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Posts posted by Skipper
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18 minutes ago, C-Man said:
Well, we found out this morning that JubJub watches This Is Us.
He did go to TCU. That's better than his unabashed OU-fandom IMO.
Right. I wouldn't have a problem with it if he didn't celebrate OU victories over TCU. If you celebrate a Big 12 title against a school you attended, you should revoke any fandom of your actual school.
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55 minutes ago, AustinMT said:
I’m veering a bit off topic, but I’ve seen this from people over the years as well (I.e. closet fans because they didn’t attend). I think it’s OK to be a fan of UT (or wherever) even if you didn’t go there, or even go to college. I’e met lots of UT fans who did not attend UT.
Especially with how damn impossible it is for kids to get in now. Off topic indeed but pretty much need t-shirt fan support going forward. So I agree it's ok, unless it's Corby, because you can't flip flop support between teams in the same damn conference when you actually attended one of those schools. I've seen his ass decked out in purple at a tailgate before Texas/TCU (the Charlie game they just destroyed us).
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14 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:
He’s grown on me over the years. He’s a steady guy that everyone seems to genuinely like. He’s not as funny as George, and doesn’t bring much comedy to the table, but there’s a lot to be said for being well liked in any organization. He could fit in with a lot of shows as a 2nd or 3rd wheel.
Same. I can't think of a time where Donovan has annoyed me or had some dumbass take that made me change the station. I'm not sure I can say that about any of the other regulars. He's not the best of the bunch for sure but he's solid IMO.
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1 minute ago, Hank Kingsley said:
They aren't rumors It's been well known in D.C. for years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/politics/amy-klobuchar-staff.html
I don't have access but is it really all that different from how others treat their staff? I mean can you fathom how miserable it must be to work for Trump? Right or wrong, people that have worked for those in positions of power have dealt with assholes from the beginning of time. And no doubt that's how she was probably "trained" by her bosses and thinks it made her better at her job. Times are changing, and lord knows we hear more about this now with all the soft ass millenials in the workplace, but frankly I don't give a shit if the President is 'mean' so it doesn't move the needle with me.
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1 minute ago, Hank Kingsley said:
Agreed. Plus it's been widely know for years in D.C. that she is abusive to her staff.
I've seen this a few times but I always just roll my eyes. I think it's pretty damn impossible for any woman to achieve what she has without being somewhat of a bitch. And would these rumors even exist if she was a man or would that just be pretty much expected of someone with power and high expectations for those that work for him? I don't come across many people in power positions in the real world that are 'easy' to work for.
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12 hours ago, Tom said:
Loving the Never-Trump conservatives who think the Democrats are free to be molded into their own after you lost your party completely to Trump. The alliance was nice while it lasted.
Quit trying to remake the Democrats into the new 1982-2007 Republican Party. Nobody wants your shitty ideas and your shitty employer based healthcare plans.
I love how the far left on this board act like Bernie actually represents the Democratic Party considering his platform does not remotely resemble the democratic party historically. Most of my immediate family are democrats and have voted democrat their entire lives. They all think Bernie is batshit crazy.
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8 minutes ago, RayDog said:
Nature had an article about a Corona virus from pangolins that sounded like a closer match than what these guys are assuming. The Nature article said they were investigating the possibility of a direct jump from pangolins to human. That fits the wet market timeline better.
As for temperatures, Dr. John Campbell (YouTube) cited a study of SARS-like coronavirus that found they survived 5 to 28 days on stainless steel The longest was at 4C and 20% humidity, but they do well at 80% humidity and warmer temperatures. He said they still survive a week at 30C and high humidity. They start to die quicker at 40C, which is not surprising since patients with fevers above 39 usually start getting better in a few days.
As for Duterte he already made a statement that he will use the military to enforce quarantines. I will stock up on food, water, and other supplies again today.
Shouldn't someone be able to replicate for THIS specific virus in a lab by now? I wouldn't necessarily expect the general public to know the results but surely someone at the CDC has taken samples and is determining survival under various conditions
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Haha. Thanks for the bump. Had actually completely forgotten I'm due some $$
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On 2/8/2020 at 12:02 AM, Walte464 said:
Anyone scared about the big bad ghost hasn’t done their research and is still stuck under the spectrum wall.
Yeah bro, if you aren't down with fraud you're just stuck in the past!
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5 hours ago, Colonel Sanders said:
Yeah, I've seen quite a bit about viruses not being able to transmit well in hotter, wetter climates. However, I wonder how much air conditioning would factor in to those estimates. Almost all places where people live and congregate are now air conditioned, even in poorer countries.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that why we have 'flu season' in the US in the colder months? I mean we all have air conditioning here yet flu transmission drops considerably once it starts warming up.
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I don't spend near as much time following this as most of you but am I wrong thinking that whichever of Biden/Buttigeg/Klobuchar are left standing will eventually consolidate all of those votes (or they will all just go Bloomberg if he makes a run). Bernie (and Warren) has their base and they may be the most vocal but can they get to a majority as the field shrinks? Seems like absolute best thing for Bernie would be for Warren to drop out sooner than later and start campaigning for him but don't know if they ever patched things up.
