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What we honestly are looking for now is kids that can take some minutes to help keep the starters healthier over the course of the season. Now catastrophic injuries fuck everything, but having and extra kid to put into the mix to help supply at least somewhat dependable depth is the prescription I think Terry is looking for. We are not likely to pull any real potential greatness at this point in the portal. If we did it would likely be a head case, or Holland in the best case scenario, who might be a head case, who knows. But one more, just one more would help as the key to keeping your players healthy over the course of a long season is the ability and WILLINGNESS to sit them to keep them rested. Otherwise they may play through slightly nagging injuries that aggravate into something more. Rest, especially at the end of the season looking toward tournament time is crucial, and depth is the only way to get there. Plus as a coach the best thing you can do is get your new or transfer players more court time to gain experience so they can indeed spell or replace starters. But you need warm bodies. One more quality warm body would be helpful. It not install some height scanners set at 6'4" in all the workout facilities on Campus and find a kid. Give Brock Cunningham $10,000 to find the guy and he will find us some scrapper already on campus! (I can dream can't I?)

Looks like there is at least some interest in Texas from North Carolina G Caleb Love. Jumped to Michigan in portal then decided not to, so he's in play. He would be a nice final piece to the puzzle. It us, Gonzaga and Arizona according to the Bleacher Report https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10077154-report-caleb-love-linked-to-texas-arizona-gonzaga-after-decommitting-from-michigan

The reason is works is they do not care about causing a fiscal crisis, American workers losing jobs, stock market crashes or anything else. What they care about it trying to exercise the power of the minority as if it was the majority. Of course having a Republican in a popular presidential vote is now a pipe dream for the minority party. So it's gum up the works, Fuck up the economy, fuck up the supreme court and try, try, and try again to keep voters from gaining easy access to voting. Dems blink because they actually do give a shit about the country and working men and women. The good news for Republicans since are no longer any recognizable principals nor morals amoung Republican voters, elected Republicans know that there simply is no accountability. Just tell a lie... and they will lap it up.

I wish that some reporter would simply ask. "You say the deficit spending is bad. Why then do Republicans never offset their deficit increasing tax cuts with spending reductions?" McCarthy would look like a deer in the headlights.

Well here we are again. Another completely and totally disingenuous manufactured crisis, created by the same folks that ALWAYS add debt at a faster pace than their Democratic Satans. But the main thing about these manufactured debt crises is that the GOP does not give a shit about damaging the economy when there is a Democratic President. Republican President means borrow like crazy to pretend that massive tax cuts for mostly the wealthy do not have any impact on the deficit. Only spending from Democrats needs to be offset, tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires never, ever, ever need to be addressed by balances in spending. That is ONLY when there is a Democratic President. OF course how do you negotiate with a person who cannot deliver the votes? McCarthy simply pretends the GOP will pass something reasonable, but the reality is they will not. If the economy goes into the shitter and it's a Dem Pres? Who gives a fuck. So here we are, gonna need to scrub off a 700-1000 points off the dow. And simply because the GOP cannot bring a budget to the floor that will do anything except let folks know that the GOP is full of shit. So here we are. The same folks that don't give a damn about debt, pretending they care about the debt. This biggest difference this time is there is a large contingency of the GOP that will never vote for any compromise of any sort. So the Dems negotiate with the GOP, who cannot deliver. Then the GOP negotiates with itself and comes back to the table to renegotiate. Then return the GOP again negotiates with itself, then again returns to negotiate with Biden. What good is negotiating with somebody who 1) can't actually negotiate, beacuse 2) they can't deliver the votes on anything that has a potential for actual passage 3) In the end it will again be the Dems that have to save McCarthy, because 4) he can't do anything but whine and complain since he cannot deliver the votes. It really does suck having one of the parties being basically a group of children who honestly can't compromise and can't deliver votes.

I will say that our Dyson Animal is amazing at removing the grit. It's almost as important as the fishing poles.

PSA. - for you lowly non-fly folks! ;-). I was looking at replacement spinning reels and saw that Dicks has the Shimano Sedonas on sale for $39.99, which is basically half price. Pretty serviceable reel, especially for $40 instead of $80. So I got a 3000 and a 4000.

Every time I think of the Cowboys I think of "Jerry's Kids." Then I wonder if aJerry Lewis if a telethon could have helped them out...

