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I don't want to seem reactionary and jump the gun here, but it might be time to consider revoking Vladimir Putin's U.S. security clearance.

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The 2008 OU game was my favorite game to attend ever (no, I wasn't at the Rose Bowls). It was such a glorious victory over those fuckers. The feeling of almost pure sports fan euphoria was incredible. In fact it was so intoxicating that I remember standing there as the game ended and actually thinking "Holy shit, Greg Davis might have finally figured this shit out." I seriously thought we were about to embark on another decade long stretch of dominance with Muschamp there and Davis having figured things out. The way he used the available pieces that day and attacked Oklahoma's weaknesses was a gotdamn masterpiece. Even as an avowed optimist I have never been that excited about the long-term program possibilities before or since. Even after winning the national championship I knew the future was uncertain because VY would be leaving. But leaving the Cotton Bowl that day was just pure excitement. So I definitely thank Greg Davis for that day and that feeling. Then he fucked it up. The end.

If it wasn't before, it better be now that he fucking hired Kendall Briles. As far as I'm concerned Major has shown himself to be a POS human being, and I realize that might be an unpopular opinion here, but fuck it. He cheated on his pregnant wife and he hired Kendall Briles after everything happened at Baylor. If he coaches at Texas I'd be hard pressed to keep watching football.

aggy thread is that way. =====>

Wait, are we skipping over the "Nimrod" part?

What a country . . . the US Senate felt compelled to pass a resolution confirming a key aspect of THE FIRST FUCKING AMENDMENT.

just read the chronicle at lunch, where they had turned the weekly over to ethan hawke's hands. it included a fascinating discussion between hawke and beto: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2018-08-17/beto-o-rourke-and-ethan-hawke-in-conversation/ read the whole piece, i'm not going to quote it all here. some excerpts that really appeal to me: regarding the wall: and this is a crazy fact: it is obvious from the interview that he is thoughtful, and beyond visiting the 254 counties, he's fucking LISTENING to people, not just his supporters. I think that is a real recipe for success.

Sorry man, flat out disagree with that 100%. Horny was there for like what, 8 years, in that office? We don't sit here and get to casually but with certainty talk about how of course Urban Meyer knew, everyone knew etc, but then roll the plausible deniability wagon on of the garage for Casey Horny and by his hiring Tom Herman. There's a difference between a hiring being a "nod" to rape culture and hiring someone you're pretty certain has a sketchy history and a fuck ton of bad optics. Just don't do it. We may sit here as fans saying we don't sit by blindly while coaches do x, y, and z, but honestly, man, we don't fucking know. Urban Meyer was a morally sketchy guy for years now, but until now plenty of people were still pissed Mack Brown stepped in our way of making Urban the next coach at UT years ago. Everyone is fine right up until the point you find out they're a fuckbag. DJ Durkin was a hot coach out there until he basically killed a kid with a trident. I know Tom Herman is as motivated as anyone to win, he's arguably a narcissist, and we're already doing things to stay even in the world of trainers and whatnot that we weren't doing under prior regimes. We as fans may have the moral high ground, and I hope to fucking god that shows up if one of our coaches ever is discovered being a despicable human being (unlike what we're seeing in Columbus), but I just don't assume as a given that "our coaches" are good guys because they're at Texas just because they haven't been caught doing anything yet. And I think it's optimistic at best to assume our scrutiny keeps them honest.

There ain't no cure for the summertime blues... Man, 21 years old. What a damn shame. These type of dudes fascinate me. I mean, who did this guy copy? Who laid the foundation for this guy to build on? He reminds me of Buddy Holly in that. Pure originals.

Only a mastermind like Greg Davis could think to exploit OU’s weakness with the best WR in Texas history.

While I get the disgruntlement for the few 3 yard outs on 3rd and 5, let’s not forget how badass of a run Greg Davis run offenses had for the bulk of his tenure. Played for 2 NC’s in his 13 years at UT. VY had a 30-2 record. Colt was 45-8. The 2005 NC team averaged 50.2 ppg and 512.1 ypg. For six consecutive years his offenses averaged more than 6 yards per play.

