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  1. If the Senate goes to the Dems, they need to point Elizabeth Warren at Facebook and Twitter and let her go to town.
    16 points
  2. When this is all over, I hope they can just reassign those resources into shaming people in the parking lot for not putting their cart in the corrals.
    13 points
  3. Americans suck at math. Fantasy is our specialty. We treat scientists and teachers as menial laborers while throwing piles of cash at carnies, hucksters, and showmen. Nothing is more fundamentally American than the con. We love it. It’s sure a lot more fun than the truth.
    12 points
  4. I didn't like the batteries the prior owner put in the smoke detector and removed them. So the fact that the house is burning is entirely his fault. So fuck calling the fire department or waking grandma up from her nap. Let it burn.
    11 points
  5. I've got one old Longhorn friend dying of cancer and I learned today that another one just passed away from the same horrible disease. Haven't seen either of them for a long time but it never occurred to me I'd never see them again. I'm not ashamed to say that I've shed a tear or two today. Please pray for their families. Thank you. (Wasn't sure where to post. This forum seemed as good as any.)
    10 points
  6. Another reason why Herman needs to go.. Him hiring Jay Valai, a total newbie, as the CBs coach was a total whiff. Now we have dumpster fire FSU coming in and plucking an elite CB right under Tom's nose. Unacceptable. ------SATAYA
    10 points
  7. Jack has a portrait, this is now in my house as an 8 by 10.
    10 points
  8. if we play them, half their team won't care because they're not from texas.
    10 points
  9. Yes I think looking at options to open vs playing politics is important. Every area is different but we are not seeing enough real analysis. Also where’s the tracing? Easier to open with tracing. The feds threw all this to states who are ill equipped to do any of this. If that’s politics then ban me, bro.
    10 points
  10. Well I just got back from running to the liquor store and stopped at the gas station nearby on montfort. I am walking in to pay cause pay at the pump isn't working and I hear a dude inside raising his voice to someone. I open the door and he is yelling at the clerk who pointed to a sign saying mask must be worn inside all Circle K stores if you are over 10. He starts saying it is illegal and against his rights. I go to this gas station alot and the clerks are good dudes from Jordan. They even told him sir just check out and we understand if you don't agree but it is our policy. He storms out quick and yells "if you were fucking educated you would know better." Jesus christ dude a fucking mask has you freaking out like this? Then he got in his shitty honda civic and peeled out of the parking lot without a care for the ppl that were walking on the sidewalk. What a fucking douche and if a mask has you this pissed off then please eat a dick
    9 points
  11. The only thing worse than the CR invading this thread is the realignment thread invading this thread.
    9 points
  12. It's a problem with delivering news via Twitter which is becoming the norm today. Everything is a headline. It's also a problem when the LA Times and almost every other news agency use Twitter for click bait. Their tweet inaccurately describes the overall message behind their own article. They obviously do that because they get more clicks when they say LA will extend stay-at-home for 3 months compared to saying that LA will gradually ease restrictions over the next 3 months. This is not new and is not limited to COVID-19 or this thread, but is extremely annoying.
    9 points
  13. Newy, you sound like a sociopath.
    9 points
  14. He also is one of those who bitches about CR and has made this board his special place to bitch about Lib politicians and socialism, so whatever.
    9 points
  15. Wait, is that story suggesting that drinking daily from 4 or 5 pm until you go to sleep is bad???
    9 points
  16. Deaths are underreported. By a lot. Edit: Look where the most deaths are, nursing homes. For the longest time there was very little testing. We saw dozens pass and without any C19 testing they were marked as a viral PNA death, not C19. I myself saw dozens. Our group is hundreds of providers...everyone has the same stories. That's the sad truth. I see no way in hell deaths are being overreported? I'd love any physician actually working with these pts to explain what they're seeing to me.
