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  1. Finally got my new flag hoisted. As one of only 3 non-Trumpers on the block (the other two being my wife and daughter), its certain to be a big hit among the neighbors.
    38 points
  2. Yes, if there's one way to bring unity to an issue in this country, it's for Donald fucking Trump to tweet about it. Travis is an unbelievable moron.
    20 points
  3. “I’m just going to check out and ignore it because my team sucks, so who cares! My vote doesn’t matter and I’m a rich white dude who can afford to joke about destroying something worth hundreds of thousands dollars, so obvi I’ll be fine no matter what!” Man, fuck all the way off. Women, brown people, black people, LGBTQ people, and countless “others” don’t have your fucking luxury. Those folks are in actual serious danger. Kids in cages America’s diminishing power on the global stage leaving a power vacuum for China and Russia The absolute decimation of necessary government agencies and regulations THE CONSTITUTION The rule of law And hundreds of other important issues will be forever damaged if not completely destroyed with four more years of this monster in office. And I’m not even getting into what the continuation of this leadership means for this pandemic. I know Wulaw claims to be a christian. Maybe he labels as such but he sure isn’t practicing what Jesus teaches.
    18 points
  4. when Clay Travis and Donald Trump are the "last hope", may as well just cancel the season now. See you next fall....maybe
    14 points
  5. Thread title stated "relocate." Then, mentioned a year in the first post. Down to three months now. Have a great long weekend at Great Wolf Lodge.
    14 points
  6. Just call them peaceful protests instead of football games.
    12 points
  7. That's why you don't try to explain it. "Donald Trump is defunding Social Security." Where Democrats lose the average stupid modern American voter is in trying to explain things. Make them try to explain it. "Oh that's not accurate, it is still funded for at least 3 years." See how that works out for them.
    11 points
  8. Protesters: Fuck the system! Burn it down! Revolution!!!! Protestors being arrested: Rule of law!!!
    11 points
  9. Imagine being so butthurt that your parties candidate is the worst thing that's ever happened in some aspects to this country and that being the thing that made you "give up on politics". What a fucking loser.
    11 points
  10. Stouffers frozen mac and cheese with ranch style beans out of the can in a solo cup.
    11 points
  11. 11 points
  12. Just spent a week down at the beach in Surfside. We had kids with us, went out with a guide one day, had to grind hard to get some trout, a pompano, and a nice red and black drum. One of the trout was pretty good size – 24 inches or so – and had a bite taken out of his back, which had healed. That was pretty cool to see. I’ll see if I can dig up the picture. We ate well, though -- red and drum on the half shell, fried trout, and broiled pompano. It was damned nice eating. Otherwise, we mostly fished the surf right in front of our house – conditions were nice most of the week (cleaned up starting Monday, just started getting choppy again late yesterday). We tossed some lures and got some fish, and my daughter’s lifelong friend and fishing buddy figured out his casting net in a surf full of finger mullet. So in the afternoons, we’d hang out past the second bar, freelining finger mullet (and drinking beer – at least I was, as the “of age” member of the fishing crew. Another buddy who wasn’t as big on fishing would just bob next to us, hanging on to a boogie board and enjoying a beverage. He had it figured out). My daughter fished hard. She wanted to hook into a nice trout – and a fat 22 inch speck one morning made her happy. But we were also having some fun catching 2-foot class spinner sharks….all of us except her, that is. She really wanted a shark. Couldn’t catch one, even when the rest of us were. Finally, yesterday afternoon, she got her spinner shark. And she was just so damned pleased. But here’s the really cool angle of the whole week. We were down at the beach in front of our house, and it was a public (vehicle access) beach, so we had folks at least nearby much of the time. We were able to keep our relative distance, and there was sunshine and a decent breeze, so we feel like we kept the illness risk low. But one crew we were near was the folks who were staying in the house next to us. A couple of ex-marines and their wives and kids. They were good guys, and great to talk fishing with. And on Wednesday night, our crew of young folks decided they were going down the beach after dark to try to catch ghost crabs. So, they knocked on the door next door, and took their two little girls out with them. They ran around chasing ghost crabs with a flashlight, and snagged a bucket full (that they of course let go), as well as some small blue crabs at the edge of the surf (also released). They came back all laughing and talking about what a blast they had, even our 19 yr olds. And then the next day, the family next to us was Turkish – they fled Istanbul three years ago because