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  1. And.... Boss Canales strikes again.... NUECES COUNTY, Texas — Effective immediately, all beaches within Nueces County will have a curfew from now until July 11 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Vehicular access prohibited from July 3 at 6 a.m. to July 7 at 6 a.m. This includes golf carts and all terrain vehicles. RV Parks at IB Magee and Parde Balli Park will remain open for campers, but no one will be allowed to drive on the beach.🙄
  2. It's always a shit show over July 4th, both in Port A and NPI. Now that I live on NPI I wish there was a better way for folks to get to Port A without having to cross the causeway...of course, we locals make sure there's no reason to go OTB then so we don't have to deal with that clusterfuck... But...just remember...when you get here...you're on island time...and relax.
  3. I've got a trip planned over Christmas to Sint Maarten. I've got the condo all booked with a timeshare we inherited (so, didn't have to pay for it haha). We live in Corpus now so flying out of here is prohibitively expensive. I checked around SAT, AUS, DFW and then IAH...IAH was $800/pp cheaper for the flight than the others. Since the flight is at 0530 on Saturday, we'll head from Corpus to IAH and stay at the Marriott at the airport and fly out in the morning. I had 2 e-certificates so that Friday is free and when we get back, that night is free too. Now I've got to buy the tickets from IAH - SXM. They're $1800 (total) or 320K AA pts. I've got 330K so I'm good there, but is that a good deal (it's about $0.006/AA point). I kind of hate to completely drain all the points, too, but... I also found a flight from CRP-IAH for $300/pp so we could save the 4 hr drive after work. I'm looking at both MR points or cash to pay for those via AMEX Travel. My worry about using AA or MR points is if this CV bullshit spikes again next year and I have to cancel everything, will I be able to get a full refund of points (or money if I book cash through AMEX). What do you travel experts advise?
  4. Last I heard on NPI is that we'll keep the beach open but go back to the earlier social distancing restrictions. However, Judge Canales has been enjoying her new found power here in Corpus so who knows what she'll do next week. But the beach is open now...
  5. Yep. That's how they're acting As a side note, Scuttlebutt's is opening up Saturday.
  6. I understand...that's why when we had the opportunity a couple years ago to move here, we jumped in and never looked back. Island life is just...peaceful.
  7. My one thought is to get your reservation ASAP. My condo is booked solid for the summer here on NPI as are all of my buddy's...
  8. Define Padre... I live on N Padre Island which is part of Corpus. Are you talking South Padre? I will say that N Padre/Port A have been pretty packed all year (condos normally don't rent much in April but they were all rented this year). I've heard from my cousin who has a condo on SPI that it's been pretty busy there, too.
  9. Scuttlebutts and Surfside Sandwich on NPI just closed. Someone at Scuttlebutts tested positive, same case as above - same owner, shared employees. The Slip/Pelican closed due to TABC from what I understand. Not following guidelines... Beach still open though.
  10. 5 in 5 months...and he was in his 80s... That sucks. But, again, that means that Nueces County is still REALLY safe...
  11. Nueces County has had 4 deaths since the panic began. And only 1 in the last month. It's not Ebola central down here...
  12. I'm still a big fan of HDHPs and think they should be the way insurance moves towards. Although, now I'm a state government leech, so I've got my cheap and cushy gubmint health insurance...I may not like the game, but I'll play by the rules... And I think you're a stand up guy yourself. If you ever get down to the island, look me up and I'll buy you a beer.
  13. Thanks for the nice words washpark! And no...MMT is a shit theory, so don't worry about me getting behind it. I'm still a Friedman guy.
  14. Meh... Any more poor than the last pile of POTUS'? But he's aggy Thanks for the compliment!👍 My last job there were a lot of Ags. In my new job (which is a small research center) about 1/6 of us are Ags...ok, that's only 4 of us, but... Oh yeah, and I now work for TAMU-CC. But, they're the Islanders, not Ags. However, I live on NPI so I don't really care...
  15. Where did I mention Obama? Was he POTUS in the 40s? The 50s? The 60s? The 70s? The 80s? The 90s? From 2000-2009🙄? Hell, from about the 7th century that place has been a clusterfuck. Even before that, actually. So GTFO here with the "but Obama" shit...
  16. Ok, cool. I'd stayed out for a long time until I got pulled back in by @Bozo_Casanova. Got zero problem just going back to the Food and Travel board...
  17. Appointed numerous conservative judges. Worked to slow illegal immigration. Enacted almost everything that was on his original plan (it was posted on his website, don't know if it's still there). Pulled troops out of the ME (which a lot of the right have wanted for a long time). Killed numerous more terrorist assholes that were actively working to hurt America. And more...
  18. There's been a term used for quite some time...RINO. There are a large number of Republicans don't think that the GOP in office have been actually doing what they said they would...hence, the leftward slide in the governmental policies. I know you have no understanding about why a lot of people support Trump, probably because you really don't know them well. But, I know lots of hard core conservatives that support him because he's actually done a lot of the things they've wanted a GOP POTUS to do. First off, he doesn't back down and apologize to the media when they attack him. That's LONG been a complaint of conservatives about the candidates. Reagan did. GHWB didn't. Dole didn't. GWB didn't. McCain didn't. Romney didn't. Conservatives want their candidates to stop backing down. And he's actually done a lot of the things that the conservatives wanted enacted. It's really not rocket surgery. Jeez...I can't believe you dragged me back into this cesspool...
  19. WTF does Trump have to do with this? Explain large approval of Biden for the Dems? Well, the community of CC isn't the monolithic thing you seem to think it is. I live on NPI. There's probably 3 different CoI just here on the island. Then, there's the Bluff (which I assume has more than one). I haven't learned much past that yet. But, all those communities I mentioned are QUITE different and have different goals/views. I did mention Tarrant County having at least 20 What you're proposing would result in a HoR with about 100K+ people in it.
  20. You realize that the "mandering" part of gerrymandering came about because one of the districts drawn in 1812 and approved by Gov Gerry of Mass resembled a salamander. This is not new. Now, are they more efficient, yeah. But this is definitely something that's been going on for 200+ years... And I agree that NC shouldn't have representation like that. Which is why I referenced TX. In 2000, every single statewide office was held by a Republican. The state voted overwhelmingly for GWB for POTUS. Both Senators were Republicans. So, obviously, the partisanship of the state aligned with the GOP. And yet the HoR for TX were majority Democrat due to 1990 Democratic gerrymandering. The NC case is wrong and the TX case was wrong.
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