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TwiceHorn

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  1. I think that would be easier to do with smaller districts.
  2. The worst part of arguing with a MAGAt is the whataboutism. They will not ever follow a topic to its conclusion, which is inevitably negative for Trump and their world view. That and they are truly allergic to facts.
  3. I have to admit being intrigued by the "outsider" candidate, if not "business man." But Ross Perot should have disabused us all of that notion. I was familiar with Trump going back to the 90s and thought he was a complete assclown. But I have a special loathing for braggarts and self-promoters. So complete that I thought it was really a "bit," and once he was elected, might actually get down to business and be a serious president. I did not, however, vote for him.
  4. Fort Worth may be the largest city that remains pretty aligned with the regime. So that's rather ironic. I have had this nagging feeling that the biggest obstacle to decent schools in big cities is the huge ISDs. Of course now if they were broken up into smaller units, that would be heavily and racially/economically influenced and a disaster.
  5. Grimy little pimp. With the possible exception of "little," and Trump is little in every sense of the word except his physical corpulence, Lane's epithet has never been more fitting. Trump out grimes and out pimps Pete Campbell in every sense.
  6. Because these were filed during the Biden administration, I'm relatively certain they were performative-only, and would not have resulted in the filing of suit, just a lot of bitching that they were politically denied by the WeAPoNiZeD Biden DOJ. They were super-doomed when filed, because litigation on all of these questions had not concluded at the time they were filed, although now it has due to Trump's election and the DOJ non-prosecution policy, which should doom them anyway. But the Biden DOJ fucked up by not denying them and let them linger into Trump's administration, where they stand a decent chance of being granted. There is a notion that your tort claim filing limits what you can ask for in court. For sure, you can't ask for more than your tort claim, but it might work the other way too, that you can't back off an outrageous demand the same way you can in court.
  7. Because you asked, I have been intrigued about the application of the title "engineer" to those without formal qualifications for quite some time. Musk is far and away not the only one. And many "engineers" lack any kind of degree at all. Engineering didn't arise as an academic discipline until the mid-late 19th century. Originally, it was taught in European military academies for those trained to provide infrastructure support to other units, ie "military engineering" and was just a part of military officer training, not a degree per se. French universities, or a French university, adapted a curriculum for non-military students and called it "civil engineering." And the field has become increasingly specialized ever since. I used to kind of resent the term "software engineer," but have to admit that it fits. I will say this about "atypical engineers," and that is that just being some wild-ass idea guy like Elmo is not engineering, period, paragraph. To legitimately claim the title, I think you have to be involved in the nitty-gritty actual solution of problems. So there you go. 🤪🤪😬😬
  8. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53249645 A lot of people assume that the Finnish swastika stems from the Winter War against the Soviets, making them nominally Nazi aligned. But they didn't ally with Germany until later, and the swastika dates back to WWI for Finland.
  9. Somehow, every time I see the oval office, there's some new trashy gold shit.
  10. Can't edit, but his wiki bio says he was accepted to a materials science program at Stanford. Weirdly, their webpage says Applicants who hold a previous degree in a subject other than Materials Science and Engineering are welcome to apply. We welcome applications from students from a wide range of academic backgrounds. That's so weird to me. Do they make you take remedial undergrad courses in materials? Do those count toward the degree?
  11. To be fair, though, his degree is a BA, which is pretty lame in a hard science field. But yeah, I have seen physics and even applied math people do well as engineers. But I think a whole ton of that has to do with the courses they took.
  12. Off-topic, but we spend so much time lamenting the enshittification of Wall Street darlings that we don't even notice the shenanigans of smaller corners of the market like fire engines and first responder radios.
  13. As explained above, it's not too different really than say an EEOC complaint. If you want to sue for discrimination, you must file with the EEOC first and can't sue until you do. In 99/100 FTCA claims for more than nominal damages, the claim is denied at the administrative level, forcing suit.
  14. Well, Mack quit recruiting. It's not JUST continuity, it's also recruiting and staying on top of the game. Sark's staff wasn't clearly underperforming until NOW. There have been signs of what ails us before now, but you can hardly call our last two seasons underperforming.
  15. Just let the big humans put a hat on a hat and quit asking them to slide and reach and shit.
  16. This is true, but one thing that differentiates the current elite programs is the volume of talent at most positions and its evaluation and development. For now, outside of the OL, I think we have pretty good talent, but it's young/untested and the environment that stems from the ineffective OL makes it difficult for them to execute and develop. Could we have perhaps better talent at RB and WR, yes. But who knows what the current crop looks like if the OL was even just average.
  17. Remember that film you did that ignored that the GOP and Dixiecrats had essentially swapped places? Reap, you fucking guy.
  18. I don't think anyone noodles for gar. But it has always been a wonder to me that catfish noodlers don't encounter such things (I think gar are pretty skittish and likely to haul ass if a person is anywhere in the vicinity) as snapping turtles.
  19. For one thing, that is pretty classic trademark infringement or false designation of origin. Even if it was a superficially benign purpose (of course it's not, it's for the vig).
  20. Didn't notice. Did wtf that I hadn't already repped it, but guess I had.
  21. "Changes course." How about "fucking lies." Goddamn NYT.
  22. It's probably a BA, requiring a whopping 12 hours of economics. Four classes.
  23. Now do MAGAts on any topic that requires information and knowledge.
  24. I'll take Joe Biden's ability to understand what's going on and react rationally to it to Donald Trump's 100 times out of 100. At any time either of them has occupied the office.
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