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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah [Crazy Person]
fuggled replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
I had forgotten about his January 6th involvement. I could totally see one of those convicted rioters turning on him. That's as good a guess as any. -
Huh, well that's interesting...
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Who's been covid vaxxed? Stand up and be counted.
fuggled replied to High Plains Drifter's topic in Daily Texan
You assertion that others take a more evidence based approach has no factual basis. You're just making things up. Sweden also doesn't recommend the flu vaccine for most people. They recommend it for those over 65 and for those in risk groups (i.e. underlying conditions). That's it. Whereas the US recommends the flu vaccine for anyone over 6 months of age unless there are contraindications. How do you explain the difference? Is it because the flu vaccine has become a political dogma in the US? Is it because we're wailing and gnashing out teeth? It is because we're ignoring evidence in the US? Give me an explanation and then juxtapose it with COVID. The reality is that we have the same evidence as Sweden and the rest of Europe regarding influenza and the flu vaccine, but we've made different policy decisions based on that evidence. The reasons the US recommends the flu vaccine for everyone and Sweden doesn't vary, but include: It's a simpler policy. If you're targeting young children, the elderly, pregnant women, high risk groups, etc. you're quickly getting to 70%+ of the population. At that point it's simpler to just suggest everyone get vaccinated so you don't have to worry about people parsing the guidance. Access is simpler in the US. When the US adopted this policy, vaccines were available in US pharmacies but that wasn't the case in lots of European countries where you had to visit the doctor to get a vaccine. The access restrictions impacted the European policies. Impact is different in the US. In the US, the vast majority of working adults do not received paid sick leave and will go to work even if they are sick. This is not the case in Sweden and other European countries. This means a virus will spread more easily in the US. So we put our dollars towards vaccines to prevent spread while Sweden puts their dollars towards sick leave. We have different public policy recommendations because we operate in different complex systems of public/private health with different tradeoffs in prevention, access, treatment, etc. It's reductive and misleading to claim one approach is "evidence based" and the other is not. I suspect you know that are attempting to mislead others intentionally.- 3226 replies
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Big Bend - Alpine - Marfa - Fort Davis
fuggled replied to AnonymousInternetPoster's topic in Food and Travel
I had pulled the trigger on lodge rooms for spring break before realizing that the restaurant is closed up there. That's why there's so much availability. They have a food truck for lunch and the convenience store is open, but not restaurant for breakfast/dinner. -
So the suit was brought by criminal defendants asking that their cases be dismissed because Habba is not a legitimate AG. The judge said that neither Habba not anyone under Habba's authority can prosecute these cases, but the cases aren't dismissed. It's not clear if/how this actually leads to Habba being removed.
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And....she's gone again....maybe
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https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/26/texas-schools-commandments-requirement-lawsuit/
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
fuggled replied to Captainant's topic in Daily Texan
Cross posting from the Gulag thread for those who don't venture into CR. Kilmar Abrego Garcia has moved to dismiss his case for selective and vindictive prosecution. It seems pretty obvious that this entire prosecution is to punish the guy for asserting his right to due process. https://thehill.com/homenews/5460679-abrego-garcia-pushes-to-toss-criminal-charges-he-says-amounts-to-vindictive-prosecution/ -
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has moved to dismiss his case for selective and vindictive prosecution. It seems pretty obvious that this entire prosecution is to punish the guy for asserting his right to due process. https://thehill.com/homenews/5460679-abrego-garcia-pushes-to-toss-criminal-charges-he-says-amounts-to-vindictive-prosecution/
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I thought this was a really interesting read on the data behind the recently claimed spike in job growth among native-born Americans. The gist of it is that this data can't be used to compare years as it was never designed for that purpose. For example, the data shows the US native-born population rose by 3 million people from 2024 to 2025, when typical annual population growth is closer to 500K. The 3 million number obviously isn't really. It's just a byproduct of how the data model is constructed, but it illustrates why it shouldn't be used for trends across years. https://jedkolko.substack.com/p/no-native-born-employment-has-not
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Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread
fuggled replied to Patricio Swayze's topic in Daily Texan
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Time for another ‘my dog is awesome’ thread
fuggled replied to Patricio Swayze's topic in Daily Texan
Man, I went online to restock Simparica Trio (heartworm/flea/tick prevention) and I'm finally fed up with how expensive it's gotten. $800 to get a 12 month supply for 2 dogs from our vet's pharmacy! I pulled the trigger on ordering from Australia. It was $250 (before tariffs) for the exact same thing and I didn't need to provide a prescription. -
You know this is fake, right? The infinity arrow at the end should be a dead giveaway. Apologies if you were posting it as a joke. For example, there are ~300K men ages 18-30 in the US, about 23K in each 1 year band. Going from 40% in 2023 to 50% in 2024 represents a shift of 29K+ men. Maybe you could explain that 1 year shift through a shit ton of born again virgins. Maybe they all realized they were in a hot tub or it was in the butt so that sex doesn't count any more. But my money is on fake.
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His bit is to post stuff he doesn't actually believe in order to get a reaction out of people. What exactly do you think trolling is?
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