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  1. 37 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    I’m going into the robot insurance business 

    You should also insure against "damage by dildo" as I'm sure your current trade has hurt a lot of pussies and buttholes.

  2. 29 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    Look, libs need to persuade people with their ideas, not structure the system to eliminate competition to those ideas.  I welcome Republican refugees and view this as an opportunity to convince some of them to move left over time.  If we don't get enough of them to win long term, we need to work on our ideas or our arguments. 

    Exactly! Both GoLL and Brisket have stated they've already moved to the left. Both of them admit they now reject supply-side economics, Brisket is in favor of freakin' universal healthcare.

    If these right-of-center moderates have accepted those views, then the Democratic Party (*petooi* / *spit*) has a unique opportunity to shift the middle leftward.

    For left-wingers such as myself, I'd call that a big win.

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  3. Head FB coach at Permian just up and quit at a really shitty time:

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    Permian football coach Feldt resigns

    ODESSA -- The head football coach and athletic coordinator of the Permian Panthers is resigning from his position.

    According to Ector County ISD Assistant Superintendent Roy Garcia, Coach Blake Feldt is stepping down from his position to take another job with another district.

    That new destination has not been announced.

    Feldt was the coach of the Panthers for the past five seasons.

     

    http://www.cbs7.com/content/sports/Permian-football-coach-Feldt-resigns-488290631.html

  4. 14 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    Our sign and t shirts were here waiting for us when we got back to the house after vacation. We’re in.

    My two signs and t-shirt were on the doorstep when I got home yesterday after being gone for a week. I'll start volunteering at the end of August.

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  5. Not Amazon but still noteworthy:

    Austin beats out Dallas, other cities to become home to Army's high-tech Futures Command

    In a contest that has been called the military's version of Amazon's second headquarters sweepstakes, Austin has been selected as the home of the Army's new Futures Command, where sci-fi ideas become reality.

    Bloomberg News first reported Austin's big win Thursday afternoon.

    Austin beat out four other finalists, including Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Raleigh, N.C. Dallas had been one of the initial 15 cities considered before that list was pared down in early June.

    The Army announced late last year that it was looking to start up a new Futures Command to help it design and produce the kind of high-tech equipment and weaponry needed to fight wars of the future.

    The new command will take charge of the Army's six top modernization priorities, including long-range tactical missiles, the next generation of combat vehicles and helicopters, air-and-missile defense and "soldier lethality," which includes the Army's next rifle.

    Army leaders have described the Futures Command as a "hoodies and jeans" alternative to the stuffy, spit-and-polish culture of a traditional Army post. They want to create the kind of disruptive innovation emblematic of Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial culture to help them build the Army of the future.

    To do that, they need to go where the talent lives.


    "We want this headquarters to be located near leading academic and commercial institutions to harness the best talent possible in emerging technology and innovation," Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy said in a letter to the House Armed Services Committee.

    From new rifles to helicopters and air-and-missile defense, the Army is eager to modernize. Already in the pipeline are improvements in weapons and equipment, such as developing the next generation of night-vision goggles to ensure their soldiers "own the night," Army officials have said. 

    Robotics and drones will also play an increasingly bigger role in the Army's future. Like air drones, robots could be used to explore dangerous or hostile locations while relaying information to commanders.

    Two years ago, the Army selected Austin as one of its four locations for its own tech startup, the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, or DIUx. The organization is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and along with Austin has offices in Boston and in the Washington, D.C., area.

    The Futures Command will be run by a four-star general, and the headquarters would have a staff of about 500, most of them civilians.

    Anyone have any leads on where it'll be located? Camp Mabry maybe?

  6. Moreover, it was vague as hell. A lot of the Remainers would like another vote once the public actually gets a chance to see what the deal will eventually be. Right now, the ruling party can't even decide whether they want a "hard" or "soft" Brexit; hence, the resignations.

  7. 3 hours ago, realgreggym said:

    I have stated numerous times on this thread that if an R does something inappropriate or against the law, they should receive appropriate justice for what they did. Too bad that piece of crap Teddy didn't but he is residing in hell so thats something.

