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  1. Speaking of boot-licking, with no offense to you hardcore Democrats (I know how you despise us folks that don't pull straight ticket D balllots every single election cycle since we turned 18). Obviously some smart people in a room somewhere decided it was for the best. But as Ukraine is back on upside, Russian assets being frozen again, EU/NATO ramping up support in light of our aid package, more weapon platforms being deployed again, humanitarian aid, etc. And again, due respect to Speaker Johnson for seeing the light. But I think of the idiocy of his chamber of Congress still going on and I think of the two quietest things that Biden has done despite Congressional pushback. And he can't run of them for obvious reasons. 1. He is doing more to crush Russia than any other President since Eisenhower or Reagan, two beloved GOP'ers. Who say what you will about them, at least held our country in high regard and knew what an evil shitheap USSR/Russia was/is. But he can't actively run on that. Because it calls more attention to what we know on this thread and others, but most of America is ignorant about. We are backfilling entire defense systems through our NATO allies and the next wave is going to be devastating, bordering on fatal, to Russia. This is an interesting milestone in history because we will have plurally brought an empire to its knees without a single boot on the ground, for pennies on the dollar compared to the Cold War. But we will never really be able to celebrate it for the safety of our allies. But the goodwill it books with Europe and parts of Western Asia will benefit our grandchildren's children. 2. Biden surrounded himself with truly brilliant and capable people. He can't run on that either because it could be construed as weakness by some. "Well, he got all those people to help him look good because he's old and dumb." We know that's not the case, but look the lack of attrition. Look at the commitment and capability of most of his cabinet and inner circle and high level appointees. I've never seen anything like it and I've know dozens of White House folks over the decades. That he can't really advertise these two truths is understandable, but will be studied for centuries as effective, and discrete, leadership. And if Mike Johnson gets a tad of credit for any of it, I'm okay with that. Because lives are being saved, we can get over our own internal bullshit later on. But were I the Speaker, and I sit in my driver's seat and see Marjorie Taylor Greene limping away from my car, wiping her hands off on her dress. I might hesitate on turning over the ignition. Just a suggestion, Mikey.
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  2. Add me to the group who stared at this all day. Wordle 1,054 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 835 4️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #332 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  3. To my fellow cancer club members, I am sitting here, swilling an old-fashioned after having devoured a steak after my oncologist meeting. My onc told me “I don’t need to see you anymore Ubet, you’re cured….ok, not “cured”…but you have a 2% chance it returns within 15 years. See you next year….and drop 20 lbs. “ Keep fighting droogies. Medicine is warp speed getting better.
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  4. It was also a bit of a non sequitur. I was referring to whichever post was talking about using “they” in the singular as not feeling correct. English is a much more a descriptive rather than prescriptive language. Which is why it survived the Norman invasion and a couple of centuries of French rule. 10,000 + words were absorbed into the language from the conquerors. Getting hung up on grammar rules for English is kind of dumb. Latin is a dead language because of all the pointless rules. French with its L’Académie Française isn’t much better.
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  5. Papi living his best life back home in greece helping lead Panathinaikos to the Euroleague final: he would have been a special player at Texas had he not gotten an offer from greece that he couldn’t refuse.
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  6. I literally just registered at Twitter within the last six months. Never seen it's content before in my life until then except for places like Surly and occasional news bits, TV, etc. I do read the commentary of the individual tweets I post here, but I don't check the source's feed and scroll down to "see who they are" before I post. Be glad that Imma and Lab decide to keep tweets available to post, and do not choose to censor some for the purpose of protecting others. When you seek equality for all, you will make choices to reflect that internal realization. Censoring the "bad people" on twitter just for the purpose of protecting you, is not a manifestation of that equality. I would never think that I had the right to petition the mods so that I didn't have to see things from Twitter accounts I don't like. I'm so grateful I've evolved beyond it. The blade cuts both ways. Be grateful.
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  7. We should ban anyone who didn’t graduate from UT from this board. They’re outside agitators.
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  8. Wow they really were the fightin texum bulldogs all along.
