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Dbeasy

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    Media Bias

    I’m so confused. Why is a trash article from a garbage business like Brietbart being quoted multiple times here.
  2. Independent in Travis County Leander here. My R voting has been dwindling for years, like a urine stream after five minutes at three in the morning. I think I’m straight ticket D this election, maybe for the first time ever? Any indication of heavy religious focus by a candidate now automatically means a No vote for me. Eff the hypocrites.
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    Media Bias

    Good luck trying to do that.
  4. Sooners fall again, Longhorns rise in morning light, Burnt orange shines bright.
  5. Some mentally ill, some just really dumb and gullible.
  6. Went to bed early. Saw highlights on Sportcenter. On the Dak interception in the end zone, what did Lamb say to Dak on the sideline?
  7. I wonder whether Trumps lies about the hurricane in NC will backfire. There is a lot of press right now about the lying. Maybe NC tightens up?
  8. His college resume is very suspect. Basically one year at OT after playing at TCU as an unimportant player. Yet the Cowboys spent a first round draft choice on him. Ridiculous risk.
  9. QB 101. When you’ve held the ball for several seconds, THROW IT AWAY. Idiot. No excuse for a veteran QB to do that.
  10. Texas 23 OU 14 Texas 162 yards rushing OU 142 yards rushing spread 20 yards.
  11. Georgia has not looked good in several games and lost to Alabama, but still will be ranked well ahead of them? They are getting a little too much leeway.
  12. Oklahoma - shouldn’t be that good, but sigh Sooner Magic Georgia - still dangerous as expected Vanderbilt - Much better than expected Florida - Looks bad but improving Arkansas - Much better than expected Kentucky - Much better than expected A&M - Much better than expected A lot of folks believe some of these teams aren’t a lot better, but instead are beating teams that aren’t as good as advertised. There’s maybe some of that. Missouri isn’t a top ten team, and maybe Tennessee isn’t either. But I have a feeling Texas is in for a rough road. They have the talent to win them all; do they have the focus?
  13. I perused the Conservative and Republican forums on Reddit. Holy cow. Talk about an echo chamber of delusion. They’ve structured these forums so that dissenting viewpoints that point out disinformation aren’t allowed. As a result, none of the ridiculous posts of disinformation are ever challenged. This reinforces their delusion even further. It’s really concerning. These people are living in a fantasy world.
  14. Missouri isn’t very good, but A&M looked pretty solid. Elko has them performing to a standard so far, unlike Jimbo who chronically underachieved. And he’s doing it with a lot of talent gaps. They’ve got losses ahead of them, but they can complete the season with some level of dignity, unlike Jimbo teams. Aggie fans should be encouraged. If they continue to recruit well, it’s a program with potential. It’s too bad their fans are a bunch of rubes. And I almost always over-estimate what they will/can do, so I’m sure they will revert to form.
  15. Today on Facebook I learned from my former real estate agent neighbor in Houston that the reason Hurricane Helena happened is because BlackRock and the Democrats conspired to cloud seed clouds so that the hurricane would wipe out the Republicans before the election and BlackRock would then be able to steal their land full of lithium deposits. I’m not kidding. Dead serious. This is the level of intellect we have in the world today. Idiocracy was not a documentary. It portrayed people as too intelligent.
  16. This is a preview of the officiating we will see in College Station. Will have to overcome that too.
  17. That has been the main Fox News story all day. Sigh.
  18. Hold on. I have heard this. I was on a web site dedicated to Teas Longhorn fans, and it was discussed.
  19. I spent 25 years in the venture capital/startup world. When I first started, it was a brilliant concept that launched powerful fantastic companies that changed the world in a positive way. It then quickly became essentially a Ponzi scheme to get rich by dumping crap companies on all of us. One of many ways to do that was by taking advantage of index investing, which buys companies regardless of their quality. VC’s and founders know full well they are pitching fraud, but don’t care. Investor beware. WeWork was a great example, and now VC’s have funded that grifter yet again. Capitalism is partially broken right now.
  20. Just like several other issues, anyone who disagrees on this issue MUST! bE a bIgoT. Dahobbs and Brisket you guys are both smarter than this. Dixon is right. Do better.
  21. For many years Craig Miller was solid because his dry humor bits were a nice balance to Jub and Gordo. But he’s become stale on those. I do still like it when he brings in interesting stats, like his Astros stats this morning. I really didn’t like Bob and Corby together but listened yesterday and there were a few moments where Bob started to mesh better and actually had funny side comments in the background. With Davy Lane, that show could actually become tolerable again. Maybe.
  22. Unlike Immamac, I see this thread as important. This discussion is not about the volleyball game. It’s not about transgender participation in athletics. It’s about how the mind of the public is manipulated for political gain. The current Republican formula for successfully gaining support is to take an emotional issue, like this or immigration for example, and establish a very simple idea that people can rally around. “Of course no one wants to see transgender men unfairly have advantages over women in sports, they say. Of course we don’t want millions of people pouring across the border, they say.” In a two minute sound bite society, most people have no time or interest to explore an issue further. Some of those people are bigots, racists, or misogynists. But many aren’t. They just have a simple viewpoint based upon a ten second reflection. So better border control sounds good banning men from women’s sports sounds reasonable. Then the people who are more educated on the topic call those people racists, misogynists, and bigots. And in the meantime, the issue being raised often is not addressed over time, elevating its visibility. Those actions then harden the other group, cementing their tribe. No one wants to be called bigots, racists, or misogynists when they aren’t. It’s offensive. So then you hear the tribe cry “We will not be woke!” To be honest, I’m a simple cave man often caught in the middle. It’s a tiring story plot that plays out a million times a day. Yet almost everyone gets drawn into that same play all the time. That’s the only thing I’ve really taken away from this thread
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