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Posts posted by RomaVicta
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2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:
Let's not forget infinite regulations and penalties for poor people who get a traffic citation, etc.
My life has been a roller coaster of fat and lean times. In lean times I learned that the penalty for being poor is fines.
My upward roller coaster always caught me up on that, but I never forget what a burden this must be for people who don't have my (white, educated, likable) advantages.
Once I was in line to pay a light bill to keep the lights on. I owed about $50 which I borrowed from a friend while I awaited a paycheck. The black woman in front of me was trying to negotiate a $230 bill for electricity. She was not a woman of means. She likely lived in cheap housing with no insulation and was probably making food versus bills decisions. It was an eye-opener for this suburban boy.
When she left I couldn't meet her eyes even if she bothered to look my way. I felt ashamed after that brief glimpse of another life.
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17 hours ago, Cosimo de' Medici said:
You are all a bunch of fucking racists
Negged for negging Irwin Fletcher. Shooting into a crowd on your way down is rather deplorable conduct.
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16 hours ago, HenryJames said:
Aside from the obvious motive of hiding illicit communication from government scrutiny, I wonder if Trump counts on those foreign governments listening as a way of indirectly communicating with them.
Rudy, I want you dig up some dirt on Joe Biden and have a foreign country release it. I'm really sad to see occupancy at Trump Hotel is down. I'm losing a lot of money there. I wonder if we should support the Kurds in Syria...
Trump is vulnerable to security breeches, but it's probably not easy to prove he was counting on his foreign contacts to be listening in. His specialty is dodging legal accountability, and I think we can assume this includes extensive experience in sly communication. Recall the Cohen testimony about how Trump conveys things without actually saying them.
Trump is an idiot about government and anything outside of his immediate self-interest, but he was trained from a young age to swindle, welch and elude.
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22 hours ago, 4th&Five said:
Why not done?
You want a scam, Mr. President? There's your scam.
The government approved prices for medical drugs and equipment which are applied by profit takers throughout the medical industry form maybe the most immoral scam ever placed upon an entire population. Time Magazine devoted an issue to it a few years ago. The villains count on the populace being too bored by reading to put a stop to this broad-daylight robbery.
Let's not forget our friends in the insurance industry skimming their percentage off the top.
It's time to watch Hud, again. One of the three great Paul Newman H movies: Hustler, Hud, Hombre.
You're an unprincipled man, Hud.
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I got just what you need.

This baby comes in just the right colors.
And look, we can make it even more stable!

We put some wheels on these sweet babies and Gorilla Tape them right on!
You've seen the Gorilla Tape on the TV, haven't ya? Lasts forever!

We can do this for $300,000.
Cheaper than getting a player off the hook for nearly killing a woman.
I don't have to tell you how much that costs.
Deal?
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6 minutes ago, GRHorn said:
I think a lot of the over the top behavior of Republicans comes from two things.
1- First trying to cause a stir, get trending on Twitter etc.
2- Emulating behavior that they think Trump appreciates. Everyone in Washington is trying to move on up the ladder.
Neither of those things is really new or noteworthy, so I don’t comment on them. Plus, people here do it constantly. Nance flipping out is noticeably different.
I’ll retire now from my brief psychoanalyst career. Carry on.
It's not just another ordinary day in DC, my friend. To what end are the GOPs doing as you say? They protect a criminal in the White House and, as far as I'm concerned, they try to keep their own sorry asses out of the hoosegow.
They'd all be in the iron cage on the North Atlantic bound freighter if I could be autocrat for a day. They care not a whit for the US and anyone prevaricating for them is equally worthless as far as I'm concerned just not as criminal.
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8 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:
Nobody has anything remotely close to the level of contempt for Republican voters that Republican politicians have.

