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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I have a ring and say howdy and everything. 

But he’s never lost and then found the ring, so that makes him a 3%er at least…  maybe 2%er if he has not sold nuclear secrets to the Qatari’s.  

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Any Aggie that can blend in here is a whatever precenter we like and is good in my book. Plus - speaking of military things - he’s a major contributor in one of the great threads of shaggy / surly history.  

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15 minutes ago, troph said:

Any Aggie that can blend in here is a whatever precenter we like and is good in my book. Plus - speaking of military things - he’s a major contributor in one of the great threads of shaggy / surly history.  

That's just because his ole lady tells him what to say...

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I got curious about how TxAgs is reacting to this news: https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3436235

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Without going into too much detail about myself, I have worked at TAMUQ for years. Actually over a decade. I will tell you that the students are not loyal Aggies, they are mostly there to get the degree that makes their family happy. In Qatar it is all about "wasta" and how your individual and family image is. Most Qataris are power hungry and most people I know hate living in Qatar.

They have 4 undergraduate degrees and the cheating there (with full knowledge of the university officials) is VERY abundant. Graduates are dragged across the finish line to make their target graduation rates. I have seen students on probation for 6-8 semesters in a row. Admissions is directed to let in a majority amount of Qataris, while ignoring many qualified students. Qataris who literally failed pre-cal 3 times. Yes, there are a minority of good students there. The academic waivers and overrides given to the students is insane, and they will use semantics to get it done. Just phrase things a certain way and magically you can get around student rules and departmental policies. You can literally be deported for ticking off the wrong Qatari at any time. Whether in a mall or on campus.

Everyone who works at TAMUQ makes gobs of cash. Faculty are insufferable with few exceptions. Most are incompetent people who are literally there for the gigantic paycheck, but play the politics game. People who would make $45,000 on main campus pull $125,000 or more. I know one person that makes over $300,000 annually in salary and allowances and they are absolute trash. I cannot divulge too much, but even if you go search their publicly listed salaries, the information is lower than the real checks. They get a salary premium (in most cases 30%), housing allowance (choice of provided housing or cash allowance), car allowance in cash, and flight allowance in cash. Every month.

I know professors that take 3-4 weeks vacation right in the middle of the semester, no one says a word or it leads to a minor slap on the wrist. Many are lazy and do not want to "work" so they will just have class "discussions" and award A's. Most profs there are not from TAMU and have never even been to main campus. The Admissions department are all people who know nothing of real Aggies and are not even from the USA. So every student that gets accepted into the branch campus (who gets the Aggie ring and degree identical to main campus) is chosen by people who have no business selecting those students for admission.

I could write a novel, but in general, Qataris rule the roost in Doha. Qatar Foundation is the sponsor for TAMUQ and they are really incompetent. People are given high paying and high power positions because of what their last name is. TAMUQ has a budget that exceeds $100,000,000 annually. For a tiny branch campus. I know people here who play lots of solitaire and make over $300,000 a year. No exaggeration.

If you work there and you do not play the game, they will squeeze you out. The people there HATE accountability and are as pretentious as they come. They want their plentiful vacations, high pay and everything that comes with it. I can think of a few great staff members, but my Goodness they are outweighed by the terrible ones. Those are like a cancer to the system.

Trust me when I say, never ever hire anyone who has graduated from TAMUQ unless they have an extremely high GPA and have many people vouching for them. I do know a few good ones, but it is maybe 5%. Most are really slimy and lie like they breathe to manipulate and get what they want. Because they know the university will bend to them, for the almighty dollar.

TAMUQ should by shut down, but it won't be anytime soon.

 

 

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30 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Trust me when I say, never ever hire anyone who has graduated from TAMUQ unless they have an extremely high GPA and have many people vouching for them. I do know a few good ones, but it is maybe 5%. Most are really slimy and lie like they breathe to manipulate and get what they want. Because they know the university will bend to them, for the almighty dollar

So no different from the College Station campus?

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10 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

@bolverk  What about this one?

this will put the...."no such thing as bad publicity" notion to the test!


on the brightside....with our ties, Kyle Field should be safe but that little stadium to the west might be in trouble

The entire aggy system should be shutdown and every fucking aggy should be launched into the sun.

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42 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Jesus Christ I thought this was all a parody and a fake. I had absolutely no idea this is a real thing. What the fuck

Then you're really not gonna like where this papertrail leads back to.  

