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Reading the butthurt in here reminds me yet again that 95% of our population, including the posters on here, are simply incapable of perceiving anything political in any way other than reinforcing their existing beliefs. If you hate the left, everything that happens will be perceived thru that lens. I hate Trump’s guts. But objectively you have to acknowledge that for such an incredibly difficult problem and situation, the agreement with NK is a positive first step. It may all fall apart later, but you have to start somewhere, and commitment to de-nuclearization is the right first step. The only thing we have given up is joint military exercises, which are just a money drain anyway. If things go sideways, we just start exercises again. Sanctions are still in place. Fears over legitimizing Un are way over-blown. The whole world knows he’s a clown. Complaints about no human rights changes are premature. We work with China and they have a plethora of human rights violations. There are a dozen other countries we deal with that also are brutal dictatorships, like Saudi Arabia. The main goal is denuclearization, not solving all their human rights violations. In fact, you can’t easily do that until you’ve solved the nuclear problem first. You guys are smart. Suck it up and acknowledge that he’s done something that has some value because he has. Otherwise you look just like the science-denying lugheads on the right.

My guess she will have to pay him alimony.

I want a job where I get praise for going to tailgates and drinking other people’s beer.

I kind of enjoy going to SECRant, because every other school's posters hate A&M and make fun of them, but there are still a few aggies hanging around, desperate for acceptance, taking the hate. This one from last week made me blow my drink out my nose:

My buddy on the Hill's take: - the bar is fucking low...so I was surprised it wasn’t more painfully embarrassing - Team Trump is hailing an agreement that is completely absent of guarantees and enforcement provisions...unlike the Iran Deal which actually had enforceable provisions - South Korea’s somewhat silent response up till now let’s you know how wary we should be about N Korea’s promises - Kim...a megalomaniac craves validation and he got it - Trump...a megalomaniac craves validation and he got it - ending joint military exercises with S Korea will be a mistake that everyone but Team Trump will point out - only thing missing was Trump exclaiming “peace in our time” in his best Neville Chamberlain voice as Trump waved the agreement - Trump has proven the Melian dialogue true...Great nations do what they want...weak ones what they must...Trump wanted to bitch slap allies and cozy up to dictators...he can do what he wants...Kim had to cozy up to US and Trump...eventually though Trump will destroy America’s great nation position - the US just validated a dynastic kleptocracy that enslaves it’s citizens...after a weekend of the US telling it’s Western Liberal Democratic allies to go fuck themselves... ...this is where we are...it only gets worse...

My inconsequential thoughts: 1. Dbeasy is right. This is a first step in a change in the handling of NK. The status quo was surely not the answer, so something different needed to be tried. None of us knows how this will play out — it may be good, it may be bad. I couldn’t think less of Trump, so I will be surprised if it winds up benefiting anyone other than himself or Russian interests, but hey, maybe I’ll be wrong. Maybe the next guy can parlay this into something substantive. We’ll have to wait and see. I certainly hope my pessimism is wrong. 2. It’s astonishing to see our President be graciously diplomatic to a despot like Kim and wantonly antagonistic with our allies that have stood with us against Russia during the Cold War and bled with us on Normandy, in Iraq (twice) and in Afghanistan. Could he do anything more in his power to weaken the bonds between us and the other nations within G7 and NATO than he currently is? Waging trade and word wars with democratic allies while simultaneously trying to get Russia into the G7, “pardoning” ZTE and praising the virtues of someone like KJU are not the actions of a man who is putting American interests first. 3. We need to be zoomed out a level and examining his body of work. You can look at NK and say, “hmm, maybe something good will come of that.” But its not happening in a vacuum. It comes on the heels of G7, which comes on the heels of ZTE, which comes on the heels of contradicting our intelligence agencies as to Russian influence into our elections, etc... When we myopically focus on the event of the day, we lose sight of the series of actions and what they amount to. We lose sight of the course being set for our nation and where we are likely to wind up. When I look at that, I see us being steered into a fucking Russian iceberg, wittingly or not.

fucking aggy all buying the flights to go watch their 3 teams play in the CWS

Last May was my dad's 80th birthday. To celebrate it, I bought my parents and me plane tickets to go to Italy and visit the towns were his ancestors lived. That's what was supposed to happen. What actually happened was that one week before the trip, my mom calls me to tell me that we had to cancel the trip because my dad fell, was taken to a hospital, and they did some kind of imaging and found a brain tumor. I didn't get to say happy birthday to him because he was not lucid. He died this morning. I'm glad he didn't suffer for very long.

