Everything posted by Stinkpalm
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If BaD Radio isn't on from 3-7 p.m. ...
Iām pretty sure Iām done with weird hardline after todayās double dose of trifecta talk. Theyāve ratcheted that shit up to a nearly daily segment, and itās been annoying as shit. I used to put up with it when it was at most about a once a week deal, but after Mike retired, it seems Corby has decided to make it a staple of the new show and itās simply a fucking beating. Musers (Gordo in particular), Dan, and Danny are what keep me listening throughout the day, but trifecta talk and bad Norm takes have become instant tune out. My two simple requests are to make BITH full time (Sorry Norm, prayers are with you but it was time for you to retire many years ago) and kill (or significantly reduce) trifecta talk. Do that and I wonāt swap over to pandora from 10-noon and 3-7. Do it, Ticket, as Iām sure my one tick-mark in your ratings is seriously affecting your bottom line.
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Sheās Better Topless: Jeep Thread
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The Surly Mountain Biking Thread
Ah, gotcha. Yeah, that was what we kinda figured. The big problem was that it coincided with them shutting down the state parks, and we had planned on camping in the cimarron canyon SP area while we were there. We ski AF pretty often, but I still have yet to ride it in the summer, so thatāll definitely be next summerās trip. Yeah, you arenāt kidding about needing the lungs (and legs) on some of the trails around breck. We did several of them a couple years back. Wife rode several with me, but once she ran out of gas, she became my personal shuttle service. Plan for this trip will be pretty similar to that one. Ride the free trails first full day, fly fish the Blue for several days, then ride Copper Mountain (did Keystone last time, which was awesome until I shredded a tire in a rock garden on a black and had to hike the bike the whole way down). Crossing our fingers we can nab the same camping spot. Itās hard to beat waking up to this view:
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The Surly Mountain Biking Thread
Damn. Jealous. Was planning on AF next month, but shifted plans with NM instituting the 14 day thing. Headed to breck instead to do some fly fishing and give Copper Mountain a go since Keystone is closed for the summer. Rode northshore this morning. The light rain last night knocked down a lot of the loose sand and dirt, making for prime riding.
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
I agree that itās not just one thing. Itās obviously multi-faceted. But badteamate laughed at most all of the things you just listed, when brothahorn suggested that if the outspoken people demanding change want change, they should get into those professions and be the change. and I disagree that itās āstructurally impossible.ā Are there cases where it is? Sure. Are there cases where it is not? Again, yes. We are talking about a profession with thousands of agencies strewn across a massive country that varies culturally and politically in every region/state/city/town. But letās focus on just LE agencies for a second. if one is determined to be corrupt, change WOULD likely come from the bottom (unless you know of a non-elected position where joe blow off the streets can immediately step in as a police chief or supervisor), albeit slower than most would prefer. Again, itās not a bubble and is multi-faceted, but the old guard at the top will eventually retire/get fired, and those at the bottom promote up. Donāt we want an abundance of good cops at the bottom who will continue to promote up as their careers progress and the ones at the top retire? Change doesnāt just come from the top. It also comes from encouraging good-hearted, constitution-abiding citizens to be the change they are wanting, which means working their way up from the bottom. Get enough of those individuals in the ranks and youāve got good odds that some of them will find their way to the top. Do that while electing officials that you believe also want to effect that change and you may have something. Do all that and nothing changes? Youāll at least still have an influx of good cops that believe they can make a difference at a personal level, With their interactions with each civilian they encounter on the streets they patrol. Your belief that itās structurally impossible to be a good cop is a big whiff because it assumes that every single cop in this entire country has decided that because there are corrupt elected officials and supervisors above them, that they canāt make a difference in their own community with the individuals they interact with daily, and instead give up and become a bad cop because āwhy not?ā Surely you donāt believe that... Saying that itās structurally impossible is talking in absolutes, which is why itās inherently false. I will completely agree that unions needed to go a long time ago, though. So we can agree on something
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Sheās Better Topless: Jeep Thread
Iāll try and upload some pics in the next couple days. Still havenāt taken any āheroā pics of the JT now that Iāve gotten it how I want it.