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Say what you will about the man, he never served as the Sec. of Energy in a corrupt administration to secure the oversight of Los Alamos with nearly expressed knowledge that some Middle Easterners of questionable character would be given far more access than they would otherwise be permitted.  I don't know if I told you this story in IRL, but I was in the room when UT System formalized its bid and I was warned later that weekend by a Los Alamos employee with loose lips after drinking that he was worried A&M/Perry would pull some shit like this.  And he was right.  But I suppose I can unfurl the tale in CR since people get upset when we question the moral fabric of Texas A&M's politics and ethics.

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12 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

So how do I get a sweet TAMUQ job?

Also I'm pronouncing it Tamooky.

Tamooky?  Are you thinking of the infamous Qatari dressing with zest and flavor called "Tabbouleh"?  Texas Aggies Border Bulldog Lentil Engineering Home Campus?  Dammit, I had something for this!  

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55 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

So how do I get a sweet TAMUQ job?

Also I'm pronouncing it Tamooky.

I would also be interested cept my senior dog is half husky. It's bad enough for her in Austin.

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3 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Say what you will about the man, he never served as the Sec. of Energy in a corrupt administration to secure the oversight of Los Alamos with nearly expressed knowledge that some Middle Easterners of questionable character would be given far more access than they would otherwise be permitted.  I don't know if I told you this story in IRL, but I was in the room when UT System formalized its bid and I was warned later that weekend by a Los Alamos employee with loose lips after drinking that he was worried A&M/Perry would pull some shit like this.  And he was right.  But I suppose I can unfurl the tale in CR since people get upset when we question the moral fabric of Texas A&M's politics and ethics.

Yeah, we know.  You've mentioned it . . . a lot.

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John Sharp: "As a former Chancellor of a mediocre-to-poor administration, I have full immunity and executive privilege!" 

Judge: "Yeah, that's not a thing when it comes to leading a glorified community college."

John Sharp: "I have the worst fucking attorneys."  

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On 1/7/2024 at 2:41 PM, Walser said:

I would also be interested cept my senior dog is half husky. It's bad enough for her in Austin.

Stop being cheap, and buy it a walk-in cooler with a mini snow machine. You've got the money. You've got the money, now spend the money.

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So TAMQU is essentially a satellite branch of TAMU CS in terms of budget classification. So TAMU is paying for TAMUQ’s operating expenses with money appropriated by the legislature for TAMU and then being reimbursed by the Qatar Foundation?

Am I misunderstanding this because it sounds fucking crazy considering that the QF has no obligation to reimburse any expenditures in excess of the budget approved by TAMU & QF. 
 

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John Sharp: "As a former Chancellor of a mediocre-to-poor administration, I have full immunity and executive privilege!" 
Judge: "Yeah, that's not a thing when it comes to leading a glorified community college."
John Sharp: "I have the worst fucking attorneys."  

You left out “and a Gentlemens agreement”
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So TAMQU is essentially a satellite branch of TAMU CS in terms of budget classification. So TAMU is paying for TAMUQ’s operating expenses with money appropriated by the legislature for TAMU and then being reimbursed by the Qatar Foundation?
Am I misunderstanding this because it sounds fucking crazy considering that the QF has no obligation to reimburse any expenditures in excess of the budget approved by TAMU & QF. 
 
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Aggy on aggy accounting: “from the inside you can’t explain it, and from the outside you can’t understand it.” Which, I gotta tell ya, is not gonna be the best legal defense.
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20 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


Aggy on aggy accounting: “from the inside you can’t explain it, and from the outside you can’t understand it.” Which, I gotta tell ya, is not gonna be the best legal defense.

Depending on the court the argument is heard in, it certainly might be enough. 

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...aaaaand it's done.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/texas-am-qatar-campus/

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The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted Thursday to end its contract with the foundation that funds the system flagship’s branch campus in Qatar, effectively ending the 20-year-old program.

The vote to end the contract with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, which is run by the Qatar government, means the school will start winding down the Doha campus over the next four years before officially closing its doors.

 

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3 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

...aaaaand it's done.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/texas-am-qatar-campus/

 

This was the line that got me. it is fucking DOHA! There are a ton of US troops in country.

In a press release sent after the vote, the system said the board decided to reevaluate the university's presence in Qatar this fall "due to the heightened instability in the Middle East."

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