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  1. 100% spot-on Roma. Climate change is FAR too inadequate to describe the destruction being wrought. Climate cataclysm ... climate catastrophe ... eco apocalypse, etc. And it is not just "global warming." -- We have plastic inside our bodies, in landfills, lakes, rivers, oceans, and now in the freaking clouds. -- More than 100 million pieces of space junk are orbiting our planet. -- SpaceX is launching 40,000 low orbit telecom satellites, which reflect light back to Earth, thus interfering with astronomy and gazing at the Milky Way. While at the UT-McDonald Observatory, I saw some SpaceX satellites launched from California. Cutting right through the night sky. Musk ain't no visionary. -- Many other firms from around the world are planning on launching tens of thousands of similar low orbit light polluters. Imagine thousands of constellations of satellites marching in all directions across the night skies. -- We are effecting a 6th extinction event as development invades all eco-systems on Earth. -- Our civilizational detritus is already turning into fossils. We are transforming all the ecosystems on Earth. -- Scientists call this a new epoch: The Anthropocene. Botton line: Humanity's cosmic narcissism --- believing we are the center of all value, meaning, and purpose --- is encasing our planet in junk and pollution, all while pretending to be a mighty species. Meanwhile billions still believe an imaginary God has their back and ordained them to trash and rule our tiny speck of a planet and solar system hurtling through the Milky Way at 492,000 mph for billions of years. Any enlightened ETs would totally avoid our mess. A complete cosmic laughingstock (except for our greatest art and science). Rant//Over.
  2. Thanks for catching that. After losing the starting QB job to James Street to run the wishbone, "Super Bill" Bradley converted to DB his senior year and instantly became a Badass DB. My dad said Bradley intercepted 4 passes in 1968 Aggy game. Was also awesome punter. One of the great all-around athletes in UT football history. Played starting DB with Eagles for many years.
  3. Lulz. USC Preacher Boy's sermon has more holes in it than the USC defense. No CR.
  4. Nutz indeed. Easily, the most delusional takes I have seen in my 33 years online (as I posted upthread). Everyone has talked about how stacked the roster for 2005 was v. 2023. Let's look at records and coaching. For all his maddening flaws, Mack prior to 2005 had seasons of 11-2, 11-2, 10-3, 11-1. Flawed seasons to be sure, but the coach and team were building confidence and learning how to win 11+ games, setting the table for 2005. The coach for the 2023 team has never had a 10-win season nor less than 4-losses in a season. Nothing would more fantastic for long-suffering Horns' fans than for Sark run the table. I hope it happens. But history says otherwise ... until Sark does otherwise and wins 10+ in a season. Starting in 2001, Mack was 55-8 going into the title game with a 20-game win streak. Currently, Sark is 17-12 with a mighty 4-game streak. After 13 years in the desert, one would hope there would a huge amount of humility here. But, nope, not here, not with some of these posters. Never a good idea to tempt the football gods. They will mock you.
  5. The GQP cultists who believe Covid/Vaccines are a hoax ... also likely believe the ETs in Mexico are real. Similarly, those who believe the election was stolen ... also likely believe scientists stole the ETs from Roswell and are hiding them. It's not certain that our education systems and democracy can overcome all this idiocy this long-term. It's like scientists, some professors/educators, and a few skeptics against the global systems of TV, Hollywood, Netflix, conspiracy theorists, YouTubers, religious fanatics, and grifters -- all metastasizing like Stage 5 brain cancer on the social media platforms.
  6. Let me get this straight: Sark and the Horns now have a mighty 4-game winning streak, scoring 34 points per game, and beat one good team (a down Bama team). So not only is Texas "back" from the desert, this team now rivals the 2005 team? Huh? The 2005 team had a 20-game winning streak, averaged 50 points per game (could have been 70 points per game if Mack kept the foot on the gas). Won two Rose Bowls, beat Top 5 Ohio State in the Shoe, won Big 12 title 70-3 and it could have been 100-3. Beat the Trojans in perhaps the greatest college game of all time. The list of superlatives is endless, as previous posters pointed out. Simply put: 2005 Texas is simply one of the top 3 greatest college football teams of all time. Comparing the 2023 team to 2005 is likely the most delusional take I've ever seen in 33 years online. It's so delusional, I fear the football gods will reanimate Seven-Win Steve to gut punch every one of us ... back to reality.
