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Good interview with Reggie about Willie Mays, his experience (racism) playing in Birmingham, AL, and the people who helped him through it. Fuck you if you think this belongs in CR or that it's political. It's only political if you are a racist piece of shit.

I'll be spending July in Golden, CO area. Any course recommendations within 1.5 hours drive of Golden?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13547977/Texas-cyclists-mowed-airport.html What is the worse crime? Running over the dudes playing in the street or the cargo shorts?

lol

holy shit.

"It's OK, It's Ok, OMG, Fuck!"

Yesterday by DFW airport airport. Video in link. https://nypost.com/2024/06/19/us-news/cyclists-knocked-off-bikes-run-over-by-brazen-driver-video/ Wild video shows cyclists being knocked off bikes, run over by brazen hit-and-run driver Two Texas cyclists were tossed from their bikes and then brazenly run over by a hit-and-run driver in a wild caught-on-camera ordeal. The terrifying incident reportedly unfolded near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Tuesday, according to footage posted on social media.

Well, the Indian women were acting just like the Black people...

Brits and Serbs showing each other their love of soccer.

Update. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/plano-texas-racist-attack-esmeralda-upton-collin-county-hate-crime-charges/287-99a1494f-bd6f-4cf9-81a7-295ff6ceffa4 A North Texas woman has been convicted on hate crime charges in a racist attack on women of South Asian descent outside of a restaurant in 2022, officials announced Tuesday. Esmeralda Upton, 59, of Plano, pleaded guilty to four state hate crime charges: Three misdemeanor assault charges and one misdemeanor charge of terroristic threat, with all four charges falling under the Texas hate crime enhancement statute, according to the Collin County District Attorney's Office. The hate crime enhancement was added to the charges on allegations that Upton "intentionally selected the victim because of Upton's bias and prejudice against the victim's race and national origin," the district attorney's office said in a release. Upton was sentenced to two years of community supervision probation and 40 days in the Collin County Jail. She was also fined $500 for each charge. The incident involved four victims and happened Aug. 24, 2022, outside of a Sixty Vines restaurant in Plano. “As Americans, we should all be able to enjoy our Constitutional liberties, free and secure from this type of racially motivated assault," Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said. "Indeed, America is the only nation on earth defined more by its ideals than by race or ethnicity." According to the arrest affidavit, the group of women told police that Upton approached them and began yelling at them to go back to India and that "Indians are ruining this country." This is when the group of women started recording Upton, the affidavit said. Police said the group of women told officers Upton hit them, which she admitted to and the viral video also shows. The affidavit also said Upton continued to make racially-charged comments throughout her conversation with the officer on scene. According to the affidavit, Upton told police she became agitated when the group called her a "white woman." Upton originally stated to police she was a "first generation" American, but later said she was "second generation." She told police that she is "Mexican-American" and "Native-American" and lives in a $1.5 million home. Upton admitted to police she struck one of the women because they were "videoing and saying all of this (expletive) that I wasn't doing. And that's what they do. Just like the Black people," the affidavit said. The affidavit also said one of the three videos recorded by the group of women shows Upton saying, "I'm going to blow your (expletive) brains out" and "I swear to God I am going to shoot your (expletive)." According to the affidavit, after being asked for her identification, Upton asked police if they'd like to see her license to carry a firearm as well. The officer asked Upton if she was "carrying" at the time, and she said she wasn't, but stated that her firearm was in her vehicle. Police referred to Upton in the affidavit as "very agitated and uncooperative."

Saw it on Reddit this morning, thought it interesting and searched for an apropos thread. Didn't realize the date of the article until after I posted. Ehhh, it happens.

Never seen this so it may be new to you. Anthony Hopkins letter to Cranston.

Had the wedding in the OP gone through, I bet she'd be in this statistic. Pricier weddings led to higher chance of divorce. Could it be that the bride is a demanding bitch whom the groom will soon tire of? https://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/13/living/wedding-expenses-study/index.html#: Want a happy marriage? Have a big, cheap wedding A new study found that couples who spend less on their wedding tend to have longer-lasting marriages than those who splurge. The study, by two economics professors at Emory University, found a similar correlation between less-expensive engagement rings and lower divorce rates. Specifically, the study found that women whose wedding cost more than $20,000 divorced at a rate roughly 1.6 times higher than women whose wedding cost between $5,000 and $10,000. And couples who spent $1,000 or less on their big day had a lower than average rate of divorce.

I drive through this part of the state driving to/from Austin - Pagosa Springs. It's barren as fuck. The roads suck, the speed limits sucks. But I do love me some spotting antelope in that barren waste.

Different strokes for different folks. I have a ton of "friends" in Houston suburbs who commute hours to work, think a vacation is spending a week on the Frio, who spend every weekend at a baseball/volleyball/soccer/softball tourney, and never venture far from their shitty suburb except to sit in a lawn chair/bleacher somewhere. No wonder they are all pissed off all the time. That's living hell in my book.

For all the shit we give her, she sometimes actually tries to do good shit. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/council-member-moves-to-ease-burden-of-homeless-camp-cleanups-on-private-property-owners/ Council member moves to ease burden of homeless camp cleanups on private property owners “They said they were getting no help from the city, which would be accurate because it is the responsibility of a private property owner to clean when there is an encampment,” Kelly said. “I decided that I wanted to do everything I could to help them get that taken care of so I organized a group of volunteers and we went out there and cleaned almost 2.5 tons of trash.” That’s why Kelly is working on a resolution that could provide resources for neighborhoods — or property owners — in the same situation. She’ll need other council members to get on board with the idea to get the resolution on a city council agenda. “My hope is that I can get my colleagues on board with a resolution that would direct the city manager to provide additional resources for individuals who have this type of crisis where they are, because that’s what it is, it’s a crisis,” Kelly said. There's a pretty big homeless camp in 2 vacant buildings right off Lamar directly across from the DPS station. It's immediately behind the P. Terry's. Last week driving by the buildings when I was leaving P. Terry's, I saw a homeless dude inside the fences between the 2 buildings swinging at the air with 2 big ass machetes. The place trashed on the outside. I hate to imagine what the inside of the 2 buildings looks like. I imagine it's some sort of Thunderdome. I imagine there are 10s to 100s of abandon buildings infested with homeless. I'd hate to see the cleaning bill if/when the city finally evicts the homeless from the buildings. https://maps.app.goo.gl/9ckLspun6oWSA7ks7

Hmmmmm......in Southlake, Tx.