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  1. I’m sure there are contractual reasons that prevent this, but as a long time 60 Minutes watcher, I would like to see the staff all walk out on CBS and burn it to the ground on the way out. Start a new independent news show with the same talent and package it with Colbert and anyone else that’s sick of it.
  2. Is there any chance the stress from this will cause him to stroke out? Like in a weird plot twist, Epstein kills Trump?
  3. They must have the cards to back it up because, with Trump suing every media outlet that goes against him on even slightly flimsy grounds, there's no way the WSJ would publish that without solid evidence. He won a settlement against 60 Minutes and ABC for far less.
  4. If Jesus was carrying them home, then why did people save some of them?
  5. People here have linked meeting minutes from a couple of separate meetings in which they seemed to reject funds that came from Obama or Biden. The quotes were pretty damning. I listened to The Daily (NYT) podcast episode on this yesterday and it was a little less clear about it. You can listen here, starting at the 19:30 mark: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000717346070 They said that Kerr County officials tried on multiple occasions to get funding and were denied. 1. Kerr County approached TDEM in 2017 and told the proposal did meet federal grant requirements. 2. They tried again in 2018 and the state declined again. 3. In 2024, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority went to the Texas Water Development Board, which only offered a tiny grant that wasn’t big enough. For whatever reason, The Daily makes no mention of the funding that was supposedly offered and Kerr County declined because it came from Biden. They are normally pretty thorough with their journalism and that seems easy enough info to uncover, so I was confused why it wasn’t discussed. I found this other article from The Texas Tribune that goes into it: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/texas-kerr-county-commissioners-flooding-warning/ It says that Kerr County was given a $10.2 million grant from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021. That is apparently the “Biden money” they wanted to send back, but ultimately kept it and opted to spend it on things other than flood warning systems. They spent $7MM on public safety radios for the sheriff and fire departments, $1MM on bonuses for the sheriff’s employees, and other undisclosed stuff. Perhaps it wasn’t mentioned by The Daily because the ARPA funds were specifically provided for flood warning systems. Although they could’ve used it for that and chose not to, and you have to wonder about those $1MM in bonuses when the flood warning system also costs $1MM.
  6. This is where I’m at. Everyone knew this river was dangerous. There are past quotes from the people who ran Camp Mystic as well as from local authorities. There have been quotes from government officials in press conferences since the flood, telling us all how dangerous the river valley can be. I think they are trying to say it in a “Mother Nature is a bitch” kind of way, but it also highlights how much everyone universally agreed that it was dangerous and flooding was a serious threat. Despite all of that, Camp Mystic chose to let 650+ young girls sleep in a floodway, with no apparent plan to protect them if a flood occurred during the night. The weather forecast called for a high likelihood of flash flooding. They had one night security guard who was incapable of monitoring a river and providing timely warning. They should’ve had multiple hands on deck with eyes on the river at all times, or if that was too difficult to do, then simply let the 1:14 AM NWS flood warning be the GTFO signal. It would be different if this was a place that had never flooded before or if the NWS had failed to predict flooding, but neither of those are true. They knew and they ignored it. People say they get flash flooding warnings all the time. That may certainly be true, but when you are responsible for the lives of 650+ young girls, you have to treat every single one as a potential safety risk. They failed to do that.
  7. I love The Bear but I have to agree with you on this. The Studio was an excellent comedy series. The Bear is a drama with occasional funny moments and it's ridiculous that it keeps getting thrown into this category. Olivia Colman and Jamie Lee Curtis both got Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy nominations and neither of their roles are intended to be remotely funny. It's absurd.
  8. The first major wave of tariffs on Liberation Day seemed to at least follow Trump’s own dumbass flawed logic regarding trade deficits. Yes, they were completely ridiculous, but there was a method to the madness, even if most reasonable people disagreed with the method. These newer tariffs seem completely arbitrary and punitive. We have now progressed to Trump lashing out at countries because he is frustrated the world didn’t line up to make deals with him. When Bessent is acknowledging the TACO nickname, it’s obvious that Trump himself is aware, and this time he will want to shake that label. Didn’t Canada make a trade deal with Trump a couple months ago? And now they have a fresh 35% tariff to show for it. Why would anyone make a deal with him? I don’t know where we go from here. It’s wild that the stock market hasn’t imploded.
