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Being from Texas, I loved buffalo because it was shit I could not normally purchase. If was on a menu, I would always order it. I spent a month in Colorado and ordered everything buffalo from burgers to steaks. I'm now over buffalo. You know what buffalo tastes like? Cow. I had 3 buffalo steaks (not to mention the 3 other times I got buffalo burgers) from 3 different restaurants. They all tasted exactly like beef, which I guess is the point. But then...why does it cost more? For that reason, I'm sticking with beef because it's basically buffalo and costs less.

For the month of July, I was up the mountains in Coal Creek Canyons just 15 mins west of Arvada. All months, we drove and experienced the front range from Ft Collins down to Golden. Wife and I decided that when we retire, we're moving to Arvada. I want to be close to the mountains but also be close to a major airport, city centers for doctors, and every day conveniences. In Arvada, you are 15 mins from the mountains, 5 mins to Golden, 15 mins to Boulder, 10-20 mins to Denver (depending on where you're going) and 45-50 mins to DIA. Yes I-70 sucks but when we are retired, I won't do I-70 during the weekends. I'll be going up to the mountains during the week and leave the weekends to the Denver people. People bitching about DIA are missing the bigger picture. I fly in and out of small ass airports all the time. From small airports, I can get to the airport 30 mins before my flight and easily get on my plane. But I'm having to make a connection anywhere I go. From DIA, you are flying direct to most US cities that you would want to visit. Fuck connections. I'd rather spend an extra hour through security in DIA than spend 1-3 hours in a connecting airport where I may miss my flight and get stuck there. And then I would still need to fly to the destination. My thoughts on the front range cities. - Golden, the city itself is pretty small. Expensive. - Boulder, great city but it's the most expensive front range city. We would love to retire here but did I mention that it's expensive. - Anything north of Boulder and you are getting further from the mountains. By the time you get to Ft Collins, you are 30-60 mins from the mountains, depending on where you want to go. Also the cities are basically suburbs of Denver/Ft Collins. Not much character. - Ft Collins, we really liked the city. Nice walkable dtown area. We just didn't like how far it was from the mountains. Plus when you go, it'll probably be to Estes and RMNP. That area is a fucking zoo and filled with the Yellowstone tourists type of crowd. I want to do gorgeous hikes with fewer people on the trail. RMNP and that whole area are filled with car hike people, people who won't hike more than a mile from their cars. And there are a fuckton of them. - Arvada is the Goldie Locks of the front range, imo.

They are grasping at straws, throwing all kinds of shit, anything that they stick to the criticize Harris-Walz. Other than dipshit magats, none of this is going to resonate with anyone. Everyone knows what Trumps campaign is about. It's been the same shit for 8 years. Stupid baseless shit. People are ready to move on.

I guess it was quiet for too long. https://gcaptain.com/abandoned-tanker-sounion-on-fire-and-adrift-after-houthi-attack-in-red-sea/

You're right. I am Katfid. I am shame.

So you're saying Jonah is going to be a unnecessary roughness penalty machine?

https://slatereport.com/news/florida-man-who-killed-neighbor-over-dog-poop-erupts-at-widow-in-courtroom-outburst-he-cried-like-a-baby/ Florida man who killed neighbor over dog poop erupts at widow in courtroom outburst: ‘He cried like a baby’ A Florida man cruelly yelled that his neighbor “cried like a baby” in front of the man’s widow, explaining during a wild, caught-on-camera courtroom outburst why he killed him. Omar Rodriguez was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after he was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated assault for the June 2015 shooting of Jose Rey. As Rey’s widow, Lissette, read a statement at the hearing, Rodriguez rose from his chair and began shouting, causing several people in the courtroom to gasp. “The coward was your husband,” Rodriguez yelled out, according to a video obtained by NBC Miami. “That’s why I killed him … he cried like a baby.” The jury in Rodriguez’s case had removed the possibility of capital punishment, leaving Hirsch the only option for a life prison sentence, with a minimum of 25 years, meaning the 75-year-old will remain behind bars for the rest of his life. Jose Rey, 52, was walking in his Kendall neighborhood when his dog popped a squat on the lawn of Rodriguez’s son. Neighbors told police they heard two men loudly arguing before Rey threatened to return and fight him. Rey had dropped off his dog at home and continued the walk with his wife when they were confronted by a shirtless Rodriguez, the outlet reported. Jose Rey was shot three times and Rodriguez threatened Lissette, who went to comfort her husband. Rey succumbed to his injuries over a week later. Several law enforcement officers pulled Rodriguez out of the courtroom and placed him in a holding cell amid the chaotic exchange.NBC6 Rodriguez had asked for immunity in the case under Florida’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” law, but in 2021 a judge ruled he didn’t believe Rodriguez acted in self-defense, according to WTVJ. The convicted killer alleged Rey threatened him with a knife, but prosecutors argued Rodriguez had attempted to plant the knife in his victim’s hand. Rodriguez has been accused of treating his neighbors poorly, with one writing to then-Gov. Lawton Chiles that the man had declared “war” on neighbors and once threatened a lawn worker with a machete.

