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pyrohornIII

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  1. This was a good sleeper flick. But then I like Lily James a lot followed by The Exception on Amazon.
  2. I had heard personal accounts of how much a dickhead he was to ppl in general. But watching this documentary (finally, after 6 years) shed some new light on him, and on his travels. I imagine there are a lot of negative stories they left out, but I was impressed in the end. On Amazon.
  3. Pos rep for Glenn Maxey comment. He "retired" or is about to. ISWYDT.
  4. He talks about investment in terms of production and infrastructure, but doesn't address the investment and wealth held in mineral rights, both by the landowners and leasing companies. The reduction of demand of fossil fuels would drop their value and likewise overall wealth of a lot of landowners, right? So they would be lobbying Austin to push O&G like Abbott is doing as much as big oil, if not more? And as a side note to this, a lot of rural taxes are based on O&G reserve, so when the price drops, so does tax revenue for ESDs, roads, schools and those few remaining hospitals. I see no one addressing this either and it's becoming a significant problem, made more obvious by Covid issues on ISDs. I know they tax renewables as property taxes, but they have done the same for other generators and the little counties have been bent over by Luminant and other big generators over the past decade. And I know that the wind generators pay a royalty to the landowners their windmills sit on. Not sure about solar. So if anyone has seen any talk or planning on how that part of the economy will change due to moving from carbon based to renewables, I'd love to see/hear it. Seems like a new area for legal expertise, like water rights was 40 years ago.
  5. Part of the sale. Make something seem so unbelievable so it seems believable. Pato answered this. I would also assume they would be forbidden from govt contract work as well. It's the ONLY test he ever passed on his own, so yeah he's got a right to brag! There's gotta be a white spot where Rudy and Sydney used to be. Or maybe the whole thing just moves closer to the center, like a sinkhole. And JFK Jr. is the captain of said shrimp boat.
  6. Do you have the years and numbers for these different pieces of legislation you are referring to?
  7. So this is just for the Spring, or overall? The split up rankings by Fall and Spring is confusing. This kind of stuff makes me wonder why we don't field teams in water polo and gymnastics. I see where Wally Pryor played on UT water polo in 49. What else does UT not compete in? Beach VB? Men's VB?
  8. The reason we are here is because the defense contractors make their money off of steel and lead. They have been downplaying these kind of attacks for years, comparing them to old 80s computer nerd movies. They have been selling us the finest horses and wagons while Germany was building tanks. It's the same tack for fighting global warming, ignore it and shake and bake excuses when it does happen. We lost it when we all decided we needed more stuff at a lower price, and started depending on computers and technology. We survived in the 70s without those things. Things were done by phone, placing orders and such. But as more companies grew and started chains they replaced people with technology. Now we have kids who can't make change for a 20 without the register telling them how much. We can and should go back to some of that, until we can build a secure system. But follow the money. That attack on that big meat packer for example. It wouldn't affect so many people if it were several smaller companies spread across the country, each independent. But when you put all your eggs in one basket, then you are asking for trouble.
  9. The age argument is real. But they stick around so long for the power they get from climbing the committees ladders. And from that power they gain wealth, themselves and through family. While age certainly takes a toll, its greed that fucks us. Greed for money and power, lust for fame and fawning. This bullshit about McCarthy and his coal millions, McConnell and his mega rich wife, Loeffler and Weinstein on insider trading has got to stop. I would bet the money spend on NFL, NBA and MLB players, staff and coaches dwarfs what we pay our representatives in DC. Pay them right, pay their staff right, put in ethics laws with teeth and increase the watchdog efforts. Reduce the flow of money from lobbyists and kick in that bill that keeps elected officials from jumping to lobbying right out of the Capitol. Pay these people to do their job of representing us, and build a system to keep score on how they are doing.
  10. They figure they will win and rewrite history to suit their purposes. The way of the white European male. And some Khans, I am sure.
  11. That's all these bozos have is bluff. They have no viable plan for anything to point back to and take credit. It's all read and react, and stymy. Play for time and hope the anger subsides as the next news cycle comes up. But the thing is is that climate change is about to take center stage, and it's just going to be heaped onto this bonfire of grift. With or without Dem incompetence running the show, there will be enough come out to push these trolls back under their bridge. But it will take finding another Walter Cronkite or Edward Morrow to get the info out and believed.
  12. I'd like to think the outcome of these investigations will be to expose Trump as a pretender president who only took the office to line his pockets. Showing a history of that, and proving it continued throughout his term would be a way to show the American people that the rules and standards of obtaining and holding the office need to be revisited and shored up. I'd also like to see his entire family groveling for spare change on a street corner in NYC.
  13. You are right, I didn't say that right. I meant that the gerrymandering pretty much destroys any chance of rural dems getting a real representative. Our votes in our districts are fodder for the right wing to use rural to offset urban blue. Sorry.
  14. Quote I will not be surprised when news of the first lynching drops. This is where we are on just about everything in state politics. Rural V Urban. Red throws everything at rural, and Blue abandons it and goes all in on urban. TDP does not have any strategy to bolster support in the rural counties. And while rurals often are screwed by gerrymandering, they can make a difference in state wide races. But that is ignored.
  15. This is the latest attempt at stirring up a McCarthy type hysteria. The proverbial mountain out of a mole hill. You don't see any numbers associated with this and for good reason. A country our size should have no issue absorbing the amount of people who are seeking legitimate asylum plus a reasonable number of immigrants every year. The money they spend on ICE and walls and all these tactics to keep them out could fund a pretty good program for aiding these people in setting up new lives, escaping the hell that is their life now. Our immigration policies have become so convoluted and archaic it's ridiculous. But of course instead of addressing the problem and proposing methods to make things better, let's sit on our hands and scream bloody murder to a point where everyone is at a fever pitch. Let's set up confrontation points to make things more pointed, instead of developing a system to process people with grace. But no, our republicans are all Karens now. Dumb, fat screaming bitches threatening to call the police!
  16. I finished this damn series. I should get a medal. Actually it was pretty good. They never jumped the shark on plots and when one cast member left, they figured out decent ways to replace them. Unlike Endeavor, their casting staff did not find very many cute women, though several of the older ones were decent enough. I suppose it was good enough, it did run 12 seasons, so someone other than me liked it. This was a lot like Exterminate All Brutes on HBO. Need to take it in small doses.
  17. I'm digging this. So far behind because I did all 12 seasons of New Tricks on Prime. Anyone started Sex/Life? Subtitled 'the life of a retired sugar baby'
  18. But McConnell got his judges. That was the important thing. He's definitely in it for the long game. He figures he can withstand pretty much anything Trump can throw at him. Just taking the opportunity to put words in his mouth. To make it look like he was/is at heart true to republican ideals.
  19. Yes, we have been here before. This is a pretty good documentary on how this stuff keeps ebbing and flowing. And to listen to this guy, it's all part of the process of building our country. When I saw he was part of the Bush WH, I nearly shut it off. But it was worth the watch. There are people out there who are aware, the issue is are there enough believing it's happening again and finding ways to turn it around?
  20. I actually like Galindo doing BB. It's the only thing I like him doing, but I'll give credit where it's due.
  21. I remember those days. It was the only beer you could get in Boystown. We didn't mess with limes. You could bring back a case of pony size, or a quart of booze.
  22. I wonder how much Trump owes NYC for security details, like he does El Paso and others.
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