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  1. Unless we're talking about TCU, then cockroaches is the prefered nomenclature, dude.

    2 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

     

  2. 1 minute ago, BrickHorn said:

    You’re projecting, Tahoe.  Not everyone is a self-deluded moron.

    I think he's right in this instance.  I caught myself doing it the other day, refusing to look at a thread in current events because I assumed it was about southerners celebrating the legacy of lynching, instead of honoring the memories of those that were lynched.  That was 100% me making assumptions and creating facts about what was happening somewhere because of my prejudice against people in Alabama.

  3. 11 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

    Words matter. Particularly the word “initially”. 

    Except you were agreeing with a post that didn't use the qualifier "initially," You added that later.  So are you qualifying your agreement?

    And by the way, as a former Baptist, I wouldn't think of UMC as evangelical, at least not in the way its used today.  And so I'd expect you wouldn't self identify that way, because I would expect you wouldn't think of yourself that way.  That term has been co opted by non denominational churches to mean something different than the technical definition you were likely thinking of.  Whenever that word is brought up on a political board, I think its pretty safe for you to assume it doesn't mean the same thing and therefore doesn't apply to you and therefore you don't have to get defensive and lash out.

  4. You can't both say "that's me" when people ask for self described evangelicals, and then claim that you would never self-identify as such.  You just got through doing it in the previous sentence, man.  

  5. On 5/14/2018 at 1:11 PM, Rex Kramer said:

    All of this. 

    In this very thread, we see Rex self identify as evangelical, then say "all of this" to a post  that says they have never met anyone that self identifies as evangelical.  What am I missing?

  6. I don't understand how your first statement goes with your second statement, Vince.  Whether Cruz wins or loses has nothing to do with the fact he's a dick with a super punchable face. He will be those things the day after election day no matter what happens on the vote. 

  7. 8 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

    Ladies and gay mafia,

     

    Is Beto really that good looking?

    He's politician good looking.  That's about as far as I'd be willing to go.

  8. For the first time in history, there is a new controlling political party in Malaysia that is a different kind of corrupt than what they’ve had. This group will take bribes but mostly does what’s in the best interest of the country. The group that just got voted out just straight up stole billions from the country. Since MAS is a government owned airlines they officially had reason to keep the facts hidden. If there are facts to be found, I expect this new government to be more forthcoming. 

  9. What they never seemed to dive into, but what always stood out to me, was why Jay never really got thought of as a suspect, especially since he’s the one that knew where the car was, had access to the car, and overall seemed shady. 

    It was surprising to me as well that the Serial people didn’t articulate more about why that was, but they didn’t seem to think it was a big deal either. 

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  10. Didn’t mean to offend so many sensibilities with my post. Y’all win, Austin traffic is fucking awesome. We have it all figured out! Yay us!

    Austin is the only city I’ve ever been stuck in standstill traffic not caused by a wreck or construction at 11 pm on a Saturday night or 3 pm on a Sunday afternoon. Granted, the only place I’ve lived with traffic besides Austin is Houston, and Houston’s traffic was absolutely terrible during rush hour, but I’ve never seen consistently stopped traffic during off peak times anywhere like here. If that’s ok with y’all good on you, but I’d like us to aspire to something better than that. 

    I know I live a mile from I-35 and still take mopac when I need to go north. Every single time I decide to give 35 another chance I’m going to be driving 0 mph at some point before I get where I’m going, and I never decide to do that on a weekday. 

    But I’ll take more traffic any day for more large tech companies coming to Austin. It’s good for my bottom line. 

  11. I work from home. It’s highly likely the next place I work will have my happy ass working from home. I also work in tech. Amazon coming to town raises my salary. I’m in. 

    And to those of you saying Austin traffic doesn’t suck, I defy you to drive from Ben White to 183 on I-35 anytime between 7 AM and midnight any day of the week and stay at or above the speed limit the whole way. I defy you to make it the whole way without coming to a complete stop at least once. Even before all the lanes got added to the Katy freeway and those extra toll roads got added, Houston at least had some times of every day where you could move down the freeway at highway speeds. That shit doesn’t exist in Austin. 

  12. 2 minutes ago, Chooky said:

    This is the web cache of Demeter Direct's site: 

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Xl0XEX31i1wJ:www.demeterdirect.com/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1-ab

     

    Go to the bottom and look at the heavy hitters that they list as clients.  What are the odds those companies are really clients?  If they aren't or never have been then it's a lulz orgy.  I guess the site could be down because eleventy billion people all googled it at one time.  This is odd.

