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sasquatch69

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  1. Yes, to be exact, it’s a shooting campout that covers some hunting techniques - not actual hunting.
  2. Correct. Our son's troop does an annual hunting campout with extended shooting practice led by NRA-certified instructors (who, thankfully, leave all politics out of it). The shooting merit badge has safety and shooting-accuracy requirements.
  3. Este. There are great scouting groups, and crappy scouting groups. I'm involved in Cub Scouts as a parent, and my older son's now in a Boy Scout troop. We're lucky in that we're a big pack with a lot of parent involvement (though we still have our share of hanger-on-ers who are content to sit in the back of a meeting on their phone rather than actually be involved with their kid). Scouting does teach great life skills and team-building in ways that a lot of parents couldn't handle on their own (some can, for sure, but others just aren't wired for it). For the half-decade I've been involved as a parent and leader, they've had stringent guidelines in place designed to avoid repeats of the past abuses that led to these current issues - 2+ adults present at all times anywhere kids are present, etc. Our council is one of the better ones these days in terms of financial position, and money is still tight, so I can imagine the idea of bankruptcy at the national level is just a protection given their small cash reserves. The last thing they want to do is have to sell off the camp properties (like Philmont or Summit Bechtel Reserve) that really define the scouting experience.
  4. TCU’s third-string QB, in his first-ever start, just nailed a slant TD to give the Frogs some life at the end of the half. Pokes look terribad.
  5. He was kicked off the team.
  6. Trivia: TCU head coach Jim Pittman died on the sideline during a game vs. Baylor in 1971. https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/31/archives/stricken-at-game-tcu-coach-dies-pittman-coach-at-tcu-dead.html
  7. Stadium looks like it’s finally filling now. Stupid Thursday night games.
  8. Yup. It would take a LOT for him to leave at this point - more than is probably realistic (it ain't just about the money). He's also pushing 60.
  9. Seeing a lot of chatter about this on Twitter tonight. Hope it’s wrong, but she hasn’t been in great health for a while. https://www.google.com/amp/s/consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/aretha-franklin-ill-report/amp/
  10. https://www.gofundme.com/texas-crew
  11. OP should listen to this episode of This American Life, in the hopes it will help him understand why diversity programs are important. It's not just about recruiting - it's about helping kids from diverse and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed once they get to college, instead of falling through the cracks and dropping out due to being in an environment that feels foreign and lack of a support system, among other reasons. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/550/three-miles And don't give me any "they just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and work harder" bullshit. It's so much more complex and nuanced than that.
  12. Gordo's 8:40 bit was "Man Trying To Have a Period".
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