  7. If Rome existed in the 21st Century, it would be called America. No CR. And DKR is a 21st Century Roman Colosseum, battles of tribal conquest, complete with ear-splitting sound, clouds of smoke, and massive electronic/media spectacle. All right in the middle of a Top Shelf research university. Same with many other stadia spectacles, especially the Super Bowl, as seen in Katy Perry's Halftime Show (below) and many others. This is where we are in American Rome. Deal with it.
  8. Yep. Lot of delusion in this thread because of a big win over Bama (a team that is likely good to very good, but not great). No surprise. Kinda like last year after the 49-0 wipeout of OU, followed by three more losses in the rest of the season. After 13 years of bad UT football and crushed hopes, the dream and delusion are understandable. Fans are hungry for a great Texas team. It's easy to like Sark and his story, but we all know he has yet to have a season with less than four losses. In fact, while at Washington, he had a big win over #3 USC and still managed to go 5-7. Had other big and solid wins (over ranked teams) in seasons at Washington and USC and still never had less than 4 losses. We all hope he runs the table and wins Big 12 title and national title, but his historical record says some losses are likely coming. I hope not, but the first three quarters of the Wyoming game are a warning right before our eyes ... for something kinda like the TCU game last year. This is the year for the stars to line up for Sark. Barring some key injuries, there are no excuses.
  9. And don't forget Speyrer's other legendary catch in the 1970 Cotton Bowl. -- Down 14-17, 2:26 left in 4thQ, 4 and 2 at the Notre Dame 10-yard line. -- James Street, under heavy pressure, tosses a very low pass to Speyrer, who somehow made a diving catch with an Irish DB on his back, scooping the ball just off the grasstop, at the 2-yard line. Epic clutch pass and catch. -- Horns score winning TD three plays later. Royal could have played for tie and still have a title, but that was not Royal's M/O. Pick up the video at 11:24 mark. The reply has best shot of Speyrer's catch.
  10. Anyone know when McConaughey became buddies with Djokovic?
  11. Spot on. But, there is more. The hidden foundation of the "both sides" (and denialism) posts from conservatives/Republicans in CR. "I'm a reasonable Republican, not a Trumper. "I mean, well, I went to church just like my momma and daddy did. After all, we were a conservative, God-fearing Texas family. I always voted straight R just like my daddy told me. And I loved my daddy. "My daddy told me Reagan and Falwell were damn good men who were gonna make America great again. It was a new morning in America, like that Reagan TV ad I saw in YouTube.Yeah, I heard Nancy and Reagan consulted astrologists and horoscopes to make stupid policy decisions. So what, I mean, my momma and daddy admired the Reagans. But we were not an anti-science and alt-fact family, even though we did not believe humans evolved from apes. We believe the Bible. "I voted for W twice, just like my daddy. I mean, W was a damn good Texan and governor. Now some people see the War on Iraq as a massive war crime and blame Bush and Cheney, but I blame it on 9/11 and terrorism. After all, W was a Christian. He was also for small government, but the Ds always kept the budget so huge, wanting health care benefits for all, etc. That's why I sympathized with the Tea Party; we have way too much taxation, not enough representation. "Sure, I voted for Trump in 2016. To me, I saw a genius capitalist billionaire businessman. Just like Ross Perot. Trump was the best in the biz. After all, he had a cool TV show and he rocked Twitter. I got my UT degree from McCombs and I believe in free market capitalism, just like my daddy. Thus, there was no way to see that Trump was lying fascist and that Christians were taking America backward into what some call a theocracy. No way to see that. I mean the anti-science policies did enable a million Americans to die from Covid. That's kinda nuts. Too bad about Dobbs and women's and LGBTQIA rights and the environment and other issues. After J6, I now see that Trump was a bad apple, not like Reagan and Bush. Once Trump is gone, the GOP will be good again. "To be honest, I did not vote in 2020. I just could not pull the D lever for Biden. That Hunter laptop is still an issue and Biden's too much big government. I still support less government and more conservatives on the Supreme Court, just like my daddy. "After all, I am a reasonable Republican." Lulz.
