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  1. 2 hours ago, staboner said:

    the part that kills me is reading the texags thread. honestly, its sounds silly, but i would respect a guy much more if they just fucking admitted they are the baddies. This lying through their teeth at every chance they get is such chickenshit. paging @atomheartbevo to the "they are all pussies" phone. 

    They are pussies. These are very malleable people whose opinions change based on whatever they last heard from the people they like (or the bots they listen to online) and they'd don't like to admit to mistakes in judgement (they would rather attack somebody else's well-reasoned position than defend a wrong opinion they have) because admitting you were wrong is viewed as weak, and which is why social media is such a problem (malleable maybe a better word than "pussy"). And yeah, those TexAgs threads make me think that they all slept through their government classes (or were daydreaming about sheep or Lassie or whatever) or they just don't care because they were told not to care.

    Look, now that Trump has apparently lost the use of the National Guard (kudos to those who predicted that), and they will be told to stand down by the Governor, this is where we find out how far he's willing to go. It's a lot easier to support when it's Marines backing up the local/state National Guard versus American Marines beating down American civilians in an American city.

    And while I love my crayon-eating USMC vet relatives, 700 Marines can't do much in a metro area of 19 million people that's geographically bigger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware, and losing the California NG is a big deal logistically for them. 

    This is some crazy shit, but I think he finds a way to duck out somehow ("whoops, gotta send the Marines abroad to evacuate American embassies, look everybody, it's Iran and their nukes!").  Don't think for a moment that there aren't people in his orbit who are realizing that if things truly spiral out of control this weekend, that next year's elections will be very bad for him.

     

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  2. 22 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

    The reports about lack of action and defensive response may be tied to they have nobody to give them orders and not sure how to proceed...

    Didn't help that after their last President died in the heli crash, there was a large internal purge in the maneuvering to find his replacement (who is sounds like is now dead anyways)... 

    This led to a hollowing of that next level down and so we are now having even "newer" personnel in charge now that probably arent as nuanced in thier understanding on what options they have as a response.. 

    Much like with the beepers, Israel cut the head off the snake, and the military response is suffering from the lack of leadership. 

    Same could happen in Russia.  Putin has fired a lot of people/lot of people fell out of high-rise windows.

    Not to mention the attrition rate of Russian military officers in Ukraine:

    List of Russian generals killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine - Wikipedia

    KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) / X

    At least 6350 Russian officers have been eliminated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 24 February 2022. 1000 Captains. Weekly update: +116 newly registered. The higher increase is again due to archival records. Sources: public Russian obituaries and graves.

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  3. 20 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    I’m just super glad that we went in the “no more hawkish neocons” direction. Of course, being that we chose the “insane criminal autocrats creating repeated/endless war to cement their grip on power” direction as the alternative…maybe not a real good move there.

    6 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

    Probably needs a new thread at this point but it seems like the no new wars admin is about to send us face first into a war with Iran.

    Five Signs War With Iran Could Be Imminent - Newsweek

    Iran is not a part of that "no more new wars" thing.

  4. On 6/10/2025 at 7:18 AM, BurntEyes said:

    The man you wanna talk to would be my cousin Earl. He lives out on route 13. That's probably his son, they call him Earl Junior, which I think is pretty clever as he is Earl's son.

    So follow-up, I called 911 later that morning because they said "please contact 911 if you have any information" and I told them "thanks for letting me know, but my kids are accounted for and are pre-teens anyways."  They weren't happy about that call (guess they were upset they still didn't have any info, I dunno) and kind of vaguely threatened me for calling 911 with that info, so I decided not to spout off some Dead Milkmen lyrics at them.

    Anyways, apparently APD uses 911 to reverse-call everybody within a few miles when something like this happens, but my wife didn't get the call (and her phone and my share an account).

    Was wondering what the follow-up to that was, but the area where the kid was at is Tarrytown, so yeah, there will be no follow-ups.

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  5. 10 minutes ago, Helobious said:

    Maybe times have changed, but I graduated high school in the early 2010s. I could not imagine a straight male wanting to play volleyball, at my school anyway. And this was what was the equivalent of a 6A school back then. It is a dumb mindset as there is nothing wrong with volleyball, being gay, or being straight and wanting to play volleyball. I’m just telling you I can’t imagine it being a popular outlet for young men, it very much has the stigma of being an “uncool” or feminine sport. I’m sure that will change with time though. 

    By the way, they didn’t do it because they were worried about guys being bullied, they prevented it because they were concerned it would take away from other sports.  

  6. 1 minute ago, Helobious said:

    Maybe times have changed, but I graduated high school in the early 2010s. I could not imagine a straight male wanting to play volleyball, at my school anyway. And this was what was the equivalent of a 6A school back then. It is a dumb mindset as there is nothing wrong with volleyball, being gay, or being straight and wanting to play volleyball. I’m just telling you I can’t imagine it being a popular outlet for young men, it very much has the stigma of being an “uncool” or feminine sport. I’m sure that will change with time though. 

    “There is nothing more masculine than slamming a ball into somebody’s face. “
    - Lance Armstrong

  7. 2 hours ago, burnt beanz said:

    6.2” in my part of Comal County.

    It was loud. Wife was up all night. 

    Props to you for being honest. I tell women 6.5” - it’s not like they have a ruler on them.  
     

    Edit: never mind you’re talking about rain.  

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  8. 3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

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    2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

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    Force field is in effect.  

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    Fuckload of rain in Central Austin. And it's coming down hard and has been for a while.

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  9. 1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

    I asked AI what were the odds of the Nasdaq being up in 500 trillion years.  It said it couldn't calculate that because it was too long from now - the Nasdaq as we know it might not exist.  Next I asked AI what were the odds that the universe still exists in 500 trillion years.  It said if I mean lt exists with stars and life forms then the odds were essentially zero.

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  10. Musk says Tesla’s robotaxi service to ‘tentatively’ launch in Austin on June 22 – KXAN Austin

    Elon Musk says Tesla is “tentatively” set to begin providing robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on June 22.

    In a post on his X social media platform, Musk said the date could change because Tesla is “being super paranoid about safety.”

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    Last month, Musk told CNBC that the taxis will be remotely monitored at first and “geofenced” to certain areas of the city deemed the safest to navigate. He said he expected to initially run 10 or so taxis, increase that number rapidly and start offering the service in Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Francisco and other cities.

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    The Austin rollout also comes after Musk had a public blowup with President Donald Trump over the administration’s tax bill. Some analysts have expressed concern that Trump could retaliate by encouraging federal safety regulators to step in at any sign of trouble for the robotaxis.

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  11. 1 minute ago, Storm the Field said:

    What's the point of being the richest man in the world if you're still going to be a groveling pussy?

    There is no point.  At the end of the day, Musk has an inferiority complex - Trump should be scared of him because Musk has the money and the means to change up Congress next year and put Dems in charge and get Trump investigated, but instead Musk is scared of Trump.

    It's fucking pathetic.

    And it really makes me wonder about the black eye.

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