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TwiceHorn

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  1. I get the John Cook hate, I kinda hate him too. But what you see there is really just how he rolls, he's not really singling out Texas for scorn. However, the big narrative there is that Cook is one of the best in the game (there's really no question there), and, over the longer-term, has along with his staff, developed better-rounded teams than JE. Which is why they've beaten us for NC's twice before and eliminated us at least a couple other times. With the portal, JE can now fix recruiting or evaluation mistakes that he couldn't before, or wasn't inclined to "see." Hopefully, that will become less necessary than the Fleck transfer.
  2. In related news, arch conservative (but not Trump appointee) Will Pryor and the 11th Circuit unanimously affirm the denial of Meadow's removal petition. https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202312958.pdf This is pretty interesting because all of these removal and immunity questions are related: to what degree to federal officers enjoy privileges unavailable to ordinary citizens in the event of criminal prosecution. The answers seem to center on to what degree they are related to their official duties and the courts aren't having much trouble parsing Trumpco's activities into the unprotected categories.
  3. At some point, the label "Christians" becomes rather meaningless. It could be "Heffalumps" or "Jackalopes."
  4. Yeah, it certainly seems a switch was flipped or a light came on in JE's head. I suppose it still could be something of a fluke, but I hope not. And, I suppose if it was bad ds eval or development in the past (setter too maybe), the portal seems to offer a quick fix.
  5. Kinda gotta think this is/was, again, a product of playing the B12. It was a little more challenging this year than last, but we weren't generally rising to the level of our competition, rather quite the opposite. Tennessee gave us a little test, we survived it and turned things up significantly. I'm not sure I had any idea we could play like the last three matches. For all the talk about Madisen Skinner, I think EVERYONE turned it up, individually and as a team.
  6. Aside from the fact that it is Kyle Rittenhouse, the idea that a Texas representative candidate tout an endorsement from a 20-year-old non-Texan with no relevant experience or knowledge is really something.
  7. So, here's the deal. Moved into a new house with a built-in for a TV. but it's older and won't hold my existing extra-large Sony. So, needed to find something smaller. I'm not sure I really appreciate all this 4k OLED local-dimming stuff and because I am confined in size, was thinking I'd get one of the bargain sets. This is a fairly screaming deal on an OLED set https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-48-class-a2-series-oled-4k-uhd-smart-webos-tv/6501902.p?skuId=6501902 but, being LG, has their meh OS. So, I did another Chromecast. Seems like a pretty good set up. I still think opening netflix or whatever on a device and casting it to the CC is easier than navigating even google tv.
  8. https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/12/the-case-for-grocery-stores-in-dallas-many-food-deserts/ The City of Dallas gave a $3M subsidy, but the store failed and then reopened recently. Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Morning News once wrote that “an H-E-B spokesperson told me in 2017 there just weren’t enough residents in targeted areas to support a big store. And, those who live there, south of the Trinity River, didn’t have enough money to make such operations sustainable.” Data from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailer data shows that more than 82 percent of all SNAP benefits were spent at supermarkets or supercenters, even though they only make up 14 percent of the locations that accept SNAP and are rarely located in the food deserts where residents are more likely to use the benefits.
  9. Yeah, Cook is just kind of an even-keeled, kind of surly asshole. When he's winning, it comes off as smug. When he loses, it comes off as not giving the opponent their due, despite what he actually says. His sideline demeanor is much the same way. It's just the way he is.
  10. Having become a fan of women's volleyball, I have tried to watch some men's. While it is a fantastic display of athleticism, it is so high and fast as to be virtually unwatchable. You can't tell what's going on . Shit, depending on the camera angle, women's can be hard to decipher at times, too.
  11. I do believe that surly little space bun said "fuck yeah" after the next three. I get that that is not a fun presser, and I guess it's a further show of immaturity, but Murray and Allck do not acquit themselves well in that.
  12. I suppose grad schools have gotten ultra competitive, too, but 3.2 is a pretty solid engineering GPA at a rigorous school like GT. Or is it? Back in the day, that'd get you hired most places out of UT. And, I could easily see it being one of those situations where he did well on upper-division, research-related courses. For whatever reason, I didn't start busting 4.0s until upper division, employers seemed to like that and didn't give a rats ass about my C in engineering mechanics or fluids.
  13. Seems like everyone does kind of weird stuff with cards in volleyball. Coaches pick up the challenge card and it's never clear they're actually using it until the challenge starts. The refs barely brandish the yellows; I've never seen a red and never saw either today. They need to do like futbol refs and stand at attention and hold it in the air.
  14. It has been alluded to, but we've always had pretty much the best hitters in the game. When you support them with top-notch DS and setter, look what happens. Congrats to Elliott for making the changes.
  15. I'm not a big John Cook fan, but he's a pretty good coach. One of the best in the game. Usually, when you see him, his teams are winning or at least close. He has the same sort of stone-faced demeanor that comes off as smug and arrogant.
  16. Yep, I sense that the problems of "modern Islam" are modern, just like the problems of Christian fundamentalism.
  17. Agreed, but that's a longer-term trend as the result of trickle-down without the trickle. One president can't unfuck that. In the shorter term, 5-10 years, things are getting slightly better.
  18. Not just a product of the times. It actually reflects a pretty solid understanding of presidential power. According to the text of the Constitution, at Article II, the express/explicit powers of the President are highest and most exclusive in the realm of foreign policy and national security (treaty power, commander in chief, etc.). Of course, Article II is pretty vague about the rest of presidential power and filling in those gaps with domestic policymaking and executive legislation (EO's etc.) is a relatively recent development. See, e.g., Teddy, Franklin, the last four or five, etc.
  19. Close to true. Yes, addicts retain their tolerance well past abstinence, maybe forever. But their bodies should be in better shape to handle it than before. I think what really happens is the addict tries to go back to "normal drinking," for example, but finds that the tolerance and the disease don't permit that. So they are rapidly face down in the gutter just like they were right before they got sober. But what really happens is that relapses set up guilt and self-loathing like the addict has yet to experience. After having "tasted" sobriety and learned about it and become clear on what you did to yourself, your friends and family, the guilt of it can become pretty overwhelming and make you go right quick from satisfying your tolerance to fatal doses. They accelerate their usage even more. A fair number go right from relapse to the grave or the severely injured. Some get back on the wagon and use it as a traumatic learning experience. Some just keep at it. My abortive sobriety over the period of about a year between first attempting sobriety and recovery and getting it for keeps was one of the worst periods of my drinking career. Fucking horrible.
  20. Down on Polk Street? That was a fascinating facility. When they moved up to the Woodlands, it lost all its character. And asbestos.
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