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I get that this is a Texas board. I'm a two time graduate of the University. I grant that Tech and Arkansas and others may not be quite the University that Texas is. But this take is over the top and overly insulting. There are perfectly good perfectly intelligent people graduating from Tech and Arkansas with perfectly good educations every semester. And there are abject morons graduating from Texas with substandard educations every semester.

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Hahahahahaha. Go fuck yourself with this shit. Georgia is a dirty shithouse being run by the resident rat and his mongers. They're dirtier than Sanchez and it's not our problem if you choose to live obliviously, you Pollyanna mouthbreather.

Kasich would have beat Clinton, would have appointed somebody similar to Gorsuch, supported a BBA, supported lowering individual and corporate taxes, opposed funding for PP, supported a social safety net, and opposed the ACA. And had the happy benefit of not having a particularly malignant form of NPD. But the GOP had spent too many decades cultivating total fucking political nonsense within their base that they decided to go with the reality TV star.

They'll beheading home soon enough.

I knew it was just a matter of time. All this talk about Georgia being clean set off the CTJ bat signal.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't find sophomoric behavior by the leader of our country to be "hilarious". This isn't fucking Showtime at the Apollo. There's nothing about me "losing" this sense of humor, either. It was never there.

That seems like an elaborate ruse to cover up looking at porn

You do, you just won't admit it. Obama housed children that crossed on their own, who did not come with families, and were predominately 15-17 years old. Trump is broadly declaring ANYONE who crosses the border, even if they're asylum seekers, as criminals and animals and leeches AND on top of that taking their children away in a ploy to get funding for a wall that he said Mexico would pay for. This isn't simply seeds vs no seeds. This is Obama's gross realpolitik vs trump's (and his administration's) hateful xenophobia and nationalism. You're defending his policy with whataboutism. You and people like you are why trump is able to do these atrocities.

who wore it better?

Maybe, as just a real howler of a gag, next time they meet Angela can present him with one of these and say "for Barron -- in case you all ever have to cross a border." Man, wouldn't that be HILARIOUS!

Important to note here: The free press is the only thing stopping Trump from committing genocide now. Nothing would have happened here if reporters didn’t do their jobs. Congress wouldn’t have stopped him, Ivanka wouldn’t have stopped him, Melania wouldn’t have stopped him. The only reason he did anything was because he got caught and the only pictures we’ve seen from inside those centers were provided by the government. This happened in America. Today.

Many times, doing the right thing has consequences. It would be a good lesson for her. The opposite side would be to say nothing and live with the guilt if anything goes wrong. She should speak up.

Tech making the most of the delay. Tech pitcher Dylan Dusek taking time to hang out with a kiddo with leukemia. But I am not sure if it means anything to that kid since Tech is a just a community college.

I posted this in the DACA thread, but bears posting here: Question: What do the following groups all have in common, besides being the largest denominations accounting for over 120 million Americans? Roman Catholic Church Southern Baptists Methodists Mormons Church of God in Christ National Baptists Lutherans Assemblies of God Presbyterians African Methodist Episcopals Episcopals Answer: They have all issued official statements denouncing the separation of children from families, and/or their leaders have publicly denounced/criticized the separation. And that's just the larger denominations that I looked at - I just went down the list. When a single politician gets those groups all on the same page in regards to a controversial issue, that's not always a good thing. And yes, many of their members are going to be hypocrites as we've already seen, but those organizations are giving their members the green light to vote their conscious come November. Most importantly, the Trump supporters in all of those organizations did not have the power/influence to prevent those organizations/leaders from issuing those statements or speaking out against the separation.

I think he'd prefer a scotch, but your point still stands. The last three decades have been a real gut check. In my naive youth as a college student, I rejoiced at the fall of the Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, thinking things would be hunky dory from here on end. I’m sure those of you of a certain age remember that annoying “Right Here. Right Now.” anthem of hope. Then, I saw the rise of nationalism, isolationism, and bigotry within the GOP with Pat Buchanan. This was soon followed by the evil done to the Twin Towers and the lies told by our leadership so that we could “get Sadam”. Of course, there was also Abu Graib and asshole terrorists like ISIS. Now, we’re dealing with the son of Buchananism: Trumpism, grandson to the segregationists and great-grandson to the KKK (also, cousin to the fucking Nazis). What I’ve learned is that evil never dies but can always be kept in check if enough of us fight to resist it. And, given the fact that we haven’t succumbed to it and civilization hasn’t yet destroyed itself, I’m confident in saying that there’s more of us than them and they’ll never win the war if we don’t let them. Unfortunately, that war will never end, but it's what we have to fight for if we want our progeny to have a future.

