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Game Week Thread Game week thread, Week 6, Red River Shootout
BevoAbyss replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Sooners basically quit in 1970 and 1998. 1970: Eddie Phillips/Steve Worster/Jim Bertelsen had the wishbone rolling 41-9. Peak DKR over OU. Utter domination. Sooners were never in it. -- Fun fact. OU debuted the wishbone in this game and it failed miserably. According to my dad (RIP), either the Dallas Times Herald or Morning News ran this headline for the story: "Sooners try wishbone, Longhorns show'em how to run it." 1998: Ricky was running wild and the Blake era bottomed out. That game was over by mid 3rd quarter. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
BevoAbyss replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
This is 100% spot on. I will add that skyrocketing tuition is the morally bankrupt legacy of: -- the mostly liberal Boomers running the universities the past 25-30 years and building up layer upon layer of highly paid bureaucracy (however good the intentions)... far out-pacing the hiring of actual faculty. -- and the mostly conservative Boomers-GenXers who are anti-intellectual politicians who hate/envy/sneer at higher ed, don't want to fully fund it ... and want to penalize those who desire to attend college. (Like those poor women who can't get an abortion and are forced to give birth and then get no financial help from the govt.) Plus, college campuses now must have lots of bells, whistles, and cool media things to attract the screen-worshipping student born into consumer, entertainment, book-free society. -
SEC! SEC! SEC! Nothing more than the Southeast Confederacy for the fascist frat boys. Fuck the SEC!
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
BevoAbyss replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Oh, I agree completely. Maybe I should have elaborated. In a MAGA-Christian ruled America, the non-religious may have no choice but to organize politically before it it too late -- if they want to live peacefully in America or even stay alive. The clear pattern is already set with women fleeing states for their lives to get reproductive health care. A total abortion ban will have women fleeing the country, if they can afford it. Get out of the country is one of the express goals of MAGA-Project 2025. Next up are mass deportations of immigrants from anywhere on Earth south of the Rio Grande. Out of the country! The MAGA-Project 2025-Seven Mountains goal is a Christian-fascist theocracy 100% bent upon obliterating what's left of the "Wall" between Church and State (as spelled out in the first right in the First Amendment). It's a 21st century Medieval America, where the First Amendment gives way to the Second Amendment. Thus, it should be no surprise when the Christian fascists come after other non-conforming, non-Medieval groups -- including atheists, agnostics, and the non-religious -- with their violence-backed Bible thumping. Believe in God or get out of America! So they will want to deport the atheists, too. Or just string'em up and be done with them. The hangman's rope on January 6 out front should be the warning. [ Don't tell Merrick Garland, though. He's busy going after Google... Apparently a digital advertising monopoly is more dangerous than a religious monopoly. ] -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
BevoAbyss replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Nope. The NYT article fails to nail it. White Christians (especially Evangelicals, etc.) are fragile and know that overall religious belief is declining significantly in America, especially among younger people. They feel marginalized and react severely -- moving to seize total power as they fear their free pass and unchecked reign may be challenged severely in the coming years. So they target explicit minority groups. and marginalized peoples. Will Christianity be seriously challenged in the coming years? It remains to be seen if the non-religious become an explicit political force. If so, they will be explicitly targeted, too. But that is an underlying existential fear deep inside Evangelical-Fundamentalist Christianity and their power play for a Christian fascist nation-state. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
BevoAbyss replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Let's correct that. "... a major driver of that is Christianity and intellectual inequality, which has been increasing, not coincidentally with the rise Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism, which is what underlies Trumpism -- and generates a fundamental mistrust of government and secular society. ..... And generates mistrust and disdain for that which makes up the rest of non-Christian society -- like facts, evidence, logic, academia and education, science and scientists, doctors and vaccines, intellectualism and philosophy, education and expertise, art and artists, non-fascist technology billionaires (like Bill Gates), economics and the free market, and anyone or any institution in society that is secular and not religious." It ain't all about economics. But now you add on "trickle down" etc. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
BevoAbyss replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
