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pyrohornIII

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  1. I believe I saw something about how each CT has to start with a year or two in ROTC, and then can opt out. Not sure if the band corps members have the same requirement. Apparently, they let the actual military people teach them to drill and such. Can only imagine what a circus it would be if aggy were left to their own devices for training.
  2. I'm always shocked that none of the B/CS or Waco stations are Sinclair owned. And find it ironic that KEYE is, considering it used to be Lady Bird Johnson's baby. Or am I misremembering that connection?
  3. Wasn't this already reported on Paxton like a year ago, or was that a different GQP fraud? They could sell gallery tickets to fund a happy hour for Phelan. I have no doubts my brother is a card carrying member of that PAC. What is the Cartel equivalent of the Russian 'fall from a window'? Is it possible all these investigations into the big hospitals was the straw that broke this? I know it wasn't all of it, but you have to know those places are raising a few glasses tonight.
  4. Trump isn't an adept crook or mastermind. He simply does whatever he wants and if he gets caught he denies and deflects. Then he uses the court system to drag things out counting on those coming after him run out of patience or money. And if he does lose, he claims it a victory. Roy Cohn taught him all this and he's used it to his benefit from his early days. Several of the Trump documentaries go into depth on that. Seems Cohn and Norman Vincent Peale were two yuge influences on young Trump. What pisses me off is what safe sex and TwiceHorn alluded to, that people much brighter than Trump get away with these white collar crimes all over the place and no one catches them. But they catch the poor kid who swipes a loaf of bread. And when they try to add the muscle to catch more of these type it gets blocked. We know the IRS doesn't have the staff to go up against the big money and their phalanx of tax lawyers, so they get their quota on smaller citizens. And Biden tried to add muscle into the IRS and it got watered down. So infuriating.
  5. I don't know. He really needed this now to use as his springboard into the presidential race of '24. Having to hope to get it done in special session will delay that. I think he was hoping the public would be asleep at the switch and let this glide through. But now everybody will have time to eviscerate him for everything he sacrificed to get his precious vouchers. If he can't read the room in Red Texas on this, then how can anyone expect him to be effective on a national level? I'm hoping he calls a special session on this, because it will expose him. And forces are already gathering to put up much stronger grassroots opposition to vouchers. He didn't do himself any favors with the teachers and rural folks who depend on those schools and Friday night lights. Abbott called for flags to fly at half staff. How noble of him.
  6. Somebody reminded us earlier that the emissions testing is federal, not state. Guess we'll see if they just ignore that too
  7. It's mainly to give Abbott a strong plank to dive into the 2024 republican primaries for president. Selling out Texas youth in order to run a doomed campaign. From what I am hearing, he's having trouble finding staff for that campaig. I guess because most are smart enough he stands no chance of winning. So maybe he runs the race and then concedes to the frontrunner in hopes of some cabinet or SC position. Again, all this at the expense of our state. Being a right to work state and all that other bullshit that's supposed to be bringing in all these new jobs, they won't last. How many are construction, that is a temporary boon? How many are manual labor that will be eventually replaced by robotics? How many high tech companies are looking to set up shop here with the decline of the primary education of the workforce? Of course with all the added extreme weather, I guess construction won't be ever off the table. So Greg is looking out for the economy of future Texas by burning the state to the ground in every way he can imagine.
  8. I also am enjoying the K drama series. The differences in cultures are appealing and refreshing to me. It's a nice break. The storylines are well constructed with several different sub stories interwoven. I can't really speak too much to the writing, since it's all translated subtitles, but it works to move the story along. Though it can sometimes move so quickly I have to rewind to catch everything they said in that clip. The other downside is its hard to catch all the nuances on the shot when you are reading the subtitle. So I do have to stop now and then to review something. I'd rank the ones I have seen so far as: 1)Hotel De Luna 2)My Mister 3)The Glory Stranger is next on the list. Right after Beef.
  9. I would have said this would be more likely from a son of Woody Hayes than Schembechler.
  10. a) I too am surprised the insurance lobby didn't kill this. A lot of small communities make good money off of expired inspection/registration. Another group that would be against this. b) New York state didn't have vehicle inspections 15 years ago, but now they do. So of course Texas is eliminating theirs. c) The next thing to be eliminated will be the emission inspections.
  11. I'm going to toss Burger Boy in Conroe some praise. It's definitely a hole in the wall, but the food is good and honest. They have real shakes and malts too. Worth the time to drive down into town off 45 to find it. Also, I had no idea Hilbert'swas still going in Austin until about 6 months ago. The place on Lamar I used to frequent is now a P Terry, but I stumbled across the one on Cameron Road, and have been back twice now. Still the great burger and shakes. It was a pleasant find.