    9 points
  17. I feel like chili cheese dogs are the spirit food of this thread. If not specifically, then perhaps more generally “encased meats wrapped in a bread product slathered in something, preferably including jalapeños.” Step one: buy a can of chili and make sure it’s made with real beef and does not include beans. Step two. Heat chili and dogs and assemble chili cheese dogs. Don’t skimp on the pickled japs! Be sure to pick the ugliest plate your wife won’t let you throw away for whatever reason. Step three. Wear your best hot dog shirt while consuming. Step four. Use a hefty kettle-cooked potato chip to scoop up everything that falls out. Step five. Bask in victory.
    8 points
  18. Roberts points out that Trump is arguing for absolute immunity whereas DOJ is arguing for a heightened standard to get POTUS records. The DOJ then says they agree with Trump that he’s absolutely immune. Roberts points out that DOJ’s position now doesn't make sense - if POTUS is absolutely immune, then why would there be any standard ? DOJ gone tits up for Trump.
    8 points
  19. Oh.....you think those two are functioning Supreme Court Justices. How adorable.
    8 points
  20. I just want to see her reaction on camera when some red ass yokel does something dumb like gathering in a groups and whooping howdy at one another. I imagine Scholz just going off in a borderline Tourette’s rant, completely unhinged to himself. “Every one of those dumb motherfuckers are too stupid to fucking live. For God’s sake they worship a fucking COLLIE. A dog. And a shitty dog at that! Not even a good dog like a retriever or lab. Fucking dumb motherfuckers shouldn’t be allowed to breed!!” Then the camera pans awkwardly to Mrs. Scholz while she stares at her hands sadly, eyes downcast. Then the theme to Curb Your Enthusiasm plays.
    8 points
  21. the other side of the argument is - ok, so we stay open to save the economy. and several hundred thousand+ people die. what does that do to the economy (not to mention the hospital/healthcare infrastructure)? the administration treated it like a binary choice one way, and now they're treating it like a binary choice the other way. it's an essay question that they continue to treat like true/false.
    7 points
  22. To Newy's credit he hasn't flip flopped. He's sounded like a 100% sociopathic lunatic start to finish on this topic. He wants his football people!
    7 points
  23. There are some folks out there, like newy, who want what they want, and are willing to impose whatever risk they deem acceptable on others to get it. Those athletes, coaches, and staff gave up their right to assess the risks for themselves when they went into an entertainment industry. Just like a grocery store stocker or cashier should just quit their job if they don't like folks not wearing masks and getting close to them. It's just the cost of doing business, and if you don't agree, just stay home. It's not that hard to understand.
    7 points
  24. $12 bbl oil says "be careful what you wish for." Before petroleum, we were Alabama with cattle, economically. Take away petroleum, and the myth of how much we have "diversified" our economy will be shattered rather quickly. The "Texas miracle" that has been touted for the last decade rests almost entirely on oil being around $80 bbl, give or take. At $80 a bbl, Texas looks like this: At $12 a bbl, we end up looking like this, real quick-like:
    7 points
  25. Tank decided to make this screen panel a doggy door today.
    7 points
  26. Be was predicting Wendy Davis to be governor the day before the election in 2014. She only lost by 20 points. He was predicting a Hillary romp in Texas in 16 and I think he had Beto in 2018 by double digits. It wasn’t that he was wrong but it was the way he was wrong and the timeframe. He kept posting birth and death numbers and declaring it was a foregone conclusion with a metaphysical certainty. “Science”. Also, it is amusing whenever he goes on a rant about Einstein being a moron. Whatever it is that he publishes on physics and astronomy is roundly mocked and ridiculed by people with any kind of acumen. He ended up in the Philippines because he wanted the cheapest and free-est place to have sex with people the age of his grandchildren. He’s not just weird, he’s also a dumbass and a dirt bag. But he posts pictures of scantily dressed 15 year olds that other creepy middle aged (rays old but most of the people cheering him on are middle aged) dudes can drool over and he’s some sort of hero, instead of a blight on this site. I don’t get it and it’s disgusting. I’m glad to be on the same side of this as Brad and Ana.
