Everything posted by hopkinsnhorns
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A "volcano" of oil spewing at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
I really wish they had some good upper atmosphere shots of the Gulf pre and post containment to show the true extent of Taylor's oil spill. Fuck that company. I hope they go under in a big way.
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Destin area beaches
I hope you learned your lesson. Don't call the cops. They're fucking worthless. Especially don't call the cops if you're in a he said/he said situation with a bunch of bouncers. Bouncers are basically cops-in-training in the eyes of a pig.
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Chestnut coming back from the brink of extinction?
So in 50-odd years or so, we could have a new wood to use for BBQ?
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Mass College Admission Cheating Scandal
:unzips:
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Charges Dropped for 119 People After Cop Caught on Video Planting Meth on Innocent Grandma
Where's a hero like Dexter to take care of dirty cops like this?
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23-y.o. pickup driver kills 7 motorcyclists
https://www.wmur.com/article/timeline-driving-history-of-volodymyr-zhukovskyy-who-is-charged-in-randolph-crash/28199481
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5 HPD Officers Shot
Email from Kim Ogg's office. Looks like we might get some oversight after all. https://twitter.com/stjbs/status/1143244333631586304
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Online Books and deposits.
Gambling newb - best place to place an NFL futures bet online? I'd like to put some scratch on the Colts to win the AFCS and again as superbowl champs.
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Parents rumble at kids baseball game
Reading this thread, y'all are making me feel nostalgic for my simple childhood in rural Vermont. If you had any ambition, you could be on a team. Coaches would work with you to get your talent where it needed to be, but worse comes to worst, you just end up riding the pine pony. I don't remember ever having any umpires or referees as young as 13 either. Most were adults, many the same age as the parents. I know I refereed a couple middle school basketball games when I was in high school, but that was only as a last resort when someone was ill. Maybe our parents were just more realistic about our athletic ambitions, but afaik there were never any fights between parents or officials, even when we were playing our cross-county rivals. I think the worst that ever happened was a parent getting a technical foul from the stands in basketball, and even that only happened once or twice.
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ASF in China
Dear god, can't they kill them THEN burn them? Doesn't the military have some surplus rounds they could fire off to at least try to put them out of their misery? And if you're going to burn them, maybe make sure there is enough fuel in the hole to ensure that the job is done. Half the fuckers were still alive and kicking when the backhoe started filling in the pit. Fucking Chinese, man.
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Meet Samuel Little, America's most successful serial likker
I was thinking of Deadwood in response to atomheartbevo's mention of the American West as a paradise for serial killers. Mr. Wu's pigs consumed a lot of evidence of murders. Seems like a very plausible and useful tool for any would-be serial killer not wanting to be caught. While not known for feeding victims to pig, Robert Pickton is probably the most famous pig farmer turned serial killer. He ground his victims and gave the meat to his neighbors...
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All Things Brisket
Don't forget to use some thousand island dressing as the slather...
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Meet Samuel Little, America's most successful serial likker
Be wary of the pig farmers...
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The National
Speaking of which, what ever came of El Vy? They had that one song and nothing else from what I've heard...
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Stranger throws 5-year old child from the 3rd floor of Mall of America
Since I'm guessing a full recovery is unlikely given the severity of the injuries, I hope he develops mutant powers and becomes a real life Professor X.
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Battleship Texas being relocated
I just wish more people knew about it. I got to spend a few hours there with my dad and uncle who were both in the navy in the late 70's when we in town for my sister's wedding in Sisterdale. Lots of WWII vets to be found there visiting, which is a rare site these days. I need to go back and spend a whole day there. You could probably spend 2-3 days there and still not see all it has to offer.
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Battleship Texas being relocated
It's a hell of a museum. It's actually the National Museum of the Pacific War, not the Naval Museum. That is in DC. It's in Fredericksburg because that is the hometown of Admiral Nimitz, who commanded the US forces in the Pacific.
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Shit I've Cooked Lately
+ rep Got a recipe for us?
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Your unpopular food opinions
I'd take a P Terry's burger and chocolate shake over damn near any other quick service establishment in Texas. That's one of the things I miss most from Austin, and I'm sure to stop there at least once every month or so when I stop by. The only knock on them is the drive-thru only locations. How the fuck am I supposed to eat a greasy burger in my car?
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Your unpopular food opinions
It's critical to have the right ratio of icing to cake. A little bit goes a long ways. Too often nowadays cakes/cupcakes are slathered with an inch of frosting. No one over the age of 10 wants that shit, unless it's coconut pecan frosting on a German Chocolate cake.
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Dallas officer kills man after mistaking apartment for her own, police say
Case in point - Chase Welch... https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/eastex/news/article/Deputy-involved-in-Point-Blank-shooting-fatally-11824955.php
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Dallas officer kills man after mistaking apartment for her own, police say
My buddy did that in our Air BnB at my bachelor party in NOLA. He was former Coast Guard though, not a jarhead.
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Going on my first cruise
The shitty thing about the 7 day cruise was once we returned, I still had sea legs for like a week or two later. I'd be sitting at my desk and it felt like the world was slowly listing around me. Real mind fuck.
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Going on my first cruise
Does your wife want to go on a cruise?
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Going on my first cruise
My .02 - book the steakhouse for dinner 2-3 times that week. It's the best meal on the boat. We did the chef's table dinner one time, and it was good, but for the price, I'd much rather spend the upcharge on 2-3 steakhouse dinners than one 10 course chef's tasting. This is best when you have the drink package so you can knock back 2-3 glasses of wine at dinner before finishing with a cocktail to go with dessert, otherwise that shit would be pretty pricey. Chef's tasting - ~10 courses, small party w. the head chef of the ship. Usually served either in the galley or some other private area, like a library.