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Fudge Nuggets

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  1. Yesterday my shitty internet was out for most of the day so I went through my bit torrent folder to find something to watch.  Found an unwatched documentary called "Murderball" about quadriplegic rugby.  The show was pretty freaking awesome and those guys are flat out maniacs - and all around assholes.

    But what gave me a "woah" moment was when they were showing the history of one of the main characters and how he became paralyzed.  Apparently he was involved in a fight with his best friend in high school.  The name of that high school you ask, "Marjory Stoneman Douglas". 

  2. 16 hours ago, kopp0e said:

    With CTE head injuries the kickoff will probably be replaced in the future... If I remember, the XFL had an odd way that kickoffs went as well...

     

    Only thing I can think of is they didn't allow fair catches, not that you see a lot of that on kickoffs.  What you may be thinking of is the pre-game "scramble" where a dude from each team runs at the ball placed on the 50 yard line.  Whichever team grabs the ball gets to pick whether they want to kick or receive.  The scramble was in lieu of a coin toss.

     

  3. On 4/12/2018 at 8:31 PM, PhillyD said:

    It amazes me that I just watched that clip of that Texas/Arkansas game and became my 18 year old self again and pissed off all over again.  I will hate Todd Day, Lee Mayberry, and Oliver Miller forever.  Nolan Richardson was a fucking coward for leaving that game and then crawling back in.

    Say what you will, but Mayberry and Day were bad dudes.  Mayberry's behind the back, between the legs 25 footer to send it to OT was unreal.

  4. On 4/11/2018 at 6:25 PM, PencilPusher said:

    The 1990 tournament also had Loyola Marymount make the Elite 8 before getting clobbered by UNLV. Fun times watching the tourney that year. 

    The 1990 tournament was one of the best ever.  Hank Gathers from Loyola Marymount died during their conference tournament and they went on a heck of an inspirational run.  Bo Kimble shot the first free throw of every game left handed in memory of Gathers (and swished every one of them if I recall correctly).

    LMU's beat down of defending national champ Michigan in the second round was probably the best display of offensive basketball I have ever seen in my life.  Those guys couldn't miss and beat Michigan by 34 and it wasn't even that close.

  5. 10 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Only the weak minded ones, the ones who have mommy and daddy issues... you know,...... democrats....

     

    I have a couple friends who are hard core democrats. We keep political discussions at a 35,000' level. They are completely un hinged about Trump. It's kinda sad to see otherwise intelligent people really lose their shit about someone.

    republicans were totally in control of their emotions during Obama's time in office, right?

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  6. 7 hours ago, TornACL said:

    Unfortunately now Trump is in his comfort zone, where he's lived most of his adult life.... Cornered, hand in the cookie jar, and ready to battle in the courts. 

    I can't fathom anybody still not understanding that this guy is a walking talking piece of shit. 

    Going into a legal battle with Mueller is a lot different than suing a single-mom contractor for some shoddy interior decorating.

  7. 13 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. are probably already pissed that they have to cut the pie up to include Barron and Tiffany.  Now, there's the potential that their slices of whatever is leftover are smaller.

    Has Dotard done anything to date that makes anyone think he gives even half a shit about Barron or Tiffany?

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    The other 64 years members of Congress got paid $6 - $8 a day, and then only when they met...that's about $115/day in today's money

    Fucking hell, I'm all for this.  Make serving in Congress as lucrative as jury duty and that will scatter these assholes real quick like.  We can set up a dorm to house them when they are in DC complete with a shitty cafeteria.  Getting to and fro DC... your ass is flying coach at best and preferably taking Greyhound.

    And before anyone gets on their high horse and bitches about the quality of representation this will bring, need I remind you of the current state of affairs?

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  9. 4 hours ago, Burt said:

    It's typically a military thing.  If military folk are sitting around drinking and someone slams one on the bar, whoever doesn't have one has to buy a round.  If everyone has one, the person who started it has to buy the round.  It pisses me off to no end that pussies like Scott Fucking Pruitt could even have one, much less design one. 

    That sounds pretty stupid.

  10. 14 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

    "I can't get any hot girls cause I'm ugly 24 never a girlfriend or kissed still a virgin I'm fat ugly and short and only way I can be happy is if an attractive girl loves me so admittedly I want both love and the trophy wife cause I never had both I go to bed every night looking at an empty space in my bed all alone no woman wanting to sleep on my shoulder cause she don't want to be anywhere else"

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    Hope this guy is on all sorts of watch lists.

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  11. 9 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    I mean, its not like they were splashing his book cover over the teaser trailer. Sorry pointing out that this is a promotional event irks you guys. 

    And Trump's entire campaign and Presidency has been a promotional event.  A very shitty promotional event, but still...

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  12. 14 hours ago, bolverk said:

    There's a very real thing called the "oil curse", the "curse of oil", or the "resource curse" that makes it extremely difficult for oil-dependent economies to diversify. When the price of oil is high, there's is absolutely no other industry that can compete in terms of wages, revenues, and general economic activity. When times are bad, the town, state, region, country, has no other (or very little) recourse for growing and diversifying its economy.

    Of course, there are actions that can be taken to balance an economy: invest surpluses during the good times toward education and economic diversification efforts, but it requires an incredible amount of fiscal discipline to put that money toward a very slow ROI.

    Texas has been very fortunate in the way we've invested our state acquired oil money by having the foresight to pump that money into the PUF, creating the incredible world-class university that most of us on this board are lucky to have access to. Moreover, we've used our wealth to pretty much "buy" certain industries. One prime example of that is Houston's incredible Texas Medical Center, making it the largest healthcare complex in the world. Dallas and Fort Worth put aside their silly rivalry to create DFW, which is largely responsible for the Metroplex being such a strategically important distribution hub. I'm positive there's a story to tell about TI. And, of course, look here in Austin where strategic investments and partnerships between UT and private industry created the tech economy we have here. Given our reputation for being reckless wildcatters, untrusty gamblers, and boastful braggarts, our past leadership was comprised of incredible stewards of our land's largesse.

    By contrast, Alaska also has an oil fund for the benefit of state residents. What do they do with that? They just cut annual checks to individual households and hope the "market" takes care of itself. Of course, most residents there see it as a form of welfare check to help them stock up for winter when they can't hunt game.

    This, I think, is one of the best examples of a distinctly American, or Texan, model for economic development. Sometimes long-term investments in your human capital can pay off in ways that were previously unimaginable but, unfortunately, most resource-dependent states/States don't show such foresight or discipline.

    We, my fellow Texans, should be very grateful, and I sincerely hope we don't choose to go down the Louisiana, Oklahoma, or Alaska path to disinvestment, ignorance, and poverty.

    Government never fixed anything.  Didn't you know that, libtard cuckflake?

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