Everything posted by Kyle
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Dallas Couple Custody Battle Over 6-yo Gender
Bruh ... a court filing by definition is a primary source. While the filing may not be accurate in terms of recitals, you can read the claims and decide for yourself. Do you think the site fake the filing a la Dan Rather? What for you would be an unbiased source? FWIW, I did not read any of the commentary of the discussion of the filing, but the filing is what it is (you can read that online unless you're all in #fakenews).
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Dallas Couple Custody Battle Over 6-yo Gender
It's funny how politicized science actually is ... Everyone loves #science as long as it agrees with their agenda.
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Dallas Couple Custody Battle Over 6-yo Gender
If people don't understand simple grammar, how do you expect them to understand complex issues? Snowflakes are basically moronic bullies with bullhorns.
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Dallas Couple Custody Battle Over 6-yo Gender
I realize today anything that disagrees with us = fake news, but the article, while an opinion piece, links to primary sources. What part of the article did you find biased?
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Caravan
Anyone that is pro-illegal immigration have a POV? If these folks genuinely are seeking asylum from political persecution in Central America, then accepting Mexico's offer (which is rare from Mexico, which has a much tougher stance on illegal immigration than the U.S.) seems like the perfect answer as well as less disruptively culturally. It seems to check all of the moral, ethical, and political boxes, so why does not everyone get behind this solution? It does not seem like anyone could quibble with this.
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Paolo Macchiarini - Fraudulent Surgeon
According to one neurosurgeon quoted in the podcast, most residents would have been expected to have performed 3,000 surgeries ... this guy apparently did not break 100 before graduation. Psychopath notwithstanding, I think they guy generally did not know how to perform surgery, according to the podcast.
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Caravan
I hate to break up the national socialist emoting, but serious question ... why don't they accept Mexico's offer of asylum? That feels like a win-win?
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What Podcasts Are You Listening to?
I could not figure out what was more insane: that he graduated from a respectable medical school (granted secsecsec but not the Bahamas #noracist) or that he managed to do so much harm, so quickly, in so many places, and no one stopped him. Not sure I have been so scared of going to the doctor since that Anakin Skywalker movie about the guy who had heart surgery but the anesthesia did not work.
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Dallas Couple Custody Battle Over 6-yo Gender
File under don't see this every day. Not a doctor, but six seems a little young ... some of these affirming shrinks seem like the other side of the conversion therapy coin. http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/26/mom-dresses-six-year-old-son-girl-threatens-dad-losing-son-disagreeing/
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What Podcasts Are You Listening to?
I just listened to "Dr. Death." Maybe the most frightening and unbelievable story I've heard in a long time.
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Paolo Macchiarini - Fraudulent Surgeon
Anybody listen to "Doctor Death" about the fake neurosurgeon in Dallas who paralyzed his friend, killed at least one woman, and maimed many others? It is both frightening and amazing the guy could 1) graduate from medical school and 2) get away with so much carnage for so long.
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New Record for Serial Killing, May Have Killed Texas Woman
I understand wanting to find out who he may have killed, but it seems like a waste of our money to prosecute a guy already serving life terms. From the article: A man who has admitted killing more than 90 people, including one from Texas, may be one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history if convicted, officials say. Samuel Little, 78, made the confessions in a series of interviews with federal authorities and law enforcement from 14 states. Investigators have tied him to about 30 of the crimes so far, but don't doubt the confessions, The New York Times reported. In May, Texas Ranger James Holland traveled to California where Little was serving three consecutive life sentences for the murders of three women in the 1980s. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/11/26/man-says-killed-90-may-prolific-serial-killer-us-history
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Running thread of white people calling cops on people of color for everyday stuff...
Outrage is a drug. Must feed the addiction, real or not.
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Embracing Liberalism
I think this largely is at the heart of it. Both parties seem to celebrate and promote the extremes and anti-intellectualism versus pragmatic, long-term solutions, which I get do not play well in a world of twitter. Too much emotion, too little rationale thought on both sides. Complex problems require more than sound bites, but the latter seems to be all that counts.
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Teams that left the conference -- where did they finish this year?
