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TwiceHorn

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  1. 1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said:

    Just now getting into King. Finished Joyland and just started The Stand. Obviously Joyland isn't a classic King book, but it was a fun little read. The Stand feels like it's going to be great 150 pages in.

    Joyland was fun.  "Wearing the fur" cracked me up.

  2. My problem with it is that a certain segment of the population, here and elsewhere, tends to get lost in the weeds trying to find that big smoking gun somewhere, when you have shell casings and powder residue all over the place and the dipshit in chief has these big black stains on his hands.

    It may not be exactly the same thing, but the endless and breathless conspiracying regarding the subjects of the Mueller investigation ended up blunting the impact of obvious criminality and impeachable offenses.

    Where is the need for speculation about further criminality and corruption when it's staring you right in the face.  Some of it is the natural tendency of message boards to drill down on something and tear it to absolute pieces.  But that tendency has spilled off the internet into the public debate and is befouling the whole process, imo.

  3. 30 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

     

    Hundred, I'm sorry you're going through this and sorry I didn't see your posts until now. In a crisis, you're better off calling AA Intergroup to talk to someone rather than hoping someone sees a post on a message board and is able to get in touch with you directly. The Hill Country Intergroup's number is 512-444-0071; save that in your phone. 

    I don't think three days of abstinence "justifies that you're not a hard core addict", but I think the fact that you think it might is probably indicative of something. 

    Don't put labels on this. Don't get hung up on "loser" or shit like that. You're a broken human being who needs help getting sober. That's all you gotta know right now.

    Man, I read a couple of posts, replied to them, and skipped right over that.  It's merely annoying on other threads, when you wind up posting the same or similar thing to someone else.  Pretty regrettable here.

    And yeah, Intergroup can probably send you a booze ninja 24/7.

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    4 minutes ago, Pasken said:

    I don’t know what your politics are but that’s a pretty stupid statement given the server.

    The server is not a given.  Is it beyond the reach of legal process?  If things were handled in the "normal way" is there any evidence that it would be public?  I suppose it might reduce the number of readers of any transcript.

    The corruption, the election violation, and the abuse of power are evident on the face of the "memorandum."  We don't need anything else.  It's like quid pro quo.

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    24 minutes ago, suddenly shaggy said:

    You, like many of our right-wing posters, have a curious habit of a near perfect memory for convenient evidence and simultaneous ability to be unaware of basic, but inconvenient, evidence. 

    You must have missed nearly every article written about the whistleblower's allegations and almost all of our discussion. It's literally one of the biggest abuses of power alleged in the whistleblower complaint. I guess you didn't read the coverage, or the whistleblower complaint, or participate on here while it was discussed and you must have inexplicably missed one of the central points of the allegations. 

    It was also widely discussed when Trump released the memorandum you, like the rest of the GOP, continues to disingenuously try to call a "transcript". I guess you missed all of that too.

    The normal way is that these memoranda are prepared and circulated to relevant staff, ambassadors, agencies etc. The abnormal way is that someone in the Trump administration immediately intervened in the aftermath of these calls, illegitimately classified the documents and hid them in a codeword-level server to prevent disclosure of the President's crimes. This, according to literally every reputable article yet published on the matter, is different from how these are normally handled and I should hope the fuck so.  

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/03/odd-markings-ellipses-fuel-doubts-about-rough-transcript-trumps-ukraine-call/

     

     

    I am not a member of the GOP and have not been since prior to 2016.  I probably did vote for an odd republican in the last state election.

    I am aware of the allegations that it was stored somewhere different than usual.  I maintain that it's not terribly material.

    I will no longer engage with you because you have a habit of reading into my posts things that are not there because you think you know what my politics are.

    Good day.

     

  6. 1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

    In my limited understanding, the use of the code word server is generally reserved for extraordinary circumstances where the contents of the conversations are extremely sensitive to national security. This server is not used for regular conversations between the president and other foreign leaders. “Code Word” designation is like the top level of top secret. Beyond top secret. 
     

    Moron presidents having moron conversations don’t usually qualify. They are abusing the government classification system to cover up obvious criminal activity. This isn’t hard. They are not good criminals. 

    See my previous post.  Yeah, it's a clumsy way to try to bury it.

  7. 29 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    I'm not giving anyone any benefit of any doubt.Do you think state conversations are or should be stored on an insecure server?  The internet perhaps?  What IS THE NORMAL WAY?  No one is talking about that.

