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'stache

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  1. They blamed democrats for fires in California because librul. Blame floods on republicans in Texas because maga. The high road has failed. This is ‘murica now.
  2. This very much lines up with the belief that religion was created by the rich and powerful when most of humanity were slaves, surfs, servants, etc., whose lives were dogshit. It gave them a reason to just keep doing the shit work with no path to earthly prosperity because it’ll be totally worth it after you die, often from being worked to death.
  3. Yup, it's "low tax business friendly government is bad" bullshit. ou get what you vote for.
  4. Sounds to me like a other old timer who can’t fathom compensating players and is old enough to just retire.
  5. I appreciate that they finally confirmed that the president is on the list, is a pedophile, that he was blackmailed, and that Epstien didn't kill himself.
  6. I did not like the ending especially if it was meant as a possible season finale. Also don't get the Syd hate, her character is supposed to be somewhat neurotic, and the annoying parts are just unrealistic stuff that pops up in all sorts of tv shows, like her not reading the partnership agreement for months, and Carmen sending her the updated agreement without telling her first what he was planning to do, as though she'd just read it and accept it without bringing it up? Go to her with that stuff directly in a serious conversation, I get her anger in that situation. She's also not the only character to get an episode about a side journey. I enjoyed that episode along side the others.
  7. I'm fine with this, I just wish this was how it was preached. I was at my aunt's funeral last week, she was very devout Catholic, we did a Rosary, full mass, etc. I haven't attended Catholic church in more than 10 years except for family stuff when necessary. I got the feeling that the prayers were to help those in the room feel better during a tough time and I appreciated that part of the ceremony. I just hate that its not taught that way and that religious people especially in the US not only act so shitty to each other but expressly mention their religion while doing so. The last Catholic church service I attended was my neice's confirmation a few years ago. The priest included a lecture on how they will be persecuted for their beliefs and called outcasts for standing by them and to be strong. This was of course directly related to signs all over the lobby to vote against a state constitutional amendment on abortion rights. The last Catholic service I volutnarily attended included a recorded lecture from the Bishop not so vaguely urging support for a state constitutional amendment on fetal "personhood" which of course means anti-abortion. It made me physically ill having to listen to that bullshit in both circumstances. The US Bishops Association (or whatever its called) is pubicly supportive of laws in Oklahoma allowing for taxpayer funded Catholic charter school. Fuck all of it, bunch of fucking charlatans.
  8. The accusation makes perfect sense to me, DEI scapegoat. https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2019-07-24/a-conversation-with-joel-baker-austins-first-african-american-fire-chief
  9. In Tulsa there is a river rise siren that uses a cadence that sounds very different than the tornado siren. It means leave the river bank for higher ground. I’ve only heard it a couple of times and the first time I had to google what it meant. They should probably do more education on it tbh. They also apparently have a nuclear attack cadence from the tornado sirens that I’ve never heard and is never tested.
  10. Well, bye
  11. Probably already discussed but this thread moves fast. In Tulsa there is a very unique siren that indicates that the Arkansas River is expected to rise suddenly. It’s very different than a tornado siren and only sounds along the river. Is that in place along this river? A phone message of “flash flood warning” is pretty general although arguably people on a river should know it affects them directly. Either way a river siren seems like it would be the most effective warning for people to head to higher ground. Is that a thing in Texas?
  12. Stanford is unique in valuing Olympic sports as much or maybe more than football. They would utterly dominate any lower level league in those sports to the point of lacking any genuine competition. Academic snobbery is still the primary reason they won’t join the Big XII imo, but it’s also true that the average ACC school sponsors more Olympic sports than the average Big XII school (I think). And while the Big XII sponsors a lot of sports some are weird amalgamations of affiliate schools that feel really odd. That could also have played a role in their decision.
  13. Yeah let’s denaturalize and deport a candidate because you don’t like him. Just normal politics. Total derangement syndrome if you think it’s a problem. Those boots must taste like candy. “Drive by post….” lol, every accusation…
  14. Wait I thought you said the voters get to decide? If NYC elects a democratic socialist as mayor to implement change in that city don’t you support their right to do so? Of course not because you’re a lying sack of shit who only cares what your dear leader says.
  15. It only seems weird because it’s relatively recent. If the story of Jesus was invented today and people started believing it they’d be considered loons too. A baby born of a virgin is human but also god who’se also his father so he’s his own dad but begs himself to save him from execution and denies his own request, oh and he’s also a sacred ghost, and so on and so forth. Christianity was in fact considered a cult for more than 300 years until Emperor Constantine thought it was cool.
  16. The Big 10 only says that because it was already that way not the other way around. The schools that were members for a century were large well funded institutions and had AAU status when shit started blowing up. They proved it’s flexible when they took Nebraska who was already on their way out of the AAU. If a lesser academic institution was in the neighborhood with massive athletics media value they’d take them in a heartbeat that just doesn’t exist up there.
  17. I honestly didn’t know he was still alive. He’d be a senator today if he was in his prime.
  18. They lost that status last season when they only had 2 members and I don't think they'll get it back based on the new additions. So as it sits they are not part of the autonomous (i.e. power) conferences and I doubt they would even try to regain that status.
  19. It’s the very real reason Stanford and Cal are playing on the other side of the country and not the Big XII.
  20. Whenever that was, he’s still a bitch.
  21. Thanks. Stupid complicated but that makes sense. If SGA is still at the top of his game when he hits 10 years would he extend at 35%?
  22. Can someone explain to me how this works? Why is one max 2 years and another 4? And how is the MVP/World Champ worth less per year than Booker? My only memory of Booker is of him being a pouty little bitch in last years playoffs while getting punked nonstop by Luka.
  23. I think they’re taking the show too serious. The Easter episode is the only one that made me laugh multiple times throughout. The rest are interesting but not all that funny. It’s just different now.
  24. It’s not this site it’s society. FFS, the President can’t even commemorate Memorial Day without a cloak room rant. Everything that happens in this country is under that microscope. Good luck pretending news can be just news anymore, lolz
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