention at Pitt and he accepted. In 2002 they bought Dennis Franchione from Alabama. THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. IT IS NOT NEW, IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A NEW PARADIGM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS IS WHAT AGGIES DO. THEY HAVE CREDIT CARDS AND THEY LIKE USING THEM.
    5 points
  25. Did you fucks expect a 6-episode long battle for the final season? Last season the complaint was things moved too fast, people teleported around Westeros, etc. now the complaint is it moves too slow, even through the first two episodes have shown the north preparing for literally the biggest battle of the series.
    5 points
  26. Can we get a goo-less GOT thread? Episode was a solid set up show for the big-ass battle. I loved the fireside chat scene...Brienne getting knighted was cool and Tormund's giant story was fucking awesome. It will be really interesting to see how they resolve the Danny/Jon conflict.
    5 points
  27. Before even contemplating this last page, which includes a Derka rant that isn’t worth the sweat off of my balls, let me just go with what I’ve quoted and read on this thread. You have to be some of the dumbest fucks in the history of the Internet with this shit. This is absolutely the dumbest thread on this entire site and that is a monumental achievement. I cannot believe that some of you are able to continue to consume oxygen on this planet and know what to do with it.
    5 points
  28. We welcomed Lady Bird into our house this weekend. She joins Shiner (Rhodesian) and Chuy (Frenchie) in our crowded house. No idea why I signed off on this but the females in the house are swooning.
    4 points
  29. 4 points
  30. aggy -1 self awareness - 0 you dumbfucks are the reason UGA and the rest of your shitty, overrated conference are having so much success in Texas. Then look to us to stem the tide.
    4 points
  31. I like the direction Texas is going, without using crying bitch babies for quarterbacks
    4 points
  32. Brad: "I'm concerned that Bernie hasn't outlined his plans for funding these programs in detail" b_t: "You idiot it's right here at this link" Brad: "There is nothing about funding in your link" b_t: "Why are we talking about funding?!" wut
    4 points
  33. funny that this has become a story on its own. the morning the report came out i said he's the type of guy who's way more embarrassed that people are finding out nobody listens to him than he is nervous about the legality behind it. i swear to god, my old boss has the exact same narcissist personality disorder, it's fucking scary. prioritizing what's important to him in legal cases got him in so much more trouble. if this were a movie or a procedural law and order show, the dems would recognize that his vanity is his weakness, and start pounding the narrative that "nobody listened to trump, that's why it wasn't a crime. nobody takes him seriously. people think he's a joke. if more people took him seriously, this would've been a huge obstruction, but he was too stupid and pointless to pull it off. he needed people around him who understood the law and understood what a joke he was. they all probably whispered and joked about him behind his back." to the point where he just starts blurting shit out on twitter and news cameras about how he did it all himself, he's the real mastermind, he orchestrated the whole thing, and none of this other stuff is true!
    4 points
  34. Lamar is going to show up and save the day.
    4 points
  35. Anyone who uses the term “identity politics” exposes themselves. It’s the new “playing the race card” and it’s a right wing dog whistle to shorthand “The Democrats pander to the gays and the blacks and the women and I don’t care for that”.
    4 points
  36. Knife homicides in UK: 287 Gun homicides in US: 14,611 So while it didn't "get rid of the killings", I'd say it did a pretty fucking good job of keeping them below our embarrassing gun murder rates.
    4 points
  37. I'm confused why so many think that Dany's actions are somehow out of character. It's not what we like about her, but she has been an entitled cunt the entire series. The only difference is that now it is being directed at other protagonists. She is hot, and has an endearing good side to her, but has always had a chip on her shoulder about her authority being challenged. Arya's weapon looks like a dragon glass enhanced version of the staff she used in Braavos, so I guess fighting in the dark is an option. Can the dead see in the dark? I had to go back and look at screen caps of the sketch, because I was expecting something else. She is a better assassin than artist. I guess Needle isn't really going to be effective against the dead. If bastards have no legitimate claim to the Iron Throne, then why was it important to kill off all of Robert's in Season 1? I thought Melisandre would have a role to play in the Great War. I guess not. I wonder if we have seen her for the last time? Bronn not showing up in S8E2 tells me that Jamie and Tyrion likely survive the battle. If not, then what the fuck was the point of his appearance in S8E1? Too bad Theon is only equipped to satisfy Sansa's emotional needs. Maybe he should consult Grey Worm on how to make the best of it.
    4 points
  38. There are 4 safeties in Texas rated higher than that kid, including an aggy legacy. None are interested in aggy.
    4 points
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