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  1. Adam Clanton's tweets have been the balm I have needed when glancing at Twitter for the few minutes I can tolerate doing so these past few weeks. Fuck the sports media. Fuck the Athletic. Fuck Mike Fiers and Evan Drellich. Drellich had a stick up his ass because of the inferiority he felt when trying to ingratiate himself with Luhnow and the team he assembled. Guys that are smarter than he will ever be with Ivy League pedigrees and not some moron, wannabe journalist but couldn't hack it sports writer. Crane should never have given into the media who are the enemies of Astros fans and given up Luhnow.
  2. Just want to say I wish I could rep TexArcher and Eastwood's posts on the last page a million times. I fucking can't stand going through Facebook, Twitter or read anything to do with sports with this fucking sign stealing overreaction nonsense. I can't believe people are droning on and on about it. It's because we are not Boston, NY or LA. The media never once said the Patriots should be stripped of their championships. Fuck the haters. Win the God damned ring we should have gotten in 2019.
  3. I have enjoyed watching the Roughnecks so far. Maybe it’s because they’re a breath of fresh air from buttchin and the maddening mediocrity and stupidity of the Texans have shown since their season has ended. It also feels they’re tapping into our football history as a city with the Run N Shoot and oil derrick logo on the helmets. I bought and wore a Roughnecks t-shirt yesterday. I hope this league sticks and look forward to going to a game at TDECU.
  4. I really like your posts on this thread. I have a much higher opinion of you after self-banning myself from the CR.
  5. I fucking love Adam Clanton. He is loyal to his city and our teams. He is bringing it on Twitter. Own it. We were the most advanced and cutting edge hellbent on winning. Say that and tell everyone to fuck off. Fuck the haters.
  6. Our players were asked if they should apologize to the Dodgers and Yankees by reporters. Give me a fucking break. God this shit pisses me off.
  7. Twitter is infuriating with all of these jagoffs ranting against the Astros. The press conference was a disaster. Should have just shut up and said MLB made their ruling and that's that. Going back to the Taubman mess they had the right initial strategy of deflecting and deny and I will take Luhnow's strategy any day of the week over this shit. The fans here in Htown love this team and except for holier than thou pussies like Planet Houston back this team no matter what. Fuck the rest of the country and jealous Yankees and Dodgers fans. Fuck em all to hell. God damn it I want the season to start and shut everyone up. I hope Mike Fiers gets taunted and spit on wherever he goes. Fuck snitches.
  8. I fucking canceled my subscription because of their anti-Astros bias. I hate that I gave them $36 for a 1 year subscription. I have never clicked on that site after this shit came out. Mike Fiers and Evan Drellich can burn in hell.
  9. Jerome Solomon nails it when it comes to Hinch: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/jerome-solomon/article/Solomon-A-J-Hinch-whiffs-when-it-comes-to-15038381.php Hinch’s reply to the question of whether the Astros’ 2017 World Series championship is tainted is the second-worst answer possible. “That’s a fair question,” Hinch said. “And I think everyone’s gonna have to draw their own conclusion.” What? I mean, of course it’s a fair question, and everyone will draw their own conclusion, but I expected the manager of the Astros’ first World Series champion to emphatically deny that the title was tainted. There are three sides to this: 1. The Astros’ World Series title is tainted. 2. The Astros’ World Series title isn’t tainted. 3. I’m not sure if the Astros’ World Series title is tainted, but that’s a fair question. Hinch was there every day, and he saw the hard work put in by the talented team that resulted in a championship. That grind should never be dismissed. He knows how good of a team he had. He knows firsthand that the collection of talent in that clubhouse deserved to win that World Series. Spare me the thought that he is being reasonable to baseball fans who believe the Astros stole a title. That’s the wrong side for Hinch to be on. He isn’t being reasonable as far as his players, the Astros organization and the city of Houston’s baseball fans are concerned. Hinch knows darn well that the Astros didn’t win the World Series because they stole signs and banged trash cans. If Hinch is in any way unsure if the World Series victory is tainted, his inaction at the time he learned of the sign-stealing is particularly pathetic.