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
Dude, are you drunk? Iām literally going off of your own words that āitās structurally impossible to be a good cop when a bad cop is aroundā. Iām not brisket. I believe there are still plenty of good cops out there. Iām turning your own belief back on you to understand how you can possibly believe that an outspoken, constitution-abiding person becoming a cop or DA canāt possibly effect any kind of change and that to propose that idea must be a joke. I donāt agree with your statement. So I continue to ask YOU specifically, that if YOU were to become a cop, that by your own words YOU would not speak up when another cop does something wrong? As I said earlier in a post, there are absolutely instances where good cops report bad cops, but those donāt make the news. But your own statement was that it was structurally impossible. Meaning you believe that even if YOU became a cop, youād tuck your tail between your legs and not speak up. Which apparently is why you think it must be a joke that someone believes that good people signing up to be cops could further the cause for change. and yes, I absolutely would hope that every new hire as a cop is a person who is not afraid to speak up or snitch out a bad cop before they have a chance to beat/murder someone. Iām not seeing how you donāt believe that more of these types of cops in the ranks would be good for society. youād apparently rather just cry and fuss on the Internet that something needs to change rather than do something useful to actually be a part of the change that youāre wanting.
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Sheās Better Topless: Jeep Thread
It was a 2012 2-door Rubicon. It was certainly a better ride when it was stock, but even after I put the lift and 35s on it, it wasnāt bad at all. Just a small decrease in factory ride, which is to be expected any time you start messing with the geometry. Loved that thing. Didnāt plan on parting with it any time soon (traded it in with only 40,000 miles on it after 8 years) but needed a 4-door with a baby on the way. Really enjoying the gladiator so far, but still miss that manual trans 2-door jk
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
IS that the truth? How would you know? How many acts by bad cops DO get reported by the good cops that we never hear about? Iād be willing to bet itās better than ānoneā. But those donāt make the news. Iām not saying that those bad cops ALWAYS get disciplined or fired when they get reported, but it happens. So maybe itās just your belief then, that itās āstructurally impossibleā
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
So, because the badge got pinned on you, you would magically fall into the group dynamics then? And just look the other way when bad cops smashed skulls? How is flooding the ranks with good cops who will speak up and not look the other way, not a way to change the group dynamics? and I made no mention that it has to be āblack rookies/copsā. Iām assuming from your first couple of links that youāre a black man, but I didnāt know that prior (if it is the case). My original post has nothing to do with trying to encourage black people, or any person or color, to become cops. It was encouraging anyone, regardless of race, who believes they could be āone of the good onesā to be āone of the good onesā. Does a handful of good people becoming cops change the cop culture? Absolutely not. Does flooding the agencies with genuinely good people change it? Absolutely. Itās naive to believe that nothing can be done because itās a system with specific group dynamics so thatās all itāll ever be. But few will sign up because āitās a broken system and Iāll get fired for speaking upā, thereby leaving the old guard running things and making up the majority. What changes that? A big influx of genuinely good, well-intentioned people that wonāt look the other way, making the old guard the minority in the profession. But you donāt want to be a part of that change. Itās cool. Just keep bitching about it while doing nothing to help it. Ukraine police? Really? Do they have the exact same issues that we do in the US? No? Then itās really not relevant. Oh and, āAmerican Police are racist against blacks, to be sureā... every single one of them? Nice blanket statement. Wow
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Sheās Better Topless: Jeep Thread
Have had a TJ, a JK, and just bought a gladiator (JT). TJ was rough but loved it. JK was a step up in ride, but still not smooth. The JTs and JLs are smooth. The ride is way more car-like than I ever thought a Jeep could ever be without going the IFS route. Even after having put a lift and 35s on the JT, itās still a pretty pleasant and smooth ride.
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Surly Megathread of destruction and doom. [BEWARE VERY DOOMY]
How is it not? Do you believe you could do their job without singling out and harassing/arresting people just because of the color of their skin? Or that you could de-escalate a heated situation without having to shoot them? Is that not the exact type of officer that the current movement is asking for? Or do you feel that as soon as a badge is pinned on your shirt, you magically become a racist with an itchy trigger finger? Everybody is asking for less/no bad cops and more good cops, but nobody wants to step up and be one of the good ones. Like BrothaHorn said, be the change.