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19 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:
This is just awful. Flat out awful.
So an hour in and your mind is made up? I haven't listened (nor do I really ever get to listen during this time slot) but I don't think you can really judge until you've given them a few months to get the right chemistry.
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13 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:
All of his ads are good, actually. I keep seeing the John Mellencamp and it’s really good.
There was a great one I saw with clips of all the past presidents (D an R) acting "presidential" interplayed with all of Trump's bullshit antics. It was great.
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33 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:
65 more cases on the ship just today
Every news report I read on this provides so little info. When exactly did the quarantine go in effect? What exactly does that mean for life on board the ship (i.e., how much interaction, if any, is there). And of these "new cases" that have popped up in the last few days, how many of were not in direct contact (same rooms/family) with existing infected. Edit: I also wonder how many crew have been infected. At this point I would think they are coming into contact with a lot more people than the passengers. I smell lawsuits
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I'll give it a shot but don't really have a good sense of how Bob and Corby will mesh working together day in and day out.
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Carville piece was great and not surprised it didn't go over well on this forum LOL.
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1 minute ago, Loco said:
As long as you bill them for it. Also why risk exposing our military? This is NOT ebola Personal responsibility and what not.
This.
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23 hours ago, C-Man said:
"Gordo's Corner" today on The Ticket was a pretty thorough revisiting of the Kobe/Colorado situation. It did NOT paint a flattering picture of what Kobe very likely did to that girl.
It was. The only thing that annoyed me about that segment was when he implied Kobe's lawyers completely fabricated questions about her recent sexual history at pre-trial hearings for the media ("because it was ok back then to raise questions without evidence, etc. etc.) but Gordo didn't mention when they were raising those questions, the DNA evidence from her rape kit had semen from 2 different dudes. So right or wrong for his lawyers to raise it, it was not just completely made up without any evidence as Gordo strongly implied to further make his point. Not defending Kobe, and Eastwood's response pretty much sums up my thoughts on it, but that probably would have gotten in at trial as a possible explanation for the vaginal bruising.
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2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:
So CNN reporting another cruise ship, this one in NJ, with possible cases. This gets into the swamps of Florida and the streets of Newark we are fucked!
Of course it's going to be the fucking 'cruisers' of the world responsible for spreading this shit everywhere. Fitting.
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7 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:
Welp, this is horrifying
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html#link-3cb0be85
Wow. So it would suck to have a cold with a mild fever right now. Because that probably means you and your entire family are headed to some mass quarantine facility where it's virtually certain you get coronavirus.
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4 hours ago, bad_teammate said:
So if we were going to have universal healthcare, do you think everyone who uses it should have to pay in?
I realize there are a million ways to skin a cat, but here are some options and you tell me which most aligns with your values...
Option A - A system in which healthcare isn't guaranteed and is gate-kept by ability to pay (either yourself or your insurer/employer).
Option B - A universal system paid for by taxes on the wealthy and none on whatever we might call the "middle class".
Option C - A universal system paid for by taxes on everyone above poverty.
I'm not smart enough to know the answer to healthcare and clearly I'm not alone. A hasn't worked. C sounds good in theory but I don't see how it doesn't result in different 'classes' of healthcare which will lead to more complaining by people that can't afford 'concierge' coverage. And I don't know how we pay for it. The vast majority of insured Americans that bitch about the constant increase in insurance premiums don't appreciate in almost all circumstances their insurance is already heavily subsidized by their employer. I don't know what the answer is.
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1 minute ago, bad_teammate said:
What is a major change you'd like to see in American governance?
Civility in the white house #1 (anyone but Trump checks that box) and prudent foreign policy/regaining respect of our allies and I'm on board with a lot of left leaning policies (addressing global warming, gun control, reasonable immigration policy, etc.). And I'm in a hurry so this isn't articulate, but yeah, reasonable progressive taxes are one thing (and yes, fine with cutting a lot of loopholes to this country is actually fiscally responsible (lord knows republicans under Trump are anything but fiscally responsible)), but I'll never be on board with promises of "free shit" paid for exclusively by those that had the gall to be successful professionally.
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5 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:
You said you wouldn't even vote for Warren dude, maybe sit this one out.
Yep. And no thanks. Sorry bro but non-socialists can have opinions as well. Imagine that. I think both Bernie and Warren are smart, impressive candidates but I also think both Bernie's and Warren's plans if actually implemented (they wouldn't be) would be disastrous for the economy.
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3 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:
I was only half joking when I said Biden was my safe candidate. If he gets elected all you get is another Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama type. Status quo. Nothing radical in either way. Just some fringe shit to make a few people feel good.
I mean you get Trump out of office and actually have a chance at getting some shit passed.
Las Vegas go hard or go home thread
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Speaking of the Palms, has anyone been to the steakhouse there (Scotch 80 Prime)? Looking for a place for 12-15 business dinner at a conference and thought I might try something new. Of course the beating at a lot of these places is getting to a manager vs the "special event" folks that try to mandate their set menu nonsense for a large party but thought I might call this place up today. That policy makes sense for a weekend but not a Monday night when a lot of places are slow.