  10. Luhnow created the best run organization in all of baseball. I want a fucking cutthroat organization committed at all costs to winning. Isn’t that why we bitch about Cal and the Texans that they aren’t and are content with mediocrity. Luhnow is the reason why we finally won a WS. He has not been a rat and hasn’t sold out the players and the fans. Loyalty is what I find most important in one’s character, I don’t give a shit that you disagree with my values. Luhnow had us set up to win with guys like Taubman who I met personally and was an incredible asset. He acted like an idiot in the locker room and got fired for comments that would never have been reported by older reporters. Fuck you and your holier than thou attitude. AJ didn’t apologize like a man as you say. He could have shown contrition while not selling out and shitting on the accomplishments of the players and most importantly throwing shade on the only title we have won. Fuck him and fuck you. I am a Luhnow fan until the day I die. No Houston team will ever get anyone as good as him as GM.
  11. Ed Biles sits right next to me at Texans games. Doing well for an old man. Likes to make dirty jokes and flirt with my girlfriend.
  12. Somali immigration to Minnesota has been a clear net negative to the existing population. Did the people of Minneapolis have any say in having an influx of foreigners to their neighborhoods with an alien culture not in line with the mainstream engaging in activities like female genital mutilation that are repugnant to the rest of us. What pisses me off as the child of legal immigrants is that there is no expectation or desire by liberals for new immigrants to become real Americans by melting into the pot. My parents made an effort to assimilate and have their kids become Americans. I’m grateful for that. I don’t think it’s healthy for immigrants nor the rest of us to not push them to assimilate. I want much tougher screening of immigrants on their willingness to assimilate, their views on women and if Muslim a separate additional screening to determine if they’re susceptible to radicalization. I linked some articles about the increased crime and radicalized Muslims in the Somali community. Rising concerns over crime Mukhtar's street outreach comes at a time of rising concerns over crime in the Cedar-Riverside area. Violent crimes rose from 54 in 2010 to 84 last year, largely driven by a surge in robberies and assaults, according to Minneapolis police statistics. Authorities point to a simmering rivalry between St. Paul and Minneapolis East African gangs as a cause of much of the violence. http://www.startribune.com/in-minneapolis-pizza-and-tea-buys-a-connection-with-somali-youth-crying-for-help/503665382/ Violent crimes increased by more than 50 percent in 2018 in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, nicknamed “little Mogadishu,” which authorities attribute to Somali gang activity in the area. Buried in a recent Star Tribune article was the fact that violent crimes jumped from 54 in 2010 to 84 in 2018, an increase in roughly 56 percent. Authorities attribute the violence to rivalries between Somali gangs, such as the Somali Mafia, the Somali Outlaws, the Hot Boyz, and Madhibaan with Attitude, Alpha News reports. According to a 2014 Southside Pride article, the Outlaws and Madhibaan with Attitude have a rivalry that stretches back years, and likely resulted in the murder of two Somali men in April 2014. That article notes that the summer of 2013 was a particularly bloody season for gang warfare, which produced at least 4 killings. A 2013 CBS article detailed the involvement of the Outlaws, the Mafia, and another gang called the Lady Outlaws in a sex-trafficking ring that recruited and prostituted young girls, some of whom were under the age of 14, between 2000 and 2010. The ring was operated out of Minneapolis, Columbus, and Nashville, and resulted in the indictment of 30 individuals involved. In 2008, the Minneapolis Police Department created a Somali liaison position to focus solely on addressing the issue. The department currently has 5 Somali-speaking officers to assist in outreach to the immigrant community. According an MPR report from the time, officers began to notice that Somali gangs were dividing themselves along the same clan lines of their war-torn country. The issue first garnered national attention after a 2009 CBS News reporttitled “Rise of Somali Gangs Plagues Minneapolis,” though officers were still hesitant at the time to pin the crimes on Somali gang activity. “It was all gang activity, totally, 100 percent,” Shukri Adan, a Somali community organizer, said of the murders of seven Somali men in a 10-month period. Adan was tasked with drafting a report for the City of Minneapolis in which he estimated that between 400 and 500 Somali men were involved in gangs. “The police don’t want to say that but everybody else knows that,” he added. The latest rise in violent crimes in the Cedar-Riverside area comes as a concern to many, considering that city leaders have started to invest in security upgrades and community-outreach programs. In May, for instance, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced that a high-rise apartment complex at the center of little Mogadishu would be receiving an $825,000 security upgrade, including fencing, key fobs, and numerous security cameras. In December, the Minneapolis City Council voted to divert $43,000 from the Minneapolis Police Department to create a youth outreach team for the area, Minnesota Daily reports. “Everybody’s gotten to the point where, hey, you know, we don’t need more police, we need more intervention,” one organizer in attendance said. Several businesses in the area have joined together to hire off-duty police officers to patrol the area, while others are donating food and beverages to hand out to youth roaming the streets. The Star Tribune reports that the latest uptick in violent crimes is mostly due to a surge in robberies and assaults. https://tennesseestar.com/2019/01/02/minneapolis-little-mogadishu-sees-56-percent-increase-in-violent-crimes-caused-by-somali-gangs/ More men and boys from a Somali American community in Minneapolis have joined – or attempted to join – a foreign terrorist organization over the last 12 years than any other jurisdiction in the country.FBI stats show 45 Somalis left to join the ranks of either the Somalia-based Islamic insurgency al-Shabab, or the Iraq- and Syria-based ISIS combined. And as of 2018, a dozen more had been arrested with the intention of leaving to support ISIS. Both numbers are far higher than those of alleged terrorist wannabes who left or attempted to leave the country from other areas in the country where Muslim refugees have been resettled. https://www.foxnews.com/us/how-rep-ilhan-omars-minnesota-district-became-the-terrorist-recruitment-capital-of-the-us-officials-highly-concerned
  13. I don’t do Chinese knockoff jerseys anymore. The $99 officially licensed replica jerseys look and fit better with no need for tailoring. Only wish they’d have stitched numbers and nameplates.
