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  1. 2 hours ago, troph said:

    What’s bad about saying the school fucked the whole thing up? I’m sorry, Texas is 13-0 and snubbed I for damn sure hope the university, coaches and players go out and win. If a one loss team wins the playoffs and Texas is 14-0, I’ll print the fucking tshirts and make the trophy myself. Have you seen how many BS titles Bama claims? 
     

    now FSU is dogshit but they still were an embarrassment to their university for how they handled it across the board.  A fucking lawyer letter that’s the best effort they gave. 

    It was a nice letter.

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  2. 1 hour ago, horn4life said:

    I thought the clip of her talking commerce and government overreach, and individual freedom, as fucking hilarious as a response to what caused the Civil War.  The GOP [oliticians KNOW that they have to keep the racists in their party happy, and any mention of slavery is forbidden.  

    Another perfect example of the elevation of stupidity as a necessity in the ranks of GOP politicians.  Haley's not stupid, but she has to act stupid, for her stupid constituents. 

    Yeah—imma gonna hafta disagree with you there, friend.

    She’s a fucking moron.

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  3. Jesus, it was bad enough when the Ticket stream was airing ads for some Christian medical "insurance," which isn't really insurance but a well-known and -documented scam.  Shit, John Oliver even had a segment about these outfits.  They're a complete fraud aimed at the most vulnerable.  But Cumulus still happily took their money.

    But now they're airing ads for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is a fucking hate group.

    Fuck that shit--I'm about ready to turn off that stream.

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  4. On 12/18/2023 at 11:19 PM, LTtxfan said:

    Raiola family has a great history at CORN. 

    Flipping 5🌟 QB Dylan away from Jawja is a really big win...  

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     . . . for Texas in particular.  We'll never have to see him play at Georgia, where he'd be throwing to NFL-caliber receivers from a well-defined and -protected pocket.  Instead, he'll be playing at Nebraska in complete anonymity.  

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  5. 12 hours ago, BeardIP said:

    I read today that, and in no small part due to the U.S. production, OPEC control of worldwide/total petroleum is down to ~50%. That is good as it the lower that number goes, the duller their influence when they act as a cartel.

    The amazing thing is that together, the United States and Canada now produce more petroleum than do Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.  

    We're kind of caught in this very Boomer mindset that the Arabs control the global petroleum market.  Today, that couldn't be further from the truth.  Combined, the Gulf Arab producers (i.e., Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar) produce less annually than the United States and Canada.

    2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Not an O&G guy . . . honest question:  is there a difference between SPR and in-field resources in terms of response time to add supply?  I definitely recall a pretty bad lag in drilling once thousands of rigs have been mothballed after price has cratered.

    Yes--the SPR is stored in salt domes in Texas and Louisiana.  So there is a lag not only in production, but in transportation.

    But whether that lag is meaningful is another question.  When it comes to addressing economic considerations, which is the only purpose to which the SPR has ever been put, the lag has not been material.

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  6. On 12/12/2023 at 12:27 PM, Incredulity said:

    Yeah, I mean no one has ever needed to fall back on reserve inventory of any production material in the history of making stuff.

    But we have the reserve inventory.  It's in the ground.  It's not going anywhere.  

    Your point makes sense for Oklahoma as it continues to weigh the benefits of creating a Strategic Meth Reserve.  Unlike petroleum, meth has to be manufactured.  And it has to be manufactured from chemicals that themselves have to be manufactured.  So there is the potential for a shortage if there is any interruption in the manufacturing process.

    But petroleum isn't manufactured.  It's already there.  All we're doing with the SPR is transferring petroleum from one hole in the ground to another hole in the ground.  And yeah, it's more accessible when it's in the second hole.  But it's not like we're ever going to have a real shortage of production equipment sufficient to justify the costs of the SPR.

     

  7. On 12/12/2023 at 11:44 PM, mdleast said:


    The traffic is the reason I avoid LAX like the plague. I recently opted for Burbank in lieu of LAX, and which Burbank reminds me (for the Dallas folks) of Love Field before they did the previous upgrades. That is incredibly small and basic but also incredibly convenient.

    I love BUR.  My favorite BUR story was from the 2005 NCG.  We spent all week in LA, going to the Tournament of Roses Parade and everything before the game.  So since we were going to be in LA for nearly a week, we decided to take one light and fly to Vegas, have dinner, make a few bets on the Longhorns, and gamble all night.

    So around 8:00, we head over to BUR for the Southwest flight to LAS.  We're not even getting a hotel room, so we had no luggage.  And so Mrs.LL (back when she was just LL's Girlfriend) is dressed to go out in Vegas.  Very short tight black dress with lots of cleavage.  Cool.  I mean, it's maybe a bit of an outfit for a weekend night at the airport, but there's a flight to Vegas leaving, so it's not completely out of the realm.

    We gamble all night.  Amazingly, we hit "10" on the roulette wheel.  That was fun.  Thanks, Vince.