    7 points
  27. What are you talking about? I'm completely calm.
    6 points
  28. Bam! We were just awarded the Federal Reserve project we bid back in February.
    6 points
  29. Hey now, just because all of his talking points look like they came straight from your Aunt who watches Fox News all day's Facebook page DOES NOT mean that he's agenda driven!
    6 points
  30. Abbott deserves it because he is the very definition of bitch boy, right up there with Ted Cruz. And Jenkins' response is science- and prudence-based. He did something while Trump fingered his butthole and Abbott waited for the dumbshit signal from DC to come on. It didn't become political until Abbott decided to hop on the Trump train. THAT is political. Like DDD Dad, I have always been and remain suspicious of Jenkins, but I think his handling of the virus has been about as good as you could want.
    6 points
  31. Was looking to see if I’ve been reported on Nextdoor yet. The answer is no. But I came across this thread in which someone was looking for ways to control squirrels. In the thread was this exchange between Todd and Selina-Marie. I think Todd and I could be friends.
    6 points
  32. And "Boom!" goes the dynamite! https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Texas-A-M-Alabama-book-12th-man-legal-fight-15264638.php?utm_campaign=CMS Sharing Tools (Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral History of Texas A&M's 12th Man challenged amid legal battle with school David Barron , Houston Chronicle May 12, 2020 Updated: May 12, 2020 12:49 p.m. An Alabama book publisher has upped the ante in his three-year legal dispute with Texas A&M by asking a judge to consider evidence he says will strike at the historical foundations of the Aggies’ cherished 12th Man tradition. Mike Bynum of Birmingham, Ala., says that two 1921 newspaper stories his attorneys filed as part of a proposed motion in U.S. District Court in Houston will show that A&M has misstated the facts surrounding the role of Texas A&M football and basketball player E. King Gill in the Jan. 2, 1922, Dixie Classic football game in Dallas. The 1922 game is famous in Aggies lore because Gill was summoned from the stands at Fair Park Stadium to join the undermanned A&M bench during a game against Centre College. Gill did not play, but his willingness to suit up when called upon is a cherished tradition at A&M, which has trademarked the 12th Man phrase with a description that concludes, “When the game ended, Gill was the only man left standing on the sidelines for Texas A&M.” Bynum, however, has submitted copies of December 1921 stories in The Dallas Morning News and The Houston Post that said A&M brought 25 players to Dallas for the Dixie Classic — not 16 or 18, as cited in previous accounts — and thus had sufficient manpower available even before Gill was summoned from the stands. “Those (1922 newspaper stories) are the best sources out there, and they should rule the day,” Bynum said. Based on the accounts of the 25-man roster, Bynum said, the Aggies had at least nine healthy players on the bench before Gill’s arrival. Accounts of the game agree that the Aggies used 15 players — 11 starters plus four subs for injured players — in the first half. A 16th player was not in uniform because of an injury suffered during pregame practice in Dallas. With the exception of Gill, no mention has been found of other players who did not enter the game. “Nevertheless, TAMU probably saw great value in embellishing on the historical facts, or failed to confirm them, to improve the story’s impact and to assert rights as the only team that could truly lay claim to a ‘12th Man’ story,” his attorneys said. Previous suit against A&M Bynum’s claim casting doubt on the accuracy of the 12th Man origin story is but another twist in his long-running copyright infringement lawsuit concerning a book that he copyrighted in 2010 and planned to publish about Gill and the 12th Man tradition. The two newspaper stories citing the 25-man roster are included in a proposed second amended petition that Bynum’s attorneys hope will be approved by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen. Originally filed in 2017 against the A&M athletic department, the fund-raising 12th Man Foundation and three A&M employees, the suit’s only remaining defendant is Brad Marquardt, an assistant sports information director who according to the suit had Bynum’s unpublished book about Gill retyped and posted on an A&M website without Bynum’s knowledge or permission in 2014. Bynum is asking the judge to restore the 12th Man Foundation, the A&M athletic department and two other current and former