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11 minutes ago, GRHorn said:
Nancy lost her cool here for a few minutes. Why? I wonder if she’s concerned about how things are progressing.
She spit out the notion that both sides are the same when a reporter tried to project conservative/Trumpist motivations onto to her. The hate engine wasn't created on the left. Plenty of worthless shit has been created on the left, but not that malign engine that now runs out of control.
As said above, look at the performance of the GOPs on the House Committees. No attempt at real argument. Nothing but cheap gas light theater. I doubt one minute of their ranting carried a scintilla of the genuine passion Pelosi showed here at having argument over a Constitutional issue reduced to a mere grudge.
Do you claim not to back Trump? I don't see you post much about non-Dems acting strange.
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1 hour ago, Tuco said:
The founders did not account for political parties when they formed the Constitution. The whole concepts of "majority" and "minority" wouldn't make sense. All of this - parties selecting committee chairs, whips, etc. - are later inventions. Hell, even the notion of the President naming his Vice President was an invention later. Can you imagine how much difference this would be if the GOP (and DNC) couldn't punish Congressman and Senators for following their conscience?
Of course, the founders were wrong. The structure of government led to the party system, and very quickly. Washington was the last non-partisan to be elected, and he watched his fellow founders divide into camps. He watched two of his brilliant advisors, Jefferson and Hamilton, wage political battles which necessitated parties for strength. This was his warning in his farewell address.
I don't consider Washington to be a visionary of political philosophy, like others were. But, yeah, he hit the fucking nail on the head here.
Wow. I love Washington. I think scholars are drawn to Jefferson and others because they were scholars.
There is no US without Washington. What you quote is brilliant observation. I'm ashamed to say that I've never read it before. I love Washington even more now. He raised jackasses and built America's first front porch at Mt. Vernon. He arranged for the freeing of his slaves after Martha's death.
He handed back to the people the immense power he had been entrusted with. Statues of him all over the world portray him extending the scroll of power back to the people.
It is such a shame that he's been reduced to a marble statue to be sniggered at for the myth that he had wooden teeth.
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Just now, SydneyCarton said:
Lots of people have fun and productive conversations on Message Boards. It's just never with you included.
Now you're just making me sad.
Or should I rejoice that I may now be in one of surly's petty feuds that bore the shit out of everybody?
Nevertheless, thanks for explaining the ins and outs of Message Boards for me.
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3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:
What a fucking misleading piece of distraction. You can claim to laugh at what you deem as excessive or hysterical responses of some people, but when you show up and tell people who are pretty informed on the topic that they're blowing things out or proportion, congratulations, you're basically advocating that what is transpiring is no big deal. Don't be act all surprised when people immediately spit the bit on that piece of shit. Let me give you a wildly exaggerated example:
"Listen, guys, you don't know Jerry Sandusky gives bad advice about defensive hires. It's not like we're asking him on shower tips."
The fact of the matter is, there are people with demonstrated and well documented poor insight into many things, and Greg Davis is one. Be it how to run an offense, which we witnessed for years. As well as hiring and program running suggestions for Herman at Houston and here as well, which we've seen play out here in the form of his first staff, as well as in game-planning for this years Oklahoma game. This is a man who hasn't really run a successful ANYTHING (other than stealing money), so sitting here and playing the "Oh, we don't know what input is being asked" is pretty irrelevant. Davis hasn't succeeded as a head coach, he is a middling to horrific offensive coordinator, he's never had to hire a full football staff, etc. So what fucking advice should we want from him? Incidentally, he has advised Herman every step of the way here and it's been an abject failure that's brought us Casey Horny, Drew Mehringer, Derek Wareheim, etc. And guess what, he's part of Herman's echo chamber, which is a legitimate and documented problem for how we got here. So why would you even tacitly defend this guy's input, even if just by saying "You guys are over-reacting?" Shit, Tom should just ask Drew Mehringer out the door who should replace him at WR coach. We don't know what kind of advice Drew might give, it could be outstanding advice even though he can't seem to make a right decision for himself. Maybe you think he should give hair tips?
Well, you know I'm going to agree with you there, obviously.
4 minutes ago, UncleBuck said:I think the first mistake you make is trying to have a serious discussion on this message board.
Also, TL;DR. And I love Dickens!
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7 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:
As BschoolProf goes on to illustrate later on, this is completely the wrong take.
Greg Davis was on campus during the OU game giving offensive feedback. Davis has given feedback to herman repeatedly over the years...including staff hires previously. And you want this guy showing up and advising again after the last results as well? His presence is yet another redundant indicator that Herman doesn't fucking get it, and his echo chamber and cognitive dissonance are the most important thing to him in his life.
Excellent example of exasperated hand throwing. Thank you.
I never indicate a preference for Davis to be anything, so no I don't "want this guy showing up and advising again..."
My point, which you illustrate very eloquently, was about the hysteria about any new development. I don't know the quality of Davis' advice. I don't know the gravity of his impact with Herman. I don't know of one thing he has advised for or against. I'm only just now aware that he was around for the OU game. I don't know what he did there.
Not knowing, I don't default to "OMG! Since other things are shitty this is shitty! OMG! Someone questions that! He must be shitty, too!"
Things are indeed shitty right now. Herman is ultimately responsible. I think coaching changes were called for. Herman may deserve firing next year. See, I'm aboard. But I don't get reading tea leaves to feed a melt-down jones. I don't get laying out a firm position in advance of facts (Davis advising! Herman is an insufferable human being! Herman hiring an acquaintance will end our world!"), so I make a joke of it.
You see, I come here primarily for entertainment. I also enjoy reading the opinions of people who know more than I do or are witty. Many of the hand wringers fit that description. They're also hand wringers.
Perhaps it is far far better thing they do than anything I have ever done.
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36 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:
Who else better to help screen candidates than the most prolific screen game OC in the history of UT?
Is that your arguement?
No, but I like it.
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1 minute ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:
This was lulz yesterday