  14. Loved seeing a Houston pro football team sporting an oil derrick logo on their helmets. I’m definitely going to get me some Roughnecks merchandise. Entertaining game. They need to promote the players and tell us their stories so a deeper connection can be made to this team.
  15. I can’t remember the last time they opened the roof. It’s been years now. It’s ridiculous they no longer open it. The retractable roof cost Harris County taxpayers $50 million. They used to have a 50-80 rule where they’d open the roof when the temperature was between those numbers. Not opening the roof is another fuck you to the fans. I have been a season ticket holder since the beginning. Pisses me off when it’s a beautiful fall day and they keep the roof closed.
  16. TDECU Stadium at UH. Great to enjoy outdoor football with this weather. Nice crowd for the 1st game
  17. I don’t make assumptions and criticize people and shut down the conversation by throwing insults or assuming the worst about another poster. As I said numerous times, I was trolling about wanting to shoot the caravan with rubber bullets. I do want to limit immigration and have public input from citizens on how many legal immigrants we allow, what to do with the 11 million illegals and preferred profile of who we let in. Neither the Brits nor Americans were given a true voice on immigration - on choosing active measures to stop the flow of illegals and to how to humanely repatriate the ones already here. The public has never been allowed to voice concerns about social cohesion in their communities and given options on how to prevent the sudden change in the composition of their neighborhood. I have a visceral hatred for hijab because the Islamic bastards in Iran force it on women. The truth about Ilhan Omar and the Somali community she comes from is that their community has not integrated and assimilated into the broader community in Minnesota. They are an isolated, closed community that has a much higher rate of criminal activity with a percentage of radical Muslims that joined ISIS. They also practice female genital mutilation. Put it to a vote of citizens on whether they’d want people like that to immigrate to our country. The answer would be a resounding no. The cabal and liberals refuse to even discuss these issues and are quick to label those of us who care as racists. Proving my lack of racist intent, if Mexicans want to legally immigrate to the Valley and the rest of Texas where they have a longer history and connection to the land than us gringos that would be a-ok to me. Their culture fits with the dominant American culture. Somali Muslims don’t and please don’t try to contort reality to say that they do.
  18. That’s the M.O. of the cabal. Self-righteous posting and broad stroke judgments when it doesn’t fit their worldview.
  19. I far prefer how Luhnow is handling this. Hinch punched Astros fans in the gut by saying the title is tainted. Luhnow has kept his loyalty to the players, fans and organization. That’s what’s important. I would run through a wall for Luhnow. Fuck Hinch and the king rat of them all Mike Fiers. Htown - ride or die with this team.
  20. I agree with this 100% and I was a Hinch supporter. He should have categorically denied that there was any taint on a championship. That is selling out the players and more importantly the fans of Houston. He knows how much that WS means to the city. Fuck him.
  21. I’m getting rid of mine. Would rather splurge on a couple of games in the Texas Club and maybe make a road game rather than have a full season. Miss watching the other games on Saturdays when driving in on game day. The costs of hotels, meals, etc add up too.
  22. Can you PM me about this. I would like to know more about this and see if can replicate in another city.
  23. It’d be nice if Tilman wasn’t a cheap motherfucking SOB not willing to go into the luxury tax.
  24. The Lakers are the toughest matchup for us because of their quality and length. I don’t think we can win a 7 game series against them but who cares tonight. That was a fun win.
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