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Damn. Jealous. Was planning on AF next month, but shifted plans with NM instituting the 14 day thing. Headed to breck instead to do some fly fishing and give Copper Mountain a go since Keystone is closed for the summer. Rode northshore this morning. The light rain last night knocked down a lot of the loose sand and dirt, making for prime riding.
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
Stinkpalm replied to clapclapclap's topic in Daily Texan
I agree that it’s not just one thing. It’s obviously multi-faceted. But badteamate laughed at most all of the things you just listed, when brothahorn suggested that if the outspoken people demanding change want change, they should get into those professions and be the change. and I disagree that it’s “structurally impossible.” Are there cases where it is? Sure. Are there cases where it is not? Again, yes. We are talking about a profession with thousands of agencies strewn across a massive country that varies culturally and politically in every region/state/city/town. But let’s focus on just LE agencies for a second. if one is determined to be corrupt, change WOULD likely come from the bottom (unless you know of a non-elected position where joe blow off the streets can immediately step in as a police chief or supervisor), albeit slower than most would prefer. Again, it’s not a bubble and is multi-faceted, but the old guard at the top will eventually retire/get fired, and those at the bottom promote up. Don’t we want an abundance of good cops at the bottom who will continue to promote up as their careers progress and the ones at the top retire? Change doesn’t just come from the top. It also comes from encouraging good-hearted, constitution-abiding citizens to be the change they are wanting, which means working their way up from the bottom. Get enough of those individuals in the ranks and you’ve got good odds that some of them will find their way to the top. Do that while electing officials that you believe also want to effect that change and you may have something. Do all that and nothing changes? You’ll at least still have an influx of good cops that believe they can make a difference at a personal level, With their interactions with each civilian they encounter on the streets they patrol. Your belief that it’s structurally impossible to be a good cop is a big whiff because it assumes that every single cop in this entire country has decided that because there are corrupt elected officials and supervisors above them, that they can’t make a difference in their own community with the individuals they interact with daily, and instead give up and become a bad cop because “why not?” Surely you don’t believe that... Saying that it’s structurally impossible is talking in absolutes, which is why it’s inherently false. I will completely agree that unions needed to go a long time ago, though. So we can agree on something -
I’ll try and upload some pics in the next couple days. Still haven’t taken any “hero” pics of the JT now that I’ve gotten it how I want it.
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
Stinkpalm replied to clapclapclap's topic in Daily Texan
Dude, are you drunk? I’m literally going off of your own words that “it’s structurally impossible to be a good cop when a bad cop is around”. I’m not brisket. I believe there are still plenty of good cops out there. I’m turning your own belief back on you to understand how you can possibly believe that an outspoken, constitution-abiding person becoming a cop or DA can’t possibly effect any kind of change and that to propose that idea must be a joke. I don’t agree with your statement. So I continue to ask YOU specifically, that if YOU were to become a cop, that by your own words YOU would not speak up when another cop does something wrong? As I said earlier in a post, there are absolutely instances where good cops report bad cops, but those don’t make the news. But your own statement was that it was structurally impossible. Meaning you believe that even if YOU became a cop, you’d tuck your tail between your legs and not speak up. Which apparently is why you think it must be a joke that someone believes that good people signing up to be cops could further the cause for change. and yes, I absolutely would hope that every new hire as a cop is a person who is not afraid to speak up or snitch out a bad cop before they have a chance to beat/murder someone. I’m not seeing how you don’t believe that more of these types of cops in the ranks would be good for society. you’d apparently rather just cry and fuss on the Internet that something needs to change rather than do something useful to actually be a part of the change that you’re wanting. -
It was a 2012 2-door Rubicon. It was certainly a better ride when it was stock, but even after I put the lift and 35s on it, it wasn’t bad at all. Just a small decrease in factory ride, which is to be expected any time you start messing with the geometry. Loved that thing. Didn’t plan on parting with it any time soon (traded it in with only 40,000 miles on it after 8 years) but needed a 4-door with a baby on the way. Really enjoying the gladiator so far, but still miss that manual trans 2-door jk
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
Stinkpalm replied to clapclapclap's topic in Daily Texan
IS that the truth? How would you know? How many acts by bad cops DO get reported by the good cops that we never hear about? I’d be willing to bet it’s better than “none”. But those don’t make the news. I’m not saying that those bad cops ALWAYS get disciplined or fired when they get reported, but it happens. So maybe it’s just your belief then, that it’s “structurally impossible” -
Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
Stinkpalm replied to clapclapclap's topic in Daily Texan
So, because the badge got pinned on you, you would magically fall into the group dynamics then? And just look the other way when bad cops smashed skulls? How is flooding the ranks with good cops who will speak up and not look the other way, not a way to change the group dynamics? and I made no mention that it has to be “black rookies/cops”. I’m assuming from your first couple of links that you’re a black man, but I didn’t know that prior (if it is the case). My original post has nothing to do with trying to encourage black people, or any person or color, to become cops. It was encouraging anyone, regardless of race, who believes they could be “one of the good ones” to be “one of the good ones”. Does a handful of good people becoming cops change the cop culture? Absolutely not. Does flooding the agencies with genuinely good people change it? Absolutely. It’s naive to believe that nothing can be done because it’s a system with specific group dynamics so that’s all it’ll ever be. But few will sign up because “it’s a broken system and I’ll get fired for speaking up”, thereby leaving the old guard running things and making up the majority. What changes that? A big influx of genuinely good, well-intentioned people that won’t look the other way, making the old guard the minority in the profession. But you don’t want to be a part of that change. It’s cool. Just keep bitching about it while doing nothing to help it. Ukraine police? Really? Do they have the exact same issues that we do in the US? No? Then it’s really not relevant. Oh and, “American Police are racist against blacks, to be sure”... every single one of them? Nice blanket statement. Wow -
Have had a TJ, a JK, and just bought a gladiator (JT). TJ was rough but loved it. JK was a step up in ride, but still not smooth. The JTs and JLs are smooth. The ride is way more car-like than I ever thought a Jeep could ever be without going the IFS route. Even after having put a lift and 35s on the JT, it’s still a pretty pleasant and smooth ride.