Stupid Sips, the Luigi44 is the only ranking that matters. Because it's from the station, and it's lit, and power moves. Baggins promised a 1 or 2 class and he will deliver, or you can come down there and say it to his face. clackity-clackity-clack. The car climbs up the track. aggys all cheer, as fall grows near, but somehow they always fucking forget about November.

6figs was also commonly referred to as "thirty seconds" or ":30". This was based on when he used to post under texags name hamm. Apparently he went on a date with another poster and it all came out on the general board. When asked about her experience, she said he went about 30 seconds.

DeGabriel Floyd on commitment and recruiting Cali kids to Texas :: Four-star Westlake (Calif.) outside linebacker De’Gabriel Floyd gave Texas a verbal commitment this offseason and has been a vocal recruiter for the Longhorns. Floyd sat down with Horns247 to talk about his decision, how he sees himself fitting in at UT and more. EJ: You made an early commitment to Texas. What was it about UT that really attracted you? DF: The offer came kind of late. I just thought it was a big name offer. I never took it that seriously until Coach (Todd) Orlando came to my school. There are only a few guys he’s recruiting in California, and he came out here just for me. He told me what he wanted in a player and what he sees from me in the future. That really opened my eyes. He told me that he really wanted me at Texas. EJ: It seemed like your visit for junior day weekend pushed you over the edge. Is that an accurate take? DF: Yeah. So I took the trip, and I was with my family, and we loved it. Everything was top tier. The vibe between me and all the coaches was great. I bonded with some of the players like Dele (Ayodele Adeoye), Jamari (Chisholm), BJ (Foster) and a few others, so it just felt like home for me. EJ: So where does your commitment stand now? DF: My commitment is 100 percent solid. I’m trying to graduate early and get there in January. I want to learn the playbook, get bigger and just get comfortable with the system. EJ: How do you see yourself fitting into UT’s defensive scheme? DF: They want me to come in and play rover. Coach (Todd) Orlando explained to me that the rover is the guy that makes the most plays. I’m excited to play that role. Their rover position needs a lot of speed, instincts and ability. I think I have that. I love going after the ball. They said I have the intangibles to do that, so I’m ready. EJ: What’s your relationship like with defensive coordinator Todd Orlando? DF: Man, we have a great relationship. I talk to him all the time. I tell him literally everything that’s going on in my life — wrong, right, good and bad. That’s my guy. He’s a mentor that God has blessed me with. EJ: What stands out to you about head coach Tom Herman? DF: Coach Herman is great. He’s a loving father figure to everybody. He’s all for the kids. That’s just the type of person he is. He’s heartwarming. He knows football. He knows what he needs from his players. He doesn’t need to tell them what to do. They know what they need to do to get it done. EJ: Texas is having some success recruiting the state of California. What is it about UT that’s really attracting kids from the West Coast? DF: A little bit of it is the saying that everything is bigger in Texas. Football is bigger in Texas. It means something there. I think a lot of guys are really interested in that. And it’s just a great program with a lot of tradition. EJ: It also seems like Austin is a natural fit for a lot of California prospects. What do you like about the city? DF: Austin is really similar to Los Angeles. There is a lively atmosphere. There is a lot of stuff to do. People are active and out having fun. It’s just a lively city. EJ: Which recruits are you working on to join you at Texas? DF: Bru McCoy is my guy. I try to stay in contact with him as often as possible. I’m not going to name anybody, but I’m in the process of possibly flipping some guys. We’ll see, but I’m the heaviest on Bru. I don’t want to put all his business out there, but Texas is high on his list like he’s said. EJ: What’s your pitch to Bru McCoy? DF: Everybody is talking about this Cali to Texas movement. I feel like Texas is trying to recruit the West Coast hard because there is a lot of talent out here. We can make a big name for Texas. EJ: Last thing, when is the next time you want to make it back to Texas? DF: I wanted to make it this weekend, but I have some family plans. But I’m going to be back there some time in July. I’ll make my official in the fall.

