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Posts posted by CHIEF
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This virus is still mainly predicated on population density. Here, in Hood County, we still have only had 35 cases, and only 3 infections have been from other Hood County residents. All of the others were travel related, or from working in DFW. 28 of the 35 have recovered. This is a retirement area, so we have had 4 deaths, all elderly. Our bars and restaurants were opened to 75% about 2 weeks ago. I would say the average mask usage is probably 40% and always has been.
I bought the envomask that Greenspoint recommended when this first came out. I wear it in Ft Worth, I wore it in Austin, but I rarely wear it in Granbury. If the parking lot is full at HEB, Home Depot, or Lowe's is full, I wear it. I just tend to shop at low periods of customers. The idea that wearing masks as a state requirement is ludicrous in Benjamin, Texas.
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8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:
We are about to start discussing lutefisk.
There is a thriving population of Norwegian lineage, here, in Texas. Norse, in Bosque county is the burial place of Cleng Peerson, the father of Norwegian immigration to America. My high school still has a lutefisk dinner every December, reservation only. We would get a 600 lb. bale of dried cod, every year right after Thanksgiving, the cod would have to be skinned, I would smell so bad when I got home that Mom would make me strip down before going inside. My Dad ran the rehydrating process until he passed away last year. You soak them in bathtubs full of lye water for several days, then flush it with fresh water. It has the taste and consistency of boiled egg whites.
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2 hours ago, Clintonaldo said:
His words are nice but is he putting his money where his mouth is?
Fuck yes he is. Volunteering, a brilliant voice in shitty times, standing with his black athletes. If there is anyone I want for the face of Texas Football right now, he is it. There is no one who has said and done more, including black coaches. The silence on Brennan Eagles, and letting Brennan have his platform with no dismissal or tisk-tisks is refreshing.
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14 hours ago, SDG said:
I’m one of the more police reform posters in surly and even I think this point needs work. Police are going to kill people given the nature of their work. Extreme example; cop run into a high school with an active shooter and manages to take him out. Why should he be terminated?
The review board would deem that use of force justified. The members of the board will have to be impartial and not be agenda driven. This isn’t to nueter the cops, but to keep them in line during routine interactions with the average citizen.
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10 minutes ago, GotThatFire said:
Reports? Please elaborate.
Set up a department or a branch of an existing department with advertised contact info for citizens to call if they think their rights were violated. They can email pictures, videos, whatever, as evidence. The independent agency then can view the LEOs body cam, and come up with their own conclusion. The review board would have to be properly vetted, no former or current LEOs.
You must be a registered LEO to work anywhere in the state, but your license can be revoked. End around on the unions.
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I still like the idea of LEOs having to get a license from the state to be an officer and citizens being able to report rights violations directly to the state. Two or more reports in a six month period and you lose your license. If you beat or kill someone it is instant termination with criminal and civil liability (must carry a personal liability policy paid by the LEO). If you accumulate over five violations, your licensed is revoked. If your body cam is off, its a violation.
Call an emergency legislative session to get it passed, and it could be implemented before football season starts.
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My aunt (early 60s) was born when her dad was in his late 50s, his father had him when he was in his 70s, and was a civil war veteran.
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35 minutes ago, jinx said:
Gotta say, if me and a buddy are both holding pistols and the best the other guy can come up with is a metal bar or a cinder block, I bet I can get him to drop said block / bar without unloading a full clip into his body.
Yep, cops go straight to brute force, no deescalation tactics whatsoever. They ain't got time for that. Anyone with a mental issue is gonna get shot. Social workers and police negotiators should make up half the police force, they can talk the amped up and mentally unstable down off the ledge. The biggest problem with police is the lack of empathy.
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4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
This...is a GREAT suggestion. It is an end-around on all the other mechanisms (hangups in contracts prevent you from terminating cops, qualified immunity prevents you from getting a judgment against them). It's an administrative mechanism that gets you to a point of revoking their license, which accomplishes the most important goal for the public -- getting bad cops out of the uniform and off the street.
Yep, and there needs to be a hotline, and a way for a complainant to submit evidence to that governing agency directly. I wouldn't count out the locals to just sweep these complaints under the rug. I would buy TV advertisements out the ass to make damn sure the public knew about it too.
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11 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:
I think more layers of bureaucracy lead to the opposite - more nepotism and cronyism like you see with so many other large institutions. Maybe not. The issue would be LE's not from or accustomed the areas they manage. Many precincts required officers to live in the areas they managed.
If you have a centralized state academy you must pull up roots to go attend, and a two year commitment, and a rigorous screening process, you are automatically going to have fewer qualified LEOs which should cause an across the board pay increase. Also spending two years with other outstanding cadets of all, races, creeds, and socioeconomic backgrounds, might open their eyes about ALL of the public they will be serving and break down any preconceived notions and stereotypes. If you added this, bust up the unions, and end Qualified Imunity, it should go a long way.
