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  1. I figured he thought he maybe had a fight with her or tried to keep her from doing something or didn't support her, and she had disappeared before he could apologize/patch things up, he felt guilty that he'd never see her again (maybe their last conversation ended angrily) and had a few mental health issues that kicked things up a notch to suicide.
  2. “former” Qanon so whynotboth.gif Related - from today (“Raw Farm” is the brand) https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/health/raw-farm-raw-milk-products-distribution-suspended-california/index.html The guy whose company has a problem with bird flu getting into its milk supply and is under quarantine has been tapped to…checks notes….be the “FDA advisor on Raw Milk Policy and Standards Development”. It used to kill a shitload of people before pasteurization. If you look through the records, it contributed to a lot of child deaths in the 1800s (not as many records before that). I’ve seen over half-a-dozen such deaths in the immediate siblings/children of my ancestors. At least these days, modern medicine can save a lot of these people. But the fucking bird flu is here now. Fingers crossed it peters out before things go south on us.
  3. If the bird flu that made the leap to cows gets spread widely to humans through the raw milk dairies, I imagine a lot of people might have their immune systems tested. Milk is such a weird thing - we were not meant to drink it, it’s meant for baby calves to fatten up (if you’re a heavy milk drinker, go off it and watch some weight drop). Over 65% of people in the world are lactose intolerant to some degree as it is - especially Asians, Africans, Native Americans, even quite a few Hispanics (which ties into the pre-Spanish colonization). But here we are. I have a conspiracy theorist sis-in-law who thinks we poison ourselves with pasteurized milk, and she drinks a lot of raw milk. A lot. She has multiple farms up by Waco and down by Luling that she gets all of her raw dairy stuff from (3-4 places). She used to have more, but I jokingly told her that every farm she buys raw milk or whatever from, she should ask the owners to consume whatever they are selling with her and if they don’t, they aren’t true believers. Not surprisingly, about half the places she used to use, the owners wouldn’t drink a glass. If this bird flu shit takes off because of these people,, it will truly be Darwin in action.
  4. It'll be interesting to see how many were lost - those bases were surrounded/cut off, and all we know is that a bunch were fleeing to the coast.
  5. Most stores won't sell it even if this is allowed to pass because of the legal liability (it's been through the legislature multiple times in recent years and was always shot down). You just think we see a lot of recalls with grocery stores, but raw milk can really fuck people up.
  6. Now that Leon publicly admitted to throttling anybody posting links to outside sources, we are seeing a large wave of American journalists, bloggers, etc. bail or at least treat Twitter as read-only. Musk link-throttling them hurts them big time, because they are all trying to drive traffic back to their blogs. Its actually a huge fucking mistake for Twitter to throttle links in an effort to keep people browsing Twitter because it’s one more huge thing that will drive companies away.
  7. 1234. Nothing stopping them from having Johnny Manziel walking their sidelines almost every game.
  8. Those of you just venturing into the world of children's TV, normally I wouldn't recommend a subreddit, but.. Daniel Tiger Conspiracy A place for parents (or anyone really) who are exposed to "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" and other little kid shows to post crazy theories, jokes and other amusing interpretive content. General reactions and commiserations (AKA mild shitposting) to kid's being hooked on these nifty-galifty shows are also welcomed.
  9. Here’s some things to consider: This could be Russia’s last “safe” warm-water port and Assad going down means they lose it. I’d think they’d fight like hell for it, If Assad goes down, Iran loses its last major ally in the ME (they can’t rely on the Houthis). As it stands, Iran can’t do a lot because its access through Lebanon is probably gone at this point, and it has to be wary of Israel when making large deliveries. Israel isn’t going to let Iran arm any groups around them, and they can’t go through the Kurds and Iraq, and definitely can’t go through Türkiye. . Israel and Türkiye will happily let Assad fall and then watch the various groups fight each other. At some point they have to step in though and pick a winner (who will be stable). The Kurds are nominally under US protection east of the Euphrates. If things fall apart, they could wind up breaking off in some form. Türkiye wouldn’t be happy, but they would help keep Syria divided and provide a buffer to Iran (not that Iran could move through Northern Iraq, but if they,,, somehow did, the Kurds would be waiting). There is the problem of Kurds in Türkiye and Iraq, but hell maybe the Turks would be happy with them leaving Türkiye in some manner and moving to what was Syria. Speaking of Iraq, if things fall apart, the Western border areas of Iraq get dicey. Crazy how this thing could spiral out of control so quickly and suck a bit of Iraq and possibly Lebanon into it. Also crazy at how much Iran and Russia really need Syria.
  10. I really liked the concept. Would make for a decent TV series spanning multiple families. I suppose you could argue that Ghosts kind of covers it.
  11. The King of Russia and his soldiers.
  12. I want SMU to get in just to fuck with aggy.
  13. If Gundy is still at Okie Lite a week from now, I’ll be surprised he’s still breathing, let alone coaching there. My Okie cousins are ready for him to disappear one way or another.
  14. Dogs https://bsky.app/starter-pack/puplocke626.bsky.social/3lc2rfytfys2i Longhorns https://bsky.app/starter-pack/baizer.bsky.social/3latzvllkpc2z https://bsky.app/starter-pack/jyarbs.bsky.social/3lb2nvd4pxb24 https://bsky.app/starter-pack/hornintheozarks.bsky.social/3lawj43r53z2q (don’t automatically follow all because Geoff Ketchum is there) Surly/Immamac is in this group https://bsky.app/starter-pack/hornintheozarks.bsky.social/3lb4jr5ueth2z
  15. And it could be applied to Iraq with the Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis. And Yugoslavia set the modern precedent for how messy it can get.
  16. Supposedly a Syrian general has been captured, which means his troops were captured or wiped out (or they really hate him). Supposedly Syrian forces are dropping dumb bombs on a couple of cities, killing civilians (would not be surprising). Lots of conspiracy theories that Israel and Turkiye are running the show, with claims that Al a Qaeda and ISIS are doing their bidding. Those are fun conspiracy theories.
  17. Not until they take Damascus, however there are a lot of groups that are spread out in Syria, so the country could just fracture similar to Yugoslavia, Here is a decent map although if you drew a line from Damascus to Deir At Zor, everything east of it is pretty sparsely settled, and most likely there are no Syrian troops there - most of the population is closer to the Western/Northern parts.
  18. Losing to UT and Tech back-to-back…..
  19. https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-flag-appears-big-screen-during-putin-visit-kazakhstan-2024-11-28/
  20. They are 18, 19, 20, 21, and there maybe a few 22 year-old grad transfers. Go easy on them, they were trying to keep their voices down in the locker room so that Elko didn't hear them.
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