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  1. 2 hours ago, workswithseed said:

    It's weird that the church has a security guard. 

    My wife's Baptist church, albeit it is large, is in Central Austin, and has a shit-ton of armed security, usually 1-2 off-duty LEOs in uniform, and several armed volunteers (and that's just the ones hovering near the doors with earpieces making themselves out to be obvious, pretty sure there are some we are not seeing).

    It used to not be this way either, but it's the norm.  It's like one of my in-laws is an assistant principal, and they were bragging about how the new school they are working at has all of these new features to deter school shooters, and all I can think was "holy shit dude, think about what you're bragging about???"

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    29 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

    This was the best thing Democrats could come up with, after almost 3 years, to try to remove a President from office for the first time ever, in an election year.

    It never had a chance and was never taken seriously, even by most of the participants.

    I doubt that was the best thing they could come up with, nor will it be close to the last, but it was pretty clear cut, and Trump could only prevent so many federal employees from testifying.

    You know who is taking it seriously?  @realDonaldTrump

    Don't believe me?  He's pumped out hundreds of tweets about it since October.    It scares the shit out of him, based on the fear he is projecting over his tweets.

    He's what happens when somebody gives Grandpa Simpson a twitter account.

  3. NHL cares more about the Cotton Bowl than some of our dipshit fans who want to move the OU game to Jerry World.

    Also, SMU Mustangs (cheerleaders? dance?) and the aggy dance team are going to be there performing at half-time.

     

    https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/troy-aikman-ricky-williams-to-make-special-appearance-at-winter-classic/c-313087064

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    The 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic®, the New Year's Day outdoor matchup between the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators at Cotton Bowl® Stadium in Dallas, will include a salute to the iconic venue with appearances by Cotton Bowl Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Ricky Williams; a special celebration of the State Fair of Texas; and musical performances by GRAMMY Award-winning duo Dan + Shay, Texas band Midland and "The Voice" winner Jake Hoot, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced today. Live television coverage of the event will begin at 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 1, on NBC in the U.S. and on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.

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    The transformation of the Cotton Bowl Stadium football field for the 2020 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic includes the addition of an oversized ranch entry arch featuring the NHL Winter Classic logo flanked by the Stars' NHL Winter Classic jersey crest and the Predators' sabre-toothed tiger head logo. The wood motif in the hanging welcome sign is featured throughout the stadium.

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    During the second intermission, the NHL will pay homage to the biggest attraction in Texas and most Texan place on Earth -- the State Fair of Texas. Fans will enjoy some Texas-sized fun as the NHL regulation-size rink shares the field with jugglers, a rodeo clown, a sword swallower, a fire breather, trick roping and horse riding, SMU Mustangs and Texas A&M Aggies dance teams and a rodeo show. 

    The boots belonging to Big Tex, the internationally known, 55-foot talking cowboy that welcomes the more than 2.5 million visitors to the State Fair of Texas each year, will sit alongside the rink, joined by a rodeo clown and longhorn steer. 

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  4. Meanwhile, we are bombing sites in Syria and Iraq that are directly linked to Iran, and the a Pentagon says they are linked directly to Iran, and involved deaths and casualties of American troops,    But we aren’t bombing Iran.  For now.   

  5. 3 hours ago, Tuco said:

    I've gotten into discussions with gun nuts, and challenged them on whether they think semi-auto AR-15 style rifles would be much help against an Abrams tank. The response is generally pointing to places like Iraq, where an insurgency can survive despite massive imbalances in weaponry.  Their hypothetical goal is not to defeat the government; it's to up the pain level to affect the government's actions.  This is also known as terrorism.  I don't think the vast majority of Trumpster gunnuts will do so if he loses. They envision themselves as the heroes in a Red Dawn inspired dystopian fantasy land. But with that basic mindset, it won't take much of a mental health spiral, or further radicalization, to drive some of them to do it.  And when Trump pushes the illegal immigrant voting narrative, it justifies their actions as defending real democracy rather than attacking it. The thing I always found so crazy about the Oklahoma City bombing was that the terrorist thought their actions would spark a revolution, as the people stood up to their government oppressors.  That kind of crazy only works if you think democracy has already been subverted. 

    You are correct.  While some nuts may try something, the vast majority of Trumpkins won’t do shit.  They have too much to lose, and I’m not talking about insulin deliveries stopping or not being able to easily charge a Rascal scooter.    They have retirement funds and Social Security they count on, they have their cable or satellite TV where Fox News where Tucker and Hannity can make them feel smart.   They may have government bailouts/handouts that are keeping their farm going.    They need electricity to power everything.   