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  9. Yeah, I think I've read as much as I really want to. Mostly wanted to see if the Times' characterization of the day was accurate (big surprise -- not! -- it really wasn't) and to get some of the "salacious" details that they weren't reporting (another big non-surprise -- they did). The Times already got out all the good details, and things don't read off the paper as being nearly as contentious as they made it sound; they made it sound like the judge was sustaining objection after objection, but it looked pretty even-handed to me. The prosecution obviously wants Stormy's characterization of Trump to get into people's minds -- her fears, the power imbalance, and just how pathetic he is that he pretty much has to use his position of power to get laid, and even then sucks at it and can't get as much as he wants. And the Defense doesn't want that, because they're acting at his behest. (Also, tbf, it really does NOT have all that much to do with the case.)
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  10. I would almost, ALMOST, trade dotard getting off completely free if it meant she was exposed, tried, and executed for being the pipe bomber.
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  11. Strictly speaking, as a member of UIL, Anderson HS is """UT affiliated""" That said, Hartzell and the Johnny Sacks of the world are using rhetoric that would lead one to believe that some flown in protesters are getting arrested at UT. Austin residents going to a protest in a State-designated free speech area in Austin seems like a normal thing to me.
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  12. We had some good news tonight so it became a steak night. I think the best thing I did to up my steak game was experiment with compound butters. This moves a home grilled steak from “awesome” to “never go to a steakhouse again.” Prime ribeye with anchovy-chive-garlic butter, charred asparagus, and ancho-lime basted corn.
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  13. This is not rocket science. When Bo was a Longhorn, his recruiting was great and we loved him. Now he’s at LSU and he sucks. Boom. End of story…
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  14. 29yr old WR Sam Pittman and Arkansas have reportedly signed a former MLB player who is nearly a decade out of high school Harrison was a four-star receiver coming out of high school with a number of SEC, Big 12, and Big Ten offers. DOUG SAMUELS MAY 7, 2024 Coming out of Lee's Summit West high school in Missouri, Monte Harrison was a four-star receiver who gave a verbal commitment to Nebraska. He also held offers from, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arkansas at the time. I note "at the time" because Harrison has spent nearly the last decade playing professional baseball, last suiting up for the LA Angels in 2022 as an outfielder after being a second round pick of the Brewers - who paid him $1.8 million. While he logged over 860 professional baseball games, about 50 of those were a part of the MLB ranks in three stints where he hit .176 with two home runs, 6 RBIs and 7 stolen bases where he didn't have the success most had hoped for. He will turn 29 in August, last played football in 2014, and. is preparing a comeback to football. According to multiple reports, Harrison just committed to play for Sam Pittman and the Razorbacks. He seems to bring some bonafide speed to the receivers room, as he stole 210 stolen bases on 249 attempts in the minor leagues. In his final year of high school he racked up over 1,200 yards and 25 touchdowns as one of the top prospects in The Show Me State. Now he will try his hand at the rare feat of going from professional ranks back to college in another sport, something similar to former NBA star JR Smith recently did going from the hardwood to trying his hand at college golf. His second-shot will not only be an interesting story to watch during camp into the early part of the season, but with NIL now a major factor it adds an interesting additional angle to already intriguing story.
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  15. This isn't a "song" contest, this is about bars. Anyone who thinks Drake isn't getting washed should be Perma-banned. Kendrick is on his ass.
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  16. This thread right now
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  17. That went off about as well as her pipe bomb.
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  18. I think it really boils down the whether you prefer this: Or this: Both are great and I assume we can all agree that both are better than Temple of Doom.
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  19. What mystifies me about these kinds of takes is that Elko isn't some new addition at ATM. The guy was there for four years, hammering the buffet lines and happy hours. He made a dent in the College Station GDP with his presence alone. He had a chance to "resurrect the WC" the first time around. Why did he not do it then but he's going to do it now? Was Jimbo Fisher also quietly holding back the defense's true potential? That guy really is the Alpha and Omega for aggie failure of late, I guess.
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  20. So Josh has taken over Herbie's annual quest to pump aggy up to contender status?