A&M employees as defendants and to restore a portion of the suit accusing defendants of unconstitutional taking of Bynum’s property. His attorneys also claim that the case should be allowed to move forward with the additional defendants and charges based on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in a similar case in Georgia. That decision, they said, determined that state entities that take property without due process of law can still be sued even though they retain sovereign immunity against lawsuits. History of the 12th Man For latecomers to the 12th Man story, Gill was a member of the A&M football team in 1921 but was not included on the roster that traveled to Dallas in late December to play Centre College. Gill met the team in Dallas, his home town, and rode to Fair Park Stadium with A&M coach D.X. Bible. When they arrived, he was asked to serve as a press box spotter for Jinx Tucker of the Waco Tribune-Herald. However, with the Aggies having used four substitutes during the first half, Bible summoned Gill to the sidelines, where he remained as the Aggies went on to win 22-14. The story became a popular part of A&M culture via a radio broadcast in 1939, the year the Aggies won their only national championship, and became a tentpole for A&M’s corporate identity and for its athletics fund-raising arm, which according to Bynum has raised more than $1 billion since 2001. A&M obtained a trademark for the phrase 12th Man in 1990 and has filed assorted legal actions over the years to enforce its mark, including cases against the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Indianapolis Colts. Bynum, however, notes that the phrase was in use prior to 1922 in American football and that its use in English cricket dates back to the 19th century. Games during Gill's era were not staffed by the array of statisticians that monitor modern games. Bynum, however, said that A&M is guilty of more than an oversight in claiming that Gill was the only man available to play in the Dixie Classic. “It’s one thing to tell a friendly lie,” he said. “It’s another to raise money telling this lie, and that has what Texas A&M and the 12th Man Foundation have been doing for years.” In defense of 12th Man history Texas A&M’s media representatives referred inquiries about the history of the 12th Man story to John Adams, a Texas A&M former student who has written several books about the university and plans to publish a book on the Dixie Classic next January to mark its 100th anniversary. Adams, who said he years ago interviewed Gill, who died in 1976, and Joe Utay, the former Texas A&M player who organized the Dixie Classic, stands firmly with the traditional A&M tale that A&M brought 16 players to Dallas, not including Gill, and that Gill was the only healthy player available to play had the Aggies suffered another injury. Regarding the published stories in the Dallas and Houston papers citing 25 players who made the trip to Dallas, Adams said, “I have no idea where they got those numbers. I think they made them up.” He also takes issue with the 1974 book “The Twelfth Man: A Story of Texas A&M Football” by longtime Cotton Bowl executive Wilbur Evans and former A&M sports information director H.B. McElroy, published in 1974, that says the Aggies brought 18 players to Dallas. If correct, the 18-man roster, which also was cited in a 1956 Houston Press story about Gill, would mean that two players in addition to Gill were available to play in the Dixie Classic after the first-half injuries. Adams believes confusion over the Aggies’ roster size may stem from a roster of 24 names included in the game program, which he said was printed in December 1921. Regarding A&M's statement in its trademark filing that Gill was the only man available to play, Adams said some of the injured players may have remained in uniform on the sidelines and perhaps could have re-entered to prevent the Aggies from forfeiting the game. “But if you believe that, you’re really getting into the weeds,” he said. “I have accounted for 16 players, and I have looked for the 17th and 18th players (cited in the Evans-McElroy book) and haven’t found them.” Bynum, meanwhile, chooses to lean on the 1974 book and the 1921 newspaper accounts to assert the case that Gill, at best, was the Aggies’ 16th man. “Texas A&M has continued to tell this lie to raise their importance on the American sports stage and for financial fund-raising and promoting the value of a trademark, which they lied to obtain,” he said. “The $1 billion that A&M has raised through the 12th Man Foundation has been based on a lie.” A writer’s history Bynum is best known in Texas sports