  12. No license for god or guns, just people who cut hair.
  13. What concerns me when it comes to rural schools and vouchers is that parents will decide to homeschool their children. There will be money to be had by the companies that will develop and instruct the curriculum in a distance learning setting. Parents sign their kids up for online courses and then team up to provide proctoring by someone onsite. You would see these learning daycares pop up everywhere basically. The voucher would pay the online fees plus some could go to offset the in person attendants and the parents would make up the rest. I've already seen something similar to this in our county. I have to wonder how many teachers will retire to open satellite centers like this? I guess the temptation to be out from under the thumb of the TEA, and be capable of denying any student they don't want would be pretty big. The following quotes are from an article appearing on site that represents home schooling distance learning programs. The athletics is taken care of by the lege already. So I have no idea who pays for the upkeep of the facilities, the salaries of the coaches and staffs, etc. since the schools will be losing funding. In short, they have something figured out already, and it will result in more indoctrination of our kids and worse educations by less skilled teachers.
  14. Our little community has one non-denominational church comprised mainly of Boomers. Attendance is probably 100 per service average. I bet 20% of them are carrying, and at least 4 or 5 of them are praying something happens so they can defend their church with their good guy plan. Saw one of the senators for LA on last Sunday and he was going on about a federal tax credit for the purchase of gun safes. It just didn't sit well with me, for the non gun owners to have to pay for these people to be responsible. But I guess a buyback would be the same. I would be more in favor though that the tax credit be funded by increased taxes on guns and ammo. Several red states have already passed a bill like this, without the additional taxation of course. On the feral hog issue, several years back I read a couple of articles on hog control vs eradication that was based on some studies done by land grant colleges (can't remember which ones.) They found that when a group of hogs was targeted by hunters, the survivors of that kill would move away from the killing area and look for new territory. The assumption was that the hogs felt safer in a new place they hadn't been hunted in. Also, they would break up and form new pods out of the one larger one. Say 50 hogs and 10 were killed. The remaining 40 would break into 2 or more groups and part ways, setting up new colonies on fresh ground. This caused the spread of the population much faster and further than the study sample that was left un-hunted. The hogs would maintain smaller populations on established territory. The study suggested the use of fencing and sterilization baits to further reduce the colony size. So the studies were stating that hunting/trapping the hogs was making the problem worse, not better. But now I can't find any hint of those studies. Now you look for hog control, it's all poisons and assault rifles. I just can't help feeling the NRA and gun lobby has shut down those studies and wiped them as best they can, since feral hogs is one of the better excuses they have for selling that type of weaponry. Maybe someone else remembers those articles?
  15. Wouldn't the puberty blockers they give gymnasts fall under this? Or are they considered growth hormones, not transitioning ones?
  16. I never got the chance to meet him, but all the exposure I have had to him starting with that BMW team has been positive. The man was able to use his talents to work himself into a position in life where he was making a positive difference in so many peoples' lives. Some people got a smile, a handshake, a wave or pat on the back, and others got more, like all the kids he counseled and encouraged. Now in the day of NIL and portals things are so different for these athletes. It's so much easier to make it about themselves. But still there are a lot of good athletes that are even better people, because of the positive influence men like Lance Blanks gave them. I'm saddened by his passing, but I am also proud to support UT athletics, which seems to attract and nuture athletes and students of such good character.
  17. Exactly. How many kids could go to public school on what he spent on tuition to that exclusive school?
  18. This is true. I got wind of one of these a few months back. They only use texting to people in an area they think are sympathetic to their agenda. My mother (who hasn't voted R in 12 years) is 95 and has dementia, so I use my cell for all the medical and business forms. That's how I received the text to start with. I forwarded it to a few friends and some went inside while I picketed outside. They choose private/religious schools to hold these things in. There is never any public announcement beforehand about the event, so yeah, they are very selective about who they invite.
  19. And Bettencourt is from Harris Co and has an axe to grind. I'm guessing they feel he has enough goods on Harris Co voting issues of the past to hold up as justification for this power grab.
  20. The Post article does a good job of saying it's the Republicans' fault without saying it outright. I know Steve Bridges. Salt of the earth kinda guy.
  21. Sad to think these people immigrated here from Honduras (legally, from what I've read) just to end up dying of the same sort of violence. Imagine to be ridiculed and vilified for simply trying to do the lawful thing and make things better for your family, only to have that family gunned down by another immigrant who reaches a point where violence against others is his only release. It's just another way our immigration system is broken. Instead of helping those who turn to our country for a fresh start, we turn them into pariahs. That makes it a better political football. This is a mixture of two footballs, immigration and gun control. And the game is played at the expense of thousands of innocent lives.
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