    And around 5:00 AM we head to the airport to catch the 6:15 flight back to BUR.  We land at Burbank at around 7:15 at BUR in the same clothes we went out in last night, and . . . well, Mrs.LL didn't feel terribly comfortable walking through early-morning weekday travelers at BUR in her going-out-in-Vegas attire.

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  8. 1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

    They need to find a way to make sure at least one of Arkansas/A&M is in Austin every year with the other being on the road if they go to the 3 permanent rivals in 2025 and beyond.

    I'm all for good home schedules but I also like winning. There is a balance to be had and it's also tough when the marquee non con game is on the road.

    I initially completely misread this to mean that you thought Arkansas vs. aggy should play every year in Austin (instead of Jerryworld), and I personally think that would be awful, hilarious, and fantastic all at the same time.

  9. 55 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Shit’s borked.  Need to change portal transfer window.  How the fuck does this make sense w the playoffs pending? 

    He needs to be enrolled in school for the spring semester.

    The shit’s that borked is that the playoffs go so far into January that football is now also a spring sport.

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  10. 1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

    I just don't think the non-rival SEC teams hate us like most of the Big 12 did. All the players at TCU, Tech, and Baylor grew up beating Texas in their backyards. They know if they beat us they will make their names and be legends at their schools. And even to the guys from Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and West Virginia would get up for us as one of the flagship schools of the conference.

    No player from Georgia, Florida, or Alabama is going to feel that way. We will just be another game on their schedule...at least at first.

    Well, unless we're the defending national champions.

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  11. 2 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

    If Maalik leaves, best of luck to him, unless he goes to one of our rivals... which we have a lot of.

    Fuck that.  I'm cheering for Maalik wherever he goes.

    He could go to aggy, and I'd hope he would go 25-25 for 350 yards and 4 TDs in every game.  Just so long as aggy then loses every game 70-24.  Which, in light of the fact that their entire defense is apparently transferring, is not entirely out of the question.

  12. 18 hours ago, Parliament said:

    Link to the Sky News article: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-latest-putin-sky-news-blog-12541713?postid=6910575#liveblog-body

    US intelligence officials have assessed that Russia has suffered 315,000 dead and injured troops since its invasion of Ukraine.

    Officials say this represents nearly 90% of military personnel Russia had when the conflict began. 

    That means they only have 35k troops left? That and a buncha conscripts?  That can't be right.

    It's akin to the experience of the British Army in World War I.

    At the beginning of 1914, the British Army had roughly 250,000 troops.  In August and September, about half those were sent to France as the British Expeditionary Force.  By the end of the year, pretty much all of them were dead or wounded.

    On Boxing Day 1914, the British Army formed the Second Army.  That's not a term like the Germans had with First Army and Second Army, which invaded Belgium and France in August 1914.  The British Second Army was more like "we need to raise a second army because the first army got all killed and shit in the first five months of this war."

    That's where Russia is.  Their first army is gone.  They've now formed a second (and probably really a third) army.

    17 hours ago, MillerEP said:

     

    ^New Polish government looks promising
     

     

    I'm just going to tell you--at this point, I don't see how Ukraine can prevail without direct Polish involvement.

    And what worries me is that I don't think the Poles are inclined to allow Ukraine to lose.

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  13. 54 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    First, congrats on the weight loss. I agree that compliments that validate hardwork and an appealing appearance can be a very positive emotional and mental experience.

    I think the problem is less about offending the 1% with a condition and more about drawing attention to the 99% who used to be fat and sloppy. Especially when our experience tells us more of these people are going to lose the diet war and end up as fat or fatter than they were originally— though I guess with the diabetes weight loss drugs maybe that’s changed now.

    Whereas you felt great and validated and your ego was tickled by being complimented for the weight loss and didn’t consider that the comparison being made was that you used to not be hot to this person and probably most people who aren’t your wife, others like someone from the last page, feel bad about themselves because they hear insults to how they used to be ugly and fat and unacceptable in attractiveness. 

    I would hypothesize that it is a man/woman thing and gender privilege is at play but we had a guy on this very thread express this very sentiment on the last page, so I think sensitivity to whether commenting on weight is a compliment or a “backhanded” compliment is unique to each individual.

    I think that's all right.  And you hit on something I referenced--there is a gender issue at play, both as to the complimenter and the receiver of the compliment.

    I think the lesson, more than anything, is "use good judgment."  And if you have any question about whether you have good judgment, then perhaps consider foregoing a compliment.

    As an aside, and as I referenced, my former partner was the head of the firm's employment section.  And later that afternoon, a bunch of us attorneys were laughing because the employment section is always the one that is the closest to the guardrail when it comes to workplace behavior.  It's pretty much a cliche across law firms at this point--every firm I've ever been associated with has had the same opinion of its employment lawyers.

    But here's the thing--they have good judgment based on years of professional experience.  They know when something is going to be unwelcome and offensive.  They don't make those comments.  So they may make comments that seem out of place among others who are cognizant about watching our step.  But they never actually make comments or do anything that would be truly unwelcome.

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