circles as editor of the book “King Football,” a history of Texas high school football that included two significant corrections to the historical record. One included the revelation that Gordon Wood, the longtime high school coach who was believed to be the first Texas coach to compile 400 career victories, actually had compiled just 394. The second was that the first known game involving a Texas high school team occurred not in 1894, when a team from Galveston Ball played Texas A&M, but in 1892, when Ball played a team coached by John Sealy known as the Galveston Rugbys. Bynum said he had been working on a book about the 12th Man origin story for more than a decade when he gave his research to Whit Canning, a longtime writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, to compose the story. He said in his lawsuit that he submitted the story, which designated him as the owner of the copyright, to Marquardt in 2010 while seeking assistance for photos from the Dixie Classic. Marquardt, in an email to Bynum, said he was asked in January 2014 to provide a story that detailed A&M’s 12th Man history to counter the publicity being generated by the Seattle Seahawks, who had licensed the number “12” from A&M as part of its game-day presentation. Marquardt said he found Bynum’s manuscript in his files, had it retyped and published without informing Bynum of his plans. Original ruling on suit Judge Hanen in April 2019 said the A&M athletic department could not be sued because it does not have a legal existence separate from the university, which says it has sovereign immunity against lawsuits. He also said Bynum had not exhausted his potential remedies against the university in state court. The 12th Man Foundation was dropped because Hanen said the group had no supervisory authority over Marquardt. Hanen also dropped as defendants Alan Cannon, the school’s sports information director, and Lane Stephenson, former director of the A&M news and information service. Bynum’s motion filed this week seeks to have all four restored as defendants and to restore the charge that defendants violated federal law by taking property without compensation. While he continues his lawsuit against what he says was A&M’s unlawful taking of his property, Bynum said he had no desire to diminish Gill’s role in A&M history. “King Gill always tried to downplay all of this but considered it an honor and thought it was good for Texas A&M,” he said. “But at some point, A&M crossed the line and turned a good thing into a big lie by saying he was the only guy on the sidelines, and that’s just not the way it was.” Gill family spokesman Charles Nicholas of San Antonio said family members remain understandably proud of Gill, who was a physician in Corpus Christi after graduating from A&M. Nicholas said his great-uncle never sought attention from the Dixie Classic, and he had no opinion on the possibility that other players on the sideline could have been available to play in the game. Other questions Bynum, for that matter, is not the only researcher to question the validity of A&M’s claim that Gill was the only player who could have entered the Dixie Classic and its claim that the 12th Man phrase had been in continuous use at A&M since 1922. The researcher, who uses the pseudonym Randolph Duke, has established a website called aggypedia.com, which includes Gill’s assertion in 1964 that he had never heard of a 12th Man tradition prior to 1939. The Gill family chooses to steer clear of judging the value of Bynum’s claim but agrees with him that Gill is and should remain a significant figure in A&M’s cultural history. Even if other players were available at the Dixie Classic, Nicholas said, “I don’t think it changes the spirit of what he represented. It was a selling point to bring people together, and the end result has been a tremendous spirit among the Aggies. “It’s the overall symbolism of it. The 12th Man tradition is the 12th Man tradition, and he is identified with it and always will be. Maybe there were other players on the sidelines, but when you call a guy out of the press box, that’s different.”
    6 points
  33. For your afternoon livestock update, fresh pork declined , and belly values collapsed $50, with packer runs improving again. If the packers improve tomorrow and pork pulls back again it should confirm a high with elevated values likely to remain for awhile. Beef edged higher on choice with select off a bit with more packer improvement. The beef peak is likely very close as well.
    5 points
  34. And sometimes... there's stuff like this: #IMissShepardSmith
    5 points
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