Texas Re-Opening Announced

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

Watching the gop committee attempt to run a zoom meeting tells me that they cannot hold their convention virtually.

i was also surprised about how many minorities were represented. Just kidding, it was only white people.

[otisdog 365]

2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Holy shit aggy is fucking stupid.  

Looks like they're not the only ones....

[Zepol87 9,185]

2 hours ago, Okie State said:

2 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

It’s like reading the DT COVID thread.

Ha, it's all relative I guess. This board is very left leaning whether it be CR or DT. I stopped reading the OSU board because of how much of a Trumpkin echo chamber it was, but even they are mostly taking this seriously. These full blown anti-mask mouth breathers are on a whole different level.

For some of my ppl it seems to be some libertarian hill they won't leave 

[Okie State 3,818]

For some of my ppl it seems to be some libertarian hill they won't leave 

That's true. My brother is a pretty radical Libertarian so I know what you mean. They just lose me on things like this. It's a completely illogical stance and honestly a bizarre hill to die on.

[NameAlreadyInUse 5,112]

5 hours ago, bolverk said:

It's even worse than I imagined.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3122401/1

That place is a moron trap. Let’s hope it keeps doing its job and keeping the morons separated from the rest of us as much as possible. 

[Beau Vine 54,211]

4 hours ago, JimmyJames said:

Yep. Thank you. That was it. Does it still hold up? It was never great but I’m afraid it was worse than I thought.

I tried to show Reality Bites to my daughter a few years back and turned it off an apologized less than an hour in.  Singles fucking kills though... Pearl Jam cameos, the X-man.

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

I like both movies but Singles is the better movie 

[mchookem 16,327]

2 hours ago, Covri said:

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3122454
 

🤦🏻‍♂️

i agree with them, i also want to be able to go out and see people and live life... AND WEARING A FUCKING FACE COVERING WILL ALLOW ME TO DO THAT WITHOUT DYING.

gah.

i mean, yes i know that is an exaggeration, i'm not guaranteed to die or even get covid19 if i go out without a mask and vice versa...but come on, the difference in risk on a numerical scale is irrefutable. idiots.

Edited July 3, 2020 by mchookem
idiots!

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2,652]

2 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Livestream of Texas GOP debating whether to move to virtual convention. Fucking hilarious
 

 

Omfg. Everyone needs to set aside at least a few minutes of their life and watch the first 5 minutes. 
 

these are the people running the Republican Party and thus our state?

I am now actually shocked we are doing as well are we are.  These are the types of idiots I had imagine running Mississippi.   

[TexArcher 37,774]

2 hours ago, Covri said:

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3122454
 

🤦🏻‍♂️

If Jonathan Swift were alive today and he knew what dumbass east Texas rednecks were and he wanted to write a biting satire about them, he could do no better than this.

I wish these people weren't real.  And I wish there weren't so god damned many of them.

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2,652]

8 minutes ago, Xian said:

Omfg. Everyone needs to set aside at least a few minutes of their life and watch the first 5 minutes. 
 

these are the people running the Republican Party and thus our state?

I am now actually shocked we are doing as well are we are.  These are the types of idiots I had imagine running Mississippi.   

I mean, look at these people. 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2,652]

I mean. What the fuck is going on with this guy. 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2,652]

Sorry. One last picture. I just can’t get over these are the “political elite” of Texas....

 

[texas08 1,599]

Are these people on some sort of psychedelic?

[tx 3 putt 76,905]

did they cancel the in person convention ?

[Fudge Nuggets 19,190]

4 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

Why the hell are churches a polling places/voting places exempt?

Those are places that old white people like to congregate.

[Pasken 1,309]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

did they cancel the in person convention ?

Nope. It’s on for mid July.

[Bateshorn 9,927]

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I like both movies but Singles is the better movie 

CSB alert: my wife lived in the building next door to that apartment complex in Seattle on Capital Hill when the movie was being made. Last time we were in the Pacific NW, we walked over and checked it out after grabbing coffee at Victrola. 

[Pig Bellmont 8,712]

8 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

I tried to show Reality Bites to my daughter a few years back and turned it off an apologized less than an hour in.  Singles fucking kills though... Pearl Jam cameos, the X-man.

I identify with Ben Stiller’s character and the parents now

[Okie State 3,818]

Omfg. Everyone needs to set aside at least a few minutes of their life and watch the first 5 minutes. 
 
these are the people running the Republican Party and thus our state?
I am now actually shocked we are doing as well are we are.  These are the types of idiots I had imagine running Mississippi.   

Damn. This was a good watch with my morning coffee.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,186]

2 hours ago, Pasken said:

Nope. It’s on for mid July.

[bolverk 29,660]

2 hours ago, Pasken said:

Nope. It’s on for mid July.

After watching that (how you doin' Morgan?), I kind of don't blame them for choosing to meet in person. Either choice would be disastrous.

[Bookman 4,639]

At least we have Texas A&M Aggies to remind us that the state of Kentucky is ten minutes outside the city limits.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,868]

 

[Guest Lobo]

Dan Patrick just ejaculated and had a stroke at the same time.  