Kamala being an inspiration to young adults. As a dad with two mid 20s women, this shit makes me proud as hell of Kamala and what she means to women. Imagine if the pedo piece of shit were talking to these young women.

From my very limited search, it sounds like the group is a gaggle of self important douchebags. Fuck them. Here's one story. https://marathonhandbook.com/did-rawdawg-run-club-bandit-austin-marathon/

This perfectly encapsulates new vs old Austin battle. TLDR: A bunch of bros start a run club. Run club becomes highly successful. East side residents get pissed for well...I guess it maybe comes down to gentrification. https://archive.ph/ssc1I Why East Austin residents are clashing with a notorious, young running club Bianca Moreno-Paz Austin American-Statesman Published 5:01 a.m. CT Aug. 22, 2024Updated 5:01 a.m. CT Aug. 22, 2024 In a fight between a gentrified Austin and even newer newcomers, a notorious running club is rubbing residents raw. On a Saturday morning in February, a quartet of brawny, Generation-Z men laced up their running shoes, donned their preferred sunglasses and leisurewear, and readied to run the lakeside trails. In the months that followed, the jogs rapidly grew into the Raw Dawg Run Club, an organized group of hundreds, fanning out along the trail on the shores of Lady Bird Lake. What started out as a casual, sweaty way to build community has been met with pushback from residents and the intervention of the city of Austin. Residents of one East Austin neighborhood filed enough complaints against the run club to have it expelled from the area. The tension between "new Austin" and "newer Austin" is often most pronounced in areas like East Austin, which have been gentrified and culturally displaced. Now, the run club, which says it encourages people of all backgrounds and athletic qualifications to participate, finds itself unmoored after three separate instances of alleged violations of city code. It is in the process of applying for a permit that would allow it to operate on a weekly basis as a special event. The Raw Dawg Run Club founders maintain that they only had good intentions in creating the group, and that they want to rise above the complaints. "We want to kill people with kindness," co-founder Tin Nguyen said. What happened to the Raw Dawg Run Club? Complaints from serious runners and casual joggers alike forced the Raw Dawg Run Club — founded by Nguyen, 24; Darren Belasa, 24; Ian Fonz, 23; and Noah Rolette, 23 — to take its jaunts elsewhere, selecting a loop around the East Austin neighborhood of Rosewood. Yet residents there said the runners took up limited parking spaces at a Little League field, displaced locals from using the Boggy Creek Greenbelt and illegally parked on neighborhood streets spanning East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Rosewood Drive. The city of Austin's Parks and Recreation Department issued a cease-and-desist notice, prompting Raw Dawg’s move to Cabana Club. Raw Dawg is no stranger to controversy. Members of the group were found to have run this year's Austin Marathon without registering, a controversial act known in the running community as banditing. The members told the American-Statesman they have since made amends with the marathon’s leadership. The club's residency in Govalle lasted only a few weeks. The city shut it down, citing the lack of an event permit, though Raw Dawg was the only run club required to have one. The decision left the four co-founders “frustrated” after they said they made multiple concessions, such as adding pacers, to keep the run club in operation. The city said the group’s size — it draws up to 600 people at a time — and ability to disrupt the flow of traffic categorized it as a special event. In a statement, the city's Development Services Department said it would provide support to make Raw Dawg’s Saturday meets “feasible,” recognizing that “special events enrich Austin’s quality of life, build community, and support the local economy.” Filling a hole in Austin’s running scene Raw Dawg was born out of the co-founders’ experience running the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii. They sought to bottle and replicate the collective feeling of that experience in Austin. Nguyen said he believes Raw Dawg fills a gap in the plethora of Austin run club options, which do not place an emphasis on creating and sustaining community. As a native of Laredo and newcomer to Austin, he felt other run clubs were less welcoming. “(People) would run and then leave. Now we're putting the ‘club’ in run club, whereas the other run clubs just ‘run,’” he said. “We bring a different vibe: This is supposed to be fun. This is not a place to beat yourself up.” Rolette, the sole co-founder raised in the Austin area, said they implemented a no-headphones rule to encourage participants to socialize and “learn to run with your demons.” While the run club is on hold in Austin, the group is planning to share Raw Dawg with as many of its 70,000 followers as possible. In August they went on the road to Chicago; at the end of the month, they will pop up in Miami for one day. In the future, they’d like to take the concept international. “We want to make running sexy again, but make it fun, make it enjoyable, make it less serious,” Fonz said. East side gentrification Running clubs are not new to the Capitol city. Their popularity surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, when outdoor activity became a cheap, reliable way to stay safe and sane. Upwards of 30 run clubs in Austin are affiliated with coffee shops, running stores and large corporations like Nike. An Austin Code Department employee watches as hundreds of runners participating in a Raw Dawg Run Club meetup leave Cabana Club on Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Austin. Raw Dawg Run Club founders said they are often ticketed for hosting events in public spaces without a permit, but are also the only run club that is ticketed regularly. So why do residents and the city of Austin appear to be targeting Raw Dawg? Regardless of the disruption, the club's presence is representative of a shifting status quo, in an area that has experienced rapid gentrification, said Alex Hannaford, a journalist and author of the forthcoming book “Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City.” “This represents change, and (residents are) arguing against change,” said Hannaford, who lived in Austin for 17 years and now lives in New York. “It's kind of ironic. That ship has sailed; the east side has already changed.” Paul Saldaña, a sixth-generation Austinite and local strategic consultant, bore witness to Austin's "painful history" as the east side transitioned from a Mexican American and African American community besieged by racism to the development of sleek buildings and upscale restaurants, effectively erasing their history and existence. "When an area becomes gentrified, the people who are moving in bring with them cultural or commercial dynamics or initiatives that cater to them," Saldaña said. Hannaford said Austin’s current opposition to affordable housing development — the movement known as NIMBY, or "not in my backyard" — has its roots in the prolonged effects of the 1928 master plan, which gave the Austin City Council the freedom to segregate ethnic minorities in East Austin. “You’ve seen a historically Black district, which was designed on purpose by white people, then undergoing gentrification itself, and more white people want to move in and change it,” Hannaford said. “I feel like everybody moving into the east side needs a history lesson.”