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A TIE. Only a strong polynesian can help us now.

I don't know why you guys hate cancer so much. You don't have cancer. Cancer never took your life. I don't have cancer. I just don't see how anyone could hate cancer. But, know this, if I had cancer I would fuck that shit up. But I don't. So why hate cancer?

Before anyone considers posting any fictitious $9.95 updates tomorrow, consider this:

So Omarosa's tape revealed that she was offered 15k per month in hush money that would come out of the Trump campaign's "small donors." That's terrible. That money is meant to buy off porn stars.

Except that wasn’t your point. Your point was that the offense did just fine. It didn’t. You were wrong. You either didn’t watch the game and couldn’t read a box score, or you don’t understand the game. Just shut the fuck up and admit it or shut the fuck up and let people with a clue post. The offense scored 20 points, of which 7 were scored in garbage time with the score 51-34 and less than 6 minutes left. The offense wasn’t good enough last year to beat Maryland.

He's a shit-stirrer and you're falling into his trap. Ignore him

You misspelled season.

Admiral William Fucking McRaven. Bring the fucking HEAT, Admiral.

Holy shit, McRaven 2020

Honest question: Did you watch the game? Off the top of my head, I think there were 3 defense/special teams scores.

"Apparently she was also a singer. Many people don't know that."

I think Brennan has to know a lot more about Trump than he is saying. It is like he knows so much bad shit, and he can't say anything specific without stepping on Mueller's toes. So he has been trying to discredit Trump using his reputation alone. That's just not enough and it probably confounds him that his opinion is falling on deaf ears. I am not a scholar on Brennan, and I accept that there are some shady skeletons in his closet, but I would imagine he justified a lot of his actions by telling himself those acts were done on behalf of the US. Now to know what he knows about Trump and see him selling the country out, I'm sure he is livid he can't do more. So yeah, I won't hold him up as a saint due to allegations about his role in some things done during W's reign of stupidity, but I won't throw him out completely, because at his core, he is a patriot, not a traitor.

The wall is the perfect idiot-test. Anyone with even a remote understanding of how shit works in the real world knows that it is an unrealistic solution, and that the price tag and construction duration would be orders of magnitude higher than the rumored numbers should it ever actually be built.

Against my better judgment I’ll share here. My oldest son is on the spectrum. His development was seemingly normal until around 2 years old. I don’t remember the exact date, in a lot of ways I have blocked that part out. I still refuse to watch videos of him from before that time. Anyway, he drastically changed. It’s a similar story to what people have heard before. To this day my wife attributes it to vaccinations. Years have passed and countless hours of therapy and many tens of thousands of dollars have been spent. My son is now 9 and in school doing well, without assistance due mainly to my wife’s tireless efforts to help him. But he is going to have a tougher adolescence and life than the average person because of this. I say all this because since my son’s issues my wife has insisted our kids be on a delayed schedule. I’ve pointed out multiple times that vaccines aren’t blamed for autism, but you cannot convince against her experience. There’s some things not worth fighting over with your spouse especially when she has sacrificed so much to help one of your children. I’m posting this merely to share another experience. I wouldn’t wish autism on my worst enemy’s children. For reference or a timeline our 7 year old is caught up finally.

If you've got McRaven speaking out against you, that's a YOU problem.

Remember when I was saying you don’t need to brag about your Wharton degree if you’ve done something worth mentioning since you graduated? This is what it looks like.

fify.

This time last year we were trotting out Nickelson, McMillan, and Garrett Gray as starters against Maryland on offense. No way can be worse this go around right?

What are y’all doing for Hatch season? I’ve only seen it mentioned in passing in various threads. We love those chiles and enjoy trying all the stuff that you can find available at this time of year. I like to roast my own (10-20lbs total, selected from whichever market has the best selection, about 50-50 “mild” and “hot”) and then freeze them to use throughout the year. First batch of “hot” this year: CM makes killer Hatch-marinated chicken and fresh hot Hatch sausages: Mrs. Sola (no pics) makes decadent quesadillas with the Hatch chicken: And the Hatch tamale stuffed chicken is amazing when roasted over oak: Any other Hatch fans out there?

