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Don’t have any kids so not that interested. Maybe drop come acid and go once…

I was thinking of something along these lines.

Probably gonna be packed. Toyota Stadium and 18 field Soccer Complex that is busy every weekend is a couple of miles south. In addition to the on site 300 room hotel, the Omni PGA next door will have 500 rooms and 10 4 bedroom ranch houses and 2 18 hole courses.

They say it’s supposed to be a one to two day destination. This is in the SW corner of The Fields Development. A 2,545 acre development adjacent to the new PGA headquarters and Omni PGA Resort.

They already started expanded DNT from 121 to 380 to 4 lanes each way.

And 121 Tub Club and April’s on Preston

Interesting series on the effect legalization is having on the Cartels: “Marijuana has long been one of the most profitable illicit crops in various parts of rural Mexico, and one of the most important revenue generators for Mexican drug trafficking organizations. It is intimately linked to the origins of these criminal groups, who became the leading suppliers of a lucrative marijuana market in the United States. The trade also became a focal point of an often-tense bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico. That era appears to be over. Today, most of the marijuana consumed in the United States is produced domestically, largely due to ongoing legalization and decriminalization efforts in several states. These shifts have changed the game in the international drug market, particularly in the Western Hemisphere. They struck at the core of some of the region’s most notorious organized crime groups and gouged Mexican marijuana prices. Beyond those economic issues, the changes may have permanently altered the once-symbiotic relationship between the criminal groups and their long-time social base.” https://insightcrime.org/investigations/executive-summary-major-findings/

Upper vs. Lower. Bison vs. Bunnies! Frisco Tx. 1PM CST ABC Bison Babes at my local watering hole last night…

https://insightcrime.org/news/gamechangers-2022-chapitos-hyper-capitalist-narcos/

I’ll just wait to see what color smoke comes from the South Wing of The Capitol.

Also, Amisted and Meredith are National Recreation Areas. And If you add National Forests and Grasslands it’s another 675,000 acres. USACOE manages over 25 lakes and surrounding areas that are mostly public.

BEST DENTISTS IN AUSTIN https://www.uniteddentists.com/best-dentists/austin/ Good luck with your procedure

“How a funky little college town became the unbearable-traffic, unaffordable-real-estate, insufferable-tech-bro, inanely-precious-restaurant, expensive-BBQ capital of the world” https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/2023-bum-steer-of-year-austin/

Michigan DC is the son of a long time family friend. He’s not happy at this moment.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/12/29/keller-isd-invites-a-messianic-rabbi-indicted-for-sex-assault-to-say-a-prayer/

DMN: Keller ISD invites a messianic clergyperson accused of sexual assault to say a prayer Watchdog Dave Lieber: Trustees who invited him are aligned with a $1 million PAC funding Christian candidates Here’s a big mistake that reminds The Watchdog of the old Texas expression that some people don’t have the good sense to spit downwind. The deeply religious, proudly Christian, book-banning newly elected members of the Keller ISD school board invited an area religious leader to deliver the opening prayer at the December board meeting. The man they brought in to lead the prayer is Mark Aaron Griffin, 48, who is under indictment on four counts of sexual assault involving a woman who is a member of his house of worship. The elected officials who say they want to restore God in the schools put Griffin within 10 feet of elementary school children who were set to perform a dance after the opening prayer. (Note: Griffin’s bond conditions do not prohibit him from being around children.) The other problem here is that Griffin was introduced as a rabbi and part of his prayer was in Hebrew. But Griffin is a self-proclaimed Messianic Jew, which is a Christian sect, separate from Judaism, that believes Jesus is the great messiah. Whether that makes him a true rabbi is a topic open for debate. Student figures it out Credit goes to Allison Perilman, a 17-year-old Keller High senior who figured this out before any adults did. Perilman was sitting in the audience preparing to speak to the board as founder and president of her school’s anti-racism coalition. After Griffin finished praying, she looked him up on her phone, and was surprised when news of his 2020 indictment popped up. She showed it to Laney Hawes, parent of four children in the district, who has filed open records requests to learn how the district picks religious leaders to speak. After the new board members were elected in May, they added prayer to public meetings. So far, all pastors brought in have been evangelical Christians. So when a “rabbi” was announced, Hawes considered it a victory for diversity. That feeling didn’t last when they realized that the Messianic Jew believed in Jesus, and he is under criminal indictment. As the meeting ended, the student and parent walked up to board members and showed them the story about Griffin on their phones. Both say trustees acted surprised by the news of criminal charges. Hawes said board member Chris Roof told her that Griffin hadn’t been convicted. She said Roof also told her that the opening prayer is not for the community. It’s for the board, and since all seven members believe in Jesus, this isn’t a problem. I sent her comments to Roof who wrote back, “That is not accurate.” But when I asked for clarification of what he did say, he didn’t answer. Invited to be his concubine The Saginaw police’s probable cause affidavit states that police believe “Griffin used his influence as a clergyman to coerce [the woman] to have “nonconsensual and consensual sex” with him. Griffin asked the woman to be his concubine, or second wife, the police document states. Griffin said it was OK because Abraham and Jacob had such an arrangement. After obtaining a search warrant, police took a saliva sample from Griffin. They also cut out portions of the carpet to check for DNA and found semen traces that were a match in both the rabbi’s office and in the “welcome room,” court records show. Griffin, who leads Sar Shalom in Saginaw, did not return phone messages. His lawyer, Colin McLaughlin, told me, “We can’t talk about the facts of the case right now, but we have given the state a lot of information and evidence. We strongly believe in his innocence, and we’re hoping that the district attorney’s office sees this for what it is.” School district statement This story was first reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The school district and board president Charles Randklev released a statement, saying that “after the Dec. 12 board meeting, we were made aware of criminal allegations against the individual that a local congregation sent to offer a prayer. “That same individual previously served as a local Tarrant County’s sheriff’s chaplain, and the prayer was offered without incident.” (Griffin lost the volunteer chaplain job in the county jail after his indictment.) It concludes, “While we respect the judicial process and an individual’s presumption of innocence, we will also continue our efforts to ensure that the values of the Keller ISD community are well represented by scheduled speakers at board meetings.” Patriot Mobile spent $1 million this year The Keller board is on the front lines in what some are calling an attempted Christian takeover of public schools. Most of the public attention in KISD has been devoted to removal of books from school libraries, and lately, whether school staff can carry guns. A new group called Patriot Mobile Action has succeeded in electing candidates in Keller, Mansfield, Grapevine-Colleyville and Carroll districts. More districts are expected to be targeted in the May election. Candidates the group supports receive huge amounts of campaign donations for local races. Campaign finance reports show the committee spent $1.1 million from January through October. On its website, the group brags that all 11 of its candidates were elected. Under the current system, newly elected school board members in Texas are trained on the fly and thrown into the whirlwind of nasty Texas education politics. They receive no salary. With strong financial support, it’s not that hard for religion-comes-first candidates to win in low voter turnout school elections that offer little objective information about the candidates’ true agenda. If you’re going to make it all about religion, ban books and decide to arm teachers in schools, (as the Keller board voted 4-3 to approve at the December meeting), you can’t afford to make embarrassing and harmful mistakes. You can’t be dumb enough to spit upwind. Research assistants Jennifer Brancato and Misha Vaid contributed to this report. Become a citizen of Watchdog Nation. Join Dave Lieber and learn to be a super-consumer.

Yeah. I have them put the beans as a side. Not much a fan of BBQ beans but these are pretty good.

El Jefe from Tender Smokehouse is pretty good. Pulled pork, brisket, sausage, bbq beans on Texas Toast with a rib on the side. $15