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  1. 4 minutes ago, ChuckNorrisActionJeans said:

    IMO, some aspect of the women-against-women stuff is a trauma response. Just this endless cycle of "I had to suffer through something, you younger people should have to also." Bitterness, shame, resentment, etc. can be turned outward. For men, this usually occurs via violence, with women, it's more of a social shaming. I mean, on a larger and more literal scale, look at female genital mutilation. The female elders are the ones doing it to the younger generations, even though they know the pain and suffering it causes. Religion/cultural tradition plays a big part but that's not the whole psychology of it... the patriarchy infects everyone, and the cycle of abuse uses everyone as an instrument to perpetuate it. 

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    One tool to combat this is education, that is to be more specific: not the educational reinforcement of "girls can't do X (shall I list all the topics? Nah, don't think I will) but the education that promotes awareness of not only what girls can do but also of the social awareness of functional vs dysfunctional relationships, culture, and society. IOW, something one can (possibly) get in high school and/or higher education. So the banning of women & gender studies (among others) is about more than LGBQT persons and the 'morals police,' it also serves (as stated in the post above), to keep women in their place. You could substitute a number of other under-represented groups, but women (and transwomen) encompass all demographics of race, SES, sexuality, and age.

     

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  2. 20 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    Wait, your HOA is called "EcceciasteEstates"?  That's a weird coincidence.                                                                         

    This came up (not by me for once) at Easter weekend with some family.  I know I belabor this point, and men are most certainly to blame for the vast majority of all of this, but I am just fucking more and more dumbfounded why women are so eagerly doing this to other women.  And I can't ask why, it's none of my business what their personal past may have been with regard to abortion or D&C procedures or sexual assault or what have you.  But it is just jarring to me how enthusiastically vocal so many Texas women have become (at least in my neck of the woods) with regard to every birth is a blessing, even if by a date rapist or creepy uncle, carry it to term, and should your life be put in danger---well then that's just God punishing you for thinking about abortion in the first place.  I get that men think that way, we're fucking assholes.  But listening to women openly talk that way, what in ever the living hell?  Did I miss a meeting?   

    Mean Girl Gate-Keeping.

    Some of them never outgrow it. Also, as a dad, this is something you can model for your daughter--how to stand up for herself because those mean girls start developing their skills in elementary school and it can leave a lot of scars.

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  3. 15 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

    If they're anything like Uvalde, they'll continue voting Republican, even at the expense of their offspring.  Leopards faces person woman man camera tv whatnot.  

    I hate to wish Midland ill, but if the wind was blowing eastward perhaps the resulting pollution lingered over Tim Dunn's 6000 sq ft place.

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  4. I am not a Mildred nor do I happen to know any personally but I see nothing wrong with it.

    It means gentle strength and that seems rather charming if you ask me (not that anyone did but this is Surly). I did know a Walter in school, the only one I've ever known until a SIL gave one of her sons the name as his 'middle' name.

    I find names kinda cool in general. They can be common or unique but each of us takes our name (or chooses it later) and makes it a part of us. We can be teased for it or admired or shortened or nicknamed (from our original name) but no matter what, it is us in all our messy complicated history of our time on this pale blue dot.

     

     

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  5. 3 minutes ago, Smax said:

     

     

    morons, every single one of them

    I'm looking at that fellow and without ever watching the video, my first thought is "Mister, I don't think ANYONE wants their lifestyle anywhere near you regardless.".

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  6. 25 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

    Get a rope.

     

    Eight hours of benzene that was (if I read the paper correctly) 15 times the limit, and eight hours of carbon monoxide at 2500 lb/hour (limit=351.79/hr) among other things.

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  7. 5 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    One thing ive always wondered is why is it even legal to drive one of these vehicles in every day traffic anyway? Why do we invite people to do stupid shit then act surprised when they do stupid shit? Roads have speed limits yet we allow vehicles on them that can do 180 mph.....because why? What is the point? If you want to play with your rich people toy isnt there a rich people place to do that, where normal every day people dont have to put up with it?

    Oh my sweet summer child....

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  8. 3 hours ago, Boss Hogg said:

    I don’t think it’s well intended, at all. It was intentional and the only way I can see to take it is, whoever actually runs this administration is openly hostile to Christians. 
     

    Wild times. 

    Wait until next year when Easter falls on April 20th. Now THAT should really get people talking 'bout the devil....

     

    Easter moves, March 31st does not. So uh, yeah.

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  9. 2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    And 39.73 in the finals. That would have been the new high school national record two weeks ago. 

    I only post the UT/Collegiate results in the UT (Other Sports) track and field thread so as not to derail it, but the HA time from Victor Lopez would've won the collegiate division (which UT won btw).