Success

so i was left to ponder why the president is losing his shit over the boston globe. oh, here's why: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2018/08/15/editorial/Kt0NFFonrxqBI6NqqennvL/story.html it's a very good piece.

Mack was like “hey how about you guys show up on time and maybe throw on some school colors?”. “That man is a fucking genius.”

Didn't seem to hurt Trump much when he put us in the same league as murdering Putin. I guess it's okay if GOPs hate America while making it great again. We are a constant stream of drivel congratulating ourselves on our generosity, greatness, and how we are the envy of the world. Her mistake about Japan is the cherry on top of the bullshit self-aggrandizement we feed ourselves all the time. What organization, business, or any group human endeavor is improved by constantly celebrating itself as the best in the world? Don't change a thing, we're perfect! Great attitude. Everyday is Liberation of Paris Day in the US. We're the good guys! Hooray! All of our wars are WWII against Hitler and evil. No need to go into the wrong-headed wars we've been in since WWII. I like to use another example of who we are. Look to Latin America. We're proud of the private efforts (mostly churches whom this agnostic will congratulate) to build schools, relieve health issues, and provide some minimal sustenance. We don't really like to think of the US government teaching torture and training the death squads for the tyrants we prop up so American business can exploit the local resources. That's not great. There's some good there. There's some wickedness there. I don't expect a populace that shrugs off all the bombed weddings and villages of the Middle East (Hey, we're good guys because we don't really mean to kill non combatants! You shouldn't be mad that we killed your family and friends! We're liberators!) to embrace the truth. It's sad that we punish those honorable enough to speak the truth. Now let's get back to making America great again! Nigras being polite, women knowing their place, and the Marshall Plan!

It’s probably just PTSD due to the last 8 seasons, but I don’t view Tulsa as a straight gimme. They had a bad year last year due to injuries, youth, and close losses. They’ve been a good G5 program and they bring plenty back. I hope we beat them by 50 and play everyone, but I won’t be shocked if the game is uncomfortable for a while.

Guam tipping over FTW

“You didn’t build that” was only a stupid political comment only because such a huge percentage of the voting electorate is too stupid to understand how much of their own success is due to being born into a peaceful, functioning economy built by innumerable others. Warren was right.

I vaccinated your mom last night.

In case you forgot why Texas likes Beto.

Yes, it is Russian propaganda. From the link I posted above: We're not dupes. Bring Zero Hedge to this forum, and you will get negged.

Thanks MuellerHorn Been reading Surly for awhile, just decided it's time to come out of the shadows..... lots of good stuff here, and enjoy how folks can be honest about crap from certain media covering HORNS. Btw.....FCB and FBohls💥💥💥