Sorry to interrupt recruiting talk, but this belongs on every page of Surly

Looks like it was literally built from leftover cinder blocks, and a couple construction workers who were paid with a case of Bud light.. Reruns from "that other place":

Y’all like white swimmin?

You keep talking like that and none of that money is going to trickle down to you. Don't rock the boat and maybe you will get lucky and Elon Musk will accidentally throw away bag full of gold before he leaves for Mars and you'll find it as you dig around the landfill you live in because a robot took your job and there is no social safety net. It's just basic economics.

This is one of the more stunning things I’ve read in weeks. The on-field IQ of this guy is single digits, yet he’s entering McCombs. Knock me over with a feather.

Aggy is melting down like clockwork. Fire the coach, how did Pierce do this in 2 years, they just got a lucky draw. (forget that they lost to Texas for Christs sake). Why is Tech there? Again lucky draws for 3 of the last 5 years, that is why Tech is there. This from a team that has 2 fucking wins in the CWS total. The last one in the 90's. Sorry aggy you are, as usual, not as great as you think you are.

Trump praised a murderous dictator, agreed to stop military activities, alienated our most important international allies, and neglected to discuss human rights violations, all in exchange for becoming the fourth US President to oversee a denuclearization pledge from North Korea. Value.

We already knew Obama rescued the economy, not sure what your point is.

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Back at it again! my new boy Ace Bennett was born last Wednesday. Wife did it naturally because the anesthesiologist was a 30 min wait, while the contractions got closer and closer that it was just time. Women are so much stronger than men its not even close. We had him cut, and screwing around with poop around the sack while keeping a Vaseline soaked gauze on his region is a lot different than dealing with a girl. Plus ive been peed on 3 times already. but he's not colic(yet) which is all i wanted after my first one. super chill kid.

Am I the only one that gives zero fucks if Shepherd visits aggy? If he goes and mysteriously commits on the spot it will mean one of two things.. 1. He never really was a Texas lean.. 2. It's a recruitment we don't really want to be involved in. My guess is he goes, has a good time, (whatever the fuck that means in collie station) but ultimately becomes a Longhorn when all is said and done. No amount of wigging out by recruiting junkies will change this..

yeah, ford employees didn't build a car. they were largely unskilled, single task factory workers. the equivalent of flipping a burger is fastening a handle to a car door. nevertheless...fuck, man, you missed the entire point.

Maybe while he's there he can sell Kyle Porter on how much fun it would be to graduate in three years and go pro in something other than sports.

Just getting back to this thread -- a lot of good takes above, too many to rep. Summary of all of them seems to come back to the Charlie Wilson's War "we'll see" anecdote: I think that's generally correct. Also, I wanted to follow up with a really good take, from someone who's been intimately involved with the region for decades, has met KJU several times, etc. (also happens to be my cousin by marriage). There's a LOT of "we'll see" going on here, but the signs ain't looking great with respect to long-term progress.

Phrasing!

I think it's Chayse Todd in that scenario, or more likely both Todd and Robinson would get the attention. You can't coach mean and Chayse Todd doesn't fucking play games and has really good athleticism for a guy at 290. He has excellent balance and is everything the current Aggy targets aren't. I think he's a take in his own right but if Bragg goes Stanford I think you'd see Texas get serious about both Todd and Robinson. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/video/the-opening-houston-ol-chayse-todd-highlights/ another example ::

Stop mentioning that tool. Don't you think he knows that? You don't have to put out a legitimate product to a bunch of aggys to make money. He doesn't give a shit. Now all you fucktards quit talking to him. He's aggy through and through. He tries to come off as reasonable but he's in bed with Taylor Hamm, so that tells you all you need to know.

