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  1. The real question is who had (knew) they had jurisdiction? Plenty of Blame to go around and everyone covering their ass and pointing fingers and everyone but themselves. If DPS showed up and that meant they had jurisdiction, then it is on them. However, not sure how DPS fits into the hierarchy, and my guess is that the city PD still likely had jurisdiction, and that the ISD PD still likely were saying they had jurisdiction. Shit show no matter what, but if someone actually has a real factual answer on this it would be appreciated.
  2. In 110ish days Russia has lost 30+ thousand soldiers (dead) and we can estimate 2-4 times that injured. Their standing army is about 280K of soldier. The soldiers sent into Ukraine were mostly top line contract soldiers and not conscripts (mostly). Oryx shows 4,353 pieces of equipment lost and as this is solely a visual/picture identified inventory the real number will be higher. So to continue this for just another 200 days at the same pace of operations would mean about 100K of their regular army dead and 1,500 pieces of equipment lost...approximately. Two years?? As long as Ukraine has the means (West supporting with equipment, intel and training) and the will to fight (So far they have), eventually Russia will bleed out as an army and fighting force. But it will be bloody and deadly for both sides.
  3. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-travel-business-91e642254c31aca6db72dd203f031fb8 "More than 1 million people, including nearly 200,000 children, have been taken from Ukraine to Russia in the past two months, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday, according to the state-owned news agency TASS."
  4. As long as they weren't "slave labor" spiders they are okay. So union, coffee breaks, time and a-half for overtime. PETA's cool with it.
  5. I’m almost out on this and I have suffered through this crap my whole life. Are they saving the Jedi so they can bring them back and create an army of Jedi to fight the Empire…just in case? If they want DNA then get blood, skin, hair and put it in a matchbox sized compartment. And the plan was to “Swim” into the super fortress with a plan of disguising Obi Wan as himself. Maybe pull his hood down lower to really confuse them. Then the exit plan was to walk the annoying kid out under the same cloak of stupidity. That is after rescuing her from the basketball gymnasium sized torture chamber built for one from the least believable bad guy character of the bad guys who we are suppose to believe is really bad.
  6. He saw a balk not get called?
  7. Not Vodka or spirits as then it could not be sold in most grocery stores or other "beer/wine" only locations. From quick search "Hard seltzer is legally classified as a flavored malt beverage (FMB), which is within the broader beer category". But it is today's version of Wine Coolers or Zima type products.
  8. Not that I disagree, but enjoy your Phlegm McMuffin.
  9. Sorry, but this statement seems very aggy. On here we would make fun of any aggy statement bragging about a business they love that they now refuse to go to because they found out a “Sip” owns it. Now Blue Bell is a little different, because I use to like their products from growing up in Texas, but then found out they had the Listeria outbreak knew about it, hid it, kept selling tainted products, then when forced to deal with it they did not fire or remove senior leadership responsible directly and in general because they are all from the same college and protect each other. I did not know or care who ran Blue Bell before, but could easily guess which school it was, and regardless of aggy F them until they do the right thing….which they will never do.
  10. I see the guy run back to the control table before things go completely crazy and I think he is brave for risking his life to hit the emergency shut off. Dangerous, but based on the current situation a great thing to do. Then I see him run away from the table with his phone…..
  11. They have a gentleman's agreement.
  12. OR 11 herbs & spices > 11 disciples and one 8%er.
  13. Bolded above are so far my biggest complaints, although as always I will keep watching. I do also wonder how in this technological marvel of a universe how a Jedi Masters when realizing he is being hunted by people who have a picture/hologram of his face can only revert to pulling a hood over his head as a disguise.
  14. ABSR

    Top Gun 2

    Yep. Release date has been announced as 2059. Tom Cruise will look the same.
  15. I wonder how trained and qualified those crews are going to be? I imagine there is a shortage of experienced tanker crews as well and giving someone a few weeks of training does not an effective tank/tank team make. Much less coordinated armor, artillery, infantry activities.
  16. I had a Surly response ready initially...but I just can't. I'll save that for when we get all the good news. Very sorry you and your family have to deal with this. When I had my significant medical issue in 2012 being able to share here (or the Shag) and get supportive comments and some appropriate "toughen up" comments really helped. You want to be strong for your family, but you are still reeling. Looking back I said it took me a 2 days of my pity party before I could better understand the situation and focus on it. Not that I was good then, but just that I could focus on what I needed to know and what was next. The uncertainty for me was the worst part throughout, so pull whatever strings you have to get in with the GOOD and RIGHT doctors as quickly as possible. Ask your medical/doctor friends or your current physician to call and help you get in quick with the needed doctor. Good or bad, knowing what the mountain you need to climb is and what the options are makes it better because then you can plan and attack the problem. The unknown leaves you reeling. Also remember your family loves you and they are also going through this with you, so you have support and also need to be understanding of their fear, pain, love etc. Thoughts and Prayers to you and your family.
  17. Rectangle Pizza day slammed and went hard. We'd check the monthly meal calendar to make sure on these days we would buy our lunch. Mom tried to send some junk sandwich...no way!
  18. ABSR

    Top Gun 2

    Just saw it at early screening. Consensus is that it is good!, My 16 year old son said awesome. Wife said great! As long as you go in looking for Topgun 2 and not Citizen Kane, I think everyone will enjoy it. I was in High School when original came out and the feel watching it was the same. Well done.
  19. He was a security officer, not a police officer. So private security. His actions are infuriating, but unlike Texas, Florida does not allow (or did not at that time..may have changed) actual police to be assigned as security. I am curious what Uvalde had for security….but that is better for later discussion/review.
  20. Not sure where you are saying that was it was not showing up. I saw it as top story on CNN and then went to Fox to see if more info and it was lead there too. BBC has it at the top as well.
  21. What I have determined is that for many things in life you don't do them because they make sense or that you care about them, but you do it because it is important to someone else and that someone else is important to you. Kindergarten graduations are like this. My kids put on a play, they danced and they were very proud. It was stupid, but I went and cheered because it mattered to them. I will go to my kids High School graduation, but I won't go to anyone else's. Why? Because graduating from High School is expected in our family and is not a celebratory event...but it is my kid. But my kid and almost every other kid doesn't want to be there. Parties, gifts, sure...but the event itself is almost as bad for them as for everyone else. Other peoples kids (even relatives) can get a gift or a check, and if there is a party to attend with family in the vicinity I would go if they invited me. Otherwise...no.* *Note: Unless my wife says otherwise and makes it more unbearable to deal with her than to suffer through whatever shitty event du jour I am dealing with.
  22. Looks like there is a "Wall of Honor" on the side. They are going to need to get a bigger wall.
  23. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/texas-covid-cases.html Loving County TX: Total cases all time 204 and total deaths all time 1. The 204 cases based on total county population seems high, so maybe they have a clinic or something that draws in some people living in a different county. Vaccination rate is 22% for 5 year and up, so likely people getting sick several times and popping COVID positive, but not seriously ill. But the population decline seems to not be COVID driven.
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