they got crosswise with Erdogan. As my daughter and her friend worked a seining net, their kids were drawn in, fascinated by what they caught. She sat down in the sand, and taught them things like how to look at the underside of a crab to tell its gender, and how the little comb jellies feel (but don’t sting). She grabbed some floating pieces of Sargasso to show them all the cool critters that use it for shelter. She showed them the little coquinas that burrow in the sand at the surf line. Her brother used a pump we have to dig up some ghost shrimp from their holes in the shallows. She showed them how trash in the water could hurt the things that live in the ocean. By the end of the day, the kids were obsessed with sea life. And then yesterday, she caught her shark. She brought it in, and a crowd of kids (and adults) gathered to look at it. She let the kids touch it, feeling the smooth skin one way, and the rough skin the other way. She showed them how they could tell it was a male (had claspers underneath). Then, she showed them how to revive it and release it in the surf, watching it swim off. One kid from the family next to us (a Mexican family, doing the whole awesome Mexican beach set up – grilling elotes and chicken, having a good time – and yep, when I complimented them on their chicken, they gave me a piece and it was f’n awesome) was around 5, and was asking her all about fishing. So, she went up to the house and got one of our old push button reel setups we use for the younger kids to fish on bottom. It was already rigged to fish dead shrimp on a treble hook. So, she spent a few minutes teaching him how to cast, and then when he had it down, baited his hook and took him to cast into the first gut. It took him a few tries, but after about 10 minutes, he hooked into a little 7 inch whiting. And you’d have thought he caught Moby Dick. He came back with the rod and fish held high. His parents gasped and came down to the water, taking pictures of him with his first fish. He held that fish up like a trophy, and had a grin bigger than Texas. His siblings and cousins all gathered round, excited as hell. Then, she helped him unhook it and release it back into the water, as all the kids gathered round and watched. To see her share her joy and passion – she’s been fishing obsessed since she was 9 – and maybe to have turned on one or more other kids to fishing, goddamn. I’m serious, I had to keep from tearing up. It was just fucking awesome. It was right, and good, and everything I want to see in this world. And it made me reflect on both the diversity and shared experience of the past few days. Our kiddos had run around catching crabs, fish, and other sea critters with the daughters of two Marines, the children of a Turkish family in exile, and a passel of kids from a Mexican family. Every engagement was joy, and fascination, and the commonality of childhood. And as they learned a little bit about the ocean, and all the life in it, and how it ebbs and flows, maybe some of them became fisherman (it’s something that happens to you, it just does), and they’ll remember this week as when it happened for them. Maybe they grasped what an amazing ecosystem the sea is, and how it has to be taken care of. I think that the best conservationists and environmentalists are created by exposure, appreciation, and a balanced view, as opposed to dogma. [it actually gave me the idea for CCA to spend some summer weekends down at beaches with volunteer crews, doing exactly what my daughter did – using nets to catch and show kids sea life, and explain the life cycles to them, and have basic fishing gear and bait for kids to try out fishing – maybe when they’re done, hand them a coupon for a discount on a Zebco setup or something. If you want to create a new generation of fishermen and conservationists, that’s how you’d do it]. I fished, too. I caught some trout, caught a couple of spinner sharks. I cast, and hopped waves as they came in. I let the waves do their thing, and I was at peace. But if I’d never cast a line this week, if I’d never caught a single fish, it still would have been perfect. And maybe I'm a little melancholy, and anxious, and venting here. Because this coming weekend, she goes back to school in Canada. And with the uncertainty of these COVID times, and quarantines (she has to quarantine for 14 days when she gets there), we don't know when we're going to be able to see her again. It may not be feasible for her to come home for Christmas, or for us to go see her. So I'm worried, and I'm going to miss her. And I'm so glad I had a week to fish with her. I wish I had another one.
    10 points
  13. I remember Austin in the 90s, nothing but antique shops and wine bars, just like Fredericksburg.
    10 points
  14. please football gods let there be a season, waited 10 years to have a team
    10 points
  15. BELARUS LAW ENFORCEMENT PICTURES AND TACTICS (NO POLITICS PLEASE!)
    10 points
  16. I think this page pretty much guarantees he's going to be a 3x all-conference player now
    10 points
  17. What a life one must have to be able to just check out and not have to worry about things. I feel like there's a good word for that.
