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  1. Been a big fan for many, many years.  Crawlin', Teacher, Queen of Hearts, Nothin' But Fine, and especially I Knew the Bride.  Edmunds is nearly 80.  He and Lowe made some really great rockabilly together.  

     

     

  2. I saw a lady with a shirt today that said "Feed Ted Cruz to a bear".  I later Googled the phrase, wondering about its origin.  No luck.  Many people are selling shirts, hoodies, etc. with this phrase on it, but the origin eludes me.  Anyone know?

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  3. Being an ex-student/alumnus, I will soon be losing a lot of old emails archived in folders on my Utexas.edu account.  I would like to retain many of these.

    I probably need to move them in some way to my hard drive.  Will I need a new email client?  What is the process?  I currently use Windows 11 on a Dell laptop.  I am not tied to using the Utexas/Google interface, so it can be another email program but I need to keep my current Utexas.edu address.

  4. 2 hours ago, tchookem said:

    This is gonna seem radical, but hear me out. What if the blue states created a system to attract manual labor workers from red states, but instead of paying them a wage or salary, they simply provided them with all their needs (shelter, clothing, healthcare). Education wouldn't be necessary, because frankly, those people are incapable of learning more than their menial jobs demand. The blue states could provide a match-making service that encourages workers to couple with suitable mates. Any children produced could then also be subject to this worker program.

    It may be difficult to attract volunteers early on, but I could see some sort of selective service being implemented... until it really gets rolling.

    ISWYDT

  5. 3 hours ago, Captainant said:

    It's interesting how both the Expanse and Star Trek (and pop culture generally) all predicted a major social upheaval in the 21st century. In The Expanse it was the icecaps melting and flooding the planet, until they could adapt. In Star Trek, it was a global nuclear war and fascism.

    We're lucky enough to get all of the above!

    Too many years since I read the books, but (per Wikipedia) Heinlein's Neamiah Scudder became leader of a theocracy in 2012, with the ensuing revolution in 2100.  Seems many fictional prophesies were too close to the truth.

  6. 13 minutes ago, Kilgorehorn said:

    I'm 76 and I am more concerned with the direction of our government than I have ever been. The turmoil in the 60's was violent but I never felt like out government was as unstable as it is now. Watergate was a mess, but Republicans stepped up and forced Nixon to resign. Trump's republican party has no spine and no soul.

    I'm 75 and agree.  The assassinations, police beating protesters, overt violence was worse.  On a one to one basis, groups openly discriminated.  But the system was still viable.  Nixon had his enemies list, but outrage and push back occurred when it was publicized.

    Now, I have greater concerns about the middle class and youth stepping up and righting the ship.  We may be in for a loss of our democracy as we know it.

    I hope not.

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  7. 3 hours ago, South Austin said:

    I don’t mind the mixing, and I’ve been getting the smooth version for a few years.

    You have to mix the Scudder's also.  It's just the CM is still thinner after mixing.  Both are just peanuts, so there is no other difference.

  8. 52 minutes ago, GopherRock said:

    There was an unrepentant Trumper on Paul Manafort's jury, but that didn't prevent the jury from convicting him. Said Trumper was interviewed afterwards, and she said something to the effect of "There was so much evidence of his guilt I had to find him guilty."

    Two percenter.

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  9. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I rather doubt that Merrick Garland made the decision.  I'm sure he had input on it, but probably left it up to the USADC who would actually have to try the cases.  I have a hard time arguing with declining to bring "unwinnable' misdemeanor cases just to try to make a point or to be "hardcore."

    I am seeing some speculation here and there that the public hearings are driving the DOJ toward criminal indictments for the high end players, the thought being that the public may be so outraged as to make the time right to do it.  I suppose that could be correct.

    I tend to think of it as the DOJ had to swallow the pig of some 800 low- and mid-level perps and concurrently do their usual "investigation by indictment and cooperation" deal to bring them to this point.

    And they even have a strategy for when any criminal cases do get filed and tried:

     

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    Jury says it's deadlocked in 'We Build The Wall' fraud trial

    Eleven jurors accused one juror of political bias before saying they were deadlocked in deliberating the fate of a Colorado businessman accused of defrauding investors in a wall along the U.S. southern border

    ByLarry Neumeister Associated Press
    June 02, 2022, 5:07 PM
     
     
     

    NEW YORK -- A jury said it was deadlocked Thursday in its deliberations of charges against a Colorado businessman accused of defrauding thousands of investors in a wall along the southern U.S. border hours after 11 jurors turned against one juror, accusing him of “political bias” and saying he'd labeled the rest of them liberals.

    U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres rejected a defense request to declare a mistrial and instead read a so-called “Allen charge,” designed to spark productive deliberations Friday in the trial of Timothy Shea. Jurors were then sent home.

    The original four defendants in the case included Steve Bannon, an adviser to ex-President Donald Trump who was pardoned by Trump early last year. Two others pleaded guilty to charges.

    The prosecution pertained to a “We Build The Wall” campaign that raised about $25 million for a wall. Only a few miles of wall were built. Prosecutors said Shea and other fund organizers promised investors that all donations would fund a wall, but Shea and others eventually siphoned away hundreds of thousands of dollars for themselves.

    Shea, of Castle Rock, Colorado, owns an energy drink company, Winning Energy, whose cans have featured a cartoon superhero image of Trump and claim to contain “12 oz. of liberal tears.”

     

  10. On 5/31/2022 at 11:15 AM, Ojo Rojo said:

    I was in Port O'Connor for Memorial Day Weekend and there are a couple of beaches accessible only by boat where lots of people gather. There are "Let's Go Brandon" and Trump flags flying from boats aplenty. You get the scene. I overheard one conversation where the guy said, "I think the Democrats were behind COVID. I wouldn't put it past them."  He was dead serious. So we have that going for us, which is nice.

    Port A is the same way.  Beaucoups carts with Trump and LGB flags all over.  The guy at the Tropical Snow trailer was wearing an Infowars.com tee shirt.

  11. On 3/14/2022 at 9:44 AM, Tylerocks said:

    Finished Vikings Valhalla last night.  Agree with the above on the double-crossing etc.. But it was solid.  Queen Emma is hot.

    We're a couple/three episodes in on Pieces of Her.  I like it, my wife isn't into it.  I'll keep watching on my own though.

    Will finish tonight.  Wife and I have enjoyed it.  I've really liked Toni Collette's acting.

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  12. On 5/16/2022 at 9:39 AM, InkaUtexas said:

    Yeah, unless follow astronomy closely or watch the local news it was not widely reported. 

    FIFM.  I saw at least two stories about it both on KIII (Corpus Christi) and KVUE (Austin) weather in the last week.  Maybe it was not as popular in Houston or DFW markets.

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  13. 17 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

    Saying thank you is the important part. The preferred delivery method is entirely subjective depending on the on the thanker and the thankee and shouldn't be subject to too much judgement.

    Agree.  Our grandkids either thank us in person or via text, depending on the circumstances. I'm not sure what they would do if they had to write an old fashioned letter. Our children were good in making them aware about thanks.

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