    Now, maybe you can talk about how no one but Trump loyalists or family members have access to that server.  But no one is doing that. 

    I'm talking through a) the likely existence of both or either a recording or a transcript and b) its likely storage on a fairly secure server in response to questions about same.  That's not defending anything.  

     I don't give a fuck if only copy of the transcript is printed out and sitting in someone's desk drawer or a file cabinet, or that the recording is on an 8-track tape.  What the fuck difference does it make where it's stored?  It's not going to be public in any event.  

    Bitch about non-disclosure if you want to, that's fine. No one is saying if it were handled "in the normal way" the White House press corps or Bob Mueller or Preet Bharara would already have a copy.  

    Clarifying.  It seems to me that where exactly it's stored, short of the extremely unlikely publicly accessible location, it's going to take legal action to get Trumpco to cough it up.  Thus, to me, its storage location is not material.

    And, if Trumpco refuses to cough up a complete transcript, then any fact finder should be entitled to construe the "memorandum" against him.

  8. 47 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Some of those old carriers looked like they had a high center-of-gravity.  I mean, I know they used lots of scaffolding, wooden flight decks, etc., and that there was a lot of heavy shit below the waterline, but still, they look like they could make a turn just a little too fast and everything is going down.

    Yeah, may not have actually been the case, but the sheer height of the flight deck above the gunwales of the Kaga (way higher than Langley or Argus) is strange and top heavy looking.

    My first impression of Kaga and Akagi was from either an illustrated book on Midway or maybe a model box.  Something like this that really exaggerates it:

    Toku_SP20_a__59565.1481174642.jpg?c=2

  9. 2 hours ago, suddenly shaggy said:

    I know you are a lawyer, but you need to stop giving these criminals the benefit of the doubt every time. They've long ago lost any assumptions that they are being truthful and forthcoming. If Trump is talking, he is lying and it's the same for his entire administration and the bulk of the GOP. 

    Trump is abusing his power and selling American interests out for personal and business reasons. There are also transcripts of conversations with Putin and MBS hidden in that codeword sensitive server. Wouldn't surprise me if there are some Erdogan conversations as well. 

    It's nefarious as fuck. The evidence is being hidden by his co-conspirators in a codeword sensitive system rather than being handled in the normal way to prevent discovery of the President's crimes. 

    I'm not giving anyone any benefit of any doubt.Do you think state conversations are or should be stored on an insecure server?  The internet perhaps?  What IS THE NORMAL WAY?  No one is talking about that.

    Now, maybe you can talk about how no one but Trump loyalists or family members have access to that server.  But no one is doing that. 

    I'm talking through a) the likely existence of both or either a recording or a transcript and b) its likely storage on a fairly secure server in response to questions about same.  That's not defending anything.  

     I don't give a fuck if only copy of the transcript is printed out and sitting in someone's desk drawer or a file cabinet, or that the recording is on an 8-track tape.  What the fuck difference does it make where it's stored?  It's not going to be public in any event.  

    Bitch about non-disclosure if you want to, that's fine. No one is saying if it were handled "in the normal way" the White House press corps or Bob Mueller or Preet Bharara would already have a copy.  

  10. 6 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

    At the 1:00 mark, this is why Texas will never be a strong ball control team.

    Jerritt coaches them to "play the ball high, 20 ft, and 10 ft off (the net)"...meaning the back row players are already planning to pass the ball near or behind the 3 meter line and therefore limiting options in the transition offense.  The only place the setter can put the ball is to the left pin (the typical Texas offense for the past decade). 

    Even with hard driven balls, you still want to try to pass the ball 3-5 ft off the net, so that the setter can run an offense with more attack options and to keep the opposing defense guessing where the ball is going.  But he doesn't coach that and focuses so much more with blocking to slow down the ball (which, in itself, is a good thing).  

    But when Texas starts facing opposing teams with elite hitters, the block becomes a non-factor and the weakness in passing/ball control is truly exposed (pretty much every post-season tournament run minus 2012 - but no team could really stop Haley/Bailey that year even though every team knew they were getting the ball).

    Texas has had some of the most elite hitters in the country in recent history: Destinee Hooker, Juliann Faucette, Bailey Webster, Haley Eckerman, and Paulina Prieto-Cerame...but none of them could pass as a left-side hitter at the next level and because of that, most had their careers end early (all of them had to transition to the Opposite position after college but Hooker is the only one who made the move successful). 

    Elliott has done so much for the Texas program, but this will always be the thing he is remembered for.