    10 points
  18. Did Afghanistan not check the right boxes?
    10 points
  19. SIAP It's a really long read, but a good one... Rolling Stone - The Unraveling of America
    10 points
  20. I’d rather watch COVID eat my lungs on a microscope than throw a lifeline to the morally bankrupt cult of Penn State
    9 points
  21. If finding yourself on Clay Travis's side doesn't tell you there's a need to reconsider your opinion, nothing will.
    9 points
  22. Are you still waiting for Whitlock’s take?
    9 points
  23. In four years when another person besides Trump is the Republican nominee (assuming the United States and/or Republican Party still exist), will you still believe your vote doesn't matter? My guess: no. I think your current philosophy is a self-defense mechanism due to the shame associated with Trump's rise. You want to separate yourself from any responsibility for Trump. I think it changes the moment another candidate is available to you. You don't want any responsibility for the problem, but you don't want to contribute to fixing it either.
    9 points
  24. Imagine if you were out somewhere and some random dude told you that executive orders were created by the lord. You would excuse yourself from that conversation and then tell everyone about this raving lunatic you spoke with earlier. Also, I don't recall executive orders being quite this revered from say 2009-2017.
    9 points
  25. Moving next week so we're playing "eat whatever we can find in the back of the pantry". I managed to replicate the KFC stoner bowl. Instant mash (+garlic, butter, s&p), HEB spicy popcorn chicken, cheese, and brown gravy from a packet. Brings me back to my broke ass bachelor days, but it slams and goes hard.
    9 points
  26. The Trump era has exposed what was always hiding under the facade of the GOP. They don’t care about the country or people. They care about winning. I’ve watched principled conservatives who decried anytime Obama did an EO act like it’s not big deal that Trump does them now. They simply only care about holding onto power. Look at Lindsey Graham. Look at Turtle. I really hope November 2020 is a reckoning.
    9 points
  27. BLT with heirlooms from the farmers market and hatch mayo is the perfect sandwich
    8 points
  28. i dont blame hand he has been getting negative recruited by everyone carrington is still on drayon helping with lj & wheaton you can start pancaking when carrington gets involved with ol recruiting & isnt able to turn it around but his history proves he should be the answer to the woes
    7 points
  29. Well it can't be that hard to figure out, there can't be more than a handful of doctors in China Town.
    7 points
  30. History. Hand has had a dreadful run so far in 2020. He put a shit ton of effort into 3 recruitments that were varying levels of doomed from the outset (Foster and Brocks) and stepped in his own dick by not having made contingencies for in-person camps and not having built relationships with many of the other 2021 OL class. So he added Myslinski, who likely never plays a down here, I don’t think he was going to be allowed a second marginal athletic take in fucking August. Herman, McKnight, and staff will identify jumbo athletes that have far more upside over the past and next few weeks. Carrington and perhaps Valai if he has the cycles, while attacking 2022 guys, will assist with some relationship building and Texas will end up signing 2 guys that are projects with markedly more athletic upside, while Hand continues to bang away at the few guys he’s made inroads with, to this point. the low hanging fruit that Hand has been dabbling with simply doesn’t fit AT ALL with what this staff has done over the previous years. He needs help and he needs to take a minute and stoop flailing. It’s a long way to Feb.
    7 points
  31. I’ll take one for the team here boys.
    7 points
  32. There was no follow up to that baffling statement. Further evidence that Chuck Todd is a clown and should be fired.
    7 points
  33. Particularly after being part of the reason for the problem. And, yes, if you worked to elevate the Christian Right in Republican politics, you absolutely paved the way for Trump. Here’s a suggestion: if you’re going to be a political nihilist who won’t follow the news, get the fuck off the political board. Sell your “I’m above it all” bullshit somewhere else.
    7 points
  34. I think I’ll pass on taking life advice from somebody who doesn’t know whether an RV is taller than a bridge overpass.
    7 points
  35. Sadly this is amazingly accurate
    6 points
  36. Is this ignorant fat disgusting POS bastard dead yet? HANG his ass
    6 points
  37. For the Governor Abbotts of the world
    6 points
  38. Just pulled in from our four week tour of the western US. Four weeks and we covered 10 national parks, 11 if you count King's Canyon and Sequoia seperately. Was an awesome trip and I will post some more later after I get some much needed shut eye.
    6 points
  39. Yeah but Germany's plan put no money in the hands of corporations or rich white people so it can fuck right off.
    6 points
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