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
Stinkpalm replied to clapclapclap's topic in Daily Texan
How is it not? Do you believe you could do their job without singling out and harassing/arresting people just because of the color of their skin? Or that you could de-escalate a heated situation without having to shoot them? Is that not the exact type of officer that the current movement is asking for? Or do you feel that as soon as a badge is pinned on your shirt, you magically become a racist with an itchy trigger finger? Everybody is asking for less/no bad cops and more good cops, but nobody wants to step up and be one of the good ones. Like BrothaHorn said, be the change. -
Come on... he’s put it right there in his name! ^3=cubed... obviously all about that aggy cube life
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U of KY Fires Cheerleading Coach for Being Awesome
Stinkpalm replied to Doc Reeves's topic in Daily Texan
Meh... minus the surly poster part, I’ve seen that scenario too many times. Now, give them covid and the only antidote is some good lovin’ in a way God never intended... well sir, you have my full attention -
Dammit, got beat to it
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Look at the semi-genius over here...
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APD murders unarmed man while his hands are in the air
Stinkpalm replied to Goo Punch's topic in Daily Texan
You see... Goo is trying to be the new Pilot’s Error... except he’s just really bad at it -
Uh, DUH!! Only the biggest steal of the draft! Baltimore took J-Mad in the third... a guy that MANY thought was a first rounder! MANY!
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I’ve stressed to my wife many times that I want to be cremated. The cost of embalming, buying a casket and plot, and all other funeral services has gotten out of hand. It cost 20k to bury my father, who had already bought his burial plot long ago (and was not included in the 20k figure). Put my ass in a cardboard box, cremate me, and throw the ashes in a yeti bottle. Who honestly visits a gravesite often enough to make it worth the costs vs visiting a site where ashes were spread for free anyway? Not that I’m in the demographic, but I may have to remind her of that again just in case.
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It should come as no surprise that most of the comments I’ve seen from the “influenza kills more people and the media is driving the frenzy” crowd had been from the aggy folks that I know. There are several that have made it their life’s mission to let everybody know that this is all overblown and anybody worried about catching/carrying this is just being manipulated by the media. It’s been non-stop through Facebook or text groups. I don’t give a shit, aggy. I’m young and in good health.. I know I won’t die or likely even be hospitalized by this. I still don’t want to pass it on to my elderly, compromised parents or in-laws... or any other person that may fit the bill. Even if they have a good chance of survival, the thought of them spending several weeks in icu or on a ventilator is not something I care to think about. They’re so damned caught up on only trying to push the lower than initially advertised, and only for old people death rate narrative. I honestly can’t understand why they’re on such an unwavering crusade, other than that it’s the current company line they’re being fed over at texags. It’s quite annoying. And as said above, and as much as it pains me to agree with anyone on the hell hole that is texags, we are half assing this lockdown. It worked (presumptively) in China because people were afraid to leave their residences for anything... or were more likely, locked in. Here, most of the population is dumb/ignorant and ignore most of the warnings/orders out in place because their way of life is more important that some silly virus. While any amount of people staying home or avoiding interactions will help slow the spread, to truly “flatten the curve”, it takes full buy-in from the nation... or enforcement of temporary orders in the event that people don’t buy in. You can’t have people half-assing it if you’re taking the risk of tanking the economy to halt it. It’s whole-ass or nothing. And our idiot population is not taking it seriously enough to whole-ass it
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NCAA shuts down Trevor Lawrence's coronavirus relief campaign
Stinkpalm replied to texifornia's topic in Football
I thought you said you posted a pic of her without him.... (squints).... oh, my bad -
I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Stinkpalm replied to Gil Bang's topic in Daily Texan
Have had a runny nose for about 5 days now, and yesterday started feeling the first tickles in my throat with light sneezing. Woke up today with a raw throat and moderate phlegmy coughing. No fever, aches, or shortness of breath at this point. Never had allergies and received the flu shot this year. Everything points to a common cold, but guess I’m not going anywhere for a while just in case. Probably going to have a lifetime supply of flies tied when all is said and done. -
Yup. My first thought as well. If it gets that desperate... gas grill with a side burner, fridge/freezer for the garage, paper plates/plastic utensils, and wash the pots and pans with the garden hose. A kitchen isn’t absolutely necessary to cook all your meals at home, albeit more convenient. Just gotta think outside the box
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*FBS... but really, who in here would actually be surprised if aggy tried to schedule 10 FCS games in a season?
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Speaking of... err... ding dong ditch. I got in a lot of trouble in 4th grade for using the no longer accepted name for the game. Mind you, I was not raised in a racist household, and had no idea that the n-word was a derogatory word... or that it even was a real word at all. I had never heard that word used anywhere outside of the act of knocking on doors and hauling ass. I thought that n-knocker was all one word and that it was a random made-up word for the game. So when someone knocked on our classroom door, and nobody was at the door upon my teacher opening said door, I had no idea the world of trouble I was getting myself into when I stood up a yelled “it was a n-knocker!” It took me 10+ years before I finally realized why I was sent to the principal’s office for that. Also, my teacher did not chase down the responsible party and kill them on that occasion.
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