[Liteitup 138]

10 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

 

Probably not

https://faq.sll.texas.gov/questions/42558

Can I carry a weapon while wearing a mask? 

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Many people who have contacted our library with this question are under the impression that it is illegal to carry a handgun while wearing a mask in Texas. However, our librarians have not been able to locate any state laws that explicitly prohibit the wearing of a mask while lawfully carrying a firearm.

In fact, we have not been able to locate any state laws currently in effect that address the wearing of masks in general. Texas previously had anti-mask laws, but these were repealed in 1974 and are not currently in effect.

There also seems to be a misconception regarding who can legally carry a handgun without a License to Carry (LTC) because the governor has issued executive orders related to the COVID-19 public health emergency. There is a state law that addresses carrying a handgun without a license when a state of disaster has been declared, but it is very narrow in scope. Read more about that law.

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[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

I caught about 10 minutes live of that GOP meeting last night. The 60 people on that committee really take themselves too seriously. They believe that coming together to build the Texas GOP priorities matter to the party and the candidates.

to me it sounds like it’s an opportunity for them to get selfies with their political heroes and decide who goes to the national convention and is named to the electoral college if their side wins. The last two are actual roles but really just ceremonial. Well at least the electoral college SHOULD be ceremonial and not a real vote.

i guess you have to find true believers to demonstrate excitement at the conventions.

[Dnaguy 11,943]

18 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Dan Patrick just ejaculated and had a stroke at the same time.  

Limp arm, droopy lip

Shatsss sha way we cum real shquick

[GRHorn 105]

13 hours ago, lemonlime said:

From the first two pages on this thread:

 

 

 

 

 

“at this point I think we’ll have a relatively normal summer. Fingers crossed.” 
 

My prediction here was wrong and I’ve already admitted that here, but notice I never spoke in absolutes with this, and I never will. Anyone who does is not being honest or is overestimating their competence in this situation. This is unchartered territory. And I wasn’t going off GR’s independent lab or anything. There were plenty of people who believed we would have nice lull in summer. 

As far as the other comments cited, the first wave wasn’t very exciting here and I stand by that. This was always going to be a balance between opening economy and controlling virus.  I said if conditions dictated we could roll things back if needed. If it were up to me I would’ve mandated masks way sooner and I’ve said that for a while. 
 

It is still highly unlikely that Houston or DFW hit NYC levels of outbreak.  

Make sure and bookmark this post.  

[DanTheHorn 4,922]

11 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Livestream of Texas GOP debating whether to move to virtual convention. Fucking hilarious
 

 

Someone says, I did the math and death rates are 1.5% which is a very low rate. In comparison to what? Flu is 0.1%.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,510]

1 minute ago, GRHorn said:

It is still highly unlikely that Houston or DFW hit NYC levels of outbreak.  

Make sure and bookmark this post.  

I believe it depends on what you mean by NYC outbreak. Texas doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere near the NY fatality rate so I think we’re better off in that regards. Maybe it’s luck, docs are more knowledgeable now, people faster to take action, word of a new strain that is less deadly or who knows the reason.

But I think Houston will surpass NYC in terms of confirmed cases per thousand people. We have more testing capacity now and people are lined up daily.

[GRHorn 105]

4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I believe it depends on what you mean by NYC outbreak. Texas doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere near the NY fatality rate so I think we’re better off in that regards. Maybe it’s luck, docs are more knowledgeable now, people faster to take action, word of a new strain that is less deadly or who knows the reason.

But I think Houston will surpass NYC in terms of confirmed cases per thousand people. We have more testing capacity now and people are lined up daily.

That’s fair. I think I saw somewhere that nyc test positivity rate was like 60% at one point. A lot of people who wanted one probably didn’t get them there. 
 

Kids getting up and moving around now, but I’ll take a look at hospitalization rates later. I suspect we won’t get close to nyc levels there either. 

Edited July 3, 2020 by GRHorn

[Captainant 27,654]

1 minute ago, GRHorn said:

That’s fair. I think I saw somewhere that nyc test positivity rate was like 60% at one point. A lot of people who wanted one probably didn’t get them there. 

Interesting claim to make without any supporting evidence. Sort of like your past claims at the beginning of this thread that didn't pan out. 

Unless I'm missing something, and covid disappeared like a miracle

[GRHorn 105]

7 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Interesting claim to make without any supporting evidence. Sort of like your past claims at the beginning of this thread that didn't pan out. 

Unless I'm missing something, and covid disappeared like a miracle

https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-region-dashboard
 

go fuck yourself

[DDD Dad 14,332]

10 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

That’s fair. I think I saw somewhere that nyc test positivity rate was like 60% at one point. A lot of people who wanted one probably didn’t get them there. 
 

Kids getting up and moving around now, but I’ll take a look at hospitalization rates later. I suspect we won’t get close to nyc levels there either. 

Don't look to hard for hospital capacity numbers.  (hint, you won't find them, at least at the state level)

[Born to Run 6,569]

I like both movies but Singles is the better movie 

Agreed. And sadly Reality Bites really captures Gen X. Jaded, pensive, intellectual but unambitious.

