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  1. 4 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

    I’m sure in a few minutes the surlyites who go down to Mexico a lot and have never had an issue will be here quoting crime statistics of Chicago. 

    The unfortunate reality is that the new cartels in charge do not care about a code of conduct wrt civilians, like the old cartels. The country is a mess and simply isn’t safe. I’ve traveled down there for decades, and all of my Mexico friends have become worried. If they’re worried, screw it. Go elsewhere. 

     

    4 hours ago, longhornmatt said:

    Mexico has had the highest murder rate in the world for years now (I guess you can throw in caveats about the reliability of statistics in some parts of the world, but I would guess it’s accurate).  Ukraine is probably the only country where it’s currently more likely for someone minding their own business to catch a bullet.  There were years when Mexico was statistically more dangerous than Iraq while we still had troops in Iraq fighting insurgencies.  

     

     

    6 hours ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    It’s certainly unfortunate but is this all that big of a surprise? With the state of things in Mexico it’d be almost more shocking if 4 US citizens in a white minivan *werent* kidnapped for ransom by a cartel after crossing the border 

    Well, look a the big brains of Brad, Chad, and Bryan.  Please by all means continue to inform us of "the state of things" in Mexico from your recliner in Pflugerville.  I think Pig takes the cake of generalizations on this one, JFC.  

    By all means, leave out that here in our own country, 800k go missing each year, that's 2500 a day.  BUT BUT BUT ROLL only 4000 of their dead bodies are found each year.  Do you know how many violent abductions there are of Americans in Mexico each year? 350+ (another 300 drown or croak of old age) And don't give me that underreported shit.  Maybe Mexico underreports their own but God forbid they underreport the death or abduction of Tom Dick and Jane Smith.  Not happening because see this thread.      

    I'd bet that these people in the van were buying prescription pills in bulk and got caught up between two groups, rival sellers.   I've said it before.  Don't start none won't be none. Of those 300+ American abductions mentioned most were primarily due to somehow being near or around Cartel activity.   Let me connect the dots.  While you make think Cartel activity is everywhere it is not.   It is concentrated on the border, and in parts of Mexico. While it is the sensationalized and easy story we like to read about our neighbors to the south it is as apparent/prevalent to the average citizen their, in most cities, as the crimes/criminals in your local bad part of town.      

    I'm not here to argue Mexico is safe or that the U.S. is equally unsafe only that your, "The Horror" of what happened in this incident is a typical Surly overreaction and those shitting on that beautiful country are worthy of a huge eye-roll and a giant go fuck yourself. And those of you who have "Mexico friends" and talk about Cartel shit mainly only do so when you bring it up and it's merely tolerated.  At least to your face.  Yes, it is news BUT the average Mexican is about as concerned about the cartels in their day-to-day lives as much as you are concerned about the 80,000 missing persons or 18000 murders, and or the 400+ abductions in this country each year, so not much. It is their fact of life that they house the cartels, as much as it is our fact of life that we house the crackheads and homeless they supply in this country.  Most people there, like here, are worried about putting food on the table and also what is happening with the fucking Kardashians. 

    I know some of you are still thinking IF ONLY Mexico was a country of laws like we are here in MURICA! Get over yourself.  The truth is simple, economics rules the day in EVERY country.  More money means more than 200k prisoners, compared to our 2 million, would be housed and taken off the streets there.  Or maybe if they could afford more than having 1/3 our number of law enforcement. Or maybe if they didn't pay those bootlickers only 1k per month avg salary.   Maybe just maybe if their citizens had a 2nd amendment they wouldn't be such a "shitty hellhole" of a country and could finally appease your entitled asses.    

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  2. On 3/4/2023 at 9:19 AM, Hermanator said:

    I do think group prayer in a public university should be banned unless every member of the group is questioned anonymously if they want to partake and it's 100 percent agreed upon. I can see in that setting how it could make people uncomfortable but they don't say anything out of fear of retaliation against them by the coach or others. 

    Lame. How about if you don't like something simply voice your opinion and or don't participate.  IF anyone did retaliate, which I would highly doubt, both sides are entitled to the outcome their decisions lead to.     

    On 3/5/2023 at 1:05 AM, slorch said:

    Matthew 6: verses 5-6

    Ok, Harris. Let's not...

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  3. 31 minutes ago, Uncle Nate said:

    I hate to sound like a broken record, but we don't need any of these proposals to speed up the game.

    Adopt the NFL replay rules and you will shed 30 minutes off of most CFB games.

    It's such the obvious answer that it pisses me off the NCAA doesn't even have it on the table.  Instead, they rather look at these other options that will fundamentally change the game (not for the better) and will not have near the effect that simply changing the replay rules will have.

    I feel like Scotty trying to talk sense to Dr. Evil.

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  4. 3 hours ago, Mr. Drummond said:

    I don't expect fans of message boards to all behave rationally or be correct about anything, hell we have plenty of idiots on the football board too.   Aggy's biggest problem is their school and their AD operates like it is run by Texags.   Is there not one professional there at all?   This latest "the game better be played first in CS"  is such a strange hill to die on.     Who cares where it is played first, it literally does not matter, not even 2%.    Sure fans on message boards can care, but when the AD is so far out over his skis about it, it just makes no sense at all.     

    I honestly don't get how they don't see it.  

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  5. 17 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Wow. I'd never looked at any of that. 

    They have 39 employees and 11 interns. I have a friend that runs a start-up that will do over $200M this year employing 18 people. They need 39 people to run a website and series of podcasts? How on earth do they cover that overhead? Or need to? That is crazy shit.

    It's your friend and not you so, NOT hydraulics, I'm guessing online nursing consultations.   

  6. 9 hours ago, Not a cat said:

    My son applied to ISU and was accepted literally in seconds.  Of the schools he applied to that's the only one that did that, so I didn't get a sense they had rigorous entrance standards.

    I've always thought of KU as the distant second best school in the big 12, but I honestly have no hard data to back that up. 

    Kansas has an acceptance rate of 93%.

  7. 50 minutes ago, linux said:

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    They are so scared of the rivalry returning because they are so mentally ill that they can manufacture a 10 win streak against UT out of thin air, and call it a FACT.

    Normally I would have been against playing the Piggies ever again (their hatred is irrational but they are grounded in reality), but A&M is a game that has to be played because otherwise it is always  be 'advantage A&M!'.

    All that is left is them openly stating that they won the election game and that it was stolen. Meaning repeat 2011 for all games going forward. But this would actually be delicious as well.

    So none of their  "championships" count? Got it.

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