  12. Thank you Brisket. You get it. Damn, reading through this thread, and many others in CR, it just blows my mind the naive trust many posters have in "law enforcement" and the military and the judiciary to shut down a serious MAGA takeover attempt. J6 was a trial run. MAGA already owns the Supreme Court, many federal judges, and Cannon will help Trump as much as she can. Hell, if almost 50% of voters went for Trump, then you know at least 50% of the following are Trump-MAGA-GQP — the police, US Marshals, Texas Rangers, National Guard, and the military. Among these groups, I'm betting it is more than 60-70% or more, like aggy world. No doubt, some top brass at the Pentagon are MAGA. These groups are not somehow magically outside the cultural forces at play in America. We ain't living in "Adam 12" America. We're living in "Walker: Fascist Texas Ranger" America. The giant pickup trucks are all you need to know.
  13. Pat Robertson combined television (the new electronic media) with theology—along with the usual hate, fear of communism, and lunatic conspiracy, creationist, and anti-science claims. Thus, the 700 Club was the clear forerunner of MAGA, GQP, and Trump. Side note on growing up in Texas: As a teen, I recall occasionally turning our family TV to the 700 Club for a few minutes and laughing. Robertson would pray and I would say to my parents: "He's praying and nothin's happenin'. Ha Ha!" My mom, a God-fearing Christian lady thought Robertson was a scammer, like all preachers. She would say: "Shhh ... change the channel." She believed in the Bible, but not the messengers. My dad, an agnostic, just chuckled and shook his head at Robertson. So lucky that my family did not go to church. Thus, I got to grow up outside the religious brainwashing and became an atheist. Lucky I was! As for Robertson, he was a morally bankrupt lunatic who did grave danger to America and democracy. We're seeing that danger today.
  14. Feel like you're in the middle of a dystopian film? You are!
  15. Saw this and for some strange reason, these numbers keep flashing in my brain: 66-3 66-3 66-3 66-3 66-3
  16. Foosters: With all due respect, your question was not rhetorical or ironic, as best I can tell. One of the other posters seriously answered your question, with no sense your question was rhetorical, and with zero reference to anything I mentioned about fascism and theocracy. I have seen numerous CR posts very much like yours and the other one. Those are the reasons I posted my comment about MAGA = fascist theocracy and the apparent willful blindness in CR (and across America). Of course, I am not the only one in CR who sees some kind of threat from MAGA-GQP. But, here are some of the terms I repeatedly see to describe MAGA: extremists, far right, conservatives, Trumpers, MAGAts, grifters, idiots, chuds, morons, clowns, magadonians, racists, white supremacists, etc etc. All true, of course. And good for some laughs. Sometimes, I see a few mention Christian Nationalist and a handful use the term fascist and hardly anyone uses theocracy (outside of the few atheists like me in CR). Why is this the case? Seems to me that most in CR here were raised religious (and still are to varying degrees). Perhaps many are also ex-conservatives, who would be unable to see that Bush 2 was a fascist and theocrat (recall the "faith-based" programs) who paved the way for MAGA. They have been successfully brainwashed since childhood by their parents to believe that religion is a force for good, though it is now being betrayed by MAGA-GQP. Both sides cherry pick their fave passages. I grew up in Texas and saw this all over the place. So, many in CR have a difficult time seeing their religion being inherently fascist and theocratic, when the historical record is clear across three continents and five centuries. Euro Christians came to the Americas and launched a genocide upon native/indigenous peoples to steal the land and resources, all in the name of God and manifest destiny. Religion is the three Cs; colonize, conquer, convert (those left alive). Peace only comes after the bloodbath. Always. Given the attacks on women, POC, LGBTQIA+, science (etc) are all grounded in religion and MAGA Bible thumping, it's clearly fascism and theocracy. Of course, Democrats and mainstream media will never attack religion or Christianity, so religion gets a free pass, when it is, in fact, the underlying ideology to all things MAGA. The US will be a full-on fascist theocracy and the media will still not call it that. TLDR: In my view, MAGA-GQP cannot be defeated if they are not properly defined and understood. They are fascists and theocrats. This fact is far too under-stated in CR and throughout America.
