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pyrohornIII

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  1. Wouldn't the puberty blockers they give gymnasts fall under this? Or are they considered growth hormones, not transitioning ones?
  2. I never got the chance to meet him, but all the exposure I have had to him starting with that BMW team has been positive. The man was able to use his talents to work himself into a position in life where he was making a positive difference in so many peoples' lives. Some people got a smile, a handshake, a wave or pat on the back, and others got more, like all the kids he counseled and encouraged. Now in the day of NIL and portals things are so different for these athletes. It's so much easier to make it about themselves. But still there are a lot of good athletes that are even better people, because of the positive influence men like Lance Blanks gave them. I'm saddened by his passing, but I am also proud to support UT athletics, which seems to attract and nuture athletes and students of such good character.
  3. Exactly. How many kids could go to public school on what he spent on tuition to that exclusive school?
  4. This is true. I got wind of one of these a few months back. They only use texting to people in an area they think are sympathetic to their agenda. My mother (who hasn't voted R in 12 years) is 95 and has dementia, so I use my cell for all the medical and business forms. That's how I received the text to start with. I forwarded it to a few friends and some went inside while I picketed outside. They choose private/religious schools to hold these things in. There is never any public announcement beforehand about the event, so yeah, they are very selective about who they invite.
  5. And Bettencourt is from Harris Co and has an axe to grind. I'm guessing they feel he has enough goods on Harris Co voting issues of the past to hold up as justification for this power grab.
  6. The Post article does a good job of saying it's the Republicans' fault without saying it outright. I know Steve Bridges. Salt of the earth kinda guy.
  7. Sad to think these people immigrated here from Honduras (legally, from what I've read) just to end up dying of the same sort of violence. Imagine to be ridiculed and vilified for simply trying to do the lawful thing and make things better for your family, only to have that family gunned down by another immigrant who reaches a point where violence against others is his only release. It's just another way our immigration system is broken. Instead of helping those who turn to our country for a fresh start, we turn them into pariahs. That makes it a better political football. This is a mixture of two footballs, immigration and gun control. And the game is played at the expense of thousands of innocent lives.
  8. Could Dominion have required his firing as part of the settlement agreement? Would that be legal? I suppose not, or they would have gone after some of the other Fox quacks too. Or maybe firing him now gets them ahead of the Smartmatic settlement? Like Fox saying the bad egg is gone. Nothing to see here anymore.
  9. Not sure how much is true, but it's funny anyway.
  10. I haven't seen much on the kickers. Does it look like Sanborn at P, Auburn at FG and Stone for kickoffs still?
  11. They keep trying to sell this as a normal type of friendship, where Crow likes Clarence and Ginni so much he just keeps giving them stuff asking nothing in return. Do you really think those two are the life of any dinner party worth going to? I know if I had a friend who gifted me something, then somehow I'm going to figure out a way to gift back. It's how friendships work, a display of mutual respect. So with Thomas accepting all these gifts, then either he repays them somehow, or he's the scummiest friend out there and has no shame in repeatedly accepting such largesse without returning any. The idea Crow kept doling out the gifts getting nothing in return just doesn't add up. MD beat me to it.
  12. Toth and Cain are using this as a lever to get rid of Slaton because he's a loose cannon and is always mucking things up with a lot of 'look at me' amendments and bills. This way they can rid themselves of a moronic maverick and try to maintain the GQP holds some sort of moral high ground. At least that's the takeaway I had after reading the TM article.
  13. Yeah, we saw this in Texas when they cut mental health care funding for k-12 schools.
  14. I would guess the RNC money is down too, due to people not liking the way the party was transformed and eventually compromised by Trump and his con. So they've lost money to TFG and because of him.
  15. I wonder how much of what he has raised would not have been raised by the RNC to begin with. Would be an interesting study to see how many of his contributors were regular RNC donors, or are they mainly rubes who've fallen for his schtick. Either way, when he fails to win in 2024, they will blame the RNC, and in a way they won't understand, they'd be right.
  16. This is a good point. I know Carroll Robinson is thinking of running for her seat if she wins the mayoral race. He's been very active in Houston politics for a while now and currently heads the Democratic Black Caucus of Texas.
  17. No more than a section of our country that erects statues to leaders of the Confederacy all over the place.
  18. I agree with Pancho. I like that shirt. I found one similar, but the swoosh is under Bevo. https://www.rallyhouse.com/Nike-Texas-Longhorns-Mens-Burnt-Orange-Collegiate-DriFIT-Alternate-Short-Sleeve-Polo-12557549?gclid=Cj0KCQjw27mhBhC9ARIsAIFsETGOK1rIYhkqwzHLmv1QnEy_M-VOtArF9ydxzsybbK2yV4eL53uC9jMaApxAEALw_wcB&variant_id=128014 Maybe some of you other gear gurus know where that one is from?
  19. Kim Mulkey is trash and a bully. Her teams mistakenly think they are showing strong defiance, but really it's just poor sportsmanship. She is truly unlikeable and no matter her records, she gets no respect from me.
  20. Are there cans of soup and stacks of bricks just laying around for no reason?
  21. I hope that several of those 34 come so far out of left field that no one saw them coming, but they hold lots of water. Just to catch Trump and all his lawyers off guard.
  22. He's full on playing the martyr role.
  23. He didn't mind her saying they fucked. He didn't want things to get out like the spanking and the mushroom peen.
  24. So this ran in the Battalion last week. And while this guy heaps the current problems on Jimbo, they still can't seem to grasp the bulk of their problem is their insistence on their traditions being respected and envied. They can't see the problem because they are too close to it, and people think they are just off a bit, try to hard. And that fucks with their recruiting and then the athletes once they hit campus. There has always been a choke mentality to that school. So yeah, while Jimbo sucks, he's just the latest in a long line of coaches that couldn't bring success to that school. They have no tradition of actually winning much beyond moral victories and the occasional upset. They do have a tradition of overvaluing themselves. Self awareness is not ever a feature. I thought maybe this article would address that, but it didn't. They cite BOMC often, but it's really battered aggie syndrome.
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