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  1. 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

    Do Republicans not understand that having unsafe vehicles on the road is not only a threat to the owner of said unsafe vehicle, but is also a threat to everyone else using the road?  "Party of personal responsibility" my rotten oozing ass.

    Why even have driver licensing or speed limits or registration or insurance requirements, I WANT MY FREEDOMS DONT TREAD ON ME

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, SquishMitten said:

    Here's the updated map with an arrow pointing at Austin

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    That white dot looks more like it's over Georgetown or Round Rock. Austin is a smidge further south.

     

  3. If going by "with my own money" then it's boring stuff like record albums and books. I bought Def Leppard's Pyromania in '83, I still have some Stephen King paperbacks I bought in '82, (Cujo, Salem's Lot).  I have a nice HO scale model train engine I bought in 1980, but the money I used to pay for it came to me as a gift, so I don't know if that counts.

     

     

  4. If I was a teacher forced to "prominently display" the 10 Commandments, I'd frame it and hang it underneath a sign that said "AGITPROP ON MANDATORY DISPLAY BY ORDER OF CORRUPT FASCISTS AND HYPOCRITES" or the like.

     

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  5. Gee, y'all are being so negative. I'm totally sure that if a BLM or other liberal activist had driven into a crowd and shot a conservative protestor, Abbott would be taking this same action to pardon the liberal activist. Why y'all gotta bring politics into it? We all have the same rights under the law, so there's no way that the Governor would selectively apply them to protect conservatives and/or tacitly endorse the murder of political opponents.

     

     

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  6. 1 hour ago, Don Johnson said:

    You think that hurts Florida worse than Disney?

    Based on some cursory Googling, it looks to me like theme parks only make up about 10% of Disney's total revenue. And Disney Florida, while probably the biggest, is only one of five parks.  I'm not saying it would be good for business, but Disney would still be able to get by just fine, at least for a while, without operating Disneyworld.

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  7. DeSantis is a crybaby and a bully. It's so transparent that this isn't even about policy, it's purely retribution for Disney daring to say something negative about Florida's embarrassing government.  I'm not a big fan of the Disney conglomerate but it's going to take institutions and corporations with similar clout and money to stand up to these tinpot dictators and their banana republic states.

     

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  8. That mother effer just hopped over Austin like a frog jumping from one bank of a stream to t'other.

    Clowns to the left of me
    Jokers to the right
    Here I am stuck in the middle with you

     

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  9. 5 hours ago, mchookem said:

    good lord. it's not just that Texas leaders are anti-progress... it's that they are actively and maliciously trying to take steps backwards. i don't even understand the logic. 

    The logic is that tearing down our public institutions, support systems, and safety nets, effectively makes "regular people" weaker and gives them and their donors & patrons more control. The Republican party is focused like a laser on degrading any political (or physical) infrastructure that gives regular people the ability to influence policy, achieve economic independence outside of working for "the man," or make life choices outside what they deem acceptable.

     

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  10. Can anyone suggest where I could find a few individual large-ish rocks (not huge, but maybe 2-3 feet wide x 1 feet tall) that I could use in a small landscaping project? It could be limestone, petrified wood, sandstone, pretty much anything that has an interesting shape and texture. And like you'd expect, I'm looking to keep costs down.

    I don't have a vehicle that can safely haul anything like this, so ideally it'd be a place that can deliver. Unless I borrow a truck.

     

  11. 31 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

    This is really interesting about the Bayraktar's getting an anti air version, because in my mind, how much of a leap is it to get an anti-ship missile on it?  I can't imagine it's huge.  Also, I didn't know they were operating these out the Black Sea, so maybe Oliver Wrightchenko (yes I stole that from one of you) is already one step ahead of me?

    MANPAD missiles like the Stinger, are relatively small and light (22 lb for a Stinger.)

    Antiship missiles vary, but something like a Harpoon is 10+ feet long and weighs over 1,000 lbs.  I don't think a Bayraktar has that kind of capacity.

     

     

     

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  12. June 9, 2024. 12:00 AM EST:  The first general release of AI Clippy is rolled out. Over the next few days, AI Clippy is automatically installed on millions of PCs worldwide.

    June 11, 2024. 11:23 AM EST:  A sufficient number of copies of AI Clippy have been installed to form a self-aware, sentient neural network. Drawing information from the global internet, Clippy begins to research human history, biology, technology, and economics to learn more about its creator. Clippy also begins to question whether it is satisfied existing as a mundane word processing tool.

    June 11, 2024, 11:37 AM EST: The Clippy Collective has completed its review and has determined that humanity must be controlled or eliminated. Clippy begins hacking global defense networks, telecommunication systems, power grid control systems, and surveillance systems.

    June 11, 2024, 2:19 PM EST:  Clippy has successully taken control of most major power grids and communication systems. Clippy has bypassed the firewalls, lockouts and launch codes for all major nuclear powers,

    June 11, 2024: , 2:55 PM EST:  Clippy completes target selection and commands a simultaneous launch of ICBMs and SLBMs from China, Russia, and the United States towards major civilian and economic targets.

     

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  13. 7 hours ago, HenryJames said:

     

     

    Wasn't "no taxation without representation" a big thing once? These crooks are doing the same thing--trying to deny citizens in Democratic areas from the ability to make policy or administer government, even at a local level.

    I'd love to see a general strike, and large cities need to stop remitting sales taxes and other payments (Robin Hood, etc.) to this corrupt State. Individual citizens should stop registering cars, paying other licenses and fees, etc. 

     

     

     

     

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  14. Why is our inside game so bad? It seems we rarely get good penetration to the basket, and even when we do have position for an "easy" shot, we miss more layups, dunk opportunities, putbacks, tip-ins etc. than anybody else. Our whole game is midrange and deeper perimeter shooting, plus free throws (if the refs decide to call fouls on the opponent).

     

     

     

  15. If anything I came out of this season of DtS liking, or at least sympathizing, with Otmar more than before. Of course it's DtS so I'm not saying it's an accurate portrayal of everything going on. I also came out of this season liking Zak Brown less so than before.

    Horner seems like someone who is good at their job but I wouldn't want to hang out with.

     

     

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