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  1. On 3/25/2024 at 3:04 PM, texasdago said:

    80s music spotted on various calendars that coming up in Austin... what did I miss?

    Adam Ant - The English Beat @ ACL Live

    Pretenders @ ACL Live

    Tesla @ ACL Live 

    New Kids on the Block - Paul Abdul - DJ Jazzy Jeff @ Germania Insurance

    OMD @ ACL Live

    Echo & The Bunnyment @ Stubb's 

    Naked Eyes, Wang Chung, The Motels @ The Railhouse in Kyle

     

    Really leaning into going to Echo & The Bunnymen.  Got tix for my wife's birthday for NKOTB.  OMD... heard they're still great live.  Saw them in 1988.

    Hoodoo Gurus coming to Antone's in September. 

    Clan of Xymox is back in June -- Elysium 

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  2. 13 minutes ago, scottsins said:


    The fact that his regular gig is as defense counsel has zero to do with the result. I say this as someone who has worked on both sides of the system.

    I’m not defending the agreement, but him being a defense attorney getting the blame is a weak take.

    Ok sure, but my comment was personal to him. I have quite a bit of familiarity with the guy and he's a certain... strain... of defense attorney. The kind that quotes Shakespeare in his briefs, name-drops continually, and dances up to the edge of outright misrepresentations to the court 

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  3. you can't always get a good appointment but yes -- the "split prep" that comes with an afternoon appointment sucks. You've already been butt-purging water for hours straight and you don't get good sleep... and then in the morning, you have another half of the prep. It really, really feels like overkill. 

    Also, kudos to the one who ate Tex Mex the day before, but damn you lucky you didn't get an F-minus on bowel prep (they grade you lol) and had to cancel... they need to see in there, enchiladas tend to block the visuals 

  4. 1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

    Is the Nate Paul stuff state or federal?

    federal, though he is supposed to serve some days in jail on contempt charges from civil dispute in Travis County 

     

    so... who is the NBA player he wired $100k to in 2022? Haven't followed this so closely

    it's too late in the day for me to be accurate on anything, hence my edit. but one thing I do know ---- Natey boy. has been eating his feelings 

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  5. "pre-trial diversion agreement"  = deferred adjudication? Reporting on legal matters is so imprecise. Looks like there was a concerted effort by both parties to let him skate. What a colossal fucking waste of resources and yet another enormous green light to the continuing lawlessness  of the state's top law enforcement agent. I'd say it's embarrassing but Texas is beyond that obviously.

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  6. JFC, guess I haven't had the distinct displeasure of really taking in the full grotesquerie of Comer before... that is one hydrocephalic, Gingrich-esque noggin there 

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  7. Tucker's giving Dan Patrick a run for his money in the unfashionable lesbian race. 

    And this just goes to show, there's always a worse alternative the right wants to line up for us 

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  8. 7 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    Let’s ignore for a second that despite an investigation and countless hours of hearings paid for by the US taxpayer, there hasn’t been even a spec of evidence to prove the president was involved in anything untoward…Burisma was a Ukrainian company you fucking moron. 

    How many R's know the fundamental fact that Biden helped get RID of the guy who was NOT investigating Burisma ... not that it'd make a difference in the age of cognitive dissonance

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  9. On 3/14/2024 at 8:55 AM, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

    Abbott:  George Soros gave a WHOPPING 2.1 million in "BIG MONEY out-of-state" dollars to make Texas a liberal paradise.

    Also Abbott: I took six million dollars from Pennsylvanian Jeff Yass to fund a harmful school voucher campaign that will close rural Texas schools.

    Shameless and shameful.

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    A liberal paradise sounds fucking amazing.  Especially compared to what we've got now

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  10. 2 hours ago, Reality Check said:

    They abandoned that law after the Georgia Supreme Court ruling and created a new law/entity — signed into law this week — that removes the state court from being involved in the commission’s reviews and dismissals.

    Yes, the new law will likely be tied up in courts as well, but the likelihood of Judge McAfee putting DT on trial if the state commission has moved to remove Willis from office is pretty slim. 

    https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4534278-kemp-georgia-sanctions-panel-willis-prosecution-trump/

    your glee about getting in the weeds of "winning" despite the potential win being untethered to the treasonous actions at issue is quite telling 

  11. 15 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    So judges can just throw out charges? Then what use is the grand jury?

    yes, if -- for instance -- defendants claimed the indictment didn't give proper notice of the charged conduct for those offenses. Not sure how it went down here 

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  12. The tweet clarifies that those charges could be reindicted, if they're more detailed... and the ruling may indicate no disqualification of Willis. Most importantly, let's get this prosecution GOING 

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  13. weird, just happened to see this quote posted by a German 80s goth singer, no less:

    " The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled. "
    ~Aldous Huxley
     
    Trumpers absolutely believe they will benefit from the autocracy and not suffer alongside the people they hate. History says chaos will ensure society-wide, however. 
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  14. 4 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Agreed.  Rape is absolutely abhorrent and my views are unpopular on how we punish for it. Let’s just say there should never be a repeat offender, imo.  

    pretty harsh punishment these days as far as being forced to carry to term, not sure how your party will get harsher than that.

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  15. 2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Shelley Luther is winning her race.

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    Ah great, the one who said in a campaign appearance that she doesn't believe in teaching kids not to laugh at other kids who are different. On video, look it up. Nice encapsulation of this state's current values. 

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