From the man himself. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/the-us-must-engage-with-russia/567646/ The U.S. Must Engage With Russia Real dialogue is necessary for nuclear-arms reduction. Rand Paul Aug 15, 2018 On my recent trip to Russia, I spent an hour with Mikhail Gorbachev. I told him that in the West we are grateful that he and President Ronald Reagan defied Cold War orthodoxy to significantly reduce our countries’ nuclear arms. And I asked him whether there was a moment in his life when he’d realized that he might shape history. He paused a moment and then recounted how as a young man, he had watched a film on the devastation that would occur with nuclear war. He and the other young officials in the room looked at each other in shock as the film concluded. Gorbachev recalled the scene: “Even though I am not a believer, I responded, ‘Oh my God!’” From that moment, Gorbachev said, he decided to use every opportunity that came his way to prevent a nuclear holocaust. Gorbachev’s youthful concern about nuclear disaster became apparent when he assumed leadership of the Soviet Union. In a speech he gave to senior personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 1986, Gorbachev said, “Peace is the value above anything. In the nuclear-cum-space era a world war is the absolute evil. It cannot be won...” I asked Gorbachev about meeting Reagan for the first time. He said that their first meeting was affable but inconclusive. Press reports from the Reagan camp revealed that Reagan thought Gorbachev was just an old-school Bolshevik. Gorbachev remembered his response when his aides asked whether Reagan was just a hard-line anti-communist. Gorbachev chuckled and said, “No, he is a dinosaur!” But both men persisted. Despite the Cold War atmosphere, rampant mistrust, and fearmongering on both sides, the leaders engaged each other. Ultimately, multiple agreements were hammered out, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the START treaty. Over a four-year period, the former eliminated nearly 2,700 missiles. Over the years, though, agreements with Russia to reduce nuclear arms have not followed a straight path of success. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, George W. Bush announced his intention to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by announcing that the INF Treaty might no longer be in Russia’s interests. Russia had ratified START II in 2000 but pulled out of the treaty after the U.S. withdrew from the ABM Treaty. Most recently, New START took effect in 2011. In addition to placing a cap of 1,550 on deployed strategic nuclear warheads, a nearly three-quarters drop from START, New START also cut in half the allowable number of strategic nuclear-delivery vehicles, such as missile launchers and heavy bombers. New START expires in 2021. If either side allows it to simply sunset, it will be the first time in several decades that a nuclear-arms-reduction treaty between the U.S. and Russia lapses. As our hour was coming to an end, I asked Gorbachev whether he had any words of wisdom to improve our current dialogue. “Bring the conversation back to nuclear-arms reductions,” he said. “Encourage both sides to restart talk of renewing the START and INF treaties.” That echoed his public call last year: If the INF treaty could be saved, it would be a powerful signal for the whole world that the biggest nuclear powers understand their responsibility and take their obligations seriously. Gorbachev argued then, as he did in our meeting, for a summit between President Donald Trump and Putin to discuss nuclear-arms control. In my meetings with the Foreign Affairs Committees in Russia’s upper house, the Federation Council, and lower house, the State Duma, legislators also expressed an interest in holding formal talks to renew New START and continue the INF Treaty. I have invited members of both Foreign Affairs Committees to Congress this fall to continue these discussions. It is my hope that Democrats who have previously been supportive of nuclear-arms reductions will join in these meetings. On the long flight home from Russia, as I was reading Eric Metaxas’s book Martin Luther, I realized that great challenges to orthodoxy are rare, but necessary at times to right great wrongs or prevent great tragedy. I, for one, am thankful that Reagan and Gorbachev defied orthodoxy to cut stockpiles of nuclear weapons and reduce the tension between our countries. I hope thoughtful minds will prevail in our current standoff with Russia, and embrace the dialogue necessary to further reduce the potential for the terrible, world-altering catastrophe that a war between nuclear powers could bring. The day after my meeting with Gorbachev, I visited Bunker 42, built by Stalin to survive a direct nuclear hit on Moscow. Each day, 600 people secretly descended about 180 feet below the streets of Moscow to a bunker protected by 10-foot-thick concrete. In the bunker, I watched a video recounting the nuclear-arms race, which culminated in Russia exploding a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb aboveground that destroyed everything within more than a dozen miles, with effects that could be felt and seen for hundreds of miles more. Likewise, in America, we built an elaborate bunker deep in the mountain adjacent to the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Today, thanks to Reagan and Gorbachev—two leaders brave enough to engage in dialogue—these bunkers are decommissioned and open to tourists. My goal in visiting both government and opposition leaders in Russia is to promote dialogue. My hope on my return to Congress is that I will find bipartisan support for improved dialogue and continued progress on reducing nuclear arms. That dadgum Rand! Using nuclear disarmament as a cover for secretly doing Putin's bidding! In the words of Hugo: TRAITOR!

Modern-day discussions of church and state issues typically focus on the church's influence on the state, for good reason, but the primary purpose of this separation is to protect religious institutions from the state. As for Osteen, I think the biblical description of him might be found in 2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. The always pithy Jesus described some teachers as wolves in sheep's clothing. The prosperity gospel preached by many of these TV preachers is far from Christian orthodoxy and is just another combination of American civic self-help religion and greed wrapped in a personal Jesus of self-actualization: moralistic therapeutic deism