Since we're talking about fave UT professors, mine was TK Seung in the Philosophy Department. Blew open my mind on the reg .... and took me down a quite a few notches where he subtly suggested I did not know as much as I thought I did. A true eye opener for a cocky "new wave" kid from the Dallas burbs. In so doing, he changed my intellectual life and entire career. No, not a cliche, but for real! I took two courses from him. I recall we had to drop by his office hours to present a proposed term paper topic. I thought I had some super groovy genius idea about a paper on Mill and Utilitarianism. So I wander over to Garrison Hall, knock on his door at the end of the hallway. He welcomed me in, stopped typing on his computer, took off his glasses and said "Have a seat, what's your paper idea Mr __________?" (He called us by our last names). I begin describing my obviously genius idea .... I am not three sentences in, when he interrupts me. "Now Mr. __________, I thought you might have an original topic, but I have read that paper many times and I am not reading it again. Go find a truly unique topic and let's discuss it. Now go on." He dismissed me with a brief arm wave toward the door. He put on his glasses and returned to typing on his computer. I was stunned and walked out of his office, feeling like my brain got a gut punch. But it was my ego that got decked! I then proceeded to walk down the long empty hallway ... every step, I was shrinking down, like a tiny mouse. "Squeak! Squeak!" Distraught, I called my girlfriend (shacking up at my pad like a true poor Art major) from the pay phone and told her he thought my idea sucked! I was a failure. I will never pass this course! We decided to meet at Trudy's for margaritas. En route, I swung by the PCL and searched his name (late 80s, no internet yet) and saw he had written books and monographs on Kant, Nietzsche, and many others. Me, the mouse, shrunk down even further. That was when the humility began to appear ... that's when I began to truly respect knowledge and wisdom. That's when I knew my UT professors knew massively more than what might appear in the classroom. Met my girlfriend for margaritas ... and with every one .... I felt like the guy at the end of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Getting tinier and tinier. The next two weeks in class, I was far too tiny to even speak. Finally, in one of the readings on aesthetics, I saw a footnote that said something about "aesthetics, law/regulations, and public art." I summoned up my subatomic courage and approached him after class was over. He listened to my pitch, smiled and invited me to his office, where he explained that this topic had potential and gave me tips on how to approach it. And in that topic, it changed forever my intellectual interests, my career, my life. I never forgot that moment or that course. Sadly, he passed away in 2022 at 92. I should have looked him up when I passed through Austin in later years, but I did not. What stupidity! TLDR: UT professor gives cocky kid the spot on, absolute lesson of a lifetime. And the kid needed it 1000%. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
BevoAbyss replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
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A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
BevoAbyss replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
This just shows how far have fallen 45-50% of the US population... there is no bottom (as brisket says). And just how the US media have fallen. Ex: using terms like "far right" and "extremism" and "weird" to normalize Christian fascism and their outspoken call for a violent Biblical tyranny. They let MAGA and the GQP off easy far too much of the time. And the idiot world of Christianity gets a free pass all the time. -
The situation in Springfield, Ohio- Haitians, Cats, and High Minded Rhetoric
BevoAbyss replied to Derka's topic in Cloak Room
That's because the racism is part of the 100% fascism that is Trump, Vance, MAGA, GQP, etc. They say what fascists say and will do what fascists do if Trump-Vance are elected. Trump and Vance (et al) are not "weird." They are damn fucking fascists! -
So the Teamsters are just another gang on the growing list of fascists in America? Or are they just "weird" ... as so many fascists are described by cowardly idiots?
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El Chupa is at least correct about one thing. White people from Europe (Christian, capitalist, supposed "freedom" seekers) enacted a genocide on Native Americans to colonize and seize a continent. Along with treaty after treaty being broken by the Christian-capitalists, the genocidal legacy has been devastating and the effects are complex and run deep. Emasculation, being one (which often produces the macho over-compensation seen here). If he is who he says he is.... then what he doesn't realize is how his consciousness and worldview have been largely colonized by the conquerors. Specifically, the ideology of the descendants of the conquerors. Via Fox, churches, online misinformation, echo chambers, etc.. An ideology which is now deeply fascist. Frankly, it's sad. I find myself feeling pity ... though I suspect he will trash this comment. (Yes, over the years traveling in the southwest, I have been on a few reservations and talked to 10-20 Native Americans about ideas, art, nature, politics, etc. It is always a massive learning experience for me and my girlfriend.)
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Gotta love how history repeats.... For the zillion billionth time. We have a fascist who gazes into the mirror and sees a patriot. We have 100+ million in America: fascists who see patriots in their mirror. They also see patriots on Fox News, at their church, among like-minded friends, in social media circles. They are dangerous because patriotism is blinding. Total patriots cannot be reasoned with, they cannot be persuaded. They only be contained (or defeated if needed). Because of these fascists, I proudly state: I am not a patriot!