How long before this asshole is back out on the streets? https://www.fox7austin.com/news/attempted-break-in-machete-attack-liberty-hill-texas The man gets up, comes up the stairs, and pulls on the door. "I start running through the house. I lock every door as fast as possible, run upstairs. Luckily, I had a firearm here, so I grabbed my 9mm, unlocked it, ran down as fast as possible," Stevens said. The suspect climbed the fence and got on the upper deck where Stevens confronted him. "Told him he's got to leave or he's going to lose his life, you know? Luckily, after I did that, he dropped the machete," he said. The video then shows the intruder climbing back down, and a gun pointing at him as he walks away. Stevens' wife had called 911 in the meantime, and deputies arrested 43-year-old Jerry Escamilla of Bertram. He is charged with criminal trespassing and failure to identify and is being held on a $10,000 bond.

He wants to represent himself. https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/shooting-spree-suspect-asks-judge-if-he-can-represent-himself/ AUSTIN (KXAN) — Shane James, the suspect in a December 2023 shooting spree that spanned from Bexar County to Austin, killing six people and injuring three others, asked a judge Friday morning if he could represent himself in the case. Following James’ hearing earlier this year, his attorney Russ Hunt said James was receiving psychiatric treatment in jail. Judge Clifford Brown told James he has a right to represent himself, but advised him not to. Regarding the next steps, Brown recommended James receive a mental evaluation before moving forward to determine if he is mentally competent enough to represent himself. Judge Brown said if James did not do that voluntarily, Brown would issue a court-ordered evaluation. James is set to return to court Oct. 10.

