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Longhorn_Fan68

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  1. 5 hours ago, Skipper said:

    Pretty sure I saw that Bourque played last night so not sure if we can read anything into that or not.  Maybe they wouldn't use him in any event but if he would have been pulled that was probably a sign.  Listened to replays of the Deboer and Duchene interviews on the Ticket this AM while walking dog.  They are clearly frustrated.  The general sense (that I agree with for the most part after taking a step back) is that they haven't necessarily played poorly.  They just aren't getting results.   This level of play probably has us up 2-0 against most teams or a split at a minimum.  Advanced stats show both games have pretty much been 50/50 but the Knights are just making one more play that matters.  I think we all felt worse after Weds game mainly because of the way they completely suffocated us down the stretch in the 3rd (and of course the reality of what going down 2-0 means for series changes). It was a masterpiece of a close out.  Just need to somehow get game 3 tomorrow.  

    he did, i was at the game. At least the T Stars know how to win a playoff game

  2. 4 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

    I know you do. And, yes, the law can be complex, but this instance is not. The student organization provided the University a heads up of the proposed protest (which strictly speaking isn't necessary under University rules for open areas). The plan was to "occupy" the South Lawn. They passed out fliers telling folks to bring sandwiches and snacks. After occupying the lawn for the day they were going to march to the capitol. The University, and particularly Hartzell, freaked out about what was happening elsewhere (and I point out that a lot of the problems at other campuses were also administration caused) and gave a blanket no. Technically, under Texas law and University regulations, it had no authority to do that. More importantly, a blanket no to speech isn't a "reasonable, place, and manner" restriction since it amounts to an outright prohibition of the freedom to assemble. Hartzell, apparently understanding the student organization was moving forward despite his blanket no, decided the only course was to call in riot police to bust heads before the event even started. There was no violence, except by DPS. There were no threats, except by DPS. There was no destruction, except by DPS. And of the 50+ people arrested that day, including a cameraman for the news exercising a core civic right and service, all were later released and charges dropped. This was a naked trampling of the First Amendment. This was a naked abuse of authority. And Hartzell wasn't a mere observer or participant, but was rather the architect, as confirmed by his own letter and his own texts. Fuck him. Ultimately, he was afraid of a picnic. Maybe he invited the wolves to dinner not appreciating what would happen. But if that is the case, he is too incompetent and stupid to run the University anyway.   

    had lunch with a friend today who works on the admin side of things at UT. she confirmed that Hartzell knew ahead of time about it and told them no, then called the cops when they showed up anyway. she didn't go as far as offering an opinion when I suggested he needed to step down. I don't think she agrees with what happened, but I also think she is not in a position to make noise about it. which is in and of itself speech suppression. 

    15 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

    We gotta figure out a way to move UT out of Texas. 

    we did - we built Austin around it

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  3. 1 hour ago, Incredulity said:

    in the clip above?

    If so, no there was a fairly vigorous, not outlandish, debate between pro-palestine/pro-israel with a good bit of both sides and everything is fucked mixed in. (after the CB segment)

     

    CB is either purely click motivated, literally insane, or doing a world class parody.   

    it's one of the first two. the third one doesn't exist

  4. 41 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

    i enjoyed the part about whether certain acts were done by "the president" vs "the candidate seeking re-election".

    did trump do one thing in 4 years that wasn't in aid of his re-election bid?

    lol, yeah, his covid response

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  5. 33 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

    IDK if the matrix will allow this level of irony. I mean, it’s so ridiculous that millions of people will instantly detach from their power cords and our AI overlords will be in for quite the energy crunch.

    it's EXACTLY what they are arguing. I can't wait!

     

     

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  6. 2 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

    Wait, are you telling me that someone gave a 45min teleprompter speech in front of a crowd and at some point fucked up???   That is impossible!   So impossible that I am sure one of you "gotta trolls" will take up my challenge.  If anyone of you are willing to stand up at the next surly tailgate and give a completely perfect 45min teleprompted speech I will give you $500.   Any takers?   

    But since this is such a big fucking deal lets take a look at the competition....

     

     

    based on what I have seen just getting some of the participants to stand for 45 minutes would warrant like $50. 

  7. 54 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

    Bigger issue for the Stars, imo, is how to generate offense when not on the rush against Vegas. Dallas’ net is fine. It’s just tough to score on Vegas when they are blocking shots and closing on the man with the puck so quickly. This is when you need forwards to win puck battles to begin cycling the puck, and try to move Vegas’ defense into poor positions. 

    we scored 4 times, 3 that counted. that's despite taking half the game off. minimize turnovers and be sound defensively, like we have all season, and we'll be fine offensively. what we can't do again is let vegas get a lead and turtle, because that is how they close out games. 

  8. Just now, royiv said:

    Where the fuck is Hartzell? A lot of silence from the administration while Greg’s Gestapo is occupying the 40 acres.

    hopefully out with the kids getting arrested. fuck this noise

  9. motherfucking sitler better not ever be invited to another coin toss again. I cannot boo him loud enough and i need that energy for the refs

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