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I think the German idea is a great plan. Each state needs to have its own law enforcement academy, and to be a peace officer in your state, you must have gone through the state sanctioned program. The curriculum and training methods could be closely monitored at the state and federal level. All police departments would have to pick from these LEOs. The state and feds would then be responsible for interviewing, psych evals, vetting, and weeding. There would be less Nepotism, and cronyism, and the academy can start teaching them how to, again, protect and serve, and be an asset to their community. For two years, the cadets would have a cookout in an impoverished minority neighborhood every other week, so they would learn to view these people as people, friends, and most importantly the ones they are to protect and serve.
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This is just sad and gut wrenching:
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Just dropped a 460cc 23hp VC 460 Clone motor in my 2005 G22 Yamaha, should drop quite a bit of time off my golf game.
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So let me get this straight. Possible suspects in a vacant house are shot on sight? 8 out of 10 times its gonna be some local kids just getting into mischief. If you are that scared and jumpy, maybe law enforcement isn't for you.
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Why couldn't fans that think they have had COVID already get two antibody tests and if both turn out positive be allowed to purchase and attend games? I mean, you are immune, and will not infect anyone, what is the point of keeping them away? Make them wear special "I survived the Coronavirus" Burnt Orange t-shirts so no one gets wigged out if they sit within 6 feet of them. Might add another 3-4000 fans to the stadium. I would pay to get tested, then cough up $100 a ticket to sit anywhere I want.
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5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:
Yeah. You just set up some classes that athletes can take as electives on branding, social media, etc. this isn’t rocket science. Or you have a huge company started by UT alums, like say maybe Gsd&m, third party it.
I wonder how long it will be before a B.S. is offered in Social Media? They may just emphasize it more in an Advertising/Marketing degree, but I could sure see it being a field that would be an asset to the athletic department. No hard math or science, just curriculum on how to pitch to advertisers and influencers, or become an influencer.
I had no idea "influencers" made so much money. CHIEF Jr. has a buddy that graduated with him, he is a major influencer, with about 5-6 million followers. I treat him like any other snot nose, but he is already a multi-millionaire. I watched his feed, and it is just stupid shit that only the other Gen Zers seem to get.
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17 hours ago, TommyGufano said:
Has a habit of dwi. And killed someone while driving, don't know that she was drunk that time
https://www.mic.com/articles/79039/the-untold-story-of-alice-walton-s-dwi-incident
Alice has a ranch in the tiny town of Milsap, Texas. A buddy of mine was a PR guy (firefighter) for Devon in 2006 or so, and got to have a drink with Alice a few times. I don't know the details, but she ended up pulling out her American Express "Black" card. So he asked her, "Alice, what's the biggest thing you ever bought with that card?" Her response was a 747.
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Well the only thing I learned on this whole fucking thread, is if you want someone killed, its best to do it yourself.
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2 minutes ago, Bob Lives! said:
Didn't Evil Roy Williams play safety?
Yes, but at 242 lbs. He was too big at Dallas, lost his speed as he got older. Tyler could play either position, I just think he will be "special" at linebacker.
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I think Tyler Owens will fill out, and if he keeps his speed, can work himself into a first rounder at linebacker. At safety, he might have been a day two pick. He is gonna get as big as Evil Roy Williams, but be faster.
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24 minutes ago, tfoolry said:
Hope she likes those new Mini-Cokes, not because of length, but because of weight, not sure if I'm 12oz.
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3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:
you need to get to a safe zone. you have a 15% CCFR, that is double NYC. hurry!
You can damn sure bet that I was shaking in my little space boots when that happened right out of the gate. We have a huge population of Lockheed engineers and airline pilots in my neighborhood, I was about on Greenpoint's level, already had my dugout location staked out.....then.....nothing.
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13 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:
You are weird. I don't question the idea that those factors could have lead to increased rate of spread in New York. In fact, I assume that they did. But, evidence points to these virus spreading happily and quickly in significantly less dense environments absent shutdown/social distancing/improved sanitation. It is foolish to think that everywhere else is immune just because New York got hit faster.
Well the second most populous state in the US is sitting at about 3500 deaths, how do you explain that? The county south of me still has never had a case. The ONLY hot spots in significantly rural counties all have ties to packing plants, where the workers are crowded together for processing. With only 3 Texas counties over 100 deaths, the idea that this virus is spreading happily and quickly in less dense environments is absurd. We are in a county, population of 60k we have had 22 cases, and 3 deaths, and we are 35 miles from DFW. Testing is immediately available, both viral and antibody, and only 532 people have bothered to take a test.
I've come to realize that there are two completely different reactions to COVID, the urban/suburban reaction, and the rural reaction. Rural America would never even have known about COVID if not for TV and the internet.
I know this was directed at someone else. But from my rural perspective, the reactions and precautions are apples and oranges. I understand why dashing young urbanites, and the the common clay, you know, morons, have a completely different prospective on their risk mitigation.
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23 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:
Is this some kind of code language for "Chief Jr makes pornos"?
Part time dildo model with Bozo.
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We are seeing a ton of white flight coming out of DFW. The protests, riots, and COVID issues, and population density has made the real estate market boom around Granbury. Probably half the buyers are straight up cash people. For a few weeks we had opportunists coming in and trying to lowball people without making any headway. No one here is "over a barrel" they are mostly on retirement pensions and the shutdown never effected their paychecks.
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