  17. Well, since Fritz has only made it past the third round twice in 28 Slams (one 4R and one Quarter), it looks like all surfaces neutralize Fritz. He ain't winning no slam. Never. Maybe a semi or two. Face it, American men's tennis has cratered, despite the incessant hype coming from the Tennis Channel, ESPN, Jon Wertheim, et al. Example: "Wow, 13 US men are in the top 100. American men are coming on strong!" blah blah blah.... Same old story since Roddick retired. As it is, there is no American dude on the current tennis scene who can win a slam because they will eventually lose to someone in the collective of Djokovic, Alcaraz, Medvedev, Rune, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Sinner, etc. Making the quarters, occasional semis, or maybe a rare final, that's the peak for US men. __________ Gotta feel for Roddick. He would be a legend in US and tennis world (and millions more wealthier in endorsements)—were it not for that guy named Federer, who cost Roddick three Wimbledons and a second US Open title. Plus, Roddick lost several semi slam matches to Federer.
  18. It's called a fascist theocracy, ruled by white Christian America. It's been building since Reagan, right through the Bushes, Perot, Tea Party, and Trump-MAGA. They've stacked the Supreme Court, they got Roe overturned, they're overturning environmental laws, they're banning books, they're openly targeting POC, LBTQIA+, immigrants, doctors, nurses, educators, librarians, scientists, election officials, and "woke" corporations, all while worshipping AR-15s and doing nothing to stop mass shootings of kids. The level of political denialism and willful blindness in CR is just astonishing. And depressing.
  19. Spot on. Sad, but oh so true. Depressing. There's gotta be a significant chunk of UT that is conservative and MAGA. I doubt it changed much from when I was at UT in 1980s-1990s—though UT was generally liberal, there were boatloads of frat/sorority conservatives at UT, especially in the capitalist business school. Same with all the Christians on campus then and now. So no surprise there is MAGA-GQP fascism at UT. Lulz for those on the Surly football board who think the UT move to SEC was only about $$$ and "big boy" football. The UT-OU move was nothing less than SEC-MAGA-Confederate Conference colonizing Texas and Oklahoma. It was a post-BLM, post-Covid move orchestrated at the highest levels, well above Del Conte and even above Hartzell. Abbott, Board of Regents, and Big Money Donors were all on board. No way Abbott, BOR, or Big Money lets Texas join the Woke Conference in California. Face it, UT may well be largely liberal (especially among faculty), but it is now in the MAGA Confederate conference. Makes me want to puke. I'll be honest, I doubt I will watch any of the games, except OU and maybe A&M, Bama, Florida.
  20. There is no possible "rational" discussion with "lean hard R" fascists in 2023 who pretend to be reasonable conservatives, as if we are still in the 1970s. None. Nada. No way. Fascists are not reasonable or rational. Below is the correct timeline (cross post). Anyone defending, voting for, enabling Trump-MAGA-GQP-Abbott-Cruz-Cornyn-Desantis, et al, is a fascist and should be treated as a fascist. End of story.
