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    A Russian Holding? A useful idiot? We can find some common ground here. Beat me to it.
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    Rita came ashore as a Cat3. Had it been a direct hit on Houston (even if reduced to a Cat1 by the time it made its way inland), it would have fucked things up good and proper just like Alicia did. That sucker was a 5 and 4 for a good portion of its run across the gulf. Ike came straight up the ship channel IIRC and maintained Cat2 status.
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    Northeast?
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    Not a new statement, but I was reminded last week that if you begin with the idea that Trump is a Russian asset, nearly everything he does and says makes sense.
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    At one point, Trump said he didn't want the briefings so that he wouldn't be accused of leaking classified information. Really. Just couldn't help himself. He's the opposite of an intelligence asset. https://www.axios.com/2024/08/22/trump-decline-intelligence-briefings-leak
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    Biden shut the classified briefings to him off some time ago. https://apnews.com/biden-says-erratic-trump-shouldnt-get-intel-briefings-44b9f2c7204e482b55a2d03077a4c5bf
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    Some nutter in less than 2 minutes: "DO YER RESURCH!"
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    The Surly "Enchilada" thread notwithstanding.
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    Rita also was a monster storm. My sister's ex-husband did the same thing. He waited until the morning of landfall and leisurely drove to Austin. Of course, Rita turned and smacked Orange, leaving Houston barely damp. But the ultimate futility and hassle of evacuating for that storm left a lot of people with the idea that they'd rather stay put, illogical though it may be. We finally got my mom to move up here. My sister still likes to spit in the face of peril and, soon, will have a generator so her food won't spoil in 100+ mph winds. I'd definitely spring for one if I still lived there.
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    It's only 8:45 CDT, but I'd slam that AI sandwich right about now.
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    We got my mom and sister to evacuate Houston ahead of Rita. They sat in traffic for 19 hours to get to Tyler. After that, they were like Quin ("I'll never put on a life jacket again"). She rode out Ike and had no power for 3 weeks. When Harvey flooded Houston, my mom had to be evacuated from her street by fire truck. Their respective philosophies were that it would be too difficult to get back into town to take care of their homes after the storm danger passed. It's dumb, but then again, riding out a hurricane in west Houston isn't like riding one out on the coast. That said, if I still lived there, and having ridden out Alicia as a kid, I wouldn't stick around for any of it. Grab the wife, kids, hard drives with the family photos, the dogs, and a couple of guitars and bug out. It's just stuff.
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    My first UT game. We got rained on. Then, we tied. Ugh.
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    I believe you misread. He's going to play a round in Pampers on Wednesday.
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    Yeah, those shingles vaccines were both beatings for me. Glad that's in the rearview.
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    This was my reaction the first time I read the book.
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    We were so focused on can we do it, we didn't consider the question of should we do it.
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    I got the COVID and Flu shots last month. No side-effects.
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    bRown?
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    Texas BBQ

    dcbc replied to Washpark's topic in Food and Travel

    We stopped by the Terry Black's location in Waco on our way to Austin a week or so ago for dinner. That place was packed. Unfortunately, for the first time, the food was a little subpar on the brisket front. Big hunk of unrendered fat in the brisket. The ribs still were solid, but the Dallas location has been extremely reliable for decent food with little to no wait. I Hope I just hit them on an off night.
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    Has anyone checked on our friends in the gambling community?
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    Best bye week ever. This goes well, we're back to #1.
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    This could salvage the Bye week aggy win quite well.

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