My, now graduated, daughters had to deal with this shit. The youngest was chased a few times, once at night on campus and a two other times at night through West Campus. Amazing that new students, especially females, still have to deal with this bullshit. Good luck and may nothing worst than getting scared happens to your kids. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/ut-austin-sorority-recruitment-homeless/269-6016ac7f-4505-4d76-9722-3f1ff17d7e9e On Wednesday, the UT Austin Police Department (UTPD) sent out an advisory saying that with sorority and fraternity recruitment underway, the department has been seeing an increase in incidents with the unhoused population acting inappropriately or suspiciously. SafeHorns, an organization dedicated to advocating for safety in West Campus, also said every year, sorority recruitment tends to bring a lot more unhoused people to the area. “Unfortunately, now that we have a lot of female students coming to participate in recruitment for Greek life, they know and they see the girls walking about,” said Joell McNew, the president of SafeHorns. This year, SafeHorns said starting on Wednesday, they have already been hearing from potential new sorority members – also called PNMs – who say they have witnessed lewd behavior, been harassed and even been chased by unhoused people as they were walking to the sorority houses. “It’s disgusting," McNew said. "It shouldn’t be the norm, and we shouldn’t be desensitized to that." UT sophomore Alexandra Skinner is one of the young women who has already had an experience like this. “We were walking by, and he was across the street, you know, and he just started yelling at us as we were walking by,” Skinner said. “We’re walking alone and stuff, so it’s scary.” The layout of UT’s sorority houses throughout West Campus also presents an extra safety challenge compared to other schools, where all the sorority and fraternity houses are on one street or row. “They are very spread out,” McNew said. “The PNMs, potential new members, [are] navigating their way, trying to find, you know, these different locations and [they] may not be familiar with Austin.” During sorority recruitment, PNMs will get called back to different houses and may have different schedules than their friends or roommates – meaning that many times, they'll have to walk around West Campus alone. As a sophomore, Skinner said she is already familiar with the unhoused population in West Campus, but she does have some concerns about walking around alone late at night. “I do have a house that ends at 9 [p.m.] today, so I’m going to be out late tonight," she said. "So it is something that is a bit of a concern." In its advisory, UTPD said it has added extra officers and West Campus Ambassadors to patrol the area during this time.

This piece of shit set the precedence for attacking people.

This was the basis of their whole platform. Wave the flag and wear camo. They got over 60M people to vote just on that alone. What a country.

West Travis County enters the game https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/west-travis-county-residents-told-to-stop-irrigation-utility-says-water-tanks-didnt-refill/ West Travis County residents told to stop irrigation, utility says water tanks didn’t refill The West Travis County Public Utility Agency (WTCPUA) said in its low water pressure/no water advisory that overnight irrigation “emptied the storage” and asked for an immediate shut off of irrigation systems. “Due to extremely high irrigation demand, some customers are experiencing low water pressure or no water at their homes,” the advisory said. “Please refrain from irrigation, filling pools and other activities that consume a lot of water and are not strictly necessary throughout the day to give our tanks a chance to recover.” Customers of the PUA were already under Stage 2 restrictions, with watering limited to once per week during limited hours. The PUA initially said it expected the tanks would need the rest of the day to refill, but updated its report at 8 a.m. Friday, warning that “tank levels are continuing to drop.”

Vote. Tell everyone you know to vote. And then shame the fuck out of magats for being the traitorous dipshits that they are. It won't change their minds but we need to stop being nice to idiot traitors.

https://dailyboulder.com/trump-agrees-to-debate-harris-on-fox-news-demands-no-fact-checking/ Biden later bitched about Trump not getting fact checked during the debate. No way Kamala's team agrees to a debate w/out fact checking; otherwise, what's the fucking point of debate when the piece of shit can say whatever the fuck he wants. This is why Trump only wanted to debate on Fox. We'll see if ABC fact checks but I will be surprised as fuck if it doesn't happen.

This dipshit peaked in high school.

Probably for the best that Melania didn't speak. She would've just pirated Michelle's speech again.

Trump will not go on a debate where the network will fact check him. In the Biden debate, he was allowed to spew all kinds of bullshit and was not called out for it. We saw how that turned out with Biden getting the bad reviews from that debate while nothing came of Trump's bullshit lies. I imagine that's why he wants to debate on Fox because they will not fact check his bullshit. There's no way his team allows him to debate a prosecutor whose is well versed in debating while getting called out for this bullshit by the moderator. His team has to want him to lose to allow it.