pyrohornIII

So, no one has any tales of poor sportsmanship being shown by drunk Ags towards UT fans? My brother is saying he's been reading some on the site he 9.95s.

On days like today, when I was younger and before the internet and living in Austin or Houston, I would go out and buy all the major papers from across the state to read the articles about the game. That was back in the days of some pretty good sportswriters who did it for more than clicks. Then sometime later I'd look for the DKR or Fred Akers show to hear the coach's perspective of the game. A lot of my sportsmanship lessons came from listening to UT coaches after big games. I know there are plenty articles on the net, but they pretty much all run the same drivel or try to drum up some controversy for clicks. Just not the same. So, I suffice with you blowhards instead. Today it's a good option.

I would say he probably spent a little too much time squeezing tonight, from the looks of the careful walking. Maybe he already finished and got back to posting?

2) Fred Akers, 1938–2020: A Remembrance – Texas Monthly

I think that the ultra-upper class is convinced the way forward is with less humans, way way less humans. They dream of the world as basically a huge theme park and only want enough minions around to keep the park secure, tidy and running. The less humans, the more food, the less consumption of natural resources, less trash, etc, and after 100 years like that the earth is reset into some idyllic place. The fastest way there would be nuciear, but that would be too damaging to the planet and leave lingering radiation. The next fastest would be to go for global economic collapse leading to something akin to Mad Max. And those bands can be taken out in time. This thought was put into my head by a guy who used to be pretty liberal and now is full blown Trumpkin thanks to Q-anon. He might have this one right, which would be the first one ever. But it does make sense. And it's doable to a certain degree, especially if you can pull it off Wizard of Oz style, so no one ever sees it coming until it's here. What would be your first move if you were them? Pit the lower classes against each other?

I also think the deportation thing is smoke and mirrors: 1) Rattle swords about deportation 2) Develop a set of for hire bounty hunting organizations that would be manned by a lot of oathkeepers, etc. 3) Restructure the private pay prision system into "holding facilities" and now and then gradually deport someone 4) Private prison investors win, Trump turns oathkeeper assholes into his own brownshirts 5) Taxpayers foot the bill 6) No one really gets deported, but simply held. In fact, probably see the return of renting out work details like the TDC used to do. 7) Democrats are blamed for using laws and courts to block these mass deportations.

Can't he issue an executive order that would overrule the law in the event of an "emergency?" Didn't he try that with the Muslim ban that got struck down eventually? and...... Anything that interrupts supply will increase demand, and prices will go up. And corporations have shown in the past few years how bold they are about placing their price gouging inside these market adjustments. Even when the market levels out and the emergency is gone, the prices stay the same, the profit margins increase. It's like another pot of water gradually reaching boiling point. Another part of this equation is home repairs due to more and more extreme weather events, and yes, homeowner's insurance going up to compensate. See price gouging.

this thread has become officially pronghorned.

Sark has taught this group to embrace the hate. It's part of the culture now. They will use that hate as fuel. I thought the vid last week of the cheerleader in Arky mockingly rating the horns down wasn't something born or arrogance, but more of confused humor as to the popularity of the gesture. That's the kind of culture Sark and Co is building here, humble but ass kicking. I think it put a lot more stress on them to prove last night was a fluke, which will only increase the pressure they'll play under.

This man is the leader of the free world and pretty much has every avenue available to him to make all kinds of money. Yet he chooses to huckster cheap knockoff guitars. Does that point more to his infinite greed or his lack of creativity to actually pull something off that would line his pockets. I think when you look back on all his other attempts and eventual fuckups, you begin to see the latter assumption as the proper answer. That is partly why I have hope all this goes down in flames just like all his other attempts, his ego and small mind will get in the way.

Personally, I'd like them to breeze past Auburn this coming weekend. Increase their overconfidence. Raise that roller coaster to new heights. I refuse to be overly confident about this game like I was with UGA, but I have seen aggy choke so many times when they get into games like this, and it always seems they went into each of those games feeling they had "this one, this year" locked down. Only to be dashed on the rocks again. Wonder if listeater's kid was in that ticket pull line.

Hopefully it's not CTE related.