I just got a call my from my mom who is a conservative Republican, actually a former Republican activist and got an earful on Trump and the Republican Party. She will disown me and my siblings if we do not vote for Beto. I was the first one notified.

Fuck the country, I got some texts

I thought he was you when you let your hair down and got a couple of wine coolers in you.

So many options, but I think I'll put this here:

So with the first half of the minor league season coming to a close, I decided to take a look at the standings. We fucking own professional baseball right now: I’d say Luhnow is worthy of his promotion.

Our policing of our borders sucked before and many of the people involved sucked as well. But, from the top level, at least the goal wasn't expressly to inflict pain and suffering. Read the accounts you posted. Many of them ultimately result in reunification a short time later. Some of them represent decisions, perhaps incorrect ones, to separate parents from children based on a belief that the parents would endanger the children. I don't like any of these things. They disturb me greatly and always have. But, I also recognize that those incidents were largely incidental results of a larger bureaucratic system that needed a way to process people in some orderly fashion. Unfortunately, that system was forced to implement bad law and at least some of the individuals involved chose to do so in cruel ways. There, I've acknowledged your post and that our previous handling of immigration sucked too. Now it is your turn to acknowledge that Trump's policies are different. Before, there was no top-down order that cruelty be inflicted. Trump insisted on cruelty and pain, and did so because he thought it bought him something politically. Of course, you'll never recognize that because you are a disgusting human being.

I said this a while back -- the press and the judiciary are our RAF in the Battle of Britain. They are the last line of defense, and they cannot fail.

Looks like squidward to me.

With the obvious difference of not having the hair, Miller looks and walks like Sideshow Bob.

You should just let this one alone Hugo. Rogue Melania is not even remotely funny.

I hear Kirby Smart is running a child sex slave ring out of the basement of a local pizza parlor.

I seriously thought this was satire for a second. Cohen resigns from RNC because they no longer meet his moral standards! That is gold.

Already mentioned in this thread, but this all goes back to the enactment of Dept of Homeland Security. Stop militarizing police forces and lets get back to being decent people that the rest of the world looks up to.

No offense, but you sound like kind of a dick.👹👹

Came here checking for a start time. Nobody cares about your opinion on the academics of remaining teams. JFC.

Let's not forget that the Homeland Security Secretary was on twitter just a few days ago saying that there was no policy to separate families. Period. Forgive me if I don't believe them when they say there's no policy to separate families anymore. Period. We're going to need some independent confirmation on this.

The key is to not forget this happened. To recognize that Trump hasn’t changed. That he has not suddenly become reasonable and empathetic. He is caving to pressure, but it took an insane amount of backlash to get him to back off an obviously inhumane policy. He will do awful things in the future. We shouldn’t have to routinely rally faith groups, charitable organizations, and human rights activists to talk the president out of atrocities. The only way to prevent this from happening again is to vote him and the GOP out.

Reads like a Baylor press release during the Briles scandal.