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  21. OU's All Big 12 selections: Sr, Sr, Gr, Sr, Sr (First Team) Sr, So, Fr, Sr (Second Team) Texas' All Big 12 selections: So, So, Fr, So, Jr (First Team) Fr, So, Fr (Second Team)
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  22. Good lord... this lowers his draft prediction considerably. Teetering on 2nd day now. His off-season might be an all timer
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  23. How has this not been posted yet? Y'all get all cloaky and can't focus for shit. As always, the comments are where da gold at.
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  24. The family wants fillet, the family gets fillet. With a hint of mesquite, as we like it.
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  25. I plan on being in Vegas a couple of times before the season starts. If the ATM win total is at 8.5, I am putting $1k down on the under. This shit is greatness. The complete lack of anyone looking at that roster critically is fascinating. Vegas has had the following for win totals with ATM since 2021 - 9.5 (2021), 8.5 (2022), and 8.5 (2023). The actual totals were 8, 5, and 7. They've been overly bullish on them for awhile, I'm sure because aggies and the public (driven by the constant offseason media hype) forces them to post the higher numbers because that's where the market requires it. A schedule is only "easy" if a team has the talent to make it such.
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  26. Unless you roll up on Phil Mickelson, he would likely admire it. Imitation being sincere flattery and all.....
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  27. You could go write for texags with this bull shit. Go believe what you want I guess but if you are trying to make a point you missed by just a bit.
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  28. After redshirting in his first season with the Hawkeyes and suffering a significant injury, Bostick returned for the 2023 season. Appearing in five games last year for Iowa but recording zero statistics. It's that type of dynamic player the ags need to bring in to replace Evan Stewart.
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  29. Agreed....as to Twitter. As to Tesla....not so much. Massive things like the Elonplex fail two ways: very slowly, and then all at once. He is repeatedly shooting himself and his businesses in the dick, as you stand behind him repeating "masterful gambit, sir!" The simping is as funny to watch as is the ego-driven self-destruction.
    1 point
  30. I wouldn’t be saying they’ve been “full”, Bob.
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  31. Meaningless. She had LOTS of full rides.
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  32. “I'm not talking about mechanical tweaks, I'm talking about changing the way someone throws, a different style.” what? Changing the way someone throws would be by making mechanical changes.
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  33. His arm was vertical last year compared to before. And you know what? It made him better. If he would narrow his stance a touch and get his hip rotation ahead of his shoulders he'd improve a bit more.
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  34. Lulz. So, favored in 6 of the 7 games for which odds have been released. But it gets better. Here are the 5 games for which odds haven't been released: They are almost certain to be favorites in all of these games. So yeah, as of now, the Aggies are likely to be favored in 11 of 12 games next season. Is DraftKings entering the rollercoaster business?
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  35. Killed because the thieves wanted the truck tires. Before we start casting stones, in 2022 there was a random killing on Padre Island of a Utah couple. The murderous thieves wanted the Utah couple's RV camper to flee to Mexico. Shit happens everywhere.
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  36. My coworker, a sweet bumbling but really smart dude was diagnosed with throat cancer last year. He took some time off for treatment, came back for a few days a week, and took some more time off. I saw him yesterday. He had lost about 20 pounds, lost all his hair, and his face was scabbed up (anyone know why?) Anyway, he told me that he's fighting the battle, but lost the war. I asked him to expound, and he told me the cancer had spread through his lungs and back, any treatment now is just so he can spend more time with his wife, kids and grandkids. The company is planning a "Thank You" retirement party for him in June. I think he'll still be alive at that point, but who knows how long he'll be around.
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  37. I don't think you're going to see Helen Hunt at all. I would be very surprised. Maura Tierney will play a parent. I spent 3 weeks working on this movie. Really enjoyed the experience although they were some extremely long days. Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos and Katy O'Brien were very nice to cast and crew. What's interesting about the trailer still shot above (looking out at the tornado) is that it was shot inside the Prairie Surf Studios in downtown Oklahoma City. It was formally the Myriad Convention Center arena prior to building the Chesapeake Arena for the Thunder. They shoot movies in there now including the main set for Tulsa King Season 1. The movie theater scene (with people getting sucked out of the theater) was shot inside the main arena. Took a few weeks to shoot that. Pretty cool process. Cannot wait for July 19.
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