    I know at least one of those companies writes in every single contract that you aren’t allowed to use their logo in this way, so I’m guessing they were never a client. 

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  13. Yeah the builder built this house with a 4kw solar array and spray foam insulation.  For this builder, there wasn't an option, its how they build all their houses, so it's just built into the price of the home.  I have a ~2400 sq ft house and my summertime energy bills, 73 during the day and 69 at night, run about $125-$150/month.  In the long run this is some good shit. I'd recommend this config to anyone who is building.  If its on an already existing house, I'd want to see the financials before I'd be willing to invest in either.  Because both are not terribly expensive as part of construction, but both are way more expensive to retrofit.

    Also, that spray foam insulation up top is sprayed directly on the underside of the roof, so even though my attic isn't technically air conditioned, it doesn't turn into an oven like a typical Texas attic will. 

  14. 5 hours ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said:

    He is exactly who he says he is. His last avatar at Shag showed himself in his swimming days at UT. I was a few years ahead of him in the same private school. I google searched XYZ swimming coach and saw the newspaper articles that matched up to Swam's employment complaints/history on the Shag.  Would be one hell of a long game troll to impersonate him in that detail for that long.

    Yeah if you look back at Swam in the hornfan days, he was a typical conservative poster.  I agreed with him quite a bit.  Somewhere he took a turn towards the deep end, and we've been watching him approach it and then hit the gas as he went off the deep end since early shag days.  He definitely appears to believe the nonsense he spouts.  Its been amazing to watch.

    Its either that or I used to be a right wing kook and I worked my way out of it.  

  15. 54 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    I mean, sure, why not.  Our country has turned into a fucking telenovela, why NOT add a plot twist involving a rapper, his personal basketball league, and Qatari bribes?  Truth.  Fiction.  I freely admit that I can't possible tell you the difference anymore.

    Ay Dios Mio!

    If it will bring Ugly Betty back I will cosign.

  16. So was talking to my dad yesterday.  He was happy about this news about Cohen.  His thoughts were if they go after Cohen, then they just have to go after Hillary too.  She's finally going to get hers.

    Hillary is a singularly unlikable character.  Its amazing she made it to the head of the Democratic ticket.  But its even more amazing how much time and energy the right wing echo chamber has spent making sure that even the little bit of likability she might have has been wiped out by whole sections of this country.  Obama was the one in power the last 8 years, but Hillary is the one that the old Republicans all have a hardon for taking out.  I wonder what they are going to do when she dies.

  17. 5 minutes ago, Bat Guano said:

    White Man Is Accused of Seeking a Hit Man to Lynch His Black Neighbor: ‘$500 and He’s a Ghost

    May 10, 2018

    A white man in South Carolina sought a hit man to kill his black neighbor, hang the body from a tree and leave a “flaming cross” on the neighbor’s lawn, according to a court filing.

    Fortunately for the neighbor, the hit man was an undercover agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

    The man accused of doing the hiring, Brandon Cory Lecroy, 25, was indicted by a grand jury this week on two charges related to the scheme. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted.

    According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a confidential source tipped off the F.B.I. on March 19 that Mr. Lecroy, of Hodges, S.C., had reached out to an unnamed white supremacist organization seeking help in the murder.

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    More at the link.

    Tl/dr: Burned-up looking fucker (obligatory: all that hate's burned you up, son) contacts a white supremacy organization (unnamed) to kill his black neighbor and burn a cross on his lawn. Alt-righters are too pussy to do the job themselves so the FBI poses as a hit man and busts him. He thinks $500 is reasonable payment to kill a man (or maybe it's all he can afford).

    Looks to me like he's already had enough of starting fires for this lifetime.  Makes sense he'd be hiring someone to take on that job for him.

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  18. 10 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

    2 years ago: "Why can't Obama say ISLAMIC terrorists?!? We all know who is doing it!!!"

    Every side has the same complaint. I despise Trump, but the country asked for him. We were tired of Presidents acting like royalty and not accomplishing anything. Whether you agree with his positions or not, Trump backs up exactly what he said that he was going to do. He didn't bullshit people to get elected. 

    Lulz

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