Watch out for #7 right now. Year One Under Authoritarian Rule: What to expect? They will come to power with a campaign based on fear, scaremongering and distorting the truth. Nevertheless, their victory will be achieved through a democratic electoral process. But beware, as this will be their argument every time you question the legitimacy of their actions. They will claim a mandate from the People to change the system. Remember – gaining power through a democratic system does not give them permission to cross legal boundaries and undermine said democracy. They will divide and rule. Their strength lies in unity, in one voice and one ideology, and so should yours. They will call their supporters Patriots, the only “true Americans”. You will be labelled as traitors, enemies of the state, unpatriotic, the corrupt elite, the old regime trying to regain power. Their supporters will be the “People”, the “sovereign” who chose their leaders. Don’t let them divide you – remember you’re one People, one Nation, with one common good. Through convoluted laws and threats they will try to control mainstream media and limit press freedom. They will ban critical press from their briefings, calling them “liars”, “fake news”. They will brand those media as “unpatriotic”, acting against the People (see point 2). Fight for every media outlet, every journalist that is being banned, censored, sacked or labelled an “enemy of the state” – there’s no hope for freedom where there is no free press. They will create chaos, maintain a constant sense of conflict and danger. It will be their argument to enact new authoritarian laws, each one further limiting your freedoms and civil liberties. They will disguise them as being for your protection, for the good of the People. See through the chaos, the fake danger, expose it before you wake up in a totalitarian, fascist state. They will distort the truth, deny facts and blatantly lie. They will try to make you forget what facts are, sedate your need to find the truth. They will feed “post-truths” and “alternative facts”, replace knowledge and logic with emotions and fiction. Always think critically, fact-check and point out the truth, fight ignorance with facts. They will incite and then leak fake, superficial “scandals”. They will smear opposition with trivial accusations, blowing them out of proportion and then feeding the flame. This is just smokescreen for the legal steps they will be taking towards totalitarianism. See through superficial topics in mainstream media (see point 3) and focus on what they are actually doing. They will propose shocking laws to provoke your outrage. You will focus your efforts on fighting them, so they will seemingly back off, giving you a false sense of victory. In the meantime they will push through less “flashy” legislation, slowly dismantling democracy (see points 4 and 6). Focus your fight on what really matters. When invading your liberal sensibilities they will focus on what hurts the most – women and minorities. They will act as if democracy was majority rule without respect for the minority. They will paint foreigners and immigrants as potential threats. Racial, religious, sexual and other minorities will become enemies to the order and security they are supposedly providing. They will challenge women’s social status, undermine gender equality and interfere with reproductive rights (see point 7). But it means they are aware of the threat women and minorities pose to their rule, so make it your strength. Women and minorities should fight the hardest, reminding the majority what true democracy is about. They will try to take control of the judiciary. They will assault your highest court. They need to remove the checks and balances to be able to push through unconstitutional legislation. Controlling the judiciary they can also threat anyone that defies them with prosecution, including the press (see point 3). Preserve the independence of your courts at all cost, they are your safety valve, the safeguard of the rule of law and the democratic system. They will try to limit freedom of assembly, calling it a necessity for your security. They will enact laws prioritizing state events and rallies, or those of a certain type or ideology. If they can choose who can demonstrate legally, they have a legal basis to forcefully disperse or prosecute the rest. Oppose any legislation attempting to interfere with freedom of assembly, for whatever reason. They will distort the language, coin new terms and labels, repeat shocking phrases until you accept them as normal and subconsciously associate them with whom they like. A “thief”, “liar” or “traitor” will automatically mean the opposition, while a “patriot” or a “true American” will mean their follower (see point 2). Their slogans will have double meaning, giving strength to their supporters and instilling angst in their opponents. Fight changes in language in the public sphere, remind and preserve the true meaning of words. They will take over your national symbols, associate them with their regime, remake them into attributes of their power. They want you to forget that your flag, your anthem and your symbols belong to you, the People, to everyone equally. Don’t let them be hijacked. Use and expose them in your fight as much as they do. Show your national symbols with pride, let them give you strength, not associate you with the tyranny they brought onto your country. They will try to rewrite history to suit their needs and use the education system to support their agenda. They will smear any historical or living figure who wouldn’t approve of their actions, or distort their image to make you think they would. They will place emphasis on historical education in schools, feeding young minds with the “only correct” version of history and philosophy. They will raise a new generation of voters on their ideology, backing it with a distorted interpretation of history and view of the world. Guard the education of your children, teach them critical thinking, ensure their open-mindedness and protect your real history and heritage. They will alienate foreign allies and partners, convincing you don’t need them. They won’t care for the rest of the world, with their focus on “making your country great again”. While ruining your economy to fulfil their populist promises, they will omit the fact that you’re part of a bigger world whose development depends on cooperation, on sharing and on trade. Don’t let them build walls promising you security instead of bridges giving you prosperity. They will eventually manipulate the electoral system. They might say it’s to correct flaws, to make it more fair, more similar to the rest of the world, or just to make it better. Don’t believe it. They wouldn’t be messing with it at all if it wasn’t to benefit them in some way. Oppose any changes to electoral law that an authoritarian regime wants to enact – rest assured it’s only to help them remain in power longer. And above all, be strong, fight, endure, and remember you’re on the good side of history.EVERY authoritarian, totalitarian and fascist regime in history eventually failed, thanks to the PEOPLE. – With love, your Eastern European friends http://learnfromeurope.org/

Kind of like your mom. Dirty, old, and we should assume that she's paying for the goods.

Georgia right now:

If you think that NOT ripping families apart is just a minor thing like having seeds or not on a bun, you're a fucking monster.

Mopery.

