Everything posted by Scheiss Meister
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Parents charged with involuntary manslaughter after their child is struck and killed by a car (they let him walk home alone)
I grew up in Brenham in the 70s. When TABC started cracking down on underage kids buying beer at the convenience store for Papa, Muti, Opa, or Oma, a lot of those Germans lost their shit. I lived down the street from the TABC guy, and some of the Germans would stop in the middle of the street and give him hell while he was working in his yard. It was hilarious to see a dude from Lufkin take a cussing out in German, trying to figure out what he was being called.
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Texas -- a failed state
That's basically my plan.
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Texas -- a failed state
I ain't scared of some discomfort, and I plan to have a gallon of water and Liquid IV with me to fend off heat illness for my wife and me.
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Texas -- a failed state
Personally, I wish that I could react that way. Shooting, moving, and communicating to destroy a threat is more fit to my training, and much easier. But that won't get this mission accomplished, and the mission is everything. Maybe another day, but not Saturday.
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Texas -- a failed state
Thanks for the suggestions. Sadly, my service was 40 years ago, and I no longer have any of my uniform. Not that it would fit, even if I did have it. I will get a nice USMC cap for the event, though. I am fully prepared to be beaten without resisting, but I don't know how I would handle my wife being struck. I have to prepare more for maintaining my discipline in such a case.
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Texas -- a failed state
I guess this is as good a place as any to ask my questions. My wife and I are going to the No Kings rally in Austin Saturday. We've been to a couple of small town marches, but never anything like this. We're going to make signs, and I'm going to carry an American flag, maybe the Marine Corps colors, too, for good measure. Should the signs be on sticks, or just hand held? I want them seen, but don't want them to be falsely labeled as weapons. What supplies should we bring? I'm bringing water for hydration and some old t-shirts to wet and use if tear gas gets tossed. What else do I need to bring? Thanks for the suggestions on how to dress. We'll definitely look like the respectable old farts that we are.
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Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
Nope. Boomer "officially", but they keep moving the date frame. I have more in common with Gen X, though.
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Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
Old guy talk incoming. You've been warned. When I was a kid both of my parents were teachers. My dad worked various jobs during the summer to make ends meet while my mom stayed home with us. Usually he or my mom were working on graduate degrees as well. Every day, including weekends, was the same: get up and eat breakfast, then my mom would put us out of the house saying, "Be back in when the street lights come on. Don't come back in before that unless someone is bleeding or dieing." Our city had a low cost summer program with swimming instruction, Red Cross Lifesaving classes, theater, crafts, and other sports and activities. In the mornings we would go to these, then run amok frm noon until dark. It was fabulous. And other than the fact that I post here, we turned out almost normal and nearly civilized.
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LA ICE protest escalation
At full TO&E, a battalion is 811 strong. With transfers, separations, leave, and illness/injuries, it can be much lower.
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Tell Me About Texas a&m
Hey, guys. Goat ropers need love, too.
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2025 LA Civilian and National Guard Conflict
Look, I'm really not trying to dog on you, but having the US Military, be they active, reserve, or National Guard, kill or injure even one US citizen exercising their Constitutional rights is unacceptable. Kent State and the other instances are not "a decent track record". I say this as a US Marine, currently not in an active status. I know how I was trained and what my duty is. Harming US citizens exercising their rights is not part of that duty for me or anyone else in the military.
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2025 LA Civilian and National Guard Conflict
What the fuck do you think those rifles, pistols, machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars are for?
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Horrible way to die new stories
Russia gonna Russia, I guess.
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2025 LA Civilian and National Guard Conflict
I'm going to the No Kings protest at the Capitol next Saturday. I look forward to seeing the Texas National Guard there.
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2025 LA Civilian and National Guard Conflict
Yes, it is. Every National Guardsman that I know who served since 2001 had at least one deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan during their service.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
That was nice. Let's do it again next season. I also want to thank JS1, troph, Pancho, and many others for sharing their knowledge and insight of softball, volleyball, women's basketball, and the other women's sports with the rest of us. I've learned a lot from y'all.
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Thread of good things in the world today
As long as cities offer good benefits packages, water and wastewater jobs will be good avenues for smart folks who don't want to go to college and want to make a difference in the world. The pay, especially in smaller cities, can be miserably low, but good benefits can help make up for that. If the benefits get eroded, as some places are doing, it's not such an attractive career. I applaud Pflugerville ISD for doing that. More such programs are desperately needed. I don't understand why TSTC doesn't have a program where an person can get good classroom training and internship like experience and finish with a C license, ready to get a job.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
That would be bad for business. I'm glad that they got the repairs done quickly. The shit must flow.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
This is infuriating, but not surprising. We don't take care of our vets, so we will definitely fuck over our allies' vets, even those to whom we owe a great debt. If I was a citizen of any other nation on the planet, I would never ever trust the US to keep its commitments on anything.
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
I'm sure that I'm not the only one here who was looking at 18 wheelers and box trucks differently this morning on the way to church.
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Florida Man Thread
You can't be high all day if you don't start first thing in the morning.
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Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
Looks like something my dad would have done.
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Memorial Day
"And when he gets to heaven St. Peter he will tell one more Marine reporting, sir I've served my time in Hell." Semper Fidelis and thank you to every Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Coast Guardsman, and Airman who gave their life for their country and my freedoms.
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2025 NCAA Baseball
That batter should wear one in the ribs his next at bat. First pitch.
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Post a pic that makes you lol
That kid is going to have nightmares about that.