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Texas Longhorns - 2024 Schedule with a few SEC dates
Ghost of LL replied to Pancho's topic in Football
Where is this supposed SEC meatgrinder we were all told about in which every game is the football equivalent of Verdun? Apart from Georgia, this is a schedule that is pretty comparable to your average Big12 schedule in terms of difficulty. Playing aggy at College Station is roughly equivalent to playing Tech in Lubbock. Playing Arkansas in Fayettenam is roughly equivalent to a trip to Ames. But Kentucky, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt? Don't those match up pretty evenly with Kansas, TCU, and Baylor? Of course, we could completely shit the bed. We routinely did that in the Big12 over the past decade. But if that happens, it won't be because the schedule is so much more difficult than what we faced this year. But if we don't shit the bed, we'll get the benefit of having played an [hushed and awe-struck voice] SEC Schedule [/hushed and awe-struck voice] when the playoff rankings come out.- 503 replies
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"Born to Run" by Chris McDougal.
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Maalik Murphy unfucked Duke, works his next miracle at Oregon State
Ghost of LL replied to Zeus's topic in Football
I really hope Maalik does well where ever he ends up.- 3175 replies
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Brother, have I got a tale for you.
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It's akin to the experience of the British Army in World War I. At the beginning of 1914, the British Army had roughly 250,000 troops. In August and September, about half those were sent to France as the British Expeditionary Force. By the end of the year, pretty much all of them were dead or wounded. On Boxing Day 1914, the British Army formed the Second Army. That's not a term like the Germans had with First Army and Second Army, which invaded Belgium and France in August 1914. The British Second Army was more like "we need to raise a second army because the first army got all killed and shit in the first five months of this war." That's where Russia is. Their first army is gone. They've now formed a second (and probably really a third) army. I'm just going to tell you--at this point, I don't see how Ukraine can prevail without direct Polish involvement. And what worries me is that I don't think the Poles are inclined to allow Ukraine to lose.
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Common vernacular with objectionable origin
Ghost of LL replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
I think that's all right. And you hit on something I referenced--there is a gender issue at play, both as to the complimenter and the receiver of the compliment. I think the lesson, more than anything, is "use good judgment." And if you have any question about whether you have good judgment, then perhaps consider foregoing a compliment. As an aside, and as I referenced, my former partner was the head of the firm's employment section. And later that afternoon, a bunch of us attorneys were laughing because the employment section is always the one that is the closest to the guardrail when it comes to workplace behavior. It's pretty much a cliche across law firms at this point--every firm I've ever been associated with has had the same opinion of its employment lawyers. But here's the thing--they have good judgment based on years of professional experience. They know when something is going to be unwelcome and offensive. They don't make those comments. So they may make comments that seem out of place among others who are cognizant about watching our step. But they never actually make comments or do anything that would be truly unwelcome. -
F35 Shitbird, F22 Badass and similar
Ghost of LL replied to Parliament's topic in Business and Markets
It's not about the aircraft. The discussion was in the context of a drone vs. a live pilot who is in the cockpit. And in a dogfighting scenario, the human pilot can see the movements in the control surfaces, which will cause a change in the orientation of the opposing aircraft before the aircraft actually reacts to that change in its own control surfaces. As an aside, that has to make it difficult for the pilot of a 4th Gen. fighter in any dogfight with a 5th Gen fighter, because the control surface movement would be so different that it would really throw off the pilot of the 4th Gen fighter. -
2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
Ghost of LL replied to Reagan1k's topic in Business and Markets
Now that the United States is a net exporter of petroleum, it's really hard to justify the SPR. It's akin to Greenland maintaining a Strategic Ice Reserve or Oklahoma holding on to a Strategic Meth Reserve. It doesn't really make any sense. -
Well, well, well . . . look who's being the bad conference partner now.
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So wait--a person who is uncertain about what her legal rights/obligations are can't go to court to obtain a decision . . . let's call it a "declaratory judgment" . . . declaring what those rights/obligations actually are? Well fuck, and here I have been citing Chapter 37 of the CPRC for more than two fucking decades. Silly me.
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Common vernacular with objectionable origin
Ghost of LL replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
But let's be real fair--"Asian" is a lousy geographic description because it is so non-specific. To give any idea what you actually mean, you need to say "East Asian" or "South Asian" or whatever. The implication that "Asian" means "East Asian" brings its own problems. It indicates that you're ignoring (among other places) the most-populous country on Earth. And yeah--some people find that kind of offensive. All of which should serve as your periodic reminder that today's progressivism is tomorrow's cringe. In this anecdote, we're talking about a woman complimenting other women. So I think the discussion about what we as men can or can't do in the workplace is a bit misplaced. But somewhat relatedly, our former partner who was the head of our employment-law section was in the office yesterday to handle some EOY benefits stuff. She retired a year ago and hadn't seen me in at least six months. And during that time, I've lost a bunch of weight. So when she stopped by my office, she said "damn, GOLL--you look hot." Fuck yeah, I do. I'm not eating fucking salads and spending my evenings in the gym to look not hot, after all. But even so, that (very accurate) observation had me strutting around like a peacock all afternoon. And it occurs to me that we shouldn't forego compliments that are going to validate someone's efforts for fear that the person may have a condition that only a tiny percentage of the population has. Besides--in my experience, people with IBS make sure everyone around them knows about their IBS. They're a little like vegans in that way. -
"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is." Marbury v. Madison (1803). . . . except in Texas, in which it is up to doctors to try to fumble around and figure out whether a particular pregnancy fits within a statutory exception, because the Supreme Court isn't going to say what the law is.
