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  1. Mea Culpa time. New info seems to contradict the initial story of police in pursuit prior to the shooter entering the school.  Now hearing that the school called for help and first LEO on the scene was a border patrol agent. Other LEO’s arrived later. Engaged and the shooter and killed them. If that’s the case, good job, guys.

    Confirmation bias seems to have struck in a fast developing sorry. My bad.

    Bernard

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  2. 1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said:

    I would say let's find out the precise facts concerning law enforcement conduct and activity in connection with this incident before either condemning or exonerating them.  We don't know at this point whether the police "fail[ed] to do their job" in this particular instance.

    True. We are very early in learning the facts of the case. I’ll stand corrected if new facts dispute my current jump-to-conclusions. Obviously, I’m biased. Of course we all know that cops are compulsive liars, so there’s always those pesky facts that get buried. Time will tell.

    It’s all tragic regardless. My mom was an elementary school teacher. So this hits close to home.

    Bernard

  3. 8 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    why dont you join the force and make a difference yourself since clearly you think LE needs better applicants. 

    I retired from real work at 39. HPD max age for a cadet is 44. At 43 I considered doing exactly what you suggested, just to serve in internal affairs. Alas, that was a decade ago. Too late to get hired now.

    Also, 15 people are dead in what appears to me to be an easily preventable crime. Seems like the police failing to do their job is a valid point of discussion  

    Bernard

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  4. 9 minutes ago, Message Board User said:
    • And perhaps most perplexing to me - if the shooter was a murder suspect being chased by the cops and then crashed his truck into a ditch, how in the world was he able to make it to a school without the cops intervening?

    I suspect the dash cam footage from the chase is being deleted as we speak.

    Do you recall the armed police officer who was ON DUTY at the Parkland school shooting; the one who exited the school and hid in the parking lot while the shooter murdered innocent victims inside???

    Bernard

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  5. 3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    I'm really curious to know more about how the shooter ended up at the elementary school. Did he choose to go there or was he chased there by the cops? Seems like there's more to the story in how the shooter ended up at an elementary school he had no affiliation with

    Photos show his truck crashed (at the blue dot) in this culvert, not far off the road. Some reports that police were already in pursuit  

    Bernard

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  6. Cops pursue murder suspect. 
    Suspect crashes truck in culvert. 
    Suspect exits wrecked vehicle with two guns in hand and travels over 400 feet on foot, passes through school’s fence and into school’s entry before cops in working cop car(s) can stop him?????

    Can’t wait to hear how the worthless, pussy-ass cops spin this story.

    Bernard

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  7. 8 minutes ago, ABSR said:

    Not sure where you are saying that was it was not showing up.  I saw it as top story on CNN and then went to Fox to see if more info and it was lead there too.  BBC has it at the top as well.

     

    They broke away from regular markets talk on CNBC for several minutes of “breaking news” about this story; and that was when there only two reported dead, and 14 “injured”. It’s getting massive coverage.

    Bernard

  8. 19 minutes ago, Paul Wesley said:

    Thank you. 
     

    I kind of knew something like that was the deal, but I wasn’t sure how much control I would surrender to them to tow anyone they wanted, or how the guardrails worked to keep from getting myself or my clients towed by mistake.  
     

    Also reluctant to ugly up my property with towing warnings, but the alternative is getting constantly pissed off at my immediate neighbors.  

    The contract I signed was a boiler plate agreement. Easy boxes to check and blanks to insert names of those who can authorize a tow. It can range from you giving the tow company carte blanche to tow any violators on their own to having them tow only when you specifically call and say “tow this mofo right now”.

    Unfortunately, there’s no getting around the sign requirement. I was worried about ugly signs. In the end, they weren’t the eye sore I expected.

    Bernard

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  9. Drive to a nearby property and look at their towing signs. Call the number on the sign; phone must be answered 24/7. Tell them you want to sign a towing contract for your property. Install proper signage; Texas towing sign regulations are very specific. Towing company will likely offer cheap signs for free. If you want higher quality, you can get them done many places at your own cost.

    The contract will be no cost to you. The contract will have various options as to who can authorize a tow.

    I’ve done it. It’s quite easy. 

    Bernard

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  10. 2 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

    So at least for oil & gas, the numbers I can find don't support the theory that we've slashed production. Whether current production is enough to keep up with demand is another matter.

    I seem to recall OPEC cut production 10 million barrels per day during the pandemic, and they’ve only increased by 500,000 barrels per day since the world opened back up. It’s time to tell the Saudi Royal Family to open the spigots before we start talking about democracy and regime change in their backyard.

    Bernard

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  11. 7 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

    Was the dude Dr. Beeper/Rex/Porterhouse?

    I don’t recall his name. Last time I saw him he was on the front porch of my house on 25th with tears in his eyes asking us not to press charges. I reminded him that we hadn’t even recovered all of the stolen items yet. He walked sadly back to his Croix condo and gathered up the remaining loot that he “forgot” to give the police the night before.

    Bernard

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  12. 2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    It's the "independent" fraternity that was SAE.  Let's put it this way.....these are guys who behaved so shitty, national SAE kicked them out.....but they keep on keeping on, except without any national standards or oversight.  It's going about as you'd think it would.

    CSB: An SAE burglarized my house in West Campus on the night before the A&M game in 1990. Got away with felony level value of stuff. The security guard for the Orange Tree and Croix condos solved the case a few days later. APD showed up, went to his place and recovered most of the stolen shit. Refused to arrest the dude even after he admitted to the crime. My roommate and I wanted to press charges. APD made it so difficult, we eventually gave up.

    Bernard

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  13. On 5/12/2022 at 11:58 PM, davidg said:


    But you are still using a shitty igloo cooler for a table, but then again that’s pretty awesome in itself

    Only a true garage drinking aficionado would recognize the Ying and the Yang of an Igloo table. 👍

    Also, posting just to show off the new mood lighting. Drinking in your garage alone is best with just the right amount light at just the right color temperature. 🙂

    Bernard

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  14. It seems like a career law enforcement officer could have come up with a better plan for the post-escape phase of the operation. The escape went well. Liquidating known assets like her house is on the right track. A ghost vehicle and a private place to wait out the surely expected media storm seem like obvious must haves though.

    Maybe cops are dumber than I thought.

    Bernard

  15. My 79 year old (otherwise healthy / former marathon runner / employed until COVID) mom called me Thursday AM. Knew something was wrong immediately. She’s struggling to speak. Then manages to get out, “I fell on the steps”. I was already in my garage, so in less than 10 seconds I was on my way. She slipped feet first. Landed hard on her back on the plushly carpeted steps. Crawled to her phone down the hall. She’ll be OK, but she fractured a vertebra. Pain meds and rest for time being.

    She got her first Echo Dot 4 going today. Soon she will have one in every room and the garage. Apple Watch is being discussed.

    The first few seconds on the phone call we’re scary AF.

    Bernard

     

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  16. 54 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    so the perhaps the best idea to reserve a place to stay west of the center line and drive east the day of? I also figure that people will be lazy by going to a spot nearest to them. It might be good to go southwest. What's del rio like?

    Moving east toward the center line will be WAY better than moving west. Most people will not plan ahead. Half of Austin will wake up that morning and try to drive to Llano or Fredericksburg or Lampasas. Half of San Antonio will wake up that morning and try to drive to Kerrville or Uvalde. And oh yeah, half of Houston will be doing the same thing.

    Bernard

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