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bolverk

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  1. Was it this guy or Kash Patel who said he basically plans to run his agency from Vegas instead of DC?
  2. I'm sure the fine folks of Midland are champing at the bit to drop Legacy and get their beloved Lee High School back along with their band in Confederate uniforms and the crowd waving that shitty rebel flag.
  3. Absolutely, it's performative. My biggest practical concern about their deployment to Big Bend is the potential damage those Strykers might do to the desert floor if they start going off-road. That might sound trivial but desert ecosystems can be really fragile to that sort of thing.
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  5. Passive aggressive bullying of a gigantic frozen island that they want to steal. The entourage wasn't welcome, so he never left the US base that's located almost 1,000 miles north of Greenland's capital.
  6. 73 new cases reported since Tuesday, and two more counties have been added to the list: Andrews and Midland. Of the 400 infected, only two are vaccinated people, demonstrating how effective the vaccine is. The vast majority are children, many of whom are under 5yo, and teens. https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025
  7. About a minute of various clips.
  8. https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/putin-finish-off-ukraine-mocks-size-british-army/
  9. Pretty sure everyone knows about the Orwellian order for the Smithsonian to remove their "inappropriate ideology" already, but it also sounds like they're ready to start putting Confederate traitor statues back up. It also requires the interior secretary to reinstate monuments, memorials, statues and similar properties that have been removed or changed since Jan. 1, 2020, to β€œperpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology.”
  10. Countries That Have Issued U.S. Travel Warnings https://www.newsweek.com/portugal-issues-travel-warning-us-2051891
  11. My gawd, get out.
  12. Username checks the fuck out. I was just looking at photos/videos. Terrible shit. Edit: Godspeed, bro. I hope you don't lose your home -- really sorry this happened. I'd be freaked out right now if I were in your shoes.
  13. My guess is he's just persecuting them for their religion. "SHARIA LAW!!!" Gov. Abbott announces third investigation into East Plano Islamic Center, citing 'potential' fraud A third investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center is underway, with claims from Gov. Greg Abbott the group could be misleading investors who've purchased land in an upcoming project β€” though the governor did not provide details as to how. The Texas State Securities Board is conducting an investigation for "potential failures to comply with applicable state and federal securities requirements," including protections against fraud, Abbott said Thursday. β€œThe group behind the proposed East Plano Islamic Center compound may be misleading investors,” Abbott said in the press release. β€œDefrauding Texans will not be tolerated. The Texas State Securities Board is conducting a thorough investigation to ensure Texans are protected from financial harm that is alleged to have been caused by EPIC." Abbott did not give further details as to what state and federal securities requirements may have been violated and has not responded to repeated requests for comment about EPIC in recent days. Thursday's announcement comes after two separate investigations launched this week prompted by the governor and Attorney General Ken Paxton against the mosque and its project "EPIC City." The development would be located in Josephine, a city about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. It includes a new mosque, more than 1,000 single and multi-family homes, a K-12 faith-based school, senior housing, an outreach center, commercial developments, sports facilities, and a community college. Abbott has repeatedly accused the mosque without evidence of promoting "Sharia law" β€” referring to a body of religious laws forming part of the Islamic traditions, which itself has been the target of conservative legislators across the country. KERA News reached out to the East Plano Islamic Center for a comment and will update this story with any response.
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  15. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/19/paul-ryan-reacts-kevin-mccarthy-recording-238602
  16. Since my high school years, I've seen the shitty consequences of: A stupid War on Gays. The older boyfriend of a good gay friend of mine commit suicide by pointing a pistol at his chest and firing, rather than have to face AIDS, while Good Ol' Ronnie pretended the AIDS quilt wasn't spread across the National Mall. A stupid fucking War on Drugs. A stupid fucking War on Welfare Queens. A stupid fucking War on Terror. Stupid fucking invasions to further our addiction to Middle Eastern oil. Stupid fucking support for a small Apartheid nation-state oppress an entire people based solely on Biblical passages from 2,000 years ago. Stupid fucking denial of Global Warming. Stupid fucking tax cuts for billionaires. Stupid fucking attack on people coming to this country to better their lives. Stupid fucking court rulings allowing billionaires to buy our government. Now, we get to see the stupid fucking consequences of putting a torch to everything. Do you want me to go on? Everything I've seen since I started paying to all this shit around 1990 has been a prolonged four-decade mental health crisis among conservatives.