    So you're saying Jerrit is a big fan of this song:

     

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    On 10/1/2019 at 9:17 PM, TwiceHorn said:

    To give an idea of how hard a Monell claim is to make out, apparently, in the Jordan Edwards/Balch Springs case, Balch Springs had no policy at all concerning the use of deadly force.

    Judge Lynn has dismissed the Monell claim at least once with an opportunity to re-plead to allege sufficient facts and the plaintiffs are now on their second or third try.

    Looking around in connection with the Jefferson case, I see that Judge Barbara Lynn also has the Guyger civil suit.  And, like the Edwards suit, the Magistrate Judge has recommended that the Monell claims against the City of Dallas be dismissed for failure to state a claim.  Meaning, the City of Dallas is off the hook.

    Judging by the Edwards case, the decision is likely to stick at the trial level.  And given that Lynn is a smart judge and the reviewing court would be the Fifth Circuit, it's likely to become permanent.

    I'm not sure if this is shitty lawyering by the attorneys or just representative of the difficulties of pleading and proving a Monell claim.

    The reporting of the magistrate's decision indicates that the fact that Guyger was off-duty, and not acting in an LEO capacity makes it even less likely that she was acting pursuant to a policy or practice of DPD.  That angle on it had not occurred to me.

  12. What a shitshow.

    The damages claimed in a civil suit would mostly go to her estate, to be distributed according to her will or intestate succession.

    However, some close family members may be able to claim their own damages for loss of  consortium, which requires a pretty close relationship.  This may be angling toward that.

  13. 2 hours ago, RPM said:

    The IJN designs always baffled me. But them I'm baffled by Japanese writing. It works, I just don't understand why.

    In addition to some of the oddities like the funnel, I always thought the open scaffolding supporting the flight deck was odd.

    But then you could argue that shells and bombs could pass through, which was the thinking with the cage masts of USS Arizona and ships of that era.  But that thinking proved faulty.  Also, by the time Argus made it to WWII, the scaffolding seen above was mostly enclosed:

    800px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_W

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    I was pretty conflicted about some of my answers.  There was frequently a word or two in the questions that kind of wtf'ed me.

    Also may not have answered "strongly agree" (or disagree) enough.  I'm out on fanaticism, so there's that.

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    21 minutes ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

    Historically the police in the park cities are more concerned about someone hauling around dead hookers.  Well, at least since the late 80s.

    For Park Citizens, probably true.  Soon as they see your DL addy from some trashier locale, you might be in for a Bubba's dinner at the hoosegow.

    But, more seriously, unless you go Mockingbird west or Hillcrest north because you like traffic, you aren't gonna be in the Park Cities long.

  16. On 10/14/2019 at 9:11 PM, JohnnyRage said:

    Topo Chico is manufactured BS. Also, anyone that drinks mineral water out of a plastic bottle is a dolt.

     

    Yeah, I said it. 😉

    All true.  I usually drink cheap-ass Refreshe seltzer water.  But, Topo, with its extra-turbo carbonation, is something else.  Also the basic mineral water it's made from seems pretty tasty.

  17. On 10/13/2019 at 11:56 AM, BurntEyes said:

    If you'll allow me, I'll walk you through a list.

    My flight was delayed getting into Dallas Thursday.

    5 close friends didn't join me for dinner on Friday night at the place we always eat.

    There was a bitchy singer at the evening venue and someone I thought was a friend neglected to pay a fair substantial amount of money after saying they would.

    Not many hot chicks were out in Ellum. 

    GM didn't bring the new Corvette to the car show. Fucking assholes 

    I don't drink and it was a real bitch getting water or anything besides beer inside the fucking Cotton Bowl. I have a health issue related to my drinking past where that could cause me to have a seizure.

    We lost the game in a bad fashion. I think our head coach sucks. My friends mostly bailed after the game. I had to walk a long way from the stadium to get an Uber. Gaston road to be exact.

    Got in arguments here about our coaching.

    Got up early. Had to deal with TSA bullshit. Gotta long drive after my flight.

    Now... That was how I used to view shit. While all those things are true... Here is how I really see it, sans booze.

    Despite some big storms I still made it in to Dallas Thursday.

    I got to spend some quality time with my elderly mom on Friday and buy her, her birthday gifts early. I even got something nice for me at REI. 

    Despite the fact they couldn't join, 2 friends from high school, a family member and a friend from my college life wanted to join, but their life stuff got in the way, it was nice knowing they all still care about me.

