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  1. I know following through is tough. These dogs’ owners can relocate them, saying they “ran away”. Police may be disinterested in getting dangerous dogs away, especially if it was only another dog that was attacked. My (deceased now) FIL told me what he did when my wife, as a toddler, was bitten hard by a neighbor’s dog that wandered into the back yard, requiring stitches. He went to the neighbor’s house with the county sheriff (a friend) and explained they needed the dog, to check for rabies. Neighbor: “You can’t do that! That will kill him!” (In those days, rabies in dogs was checked by removing a big chunk of brain). FIL: “Your dog bit my daughter. There’s no way it’s surviving, anyway.” (FIL loved dogs, btw). The dog was turned over and tested, and the neighbor moved.
  2. Did they destroy the dogs?
  3. So, the comparison between 2020 TAMU and 2023 Texas- the Ags lost Alabama by four TDs, 24-52. It was 14-35 at the half. It wasn’t just misfortune that kept the Ags out of the playoffs. No one, and I mean no one, wanted to watch the two teams play again. In 2023, Texas was helped significantly in that they beat Bama, by two scores. (Say, who was the Bama OC in 2020? I’ll bet that guy is pretty good)
  4. Another difference- Sark is now in the top 10 of coaches’ salaries. Although the annual rate is larger for Sark than Jimbo, didn’t his contract put him in the top three?
  5. Oh, that’s beautiful. It has all the Ag fan fiction elements- - that bad fortune the Ags had? Chance fate, and there was nothing to do to avoid it - that good fortune Texas had? Again, blind luck, mixed in with the system helping Texas out.
  6. Nearly 100 Russians this month ventured to a place no foreign travelers had visited since the start of the pandemic: North Korea https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/vacation-in-north-korea-reclusive-state-reopens-to-tourismbut-only-for-russians-7b2978ea?st=qdszauugpbcz73s&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
  7. This is the Tucker Carlson thread? Is he still going on about how he thinks UFOs are “dark forces” in league with the U.S.?
  8. I don’t think it’s that nefarious. I think it’s as simple as the party is led by a vain, narcissist, lazy with a short attention span. I blame the party for submitting to him. Something remarkable happened. The GOP used to be the party of the college educated. Now, the Democrats are. The GOP voter base is now the less educated working male. The Republican party leadership has accepted and even embraced that. It’s a cult of personality now, and the personality is pretty crappy.
  9. I’m with you. (We’re in CR, right? Right) I have been emailing my (Trumpy) congressman about Ukraine, and getting the most bullshit excuses for not supporting them. Same with his GOP primary foes. The real reason they don’t support Ukraine? Because Trump says not to, and they fear him. Trump doesn’t want to support Ukraine because he hopes it will collapse and he can campaign on that (he may be disappointed to see who that gets tagged on). Plus, Zelensky didn’t back him in 2019, and Trump’s prime motive is settling scores. I have been a Republican for 40 years and I think I’m an independent now. I thought in 2016, I don’t have to vote for him, and this will pass. In 2020, I thought- “well, this is over and we can get back to normal”. Now? I’m still conservative but I just can’t say that I belong to a party led by Trump, Johnson and Gaetz.
  10. Thoughts- “The Maltese Falcon” was never about Spade getting the bird (which turned out to be fake); it was about him getting the perp that got his partner killed. Similarly, this was not about solving the mystery of the kid; it was about him getting Teresa through alive and unharmed.
  11. Trump is predictable in that in each decision, the single most important factor is catering to his ego and vanity, much more important than any US interests. Don’t think world leaders haven’t figured that out, even if half the American public hasn’t.
  12. You’re overthinking it. Putin knows Biden will beat Trump, and Putin doesn’t want to look like his narrative isn’t being followed.
