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elfenix

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  1. 11 hours ago, Satchel said:

    That Texas could be so big and so backward, is disgusting:

    https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/28/texas-measles-abbott-lawmakers-response/

     

    State and local health officials are setting up vaccine clinics and encouraging people to get the shot, which is more than 97% effective at warding off measles.

    But neither Gov. Greg Abbott nor lawmakers from the hardest hit areas have addressed the outbreak publicly in press conferences, social media posts or public calls for people to consider getting vaccinated. State and local authorities in West Texas have not yet enacted more significant measures that other places have adopted during outbreaks, like excluding unvaccinated students from school before they are exposed, or enforcing quarantine after exposure.

    The response to Texas’ first major public health crisis since COVID is being shaped by the long-term consequences of the pandemic, experts say — stronger vaccine hesitancy, decreased trust in science and authorities, and an unwillingness from politicians to aggressively push public health measures like vaccination and quarantine.

    instead they're addressing important issues:

     

    1895599626939744566.webp

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  2. 1 minute ago, wood said:

    Timing is back up, & it looks like a video game from 1998. WTF?
     

    i think fox has been doing the cartoony driver headshots for a bit. but i don't really watch nascar much so couldn't tell you.

     

     

    directv stream is compressing the shit out of this and it looks like garbage. fox much cleaner.

  3. 15 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    All you people stressing about whether to drop family or friends over their support of Trump, this gives you the perfect opportunity for a final demonstration of decency before you cut the cord forever.    Because any so-called patriotic American who supports what’s going on now needs to be shamed and shunned forever - shunned like a drunk Amish person wearing bling and a Ziggy Stardust costume while masturbating in front of the meeting house singing his newly written ditty, ‘Satan is my copilot!”

    George Costanza Seinfeld GIF

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  4. 7 minutes ago, immamac said:

    Yeah, I don't think that's gonna work even with idiots. Everyone knows Russia invaded Ukraine and that this isn't how you treat anyone. This is bad optics even for the base. They are self destructing. 

    He wears a suit jacket 

    @G650

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  5. 5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

    Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) has a warning for veterans: you'll have to "contribute" to society if you need food assistance.

    So I guess fighting for your country and maybe taking a few bullets, or maybe losing a limb is not a big enough contribution to society. Apparently one must still slave in order to be compensated by the very government that is responsible for your condition, you must work regardless of your physical or mental stability.

    Republicans are flat out the most vile psychotic assholes on the planet. Why veterans support this piece of shit party is beyond me.

    daily reminder that republicans hate you

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  6. 10 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    Next time one of you are browning (or reheating) some ground beef for Shank tacos/nachos/whatever, throw some of this in. 

    IMG-1767.webp

    It’s a dollar, good to keep around. It’s red though, like tomato sauce, don’t expect that when you first open the can. 

    Pato's spicy tomato sauce makes an excellent meatloaf glaze

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  7. 18 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    dfw regularly does 5-across in good weather

    the sfo parallels are very close together - yes - quite wacky if you're not used to it or not expecting it

    4300' of separation between runway center lines allows parallel operations without any sort of waiver. SFO is the main exception.

  8. 2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    At first it sounds amusingly hyperbolic.  But then you think about it for a second:  corporations have no empathy, no concern for their fellow "man."  Nor should they be expected to.

    Therefore, the government has a role, and a pretty good-sized one at that, in limiting the damage done.

    Stewart is very astute.  He's good at comedy, but unlike his right-wing "peers," it's based in truthiness.

    milton friedman's bullshit is part of why we're in this mess.

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  9. 11 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    We were planning on driving to California this summer - we were going to be in El Paso for a wedding and decided we could extend it into a trip since it's closer to our friends in San Diego than it is to Houston, and it would be cool to hit a bunch of the national parks in California and then on the way back (Grand Canyon, etc.)

    A friend of mine who works in for the National Park Service and who knew of our plans just sent us a message saying that he was told he can be fired or he can resign this week (I'm guessing it's a difference in benefits, but he didn't elaborate). Really sharp dude who is well-educated and well-connected in the business world and won't have a problem finding a job elsewhere - he's one of those types who got bored with the daily grind and changed things up after COVID, and his wife is an attorney with a big firm in California. He's not a park ranger, but he worked with the parks at the 35,000 foot level (I'm being vague on purpose). No idea if he's going to quit or make them fire him and take them to court, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the latter.

    Anyways, he told us to go ahead and cancel any plans we had for visiting national parks this summer - he said any that weren't outright closed were going to be so understaffed that the number of visitors allowed in would be a fraction of their capacity, and he said it was all very deliberately planned, and the only thing that could stop it would be Congress.  

    I am not going to ask him to elaborate until he is fired or whatever, but I trust him to know what he's talking about when he used the phrase "deliberately planned".

    Musk has a hard-on for the NPS and some of the other agencies, and he is truly trying to hurt them as badly as he can, and daring Congress to stop him.

    rip lobo

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