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The GOP Reps in the House have chained themselves to Trump. Now the senate GOPs can do the same thing.
How will that look if Trump's financial records are released and it's finally revealed that he's guilty of fraud?
How will that look when Lev finishes his flip and drags in Guiliani?
The GOPs will be tied to a minority of virulent, racist, idiots.
I suspect the GOP will be implicated in a broad foreign bribery scheme. I see no reason to think what we know about the Eastern European money, the NRA, Lev&Igor, Manafort, and Flynn are anything other than the tip of the tip of the corruption ice berg. Somewhere, enterprising reporters must be digging out this story. Reporters who aren't afraid to believe a mortifying truth.
Maybe the GOPs are all in on Trump because it's the only victory available to them. It will be short term. It will likely permanently cripple the republic, but ultimate defeat and maybe jail will be delayed for these traitors.
Sadly, even when they go down, the GOPs will leave a ruined nation crowned by a the diamond tiara of a tiny percentage of super wealthy supported blindly by serfs who can't see past the red, white and blue shit in their eyes.
A shining shit hill on a city.
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6 minutes ago, gecko said:
Roma, I don't visit this thread for information, I come here purely as entertainment.
Were you not entertained by my metaphor? Also, I didn't write anything about the content on the thread. I just made a surly observation about the hyperventilation.
I am glad to know why you come to this thread.
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On 12/4/2019 at 5:46 AM, tejas60 said:Ryan Leaf is coaching and Johnny never spent time in prison. The president has been set for this and not unlikely.
No CR?
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He's not asking Davis to call plays. He's just asking for advice.
You guys are going to dislocate your shoulders from throwing your hands up in the air at every new development.
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5 minutes ago, Thiefery said:
Which is going to make it awkward if naviar and washington are both let go.. who is gonna be the coaches for the bowl game? Does Tom announce Ash then wait til after the bowl game to let them go?
I'm guessing they'll be paid for staying through the bowl game. Maybe a bump in addition to their contracts.
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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:
Another likely blow to farmers. I've always thought of these programs as helping both the poor and the food producers.
But the Trumpists who believe themselves to be hard asses will applaud and wave their guns.
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Turley is going to make so much money on the conservo speaking circuit and working for their think tanks. He's the Jimbo Fisher of impeachment law specialists.
I'd like to know who he has been talking to lately, because I would not be surprised if there's not a quid pro quo in his immediate past.
The GOPs claiming that impeachment is invalid without at least some cross party voting is rich. It's like saying a RICO case can't go forward unless some of the accused are on the jury.
I hate these traitorous villains.
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32 minutes ago, McCroskey said:
Well if that's not the goal, then I've completely missed something. Why exactly are they subjecting us to this, then? To stick Trump with being the 3rd President to be impeached by the House? yeah, that'll bother him.
It's the right thing to do whether Trump is removed or not. He committed crimes.
Your feigned pragmatism must be the latest GOP rude to stay on the wrong side of this, yet appear sane.
Fuck that
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1 hour ago, South Austin said:
No way in hell this thread goes off topic.
Who could object to some jibes and snark? Some of it is even amusing. I just wanted a place where the usual flood of repeated complaints (many valid) don't drown out news. It's a beating reading through 30 posts about Herman's arrogance or what an ideal staff would look like when you just want to know if anything is going on.
I read the other thread, too. But the rumor of Harrell at Belmont is nice to find without a search.
We'll see if this thread serves a purpose. Most of the threads I start sink like stones. A bit of me dies each time.

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26 minutes ago, SameSame said:

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Donald Trump 2019
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Bravo, sir. Astute and eloquent.