Texas-pig was one of the great historic rivalries. I would put pig on the schedule every year. Nothing quite like Royal-Broyles. With ousux now in conference, that would be a great annual non-conference showdown. For some reason a bunch of pig people go to my church, and they still hate Texas more than any other school.
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Teams that left the conference -- where did they finish this year?
I'll respectfully disagree with you. I realize I'm asking for it, but despite the ESPN hype, Baylor had two arrests and those players never played / never played again after being arrested. Osbourne had myriad arrested criminals playing for him regularly. Baylor certainly dropped the ball in its governance, but much of it was accusation with not a ton proven - those that were were dealt with. No, not making excuses, but I think don't think just because a young black guy is accused he's automatically guilty. Yes, I read the Pepper Hamilton report as well as the formal letter from the university exonerating Briles. Like anything that garners popular opinion, there is often a distinction between popular opinion and reality, which is not to say there was nothing but to say it likely was not to the scale of the social media storm. Not trying to derail, so feel free to flame /neg away, but I'm not going to respond so as to keep on topic. I'm not defending every action Baylor took at all, but I also think it is no worse than TCU, Nebraska, FSU, etc. The university just completely mishandled the crisis and allowed it to take a life of its own. My beef with Osbourne in addition to putting winning above women is his ridiculous hypocrisy. I'll given Fisher, Patterson, Briles credit at least that they were not pretending to be something they are not. I don't see how a man can speak at Promise Keepers one day and have Lawrence Philips play the next.
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Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
Unfortunately knew the song but don't get the Dwight Howard thing either. #honkey
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80's Movies
Started War Games last weekend. The early 80s technology is awesome.
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Her love was like bad medicine
Morality aside, did she think it was worth life in prison? #whatiswrongwithpeople
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This is why you keep your mouth shut if you find $7.5M in cash
That's what I was thinking. Just pull out $1,000 / week and pay for small stuff with cash. Sprinkle a little in the bank each year but just control yourself.
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Teams that left the conference -- where did they finish this year?
Osbourne may have run the dirtiest program in college football history while that hypocrite hid behind his religion. He had exponentially more coverups and criminals than Baylor or TCU ever thought about having. To me, Osbourne is the epitome of evil and hypocrisy - Briles and Patterson do not pretend to be some thing they are not.
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2018 Texas HS Football
Longview has broken my heart too many times to get excited. This feels like it could be the year, so I'm planning on a loss next weekend versus Vanderwhatever ... Longview has to be the best program in the state by far never to have won it. Anybody know much about Vander? The record obviously impressive, but I don't know much about that district. I can barely even keep up with how the playoffs are done these days. Get off my yard, but I remember when one team / district made it, now basically half the schools make the playoffs it seems with so many classifications and playoffs. Texas high school playoffs have become bowls - too many to keep track of.
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Interesting article about Panera founder: short-term profits vs. stability
Agreed. This is among those 100 ideas that I think almost everyone agrees with but for some reason no one can really implement. I guess because people. I think most realize this, but when we started tying executive compensation to stock price, things fell apart. That is one of those 100 ideas that sound really good in the classroom and makes sense theoretically, but no one ever thinks through the long-term consequences. Again, because people.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Count me among those more surprised at two piss-poor defenses and terrible officiating.
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Teams that left the conference -- where did they finish this year?
I always told my pig people friends - who were secsecsec about aggy joining - that aggy would be the worst thing to happen to it because it would take away its single biggest selling point. There is really no reason pig should be a decent football program: small state, no national appeal, etc. The one thing it had was secsecsec close to Texas, but aggy and misery will siphon more and more of that - why go to pig when one can go to aggy or misery - bigger schools, closer to large cities. I suspect pig will be in the dump for eternity - Petrino worked magic for a bit, but I suspect that was pretty dubious. I would guess Nebraska and Missouri might regret their movies, but I doubt they would ever consider rejoining - no many as prideful as academics and athletics. I am old fashioned and think the best part about college football is the regional rivalries and really hate what the ESPN did to college football. I would return to six regional conferences, which would be perfect for a legit playoff: six champions and two wild cards for an eight-team championship.