[Beau Vine 54,211]

10 hours ago, Xian said:

Omfg. Everyone needs to set aside at least a few minutes of their life and watch the first 5 minutes. 
 

these are the people running the Republican Party and thus our state?

I am now actually shocked we are doing as well are we are.  These are the types of idiots I had imagine running Mississippi.   

Pretty sure that's a SNL skit.  Robert Casias seems about as technologically savvy as my 90-yo father.

[Beau Vine 54,211]

1 hour ago, DanTheHorn said:

Someone says, I did the math and death rates are 1.5% which is a very low rate. In comparison to what? Flu is 0.1%.

Plane crashes.

[Bateshorn 9,927]

48 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

11 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

I like both movies but Singles is the better movie 

Agreed. And sadly Reality Bites really captures Gen X. Jaded, pensive, intellectual but unambitious.

No. Grosse Pointe Blank is the ultimate Gen X movie. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

1 hour ago, GRHorn said:

“at this point I think we’ll have a relatively normal summer. Fingers crossed.” 
 

My prediction here was wrong and I’ve already admitted that here, but notice I never spoke in absolutes with this, and I never will. Anyone who does is not being honest or is overestimating their competence in this situation. This is unchartered territory. And I wasn’t going off GR’s independent lab or anything. There were plenty of people who believed we would have nice lull in summer. 

As far as the other comments cited, the first wave wasn’t very exciting here and I stand by that. This was always going to be a balance between opening economy and controlling virus.  I said if conditions dictated we could roll things back if needed. If it were up to me I would’ve mandated masks way sooner and I’ve said that for a while. 
 

It is still highly unlikely that Houston or DFW hit NYC levels of outbreak.  

Make sure and bookmark this post.  

Lol. I only pretended to make fun of people dying.  Lol. 

[Bookman 4,639]

2 hours ago, DanTheHorn said:

 death rates are 1.5% which is a very low rate. In comparison to what? Flu is 0.1%.

Something much higher, obviously.

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14 hours ago, Okie State said:

14 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

It’s like reading the DT COVID thread.

Ha, it's all relative I guess. This board is very left leaning whether it be CR or DT. I stopped reading the OSU board because of how much of a Trumpkin echo chamber it was, but even they are mostly taking this seriously. These full blown anti-mask mouth breathers are on a whole different level.

You should try sec rant political - yeah, wow.

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3 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

 

What scares me most is that people that I would presume have an LTC, don't know the law.

That's - bad bad.

[gmr548 16,576]

2 hours ago, Captainant said:

Interesting claim to make without any supporting evidence.

I remember my first GRHorn post.

[gmr548 16,576]

15 hours ago, Okie State said:

15 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

It’s like reading the DT COVID thread.

Ha, it's all relative I guess. This board is very left leaning whether it be CR or DT. I stopped reading the OSU board because of how much of a Trumpkin echo chamber it was, but even they are mostly taking this seriously. These full blown anti-mask mouth breathers are on a whole different level.

This board is very left leaning.... For a college football message board for a southern university. It's an important qualifier. This board is center-right, it just isn't fucking texags or tigerdroppings or whatever.

I'd be curious to go check out a Cal board or something but I'm not sure such a thing exists.

Edited July 3, 2020 by gmr548

[JimmyJames 12,271]

1 minute ago, gmr548 said:

This board is very left leaning.... For a college football message board for a southern university. It's an important qualifier. This board is center-right, it just isn't fucking texags or tigerdroppings or whatever.

I'd be curious to go check out a Cal board or something but I'm not sure such a thing exists.

Haha. There is no such thing as a California college football message board and if one does exist, it’s just a bunch of fake troll accounts and spammers. 
 

Trust me. I lived there for 3 years. The last thing anyone cares about out there is college football. 

[NameAlreadyInUse 5,112]

3 hours ago, DanTheHorn said:

Someone says, I did the math and death rates are 1.5% which is a very low rate. In comparison to what? Flu is 0.1%.

Yeah when I’m thinking about avoiding death, part of that thinking is that I will avoid situations where 1 and a half of every 100 people in that situation die. I already caught the gay and the left handedness so I’m good at being on the wrong side of the odds. 

[gmr548 16,576]

1 minute ago, JimmyJames said:

Haha. There is no such thing as a California college football message board and if one does exist, it’s just a bunch of fake troll accounts and spammers. 
 

Trust me. I lived there for 3 years. The last thing anyone cares about out there is college football. 

That's kind of what I figured. SC probably has one but they're probably on the conservative end of the CA schools (also a relative statement I'm sure). I want to see an institution that really is the polar opposite of bama, aggy, etc.

[JimmyJames 12,271]

2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

That's kind of what I figured. SC probably has one but they're probably on the conservative end of the CA schools (also a relative statement I'm sure). I want to see an institution that really is the polar opposite of bama, aggy, etc.

USC is the only school that could support one but even there, while they may care about the team, don’t care enough to constantly post on a USC message board. It’s probably a sample size of about 30 people. 

[Aqua Buddha 14,590]

1 hour ago, Bateshorn said:

No. Grosse Pointe Blank is the ultimate Gen X movie. 

Heathers.  What's your damage?