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Thanks. That makes perfect sense. That was once my neck of the woods, but I've been gone for a long time. Lots of family still up there. Dad was born in Hobbs, to his great shame, while my grandparents were visiting family. He's still unhappy to have been born outside of Texas, even though he was back on proper soil by his third day. I remember going to Seminole for golf tournaments in high school and being jealous of that oil money. We were lucky to get a ride to the tourney in a beater van that broke down all the time, and played in jeans and with our own sets of shitty cobbled together clubs. Seminole kids were decked out head to toe in school purchased clothes and gear, including very nice sets of clubs (even their fucking tees and balls were branded), and of course they had their own damn golf course (to go along with their own indoor pool). At least we routinely beat the shit of them in football and basketball, but putting our poverty on full display at those golf tournaments was uncomfortable, to say the least.

“I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” /s/ you know who

Exactly the type of douchebag I'd love to see slammed with a defamation suit. They need the lesson.

Thanks. It looks like the Lubbock area was added, which is where most of the population out there is located, along with Amarillo. Not much more than dirt and mesquite in those remaining gray areas, although I'm curious why the pocket just West of Lubbock wasn't included (Lamb, Hockley, etc. Regardless, the additions covered the vast majority of the people out there.

I thought the parts of the panhandle that weren't on the same grid as the rest of the Texas were moved onto it last year. Welcome to ERCOT, bitches!

They only recently (September I think) made lane splitting formally illegal in Texas. I ride myself, and have never lane split in Texas as cops would nail you for reckless driving even before they formally outlawed lane splitting. In Austin, we have a ton of California transplants. You combine that with a complete lack of traffic policing (none at all) and you get a ton of lane splitting happening here. I don't really blame the transplants, it's what they're used to. The way moron car and truck drivers around here can't stay in their lane even when they're not staring at their phone, I wouldn't risk it personally. If I were king for a day, I'd have unmarked enforcement driving up and down 2222 between Mopac and 360, noting every single person who ventures outside of their lane. They would all lose their driving privileges for life. If you can't keep a truck between the lines, much less a sedan, you don't deserve to drive. I drive or ride that stretch of road daily and can't believe how shitty most drivers are. If we properly tested people before giving them a license, half the drivers, at least, would be off the road (traffic congestion solved)! If you see an angry man leaning out of his window trying to give another driver a piece of his mind on that stretch of road, it's probably me. Too many assholes have damn near killed my kids on the way to school because they can't be bothered to pay attention while they drive (or simply lack the basic driving skills necessary to maintain control of a vehicle on a slightly curvy road). I would also take out the assholes on motorcycles generating all the noise pollution late at night racing up and down that same stretch of road. They make the rest of us look bad. EDIT TO ADD: And to get back on topic - Houston drivers suck too.

I you ain't livin' you dyin'.

It's prima facie defamation in most states. Rodgers will settle if Kimmel sues.

Most of them.

Rodgers' dumb ass finally caught up with his mouth. A First Amendment defense for prima facia defamation isn't going to fly on this one. He ticked all the boxes. I hope Jimmy drains that conspiracy-loving king of the morons' bank account. Rodgers has been a piece of shit since college (likely before). He's the classic moron who thinks he's smarter than everyone else despite all evidence pointing to the contrary.

Many Texas men are already well versed in looking the other way when they know children are being assaulted. The Southern Baptist Church has been training them for decades.

I've known plenty of "white trailer park trash" who are ultimately good-hearted folks who don't commit crimes. For fucks sake, all I was trying to get across is that my reaction to her response is colored by her motivation, which we have no way of knowing for certain. I wasn't defending her or the cops, but I'm getting it from both ends on this thread. Clearly, I'm communicating poorly so I'll bow out.

I don't disagree with you at all in terms of rights. I wasn't talking about rights, but whether or not I find her response impressive. If she's a criminal, I'm not impressed by the magnitude of her response, as it was motivated by covering up her crime rather than righteous indignation. That's all. The cops' behavior speaks for itself. They fucking suck, no matter what their motivation was. And knowing how much they suck, we also know this won't end well for this woman.

Completely agree, as noted in my post. The cops were douchebags, there's no denying it. However, my reaction to the woman's response is colored by her motivation for responding that way. If she's simply trying to get away with something because the cop fucked up, we're just dealing with two assholes here. If she has done nothing wrong, then we're just dealing with one (the cop).

I agree with this, for sure. As the rest of my comment noted, the video points towards cops being cops more than anything else. If she's guilty of a crime, however, I'm less impressed with her attitude as it shifts from rightfully indignant citizen to criminal asshole trying to get away with something because the cop fucked up. The cop still deserved a tongue-lashing, either way, but my response to the woman's behavior is absolutely impacted by her motivation.

This one definitely falls into the "if, then" category for me. 1. If she committed a crime, or it's reasonable to suspect she committed a crime, and the cops have a legitimate reason for speaking with her, then she's just being a cunt. 2. If she hasn't done anything wrong and the cops are just being, well, the way cops are, then she's a got-damn hero. Either way, that cop lied her ass off about having a warrant, which definitely makes it seem like option two is more likely.

lol, that "lady" has a set of brass balls on her. I would love to know the broader story on this one.

You're right about the system, but sorry, Baptists (and their ilk) don't get a pass. They're crucial to making this system work. How do you think the distributors and liquor stores keep the status quo? It doesn't work without easily manipulated simpletons voting the right way. Two crooked industries (religion and alcohol, if it wasn't clear) are in bed together to make this work, and the only people who can stop them are ironically solid customers of both. Unfortunately, they have been so twisted around by bullshit they don't have a clue which way is up or down anymore and largely just do what they're told (or more to the point whatever will make them look better in the eyes of their fellow congregants - the fear of public shaming is powerful stuff in most communities, even the nonreligious ones).

Freedom ain't free, bro.

Assholes keep voting assholes into office. Rinse and repeat. There is nothing unique about it in Texas. It happens everywhere, only the flavor changes.

I'm wrong. The creepy chaplain I'm thinking of works at Texas Children's, and looks a lot like this fucker. But the guy in the pic was the chaplain at Cooks in Fort Worth, not at Texas Children's Hospital as written on the posted tweet.

Holy shit. My niece died at that hospital after an extended stay a while back, and this fucker was around supporting my sister a great deal. He definitely had that creepy vibe that so many religious official types have. Not surprised but still horrified.

I agree with this. It's the ultimate flaw with our new economy driven by VC and tech bro assholes. None of it is really innovative, and most of it isn't even really business. It's just unprofitable "disruption" to kill off competition. Once that is accomplished, reality has to set in at some point. It's not really innovative, and not really any different than what has gone on forever when a new player wants to take market share. Undercut the legacy guys at a major loss until you capture enough market share to start driving up your prices. The end result for the consumer is that things are exactly the same as they were before, with the only change being who is getting your money.