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Nope. It's depressing that so many (former?) Conservatives/Republicans on this site do not want to grasp that the so-called "normies" have been getting radicalized for decades -- Reagan-Falwell-Moral Majority >>> Perot-United We Stand >>>Bush 2 >>> Tea Party >>> MAGA-GQP-Christian-fascism Are you sure about that? I am sure many would disagree. -- How about the hundreds of thousands (out of 1.2 million dead) who died from Covid needlessly because MAGA-Christian-Republicans would not wear masks during a deadly global pandemic? Dying by suffocating from within -- How about the families who have lost kids in school shootings and the MAGA Republicans stop any efforts to limit access to guns? Kids blown apart by AK 47s. -- How about women fleeing for their lives to exercise inherent reproductive rights? Some bleeding out and dying. -- How about the families torn apart at the border? The list goes on. Republicans-MAGA-GQP not merely performing. They were salivating to kill brown people after 9/11 and are now salivating to kill brown people at the border. They are implementing an idiot-world Christian-fascist-racist state.... a regime of violent hate and virulent stupidity. Trump will be gone some day, but these people and their beliefs will be here and they are dangerous. We are a few thousand votes away in key states from Project 2025 America.
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Like Cruz and Paxton, Greg Abbott is a fascist lackey for Gilead in a racist Handmaid's Tale America. That's all he is. Fuck him.
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Ted Cruz is a fascist lackey for Gilead in a Handmaid's Tale America. Fuck him.
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FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
BevoAbyss replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
This is 100% spot on! TLDR trigger: I had a major cardio scare in my 50s and now get checked every 6 months. Go get checked! I know, we are dudes and think we are immortal from our teens to our 50s or 60s. We procrastinate seeing docs, especially cardio. At least I did. I had my late 50s cardio scare and it freaked the fuck out of me! Long-time short distance runner (2-4 miles, 2-4 times in most weeks), hiker, and amateur tennis hack, I am generally fit, with same waist size as in grad school -- 31" waist for my 501s. No not a tiny dude, I'm 5'11, 160lbs. One random day a couple years ago, my heart suddenly had highly irregular rapid heart beat. Thought I was having a fucking heart attack. Went to ER, nurses and cardiologist ran all kinds of tests: blood, X-Ray, EKG. Learned it was not a heart attack, but Atrial Fibrillation. They injected me with a med and it stopped immediately. Cardiologist scheduled me for various tests in the following week. Echo cardiogram, more EKGs, etc. So far, the A-fib has NEVER happened again. Cardiologist says my heart looks/sounds damn good for my age. Whew!!!! Thinks the A-fib cause was stress/anxiety from career pressures. And I was dealing with some huge hassles for my projects. So I consciously work to de-stress all the time. De-stress my friends. There are no projects or career issues worth dying for needlessly. However, I have to carry a couple of tiny pills with me everywhere I go, in case it happens again. Feeling great. Even hiked Emery Peak in Big Bend National Park this summer, with 3000+ foot elevation gain. I see the cardiologist every 6 months to be sure! And it is a huge relief to walk out of his office ... and know my heart is doing okay. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
BevoAbyss replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
This assumes the Wikipedia page is more accurate than the actual UT all-time record page.... which I guess is possible. Or I missed 1 or 2 in my "quick" count at the Texas site. Also possible. As mentioned in my post, I was counting only regular season #1, not the end of year week for the 4 titles. I would have thought DKR had more than 26. I was surprised. And he let 2-3 titles slip away in 61, 62, 64. (Damn "cockroaches" as DKR famously said). In any event, I am pretty sure Surly posters are ready for more weeks at #1. And no SEC cockroaches! -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
BevoAbyss replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
By my quick count at the UT all-time records page, UT has been ranked #1 in the regular season for 40 weeks. 2: DX Bible 26: Royal 9: Akers 3: Mack 1 (so far): Sark -- Let's hope Sark can increase this total. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
BevoAbyss replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
Spot on ... after 24 years (since 1960) of being one of the very top teams, with five undefeated seasons and 3 national titles, we were not too much above .500 till Mack arrived. Hard to believe UT has only been ranked #1 for 4 weeks since that fateful day in Fair Park 40 years ago. That is reason enough alone to want to annihilate the Sooners this year. -
Trump is an endless series of dog whistles for MAGA racists and idiots.
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Anyone who knows anything about Hitler and racist-fascist propaganda ... knows that Trump is an American Hitler ... a fascist ready to seize total power.
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This "debate" is complete madness and insanity. Kamala is not winning anything tonight. Trumps is going full lying macho bully.... And that moderator is a fucking media lightweight who normalizing the destruction of public discourse and reason. Kamala is just dragged down into the madness.
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Amazing that fascist mass deportation is being legitimized by that lame ass moderator. And Kamala just ignores it. This is like Weimar America, pre-violent deportation and killing. It is literally the fascist playbook.
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There is no way for Kamala to "win" this "debate." Facts, logic, and reason cannot win against literal fact-free, logic-free madness! It is a mistake to even be on the stage. Sanity can only deal with madness by containing it to the corridors of mental hospitals.
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