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    I was definitely out once Trump came around, but I had been getting disillusioned by the Republican party for a while. The hypocrisy. Do they even have a statement of values...a platform any more? What I really can't stand are "the ends justify the means" Christians. I was raised in a conservative Christian family. I don't know if I have any faith left, but I admire the teachings of Jesus regardless. Like, the actual teachings. I don't know what the fuck book some of these "Christians" have been reading. Sorry for the rant. I'm all hopped up on meds for my back and still can't sleep.
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    Birding

    Walser replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Hobbies

    Though I've been out of falconry for decades now, I am still very much in tune with ecology. When I was in Austin in the 90s you pretty much only saw Red Tails on phone poles and Kestrels on wires. Now, I know there were others, but I noticed starting around 2009 a proliferation of more rare birds. Saw my first Coopers Hawk in my area in southwest Austin shortly after buying my first house. Very anecdotal of course, but I see these all the time now: Red-shouldered hawk Sharp-shinned hawk Caracara like you have pictured Rough-legged hawks even a rare Goshawk Great-horned and Screech owls It is inexplicable to me why I see them more and more, especially since I am no longer looking for them! I hope it's a good sign. Thanks for the pics!
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    Birding

    Walser replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Hobbies

    I'm thinking belted kingfisher after the woodpecker. NASA area was lousy with them when I was growing up. @Patricio Swayze You have any Ivory-billed woodpecker pics on your roll? 😉
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    Birding

    Walser replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Hobbies

    NIce. I've been around raptors my whole life and never seen it in the wild. Red-tails are such wonderful adaptable birds. Way back in the day when I was an apprentice I had one named"Isabeau" for a couple years. Named after the hawk in the movie Ladyhawke. Yes, I'm a huge nerd. Birds are a white gyrfalcon, peregrine, Martial Eagle (I think) good ol' Red-Tail, weathering yard, and a rehabilitating Screech Owl. BTW, NOW is the time to put up a screech box. They are already pairing off. Wish I took more pictures but I expected to have all week.
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    Birding

    Walser replied to billfromlaketravis's topic in Hobbies

    A couple weeks ago I attended the North America Falconry Association yearly meet. Unfortunately, it was in Lubbock. More unfortunately, I wrenched my back on day one and spent the rest of the week lying on my back in my motel room. I'll post some pics of the birds. There is something surreal seeing a guy check into a hotel with a hooded Golden Eagle.
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    Not really a fan of beauty pagents. But for her I'll swing my sword.
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    Have Iran screwed in a very uncomfortable place.
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    I want to do this.
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    You should reevaluate your take. Because it’s bad.
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    This is the correct…interrogative? No, answer.
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    What in the ever living fuck.
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    I, for one, welcome our Chist overlord.
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    A nuclear exchange is inevitable. (I don't mean specifically this conflict) That was always going to be the case when we invented the bomb. If the US didn't, someone else was not far behind. When have humans ever failed to use a technology? If it CAN happen, it WILL. The best we can do is work to mitigate it. Appeasement will not work. And there will be a lot more pain to come regardless.
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    It's exactly what you think it is.
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    Yeah, I was just referencing that old thread. I am cognizant that the F35 is having it's problems resolved. Just for clarification I was referring to the Felon as not being well-received. More of a Gen 4.5. I was unclear there. I think I saw something about them basically being handbuilt. Not much of an assembly line. I imagine securing components is only getting worse as well.
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    Our name for it. Plagued with problems more than our F35 shitbird. Completely non-relevant to the current conflict as they will never risk sending one anywhere close to the Ukraine. Last I heard the only foreign buyer was Algeria? Others have been unimpressed.
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    What do you think he uses for that?
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    The Menu

    Walser replied to austingirl's topic in Movies and TV

    I just saw it too. Pretty good. I describe as "exactly what you suspect it is." Looking forward to Bones and All this week.
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    Cognitive dissonance is something they practice incessantly.
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    I have been futureman'd.
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    Didn't shoot to kill? So he happens to be an expert marksmen with a baby Glock or whatever at 15 yards such that he can take off just a hair twice. He's cool? His breathing is very obviously elevated. No one would be cool in this situation. You are funny and I like your bit but you are out of your element Donny. You are no lion.
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    No, the tragedy is that people died. I feel the loss of history too but let's not get sideways. My grandfather was a navigator on a B-17 that went down after a raid over Ploesti. POW for 9 months. He left college to join the Army Air Corp after Pearl Harbor. He trained out of Ellington before going to Italy. I'm about to go see his digital oral history exhibit at the WW2 museum in Nawlins so this hits relatively close to home.
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    I was walking the dog before heading to the game today and I live in a non-descript Austin neighborhood. After about a block I see a couple guys standing around a parked red mercedes. They look about as cliche Eastern European as you can get. They start staring at me as I approach down the sidewalk. As I passed one of the guys says "Slava Ukraini" and I realize I am wearing a (rather tacky) sweater with "Don't Tread on Me" in Cyrillic against the Ukraine colors. I think I bought it drinking-while-Etsy in the early days. I just responded with a smile and a Slava Ukraini back. What a weird random encounter. I, for one, welcome our new Ukrainian military advisors.

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