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And of course no sooner than I issue my learned prognostication than SCOTX hands down its decision, showing my prediction to be 100% wrong. So let this be another small rock upon the mountain of evidence demonstrating why nobody should ever listen to my pontifications.
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100% they dismiss the appeal as moot. I would very much expect to see that order come out Friday at 9:00.
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Common vernacular with objectionable origin
Ghost of LL replied to TexasHooch's topic in Daily Texan
Well, they're going to have some real trouble when they enter the workforce. Because by the time they get into the workforce, the people who are young employees now are going to be the boss. And let me tell you--they are frequently very sensitive and conscientious about these topics. I don't think they're going to appreciate their subordinates not showing appropriate respect for minorities (or anyone, really). So fun thing as I watch L.A. Law, which is now streaming on Hulu and was one of my great television pleasures as a young person. Back in the late 1980s and early 90s, L.A. Law was seen as a very progressive show. It even had a transgender person on it. But now you go back and watch it, and the word "yikes" frequently crosses your mind. So let this be a lesson, particularly to all the GenZers who are oh-so-progressive and judgmental of their elders' perceived malfeasances: Today's progressivism is tomorrow's cringe. -
Way too early, down and dirty 2024 House elections thread
Ghost of LL replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Yeah, so the GQP now has a one-vote majority? Or is it two votes? Beyond running the risk of losing the majority if they have a retirement or death (or another expulsion), it enables any single member to flip the majority by switching parties. And for a few of them in Biden districts, that may be pretty appealing. -
Counterpoint: unlike many red varietals, champagne does not improve in your cellar. Actually, it generally degrades over time. And since evil seems to live forever, you shouldn't be cellaring champagne in anticipation of Trump's or Switzer's death. Spec's always stocks Dom (and Krug and Comte de Champagne, which are better)--best to just hit it up when the time comes.
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Whoa--that's not right. Kissinger told the Nixon campaign about the status of the peace talks. It was Nixon who used that information to sabotage the talks. Let's not let our enthusiasm for denouncing Kissinger absolve Nixon of his manifold wrongdoings.
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Yeah. You know, everyone seems to have celebrated Kissinger's death, without anyone really explaining or identifying what he did to deserve such celebration. And I have to admit that I don't fully grasp it. So he advocated for the bombing of Cambodia. Yeah--the United States shouldn't have done that. I mean, the North Vietnamese shouldn't have been using neutral Cambodia as a transport route and a base of operations. But still--it's not great. But Kissinger wasn't the president who ordered the bombing. It's Nixon who bears the responsibility for that. And the manner in which the bombing was carried out--which I think can be fairly described as "indiscriminate"--was a military decision. The USAF, not Kissinger, bears responsibility for that. So I guess I'm a bit "meh" about Kissinger in the grand pantheon of deaths that I will celebrate. But obviously, I may be woefully ill-informed on the issue, so I welcome any education coming my way.
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South/Central Texas Multiple Homicides (6 dead, 9 shot) 12/5/23
Ghost of LL replied to UnivTex34's topic in Daily Texan
The "murder appears to be violent"? Really? A murder may have been violent? Please tell me more. -
Is it really your contention that the Russian military is stronger today than it was on February 1, 2022? Are you contending that the Russian military is comparatively stronger vis-a-vis Nato than it was on February 1, 2022? And to the extent you're contending that the Russian military is stronger either in absolute or comparative terms, on what evidence are you basing that? When you say "they've had to adapt to this new kind of warfare," what evidence of such adaptation are you seeing? Where have those adaptations been successful? Because Russia's war aim continues to be the conquest of Ukraine. But for 20 months, they haven't had any meaningful gains. That doesn't reflect any successful adaptation to me. The reality for any objective observer is that this war is weakening Russia in every way. Russia may not be losing. But it's not winning. And for Russia, that is losing.
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And thank you, Aaron Rodgers, for demonstrating that no rational person could think Texas doesn't deserve to be in the CFP and that the only reason one would argue otherwise is a manic hatred of the Longhorns.
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That didn't really bother us when we invaded Grenada.
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Battle doesn't harden an army that suffers the casualties that the Russian Army has suffered. Would you say that the United States Army was "battle tested" in 1974? Fuck no, you wouldn't. The United States Army in 1974 was severely degraded, and that's after having suffered 50,000 dead in ten years, not 70,000 in 20 months. The Ukrainian Army is also battle degraded. And the Ukrainian nation is suffering mightily. Their interest is for this war to successfully end at the earliest possible time. So from that standpoint, the interests of Ukraine diverge somewhat from the interests of the United States.
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