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Jimbo 2021: Meemaw's Got a Brand New Bag
Come on... heās put it right there in his name! ^3=cubed... obviously all about that aggy cube life
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U of KY Fires Cheerleading Coach for Being Awesome
Meh... minus the surly poster part, Iāve seen that scenario too many times. Now, give them covid and the only antidote is some good lovinā in a way God never intended... well sir, you have my full attention
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Dammit, got beat to it
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Semi-perfect off season post
Look at the semi-genius over here...
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Cops pull guns on girl dressed as Storm Trooper on "Star Wars Day" in Canada
From āOh Canada!ā to āOh, Canada.... (facepalm)ā. And this is where I stop before going full Canadian cloak room
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APD murders unarmed man while his hands are in the air
You see... Goo is trying to be the new Pilotās Error... except heās just really bad at it
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Uh, DUH!! Only the biggest steal of the draft! Baltimore took J-Mad in the third... a guy that MANY thought was a first rounder! MANY!
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Iāve stressed to my wife many times that I want to be cremated. The cost of embalming, buying a casket and plot, and all other funeral services has gotten out of hand. It cost 20k to bury my father, who had already bought his burial plot long ago (and was not included in the 20k figure). Put my ass in a cardboard box, cremate me, and throw the ashes in a yeti bottle. Who honestly visits a gravesite often enough to make it worth the costs vs visiting a site where ashes were spread for free anyway? Not that Iām in the demographic, but I may have to remind her of that again just in case.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
It should come as no surprise that most of the comments Iāve seen from the āinfluenza kills more people and the media is driving the frenzyā crowd had been from the aggy folks that I know. There are several that have made it their lifeās mission to let everybody know that this is all overblown and anybody worried about catching/carrying this is just being manipulated by the media. Itās been non-stop through Facebook or text groups. I donāt give a shit, aggy. Iām young and in good health.. I know I wonāt die or likely even be hospitalized by this. I still donāt want to pass it on to my elderly, compromised parents or in-laws... or any other person that may fit the bill. Even if they have a good chance of survival, the thought of them spending several weeks in icu or on a ventilator is not something I care to think about. Theyāre so damned caught up on only trying to push the lower than initially advertised, and only for old people death rate narrative. I honestly canāt understand why theyāre on such an unwavering crusade, other than that itās the current company line theyāre being fed over at texags. Itās quite annoying. And as said above, and as much as it pains me to agree with anyone on the hell hole that is texags, we are half assing this lockdown. It worked (presumptively) in China because people were afraid to leave their residences for anything... or were more likely, locked in. Here, most of the population is dumb/ignorant and ignore most of the warnings/orders out in place because their way of life is more important that some silly virus. While any amount of people staying home or avoiding interactions will help slow the spread, to truly āflatten the curveā, it takes full buy-in from the nation... or enforcement of temporary orders in the event that people donāt buy in. You canāt have people half-assing it if youāre taking the risk of tanking the economy to halt it. Itās whole-ass or nothing. And our idiot population is not taking it seriously enough to whole-ass it
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NCAA shuts down Trevor Lawrence's coronavirus relief campaign
I thought you said you posted a pic of her without him.... (squints).... oh, my bad
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
This shit right here. There was a group of about 40 strong at the lake today, having a cookout and crowding around a picnic shelter. I was so pissed, I almost fired the communal handle of 2 Stars at them that my 9 buddies and I had just polished off in the parking lot. Idjits.
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Have had a runny nose for about 5 days now, and yesterday started feeling the first tickles in my throat with light sneezing. Woke up today with a raw throat and moderate phlegmy coughing. No fever, aches, or shortness of breath at this point. Never had allergies and received the flu shot this year. Everything points to a common cold, but guess Iām not going anywhere for a while just in case. Probably going to have a lifetime supply of flies tied when all is said and done.