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  1. 22 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

    Agreed although I'm having trouble sticking with the second season. The women are so gorgeous in this series.

    I had trouble sticking out the first season.  I doubt I will even try the second.  It's a good premise, but the acting to me is poor and while there's some eye candy, there's lots of just dumb stuff to offset it.  I will say they do spread the idiocy around well though, the only one who seems halfway bright is the cop lady.

  2. On 7/14/2023 at 4:23 PM, Pancho said:

    Oh boy, remember when I said someone should send the politics board of texags to all of their current Black athletes and recruits? Welp, they might just be doing that to themselves. This is bad…

     

    I stopped reading when they listed the NYT and Breitbart as news outlets.  

  3. In the past decade land around Gregory Texas has become very popular for industrial development.  Having been arable land for cotton, corn and sorghum for over a century, it is now valued for its elevation compared to the land currently used for industry in Corpus Christi and the surrounding area.  That land sits on a bluff that's 25 to 30 feet higher.   Huge chunks are being sold off to corporations like Exxon and others at exorbitant prices.  

    A good friend of mine who lives in the area says it's because these corporations know the sea levels are going to rise, and they want what will eventually be waterside wharfage.  

    They know it and are prepping for us while funding studies that say it's not happening.  And they'll just build more plants that will exacerbate the problem instead of helping it.  And the good folks of San Pat county will continue to talk about Trump saving 'Murica from the deep state.  

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  4. First Amendment group sues Texas Governor and others over the state's TikTok ban on official devices (msn.com)

     

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    NEW YORK (AP) — A First Amendment group sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others on Thursday over the state’s TikTok ban on official devices, arguing the prohibition – which extends to public universities – is unconstitutional and impedes academic freedom.

    The complaint was filed by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a free speech group in New York that’s suing on behalf a coalition of academics and researchers who study technology’s impact on society.

    The lawsuit said the state’s decision to restrict access to TikTok on official devices, as well as on personal devices used to conduct state business, is comprising teaching and research. And more specifically, it said it was “seriously impeding” faculty pursuing research into the app - including research that could illuminate or counter concerns about TikTok.

    Critics of TikTok have claimed the popular social media app, owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, could push pro-Beijing propaganda on its platform or hand U.S. user data over to the Chinese government if compelled under the country’s national intelligence laws.

    TikTok has long maintained it hasn’t handed over any U.S. data to the Chinese government and says it wouldn’t do so if asked. To fend off the accusations, the company is overseeing a project to store U.S. user data on servers maintained by the software giant Oracle. But the scrutiny hasn’t diminished.

    Congress, the White House and other Western governments have banned TikTok use on official devices, citing espionage fears.....

     

  5. Tuberville reminds me of the dumber slower brother in the family who keeps picking fights with the smarter, stronger brother, thinking there is no way the smarter brother will retaliate and actually swing back, because that smarter brother will not risk his reputation for being fair and compassionate.  

    Biden is sharp enough to retaliate without harming himself.   Probably even increase his strength.  

  6. From that article:

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     However, none of that money will go toward additional public education funding, according to legislation filed by state budget leaders on Monday.

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    “I promised during my campaign that the state would return to property taxpayers at least half of the largest budget surplus we have ever had,” Abbott said in a statement after Monday’s announcement. “Today’s agreement between the House and the Senate is a step toward delivering on that promise. I look forward to this legislation reaching my desk, so I can sign into law the largest property tax cut in Texas history.”

    So basically they are doing nothing to actually help improve Texas public schools.    Just doing all this to win votes by "cutting taxes!"      Same old song and dance.  It's sad how far we've allowed our state to regress in so many ways.   When I was a kid, my dad would always brag on Texas, usually set off by traveling on some well maintained highway.  "Texas leads in roads, schools, universities!  All the important things."  

    The only things we lead in now are greed and ignorance, intentional or not.   And I guarantee you that corporations are going to come out way better than all the citizen homeowners combined.