"We don't need no stinking global influence!" -most MAGA (likely)

All you have to do is turn on the TV, pick up your smartphone, watch something streaming on your computer and realize just how woeful your life is because you don't have the latest fast fashion item, or newest kitchen appliance gadget. It all goes back to us being turned into a nation of consumers and not producers. And if you aren't leading the edge on what's cool, your life just sucks. I bet he's getting his military parade this time around. It'll cost millions to repair the damages done to the streets of DC, but he won't pay them, just like he doesn't pay his security bills. Performance art. His whole intent was to say that word and draw that attention. That anyone would get that worked up over a law that prevents carrying a weapon into the state capitol is fake. Here's your 10 seconds of fame. Now go away.

I have a friend who is a 20 something Latina from East Texas and we talked a bit before the election a few times. She was intending to vote for Kamala, and in August was pretty excited about it. But the closer the election got the more tired she and her friends and family got of it. They just wanted it over. She texted me yesterday and now all the sudden they are all worried about being deported. She was born here, but her parents and most aunts and uncles immigrated in, and she was kinda vague on if they were all legit. What worries them is not being pulled off of some list, but one of them getting sideways with any local law enforcement officer, or school official, or all the red pill fucks monitoring the schools and hospitals. Employers are going to take even more advantage of them, make them work longer hours for less pay. If they give anyone trouble, then at any moment any one of them, or the whole damned family can be packed on the county bus and shipped to Mexico. I would imagine there will be those making money as immigrant bounty hunters. I know mass deportation is fairly unworkable without using the military, but for just keeping the general population in line, it has to be a nightmare. I'd never thought about it that way, but now I do. Have y'all seen anything on any groups beginning to build up resistance to fight this, like ACLU or LULAC?

Until Trump decides you need to go for just about any reason. And Rubio doesn't even have to do anything wrong. People will just plant ideas in Trump's head that Rubio is unfaithful, and he's out. Most of these cabinet positions probably won't last a year, except for Miller. Then Rubio doesn't have a Senate seat or a cabinet position. I was kind of hoping Trump would take Paxton off our hands, but like some of you said, Trump can deal with ugly, but not wonky or disabled.

They do love playing with fire. Bonfires, Brayton fire schools, turbo charged Tiki torches.

First example of this who came to mind

Thanks. I've been rather caught up in the drama of the TDP chair situation I haven't been in here as much as I would have liked. Thanks for pointing this out for me.

I'd like to see us have some prediction/scorecard for Project 2025. Something that would predict what steps are going to be taken first, the reasons they are giving to Joe Q Public why these steps are necessary and predictions for best and worst case scenarios if enacted. Then follow up with updates as things actually unfold. And cite everything we can. Something simpler would be a scratchoff list of promises Trump made like below. (Just get citations on these promises, as in interviews/videos of rallies where he actually says the words). Then once a week put that list under everyone's noses and ask how things are coming along. Pretty much like the delays of rebuilding ACA and infrastructure week. He can't say Dems stopped him, or anything other than legal consequences, after the red tide gave him all three branches now. So "why not done??" should be the constant question.

He seemed to flourish against Bama well enough. I mean I get what you are saying, but it's not like he crumbles against every quality opponent. And despite what Graham Cracker Dude says, aggy is not comparable to the last two teams Saban fielded against us.

He should be, but it won't happen because the party rules and in some cases state law dictate how this goes down. And as inept as he has proven to be in helping Texas turn blue, his capacity to use the rules that the party lives under to his own benefit is nothing short of mastery. He's basically lame duck now anyway, all we can really hope for is a fair election without any backroom deals, but I kind of doubt it.

Necro bump because it looks like TDP will get to finally choose a new chair. There's been a lot of clamor the past 3 cycles to move beyond the Hinojosa leadership. We shall see if they can choose better leadership this time around. There was an attempt at the last convention to switch party races to ranked choice. It never made it to the floor, un-surprisingly.

No, it's not that they are racists. They are selfish and only in this for themselves and vote according to who they think gives them the clearest path to the life they feel they deserve. Unfortunately, that path often collides with others' paths. Say southern white slave owner vs slave. They feel since they are white like the founding fathers were, that they are first class citizens and all others somewhere a step below, including women. It has much less to do with race than it does with their standard that "it's me over we. I got mine, fuck you." History has is full of instances where white males went into the world and improved their physical wealth on the premise of Might over Right. Or I guess it could be White over Right. And too often cloaked it as some religious mission like the Crusades or Cortez. This has a lot more to do with the darkness of a person's heart instead of the darkness of their skin.

Just more and more of them trying to take a foot when you give an inch. Same with wearing MAGA crap inside, or using PAs and bullhorns outside. Like daring you to say something. The most childish group of people ever.