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  1. Wordle 1,385 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #663 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1166 8️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  2. Midland ISD made that decision freely, on their own. I grew up in the Permian Basin and we played "Lee" when I was in high school, so I followed the story. There was no outside influence. It was a purely organic, grassroots push from local residents, themselves. This obviously came in the wake of George Floyd, but Midlanders decided to do the right thing on their own for once, in that moment. In today's climate, I freely acknowledge the community would probably prefer to go back. In fact, I'd be surprised if they didn't, if we continue on this path.
  3. Didn't even realize Dr. Oz was up at bat. Jesus. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/health/dr-mehmet-oz-senate-confirmation.html
  4. Shit like this is why I cannot give them the benefit of the doubt over any supposed stupidity. They're doing this with the intent to deceive. It's deliberate self-destruction.
  5. Justice Department declined to prosecute Texas AG Paxton in final weeks of Biden’s term: AP sources WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending the corruption investigation that cast a long shadow over the political career of a close ally of President Donald Trump, The Associated Press has learned. The decision not to bring charges — which has never been publicly reported — resolved the high-stakes federal probe before Trump’s new Justice Department leadership could even take action on an investigation sparked by allegations from Paxton’s inner circle that the Texas Republican abused his office to aid a political donor. The move came almost two years after the Justice Department’s public integrity section in Washington took over the investigation, removing the case from the hands of federal investigators in Texas who had believed there was sufficient evidence for an indictment. https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-ag-federal-investigation-justice-department-b4c3469a90f1c546dcb69177c432a383
  6. Frustrating Wordle 1,384 4/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #662 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1165 6️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  7. Hahaha! This is getting to be Surly's own version with that poor guy, Matt Gertz, always being confused with Matt Gaetz on Twitter. You meant to tag @realgreggym.
  8. I've come up with a brilliant idea to profit off these tariffs, but I don't know how to invest in Goodwill or other consignment stores. Can someone help a capitalist, profit-seeking brother out?
  9. When I first clicked on it, they said something about losing the NWS, and I was all like, "WTF? Has DOGE already killed all the regional stations?!?!" So, the answer is "No, that NWS office is about to get hit by a fucking tornado." Goodspeed, Paducah weather nerds who keep us safe.
  10. You guys raising valid questions about federal revenue, recall Grover Norquist's quote from 20+ years ago, "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." And, then, remember Steve Bannon vowing the "destruction of the administrative state." These people are crazy assholes. So, yeah, get rid of income taxes, raise revenue through tariffs as an inadequate substitute, and kill the federal government, leaving all power to the states. We're still fighting the Civil War, fellas.
  11. What if it were Elmo and Donny doing couples counseling? I'd watch that.
  12. Yeah, a little context would be really helpful before I blow a fucking lid.
  13. I just do curbside and avoid all of you annoying assholes, your yippy mutts, and your snotty brats.
  14. Admittedly, I didn't watch the whole thing and mostly left it running in the background, but unless he got behind the podium to squat and take a shit or break out a water bottle to piss in while I wasn't looking, then okay.
  15. I'd like to acknowledge that yesterday was, low-key, the best day for liberal democracy in the US since after the election. Cory Booker made a historical, 25-hour-long, record-breaking marathon of a speech (my gawd, he didn't take a leak, or shit, for an entire fucking day at the age of 56!). He brought passion and literally showed America how to stand up for democracy and put a spotlight on our broken system of government and this corrupt regime. I know we're not normal, but I think he caught America's attention. It's only a start, but we've got to start somewhere. The people of Wisconsin literally stopped the shadow president and richest man in America from buying a Supreme Court election, thereby ensuring a fairer Congressional District map and, therefore, increasing the odds that their delegation will better reflect the will of Wisconsinites (a reminder that this purple state's current delegation is comprised of 6 Republicans and only 2 Democrats because of extreme Gerrymandering). It's only a start, but we've got to start somewhere. So, props to you, Senator Booker, and the people of Wisconsin. The fight has only just begun, and we've still got this nightmare ahead of us. We had to start somewhere.
  16. This was a perfectly symmetrical fuck up. Wordle 1,383 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #661 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1164 6️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  17. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html Archive link of obit in NYTimes: https://archive.is/yNy8q
  18. I don't think voter ID is an indicator of much. The majority probably see it as common sense, no big deal, and an easy decision because they don't think through it too much. Hell, I'm about as progressive as it comes and don't have a problem with the concept, per se. The issue is how it gets implemented when they make it as difficult as legally possible for folks, especially those living on the margins, to obtain one.
  19. @immamac Can we get consolidate this "Trump's Economy" thread with the other "The Trump Economy" one? https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/41560-the-trump-economy/?do=getNewComment TIA
  20. Yeah, the scene's main premise was to get the redheaded lead, Noël Wells, topless. She's not who I'm talking about. But Britt's character (almost certain it's her) is topless in it, too. I've posted a couple of photos in question in the celeb thread in IPIHB. It's obviously a minor role, but you can go check and judge for yourself.
  21. A few years ago, she was in an indie movie filmed in Austin called Mr. Roosevelt. I wouldn't have heard of it if I hadn't previously gone on a couple of dates with someone who had a small speaking part in it. I'm almost certain Britt appears topless in a scene down in the Greenbelt, possibly at Twin Falls or further up near Sculpture Falls. She's got wet hair and looks a lot younger in the stills from that scene (face less angular), so I'd like to see her in other scenes and hear her voice to make certain. I'll post the photos of the scene elsewhere to get opinions. It admittedly wasn't the best flick, though.
  22. Brownwood and Stephenville have entered the chat. 22 new cases: BROWN (Brownwood) +1 ECTOR (Odessa) +1 ERATH (Stephenville) +1 GAINES (Seminole) +10 GARZA (Post) +1 LUBBOCK +4 TERRY (Brownfield) +3 YOAKUM (Denver City) +1 https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025
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