Everything posted by flatdawgs
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Legacy SEC Teams Had to Prove It on The Field
I hate all those teams. Except Texas. Hook 'em! (no Oregon embiggens my heart)
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Min Wage Increase Doesn't Impact Employement
Note that these aren't all apples-to-apples comparisons. In a handful of states (WA with an already high minimum wage, as above - also CA, OR, AK, MT*, MN, and Guam), there is no tipped wage - the state's minimum wage or higher wage per locality is the minimum wage for all jobs. In other states, several of which are listed in the quote, the tipped position minimums still apply. (*MT has some exceptions based on business size)
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Happy New Years you surly bastards
In Kirkenes (northern Norway) it was fireworks, no guns, unless the Russians down the way a bit decided to fire into the air - which they'd miss. Otherwise, no different here than a typical small town 4th of July, except for a fuckton of snow on the ground. The entire thing was people setting off their own fireworks, including "downtown", some quite impressive. Being Norway, nothing was actually open, so by 12.15am it was back inside. Happy New Year, ya Surly bastids. May 2025 beat all odds and be a great year for us all. Except that guy. You know who you are.
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Their general direction, yes.
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Thoughts on my visit today to the Russian-Norwegian border at Kirkenes 1) Rossiya, idi na khuy. 2) longcat follows, although for me 1 and 3 suffice. 3) Putin khuylo. Thanks for reading (or ignoring - TL;DR certainly applies) - after two+ years of reading this thread and following the war, it was more than a little surreal to stand a meter or two from Russia and to also understand the complexity that the war has engendered in this small part of a close ally.
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Winter Weather 2025 - Arctic Blasts or Sweaty Ass?
lol I'm in the Arctic at this moment, about 71° N in Norway, and it's 35 degrees outside. That other stuff sounds shitty.
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Jimmy Carter [RIP 12-29-24]
I had the immense pleasure of meeting President and Mrs Carter several years ago and they could not have been more generous, kind, and welcoming. He was wickedly funny and had a way of speaking that sucked you into whatever he was saying, enraptured. Gil's post above captures the essence of why I believe history will be far kinder to his presidency than it has been, but regardless of that, he was not only a great man but a good one. RIP, Mr. President. Thank you for the immense good you have done for the world, thank you for the time you gave to a nobody like me, and thank you for the example you set, even if today it seems as though we have gone 180 degrees in the opposite direction. I don't pretend to know what if anything comes after this life, but the thought of you and Rosalynn somehow being reunited makes me happy. May your memory continue to be an inspiration.
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Kirk Herbstreit is a Douche Waffle
Yes. I mean, Washington fired Tyrone Willingham and hired Steve Sarkisian. Total cesspool move. Who could survive a hire like that?
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
It was also the Soviet/Third International/Comintern plan for dealing with the French, British, and Germans. The plan worked for the French and British, but at great cost. It turned out to be irrelevant to the USSR, at even greater cost.
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Happy Yule This Wōdnesdæg!
Feliz Natal e boas festas, seus animais nojentos! (from the non-Portuguese town of Lillehammer)
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
I am in Lillehammer (Norway) for Christmas, and at the restaurant i had Christmas Eve dinner last night, the young lady server told me she was Ukrainian. Offering a "Slava Ukraina!" and receiving a "Heroiam Slava!" with a huge smile in return, I told her that I had learned the words to "Chervona Kalyna" and we sang it quietly (well, she sang; I did whatever) to again a big smile. She was already in Norway prior to the war, but her family is mostly still in the Kyiv area. It was heartwarming yet with a tinge of sadness and fervent hopes that somehow, some way, this will all be over soon, and with justice and fairness for Ukraine. (Brisket's son's visa issue reminded me that the multi-year visa processing delay I'm dealing with in Portugal is due in the main to that country's very open-armed Ukrainian refugee policy and prioritizing their visas, and as such it is something I do not mind in the least.)
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Formula 1 2025
In for another season. Thanks to all of you in advance for your insights and discussion - although I've been following for decades, so many of you know a lot more than I do about the intricacies of the sport. Should be a great year of racing. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Negged for not going with "McRibbed".
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Trump’s America
The West Coast states (and British Columbia, should it go into effect in WA, OR, and CA) all adopted permanent daylight saving time 5 or so years ago. However, Congress must approve any changes to observance of standard time and they've not acted one way or another on it. Ending DST is possible by state action, so any state could be on solely standard time; HI, AZ and parts of IN I believe do this already. A bill to put WA on permanent standard time was introduced in the WA legislature this year but it did not get out of committee.
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What the Fuck is Wrong with you, Orcas?
That sighting is literally where I used to fish for salmon. Although I never saw one with a fish on its head, when you saw the orcas around you there was no point in fishing for the rest of that tide - the salmon were long gone. You just drifted and enjoyed the show around you. Orcas are truly majestic. They'd have been more so if they'd bothered to wear a damn fish hat for us.
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Predict the first expanded playoff national championship game
Texas will beat Oregon in Dallas, and I for one will be quite gruntled by this outcome.
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College Hoops 2024-25
Me too. Word is '27-'28 season. This city will melt down.
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College Hoops 2024-25
Wish I had gone. Great place to watch hoops. Hopefully the Sonics will call it home soon. This game is always anticipated every year (no, I'm not a Zags fan lol). Nice win for UK.
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Pooooooor aggies. Now shut the fuck up.
that'd be good Bull
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2024 Random Games thread
Doesn't ISU go to the B12 title game with a BYU win? Hope so - pulling for them and @Al_4_ISU
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Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
I'd love to see some of these countries step up and say "Yeah, no, we're not accepting those credentials." But... timeline.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
lol yeah - neither my brother or buddy had ever been to Texas (I have many times), so when we visited last January for the national title game in Houston I took them around to various places so they could experience at least a little bit of Texas, like what H-E-Bs were closed (all of them), etc. As we'd all flown into Dallas for various reasons, on the way back I wanted to show them CS (they're familiar with A&M's various quirks including the Finding Kyle Field stories). As we drive into town my buddy said "people couldn't find THAT thing?" After driving around campus for a bit, my brother asked me "Can we get the hell out of here? This place makes me sad" and so we did.
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The GQP: Trumpist Death Cult
I was waiting for them to go out and for the little girl to show some poor lost soul where Kyle Field was, even flying with them from California to do so.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
First they came for the avocados, but I don't like avocados, so I said nothing....
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PSA: if you still have a Twitter/X account on Nov 15 their new TOS go into effect. 5 days to opt out and delete all, if you want.
I'm not from Texas, none of my family is (although I've been many times and have criss-crossed the state), but I love Traces of Texas. You really catch the spirit of what Texas seems to be. It's one of the best things I've found via my delinquency on Shaggy/Surly.