Posts posted by atomheartbevo
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On 12/23/2019 at 9:20 PM, sachick said:
Got a DNA test done on Toby. When we picked him up we were told he was full blooded shih tzu. We were paying $100 to a guy in a trailer in Taylor so I wasn’t betting on that being true. Well three years later and he’s 27lbs. No way he’s full Shih-Tzu. Got results back and he’s mixed with one other breed. Any guesses?


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Edited by atomheartbevo
14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:OK, it's possible his skill wasn't wholly related to his LEO background, but regardless, he did a good job bringing that particular bad guy down. I don't think there's any harm in acknowledging this.
If it was only one shot, which it seems like it was, it was an amazingly accurate shot, given the circumstances (including the fact that the murderer was oriented towards him), and it showed a helluva lot of discipline on his part.
I was thinking more in terms of many LEOs would have put several rounds into the guy or in his direction, and I shudder to think what Bubba and his buddies in the pews would have done.
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Just now, cactusflinthead said:
He was on the radar. But, who is a shooter and a threat and who is a homeless person you want to try to reach?
I expect things will be much different next Sunday for a lot of churches.
It can be handled as "you appear to be new here and maybe in need of help, and we are happy you chose to worship with us, can we introduce you to <insert other pastor/deacon/whoever here> and can we pray with you privately, and maybe help you if you have any needs, we have a lot of resources".
That's how I've seen it done.
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22 minutes ago, jinx said:
I get that, I just find it hilarious that people shit on a conference championship like that is something easy to accomplish. It sure as hell hasn't been for Texas. Herman is right in saying that our goal is to win the conference. We can control that, the rest becomes magic fairy dust and eyeball tests. Beating OU is key to winning our conference. So give me both of those things and lets see where we land on the national stage.
We have good recruits. We have shit coaches. It has been that way for a decade. I am sick of watching a team with a Texas logo on their helmet run around like a poorly coached junior high team year after year. Good coaches will fix that, great recruits make it easier.
And these days, based on how much of a shitshow dumpster fire the PAC has become, we win the Big 12, even with two losses, we are liable to be in the CFP.
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Edited by atomheartbevo
39 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:I'm surprised they hadn't moved him elsewhere if he was looking sketchy as hell. I've seen security at my wife's church do that with sketchy-looking people.
edit: I'm also willing to that this will become the norm for anybody looking sketchy.
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3 hours ago, Goredho said:
The NRA and 2nd amendment folks oppose sensible gun reform (like red flag laws, waiting periods, etc...) at every turn. Please feel free to educate me with sources where they are being proactive about keeping guns out of the hands of people that have no business owning them. The most I have ever seen is lip service towards universal background checks.
As somebody who was in the NRA (I was young, it was less insane), and as somebody who has followed them and their lobbyists for a long time, they refuse to budge a single inch on anything that could prevent a lot of tragedies (beefed up red flag laws, discussions on age, waiting periods, etc., etc.), and in the end, it is going to cause the pro-gun crowd a lot of problems, and will cost them dearly.
We are going to get a Dem White House, Senate, and House, and they will give us something a lot tougher than the Assault Weapons Ban from the 1990s.
People seem to forget that the original AWB was challenged hundreds of times in court, and it only went away because it had a sunset provision and Republicans happened to be in control when the 10-year period ended.
Because the NRA and their fans refuse to budget a single inch, we will get an AWB II (only I have a feeling it will cover a lot of non-AWB types). And because the AWB had 10 years of case history, and because of all of the mass shootings that have happened since the early 90s, the people pushing a new AWB through will have that history to beef up an AWB II and make it even more court-proof (and public opinion-proof).
Of course, the NRA will be happy, because they'll be able to fundraise like nobody's business. Private jets and mansions for all of the leadership!
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6 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:
I'd be less concerned about good guys with guns if they could all shoot like that LEO does. I still think it's a flawed concept, but holy smokes he was cool as a cucumber.
Honest question, as I don't shoot: is that distance similar to the distance one trains at in most ranges? Seeing it all go down, it looked like a (metaphorical) mile.
He apparently hasn't been LEO since the '80s, and was a reserve deputy or whatever, at that.
He is a shooting instructor, both for LEOs and civilians, including LTC, and we've all seen plenty of situations where LEOs completely suck ass at shooting in a live-fire situation.
Some (not you) are overlooking the fact that he probably is a better shot than most LEOs out there, because being a shooting instructor is what he's done for decades.
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21 minutes ago, Mileslong said:
I agree with most everyone else on here. Watched the whole series and was pretty entertained I guess but had no idea what was happening overall.
It was like a collection of various scenes with a high production value and just stitched together to try and create a storySo, would you say it resembled an expensive RPG?
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Giving Trump something to do for his State of the Union
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/middleeast/iraq-us-airstrikes-reaction-intl/index.html
QuoteIran has warned the US of "consequences" after Washington carried out airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq.
The US has "openly shown its support to terrorism and shown its negligence to the independence and national sovereignty of countries," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mosavi , according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
"It must accept responsibility of the consequences of the illegal attacks," added Mosavi.
At least 25 people were killed and 51 wounded in the airstrikes that targeted five facilities controlled by Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq and Syria on Sunday.
Kataib Hezbollah is a militia group that falls under the Iran-backed Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq.
The strikes represent the first significant US military response in retaliation for attacks by the militia group that have injured numerous American military personnel, according to US officials.
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Woody fuckin Hayes
in Football
He would have been a perfect fit for Bud Adams had he ever jumped to the NFL. Buddy Ryan did a solid impression of him.