Guadaloopy
Legacy Members
-
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Currently
Viewing Topic: 2026 Celebrity Death Watch Pool
Everything posted by Guadaloopy
-
Independence Day 2025
Prompted by an article I read this morning about how red hats fetishize the Declaration of Independence and are planning public readings of the document this week, I gave it a re-read this morning. It's fascinating as a historical document, but people forget that it has no role as an establishing document for our government. One aspect of the document that caught my eye at this particular moment in our history is the listing of grievances and evidence of tyranny presented against King George III. Couldn't help but notice some striking parallels with our wannabe tyrant: He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither... Concerted effort to delegitimize birthright citizenship He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices... Though he hasn't been completely successful with this, it's clear that he considers the judges he appointed beholden to him He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance... DOGE He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures... Mobilizing the CA guard without consent from CA governor or legislature For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us... Marines in LA For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world... Tariff war For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.. Tariff war For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury... Suspension of due process for deportees For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences... El Salvador prison - but this one's a stretch I guess since Trump offers no pretense of a trial He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us... January 6th Except for the last one, this is all in just the last 5 months.
-
Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
-
Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Way easier to find examples of this than teams that have mashed their way to a World Series win.
-
Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Can't even list all of the times this has happened. A mediocre offense that finds ways to score and two lockdown starters. The two that come to mind immediately are the '01 D-Backs and (GODAMMIT!) the '19 Nats. It's like having a lights out defense and serviceable QB in the NFL.
-
Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
A pair of aces will get you a long way in baseball and poker.
-
Israel vs everyone war thread
-
Israel vs everyone war thread
I mean, you highlighted that word in the post where you called him racist. That’s pretty strong context.
-
Israel vs everyone war thread
Not defending RK. I can’t defend his lack of empathy and general assholery. I just think we are all better served by being a bit more judicious when labeling something as racist. “Gypsy” is a word that we would all do well to remove from our vocabulary, but there is a LOT of education that still needs to happen on that front. In modern American English, that word has come to be associated more with an itinerant lifestyle rather than with the Roma people directly. I don’t immediately assume racist intent when I hear someone use it. It’s usually complete ignorance that it has any pejorative connotation at all.
-
Israel vs everyone war thread
Islamist and Christofascist are equivalent terms. Both seek a return to religious fundamentalism and religious control of government. Islamist has been a pretty standard term in geopolitics for more than a quarter century.
-
Israel vs everyone war thread
Kinda strange that “Islamist” is a term that trips the breaker for some when “Christofascist” is perfectly acceptable.
-
Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Very gruntled.
-
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.
We execute photo ops that were more complex than this bombing run was:
-
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.
Also, I have not heard anyone say thank you.
-
Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.
As a retired military officer, I'd much rather leave the enemy with a sense of dread and a question of "how the fuck did they do that?" than get praise in the papers. When the press asked FDR where the bombers in Doolittle raid launched from, he simply said "our new base in Shangri-La." OPSEC continues even after the mission is complete, meathead (Hegseth).
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Got me a movie, I want you to know Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know Girlie so groovy, I want you to know
-
Jaws 50th
Cautionary Tales podcast had a "Jaws at 50" episode last week. It goes into the dynamic between Shaw and Dreyfuss quite a bit. There is a theory that Shaw was going really method to generate actual tension between the two so that it would come through in the performances. Once they filmed the Indianapolis story scene, Shaw's antagonism of Dreyfuss stopped completely.
-
2025 MLB thread
The fuck is wrong with people?
-
Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Humm, baby!
-
2025 MLB thread
Eh... there's a lot of hindsight factored into this point of view. There's a lot to be said for being able to hire a personal trainer and manage nutrition very early in one's career to accelerate development and maximize earning potential. Tatis got all those benefits at someone else's expense. He sold equity in his potential earnings to an investor. If he gets injured or flames out early in his career, that investor has to eat the loss. He signs a $340M deal and everybody wins. I'm a Tatis Jr fan, but I have very little sympathy for him here. He has an AAV of around $24M. Between his agent and BLA, they probably take around $2M each, leaving him with around $20M before taxes per year for the next ten years. Cry me a river.
-
Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Oh, so then there's no real purpose in addressing it... unless you want performative action to stoke your antivax base.
-
The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
I was trying to subtly comment that the entire "FSM" construct is an exercise in perceived intellectual superiority and judgment of others' beliefs.
-
The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
- Texas may have accidentally legalized marijuana
Marihuana was the primary spelling until a concerted effort in the early 20th century to change the spelling to make it seem more "ethnic" and undesirable within God-fearing 'Murican culture.- The Ten Commandments - coming to a Texas classroom near you!
- Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Eh... O'Dowd got to to play his gotcha card, but like so many "gotchas" it's a surface-level critique that ignores nuance and important facts. It ignores the "why" question. Musk's 2019 statement alludes to the fact that Waymo's solution will not work outside of a geo-fenced area. Their system will only work in meticulously mapped areas. Re: the current statement - Tesla's robotaxi will use geo-fencing for two purposes: Keep vehicles inside of approved test area. Avoid intersections and interchanges that are more likely to cause issues with the system. The important question and distinction is why each of these systems use geo-fencing. Waymo uses it because their system literally cannot work outside of the geo-fenced areas. Tesla is using it to limit the operation of the vehicles to an approved test region and to maximize the system's opportunity for success within the test region. - Texas may have accidentally legalized marijuana
Football ...
Basketball ...
Baseball ...
Other Sports ...
Futbol ...
🤫995🤫 ...
Gambling ...
Movies & TV ...
Music ...
Hobbies ...
Lulz ...
Food & Travel
...
Daily Texan ...
Business & Markets ...
Cloak Room ...
Help ...
For Sale ...
Board Discussion ...
Advertise...
Tailgate Donations
Back to top