And you take speculative news stories that may or may not be true and process it thru your far left lens to suit your pre-existing beliefs. Maybe the news stories are accurate. Probably are. However the only verified facts are that it blew up and no flights have occurred. Isn’t that why we wanted? You people have got to learn to treat every piece of news information skeptically. The people affiliated with the two parties spend every waking moment skewing information to suit their objective of taking and holding political power. If you actually started doing that, here is what you might actually realize, or re-affirm: 1. Trump is absolutely a narcissistic piece of shit. The evidence from his on tweets provides the direct evidence. I’m sure you’re on-board with this thought. 2. The Republican Party has passed some of the most irresponsible tax legislation in a long time, and maybe ever. You are still feeling good I bet. 3. However, the trade imbalance with other countries is absolutely unfair. China, for example, doles out business and sponsors activities in very specific ways to enrich Chinese companies and give only token levels of business for US companies. For twenty plus years we’ve been taking it up the rectum from them and others. Trump is right to be trying to change it in a new or different way. Is he doing it right? No. See #1. I’m sure you are still feeling good here because it still aligns with your hatred of Trump and Republicans, but you are getting nervous because it requires you to acknowledge that the other side pursuing better trade agreements is the right thing to do. Uh oh. When you look at all of the serious issues this country must address (spending, immigration, trade, nukes, human rights, etc), neither party is effectively developing positions and strategies to solve them. You know why? Because that isn’t their objective. Their objective is to get and hold power. Now, personally I think across the whole spectrum of issues the Democratic Party is closer to reasonable positions than the Republican Party, but until the general public quits viewing every fact thru their political lens, we won’t hold them accountable for solving the problems. You guys on this board are the worst. You spend all day long criticizing the other side and I rarely, if ever, see any of you take counter positions to your party line. Maybe you have and I missed them, but it’s rare. The day I start seeing some original thoughtful analysis on here instead of pre-conditioned confirmation bias is the day this country will finally start addressing these pressing problems. I’m confident that day will come. Finally, I know everything I just wrote will be criticized and go in one ear and out of the other because, well, see above.

The motto for that whole aggy Facebook group: Roses are red; Violets are blue. I’m a schizophrenic; And so am I.

3 days with him Ave he is just a badass. I'm drunk now and sorry but he came by the tailgate grabbed a few beers and said hi to everyone. Didn't turn down a picture and said this is what Texas needs.

Congrats. My wife went without anesthesia for about 16 hours of labor before finally getting an epidural. Had to get a decent amount of stitches. She’s pretty tough. Our son Hunter Barrett Schulz was born yesterday afternoon. 6 lbs, 13 oz and 21” long. I’ll post some pictures after we get out of the hospital.

You leave Dedeaux's successor in the spot too long, then replace him with his son-in-law who has virtually no coaching experience, and then when you fire him, you give the interim head job even though he had losing record as interim, have him go through another losing season, and then fire him right before the next season starts and promote one of his assistants, who had no head coaching experience and well... he's been in the job six years now with one regional trip. Of course none of this happens unless your AD is headed up by Mike Garrett and Pat Haden, two guys who only care about football.

The cognitive dissonance from bathroom boy is staggering. Hope he keeps doing what he's doing though. "He's overwhelmed by reporters contacting him...there are a few things working against A&M right now..." Yeah, YOU, dipshit. Lulz.

That's the thing. The only crisis that has been averted is the one that Trump himself created.

This is about one thing and one thing only: Trump wants a Nobel prize. Because Obama has one. That’s it Trump wanted the photo op and something, anything, in writing with NK. Mission accomplished. Now the Nobel prize pandering tour will kick in high gear. Just view it through that lens. Don’t treat that as actual diplomacy. You’ll drive yourself mad. Just see this as Trump promoting himself, which is what his entire term is about.

I'm hopeful. But this is like a little boy is trapped in a cave, and we were only able to squeeze a chimp inside for a rescue. Just crossing your fingers that the chimp saves him instead of shitting all over the place and ripping his limbs off.