  10. Texas Relays, a few early Saturday results:

    Women

    Discus (B group): Meredith Adams (5) 49.55m/162' 6"; Kacie Rhodes (15) 40.02m/131' 3"; First place: Ines Lopez (Arizona State) 52.51m/172' 3"

    High Jump: Trinity Tomlinson (3-tie) 1.79m/5' 10 1/2"; First place: Temitope Adeshina (Texas Tech) 1.87m/6' 1 1/2"

    4X200: Texas (3) 1:32.70; First place: Team International 1:27.05 a meet record. Arkansas was the second place team.

    Men

    4X800m (final): Texas (3) 7:33.88; First Place: Clemson 7:28.33

    4X200 (final): Texas (3) 1:22.33; First Place: Houston 1:21.55

    4X100 (final): Texas (1) 39.22

    ^^^ Humble Atascocita's record breaking run in the 4X100 at Victor Lopez was a 38.92; crazy!

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  11. Texas Relays Results (Wed-Fri) College Only, HS Results not listed.

    Some events had no Longhorn athletes and were omitted.

    MEN

    Decathlon: Leo Neugebauer (1) 8708 Total Points; Brock Lewis (10) 6768

    Hammer Throw: Jeremiah Nubbe (1) 73.11m/239' 10"; Luke Partridge (21) 56.18m/184' 4"

    Pole Vault: Connor Boenig (14) 5m/16' 4 3/4"; Sam Hurley (DNS); First place: Maddox Hamm (Va. Tech) 5.55/18' 2 1/2"

    400m Hurdles (prelim): Chris Brinkley (4) 51.32. first place in his heat and qualified for final.

    Javelin (B group): Cooper Tyler (8) 60.93m/199' 11"; First place: Joe Nizich (Air Force) 65.13/213' 8"

    800m Invitational: Elijah Mosley (10) 1:52.24; Evan MacGregor (14) 1:52.70; First place: Jesus Tonatiu Lopez (Hoka) 1:45.39

    1500m (B group): Henry Coughlan (12) 3:59.78; First Place: Aziz Mohamed (West Texas A&M) 3:50.37

    1500m (A group): Haftu Knight (6) 3:50.05 ; Emmanuel Sgouros (10) 3:51.86; First Place: Omer El-Fadl (McNeese State) 3:46.98

    3000m Steeplechase: Logan Patete(6) 9:04.38; First Place: Tomas Vega (New Mexico JC) 8:53.46

    5000m: Hudson Heikkinen (7) 14:19.83; Jack Boyd (10) 14:24.68; Samuel Bass (11) 14:30.52; Nigusom Knight (12) 14:39.52; First Place: Ernest Cheruiyot (Texas Tech) 13:38.28

    4x100 (prelim): Texas (5) qualified.

    4x400 (prelim): Texas (2) qualified.

    110m Hurdles (prelim): Kendrick Smallwood (36) did not qualify

    Shot Put (B group): Michael Pinones (7) 17.68m/58' 0 1/4"; First Place: Trey Wilson (Texas Tech) 18.41m/60' 4 3/4"

    Long Jump: Solomon Washington (1) 8.14m/26' 8 1/2"; Jathan Belaire (4) 7.78m/25' 6 1/4"

    High Jump (B group): Dylan Lineberger (12) 2.06m/6' 9"; First Place: Justine Jimoh (TAMU Commerce) 2.16m/7' 1"

    Sprint Medley: Texas (1) 3:15.03

    Distance Medley: Texas (4) 9:51.14; First Place: Texas Tech 9:41.40

    400m Hurdles: Chris Brinkley (3) 50.63; First Place: Oskar Edlund (Texas Tech) 49.94

     

     

    WOMEN

    Heptathlon: Kristine Blazevica (3) 5662 Total Points; First Place went to Jenelle Rogers (Ball State) 5825

    Hammer Throw: Kiana Lowery (14) 49.73m/163' 2"; First Place went to Gudrun Hallgrimsdottir (VCU) 68.40m/224' 5"

    Pole Vault: Kaeli Thompson (10) 4.15m/13' 7 1/4"; Sophia Kowalski (18) 3.85m/12' 7 1/2"; First Place: Amari Turner (Cal) 4.35/14' 3 1/4"

    400m Hurdles (prelim): Akala Garret (4) 57.54 first place in her heat and qualified for final.

    800m Invitational: Mackenize Browne (13) 2:09.91; Amity Ebarb (16) 2:10.98; Imuetiyan Ogbeide (20) 2:24.25; First Place: Shafiqua Maloney (Captain Athletics) 2:00.25, meet record.

    1500m (B group): Natasha Beijen (7) 4:37.36; First Place: Kalkidan Vincendeau (West Texas A&M) 4:29.50

    1500m (A group): Olivia Howell (3) 4:21.42; First Place: Juliet Cherubet (Texas Tech) 4:17.67

    3000m Steeplechase: Allyson Little (1) 10:41.57; Virginia Knight (7) 11:08.88; Maddie Hatfield (10) 11:42.06

    5000m: Eva Jess (3) 16:04.83; Elizabeth Pickett (13) 17:01.28; Brighton Mooney (19) 17:54.76; Haley Harper (20) 17:58.16; First Place: Elizabeth Leachman (Boerne Champion) 15:25.27 a meet record and high school national record. Phenomenal...

