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  1. 35 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

    I dont know where else to put this, but as of last night we have a new Rock and Roll band! 

    Let's have some details . . . style of music, basic lineup, etc.

    For me my life is just a little less vibrant if I'm not getting together with my buds in a band every week or two.  It's all to easy to say "I'm too old", but that's never true unless you let it be.  I think it's probably not all that different than a softball league or hunting with friends or a book club or whatever it is that gets people together regularly.  Good deal for you, can't wait to hear some rehearsal tapes <ahem>!

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  2. 29 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    Feels like we have done this level three or four times before.

     

     

    Yeah, if we don't get too precise, it's the 2nd retest of Sep 2018 highs on the S&P 500.  It climbed slightly higher in early May, dropped and is now back to a fresh all-time high.

  3. 49 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    You want AOC pressed on this because consistent terminology is the "principle" you are preoccupied with in this humanitarian crisis?  Seriously? 

    Let's focus on the irony of suddenly demanding "principles" in this political climate.

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    Back in April, Boren’s attorney, Clark Brewster, told News 4 that Eddy's claims are "provably false," but Brewster did not give any documentation of what he claims to have uncovered during his own investigation.

    Good luck proving that negative.  I guess evidence that Boren was in another state would do.  Other than that, ???

  5. 1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

    Your position would be better if, in fact, Bozo wasn't right and you weren't a fucking asshole.  Just an observation from another asshole.

    Yeah, well, at least he's fucking, so he's got that going for him.

  6. 2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    So, when purported "Christians" ask you the histrionic question "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF 100K JUST SHOWED UP IN AUSTIN?".....isn't the Christian answer "well, I'd work to shelter and feed and clothe them?"

    NBC aired a story just this morning showing how a poverty-stricken small town in New Mexico has managed to marshal $15K per day to help immigrants.  This town has a poverty rate twice the national average, but somehow has opened its doors to assist.  The local Catholic church alone is housing 300 migrants, with some 85 per week cycling through.

    So yes, some Christians walk the walk.  Some (like for instance many around these parts) just talk.

    Deming NM migrant aid efforts

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  7. 15 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

    You have a really odd definition of "lie".  It's almost as if you've never seen a politician speak *.  Obama copped to a lot of things, mostly his naivete in how such a plan could be enacted, but he hardly admitted that when he was making those statements he had no intention of not keeping his promise.

    * e.g., "no new taxes".

  8. 10 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

    They have to be shamed.

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    shame
    verb
    past tense: shamed; past participle: shamed
    1. (of a person, action, or situation) make (someone) feel ashamed.

     

    It is quite literally impossible to shame these people, because they are incapable of feeling ashamed.

  9. 3 hours ago, Zavala said:

    Sure, what is the solution?

    Sure, what is the solution?

    In your mind, being a heartless asshole, there is no solution.

    The rest of us had no problem with the way things were before Trump started putting kids in, you know . . . concentration camps.

    TL;DR  -- Fuck off.

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  10. 2 hours ago, ChampKind said:

    A proper pinch grip and cutting motion will go a long way to protecting both your blades and your fingers.

    That's one of the most useful tips I've picked up off the food networks.  I taught my younger two kids the same the moment they wanted to start helping in the kitchen.  Both wield a knife like a pro.  Our oldest cooks all the time and she might as well be swinging a hatchet.  She refuses to learn to hold the damn thing correctly.

  11. 12 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    I say this as an old man who has been through a lot -- Life is a helluva lot simpler if you always try to do the right thing.

    Yeah, teaching a kid that it's a whole lot easier to remember the truth than whatever lie is currently being floated is a perfect example.  Once that light bulb comes on, though, they get it.  Clearly for some people, that switch never gets flipped.

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  12. 8 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

    holding the hearings then having the senate blow off the vote is ridiculous, even to consider for them.

    I would be happy with a down the middle approach:  the House should start the inquiry and relentlessly uncover and lay out the facts, which would prompt the Senate majority to become even more brazen in their acknowledgement that they will never convict on impeachment trial.  Pelosi can then say with no shame whatsoever that "we have all we need to impeach but the Senate will not convict, so we see it as a waste of time" . . . right around late summer 2020.  Gut the Senators up for reelection and get out the national vote as well.

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  13. 44 minutes ago, Augustus said:

    Probably used profanity after the runner stole 3rd, got tossed for that, then acted like a little shit.  Coach should have whipped his ass right there on the field.

    Coach should have marched him back to the ump and made him apologize.  It wouldn't have been sincere, but it would have stung, regardless.

  14. 42 minutes ago, tbone_ said:


    Yea but he’s still an Aggie

    Well, yes.  That trumps all.  Not sure how he landed her in the first place, but however it played out, it didn't last long.

  15. 10 minutes ago, tbone_ said:


    I overlook the Aggie part, but I always figured that had something to do with Julia Roberts bailing on him.

    . . . except he released that track over 4 years prior to marrying Julia.

  16. Springsteen -- love his lyrics, I'm fond of his songs, but I never quite got over the moon about the sound of his band.  Can you lay off the xylophone, Bruce?  I'll go back and listen to "Born To Run" and see what I think.

     

    Shellac -- you're not the first to say that, Irish.  I need to seek it out.  I don't care if Steve's a dick, if the band is good, that just puts him in good company.

  17. 7 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    That Large Band recoding is insanely good imo.

    Yeah, it's the perfect mix of live but well-separated.  That opening track is one I take with me to audio stores and the sales guys are almost always apoplectic:  "what the hell is that?"

    I love a great big band.

    And then . . . "Nobody Knows Me".  No better cheatin' ballad, ever.  Just fantastic.  Damn, he's so smart.  And he's an Aggie.  LOL.

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