    Many Trumpkins have comfortable, or at least stable, lives they do not want disrupted.   Some old fart behind his keyboard sounds tough and like he wants to violently bring down the Democrats when they win next year, but take away his electricity, his heat or his air conditioning, take away a cheap and easily available gasoline or diesel supply, and that old fart is in an absolute world of shit, and he knows it.    

    Ironically, the Democrats could do far more to help these old farts maintain their lives and provide more of a security net for them, but the Republicans have done an outstanding job of making them think the Dems want to take everything away.  

    That’s why the GOP is so scared.   When a Democrat takes the White House in January of 2021, not much, if anything, is going to change for your typical Trumpkin, and when they discover that not much has changed, and that things may even improve as relations with other countries are restored, the GOP will lose its power.   

  6. 12 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    That gives me the worst anxiety. Can I just have trump as president for life and end it all instead?

    I was triggered.   I would have lasted maybe 10 seconds on that level.  

  7. 14 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


    Read the story. A loss doesn’t matter. It’s about control of the base. And he’ll keep it, via twitter and rallies. Control the base, control the party. It is 100% the party of Trump now. There’s no room for anything else. He’ll make sure of it.

    13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

    I don't see it happening. Old White base will fall off / lose interest. They'll be happy with sitting around and bitching about everything.

    Remember that Trump base is growing weaker, not stronger. Look at the mid terms. 

    Trump could not get enough people to turn out in 2018, even though his base knew he could face impeachment if he lost the House.  

    Trump’s base could not keep a Kenyan, Muslim, Atheist, Socialist, Indonesian, Communist, Marxist, community organizer from Chicago named Barrack Hussein Obama out of the White House.  Twice. 

    Trump out of the White House and not on future ballots (Along with a lack of Hillary on the ballot) means a chunk of these people stay home.  

    Come January of 2021, Trump being an ex-President is useless to Moscow Mitch and the rest of the Republicans in Congress.  In fact, Trump may become a liability, especially if any investigations start hitting too close to home.   Trump will take everybody down with him.  

  8. 2 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

    True but I’m talking about the interim period between the time trump loses in November and the next swearing in in January. You know he’s probably not gonna go away quietly, unless forced to, because he is a gigantic pussy. 

    48 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

    You're assuming Roberts acknowledges the results.  Not a safe assumption at this point.

    I’d say it’s very safe.  Roberts doesn’t owe Trump jack shit, and Roberts has even openly defended judges that Trump has attacked.  

    Unlike Moscow Mitch, Roberts is not Trump’s employee, and Roberts does not care for how Trump has attacked the judiciary.

  9. 4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

    just curious who they're going to 'march' on ?

    In theory, they have to start with their local cops, then state, then the feds, because the local and state LEOs damn sure aren’t going to let them attack state and federal offices.  They have to remove the first threat from the beginning, and the first threat is the local Barney Fifes in their MRAPs.

    They won’t get very far.  Even Republican governors won’t let a group of armed nuts start attacking any level of government, because a threat to the government is still a threat to the government.  

    If they were smart and playing a long game, they’d stop with the armed civil war nonsense, and work on taking over their local city and county politics through the ballot box, and go from there.

  10. 2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

    In focus groups in the Midwest, people apparently would not admit to voting for the Dotard until someone finally broke the ice. Then one by one they all started admitting it. At the end, it was like 90% trumpkins. 

    This is our concern dude. 

    They were enthusiastic in 2016 to show up and vote.  Hillary ain't on the ballot, and things haven't gone well for many since then.  Many couldn't be bothered to show up in 2018, no matter how many personal appearances Dotard made.

    77,000 votes in three states which trended left.

  11. 13 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    even more fuel for me to think filoni's going to have ashoka in the mandalorian, and possibly sabine wren. he's going to tie all 3 series together. i so fucking hope so.

    We know Ahsoka is going to be in Clone Wars season 7, and it's before Revenge of the Sith, we could easily have Moff Gideon make an appearance.  Lots of potential to tie some things together.

  12. 4 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

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    It's really hard to decide what was their best song - "All Out of Love" I think was better musically, but "The One That You Love" is better lyrically.  Of course, both are easily topped by "Making Love Out of Nothing at All".  Then you've got your fans that prefer "Every Woman in the World" and "Even the Nights are Better", but they are losers.

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