    And once the surplus runs out, what then?  That 12.6 billion puts a pretty big dent in it. 

    At some point they will go out of power, and Dems will get elected and have to clean up this mess by increasing taxes just to get back to even, much less improving things.   So the Republicans will run against tax increases and ignore the damage they've done Texas by dumbing down the majority of the population.  

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  7. That's part of it, but he's headed into dangerous waters with Friday night lights to deal with.  Lots of ISDs have been mute on pushing back, but our superintendent urged the people attending graduation to call our Rep and let her know it wasn't something good for our community.   The more he pushes this, the more activity you'll see, and I don't doubt there will more ISDs pushing back.  

    Now the question is what is he planning to do about this since he's surely aware of the timing.  

     

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  8. 2 hours ago, tokamak said:

    House and Senate reached a deal on property tax cuts. Seems like it's basically Patrick & the Senate's plan that won out.

    Has Abbott said if there will be more special sessions? I was kind of hoping the tax cut stuff would continue to drag out, so there wouldn't be time for any additional fuckery.

    Abbott has vowed to bring another session in the late summer/fall specific to school vouchers.

     

  9. 17 hours ago, mr. sunshine said:

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    There were certainly worse ways to spend 30 minutes 

    There's one missing from the bunch:

    Barbi Benton | Hee Haw Wiki | Fandom

    13 hours ago, Duane Moore said:

    Still better than Lawrence Welk

    When I had to watch this with my grandmothers, the only part that kept my interest.

    ANACANI 10

    3 hours ago, mr. sunshine said:

    At the time I was a little kid just trying to figure out all the differences between boys and girls. There wasn’t any sex education, especially in elementary school and my parents didn’t talk about stuff like that. But then I saw the Hee Haw Honeys and it all made perfect sense 

    Benny Hill was the antithesis of Hee Haw

     

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  10. 1 hour ago, Nope said:

    Yeah and just in general, when RoJo made the move to RB I expected a handful of trick plays every season involving him throwing the ball.

    Makes me wonder how bad he looked throwing it in practice during his first semester on campus, to the point where the staff said “yeah take 3 steps to your left and never do that shit again.”

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  11. 8 hours ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

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    This is a little off topic, but over time it seems like Refugio has produced a wealth of athletes for a small 2A/3A school.  Not just football, but T&F, volleyball, baseball.  Always seem to be going to state in something.   What other schools would be in that category?  And any insight on why Refugio?

     

     

  12. 21 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

    It’s gonna be interesting to see what Texas voter registration numbers look like with the opt out policy for online driver’s license renewal. Haven’t been able to find reliable, updated info. Pretty sure this is how Georgia made huge strides by making people opt out instead of opt in.

    Yes, this has been a pretty quiet topic.  The new law prohibiting Election Adminstrations from sending out unsolicited vote by mail applications really caused more issues, but this one will cause havoc too.  I'd really appreciate your sharing anything you find on it.    The DPS system wasn't infallible to start with, this just makes it worse.  Nothing but confusion after confusion to exasperate people into not voting.

  13. On 7/6/2023 at 9:21 AM, Enchubben said:

    My bookies o/u for A&M regular season this year is o7.5 -185 and U7.5 +154.

    vs New Mexico 

    @Miami 

    vs ULM 

    vs Auburn

    (Neutral) Arkansas 

    Alabama 

    @Tennessee  

    BYE

    vs South Carolina 

    @ Ole Miss

    vs Mississippi St

    vs Abilene Christian 

    @ LSU 

    First off, how in the world do they justify only 4 true road games?

    Second - you could sell me on them being better this year, I think you could also sell me on them being worse as well. Before looking at their schedule I would have figured 8 wins. I think 7 probably makes more sense after seeing it.

    I don’t trust Auburn, Mississippi St, or South Carolina to take care of business on the road but I think Arkansas finally nips them and the Miami road game is a toss-up.