  9. Thank you for the post and this is more consistent with the churches I attended. We were always taught to pray about everything. Pray for your sick grandmother, pray for your test in school, pray for missing dog to be found, pray for yourself to not sin so much, pray for your plane to land safely, pray for your favorite sports team to win (always seems absurd but people legit do it). I’m still left wondering what the point is. To use the most recent example of the flooding, two families with nearly identical religious beliefs can pray equally hard to the same God for the safe return of their child. One family gets their child back, the other does not get their child back. One family says God answered their prayers and the other family says ??? Does the first family think they influenced God’s ultimate decision to spare their child? If that’s true, then what was wrong about the second family or their prayers that God decided “nice try but I have a different plan for your child”? As a poster said above, is there a prayer threshold that must be met for a request to be granted? Below that line is no good? Seems like that is obviously wrong because bad things happen to good people even when an overwhelming amount of prayer is involved. And then at the same time, non-Christian people will have good things happen without praying at all. Every day in America, a Christian family loses a child to cancer and an atheist family has their child cured. What tangible benefit do people think they are getting out of prayer any more so than just hoping good thoughts to no one in particular? It all seems so arbitrary, like a fortune cookie. Like to a non-believer, it could easily seem like no one is listening or the deity in charge is not interested in what we think. Again, I don’t mean any disrespect with my questions, but this seems like the only thread to get serious discussion on this topic.
  10. It’s a great honor to be here in Texas. I love Texas. They voted for me unlike the communist California where Gavin Newsome keeps starting fires. This flood was so bad that it happened on America’s birthday. People are saying that Cheating Obama and Crooked Joe Biden both tried to fix this river and failed. The socialist democrats missed their chance to make this river safe because they don’t care about Texas. I love Texas. And you know what? Elon should have done more to prevent this but he was too busy playing with his electric cars and crashing rockets. People should have a choice in what they drive which is why I signed the Big Beautiful Bill to get rid of electric cars. Solar too. Our bill is so beautiful and it will make sure that no ugly solar panels or windmills will ever get built at Camp Mystic. The democrats wanted this to happen so they can turn it into a wind farm but I won’t let them. You know what else is beautiful? Kristi Noem. I love her and she has helped rebuild Texas already so we can Make Texas Great Again. I’m going to make this valley more safe and beautiful than it’s ever been and then young Texas girls can work here again instead of Sleepy Joe Biden’s illegal immigrants that previously worked at Camp Mystic before they drowned. Let’s all thank Tom Homan for making sure they don’t come back. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
  11. Got busy and forgot to post upon returning. After 2 visits, this is easily one of my favorite places on Earth and I’m already looking forward to the next time. We’ve bummed around the Mediterranean a fair bit - Corsica, Mallorca, Ibiza, Sardinia, Barcelona, Saint-Tropez, Cinque Terre, Croatia - and I really love each of them in different ways, but for me, Corsica is the complete package that offers natural beauty, varied landscapes, great food and wine, cleanliness, interesting culture, and overall friendly people. If you like beaches, there is so much to offer and most of them have fine white sand, calm turquoise water, and very little seaweed or trash. Just clean and peaceful. June was still technically low season and the weather was nice (highs upper 70s, lows mid 60s) but without significant crowds. I’m hoping our next trip we will get to take our now 2.5 year old daughter. Might wait a couple years so she can handle long travel better, but then we can make it a longer trip and do more stuff. We’ve driven through the mountainous interior of the island but we haven’t done much there and I’d like to explore some of the mountain hikes, natural pools, and canyoning.
  12. Excuse me, sir. Texans love football and you sound like a loser. Quit making this political. We don’t need warning systems when we have the power of prayer.
  13. Thanks, Twice. I always appreciate your posts on everything. Regarding the bolded part, and I’ve seen a couple of similar explanations, would you say prayer could be treated more as meditation or a coping mechanism? A way of personally processing life’s hardships? If a person firmly believes their version of God exists, then someone is listening, even if the response to prayer is unclear. If a person doesn’t believe in God, then people who pray are basically talking to themselves, but at least it helps them feel better or less alone in the world. I’m probably in the latter camp at this point but I can kinda understand the former camp even if I disagree. Is that fair or completely off base? Although, my perception is that a significant percentage of Christians believe that prayer can effect actual results, which is ludicrous to me for reasons mentioned in my first post. So I still don’t and possibly never will understand that group, and that’s where I get borderline angry when people are told that prayer will help a tragedy.
  14. I was slow to start S4 due to rewatching S3, which is easily my least favorite. My biggest gripe was too much screen time given to the idiot Fak brothers. They were good for snippets of comedic relief in S1-2 but not multiple lengthy scenes per episode of childish arguments. Second gripe was what felt like manufactured drama with everyone and the odd tease of Sydney leaving for a restaurant that doesn’t exist yet with a partner she barely knows. I’m through 6 episodes of S4 and really enjoying it so far. Less time for Faks and more time elevating other characters like Ebraheim and Gary has been much appreciated. The inter-character drama seems more authentic and feels like we are actually building towards something. Also liking the addition of Ever castoffs and Luca. Good stuff. Ep 7 - Bears is over an hour. I have a good feeling about it.
  15. I’m sorry to hear about your situation. I don’t have any advice or prayers but I’m sorry you drew that card and hopefully there’s good news ahead for you.
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