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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. Just because there is a double standard doesn't mean that Dems haven't made big miscalculations on the timing and method of embracing "identity" issues.
  2. Counterpoint of order. We hate "ists" just as much as we hate "isms".
  3. A decade ago universities were vigorously expelling students from campus who sexually assaulted women on campus. In the book Missoula, Jon Krakauer chronicles how UM (in my opinion) erred on the side of victims on campus and kicked off assaulters with less due process and burden of proof than a criminal court would require. Which was fine by me. They eventually lost that battle. I think the underlying issue is similar in that schools could have taken an approach where they punished/expelled anyone who created a legitimately hostile environment towards other students. That's not to say that any of the recent protesters did that. But these schools would have been better served had they decided that they were going to go absolutely overboard in terms of time and place restrictions and if they made examples of any students who created hostile environment directed at specific students rather than at towards non-student entities. Caveat: Do I know whether there were any such directed hostile actions? No. But hard to imagine that there weren't any that went either way. The schools weren't afraid to err on the side of the victims in the sexual assault cases - they should have marketed the same attitude in regard to potential student victims. Republicans won the perception battle in that regard, and now they are attacking free speech. The schools were sloppy and didn't accurately forsee the danger.
  4. That limerick was not worth it. I would have started: There one was a prick from the Transvaal...
  5. I want that deal. I'd buy every bag of Hi-Chews I could find if I were getting 75% off.
  6. We the People want Trump to fuck us. I hate it when that happens in democracies.
  7. EO 17849 says you can't bitch about "discrete subgroups" anymore. We're all in this together.
  8. Mexican tears flavored with tajin?
  9. I'm not sure what you are talking about. They clearly have made "diversity" and "equity" code words for discrimination, so you want those words out of your policies. The burdens on a discrimination claim remain the same. The EEOC is just going to be focusing on cases brought by white bitchy males in the next few years.
  10. I'm frankly surprised that PBS and NPR are still around.
  11. I'm expecting you all are sending an email to your Senators, Felito and Big John, and asking them if they have balls?
  12. I'd like to think if I was caught with my pants down, and my hair getting mussed, I'd go full Gen. Buck Turgidson - chew gum hard, scowl.
  13. I liked it more as a private joke, just between everyone.
  14. Stanford is back in Luck! Tremble before the Tree!
  15. This captures the only reason I still have some hope for America.
  16. Yeah, but at least I'm not naive about sarcasm.
  17. I'm the Chauncey Gardiner of surly. By the way, if you're in Boerne, that meskin ice cream place, Michoacan Pido de somthing, is pretty good. Random strip shopping center just off the highway. I got some chocolate Abuelita or some such. Basically chocolate ice cream with cinnamon, that was pretty tasty. Had dinner that night at the Rail place in Kerrville. Which was not particularly tasty but they tried.
  18. Walked by one in Boerne a couple of weeks ago. Weird, because Boerne seems so un-MAGA...
  19. I don't know how to update the top post, so I'll just update as we go. I'm cheap, and I've gotten some fine recommendations from surly. So why not. Here are the rules. Not putting a cap on the price of the wine but in reality, yeah, let's put a cap on it - say $25? But I'm really looking for the crazy bargains. You recommend a budget wine that just has really blown you away - specify whether you are comparing it to all wines or just a fantastic value that can be appreciated. If it gets another mention (not just an upvote but an actual mention, it will go on the list. If you have a bad experience, say so, and it comes off the list. The idea is to build a list of top 10 - five reds, three whites, two sparklings. I just want a cheat sheet when I go to specs.
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