You are pointing out exactly what I’m conveying. It’s great that you’ve made this comment. Politically, I lean left. And I hate Trump with a passion. When he first ran, I was optimistic because I didn’t realize he is a miserable human being. I figured it out before the election and didn’t vote for him. Most of the way, I’ve been embarrassed by him and the Republican Party. I did not support the tax breaks. However, there have been a few things here and there where he and the Republican Party either accomplished something or took a reasonable position. I came into the political forums and engaged with folks thinking that for once there might be a reasonable discourse on the topic where we all agreed. I craved to hear that for once we were united to solve a problem. I also felt that the forums were so left leaning that they had become echo chambers. Instead, what I found with most of the posters was the exact same poo flinging. The formula is so predictable. Something happens, and each of the liberals and conservatives on here scurry off and find tweets and news stories critical of the other side. Then they post them here and all have a good laugh about the stupidity of the other side, just like this thread. Of course, no one realizes these tweets and stories are prepared by Party backers for the occasion. The reason I know this is because that is what I used to do for a living. The left leaners have snuffed out most of the conservative posters in this site. If you read the forums, any other views on an issue are not tolerated. The standard response is to make dismissive degrading statements about the poster, add in a Trump-sympathetic comment like “go watch your Apprentice show”, etc. The posters believe they are intellectually superior, when in reality they’ve been hypnotized better than most. I’ve posted probably ~4 times positive things about Republicans and/or Trump on things where I truly believe they’ve done something good. Each and every one was met with the standard playbook. I am confident that the self awareness issue will eventually get recognized by people. It will probably take a lot of bad times ahead for it to happen but eventually we will have an awakening where people will start challenging their own beliefs in an effort to get out from under the 24/7 political advertising we are all subjected to every day. For me personally, the whole situation is bizarre. I find myself “defending” a man I despise, but it’s because I deeply believe that without people becoming fully aware of their personal biases, this country can find itself in a very bad situation down the line. But, because I fail every time when I come into the political forums on this objective, I just scurry off for months at a time and don’t participate. Every once in awhile I try again, and it’s usually a conservative topic because of the echo chamber bias of the forums. So ya, I’m a left leaning person that periodically defends Trump and/or conservatives.

God damnit I hate him so fucking much.

I, for one, appreciate that you kept your word and admitted you were wrong about the meeting. A rarity on this site these days.

Update: Texas appearances: 36 (1st) Combined appearances of other 7 schools: 52 Texas CWS wins: 85 (1st) Combined CWS wins of other 7 schools: 73 Texas national finals appearances: 12 (2nd) Combines national finals appearances of other 7 schools: 9 National titles: 6 (2nd) Combined national titles of other 7 schools: 3 (2 for Beavs, 1 for Gators)

First step? Read the joint statements from the early 1990s before you comment on this subject any further.

No, your take is beyond naive. The only progress is on Trump's side, because he started with such insane rhetoric, and now things seem better just because he's talking peace. But the only real change is in Trump's attitude, not anything on the NK side. We just gave Kim our military exercises in exchange for the same vague promises NK has given us for 25 years at various points. Today was the first step towards NK's international acceptance as a nuclear state.

Not pictured: an ice cold lone star

Let him field an OL at Texas that is better than average before we start handing out raises.

Jimbo: Because aggy is a cult. Cults really really believe they are correct in their beliefs and will not accept reality. You are Koresh and aggy and their followers are Branch Davidians. Folks at Texas Agricultural & Mechanical is blind to the fact they have been brain washing each other into thinking they are an elite state university football power. The aggys think they are Texas or Michigan or Georgia or Penn St. Reality is that you are Michigan St. or Georgia Tech or Pittsburgh. You're welcome.

Perfect answer. You get to feel good because you can point to other people and say, "They failed. They failed ONLY because of something they did to themselves. There are no other explanations." You're off the hook. No thinking required. Just blame. And you get to feel good and smug.

I'm drunk still dirty if double posted

You are a completely different person on this forum. I enjoy your posts (for the most part , ha!) on all of the other forums but this one has created some sort of disease that you can't turn off. (By the way not just you but a lot of people on the Politics forum) I am not kidding you really should do what Tony did and go out and meet a shit ton of new people, no preconceived notion or judgments, go have a beer shoot the shit, ask people how their day was, etc. Learn, grow, accept. Because this forum isn't healthy for anyone who lives here and dishes out and reads all the hate that is here. Good luck.