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pyrohornIII

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  1. Just a list of thoughts concerning RT up to this point. 1) RT has shown he can keep things on track and moving forward even when things get screwy. 2) I wish he had more of the Beard showmaster/carnival barker in him that went so far to reignite the fire in UT basketball with promotions and ideas like Greg Gym night. Maybe he has those skills but hasn't been given a green light, or maybe he's just been too busy. 3) He has a good staff around him, one that Beard assembled, and I am sure they assisted in putting this group of players together. Can they keep doing that, or was Beard somehow the master configurer? And from what I hear just a few are joining Beard. 4) Like Hermanator said, Austin offers him a whole lot of recruiting advantages he didn't have at UTEP or Fresno. And certainly his rapport with the current team will work to his advantage. Apparently his staying wouldn't run off any recruits already committed. 5) He seems like a pretty solid non-slimy fellow and a good ambassador for UT. But then we are entering a conference that pays little respect to how slimy a coach is as long as he has a winning record. 6) Maybe he hasn't brought the two freshmen along as quickly as he could have, but they haven't really regressed either. Mitchell and Morris both have shown flashes, just not consistently. At the same time they have bought into being part of a team, and not individuals like Tre Mitchell and others in the recent past. I can see the arguments not to keep him, but at the same time I can see some pretty good upside to keeping him too. This team has a great chemistry, and bringing in a new staff and players would put us back at square 1, much less with the smears that would come from not keeping a successful guy at the helm. The question is is this RT's team, or is it Beard's team since he was at the helm when it was assembled? Has it morphed into RT's team or is there too much of Beard's imprint still on it?
  2. We're saying the same thing. Religion has been used as a cover for centuries to justify taking what someone else already has. The tactics have changed, but the mission remains the same. The extended luxury of one group at the expense of other groups. Then the struggle to hold onto that advantage.
  3. I forewent the last of the game to watch live the aggy newscast. They talked about how aggy started strong for like 2 minutes, then "but in the end they were overpowered." That's it, nothing more. Immediate switch to Arkansas and other Alabama winning. "We lost but SEC! SEC! SEC!" Same as it is in everything else.
  4. Its in the education thread
  5. Apparently Abbott is going to start sinking large blue county schools from the inside now. They've been rattling the swords for some time. This is a really good article on it: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2023/03/15/446250/texas-education-agency-takeover-houston-independent-school-district/ Texas Education Agency announces takeover of the Houston Independent School District The state-appointed managers will hold immense power. They can control the budget, school closures, collaborations with charter networks, policies around curriculum and library books, as well as hiring or firing the superintendent, among other important decisions.
  6. An assumption I am making, not personal experience. So he might not be gay at all. He just presents gay, at least to me, and Jesus is his beard.
  7. Oh fuck, don't get me started on the one who was a twirler for Baylor (no pics). What's the word for polite arrogance? Or the flat earther who is gay, but can't admit it, because it's against god's will. I don't go to many family reunions, but do feel obligated to attend a funeral now and again.
  8. So basically this kills all whistleblower reporting going forward. Of course none of our ethical upstanding legislators or public employees ever do anything that wouldn't pass any scrupulous test. So we really didn't need it to start with. Those four ought to go stand outside the capital and blow the shrillest, loudest whistles they can to bring attention to this issue. Do it every day, be like grackles. Hand out push cards explaining things. And whistles.
  9. I have a cousin who graduated aggy, and all three of his kids did the same. His wife never went. Very seldom have I seen any of them dressed in anything but maroon, white, grey or black, especially the mom.
  10. I did not realize that was a statue to their fight song. Or is it their anthem? Who the fuck cares? The chick in the dress looks like a Farmer's Only dot com date that got no showed.
  11. I'm hoping the guards break their slumps tonight and carry that confidence into next weekend. However with tired legs, that's probably a big ask.
  12. The guy who built the "Whoop Stop" in Paige (devoted to all things aggy) went on to build a par three truly cow pasture pool 9 hole course named WhizGolf, next to it, complete with the opportunity to tour the portable sheds he's hawking. He's a huge Trump supporter. It's been fun over the years to watch it all die a gradual death. I think Trump owns most of the golf courses and some other properties. Most of the hotels and other buildings worldwide with his name are licensing deals. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/10/23/heres-every-trump-property-thats-dropped-his-name/?sh=191791353571
  13. Wait. She's woke? Isn't that a bad thing? I'm confused. But not as much as she was.
  14. Maybe they feel like they're losing too many viewers because of the Dominion suit and its associated uncoverings, so they are doubling down on the lying? Most of J6 is associated with Trump, and it seems they are distancing themselves from him, so why is it so important to continue to try to influence public opinion on this? Trying to cover their own complicity, or maybe some of the other players like Hawley, MTG, etc?
  15. But it doesn't matter when it comes to Ginny and Clarence Thomas. Right.
  16. They'll have some group buy the campus for pennies on the dollar, then turn it into a Liberty U Lite. They have to have someplace for all these home schooled and religious charter school kids to go for a college diploma.
  17. I think that the Bible thing is a cover and copout. I think the bulk of them are not very bright people, or lazy, or both. They are naggingly insecure about that and band with others who hold up the BIble and yell "We don't need science, we have faith in God!" That's why the 'Pray for our Nation' yard signs irked me so much when they were popular. It's like they don't want to be bothered to try to understand any socio-economic, ecological or other issues to make informed votes. They just throw their hands in the air to hand it over to some all knowing God. Whatever happens is God's plan. Their willful ignorance has been preyed on by both politicians and charlatan hucksters like Osteen, Hinn, Robertson. Look no further than Wilks and Dunn who are using both church and politics for their benefit. The most of them don't even read or study the Bible, they take whatever gets spewed at them first, second or third hand, just like Fox, OAN, etc. It's so much about greed and insecurity and going along to feel part of something important. So much more than the Bible, it's just a prop. If they were truly using Christian tenets, our social assistance program would be ten times larger than our corporate welfare program.
  18. I agree with you on the prison issue. I worked for TDC during that time. It was a case of overcrowding initially brought on by the Wayne Justice order. It was faster and easier to contract with private groups such as Wackenhut than it was to build more State units. Then it became an issue on how to keep those private units full to keep them open. Those units (and the existing State units) provided lots of jobs for rural communities like Lockhart and Dilley. There were a lot incarcerated who didn't need to be just to keep the money flowing. Did we start needlessly imprisoning more to press for the need for privatization, or the other way around? Either way, you know lots of money was involved. As far as tollroads, living rural, I don't keep up with their politics much. I should have left that one alone.
  19. She's in a series called Insatiable on Netflix. She looks pretty good. Don't do a before and after on Nicole though. Oh and I tried to watch the rehash of night court. I just can't sit through anything with a laugh track anymore.
  20. I thought Dead for a Dollar was a pretty decent vehicle for Waltz. It didn't get very high ratings, but I got through it ok. I liked most of the actors surrounding him as well. It's on Amazon.
  21. These guys played today like they didn't have anything to lose. They played loose and just as much for the home crowd as for themselves, maybe more so. I hope by beating the arguably #1 team in the nation as dominantly as they did, that confidence carries forward. Yeah Kansas might not really have had their head in the game at the start, but they tried to make a run late. They wanted it, they just coasted too long, figuring they could dig themselves out. Good game, good season in hard ass conference.
  22. So he's rolling into Bryan with his dog and pony show next Tuesday. I need some ideas for signs to take to the protest.
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