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capnamerca

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  1. This might be the most succinct way I've seen ... "they don't believe in government, they just believe in power."
  2. I'm legitimately curious as to what you get out of all of this? Not in terms of social structure or global gains ... you, specifically. How are you better after all of this? Do you think you're making valid points? You don't seem to want to debate policy. You aren't raising counterpoints to the dominant narrative in these parts. You don't seem to have an opinion of your own or even a voice, really. You just seem to live on the margins, throwing barbs when it suits you and disappearing as soon as the conversation goes one click below surface level.
  3. Possibly because the exit emails weren't actually the point, but rather the EXITS THEMSELVES are the point. I'm damn proud of the lawyers that left the firms who bent the knee to Trump, because they're standing on the principle of law and of the separation of powers.
  4. Do you ever post something substantive that you have to defend with logic and data? Nevermind, I know the answer.
  5. I appreciate the self-reflection here. I've had a very, very similar conversation with my dad several times (who voted Trump in '16, and had repudiated him by about March of 2017). Conservatives haven't ACTUALLY been about small government, either fiscally or government-control related, in a very long time. Democrats may spend more in terms of "absolute dollars allocated," but tax rates have consistently come down over the decades, tax programs at least try and target those who can afford to pay, and those dollars are consistently invested in programs with a very high ROI; see the resultant economic indicators at the end of any D president in the last 50 years. Small government is a dog-whistle for "the rich get richer." Effective government that looks out for every American (not just a talking point) is squarely in the province of the Dems. I wish more people would just vote their conscience.
  6. I hate this so much (that it's been 20 years since that night) ...
  7. This is a fair assessment. Our talent was so thin that dude was a day1 starter because he was a legit talent, and not a JAG or a 4* we were trying to convince ourselves was a 5* in sheeps clothing. I will say that at the time, I was entirely, totally convinced that he was the keystone recruit to fully unlock our return to greatness. Alas.
  8. Are we talking about 'as freshmen', or just at any point in their careers at UT? Because Ricky needed some seasoning. He was damn good as a freshman, no doubt, but he wasn't Ricky Fucking Williams until his Jr. year. Jeffcoat and Hicks showed up D1-starter ready, and just got better. Malik Jefferson, too. Orakpo's final year here was something else, along with many years in the league.
  9. Cory Redding showed up on campus as a fully-grown man, and played like it too.
  10. I'm not 100% sure of your angle with this question, but I see tons of parallels between Strong and Herman. The biggest one being Teddy Bridgewater making it look like Charlie could coach.
  11. Now there is chinese-made Fetanyl, being routed through Canada, destined for Texas? I can't keep up.
  12. Take heart, because even if you've showed them 100 times how to load the dishwasher, they'll still claim to not know how to do something. Or, on a different given day when you try and have them arrange things slightly differently, you'll get "DAD, I know what I'm doing," or my other favorite, "NO, mom told us to do it this way."
  13. AND THEY ARE FUCKING DELICIOUS
  14. Sophomore year in college, walked into a buddy's dorm room and asked "hey, where's your tiny-ass roommate?" To which my buddy replies, "right there, sitting on his bed." I think I managed to apologize through the red haze on my face, but I'm not sure.
  15. He was 100% concussed. If you watch the ball on the slo-mo replay of the hit, it comes out as if he dropped it, and it comes out just before he hits the ground, without being hit by the defender at all. It comes out because Arch's hand went limp, and Arch's hand went limp because he got knocked out.
  16. My Marrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaa ....
  17. The Jims are such beauties ...
  18. So we all agree to just never fly into Reagan again, right?
  19. What a weird time, to be that highly touted (top10 in Fab55, right?), and to have fuckin VY behind you.
  20. Man, this topic just makes me sad. I have tons of empathy for both Gray and Brown. I think they played for 3 different OCs in three years? Brown got recruited over with Gray's signing, but then Mack/Davis absolutely refuse to establish a clear RB1. How was either one of them supposed to excel with all that turmoil? Then you throw in the achillieses, and it's just a sad outcome all the way around. And the inexplicable number of carries for Joe Bergeron during the same timeframe?!?!? Add me to the list for Fowler and McCullough and Eagles and Neyor and JakeSmith. Simms doesn't belong anywhere on this list, FOH with that noise.
  21. You mean that you think they'll get paid via appropriated money, managed by the same folks that just unilaterally stopped all outgoing money from all departments by usurping the Treasury? They're literally actively not paying people RIGHT NOW, previous commitments be damned. Right in front of our faces, without process of any kind, really. You think THOSE people will somehow honor a commitment drawn from thin air, not even passed by Congress, eight fucking months from now? You are not serious people. There's no debate to be had here about the 'merits' of anything because nothing is being done on merit. It's being done out of spite, or ignorance. Likely both, with a healthy dose of narcissism and outright malice.
  22. It's bonkers to me that he didn't get in. Two rings should be an auto-admit, especially with all the JAGS that have already been admitted over the years.
  23. I'm curious if I'm the highest-ranked Foosball player on Surly. I'm a complete liability against a player of any real skill, but I do carry a national ranking and i'd never lose the table in a bar or gameroom.
  24. This was a thing we really noticed; the foot traffic didn't slow down AT ALL when it rained. Folks all seemed to own a good rainjacket and good duckboots or the like. So when the rain showed up, they just dressed appropriately and went about their day. It was awesome.
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