    4x100 (prelim): Texas did not qualify

    Long Jump (B group): Michelle Graham (6) 5.87m/19' 3 1/4" First place: Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi (ULM) 6.14/20' 1 3/4"

    100m Hurdles (prelim): Emelia Chatfield (3) Qualified

    Long Jump: Aaliyah Foster (1) 6.75m/22' 1 3/4"

    Discus: Nina Ndubuisi (7) 51.02m/167' 5"; Chrystal Herpin (10) 48.43m/158' 10"; Kiana Lowery (15) 43.82m/143' 9"; First Place: Valarie Allman (Asics) 67.98m/223' a meet record.

    Sprint Medley: Texas DNF; First Place: Clemson 3:44.40

    Distance Medley:  Texas (3) 11:35.69; First place: Arkansas 11:21.87

    400m Hurdles: Akala Garrett (1) 56.19

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  12. 1 hour ago, Seasick Sailor said:

    I read the Nine and really enjoyed it. it's a very different book than The Shadow Docket. It's much more focused on SCOTUS history and the justices themselves. It's been a few years, but i don't recall it getting too deep into any of the technical details of the Court's work like you get in the Shadow Docket. Toobin wrote a follow up a few years later called The Oath. If you like The Nine, it's worth checking out too. 

    Thanks! I checked it out and am in the first part and I agree that it's different but I'm enjoying it as well. I will look for The Oath as this topic has been a good one.

  13. Leftovers so had the time to make a couple of cocktails: Charlie Chaplin for starters & finished with a Sloe Gin Pink Lady. Should've taken pics because they're purdy but here's a grab from tha Web:

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    I do like gin don't I?

     

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  14. 4 hours ago, The Dog said:

    LOL

    Gonzagastan.

    The irony of this elected rep not taking the L is so on brand. Gonzaga, the university founded by a Jesuit priest who wanted to "minister" to indigenous peoples in the area (vicinity of what is now Spokane, WA). How the past and the present are so tragically humorous makes me long for a modern day playwright with the gift to display this folly and hubris because otherwise we would weep. From one white "savior" of the past all the way to the present's Mad Matt, we are the stupidest humans when it comes to admitting that what we don't know about each other is the first step towards a peaceful existence.

    Edit: @Biff Tannenput it much more succinctly; well done.

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  15. 5 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    As I got older, the more I loved stuff like the top dressing work. Hard work, sure. But put on some music, you have a straightforward task, and you get to see exactly what you got done at the end of the day.

    They got there...eventually...

    The (bigger) one we all enjoyed the most was painting their rooms one at a time. They were involved start to finish with the planning, prep, all of it and yes, the satisfaction was long-lasting and the conversations during the process were a hoot.

     

  16. 15 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

    Just pulled the baseboard in the kid's bathroom (next to the shower) because I suspected it was getting water to it over the years. Sure enough, it's soaked. Had to then pop off some tiles and have fans on it. The happiness index for a certain kid is about to plummet.

    Nah, not really. He didn't know. But he is going to learn how the framing, drywall, paint and trim of a house goes together. Go ahead and replace a leaky valve stem while I'm at it. They don't teach that shit in Zelda.

    You're a good parent. My spouse most often has or had the children help with various tasks just as I do. I taught them the basics of lawn stuff because that's my jam (along with cooking and baking) but he's really good at plumbing and the vehicles and while at first, mom and dad were 'dumb' to make them do this stuff, it's funny how the older they've gotten the smarter mom and dad have gotten in their eyes. Although, the year we had a dump truck full of dirt delivered to top dress the entire lawn front and back may go down as the chore from hell because we were all happy to get that one done.

  17. 2 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    and donkey, and monkey and every other stupid animal/tobacco combo an idiot can come up with

    Once I figured out the rubric about eight configurations ago is was easy. If it helps you at all, you can do as I do:

     When you see one of the posts, just say in your head: HON-KEY and move on.

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  18. I don't believe many men even realize how difficult it can be for a woman sitting in an exam room regardless of whether the physician is male or female due to personal biases about women's health in general. I don't know if it relates to the common perception that 'women are EmOtiOnaL' and therefore are not to be believed or are stupid when they have concerns, questions, or are in pain but when I see the stats that specifically address women of color and health outcomes as compared to others I'm not surprised. I'm in a privileged class and run into this, I cannot imagine the obstacles that those women must face in finding treatment.

    It isn't all physicians/PAs/etc and the other issues with healthcare in general (shortages, corporate interference, insurance, etc) but to your point, Satchel, there is a very long history of men simultaneously ignoring women's health and yet regulating it when it was convenient for them to do so.

     

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