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pyrohornIII

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  1. I learned more about ted cruz's dad in that brief program than everything to date. Explains a whole lot of Cruz's motivation and moves. These two zealots names should be the instant rebuttal to every time Soros is mentioned. Dominionism should be the the rebuttal every time socialism is mentioned as an evil. But instead of just using words and names, we need to be able to define these people, talk about what they are doing in simple terms. Expose their shit for what it is. Why the TDP hasn't already started this I have no idea. MTG was pushing this from some pulpit today, the christian nationalism. Here's a good follow.
  2. A much better question would have been "have you talked to your old ag fans about these possible rivalry setups? who do they prefer?" He's been there 4 years. Never coached in even the same conference as aggy. Just seems he'd been smarter to defer this to others, instead of fielding it himself. Claiming rivalries with bluebloods does not make you a blueblood, nor make it a rivalry. But I guess he's paid for whatever makes aggy seem grander than they are. Muddle on, Jimbo.
  3. Push him down the up escalator and just let him tumble like he's in a dryer for a while. Gotta wonder who is still on his detail.
  4. His spin will be he was running to the front lines to protect his patriot friends. To join the fray for the good side.
  5. Nah, hurricanes aren't a threat anymore. Not since Trump figured out how to neutralize them with nukes.
  6. Frog in the pot of boiling water.
  7. Incident Command Ops are built to transfer IC to more qualified leadership as it come on scene. Arrendondo could have tried to do that, but there might have not been a clear chain of authority here. I would have thought DPS or Texas Ranger at the very least. I doubt seriously he was IC through the whole incident. If he was, then that's a state failure to not have that handover training in place. I know our local school goes through this training every year and firm plans are in place as to first response through to the final ops. I'm not defending Arrendondo, but I can also see how this could break down easily with muddied communication and unsure of who has authority to issue commands. The problem with ICS is that it is cumbersome and intricate, and it's easy to forget where your spot is in the system as new personnel are added. Most of mine is based on firefighting and hazardous material incident responses. ICS is a great tool, but it's also something that takes a lot of time to put into place, and it is not a good situation for OJT or on the job refreshers. It has to be practiced often and in more than just one scenario. Not only gunmen, but dirty bombs, WMD, biologicals, etc. All those are threats.
  8. All that while being the 2nd largest economy in the US and the 9th or 10th in the entire world. Such a return on investment, right?
  9. b9f6af812366f2173bc17fbf764a44b5.mp4
  10. Trowlan is trolling?
  11. Add depression. My friend from ATL whose been battling this tells me the depression is so hard to break through. It's so tiring to just get up. But on a better note, she is better. She regained 25% of her lung capacity but she is still on disability but they are letting her drive Uber for a little side income without threatening the disability. It's not much, but she is still fighting. She's spent 30% of her days either in a hospital or some sort or convalescent center since she caught it back in Sept of 20. I hope she's past the worst of it. Seems to be, but still so far to go.
  12. great. Now this is gonna pop up on my phone for 2 weeks.
  13. I'm about 4 episodes in. I always figured these guys like Liddy, Hunt and all the other operatives were upper tier at their spy craft. Amazing how inept they really were. But it also points out the gradual evolvement of the hate that fuels the GOP above all else. Starting with Dean's neon sign about communism. This gaslighting has been going on for half a century.
  14. One Night in Miami is a good primer to those chemistries. Toss in Jim Brown and Sam Cooke too.
  15. So I watched Jasper Texas on Amazon last night. I was torn because it had Jon Voight in it, and I despise him. I was surprised the role he played and can not comprehend how any human can play that role in that show and still be a crazy Trump follower. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't horrible either. Had a different twist on it since it focused more on the outside forces and how the small town dealt with them. The second one I watched was "The Cotton Picking Truth, Still on the Plantation." It's older, and the production quality is not great, but it has some powerful messages and does a good job talking about reparations. Because it is so dated, it really points out what we were on the cusp of when it comes to civil rights, and how far we are being pushed back.
  16. You are right, but then this is the age of eagerly joining the leopards eating peoples' faces party. Acevedo came out pretty strong against Abbott and his open carry, no permit required shit. Here's a recent interview. Of course, he's like Kaepernick, unemployable because of his beliefs, but nevertheless: https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103652959/how-law-enforcement-could-be-affected-by-bipartisan-gun-reform-laws
  17. ok. that's a very important point. somehow.
  18. They turned the place into a diploma mill to get more votes and increase political clout. Several side hustles to this, but mainly real estate. Apartments and duplexes/quadplexes all over the place and more going up as fast as they can swing hammers. The rich get richer. The dumb stay dumb. But hey, now they have a Hooters AND a Twin Peaks, but no scrip clubs, because they are good christians.
  19. The Texas Democratic Party has been led for 10 years by Gilbert Hinojosa. He's not white. Not sure of his wealth, but he's not a pauper. Otherwise you have it right. Time for a change in our state party leadership.
  20. Charter schools will be the white flight alternatives to public schools. Maybe a few charters will remain loyal to the minorities, but most of it's a way to get white kids out of public systems...give them a "safe" place to go. East Texas is so overrun by republican bullshit it's an uphill battle. Why our educators continually vote against their best interest and the best interest of the students is unfathomable. But it happens, and they are loading the school boards with lots of Karens and Bubbas. They use athletics to keep kids engaged, athletics and agriculture (FFA). The students of color that the school relies on for athletics need to stand up and say enough is enough. But that's hard to do when you've been groomed to be the next Hooterville "Big Star." NIL gets you a free membership at the local gym where all the old has beens gather to relive glory days. Yeah, Charters won't get into East Texas. Our public schools will just act like charters until someone stands up. This right here. Now, not later. Go see how many little 2A schools out there now have turf and 2 or 3 uniforms for both home and away. And their band has one beat up 20 year old sousaphone. Our school annually sends kids to state and national competition in FCCLA and they don't compete against the other little schools. They beat out 5A and 6A schools. But you don't even see that shit in the paper, because it's not athletics. My son was told after his first year of college majoring in psychology that he was wasting his time and the two measly scholarships they awarded him. Morons indeed.
  21. Necro bump: I'm interested in what others are finding. Here are a few of mine from recently. Netflix's Ron Howard documentary, Web of Make Believe. Particularly 2 and 3 from a current political standpoint. Amazon: Ukraine is not a brothel. The story of Femen and its unique fight against patriarchy, with a little twist to it. Amazon: Iraq's Secret Sex Trade (2019 version) and Kids Caught in the Crackdown (1983 version). This stuff is chilling and hits close to home as the US is pushed further towards extremist Christian Nationalism.
  22. Probably because they were thrown some bone that the SS guy was going to expose her as a fraud and destroy her credibility. Then whatever she reported to have heard first hand is in doubt. I just don't see the committee not having thought that out well before hand, and they've got some strong support from others for her statements. Might just be tossing out bait. While some people seem to think they are wasting time, I am with gandorf and others and say they had to do something, they couldn't just let it slide. They have exceeded and continue to exceed my expectations on the strategy and production of this. Not sure where it's going to end up, but they're doing a pretty damn good job laying it all out.
  23. Zindler was ok, until he went to LaGrange. Fuck Marvin and his patent leather white shit. I can't see them putting her up there to tell that without having at least one more corroborating witness somehow. It went towards showing his temper tantrums. Tailed onto the story about grabbing the wheel. Like a toddler. And that played into the 25A talk and cabinet members resigning, showing how many felt he was too close to the edge.
  24. Can they block people from working in administrations, or acting as consultants? Like Flynn, Rudy, Meadows, Bannon, etc.
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