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So my kiddo got accepted to UC Santa Barbara
Mrs Whiggins replied to tbone_'s topic in Can You Help Me With This?
My oldest was at UCSB for a summer STEM internship funded by an academic fellowship and had a wonderful experience. Perhaps not the same as enrolling and attending (oldest at a different uni for undergrad), but had a lot of compliments for the facilities (labs, etc) and the overall vibe of the place. IOW, there to study and focus but also having a lot of options to de-stress was a plus. -
It's vandalism and there are already laws that handle that within each state. In Texas depending upon the damage, it can be a first degree felony with lengthy prison time and a fine. The GOP frequently uses the 'already laws on the books' excuse, then so can everyone else.
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
Well, I am rather happy that smallpox has been eradicated, because the RFK method of letting disease run rampant so as to prune a species of its weaker members seems to portend a grim future for more than just our avian friends. -
If the proposed SB 37 I posted about Saturday in the Destruction of Public Education thread gets passed in the lege, banning drag shows at UT and elsewhere is going to seem tame. They're going after curricula, profs, etc in that one.
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@Ghost of LL it's quite a shock to the senses, isn't it? It's good that you have a place to share your thoughts and emotions.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
State health officials report from Tuesday: 279 cases. Upon further investigation, the two vaccinated cases from this outbreak received the vaccine just prior to getting the measles (1-2 days before symptoms started) and therefore likely within the infection window as their immune systems had not the opportunity to build immunity. (According to Texas DHHS.) -
Rather sad when one thinks of the monuments men, you know the ones who risked their lives to repatriate art during WWII to save for future generations. Just as science surrounds us, so does and should art (and humor is part and parcel with that, no matter its form) and has been with us from the beginning. A constant disdain for that creative instinct which can both inspire and force us to reflect. The beacon and the mirror to societies for centuries and all for naught. Because, what one does not seek nor care to understand one will destroy. That is what I know when I observe that meme and the people who believe it to be funny.
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To put it succinctly since I'm derailing the thread: money. Less succinctly, the way I understand it has to do with a messy convergence of private property rights, high vs. low fencing, canned hunts on large tracts of private land (where one can introduce those bred deer), and a general trend towards serfdom in rural areas wherein a few wealthy landowners (either individuals or corporate) own swaths of land and the remaining smaller outfits exist to provide services (plumbing, HVAC, etc). If one essentially creates a barrier wherein wildlife cannot escape, then it's been argued that the situation resembles the sheriff of Nottingham and the monarchy wherein the public no longer can access 'their' deer and it is the possessive 'their' that is the sticking point. Wild life as was mentioned were considered as belonging to the state, but some landowners having gone to the trouble of feeding them and whatnot, considered them 'theirs.' Thus when enterprising folks began breeding deer, it introduced a whole 'nother level of complications. Add CWD to the mix and the usual corrupt nature of Texas politics and here we are. (I didn't even get into the whole poaching and/or setting up blinds near fence lines type behaviors. I don't have a dog nor deer in this hunt, just things I've observed and if I'm off base, feel free to chime in)
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The article said they were to visit friends. It's spring break for colleges, not just K-12, so they may have friends who also have a break.
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Sybil (Sally Field & Joanne Woodward) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp & Leonardo DiCaprio) mental disability The Soloist (Jamie Foxx & Robert Downey Jr) Does The Omen count?
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And per usual, they doubled down on it.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
Mrs Whiggins replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Mrs Whiggins replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
I've said it before and I'll say it again; so much of Elon's worldview is crystal clear when considered as that of a powerless young boy looking to his father for how to please him and earn his approval. Regardless, he is promoting the hallmark fashy perspective wherein violence is "normalized as a legitimate form of political expression." -
Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
Mrs Whiggins replied to Parliament's topic in Daily Texan
How it started: How it's going: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/state-health-department-finds-two-more-measles-cases-in-oklahoma/ar-AA1B2rP1
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