Everything posted by TwiceHorn
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Texas -- a failed state
Was previously unfamiliar with Compact. Although it's not obvious from the masthead, they invoke the phrase "common good." On the one hand, the common gooders are just the polite and thoughtful version of MAGA. On the other, they raise points worthy of consideration. As pertains to that article, I note that it's mostly focused on DEI in media and academia, two fields that arguably benefit the most from diversity and also two fields heavily and unfairly previously dominated by white males. Also tends to focus on "elite" institutions.
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Trump’s America
Well, hopefully you got a civics/government education at least so you knew how things were supposed to work. The actual nuances of politics on the ground or as practiced are the subject of either experience or a political science type degree. As far as I can tell from high school, all of the facts about America and its history were made available to me without much shading (America, fuck yeah or Amerikka, either). But the negative things remained something of an abstraction to me and probably most of us until later in life. I think that's just the nature of things. Sometimes you need life experience to interpret it all.
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Jeffrey Epstein needs his own thread
Also, I think people were embarrassed they were fleeced and didn't want to reveal themselves as foolish marks for possibly others.
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Trump’s America
That guy has sucked 37 dicks in a row. NTTAWT.
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So this is interestin'... Births are lower than they've been since the late 1970s
Fair enough, but still seems to be about same as it ever was as those departures from western "norms" would seem to be even more long-standing. I actually originally wrote that society "sometimes" pushes homosexuals into hetero relationships with the notion that not all societies do this, as you demonstrated. Finally, I suppose the more recent acceptance of homosexuality in some societies might make it less likely that they engage in hetero relationships that produce children, but I'm guessing the fraction of that is vanishingly small.
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So this is interestin'... Births are lower than they've been since the late 1970s
You're not a dick, so I am going to take this at face value, but I think that's a right-wing bullshit talking point. The nature of homosexuality is that the percentage or proportion of homosexuals has probably remained steady throughout human history, so you've always had those "non-breeders." Why would "admitted" make any difference? The nature of society pushes some closeted homosexuals into hetero relationships that produce children. But I also imagine that this is the same as it ever was.
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So this is interestin'... Births are lower than they've been since the late 1970s
Or pedaling? Makes a rather large difference.
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Shooting at Brown university
Even if their beat cop types are super-competent, imagine the detective/investigative capacity of most university PDs is about nil.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Damn.
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BOOM MOTHER FUCKER - Will Muschamp's Triumphant Return
To be fair though, even if Sark had already fired himself as OC and Flood, and hired Kyle Shanahan as OC and I don't even know who as OL coach, this would be a bit of a head-scratcher.
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Political Cartoons - The Politics Thread.
Never saw any wood derricks in AR. Yeah, well spacing and pooling rules. Oil & Gas law was a really interesting course because it showed how law developed contemporaneously with the technology. We also got to watch a film called "Making Hole." I find drilling technology fascinating. Mining too.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
As good as Aggy may have looked against Corn, and possibly tonight (didn't watch), I suspect Wisconsin looked pretty fucking good against us to a neutral observer. They may be the two hottest teams.
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Hey PK -- What would you say you do here?
People act like this somehow precludes further changes in offensive coaching.
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Shooting at Brown university
While knowing the differences between Portugal and Spain, I would have guessed Portuguese are technically Hispanic as the root word is Hispania, which refers to the Iberian Peninsula. But I see the term Hispanic refers primarily to Spanish-speaking people.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Seems like they're gonna have to take a step back. But, as has been noted, Morrison is a good coach and an NC, or even a final appearance, is going to boost their recruiting. Also, I have this little belief that aggyland being what it is, and volleyball, being the "girly girl" sport that it is, might not attract a lot of players.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Yeah same. And yeah, as much fun as volleyball is to watch, I cannot watch aggy win. I saw they took the first set and wasn't going to tune in unless Pitt took the second, so . . . . .
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BOOM MOTHER FUCKER - Will Muschamp's Triumphant Return
I actually think most people do understand that. They also think, for better or worse, that Flood is the number one replacement priority, so should have been the first to go. But, he could also be regarded as the most critical and sensitive hire/fire, so maybe the last to go. There is a legit fear that Juluke was a deck chair shuffle. But if Scott was as unpopular as claimed, it might have just been a no-brainer.
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BOOM MOTHER FUCKER - Will Muschamp's Triumphant Return
Carl Reese, IIRC.
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BOOM MOTHER FUCKER - Will Muschamp's Triumphant Return
Yeah, slow starts and about 50/50 in the backfield. Pretty pretty good front seven though.
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Trump’s America
As popehat observes here, Trump seems to have no real internal life (need to click to get the full monty). So questions of morality, spirituality, his place in the universe, have never concerned him in any way shape or form. So, yeah he neither has nor rejects religion or any other belief system except his id and ego. Another fairly typical characteristic of alcoholic/addicts.
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The Trump Economy
I was gonna say, at some point in the not too distant past, I think the Altima, Camry, and Accord were basically the cars that most people should buy. CVTs have infected lower- and mid-range vehicles and seem to be an abomination.
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Compensation & WFH debate ($120K vs 240K)
I had kind of a similar dilemma except the pay scale differences weren't as stark, or knowable.. Not quite 15 years ago, after the dissolution of my last firm, I went out on my own. It was even unclear at that point whether I would rent an office or just WFH. But I can work from home just fine, although I miss having colleagues. I took a pay cut, I also work a lot less hard and have a lot more fun or satisfaction doing it. And more free time to work out and mountain bike, among other things. The downside is that I have a relatively static client base and the work ebbs and flows along with the cash flow, whereas at a firm, I could always find filler work between "major engagements." And I could be more aggressive in courting new clients than I am. Not quite the same thing as the above, and more to compensate me than just working at home in return for the pay cut.
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Trump’s America
Trump's dog ate them.
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I for one welcome our new AI overlords
Well, the first parties injured here would be the techbros and oligarchs, with follow-on effects for the rest of us. So, yeah, I would expect some sort of government supported wealth-preservation strategy for them.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
Also note that this seems to be more or less the saga of charter schools everywhere. Private sector solutions to public sector problems are no better than public solutions and far less transparent.