  13. 1. Texas has a name, and Texas regularly goes through periods of vulnerability (that’s on us). TCU didn’t call us a rival when they were losing 30 in a row; it changed when they got good. 2. Texas is the flagship school. All SWC members, less Arkansas, had Texas fans in their regions, and recruited against Texas for local players. That leads to hating Texas (while, perversely, also needing Texas). 3. Obviously, adjacent states’ “flagships” (seems overstatement for OU and Arkansas, but there you have it) are going to emphasize the games against the Texas flagship. It’s our bad luck that Oklahoma and Arkansas are such disfunctional states that they’re going to have a lot more small dick issues to work through.
  14. Lot of interesting stuff here… https://sports.yahoo.com/with-college-sports-at-key-juncture-what-does-the-future-of-the-ncaa-tournament-and-cfp-look-like-164559682.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAjEfjbhrW6oNFE287WJ-L9PHdAM840QzHr5blhys9fSoBWPqXNfHwnuTdoHV2AbVg4a7lzu6Tr79Yi_fRVPs34nbTWZZMWI3xmsghHWFvMT5pVxDK9BMpC5GJwbwf4lWKwTisHe3gJdFx5Pp-W8JyxZPHQ8ke3qASxl_cIjdVlk …and one funny thing. 2024 B12 media days are to be in Las Vegas.
  15. We were probably concerned about the unexploded ordnance littering the landscape. That was then. This is now.
  16. “Cubans are cannon fodder and they will kill them all.” How Russian recruiters lure Cubans to fight in Ukraine. https://www.wsj.com/world/how-russia-recruits-soldiers-from-cubato-fight-inukraine-709b5ac3?st=00n36fr0icmkoz8&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
  17. https://www.wsj.com/world/irans-rise-as-global-arms-supplier-vexes-u-s-and-its-allies-6f205083?st=1kku11at8rz2hkb&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  18. It was more Phillip Marlowe, than Sam Spade, at the end. I still enjoyed it.
  19. I am pissed off most at Carlson and his ilk (the Trumpy nationalist wing of conservatism, as opposed to the libertarian/markets wing). Ok, you could argue that saying”Putin has his own interests, and it’s Ukraine’s fight, not ours)is a stance. I don’t agree with that, but it was something to argue. After the mass graves of Bucha, after the tactical rapes, after the hijacking of children, mistreatment of POWs, the targeting of civilians, the thieving of western property, the coordination with Iran, … shit, there really is no end- it’s pretty clear they are wrong. Russia is a threat to the U.S. And they can’t fucking admit it.
  20. You need to tell him, that on his deathbed, Bill Little signed a statement that the Ags’ really did intercept the ball inbounds and that Bellmont has that document locked in a safe.
  21. I saw Daingerfield do his act in the Performing Arts Center, in ‘83 or ‘84. It was 90 minutes of a non-stop, fast paced barrage of jokes. There was no waiting for the laughter to subside before starting the next one. My sides ached when it was over.
  22. Europe has ratcheted up military spending. But it has a long way to go if it aims to reduce its dependence on U.S. military support and face down Russian aggression. https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-is-boosting-military-spending-its-still-not-enough-020b432a?st=xv1wsfo3az8any5&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
  23. TCU and Baylor are a “rivalry”. TCU and SMU are a “rivalry”. BU and TT are a “rivalry”. I use quotes, because real rivalries are fun- the anticipation leading up to the game, the feeling that the highs are higher and the lows are lower; that it means something being there. The fans and players all feel it. TCU, BU, and TT know that, because that’s what they feel about games with Texas. But Texas doesn’t feel that way about games with them. Example- in 2018, Texas beat TCU for the first time since 2013. To Texas fans, it was…another game, not as much fun as USC, not near as much fun as OU. The IR8 schools try to build up rivalries into something, but it’s like trying to make yourself love someone you just don’t. It happens organically or it doesn’t happen at all.
  24. I was surprised by ACU, and looked it up; they played before in 1941 and 1949 (West Texas State and Hardin-Simmons are the ones they played a score of times before)
  25. It’s ok, Slorch. After this spring, you won’t have to suffer through any more. I’m sure your peers and rivals, Baylor, TCU and UH, will provide atmospheres satisfying for you.
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