  21. Friends, the Supreme Court rulings do not exist in a vacuum. Sorry for long post, but it is necessary. We're witnessing a massive intellectual collapse in a huge of swath of America: 45-60% of citizens. Building for decades. From the Supreme Court on down to the average Karen/Kevin who have colonized the internet and social media. The end game can only be total destruction. Cause of Collapse — Collapse was born in the erosion/entropy of any unifying secular narrative, at least anything beyond endless entertainment and consumption to show tribal identities. The last time Americans were mostly united on something was likely the Apollo moon landing. But TV and cable soon fragmented American consciousness and the internet completed the project. — Collapse was amplified post-2000 by social media and the weaponization of religion, seeking to impose itself in the secular void it is helping to create. — Art and science have mostly failed on the secular narrative, despite the incredible achievements and discoveries of science. A rising percentage (30%+) of Americans are not religious, but can only find secular narratives among some Superhero films/comics. The majestic awe-inspiring universe should be the ground for a unifying narrative, but philosophers are utterly dropping the ball. — Plus, few people will accept (much less embrace) being not central to society or the universe/or being utterly insignificant. Religion's big promise is God making the believer feel important/central to society and the universe, with an eternal destiny. (There's a way out with no religion, but that is another long post.) Effect of Collapse — The collapse is reflected in the inability of 150+ million Americans to think based on evidence and logic, apart from sheer emotion and reaction now amplified by social media. Unable to think clearly and consistently, unable to separate image from empirical truth, screens from reality. Images and screens are now used to construct mental realities/conspiracies utterly detached from actual reality. Add on Bible-thumping weaponry and you have a virulent, deadly formula. Disneyland, Vegas strip, Times Square, the Super Bowl, these are the symbols and masks for the artificial delusions and mediated/manufactured "events" that dominant our consciousness and culture on an everyday basis. — I have seen this absolutely with friends and relatives, plus all across culture. Trump-MAGA-GQP is the latest stage of this process, but not the first nor the last. Trump-MAGA-GQP exist alongside WWF, Dancing with the Stars, Masked Singer, Kardashians, American Idol, Ancient Aliens, Bigfoot Hunters, NASCAR, SyFy, UFO conspiracies—the list is endless. There is damn near zero legit science on TV or streaming compared to paranormal-conspiracy-celebrity idiocy. Conclusion When something is collapsing, it eventually hits bottom, with the end result being total destruction. TOTAL From the Supreme Court on down. That means the destruction of reason, logic, truth, facts, evidence, human rights, legal principles, and civil liberties. Destruction of private sanity and public safety (hence the worship of guns, violence) go together, along with destruction of peace and quiet, destruction of civility and kindness. Destruction of secularism and secular education. The list is goes on, but the destruction of consciousness eventually ends in the total destruction of the environment and Earth's ecosystems. Hence, the Supreme Court attacking the EPA. Poisoned water is just another step. Climate change? It's far more like climate destruction on a planetary scale. Don't forget the nukes, now back in play. Climate and/or nukes, the final destination is: Planet of the Apes (1968 version) TLDR: We're seeing a massive intellectual/educational collapse in secular society. Buckle up, more destruction is coming.
  22. BevoAbyss

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    With all due respect: time's up for denials. You can post all kinds of percentages to somehow make it seem like it is not as horribly bad as it is. Just an evasion of the underlying reality suggested by the voting totals. Bottom line: 45-50% of voters in Texas and America are down with fascism in various forms ... even if, or especially if, it means the marginalization/oppression of groups they hate or do not like, respect, care about, or think about. We are facing future rule by a violent fascist theocracy. It's all right before our eyes. The 2024 prez election will be close and Dem and Indie voters must realize how dire is the situation. Dems must turn our in huge numbers and some Indies will have to vote D. Will it happen? I don't know. But it sure as hell won't happen if people think it's just 10-20% who make up the bad guys— i.e. the fascists and theocrats yearning to rule with violence— and the rest are just Christian freedom lovers! F*ck that BS.
  23. Lulz. With all due respect, what this really means in 2023 GQP Texas is: "I lean hard fascist, but I've never been a fan of fascist Paxton. Of course, I am a fan of many other fascists and voted for them, just not fascist Paxton. I dig fascists running the state of Texas. I think of myself as a free market capitalist, but really, fascists are my peeps." Just admit it.
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