I think with the embrace and resurgence of more open racism among my Republican friends since Trump has come on the scene makes the election of a black Republican as President, about the same as the actual representation currently of black republicans nationally. Of the 535 seats available in both the House and Senate the GOP's black representation is what 3 of 535? It's more a raise your profile and profit, no chance ever he is elected with an (R) next to his name. Not in 2028, not ever.

I can generally say fuck off to most communications, but with my parents in their late 80's early 90's I just feel like I need emergency access. Also like Flattie Fattie I have become somewhat anal about the trailer in one specific area.... sand and grit on the floors. Gotta plan on giving the dog at least a decent bath after every day on the beach, and we could do that with the outdoor shower hose, but the path of least resistance has become going to IB MaGee. The fact it's about as close to being on the beach without being on the beach and fits 90% of our needs. But a long way from PINS. Maybe I'll get my buddy and do a kayak campout at the Bird Basin at Pins. I used to have an annual pass and went to PINS a lot when I was remodeling a house I had down in Flour Bluff. Just looked at Sandpiper webcam and surf is flat and green, with a very visible amount of sargassum pushing up against the beach. But that second cut.... (wistful dreams of singing line). One thing is certain. You will NOT find this fellow on any beach, lake or river in Texas on Memorial Day Weekend! Too many people with an extra dose of stupid people.

PINS and beachfront camping was the reason I originally wanted an RV. Even scoped out some spots to turn around and park tucked into dunes. But we have been at IB MaGee most every time, for convenience and leaving the rig there for a month in October has been fantastic to bounce back and forth depending on the weather and tides. But next time I go down to Port A I'm going to do some recon on PINS again. But having cell/email really is a must and that's the hard part about PINS.

The only thing that sucks about the coast is you really do need to do a good wash down to get all the salt and grit off everything. If you go Aransas Pass ferry route there is a killer carwash with large bay and spray guns on two sides in the first bay, located just to the left two blocks at the stoplight in Goliad, called Suddz. The second gun helps a lot with the back and forth. Another good RV wash find is on the way back up I-37 the exit past Lake Braunig and then make a U-turn and it's on the feeder. I don't think it has a name, but the best thing about it is that its a true truck wash with elevated walkways on both sides and allows you to hit the top as well. Downside is it's a true truck wash so you better spray the hell out of any brush you might want to use. I need to find something close to Austin with an elevated way to get to the roof. I also love me some PINS. I figured you did the N.Padre Turn before the Park gate. Did you drive down PINS at all or just hang? I'm sure on Pins the sargassum was stacked up, but I do like the steeper deeper cuts to fish. Wind and surf looked ripe this last week for pulling out a few trout.

So you are on North Padre? That was my guess, with the direction of you Cell booster, and less flat beach. Humans suck... I wish there was a way to selectively scrape off the litters. It's such an asshole move. I always try to pitch for folks to simply pick up at least an extra bag of trash and haul it out. Wish I could design a virus to simply kill all the folks that litter after the third offense on the beach our in the waterways. Then I could only talk to nice folks and there would be a lot more room to surf fish. Have fun Troph!

Yeah I remember Cool River up off Palmer... Pretty accurate with the "Cougar Unleashed." 😉

One bad mofo! Rest in Peace.

Well as I hoped (expected) Hunter moves us (or at least me) into the backslapping stage of Terry's first class of his own. Disu was the most important piece for me, as I think this extra year is gonna reap real NBA dividends for him assuming he stays healthy. I was a little surprised Hunter was testing the NBA waters, but figured honest evaluations would bring him back home. I can still dream of Mitchell returning, but right now I think backslapping and good bourbon is the order of the day. I am very curious to see what sort of kids Terry can reel in this next recruiting cycle. The main thing I thought after we hired Terry was that both the good and bad news would be that we would get a very quick at his recruiting ability because of the portal. We survived this cycle pretty damn well, especially considering everything Terry said to recruits the whole season was as an interim, without any actually ability to promise anything past the end of the season. Really hope this is the beginning of something great, or at least really, really good. But right now I am pretty damn happy with step one, a solid group of guys to start with.

Also if you are older and you have not gotten the NEWER shingles vaccine, you are a moron. My Dad is now 92, about 2 years ago he had a car pull right in front of hime going about 45 mph. Destroyed his 4 month old Subaru, but the more modern safety features likely saved his life. He had 2 broken ribs on one side and 4 broken ribs on the other and a cracked sternum. He said that the recovery from that was actually easier than when he had shingles. He was lucky and the nastiness stayed away from his face and eyes. But ran down along the back of his leg and he battled the shit for months, and it incapacitated him. He would be feeling pretty good one minute and then lose all strength in his leg without warning and practically collapse. If it were me I might indeed just toss in the towel and resign. But as I point out above, even a completely senile Feinstein is on par mentally to Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville.