  17. I've been pissed about the state of things for 35 years, watching one of the two major parties slowly, but inevitably, fall into a party of hate and self-destruction.
  18. I'm not going to deny that we're all pissed. Why aren't you?
  19. @Anastasis You're quickly losing some of the goodwill you earned when you personally reached out to offer comfort, understanding, and knowledge as my dad lay dying of Covid in a small-town hospital while my PA sister, who dropped everything at her practice in Denver, was desperately trying different means of treatment for my mom's recovery at home, who was also in a bad way with Covid while my sister was living in my parents' RV next to the house for a month, putting on her special hospital spacesuit each time she entered the house. In that moment, you patiently explained what you thought was best at that time, which I continue to greatly appreciate to this day. Back then, you showed empathy, kindness, and humanity. The stuff you're saying right now is just fucking callous, ignoring all the deleterious effects that are ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, both here in the US and abroad. At the time, a little over four years ago, you flipped a switch for a little while, turning on your education and training, but now, you've turned that switch off and let your individual ideology overtake the humanity you once showed me. I know you still have that setting switched on when you correctly criticize what the Israelis were (are) doing to the Palestinians. That empathy stuff is a good thing. It shows you're not a sociopath...unless you're really good at faking it and have totally fooled me. It's okay that we all don't believe the exact same stuff, and I'm going to still disagree with a lot of shit you say, but what's most bothersome is the touch of malignant glee that lingers around some of your latest posts. I mean, you came across as a burn-it-all-down guy for a while during the first four years of this jackass, but I think you actually kind of mean this shit now, disregarding any internal emotional guardrails you'd developed to cope in life to get along. You're genuinely coming across as a belligerent -- someone who seeks joy from the suffering of others. And what makes this all the worse is that you're digging in on your habit of just not communicating in a straightforward way, as if you want to make people divine your intent. I just have got to say, that shit is some veritably manipulative behavior. You're not the Oracle of Delphi. Why can't you be a normal guy again, identifying specific problems you see, exploring ideas, explaining your viewpoint, not being cagey, and offering up what you think are good solutions to your grievances without causing harm to other humans? None of the above is meant as an insult; I'd just like to fucking understand.
  20. We've all been asking ourselves that for almost 10 years now.
  21. I don't really know much about the industry, but according to this piece, about a quarter of their parts/components are imported, so they will see some effect. https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/40328-non-political-tariffs-thread/page/9/#comment-6970790 From here, I saw an estimate that tariffs could increase the cost of an EV by about $12,000. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342456/tariffs-tesla-imports-musk-trump
  22. Interesting about the TCU news. So, I'm in my early 50s and adopted. I met my birthmother in 1998 (we remain close) while I was getting my Masters at UT. I never met my birthfather in person (RIP - he passed this past summer), but we spoke on the phone once about 15 years ago. He had two other sons from a different mother, both much younger. The older one attended Rice, while the other went to TCU. The latter was apparently on one of their athletic teams and got caught up in all of that and got busted. I'd first heard about all the brouhaha on Shaggy when it happened, but I had no idea one of my half-brothers was involved when the news broke. I learned about that a few years later, I think from my birthmom. Anyway, I eventually did find his name in an old newspaper article about it and what the charges were, with distribution being one of them, but I don't recall what the drug was or if it was mentioned. When I spoke to my birthfather, he hadn't told a soul to anyone in his life that I existed so I gave him his privacy. I've never been in contact with either half-brother, so I don't know the TCU one's side of the story. All I can say is that it looks like charges were dropped against him for whatever reason. I'm pretty sure my birthfather was rich, living in a big house in River Oaks and having inherited an independent oil company from his father, so I don't know what deals may have gone on to get my half-brother out of that mess. By all appearances from what I can tell from what's publicly available on his FB page, the younger half-brother got off scot-free (I think). No idea about his recovery or rehab. It'd be wild if you knew him. Anyway, I'll just hum a couple of bars of "it's a small world after all" and wish you the best. Keep rockin', good man. Best to you, too, ztejas.
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