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Paper_jam

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  1. These sharks aren't malicious, they're just trying to warn people about the hurricane.
  2. Sorry for my coastal friends, but I feel like anything less than a Cat 2 at landfall will just evaporate into nothing before getting to central TX.
  3. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/judge-rejects-paxtons-efforts-to-shut-down-el-paso-migrant-shelter/ Judge Francisco Dominguez sided with the shelter, sharply criticizing Paxton’s legal action as “outrageous and intolerable,” accusing him of acting outside of his authority for political motivations. “The Attorney General’s conduct in harassing and pursuing predetermined outcomes, without regard to the rights of Annunciation House’s employees and guests is imminent, ongoing and irreparable,” Dominguez wrote.
  4. All that stuff we grew up hearing about--freedom, democracy, the rights and liberties enshrined in our Constitution, our finely tuned system of checks and balances, equality for everyone before the law--they are tearing it all down. A lot of it was propaganda that we never lived up to anyway, but they were ideals I still believed in and hoped we could incrementally achieve. We should all go on a general strike until we get a new Constitution that bans corporate and dark money campaign contributions, explicitly frames the separation of church and state, puts term limits on all offices including the Supreme Court, and eliminates the electoral college (or at least, apportions EVs fractionally in proportion to the popular vote in the state). Alternatively, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdfRRtAs3o
  5. Max is just a Dutch Dale "the Intimidator" Earnhardt.
  6. In 2016, Obama should have made a recess appointment or whatever to put Garland on the bench. I would have declared that the Senate was afforded an ample opportunity to "advise and consent" on Garland, and abdicated that responsibility. Should have used US Army or National Guard troops to escort Garland up the steps if you had to.
  7. I posted it to Youtube, but just let me know if you want it taken down. It;s too good to not share with the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoj3FmmGWM
  8. As the crow flies, it's only 130 miles from downtown Austin to Lavaca Bay. Edit: beaten by Bolverk. I should read the whole thread before replying to stuff.
  9. I need want my own private complex of underground ICBM silos. For self defense. (The 2nd refers to Arms, not just guns.)
  10. Wouldn't mind seeing Russian air defenses degraded to the point where we could impose a NATO no-fly zone over strategic areas...
  11. I began my carefully curated collection of original paintings 25 years ago with a scintillating vista of an alien landscape crafted by an anonymous master artist working on the sidewalk on 6th street. He used nothing more than some spray cans and folded newspaper, but the result was spectacular. It's displayed proudly as the centerpiece of my art room.
  12. but the NWS forecast this AM said "heavy rain" tonight
  13. At Monaco they should go full retro--make all the teams change to small vintage-style cars from the '60s, and bring back hay bales etc. for barriers.
  14. Just curious, are there fish in Waller Creek?
  15. You can see that the line north of Austin put the brakes on and doesn't want to come any further south. Keep the hail away but I need some rain to wash in the ironite and weed/feed I just put down in anticipation of this.
  16. Yesterday I swear KXAN's forecast said 90% chance of rain on Sunday. Now it's 50%. The NWS forecast said periods of very heavy rain. Now it doesn't. The fuck is going on.
  17. I don't know if Paxton has any actual evidence of a crime being committed, but regardless this is a really shitty thing to do. How do you sleep at night, you fucking cockeyed carpetbagger. https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/paxton-moves-to-shut-down-charity-housing-undocumented-migrants/
  18. My HP-20S from my college days still going strong, well after 30 years.
  19. 1985 JVC amplifier/EQ/tuner/turntable rack system, still has original speakers. Been played loudly on a regular basis for almost 40 years. 1987 Zenith Hi-Fi VHS VCR. Still plays tapes, but the tuner is fried so can't make recordings. An old Panasonic cordless landline phone of indeterminate age (at least 15 years). I recently retired a 2005 Panasonic Plasma TV which was still working. I still have a '97 Sony Trinitron CRT television, which works but is basically never used anymore. Moral of the story: electronics made in Japan were good shit.
  20. The line west of Austin seems to be shrinking and tracking more to the north. Guess I should be happy with what I got earlier tonight, but was hoping for an even bigger dump into the lakes.
  21. Everything was better when the vast majority of people only had access to a daily local or regional newspaper, and a half-hour of broadcast network news from NBC, CBS, ABC, or PBS. Cable news, and especially click-driven internet news, has poisoned people's brains.
  22. I don't get the apathy from young voters, especially after everything that's happened since 2016. Cynicism, yes, but not apathy. It's like saying that Mon Mothma broke a promise on my pet issue so I'mma let Vader/Palpatine have it, both sides are the same.
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