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pyrohornIII

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  1. I don't remember there being all these factions against a sitting governor in a while. At least not organized to the level of Mothers Against Greg Abbott and others. That's going to help. How much, hard to say. I just hope the vote blue all the way down ballot.
  2. I had a friend there. She said it was extremely emotional considering it's the first time a lot of the parents have spoken.
  3. "Just because you believe something is true does not make it true." "You thinking something is true is not a defense." We need a whole lot more of this.
  4. He can't stop grifting. His vitamins are THE best!
  5. On the other end of the spectrum, there are those who are beginning to successfully fight the lunacy: An NRA charity planned to raffle an AR-15 at a Texas event. Then Uvalde families protested and the group lost its site https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/us/hondo-texas-nra-fundraiser/index.html
  6. Dick Armey, Tom DeLay.
  7. Agree here. Ann Richards ran and won on 2 issues the first time, installing a lottery and insurance reform, which benefitted all Texans who owned a house or car. Most of the down ballot candidates have latched on to a few key issues, like Collier and Fix the Damn Grid. The Beto camp is pretty sophisticated in how they set up both phone banks and block walks. Like gmr said, you have a pretty good idea who is going to answer and their leanings. They've also branched out into adding teams that specialize in persuasion work for fence sitters, as well as teams that reach out to the traditional non-voters. Plus they have a pretty extensive postcard writing campaign in full swing. They do really good training as well. They don't just hand you a lot of literature and point out a neighborhood, or hand you a list of numbers. But they do have their own way of doing things and expect you to follow them and show up. https://map.betoorourke.com/
  8. The only list that matters is Billy's.
  9. Isn't that a skinny Gorka?
  10. A BBQ will be announced soon to introduce the cops to the ones they shouldn't fuck with.
  11. A pretty decent way to spend a couple of hours.
  12. I haven't seen these listed anywhere yet. This is a list of Netflix codes for types of movies. If you go to the search feature and put in the number, all the movies that fit that genre pop up. Unfortunately, you have to actually pick each one to see the info/trailers. Still a pretty neat option to find movies you might not realize are even in their library. Plus Dirty Dozen dropped just recently.
  13. I wish it would help get ranked choice voting more acceptable. Then it wouldn't matter so much how many parties. I attended an organizational meeting a friend of mine hosted during Covid, it wasn't well attended. About 5 hippies was all.
  14. They will keep having them as long as Dunn, Wilks, Koch and the rest of the uber wealthy keep funding them. These conferences are nothing more than big Amway type cult sessions intent on recruitment and retention of the masses. Yeah, there's a grift angle too, but it's not the main angle.
  15. What is that tattoo on his right arm?
  16. Dunn reminds me of Ron Johnson and Wilks reminds me of that fat bald cop from breaking bad. Neither of them are over the top in appearance. Pretty low key looking guys. I watched that series on the mormon fundamentalist branch that were under a "Prophet" and trafficked young girls. These two guys def give off that "Prophet" vibe.
  17. I learned more about ted cruz's dad in that brief program than everything to date. Explains a whole lot of Cruz's motivation and moves. These two zealots names should be the instant rebuttal to every time Soros is mentioned. Dominionism should be the the rebuttal every time socialism is mentioned as an evil. But instead of just using words and names, we need to be able to define these people, talk about what they are doing in simple terms. Expose their shit for what it is. Why the TDP hasn't already started this I have no idea. MTG was pushing this from some pulpit today, the christian nationalism. Here's a good follow.
  18. A much better question would have been "have you talked to your old ag fans about these possible rivalry setups? who do they prefer?" He's been there 4 years. Never coached in even the same conference as aggy. Just seems he'd been smarter to defer this to others, instead of fielding it himself. Claiming rivalries with bluebloods does not make you a blueblood, nor make it a rivalry. But I guess he's paid for whatever makes aggy seem grander than they are. Muddle on, Jimbo.
  19. Push him down the up escalator and just let him tumble like he's in a dryer for a while. Gotta wonder who is still on his detail.
  20. His spin will be he was running to the front lines to protect his patriot friends. To join the fray for the good side.
  21. Nah, hurricanes aren't a threat anymore. Not since Trump figured out how to neutralize them with nukes.
  22. Frog in the pot of boiling water.
  23. Incident Command Ops are built to transfer IC to more qualified leadership as it come on scene. Arrendondo could have tried to do that, but there might have not been a clear chain of authority here. I would have thought DPS or Texas Ranger at the very least. I doubt seriously he was IC through the whole incident. If he was, then that's a state failure to not have that handover training in place. I know our local school goes through this training every year and firm plans are in place as to first response through to the final ops. I'm not defending Arrendondo, but I can also see how this could break down easily with muddied communication and unsure of who has authority to issue commands. The problem with ICS is that it is cumbersome and intricate, and it's easy to forget where your spot is in the system as new personnel are added. Most of mine is based on firefighting and hazardous material incident responses. ICS is a great tool, but it's also something that takes a lot of time to put into place, and it is not a good situation for OJT or on the job refreshers. It has to be practiced often and in more than just one scenario. Not only gunmen, but dirty bombs, WMD, biologicals, etc. All those are threats.
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