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pyrohornIII

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  1. I talked to a good friend from Ft Bend county who is muslim and pretty much plugged into the muslim community there. Pre election day, he was talking about how dumb so many muslims were for switching to Trump. All along I had been thinking they were doing it in a move of solidarity behind Palestine. So I was surprised when I asked him about it and he said they were generally happy about it. What they wanted was to see the conflict come to an end, it really didn't matter who won or lost, just get it over and Trump did that. However he did say that Muslim Ban 2.0 hasn't sunk in much yet, so that's what will get them stirred up.
  2. But I'm going to wade right in and make it a resort like the world has never seen! I'm lucky that way. At least 4 casinos!
  3. This is a pretty good theory about Trump and his negotiating methodology. Or it seems reasonable to me, so I present it to hear some more knowledgable takes. Trump's book should have been the Shart of the Deal.
  4. From the article, pretty much yeah, or at least make it a dicey thing to do legally.
  5. For those of you who like Roland Gutierrez, here is a good interview he gave Nancy Thompson about the state of things in Austin and DC. Gutierrez Interview at start of 2025 session
  6. Ann Richards had more cajones than these 3 combined when it came to standing up for Texans. Who remembers the John Sharp Audits of the 80s? Yeah, that's about as dumb as returning to hand counting ballots. And it's not just the money for extra machines. With the current climate it's hard enough to find election workers for 20-30 polling places. Try doing that for triple the poll sites. Good place for the Texas DOGE to start. See how they justify their fellow Republicans being so grossly inefficient.
  7. While cruelty plays a role, I think it's less a player for Trump than say Bannon or Stephen Miller. I think Trump sees this as a way to begin building his stature in the world as a great leader. Great leaders end up with more territory than they started with and weak leaders lose territory. I think Trump sees a future where he rules the western hemisphere, China rules Orient and Putin rules everything in between. And instead of taking land by force, he is first trying to get enough voters in Canada and Mexico to ask "why do we wallow around with such poorly run governments when we could be part of the once again great US that Trump is building?" Honestly think the guy is that delusional and those around him encourage it, profiting off the chaos. Above all else he wants the world to think he is the brightest visionary ever. Everything he does, how he says everything is directed to get him up on Mt Rushmore. The bulk of our best lumber already goes overseas. They figure they are paying already for transport, might as well go the extra bit and get clear or select grade and leave us locals with #2 common crap.
  8. These threads always bring up some "what could have been" thoughts for me. Akins gets shortchanged in these conversations I think because he played through a lot of injury and illness, but also he inherited the wishbone about the time other teams were beginning to figure out ways to combat it defensively. Made his sledding a bit more difficult. I was at that game where Pat Thomas of A&M targeted his knee on the first play of the game and took him out. But when he was healthy, he was knocking out the yards and wins. That was quite a run for UT qbs starting with Street and running until about James Brown. How many times did understudies like Randy McEachern step up to save the day when all the qbs in front went down for one reason or another?
  9. My MAGA brother and his friends are all convinced that all that Armageddon Mad Max timeline will be only be suffered by the unbelievers. All the righteous white evangelicals will be swept up by the rapture balloons in the nick of time. Let's don't think critically and vote for people to improve life on earth for all, let's just burn it all down while we line our pockets (to make the last few days as comfortable as possible) then tell everyone to pray for our nation(fuck the rest of the world). God will send the rapture like he did the ark. But to be doubly sure you get passage, bring along your Trump Bible.
  10. Wonder what all the O&G guys will think about having to change all their leases and other paperwork to reflect that simple change. To Trump these issues you talk about are like holidays. While he might only talk about Christmas or Easter a little time each year, there is always a Trump grift for the holiday. So, the grift will always be hot topic, because no matter what he is talking about, there's a grift tied to it. Either in some sort of kickback like he's getting from O&G for advocating for gas heat or asking for more campaign donations to fight the evil things like trans kids and such. Interesting thought that if Trump were to try to raise fund with another election campaign fundraising event, could that be shut down because of term limits? I guess even if that dream could come true, he'd just start funnelling it through something like a Rushmore monument, or Presidential Library, wherein he'd get his normal cut of 90%.
  11. I wish Sark would find a young offensive minded guy to teach his ways to, working that person up to be the play caller. Sark helps prepare the game plan, and possibly some adjustments in game, but by and large is left to game and time management. Then if and when Sark moves on, this person could step up. I know there's a term for it, but not going to use it.
  12. The problem the Republicans have is how to educate our populace enough to work hi tech jobs, but keep them dumb enough to keep pulling the lever for the R's.
  13. The problem is that bowl atmosphere is quite different from a playoff game that has to be won to advance. In bowls, there is no real pressure to win or lose, unless it has to do with final rankings. But all of that goes away with the playoffs, rankings don't mean as much. The bowls were used to throwing these week-long parties for both teams. But that is much harder to do when so much is on the line, and coaches don't want distractions. I at first was a big proponent of rolling in the bowls into the playoffs, but didn't figure this angle. I'm now behind the highest seeded team be home host.
  14. Well, why not? He's also getting the benefit of writing off the expense of installing that labor reducing equipment and taking depreciation on it for years to go, right?
  15. I think Sark is using Arch to set up other options for Quinn down the road. Everytime he trots Arch out there reinforces in peoples' minds that "Quinn isn't a running threat. If they want to run, then UT will put in Arch." Like someone said in another thread, tendencies can work for you when you know when to break them.
  16. Somewhere along the line, I read he graduated from Baylor or at least attended Baylor for the bulk of his undergraduate work. Seems it was the same place that listed his affiliation and possible employment by different churches.
  17. Hearing A&M or Oregon. But that's not directly from him, just click bait.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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?
  21. 2) Fred Akers, 1938–2020: A Remembrance – Texas Monthly
  22. 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?
  23. 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.
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