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Conclave 2025: All of the Smoke, None of the Brisket
Hayduke replied to GopherRock's topic in Daily Texan
One of the interesting parts of Wisconsin life is the prevalence of summertime "polka Masses" during the fundraising-carnival season. A polka Mass is usually held in the beer tent, which is always the biggest one if there are several tents. And the only tent if there's just one. Hymns with a polka beat, and beer's waiting when Mass is over. -
That Tukwila sham was a clear provocation. Looks for all the world like a deliberate attempt by ICE to start a conflict.
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It's hard to follow the rules, but this is exactly the kind of courageous Surly patriotism that we need to see in these difficult times. Well done, @wood. Surly commends you.
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They played the CCR version of "Fortunate Son" at the induction of my son's company into the Army at the end of basic training. This was in early fall, 2021, at Fort Jackson, SC, so after January 6. It was one of several other songs they played while some units were standing at rest waiting for other units to straggle in from their final overnight training exercise. I got the impression that it was a purposeful choice, with a full awareness of the class ramifications in the lyrics, and it made me appreciate the willingness of the fort's command to allow it to be played. I get the impression that this is a bit of a different matter. Wondering why it's an awful knockoff instrumental and whether anyone in the administration had the good sense to vet the musical choice. As a matter of optimism, I'm going to see it as a possible small act of rebellion, maybe even messaging, among military brass who have their patriotism in the right place.
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Our pretty-small Wisconsin city had somewhere around 1,000. No law enforcement or counterprotests, no hostile responses. Almost all cars driving by honked in support. Lots of older folks, but a good mix. Attendance probably helped by the Pride festival a few blocks away. I saw someone in a turd costume hug someone in a unicorn costume. Probably a good metaphor for where we are, or need to be, or something.
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Two MN lawmakers and their spouses shot by someone impersonating police
Hayduke replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
Agreed. The link I gave from the Star-Tribune mentioned that he also had a wife and kids, but that doesn't sound like a wife-and-kids household. The article didn't reconcile the info, but the S-T is also probably in full-blown panic mode trying to process all the stuff it's got coming in from whoever was available to work on a Saturday. Bottom line is he sounds like a real piece of work whose life may have been falling apart. His guideposts may have all been pulled up -- lost his income, might have lost his family, probably never had a good sense of what his church and his god even meant because he may have never put independent thought into either. Tragic all around. -
Two MN lawmakers and their spouses shot by someone impersonating police
Hayduke replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
Yep. If I'm either of those guys, I'm already looking for an attorney. It's telling that they read the text to reporters; that sounds to me like a couple of guys in panic mode. I'm skeptical that roommates of a probable political assassin are typically anything but critical of "mainstream media." -
There are nine teams ranked ahead of Texas in that poll who have either one or two ESPN 300 commitments. Texas has eight. Not even trying to disguise its nature as clickbait. I am increasingly convinced that his "work" is AI generated. It tends to be near perfect in terms of grammar, style and spelling, but so vapid that it seems to be the response of a bot based on standard fan-board fare. Graham Harmon was not a journalism student -- seems like it's this thread that has a good look at his background, which I also checked out myself -- and if I recall correctly he was not an A&M undergrad or grad. But he was/is in Waco and probably saw a good market. BTW, Google's AI says "stymy/stymie" has two acceptable spellings, but typical of AI, it isn't always completely accurate. I've gotten two different responses from it that say there are two spellings, but the two different references it's given me (Merriam-Webster and Collins) don't appear to accept "stymy." Dictionary.com does, and it's based on Random House, which it bought: Regardless, I teach writing classes for college students and have in the last year really needed to start figuring out what's done by my students and what's AI. The telltale signs are still being figured out and argued about, but usually I can sense the difference, especially if I have specific items to compare. His stuff looks as fake as all get-out; it's laughably formulaic and virtually anyone with 5,000 or more posts on this board who also reads Texags.com could probably predict most of what his "work" says based on headlines alone. If I get really bored, I may take a closer look at his articles and see if I can delineate why I think it's AI-generated, but I'm not there yet.
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Two MN lawmakers and their spouses shot by someone impersonating police
Hayduke replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
Minnesota Star-Tribune rolling coverage of the suspect. Interesting text sent to his "housemates," which itself is not well explained. https://www.startribune.com/brooklyn-park-police-searching-for-suspect-in-multiple-targeted-shootings/601372993 5:35 p.m. - Vance Boelter texted roommates that he was “going to be gone for a while” and “may be dead shortly,” according to one of his housemates in North Minneapolis who read the message aloud to reporters. Boelter reached out to roommates David Carlson and Ron Ramsey. “David and Ron, I love you guys. I made some choices, and you guys don’t know anything about this, but I’m going to be gone for a while. May be dead shortly, so I just want to let you know I love you guys both and I wish it hadn’t gone this way. I don’t want to say anything more and implicate you in any way because you guys don’t know anything about this. But I love you guys and I’m sorry for all the trouble this has caused.” -
Two MN lawmakers and their spouses shot by someone impersonating police
Hayduke replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
There's some evidence emerging that he may be a Christian nationalist and anti-abortion activist. Here's a link someone on Reddit posted to a sermon he gives -- haven't watched it, don't know the summary. Just took a quick look and saw that he's giving a talk or sermon of some sort and it's being translated into French. It's a two-hour video and I'm not going to watch it. Lots of early speculation of links to the New Apostolic Reformation and the Seven Mountain Mandate. Whatever money he apparently had for his security-related work in other countries apparently ran out not too many months ago and he was looking for executive positions. Again, it's pretty early and there's plenty of stuff flying out from both ends of the spectrum. But it's not going to be too many more hours before a clearer picture emerges. Edit: Also, one of the groups he was linked to, MN Africans United, has apparently already scrubbed the page they had for him. Their home page is still active, but the link shown below by Google results in a "server not available" message. Cardinal Stritch was a private Catholic university that closed in 2023 for financial reasons. -
Beer 2025: sith_horn drinking more than the rest of us combined
Hayduke replied to HenryJames's topic in Food and Travel
53 and rainy here, which makes it feel more chilly. Good time to clean out some of the heavier stuff left hanging around from the winter. O'so Narcissist barrel-aged cherry imperial stout. 12.0 ABV and part of a line with one of the better cans out there. -
Lucky to get a beer at any of those venues now for prices like that.
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@jimmyjazz's post reminded me that both Nazareth and Blue Oyster Cult played at the '79 Texxas Jam. I was not there, but went to the first one in '78. Eleven big-time bands for $12.50, plus Cheech & Chong. It was 104 degrees in the Cotton Bowl. The heat cured me forever of wanting to go to summertime stadium concerts, but it was a hell of a lineup.
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Great remake that came across my feed today on a platform that shall not be mentioned (but Keb' Mo' posted the link, so it's OK; here's a direct link, without commercials). https://playingforchange.com/videos/everyday-people-turnaround-arts-collaboration-song-across-the-usa
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Can't imagine they ever would have played it on the Central Texas radio stations I grew up on. Austin stations may have been another matter after MTV started playing it ... that's the part I really would like to remember if I could. KLBJ and KGSR were my staples during the '80s and '90s. Being stuck in College Station when reception was bad was no fun.
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