Not so fast my friend.

Even Daniel Day Lewis couldn’t act like an aggy who had been there before

Continued... It is corrupt, indecent and immoral. With the exception of a few Governors like Baker, Hogan and Kasich it is filled with feckless cowards who disgrace and dishonor the legacies of the party’s greatest leaders. This child separation policy is connected to the worst abuses of humanity in our history. It is connected by the same evil that separated families during slavery and dislocated tribes and broke up Native American families. It is immoral and must be repudiated. Our country is in trouble. Our politics are badly broken. The first step to a season of renewal in our land is the absolute and utter repudiation of Trump and his vile enablers in the 2018 election by electing Democratic majorities. I do not say this as an advocate of a progressive agenda. I say it as someone who retains belief in DEMOCRACY and decency. On Ronald Reagan’s grave are these words. “ I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” He would be ashamed of McConnell and Ryan and all the rest while this corrupt government established internment camps for babies. Everyone of these complicit leaders will carry this shame through history. There legacies will be ones of well earned ignominy. They have disgraced their country and brought dishonor to the Party of Lincoln. I have spent much of my life working in GOP politics. I have always believed that both parties were two of the most important institutions to the advancement of human freedom and dignity in the history of the world. Today the GOP has become a danger to our democracy and values. This Independent voter will be aligned with the only party left in America that stands for what is right and decent and remains fidelitous to our Republic, objective truth, the rule of law and our Allies. That party is the Democratic Party.

I like to daydream about the end of this era of American politics, but in doing so I fear that this era will end with significant bloodshed. Take for example the 2020 election. Can anybody give me any anecdote in Trump's political history that suggests he will go quietly if he loses? The guy was screaming rigged election from the mountaintop at the first suggestion his numbers looked bleak in 2016. Given what we know about his supporters, how will they respond to these tantrums? At this point I think the hard core Trump supporter would find a way to do the mental gymnastics needed to vehemently defend anything he says or does. I always think it's a healthy mental exercise to challenge your own beliefs and ask yourself "What if I am wrong? What if this is wrong?" Ever more, both sides are digging into their idealogical trenches and they aren't coming out. The truth and the answers are left to wither in the middle. More concerning, what if the next wave comes in a shinier package? We're having this much trouble with a card carrying buffoon who has frequently blown up his own policy with clumsy procedures and strategies. He's a wolf that looks very much like a wolf. What if the next guy is actually charming?

I hold you responsible because you desire the outcome. Separating babies from mothers is bad. Full stop. Doesn't matter who does it, Obama or Trump. Always bad to me. You support this policy. You're a fucking piece of shit. Full stop. Troll. Troll not. Doesn't matter. The underlying person that you are supports the removal of babies from their mother. "Obama did it too!" isn't a justification. This is what you want no matter who does it. You are a piece of shit. You see, an actual troll would ignore this post because they don't really support Trump's open policy or Obama's mistakes, but you're actually a real person under there who is pretending to troll, but who actually supports removing babies from their mother. Again, you're a piece of shit. Don't come to me trying to justify your views and make yourself feel better. Own it like Trump does, cry yourself to sleep at night with "but Hillarys", or come clean and seek redemption. I'm sure plenty of Japanese soldiers felt bad about what they did in Nanking, but fuck them too. Some of them served under Captains who ordered them to bayonet babies. Others served under captains who just wanted them to maintain the peace, but had subordinate soldiers bayonette babies anyway. Those two captains are not equal. But you, you wouldn't have the strength to be the captain or the soldier. You'd be the guy back in Japan with a fake disability that is happy that inhuman Chinese babies were getting killed no matter who is doing it or who ordered it.

If I could give all my rep to @Neonmoon, I would. I remembered he had said that Deb’s had RY 10 yr on the shelf a couple weeks ago. Meant to go, but got busy with work and forgot, plus I don’t go up that way much otherwise. I was meeting a friend at the domain and ahead of schedule, so I stopped by tonight. They had RY 10 yr, EH Taylor SiB, and a 1792 Full Proof store pick all in stock. Bought one of each. I think the RY 10 yr is my favorite, at least for my first joint taste test, but they’re all great. Mood after a liberal tasting of each:

As predictable as the sunrise, here's Anastasis to open the door to the normalization of fascism... There is no need for a "legislative fix" to the issue of taking children away from their parents and imprisoning them. What Trump is doing is kidnapping kids to hold hostage for his desired immigration reform.