    The dinner I had was fun with a couple of close friends, at a place I love. One of them dropping their pizza on the floor, which fell out of the to go box, was hilarious.

    One of those friends met his sister who deals with her own health issues. She was a very cool person and it widened my knowledge of my friend to see how they engaged. It reminded me of me and my sister who passed away. It was extremely heart warming.

    We went to a bar, and I feel like I might have helped 3 different people with their own drinking issues, if just in a minor way. I hope so. 

    The twaty lead singer was smoking hot.

    I got to the game early and the weather was amazing.

    The wife of the couple next to me offered to snag me water when she went to get a drink. Her husband was sober and we had a very nice repartee during the game. Crazy world, I'm pretty sure he's been through some similar stuff as me. We also had the exact same shoes on, and I promise, they were the only two pair of those shoes in the stadium. It was really cool.

    We didn't get blown out when, frankly we probably could have save a couple of interceptions.

    I didn't stay long, and I was really tired. I saved some tickets for next year and got to get home and watch the later games. Not only that but got some rest.

    Line was short at the airport. Got some grub and icecream. Don't need it, but fucking it, I didn't eat much fair food so...

    It's nice weather at home.

    I'm happy to be alive and I'm grateful for all of my friends and family.

    It was a great weekend. 

    Note to self: read the football sub less and continue to stay sober. 

    Today is a great day to be alive.

     

     

    The attitude of gratitude.  Nice work, my friend.

    Not a necessary condition for sobriety, but it comes along with it, and it's nice.  Easier to keep sane.

  18. 16 minutes ago, woohorn said:

    Can you park at Mockingbird Station Dart lot free and walk? Sounds too good to be true, but DART must have parking there.

    It's a little bit of a haul across Central, but doable.  I might consider parking at the Park Lane station and riding down.  Park Lane doesn't share its parking with retail and other like minded football fans.

  19. 16 minutes ago, Mole said:

    Thought and prayers for that hope. I predict pages 7-20 will be a mix of Axiom of Choice arguing with someone about ontology while a few other drive-by trolls drop bigoted statements about religious people.

    As to the OP, the politicization of religion is moving to be fully weaponized. Its only going to get worse with the coming election. I’ve seen cracks among my evangelical friends regarding their support for Trump (founded largely on abortion). These cracks have intensified with the Kurdish situation. Friends of mine who have worked with refugees from the region feel particularly betrayed. The only way to keep them in line and voting R is to amp up the religious identity politics.

    The devil is in the details though and some of the articles point have assumptions that aren’t fully founded. In the bakery and similar cases, I don’t see the question as one of church vs state but rather where the line is regarding free expression (a good thing) vs. anti-discrimination statutes (also good). There’s an inherent tension once you acknowledge the validity of religious beliefs that you might not agree with.

    Very solid post.

    I think your penultimate sentence (haha I used it!) might have been what The Clash meant about "cashing in the Bill of Rights."

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    1 hour ago, CowboyFred said:

    Don't know if anybody responded to this but I will go on record saying that I truly believe there is a second un-edited copy of the phone call.  Just judging by the acts of this administration, the way certain punctuation is used in the transcript (use of ellipsis) and the overall deviation from usual practices of transcript release.  The administration claims the use of ellipsis is for any point in the conversation that it became inaudible, but anybody who has experience with any sort of transcript of a phone call, hearing, deposition knows that it is common practice to use "inaudible" because the use of an ellipsis is most commonly used when removing text because it is superfluous to include it or because it should not be released (like a sealed indictment).  

    There are just too many deviations from standard practice and that coupled with the prior acts of this administration lead me to believe that the possibility of a "more complete" copy of the transcript existing.  Just fishy all around.

    Also, to be clear, I am not talking about anything to do with executive privilege or whatever else you're arguing with others about.  I am only responding to your request for someone else to go on record with this belief of another more complete transcript. 

    Yep, I find it difficult to believe that they bother eavesdropping on the call in an official capacity without creating both (or at least one of) a recording and a transcript of that recording.

    That they are stored on a very secure server is initially not nefarious at all.  

    And, none of this addresses whether any such recording or transcript has been altered or deleted by the Administration.

  21. On 10/17/2019 at 4:04 PM, Gene Parmesan said:

    That's fair.  I defer to the lawdogs who said the interview would have been recorded for potential shenanigans.

    One might think there would be corroboration (or not) of the kid's testimony.  Like the gun was found in her hand or near her body.  If that's not the case, not sure there's much point in putting the kid through that.

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