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  1. 3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Had snow and freezing rain here earlier, now it’s all sleet I’m 78759. Wooden deck is an ice rink. Cars are starting to freeze over. Tomorrow morning is gonna be a damned mess.

    Yep, cars icing over big time in 56. 

    Meanwhile, Austin ISD does as little as possible to acknowledge the weather.  

  2. 53 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    It's interesting them repeatedly calling this a coup attempt. Gore Vidal opined about that regarding Clinton and his reasoning was far more apt.

    Shameless distortion and lying on the part of Trump's defenders as they intentionally distort the issues of due process during an investigation and process of impeachment prior to the removal trial. Desperate acts generated by criminals trying to stay out of the grasp of the law.

    It seems like every time they call it a coup attempt, It comes on the heels of more damaging testimony.  They are telegraphing to the world that they know this shit is bad.  

  3. Just now, seven said:

    Well that's a pleasant surprise, I wasn't going to sub until they had them all, but that's close enough considering the challenges of the last 2.

    People claimed that Disney made deals with Netflix and others - Disney gets certain stuff back for launch tomorrow, and then release it back to those services later on.   Based on what was announced today, looks like those rumors were right.   

  4. On 11/8/2019 at 9:56 AM, seven said:

    They won't have all the mcu movies for quite a while, certainly not this winter. Just fyi

    They made a big update today of what’s launching tomorrow.  Looks like they threw some cash around.  

    Iron Man

    Iron Man 2

    Thor

    Captain America: The First Avenger

    The Avengers

    Iron Man 3

    Thor: The Dark World

    Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Guardians of the Galaxy

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Ant-Man

    Captain America: Civil War

    Doctor Strange

    Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

    Captain Marvel

    Avengers: Endgame

    Coming in 2020: Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Infinity War and Thor Ragnarok 

     

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  5. 14 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    When serving at the NSC, Ms. Croft “received multiple calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston who told me that Ambassador Yovanovitch should be fired.” (Page 14-15)

    • "During my time at the NSC, I received multiple calls from lobbyist Robert Livingston who told me that Ambassador Yovanovitch should be fired. He characterized Ambassador Yovanovitch as a, quote, “Obama holdover,” end quote, and associated with George Soros. It was not clear to me at the time, or now, at whose direction or at whose expense Mr. Livingston was seeking the removal of Ambassador Yovanovitch. I documented these calls and told my boss, Fiona Hill, and George Kent, who was in Kyiv at the time, I am not aware of any action that was taken in response."

    Drain the swamp indeed.  

  6. 51 minutes ago, Tuco said:

    have no idea what the focus on Christienne is intended to add.  Rudy's business connection to Guicciardo appears to be well documented by other means. Yeah, she is a young, nutty, baby-Trumpster who has likely networked well to get a position with Rudy. I'm not sure why it merits more than a side note. If there is a more sinister or damning implication, I'm missing it.  

    Twitter speculation is 

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    I think it’s more a case of somebody who is really young, using their connections to work their way into the middle of a lot of major shit that’s happening.   Old people like Rudy can get it in their head that they don’t understand the cyber, and they need a millennial to do this shit.   

    She’s young enough and far enough removed that none of this should taint her. 

  7. 46 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Who is even talking about the "transcript" anymore?  Why does he keep tweeting about it?  This has gone way longer than his normal obsessions.  No one needs the "transcript" anymore you dumb sack of shit. 

    Maybe he’s gone all Howard Hughes and is talking to himself/the walls.  

    Amazing how triggered he and Jr.  have been over the past 24 hours.  

  8. 2 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


    News I can use re episodes. I have the app but we limit Jr.’s screen time so neither of us have seen this one.

    By the same token, we were at Half Price books recently and somehow he found “Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales.” It’s basically a riff on Scheherazade. Each book is Nathan Hale telling his hangman a tale of famous history to delay his hanging. It’s set up in comic - excuse me, “graphic novel” - form. Very well executed, you might say. We’ve done the Doolittle Raid and WWI and looking for more. For soon to be 7 Chad Jr., it’s the thing that literally keeps him up - trying to read - every night. I highly recommend it.

    Thanks, will have to check those out.  

    We are trying to limit screentime as well, but with the crappy weather, I’ve let him watch several episodes.  Each episode is 22 minutes, and is split in half for two segments - he’s watched Neil Armstrong (he already knew a lot about him) and Julia Child, Leonardo Da Vinci and Amelia Earhart, Bronte sisters and Wright Brothers, Mark Twain and Abigail Adams.   .   

    They are actually well-done and seem to keep even his sister interested.     It’s a show for biographical/history nerds.   It’s odd because they show the famous folks as little kids, and then keep them as little kids as they do what they become famous for, but it works for kids and doesn’t confuse them    

     I’ve spent half an hour discussing what happened to Amelia Earhart.   That been the only downside.   And we’ve added a ton of books to his library list.  Not bad things.  Just time consuming for me.    

    I’m going to write the producers and tell them we need an Earl Campbell episode.  

    The pairings are...interesting.   The Isaac Newton episode is paired with Golda Meir.   Winston Churchill with Cleopatra. 

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  9. 4 hours ago, Zombie said:

    That is why people hate cops. Even cops who aren't murdering someone. They so often have no sense of judgment and discretion. He could have politely just told the guy that food isn't allowed to be consumed at the station or on the train, if that is indeed the law, then let the guy finish his sandwich. Better yet, just leave the guy alone altogether if he isn't bothering anyone. If he dropped his wrapper on the ground, then cite him for littering. 

    And this is what Andy Griffith would have done.  

    Meanwhile, Barney Fife would have wanted to pistol-whip the guy and throw him in jail.  

  10. Get the PBS Kids video app on your tablet/TV/whatever.  

    Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum dropped a ton of episodes (launched today).  Really cool for the elementary school crowd.  Even had an episode on Neil Armstrong, the Wright Brothers, and a bunch of others.  

    One of the few newer kids shows I can stand.  

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  11. 37 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

    "Happy Veterans' Day' to me rings discordant, but several of my HS friends who served (one who went to the Naval Academy) posted "Happy Veterans' Day" on FB.

    I guess it's because I associate the holiday with Armistice Day as well that I view it as a day of remembrance rather than celebration.  I won't second guess those who have a different view that have served.  After all, it's to honor them.

    My mom and sister both posted “Happy Veteran’s Day” on my FB page and it weirds me out.  Not just because I came nowhere close to combat either (Fort Sill/Lawton, OK and Fort Bliss/El Paso were not hotbeds of communist insurgency in the 90s), it’s just like....I think I still closely associate it with more of a remembrance thing as well.  

    And then my mom posted a photo of me and her right after I got out of basic, and that put me in a swell mood, because I really wanted everybody to be reminded of what I looked like 25 years and 40 pounds ago.   

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