    Does this standard also apply to your president and his bragging about sexually assaulting women and the multiple allegations of other inappropriate behaviors?

  8. 2 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

    Who was the poster on the old board with that chilling tale of seeing illegals loitering around a polling station voting over and over again?

    I didn't read that post firsthand, but it was later attributed to FCHorn, I believe.

  9. 7 hours ago, EuroHorn said:

    Three Supreme Court justice appointments.  Lol. Lasts decades.  

    As will the damage this shit smear president is doing to my country, Eurofuckwit. lol

  10. 10 minutes ago, tantric superman said:

    Have a lot on our plates but need to have this conversation.  I think the party who becomes the quickest champion of using income/wealth need as the sole qualification for any kind of preference in public education wins the day. 

    I'm stunned that Republicans have not championed this, but to be honest, I'm stunned with the total lack of ethics or desire for equal opportunity among the Republicans.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-race-schools.html

    At this point, I could probably get on board with some sort of formula that factored in a number of other socioeconomic indicators, including test scores on a curve in comparison to the student's school, class rank, highest level of education of parents, income of parents, percentage of students in the high school from which the applicant graduated who are on free or reduced lunch, education spending per student, student disability status, and district household income.

    Given those types of factors, I think most colleges would be able to hit target quotas 99% of the time and there would be zero conceivable argument that minorities are receiving preferential treatment.

    That's about all I've got to say about this topic, though I'll follow the thread to read counter-arguments or other approaches.

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  11. 3 hours ago, zork said:

    Good ole pooty poot.(

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    )  What is there to fear?  Shouldn't we converse with our enemies?  Isn't that why we met with Iran, North Korea, etc, etc?

    You are a shitty troll, and your username besmirches one of the great (albeit text-based) early computer games.

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  12. My personal view is that labor, regardless of sector, has the right to organize and bargain for workplace protections (which, if you read my post above, I could've used). I understand the sticky situation for those who desire to opt out of the union and not pay dues. In my case, I didn't earn representation. An argument could be made, however, that I may have received other benefits that had fought for by the union which means I was somewhat of a free-rider.

    That, however, is a separate issue from campaign contributions. I'd be perfectly fine with abolishing union campaign contributions so long as corporations are also excluded from being able to do so.

  13. 5 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    The reason why public sector unions require so much cash is because the are essentially fundraising arms for the Democrat party, and until now, much of that fundraising has been legally mandated even among people who would otherwise despise the union's political priorities.

    The idea that public sector unions are apolitical entities, doing their best to improve the work conditions of their members who would be exploited if not for the unions, is a quaint century-old idea. The modern public sector union is made up of government employees with cushy work environments, and whose mission is to elect Democrats with forced union dues.

    Private sector unions are fine.  Public sector unions are dirtier than the mafia.  And more harmful.

    Bullshit. As a public employee for the State of Texas, I had an option to join the union. I did not and got royally fucked by my political appointee boss when I voiced concerns about your tax dollars going to some shady shit. I suppose I could've gone public, but I didn't want my career to be ruined. I essentially had zero employment protections without being a union member.

  14. 33 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    Dems didn’t care that much then. Because they smugly assured us Hillary would win and nominate someone a lot more liberal.  The bitching started in earnest after the election. 

    Bullshit. Most of us were outraged by that unprecedented display of senatorial "leadership." But, yet again, the Republicans have lowered the bar, and you seem quite content to revel in your temporary "win."

    Guess what? The wimpy liberals are no longer just outraged but are reaching an enraged boiling point. Enjoy it while you can, because they'll be coming for folks like you.

    I have a feeling expressions like "Eat the rich" will be all the rage in a few years.

  15. 7 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

    Anything that happened to have been shot in Texas or set in Texas shouldn't necessarily be included. I think Texas or a particular place or part of Texas needs to basically be a whole character of a movie for it to count. That or the movie is about people or something distinctly Texan.

    I don't think Bernie has been mentioned, but it should definitely be somewhere on a list of Texas movies. Hell, the diner scene alone with the old man describing different parts of the state is classic.

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