So is it safe to say that even if she is totally Senile, her mental acuity is in line with that of Senator Tommy Tubberville?

I think sort of the whole point is that there is no perfect way to handle this shit. The only certainty I think everyone has is that this scumbag should not be a teacher now or in the future. What mullet has to do is weigh the positive that said scumbag is no longer at his daughter's school, against what sort of additional levels of effort and potential bullying for his daughter might occur if he continues to press the issue? Or at least that's how I see it. It's like all parenting. You do the best you can, and pray you are making the right decisions.

Total misread. I assume that every son or daughter is "Darling" because we all hold them so dear to us. Not as any aspersion towards your daughter. I also mention your "perception" as I was under the impression that you were concerned about the potential negatives that could be directed towards her to provide cover for the scumbag teacher. Mainly I assume in assorted types of bullying, that you indicate you think could be more intense in a smaller community. Maybe I misread your concerns here. Don't know why you leapt to such a bizarre conclusion as "she was asking for it?" When all I was trying to do was state that I thought the best way to prevent this guy from teaching anymore is through the school. In large part because is would protect your Darling Daughter. Again DD meant not as a sign of perfection or flawlessness, but of her intrinsic value as a young person worthy of protection.

What's interesting to me is how successfully the lies are sold to Republicans. You can honestly bring up, "Hunter Biden's Laptop" and hear a stream of assertions. Ask them about the $2 Billion jared Kushner got from Saudi Arabia, and why has he kept secret his communications while representing the American people with Saudi Arabia... and the "I haven't heard about that/know about that/ or i'm not sure that's true" response. The GOP is very, very good a lies. I have no doubt that Hunter Biden has done some shady shit. But he sure as fuck did not get $2 billion from a Saudi Prince murderer days after leaving the Whitehouse. Not to mention the refusal to allow any light onto Jared's communications. The scale is monumental in Jared's case and a direct result of using your influence as a government official to secure $2 billion. As a bonus Trump gets LIV golf and helping gaslight a dismemberment murder is apparently good personal profit from government work. I am happy as fuck to talk about Hunter Biden having done some shady shit. But fuck Jared's actions aren't just shady, they are like a solar eclipse in corruption. But... "I haven't heard about that/know about that/ or i'm not sure that's true" is all you can get on an issue magnitudes larger than "Hunter Biden's Laptop." The sheep are so very, very easily fed.

The bottom line is that the teacher should not be a teacher, IMHO. Saying "you're hot" to a 12 year old is only OK if you also are about 12 years old. As far as criminality, maybe, maybe not. But if "you're hot" isn't criminal (which alone likely isn't) having some sort of repercussion is what I think everyone here would prefer. Right now the school district has the greatest ability to place a true black mark on this teachers record. That is specifically why I suggested pressing the shit out of the school. Perhaps even threatening suit to push them in the right direction. It's a direction honestly that the district does not want to go because of expense and publicity, so you need to be the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. Getting the police involved is a separate issue, and in a small town any presumption of anonymity after pressing the police to investigate would be foolish. And that brings in potential negatives for 12 y.o. darling daughter according to OP's perception. So there are both positives and negatives here. About the most you can expect from the police is a good scare at best unless there is a lot more evidence. But how does anyone know if there is not more evidence? Catch 22. And my faith in the police of solving or prosecuting anything difficult is about a 3.5 on a 10 point scale. And that may be way too high. I'll be interested to see if pressure on the school district can get the black mark we all want on this guys record. Right now that's the only way I see anything close to the outcome to prevent future situations like this or worse in the future.

That's what she said...

HaHa that was a bookend for me. I remember when I first saw the band setting up and Club Foot and thought "oh no, another bunch of fucking screamers" Then Billy Idol sang a couple and I was hooked. ACL was funny because the had to restart the song a couple times to get on pitch. But I feel his pain. I used to be able to hit every note of his in the early 80's, now I can hit about as many of those old highs as Billy can himself. But year especially hard to be a leather clad punk in the Texas heat, but put on a decent show for an old guy. Still better to see Billy shirtless than Iggy!

I really wish Houstong would have picked up Duece Vaughn. Simply as a more positive representative of #2, than the historical Texans performance...