     

     

    I think all those home games was some deal they made with the SEC when they joined.  Somehow it's tied to their remodeling of the tackle box and having more home games to pay for it, and the SEC gaining more Texas TVs and recruiting grounds.   And the SEC went along with it, because they felt the upgrades and being SEC would automatically put AnM over UT, but they were wrong.  

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  14. 3 hours ago, tbone_ said:


    Wut? Really? Begun filming or begun dropping?

    Dropping.  Three (maybe 4) episodes in now.  Not sure what day of the week they re-up.  

    Spoiler

    I have really enjoyed how Anton Lesser's character, C.S Bright has developed over time.  You think he's about to be some stick-up-his-arse paper pusher, then he surprises you.   The man has quite an acting range, even though his size and physical features could be limiting.   Don't know why he always reminds me of Underdog.

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  15. 12 hours ago, horn4life said:

    Change will only come when there is enough pressure on Republicans in rural states.  Which will only happen when they lose Republican seats in more and more moderate states.  

    I still do not understand why the Democrats to not label every singe Assault style shooting involving body armor as a Republican endorsed mass shooting.  Let those fucks answer some questions and defend against a real political attack.  

    It's the only way to counter the "they dems are coming to take your guns" that the Republicans use very effectively despite the dishonestly of the assertion. At least in the potential Dem attack, there is larger degree of honesty.

    School shootings in my little neck of the redneck woods gives these local yokels an excuse to cosplay as some sort of militia.  They have set up active shooter response teams and it mainly gives them a justification to be bad ass community protectors.    Some have military experience, but most don't.  The heroes have turned from being the local volunteer firefighter to being a member of the camouflage calvary.    And most of them feel the odds of it happening at our school is extremely low.  And even if it does, they have an excuse if they can't protect it, because they are volunteers.  We did our best!  

       

  16. Quietly impressive is how so many of these guys are on academic honor rolls, repeatedly.    I would guess that would make them more coachable and quicker to adapt in game.  

     

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  17. 48 minutes ago, torre said:

    Not sure which thread is appropriate,  but AAS published schedule for the Summer League to see Jabari, Allen, Carr.  And Wembanyama when watching Jabari.

     

    Date Time Team/Player Opponent Channel/Location
    7/3/23 7:00 p.m. CT Spurs/Rice Charlotte Hornets ESPN2/Sacramento
    7/3/23 6:00 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen Philadelphia 76ers NBA TV/Salt Lake City
    7/5/23 7:00 p.m. CT Spurs/Rice L.A. Lakers ESPN2/Sacramento
    7/5/23 7:00 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen OKC Thunder NBA TV/Salt Lake City
    7/6/23 7:00 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen Utah Jazz NBA TV/Salt Lake City
    7/7/23 8:00 p.m. CT Spurs/Rice Charlotte Hornets ESPN/Las Vegas
    7/8/23 6:00 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen Chicago Bulls NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/8/23 8:00 p.m. CT Suns/Carr Milwaukee Bucks NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/9/23 7:00 p.m. CT Spurs/Rice Portland Trailblazers ESPN 2/Las Vegas
    7/10/23 5:00 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen Cleveland Cavaliers ESPNews/Las Vegas
    7/10/23 5:30 p.m. CT Suns/Carr Miami Heat NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/11/23 7:00 p.m. CT Suns/Carr New Orleans Pelicans ESPN2/Las Vegas
    7/11/23 9:30 p.m. CT Spurs/Rice Washington Wizards NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/12/23 2:30 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen L.A. Clippers NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/14/23 7:30 p.m. CT Spurs/Rice Detroit Pistons NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/14/23 9:30 p.m. CT Grizzlies/Allen L.A. Lakers NBA TV/Las Vegas
    7/14/23 10:00 p.m. CT Suns/Carr Utah Jazz ESPN2/Las Vegas

    How to watch Texas alumni, Victor Wembanyama at 2023 NBA Summer League (statesman.com)

     

    Props to torre for posting this in the draft thread.  Figured it fit here as well.

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